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tions and those around them. A question was 

 presented to the Synod regarding the consist- 

 ency with its position on this subject of vot- 

 ing on amendments to State Constitutions, 

 amendments embodying the prohibition of 

 the liquor-traffic being particularly referred 

 to. The committee to which the subject was 

 referred presented two reports of opposite 

 tenor, on which action was deferred till the 

 next meeting of the Synod. On the subject of 

 temperance, resolutions were adopted, declar- 

 ing that " duty requires us in the observance 

 of the Lord's Supper to use a cup that con- 

 tains as much as possible of the pure fruit of 

 the vine, and as little as possible of that which 

 intoxicates " ; and that " we bear testimony to 

 the fact that those who incorporate with the 

 Government of these United States have fellow- 

 ship with the throne of iniquity in this great 

 sin." 



V. Reformed Presbyterian Church, General Synod. 

 The statistics of this body are incomplete. 

 The number of communicants under the care of 

 the General Synod is estimated at about 6,700 ; 

 of these about 3,500 are in the three presbyteries 

 East, and the remainder in the three presbyte- 

 ries West. The scholars in the Sunday-schools 

 are in the proportion of about three to five. 

 The salaries of the pastors range from $700 to 

 $2,500. 



The General Synod met in Pittsburg, Pa., 

 May 21. The Rev. William J. Smiley was 

 chosen moderator. The treasurer of church 

 extension reported that his receipts had been 

 $2,789, .and his expenditures $2,384. The 

 treasurer of the theological ssminary returned 

 the amount of the endowment fund of the 

 institution as $34,791. Its receipts for the 

 year had been $2,610, and its expenditures 

 $2,604. The Lamb fund, the revenue of 

 which is to be appropriated in aid of the 

 education of young men preparing for the 

 ministry, was represented by real estate having 

 an assessed value of $12,800. The amount of 

 the sustentation fund was returned at $5,310. 

 The receipts of the Board of Domestic Missions 

 had been $1,627. Four ordained ministers and 

 four licentiates were employed in the work of 

 the board. The receipts of the Board of For- 

 eign Missions had been $3,615. The mission 

 in India had been reopened at Roorkie, in the 

 Northwest Provinces, under the charge of the 

 Rev. Mr. Scott, who was assisted by five licen- 

 tiates. A letter of greeting was sent to the 

 Eastern Reformed Presbyterian Synod in Ire- 

 land. A communication was adopted to be 

 presented to the National Conventions of the 

 political parties about to meet for the nomina- 

 tion of candidates for President and Vice- 

 President of the United States, inviting con- 

 sideration of the doctrine of the supremacy of 

 Jesus Christ, and asking them to recognize it. 



VI, Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The fol- 

 lowing is a summary of the statistics of the 

 Cumberland Presbyterian Church, as they were 

 returned by the stated clerk in May, 1884: 



Number of presbyteries, 1 11 ; of ministers, 

 1,503; of licentiates, 249; of candidates, 214; 

 of congregations, 2,462 ; of elders, 9,373 ; of 

 deacons, 3,104; of communicants, 122,240; of 

 persons in Sunday-schools, 68,585. Number 

 of baptisms during the year, 6,022 of adults 

 and 1,743 of infants; number of additions on 

 examination, 1,960. Value of church prop- 

 erty, $2,259,510. Amount of contributions: 

 for church building and repairing, $174,483 ; 

 paid pastors and supplies, $236,953 ; for pres- 

 byterial purposes, $8,436 ; for charity, $12,- 

 378; total, $460,172. 



The Board of Publication reported that the 

 capital stock of the Publishing-House amounted 

 to $59,293. The year's business had returned 

 a net profit of $7,901. 



The receipts of the Board of Ministerial Re- 

 lief for the year had been $1,048. Aid had 

 been given to eight disabled and the families 

 of eight deceased ministers. 



The Board of Education returned the re- 

 ceipt of $77, and reported that one hundred 

 and three young men were studying in prepa- 

 ration for the ministry in the various schools 

 of the Church. The theological department of 

 Cumberland University possessed an endow- 

 ment fund of $40,000. The Academic School 

 of the same institution returned an interest- 

 bearing endowment fund of $25,000. 



The total receipts of the Board of Missions, 

 including what had been paid to local treasui 

 ers, were returned at $44,474. Four statior 

 had been added to the list of domestic missions 

 one station had become self-supporting, am 

 one had ceased to exist. The whole numbei 

 of stations was now fifteen. Missions wei 

 maintained among three of the civilized Indi 

 tribes, viz., the Choctaws, Cherokees, an< 

 Chickasaws. Bethel Presbytery, in the inl 

 rior of the Choctaw nation, was composed of 

 nine ministers, eight of whom were natives, 

 besides whom two other natives had just be( 

 ordained. A presbytery had recently be* 

 organized in the Cherokee nation, among whom 

 three missionaries were laboring. Five mis- 

 si onariesi were engaged in the Japan mission, 

 and three preaching-places were maintained in 

 connection with it. The numerical results of 

 the labors of the missionaries had been greater 

 than in any previous year. Twenty persons 

 had been received into membership by baptism, 

 and the whole number of members was 47, of 

 whom 42 were adults and five were children. 

 These members were scattered over a territory 

 of about three hundred miles. A girls' school 

 was in course of establishment at Osaka. 



General Assembly. The General Assembly 

 of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church met 

 at McKeesport, Pa., May 15. Mr. John Friz- 

 zell, a ruling elder, was chosen moderator. In 

 response to a number of overtures, asking that 

 changes be made in the " Confession of Faith " 

 and the "Book of Discipline," a minute was 

 adopted declaring that, whereas, the "Revised 

 Confession of Faith" and "Form of Govern- 



