PRESB7TBRIAK& 





home an. I foii-ii/n miion-, etc., or to t< uch a olou 

 in tin- SuMiath school. Work nl' this kind \\e ].- 

 i.l cmmciid, luit 1'iih lir .-jicakiiiL' in ll.c pi'- 

 -ciulily n|' tin- i -"ii^rciratioii or church in 

 \ t<> tin- holy oracles, and therefore .should l.c 

 |irohil>itcd iiinl condcmncil liy the presliytcric- ainl 

 I Illlivh -i -si. >lis. 



Tlii- Assembly declared it unlawful to grant 

 the u so of church buildings to rnivcr.-ali.-t- I'm- 

 holding religious sen 



111. lulled Presbyterian Church in 

 North America. Tin- following is a compara- 

 tive suniiiiary of I lie statistics of this Church for 

 1891: 





The receipts of the Board of Church Exten- 

 sion wen- reported as $28,711 ; the payments to 

 congregations bad been $38,589. Appropria- 

 tions had been made to 24 congregation! and 

 mis-ions to the amount of $41,332. During 

 the past ten years the amount paid by the board 

 for churches and parsonages, exclusive of contin- 

 gent expenses, had been $304.592, an average of 

 $34,45!) a year. The Hoard of Education returned 

 59 beneficiaries. There were in the colleges 65 

 instructors and 1,058 students. 



The receipts of the Board of Home Missions 

 had been $56,442. and the expenditures $(i().(i:i!). 

 Aid had been granted to 219 stations, of which 

 207 stations reported an average attendance of 

 16,527 persons, 12,538 communicants, 1.244 

 additions bv profession of faith, and 1,432 

 teachers and 15,428 pupils in Sabbath schools. 

 The receipts of the Board of Foreign Missions 

 had been $105,116. From the missions in 

 Kirypt and India were returned 26 ordained, 83 

 other foreign workers, 260 native laborers (in 

 Egypt), 89 organized and 164 unorganized 

 stations and congregations, 9,828 communicants. 

 145 schools with 10.347 pupils, 201 Sabbath 

 schools with 7,559 pupils: in India, 410 ad- 

 ditions by profession of faith, 392 baptisms of 

 adults and 291 of infants, and a total Christian 

 population of 10,171. 



The General Assembly met in Princeton. Ind., 

 May 26. The Rev. T. J. Kennedy. I). !>.. 1'n -i- 



deiit of Amity College, Iowa, wan chosen presi- 



ili-Mt. A committee appointed l,y ti 

 doiieral A einlily concerning tin- relation* of 

 this Church with" the Pn -l.yterian Alliance re- 

 ported recommending a n-Miiuption of them: 

 whereupon the AsMMiihly n--olv<-d that, ax a*- 

 suranccs had Ix-en given bs the Secretary -f tl., 

 Alliance "that any departure from the ue of 

 the S-riptiire I'-alms in the devotional UK 

 thereof was not by its authority, and that -tn I, 

 departure will ! carefully gnaided against in 

 the future meetings." it declared it- de-ire to 

 lie readmit led to the Alliance. It declined to 

 take any part in the preparation of a con--ti-us 

 of the faith of the Presbyterian churches of tin- 

 world, on the ground "that it is not wi-e to do 

 anything that might indicate a willingn. 

 modify our creed." A minute ad< pled oji t he- 

 subject of the di ini>sion of the ininisii 

 clares 



That evtiy < lie \vlio rightfully OCCOplei the inili!.-- 

 terial ollii c l>;is liet-n called to that jx'sition l>v the 

 voice of Chri.-t. the Head f the duin-h; uii't that 

 finlinati'iii hy the presl.\tery is mi ntticiul act, K-ttinjf 

 n man apart to the office to which it is judged tin- 

 Lord has calk-d him. The evidences <m which 

 jire-l.\tery bHI its jiid^melit are the ]ISSCKMH|I .t' 

 natural, ac<|uired. mid ^rraei<nis ndoWDMOta, fltting 

 the Candidate tin- the <>tlii-e; lead::ii;H <>t' rr"\idenee 

 guiding him in that direction; nn<l a i>c)>ua-ion ap- 

 1'arently wrought in the DUOA BOO] that he is called 

 of (iod to tliisdtliee. It is jMi>sil>U- that the Minn may 

 he mistaken in his convietinii concerning tlie call (!' 

 the Lord, and a ]>resl>ytery may also l.c mistaken in 

 its judgment <>f the matter, "MI that u man m\ 

 come into the ministry l>v the mistakes (' man. and 

 not by the will of God. Or, a man who h::- 

 callcd by the Lord for n time may l>-eoine \<\ Minn- 

 providence not of old age or intirmitN entirely and 

 j-ermaiu-ntly unfitted for the duties of nil "Hiee, while 

 left tree to serve the Lord in those duties for which 

 1'c i.- callable. In such eases the prc-hytery n,!i_> 

 release the man from his act. But when uiititin>.- 

 nsults from the minister's neglect t> --ultivatc lii> 

 talents or liis \ielding to the allurements i if the world, 

 he can not properly In- relea>e<l without ceii.-ure. 



As a part of a course of evangelistic training, n 

 Bible institute was j)rovided for the benefit of mem- 

 ben i>t the < 'hurch desiring t<i tit tliemi-clves for Chris- 

 tian labor, the course of instruction in which shall 

 embrace the KngHsh IJible, the plan of -alvation. tin- 

 distinctive jirincijiles of the I'nited 1'n -li\ teriaii 

 Church, and methods of Christian work. In view of 

 the usual omission of the mime of Christ Iroin the of- 

 ficial proclamation* appointing ThankagiTing l>a>. 

 the Asscmlily direeti-d the jireparation of a .-|H-eial 

 proclamation, rccogni/ing the TnankaglTing l>ay nj>- 



Jioillted l>y the President, to lie rend from the pulpits 

 of the Clnirch in place of the President'." )>iin-luma- 

 tion. , Petitions were ordered .-cut t<> the directors of 

 the Columliian Fair for the entire clo.-ing of the ex- 

 hibition on Sunday. 



IV. Reformed Presbyterian Chnrch 



(Syiiod). The following is a summary of the 

 statistics of this bod v as they were re|>ortcd to 

 the Synod in ..lay: Number of congregations, 

 PJ7 :of ministers, ii:i: of elders. 503: of deacon-. 

 847: of communicant-. ll.'JT'J: average attend- 

 ance in Sabluith schools. i::.ll: miintwr of 

 baptisms during the \.-ar. :!ii:{. Amount of 

 contributions: For foreign mis-ion-. |26,1 '! : f;T 

 home mis-ions. $6.559: for the Souther:: 

 sion, $3.!Mi2: for the Chines,- Mi--i.>n. *'. 

 for the Indian Mi-sion. $4..V21 : for summa- 

 tion. $', ) ,5% : for national reform, $4.520: total 



