The Detroit times., 1914-10-14

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penses OF the year ~ now conducted.
Including the support OF the two mis.
sionary families under appointmsnt.
were >5.51S.46.
"The receipts Of the shansi school
fund were Sls.s5s,05. Of which $4,000
has already been sent TO China for
the educational work.
among the many noteworthy gifts
received by the American board this
past year was gift OF $4,000 from q
friend IN New York city. whose name
must be withheld, to be used In the
erection of new building at Mar.
sovan. Turkey. for the use OF Ana
tolia college. This friend has pledged
$1,000 more for the same purpose. A
gift OF $500 was received from an
anonymous friend In Iowa for q new
building In Te Chou. China.
AS soon as war was declared In
Europe the usual methods OF remit
ting TO some OF our missions were no
longer practicable. We were at once
confronted with the serious problem
OF devising some new way OF provid-
ing these missions with needed funds.
The banking system OF the world
was so utterly deranged that drafts
on banking houses In the nearer and
farther east we're OF no avail. In
some missions our bills OF exchange
on Boston and London could not be
marketed at any price. This was par
ticularly true or Austria and our mis-
sions In the Turkish empire.
I'm India such bills could be mar.
keted only at unsatisfactory rates Of
exchange. We are especially indebt-
ed to our state department ct Wash
ington and TO Mr.. Morgenthau. Unit
ed States ambassador at Constants
nople. for aiding US In this juncture:
and when all other means were OF no
avail, II was found that the Standard
OIL Co. OF New York would cordially
consent to place funds In both large
and small amounts In the hands OF
our mission treasnrers In Asia, and
this by cable. and Tor the actual cost
to the company OF such remittances.
The Vacuum OIL Co. promised 20
render the same assistance for our
missions IN Africa These oil com
panies consented to do this. not only
for our own board. but for the other
foreign missionary societies or Amer
lea. Many thousands OF dollars have
been forwarded In this way. and the
value OF such service In crisis so
serious cannot be overestimated, We
are under grateful obligations to these
corporations for their assistance.
Many pressing needs on the mis-
sion fields have not been met. The
year ahead may be dif1cult to finance.
but we have good reason to rejoice
that hA has
all been paid. We are without the
burden OF new deflcit. The old one
has been reduced and N size is al
mcst nominal. Substantial additions
have been made TO the plant on the
field, to the. Twentieth Century fund,
the Conditional Gifts fund. and to the
Fund for Disabled and Retired Mis-
sienaries.
Surely we may begin the work OF
the new year. shadowed though IL Ia
by war clouds. with courage and hope
born Of the word OF Gods promise
and the experience OF His goodness"
The annual report of the Home de
partment by Secretary Cornelius II.
Patton of Boston, showed SO mission
aries appointed for life, and II for
term service. q total OF 81 as against
a total OF A for last year. Many OF
the new workers are being held back
from sailing on account of war con-
ditions.
The appointment OF the nominating
and also OF the business
committee was made this afternoon.
The nominating committee, consist
Ing OF five members, in turn, appoints
. committee OF three. which places In
nomination candidates for the various
ofiices OF the board. The election Of
oficers takes place Tuesday after
noon.
Following the committee appoint
ments. Mrs. G. H. Daniels, OF Welles-
ley. assachusetts, spoke on the out
look Of the Woman's boards. Secre-
tary II. w. Hicks, of New York city.
discussed United Study plans for
1914-16.
Probably the most interesting ad-
dress Of the session was that OF the
Rev. X. Tsunashima, of Toxic, Japan.
and pastor Of q Japanese Congrega-
tional church, who spoke at length on
the progress OF Christianity In Japan
and the prosperity of the Kumi-ai