The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-05-22
FINANCES Of THE
PRESBYTER|AKS
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF PRES
5YTERlsS BOARD OF FOREIGN
MISSIONS.

.
board Of foreign missions presented
10 tie general assembly today show
e total appropriations and disburs=-
nents for the fiscal year ending
March I3.1sI3, OF sl,952.6i4 Tne
TOTAL credits were {1,ss7,342. show =
ing 2 deficit on he total appropria-
tons Of s55.302
Il vas estimated a. the begin
ming Of the year that the receipts
from churches. vomen's societies
SDnda- schools and young people
.ocie.ies would amount 10 1890. .gt1.
There vss received from these sour
ces sI224oss. shoa ing a deficit OF
SJj.3J3. The increased appropria
tiOns were made necessary BY the
expansion Of the WORK The total
amount received from the churches
during the year. which is the stab.
source of income, was S705,25l. This
ls }lz,655 more than has even been
received from this source in &c years
u the chdrch's history. IN 1903 the
board received from the churches
only S34s.1s5. in 1913 S756,251. thus
The receipts from this source alone
nave more than doubled in the ten
years. Receipts from womens socie-
ties were s4lO.103, being an increase
Of $l1,lC5 over the previous year
The last general assembly. rec
ognizing the unique md urgent sit
Uation in China" says the report,
authorized a China Emergency Pro-
paganda, with a view 70 sending our
90 missionaries, as an extra, aud
funds sufficient for this enlarged
work. The campaign was begun IN
the fall OF 1912, and the financiL
results at the close OF the fiscal year
showed IN cash and pledges that
some 100000 had been received
ITO the above amounts should be
added the receipts on the field from
native sourcses, sucn as educational,
medical and evangelistic work, the
sum OF s501, 1872.
The investment securities OF the
board purchased and acquired during
the past year amounted TO nearly
$500 900, making the total net amount
of securities owned by the board
at the present time s2,950,9O9
"The board has sent out during the
year to the foreign field 80 new mis-
sionaries. The total number of mis-
sionaries now engaged in the work
Of the board on the foreign fields
is 1851 To this must be added
GI5 native preachers and 1870 other
native helpers. The communicate
membership of the native church
is $4,000. To this should be addei
59,77G catechumens or those who
have confessed Christ and are under
instruction preparatory to being re-
ceived into full communion in the
church.
The board has under its care 70
hospitals and rs dispensaries. Pa
tients treated. 45G,65S.
Under the care Of the board in
non-Christiar lands there are about
l,S0O educational institutions, from
the village school in Africa and the
kindergarten in Japan 10 great in
stitutions like the Shantung Uni
yersity at Weihsien, China, or the
Slliman Institute at Dumaguete P.
or the Forman Christian college
at Lahore, India, one of the leading
educational institutions in the Pun
jab. More than 100000 pupils, board
ing and lay, receive instruction in
these various schools Of learning.
The revolution in Mexico and the
disturbed condition in the Turkish
Empire. and the charges growing ou-
of the relations of Russia and Great /
Britain in Persia, have interfered
somewhat with the work in these |
lands The arrest, trial ard convic
tion of more than 100 Korean Christ
ian leaders, most Of whom were mem
bers of Presbyterian churches, caus-
ed no little anxiety to the board !
and interfered somewhat with miss
len activities in Korea. However,
g Of the lOj convicted Koreans have
now been acquitted to the great joy
OF thousands of Korean Christians.
the anxiety and un-
rest caused by these trials Of the
Korean Christians. there were add
ed to the churches in Korea under
care OF the board 6.iOs communicates
and at the present time there are
22,5O3 catechumens under instruc-
tlon.
"The great political changes which