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105Th Annual Report of the Board of World Missions Reformed Church in America Hope College Hope College Digital Commons Annual Reports Board of World Missions 1937 105th Annual Report of the Board of World Missions Reformed Church in America Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/world_annual_report Part of the Archival Science Commons Recommended Citation Reformed Church in America, "105th Annual Report of the Board of World Missions" (1937). Annual Reports. 83. https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/world_annual_report/83 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Board of World Missions at Hope College Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Annual Reports by an authorized administrator of Hope College Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. One Hundred and Fifth ANNUAL REPORT B O A R D OF FOREIGN MISSIONS Reformed Church in America 1937 IKE ARCHIVES BEAMISLEE LIBRARY WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINAR THE ARCHIVES p p •'-?'PA R y W 'r ‘ - ; T:!EOLQGICAL seminar/ REFORMED CHURCH BUILDING 25 EAST TWENTY-SECOND STREET N E W Y O R K Board of Foreign Missions M E M B E R S O F T H E B O A R D 1935-1938 Rev. J. W . Beardslee, Ph.D. Rev. Milton T. Stauffer, D.D. Rev. E. D. Dimnent, Litt. D. Rev. J. H. Warnshuis, D.D. Rev. G e orge D. Hulst, D.D. Mr. W. T. Hakken Rev. T. H. Mackenzie, D.D. M r . F. W . Jansen Mr. Herman Vanderwart 1936-1939 Rev. Paul H. Achtermann Rev. Joseph R. Sizoo, D.D. Rev. J. A. Jones, D.D. Mr. Herbert N. Armstrong Rev. Bernard J. Mulder, D.D. M r . Clifford P. Case Rev. Harry W . Noble, D.D. Mr. W . E. Foster M r . Jay Weemhoff 1937-1940 Rev. L. A. B runsting Rev. Da v i d V a n Strien Rev. E d w a r d D a w s o n , D.D. Rev. Anthony Van Westenburg Rev. Garret Hondelink Rev. G. J. W,ullschleger Rev. E. F. Romig, D.D. Mr. W . Lloyd Van Keurcn (one vacancy) Honorary Members— Rev. William I. Chamberlain, Ph.D. Rev. W m . Bancroft Hill, Litt.D. O F F I C E R S O F T H E B O A R D President— Rev. Edward Dawson, D.D. Vice President— jRev. J. W . Beardslee, Ph.D. Recording Secretary— Rev. Milton T. Stauffer, D.D. Corresponding Secretary— M r . F. M . Potter, L.H.D. Associate Secretary— Rev. L. J. Shafer, Litt.D. Treasurer— M r . F. M . Potter, L.H.D. District Secretary— Rev. W . J. V a n Kersen, D.D., Holland, Mich. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Rev. T. H. Mackenzie, Chairman Rev. E. D. Dimnent Mr. Herbert N. Armstrong Rev. George D. Hulst M r . C. P. Case Rev. Milton T. Stauffer Mr. W . E. Foster Rev. J. H. Warnshuis Mr. H. Vanderwart Ex-Officiis: The President and Vice President MEDICAL ADVISERS Edward M. Dodd, M.D., 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w York Dr. Lilian C. Warnshuis, 89 St. M a r k ’s Place, N e w Brighton, N . Y. R. H . Nichols, M.D., Holland, Michigan H a r o l d E. Veldman, M.D., 1418 Plainfield Ave., N. E., G r a n d Rapids, Mich. One Hundred and Fifth Annual Report of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in America The Eightieth Year of Separate Action Organized, 1832 Independent, 1857 Incorporated, 1860 MISSIONS Amoy, China, 1842 Arcot, India, 1853 Japan 1859 Arabia, 1889 United Mission in Mesopotamia, 1924 Approved by the Board M a y 24, 1937 ANNUAL REPORT, 1937 T h e B o a r d of Foreign Missions respectfully presents to General S y nod its O n e H u n d r e d and Fifth A n nual Report and the Eightieth of its separate and independent action. P e r s o n n e l of t h e B oard T h e terms of the following m e m b e r s of the B o a r d expire with the 1937 Session of General Synod: Rev. L. A. Brunsting Rev. E. F. R o m i g ' Rev. Edward Dawson Rev. David V a n Strien Rev. W m . Bancroft Hill Mr. W. Lloyd Van Keuren Rev. Garret Hondelink There is also one vacancy in the lay membership of the B o a r d for that year and a vacancy a m o n g the clergymen w a s created by the death of Dr. John G. Meengs on April 18th, 1937. Dr. Meengs had been a member of the B o a r d since 