

PRESBYTER] 



The Executive Committee on c, 



grluuiiioii. in u > fourth annual urixil 



the expenditure f.-r the year as having been 

 $3,900, and n?|>orted (hat Jfl.-Ml wen* in tlu> 

 llOHUii Tli.- work of the committee and of 

 fraii ing Col m -1 Ministers, a? 

 Ala., had Uvn DMBMMd for lack of 

 A tract of 300 acres of land had )>< n 

 obtained, on which a l.uilding for church and 

 sjohool purposes was in course of r.-<-n..n. The 



...jM-d loin- III.!.' to ! :, rnrly 



. iu..rv commodious building for 



.,ry purposes; also machine and car- 

 V shops blacksmith shops. brick 

 ftawmill*. and other needed improvements. At 

 fa* $0,000 were need, d m ^-t the school int.. 

 . Manj -f the i t rtudentl 

 Me institute wore married men, some 

 of thnn with largo families. 



!y' s Home and School, at I-Vd- 

 .-_-. v.i.'. retarntd MMta "f *i:.r>n, 

 which were $14.100 in excess of Indebtedness. 

 The object of thi* institution is to maintain and 

 educate tin* orphan- of mini-ters. the children 

 of th- foreign missionaries who have to be sent 

 for education, and the children of the 

 -- ,: . - who labor in tield< destitute 



of educational facilities upon salaries in>uffl- 

 dent for the education <>f their children. 



A training school, designed to give a * Scrip- 

 tural and sensible method of training for Chris- 

 tian work, especially for young women who 

 desire to be fitted for home or foreign mis- 

 sionaries," was to be opened at Fredericksburg 

 In September, 1805. 



The receipts for foreign missions were $132,- 

 88$, or $0.106 less than the receipts of the pre- 

 vious year, and the dj-i MI rsements exceeded the 

 receipts by $1.877. The fiVal year had closed 

 t and leaving a balance in the treas- 

 ury, in. hiding the Congo Boat fund, of $16,865. 

 Twelve new missionaries had been sent out, 2 

 missionaries had died, and 5 had returned to 

 the United States, On account of dissensions 

 that had occurred there, the Cuba mission had 

 been suspended for the present A project for 

 jf a boat for the use ,,f the minions on 

 - r ..r. f,,r which *lo.:;*o had been 

 contributed had been delayed till the need for 

 the boat became more evid 



The General Assembly met at Dallas, Texas. 

 The Rev. < .,-hill. I>. I)., of 



Louisville, Ky.. was unanimously chosen mod- 

 erator. A number of overtures wer 

 on the subject of organic union with the North- 

 cm Church, some of which asked for the ap- 

 a commit <>f ! to confer with a 

 of that Church, while a varie- 



tfof views were expressed in the others. To 

 tMat a reply, unanimously adopted, was re- 

 Unwt that -the Assembly d< 



> to affaato these quest jon* at t hi- time, and 



* on record its - of since: 



* nd Oirtrtian affection for that honored 

 th* great Presl.. . hun-h. with 



,* "o* have the closest fraternal rela- 

 A ktter was read fn-m the Franco- 

 asking for 

 nt in its eftV 

 M adopted reconling 

 the -under love of the Assem- 



My to id.- IliiLTiienoi Cliurch in !' 

 lliendiii.u' it to Hi, pra\er-.. >\ mpath: 

 of the peopl,-." and Inviting til 

 churches to eontril.iitc regularlx t-.th,. 1 

 Aineriraii coiniiii ion. An iiivitalioii : 



rWJ t.. participate in the 

 .hint- : -i in.rlii, 



\ in the I'MJI, d 

 near Monmouth. N. .1.. in 170( 



vsed its great interest in all n 

 cerniti- the founding and . arl\ stu. 



Presbyterians in this country, and : 



gates t<> MI tend tin- eeleliratioii at tin 



. |i the sill.j.-et of the ol 



indeprndent colored I'roliyterian (Inn 

 Assembly declared that the ultiin.i 

 out of such a had always I.. 



policy of the Church. I Miring the pa- 

 years steady progress had Wei, i 

 this goal. The cniestion of orp-ini/at i<-n 

 fenvd to ; ' .ind syncxl 



for such action as ihcy might sec pn.| . 

 their concurrence i> ohtained, and if tin 

 raised justify such organization in the ju>: 

 of the Committee of Colored I 

 sjMx-ial committee was authorised 

 the time and place for effecting il 

 I ion and ivpre>.-iii the Asseinbly in tl.- 

 -efdim:<. A report on young people's s- 

 was adopted with a constitution and ! 

 government. The act ion of the previous 

 bly declining to forbid affiliation with th< 

 ties of other ( 'hurches and enjoining the M 

 to maintain a careful oversight of the 

 ami influence of such associations was . 

 ated. A special warning was gi\< 

 the danger to which young and inexpei 

 persons are exposed from attendance upo: 

 and promiscuous conventions which an 

 under ecclesiastical control." The Com 

 of Education was authorized to grant 

 unmarried women who are under the , 

 the Committee of Foreign Mi ions win 

 suing their studies in the training -eh 

 the Church. The standing Committee 

 SaliKath reported that only a few 



mentioned improvement in their r< 

 a g-neral survey of the field showed a 

 grade" movement; that the gn.wii 

 among Christians to admit the secular spbtt 

 into their homes was to be deplored: and that 

 it was a matter of deep regret that so 

 difference e\jst< ainoii:: Christians as t< 

 constitute lawful and unlawful work- 

 Sabbath day. The Permanent Commi" 

 the Sabbath, which was commissioned 

 us (Jeiieral A--emMy to mi-id. 

 whole ijue-ri. n of Sabbath ol 



the changed conditions of modern li 



that 



ral trend i- 



views and pnu-ticen, and that 

 affirmed by (iod'n people the da> 

 it.-* hoM u|K>n the maraeti. I 

 the line \VJLH sharply dr 

 Churobes and the world, it 



the d<'<-liri<- w-re -(>ntined simply t-. the r,ut.-id 

 world, there would be little or no ground t 

 NUT. iinfortunatelv. tlii- U u 

 indifference i- likewise invading the rank- 

 C'liurch. There is a large class among all denon,;na- 



