EIGHTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT

O F T H E

/iyssioN ?m Y S o c i e t y

OF T H E

M e t h o d is t E p is c o p a l C h u r c h

For the Year 1900.

Cable Address, Missions.

IFIE^ZEISrTIEID IF'OIFt T H E S O C IE T Y ISO FIFTH AVENUE, N E W Y O R K . « CONTENTS.

PAGE ACT OF INCORPORATION ...... ,...... 45° ANNUAL REPORT (EIGHTY-SECOND)...... 7 ANNUAL REPORT OF TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURER .... 12 , ANNUITY ACCOUNT ...... 11 APPORTIONMENT OF MONEYS TO BE RAISED DURING THE YEAR 1901 15 APPROPRIATIONS OF THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY FOR igoi...... 19 A P P R O P R IA T IO N S O F T H E W. F. M. S. FO R 1901...... 449 A P P R O P R IA T IO N S OF T H E W. H. M. S. FO R 1901...... 449 APPROPRIATIONS TO MISSIONS AND CONFERENCES, 1900-1901...... 444 BY-LAWS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS ...... 460 CONSTITUTION ...... 456 CONTRIBUTIONS AND AVERAGE FOR TEN YEARS ...... 442 DIRECTORY OF FOREIGN MISSIONARIES ...... 417 DISBURSEMENTS OF THREE METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETIES.... 11 DOMESTIC MISSIONS...... 343 A l a s k a ...... 343 N ew M exico E n glish ...... 360 A merican I ndians...... 380 N ew M exico S panish...... 367 A rizona...... 347 N orth M ontana...... 371 A t l a n t ic ...... 352 N orthern Sw edish...... 372 Bo h em ian ...... q88 N orth Pacific G erman.... 372 C hinese...... 382 N orwegian and D anish...... 397 E nglish-Speaking C onferences. .. 398 P ortuguese...... 389 F rench ...... 381 Span ish...... 390 G erm an...... 395 Swedish...... 396 G u l f ...... 352 U tah ...... 372 I t a l ia n ...... 388 W e l s h ...... 381 J apanese...... 382 W yoming...... 376 N e v a d a ...... 352 FOREIGN MISSIONS...... 25 A frica...... 26 L iberia ...... 28 A m e r ic a ...... 293 M alaysia ...... 230 A sia...... 98 Mexico...... 3'7 B engal-B urma...... 214 N orth C h ina...... 131 B ombay...... 203 N orth G ermany...... 46 Bu l g a r ia ...... 90 N orth India...... 149 C h ina...... 100 N orthwest In d ia ...... 173 C entral C hina...... 124 N orw ay...... 64 D enmark...... 75 South A merica...... 294 E urope ...... 45 South G ermany ...... S3 E ast C entral A frica...... 39 South In d ia ...... 189 Finland and S t . Petersbu rg...... 79 South J apan ...... 266 F oochow...... 102 Sw e d e n ...... 68 H inghua ...... 118 Switzerland...... 58 Italy ...... 83 W est C hina «... 140 J apa n ...... 242 W est C entral A frica...... 35 K orea...... 278 W estern South A merica...... 310 FINANCES OF THE SOCIETY, 1819-1900...... 416 GENERAL MISSIONARY COMMITTEE ...... 16 HONORARY LIFE MANAGERS ...... 432 LIFE MEMBERS...... 44° MONTHLY AND ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF TREASURY 14 OFFICERS AND MANAGERS ...... 3 ORDER FOR MAKING APPROPRIATIONS—GENERAL MISSIONARY COM. 469 PATRONS ...... 43° RECEIPTS OF THE SOCIETY FROM THE BEGINNING ...... 413 STANDING COMMITTEES ...... 6 STATISTICAL SUMMARIES ...... 4 M 1900.] Officers of the Society and Board. 3 Officers of the Society and Board* President. BISHOP STEPHEN M. MERRILL. Vice Presidents. B ish o p E. G. A n d r e w s , B is h o p J. N. F it z G e r a l d , G e o r g e G . R e y n o l d s , H . W . W a r r e n , I. W . J o y c e , G e o r g e J . F e r r y , C. D. Foss, D . A. G o o d s e l l , J o h n S. M c L e a n , J . F. H u r s t , C. C. M c C a b e , J am es F . R u s l in g , J. M : W a l d e n , E a r l C r a n s t o n , J a m es M . K in g , W. F. M a l l a l ie u , D . H . M o o r e , J ame' s M . B u c k l e y , C. H . F o w l e r , J . W. H a m il t o n , A a r o n K. S a n f o r d . J . H . V in c e n t , J a m es H . T a f t , Elected. Corresponding Secretary. 1888. A d n a B. L e o n a r d , Mission Rooms, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York City. F irst Assistant Corresponding Secretary. 1900'; H e n r y K . C a r r o l l , Mission Rooms, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Assistant Secretaries. igoo. W il l ia m F. O l d h a m , 57 Washington Street, Chicago, 111. 1900. G eo r g e B. S m y t h , 1037 Market Street, San Francisco, C al. Recording Secretary. 1888. S t e p h e n L. B a l d w in , Mission Rooms, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Treasurer. 1896. Homer Eaton, Methodist Book Concern, 150 Fifth Ave., New York City. Assistant Treasurer. 1900. H .C. J e n n in g s ,Western Book Concern, 220 West Fourth St., Cincinnati,O. Field Secretary fo r Young People's Work. 1900. S. E a r l T a y l o r , 57 Washington Street, Chicago, III Board of Managers. Bishops. M anagers ex officio. 1872. B is h o p T h o m a s B o w m a n , East Orange, N. J. 1872 R a n d o l p h S. F o s t e r , 42 Elm Hill Avenue, R o x b u ry , Mass. 1872 S t e p h e n M . M e r r il l , 57 Washington Street, Chicago, 111. 1872 E d w a r d G. A n d r e w s , 150 Fifth Avenue, New Y o rk City. 1880 H e n r y W . W a r r e n , University Park, Colo. 1880 C y r u s D. Foss, 2043 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 1880 - J o h n F . H u r s t , Washington, D. C. 1884 J o h n M. W a l d e n , 220 West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, O. 1884 W il l a r d F . M a l l a l ie u , 42 Grove Street, Auburndale, M ass. 1884 C h a r l e s H. F o w l e r , 455 Franklin Street, Buffalo, N . Y. 1888 J o h n H . V in c e n t , Zurich, Switzerland. 1888 J a m e s N. F it z G e r a l d , 1505 Locust Street, Saint Louis, Mo. 1888 ISAAC W . J o y c e , 1115 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn. 1888 D a n ie l A. G o o d s e l l , Chattanooga, Tenn. 1896 C h a r l e s C. M cC a b e , Omaha, Neb. 1896 E a r l C r a n s t o n , Portland, Ore. 1900 D a v id H . M o o r e , Shanghai, China. 1900 J o h n W. H a m il t o n , San Francisco, Cal. 4 Missionary Report. [1900.

Board of Managers—Continued,

Ministers.

1870. Aaron K. Sanford, 63 Park Street, Manhattan, New York C ity. 1876. JAMES M. B u c k l e y , 150 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. 1880. J a m e s M. K in g , 1026 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 18S0. H e n r y A . B u t t z , Drew Seminary, Madison, N . J . 1882. S a m u e l F. U p h a m , Drew Seminary, Madison, N. J. 1884. A n d r e w L o n g a c r e , 31 East 60th Street, Manhattan, New York City. 1884. J o h n F . G o u c h e r , 2309 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Md. 1SS4. J a m e s R. D a y , Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. 1884. Charles S. H arrow er, 245 W e st 104th St.; M anhattan, New York City. 1887. H e n r y A . M o n r o e , 1310 Parrish Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 1887. B e n ja m in M. A d a m s , Bethel, Conn. 1890. Homer Eaton, 150 F ifth Avenue, Manhattan, New Y o rk C ity. 1892. G e o r g e A b e l e , Rocky Point, N. Y. 1892. C harles R. Barnes, "Washington, N. J. 1892. Samuel P. Hammond, Haverstraw, N. Y. 1892. S t e p h e n O. B e n t o n , Fall River, Mass. 1895. E z r a S. T i p p l e , 1981 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. 1896. H e r b e r t W e l c h , Middletown, Conn. 1896. Samuel W. Thomas, 1513 Centennial Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 1896. S a m u e l W . G e h r e t t , 3418 North 19th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 1896. G e o r g e P. M ains, 150 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New Y o rk City. 1897. F M a so n N o r t h , 150 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, N e w York City. 1898. A l e x a n d e r H . T u t t l e , 287 William St., East Orange, N . J . 1898. W il l ia m V. K e l l e y , 150 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. 1898. J e s s e L. H u r l b u t , 211 W est I 02d St., Manhattan, New York City. 1898. W il l ia m F. A n d e r s o n , Sing Sing, N. Y. 1898. C h a r l e s S. W in g , 29 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1899. J a m es O. W il s o n , 120 West 76th Street, Manhattan, New York City. 1899. G e o r g e P. E c k m a n , 550 West End Ave., Manhattan, New York City. 1899. J a m e s B. F a u l k s , Madison, N. J. rçoo. B e n ja m in C. C o n n e r , io o o North Sixth Street, Harrisburg, Pa.

Laymen.

1852. J a m e s H . T a f t , Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1858. J o h n S. M c L e a n , 402 Hudson Street, Manhattan, N e w York City. 1866. George J. Ferry, 21 West Fourth Street, Manhattan, ^ew York Cit] 1869. George G. Reynolds, 16 Court Street, Brooklyn, N . Y. 1876. Lemuel Skidmore, 69 Wall Street, Manhattan, New York City. 1880. A n d e r s o n F o w l e r , 60 East 68th Street, Manhattan, New York City. 1880. E z r a B. T u t t l e , 40 Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1880. C h a r l e s S c o t t , 1520 Arch S tree t, Philadelphia, Pa. 1880. A l d e n S p e a r e , Newton Center, Mass. 1883. P e t e r A. W e l c h , 81 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. 1884. W m . H . F a l c o n e r , 100 F o u r th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. 1887. W il l ia m H o y t , 772 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. 1900.] Board of Managers. 5

Board of Managers—Continued. E lected . 1888. J. M ilton Cornell, 29 E a st 37th Street, Manhattan, New York City. 1888. Richard G rant, 23 Arlington Avenue, East Orange, N. J. 1888. A l e x . H. D e H a v e n , Hotel Majestic, Manhattan, New York City. 1889. C h e s t e r C. Co r b in , Webster, Mass. 1890. E d w a r d L. D o b b in s , 752 Broad Street, Newark, N. J. 1891. James F. Rusling, 224 East State Street, Trenton, N. J. 1892. J o h n E. A n d r u s , Yonkers, N. Y. 1894. J o h n S. H u y l e r , 64 Irving Place, Manhattan, New Y o rk City. 1894. John Beattie, 245 West 46th Street, Manhattan, New York City. 1896. Richard W. P. G o f f . 230 South Second Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 1896. A r c h e r B r o w n , 80 Munn Avenue, East Orange, N. J. 1897. S u m m e r f ie l d B a l d w in , 1006 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Md. 1898. G e o r g e C. B atcheller, 237 West 72d Street, Manhattan, New York City. 1898. J o h n R . C u r r a n , 400 Ellison Street, Paterson, N. J. 1899. R i c h a r d B. K e l l y , 273 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City. 1899. W il l is M c D o n a l d , 139 a South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1899. W i l l i a m J. S t i t t , 746 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City. 1900. George F. Secor, Sing Sing, N. Y. 1900. C h a r l e s G ib so n , 415 State Street, Albany, N. Y.

Secretarial Supervision. T h e division of the work between the Corresponding Secretary and the First Assistant Corresponding Secretary is as follows : S e c r e t a r y L e o n a r d —Lands and Legacies, Finance, Publications, and Mis­ sions in India, Malaysia, Africa, Italy, Japan, and Korea. S e c r e t a r y C a r r o l l —Missions in China, Europe (except Italy), South America, Mexico, and Domestic Missions.

Meetings of the Board.

T h e Board of Managers meets regularly in the Board Room in the Book Con­ cern and Mission Building, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, on the third Tuesday of each month, at 3 P. M. “ Any person paying one hundred and fifty dollars at one time into the treas­ ury shall be an honorary manager for life ; and the contribution of five hundred dollars shall constitute the donor an honorary patron for life. Any such honorary manager or patron shall be entitled to a seat, and the right of speaking, but not of voting, in the Board of Managers.” 6 Missionary Report. [1900.

Standing Committees.

T h e Treasurer is ex officio a member and the Corresponding Secretaries are advisoiy members of each of the Standing Committees, except the Committees on Estimates and on Audits ; and the Bishop having charge of a foreign Mission is an ex officio member of the Committee having charge of that Mission.

On Finance. F. M. N o r t h , On W om an’s Mission W ork. E. L. Dobbins, Ch'n, J. F . G o u c h e r , C. S. H a r r o w e r , Ch'n, J. H . T a f t , W . F . A n d e r s o n , J. R . D a y , G. J . F e r r y , J . R. C u r r a n , E. S. T i p p l e , W il l ia m H o y t , R . B. K e l l y , G. P . M a in s , J . S. H u y l e r , J . B. F a u l k s . L e m u e l S k id m o r e , J. S. M c L e a n , H e r b e r t W e l c h , On Self-supporting Missions. E. B. T u t t l e , J . O . W il s o n . A l d e n S p e a r e , J . S. M c L e a n , Ch'n, On Estimates. J. E. A n d r u s . A n d e r s o n F o w l e r , R ic h a r d G r a n t , J . M . B u c k l e y , Ch’n, Lands and Legacies. A. K . S a n f o r d , J . S. M cL e a n , Lemuel Skidmore, Ch'n. J. L . H u r l b u t , S. F . U p h a m , G. G. R e y n o l d s , R . B. K e l l y , G. J. F e r r y , A l d e n S p e a r e , C h a r l e s G ib s o n . J. S. H u y l e r , P . A . W e l c h , J . L . H u r l b u t , On Europe. W il l ia m H o y t , W . J . S t i t t . C h a r l e s S c o t t , H . A . B u t t z , Ch'n, J. F. R u s l i n g , J . R . D a y , On Nominations and Gen­ Summerfield Baldwin, A . H . D e H a v e n , eral Reference. G. F. S e c o r . J . M . B u c k l e y , J. S. M c L e a n , Ch'n, G e o r g e A b e l e , A. K. S a n f o r d , On Africa. G . P. M a in s , J . H . T a f t , A. K. Sanford, Ch'n, A . H . T u t t l e , J . M . K in g , Anderson Fowler, G. P. E c k m a n . J . F . G o u c h e r , C. S. H a r r o w e r , E. B . T u t t l e , B. M. A d a m s, On Southern Asia. J. M . B u c k l e y , H . A . M o n r o e , J . F . G o u c h e r , Ch’n, C. S. H a r r o w e r , H e r b e r t W e l c h , E . B. T u t t l e , E. L . D o b b in s , R . W . P. G o f f , B. M . A d a m s , H . A. B u t t z , A r c h e r B r o w n . J. M . C o r n e l l , E . S. T ip p l e , C . R . B a r n e s , On South America and L e m u e l S k id m o r e , M exico. W . H . F a l c o n e r , S. O . B e n t o n . J. S. M cLean, Ch'n, J . O . W il s o n , Andrew Longacre, G . P. E c k m a n . On Apportionments. J . F . G o u c h e r , C. C. Corbin, On Domestic Missions. Ch'n, J. M . B u c k l e y , J . M . K in g , S. O . B e n t o n , Ch’n, C. S. H a r r o w e r , S. P. H a m m o n d , S. W . G e h r e t t , F . M . N o r t h , H erbert W elch, W. V. K e l l e y , J . B . F a u l k s . G. C. Batcheller, S. W . T h o m a s , C. S. W in g , C. S. W in g , Audits at New York. A l d e n S p e a r e . J . R . C u r r a n , E . B. T u t t l e , Ch'n, On China. W il l is M cD o n a l d , A. K . S a n f o r d , J. H . T a f t , Ch'n, W . J. ST i t t , W . H . F a l c o n e r , S. F . U p h a m , C. R . B a r n e s , C. S. H a r r o w e r , P . A . W e l c h , B . C . C o n n e r . J o h n B e a t t ie , E. S. T i p p l e , G. P. M a in s , On Publications. A . H . T u t t l e , F . M . N o r t h , J. M . K in g , Ch'n, W . V. K e l l e y , J . O . W il s o n . J. M. B u c k l e r , J . L . H u r l b u t , J. F. G o u c h e r , Audits at Cincinnati. C h a r l e s G ib s o n . A n d r e w L o n g a c r e , R ichard Dymond, Ch'n, On Japan and Korea. A . K . S a n f o r d , Edward Sargent, E , S. Tipple, Ch'n, J o h n B e a t t ie , R . H . R u s t , J o h n B e a t t ie , W. V. K e l l e y . A. J. N ast. 1900.] Eighty-second Annual Report. 7

E ig h t y -Se c o n d A n n u a l R e p o r t .

A t the close of the nineteenth century we mark with gratitude to God the progress of our Foreign Missions dur­ ing the last half of the century. The following table will show the number of members and probationers at the close o f the years i860, 1870, 1880, 1890, and 1900, respectively:

i860 1870 1880 1890 j 1900

Africa...... 1,553 2,208 2,268 3,179 3,999 C hina...... 62 1,907 2,552 6.397 25,244 India...... 29 839 4,818 16,540 75,565 Malaysia...... 107 775 Ja p a n ...... 638 3,533 5,620 Korea...... 45 3,897 Germany...... 1,637 7,259 11,691 *10,231 18,678 Sweden...... ) (2,027 7,824 15,997 17,268 Norway...... f 663 •U.OOl 3,007 5,312 6,053 Denmark...... ) ( 249 739 2,053 3,440 Finland...... 955 Switzerland...... 6,111 8,446 Italy...... 709 941 2,258 Bulgaria...... 30 36 163 269 South America...... 79 51 495 1,865 4,984 5,506 Mexico...... i 735 2,457 Total...... 4,023 15,571 35,512 74,915 182,957 I

* Switzerland was set off from Germany in 1887.

The General Conference of 1900 elected Dr. A. B. Leonard Corresponding Secretary, and Dr. H. K. Carroll First Assistant Corresponding Secretary. Dr. W. F. Oldham was afterward elected by the Board of Managers Assistant Secretary, with headquarters at Chicago, and Dr. George B. Smyth was chosen near the end of the year as Assistant Secretary, with headquar­ ters in California. Mr. S. Earl Taylor had been elected Field Secretary for Young People’s Work early in the year, with office in Chicago. The General Conference recognized the great progress of the work in Southern Asia, and its great needs, by electing Dr. Ed­ win W. Parker and Dr. Frank W. Warne Missionary Bishops for that field. Dr. David H. Moore was made Resident Bishop 8 Missionary Report. [1900.

for Eastern Asia, with headquarters at Shanghai, China; and Bishop J. H. Vincent was made Resident Bishop for Europe, with headquarters at Zurich, Switzerland. The following changes occurred among the foreign mission­ aries during the year: India.— Rev. J. L. Humphrey, M.D., and wife, Mrs. T. S. Johnson, Rev. Rockwell Clancy and wife, Rev. Julius Smith and wife, and Rev. J. H. Garden and wife returned to the United States. Rev. F. L. Neeld, Rev. W. W. Bruere, and Rev. L. A. Core returned to India. Rev. W il­ liam A. Mansell and wife, Rev. William L. King, Rev. T. L. Johnson, M.D., Rev. E. W. Parker and wife, and Rev. F. W. Warne came to the United States and returned to India. Rev. T. M. Hudson died in India, June 27, 1900. Rev. E. W. Parker and Rev. F. W. Warne were elected Missionary Bishops for Southern Asia. The following new missionaries went out: Rev. George E. Stokes and wife, Rev. R. C. Grose and wife, Rev. W. B. Empey and wife, Rev. D. G. Abbott and wife, Rev. H, R. Calkins and wife, Rev. A. E.. Ayres and wife, Rev. F. C. Ditto and wife. Malaysia.— Rev. J. E. Banks, Rev. W. F. Kensett, .Rev. F. H. Morgan and wife, and Mrs. W. G. Shellabear, returned to the United States. Rev. J. E. Banks and Rev. C. Egland, M.D., resigned. Rev. William E. Horley visited England. Rev. William P. Rutledge and wife went out as new missionaries to Singapore. Rev. J. L. McLaughlin and wife, Prof. T. H. Martin, Rev. W. G. Fritz, and Rev. Homer C. Stuntz, went out as new missionaries to the Philippines. China.— Miss Mary F. Wilson, J. E. Skinner, M.D., and wife, E. H. Hart, M.D., and wife, E. R. Jellison, M.D., and wife, Rev. F. D. Game- well and wife, Rev. J. F. Hayner and wife, N. S. Hopkins, M.D., and wife, Rev. M. L. Taft and wife, George D. N. Lowry, M.D., and wife, Rev. H. Olin Cady and wife, H. L. Canright, M.D., and wife, Rev. J. H. Pyke and wife, Miss E. L. Abbott, Rev. W. E. Manly and wife, Rev. Q. A. Myers and wife, Rev. J. F. Peat and wife, Rev. Edward James and wife, Rev. G. R. Davis and wife, returned to the United States. Rev. R. C. Beebe, M.D., Rev. W. F. Walker and wife, and J. H. Mc­ Cartney, M.D., and wife returned to China. Rev. H. H. Lowry and Rev. C. F. Kupfer visited the United States and returned to China. Rev. F. Brown and wife went to England. Rev. E. S. Little resigned. Rev. J. Jackson resigned and joined the Church of England. Rev. G. S. Miner and wife went to Switzerland. Mr. J. Victor Martin, Rev. F. G. Henke, M. R. Charles, M.D., Rev. Harry R. Caldwell, Rev. W. W. Williams, and Miss Kate E. Kauffman went out as new missionaries. Prof. Ben H. Marsh married Miss E. C. Pinkney. Rev. M. L. Taft has retired temporarily from the service of the Society. Japan.— Rev. Charles Bishop, Rev. E. R. Fulkerson and wife, Rev. M. S. Vail and wife, and Mrs. J. C. Davison returned to the United States. Rev. Julius.Soper visited the United States and with his wife returned to Japan. Mrs. J. O. Spencer died in the United States, May 14, 1900, and Rev. J. O . Spencer resigned. R ev. A . M . B rooks and w ife went to Japan from Korea. Rev. A. E. Rigby went out as a new mis­ sionary to Japan, his wife remaining in the United States. Rev. H. B. Schwartz and wife, who had previously been missionaries in Japan, returned to that country. . Korea.— Rev. H. G. Appenzeller and wife returned to the United States. Rev. W. B. Scranton, M.D., and W. B. McGill, M.D., and wife returned to Korea. Harry C. Sherman, M.D., and wife returned to the United States, and Dr. Sherman died July 25, 1900. Rev. A. M. Brooks and wife were transferred to Japan. Rev. George C. Cobb resigned. R ev. C. D. Morris went out as a missionary to Korea, 1900.] Eighty-second Annual Report. 9

M exico.—Rev. J. W. Butler and wife and Rev. F. S. Borton and wife visited the United States and returned to Mexico. Europe.—Rev. William Burt and wife returned to Italy. South America. East.—Rev. J. F. Thomson and wife and Rev. J. H. Nelson visited the United States and- returned to South America. Rev. J. F. Jenness married Miss Beulah Wood Steele in Rome, Italy. Ja n u ary 22, 1900. Rev. C. W. Drees was made superintendent of the Porto Rico Mission and entered upon his duties. Miss E. C. Long, M.D., went out as a new missionary to Montevideo. W est.—Rev. T. B. Wood and Rev. I. H. La Fetra visited the United States and returned to South America. Rev. B. O. Campbell and wife, Miss Nettie Wilbur, and Miss Charlotte C. Vimont returned to the United States. Rev. F. M. Harrington and wife returned to Chile. Miss Alice H. Fisher and Miss Rosina A. Kinsman left Chile to enter upon educational work in Ecuador. Rev. George E. Allan and wife, Miss May Tweedie, Miss W. S. Woods, Mr. Harwin B. Shinn and wife, and M r. C. W. Ports went out as new missionaries to Chile. Rev. B. O. Campbell and wife and Miss Charlotte C. Vimont have recently gone to Porto Rico. A frica.—Miss R. Mair and Miss J. Arms returned from Libe'ria. Miss Susan Collins, Rev. C. W. Gordon, Mrs. Mary B. Shuett, and Miss H. Larsen returned from Angola. Rev. A. L. Buckwalter and wife re­ turned from Rhodesia and resigned. Rev. E. H. Greeley went to Rhodesia, and on March 16, 1900, married Miss Anna J. Arndt. Rev. E. S. Brewster married Miss Cora Zentmire November 29, 1900, and on their way to the United States, Mrs. Brewster died January 8, 1901. Rev. George B. Nind and wife went out as new missionaries to the Cape Verde Islands. Rev. David A. Carson, Rev. Eugene R. Gravelly and wife, and Rev. J. A. Foust went out as new missionaries to Liberia.

Inadvertently, last year’s report omitted to notice the death of Dr. Charles H. Payne, which occurred at Clifton Springs, New York, May 5, 1899, and that of Mr. O. H. P. Archer, which oc­ curred at his summer residence at Allendale, New Jersey, May 8, 1899. Concerning them the Board of Managers say:

THE REV. CHARLES H. PAYNE, D.D., LL.D.

“Dr. Payne was born at Taunton, Mass., October 24, 1830; was pre­ pared for college at Greenwich Academy, Rhode Island, and graduated from Wesleyan University in 1856. His special theological education was received in Concord Biblical Institute. “He began his ministry in the Providence Conference, continuing it in the New York East and the Philadelphia, and closing it in the Cin­ cinnati. In 1876 he was elected to the Presidency of the Ohio Wesleyan University, which he served with great efficiency for twelve years, and where possibly the most important service of his life was rendered. “ In 1888 he was elected by the General Conference Secretary of the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which office he rendered very valuable service, not only as Secretary of the Board, but as a leader in unifying and elevating the administration of our educa­ tional institutions. “He was elected a member of the Board of Managers of the Mission­ ary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1892, and served faith­ fully on the India and Publication Committees. He was a valuable mem­ ber of this Board of Managers, taking a deep interest in our misionary work at home and abroad. io Missionary Report. [1900.

“In his death the Church has lost an able minister of the Gospel, an eminent educator, and a courageous leader in the moral reforms of his day. “We tender to his widow and son our sincere sympathy in the great bereavement which has befallen them, and commend them to the grace of God, which alone can comfort and sustain in times of sore distress.”

M R. O L IV E R H. P. A R C H E R .

“Mr. Oliver H. P. Archer was elected a member of the Board in 1866. For thirty-three years he faithfully discharged the duties assigned him, and with fidelity guarded the interests and work of the Society. “For a long time he served as a member of the important Committee on Lands and Legacies, and also on the Committee on Japan and Korea, of which he has been the chairman since the death of Gen. C. B. Fisk. “ Prudent, careful, discriminating, methodical, and successful in busi­ ness affairs, in counsel and advice he rendered efficient service. As a citizen he was widely known in the city and country and held in high esteem. A true, loving husband; an indulgent, affectionate father; a firm, unchangeable friend.”

After the decease of the Hon. E. L. Fancher, February 9, and that of the Hon. John French, March 23, which were no­ ticed in the last Annual Report, the only death which occurred in the membership of the Board in the year 1900 was that of

THE REV. THOMAS H. BURCH, D.D.

“Thomas H. Burch entered into the fuller life May 27, 1900. He had achieved high distinction in the pastorate by a devoted ministry of thirty- three years, in the churches of this city and vicinity, when, in 1883, he was elected to membership in this Board. To its deliberations he brought the acquisition of scholarship and experience, and the sagacity of a wise and liberal mind. Candid in utterance, genial in manner, prompt in decision, generous in sympathy, faithful to business even until the lengthening shadows of his departing day began to confuse and dim his perspective, and his claim for rest refused longer to be disallowed, he was ever welcome when he chose to participate in dis­ cussion and helped in the details of committee work. He served upon th*e Committees on Europe, Audits, and Estimates, and in 1895 was chosen to represent the Board in the General Committee at its session in Denver, Col. “Dr. Burch was richly endowed. He was original in thought and elo­ quent in speech. He was the son of Rev. Thomas Burch, long a mem­ ber of the Philadelphia Conference, and one of the many converts of the great missionary to Ireland, Gideon Ousely. He was devout. His prayers will be remembered even after his sermons have been for­ gotten. He was a wit, a master of the difficult art of repartee, and the more difficult, because the more dangerous, art of satire. His relish for comradeship was keen, but no keener than his eagerness for the best in the spiritual attainment. His was a warm and honest heart. Genuineness was the characteristic of his life. His dominant motive was the love of Christ. “The few words permitted here can only suggest our sorrow that he is no longer with us, and can but convey to his circle of kindred and friends our appreciation of one who was so deeply and widely beloved.” 1900.] Treasurer’s Report of Annuity Account. II

Treasurer's Report of Annuity Account« This account represents the moneys received by the Missionary Society by gift on which annuities were paid during the life of the donors, and also property conveyed to the Society, but not yet sold, on which annuities (now amounting to $2,500) are paid. It also includes moneys received from estates or by bequest, interest on which is to be paid perpetually into the treasury of the Society; bequests to certain Conference societies, the in­ terest on which is paid, but comes back at once into the treasury; and also $15,000 given to the Society, conditioned on the payment of interest to two schools in our foreign mission work. The amount of bonds outstanding October 31, 1900, issued on the lives of individuals, on which all obligations of the Society ceases on the death of the donor or donors, was $532,878.33; to Conference societies, $9,635 ; bonds on which the interest is paid to schools in our foreign missions, $15,000; and amount from bequests, etc., $56,817.43, making a total of $614,330.76. On the death of an annuitant, or the return and surrender of a bond, the amount of the canceled bond is credited in the receipts of the Society. During the past year $20,535.61 was paid over from such lapsed annuities.

Missionary Societies of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Receipts. Disbursements. Missionary Society...... * $ 1,332,829 10 $ 1,358,289 23 Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society.... 414,531 33 393,891 33 Woman’s Home Missionary Society 240,508 00 240,419 14

Total...... , ...... $ 1,987,868 43 >=1,992,599 70 Disbursements for Foreign Missions. Missionary Society...... 1*779,690 79 Woman’s Foreign Missionaiy Society...... 393,891 33

Total...... $ 1,173,582 12 Disbursements for Home Missions. Missionary Society...... $475,037 77 Woman’s Home Missionary Society...... 240,419 37

T otal...... $715,457 14 Appropriations for 1900. Missionary Society...... $ 1,242,179 Missionary Society, conditional...... 98,500 Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society...... 373.969 Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society Twentieth Century Thank Offering (balance)...... 7*.425 Woman’s Home Missionary Society, unconditional...... 102,460 Woman’s Home Missionary Society, conditional...... 218,873

T otal...... $ 2, 107,406

* Includes special gifts, áhd money received for the debt. + This includes special gifts, salaries of Missionaiy Bishops, and the portion of incidental expenses expended for foreign missions. ANNUAL REPORT

Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer, October 31, 1900. ♦Disburse­ Apportion- Ree’pts fron i! m ents from CONFERENCES. merits, Nov. 1,1899, u > Increase. Decrease. Nov. 1,1899, 1900. Oct. 31, 1900. to Oct. 81, 1900. A labam a...... $1,160 1556 00 $195 00 $ ...... $2,960 00 A la s k a ...... 40 00 40 00 4,000 00 A r iz o n a ...... 875 1,000 95 52 30 6,631 00 A rk a n sa s...... 1,400 804 87 116 13 4,362 50 A tlanta ...... 1,800 610 00 181 40 1.250 00 Atlantic Mission...... 130 149 00 19 00 1,589 75 A u stin ...... 1,500 1,196 55 204 95 4 “71 00 Baltim ore...... 42,650 40,873 05 2,485 59 1.250 00 Bengal-Burma ...... 300 190 98 75 22 18,457 75 From American Bible Society. 200 00 Black Hills...... 800 *620'25 40 25 4,258 110 Blue Ridge...... 940 293 00 145 00 2,928 75 B om bay...... 300 143 50 25,123 11 B u lgaria...... 13il 45 13' 8 95 7,605 21 California...... 1-5,200 10.235 46 195 38 24,722 50 California German ...... 1,000 868 00 43 00 3,840 00 Central Alabama...... 1,450 659 43 15 82 2,540 00 Central China ...... 4(10 125 76 3 94 45,527 40 Central German...... 9,835 7.464 45 394 18 4.679 50 Central Illinois ...... 24.500 1.9,876 73 270 48 Central Missouri ...... 1,830 486 46 51 94 2,790 75 Central New York...... 24,900 22,315 85 866 25 517 50 C h ile...... 18,281 04 Central Ohio...... 26^50 21,999 ¡0 559 50 Central Pennsylvania ...... 43,900 47,272 45 2,070 63 Central Swedish...... 3,590 3,941 35 61 37 4,131 50 Central Tennessee...... UOO 502 50 31 50 2.989 00 Chicago G erm an...... 4.800 4.335 39 223 94 3.858 00 Cincinnati...... 33.500 19.8J0 86 61 18 657 00 Colorado...... 9.200 7,39(1 00 724 *73 9,582 00 Columbia R iv e r ...... 4,060 4,179 52 88 11 8,789 75 Congo...... 20 16,336 56 D ak ota...... •...... 4,910 4,935 78 532 24 8,995 00 D elaw are...... 3,930 - 3,678 55 463 35 1,469 75 D en m ark ...... : ...... 1,100 638 98 23 85 7.791 41 Des M oines ...... 29,000 26,600 69 496 36 1,535 00 Detroit ...... 27,000 19,120 09 23* 5! 4,884 21 East German ...... '...... 5,400 • 6,172 00 34 On 5,600 00 East M aine...... 4,n80 3.324 4*« 49 00 2.023 75 East Ohio...... 41,400 32,501 58 1.176 28 1.875 00 East Tennessee...... »50 251 20 168 n 1,959 25 E r ie ...... 25,300 22,034 43 634 11 Flathead Mission...... "ièè'ôô Finland and St. Petersburg...... ' 250 324 27 18 64 5,187 97 Florida ...... 1,260 754 95 153 15 2.100 00 Foochow ...... 300 369 18 369 18 29,515 64 G en esee...... 28,600 ' 25,247 40 442 25 1.300 50 G eo rg ia ...... 660 253 00 3 00 2.300 00 Germany and Switzerland...... 997 33 G ulf...... 300 "314 20 *95*20 1.800 00 H in gh u a...... 150 29 16 53 46 5,893 70 H olston...... 5,200 2,479 00 101 30 2.304 50 Id a h o ...... i»0 865 00 64 30 4,451 25 Illinois ...... 87,400 30,504 63 933 62 In d ia n a ...... 38,990 19,780 96 200 60 Iow a ...... 16,650 13.266 84 243*48 Italy ...... 400 339 08 5 76 41,584 60 Jap an ...... 400 79 27 2 84 38,154 73 K ansas...... 12,390 8,180 17 1,046 45 1,318 50 K entucky ...... 6,400 2,385 17 252 94 4,163 00 K orea ...... 200 18,165 43 L exin gton '...... 2.290 662 64 30 64 2.393 75 Liberia ...; ...... 130 85 00 62 36 8,909 83 Little Rock ...... 900 6 '9 96 104 19 3,056 00 Louisiana ...... 3,140 1,013 50 77 55 4,826 75 M aine...... 7,550 5,329 74 199 76 I,484 00 M alaysia...... — 100 201 51 8 01 II,336 63 M exico...... — : — 800 342 96 '§4*42 50,942 77 M ichigan...... 26,900 19,351 67 974 28 4.117 75 M in nesota...... — 10,500 8,005 03 268 04 3,478 50 Mississippi...... 1.970 508 55 131 25 1,867 25 M issou ri...... 10,480 7,543 98 198 61 3,350 00 M ontana...... 2,160 2,117 92 149 93 5,965 50 N ebraska...... 11,000 8,180 53 ' 224 58 2.118 00 N evad a...... - ...... 1,125 1.331 00 137 00 8,956 50 New England ...... 39,500 26,275 25 1,169 84 »,395 25 New England Southern.;...... 18,800 13.026 14 101 60 2,857 00 New Hampshire...... 10,150 6,942 17 127 39 1,891 25 New J e r se y ...... 35,700 28,314 72 l,253*éi New Mexico English...... 750 615 00 40 55 5,401 ’ 50 New Mexico Spanish...... 635 319 00 17 65 13,132 50 New Y ork...... 56,600 38,568 09 566 79 7,253 75 New York East...... 64,400 42,502 69 889 07 5,263 50 N ew a rk ...... 42,800 38,333 14 2,678 24 487 50 North Carolina...... 1,330 545 63 127 33 3,159 75 North China...... 600 643 38 352 »2 48,027 72 Includes Contingent Fund. TREASURERS’ REPORT-Continued. Disburse­ Apportion Rec’pts from m ents from CONFERENCES. m ents, Nov. 1,-1899, to Increase. Decrease. Nov. 1, 1899, 1900. Oct. 31,1800. to Oct. 31, 1000. North Dakota ...... *3,90(1 *137 42 *‘ ,62?T0 North Germany ...... 1,300 fe07 40 75 21 15,642 24 North India ...... 400 481 83 57 49 60.450 22 North Indiana...... 24,101) 19,141 25 1.763 00 North Montana...... 550 658 75 105 75 *5*978*00 North Nebraska...... 7.400 5,991 62 4,887 00 North Ohio...... 19.150 12,178 90 299 95 North Pacific German...... 790 811 75 75 50 4*,4Ò8'ÒÓ Northern German ...... 3,3-3 2,534 00 ni 73 2,967 75 Northern Minnesota...... 9.200 6^62 35 332*39 6,583 00 Northern New York...... 18,300 14,464 32 603 21 1,832 25 Northern Swedish...... 1.730 1,794 00 111 00 5,640 75 Northwest German...... 2,970 3,641 70 141 03 2,925 00 Northwest India...... 400 96 37 28,558 61 Northwest Indiana...... iai3o 15,605 92 280 79 Northwest Iowa...... 13,500 18,065 21 769 43 Northwest Kansas...... 4,370 5,616 53 2Ì6 22 7,065 00 Northwest Nebraska...... 900 938 00 ’44*60 3.450 00 N o rw a y...... 1.400 1,275 81 99 Í¿ 13,539 17 Norwegian and Danish...... 3.(570 3,892 30 82 95 8,753 25 O h io...... 36.150 19,121 15 684 25 O klahom a...... 2.730 171 38 i,òii"ò§ 10,94*1 ' ÓÒ Oregon...... «,-70 4,615 86 306 95 6,318 75 P e r u ...... 10,168 72 Philadelphia...... b2,8(10 5:’,687 95 5,044 3Í 4,041 50 Philippine Islands...... 2,067 03 P ittsburg...... 39,200 33,333 43 2.79ÌÒÌ 2,059. 25 Porto R ico...... 4,466 32 Puget Sound...... 4,900 5,322 Sti 59 64 7,838 52 Rock R iv e r ...... 40,400 30,311 94 233 18 8,200 00 St. John’s River...... 900 633 32 78 20 3.000 00 St. L ouis...... 14.333 8,186 54 *.96 03 4,983 25 St. Louis G erm an ...... ^,9-5 5,894 90 497 90 3,375 00 S avann ah,...... 1,0-30 505 00 171 37 1.600 00 South America...... 1,(100 790 73 362 07 49,2 >3 03 South Carolina ...... H,325 2,542 27 360 16 3.450 00 South Germany...... I,500 1.211 58 7 89 19.871 80 South India ...... 350 104 35 18 13 21,696 06 South Japan ...... 100 29 46 4 87 17,398 64 South Kansas...... 10,800 7,648 43 611 42 1.413 25 Southern California...... 9,600 9.028 53 718 87 6,626 50 Southern German...... 1,770 1,804 50 303 50 3,850 10 Southern Illinois...... 15,450 10,867 05 193 00 Southwest K ansas...... 10,275 10,124 02 1,141 55 5,715*00 S w ed en ...... 4,000 4,296 77 16.153 40 Switzerland...... 1,450 I,761 50 ‘¿5*54 7,501 50 Tennessee...... 1,55(1 642 68 45 97 2,198 25 T e x a s ...... 2,930 1,148 20 41 26 4,116 00 Troy...... 33,100 27,835 88 2,629 56 1,244 50 Upper Iow a ...... 22,600 22.225 47 95 65 747 75 Upper Mississippi...... 2,060 625 30 8 40 2.751 50 U t a h ...... I,tfi0 845 00 *76 ÌÓ 12.977 25 V erm on t...... 7,100 5,904 50 1,358 00 Virginia...... 1.785 945 75 *88 87 3,728 75 W ashington...... 7,775 2,400 84 839 52 1,911 50 W est China...... 110 27 59 1 95 17,444 33 West German...... 4,850 5.980 85 647 67 5,934 00 West Nebraska ...- ...... 3,490 2,943 99 221 13 6,487 00 W est T e x a s...... 2,260 1,506 55 *79 95 4.000 00 W est Virginia...... 17.8-30 II,984 90 1,598 68 4,435 00 West, W iscon sin ...... • 10,800 7,659 03 157 92 4,057 50 Western Nnrwegian-Danish...... 530 530 00 6,923 50 Western South America...... 200 120 96 “ 7*80 Western Swedish...... 1,560 1,685 00 2 32 4,812 00 W ilm ington...... 24,200 23.833 16 640 66 1,108 75 W isconsin...... 13.000 9,483 44 272 69 4,072 50 W yom ing...... 29,920 26,352 09 1,072 81 442 50 Wyoming Mission...... 660 654 50 53 00 5.714 «0 Total from Conferences...... *1,175,381 40 $46,742 *Less debt money...... 13,846 02 *l,lt>1,S3? > Less rebate to World-Wide Miss, subs 18,275 20 *1.143,263 18 L e g a c ies...... 55,864 63 Lapsed Annuities. *20,535.61 less in.lo;. 90 paid Annuity Interest account. 15,401 71 Sundries ($9,375.20): Interest received ...... 2.994 99 American Bible Society...... 200 00 Appropriations returned...... 2,409 57 Miscellaneous...... 3,770 64 Incidental Expenses (including *30,963.- 73 for interest)...... 62,903 68 Office E xpenses...... 15,188 73 Publication Fund ...... 15,296 08 Salaries of Missionary Bishops, Secre­ taries, etc ...... 30,925 17 T o ta l. ¡*1,2233)4 72 S 1,262,682 35

f Amount, of debt money paid in error into General Fund through Conference treasurers, Monthly Statement. Showing the condition of the Treasury for each month of the fiscal year from November 1, 1809, to October 31, 1900.

TREASURER’S ACCOUNT. ASSISTANT TREASURER’S ACCOUNT. COMBINED STATEMENT. BALANCES.

- Balance on Treasury In lialance on Treasury in State of the t ,„.„ hand on the debt on the hand on the debt on the Receipts. Disburse­ Receipts. Disburse­ Total Total D is­ Treasury on i)ate- first day of first day of m ents. first day of ¡ first day of m ents. Receipts. bursements. the last day of 'each month. each month. each month, each month. each month.

November, 1S99...... $9,649 71 $ ...... $10,282 13 $79,011 46 *2,003 48 $ ...... *150 92 *in.asK or.1, 470011 $58,978 70* December, " ...... 63,978 70 14,641 98 109,687 9a 2,119 4lll .. . 5,279 51 19,921 49 109.687 98 148,745 14* " January, 1900...... 148,745 14 18,307 27 112,770 14 1,215 16, 1,128 69 19,430 96 112,770 14 242,084 32* February, “ ...... 242,094 82 21,263 28 95,776 lü ...... 1.S24 28 2,500 04 23,768 82 95,776 12 314,097 12* March, " ...... 314,097 12 92,816 76 123,042 53 ...... 1 307 24 84,328 7S 127,145 54 123,042 58 309,994 11* April, “ ...... 809,994 11 851,281 66 122,841 67 30,874 OB' ...... 21,021 06 872,252 72 122.341 67 6 0 , 0 8 3 0 6 * May, “ ...... 60,083 06 73,209 61 91,784 99 18,664 15 ...... 1,631 11 74.840 72 91.784 99 7 7 , 0 2 7 3 3 * June, lt ...... T7,027 88 83,494 83 111,151 98 4,595 01 6,318 20 89,812 58 111,151 9S 148,366 78* July, 148,866 78 17,578 62 141,686 26 9,127 71 ...... 2.683 82 ...... 20,262 44 141.686 26 269,790 60* A u gust. “ ...... 269,790 60 24,606 91 93,843 44 1,719 58 ...... 4,922 12 29,529 03 93.843 44 334,105 Ol* September, “ ...... 884,105 01 127,271 71 97.897 39 6,508 90 ...... 166.003 42 293.275 13 97,897 39 138,727 27* October, “ ...... 138.727 27 126,085 6S 161.020 12 30,993 07 ...... 144.005 27 270.090 95 161,020 12 1 0 , 4 3 6 6 8 *

General Statement for the Year. RECEIPTS. Balance in Treasury November 1, 1899...... $9,649 71+ Received by Treasurer at New York from Nov. 1, lS99,toOct. 31.1900: Received during the year for the debt...... 19,219 76 For General Purposes...... $887,813 5^ “ Special Gifts...... ’ ...... 72.926 :>G $28,869 47 $910,739 94 Excess of Disbursements over General Receipts...... 89,806 15 Received by Assistant Treasurer at Cincinnati: For Qeneral Purposes...... $386,091 14 Balance Treasury in Debt October 81, 1900...... $10,486 68$ “ Special Gifts...... ' ...... 3,876 80 SPECIAL GIFTS. 389.967 94 Cash on hand November 1,1899 ...... $89,904 68 T o ta l...... : ...... $1,800,707 Received during the year...... 76,803 16 $116,707 79 DISBURSEMENTS. Paid during the yea r...... 77,831 63 For General Purposes...... $1,262,682 85 “ Special Gifts...... 77,881 6S Balance on hand October 81,1900...... $89,876 11 T o ta l...... $1,340,014 08 H. C. JENNINGS, Ass't Treasurer. HOMER EATON, Treasurer.

* Treasury in debt. + This does not include the amount then due on Special Gifts, i To this should be added the amountthen due on Special Gifts. I9°°-] Apportionments for 1901. IS

Apportionments for Î90Î. ON THE $1,500,000 LINE.

Alabama...... $1,160 Indiana...... $ 3 8 ,9 9 0 Norway...... $1,400 Alaska Mission.... 100 Iow a...... 16 ,6 5 0 Norwegian and Dan­ Arizona Mission 920 Ita ly ...... 400 ish...... 3,670 Arkansas...... 1,400 J a p a n ...... 400 Ohio...... >36,200 A tlanta...... 1,800 Japanese Pac. Miss.. 520 Oklahoma...... 2,800 Atlantic Mission... 140 Kalispell Mission... 120 Oregon...... 6,250 A ustin...... 1,600 K ansas...... 12 ,3 9 0 Philadelphia 62,800 Baltimore...... 42,650 Kentucky...... 6 ,3 5 0 Pittsburg...... 39,300 Bengal-Bunna 300 K orea...... 200 Puget Sound 4.900 Black Hills...... 800 Lexington...... 2,2 9 0 Rock River...... 40,600 Blue Ridge...... 900 Liberia...... 150 Sainfc John’s River. 900 Bombay...... 300 Little Rock...... 890 Saint Louis...... 14,625 Bulgaria...... 100 Louisiana...... 3,180 Saint Louis German. 6,925 California...... 15,050 M aine...... 7,550 Savannah...... 1,050 California German.. 1,000 Malaysia...... 200 South America 1,000 Central Alabama... 1,450 M exico...... 800 South Carolina 6,380 Central China Mis­ M ichigan...... 26,900 South Germany . .. . 1,500 sion ...... 400 Minnesota ...... 10 ,5 0 0 South India...... 350 Central German 9,700 Mississippi...... 1 ,9 5 0 South Japan 100 Central Illinois .... 24,500 Missouri...... 10,480 South Kansas 10,800 Central Missouri 1,830 M ontana...... 2,050 Southern California. 9,700 Central New York.. 24,900 N ebraska ...... 11 ,0 0 0 Southern German.. 1,820 Central Ohio 26,400 Nevada...... 1,1 0 0 Southern Illinois... 15,500 Central Penn’a 42,900 New England 3 9,500 Southwest Kansas.. 10,400 Central Swedish ... 3,590 New Eng. Southern 1 8 ,8 0 0 Sweden...... 4,000 Central Tennessee.. 1,300 Now Hampshire 1 0 ,1 0 0 Switzerland...... 1,450 Chicago German.. .. 4,800 New Jersey...... 35 ,7 0 0 Tennessee...... 1,560 Cincinnati...... 33,200 New Mexico English 750 Texas...... 2.930 Colorado...... 9,200 New Mexico Spanish 625 T r o y ...... 33;100 Columbia River 4,060 New Y ork...... 5 6 ,6 0 0 Upper Iowa 22,600 Dakota...... 5,100 New York East 6 4,400 Upper Mississippi.. 2,070 Delaware...... 3,930 Newark...... 42 ,8 0 0 Utah Mission 1,100 Denmark...... 1,000 North Carolina 1,330 Vermont...... •.. 7,100 Des Moines...... 29,300 North China 300 Virginia...... 1,785 D etroit...... 27,000 North Dakota 4,0 0 0 "Washington...... 7,825 East Cerftral Africa 100 North Germany 1 ,3 0 0 West Central Africa 25 East German 5,400 North India...... 400 West China Mission 110 East M aine...... 4,570 North Indiana 24,100 West German 4,950 East O hio...... 41,600 North Montana Mis. 550 West Nebraska 3,540 East Tennessee 950 North Nebraska 7 ,5 0 0 West Texas...... 2,260 Erie...... 25,300 North Ohio...... 19 ,0 5 0 West Virgin« 18,000 Finland and St. Pe­ North Pacific Ger.. 800 West Wisconsin 10,800 tersburg ...... 250 Northern German.. 3 ,400 Western Norwegian- Florida...... 1,260 Northern Minnesota 9,520 Danish...... 550 Foochow...... 300 Northern New York 1 8,300 Western S. America 200 Genesee ...... 28,700 Northern Swedish.. 1 ,760 Western Swedish... 1,655 Georgia...... 620 Northwest German. 3,020 Wilmington 24,300 Gulf...... 300 Northwest India 400 Wisconsin...... 13,000 Hinghua...... 150 Northwest Indiana. 1 9,130 Wyoming...... 29,920 Holston...... 5,200 Northwest Iowa.... 13 ,9 0 0 Wyoming Mission.. 660 Idaho...... 900 Northwest Kansas.. 4 ,3 7 0 Illinois...... 37,600 Northwest Nebraska 900 Total...... $1,508,805

N o t e .—The apportionment to each Annual Conference will be sent to the Presiding Elders before its next session. l6 Missionary Report. [190Ö.

GENERAL MISSIONARY COMMITTEE. Bishops.

T h o m a s B o w m a n , J o h n F . H u r s t , I sa ä c W . J o y c e , R a n d o l p h S. F o s t e r , J o h n M . W a l d e n , D a n ie l A . G o o d s e l l , S t e p h e n M . M e r r il l , W il l a r d F . M a l l a l ie u , C h a r l e s C . M c C a b e , E d w a r d G . A n d r e w s , C h a r l e s H . F o w l e r , E a r l C r a n s t o n , H e n r y W . W a r r e n , J o h n H . V in c e n t , D a v id H . M o o r e , C y r u s D . F o ss, J a m es N . F it z G e r a l d , J o h n W7. H a m il t o n . Missionary Bishops.

W il l ia m T a y l o r , J o s e p h C . H a r t z e l l , F r a n c is W . W a r n e . J a m e s M . T h o b u r n , E d w in W . P a r k e r ,

Corresponding Secretary.—A d n a B. L e o n a r d . First Assistant Corresponding Secretary, H e n r y K . C a r r o l l . Recording Secretary.

S t e p h e n L iv in g s t o n B a l d w in . Treasurer. Assistant Treasurer.

H o m e r E a t o n . H e n r y C. J e n n in g s . Representatives o f Mission Districts.

W a l t e r W . O gi e r , W a l t e r H . N e l s o n , N e ls E . S im o n s e n , R o b e r t H . R o b b , W il l ia m D. M a r s h , J o h n P a r s o n s , H e n r y J. C o k e r , H e n r y G. J a c k s o n , J o h n C. A r b u c k l e , H e n r y A . M o n r o e , H e n r y L e m c k e , G e o r g e W . I s h a m . P a t r ic k J. M a v e e t y , R e u b e n C. S m it h ,

Representatives o f Board o f Managers, Nov. 14- 20, 1900.

J a m e s M. B u c k l e y , A a r o n K . S a n f o r d , E d w a r d L. D o b b in s , J o h n F. G o u c h e r , F . M ason N o r t h , C h a r l e s S c o t t , J a m e s M. K in g , A l d e n S p e a r e , E zr a B. T u t t l e , S a m u e l F. U f h a m , J o h n S. M cL e a n , J a m es F . R u s l in g . S a m u e l W7. T h o m a s , J a m es H. T a f t ,

Mission Districts, Conferences comprising them, and their Representatives. I. East Maine, Italy, Maine, New England, New England Southern, New Hampshire, Vermont. Walter Williams Ogier, Calais, Me. II. Delaware, New Jersey, New York, New York East, Newark, Troy, Wil­ mington. Henry Augustus Monroe, 1310 Parrish Street, Philadelphia, Pa. III. Central New York, Genesee, North India, Northern New York, South India, Wyoming. William Dixon Marsh, Utica, N. Y. IV. Baltimore, Central Pennsylvania, Erie, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Wash­ ington, West Virginia. Reuben Chandler Smith, Dubois, Pa. V. Central Ohio, Cincinnati, East Ohio, Kentucky, North China, North Ohio, Ohio, South America. John Chalmers Arbuckle, Columbus, O. VI. Alabama, Atlanta, Blue Ridge, Central Tennessee, East Tennessee, Flor­ ida, Georgia, Holston, North Carolina, Saint John’s River, Savannah, South Carolina, Virginia. Robert Henry Robb, Atlanta, Ga. VII. Detroit, Indiana, Lexington, Michigan, North Indiana, Northwest Indiana. Patrick Joseph Maveety, Albion, Mich. VIII. Central Illinois, Central Swedish, Des Moines, Iowa, Northwest Iowa, Rock River, Upper Iowa. Henry Godden Jackson, D .D ., 57 Washington Street, Chicago, 111, 1900.] General Missionary Committee.

IX. Bombay, Dakota, Minnesota, North Dakota, Northern Minnesota, Nor­ way, Norwegian and Danish, West Wisconsin, WTestern Swedish, Wisconsin. Nels Edward Simonsen, 2243 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, 111. X. Black Hills, Colorado, Japan, Liberia, Nebraska, North Nebraska, North­ west India, Northwest Nebraska, Sweden, West Nebraska. George Washington Isham, Beatrice, Neb. XI. Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Northwest Kansas, Oklahoma, Saint Louis, South Kansas, Southern Illinois, Southwest Kansas. Henry Joseph Coker, Emporia, Kan. XII. Arkansas, Austin, Central Alabama, Central Missouri, Little Rock, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mobile, Tennessee, Texas, Upper Mississippi, West Texas. Walter Horaiius Nelson, Huntsville, Ala. XIII. California German, Central German, Chicago German, East German, North Germany, Northern German, Northwest German, Saint Louis German, South Germany, Southern German, Switzerland, West German. Henry Lemcke, 1260 Rokeby Street, Chicago, 111. XIV. Bengal, California, Columbia River, Foochow, Idaho, Mexico, Mon­ tana, Oregon, Puget Sound, Southern California, Western Norwegian-Danish. John Parsons, Salem, Ore.

Annual Meeting of the General Missionary Committee. The General Missionary Committee met in St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church, New York, November 14-20, 1900. All the members were present except Bishops Foster and Taylor, who were in poor healch; Bishop Vincent, who was in Europe; Bishop Moore, who was in China; Bishops Parker and Warne, who were in India; and Dr. S. O. Benton, who was unable to attend because of revival services in progress in his church, and whose place was taken by Dr. F. Mason N orth. The Treasurer reported an increase of collections from the Confer­ ences of over $21,000, but a decrease of over $12,000 in the total re­ ceipts of the year, not including special gifts. This made it necessary that most of the appropriations should be reduced below the amount given the missions the previous year. On the first day it was decided to* appropriate to the foreign m issions $614,617, and to the home mis­ sions $463,658, but the final appropriations amounted to $625,324 for foreign missions, and $472,791 for home missions, an increase to the foreign missions of $ 10,707, resulting from increased appropriations to the Philippines and to Africa; and an increase to the home missions of $9,133 because of increased appropriations to Porto Rico and Alaska. The appropriation to the Publication Fund was reduced from $25,000 to $20,000, and to the Contingent Fund from $25,000 to $ 10,160, m aking the total appropriation $ 1,242,179, which was the amount the Committee decided the first day should be appropriated. After considerable discussion, a plan was adopted which it is be­ lieved will enlarge the collections for missions and especially relieve the foreign missions in paying debts on mission property and also in­ crease facilities for their work. This plan proposes to make more efficient the disciplinary mode and obtain $2,000,000 as a thank offering, 2 i8 Missionary Report. [1900.

One of the most interesting features of the session was the series of addresses delivered on Monday morning, November 19, by Bishop Thoburn, on Southern Asia; Bishop Hartzell, on Africa; Bishop Crans­ ton, on Eastern Asia; Bishop Goodsell, on Europe; Dr. C. W. Drees, on Spanish-speaking America; Dr. W. F. Oldham, on Domestic Mis­ sions, and Rev. F. D. Gamewell, on the Siege of Peking. The sad condition of affairs in China awakened much interest in the Committee, and a paper was adopted expressing gratitude for the de­ liverance of our missionaries, admiration for the heroic spirit of our native Christians, urging a generous increase in the missionary benev­ olence of the Church and offerings for the relief of the suffering con­ verts. Confidence was expressed in the President’s purpose to secure all needed measures of justice, and the prevention of any repetition of the horrors of the past summer. Hearty thanks were expressed to the President and to our brave soldiers and marines for the promptness and energy with which they moved to the rescue of our imperiled missionaries and their helpless wrards. The following paper was also adopted: “The General Missionary Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church hails with grateful joy the homecoming and presence of- Rev. and Mrs. F. D. Gamewell, who, with their fellow-prisoners in the Brit­ ish Legation Grounds in Peking, were so wonderfully preserved from torture and 'death at the hands of the heathen mob. "With hearts deeply moved by the goodness of God in their deliver­ ance, we thankfully recognize also the ever-memorable devotion and courage of these and of all our missionaries in Peking, who, after defending our property as long as was possible, further manifested their heroic fidelity in refusing to abandon their Chinese fellow-Chris- tians and the defenseless children in their care when themselves invited to a place of greater safety. “Nor can we fail to record our profound satisfaction in view of the services by which Mr. Gamewell and others of our representatives achieved lasting honor for themselves and their Church in the defense of that last refuge of the beleagured foreigners. . “As no less worthy of a place in this permanent record of appreciation we also gratefully mention the unflinching devotion of our native preachers and members, some of whom fell in the common defense, others in bravely bearing messages through the enemy’s ranks to the army of deliverance, and all of whom, by their courage and patience in labors that were both trying and perilous, won fairly the confidence and gratitude even of those who had formerly scorned them as heathen dissemblers, insincere in their profession, and worthy only of stripes and indignities. “The Church in America affords no more illustrious examples of heroic fidelity than those which have thus brightened the first chapters in the history of the infant Church in China. To Him who ever gives grace even to the humblest in the day of trial be all the glory, now and forever. Amen!” 1900-] Appropriations for 1901.

Appropriations for 1901.

I.—FOREIGN MISSIONS.

DIVISION 1.—Europe, South America, M exico, and Africa.

1. G erm any: (1.) N orth G e r m a n y : For the work, of which $200 is for new work in Austria, at disposal of resident bishop ...... $13,817 For interest on Berlin debt...... 600 For debts—grant in aid ...... 900

$15,317 ( 2.) South Germany : For the work ...... 19,340 For debts—grant in aid ...... 400

$19,740 (3.) For Martin Mission Institute ...... 976 $36,033 2. Sw itzerland: For the work ...... $6,745 For church debts—grant in aid ...... 568 7,313 3. Norway : For the work...... $11,738 For school at Christiania, or elsewhere, at disposal of resi­ dent bishop ...... 400 12,138 4 . Sw eden: For the work...... $14,800 For the school at Upsala, at disposal of the resident bishop. 1,242 16,042 5. D enm ark: For the -work...... $6,655 For debt on Copenhagen church, at disposal of the Board... 710 7,365 6 . Finland and St. Petersburg : For the work...... $4,875 For Theological School, at the disposal of the resident b ish o p ...... 500 5,375 7. B ulgaria : For the work, to be administered by the resident bishop. 7,868 8. Ita ly : For all purposes, including interest on the debt in Rome, and second payment on debt at Trieste...... 40,183 [All appropriations to Europe to he redistributed by the Finance Committees, with the concurrence of the resident bishop and the approval of the Board of Managers.] 9. South A m erica: (1.) South A merica Co n fer en c e: For the ■work, of which $5,000 and the amount received from the sale of property in Brazil shall be applied to the debt and interest on property in South America...... $45,271 (2.) W estern South A merica M ission C onference : (a.) C h ili...... 19,520 (b.) Lima district: For the work...... 9,713 74,504 All appropriations in South America to be disbursed by the Finance Committees, with the concurrence of the presid­ ing bishop, and the approval of the Board of Managers. 10« M exico: For nil purposes, to be redistributed by the Finance Committee, with the concurrence of the presiding bishop, and the approval of the Board ...... 48,547 20 Missionary Report. [1900.

11. Africa: (1.) Liberia C onference...... $9,855 (2.) E a s t C e n t r a l A f r i c a ...... 10*625 (3.) West Central Africa...... g’sss All appropriations for Africa to be administered by Bishop Hartzell, with approval of the Board.

DIVISION 2.—Eastern Asia. 1. China : (1.) Foochow : For the work as it is... $21,580 ( 2.) H in g h u a ...... 7,290 (3.) C entral China : For the work as it is...... 35,100 (4.) N orth China : for which $1,000 shall be for debt and interest on Peking church ...... 38,000 (5.) W est C hina : For the work as it is ...... 13,540 115,510 2« Japan : ( 1.) Japan Conference: For the work, of which not ~ m ore th an $ 6,000 shall be for native evangelistic work, to be distributed by the presiding elders, with approval of the resident bishop, the re­ maining sum to be distributed by the Finance Committee, with the concurrence of the resident bishop and the approval of the Board of Managers $36,650 (2.) South Japan Mission Conference: Of which not more than $2,500 shall be for native evan- elistic work, all conditions the same as in the fapan Conference...... 12,401 49,051 3. K orea : For the work ...... 17,000 [AU appropriations to Eastern Asia to be redistributed by the Finance Committees, with the concurrence of the resident bishop and the approval of the Board of Managers.] DIVISION 3.—Southern Asia. 1« India: (1.) N orth I n d ia : For the work ...... $54,000 (2.) Northwest India: For the work ...... 25,500 (3.) S outh I ndia : For the work ...... 20,000 (4.) B ombay : F o r th e w o rk ...... 23,500 (5.) B en g a l : For the work...... 12,500 (6.) Burma: For the work ...... 5,277 140,777 2. M alaysia : For the work...... $10,250 For the Philippine Islands...... 7,500 17,750 [All appropriations to Southern Asia to be redistrib­ uted by the Finance Committees, with the concurrence of the presiding bishop and the approval of the Board. ] Total for Foreign Missions...... $625,324

II.—MISSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. DIVISION 1. Troy...... $1,080 Verm ont...... 1,372 Class No. 1. West Wisconsin...... 3,920 For Conferences North of the Potomac Wilmington...... 784 and Ohio, and E ast of the Mississippi Wisconsin...... 3,430 River: T o ta l...... $23,917 Detroit...... $4,089 East Maine...... 1,690 Class No. 2. Maine...... 1,208 F o r Conferences in Iowa and Kansas, Michigan...... 3,372 and States North of Them, includ­ New Hampshire...... 1,372 ing Black Hills and Oklahoma Con­ Northern New York...... 1,000 ferences : Rock River {for Deaf-mute Black Hills...... $4,173 Mission, $400 of which is D akota...... 8,600 available January 1, 1901) 600 Des Moines ...... 1,100 1900.] Appropriations for 1901. 21

Kansas (of which $250 is for DIVISION 2. First Street Mission, Kan­ sas City, K an.)...... $1,200 Class No. 5. Minnesota...... 3,332 W h it e W okk i n t h e S o u th , M a r y ­ Nebraska...... 2,000 l a n d a n d D e l a w a r e e x c e p t e d : North Dakota...... 8,428 A la b a m a ...... $ 2 ,7 4 4 North Nebraska ...... 4,828 A r k a n s a s ...... 4 ,7 0 4 NorthernMinnesota (of which Atlantic M ission ...... 1,350 $400 is for Crookston Dis- Austin (of which $490 is at •trict, available at once, at disposal of presiding bishop disposal of resident bishop) 5.500 for church at Fort Worth). 3,577 Northwest Iowa...... 3.381 B lu e R id g e ...... 2 ,8 0 0 Northwest Kansas...... 6,650 Central Tennessee ...... 3 ,0 5 0 Northwest Nebraska...... 3.381 G e o r g ia ...... 2 ,2 2 8 Oklahoma...... 13,100 Gulf M ission ...... 2 ,3 5 0 South Kansas...... 1,400 l i o l s t o n ...... 2 ,1 0 0 Southwest Kansas...... 5,450 K e n t u c k y ...... 4 ,0 5 5 West Nebraska...... 6.500 M is s o u r i...... 3 ,283 T otal...... $79,023 Saint John’s River ...... 3 ,1 5 0 Saint Louis ...... 4 ,3 8 4 Class No. 3. V i r g in ia ...... 3,580 W o r k i n t h e M o u n t a in R e g i o n : W est V irginia ...... 4 ,346 Arizona (of which $300 is available at once for the T o t a l ...... $47 ,7 0 1 Needles, at disposal of pre­ Class No. 6. siding bishop)...... $6,566 Colorado (of which $400 is C o l o r e d W o r k , m o st l y i n t h e S ou th : for mission work in Den­ A t l a n t a ...... $ 1 ,1 6 0 ver, at disposal of resident Central Alabama ...... 2,400 bishop)...... 8,690 Central Missouri, $200 to be Idaho...... 4,400 available after January 1, To be divided ‘ 1 9 0 1 ...... *.... 4,000 according to D e la w a r e ...... 1 ,600 ratio used at last East Tennessee ...... 1,960 session of Mon­ F lo r id a ...... 2,050 Kalispell ? tana Conference. 5,S80 Montana $ L e x in g t o n ...... 2 ,323 Kalispell p o r- Little Rock ...... 2,940 tion to be avail­ L o u is ia n a ...... 2,935 able January 1, M ississippi...... 1 ,960 1901. North Carolina ...... 2,400 Nevada...... 3,920 S a v a n n a h ...... 1,545 New Mexico English...... 5,100 South Carolina ...... 3,400 North Montana...... 4,820 T e n n e s s e e ...... 2,450 Utah...... 9,310 Texas (of which $1,000 shall Utah (for schools, at disposal be at disposal of presiding of the Board)...... 2,000 b i s h o p ) ...... 4 ,1 0 0 Wyoming...... 5,600 Upper M ississippi...... 2,416 W a s h in g to n ...... 1,960 Total ...... $56,280 West Texas (of which $500 Class No. 4. is at disposal of presiding b is h o p ) ...... 4 ,0 0 0 P a c i f i c C o a s t : Alaska...... $4,500 T o t a l ...... $ 4 5 ,5 9 9 California (of which $500 is available at once for Oak­ DIVISION 3. land and San Francisco Districts, at disposal of res­ N o n -E n g l is h - s p e a k in g . ident bishop)...... 5,400 Class No. 7. California (for English work W e l s h : in Honolulu)...... 784 Northern New York ...... $ 3 1 3 Columbia River...... 7,154 Philadelphia ...... 387 Oregon...... 4,347 W i s c o n s i n ...... 150 Puget Sound...... 5,750 W y o m in g ...... 289 Southern California (of which $200 is available for Grace T o t a l ...... $ 1 ,1 3 9 Church, Los Angeles, Jan­ uary 1, 1901)...... 4,834 All appropriations for Welsh work at disposal of the T otal./...... $32,769 presiding bishops. 22 Missionary Report. [1900.

S w e d is h : C h in e s e : Austin...... $1,294 California (of which $2,000 is California...... 1,960 available at once for school Central Swedish...... 4,350 purposes)...... $9,350 East Maine...... 294 New York...... 980 New England...... 4,63S Oregon (at disposal of pre­ New England Southern*.. .. . 1,578 siding bishop)...... 1,159 New York...... 980 Southern California (at dis­ New York East...... 3,626 posal of presiding bishop). 980 Northern Swedish (of which $200 is for First Swedish T otal...... $12,469 Church, St. Paul, available at once)...... 5,880 J a p a n e s e : Puget Sound...... 1,800 Pacific Japanese ($500 avail­ Western Swedish (of which able January 1, 1901)...... $8,820 $340 is for work in Den­ ver) ...... 5,424 B o h e m ia n a n d H u n g a r i a n : Wilmington...... 330 Baltimore...... $980 East Ohio...... 2,500 Total...... $31,980 Pittsburg...... 1,764 Eock Eiver (at disposal of N o r w e g ia n a n d D a n is h : resident bishop, calendar Maine (at disposal of presid­ year 1901)...... 3,600 ing bishop)...... $196 Upper Iowa (available for New England (at disposal of calendar year 1901, to be resident bishop)...... 294 administered by resident New York East...... ],594 bishop at Chicago)...... 5S8 Norwegian and Danish 8,526 Utah $400 (available at once). 2,400 Total. $9,432 Western Norwegian-Danish. 6,860 I t a l ia n : T otal...... $19,870 Cincinnati (available January I, at disposal of resident G e r m a n : bishop)...... $892 California German...... $3,800 Genesee (at disposal of resi­ Central German (of wliicji dent bishop)...... $225 is for Cleveland, ()., Louisiana (at disposal of pre­ available at once)...... 4,530 siding bishop)...... 1,200 Chicago German...... 3,815 New EnglandeV ■ (at• disposal '■ - of ■ East German...... 5,490 resident bishop)...... 1,642 North Pacific German. : ...... 4,560 New York...... 4,000 Northern German...... 2,950 Philadelphia (at disposal of Northwest German...... 3,390 resident bishop)...... 2,661 Saint Louis German...... 3,305 Eock Eiver (at disposal of Southern German...... 3,790 resident bishop)...... 1,000 West German...... 5,870 Total...... $11,483 Total...... $41,500 P o r t u g u e s e : F r e n c h : New England...... $294 Gulf Mission (at disposal of New England Southern.... 784 presiding bishop)...... $588 New England (at disposal of T otal...... $1,078 resident bishop)...... 1,470 Hew Hampshire (at disposal F i n n i s h : of resident bishop)...... 1,225 California (at disposal of res­ Eock River...... 1,274 ident bishop)...... $490 Northern Minnesota...... 490 T otal...... $4,557 Total...... $ 9 8 0 S p a n is h : New Mexico Spanish $11,270 F o r e ig n P o p u l a t io n s : New Mexico Spanish (for Central Pennsylvania. $ 4 9 0 schools)...... 1,960 Porto Eico...... 10,000 Total for Class 7...... $167,610 Southern California (avail­ able at once, at disposal of Class No. 8. presiding bishop)...... 588 A m e r ic a n I n d i a n s : California (at disposal of pre­ T otal ...... $23,818 siding bishop)...... $676 1900.] Appropriations for 1901. 23

Cent’l New York: Onondagas 1490 Philadelphia (for work in Oneidas ...... 196 Philadelphia)...... Columbia Eiver...... 1,078 Pittsburg (for Pittsburg)___ 550 Detroit (at disposal of presid­ “ (for Allegheny)... 300 ing bishop)...... 441 Eock Eiver (of which 1'or Genesee: Tonawanda (at dis­ Deaf-mutes, $400; Italian posal of presiding bishop). 196 work, $400, in Chicago)... 1,000 Cattaraugus (at disposal of St. Louis (for St. Louis, $500; presiding bishop)...... 196 for Kansas City, Mo., $250) 750 Kansas...... 200 Michigan (at disposal of pre­ T o ta l...... $ 12,000 siding bishop)...... 490 Nevada ...... 825 North Montana (for Piegan III.—MISCELLANEOUS. Indian Mission for the cal­ 1. C ontingent F u n d ...... $10,160 endar year 1901, to be ad­ 2. Incidental Expenses...... 50,000 ministered by the presiding 3. Salaries of Officers, Missionary bishop)...... 1,000 Bishops, etc ...... 80,000 Northern Minnesota (of which 4. Office E xpenses...... 10,000 $392 shall be available at 5. For Disseminating Missionary once)...... 784 Information ...... 20,000 Northern New York...... 495 Oregon...... 637 T o tal...... $120,160 Puget Sound...... 333 « F o r d e b t...... 23,904_ Wisconsin...... 343 $144,064 T otal...... $7,880 DIVISION 4. IV.—RECAPITULATION. S p e c i a l A ppropriations f o e C it i e s : I. F oreign Missions...... $625,324 Baltimore (for Deaf-mute Mis­ sion) ...... $550 II. D omestic M issions : California (for San Francisco) 650 W elsh...... $1,139 Cincinnati...... 475 Sw edish...... 31,;tS0 Colorado (for Denver) 450 Norweg’nandDanish 19,870 Des Moines (for Valley Junc­ G e rm a n ...... 41,500 tion)...... 400 F ren c h ...... 4,557 Detroit (for Detroit)...... 400 S p an ish ...... 23,818 East Ohio (for Cleveland)... 550 C h in e se ...... 12,469 Genesee (for Italian work, Japanese...... 8,820 Buffalo)...... 300 Bohemian & llung’n 9,432 Minnesota (for St.. Paul) 300 I ta lia n ...... 11,483 New England (for Chinese Portuguese...... 1,078 work, Boston)...... 550 F in n is h ...... 980 New England (for Norwegian Foreign populations. 490 and Danish work, Worces­ American Indians... 7,880 ter) ...... 300 English-speaking... 285,295 New England Southern (Ital­ Special city appro’t ’s. 12,000 ian work, Providence) 650 ------472,791 New York (for Chinese, He­ brew, and Italian work, T o ta l...... $1,098,115 New York)...... 1,400 III. M iscellaneous...... 120,160 New York East (Brooklyn).. 500 Newark (for Jersey City $400; $1,218,275 Newark, $375)...... 775 F o r d e b t 23,904 Northern Minnesota (for Min­ neapolis) ...... 3501 Grand Total...... $1,242,179 CONDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS. A f r i c a ...... $25,000 M e x i c o ...... 5,000 K o r e a (from Thank Offering)...... 5,000 N o r t h I n d ia (from Thank Offering)...... , ...... 3,000 S o u t h I n d ia (from contributions or Thank Offering, for Press in Madras) 20,000 P h i l i p p i n e s ...... 1 0 ,0 0 0 S w it z e r l a n d (for purchase of Wesleyan Property in Lausanne)...... 10.000 A l a s k a ...... 500 P o r t o R io o ...... 10,000 U t a h (for Schools)...... 10,000

1900.] Foreign Missions. 25

FOREIGN MISSIONS.

