Twenty-Third Annual Report (the Ninety-First Year From the Organization of the Work) Of the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America PDF Download

Author: U. S. Presbyterian Church Home Missions
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780364994207
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 986

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Excerpt from Twenty-Third Annual Report (the Ninety-First Year From the Organization of the Work) Of the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America: Presented to the General Assembly, in Washington, D. C., May 18th, 1893 In view of the large and growing importance Of the Mission School work, the Woman's Executive Committee concluded that it would be wise and economical to have a Superintendent who should devote to it all his time. Accordingly they requested the Board to create such an Office and look for a suitable man to fill it. In compliance with this request, the Board, at its February meet ing, elected the Rev. Geo. F. Mcafee, of Sisseton Agency, South Dakota, Superintendent Of school work. From his success as a pastor, synodical missionary, financial agent, and superintendent of an Indian school, the Board is satisfied that he is the right man to manage efficiently and economically the widely scattered and varied school work carried on by the women of the Church. On the 24th of March, 1893, John Taylor. Johnston, Esq., one Of the corporate members of the Board, died in the seventy-fourth year of his age. He was a faithful attendant on all the sessions Of the Board, so long as his health permitted, a wise counsellor, and a large contributor towards carrying on its work. The Board also records with sorrow the death during the year of eight Of its hard-working and self-denying missionaries. A num ber of them were permitted to carry the glad tidings Of salvation to many of our fellow-citizens who, before their coming, had en joyed no religious privileges. They fought a good fight, and kept the faith. Their names, we believe, are written in' the Lamb's Book of Life. They were. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.