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 AT THE 
 
 133d GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
 OF THE PRESBYTERIAN 
 CHURCH IN THE U. S. A. 
 
 WINONA LAKE, INDIANA 
 May 19-26, 1921 
 
 The Board of Foreign Missions 
 and 
 
 The Woman’s Board of Foreign Missions 
 
 of the 
 
 Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. 
 156 Fifth Avenue, New York 
 
The 133rd General Assembly of the Presby¬ 
 terian Church in the U. S. A. meeting in 
 Winona Lake, Indiana, from May 19th to 26th 
 inclusive, was predominantly an Assembly 
 greatly interested in and sympathetic towards 
 Foreign Missions. 
 
 MISSIONARIES IN ATTENDANCE 
 
 There were between forty and fifty fur¬ 
 loughed missionaries in attendance, several of 
 them sitting as commissioners and others as 
 delegates from their missions. Nearly all of 
 our missions were represented. The mission¬ 
 aries, officers and members of the Assembly’s 
 and Woman’s Boards of Foreign Missions, and 
 members of the Assembly’s Standing Commit¬ 
 tee on Foreign Missions, joined in an informal 
 Prayer Conference, which was held at Bethany 
 Chapel on Sunday afternoon. May 22nd. The 
 Rev. Hugh T. Kerr, D.D., pastor of the Shady- 
 side Church of Pittsburgh, Pa., led the Con¬ 
 ference and called on the missionaries present 
 to state the needs of their missions, and then 
 there followed a season of prayer for all our 
 fields. 
 
 POPULAR MEETINGS 
 
 The Woman’s Board of Foreign Missions 
 held its popular meeting in Westminster 
 Chapel on Tuesday, May 24th, morning and 
 afternoon. A number of furloughed mission¬ 
 aries spoke. Encouraging reports were brought 
 regarding the cultivation of the home con¬ 
 stituency, and an address was given by Secre¬ 
 tary Robert E. Speer. 
 
 The regular popular meeting on Foreign 
 Missions, which is an annual feature of the 
 Assembly, was held on Wednesday evening, 
 May 25th, and was largely attended by com¬ 
 missioners and visitors. The missionaries were 
 assembled on the platform, and after being in¬ 
 troduced by Secretary Robert E. Speer, one 
 missionary from each mission spoke briefly. 
 Following this presentation of the missionaries, 
 there were four brief addresses by the Rev, 
 
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A. I. Good of West Africa, Mrs. Charles K. 
 Roys, formerly of China and now General Sec¬ 
 retary of the Woman’s Board, Rev. Roy H. 
 Brown of the Philippines, and the Rev. G. S. 
 McCune of Chosen. 
 
 FOREIGN MISSIONS DAY 
 
 Thursday morning. May 26th, the Assembly 
 devoted to the consideration of the work of 
 the Foreign Boards. The Rev. Hugh K. 
 Walker, D.D., Chairman of the Standing Com¬ 
 mittee on Foreign Missions, presented the 
 report and recommendations of the committee 
 which were unanimously adopted by the 
 Assembly and which will be found on another 
 page of this leaflet. Addresses were then 
 delivered by Secretary George T. Scott of the 
 Assembly’s Board and Miss Margaret E. 
 Hodge, President of the Woman’s Board. 
 Following these addresses a memorial service 
 was held in honor of Secretary, A. W. Halsey, 
 Mr. Speer addressing the Assembly on Dr. 
 Halsey’s life and work. 
 
 REPORT OF THE CHOSEN COMMIS¬ 
 SION 
 
 The Chosen Commission, appointed by the 
 132nd General Assembly at Philadelphia, May, 
 1920, presented to the Assembly at Winona 
 Lake, Part 1 of its Report which had been 
 adopted unanimously by the commission. This 
 report was thereupon approved unanimously 
 by the Assembly. Part 2 of the Report of 
 the Chosen Commission has already been sent 
 to the missions for their consideration. 
 
 CHINA FAMINE AND NEAR EAST 
 
 RELIEF 
 
 The Assembly gave careful and sympathetic 
 consideration to the presentation of famine 
 conditions in China and to the continued need 
 of contributions for Near East Relief. Strong 
 resolutions were passed by the Assembly call- 
 
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ing upon the Church for gifts for these two 
 needy causes. The commissioners themselves 
 also contributed generously to these two funds. 
 
 INTERCHURCH AND NEW ERA DEBTS 
 
 On recommendation of the Executive Com¬ 
 mission, the General Assembly provided for 
 the balance of an underwriting of the Inter¬ 
 church World Movement, amoimting to ap¬ 
 proximately $555,000 with accrued interest, 
 and a balance of an underwriting of the New 
 Era Movement amounting to approximately 
 $365,000 with accrued interest, making a total 
 of approximately $920,000 with accrued inter¬ 
 est, which must be liquidated. 
 