T h e Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church were com­ menced in the following order: Africa, 1833; South America, 1836; China, 1847; Germany, 1849; Norway, 1853; Sweden, 1854; Switzer­ land, 1856; India, 1856; Denmark, 1857; Bulgaria, 1857; Italy, 1871; Japan, 1872; Mexico, 1873; Finland, 1884; Malaysia, 1885; Korea, 1885. T hey are in Protestant, Roman Catholic, Greek Church, and non-Christian countries.

The Missions in Protestant lands are those in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, and Switzerland. The MethodisL Episcopal Church assists the Methodist churches that have there been organized, and these report 397 native preachers, 46,717 members, and 8,123 probationers. The Missions in Roman Catholic lands are those in South America, Italy, and Mexico. In these countries the Methodist Episcopal Church has 115 foreign missionaries, 171 native preachers, 7,266 members, and 5,482 probationers. The Missions in Greek Church lands are in Bulgaria, and a small mission in St. Petersburg, Russia. In Bulgaria are 14 native preachers, 224 members, and 45 probationers. In St. Petersburg are 13 members and 4 probationers. The Missions in non-Christian lands are those in Africa, China, Japan, Korea, India, and Malaysia. In these countries the Methodist Episcopal Church has 536 foreign missionaries, 1,599 native preachers, 52,791 members, and 91,804 probationers.

A n n u a l M e e t in g s i n 1900. A n n u a l M e e t in g s in 1901. CONFERENCES AND MISSIONS. Place and Date. Bishop. P la c e a n d D ate. B ish o p .

Liberia...... Monrovia, Jan. 31. Hartzell. Clay Ashland, March 1... Hartzell. West Centra] Africa.. M alanee...... iHartzell. East Central Africa Umtali, Oct. 16...... ¡Hartzell. M exico...... Pachuca, Jan. 1*...... ¡McCabe. M exico City,'Jan. 18...... ¡Hamilton. South America...... "Buenos Ayres, Feb. 29.. .INinde. Montevido, March 7...... McCabe. Western So. America Valparaiso, Jan. 31 ___ .¡Ninde. Iquique, Feb. 7 ...... McCabe. North Germany...... Bremen, July U ...... V incent. Chemnitz. June 19...... Vincent. South Germany...... Heilbronn, July 4 ...... Vincent. Carlsruhe, June 12...... ‘Vincent. Switzerland...... Zurich, June 27...... Vincent. Biel. June Vincent. Norway...... Hergen, Aug. 1 ...... Vincent. Hamar, July 17... Vincent. Sw ed en ,...... Stockholm, Aug. 15...... Vincent. Örebro, July 31. - . Vincent. Denm ark...... Odense, July 3...... — Vincent. Svendborg, July 3 Vincent.___ Fin. & St. Petersburg. Nikolaistad, Aug. 24___ Vincent. Viborg, May 15...... iVincent. Ita ly ...... Milan, June 20...... Vincent. Rome, April 18...... IVincent. Bulgaria...... Rustchuk, Aug. 3 1 ...... Vincent. Tirnova, May 1. Vincent. Japan ...... Tokyo, March 21...... (Draper.) Tokyo. March 27.. Moore. South Japan...... Nagasaki, May 3...... (Davison.) Nagasaki, April 19. Moore. K o rea ...... Seoul, May 14...... |(Scranton.) Seoul, May 9...... Moore. Foochow...... Foochow, Oct. 8 ...... (Simester.) Foochow, Oct. 2. • • Moore. H inghua...... Hinghua, Oct. 17...... (Brewster.) Hinghua, Oct. 16... Moore. Central China...... Nanking, Feb. 7... Moore. North China...... Peking, May 31...... (Pyk-e.) Tientsin, May 29... Moore. W est China...... Chungking...... North India ...... Lucknow, Jan. 10 . . Thoburn. Bareilly, Jan. 9 — Northwest India...... Muttra, Jan. 17 ... . Thoburn. Cawnpore, Jan. 24. South India ...... Bangalore, Dec. 2 . ■ Warne. B om b ay...... Bombay, Dec. 14... . Warne. Pakur, Jan. 10...... Warne. B en gal ...... ? Calcutta. Jan. 25 . Thoburn. Burma Miss. Conf.. 5 Rangoon, Jan. 24.. Warne. M alaysia ...... Singapore, Feb. 17. Thoburn. Singapore, Feb. 10. Warne. 20 Missionary Report. [1900.

AFRICA.

T h e year 1900 closes the first quadrennium of our work in Africa under the episcopal supervision of Bishop Hart- zell. By an unfortunate accident, owing to the great dis­ tance and the slowness of the mail service from East Cen­ tral Africa, no report of our African Missions was received in time to be published in the A n n u a l R e p o r t last year; but through the extended correspondence of the bishop and the missionaries on the field the conditions and the suc­ cesses of the work were published exten­ sively throughout the Church. It was the unanimous judgment of the Gen­ eral Missionary Com­ mittee at its recent meeting that the re­ sults and outlook in A f­ rica are gratifying and exceedingly hopeful. This manifested itself in not reducing the ap­ propriations for 1901, as was done in the case of every other foreign mission except in the new work in Porto Rico and the Philip­ pines, and also in making an advance of $5,000 in the work south of the equator. The last General Conference manifested great interest and satisfaction in Bishop Hartzell’s report, and at his request formed out of the Congo Mission Conference, which included all the work in Africa south of the equator, two Mission Conferences. The first of these is the W est Central Africa Mission Confer­ ence, which includes the work on the west coast south of the equator; the other is the East Central Africa Mission Con­ 1900.] Africa. 27 ference, which includes the work on the east coast south of the equator. Our mission work in Africa centers in three sections of the continent: the Liberia Annual Conference, the out­ growth of our oldest foreign mission, includes that republic, and has a wide-open door toward the interior on the east, north of the equator; the second center is in the Congo re­ gion on the west coast south of the equator; and the third center is on the east coast south of the equator. The past year has been one of advance in these three de­ veloping spiritual empires. The bishop has given careful episcopal supervision to the entire field. In 1898 he spent a few months in the United States, and represented the work extensively and helped largely to increase the interest in African Missions. More and more the thought of the world is centered upon its developing resources and its vast fields for philanthropic and Christian work. Exploration is fast completing its work, until soon all the vast regions of the dark continent will be known. The efficiency of the governments of Africa under the nations among whom its territory was partitioned is improving year by year. God is in every way preparing highways along which the Christian Church may push her work and hasten the redemption of the millions of that continent. 28 Missionary Report. [1900.

LIBERIA. Bishop Hartzell has Episcopal Supervision. Dr. A. B. Leonard is Secretary in Charge. WITH the disappearance of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State from the map of Africa, Liberia remains as the only republic of that continent. This repub­ lic, under the control entirely of black people, American negroes and their descendants, and where a white man can-

not own land or vote, is still battling for success and de­ serves the good will and the cooperation of the civilized world. It contains within its domains twenty-five thousand Americo- Liberians, a few civilized natives, and beyond that is the vast continent of heathen millions. The advance of the Liberian Conference during the past year has in many respects been gratifying; still there is great lack in the number of efficient workers as compared with the enormous work to be done, and the work is greatly hampered for lack of means. As a Mission Conference it was organized on January 10, 1834. The last session held was the sixty-seventh, as two sessions met in one year, 1876. The following is the roll of members, probationers, minis­ terial supplies, and lay-assistants in Liberia; Liberia. 29

F u l l M e m b e r s .

William P. Kennedy, Sr., William P. Kennedy, Jr., William T. Hagan, Josiah P. Artis, Gabriel W. Parker, Sr., Francis C. Holder- ness, Joseph W. Bonner, Riden Boyce, Charles B. McClain, Prince E. Walker, Joseph E. Clarke, Isaac N. Holder, James B. Robertson, Benjamin K. McKeever, Alexander P. Camphor, John J. Powell, John W. Davis, Harrington H. Evans, Cornelius A. Lincoln, Joseph C. Sherrill, John A. Simpson, Ashford L. Sims, William H. Carter, John Harrow— 24.

O n Trial First Year.

Charles A. Minor, Edward B. Mitchell, David M. Herron, John T. Carney, Nicholas B. Whitfield, John D. Stryker, Thomas J. King, Ulysses S. Ware, Lee Anderson, Philip T. Barker, Ulman L. Walker — 11. O n T r ia l S ec o n d Y e a r . William G. Smart.

M in is t e r ia l S u p p l ie s .

Alfred Morgan, James T. Williams, Andrew Snorton, Samuel D. Richards, Thomas H. Clark, Howard L. Porterfield, Philip Harris, Z. B. Roberts, S. R. Miller, Alexander Tubman— 10.

L a y T e a c h e r s a n d A s s is t a n t s i n L ib e r ia .

John Frith, J. A. Davis, Mrs. M. A. R. Camphor, Miss Amanda Davis, Mrs. M. J. Deputie, Mrs. E. E. Powell, Mrs. H. A. M. Craw­ ford, J. B. McGill, Mrs. F. A. D. McGill, J. H. Ricks, Samuel E. Payne, G. W. Parker, Jr., A. M. Harris, Mrs. Anna E. Hagan, Mrs. L. A. Jones, Mrs. A. E. Adams, J. H. Porter, Mrs. M. A. S. Rag­ land, E. A. L. McCauley, Mrs. Isabella Shuman, Mrs. Fredrica Robertson, Mrs. J. A. Simpson, T. T. Brewer, George Brewer, Mrs. Florida B. Ashton, Mrs. E. B. Walker, John Auer, John McClain, Miss Rachel Mair, Miss Jessie Arms, Daniel Grant, Thomas Newton, Wesley Fish, F. M. Allen, Mrs. F. AI. Allen, Miss Caroline Newton, Miss Emily Newton, T. J. King, D. E. Osborne, Mrs. Alma Osborne, U. L. Walker, Jasper Grant, Glasgow Grant, John Boye, George B. Gray, Matthew Furtado, John Domingus— 47.

S u m m a r y .

Full members. 24; on trial, 12; supplies, 10; lay teachers and assistants, 47. Total, 93.

The statistics of the Conference show: Probationers •...... 829 Full members...... 2.974 Local preachers...... 73

Making a total membership of ...... 3,876 30 Missionary Report. [1900.

There are 57 Sunday schools, with 682 teachers and officers and 2,734 scholars. The increase in membership last year was 475. There are 52 churches, w orth $56,680. A s a benevolent collection $282.50 was raised; $196.67 for education.

P r e s id in g E l d e r s ' D is t r ic t s . There are five presiding elders’ districts, as follows: Monroe and Bassa, William T. Hagan, presiding elder; Cape Palmas, presiding elder to be supplied; Madeira Islands, William G. Smart, presiding elder; Saint Paul River, I. N. Holder, presiding elder; Sinoe, B. K. McKeever, presiding elder.

T h e M a d e ir a I s l a n d s . Great interest centers in the work in the Madeira Islands, which is the outgrowth of many years of faithful service by Rev. William G. Smart and those who have been associated with him. These islands are situated on the northwest coast of the continent, and for four hundred years have been under the domination of the Roman Catholic Church. The inhabitants are Portuguese white people, with a colony of perhaps a hundred Europeans, mostly English engaged in trade. The city of Funchal, the capital, contains fifty thousand inhabitants, and the islands one hundred and twenty thousand. A mission property has been rented in the city, and in the beautiful mountains fourteen miles away a remarkably interesting and growing mission has been established. Bishop Hartzell has made Funchal his episcopal residence in so far as he can have one in his widely separated fields of work. A day school and a night school are maintained, also regular preaching services and Sunday school and a number of Bible readers. A good property has been secured, and the mission seems likely to be perma­ nently successful. E d u c a t io n . The Conference is making large advances in its educational work. We quote from the report of the Committee on Education: The faculty of the College of West Africa, which is composed of eight, including the president, Dr. A. P. Camphor, have rendered efficient and satisfactory service in the several departments of work. Professor John Frith, who has been connected with the institution two years, and who has charge of the department of language, and who with Professor Davis has charge of our Boys’ Hall; Professor Davis, of the department of mathematics and the Boys’ Lyceum; Rev. J. C. Sherrill, whose services were most helpful and valuable, and withal faithfully rendered, and whose influence upon the advanced students was most salutary : Miss Amanda Davis, who has charge of the girls’ department in the institution, Mrs. Camphor the Home, and Mr. and Mrs. Allen the printing department; and the president, who has ad­ ministered the affairs of the institution and delivered a series of lectures on the principles and practice of morality and other subjects during the I900.J Liberia. 31 year, have honestly and faithfully contributed their full share to the institution, and we believe have done their very best toward making the work a success. An event of unusual interest in the work of the school was the closing exercises, which lasted fully a week. A bright class of nine of our young men and two young women, having completed satisfactorily the High School course, were graduated from that department and re­ ceived diplomas from the institution. It was a great event. The students did great credit to themselves, and were a pride and joy to their parents and teachers. The printing department, under the superintendency of Mr. F. M. Allen, has done good work, both in imparting instruction to the students in this department and in the execution of first-class workmanship. T h e N ew A frica is a joy to us all, and we hail its coming as a great factor not only in our educational and religious work, but as an en­ lightening and vitalizing force in Liberia’s and Africa’s development. We ask for it a hearty and royal welcome in all our homes and Sabbath schools. The publication of the International Sunday School Lessons is a great aid to Sabbath school work, and ought to be patronized by all of our Sabbath schools. The normal work of the institution and the Normal Teachers’ Assembly made an excellent beginning last year. It was effected through a special arrangement made by Bishop Hartzell with the Boston Trustees of Donation for Education in Liberia, together with the ad­ vice and indorsement of the executive committee of the Local Board of Liberia College in Monrovia. A regular Teachers’ Assembly was held on the 27th and 28th of November. A large gathering of the teachers and educators of this city and the river settlement, representing different grades of schools and denominations, assembled and took part in the proposed program. A resolution was adopted to organize a regular County Teachers’ Institute, to meet twice a year. The organization was perfected, and on motion a regular staff of officers was elected. Work in this direc­ tion is much needed, and we rejoice in its beginning. The success of this school in its several departments is gratifying. We sincerely trust that more and more the claims of this school will be met and recognized by all our pastors and people, and that it may continue to grow and prosper and become a center of light and power to the whole republic, and gradually even to the W est Coast of Africa. The Cape Palmas Seminary, under the principalship of Professor Brewer, assisted by Mrs. R. T. Gilson, has an enrollment of 71, and among these are 14 natives. Saint Paul River Industrial School, under the care of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McGill, is making excellent headway. The enrollment of pupils is 23, and the home is well cared for. Mr. McGill has been busy and active in the mechanical department of the school. A large carpenter and woodworking shop seventy-five feet long and a good blacksmith shop -are being erected. Bishop Hartzell has sent out a large quantity Statistics of Liberia Conference, February, 1900.

-NAMES OF CHARGES.

Monrovia District. 1 Careysburg and Newland. 2 Marshall...... Mount Olive.. 4 Monrovia...... 5 College of "West África’. '. 6 New Georgia and Johnsonville. 7 Paynesville and Poweliville Robertsport and Talla... Krootown...... 10 Pesseb and Brown Mission !.. ’ St. Paul's River District. Bensonville and Crozierville .. Clay-Ashland and Mission School Sasstown Mission.. Millsburg and White Plains.'.'.' .' Caldwell and Bamersville Virginia and Brewerville. . Robertsvllle...... Crawford Mission. Heddlngton Mission..... Weeleewanh Mission.... Gollah and Mt. Coffee Mission'.“ s t- Paul’s River Indian Mission School...... Harrisburg. ” 'c 1 “ ¿5 i Bassa District. Central Buchanan.... Edina...... ’ 10 12 55 1 17 Farm ington...... 22 52 2 24 Hartsford, Fortsviile, and Bexiev 15 49 15 1 108 00 25 Lower Buchanan...... 34 152 3 26 Paynesburg...... 12 40 1 27 Edina Mission School... 7 40 1 175 00 28 Farmington Mission Schooi upper Buchanan...... 16 73Í29 ÍÓ ¡30 Fortsviile Mission.... “ 36 “ ¿.3 'i 31 Harrlsville Mission...... 32 il " 3 ' ¿4 i 33 '34

Si tine D istrict. 0 35 G reenville...... 30 130 4 6 1 20 160 1 1,100 1 800 300 00 3 00 36 Louisiana...... 22 80 1 400 Co 37 L exington...... 9 39 1 4 9 300 7 00 38 Bluntsville...... 1 15 3 1 2 4 20 200 39 Blue Barrow Mission...... 40 Ebenezer Mission...... l',ÒÓÓ 41 Naritia Kroo Mission...... 42 Wah Country Mission...... 5 1 17 ’ iòò 50 00 43 friiloo...... 44 Sinoe River Industrial Mission.. 9 3 8 4 18 l ’ÓÓÓ 45 Fishtown...... 46 Settre Kroo...... 1 1 3 i¿ Madeira District. 47 F unchal...... 8 1 1 2,000 48 St. Antonio...... 1 25 .... Cape Palmas District. N 49 Mt. S c o tt...... 77 158 4 4 16 1 56 258 1 8 O 50 Mt. Tubm an (Tubman Tow n)... 21 101 Ü 4 5 2 36 132 1k 800 500 00 51 Barraka Mission...... 44 18 1 4 7 69 52 Bigtown Mission...... 62 t , 53 Garraway Mission...... 36 32 1(1 2 3 “ 45 1,900 54 Grand Sess Mission...... 24 1 55 Sasstown Mission...... 28 1 .... 56 Wisslka Mission...... 14 3 Ü 1 5 32 700 57 Beabo Mission...... 1 8

Monrovia District...... 28:3 1,097 20 21 30 1 12 151 723 12 26,330 1 2,000 426 10 81 30 247 74 Bassa “ ...... 103 522 20 18 24 1U 141 495 11 5,550 1,143 34 299 73 Slnoe “ ...... 70 267 9 12 12 7 41 231 4 4,100 1 800 350 00 “ á 00 Cape Palmas District...... 245 382 11 11 41 13 107 536 2 7.800 500 00 St. Paul’s River “ ...... 153 706 13 10 30 15 142 723 13 11,150 2 600 534 60 62 00 Madeira “ ...... 8 2 25 1 2,000

Total...... 859 2,899 73 72 147 2 57 582 2,733 43 56,930 4 3,400 2,954 04 34 30 604 67 Last y e a r...... 479 2,848 71 84 139 66 578 3,347 59 63,608 7 7,950 25 00 337 45 N otb.—The Urge decrease reported in botli the collections and numerical strength of the church is not n reality, but is due to the carelessness with which many of the church records are kent. The collections i above the amounts reported. J t 34 Missionary Report. [1900.

of tools and equipments, and the purpose is to make this a school of great practical value. Primary Church Schools. Of these twenty-nine are in successful operation in different parts of the Conference, with a total enrollment of 1,146 pupils. A very interesting fact is that of these 346 are from native tribes. Self-help is being developed with a good degree of success. The church at Monrovia, under the pastorate of Rev. J. C. Sherrill, is having a remarkable success. Large numbers have been converted and brought into the church. A night school attended by seventy-five men and boys, most of whom are boys from the adjoining tribes, is main­ tained. The church is entirely self-supporting, and raised last year for all purposes over $1,200. Missionary Day and Children’s Day were ob­ served, and good collections taken. This church supports four of its Sunday school boys in the College of West Africa. The church at Sinoe, under Rev. J. A. Simpson, is having marked success. The church at Cape Palmas asked the bishop to send them a man from America, and proposes to provide for his support. 1900.] West Central Africa. 35

WEST CENTRAL AFRICA.

Bishop Hartzell has Episcopal Supervision. Dr. A. B. Leonard is Secretary in Charge. THIS Mission Conference includes the work on the west coast south of the equator, and has a line of missions ex­ tending from Saint Paul de Loanda about three hundred and fifty miles into the territory of Angola, which is under the Portuguese government. There is a great scope of about three hundred thousand square miles which has no missions except ours and one or two Roman Catholic mis­ sions which have been organized since the success of the Methodist missions. Presiding Elder W. P. Dodson gives the following sum­ mary of the work of the Conference :

The work in Angola about the time of my departure from the field on furlough was in a somewhat provisional state, as the working force, for years depleted by the loss of workers—the majority of whom had departed from the work after a stay varying from less than six months to two years—was being further reduced by the effect of the benevolent plan set on foot by Bishop Hartzell for giving a rest, long needed, to those upon whom the burdens of the mission had chiefly fallen, the most of whom had been on the field for from eleven to fifteen years consecutively without a return to their native land, while others had seen at least five years of steady application. This change, which was facilitated by the accession of three new workers, supplemented at length by a fourth, was not fully arranged until the party on furlough succeeding our own, but the sailing of this one completed the design of the bishop of extending a furlough to all in turn, which was realized in the case of all, save pne brother, who declined to leave. The working force left upon the field about the time above referred to was, consequently, eight persons, four men and four women, some of whom were soon to leave, wrhile four others were to return from furlough. All of these were required, very naturally, to even partially manage the interests of three stations, namely, Quihongoa, Malange, and Quessua, three others, Loanda, Dondo, and Pungo Andongo, being in the care of native adherents, but closed as to regular missionary work, while the seventh station, Tomba, newly opened in the Ambacca country, was being manned by native helpers. My reports to the Conference, June 1-3, 1899, made about three months previous to leaving (up to which time the conditions were not ma­ 3 6 Missionary Report. [1900.

terially changed), are to be found in the records of that Conference and give more in detail impressions of the work as it then was. In this I will make a general statement concerning each station, beginning at the coast and going inland: Loanda. The property here overlooking the city and harbor is per­ haps the most healthful location in the city, and is valued at $4,800. The building is a well-lighted iron-covered structure imported from England, and placed over a fine basement constructed of stone and cement. It now needs repairs. There has been several times established here a boarding and day school, Sabbath and week-day services being then held, and the mission a center of influence for great good. But as many times the place was given up by those who were appointed in charge, and it is now closed, and I trust it will never be reopened except with the determination that it is never again to be relinquished by appointees until there can be made arrangements for sustaining and carrying on the work begun. I con­ sider this suggestion vital, as Loanda Station, being in the midst of eighteen thousand inhabitants, is taken by both natives and Portuguese as a criterion of our standing in the province as a mission, which will re­ flect either favorably or unfavorably on the main body of the work inland. The question will naturally arise why the work at Loanda was ever discontinued. It is a very important question, the answer being that the already undermanned stations of the interior could not spare workers for Loanda, while the newer undertakings of our honored Bishop Taylor on the Congo and elsewhere demanded his resources in that direction to such an extent that both could not be sustained with equal vigor; and although the sequel indicates it might have been wiser to have strengthened steadily the first undertaking, yet it is quite natural that such conclusions are generally the outcome of experience. If the Church, under God, will give us helpers for this place who are dead to selfish aims, and who can view the coming and going of ocean steamers with no longings for a homeward passage, their hearts being in the work, then here is a waiting field for schools and evangelizing among English-speaking, Portuguese, and native peoples. D ondo. This town, at the head of navigation on the Quanza, is one hundred and forty miles from Loanda, and the second in size and im­ portance in the province of Angola, but a very hot place. We once had here a large school and popular following, which flourished for a- short while, kept up at a great cost of vitality, and even of life, which was followed by long reaction, and paralyzed by the partial support of men and means which fell to our lot. We have retained here what is conceded to be the finest site in this very busy town, facing on the river, affording an unusually beautiful view. The house is in bad condition, and should be torn down and replaced by an airy two-story building, and here again labor can be resumed and sustained by missionary residents during at least the less severe season. 1900.} West Central Africa. 37

Quihongoa. Benjamin Barrett Station is sixty miles inland from Dondo, and was established in 1891, containing one thousand acres of land with a good title. There are seven buildings here, including a central one of two stories with a veranda surrounding it. These buildings are made substantially, and covered with either corrugated iron or Marseilles tiles. They are valued at $5,000. Although reduced in numbers here, as I have already intimated, the day school, sewing school, and mechanical department were continued in running order, and the Sabbath services, attended to the overflowing of the little chapel. I baptized three boys of the mechanical school, and others have joined the church since I left, and the possibilities here are only limited by the equipment and devotion of the workers. Pungo Andongo. This station is fifteen miles beyond Quihongoa, and, like Loanda and Dondo, has been subject to many vicissitudes, and for the same reasons— “the laborers are few.” The property has cost more than it is worth, being an example of oft-repeated repairs on an old property, improved, but still unsatisfactory. It is valued at $2,000. This has recently been the residence of the presiding elder, and Sabbath and week-day services have been kept up here, but there was only a nominal following for some time, so necessarily discontinued had many previous efforts been, although much good has been done here, some having died in faith, leaving a good testimony. The native helper, discouraged at the prospect of being left alone with his large family to support, retired just previous to the furlough of the presiding elder. M alange. Situated sixty miles beyond Pungo Andongo, this station has been the scene of labors and usefulness, many having gone from here to paradise, and others to lives of usefulness outside the pale of the mission. The property is valued at $2,500. It cost much more than that, but the buildings have se rv e d their day and are in some cases going to ruin, having the heavy and destructive grass covering. They are now undergoing reconstruction, and the place is being divided into departments with a view to order and a forward movement, which involves the building of a chapel, new residence for missionaries, printing establishment and mechanical department, two of which I outlined and commenced before leaving the field. School and Sabbath services were continued here, though under great disadvantages for reasons already stated. Qucssua. This mountain home, about six miles in a northerly direction from Malange, contains the girls’ school, which I left in a flourishing condition, the place fast increasing in influence with the surrounding people, independent of its internal work. Its chief worker, however, was greatly in need of a change, so that the school with all its responsibilities was soon to rest upon new workers, one only just arrived, and one to come, sent out by the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society. The situation is a beautiful one, and as healthful a station as any 38 Missionary Report. [1900.

we have in Angola. Its valuation is $1,100, but the building greatly needs enlargement and repairs, and, in fact, should then be used for other purposes, and a new house built for the girls’ school and orphanage, better suited to the purpose. Tom ba. Situated about fifty miles northeast of Pungo Andongo, this new station was opened by the presiding elder in 1*899 shortly before taking his furlough, and is manned by native workers, who, despite the great wickedness of the place, set the daily example of a Christian home, having day- school and Sabbath services; and succeeded before I left in influencing the head man of the place to abolish working in the fields on the Sabbath, that same heathen man and others con­ tributing a garden of matured mandioca and other things toward the sustenance of the native teachers, besides affording them and their families temporary residence, meanwhile assisting them to build, thus furnishing an encouraging beginning in what the Church regards as self-support. There is one branch of the work in Angola which belongs to all stations, and is monopolized entirely by none, of which I am constrained to speak, and that is with that great army, our carrier service, with whom we come steadily in contact, and have under schooling the whole year through, from one end of our line to the other, and I hope we will one day wrake up to find the influence of this personal contact working deeply as a mighty leaven throughout the entire fabric of surrounding heathenism, and I am glad to report that signs are not wanting that this is a well-grounded hope. 1900.] East Central Africa. 39

EAST CENTRAL AFRICA. Bishop Hartzell has Episcopal Supervision. Dr. A. B. Leonard is Secretary in Charge.

T h e East Central Africa Mission Conference includes the vast territory in Portuguese East Africa and Eastern Ma- shonaland, with wide-open doors extending southward into Zululand and the northern part of what was the Transvaal, and northward toward the heart of the continent. The Conference consists of two districts : the Inhambane Dis­ trict, Rev. E. H. Richards, presiding elder, and the Ma- shonaland District, Rev. Morris W. Elines, presiding elder.

I n h a m b a n e D is t r ic t . Inhambane is one of the oldest points of the East African Coast, and for centuries was the headquarters for slavery. The town, made up of several hundred Portuguese and a few Dutch, English, and other traders and many natives, is located on a beautiful bay with two or three hundred miles of inland coast. Our chief mission station is situated on this bay about four miles from the town, in a healthful locatio"n. Bishop and Mrs. Hartzell paid a visit to the mission in 189g. Dr. and Mrs. Richards and Mr. and Mrs. Buckwalter were thé four missionaries in charge ; but unfortunately, on account of the sick­ ness and the broken health of Mrs. Buckwalter, she and her husband were compelled to return. Dr. Richards and his native assistant, Muti, have translated the New Testament into the Tonga dialect, and also a handbook of hymns, Scriptures, etc., in the same language, and have now completed the translation of the New Testament in the Sheetswa dialect. Bishop Hartzell arranged for the expense of the two former publications, and is now making application to the American Bible Society for the publication of the last. He also sent out a printing press, so that in a short time there will be printed on the ground Christian literature in both these dialects. There are three principal stations in the Inhambane District, and an efficient corps of native workers has been developed. One of the most interesting phases of the work is that being done by these converts from heathenism. A native teacher with his wife, on a salary of a few dollars a month, will establish himself in a town and with the assistance of the natives build a house out of native materials, and here will be parsonage, church, and schoolhouse abundantly good enough for the people, where the Gospel is taught, where Christ’s work goes forward. In his last report Dr. Richards gives a very interesting account of his visit to the central station and these outer substations. Among the Sheetswas he has one hundred converts who can read and are waiting for the edition of the New Testament in their own tongue. The out­ 40 Missionary Report. [1900.

look for this work is most favorable. There is absolute need of,re­ inforcements of workers here.

M a s h o n a l a n d D is t r ic t . Two hundred and. fifty miles north of Inhambane lies Beira, certain to be a large coast city. It is the port entrance to all Rhodesia. From here starts a railway. At a distance of two hundred and twenty-five miles New Umtali is reached, and two hundred miles farther Salisbury, the capital of Rhodesia. From this point three hundred miles more are being built to Buluwayo, which is already connected by rail with Cape Town, twelve hundred miles south. This is a part of the Cape to Cairo system of railways. There is a great unoccupied field at Buluwayo for the establishment of a European church among white English- speaking people. Bishop Hartzell held services there in the dining room and saloon of the hotel, which were crowded, and the people asked him to send them a man and said that they would support him. Nezv Umtali lies two hundred and twenty-five miles from the coast, in a mountain plateau three thousand feet above the sea, surrounded by beautiful mountains. Before the Transvaal war the population num­ bered six hundred; and when the war is over it will again have as many and will continue to grow. It is in the midst of mining and agricultural regions, and will be a permanent town of importance in that section of Africa. Its population is cosmopolitan, but chiefly English. Here the government gave to the bishop in 1897 ten thousand dollars’ worth of lots for school and church purposes, and cooperated with him in the establishment of what is known in the English colonies as a “voluntary public school”— that is, a school under the entire direction of a recog­ nized religious body and which receives supplemental aid from the government. This school has been in session for two years under the principalship of Rev. M. W. Ehnes. The aid of the government amounts to about $1,600 a year, and the tuition from the pupils about $600 more. Two teachers are employed. With the rent of the building, its equipment of furniture, etc., the school has been and will continue to be self-supporting. A prayer meeting and Sunday services have been maintained most of the time. A man and his wife have recently been selected to take charge of the church work there, and have already sailed. This center is eighteen degrees south of the equator, and arrangements have been made with the Wesleyans by which a large section of the territory is left by them to American Methodism, so that there is no overlapping or conflict. This development of the work among European white people who • represent the wealth and govern­ mental and business interests of the country is of great importance. It secures their influence and cooperation in the larger work to be carried on among the natives. Old Umtali Industrial Mission lies ten miles from New Umtali. across a pass eight hundred and fifty feet high, in another series of beautiful mountainous valleys. The Church has long been praying that Africa might be opened? and how wonderfully that prayer is being answered not only to other missionary organizations of Europe and America, 1900.] East Central Africa. 41 but also recently to the Methodist Episcopal Church! In 1897 Bishop Hartzell visited this region in Mashonaland, and as a result of that visit and of subsequent visits, and of correspondence in London and Africa with the representatives of the British South Africa Company, the Church received through him a donation of thirteen thousand acres of land and ten buildings which cost the company over $100,000. The location is beautiful and healthful. Two rivers run through the vast estate. The buildings are of brick, with corrugated iron roofs and verandas. Is not this the largest single gift ever made to a Church in a foreign mission field? Bishop and Mrs. Hartzell spent four months at this mission station during the year. A herd of stock numbering three hundred has already been begun. A series of five industrial shops are being erected. Crops have already been raised, an orphans’ home established, and hospital work begun under very favorable auspices. Unfortunately, Dr. A. C. Hammett, who had charge of this important work, was compelled on account of family matters to return home from the field. Rev. J. L. De Witt and wife, Mr. Eddie H. Greeley and wife, and Rev. Mr. Hinckle are on the station. A large number of natives are utilized. The language is being mastered as rapidly as possible, a native school taught, and public services held weekly. One of the buildings donated was a comfortable brick church. The buildings formed a part of the old town of Umtali. In 1897 it was decided to move across the pass to the present site of the new town, and the government compensated the builders of the old town, so that the government owned the buildings. The change in location was made because the railway from the coast could be brought into the new town better than into the old. Here is the beginning of a great industrial mission, and the outlook is indeed hopeful. Bishop Hartzell is planning to send out a super­ in indent of agriculture, a physician for the hospital, and other workers. He has secured the good will of prominent men in England and Africa, so that whatever the Church can do for him in America he hopes to have supplemented to some extent by them. It is the pitrpose to make this central station a place where natives can be instructed and prepared to go out and become leaders and teachers among the natives beyond.

Dr. Richards writes to Bishop Hartzell, under date of O ctober 1, 1900:

I have just completed a round of the stations, married three couples, baptized six adults and one baby, and examined all the schools in person. Our numbers are in real and live members:

Full Members. Probationers. M akodw eni 19 56 Kambini . . 13 43 G ikuki 8 20

T otal 40 119 42 Missionary Report. [1900.

