806 UNITED BEETHEEN CHUECH. 



UNITED STATES. 



held in London during the first week in June. 

 Mr. David Ainsworth, M. P., presided. Ques- 

 tions were discussed respecting the means of 

 attracting the people to public worship, and 

 concerning the interests of Sunday-schools, 

 and moral and religious education. 



UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH. The 

 " United Brethren Year-Book " for 1883 gives 

 statistics of this Church, of which the following 

 is a summary : Number of conferences (includ- 

 ing one in Sherbro, Africa), 51 ; number of 

 churches, 4,463 ; of members, 159,547 ; of itin- 

 erant preachers, 1,257; of local preachers, 963 ; 

 number of meeting-houses, 2,322, the probable 

 value of which is $2,974,313 ; number of par- 

 sonages, 389, the probable value of which is 

 $282,284; number of Sunday-schools, 3,180, 

 with 25,690 officers and teachers and 165,743 

 scholars. Amount of contributions : For sala- 

 ries of ministers, $387,710; for ministerial aid, 

 $3,136; for missions, $45,293; for woman's 

 missions, $4,948 ; for church-erection, $1,742 ; 

 for support of bishops, $6,661 ; for colleges and 

 seminary, $36,450 ; for ministerial education, 

 $1,477. Total amount of contributions for all 

 purposes, including church expenses, $811,209. 

 Number of bishops, five. 



One general religious paper, six Sunday-school 

 and missionary journals, and a woman's mis- 

 sionary paper, in the English language, and one 

 general religious paper and one Sunday-school 

 journal in the German language, are issued 

 from the publishing house in Dayton, Ohio. 



The educational institutions comprise twelve 

 colleges and seminaries and the Union Bibli- 

 cal Seminary at Dayton, Ohio. 



The twenty -ninth annual session of the Home, 

 Frontier, and Foreign Missionary Society of 

 the United Brethren in Christ was held in 

 Lebanon, Pa., beginning May 26th. The re- 

 ceipts of the treasury of the society had been 

 $49,674, while its net liabilities amounted to 

 $26,154. The amount of the permanent fund 

 was reported to be $52,998. The receipts and 

 expenditures for church extension had been 

 $2,327 each. The society had in its home de- 

 partment 214 missionaries in 31 self-sustain- 

 ing conferences, with 15,532 members, 3,563 ot 

 whom had been added during the year. The 

 amount expended by branch treasuries in the 

 department of work had been $21,165. 



In the foreign department, nine missionaries 

 were employed in Germany, and reported con- 

 siderable success. The Sherbro Mission, in West 

 Africa, reported six American missionaries, 

 ten native assistants, a number of itinerating 

 students and mechanics, and five stations occu- 

 pied and two about to be opened at Shengay, 

 with two stations at Bempeh ; while the work 

 of the mission was or would be extended to 

 about one hundred towns. 



The Woman's Missionary Association had 

 received $5,909. It was interested in work in 

 the African and German missions, and was con- 

 templating the opening of a Chinese work on 

 the Pacific coast of the United States. 



UNITED STATES. The year was charac- 

 terized by few events of national importance in 

 the United States. The change of administra- 

 tion which occurred in the fall of 1881 showed 

 its effects in the most gradual manner, the Pres- 

 ident being cautious in making official changes, 

 as well as in all matters pertaining to public 

 policy. At the beginning of the year three 

 members of the Garfield Cabinet remained, 

 viz.: Eobert T. Lincoln, of Illinois, Secretary 

 of War ; William H. Hunt, of Louisiana, Secre- 

 tary of the Navy ; and Samuel J. Kirk wood, of 

 Iowa, Secretary of the Interior. In April Mr. 

 Hunt and Mr. Kirkwood retired, the former 

 receiving the appointment of Minister to Eus- 

 sia. William E. Chandler, of New Hampshire, 

 was appointed Secretary of the Navy, and H. 

 M. Teller, of Colorado, Secretary of the Interi- 

 or. The appointment of Mr. Chandler excited 

 some opposition in the Senate, on political 

 grounds, but he was confirmed on the 12th of 

 April, by a vote of 28 to 16, several Democrat- 

 ic Senators not voting. Mr. Teller's appoint- 

 ment was not opposed. In March an appoint- 

 ment of Associate Justice on the bench of the 

 Supreme Court was made, in consequence of 

 the retirement of Mr. Justice Hunt, for whom 

 special provision bad been made, by Congress 

 continuing his salary, although he had not 

 served ten years. The first name sent in for 

 the vacant judgeship was that of Epscoe Conk- 

 ling, of New York, which was received on the 



FREDERICK T. FRELINGHTJY9EN, SECRETARY OF STATE. 



[Born in Milltown. New Jersey, August 4, 1817; graduated 

 at Rutgers College in 1836; admitted to the bar in 1889; 

 Attorney-General of New Jersey in 1861 and 1866; United 

 States Senator from December 3, 18C6, to March 3, 1869, 

 and from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1S77. His appoint- 

 ment to the highest position in President Arthur's Cabinet 

 was confirmed by the Senate December 12, 1S81.] 



24th of February. For some days it was left 

 uncertain whether Mr. Conkling would accept 

 the place, but on the 3d of March, after the 



