,-.:s 



IM:KSP,YTI-:I:I \N-. 



grants 1,446 schools had been organized 

 organised, into which 5.455 teacher- and 

 pupils had been gathered and from \\: 

 rhiin-h** had already grown. The year's ; 

 uf the business department amounted 

 The editorial department had 

 and tract* - depart m- 



turned 7.3*8 Sabbath -.-h.*.!-. with '.'. 

 can. teacher and pupil-. 



The Committee on Systematic Keneflecnce, 

 for the rtr-t urn. 



reported a decrease in gifts to benevolent oh- 

 jert*. the amount of decrease as compared with 

 x.-.-ir in-iiig $44,829. The Boards of 

 Home Missions, Foreign Missions, Sabbath- 

 school Work, and Aid for Colleges and Acade- 

 mies reported gains aggrega 

 while those of K<lu<-ation. Church Krectioi 



id Freedraen returned losses of 



179. 



ll .ard of Foreign Missions had re< 

 tt expenditures ha<l been * 

 .a* against f995,fe>2 in the mvceding 



three new missionaries had been sent out. 

 Prom the mission field- in Africa, china. I'uatc- 

 inala. India. Japan, Korea. Siam. 



Smth Am- i. and among the Chinese, 



and Japanese in the I'nit.-d States were returned 



tndpal stations and ><:; out station- 



can missionaries (including ordained and 

 medical missionaries, lay teachers, and other-), 

 1.948 native missionaries, teachers, and helpers; 

 891 churches with :s-,M<M communi 

 having been added during the year); 100 students 

 . Vj pupil- in -rhools board- 

 ing and day and for hoys and for girls; native 

 us of $65,H', ls <: and :'.:', hospitals and 

 dispensaries, at which 256,514 patients were 

 treated during the year. 

 The receipts of the Woman's Kxecutive Cora- 

 Nli ion- f'-r the year had b.-en 

 $887^88, and the . I>!MI r- :.~>l~>. The 



debt at the beginning of the year was $10,000. 

 The report of the superintendent of schools de- 

 nrrihed the work done in Alaska. 8 schools and 

 87 teachers; am -. i pohoo 



ncbera, reaching :\\ triU-s; among the 



n population of the lx>nler 

 school* and 58 teachers: amon- the Mormons, 

 10 schools and 84 teacher-: and among the 

 mountain people of the South. 25 schools and 

 77 trarhers. In these 114 schools, with 391 

 tarbn, wen enrol led 1.0 10 puj.il- as bo.. 



"< lav 16. 



,. r . i, r . Kobert Ru>ieU p (<Mifh of 



was chosen moderator. The C-..MIM 

 9Pjtet*l hy the previous General Assembly to 

 theological seminaries reported 

 ejofrences with the boards of 



.-. \v,.,,,,. 

 I^nr.llc. ^ n rrmnriw Seminaries, and 





to each of 

 in its recoro- 

 in the mtt<r r.f putting 

 Immediately under the rontrol 

 Aiwrmhlr which covered tho*,. 

 not intended to change the 



title, o \\nn--liip. or di^M'-itinn of the pi- 

 held l>y tin- Narioiis in>t ii ut ims or to 

 nti'i'l or inti-rfei-.-iice up 

 . -M-mlily. l-ut only t(. maUr sin 

 tin- pro|M-rty was held for no other pm 

 than thi'oliigii-ul i-dm-at inn arr.mling 



itandards of the Preabyterian Church : i 1 



pOWl :- ^ ught ti I- nnf< i n 'i on ih.- (.. n.-ral 

 Assemldy upon the rln-tion 



feSSOrs in the seininari. - liy appi-o\;il or 

 DON than it now posses-, 

 a majority of the srininarii-s : ami that . 

 other conditions asked in resjH-rt t.. tin- . 

 of profess* rs simply i, d in sni 



and .'IT.'.-! witli \vhai was known a^ tin- 

 inent of I 4 - 



Tin- srminarii-s ..f Omaha and hnlin<|i. 

 adopted all tin- recoimnendations of the (i 

 Assembly. The directors and truM.-.-s of I 

 t'-n Seminary ae.jnieseed in ami \\ 

 -ympathy with the sentiment of the rev,, 

 l.ul were' advised hy their conn-el thai th- 

 ter of the -em;' died snli-tanli.. 



that the Assembly was seeking to 

 Yet thev would con-ent to an amendment if the 

 Assembly still wi-hed it. |The A emi, 

 vised amendment "in order to put the 

 '1 all possible question.") T; 

 i-ii Seminary. Allegheny. I'.-i.. ( ,,n 

 that seminary already in the position \\ln, I, the 

 A->.inl>ly was seeking to e-talili-h. Tin 

 tors of Danville Seminary had n to adopt 



the recommendation- a- to l.y 

 their con-t itution. Imt feared that their- 

 could not he amended without da- 

 fciture. [The Assembly retjiiesteil th.-b. 

 secure -uch legislation' a> they could \\ 

 imperiling their charter.) The -emim; 

 San l''rancisco being under syncxlical conn,,], it 

 was deemed best to defer action until after the 

 next meeting of the synod. Lam- Srmin. 

 Cincinnati, had been vi-ited by a -ubcoii;' 

 who found the trustees ready 'to do all ii, 

 power to bring the institution into d>s. 

 lions with the Church. The report of tl. 

 mittee and its recommendations, with ti 

 lowing rexdutions. w, 

 to !!: 



1. That it i-thc- sense .f tin- Assi-rnl.l;. 

 semMy of l-;4 <li<l not inten.l t<> pn-pnr 

 any change in the tenure "r 

 ert'y of the .-eiu'inaries ..r t-- ! :m\ tliii. 



Utleet the atlt<'l|,,' 



.-ai-1 reeoiiMlien.l;,- intel|.|ed 



ineaiiirii' and etV . 



jH>rt. This As-einlily. in reafflrmlnff the ri- 



ot* the Aweinhly of js'.t}. ,|,,.-, ~,, with 

 purpose .,f leaving tin- tenure and title to all ]' 



of the - \ \\liere th- 



.iriou-. >M>unU of tru-teei, aii-i u 



fnrtlier purjx>e of ?eeuririL' the 

 Assembly. a an elleetive for--. Ky eh;.r 

 nn<l of Mfeguardinj? lv charter 'le,-l:,r!it . 

 hel-1 niid to IH- held ly IxianU of tru-' 

 perversion or mi- 



'icral AwicriibU r 



nftlM- A.-M-lllt.ly Of 1 -.M. Hlld. ill Vi- 



made anl the im|Krtanee of the 

 - that in its ju-; 



Continued to seeun: the adoption il 

 Assembly *M plan by nil the -('iiiiti:. 



' ;it a eonui ;.oinled to i 



eharjre of thi* matter, and to make reiK.i 



(icncral Assembly. 



