Salt Lake Democrat | 1885-09-17 | Page 1 | Report of the Presbyterian Synod

1 Report of the Presbyterian Synod SARATOGA N Y September 17 At a meeting meet-ing of the United Presbyterian Synod the secretary submitted a report of the Board of Foreign Missions The foreign mission work of the church is in two fields India and Egypt The report included the following follow-ing statement We have one hundred and fifteen distinct mission stations eighteen foreign missionaries and one physician with their wives fifteen unmarried female missionaries mis-sionaries two hundred and thirtyfive native laborers and helpers ten native licentiates and eight ordained native ministers making in all a missionary torce of three hundred and eight The annual statement of the Board of Church Extension showed that during the year ending April 1st appropriations were made to twentytwo congregations in sixteen Presbyteries amounting to 27000 Receipts Re-ceipts from all sources including the quarter quar-ter centennial fund were 33000 and expenditures ex-penditures 38000