These numbers will need readjusting in a short time, as some are doubtful and others are coming in to us. This is all encouraging, but I have another good matter to report. I discovered when in Natal that our Wesleyan brethren made great use of the ticket system of giving. Each member pledges himself to give so much, and just before communion is examined as to his standing, and if he has paid his dues he is given a ticket which is shown at the communion service, indicating that he has paid his vows. If he has no ticket all know that he is in arrears as to his vows; but not holding a ticket does not exclude him from the table at all. Public opinion and race customs are so strong among these people that the law compels them “to be in fashion,” and as the “fashion” is for their own good I have installed it here. At Gikuki each of the members has pledged his one cent or two cents every Sunday, and I have agreed to double whatever they raise. This church is the smallest of them all, and will raise fifty-four kinyentos during the coming year. This is well on toward $25, and is equal to quite one half the earnings of the native members. At Makodweni there was not so good a chance, for there is no missionary there and no one to buy their little gifts when they give them, but we managed to raise twenty kinyentos there, which will come near to $10 a year. At Kambini also the circumstances were very poor; but they have pledged sixteen kinyentos, or nearly $8. If there were a missionary on the ground to show them how to manage, and buy their chickens and eggs and garden fruits, they would readily double all their gifts. This system of giving is new here, and I hope that it will take root. If the home churches keep pace with our poor heathen, who never saw the wealth possessed by the poorest of Christians, they will have to pay at least a couple of dollars apiece before they can take a seat alongside our poor stupids in the New Jerusalem. Another good thing which I should like to report is this: We have in our boarding schools, exclusive of the aid of Mr. Buckwalter— and he did much— 20. pupils at Gikuki, 15 at Doroti, 5 each at Makodweni and Nguhuni, 10 at Kambini, and 10 at Paquilini; total, 65. These were all fed by the missions; but with the exception of those at Gikuki and at Makodweni they housed and clothed themselves, the result being that the teachers put much of their own salaries into housing and clothing their pupils. This was vastly to their credit. W e solace ourselves with the slight consolation that last year was really a year of adventure, and we placed the pupils in the hands of the teachers simply to see how well and how far we could trust them, and we have found out. This year I have taken mission funds to supply pupils at each cf the stations the same as last year as to numbers, except at Kambini, where we plan for only six at present, and to outfit each station with a house and the $2.50 tax which the government assesses, a large iron pot, six mats, one lamp, one case of kerosene, one box of soap, two iron buckets, and to each pupil a year we give two dresses (denim), to each boy two shirts, with needles, thread, etc., to make them up. I was satisfactorily sur­ prised to find our pupils at Doroti all arrayed in their new gowns. East Central Africa. 43

Mrs. Richards cut the gowns, and with the help of their man teacher they made them up, and they did it well, too. One dress was made by a girl who is somewhat of a wonder in this line. Ten boys at Doroti only receive their food for this year. Their brethren in the school have shirts and blankets, while they have only a native cloth two inches wide and four feet long, which is scant clothing and worse bedding. I have promised them nothing for this year, but I hope to receive instructions, and the. cash too, to put them into shirts and blankets ere the year closes. This leads m e. to state that I purchased three dozen half cotton, half wool blankets here, weighing two pounds each, size 60x48 inches, for one dollar each, and these have been served out to the girls first and then to the boys as far as they would go. I am under the necessity of asking you, dear bishop, to make our wants known, and to find us friends who will ship us out at an early date the following goods,' which are as essential as “religion” in our work here on the Inhambane District. This will be the most economical order you can give. It will help us out of our present distress and lap over into next year as well. The duty on cotton goods will be 400 reis a kilo, or twenty cents a pound; on woolen goods, about five cents dearer. Cotton and wool pay the same as wool. Freight is at the rate of fifty cents a cubic foot. We shall be very glad if the money for these inevitable costs can be raised and applied. We need the following:

100 wool blankets, size about 66x60. 100 cotton blankets, same size. 500 yards denim, assorted colors, as we do not care to have our schools in uniform. 500 yards common calico, print, assorted‘colors. Thread, needles, buttons, for making up same, sufficient for about one hundred pupils working at the same time. 1,000 yards coarse, stout cotton cloth, plain, narrow width, say about twenty-four inches wide. Great latitude can be used by the donors in all respects. The cheap and strong is the style. I dozen lamps suitable for use in a schoolroom, one lamp for each station. They must be small, without shades, without reflectors, and good lighters. We do not object to the shade; but light, not elegance, is wanted. I dozen clocks. I suggest good round timepieces at about $1 retail cost. They must be worth sending as timekeepers. 1 dozen good cheap call bells for classes. 2 gallons first-class blackboard paint for boards— there are no walls here.

These things are needed at once, and there are now on hand enough pupils to require these things for the next year and a half. Now, dear bishop, please bear in mind that I cannot order these goods unless they are cost free in New York city, and that they will cost us heavily if we must pay the freight and duty. I know of people nowhere who have tried more earnestly and self-sacrificingly to help themselves and their brethren than these native teachers of ours, who have found their own 44 Missionary Report. [1900.

land, built their own homes, and gathered in their own pupils, putting in a share of their own salary, which is never more than $2.50 a month, and I pray the dear people at home to provide in their name the means for filling this order. It will be a great thing when our printing press is in shape. We are out of primary books, alphabets, and the like, and we have more than a hundred pupils in our schools. One faithful teacher is making her alphabet on the ground, as her teacher did in the beginning. Our man Muti is proving a vast help to us. He has to date refused the offer of $100 each for some of his female relatives, and his own people are crying out over his neglect in this matter. If he chose to do so he could receive $700 cash for his sisters, his cousins, and his aunts who are now married or soon will be, and for whom he can receive the cash. He is in debt for his wife. I wish that you would send $100 for this man, and let me build him a neat little iron house with a table, a bed, and two chairs. He is worthy for whom I ask this favor. Will you do it for him ? According to a native custom, anyone taking a wife has to pay “lobola”— that is, a certain amount pledged to the family or next of kin to the bride. The lobola fee here is $100, and the Portuguese government is inclined to enforce this native law, as it is in the inter­ ests of trade. But I am meditating a petition to the governor that, in the comparatively isolated cases of our few Christian marriages, the government may for the present time and until further instructions permit this money to be paid into the hands of the bride, and not to those who are usually her most bitter enemies. This will require the groom to work for his gold, and thus stimulate trade; and the father or next of kin will not pay the gold for another bride, and trade get no advantage from it, as is the case at present. This bride would then take this money and provide herself with clothing, cooking utensils, etc., etc. At present the kinsman “ sells” her for his own benefit; under this new arrangement she would be “sold” for her own personal benefit, and the only effect of the law would be to cause the husband to show himself able to earn money and support his wife, the one great argument in favor among the English. I have an idea that we can persuade the government to act favorably in this matter, for they care nothing for the natives and very considerable for money. We are greatly in need of assistant missionaries. We want college- bred people if you can find them. It has been thoroughly demonstrated during the last twenty-five years in East Africa that college-bred, mature men and wromen have less sickness, accomplish more work, and do better work than any other class. i9°0.] , Europe. 45 EUROPE.

1849. The Germany Mission was commenced by Rev. Ludwig S. Jacoby, who arrived in Bremen November 7, 1849. It extended into Switzerland in 1856. 1853. The Norway Mission was commenced by Rev. O. P. Petersen, a Norwegian, who was converted in New York city and sent as a mission­ ary to his native land, arriving in Norway in December, 1853. 1854. The Sweden Mission was commenced by J. P. Larsson, a Swede, who was converted in New York city and went back to Sweden in 1853 to preach to his friends. The Missionary Society, in September, 1854, made an appropriation toward his support. 1856. The Switzerland Mission was begun by two preachers of the Germany Conference in 1856. 1857. The Denmark Mission was commenced by Rev. C. Willerup, Dane, who had been preaching in Norway, and was sent from there to Denmark in 1857. 1857. The Bulgaria Mission was commenced in 1857 by Rev. Wesley Prettyman and Rev. Albert L. Long. 1872. The Italy Mission was commenced by Rev. Leroy M. Vernon, D.D., who arrived in Genoa in August, 1872. 1883. The Finland Mission was commenced by local preachers from Sweden. A preacher was sent from the Sweden Conference in 1883, who organized societies in three places. 4 6 Missionary Report. [1900.

NORTH GERMANY.

Bishop Vincent has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr. H. K. Carroll is Secretary in Charge.

T h e North Germany Conference was held at Bremen July 11—16, 1900, Bishop J. H. Vincent presiding. The pre­ siding elders report as follows :

B e r l i n D i s t r i q t .— Karl Schell, P. E. In this district we have our work mostly in towns; country stations only very few. We have, therefore, specially to regard the socialTife, the work of the state churches, and the high cost of the work in larger towns. A genuine Methodist preacher never lacks work in towns, neither in summer nor in winter, for he daily lives among thousands who are to be saved, and who already wait for our special work as Methodists. Therefore each of our fields of labor requires the whole strength of the worker. There were many difficulties, which one over­ came very easily, another not so easily, a third not at all. How much lies in the individuality of the preacher! With the one exception of our work in H ungary we had no perse­ cution anywhere, although the state clergy tried their best to hinder our work at Liegnitz, Stolpmünde, and Guben. Brother Schaarschmidt, in Berlin, Third Church, has begun to work among the. unemployed, to whom he gave bodily food and the Gospel in his church. We have begun work at Elbing, where we now have a society of 20 members; we have also begun at Guben. A t Königsberg we have 3 important stations, requiring more than the whole strength of one man. Liegnitz-Jauer, a church of two years’ existence, has 154 members. At K oslin we rented a very fine hall for ten years under favorable circumstances. In Stolpm ünde there is a new work with good prospects. B erlin, Fourth Church, has now a large suitable hall for 2,100 marks rent per annum. Berlin, Second Church, has rented the Friedenskapelle for 1,000 m arks yearly. " In Vienna the Quarterly Conference proposed to divide the church. But there must be here, on account of the special legal circumstances of Austria, a central committee, consisting of delegates of the different Quarterly Conferences, by which everything bringing our work in con­ tact with the authorities must be regulated. By the special gift of 4,000 marks, which her excellency Baroness Langenau spends for the work in Austria annually, this work is nearly self-supporting. In Hungary we have worked under many difficulties. The state clergy tried their utmost to bring the force of local police against our preacher and his people. More than once they tried to take him prisoner, and our few but faithful members were fined ninety crowns for having met for prayer and Bible reading. Nevertheless the work grows, and we hope 1900.] North Germany. 47

to overcome our difficulties with God’s help. There is a hunger for the word of the Lord in Hungary that is most remarkable. Still and quiet times were in the churches of Görlitz, Glozan, Breslati, Graudens. A t Danzig we cannot find a suitable hall, and are therefore compelled to acquire a property. At Colberg the congregation is better than formerly. The new chapel at Neu-Ruppin fulfills its purpose. Stettin, Cottbus, and M agdeburg show a decrease of members, although our brethren have worked there with as much diligence and piety as the others in other places.

Bremen D istrict. — Dietrich Rorr, P. E. W e had no great revivals, but there were conversions in nearly every circuit. But it is a pity that, especially in Ostfriesland, only a few of the converted joined our church. A urich has better congregations than in former years. B ielefeld is in a very bad financial condition, although the little church did its utmost. Bremen rejoices to have the “Jubilee Conference” this year, but it is humiliating that it cannot re­ port one conversion, and that the membership shows a decrease of 8. The congregations are good, and 300 children frequent our Sunday schools here. Bremerhafen had a very prosperous year. Many souls were converted, 35 joined the church, which shows an increase of 28. Cuxhafen has now a little society of 10 good and solid members. Delmenhorst received 15 on trial, but the increase is only 1. There is a good Epworth League here. Dornum lost 18 members, who removed to America and other parts of the country, and this is the reason why, notwithstanding the diligence and zeal of Brother Eden, there is a decrease o f 2. Edew echt, with its 8 preaching places, shows an increase of 2. There is a good spirit here among our members, and dear souls were converted during the year. Flensburg had a good year; 23 were received on trial. A temperance society helps much in building up the kingdom of God. Hamburg, First Church, received 17 on trial, but 9 members removed to other places, 4 retired, and so there is only an increase of 1. A friend of our Church gave 2,000 marks for the work. The different “Vereine” have 80 members. Hamburg, Second Church, has come out of many difficulties with an increase of 8. The sisters of the Bethanien Verein are a great help here. At Shrensburg a new work was begun. H anover suffered this year by the unfaithfulness of some members, who had to be excluded, but on the whole the society is diligent and very liberal. K ie l lost 15 members, and closed the year with a heavy deficit. Leer, with 8 preaching places, where we have a good many godly families, has a promising future, but the strength of our one minister, who had only the assistance of a very unexperienced young man, was insufficient for this work, and closed the year with a decrease o f 12. N euschoo has a decrease of 5. Oldenburg shows a membership of 209. The work is progressing. By the donation of a brother, amounting to 4,000 marks, there is hope to begin new work near Wilhelmshafen. At Brake a chapel was bought. At Osnabrück souls were converted and won for the Church. The congregations are good, 48 Missionary Report. [1900.

the members very diligent in distributing our Friedensglocke; increase, 8. Vegesack has a lively little church of 45 and two good Sunday schools. Brother Klusner, who has labored for forty years in the ministry, feels compelled to withdraw from actual work for health’s sake. Wilhelmshafen shows a good spiritual progress. The whole district has at present 2,127 members; increase, 25. The income amounts to 43,448 marks; increase, 1,200 marks. In the Sunday schools are 2,604 scholars.

Leipzig D is t r ic t .—Gustav Hempel, P. E. In this district 516 were receive4 on trial and 214 as full members; increase of membership, 196. Total income, 92,067 marks; increase, 12,400 marks. It is to be hoped that this district will be self-supporting in four or five years. The attacks on our Sunday schools of last year resulted in a decrease of 220 scholars, so that we have now 65 schools with 3,258 scholars. Our Epworth League has 1,220 young members, and 1,057 “church children” are under the special religious instruc­ tion of our ministers. Annaberg, our “highest” circuit on the mountains of the Erz-Gebirge, with seven preaching places, requires the whole strength of a strong and healthy man. Thirty-seven souls joined the church, so that it has a total increase o f 25. Casscl has an increase of 10. A new chapel is being built. Gottingen, a station of Cassel, is not in a prosperous state. Chem nitz has good congregations in its fine big chapel, as the Confer­ ence itself may be able to see next year. Twenty were received on trial. In D resden we gather one soul after the other, slowly but surely. The little congregation is growing. Thirteen were received on trial; total increase, 6. G era-Zeitz goes "bnward. Twenty-four were received on trial; increase, 7. At Greis there is a good, strong church, which had this year its jubilee of twenty-five years’ existence. It was a jubilee •year. F orty-three join ed the church. E pw orth League has 140 mem­ bers; 6 Sunday schools have 393 scholars; increase of members, 17. H alle saw rich blessings and success. There are special difficulties here, but the work is progressing; increase, 3. At Langcnwctzcndorf w e have members who were converted from forty to forty-five years ago, and they are still working faithfully for their Lord. Here our Sunday schools were especially attacked by clergy and state school. Leipzig had a good year, and shows an increase of 12. Plauen, with Falken- stein, has a good, prosperous work. At Falkenstein a new chapel was built. At Zwota, on the Bohemian boundary, a new station was oc­ cupied; increase of membership, 27. Reichenbach also had success. The spiritual life was deepened. Congregations at Netzschkan and Mylan are growing. Twenty-eight were received on trial. It always requires a formal leave of the state Church in Saxony before any person can be received on trial in the Methodist Church. Saalfeld and Schleiz- Remptendorf show increases of 8 and 2. Schneeberg-Eibenstock. The Lord has done great things. At Schneeberg the chapel is full; at Aue the hall has not room enough; NORTH GERMANY

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Berlin District. 1 Berlin: First Church., 170 280 15 2 Second Church...... 280 350 30 3: Third Church...... 133 250 20 41 Fourth Church . 15S 250 80 5,Breslau ...... 48 160 10 6. Danzig...... 109 350 50 7iE lb ing...... 2 160 20 S'Glogau...... 76 100 10 9; Görlitz...... 34 80 5 10: Graudeuz...... 18 70 5 IliK olbcrg 119 160 10: 12 ■ 82 350 50; 13 K öslin . 70 4«; 350 40 i 14 K ottbus...... 41 Ö: 240 10 15 Liegnitz ...... 50 1041 380 80! 16 Magdeburg...... 80 22 150 5! 17 N eu-R uppin...... 61 20 ! 180 151 18 S tettin ...... 36 9 120 5! 19 W ien: F irst C hurch...... 150 26: 300 15 ‘20 Second Church...... 24 20 ! 200 10

I Bremen District. 1 A u r ic h ...... 50 20 60 2 Bielefeld ...... 105 30 150 3 B rem en...... 145 20 160 4 Bremerhaven...... 110 40 210 5 Delmenhorst...... 170 60 150 6 Dornuin and Esens...... 59 25 92 7 Edewecht-Westerstede ... 93 S 30 125 S F le n sb u r g ...... 731 120 HO 9 Hamburg: First Church.. 14S 50 250 10 Second Church...... 123 4o; 150 11 H anover...... 22 10 48 12'K ie l...... 40 25 40 13 Leer-Rhauderfehn...... 11 50 200 14 Neuschoo ...... 12S 30 180 15 Oldenburg and Brake...... 185 50 200 16 Osnabrück and Metten ... 84 100 120 17 Vegesack ...... 30 150 18!Wühelmshaven ...... 20 120 Leipzig District. l.Annaberg...... 94 167 100 520 30 2 Cassel and Göttingen ...... 194 38 125 400 25 11 3 Chemnitz...... 110 76 250 500 801 8 4 Dresden...... 14 17 50 130 6 2 SEibenstock ...... 95 110 150 400 35 8 6 Gera and Zeitz...... 145 49 90 300 25 6 7 Greiz...... 183 82 200 470 35 5 8 H a lle ...... 47 19 60 250 20 3 9! Langen we tzc-n dorf...... 147 22 90 200 10 5 lOjLeipzig...... 29 25 80 130 15 2 11! Planen and Falkenstein — 140 139 230 475 40 10 I2:Reichenbach...... 172 131 800 4S0 40 14 ISSaalfeld...... 53 37 50 150 10 8 Schleiz and Remptendorf.. 98 13 80 90 15 2 Schneeberg...... 169 195 230 500 70 14 Schwarzenberg...... 127 1901 260 550 95 5 W erdau...... 85 81 150 300 25 B W ilk a u ...... 169 220 200 725 45 12 Zschopau and Dittersdorf.. 160 124 140 550 30 10 Z w ick au ...... 115 66 175 800 80 10

T o ta l...... 60 6 39 5,825 2,944 4,470 14,405 1,192 293 L ast year...... 55 7 77 5,438! 2,786! 4,740 18,535 1,200 250 52 Missionary Report. [1900.

at Zschorlan and Aiberman we have one of our best churches, with a membership of 168. Preacher and congregation expect conversions here the whole year through. Ninety persons joined the church, which has now 569 members; increase, 45. The circuit must be divided this year. Schzvarsenberg, with 9 out-stations and 319 members, requires more than one man to do the work. Fifty-five were received on trial; total increase, 32. W erdau is in good, condition. The total income of this church shows an increase of 3,418 marks. At W ilkau we had a jubliee year, conversions on every station. Forty-seven joined the church. Sunday schools are in a flourishing state. We have here one Sunday school with 300 children, the largest in our Confer­ ence. A t Zschopau-Dittersdorf 30 souls were converted, and every­ where there is a rich, spiritual life; increase, 17. Zivickau, the mother church in Saxony, saw its members revived and strengthened by a special holiness convention. All our ministers in the district do their work with fidelity and devotion, with all their strength. 1900.] South Germany. 53

SOUTH GERMANY.

Bishop Vincent has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr. H. K. Carroll is Secretary in Charge.

T h e South Germany Conference met at Heilbronn, Ger­ many, July 4, Bishop Vincent presiding.

Heilbronn D istrict.— Jacob Haerle, P. E. In the latter half of the last Conference year we initiated the Twentieth Century celebration, and at the same time celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the entrance of Methodism into Germany. We naturally expected great results from these celebrations, and held special meetings at various places on the district. Our chief aim was to bring about a deeper consecration of our membership, the conversion of souls, and the raising of a substantial Twentieth Century Thank Offering. Spiritually these meetings proved to be rich in. blessings; the financial results were also good, but did not come up to our expec­ tations. We are in hopes, however, to yet reach the mark we have aimed at. We have collected 4,000 marks. This amount, though much smaller than the figure we tried to realize, is, nevertheless, a large sum when we take into consideration all demands made upon our member­ ship. We had conversions in all our appointments—altogether 233. F o r this renewed proof of our calling we praise the name of the Lord. There were 259 added to the Church on probation, and 159 were taken into full membership. The whole membership of the district is now 2,257— 62 more than last year. From four to five thousand souls are more or less directly influenced by our preaching and our labors. In our Sunday schools we have 224 teachers ífiid 3,000 scholars. This part of our work has been a fruitful one, though we labor under mani­ fold drawbacks and difficulties, brought about by the peculiar nature of the state churches and state schools. Our total contributions amount to 55,686 m arks—9,586 marks more than last year. In different parts of the district Sunday school conventions were held. They proved to be not only very instructive, but were also a source of inspiration for renewed zeal in leading the young hearts to God. For the Epworth League we do the best that our peculiar position makes possible. Among the 18 circuits are 7 which are very feeble and small in num­ bers. Ansbach, Bavaria, has 38 members; Bayreuth, 68, formerly Wesleyan; Haf, 51, formerly Wesleyan; Fürth Erlangen, 64, form erly Wesleyan; Piirzburg, 40, formerly Wesleyan (to this formerly Wesley­ an society was added our former work in Schweinfurth) ; Kirchberg,

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Württemberg, 77 members, formerly Wesleyan; Hall, 62; Beilstein, Ip2; Bietigheim, 141; Heilbronn, 439; Marbach, 212; Naukutten, 150; Niirmberg, Bavaria, First Church, 102; Second Church, 126, formerly Wesleyan; Ochringen, Württemberg, 88; Ottinarsheim, 162; Prevorst, 151, formerly Wesleyan; Weinsberg, 94. The salaries of the preachers are regulated by a so-called salary scale (“Gehalts-Scala”). This system is not perfect, but it enables us to send strong men to weak appointments. And these smaller appoint­ ments furnish work enough for the most faithful laborers. We are assisted by our local preachers, who are doing good work. Anyone familiar with our work and the economical conditions of our people will be convinced that we still need the financial assistance of our dear mother Church.- We deem the raising of 55,868 marks, or 24.07 marks per member, a very creditable performance. May the Lord bless all these givers, and the Church here and in America! The organic union of the Wesleyan work with our own, which was consummated three years ago, has proved very beneficial. The "Martha Maria Verein,” which carried on the deaconess work among the Wes- leyans in Germany before our union with them, has retained its own organization, and is doing a good work, as is also our deaconess ‘‘Betha- nien Verein” in Germany and Switzerland. We hailed with great joy the action of our General Conference in establishing an episcopal residence at Zurich. Bishop Walden has encouraged this move, and we thank him for it. Bishop Vincent is no stranger among us, and has our full confidence. He is advocating “October Conferences”— meetings in October— in the interest of a deeper work of grace and the Twentieth Century Thank Offering. These suggestions have been enthusiastically received. The Lord be w ith u s ! Statistics of South Germany Conference, June, 1900.

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III a; ca 5c ©c Frtuikiiii t District. woo Qu V7, support. Collected for Collected Church Building Church oso and Repairing. O c a. 1 Collected for Self- for Collected 1 Bonn-Siegburg...... 1 % M a rk s , Marks. D arm stad t . i 9 M a rk s , Marke. Marks, Mnrks. Marks. 1 7 00 Dillenburg ...... 2 2 22 83 72( 1 » 1( , 8 Elberfeld [ ' ...... 85 84 31 1,281 *209 1’ 1? 13,!)70j 2,550' 2 Frankfurt a. m’ i ' ’’['// 61 102 2S6 1,52E 666 12 25 20 10 86 658 186! 46 3T0 1 2 3 .0 0 0 ! •• 1 7 70,040 111 874 5,316 Friedrichsdorf-Brotnbäch ' 1481 10 210 iòó 345 H atiau...... 130 140 437 4,854 1,944 4S 13 1 8 .4 5 0 5,050 24 Heidelberg-Sinsheiin... . 100 118 1,862 80 500 K aiserslau tern ' ] | 78! 24 53 1.008 122| 45 200 Köln-Deisseldorf".. . . . 05 1,684 501 17 1ST G4,5ÓÒj l ’ÓÓÒ ”Ì9 Mandel-Kreuznach... ! ' 14,8ÌÓ 256 2,652 191 4(i ICO 261 M annheim ...... 21f 3691 2,222 *SÌ2 105 27 14,050 82 M arburg...... 4001 3,088 874 62 fi 272 Siegen ...... 1 '. 1 ' 279 2,151 732 142 40 88 2 9 ,¿ÓÓ 18,892 " n Simrnern !..!!!!!.'' 285 0.C0O 89 1,066 1,143 17 W etzlar-Giessen ...... 120 29 4,900 288 2,610 24 10 50 17,35(1 156 240 W iesbaden...... 7,800 164| 1,556 136 36 9 80 80 41 729 20 Heilbronn District. 92 820 A n sb ach ...... Bayreuth ...... 21 17 37 2 40 33,500 B eilstein ...... "!!!!” ' 31 18,150 88 60 1.127 153 89 2 42 17 B ietigh eim ...... •'..!!!!!!.'* 6 68 162 1,409 ” 50 108 33 210 1 5 ,1 0 0 ÌÓÓ Fürth-Erlangen.. 4 75 134 1,857 *321 50 14 200 25,050: 11,900 H a ii . 3 120 86 835 2,270 ‘575 87 Heilbronn 56 6 2T.900| 19,970 40 82 2 90 41.000 1,832 1G4 57 H o f ...... 862 77 15,000 85 45 8 001 130.000 1,499 19 KJrchberg...... 40 11 43,700 360 348 5,702 69 2 60 1,549 M arbach...... 8 44,140 50 75 1,495 173 2 40 1 S,2()0 816 28 N eu h ü tten ...... !!!!!" 89 0,750 26 57 1,602 119 31 10 560 24,G70 145 3 Nürnberg I.. 4: 5,192 114 254 2,817 50 74 28 100 .! J.400 288 1 8,990 28 128 1,586 115 70 135,200 213 O eh rin gen ...... 11 5 109,657 82 147 1,440 79 9 284 01,¡100 850 70 Ottmareheiin 3 60 20,100 66 446' 3,007 119 43 23,400 8,850 200 P revorst...... I!'.!!!!!!!." 5 51 111 9 (iS ’•344 133 IS 200 11,250 76 W ein sb erg...... 4 25 83, 1,705 500 80 14 120 10.450 9<,J 80 Würzburg-Schwein’fiirt. 4 140 50 1,755 .... 4 20 20 18.000 3,850 2 65 44 67' 1,020 ... 268 80! Tir 1.657 l ’.ÓÒoj 20

Karlsruhe District. A lte n ste ig ...... „ i n 10 1 7 140 18,600 4,890 60 54 B e rg za b e rn ...... 2 1,588 208 36 11 3 40 2 15,760 6,700 24 122 C a lw ...... 1,076 888 224 20 4 6 220 3 27,810 8,458 124 170 2.959 142 96 C o lm ar...... 2 22 7 1 45 66 127 Freuden stadt ...... 1,068 200 359 52 Ö 12 450 ‘i 27,400 1.9ÒÓ 253 455 Ileimsheiin ...... 3,158 700 '¿82 154 15 (Ì 6 250 8 27.950 4,000 73 172 1,758 615 K a rls ru h e...... 209 18 21 10 8 280 2 96,600 59,097 200 430 5,606 K n ittlln g o n ...... 2,388 268 114 26 C 8 320 1 18,700 2,970 65 9S 2,263 L a h r ...... 543 85 43 14 2 100 1 13,500 2,800 50 85 1:814 N a g o ld ...... 361 160 104 19 'i 4 150 2 32,800 16,780 81 90 1,572 I’foiv.heim ...... 172 301 36 7 7 400 32 86,500 49,000 103 179 4,892 P irm a se n s...... '¿50 1,268 202 89 15 325 32 137,400 46,670 loo 1,096 6,542 2,076 Speier-Tl ockenheim ...... 142 19 3 200 2 54,600 19,827 120 1S9 3,381 1,039 68 Kt.rassburg ...... 164 31 _ i 0 2S0 S3 129,200 69,000 100 32S 5,518 111 V a ih in g e n ...... 156 16 1 5 200 1 24.400 4,970 02 259 2,219 '¿92 89 W e iss a ch ...... 26 * . ,. - i ’ ’ ,‘i 169 5 140! .. 32 16,300 11,COO 43 113 1,845 122 Zwcibriieken ...... 94 28 3 4 130 1 33,900 22,000 91 143 1,951 ¿50 8 Stuttgart District. A u g s b u r g ...... 83 8 1 1 25 27 49 9S0 B a c k n a n g ...... 30 eo 18 223 16 (1 450 38,450 14.800 129 242 3,0S1 C a n n s ta tt...... 140 160 25 y 323 »3 208,360 21,400 96 854 E b in g e n ...... 3,607 28 141 39 50 i . . 1 8,700 51 232 45 Echterdingen ...... 2,837 “ 75 73 5 150 .. 1 11,500 5ÒÒ 22 84 H e r r e n b e r g ...... ‘2 1,008 3 136 29 4 140 .. 1 47,300 87 000 80 165 Ludwigsbtirg ...... 2,351 " 4 5 191 139 20 1 5 2110 .. 9 43,200 3,411 90 M ü n ch en ...... 246 2,198 21 82 46 18 •j 1 20 .. 20 54 R u d c rs b e r g ...... 1,764 8 72 19 1 50 .. 16 27 852 4 Schorndorf-Gemünd ___ " Ì 7 114 9 1 2 110 .. ’2 25,550 05 90 1,900 Sindelfingen ...... 8 94 10 5 120 .. 28 105 1,475 S t u t t g a r t ...... 10 233 37 ’4 0 255j .. 'i 167,200 4,085 158 581 S u lz b a ch ...... 4,850 "TO 68 132 10 3 125i . 43 83 1,475 12 U lm ...... tÿ 56 57 's 2 60 .. 52 86 W a ib lin g e n ...... 1,682 19 'i 214 20 8 goo! , 2 41J2Ó l',4ÓÒ 135 214 8,833 W e lz h e im ...... “ 28 80 110 4 4 145 .. 1 6,500 16 4S 1,426 26 2 W in n e n d e n ...... 1S9 24 ‘i 0 420| 33 58,200 96 157 3,235 8 Total...... 3 8,390 1,519 .. 214: 294 12,415' .. 112 ‘-’,284,840 816,694 5,036' 13,549 157,83S 1S.600| 10,442 L a st vear ;; i i >

SWITZERLAND.

Bishop Vincent has Episcopal Supervision. Dr. H. K. Carroll is Secretary in Charge.

T h e Switzerland Conference met at Zurich, Switzer­ land, June 27, 1900, Bishop Vincent presiding. The pre­ siding elders report as follows :

Berne D istrict. — G. Baer, P. E.

On the Berne District, which embraces 15 circuits and 85 preaching places, the Lord has plenteously blessed the work of the pastors. In a few places remarkable revivals have brought new life into the churches; others are still waiting for a gracious rain from above. A longing and earnest desire after a full and entire salvation in Christ have been waked up both with the pastors and the laity. The former held special gatherings for the promotion of personal sanctifi­ cation and a clearer insight into the Scriptures, which proved of great value. Seeing our population carried away by worldly amusements and neglecting the God of their fathers, we fee'l all the more that nothing can save them but the earnest and urgent proclamation of the Gospel which offers an entire salvation. The work among the children is in a prosperous condition. W e have on the district 54 Sunday schools, with 362 teachers and 5,420 children. Most of them do not belong to members of our Church, and thus we lose them at the age of twelve years, when'they are obliged to attend the catechism given by the state Church’s clergy. However, we have the joy to see many children come back to us and join our Church. On the territory where French is spoken we have but little influence on the children, because very few of them know German. For this reason, and chiefly because a good proportion of the young men and women staying here are only en passant, we cannot bring up and main­ tain the Epworth League. On the other hand, we are glad to say that the particular life within the Church (classes and prayer meetings) is in a healthful state. Our influence in th*e villages is not any more of the same intensity that it used to be, the state Church being strengthened by a number of pious preachers, and there being other free Churches cooperating. Our efficacy is most needed and successful at the industrial centers among the working class. But often the needed halls are not at our disposal; and by that we are forced to build chapels, though little means come from our people, who live on small incomes. Hence the great debts on our district. Last year 104,548 francs were raised for benevolent purposes, which makes per member the noble sum of 38 francs. SWITZERLAND Sclmffhaa«eng¿wlr'fev¿ , , 6CALE q F MILES |- 'Wiriiu^ ucJbét.lStu**** i ¡StamholnT r ^ Q/'^gnsíáncé imansBoIrtuXilidau .le'slhnl s& 0 regei =x~v, .Slssicfi bo°en Ineek m ?¡z ^ u“i\!ar-AL@|^re0% s S féy o S j /■yWaldenlninr,-.ldenbt

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During the year 319 persons from the town circuits and 18 with certificates have joined the Church, and 202 were received in full con­ nection. There is one thing worth taking notice of: Many souls whom we have brought to Christ and won for our Church leave, for the reasons stated, French Switzerland and return to their own homes or go abroad, where there is perhaps no Methodist church. And so we do real mission work. The collections for the Twentieth Century Thank Offering have begun, and money has been brought up, yet the current expenses on the circuits will take a good bit of it away. W e look forward in good hopes, and notwithstanding all the difficul­ ties we shall victoriously go forward in the name of the Lord when our preachers are men after the heart of God, holy and pure, and when our congregations consist of entirely sanctified souls.

S t . G a l l e n D is t r ic t .— E dward Hug, P. E. At the Annual Conference last June our bishop, J. H. Vincent, now residing in Zurich, made important changes in arranging the districts of our Conference. As we had not pastors to supply all places I received an appointment to Zurich, IV, and also the charge over the newly formed Zurich District, which consists of the three circuits in the city of Zurich. Besides this, the confidence of the brethren made me an editor of our Schwciser Evangelist and Schweizcr-Kinderfreund for another term. Looking over this Conference year (1899-1900), our experience on the St. Gallen District is: “Hitherto has the Lord helped us.” Though it has not been a year of great progress and success, we can say, “Our labor in the Lord has not been in vain.” Many precious souls were converted, 123 joined on trial (126 in 1898-99), 120 were taken into full connection (41 more than in 1898-99). The reasons for the slight decrease in numbers are partly because of a closer revision of the lists, partly in more departing of members to the other districts and in more deaths than in former years. The congregations and their pastors look and pray earnestly for gracious rains, that under God’s blessing the field may bring forth more fruits. Our Sunday schools are in a flourishing and hopeful state. We have 60 Sabbalh schools, w ith 238 teachers and helpers and 3,623 scholars— 74 scholars more than the year before, although the con­ currence of the state Church is more obligatory than in former times. Some circuits, especially Rheineck and Herisau, have a most beautiful Sunday school work; other places have more difficulties on account of the demands of the state Church and the prejudices of the popula­ tion against our work. The teachers have labored faithfully and in a pious spirit, and God has blessed their efforts. Teachers’ conventions were held in Rheineck and Oberhallau, encouraging the laborers in their good work. In Bible and catechism classes the pastors teach 156 children, 7 more than last year. 1900.] Switzerland. 61

The work among young people is going on; not, indeed, in the real form of Epworth League— this in many places the circumstances will not allow— but in form of different societies which labor separately but form, as a whole, a section of the Epworth League. They are very active in revival meetings, in Sunday services, in inviting people to our halls and churches, and in the circulation of our papers and tracts. In church building we had a silent year. All principal places have chapels and halls now, except Schleitheim, in the canton of Schaff- hausen. In this large village we expect to build a small chapel in the near future. Some circuits have done well in paying their chapel debts. The liberality of our members has been very great this year. The whole sum collected on the district for all needs is 60,296 francs (9,379 francs more than the year before), or 42 francs per member— indeed, a great sum for our poor people. This sum includes 8,237 francs paid to the Twentieth Century Fund up to May 31. On February 2 we had in St. Gallen an inspiring meeting with mem­ bers of the Quarterly Conferences of our district. The 23 brethren present gave, for a good example, 2,300 francs as subscriptions for the Twentieth Century Fund. This liberality has been made possible by the flourishing industrial conditions in the east of our land, during the year; nevertheless we are very thankful to the Lord, who, by his love, inspired the hearts and open hands of our people. Many of our members, anxious to assist in saving poor drunkards, are active in this work in connection with the “Blaii-Kreug” associa­ tion. This year Brother Richner, the pastor of our congregation in St. Gallen, established an “Abstinenten-Liga,” and also a “Hoffuungs- bund” (for children). We hope that the new institution will be found also in other parts of our work. Finally, I wish to say that our work on the St. Gallen District is well founded. The preachers are diligent and faithful, and the spiritual life in the congregations grows. The Lord be praised!

