Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . Phi Mu Room. 110 ELMIRA COLLEGE. [August, succeed the Rev. Rufus S. Green, ,who had resigned that office during theprevious year. The effort in behalf of anendowment was renewed, Dr. MacKenzieproposing that the citizens of Elmira, whohave always generously supported the insti-tution, be asked to raise $50,000, and thata like sum be secured if possible from friends outside the city. At the recentcommencement—June, 1898—he was ableto announce that the $100,000 had been fullypledged. cThe citizens of Elmira showedtheir appreciation of the inst
Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . Phi Mu Room. 110 ELMIRA COLLEGE. [August, succeed the Rev. Rufus S. Green, ,who had resigned that office during theprevious year. The effort in behalf of anendowment was renewed, Dr. MacKenzieproposing that the citizens of Elmira, whohave always generously supported the insti-tution, be asked to raise $50,000, and thata like sum be secured if possible from friends outside the city. At the recentcommencement—June, 1898—he was ableto announce that the $100,000 had been fullypledged. cThe citizens of Elmira showedtheir appreciation of the institution by con-tributing three-fifths of the amount insteadof one-half. The result is largely due to theuntiring zeal of President FOREIGN MISSIONS. NOTES. Scope of the Foreign Board. Attention has frequently been called tothe tact that the Board of Foreign Missionsis several Boards in one. It may not beamiss to refer to the matter again on thebasis of the recent annual report to theGeneral Assembly. It is, to begin with:(1) A Board of Home Missions. The mainbusiness of the Board of Home Missions isto preach the gospel in destitute year there were under commission bythe Foreign Board, 226 ordained mission-aries 188 ordained natives and 355 licen-tiates and evangelists, a force of 769 menwhose main business it is to preach thegospel. (2) It is a Board of Educationand a Board of Aid for Colleges. Lastyear there were in attendance in schools ofall grades 30,409 pupils, besides ninety-one students for the ministry. Very manvof these pupils were supported in whole orin part, and every college, high school andtheological seminary was dependent on theBoard to a greater or less extent. (3) Itis a Board cf Pu
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