 The recommendation of the Executive Com¬ 
 mission which was adopted by the Assembly 
 provided that the Moderator and Stated Clerk 
 of the General Assembly be authorized, em¬ 
 powered and directed to make, execute and 
 deliver in the name of and rmder the seal of 
 the General Assembly, certificates of indebted¬ 
 ness not to exceed the sum of $600,000 for a 
 term of five years, bearing interest at the rate 
 of 6% per annum. These certificates of in¬ 
 debtedness to be subject to redemption in 
 whole or in part at any interest period as the 
 Executive Commission may determine and be 
 declared to be authorized investments for the 
 Boards and Agencies of the Church, to the 
 repayment of which the good faith of the 
 Church is pledged. 
 
 The recommendation further provided that 
 the sum of $350,000 shall be added to the total 
 budget of $12,000,000 already approved by the 
 Executive Commission for the year 1921-22, 
 and that the Executive Commission be directed 
 to place in the budget for the years following 
 1921-22 a sum equal to 2% per annum of the 
 total budget of all participating parties for the 
 purpose of retiring certificates of indebtedness. 
 
 The recommendation further provided, in 
 regard to the New Era debt, that the Execu¬ 
 tive Commission be directed to place in the 
 budget for the year 1921-22, in addition to the 
 amount already specified, the sum of $150,000, 
 
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this amount to be used and appropriated to 
 liquidate the New Era indebtedness, and in 
 the years following 1921-22 a sum equal to 
 1% per annum of the total budget of all par¬ 
 ticipating parties be added to the New Era 
 budget for the purpose of liquidating the New 
 Era indebtedness. 
 
 A special committee of the General Assem¬ 
 bly consisting of representatives of the Boards 
 and Agencies on the New Era Committee, was 
 appointed and empowered to use ail available 
 agencies of the Church including the New Era 
 Committee, to raise the amounts placed in the 
 budget for 1921-22 as provided in the above 
 resolutions. 
 
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RECOMMENDATIONS AND RESOLU¬ 
 TIONS OF THE STANDING COM¬ 
 MITTEE ON FOREIGN MISSIONS 
 
 Adopted unanimously by the 133rd General 
 Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the 
 U. S. A., May 26th, 1921. 
 
 The Standing Committee on Foreign Mis¬ 
 sions unanimously submits the following 
 recommendations and resolutions; 
 
 1. That the Assembly approve the Minutes 
 of the Board which the Committee has ex¬ 
 amined, and which are an impressive evidence 
 of the magnitude and complexity of the For¬ 
 eign Missionary work of our Church. 
 
 2. Having examined the report of the 
 Treasurer which shows that there has been a 
 total income of $4,633,534.00, an increase of 
 $914,758.00 (approximately 25%) over last 
 year; the gain from “living sources” being 
 $537,461.00—we recommend that the Assembly 
 express its devout gratitude to God and its 
 congratulations to the Church for this splendid 
 achievement and that in view of the certifi¬ 
 cate of audit attached to the report of the 
 Treasurer, the report be approved. 
 
 3. That the Assembly approve the election 
 of the Rev. George T. Scott and the Rev. 
 William P. Schell as Secretaries of the Board, 
 Mr. Scott and Mr. Schell having already 
 served as Assistant and Associate Secretaries 
 for eight years. 
 
 4. That the following members of the 
 Board whose terms of office expire with this 
 meeting of the Assembly, be re-elected to 
 serve for three years: 
 
 Rev. Cleland B. McAfee, D.D., 
 
 Rev. Charles R. Erdman, D.D., 
 
 Rev. William Y. Chapman, D.D., 
 
 Rev. John Kelman, D.D., 
 
 Rev. William P. Merrill, D.D., 
 
 Rev. D. Morgan Richards, 
 
 Mr. W. P. Stevenson, 
 
 Mr. Scott Foster, 
 
 Mr. John L. Severance. 
 
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5. That the Assembly extend its hearty 
 congratulations to the newly organized 
 Woman’s Board of Foreign Missions which 
 entered upon its work January 1, 1921, as a 
 union of the former six Woman’s Boards, and 
 which does its work as auxiliary to and in co¬ 
 operation with the Assembly’s Board of For¬ 
 eign Missions. The Committee notes with 
 pleasure and pride that in this year of transi¬ 
 tion the Woman’s Board raised among the 
 women of the Church the magnificent sum of 
 $1,144,855.31 for the Budget, not including 
 annuities, legacies, and income from invested 
 funds, and recommends also that the Assembly 
 express to the Woman’s Board its heartiest 
 wishes for continued success in this Christ-like 
 service to the women and children of all lands. 
 