Z u r i c h D i s t r i c t .—L. Peter, P. E. Another Conference year is closing with God’s blessing on our work. The progress has not been very rapid, but the Church is becoming more and more powerful and of a great influence in our country. Zurich is the center of Methodism in Switzerland and Europe, and nowhere are there so many members, Sunday scholars, and friends of the Church as here in Zurich. The last General Conference resolved that a bishop shall have in future his residence in our beautiful city, and we have had the pleasure to have Bishop Vincent here since last September. Our bisljpp and his family like Zurich very much, and our people are thankful to have them. Bishop Vincent is a very aggressive and industrious man, and a good example for preachers and members. He wishes to do the best for the work of God in our country. He visits as often as he can the different fields of the mission, and the district or preachers’ meetings. Besides this, when the bishop is at 62 Missionary Report. [1900.

home he holds every Sunday night a vesper sendee for all the people who understand English. We hope that the bishop will be a great blessing for our Church in Switzerland and Europe. We are glad to report that during the past year 443 have joined on probation, and 280 were received in full membership, a net increase of 89. We also have reason to feel very grateful to the Lord for the financial aid given us. The collections for the past year are 144,352 fratics, an increase of 13,333 francs. Our 117 Sunday schools, with 9,460 children, have done a good work. We have the pleasure to report that a large number of the older scholars became converted, and the most of them will be members of the Church. The youth are the hope of the Church, and only the best that we can do is good enough for them. We try to educate the children for a religious life and for the Church. In every circuit or station the pastor in charge gives the children from twelve to sixteen years of age lessons in religion where they have to study Bible history and the large catechism of Dr. Nast. When the preacher has finished with the instruction there is held an extra Sunday service for the children and an examination in presence of the congregation. We possess 20 chapels and 4 parsonages, in value, with furnishings, 889,195 francs; debts, 278,838 francs; real value, 610,357 francs. In Bulach and Zurich, IV, we built new chapels, with parsonages, and it is necessary that we also build chapels in Wâdensweil and Otaran ; places are bought and paid for. Our Book Concern in Zurich has been enlarged, and we have established a printing office. We also made a change in the book agent. Mr. Schmidtmann retired, and Brother E. Leonard, a good business man and preacher, was elected. We believe this change will be good for the Book Concern, which is a great help in the mission work. The deaconess work in Zurich grows more and more. We have in our home 23 sisters, who are doing efficient service, one for the poor sick in the Church, five for the “Krippen,” and seventeen for everybody. In our Conference in Switzerland we have three principal stations for the deaconesses, Lausanne, St. Gallen, and Zurich, with 50 sisters. In both of the last places we have our own houses. All our deaconesses are members of the Church. The Church is doing as much as possible to enlist only the best young female members in this good and important w ork. S ta tis tic s of Sw itzerland Conference, June, 1900.

a o. d u S ìs 8 -Q 1 g a i T3 ®J3 S3 i l •S-B* •fi & a s § u t3 CIRCUIT OR STATION. B | | •0 o. H M ■O& > ì ¡a § ÔE g 1 c. ë _ S é a Cfi SE £ - E « s S s •g ■S S-s $ £ 2 s *o ^ TS fl 4, 5 •g II o a t % io *5 Uh

NORWAY.

Bishop Vincent has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr. H. K. Carroll is Secretary in Charge.

T h e Norway Mission was commenced in 1853, an<^ organ­ ized as a Conference August 17, 1876. The Norway Conference was held in Bergen, August 1, 1900, Bishop V in cen t presiding. The Rev. A. Olsen, presiding elder of Christiania District, w rites :

Forwarding this annual report of our work in Norway, I will first say that our Conference in Bergen this year was a very pleasant time. The amiable Bishop Vincent presided with fatherly care, deep piety, and great ability. And we rejoice in the hope of having the privilege of his presidency at our Conference three years more. When I look over the work in Norway I am able to say, with a good conscience, that the Lord has been with us during the year. We have had some increase along the whole line. It has been said before, and it is to be remembered still, that our strength and influence are not to be measured by the bare statistics. Methodism has been a powerful agency in promoting religious life in the state Church of this country. To compete with Methodism it has been forced to do as the Methodists have been doing. Sunday schools have.been taken up, prayer meetings are established, class meeting in some form, temperance work, and almost all the “methods'^ of the Methodists are practiced among the Lutherans, and even their teaching and preaching are modified largely by that of the Methodist Church. Seen from this point of view, Methodism has had a blessed influence in this otir land. Though we have reason to be very thankful to God for the better prevailing views and religions life within the state Church, still we are aware that this makes our labor more difficult, particularly in regard to getting our converts to join our Church, seeing there is so much of Methodism in the established Church in which they were born. Never­ theless we go forward by the help of God, and grow stronger and more effective every year. We have had a blessed year. Almost everywhere souls have been converted to God, and peace and union have prevailed. The Sunday school work, our League work, and the deaconess work are going on, and accomplish much good. Our financial operations have not been so very easy in gathering all the means we have been needing. Our people are for the most part poor; our church debts are in many places heavy; and much of the pastors’ time and strength are employed in gathering the money needed. SOUTH NORWAY •> S c a le o f M ile s 0 20 <0 60 '80 100

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We try to do our very best" to go forward in self-support, and dare say that our churches do according to their ability, but still the pastors have difficulty in collecting their small salaries, seeing there are so many other matters to be taken care of. On my visits through my district I have been much encouraged by the fact that marks of greater interest and deeper piety are evident, and I hope we shall have a very good time this winter. All the pastors work with zeal and earnestness to promote the cause of God. By the help of the Holy Spirit our Church will go forward to victory in Norway from south to north, and from east to west* until the truth has leavened the whole lump. Statistics of Norway Conference, August, 1900. c

3 CIRCUIT OK 1 a •è” .a Cu ■n . I IS STATION. O 2 5 B é i «is & a; M £ be >1 u £> a> 23 < fi Collected for M issionary ¡Si 3 £ O C ollected Building: for C and h u r c h R e p a irin g , S o c ie ty . Collected su p for p o r t. Self- and and D e b t.

< c% Collected for other Be­ nevolent Societies. Q Local Purposes, 0 t ! ! j i i Contributed for other Bergen District. C r o w n s . C r o w n s . C ro w n s . C ro w n « . C r o w n s . C r o w n s . C ro w n s , A rendal...... I 31(5 25 300 300 23 S60 2,000 90Ó 1,339 550 243 Bergen: First Churcli___ 1 257 29 300 200 24 15’, mV) 150 1,200 1,039 2,782 611 175 Second Church...... 2 123 6 200 150 15 21,640 100 400 1,060 2,088 109 Brevik....r ...... 1 67 8 70 7(1 5 6,775 83 200 167 584 27 E k ersu n d ...... 32 1 50 40 2 3,400 60 240 34 380 " i s 45 Flekkeijord and Lister.... 2 51 5 103 50 1 1,000 38 400 32 420 26 Haugesund...... 58 8 200 150 4 4,439 80 800 2,014 619 51 Kragero...... 1 83 13 220 100 11 3,934 100 500 720 1,057 '¿66 91 Kristiansand, S...... 2 tso 5 100 75 0 5,514 08 300 30 900 90 34 Larvik...... 138 10 250 200 12 9.480 140 500 920 1,472 650 106 Porsgrund...... 2 185 5 250 200 17 3,873 200 1,200 190 958 2,444 142 Sandef jord...... 1 52 20 60 75 *> 30 500 549 24 Sandnas...... 1 3(1 50 40 1 l ’àóò 21 121 10 S k ien ...... 1 210 12 250 200 10 13,400 100 '466 3( HJ 2,409 's ir 69 Stavanger...... 2 140 5 3(X) 140 6 2,400 220 1,200 1,174 1,621 130 V oss...... 1 32 4 50 50 2 1,100 45 201 200 302 ” 70 35 Kristian,iu D¡strict. D ram inen...... 1 163 23 250 160 12 6,600 220 800 051 1,500 836 151 Fredrikshald...... 4 «53 15 3(H) 250 16 250 135 1,300 379 1,217 256 122 Fredrikstad...... 5 911 10 350 300 20 17,880 291 2,000 1,474 2,660 600 153 H adeland...... 1 19 3 50 30 300 10 800 300 234 10 H am ar...... M 112 12 200 150 8 2,503 110 1,000 1G4 1,193 '921 100 H orten...... 2 195) 4 300 200 13 5,114 180 900 490 970 331 115 Honefos...... * ...... 3 115 4 200 120 5 000 170 900 610 573 561 101 K jolberg...... 2 92 5 150 1(H) 15 4,911) 81 900 1,228 302 50 9(1 Konpsberir...... 2 72 l(i 150 100 7 4,157 85 400 49 004 50 Kristiania: First Church. 7 459 103 500 450 2.730» 275 2,500 1,005 5.152 1,100 248 Second Church...... 1 144 0 200 150 !) 50,000 100 800 2,096 5,807 409 120 Third Cimrch...... 200 250 200 7 380,000 55 050 2,100 300 25 with 2 teachers and 3 s tu d e n ts . Fourth Churcli...... 98 10 100 100 8 52 500 1.420 22 Fifth Cliurcli...... 93 1(1 100 100 10 15',770 150 600 'àie 1,923 70 Lillestronnnen...... J 27 3 50 40; 1 30 1,152 506 34 M oss...... ,...... 1 112 20 130 150 4 5,547 00 400 570 700 ‘366 751

Mvsem and Askim...... 11 37 (ill 40 2 5,300 60 500 1,315 790 371 olumes printed during the vear, 376,400, with 9,902,162 pages. 1 Theological School Odiilon...... 2 (¡3 0 40 70 1 20 500 454 30 Sarpsborjr...... 3 203 300 270, 41 "■ÌÓ 117 2,000 489 1,084 873 721 Saugranden...... 123 13 150 150 16 4,655 55 000 251 618 25 Tistiidaien...... 2 (»4 12 15(1 70 1 275 5(1 800 262 280 “ 80 4<> Tonstiei'K...... 1 (ili 10 100 70. 4 3,200 75 400 400 39 Trnmllijem Dizlrirf. ; 4 .A alesimi!...... 1 6(1 20 200 150 0 0 8,382 90 400 291 1,851 40 Bodo...... 8(1 21 200 1(H) 11 8,000 so 350 511 1,290 303 143 4(1 4 75 50 4 5,42!) 40 250 20!) S45 152 25 Kristiaiisuiiil...... 9!) 5 100 100 9 9,250 80 3(H) 693 1,120 45 L evanjrer...... 4fi 5 00 50 4,021 50 350 250 750 ‘ioo 30, T rom so...... 9H 18 200 150 4 3.150 40 450 1,490 1.108 341 Trondhjetn...... 15« 14 300 200 3 10,500 170 000 1,483 _2,178__ ‘420 120j os 5,493 500 8,015 0.170'415 659,193 4,746 32,040 25,828 58.407 12,539 3,510 Last y p iir...... 45 4 5.3';( 055 3,2:r> 10100 30'S 295.675 4.39R 22.170 18.290 65.522 3.084 6 8 Missionary Report. [1900

SWEDEN. Bishop Vincent has Episcopal Supervision„ Dr. H. K. Carroll is Secretary in Charge. T h e Sweden Conference includes the kingdom of Sweden. The Sweden Mission was commenced in 1854, and organ­ ized as a Conference August 2, 1876. The Sweden Conference held its twenty-fifth session in Stockholm, August 15-21, 1900, Bishop Vincent presiding. Rev. J. M. Erikson, secretary of the Conference, makes the following report: A glance back on what God has wrought during all these years gives us many reasons for thankfulness. Our Church has now 102 pastoral charges, with 159 local preachers, 15,691 members, and 1,577 probation­ ers in Sweden. In our Sabbath schools we have 18,174 scholars. The Epworth Leagues have a membership of 3,968. We have 123 houses of worship, w orth in all 1,484,029 crow ns. This is a very encouraging result of our work during the past years. It is generally stated that the Methodist Episcopal Church began its work in our country in 1854; but this statement is true only in so far as that a colporteur was employed for some time and received part of his support from the Missionary Society. Really the work dates from 1868—32 years ago— when the first society was organized. In 1876 the work was organized into an Annual Conference. There were then 55 traveling and 59 local preachers, 5,667 members, and 1,544 proba­ tioners; 4,931 Sabbath scholars and 31 churches and chapels, worth 347-3Ó5 crowns. When we consider that a large number of those have left this world and are now before the throne of God, also that thou­ sands of our members have during this time emigrated, and so have swelled the ranks of Swedish Methodists in your country, we have every reason to thank the Lord for the success with which he has crowned our endeavors to extend his kingdom. Not less than thirty of our churches are supporting their own ministers, without any help from the Missionary Society whatever, and many more receive only a very small amount. In fact, we are doing everything pos­ sible to have them all self-supporting. Besides, our people give liberally to the Missionary Society, support a-number of pastor-teachers in India, and are doing all they can for their own Home Missionary Society, for deaconess and school work, and for other benevolent purposes. We have also assisted the poor famine-stricken people in India; and just now we are exerting ourselves with reference to the Twentieth Century Offering, part of it being appropriated to the proposed Theological Seminary for all Scandinavia. It was surely a good arrangement of the General Conference to ap­ point a resident bishop for Europe. And without doubt the right man 0 iVlirljprg* o»^0 Skyttorpo 0ßimh«.11^7^ taiv''|

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was chosen for this first term of four years. Bishop Vincent is very able and always active in the interests of Methodism in Europe. He has just planned for reading circles for young and old, which will surely be successful. His profound interest in all details of the work is further shown in the “October Conventions” he has started, and by which our people are stirred up to personal effort everywhere. It causes them to think and reason about the importance of class meetings, the ministry of local preachers and exhorters, the privilege of systematic giving, and to study the greatest needs of the Church. To help in raising money for the proposed Theological Seminary our Conference resolved to request the bishop to appoint a special agent for that purpose. BVother K. A. Jansson, presiding elder of the West­ ern District, was appointed, and he is now traveling abroad in the interest of this very important cause for our future as a Church. At present he is in the United States, well recommended by Bishop Vincent and others, and we earnestly hope that he will meet with com­ plete success. G o t l a n d D is t r ic t .—J. M. Erikson, P. E. As presiding elder I have the charge of a very little district— an island in the Baltic Sea. We have there only six pastoral charges, or circuits, with 936 members and 67 probationers. The population on this island is a little more than 50,000 in all. In the only city— with about 8,000 inhabitants— we have 370 members. These support their own pastor and give liberally for all other purposes connected with the work. A lady there, recently deceased, has left a legacy of 10,000 crowns to the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church for work in India. Seventy have been converted on this charge during the year. One more of our charges is self-supporting, and of the rest one re­ ceives only 150 crowns ($40), one 200, one 250 crowns, etc. Our mem­ bers are scattered all over the island, and the Methodist Church is known as the salt of this little world. I was glad to hear a member of the royal family, who resides here during the summer— a man known all over the country as a really religious person— testify to me that he had found the Methodists to be the most earnest and in every respect best Christians on the island. And I hope the King of kings will also find these his children true and faithful to his grace. In the Epworth Leagues there are 203 active and loyal members. The pastors are always at the front in this work, and generally act as presidents. The increase in this branch of our work has been con­ siderable during the year. Our Sabbath schools in this district had last year 753 children; this year they count 907. «, And now we look forward to the new century, praying and hoping that the Lord will bless us with his favor and give us power to overcome all obstacles and hindrances, so that thousands of sinners may be saved and the praise of Jesus sound all over our beloved country, with its islands. 1900.] Sweden. 71

N o r th e r n D is t r ic t .— K . A . W ik , P. E.

For this year, now nearly ended, we have many reasons to thank God. We have done our very best, and God has blessed our work. On every field souls have been saved, and in some places good revivals have occurred. This time is very hard concerning religious work in our country, and all the different denominations working here have to work very hard to secure a little success. Under such circumstances we are so much more happy when wicked souls are led to Jesus Christ and his flock. But it seems to me that the inner life in our congregations is advancing in strength and steadiness, and for this we are very thankful to God. Our services are usually well attended, and every Sunday more than eight thousand persons are listening to the wotd of God from our preachers. We have not only worked on previously cultivated fields, but have pressed forward to new places. Hudiksvau is a town and Iggesund a large iron work, where we have this year commenced work. At Bergeforsen we have some of the largest sawmills in our country, with several thousand workmen. This year we have a preacher appointed there. Grangesberg is one of the largest mining fields in the world. From this place very fine iron ore is going out into the world-wide market. Among the multitudes of people there is much darkness and sin. For some years previous we had incidental work here, but now we have regular work and a good pastor. We have a well-grounded hope for good results of our work in this new field. The industries of our country are growing very rapidly, and new centers for such work are opened in wonderful haste, especially in the northern part of the country. Now we are doing our very best for such places, because there are so many young persons who need the Gospel of Jesus Christ to prevent them from being drawn down into the pit of sin and shame. And so within a few years doors have been opened for us such as we never thought of before; and opportunities for good work that we did not dream of a few years ago are now pressed upon us. But we must advance slowly, because we lack men and money. For the young people we are doing our very best. In 54 Sunday schools we have 5,491 children educated. This is a work for the time which is coming, because most of those who are converted and gathered into our congregations are such persons as have been taught in our Sunday schools in their childhood. We have 31 Epworth chapters, with 1,084 members, and these young persons are very much interested in helping the pastors, especially in taking part in the revival meetings. For self-support we have done our best. On the district we have 28 congregations, and of these 11 are supporting their pastors in full with­ out missionary money. But we are yet depending upon the Missionary Society for help, because there are so many poor churches than cannot take care of themselves. The total sum collected on the district is above 100,000 crowns. 72 Missionary Report. [1900.

Our theological school at Upsala has for many years done a good work, because most of the preachers now in active work have been educated there. Now we have 2 professors, and 17 young men prepar­ ing for the ministry. Next year 10 of them will be ready to go into the field. But we need to have the school based on another ground, and on this account the Annual Conference, at its last session, petitioned the bishop to appoint a financial agent to raise money for a new school to be located in Gothenborg for all the Scandinavian countries. Brother K. A. Jansson was appointed for this purpose, and we hope that he will be successful and that we will soon have the needed school. The Conference, presided over by Bishop Vincent, was a time of inspiration to us. His friendly manner and wise counsels won our hearts, and we hope much from his supervision during the quadrennium. The field is large; the work is hard. May the Lord help us to bring as many sinners as possible to the cross of Jesus Christ!

S o u t h e r n D is t r ic t .— Rev. Carl Ljunggren, P. E. We have had a blessed year on this district. Many sinners have been converted to the Lord and united with the Church, namely, 574 on trial and 376 in full. The increase of full members is 132, but the num­ ber of probationers has. diminished by 8 persons during the same time. T h e m oney collected in our congregations am ounts-to 144,000 crow ns, or 19,000 crow ns m ore than last year. Besides, w e have purchased a new church of the Lutheran Mission-friends in Malmo, which church was dedicated the 14th of October last year. The church has a central situation and room for 700 persons. The ground floor contains a hall and rooms for class meetings. Malmo congregation has thus procured a permanent home, after having for twenty-nine years been compelled to move with their services from one place to another, and at last into a very inconvenient hall. The congregation has paid off 6,000 crowns of the indebtedness on the church property, and is very glad to have in this way secured a church of its own. St. Peter’s, Stockholm, is this year building a fine church on a most advantageous site, and is in consequence compelled to build a valuable church. The congregation has to this end made great efforts. Their building fund, by reason of a large donation, has increased this year 62,000 crow ns. In Sodertalje the congregation purchased last year a well-situated building ground, and this year a member of the same congregation has given 9,000 crowns to their building fund. So, if God please, we will now erect a proper chapel in this town. In Falerum, Helsingborg, Limhamn, Norrkoping, Stockholm, and Vestervik we have had good revivals, and a fresh spiritual wind has blown through many congregations. Many sinners are converted at our meetings who never join the Church, but it is true the work is performed for the Lord’s sake. On the Lord’s day the Gospel is preached by 34 pastors and 45 local preachers to about 14,000 attendants. Such a work cannot be without fruit. 1900.] Sweden. 7 3

During the year nineteen missionary meetings have been held at different places on the district. These, as well as our protracted meet­ ings at the new year, have brought us great blessings and increased the number of members. In many of our churches class and prayer meet­ ings are flourishing. And these meetings are the best where the pastor conducts them, and where proper leaders are found. During October and November most of the congregations were holding prayer and revival meetings. Our preachers and laymen have experienced the need of thus gathering the members of the congregations who in the summer have been scattered. The Sunday schools in the district are flourishing. A multitude of children attend them— about 7,000 or 8,000. When we consider that the Sunday school is the nursery of the congregation, and that this will largely be what the Sunday school has been, how important it is that much care be taken of this part of the work! In 28 Epworth Leagues and 7 young people’s societies, which are under the care of the Quarterly Conferences, we count 1,735 members. These Leagues and societies are a great blessing for our youth. We thank God for this multitude of youth, who are thus educated to useful work in the Church, to aid the poor and sick with clothes and food, and to practice beneficencc early both within and without the Church. As usual some members have been expelled, and many have deceased. This has caused a decrease in some congregations. In other churches we can report increases. The collections for benevolent purposes are yearly increasing, and the 'self-support for our preachers shows con­ siderable progress. The district has added about 5,000 crowns to the preachers’ salaries. This year 12 congregations have been self-support­ ing, and 7 receive not more than 400 crowns from the mission for their preachers’ support. Everywhere much labor is required for economy. There are little congregations which are pressed by great indebtedness. But, praise to the Lord, the debts are reduced from year to year. Time has been when the rents and the mortgage interest swallowed up all we were able to collect. To the Lord's praise, I can say that our members are very devoted. With gladness they bear the burdens. May the Lord bless our labor still more! The Macedonian call sounds more loudly from year to year. We are in want of men on the field who are animated by faith, earnest and zealous for saving souls. May the Lord send us many such men! The fields are waiting for them. A new year of working is now commenced, and we are hoping for victories and success. We believe that the good arrangement of the General Conference in appointing a bishop for Europe will bring much success to the cause of God, because he can pay better attention to the work and can always be with us when the circumstances require his presence. The last Conference here, under the presidency of Bishop Vincent, was full of blessing. Statistics of Sweden Conference, August, 1900. j J 1 1 1

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STATION. E i~ Homes.” Ï J3 23 ** H H 03 v «" E = § * £ A J f •3 f f i Native Native Unordaiued Preachers. Members. Year. Adherents. Conversions during the

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I Debt on Real Estate* Collected for otherBenevolent Societies. Collected for Church Society. / j è T. Collected for Missionary ê ¡¡so Collected for Self- Building and Repairing. support. Local Local Purposes. £ Contributed for other | | Native Teacher«. I I Children Baptized. | ! No. of Sabbath Schools. j Krofia. Krona. Krona. Krona. Krona. Krona. Gotland District...... 4 8 11 8T 925 67 1,530 8,100 59 10 19 842 12 58,350 2 4 4,450 16,887 1,148 760 5,186 2,944 3,090 Norrbotten District...... 2 59 27 50 260 2 18 5 2 175 1 2,000 2 65 92 885 8S5 70S Northern District...... 26 2 4S 28T 4,507 895 7,800 12,000 801 84 1 28 54 5,491 87 472,256 6 6 40,200 127,709 5,922 2,190 32,558 48,976 30,352 Southern District...... 2S 6 54 243 5,242 550 9,700 13,067 457 67 68 6,908 88 607,818 11 9, 6 800 164.173 6,887 2 625 42 506 35986 46 953 Western District...... 2C 7 44 291 4,958 638 10,300 14,600 884 69 63 4,763 40 849,110 29 7 183,4S0 227,783 5,018 8,311 33,478 21,S2S 38,671

T o ta l...... 8G IS 159 858 15,691 1,577| 2S,930 43,027 1,669 2-35 1 828 201 18,174 123 1,484,029 50 19 1S4,980 536,552 19,040 8,978 114,608 105,619 114,774 L ast y ea r...... to 76 19 148 712 15,568 1,885 28,8S5 41,120 2,398 V2S0 1 2 11 0 CO 18,281 122 1,460,965 47 19 155,780 550,863 19.S08 . 8,717 102,631 61,972 103,618

N o t k . — Volumes printed during the year, 175,080; pages, 7,750,880. Volumes printed last year, 137,643 ; pages, 5,822,016. Kroua : 3 .7 2 are equal to |1 . 1900.] Denmark. 7 5

DENMARK.

Bishop Vincent has Episcopal Supervision.

D r. H . K . Carroll is Secretary in Charge.

T h e Denmark Mission-includes the kingdom of Denmark, with its central station at Copenhagen.

Mission work was commenced in Denmark in 1857» an<^ was organized as a Mission in 1869. The Annual Meeting of the Denmark Mission was held at O dense, Denm ark, July 18, 1900, Bishop V incent presiding. The presiding elders report as follows:

C o p e n h a g e n D is t r ic t .— J. J. Christensen, P . E. The Lord has been with us this last year, and the work has been crowned with success. In this district 179 have been converted to God ;6 Missionary Report. [1900.

and 164 taken on probation, and our membership is now 1,654. We have more than 3,000 people in our churches every Sunday, and some revivals have occurred in this district during the year. W e are trying to do the best we can to help ourselves, and if we had not such a great church debt we could do a good deal more; neverthe­ less I wonder sometimes that our people, with their small income, are able to do what they really do. It would have been impossible to carry on the work with the money from the Missionary Society if we had not our little Mission Fund, which we started some years ago and which this year has paid two men’s salaries— J. C. Iverson, appointed to Give, and Chr. Sorensen* appointed to Odense and Faaborg as assistant. We must go forward, although it sometimes looks in financial matters as if we had the Red Sea before us, but the Lord shows always a way through. St. Mark’s, Copenhagen, and St. James, Odense, have this year been self-supporting. In Odense we have this year built a new church (Emmaus Church, Odense), which was dedicated February 25; the church can seat 600 persons, but when it*Was dedicated it was crowded with 800 persons, among whom were the mayor of the town and several other high officers. The church is so built that there are in connection with it seven flats to be rented out, which will pay a part of the interest. When I was in Odense on my fourth quarterly round the new society was organized with its own Quarterly Conference and a membership of 91 in full connection, and I am sure we shall soon have a good and strong society in this second church in Odense. We have also opened a new station on Bornholm (in the Baltic) in the largest town on the island, Ronne, where we hope to see our dear Church prosper; and if we had more educated missionaries and money to pay them with we could have good societies very soon in several other Danish towns. Our Sunday schools are all in good condition. We have 23 in this district, with 2,450 children; and our Epworth Leagues are doing their work very well, and in some places they are a great help to our work. Our beloved Bishop Vincent took a warm interest in our work in Denmark, and we are very thankful for having him in Europe. He is dear to us all, and from his episcopal residence he makes us feel that he follows our work in all our different localities.

J u t l a n d N o r t h e r n D is t r ic t .— L. C. Larsen, P. E. The last year has made but a few changes in the life and labor of this district. God. has saved us all from great tribulations, he has given all the brethren strength and working faculty, and his cause has in some degree been advanced. In Frederikshavn and Lokken the last winter was a season of revival, and also in other places the Spirit of God has been working to the salvation of men. Among our outward difficulties may be named the inclination of the people to amusements, often of the most degrading kind; the super­ 1900.] Denmark. 77 stitious belief in regeneration by baptism, which makes it a difficult matter to lead people to true consciousness of their sins; and the hostile position of the labor unions to the Church and Christianity. Our task as Methodists in Denmark is to teach and represent an ideal Church, free from the privileges and the restraints attending the patron­ age of the State, and a Church standing as far from bigotry as from moral relaxation. Much has been done by Danish Methodists in this direction during the nineteenth century, and more will be done in the twentieth. May God Almighty be our helper!

J u t l a n d S o u t h e r n D is t r ic t .— C. Thaarup, P. E. With regard to the Jutland Southern District I am glad to say that God has been with us. There have been revivals almost all over the district, souls have been converted, and the people of God have been built up in their most holy faith. Our influence is increasing, and the Lord is pleased to use us to serve his name among our people. All the preachers and their families have been spared during the year. The work in Sunday schools and among our young people is going on and has not been in vain. For self-support 4,681 crowns have been raised; and our Book Concern, besides our Church papers, K ristclig Talsmand, Sondagsskolen, and Vaarbud, has printed more than 500,000 pages. For all this we are thankful to God, and we ask his blessing for the future. Statistics of Denmark Mission, August, 1900.

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£ CO ni i C IR C U IT OR £ 1 0 « STATION. •c m ■0 •

Q Sabbath Scholars. £ 1 "rt 0 Adherents. Estimated Value of Churches and and Chapels. Average Average Attendance on Sun­ Adults Baptized. • No. of Day Scholars, Probationer«. day Worship. No. of Conversions Conversions during the Year. No. of Sabbath Schools. No. No. of Churches and Chapels. £ ng and Repairing. sonages, or “ Homes.” Value of Orphanages, Hospital?, Schools, Book Rooms, etc. Estimated Value of P ar­ Debt on Real Estate. Collected for Missionary lent Societies. Collected Collected for other Benevo­ Collected Collected for Self-suppoit. Society. £ Collected for I Church BtiilJ- Contributed for other Purposes. Local

Native 1 Ordained Preacher.'. i Other Helpers. Members.1 ' Children Baptized. £s» 1 No. 1 of Halls and other Place? I I of Worship. 1 Copenhagen District. Crowns C ro w n s C r o w n s C r o w n s Crowns Crowns Crowns Crowns Crowns Bornholm: Nexii...... 1 1 1 9« 2(1 300 250 s 3 1 90 1 12,300 8 5,000 ir>,065 94 ‘¿02 420 1,872 Copenhagen : Bethnnia. 50 10 1 219 10 200 so ; 1 250 1 36,000 1 * H.\00U 83 519 580 5Ö1 4,718 St. M a rk u s...... 0 f-j 200 450 1 391 20 4 0!.. 11 4 565 1 237,000 4 1 45,000 37,194 369 1,556 2,291 167 8,942 Kallumiborg . . 1 192 4 11 40 825 2 l!.. 7 7 800 1 10.700 12 1 4,000 * 1H.500 2li2 592 530 2,591 9 30 Lanseland : Rudkìóbincr; 1 .. 74 3 SO 2 :.. .. 5 140 1 10,000 1 2 !.. 7.625 80 116 310 1,223 Odense: St. Jacob. 374 24 1,150 1,200 1 4 1 5 0 !.. 17 ?, 575 8 87,000 8 1 23,500 69,000 225 949 2.358 9.428 4,389 5ÓÒ 150 Ernniaus & Foaborg. 3 6 i . 150 1 0 !.. 1 1 60 4 57 183 2 222 150 Svend b o r g ...... 1 2 180 4 300 18 7 2 470 1 18,500 4 i 13,500 148 892 1,204 2,180 Jutland South'n Dist. Aarhus...... 1 99 2 60 2 0 '.. 5 1 100 1 26,000 3 1 28.000 52,653 74 74 534 531 Esbierg-...... 1 51 9 25 6 16 1 100 1 13,800 2 1 5.000 11.950 22 60 400 141 G iv e...... 60 a 6 1 4 8S fi ' 5,000 18 1 2,500 2,490 61 24 260 175 I lo r s e n s ...... 11 40! . 1 3 95 in 2 ? 170 1 13.000 4 1 7,360 100 122 620 263 H o rn sy ld ...... , 30 1 9 23 5.000 1 1 3,000 33 17 40 SO 100 H olsteb ro...... 1 8T T 6 1 64 1 17,000 3 1 7.600 14.050 92 219 413 882 Varde...... 1 65 4 55 fi 2 1 55 1 10.250 6 1 9.600 12,106 46 20 439 coo 431 4 120 V e ile ...... 1 370 25 3S 21 1 80 3 6 6 51 1 4 5,500 6 1 14,500 22,556 140 1,035 1,975 3,251 Jutland North'n Dist. A alborg...... 1 2 2 212 IBI 200 400 10 q 4 270 1 24,500 7 19.886 210 66 146 100 2.422 250 500 Frederikshavn...... 1 2 8 847 3 4 50 11 1 28 2 250 2 20,000 i i 18,000 8,200 239 60 1.727 918 1.931 H jörring...... 1 66 170 100 12 1 7 7 1 50 9 14 100 1,360 L ö k k en ...... 1 13 225 250 13 1 95 9 1 «5 3 175 9, 8.0Ó0 y 590 53 267 100 1,098 B a n d e r s...... 1 43 14 50 150 10 2 1 55 1 3 9 ,0 0 0 J 27,500 36 25 10s 400 ■ 2,511 T otal...... 192-3 22 3.455 4.855 8.203228 365 151 3 1 T 8 46 4,449.23 638,550 128:15 179,200 354,640 2.878 6,781 14,724 12,214 85,173 500 L ast y e a r ...... 19 3.070 247 3,545 4.S85 365 153 2 48 2 ' 92 50 4,448 22 581,750 105 16; 196,600 2,800' 334,40S ■2,276 1,029! 12,659 7,446 46,287 2,6 1 0 ,5 0 0 * In these sums are included 2rt,500 crowns which are given to the church, but ou which we have to pay interest until the donor’s death. -f Included In church valuation. There Is I ideological school at Handers, with I teacher and 2 students. ' I9°°-] Finland and St. Petersburg. 79

FINLAND AND ST. PETERSBURG. Bishop Vincent has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr H. K. Carroll is Secretary in Charge.

THE Finland and St. Petersburg Mission includes all the work of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Russia. All the appointments at present are in Finland, except one in St. Petersburg. Mission work was commenced in 1884, and the Mission was organized in 1892.

The Annual Meeting of the Mission was held at Niko- laistad, August 24-27, 1900, Bishop Vincent presiding. Rev. N. J. Rosen, superintendent, reports as follows:

The work in the Mission has during the past year been carried on among both the Finnish and Swedish-speaking population. It has been 8o Missionary Report. [1900.

divided into two districts, according to the two languages. The Finnish, under the direction of Brother Hiden, is composed of j4 circuits with 5 preachers; the Swedish, under my charge, consists of 9 circuits, in which have worked during the earlier part of the year 7, and from the first of June 10, preachers. Eight of the preachers are Swedes, the others Finnish natives, 5 of whom have entered the ranks during the year, thereby greatly strengthening the native ministry. The members of the two districts give a total of 955, in full membership and on pro­ bation ; besides, there are reported 1,002 adherents, who have not formally joined the Church, but sympathize and work with us. The number of local preachers is 8, and Sunday schools 19, with 1,124 scholars, and 9 Epworth League chapters, with a membership of 518. In the Swedish District we have 6 churches and chapels, also 3 parson­ ages, having a value of 207,362 Finnish marks. When we review the past year we have, in the first place, great reason for thankfulness to God that we have been allowed in peace to carry on our important work. During the hard times through which our country is passing we regard this as a special great mercy. In the midst of general inse­ curity he has been for us as a firm rock, protecting his vineyard. As regards the success of our work, it has been comparatively good. W e have had opportunity to preach the Gospel to greater numbers than ever before, this being due to the fact that we have secured in some places larger halls for the services, and new places have been taken up. During the summer we arranged open-air meetings in some parts of the country with good results. The number of average attendants on Sun­ day worship has increased by more than 2,000. Since the first of June preachers have been appointed at Bjdrneborg, Hango, and Lovisa. These places were only visited during the earlier part of the Conference year. They are very important places, with a growing population. In the several places the presence of the Spirit of God has been felt more or less, to the salvation o f souls and the strengthening in faith. More than 300 conversions have been reported, and of these 200 have joined the Church. On account of the fast-increasing emigration, which has deprived our churches of a large number of members, the increase in membership is not more than 33. Many of the new converts take a long time to decide before they formally enter the Church. - Nor can this be wondered at when the power of the State Church and the peo­ ple’s ignorance of Methodist principles are taken into consideration, but in the end truth will triumph. The work among the young has gone forward with enthusiasm and success. The Sunday schools have extended their influence to wider circles; the number of scholars has increased by 150. Two new Ep­ worth League chapters have been organized during the past year, and about 100 new members have been added to the same. In our financial affairs we have experienced God’s special help. The societies at Hango and Kristmestad have during the year consecrated new and suitable churches. At the last-named place we have also a 1900.] Finland and St. Petersburg. 81 good parsonage. The building of these churches, the work of Christian faith and love, will surely further the work very much. On account of these new churches and the paying off of some old debts the value of the property has increased 42,903 Finnish marks. The- sum o f 3,394 Finnish marks has been collected for the Missionary Society and other benevolent purposes, and for self-support 35,665 Finnish marks, or a total of 39,059 Finnish marks. This is an increase of 6,000 Finnish marks, which, when the poverty of our members and the depressed financial condition of the country are taken into account, is a very good result. The theological school has had 11 students. Of these, 5 finished their three years’ course on the first of June, after which they were ap­ pointed to work in the'Mission; the remaining 6 continue their studies. The school has been in good condition. Theoretical instruction goes hand in hand with practical work. The school course involves much painstaking labor, but it is carefully prepared with a view to the re­ quirements of this country and preparatory to the Conference course. When the students have gone through the course they are cxpected to be qualified to work among both Finnish and Swedish-speaking people. This will prove a very important step, which undoubtedly will lead to great results, and will make it possible to reach more people with less expense. During the past year almost every church has lost some members through death, among these my own wife, whom the Lord called sud­ denly away March 19. The unutterable sorrow caused by her loss is only softened by the memory of her devoted and Christlike life, her dauntless faith in death, and the assurance that for those who live for Christ “to die is gain.” It may also truly be said of our Finnish Methodists that “they die happy.” The work of our Church carried on here ought not to be estimated by the statistics alone. We exert an influence for vital Christianity for which we humbly thank God. Regarding the political situation and its future influence upon our work, it is difficult to give a definite opinion. Hitherto the Lord has helped us, and he will surely take care of his work in the future. However, the situation requires much wisdom and grace. With the increasing effectiveness of our native ministry and other new possibili­ ties, we look for larger achievements in the future. In conclusion, 1 beg to offer our hearty thanks to the Church in America for the help accorded us in the past, and express the hope that we may enjoy her prayers and care in the future. Statistics of Finland and St. Petersburg Mission, July, 1900.

i ■i I c & I £ 3 - ! c C IR C U IT OR rt 1 a Ï S n c m JS 3 d t j=U STATION. 5 *5 *« 0 8 ji 0 0 G « « I £ £ Sg fi 1 1 £ Members. lb Adherents. Children Baptized. < 55 Average Attendance on year. Sunday Sunday Worship. Conversions during the No. of Students. 1 No. No. of Sabbath Schools. j No. of Churches and £ £ No. of Theological Schools. No. No. of Sabbath Scholars. Chapel?. Estimated Value of Parson­ Worship. ages, ages, or “ Homes.”

