Arizona republican., 1909-11-03

| the morning Dr. Donaldson, field sec-
 retary for the home mission board
 delivered an eloquent and telling plea
 for home mission work which was listened 10 with intense interest by
 the large congregation present. No stronger speaker has ever visited a Phoenix pulpit. Dr. Donaldson is mas-
 ter of his subject and was at his best
 on Sunday morning. Tie preceding
 day in an informal address bristling
 with facts and new ideas he had spoken more directly to the synod. Sunday afternoon the communion
 service was held, a delightful service, and in the evening the moderator. Rev John R. Gass. D. D.. of Albu- querque. preached a strong and in- spring sermon on the church's duty
 in the face of difficulties. ff
 Resolutions of thanks to the pastor and congregation of the Phoenix church were unanimously adopted. The resolutions also included all who had contributed to the pleasure and suc- cess of the meeting. i.1
 Dr. Gass' report as synadical iniS- sionary was full of information and inspiration.
 The report gives q survey of the progress made in the synod's work during the past twenty years. this be,ng the twentieth anniversary of its organization
 Twenty years a; when the syn:d was organized. it had twcnty-nine churches, two Indian, fourteen. Mexi- can and thirteen American. Now 1t has ninety-five organizations. nine ln- dian, thirty-two Mexican and fifty' four American. Then the total mem bership was 1074. distributed as fol- lows: Indians. 26: Mexicans. 519; Am orleans, 469 Now the membership. is 6.512 in all. there being 1.794 Indians. LIPS Mexicans and 3.590 Americans. The growth of the Indian work. prin- cipally among the Pima tribe, is espe- cially noteworthy. as shown by the figures.
 At the beginning there were but twenty-five ordained ministers. The total ministerial membership of the synod is now 76. The gifts to benev- olences that year were $741. while last year they were s6.57l. and the amount expended for self support has sweiled from s7.6Os in 1889 to s65.542 this last year.
 The church now maintains missions among the following Indian tribes. having it's nine organized churches among the four first named. 1. e.. La- gunas, Pimas. Maricopas. Papagoes, Apache Mohaves. Mohaves and Nava- foes. The total number of mission aries to the Indians is ten. The Pres-> byterian church has the largest Indian work of any single denomination in the southwest among the Protestant churches. The most noteworthy achievement of the past year was the completion by the Rev. Alex. Black of Ft. Defiance of the translation into the Navajo tongue of the Gospel or Mark This is expected to be the means of great progress in reaching the tribe with the gospel story.
 The Mexican work is moving more slowly than either of the other branches. yet substantial progress is being attained. Four churches among this people have been organized in the past year in Arizona, where many Protestant people are found who have come in from the Republic of Mexico. The Mexican work of the Presbyterian church Is admittedly in the lead in the two territories and has been the sub ject of flattering comment from rep of other churches. i-- =
 The Sabbath schools of the synod are also in good condition, having a total enrolment last year of 5000, as against I.7ss when the synod was or ,anized. Two Sabbath school mission aries are looking after the needy fields in the two territories
 Twenty years ago there was but one women's missionary society in the synod. that of the Phoenix church Now we have some fourteen or ff- teen and a synodical society has been 1 organized at this meeting of the synod.
 Taken all in all. while there Is much ! vet to be done. the work in the synod | Is in excellent condition.