 6. That the work of the Home Department 
 be commended for its enlarged program for 
 the promotion of the Church School of Mis¬ 
 sions, of Missionary Education in the Sunday 
 Schools, and of the study of Missions by men 
 and women in the Church; and second. 
 
 That the Assembly approve, as has been the 
 custom for many years past, of setting the 
 Sunday nearest Christmas, and Easter Sunday, 
 for special offerings from the Sunday Schools 
 for the work imder the care of the Board of 
 Foreign Missions, and that the Assembly urge 
 all Sunday Schools to use the special Christmas 
 and Easter programs issued by the Educa¬ 
 tional Department of the Board and to take 
 part in the special offerings. 
 
 Your Committee rejoices that so many 
 churches, Sunday Schools and individual 
 donors are contributing to the support of 
 particular Mission stations and of individual 
 Missionaries with whom an informing and 
 stimulating correspondence is conducted, and 
 recommends that the Assembly commend to 
 all our churches and other contributors this 
 plan of giving to Foreign Missions. 
 
 7. That the Assembly call upon parents, 
 pastors, and lay-workers to bring to the seri¬ 
 ous attention of the yoimg people of our 
 church the great appeal for life service in for- 
 
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eign lands and that they keep in touch with 
 the United Candidate Department of the As¬ 
 sembly's and Woman’s Boards of Foreign 
 Missions. 
 
 8. That the Assembly express its approval 
 of the effort to impose just restrictions upon 
 the exportation from the United States of 
 opium, morphine and other harmful drugs to 
 Mission fields and its hope that ways may be 
 found to prevent any transfer of the outlawed 
 liquor traffic from America to non-Christian 
 lands. 
 
 9. That the Assembly learns with gratifica¬ 
 tion of the post-war conference of the Board 
 and of the Woman’s Board and the Mission¬ 
 aries held at Princeton, June 19-27, 1920, and 
 attended by 152 representatives of the church 
 at home and of the Missions abroad, and of 
 the proposals adopted by the conference look¬ 
 ing toward the closest unity and the largest 
 efficiency of the work, proposals which are 
 now before the Missions and Boards for their 
 consideration. 
 
 10. That the deputations which the Mis¬ 
 sions and Churches in India and Persia and 
 in Africa have requested the Board to send to 
 them for special conference be charged to bear 
 to the churches and missions in these fields 
 the affectionate greetings of the Assembly and 
 to assure them of the prayer of the Church in 
 America that the spirit of God may work 
 through them to raise up in each of these lands 
 a Christian Church and a Christian leadership 
 which shall bear persuasive witness to the suf¬ 
 ficiency and power of the Gospel. 
 
 11. That we note with grateful praise and 
 appreciation the advance made by the West 
 Africa Mission in taking over the Swiss and 
 German Missions in Northern Cameroun and 
 join our prayers with theirs for the success of 
 this work. That we commend the work of 
 the missionaries and native preachers and 
 teachers in India who have so successfully 
 carried forward their work in the face of great 
 political and social unrest. 
 
 That we rejoice in the reports of the steady 
 advance of the enlarging opportunities in Siam 
 
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and commend this work to the interest and 
 prayers of the church at home, in order that 
 increased support in re-inforcements and funds 
 may enable the Board to occupy the field of 
 Eastern Siam for which we are alone responsi¬ 
 ble, and which we have long neglected. 
 
 That we note with deep gratitude and joy 
 the faithful devotion of our Missionaries and 
 the native Christians in Persia and Syria. The 
 Nestorian and Evangelical Churches of West¬ 
 ern Persia have been decimated, deported and 
 all but destroyed. Our church bears special 
 responsibility for the succor of these bereft 
 Christians now homeless in Mesopotamia and 
 we, therefore, express our sympathy with 
 these suffering people and our support of the 
 Board in dealing with this difficult situation. 
 We trust that the way may be found to answer 
 the urgent call for missionary service in 
 Mesopotamia in the great region between the 
 Persia and Syria fields. 
 
 That we express our sincere sympathy with 
 the Korean Church in the great tribiilation 
 through which it is still passing and commend 
 the wisdom of our missionaries in maintaining 
 strict neutrality upon all political matters in¬ 
 volved. Together with all the better elements 
 in the Japanese Government, we deplore the 
 reign of terrorism which still exists in Korea 
 and the unwarranted suspicion under which 
 our missionaries have labored during the past 
 year. 
 