£ No. of Halls and Places of Collected Collected for .Missionary lent Societies. [2 6 £ c Society. Collected for other Benevo­ Collected Collected for Self-support. Collected Collected for Church Build­ ing ing and Repairing. Contributed for other Local [ [ Other Helpers. Purposes. F in n ¡ah D is tr ic t. Kin. Mks Fin.Mks Fin. Mks Kin. Mks Fin. Aiks Fin. Mks Fin. Mks Fin. Mks Helsingfors: Finnish ___ 1 1 2 4(5 41) 40 20 205 1 40 i 42 18 750 S t Petersburg...... 1 1 1 17 6 90 50 10 i 119

Tammerfors...... 1 9 r.rv so 100 50 1 100 376 1,766 410 Y iborg...... 1 1 44 87 157 000 30 a 340 90 95 185 Swedish Dixtrict. Sj Abo ...... 1 1 g:i r>r> f.u 240 120 847 2,539 12 Björneborg...... 1 1 1« s 4(t: 230 20 1 1 100 2 2.) 52 1.276 4 0 Ekenäs and Brödtorp.. .. 1 1 S!) io or, 300 25 1 40 1 30,000 1 5,000 4 176 125 1,286 1,825 Gainlakarleby and Jakob-

s ta d ...... 1 1 .38 11 50 275 7 1 00 1 10,000 1 1 2.000 7,500 120 73 984 48 456 9 Hongo and Lnppvik ...... 1 1 11 75 105 15 i 1 30 1 20,000

Helsingfors...... 2 1 111! 29 125 400 45 . 1 175 1 110.000 85.550 450 220 6,806 ~248 Kristinestad and Narpes. 1 1 44 12 so 300 IS 8 85 1 10,000 1 5,0 00 9,000 75 107 1.040 6,000 L o v isa ...... 1 . . 17 5 50 175 20 . ? 35 ] 27 241 Nikolaistad ...... 1 113 ?,n 150 drilli an . 1 4!) 1 27.362 16.000 35,870 249 7,154 260 793 —— ______- - _ 1 T otal...... s 7 1 fi l i 0S2 1 l i ' i 1-* 6 207,362 12 3 23,000 142.920 1,070 1,724 25,893; 6,808 3,469 L ast yea r...... 10 8 1 2 i s 1 m 250 045 2.275 2SH18 1 2 i r i s 074 5 164.510 12 2 1fi 000 137.971 1,574 1.357 23.9921 638 6,495 Notk.—There were two native tuachtrs report«! at Tammerfors. 1900.] Italy. 83

ITALY.

Bishop Vincent has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr. A. B. Leonard is Secretary in Charge.

T h e Italy Conference includes the kingdom of Italy and those parts of contiguous countries, as Switzerland and Austria, where the Italian language is spoken. The estab­ lishment of a Mission in Italy was decided upon by the Board of Managers in Ne\# York in September, 1870. In

March, 1871, the first missionary arrived in Genoa, where the headquarters of the Italy Mission were temporarily located. In March, 1881, the Mission was organized into a Conference. In 1890 the offices of the Mission were trans­ ferred from Florence to Rome.

M issionaries .

Rev. William Burt and Mrs. Burt, Rev. N. Walling Clark and Mrs. Clark, Rev. F. H. Wright and Mrs. Wright. W. F. M. S.— Miss Louise Beazelle, Miss M. Ella Vickery, Miss Ida M. Bowne, Miss Eva A. Odgers. 84 Missionary Report. [1900.

Rom e D i s t r i c t .— N. Walling Clark, P. E.

At the Annual Conference of 1899 Bishop Walden announced that a year’s furlough had been granted to Dr. Burt, and, in consequence, that the district of which he had been presiding elder would be divided into three sections. Of the first of these, comprising the central part of Italy and called the Rome District, the writer was placed in charge. The work on the Rome District, under the zealous leadership of our ministers, has gone forward with many evidences of gratifying progress. Special revival services have been held in nearly every congregation. The presiding elder was present to assist the pastors in these services at Pisa and Terni, as well as in Rome. Much interest was shown in these services, and there were several conversions in each place. A very hopeful sign is the increased desire n&nifested by our lay members to cooperate in communicating the Gospel to others. An important ele­ ment in our churches at Florence, Pisa, and Rome is the Epworth League, whose various committees are very active and contribute much to the success of our work. The poor and sick are visited, thousands of tracts are distributed, evening schools are maintained, and special lectures are given for the instruction of_ the young people of our con­ gregations. The day school at Florence has been attended by some sixty children, and at the final examinations, held by a commission sent by the minister of public instruction, the school was highly praised for its advanced methods and excellent results shown in the training of the children. A forward movement was organized in the early part of the year in connection with our work in Rome. Three new centers of evangelization were inaugurated in different parts of the city, one of them in the build­ ing of our girls’ school across the Tiber, the other two in halls where we have flourishing day nurseries. The preaching and pastoral visiting have been done by the students of the Theological School. Hundreds of persons have heard the preaching of the Gospel for the first time, and many of them have been converted. It is worthy of special note that these missions have been maintained without the slightest expense to the Missionary Society. Friends were soon found who became interested in these special efforts to evangelize the laboring classes in Rome, and they have generously contributed to the support of the work. In December last we had the pleasure of welcoming to Rome the Rev. F. H. Wright and his family. Bishop Walden appointed him pastor of the American Church, in which position he has been eminently success­ ful. The audiences have been larger than in any previous year, and for the first time this important branch of our Mission has been formed into a regular church organization, according to the Discipline. There is a prospect that we shall soon be able to establish deaconess work in Italy. One of our visitors, Mrs. Warner Miller, wife of the well-known ex-Senator of New York, has generously offered to main­ tain two young Italian women, during a two years’ course of instruc­ tion and preparation for the deaconess work. Under God’s blessing this 1900.] Italy. 85

movement will be of incalculable advantage in giving us entrance to some of the best families in Italy. A notable step in advance has been taken by our Boys’ Institute, which, having outgrown the quarters assigned to it in the Rome building, has taken up its abode in a beautiful villa a short distance outside of the Porta Pia, one of the city gates. Here the boys have a large play­ ground, and the institution has ample room for development. Under wise and energetic direction there is no good reason why the number of students should not be doubled within the next year. Upon the moral training and spiritual culture of these boys will depend in large part the future character of our Church in Italy. Hence the question of prime importance is, after all, not the number of students, but the measure of moral influence which is daily being exerted upon them. Our boys must be soundly converted to the Lord Jesus Christ, and for this end we ask the earnest and constant prayers of all friends of Italy.

T h e o lo g ic a l S c h o o l .— N. Walling Clark, President. The regular course of instruction has been followed as closely as pos­ sible during the past year, although the absence of Dr. Burt on his fur­ lough and of Rev. Paolo Gay, appointed by Bishop Walden vice president of the school, has made necessary certain changes in the corps of professors. The instruction in homiletics, given in previous years by Dr. Burt, was kindly assumed by the Rev. Robert Foster, of the English Wesleyan Mission, and his lectures have been greatly enjoyed by the students. Brother Gay was unfortunately taken seriously ill in August of last year, and in consequence has not been able to begin his duties as the successor of Professor Tollis, who was transferred to Florence at the last Conference. The absence of Brother Gay laid additional bur­ dens upon the president, but the thought of the afflictions borne by our beloved brother with so much patience and Christian fortitude rendered the task more easy. During the year there have been 24 students in attendance, of whom 14 have pursued the theological course and 10 the preparatory course. The final examinations in each course of study were very satisfactory, and gave evidence that the work of the year had been performed with inter­ est and profit. One of the students of the preparatory course has grad­ uated this year from the State Lyceum and has received the Lyceum diploma, which is equivalent to a college diploma in the United States. Four others of the preparatory course secured the diploma of the State Gymnasium, two of them receiving the highest averages of all the candi­ dates present at the examination. We are appreciating more and more the necessity of giving our 3'oung men a broad and thorough preparation, before they enter upon their theological studies. Two young men were graduated from the school this year. One of them has been appointed pastor in charge of the circuit in Neuchatel, Switzerland, and the other has gone, at his own charges, as a missionary to the Italians in Australia. It has been a great help to the students this year that they have had 86 Missionary Report. [1900.

the opportunity of preaching frequently in the new missions opened in various quarters of the city of Rome. This has enabled them to acquire a practical, as well as a theoretical, knowledge of methods of evangeliza­ tion. Two courses of special lectures have been given before the school, one by the Rev. Eduardo Stasio, presiding elder of the Naples District, and the second by Dr. Emilio Comba, the well-known professor of the Wal- densian Theological School in Florence. The amount received for self-support shows a hopeful increase, $723 having been received from the students and from friends during the year. N a p l e s D is t r ic t .— Eduardo Stasio, P. E. No district in all Italy is more willing to welcome the Gospel than the Southern. This is a decided change, but there is a reason for it. In the large centers of superstition, where the priests have attacked the Evangelicals, the people are less hostile, and much more willing to hear the preaching of the Gospel. These centers have supplied contingents of emigrants, and as these emigrants have gone to Switzerland, Ger­ many, England, and especially the United .States, they have found that the Evangelicals are not the devils they have been portrayed by the priests. Some have embraced the Gospel; others, if they have not be­ come Evangelicals, have ceased to persecute and are more willing to hear the truth. This providential change in attitude has produced a religious awakening in several places, and there is a greater disposition to accept the Gospel teachings. We are suffering from retrenchment. One minister from this district has been sent to another, two local preachers have been discontinued, and in place of the three we have lost we have one solitary student. Two churches were therefore left without pastors, and great injury was done to our work because of this unfortunate necessity. At one point at the time of our regular visitation fifteen persons were received into full connection. A large number of Romanists attend the services and always show respect and devotion. The Sunday school is doing a splendid work. There is a great opportunity to extend the work in the vicinity of Foggia, but owing to the lack of means it has not been done. At Spinazzola there was a good deal to discourage our preacher, and he was so disheartened as to ask to be sent elsewhere. He was, however, urged to stay, and the result was a great revival. One parocco, or parish priest, had accused the Evangelicals of not respecting the dead. To prove that this was not true our pastor decided to put a floral trib­ ute on the tombs of our deceased brethren, and had an exercise in the cemetery. Over two thousand persons were attracted to the ceremony, and after depositing the flowers on the graves he mounted a rock and preached the Gospel to the assembled multitude. The parish priest was discomfited, and our brethren left, masters of the situation. That same evening our church was crowded, and many were added. Five other points are without a pastor because of the retrenchment. Some of our countrymen who have been converted in America return 1900.] Italy. 87

to their native land and ask for ministers. Shall we abandon them and leave them in the hands of the priests? I put it on the conscience of those who are able to provide. The conversions on the district daring the year have been 146, with 163 on probation. T h e churches have given 1,834.05 lire ($366), or 458.89 lire ($91) more than last year, and double that of three years ago.

S w it z e r l a n d D is t r ic t .— Eduardo Tourn, P. E. Many have passed from the darkness of ignorance and superstition of the Romish Church info the light of the Gospel. Pastor Gagnebin, of Lausanne, said to me, “I have never seen the work so good during my twenty years’ ministry in Belgium.” We cannot thank God enough for his protection and blessing. He has encouraged us to pray with greater intensity, and the struggle has made us richer in faith and love. We have not been alone in the fight; many Christians have sustained us with their prayers. I say this with a senti­ ment of profound gratitude toward God. But our struggle is not yet finished. There has been founded at Milan an association to assist Italian emigrants. This association is patronized by a Romish bishop and some prominent laymen, and its avowed purpose is to collect funds to send Italian priests as missionaries. It is a direct attempt to neutral­ ize the influence oi Protestantism in Switzerland and Germany, and our poor laborers will be subject to the moral and intellectual influences of the priesthood. Bishop Bonemelli says that the great peril of our emigrants in the countries of free Europe is, after the anarchistic and socialistic clubs, the heretical Churches, as many Italian emigrants have abandoned the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church and have united with the Evangelical Churches. These words demonstrate the absolute necessity of increasing our work of evangelization among the Italians who have gone to foreign countries. During the last year over 150,000 laborers have emigrated from Italy to Switzerland. Many of them have come on foot, and with bruised bones, ragged clothing, and disfigured faces have appeared in our churches and night schools, where they have always found a Chris­ tian welcome. We read in Matthew that Jesus saw the multitude and was moved with compassion, because they fainted and were as sheep without a shepherd. We are able to report an increase as follows: Members in full stand­ ing, 268 (increase, 73) ; on probation. 89 (increase, 9) ; scholars, 217 (increase, 35) ; contributions, 7,119.80 lire ($1,424, an increase of $312).

T u r in D is t r ic t .— G. Carboneri, P E. At Genoa our work is progressing. The hall is well 1ocated, and our services are well attended. At Sestri after various attempts we suc­ ceeded in finding a hall in an excellent position. Good audiences as­ semble, and the brethren bear good testimony to their faith by their zeal and increased contributions. Alessandria has been richly blessed by the preaching of the word. Our 8 8 Missionary Report. [1900.

church has suffered many losses through many of our families leaving for America, but we have had a great deal to encourage us. Our pastor received into the church a young lawyer of good family, humble of spirit, yet wonderfully zealous for the Gospel. His father, objected, but the young man replied, “I prefer to take two shirts and leave home, so that I may live according to my conscience and not betray the truth.” The father, in the face of such a resolution, could only say, “That ends it.” The work in Calosso has been subject to trials and persecutions at the hands of the clericals, but it is all working out for the good of our church. At San Marzano the church has been greatly blessed. Our day school has had good recognition from the local authorities, and the Hon. Signor Baccelli, the minister of public instruction for Italy, sent our pastor a telegram, expressing his satisfaction with the work done. Near to San Marzano, at Canelli, there are a few faithful brethren, who have .greatly desired a minister. The pastor in charge at San Marzano has been there several times, but so far the priests have succeeded in prevent­ ing us from obtaining the use of a hall. Several children go from Canelli to San Marzano to attend the Sunday school, making a distance of six miles each trip.

B o l o g n a D is t r ic t .— C. B a m b in i, P . E. We have met with some discouragements in Venice. The hall in which we worshiped for some time had to be given up, and we are now working at a disadvantage in a less frequented but fairly central quarter of the city. We need a new church building in this city, and we are hoping that the Missionary Committee will be able to heed our appeal. The Industrial School at Venice is progressing well. The boys are doing good work in wood carving, drawing, and printing, besides the general education they receive. The building needs improvements. In Milan we are opening up new work. Through the assistance of Miss Cox we have been able to establish a new mission, and a nucleus of good brethren are assisting faithfully in the work. The First Church has been richly blessed this year. The attendance has been good, and an increased membership speaks for itself. At Trieste, in Austria, we have made a fine record. The work is only two years old. The political situation is against us, and yet we have seen great results. Sister Purchandofer ceded to the Missionary Society the church property', on the condition that four and a half per cent per annum be paid her during her life. This annuity will be paid by the congregation, and they also guarantee to pay one hundred dollars toward the pastor’s salary, and increase this amount as rapidly as possible. Statistics of Italy Mission, May, 1900.

i i c _ •g bo £ « • s * 60 oT ■ CIRCUIT OR T? j J o | l -g ■a SI •o'cL - STATION. i £ '5 a. f g j i « £ 0 » ’S I*

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BULGARIA.

Bishop Vincent has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr. H. K. Carroll is Secretary in Charge.

The Bulgaria Mission includes the principality of Bul­ garia north of the Balkan Mountains, with its central station at the city of Rustchuk, on the Danube River. Mission work was commenced in Bulgaria in 1857, and it was organized as a Mission Conference in 1892.

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The ninth Annual Meeting of the Bulgaria Mission Con­ ference was held in Rustchuk, Bulgaria, August 31-Septem- ber 4, 1900, Bishop Vincent presiding. The appointments for 1900-1901 are as follows:

L o f t c h a D i s t r i c t .— Presiding Elder, M. D. Delcheff. Loftcha, M. D. Delcheff. Orchania, to be supplied. Plevna, Bancho Todoroff. Selva and Gabrova, A. P. Meshkoff. Tirnova Circuit, Paul Todoroff. Girls’ School, Loftcha: Principal, Kate B. Blackburn (W. F. M. S.).

R u s t c h u k D i s t r i c t .— Presiding Elder, Trico Constantine. Lom Palanka, Peter Vasileff. Rustchuk and Hotantza, Stephen Thomoff, Peter Tickcheff. Shumla, Stephen Getchoff. Silistria and Tutrakan, Ivan Dimitroff. Sistov Circuit, Z. G. Dimitroff. Varna Circuit, Ivan Todoroff. Director of Publications, Trico Constantine. Editor of Mission Publications, Stephen Thomoff. 1900.] Bulgaria. 9 1

The presiding elders report as follows :

L o f t c h a D is t r ic t .— M. D. Delcheff, P. E. I deem it my pleasant privilege to state, at the beginning, that God has preserved the health of all the brethren in the Loftcha District, and the interest of his own work. All have enjoyed good health, and a unity of spirit has prevailed among the churches. Pastors and flock, united in the bond of Christian love, have lived with one purpose in one brotherhood. The treasury of the Mission has, at various times, given small amounts of money for most needed repairs on mission buildings in Tirnova, Orchania, and Loftcha. All the mission property in the Loftcha District is in good condition at present. Although we cannot boast of extraordinary results in the success of the work during the Conference year, we have had some signs of awakening which have encouraged the workers in their efforts to visit homes, hospitals, prisons, etc., and preach the blessedness of Christ’s kingdom. Our prayer is that of the Psalmist, “Establish thou the work of our hands upon us.” Loftcha. The Christian society in this place has now better means for Christian activity than ever before; the church, the Sunday school, the Epworth League chapter, and the girls’ school have been, with their beneficent influences, a might}- power for scattering the good seed of the kingdom. During the time of the special meetings, held for two weeks about New Year's, twelve expressed a desire to follow Christ. Some of these are earnest and faithful in God’s work and their own salvation. Great blessings came out of those meetings, both for the members and for the church. The Sunday school, under the super­ intendence of Mrs. Delcheff, has been wrell attended, and is in every respect successful. The Epworth League chapter, under the wise leadership of Miss Blackburn, assisted by the presidents of the various departments, has been shedding light over many dark and unhappy homes, its members having tried fully to live up to the motto of the League, “Look up and lift up.” The activity of its young members will surely tell for good in the future of the Church of Christ in that place. The girls’ school, with which the-Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Church is closely connected, has been a valuable help in the w'ork. All have worked in concert for the common, blessed cause. It will not be out of place to mention the summer school held by the preachers of the two mission^ in Loftcha during the month of August, 1899. The meetings proved profitable and instructive to many of the citizens. Mr. Sabat Bagdassarian. the Stundist evangelist, also held services in the church. His meetings were attended by large audiences. Orchania. The work in this place has greatly suffered on account of Brother Y. Tsvetcoff not being able for a long time after the close of Conference to make up his mind whether to accept or not his appoint­ ment to that place by the bishop. Finally, during the month of Novem- 92 Missionary Report.

ber, Brother V. Petroff, a former mission colporteur, went with his family to that place to preach and sell books in the neighboring villages and towns. His meetings have been especially encouraging. He has already several adherents in the village who are faithfully searching the word, and three new followers in Orchania. Brother Petroff has also influenced some of the fallen members of the church, and there is hope of their being revived. The Sunday school is attended by quite a few children. Although he is greatly annoyed by the priests, and many times is absent from town, he has done a good work in that hard field, and his Christian influence will tell upon the inhabitants of the place. It is desirable that the presiding bishop authorize the future presiding elder of Loftcha District to employ Brother Petroff as a worker in future in that place. Plevna. The members of the Conference know, that the worker in Plevna was permitted to spend a part of his time in his private affairs. Although Brother Palamidoff was compelled to be absent from the city and the church quite often, he always took measures that the work should not suffer. He has worked conscientiously and earnestly in that place, and in spite of his divided time and unsuitable place of worship the meetings have been well attended and encouraging. Who would not desire that Brother Palamidoff give his whole time to the work? We are sure that in such a case better success would attend his efforts, and especially if a larger and better looking house were provided for preaching. I hope that the Committee on the State of the Work will make the necessary recommendation for a more suitable place of wor­ ship in Plevna. Plevna Circuit. I leave Brother B. Todoroff to report the success of the work in the circuit, while I shall only mention the need of a larger room in the village of Dubnik. That village is only sixteen kilo­ meters from Plevna, and the railroad has a station there. Both the' pastor and the brethren exercise a good influence among the villagers. Many are sending their sons and daughters to “the Protestants” to learn something good, because they preach the pure word of God. To many in that village the word of God is truly a power that renews the whole man. Many appreciate that, but, as I have said, we must have a more suitable place, where not only few, but many would go to hear the word preached. I have been greatly encouraged by the earnestness of the Christians whenever I went in that village. Selva and Gabrova. Brother Meshkoff moved late from Orchania on account of Brother Tsvetcoff’s failure to go to that place. In Gabrova, which Brother Meshkoff has visited quit^ regularly, there are signs of good work, but he has not succeeded in renting there a special place for holding meetings. The people in that town are wide awake on the church question. That place in due time may become a good soil for religious work if only a place be rented, and the preaching of the Gos­ pel be commenced in earnest. I hope Conference will décide that a preacher visit that place at least once in a while, trying, of course, to rent a meeting place. Brother Meshkoff s work will not be fruitless. 1900] Bulgaria. 93

In Selva the brother has had some unpleasantness that has hindered the work, but of late he reports larger audiences and more lively inter­ est in hearing the word. Our prayer for that place is that "all things work together for good.” Tirnova. The pastor, Brother Todoroff, preaches on Sundays to large audiences, generally from 150 to 200 people. The Sunday school is largely attended, there being more than 60 scholars. The hope of the church is in the young generation. Six persons have been taken on probation during the year. Both the pastor and the Quarterly Confer­ ence desire that regular work be opened in Gorna Orehovitza. There is hope for that place. My opinion is that not only should a worker visit that town, but that a place should be rented for holding regular services. Many times people from Orehovitza come to Tirnova in order to listen to the preaching of the Gospel. We cannot expect success without working and making some sacrifice. Before closing this report I desire to express my hearty thanks to the pastors of the Loftcha District for their kind relations and the encour­ agement given me during my visits to their charges in holding Quarterly Conferences. My earnest desire and prayer to God is that he may bless their efforts and give success to his work in Bulgaria.

R u s t c h u k D is t r ic t .— T. Constantine, P. E. We come before you with the report of this long Conference year with a sense of gratitude to the heavenly Father for the opportunity he has given us to labor in his vineyard. We also humble ourselves that so little has been accomplished by us in a world where there is so much to be done; and this part of the world is no exception to the above statement. To-day the words of the Master are as true as when he uttered them, that “ the harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few.” We have been honored with the command to thrust in the sickle into ' the great harvest, and how well and faithfully we have responded to this call God and the Church of Christ are the judges, and it becomes us to give diligence to the injunction of the great apostle in connection with the trust committed to us by the shepherd of the flock, saying, “Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faith­ ful.” Personally I can freely confess that, as I look on the poor results of the year’s labor, I am humiliated; and 1 believe, brethren, that you also fully share with me this sense of humiliation. But, then, let us give thanks to God that some of us at least have seen better results during the year and let us have brighter hopes for the future. Lom Palanka has proved to be a genuine oasis in this spiritually bar­ ren, and, to a great extent, fruitless mission field. Seventeen new ad­ ditions during the Conference year attest the power of the Gospel of Christ to save souls even in Bulgaria, where materialism, infidelity, and ritualism are doing so much to retard spiritual awakening and re­ ligious enlightenment among a people whose almost only conception of re­ ligion is cold and dead formalism. There are also encouraging sighs 94 Missionary Report. [1900.

among the neighboring villages of this town. It was my privilege at my last visit to Lom to enjoy the simple but truly patriarchal hospitality of the people of one of these villages. It was truly my meat and my drink to expound the blessed Gospel of Jesus and to labor to give them a clearer light of the glorious design of Christ’s salvation concerning them. The pastor, Brother Peter Vasileff, is a true shepherd to these good people. May God more than fulfill his sanguine expectations for greater success on the part of the Christian people in that place! R ustchuk has made some advancement during the year, ¡some six persons have been taken on probation and one in full membership by the pastor, Brother S. Thomoff. The greatest drawback to the work in this place is lack of zeal and Christian activity on the part of the old members of the church. This is much to be regretted by all except by those whose zeal for criticism greatly outweighs their concern about their own spiritual upbuilding and the advancement of Christ’s kingdom among their fellow-men. Such a state of things is distressing for all good people who pray and pay for the prosperity of Zion in all tlie earth. Another drawback is the existence of some four evangelical societies— all weak, but all having pretensions of superiority over the others, at least innheir opinion. Of course, as a denomination we must work out our own salvation the best we can, and by means approved by all the laws of justice and morality. To this charge was added at the last session of this Conference the Hotantza society, by which the Rustchuk pastor was made responsible for carrying on the work with Brother Peter Tickcheff as assistant pastor. I regret to say that that arrangement has not worked satisfacto­ rily. The bishop himself feared at the time the arrangement was made that the village people would be neglected to a large extent. I suppose that this case will be referred to the Committee on the State of the Work for consideration. In any case I trust there will be wisdom enough in the proper authority to bring order out of this chaos. Shttmla has made some advancement during the year. Some have manifested greater interest in seeking the truth, and a few others have been taken on probation. Altogether there are signs encouraging us to hope for better things in that place. The family of our principal mem­ ber in the place has passed through great sorrow during the past year through the loss by death of two young and beautiful daughters within a few months. They died in the Lord, and shall reign with him for­ ever. The people in general are fanatical, but it is in such places that we can expect for better and speedier results from our labors. Silistria has added to her membership an increase of four new mem­ bers during the year. We are happy to say that during the early part of this summer a more suitable room has been fitted up for our public service, thereby accommodating both the preacher’s family and the audience. Our friends in this place are very poor, so far as the goods of this world are con­ cerned, but some of them are of St. James’s “rich in faith” and “patience.” 1900.] Bulgaria. 95

S istov gives evidence of awakening and a promise of better things spiritually than I have been able to report during the past few years of my relation with the work there. The pastor and his good wife seem to have won the esteem of some of the city people, who not only come to visit them socially, but also often attend the services. One lady espe­ cially has taken much interest in the circulation of God’s word, and she has been the means of selling some New Testaments. The students of the Commercial School still continue to come to our services despite the prohibition of the school authorities. The village of Hibellee, in­ cluded in the Sistov Circuit, is a good field to work up. The brethren there turn to this Conference for financial help to enable them to build a chapel and parsonage on a very eligible lot, of which mention was made in the presiding elder’s report of last year. They worship for the present in a rented room, but how long they may enjoy even this luxury is a question. It is a worthy case, and it ought to appeal to our Chris­ tian sympathy and prayerful solicitude. Varna, “the golden gate of Bulgaria,” is not the morning star of Methodism, or any other ism. No forward movement is noticeable in the place. Here, as in some other places, the difficulty is with the older members, who, instead of being able to reach others, need to be taught the first elements of Christian love and fellowship. Things must take a different and upward trend, or we fear God’s cause is in peril of extinction in the place. We cannot but lament over this state of things. Outside of Varna, on the other side, we have reason to thank our heavenly Father for his tokens of encouragement. At Dobritch and Baltchik we have some friends who look to us to supply their spiritual wants. They request that better provision be made for them in this respect, and pledge themselves to do their share financially toward securing this end. The pastor, Brother Ivan Toaoroff, has visited these two places, as well as some Others, several times during the year, and has always written very hopefully about them. One difficulty, especially with the friends of Dobritch, is that they al­ most all use the Turkish language. They desire that a preacher should reside in Dobritch. The case rests with the bishop now, I being only, the bulletin board in the matter. Brethren, year by year we are convinced of the great necessity of preaching the Gospel to a sin-burdened humanity, and God knows that Bulgaria needs the Gospel truth, which alone can give her people true freedom, as much as any other nominally Christian nation c>n the face of the earth. On every side we hear sensible people lamenting the decay of the moral supports of Christian character; they confess that as a nation we are not becoming religiously better, but rather worse; they are beginning to feel their disease, but cannot realize that it is only the Gospel of Christ which has been appointed of God to be “the power of salvation to everyone that believeth.” We have been intrusted with the honor of being the heralds of this blessed truth. Let us sound it forth with the power and demonstration of the Spirit of God. Let us impress upon all the fact that to “as many as received 96 Missionary Report. [1900. him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name; which were born, not of blood, nor-of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” Brethren, suffer the word of exhortation if I repeat the statement that notwithstanding the fact that the great desideratum on the part of the people is preaching capacity in the preachers, yet my own con­ viction agrees with the conviction of godly and experienced men in the ministry, that personal labor with the individual is the surest means of influencing and bringing men to Christ. This is the secret of success in the ministry of those who have made a name for themselves as skill­ ful workers in the Lord’s vineyard. Our spirits must agonize to bring spiritual things to pass. Let us do with our might what our hands find to do, and let us pray for what we may legitimately pray to God for, to make us a power in his wisdom and strength for accomplishing his high purposes. Let us heed the maxim of the founder of Methodism, who says, “To gain knowledge is good, but to save souls is better.” May we be true toilers in this particular part -of God’s harvest field ! I hope that I have been helpful to my brethren in their labors. I thank you, brethren, for your kindness to me during the past year. S ta tistic s of Bulgaria Conference, 1900.

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| | Other Helpers. i f | | Native Teachers. I I No. of High Schools. j j Members. j Adherents. 1 Conversions 1 during Year. Adults 1 Baptized. 1 Children 1 Baptized. 1 1 No. of Pupils. | No. other of Day Schools. No. 1 ofother Day Scholars. Loftchd District. L o l'tc h a ...... 2 1 5 2 3 3 7(1 SO * l 1 7 51 1 68 l $3,200 1 $1,700 $ 8,000 $10 20 $15 00 $71 80 $10 so $61 20 O rc lm n ia ...... 1 fi 1 15 1 775 P l e v n a ...... 9 2 15 25 1 18 1 1,600 Plevna Circuit .... 6 40 311 ;; < 's 1 15 ' i ÒÓ " 20 i i 20 ‘ i ÓÒ S u iv i ...... 4 12 12 1 15 T i m o v a ...... 1 20 9 80 1 20 2 ÓÒ 85 1 62 i 2,400 i 1,700 3 60 40 35 40 2 40 32 80 liuatrhuk Dint)')ci. 1 H o ta n tz a ...... 1 1!)| 1 30 30 1 1 1 14 1 30 1 L o in ...... 2 20 1 IS 14 50 85 17 3 1 25 i R usichuk ...... 1 1 3 00 “ 90 44 40 3 00 27 10 1 86; 7 fill 1 50 ' i 2,600 8,200 S i s t o v ...... 1 82 1 00 65 2 1 49 1 1,200 1 1,800 SiM sll'ill...... 3 20 3 40 32 20 2 00 27 00 14 15 20 4 8 1 111 i S h u n il a ...... 1 00 11 20 1 00 1 45 1 18 2 35 80 8 1 «0 1 3,000 "i 2,000 5 20 'à èó 16 80 V arn a...... 2 26i 3 55 60 7 3 1 33 1 4 000 ———— ------— ------— ______7 00 1 40 Loftcha District... 2 7 5 2 4 66 17 170 232 15 15 1 7 51 6 193 2 $5,600 4 $5,775 $ 8,000 $16 00 $15 60 $128 20 $15 40 $96 00 ltustchuk District. 1 i \ 5 1 5 158Ì2S 305 305 35 17 ’i i i 7 217 5 11,200 ‘ 2 4 12,000 29 80 17 30 206 20 23 80 210 95 T o ta l...... l 1 2 r, 12 6 2 9 224 45 475 537 50 32 1 7 51 1 14!13410 7 $16,800 2 8 $17,575 $ 8,000 $45 80 $32 90 $434 40 $39 20 $306 95 L ast year...... 1 2 1 18 l 5 2 12 21T26 391 533 J 1 l 1 6 » 2»'«» 391 S33 isi s , ,«3133 1 pinaG 52 1l 21 13 381 8 18,175 _ 8 7 17,212 8,400 43 40 57 20¡ 20 434 80 54 S0! 80 358 00 N o t e .— lu Rustcliuk 9,000 volumes with 903,200 pages were printed during the year. Last year 3,000 -volumes with 988,600 pages were printed. The dollar Is computed at five francs. " 9 8 Missionary Report. [1900.

ASIA.

T h e Methodist Episcopal Missions in Asia are in China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and India. More than one half the population of the earth are in these countries. 1847. The China Mission was commenced by Rev. Judson Dwight Collins and Rev. Moses C. White, who arrived in China September 4, 1847. The Mission has since developed into the Foochow Conference, Hinghua Mission Conference, North China Conference, Central China Mission, and West China Mission. 1856. The India Mission was commenced by Rev. William Butler, D.D., who arrived in Calcutta September 25,1856. The Mission has enlarged into six Annual Conferences, known as the North India, Northwest India, South India, Bombay, Bengal, and Burma Conferences.

1873. The Japan Mission was commenced under the superintendency of Rev. Robert S. Maclay, D.D., who arrived in Japan June n , 1873, and was soon reinforced by Rev. Irvin H. Correll, Rev. John C. Davison, Rev. Julius Soper, and Rev. M. C. Harris. 1885. The Malaysia Mission was commenced by Rev. Wm. F. Oldham, who was appointed missionary to Malaysia from the South India Confer- 1900.] Asia. 9 9

ence held in H yderabad in Novem ber, 1884. H e arrived in Singapore in the spring of 1885. The Mission was organized in 1889. 1885. Korea was visited by Dr. R. S. Maclay, of the Japan Mission, in

1884, who recommended the establishment of the Mission. The first missionaries arrived, Rev. H. G. Appenzeller, April 5,1885, and Rev. Wm. B. Scranton, M.D., May 3, 1885. IOO Missionary Report. [19OO.

CHINA.