1921 and during his sixteen years of service, he w o n the respect and affection of its m e m b e r s by his constant, deep interest in this branch of the w o r k of the Church. In particular, he followed with keen sympathy the m o v e m e n t s of the missionaries. Pastor of a church which supported one of them, he was thoughtful and efficient in providing for his comfort and sustaining h i m in his work. ■ D e a t h of D r . Ja m e s S. K ittell A t the meeting of the B o a r d held on M a y 24th, 1937, the following Minute was adopted : The Board of Foreign Missions would extend to Mrs. James S. Kittell and to her family their affectionate sympathy in the loss of one w h o w a s k n o w n and loved by all w h o are interested in the w o r k of the R e f o r m e d C h u r c h in America. T h o u g h never officially related to the Board, Dr. Kittell as a pastor w a s ever a w a r m friend of the B o a r d and of its officers and an ardent supporter of its work. Called to be the Secretary of the Board of Domestic Missions in 1927, after several years of service as its President, his identification with the interests of the C h u r c h at h o m e never diminished his zeal for its extension abroad and he w a s a personal friend of m a n y missionaries w h o turned to h i m for sympathetic counsel as readily as to the officers of their o w n Board. The Board extends its sympathy also to the Board of Domestic Missions in the loss of an officer keen in his perceptions, wise in counsel and lovable in his contacts with a wide circle of friends throughout the Church. T o the newly elected Secretary of the B o ard of Domestic Missions, the Rev. Frederick Zimmerman, the Board extends greetings and every good wish, assuring him of hearty cooperation in his special task, which is of vital concern to all who pray and work for the coming of God’s Kingdom on earth. M issionary P e r s o n n e l ' The sympathy of the whole Church has gone out to Dr. Samuel M. Z w e m e r in the great personal loss which he sustained in the sudden death of his beloved wife and helpmeet on January 25th, 1937. Mrs. A m y Elizabeth Wilkes Z w e m e r w a s born M a r c h 30, 1865, at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. S h e studied nursing at Prince Albert Hospital, N e w South Wales, and also in North Queensland. In the manuscript records of the Board the following sentence appears in her own hand: “The Spirit of God moved m e to offer myself to the Lord for foreign w o r k at a missionary meeting, January, 1892, Sydney. Reading F. R. Havergal’s ‘Marching Orders’ decided me to offer.” . _ Mrs. Zwemer, then Miss A m y Wilkes, was appointed by the Church Mis­ sionary Society to service in Baghdad. She was married to Dr. Zwemer in B a g h d a d M a y 18, 1896, and promptly became an invaluable addition to the Arabian Mission, then a very small circle. T o cpiote from The History of the Arabian Mission: "Surely June t, 1896, should be a red-letter day in the calendar of this Mission and indeed of all Christian Missions in Arabia, as the date whereon the first systematic and prolonged effort for the evangelization of the w o m e n of Arabia by the w o m e n of Am e r i c a w a s begun by Mrs. Z w e m e r . ” . In igoo Mrs. Z w e m e r opened the first small girls’ school in Bahrain, holding classes in the Mission House. T h r o u g h this and through other channels she gained admission to thirty homes in Bahrain. There, too, in 1904, Dr. and Mrs. Z w e m e r lost two little daugters within eight days of each other, a sacrifice which deepened and sanctified their rare devotion to w o r k a m o n g the Moslems. Mrs. Zwemer was an active co-worker with her husband throughout his missionary career. In 1912 they left the Arabian Mission and took up residence in Cairo w h ere they were associated as H o n o r a r y M e m b e r s with the United Presbyterian Mission in Egypt, while at the s a m e time retaining a personal relationship with our o w n B o ard of Foreign Missions.
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