 That we rejoice with the Korean Church in 
 the great revivals that it has been having in 
 spite of these terrible handicaps and not only 
 express our admiration for the Christian spirit 
 which they have shown in this time of great 
 trial, but also pledge our moral and spiritual 
 support to every movement that seeks to bring 
 about a just and righteous settlement. 
 
 That in view of the unusual opportunity 
 which exists for work among Orientals on 
 the Pacific Coast, the Assembly urge the 
 Board of Foreign Missions in co-operation 
 with the churches of the Pacific Coast to put 
 on as soon as possible a more extensive work 
 for Orientals in that District. 
 
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12. Having received certain overtures from 
 a number of Presbyteries calling attention to 
 reports regarding irregular beliefs and teach¬ 
 ings among some Foreign Missionaries and 
 having heard all representatives of such 
 Presbyteries as wished to appear before the 
 Committee and having also carefully examined 
 all the material before the Committee, your 
 Committee is gratified to report that it finds 
 nothing to disturb the confidence of the Gen¬ 
 eral Assembly in the Board of Foreign Mis¬ 
 sions and in the great body of its loyal Chris¬ 
 tian Missionaries. But for their own sakes as 
 well as for the benefit of the Missionary en¬ 
 terprise of our Church, be it resolved that the 
 Board of Foreign Missions be instructed to 
 examine further into these reports and if 
 necessary, to take such action as according to 
 the Form of Government of the Presbyterian 
 Church the conditions may demand. 
 
 Moreover, it recommends that the Presby¬ 
 teries and Sessions which have the primary 
 responsibility in the matter be enjoined and 
 counseled in the ordaining and recommending 
 of all men and women for Foreign Missionary 
 work to exercise the greatest care so that the 
 Missionary enterprise may be safeguarded and 
 the Evangelical foundations of our Church be 
 perpetuated. 
 
 13. That the Assembly record its gratitude 
 to God for the hallowed lives of the men and 
 women who during the past year have finished 
 their work and entered into their reward: 
 
 Prof. John C. Ballagh, 45 years in Japan. 
 
 Mrs. Howard Campbell, 26 years in Siam. 
 
 Mrs. A. H. Ewing, 30 years in India. 
 
 Rev. L. D. Heminger, 17 years in West 
 Africa. 
 
 Rev. Franklin E. Hoskins, D.D., 32 years in 
 Syria. 
 
 Miss Bernice Hunting, 24 years in Syria. 
 
 Rev. William Jessup, D.D., 30 years in Syria. 
 
 Rev. J. B. Kalb, 37 years in Brazil. 
 
 Miss Hannah Kunkle, 9 years in China. 
 
 Rev. Charles Leaman, 47 years in China. 
 
 Dr. S. C. Peoples, 39 years in Siam. 
 
 Dr. Charles K. Roys, 16 years in China. 
 
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And, although, he, himself, would have 
 disapproved any special mention of his 
 name and would have asked that all our 
 thought be given to those who for many 
 years or few, served on the fields abroad, 
 nevertheless, we believe it fitting that spe¬ 
 cial record be made of the loss sustained 
 by the Church in the death of Rev. A. 
 Woodruff Halsey, D.D., for twenty-two 
 years one of the Secretaries of the Board. 
 With unmeasured devotion, he served the 
 Missionary cause. By his unselfishness 
 and loving kindness, he endeared himself 
 to the entire church. With constant en¬ 
 treaty and appeal, he besought men to give 
 themselves to Christ and to His world¬ 
 wide service. In this one great purpose 
 and passion, he lived and wrought and 
 died. In memory of him and of his Mas¬ 
 ter, we would consecrate ourselves anew 
 to^the great undertaking for which he and 
 those who have fallen with him toiled, and 
 we would call the Church to a fresh dedi¬ 
 cation to their purpose to make Jesus 
 Christ known as Saviour and Lord to all 
 the world. 
 
 14. That the Assembly hereby approve the 
 Memorial Fund proposed by the Board and by 
 the friends of Dr. Halsey to be provided by 
 personal gifts from those who desire thus to 
 honor his memory and to express their affec¬ 
 tion for him. The Fund to be used for suit¬ 
 able memorial objects in the three fields v/ith 
 which Dr. Halsey had a special relation,— 
 Africa, Syria, and Mexico. 
 
 15. That the plan of the Board for Annuity 
 Gifts on which the Board pays interest imtil 
 the death of the donor when the principal of 
 the Gift becomes available for the Foreign 
 Mission cause, be heartily commended. Also, 
 that all friends of the cause be urged to re¬ 
 member the Board in their wills. 
 
 (Signed) HUGH K. WALKER, Chairman, 
 
 J. RAMSEY SWAIN, Secretary. 
 
 Approved by the General Assembly this day. 
 May 26, 1921. 
 
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