Bishop Moore is the Resident Bishop. Dr. H. K. Carroll is Secretary in Charge. OUR Missions in China have passed through a period of sharp persecution. Though none of our missionaries fell victims to the Boxer mobs, all our churches, chapels, and other property in North China, except in Tientsin, were de­ stroyed, many-of our native Christians were massacred, and our work entirely broken up in the Chihli and Shantung provinces. Our missionaries in Central and West China Missions came down the river to Shanghai for safety, and some crossed over to Japan with missionaries from Foochow. The work in Hingliua was also interrupted. There was only a slight loss of property in Central China. Most of our posts in Central and South China are manned again, and those in W est China were about to be reoccupied at the end of the year. In North China heaps of ashes and debris represent our fine university and other buildings in Peking and Tsunhua, and our chapels at various points; native congregations are decimated and scattered, and about all that can be done be­ fore spring is to care for the Christians who remain. All our missionaries except Brothers Lowry, Walker, Verity, King, and Hobart are in this country or on their way hither. Amid the gloom which descended upon our North China stations at the beginning of June two things call for our gratitude to Almighty God : First, the escape of all our missionaries with their wives and little ones from the hands of the furious and fiendish Boxers. They were not less willing to give their lives than the scores of brave men and women who became martyrs, but they were spared in the providence of God, doubtless that they might do further work for the Master. Second, the faithfulness of Chinese Christians of every de­ nomination in the face of death in the most frightful forms. Many, if not all, could have escaped martyrdom. They had the offer of life, in most cases, if they would recant and re­ turn to the religion of their ancestors. But they would not deny Christ to save themselves, their families, or theii be­ longings. They belong to the glorious army of martyrs, and with those of apostolic times have become the heritage of the Church; It can never again be asked, “ Are there any genuine Christians in China?” A very few proved by their surrender to the fear of death that they did not belong to Christ ; the great majority of them counted it an honor to suffer for him. 1900.] China. 101

The story of the siege of Peking has been told many times; it will be told many times more. Our missionaries assembled there May 30 for their Annual Conference. On the 4th of June, some of them, including Brothers Brown, Pyke, Davis, and Miss Croucher, left Peking on the last train that made the trip to Tientsin. It was a perilous ride, but they reached the coast safely. Those who remained behind, including Brothers Gamewell,.Verity, George D. N. Lowry, Walker, King, with their families in part, faced death bravely for ten weeks, each laboring in the line of duty in defense of the whole company. It is a peculiar pleasure to know that our Brother Gamewell had charge of the defenses, and man­ aged that supreme matter so skillfully as to win hearty ac­ knowledgments from the American and British Ministers of the great service he rendered. The following graphic summary, given by Bishop Moore, shows present conditions in a striking w ay:

B is h o p M oore' s S u m m a r y for N o r t h C h i n a .

P e k in g i n t h e S ie g e . Little, if anything, was done toward fortifying till missionaries arrived. Chief of fortifications, Gamewell; chief of food supply, King; chief of water supply, Davis; chief of Chinese labor, Hobart.

N o r t h C h i n a a f t e r t h e S ie g e . I. 1. Chapels and churches destroyed: Tsunhua District, 10 (all); Lancliou District, 2; Peking District, 15; Tientsin District, 4; Shan- Hai-Kuan District, 2. Everything in Peking District destroyed; two districts, one chapel left to each. 2. Members killed, 200 to 300. 3. Native preachers killed in battle, 2; by Boxers, 5. 4. Robbed and home­ less, about 3,000. II. Peking: 1. One evangelistic service being held where possible. 2. Educational buildings destroyed; 30 male students at hand. No classes; no quarters. One hundred female students. No classes, quar­ ters, or books. 3. Medical: No hospital work; nothing to work with; simply caring for our own people. 4. Property razed. Force, family, members located in extemporized Chinese quarters. 5. Woman’s work to be transferred temporarily to Tientsin. Men’s work to be left in Peking. 6. There is occupation now for three men and five women at Tientsin; three men and one woman at Peking. 7. Who can be spared to go home? Miss A. Terrell, Dr. Gloss, Mrs. Jewell, Brothers Pyke, Davis, G. D. N. Lowry. III. Tientsin: 1. One chapel started. 2. Two hundred members, refugees from country, killed. 3. Schools suspended; buildings all right. 4. Medical work suspended. 5. Damage to property, $300 (gold). IV. 1. Special pleas for relief ought to be heeded. Needed greatly. 2. Conference to be held May 1, 1901. 3. Brother Hobart to be made treasurer. 102 Missionary Report. [1900.

FOOCHOW.

Bishop Moore has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr. H. K. Carroll is Secretary in Charge.

T h e Foochow Mission includes the Fuhkien Province in China, except so much as is included within the Hinghua Mission Conference. It was commenced in 1847, and organ­ ized as a Conference in 1877.

M issionaries . Miss Sarah M. Bosworth, Rev. Ernest B. Caldwell and Mrs. Caldwell, Rev. Harry R. Caldwell and Mrs. Caldwell, Rev. William H. Lacy and Mrs. Emma Nind Lacy, Ben H. Marsh and Mrs. Evelyn Pinkney Marsh, Rev. George S. Miner and Mrs. Mary E. Miner, Mrs. Julia W. Plumb, Rev. James Simester and Mrs. Winifred Simester, Rev. Myron C. Wilcox, Ph.D., and Mrs. Hattie C. W ilco x. In the United States: J. E. Skinner, M.D., and Mrs. Susan L. Skinner, M.D., Rev. George B. Smyth, D.D., and Mrs. Alice H. Smyth, Rev. J. H. Worley, Ph.D., and Mrs. Imogene L. Worley. W. F. M. S.— Miss Julia A. Bonafield, Miss E. Marguerite Glenk, Miss Mabel C. Hartford, Hu King Eng, M.D., Miss Carrie I. Jewell, Miss Isabella D. Longstreet, Miss Luella M. Masters, M.D., Miss Flor­ ence J. Plumb. Mrs. Susan Tippett, Miss Lydia J. Wilkinson. In the United States: Miss Mable Allen, May E. Carleton, M.D., Miss Alice Linam, Ella M. Lyon, M.D., Miss Mary Peters, Miss Phebe C. Wells.

A n n u a l M e e t in g . The Annual Meeting of the Foochow Conference was held in Foochow, in October, Rev. James Simester presiding, by appointment of Bishop Moore, who found that the interests of our work in North China required his presence there at the time. He visited Foochow in December, however, to arrange the. appointments of the missionaries; but we have not had time to receive his report. Rev. James Simester writes as follows:

The Foochow Conference has just closed. Of all our work in China, Foochow and Hinghua are the only places where work is being carried on as usual. God has been merciful unto us, and although some of his people here have been sorely tried, none have yet “resisted unto blood.” There has been a decrease in the number of probationers during the year, but a more than proportionate increase in full membership, so that in spite of the trying times the reports show a small increase. The 1900-] Foochow. 103

Conference session lacked the inspiration the presence of a bishop always gives, but we had a good time, and the preachers returned to another year’s work full of cheer. The Anglo-Chinese College is doing full work, and the number of students far exceeds our hopes a month ago. Some students from Shanghai and most of those from Amoy and Canton have returned, but the boys from Singapore and Hongkong prefer to stay at home for a while. The authorities, both Chinese and foreign, are strongly opposed to

missionaries going into the country just yet, as affairs are very un­ certain. But from Foochow as a center, with occasional trips into the country, the work can be carried on fairly well. Our great anxiety just now is lack of funds. Much of the work here is supported by special gifts, and since the trouble in the north began these gifts have to a large extent ceased coming. The day schools under Brother Miner are already nearly a thousand dollars behind, and some of the rest of us are beginning to wonder where our preachers salaries for next quarter are coming from. Some of the preachers under my charge are provided for for nearly a year to come, but some of them will have to be dropped January 1, unless money comes soon. Please don’t withhold money from Foochow on account of 'the war, 104 Missionary Report. [1900.

because our work is going on as usual, and unless the support comes the work will be seriously crippled. Not a single church has been closed, nor a preacher dismissed, nor a school discontinued on account of the war. The money raised for self-support has been decreased by a large amount, owing to the poverty caused by floods, famine, and persecution. The work was never so much in need of your prayers and your money as now.

F o o c h o w D is t r ic t .— M . C. Wilcox, P. E. Though unable to be present at the session of our Conference, which convened October 8, it gives me pleasure to furnish reports of my dis­ trict and other work intrusted to my care. During the larger part of the period covered by this report my time and strength have found full and sweet employ in holding Quarterly Conferences and meetings, preaching the Gospel on many other occa­ sions, and editing the Chinese Christian Advócate, in addition to the work devolving on me as missionary in charge of Hokchiang District and principal of the Boys’ Boarding (or High) School at Foochow. Like many other missionaries, I have also been burdened with what St. Paul calls “the care of the churches”— a phrase which in China refers principally to the numerous and often sad cases of persecution, real or apparent, which greatly tax one’s time and sympathy. Despite the unusual character of many of the cases brought to my attention, I have adhered to our rule to discourage appeals to native magistrates or to the American consul. Scarcely any new case has been taken up with my approval. Over and above the regular missionary work just outlined are the heavy demands of the correspondence with special contributors of money to support preachers, students, etc. Were time and strength sufficient, this would be a most congenial task, but under the circum­ stances it strongly resembles the famous "straw that broke the camel’s back,” for I have not, like my predecessor, a trained native assistant to do most of the work for me. However, while seeking to discharge every known duty, I have been conscious of the Father’s blessing and have had the hearty cooperation of all my fellow-workers. foreign and native. Hence my yoke has been easy and my burden light. The preachers have generally been faithful, most of the circuits have shown some improvement, and there have been accessions to the Church, as well as a deepening of spiritual life on the part of a good many be­ lievers. It is especially gratifying to know that the native Christians have stood firm in spite of the danger and turmoil through which they have been called to pass. The Boys’ High School has maintained its large attendance, and good work has been done. A number of the students are looking forward to the ministry .as their lifework. Near the beginning of the year this school was removed to a building more conveniently and healthily sit­ uated than the one formerly occupied. 1 earnestly hope the friends of this school will soon send me $500 with which to purchase land in order 1900.] Foochow. 105 that we may erect the greatly needed building, toward which Rev. William H. Lacy, of this Mission, has generously offered to provide $1,000, and, if possible, to raise $500 more am ong his friends. In this connection I want to acknowledge the faithful services of Mr. Ngoi, the monitor of the school. This report should also include some account of the Chinese Chris­ tian Advocate, which was placed in my charge by the Central Confer­ ence, held at Shanghai in November, 1899. We have endeavored to lay special emphasis on the religious tone of the paper, so that every num­ ber may convey a helpful message to those who are “feeling after” the truth as it is in Jesus, and to those who are hungering and thirsting after righteousness. Letters from various persons, including a native pastor at Peking, speak of the spiritual aid and comfort the Advocate has afforded. Other features necessary to make the paper generally useful and acceptable have not been neglected, as is evident from the following notice in the Shanghai North China Herald, perhaps the leading newspaper in the far East: “Besides religious and educational articles, the Hwa Mci Pao also contains all the important news of the day and is in every way a most readable paper for the Chinese of all classes.” Much credit is due to Rev. Uong De Gi, the assistant editor. We extend" our hearty thanks to all, far or near, who have in any way contributed to the success of the paper. I also bespeak the earnest co­ operation of all the members of this Conference and of all our mission­ aries and native preachers in China to the end that this periodical may reach and benefit a constantly increasing number of readers. In the absence of Dr. G. B. Smyth the Anglo-Chinese College has maintained its good record under the acting presidency of Rev. James Simester and his faithful colaborers. As this and other departments of the work within Foochow District are reported by those in charge, details need not here be given. As usual, the workers of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society have been abundant in labors. All classes of their work— evangelistic, educational, and medical— have continued to prosper. Our Mission Press, in charge of Rev. W. H. Lacy, has continued to send forth innumerable leaves “for the healing of the nations,"’ or at least for this poor, bleeding nation, with its four hundred millions of immortal souls. The numerous day schools in this district have during another year been instrumental in much good. This important work is in charge of Rev. G. S. Miner, the faithful and energetic superintendent of this department of work throughout the Foochow Conference. All our day schools are supported by special gifts, for which we are deeply thankful. We earnestly hope none will discontinue their gifts for this work on account of the dangers which have at times threatened it. It seems fitting that a report dealing with our work in the capital of Fukien Province should give an account of the somewhat trying conditions under which our missionaries have for some time been laboring. io6 Missionary Report. [1900.

Beginning with the early part of the year, tidings of the progress of the Boxers in Northern China reached us from time to time. Later came news of serious depredations by members of that secret order. As is well known, matters steadily grew worse, and yet the empress dowager made no sincere attempt to check that fanatical, anti-foreign movement. The frightful atrocities committed in the north by Boxers and imperial troops during the past summer are now a part of the w orld’ s history. But less attention has been given to contemporary uprisings, attended with serious loss of life and property, in other parts of the empire. For a time the trend of affairs at Foochow was very threatening. Toward the latter part of July the people jn the native city and in some of the towns up the Min River were reported as becoming daily more hostile toward native converts and foreigners. Several Chinese Chris­ tians at Foochow told me that they had been kept awake night after night by noisy demonstrations on the streets, the threats being against the churches, schools, and hospitals, as well as against the native be­ lievers and missionaries. I also heard enough to confirm the state­ ments of my informants. Placards were then being posted in Foochow, ostensibly by Boxers, exhorting their sympathizers in this city to keep up courage, as hun­ dreds of their comrades were on the way to help exterminate the hated foreigners and the native adherents of the “Jesus religion.” One of these placards I secured and still have in my possession. At that time thousands of long knives were being made in Foochow, presumably for the so-called Vegetarians. It will be remembered that five leaders and twenty-one other members of this anti-foreign secret society were executed on account of their share in the Kucheng massacre of August 1, 1895. Yet the organization was not destroyed, as is sadly evident from the murder of missionaries by Vegetarians near the end of last July in southern Chekiang, the province bordering Fukien on the north. Before it seemed necessary to remove my family elsewhere I had prepared the “plan” of the fourth quarterly meetings for this district. They were to begin the latter part of August, but our United States consul, Dr. S. L. Gracey, told me that for months to come I must not think of traveling in the country. He also requested me to dis­ courage large public gatherings, fearing that they might attract the attention of the rabble and precipitate trouble. Experienced Chinese pastors and others gave it as their opinion that the native Christians, church property, etc., would be safer in the temporary absence of the missionaries, the sight of whom, it was thought, would have an irritating effect on account of their being for­ eigners. Under these circumstances our consul was fully justified in advising, as he did, that unmarried ladies and missionaries with families should as soon as practicable go to a safer place. Accordingly some of our workers, whose furloughs were nearly or quite due, left for America; others proceeded to Amoy; while several unmarried 1900.] Foochow. 107 ladies and four families— including my own— went to Japan, where we were most hospitably received by our missionaries. Soon after most of our number had left Foochow a gunboat arrived and was stationed at the mouth of the Min River near Sharp Peak Island, where we have a sanitarium, which was then considered a safe place to sojourn for those who had not already gone abroad, and who were therefore spared a trying journey in midsummer. Thanks principally to the fidelity of the viceroy and his subordinate officials— a fidelity implying disregard of the empress dowager, Prince Tuan, and the Boxers— there has thus far been no outbreak in Foo­ chow or vicinity, though the buildings of the American Board Mis­ sion at Shaowu, on the Min, two hundred miles above this city, were destroyed, and the English Presbyterians suffered a similar loss at a place about one hundred and fifty miles southwest from here. Owing to the lateness of the notice, none of us who were in Japan could reach Foochow in time for Conference, and I was still further delayed by serious illness in my family. But we now, November 12, greatly rejoice in being able to rejoin our fellow-laborers, native and foreign, and to resume the work which has become increasingly dear to us as the years have passed away. We know not what the future has in store for this work, but trusting in our Father’s infinite love and unerring wisdom, we go calmly for­ ward, conquering and to conquer.

F o o c h o w B o y s ’ B o a r d in g S c h o o l .— M. C. Wilcox, Principal.

As the work of this school is spoken of in my report of the Foochow District, I will here give only a few additional items. At the beginning of the year more than 80 boys applied for admission into this school, but as our requirements are somewhat rigid, only 48 could be received. During the first half of the year the attendance increased twenty-five per cent, but for the last three or four months the number has fallen off some on account of the threatening aspect of affairs due to the war in the north, but is still larger than formerly. The cost of living has been greatly increased by the high price of rice, hence some of the students have found it difficult to remain in school. Quite a number have been aided, partly by special contribu­ tions from kind friends in America and partly by the proceeds of the sales of silk bookmarks made by the students, who have contributed $49.50 toward the miscellaneous expenses of the school. A number of the older students are improving every opportunity to “hold forth the word of life” among their fellow-countrymen, and the school as a whole is accomplishing much good.

T h e A n g l o -C h i n e s e C o lleg e.— Rev. James Simester, Acting President.

The past year has been the most prosperous in the history of the college. The total enrollment of students has reached 310. Of this io8 Missionary 'Report. [1900.

number less than 30 have received any help from foreigners. Of those who have received help five have borrowed from the Loan Fund and the others have earned their way by teaching. A new dormitory is in process of erection which, when completed, will cost $2,500 (gold). It will be ready for use in about a month. The faculty has been greatly weakened by the absence of President Smyth and his wife, who are in the United States on furlough. As a partial offset, however, we have had the services of Mrs. Plumb, who has come as a permanent addition to our force of instructors. New colleges doing the same kind of work are being established all over the empire, yet our attendance from other parts of China is increasing— an evidence, I think, that the college is more than holding its own with the others. Others have more money and better buildings, but we still hold first place in the number of students. The most encouraging feature of the year’s work is the result of a revival meeting held during the latter part of February. The meetings were under the guidance of the Young Men’s Christian Association, and the leaders nearly all teachers or students of the college. Seventy young men representing the best classes of the Chinese gave their hearts to the Saviour, and made public profession of their faith in his name. Months have passed by, and I have not heard of one who has been untrue to his profession. One young man, not being able to stand against the opposition of his parents and friends, withdrew before the meetings closed, but the rest have been faithful. The zeal of these young disciples is making itself felt not only in the college, but wherever they go. Our greatest need is a chapel building in which to hold religious services. At present we have no room large enough to hold all the students, and until this need is supplied we shall be working against a great disadvantage.

R e po r t o f M i s s S a r a h M . B os w o r t h .

Another year has passed, and again it is time for the annual report. This time I have something a little different to report. On last Thanks­ giving Day I was appointed missionary in charge of long Bing District, in addition to my regular work in the Anglo-Chinese College. This appointment was made necessary by the return of Dr. Worley with his family to the United States. My duties in the college made it impos­ sible to visit the district at once, but a timely visit of the native pre­ siding elder to Foochow gave opportunity for consultations, and a trip over the lower part of the district was planned for the Chinese New Year vacation. This is not the most favorable time for country traveling, as the people are busy, the weather is apt to be bad, and prices for coolies and boats are higher than at other times. But it was the only time I could go, so, leaving Kucheng, where I had spent a few delightful days in the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society home, Feb­ 1900.] Foochow. 109 ruary 7, in company with Miss Linam, I went direct to Ciong Hu Buang, the lowest point on the district. Here we were joined by the elder. From this point our trip occupied five and one half days, during which time we traveled 127 miles, visited five stations, and the elder estimated that we touched about one tenth of the district! Truly mag­ nificent are the distances in long Bing, and elastic, too, as we found to our dismay several times, when what was said to be fourteen or fifteen English miles stretched out to at least sixteen or eighteen, if not more. And the field is white as well as large, for we found attentive and willing listeners everywhere, aijd longed to be able- to send out more workers to gather the harvest. On our return to Ciong Hu Buang a meeting of the preachers on the lower part of the district was held for prayer and Bible study. At this meeting eight of the workers were present, and we believe were greatly helped. The presiding elder is a very earnest man, who feels his responsibility very much and is untiring in his efforts to carry on the work. He travels over the mountains and through the valleys, many weary miles, often on foot and in all kinds of weather. I am sorry that absence from the field prevents my sending his report with mine, as I am sure it would be interesting. The preachers, too, are most of them doing their utmost to carry forward the work, laboring often in remote corners, rarely seeing a fellow-preacher, and it is little wonder they sometimes make mistakes or get discouraged. A resident mis­ sionary has long been asked for. Of course, in the present unsettled condition of China, it would not be wise to send anyone there, but it is to be hoped that ere long it will be possible, and I am sure that it would result in great things for the work. The elder and preachers deserve the special sympathy and prayer of the home Church in their hard and lonely field. One lawsuit was brought to me, but as it was in no sense a case of persecution I refused, in accordance with the policy of the mission, to take it up. With the advice of the other missionaries I suggested means for settlement, and trust that before this a satisfactory adjust­ ment has been made. The Epworth League work has not been pushed as vigorously as in previous years, owing to the action of the China Central Conference, discouraging the organizing of chapters apart from educational centers or where they would detract from the regular work of the Church. But good work has been done, and we hope gradually to educate the people to an appreciation of the meaning of Epworth League work. These other lines of work have by no means led me away from my first love, and I find the college work as interesting as ever. The revival last spring and the earnest Christian zeal manifested by many of the students afforded us great joy, and we trust the coming winter will bring still greater blessings. I expect to return very soon to Foochow . n o Missionary Report. [1900.

R e p o r t o f R e v . G e o r g e S. M i n e r , Superintendent of Day Schools and Missionary in Charge of Ngu-cheng District. We are truly grateful to “our Father” for the opportunity of making another annual report of the work done within the bounds of the Foochow (China) Conference. For nearly nine consecutive years we have labored in this field, and a tolerable degree of success has at­ tended our feeble efforts. For a time it looked as though the terrible wave of persecution and slaughter from the north would sweep over this province but its progress has been stayed. Many threats, much uneasiness, the burning and looting of a score or more of chapels and places of worship, the destruction of the American Board property at Shao Wu, the severe persecution of native Christians in many places, but no murders, so far as we have learned at this writing, have been visited upon the people of the Fuhkien Province. The “special gift” day school work has progressed so that this year we have 261 schools with 5,934 pupils, who have contributed $1,819 toward the support of the schools. The institutes and meetings held with the teachers have resulted, we think, in much good. But O ! it requires “line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little” to make a model teacher of a Chinaman. It is difficult to change the customs of more than two thousand years’ standing. We most heartily thank all the kind and generous friends in the “home land” for their continued support of this work, and pray God’s richest bless­ ings to rest upon them. I verily believe that the success of this work is largely due to the many prayers that are being offered by its sup­ porters. Last October, in addition to the day school work, Bishop Cranston placed me in charge of the Ngu-cheng District. On our first round we discovered some irregularities that we changed, others that we hope will soon be righted. The boys’ boarding school at Ngu-cheng city is doing good work. Rev. Huong Pau Seng, the principal, is an “up-to- date” man, so far as his opportunities afford. There are 28 pupils in attendance, and the examination at the close of the spring term was exceedingly creditable. The girls’ and women’s schools, located here, are a success, as one might well expect, they being in charge of Misses Trimble and Allen. Miss Allen is now enjoying a well-earned furlough, but will soon return and resume her work. It was a great boon to this district when Miss Luella M. Masters, M.D., was appointed to the medical work. A hospital, opened in the building recently erected for the women’s school, was soon filled with patients. The persons seen, prescriptions filled, and money received are all far in excess of what was at first expected. The new church that is now in process of erection at Ngu-cheng city is going to be a model of neatness and convenience. It will be built of cut stone and brick, modeled after one of our church extension plans, and will seat about one thousand persons. This enterprise is largely due to the untiring energies of Miss Lydia A. Trimble. 1900] Foochow. h i

In conclusion I wish to say that I firmly believe that the future for the Chinese was never brighter. Let the present trouble be settled -as it may, it cannot be worse for the average Chinaman than it has been in the past. If the Christian Church will only embrace its golden opportunity, and send hundreds of missionaries and thousands of dollars to evangelize the Chinese, this war will not have been waged in vain. May the Church look not to the needs of China, but to the needs of the Chinese!

R epo r t o f W i l l ia m H. L a c y , Treasurer and Business Agent of the Foochow Mission, and Superintendent of the Mission Press.

So quickly has another year passed by, it scarcely seems possible it is time to make my eighth annual report as treasurer and business agent of the Foochow Mission and superintendent of the Mission Press. Al­ though the duties in connection with these appointments are legion, and are sometimes performed in much weariness, they are my constant de­ light, for it is a pleasure to me to be thus intimately associated with my fellow-workers of our own and other missions, and feel that I am in siome measure helping to bear their burdens, and thus advance the cause of Christ in this great empire. To my “assistant missionary,” Emma Nind Lacy, much credit is due for her untiring devotion to the work. Besides teaching in the Anglo- Chinese College, she has relieved me of many responsibilities in the office, made the home restful, the family an inspiration, and herself a delight­ ful companion. During the greater part of the year Mrs. Lacy and I continued to carry on the “ragged Sunday school” for heathen women and children which we opened at Ching-sing Dong nearly eight years ago. A serious fire near the church last May, which destroyed one hundred houses, lessened the attendance. The terrible flood of June 29, which covered an area of several miles, destroying some seventy houses in the near neighborhood, filled the church to a depth of four feet, making it necessary to close the Sunday school for a few weeks. Then came the terrible news ol the Boxer massacre of Christians in the north, exciting the people of Foo­ chow and making this form of mission work unadvisable. About the end of July, in consequence of the disturbed conditions in Foochow and the possibilities of serious troubles here, on the advice of United States Consul Gracey, we with many of the missionaries of our own and other missions left the port for a temporary refuge in Japan. During cur absence my first assistant in the office, Mr. Hii Ung Ming, remained at his post, discharging his duties with the utmost fidelity during this time of great anxiety, and making it possible to continue the work of the Mission Press during the entire summer without inter­ ruption. As we enter upon another Conference year we are glad to be back at our stations again after an absence of ten weeks. Our hearts are full of gratitude and praise to our heavenly Father for the blessing of the 112 Missionary Report. [1900.

past year. While the unsettled conditions of the empire have made mission work impossible in many places, and seriously interfered with it throughout whole provinces, our work in Fuhkien has gone forward with but little interruption, and the work of the Mission Press has scarcely felt the convulsions which, we trust, are now shaking the em­ pire loose from the shackles'of corruption and superstition which have held it through so many centuries. The tabulated figures below show a total of over twenty-four million pages printed during the year, an increase of over four million pages over last year. Probably the effects of the Manchu-Boxer revolu­ tion will be more perceptible in the record of work done during the com­ ing yesr, as the Bible and tract societies will need to do but little printing until peace is again restored. We now have in press a large edition of the Wenli Bible for the American Bible Society, but, besides this, we do not expect many orders except for such books as may be required by the Fuhkien missions and tract societies. W e are indebted to the liberal patronage of the American Bible Society and the North China and North Fuhkien Tract Societies for the bulk of the work done the past year. The grants made by the Tract Society and Sunday School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church to our mission have enabled us to reprint considerable denominational litera­ ture and continue the usual publications for our Sunday schools. The plant of the Mission Press has been improved by the addition of some new type, also new machinery for stereotyping and bookbinding. Several hundred dollars have been expended in improvements on the building, and in the purchase of two pieces of land adjoining the Press property on the north. The old Chinese buildings have been removed from this land, and thereby our danger from fire greatly diminished. By the removal of the students from the top floor of our building we now have control of the entire building, a privilege we have long desired. This enables us to provide more healthful sleeping rooms for some of the workmen, better rooms for our constantly increasing supply of for­ eign stores, where they may be safe from the ravages of white ants, and a small chapel in which the workmen may assemble for morning wor­ ship and other- meetings. I am thankful we can report largely increasing sales at our Press Bookstore, especially of Scriptures, of which the cash sales for the last six months were almost as large as the previous year. We now have on sale in the bookstore most of the publications of the Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge, also many of the books and tracts issued by the tract societies of Shanghai, Hankow, and Hong­ kong. The circulation of the Foochow Colloquial Monthly remains at the former figures of about 600 copies. The circulation of the Chinese Christian Advocate has held its own, about 3,000 -copies monthly, not­ withstanding the fact that the 15-cent club rate was discontinued by ofder of the Central Conference. 1900.] Foochow. 113

The amount of work completed during the year may be summarized as follows: Volumes. Pages. S c rip tu r e s ...... 35,800 10,978,800 Tracts: Books, etc ...... 66,880 5,595,560 S h e e t s ...... 70,350 S. S. Literature: Books, etc ...... 20,020 448,540 S h e e t s ...... 41,350 Miscellaneous: Books, etc...... 195,479 6,628,728 S h e e t s ...... 268,217

T o t a l s ...... 318,179 24,031,545

H o k c h ia n g D is t r ic t .—H u Caik Hang, P. E.

I was appointed presiding elder of the Hokchiang District last Con­ ference by Bishop Cranston, but I deeply regret being so unequal to the great responsibility laid upon me. But the work of the Lord is of such importance that I dare not venture to decline laboring for him. Un­ fortunately rice is unusually dear this year because of the frequent floods, therefore the contributions for Church purposes have not seemed favorable. Several cases of persecution have arisen because the people in several places forced our church members to subscribe money for various idolatrous purposes on account of the bubonic plague. More­ over, rumors of the destruction of churches by the Boxers have caused the preachers and native Christians to suffer more or less humiliation. Thanks be to the true God, by his good care and blessing we are still in peace! Truly this is due to the excellent grace of our heavenly Father. The general conditions of the circuits of Hokchiang District are as fo llo w s : Hokchiang City has had a good year. The pastors, preachers, and teachers have all done their work well, and most of the church members are true followers of Christ. Guang-kau Circuit is not very flourishing. It was much hindered by trouble with a day school teacher last year. Fortunately the pastor has been working very faithfully, and we expect to hear good tidings next year. Dai-ngie Circuit remains about the same, but several mem­ bers are earnest Christians and are now engaged as teachers of the day schools and workers in the church. This circuit originally be­ longed to Foochow District and was this year transferred to Hokchiang District. It is very far from the other circuits, and it is truly very in­ convenient for the presiding elder to visit the place. I think it would be better to put it back to Foochow District again next year, because it is so near to Foochow and is under the same official jurisdiction. Deng-diong Circuit has had a good year. Several families have joined the church. They have contributed money to rent a house for their chapel, which is evidence that both the pastor and native Chris­ tians are in earnest. 1 1 4 Missionary Report. [1900.

Ngu-ka Circuit has had an addition of membership of about twenty families. It is delightful that the pastor is a strong, acceptable young preacher but there is such a lack of an assistant that the itinerating work is not adequately done. The chapel-«wited at present is too small, and they have planned to build a new church. But their contribution is only about $100, which will not be enough to cover the expenses of their plan. We earnestly hope the Missionary Society will assist their under­ taking. Siong-gong-ing Circuit is the best circuit as regards contributions. The membership is over one hundred families. They have passed through three severe persecutions this year. First, the doors of the church were set on fire at night. Fortunately it was discovered and the fire immediately put out. Then they were forced to contribute money for idolatrous purposes, and a relative of one of the members was shot dead. Later they were falsely accused of being guilty of murder, and the property of several families was forcibly taken. Frequent petitions have been presented to the district magistrate, but without avail. The United States consul has also often sent documents to hasten the mat­ ter, but the cases are still unsettled. On A-gong-ing Circuit the members of the Cieng-dong Station are very earnest. Some offer work and some others the land for the site of a new church. This undertaking owes much to the grant of $50 by Dr. M. C. Wilcox, who is the missionary in charge of the district, but the work has not begun yet, owing to the revolution in China. The people of that island have one very bad custom: if a person of one village has trouble with one of another, the people of both villages are captured and tortured, and the roads are cut off so the native Chris.- tians are unable to meet together at the church, and so the preachers must visit them at their villages and hold services at their homes. For­ tunately the pastor is so calm and faithful that several persons have been won to Christ. The Christians at Sa-ding on Buang-tau Circuit have willingly given up their interest in the ancestral property on ac­ count of the requisitions for idol money. This shows that their hearts are imbued with the truth. We are sorry that their church is too small. The preachers and church members have planned very hard to secure a larger one, but need the help of the Missionary Society in order to carry out their plan. Nang-iong Circuit has had an increase of several families. The pastor has been working faithfully for the Lord. Gie-keng Circuit has been divided into two circuits this year, one of which is Hai-kau. The pastor is zealous and faithful in his work, and most of the Christian people are earnest. The pastor of Hai-kau is a diligent and good preacher. There are many earnest Christians, and over a dozen families have this year joined the church. There is no church building on Seu-tau Circuit. The preachers and the native Christians have subscribed funds with which to secure a suitable building. But they have been able to raise only $40, and $80 more will 1900.] Foochow. i i 5

be needed. We are imploring the Missionary Society to extend their helping hand to them so that they may accomplish their plan. Soon after last Conference I went to Shanghai as one of the delegates to the Central Conference of China. When I returned I removed with my family to Hokchiang and began my new work. I am very thank­ ful for the faithfulness of all the preachers and because Rev. George S. Miner has visited the day schools of our circuits so as to strengthen and stir up the preachers and teachers to be diligent to their work. Dr. Wilcox is in charge of so much work this year that he could not possibly visit this district very often. But he has faithfully toiled with me in all the business of the district and planned money for the needy circuits. Certainly he has done his best for us, and we thank him very much. W e hope to have a foreign missionary station here because the work of the three districts of Hokchiang civil district is so important that it should be constantly under personal missionary supervision. We hope soon to have a boys’ high school here so that the foundation of the church of Hokchiang may be more substantial and the faith of the native Christians may be stronger and all the people of Hokchiang may receive salvation. Am en.

N g u - c h e n g B o y s ’ B o a r d in g S c h o o l .— Rev. Huong Pau Seng, Principal.

This school is established in Ngu-cheng, and is the boarding school for the Hokchiang, Haitang, and Ngu-cheng Districts. This is the most convenient place for the school, and I have consulted with the .missionaries concerning its management and have selected the brightest boys from the three districts. Nine boys came from the Hokchiang District, three from the Haitang, and sixteen from the Ngu-cheng. They are studying the course adopted by the Conference. Only a two weeks’ vacation was given this summer. This year we have employed Mr. Hung Dai Ching as monitor, and he has given good satisfaction. Ngu Hau Ceng and Ding Ceuk Sang have been employed to teach the Chris­ tian and native books, and I have taught the sciences. Seven of the pupils will finish the course of study this year and be candidates for the theological school. The other scholars will need to remain with us for some time yet. Our school building is too small, but we hope that when the new church is completed we can have the old church building for a dormitory, and then more scholars can be received. We ask the prayers of the Conference that this school may improve from day to day.

M i n g c h ia n g a n d H a it a n g D is t r ic t s .— Rev. James Simester, Mission­ ary in Charge.

The work on both these districts has suffered from lack of proper supervision. Our force of missionaries is so small that I have had to take these districts in addition to my work in the college. Missionary Report. [1900.

