692 





increment mrch 



"as soon roudcnce shall 



i was expressed at 

 iw prom and editorial asso- 

 us expressing nan's 



movement for ; purity in litcr.it m 



art. ami ; * t - ih< 



from their journal 



lical sustentation. to 

 ; ; l A-sem!.|y. 



:ic tw hundred and fiftieth 



f tllC West II, 



- vond Thursday of tin- next 

 and th 



resolution was adopted appropriate 



1 and 

 the sixtieth anniversary of ln % r rei^n, M-inlinir the 



.1 Christi t ng to 



Uith the lllusf : and t In- subjects of her 



- rule of thr destinies 



<H \vllich the SUn II- The 



Assembly reaffirmed it- deep interest in nil l< 



ii the cause of temperance au-1 



-ly further, d. an 1 commended the 



a .'.f UhHsUao men in the State and Federal 



atnres to safeguard social purity and prevent 



tin- main- :n any (mvern- 



i:i' nt l'ii.1 nn_r. It also rsonal 



duty of total abstinence and tin- advocacy of tcm- 



iodl t" take measures to 



promote the third 



Stllld -Mine other 



I in the churches as Tem- 



p r, - I>.>'.. 



II. PmbjtnrlMiCliiirrliinthoriiitH States 



N.iiitiiern .1 mi . :, i"\ of be statistics of this 



Church, as reported to the General Assembly in 

 May. 1897, gives the following footings: Number 

 of "synods, 18; of presbyterie 

 1.8W: . lates, 878; of licentiates, 90; of 



rhur : of communicants, 911,604; of bap- 



- ; of nilin^ elders, 



: of deacons, 7/J?'.': of teachers in Sunday 

 schools, 10,397; of pupils in the same. 143,498; of 

 churches organized during the year, 60 ; of m -m- 

 bers added on examination. in..V.rJ; of bap' 



f adults and .",.().->() of infants. Amounts of 

 .'tuition*: K-r thf Assonibly's home mi- 

 $21.022: local ev.m-,-li.ti<-. 199,849; for the Invalid 

 fund. $12,572; forforeign mi-ions, $122.M2J; for 

 education, $51.212; for publication, $7,:i22 ; for 

 colored erangelization. $9. > ,'7(> : for the Bil>k> < 

 $5.391; presbyterial. $l".j:;~. : f'-r : 

 $797,475; congregational, $564,108 ; miscellan 

 1 12 1.714. 



The increaM in the number of communicants 

 -vn in the tables is very small a- < .in- 

 pared with the number of additions on exami- 



). The editor (.f the < 



apprehending error, has gone ov r f the 



vterial n-iH.rts in detail, and has found that 

 mistakes in adding up the communicants in a few 

 of them hare made the total smaller than it should 

 be by about 3.000. 



The treasurer's report of theExeontiv, Commit- 

 tee on Publication showed that the assets of the 

 publishing house amounted to $108,246. The re- 



th.- vear had been 

 $6.879, and 



closed with a balance in the treasury oi $8,175. 

 Eighteen new work 1 * had U-.. f , published durint,' 

 the year, ami la other works i> 



Series of topics of study for the u-e of tho \'. 

 minster League of Y 



supplemental c for Sunday schools 



had been published, the latter dev.-l.. 

 fully the denominational doctrines and principles 



m had v: 



families and di^lnlmteii I !v- an<l tra-|s t,. the 



amount oi of thrir operations 



beinu' $2.371 : and ^r.S'.i(; had been applied to be- 



The |-:\,-cuti\e Committ.rof Home Mi-M'oi 

 turned the entire sum of which they had had con- 

 trol during lh .11. or $1M7 

 lest than tin- amount in the |>re\ i..ii- \. ar. < M 1 his 

 sum. *!,.")((> h.i 



ministrati i-.r the support 



of the several bran-hes of the \v 



T\\o uiini-ti-rs and 1 chmvh 

 buildini: had IH-I-M aided in N.-\\ M- -\i- . 2 min- 



. i'le t raining s<-lit 

 amoni; the Mexiean^ in 



d ajiproM-iations m Ark.i 



Florida. Texas, and the Indian Territory, and s 

 chureh building" had been aided. The \\<.rk am-.n^ 

 the M.-xieans in T.-xas had increa-i-d ii 

 from 1 church of .">() members t.. (i < hnn-l, 



members, more than 40 of whom had I..M-H n 



durint; the year, and with :{ youn.i: men in training 

 for tin- ministry. The OOndiuon of the work at 



[ndiaos especially of tin- school wn-k \\ 



ir;iu r inu r . Tim 'ilirm min- 



.iicl.-d out of the Invalid fund. 

 The Kxeciitive Committee of F-uvi-n Mission** 

 rted that its receipts for th, :n all 



el been S DON tliall 



of t he p: ir. and it^ li>-bur.-enn nt ^ 



si'ij. JIM;, or $13,178 more than those of the piwj- 



B I more than tl. 



receipts. A balanci- in the treasury of sin.-.'-. 1 . 

 returned on April 1. 1^!7. In ten \ear- the mi- 

 sionary force had been increased from ."" I \-> l"iM. 

 and the annual receipt* from $84,000 to $148 



i of the work per mi->i..nary for ten 

 had been about .*1.'J Tin- included 



:in^ expe;, . medicines. Look-. 



ther appliances \\^,\ in the w.-rk. For the 



pl-t three years the limit of expense had been kept 



by various economies at about $l,00<i. I. . n ne.v 

 missionaries had b-en sent out during the \ 

 \i/.. ."> to Ciiina. 1 to Japan, !{ to northern I'.ra/il, 2 

 to the Co; >tat and 3 ladi.-s had been 



ad led by marriage to the mis-ionary force in China 

 and .lapan. Three mi-si,,narie. had died and '.I 

 had returned to the Tinted States on account of ill 

 health. 



The mi- !i-hed at :{0 stations, with 



W, <-hup-hes. and returned 1">I> missionaries from the 

 Tnited Males, ."i* ,,f whom were ordained min 

 in -rs. UH other native helper-. 



::.! ."ii; communicant memUrs viz.. 2x1 in China, 

 il. :>:>n in n,,rthern I'.ra/il. <i?S 



in Mexico, 720 in Japan, and !:i in the Congo, with 

 no report of members from Korea but 10 additions 

 during 'he year mentioned: 70 Sabbath schools. 

 with 1.21.-) pupil-; or, dav seho,,ls. with 72 puj.iN; 



9 person- L'iven nn-'lieal aid ; and i 

 tribution- amountiiiL' 



(..n era I Assembly. The General Assembl 

 in 01 

 Goethius, . Oa., w^s 



verturo concerning women speaking in the 

 churches was the -nl.j"-' of d. -bare for the pi- 



f one of the earli'-r da\s of these ion. It 

 invo] D whether the pulpits of the 



Chiin-h miirht l.e oeeiipicd by women to lecture or 

 addresses to mixed audience, of men and 

 women; and whether ministers mii'ht read from 

 their pulpits notices of -uc-h lectures and add; 

 made in other chun-l.e-. The Asseml 



rinir the presbytery send in </ nfi the over- 

 ture " to the Hear deliverance of former Assemblies 

 which settle the principles involved in its overture, 