A visit to Haitang was one of the pleasantest trips of my life. I found a people struggling against such poverty as I had never seen and cannot describe. Nevertheless they were cheerful and full of hope. The meetings we held were well attended, and the homes we visited gave signs of the presence of God. It is not a great work, and never will be, for the island of Haitang is but a small place, the entire popula­ tion being only about 12,000. But on that island I found some of his “jewels,” and my own life was enlarged by coming in contact with these precious ones. According to its means, I think no district in the Con­ ference does so well in self-support. There are few large charges, and so the preaching is mostly done by local preachers. Mingchiang is perhaps the most “rural” of all the districts; no large cities, but hills and valleys thickly dotted with small villages. And in nearly every village there is a little church. I think there is not a per­ son living in Mingchiang five miles away from a church. Many of these churches have been established within a year or two, and most of them are less than ten years old. No other denomination has entered this district, and no field offers more encouragement to the missionary. There has been a great deal of opposition, and in some cases severe persecution during the year, but no persecuted ones have left the faith. The hospital work under the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society has been closed owing to the absence of Dr. Carleton, at home on furlough. Misses Peters and Longstreet have looked after the woman’s work, and their hearts are rejoiced over the prospects of a residence and school building. They have heretofore lived in a native building. The membership on both these districts has increased, though the amount raised from self-support has decreased. This ' 0 owing to a famine on one district and floods on the other. Three new places on Haitang and quite a number in Mingchiang have been opened to the Gospel within the past year. Statistics of Foochow Conference, November, 1900. j

-a 0 S >» DISTKICTS. rt > a Sä ¡= s oq <2 a) J2 Q •e w •cso « ja S'S ! ¿pH J3 J "(2 1 2 Native Ordained Local Preachers. Probationers. Women Women Helpers. % CLi s W.F. M. S. Native Ss V, ’S ¿'S j j 1 Preachers.1 OB O'S Oü § öS

F o o c h o w ...... 12 0 28 42 28 804 829 21 294! 11 37:5, 20 82 1,668 3G 119; 2,915 $1,89195 11 $19,030 12 #12 25 #55 so £10 05; 120 75; #681 10 $141 2.3 $146 30 1,700 H aitang...... 5 1 17 13 12 423 640 6 236' löj 205^ l j 2(1 : I i 51« 521 2S1 50 5,230 0 7 00 35 66 54 95j S 55 178 86 11 5s! 115 50 SOO H okehiung...... 8 0 9 14 3 896 5S3 IS 240 : 3; SC)! 22' 22 415 877 2S4 00 5.455 14 5 4uj 26 70; 22 5( I 9 75 286 CO! 105 80’ 155 10 850 i ; lo n g B ing ...... 7 11 18 33 12 393 , 363 8 12s! ISO; 18 434 196 77 00 3,600 9 9 70 39 40 8 (H IS Ki| 279 91 32 00: 69 00 552 K u c h e n g ...... 9 5 15 2S 21 613 207 8 115 •101 17 j 854' 301 144 00 2,965 4 6 Go] 52 8s] 1 20 5 80 413 C>0 600 00 5 30 952 K u d e ...... 7 6 13 33 23 530 290 8 1!»0 79 39 6201 20 36 7TT! 290 128 20 5] 1,390| 13 5 40] 25 60 . . . . 8 10 177 20 12 00 S 70 887 Miiiiccliiang 6 1 26 54 25 676 370 19 86 ' 30 275 22 33 681 ! 29 40 993 565 00 7| 3/210 10 14 00; 41 (to «0 65 13 00 233 30 I ! 212 20 52 00 8S5 N g u -ch en g ...... 8 27 32 21 904 1.066 33 74? 77 301 23 38; 514 29! 161 341 276 20 29 1 4 .ISO 7 7 30! 56 75 25 On 58 10 435 52 710 00 221 90 2.025

Total, 1900.... 02 30 153 219 145 4.739 4.408 121 502 25S 991 2,507 297 5,82(1 134 261 5.934 3.63S 85 79 55.366; 81 67 65 333 29 152 35 242 15 2.636 99 1.824 78 773 80, S.051 “ 1 8 9 9 .... 0-1 37 155 273 133' 4.34014,291110 682 283 102 3,419 204; 5,441 188,247 5.229 3.001 40 73 54,226! 72 07 30 402 30157 50 217' 46 2.771 34 1,697 65 717 75 8,940 In crease...... 2 12 390 117 11 123 148 33; 8S9 705 037 45 1,140 35 24 69: 127 13 56 25i D ecrease...... 2 2 24 iso 2; 09 01 5 15 134 35 289

N o ik .—Oollpcleil for Rfble Socit-lv : Foochow, $4.10 ; KuvIiciil' 5(1 o Mt t i t a l , . - y , ! . j n r l r n r t S o c ie ty : lo o c h o u -, fc.I.OT j m e re « « * , ifD.-’d . !-o r W o m a n ’s M is s io n a r y S o c ie ty : F n o c lm w , ifi'.'JT ; I la i ta n i ;. *4 ; Innft H init, $11 j K u d e , IfM : N(fii-€-ln-TiK, £•'«> : to ta l, *7 7 .2 7 . F o r F i ,n o r t h I.i':i(riie : F o o c h o w ’ *1 ') , ; Hok. lnanif. So cents , lone Hmp, *1 ; N>rii-ohenK, 44.in . t„la|, 2.45. For presidio- ciders' travilini: htoiw » : Ilaitani;, *34.89 ; Hnkchtanif. ¡}38.«0 ; K u ile , $ 2 8 .0 5 ; M in g c liia tlg , ¡filli? ; N g u -c h c n u r, * 59 ; to ta l, $i>cl>.W . INew converts : rooehow , 1 lb , Hattaiig, :w ; Ilokchinnp, tis ; Ioiik liinji, 104 ; Knchenp, 87 ; Kude, in ; Mintn-hmnc, 54 ; Niru-oheni;, 110; totnl, 075 ; decrease 7 118 Missionary Report. [1900.

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The Hinghua Mission includes the prefectures of H ing- hua and Ingchung, in Fuhkien Province, China. Mission work was commenced in the Hinghua prefecture in 1864, and the Hinghua Mission Conference was organized No­ vem ber 26, 1896.

M issionaries . Rev. William N. Brewster and Mrs. Elizabeth F. Brewster, Rev. F. L. Guthrie, Rev. Franklin Ohlinger and Mrs. Bertha S. Ohlinger, and Rev. Thomas B. Owen. W. F. M. S.— Miss Julia A. Donahue, M.D., Miss Ada Goetz, Miss Martha Lebeus, Miss Wilma H. Rouse, Miss Elizabeth E. Varney. In the United States: Miss Althea M. Todd, Miss Minnie E. Wilson.

Rev. W. N. Brewster, superintendent, writes, November 8, 1900:

Bishop Moore has not yet visited this province. We expect him to come later. All is quiet here, except one or two village cases of local persecution. The people in general are very friendly. All our men are on the ground now, and all the ladies except Mrs. Ohlinger, who expects to winter in Foochow. If asked to give in one word a description of the year’s work just closed I should say that word is “Discipline.” The Conference session of last year had scarcely closed when it became necessary to appoint a committee of investigation upon the conduct of one of the youngest of our ordained members. The reve­ lations at the trial were painful in the extreme. But there was no disposition upon the part of the committee to whitewash the affair, and the case was decided firmly, and justly. Immediately following this investigation in the Pocheng District a serious case of misconduct in the Singiu District came to my knowledge. It involved several of the young men employed under the presiding elder, and one at least of the ordained men. After long and careful investigation this case was also settled without partiality, and for the best good of the work and workers. Painful though these experiences were, I think we all realize that they have been a distinct gain to our work as a whole. The courage and spirit of fairness manifested by the native members of the various committees of investigation have greatly encouraged the mis­ sionaries, and strengthened our faith that we are gradually, under God, raising up here a Church of Christ that will be in time self-governing as well as self-supporting. I900.J Hinghua. 119

The year has been unique in the history of China, and in our mis­ sion work in the Hinghua Mission Conference. While we have been remarkably favored of God in being kept in peace, yet the experiences of the year will make a deep and, I trust, lasting impression upon the minds and hearts of our preachers and people. The general situation of the country has affected our work in many ways that would not at first sight appear to the casual observer. For example, we report less probationers than a year ago. This is to be expected. The remarkable thing is that so many of these new people stayed with us at all, at a time when their neighbors were telling them that in a few days all Christians were going to be killed and all churches razed to the ground. But the church members have nearly held their own, and bravely faced the prospect of destruction of themselves and their property. So far as I have been able to learn, very few of our people have denied their faith under the severe test. This important and encouraging fact is not merely due to the character of our church membership. While our people have stood the fire bravely, it must be borne in mind that in no case were they left to their own devices by their pastors. So far as I can learn, not one native pastor has left his station because of the threatened danger. The sheep have had their shepherds with them, so the flocks have not scattered. To appreciate how much this fact means it is necessary to bear in mind the deep-seated conviction of every Chinese that in time of peril it is absolutely necessary for him to go to his native village. He thinks he must die there if he dies in peace. He will find safety there if anywhere. Nearly all our preachers were within comparatively short distances of their homes, and could have easily filed to them. They not only stayed, but they did not send their families away. Thus the usual work of the churches in the villages has not been interrupted, and the people have come together for comfort and instruction while the “heathen raged.” But the raging stopped in most cases with words only. No serious damage has -been done anywhere to person or property among our five thou­ sand members and probationers, during the entire summer, when in many places even in this province property has been destroyed and persecution widespread. In this connection I wish 'to express my appreciation of the young men of the mission, Messrs. Owen, Guthrie, and Bucknall, who have taken their turn “staying by the stuff” in Hinghua city, so that there has been no time all summer when at least one of them has not been here. The constant presence of foreigners in the city has kept the officials alert to prevent any injury to them. This has also strengthened the faith of preachers and people in the Church. They felt that they were reasonably safe so long as foreign­ ers were on the ground and were undisturbed. Another reason why we have enjoyed such comparative quiet has been the fact that we have been as a mission exceedingly careful, of recent years especially, to avoid giving needless offense to the people. We have had a few cases of persecution with which to deal, and in settling them we have been as lenient 3 s we could be. Thus we have avoided 120 Missionary. Report* [1900.

leaving old sores to fester and break out at a time like this. For two years I have been expecting some such trouble as this year has witnessed. Often, when the Christians have urged me to insist upon severe punishment upon offenders against our rights, I have told them that I could secure heavier penalties but in the end the heathen would wreak vengeance upon us when coming disturbances made protection impossible. Probably we all now realize the wisdom of this policy, both for the sake of ourselves and the faith we profess. May the lesson prove so well learned that it will never have to be taught us again. Our statistics also show a slight falling off in self-support. This is undoubtedly due in part to the general political conditions, but more to the severe drought which has seriously affected nearly all parts of our work. In Ingchung District famine prices have prevailed all summer and Singiu, while better, has been furnishing rice to the adjoining counties on the west, and so the people have had to pay high to keep their rice at home. The missionary collection is also reduced by the enforcement of a new rule. Heretofore much of the Home Missionary money has not been paid in until after Conference. Every year there has been more or less loss through failure to collect. This year we have resolved to report only what has been actually paid in. That the falling off is not greater is a cause for much congratulation. We think that after the lesson of this year all the people will pay their subscriptions promptly, and the affairs of the society will be in a healthier condition. The educational work of the Conference has had a year of varied experience. The Biblical School was not reopened last spring. The applicants were too few, and old students returning not numerous. That we must have a school of this kind is self-evident. Our ranks are thinned by death, discipline, desertion, and discontinuance of native'agents. Wre should give this subject our best thought and most careful attention during this session. No more important problem confronts us. However, let it not be supposed that nothing is now being done to prepare young men for the ministry. In the Boys’ High School we have ten young'men who had more or less drill in the Biblical School before entering the High School. They still purpose to enter the ministry. They each work five hours a day for their board. These have been recently appointed to do evangelistic and pastoral work upon this circuit. Every day they go out at one o’clock and work till six. They render to the vice principal a written report every evening. They will spend rainy half days writing sermons and in Bible studies under com­ petent teachers. From these young men, educated in English and Chinese, with modern methods of thought and practical training in the work of pastors and preachers, we may reasonably expect to see several useful and capable ambassadors of Christ to our people. The Anglo-Chinese High School has had a good year. I will leave details of it and other departments to the reports of those in charge of the several lines of work. It is gratifying, however, to announce 1900.] Hinghua. 121 that the much-needed new building for this school is to become a reality in the near future. We have enough money in hand and promised to put up the main part of one building. Wings can be added when we have the means. It is our fixed determination not to go in debt. We will build as we get the cash. In securing this money Mrs. Brewster has done much corresponding, and has expended no little time and strength. Brother Guthrie has also made himself responsible for $1,000 (Mexican) and has drafted excellent plans for the building. We are indebted to Bishop and Mrs. Joyce for securing from an anonymous friend $500 (gold) for this object. While the year has been one of severe trial, yet I believe it has been one of the best in our history. It is a fitting preparation for a great and permanent ingathering of many people into the Church of Christ in this region in the near future. Let us remember the warning, “He that believeth shall not make haste;” and let us cling fast to-the promise, “He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.”

Pocheng D is t r ic t .—Rev. F. Ohlinger, P. E. Notwithstanding the death of two of our best givers we have held our own as to finances. Had it not been for the complete failure of the fruit crop on the Gua-au Circuit, and the severe persecution on three other circuits where our people lost nearly all their fall crops, we might have recorded an encouraging advance in the collections. Making due allowance for the circuit taken from this district and placed in the Hinghua City District, we have also held our own as to membership. Notwithstanding the number of adults baptized during the year the relentless plague has kept our numbers about the same as last year. On one circuit the pastor— the youngest and most prom­ ising man in the whole Conference— the local preacher, and the brightest pupil in Sunday school died inside of a month. And more recently a whole family, consisting of father, mother, son, and daughter died in four successive weeks—one a week. The father, being the last one to succumb, had fled from his home to the chapel, but failed to escape the fell destroyer. It has made its appearance recently (for the first time) in what might almost be called a mountain region, and threatens districts that were supposed to be immune. We are not surprised that our people diej but death seems to be specially inclined to take off our official members and best givers. It must be that they complete their probation earlier than the ordinary layman and graduate to higher offices and service. As the allies in the north advance against barbarism and reaction our persecutors go into hiding, and we may hope that ere long the Gospel will have free scope. When people are no longer hunted down, beaten, robbed, and impoverished because they want to examine into the claims of Christianity, then we shall have a hearing, and open doors will be seen in every direction. We crave nothing but the ordinary “fair field and no favors” at the hands of the government, feeling sure that our message will commend itself to the majority of the 122 Missionary Report. [1900.

best people in the land. We greatly regret our financial weakness, which prevents us from planning the advance which would otherwise soon be possible. We have made some progress in building chapels and parsonages, but are still far behind our urgent needs. Early in the year we held a class leaders’ convention, and learned more about the serious defects in this part of our machinery. Many of our leaders are too illiterate to “keep” a class book, and never think of conducting a class meeting. The convention was an experiment, but gave such general satisfaction that another one was planned for next year. Its sole object is the spiritual and intellectual equipment of these lay brethren so that they can be truly called subpastors. Their willingness to learn is most encouraging. My own labors on the district were greatly hampered by our isolated situation at Antau. The torture of anxiety was upon me from the moment I bade my family good-bye on Saturday until I returned and found them in peace on Monday. Large houses were torn down on our 'road by their owners and moved to places less exposed to robbers and pirates. The robberies customary at the end of the year began much earlier than usual last year, and were remarkably bold and numerous. Fortunately I was able to reach the greater part of my district without being away from home all night. When our friends in the north and west were fleeing for their lives, and after the murder of the German minister, I left my wife alone with two old women and a dozen chil­ dren— mostly blind— and spent two nights on a circuit twelve miles in the mountains. A modern government will soon remove the above hindrances, and I shall be enabled to travel as the work demands. Statistics of Hinghua Mission Conference, October, 1899. j | [ j j j

& DISTRICTS. Jj ’S P. I for for H o m e

Baptized Baptized Children. Cl CQ Sabbath Schools. W a of of Foreign Foreign Missionaries. For. For. Missionary Society. Native Native Ordained Preachers. For. For. Missionary Society. Native Unordained Preachers. Native Native Teachers. Members. Probationers. Average Attendance on Sunday Sunday Worship. No. o£ Children Children Baptized. No. No. of other Day Schools. j No. No. No. of other Day Scholars. No. No. of Sabbath Scholars.

< Mo. of Churches ami Chapels. Estimated Value of No. of Halls and other Churches and Chapels. Places of Worship. 1 1 No. of Epworth Members. League I I Foreign Missionaries, Worn. Collected for Missionary Benevolent Societies. j j Assistant Missionaries. j Society. Collected for other

1 1 Native Workers, Worn. z | | Collected for Self-support. | | Local Preachers and Exhorters. j Collected for Church Buifd- Local Purposes. jng jng and Repairing. Contributed for other Collected for B is h o p s ’ j j Number of Deaths. S u p p o r t. Missionary Society. J J Collected Collected for Day Schools. * * * t Sin

CENTRAL CHINA.

Bishop Moore has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr. H. K. Carroll is Secretary in Charge.

T h e Central China Mission was commenced in December, 1867, by missionaries belonging to the Foochow Mission. It was set apart as a separate Mission in 1869. It includes Central China, with its central station at the city of Nanking, on the Yang-tse River.

M issionaries . Rev. Robert C. Beebe, M.D., M. S. Charles, M.D., Rev. Arthur J. Bowen and Mrs. Bowen, Rev. F. G. Henke, Rev. Charles F. Kupfer, Ph.D., Rev. Robert E. Maclean and Mrs. Effie Maclean, Rev. Jesse F. Newman and Mrs. Lucy E. Newman, Rev. Don W. Nichols, Rev. Harry F. Row’e and Mrs. Margaret Rowe, Rev. George A. Stuart, M.D., and Mrs. Anna G. Stuart, Miss E. L. Abbott, Miss Laura C. Hanzlik, Mrs. Louise Walley. In the United, States: Edgerton H. Hart, M.D., and Mrs. Rose Hart, Rev. Edward James and Mrs. Mary E. James, Ernest R. Jellison, M.D., and Mrs. Rosa B. Jellison, Mrs. Anna R. Nichols. In Switzerland: Mrs. Harriet L. Beebe. In Germany: Mrs. Lydia K. K u pfer. W. F. M. S.— Mrs. Anna L. Davis, Miss Lucy H. Hoag, M.D., Miss Gertrude Howe, Miss Ida Kahn, M.D., Miss Clara E. Merrill, Miss Emma E. Mitchell, Miss Sarah Peters, Miss Mary C. Robinson, Miss Mary Stone, M.D., Miss Laura M. White. In the United States: M iss Kate L. Ogborn, Miss Ella C. Shaw, Miss Gertrude H. Taft, M.D.

Rev. Carl F. Kupfer, superintendent, reports as follows: My contribution to this annual report cannot be considered as a report of what has been done, but rather as a brief statement of the present condition and outlook of our Mission. Since our last annual meeting I have had my furlough, which was profitably spent in Europe and America, and have now been one month on the field again trying to gather up some of the broken threads of our organization and to encourage the feeble-hearted. Could it have been foreseen what was in store for us in Central China during the year, I would not have taken my furlough at this time. Not that I believe my presence would have prevented the enchantment of mamnion, to whom some fell a prey and departed from us, or that I could have warded off any calamity, but that by the help of God I might have given a little aid in conserving the interest of our work. This would have been my humble choice. The rupture in the government of China has effectually eclipsed the little break in the Mission, our minds having been so absorbed with the great catastrophe in the state that this little intended injury has scarcely been i goo.] Central China. 125

felt. The breach will soon be healed, and we will be far stronger as Methodists and a united band of workers ever hereafter. And may the God whom we serve henceforth save us from hirelings! But we feel strangely moved— the Mission scattered, the members in fear of coming events, the empire of four thousand years’ endurance out of joint, and the foes of missions hard at work to brand the mis­ sionary of the cross as the prime cause of all this chaos. Yet we are not discouraged. We feel confident that when the din of arms has died away the scattered elements will soon return, and many others will seek the altar of the true Son of heaven, having lost faith in him who hither­ to has assumed this prerogative. A more firmly planted foundation for the future Church will be laid, and we will soon be stronger than ever before. It needs no optimist to see that a new civilization will soon be ushered in throughout eastern Asia. The events of the year have not only given the death knell of a passing century, but the dying signal of a hoary civilization. Historians will have a new era to record both in Church and State. Friends of missions, be not discouraged! Come to the rcscue of a distracted nation, which has met its greatest of crises! Fear not the yelloiv race! The force of arms can restore order, but the Christian religion alone can bring lasting peace and prosperity. Give the Chinese Christianity, and they will appreciate as much as we do the highest civilization. To have a part in bringing new life and hope to such a needy people every true missionanr of the cross appreciates at this time as never before, for it is the highest honor and privilege ever con­ ferred upon mankind. To the charge made by the foes of missions we would give no reply. If the preaching of the Gospel of the Son of God, the Christian educa­ tion of young people, and the charitable healing of the sick have shaken this government to such a depth, then we thank God for it and take fresh courage. We ask for no greater acknowledgment of the effectual working of the Gospel. No full report with statistics of the Mission is at hand.

K i u k ia n g D is t r ic t .— R. E. Maclean, P. E. In giving report of this district at this date only a general statement of present conditions is aimed at. Wre record heartfelt thanks to God for the preservation of our lives through this eventful year. We are indeed grateful that the tide of bloodshed and horrors that has deluged the North of China did not reach us, save in the destruction of some of our property and the despoiling and persecution of some of our native preachers and mem­ bers. In this latter regard Kiukiang District has suffered rather severely. Kiukiang lies at the foot of the range of mountains within which Kuling— the sanitarium for this part of China— is situated. During two different occasions, in June and July, an exodus of several hundred foreigners from Kuling set this whole region in a fever of unrest, and, indeed, of panic, which culminated some days after the last exodus in Missionary Report. [1900.

the total destruction of our churches and parsonages at Kung-lung, Hwang-ni-tang, and Hwang-mei, and a partial destruction of our prop­ erty at Han-chia-ling. The church also at Chi-ehia-fang was totally destroyed. The churches at Chwen-lei and Tung-pau-tsen were taken down by the people of these villages— including some of our own mem­ bers— as a preventive measure. As neither were of much value the re­ building can be accomplished with little expense, as the original material has been carefully preserved. Five of our preachers suffered the loss of their property in the looting and destruction of these parsonages and churches. Two local preachers lost heavily in their property being totally looted and demolished. About twenty of our members suffered loss of property to a greater or less degree. Three were cast into prison, suffering innocently. At Seo- sung, the outmost station on the district, where a new church and par­ sonage have just been completed, not a stone has been touched, the pas­ tor remaining at his post all summer, although the Catholic premises were looted and partly destroyed, the French priest barely escaping with his life. All of our extensive property at Kiukiang remains intact, for which wc are devoutly thankful. For two of our places— Han-chia-ling and Chi-chia-fang— we have already been reimbursed by the officials, receiving $950 (Mexican), in­ cluding a small amount paid the native helper for losses incurred. All the other claims we expect paid within the next month or two. Accurate statistics cannot at this date be given, but will be ready for the annual meeting. A new spirit is already manifesting itself among the people, and we are confidently looking forward to the dawn of a new era in the history of missions in China. To talk of withholding money for missions in China because of the atrocities committed is madness. Let the Church keep still and see the glory of God, and get ready to meet one of the greatest opportunities offered her in the history of missions in any land, assuring herself that no people exist who will repay better on her invest­ ment of men and money than this people among whom we count it an inestimable privilege to labor.

N a n c h a n g D is t r ic t .— D . W. Nichols, P. E. The work of the Nanchang District was one series of victories after another for the first six months of the Conference year. At San Yang, on the Yulan-tang Circuit, we had built and paid for a very comfortable little chapel. Up to July 1 we received 623 on probation, baptized 100 adults, and admitted them into full connection, and baptized 22 infants. There was an increase of $260 in apportionment on pastors’ salaries over last year, and for the first half of the year every dollar was promptly paid. T o ta l contributions for the h a lf year for all purposes, $2,484.65. We had just completed our second round of Quarterly Conferences when the troubles of the north began to so affect us that our consuls deemed it unwise for us to remain longer at our stations. The leaving of the missionary meant the practical abandonment of all work, and was 1900.] Central China. 127 the signal for would-be bad characters to turn themselves loose on our Christians for persecution and pillage. Such pressure was brought to bear on us by our consular representatives (who, according to the un­ derstanding they had of the situation, were acting for the best interest of their fellow-citizens) that we had to abandon our work. I was of the opinion at that time, and still am of the same opinion, that it was a serious mistake. Our precipitately leaving the work created almost a panic among our native Christians, caused a misapprehension among the officials and other classes, who took it as an evidence that war was general, and until the officials and gentry could learn the true state of affairs riot reigned supreme. The only damage done our property and persecution of our people took place immediately following the mission­ ary exodus. The officials soon took the matter in hand, and no further trouble has occurred. On the Nanchang District we have suffered the destruction of two of our chapels and parsonages owned by us and one rented place. About thirty Christian families have suffered the looting of their homes and more or less persecution. Our pastor at Li Kia Do, Brother Chu Doa Chen, was quite severely hurt at the time of the destruction of our property at that place. He and his family had a very narrow escape for their lives. The officials and gentry have since shown quite a will­ ingness to make good all damages and give us every protection in their power. The other preachers of the district with their families have escaped harm, beyond Brother Cheo losing all of his effects in the destruction of our property in Kien Chang Fuh. With the preachers of the district I returned to Nanchang early in September, where I was received most kindly by all classes, who seemed glad to have me return, as it gave confidence to the people. I was not permitted to remain long, through no fault of the Chinese, but our consul general in Shanghai was opposed to my remaining interior until a settlement had been effected with the Chinese government. No settle­ ment having been reached between the governments, the officials object to our carrying on our work in other places than Nanchang. No objec­ tions are offered to our opening up and carrying on the work in this city. Our people, with but few exceptions, have remained faithful through all these difficulties. Many of them have suffered much when they might have escaped by renouncing their faith by bending the knee to the temple idols. This they refused to do, preferring to suffer the destruc­ tion of their property and the jeopardizing of their lives rather than deny their faith in Jesus their Saviour. These are not “rice Chris­ tians,” but genuine sons and daughters of Israel’s God— men and women who have felt the power of the Spirit of the living Christ in their souls. They are as true and noble Christians as are to be found among any people. I.count it one of the greatest blessings of my life that it has pleased God to use me in helping to bring such a people to the cross of his dear Son. We expect, through the faith and lives of these who have been tried as by fire, to see greater victories in the future than 128 Missionary Report. [1900.

we have seen in the past. I leave the work of Brother Rowe and Miss Abbott to be reported by themselves. Let there be no wavering in faith on the part of the Church in the home land as to the work in China ! This is not the work of man— it is God’s work. He is in it— it cannot fail.

R e po r t o f G eorge A . S t u a r t , M .D ., fo r C h i n k i a n g a n d N a n k in g D is t r ic t s a n d N a n k i n g U n iv e r s it y .

In approaching the task of writing a report of the work of the past year, humanly speaking, one would scarcely know what view to take. The year opened with many discouragements. The reaction against reform and things foreign was felt, in greater or less measure, by all classes of the people, both Christian and non-Christian. There was a disinclination to in any degree identify themselves with foreigners or Christianity manifested by nearly all the Chinese, from the official to the coolie. There was a very marked decrease of intercourse between the official and literary classes and the missionary. The attendance at the chapels fell off in numbers and interest. There was a lack of that hearty sympathy and readiness to learn and accept instruction from foreigners that had characterized the short régime of reform. The poor we have always with us ; but those who were independent and not de­ sirous ^of bettering their condition through the foreigner’s influence showed a very decided inclination to stay away. The attendance of pa}r pupils in the university showed a very marked falling off, much to the distress of our finances. Pupils completing their course found fewer opportunities for employment outside, as Western learning had again been discarded from the civil-service examinations. Everywhere there was evidence of stagnation, or, what was worse, of reaction against reform and progress, and a very palpable anti-foreign current of feeling. We are convinced that this did not originate with the people at large, but was reflexly manifested in them from the feelings of certain re­ actionary officials. As a result of this, statistics will show a reduction in the number of those entering the Church. Those who did join may be divided into two markedly distinct classes. In the one case there was a real con­ viction for sin, resulting in a clear Christian experience. In the other the sole object in associating with the Church was personal advantage. In both cases the object was specific. There were few or none who floated in on the tide. So our accessions may readily, be divided into the faithful ones and the insincere ones— the wheat and the tares. We are leaving them until the harvest, and are praying the Lord to perform the miracle of transforming the tares into wheat. Among those who were already Christians few have gone back. In the cases of the few who have done so we are not at all surprised. Many more have re­ frained from openly acknowledging themselves to be Clyistians, deem­ ing this a prudent course. They have lived quietly, as it were in hiding, during the most hazardous times. At other times they have gone quietly about their ordinary avocations. Others still— and we are glad Central China. 129 to say that there were a large number of these, and also that they were among those who had been Christians for a long time— went about just as quietly, but did not refrain from meeting together for worship. At the times when the rumors were most particularly alarming these faith­ ful ones would get together for prayer and searching God’s word. We know of some cases of this kind that have greatly gladdened our hearts, and if the Church at home could know of these as we do, they would say that these alone are worth all that the Missionary Society ever did or ever will put into the work of the Gospel in this empire. Courage, brethren! God’s children are found here and of this people, in spite of Boxers and all of Satan’s hosts. The work of the Chinkiang and Nanking Districts was prosecuted faithfully, and only for a few weeks was it closed up. Some of the chapels had the usual services held in them from week to week through­ out the summer. The hospital was closed only three weeks, but might better have been closed sooner, on account of lack of efficient helpers. The university opened the second semester two months late, with a very jnuch diminished attendance. In fact, the attendance during the first semester was below the usual number, owing to the reaction against things foreign. But this will probably only be temporary. After the terms of peace are settled the attendance at all of our schools will likely go up with a bound. The day schools were in operation all of the time, even during the most alarming period. As these schools do not ordinarily take any vacation except at Chinese New Year, they were carried on by the teachers without interruption. We stand now at the beginning of a new era for China. So sure are we of this that it is with the utmost difficulty that we force ourselves to a retrospect of the past year. Our mind is burdened with the question of how the Church is going to meet its new and increased responsibili­ ties. How is it going to enter the opening doors? Now is the time when the Methodist Episcopal Church needs a million of money and a thousand men for China. In the disturbed state of the Missions no full statistics have been received ; and the statistics of- 1899 are therefore repeated. 9 Statistics of Central China Mission, October, 1899.

1 0c ^ ri rt X » £ = a . CIRCUIT OR E 13 Ü« •fl if STATION. ja B & c ■0 0 S » a .■sS 1 I s ­ Preachers. Native Unorduined C £ < 1 No. of No. of Sabbath Scholars. Estimated Value of A No. of Sabbath Schools. No. of Churches and Churches and Chapels. No. of Halls and rented other PlucesofW orship Debt on Real Estate. Value Value of Orphanages, Book Rooms, etc. Schools, Hospitals, Benevolent Societies. Collected Collected for other Collected for cu Collected for MissionarySociety. Self-support. 1 1 Assistant Missionaries. 1 Native1 Teachers. j j Native Ordainedj Preacher*.

I I Foreign Missionaries. s i | | Foreign 1 Missionaries, Worn. For. Miss’y Soc. | | Members. j j Conversions during J the year. | | Children Baptized. 1 No. of High Schools. No. 1 of Pupils. I No. of other Day Schools. No.of 1 other Day Scholars. Chapels.! j\'ani‘h 4 8 155 8 24 1 250 S,000 6.00(1 25 00 42 24 C i r c u i t ...... 1 48 28 27 6 250 9 2,500 9 7,000 Kungluug “ ...... 2 148 45 42 16 00 Shuichang “ ...... 16 00 8 S5 11S 26 2 00 76 00 Nanking District. Chlnkiang Circuit...... 1 4 1 1 12 S 0 r>7 1 1 120 2,400 3 8,400 4 00 H och eo “ ...... 60 00 77 00 1 49 254 6 1 5 00 9 00 10 49 200 50 8 Kianglinchen “ ...... *i 1 40 r, 50 84 580 6 00 1 00 2 84 Nanking: Pingtszkiai...... 1 1 4 98 1 48 27 4 1 8S "i 8,ÔÔ0 25 00 100 61 78 St. Luke’s ...... 2 1 1 69 61 1 SO 1,800 6,000 16 00 2 00 41 00 University...... 4 9 3 18 a 4 129 87 17 148 18 2 150 1 6,000 9 ,600 30,ÓÓÒ 57 48 3 00 82 50 W u h u : Second Street...... 1 1 1 1 78 7 11 i 140 1 1,100 700 5 00 2 00 78 14 Taipingfu Circuit...... 1 15 15 25 900 128 97 Tikang...... t 10 8 Yihchishan...... 2 ? 1 M, 26 8 75 8,000 12,000 ¿ ‘ 00 Yangchow...... 1 10 48 60 17 1 1 IS 19 4 3 9(1 1 8,000 5 50 56 16 19 61 49 Yuntsao...... 1 55 42 Hi 1 15 1 500 — — — ______450 00 71 61 Total...... 17 ft r 11 1? 5 18 8 1,531 2,478 811 26 22 60,100 49,000 4,120 252 61 28 16 861 25 Last year...... 16 12 14 2.051 25 28 25 1,210 821 190 86 S 31 305 25 442 ‘28 1.S3S 24 26.180 22 26 59.500 66.500 228 52 2 6 08 623 00 N o t e .— A t N anking 5.000 volumes and -10,000 pages were printed during the All sums n;un/(l are in local currency (Mexican $1=50 cents gold). 1900.] North China.

NORTH CHINA.

Bishop Moore has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr. H. K. Carroll is Secretary in Charge.

T he North China Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church includes the provinces of Shantung and Honan, and all China north of them. Mission work was commenced by missionaries from Foochow in 1869, and the Conference was organized in 1893.

M issionaries .

Rev. William T. Hobart, Rev. Harry E. King, Rev. Hiram H. Lowry, D.D., Rev. James H. Pyke, Rev. George YV. Verity and Mrs. Frances Wheeler Verity, Rev. Wilbur Fisk Walker, D.D., and Mrs. Mary Morri­ son Walker. In the United States: Rev. George R. Davis and Mrs. Maria Brown Davis, Rev. Francis D. Gamewell and Mrs. Mary Porter Game- well, Rev. J. Frederick Hayner and Mrs. Mabel Shattuck Hayner, Rev. Isaac T. Headland and Mrs. Mariam Sinclair Headland, M.D., Mrs. Emily Hatfield Hobart, Rev. Nehemiah S. Hopkins, M.D., and Mrs. Fannie Higgins Hopkins, Mrs. H. E. King, George D. N. Lowry. M.D., and Mrs. Cora Calhoun Lowry, Mrs. Anabel Goodrich Pyke, Miss Alice Terrell.

A n n u a l M e e t in g .

The eighth session of the North China Annual Conference was held in Pekin, May 31-June 3, 1900. Attendance at the General Conference preventing the arrival of the Bishop, the Rev. J. H. Pyke was unan­ imously elected president of the Conference. His tact and love set the keynote of the sweet spirit of brotherly love that pervaded all the actions of the Conference. Two items were prominent in the reports: there was a large increase in the collections, the increase amounting to 1,019 taels, or $730 (gold), and a gracious revival had visited a large number of the churches, deepening the spiritual life of the members and sifting out unworthy probationers. Atrocious persecution had already begun, but the storm did not burst till after Conference adjourned. Many hundreds, if not thousands, of our members have perished, but God almost miraculously spared the lives of nearly all our preachers who bravely remained at their post of danger. Rev. J. F. Hayner was Secretary of the Conference, and furnishes us the following from the minutes: Wang Ch’ing-yiin, presiding elder of Lan-chow District. G. R. Davis, presiding elder of Pekin District. Te Jui, presiding elder of I32 Missionary Report. [19OO.

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presiding elder of Tsunhua District. W. F. Walker, pastor of Tsunhua church. H. H. Lowry, pastor of Pekin Asbury Church and president of Pekin University. H. E. King, professor in Pekin University and pastor in Southern City, Pekin. F. D. Gamewell, professor in Pekin University. I. T. Headland, professor in Pekin University. G. D. N. North China. 133

Lowry, M.D., T’ung-jen Hospital and Dispensary and professor in Medical College, Pekin University. N. S. Hopkins, M.D., John L. Hopkins Memorial Hospital, Pekin. Miss Alice Terrell, professor in Pekin University. J. Victor Martin, mission treasurer and business agent.

The reports of the presiding elders are as follows:

P e k i n D is t r ic t .— Rev. G. R. Davis, P . E. During the year the spiritual condition of most of the churches has been good. The helpers and native preachers have been, for the most part, faithful, diligent, and discreet. We have not had a case of litiga­ tion in the district. The church attendance has been larger, and the collections for nearly all purposes better. Our schools have closed a most prosperous year. Each year shows development in this very im­ portant branch of missionary work. The schools are giving an ever­ growing company of well-trained men and women to China and the Church, a company free from the miserable superstitions of the land. During the late winter a most gracious revival took place in our Asbury Church. These services were conducted by Brothers Pyke and Hobart. The Holy Spirit was poured out on the whole Church as never before. The Church members, boys and girls in the schools, and many who were in attendance at the meetings were wonderfully blessed. This work of grace was deeper and more powerful than any I have seen in this land. The revival spirit spread to the other missions in the city. Many members of the T ’ung Chou, Tientsin, and the country churches, hearing of this wondrous work of grace, came to the city, and shared in its blessing. At our last Quarterly Conference on the Han Ts’un District, although held when the country was troubled with the Boxers, and the attend­ ance smaller than usual, the power of the Holy Spirit was unusually manifested during our services. While the revival spirit has not been so manifest in all the churches, a more Christian spirit has prevailed among the members. Everywhere there has been shown the desire to rid the churches of all unworthy members. If the spirit of abuse and persecution is abroad in the land for the breaking down of the Church, the gracious spirit of the Lord is present in his Church for its strength­ ening, purifying, and building up. As we go to our Conference sad tales of destruction of property and most cruel murder of women and chil­ dren are pouring in all the time. In one village on the Pa Chou Circuit the little church is wiped out. Whole families are destroyed. Seven women and two children were murdered in one village. The chapels in the country are being wrecked and defiled, the homes of many of the members destroyed, and many lives lost. We beg the prayers of God’s people everywhere in behalf of the stricken churches of all denomina­ tions in the North China region. The collections of the year are as follows: for self-support, 436.71 taels; m issionary cause, 328.43 taels; other purposes, 168.94 taels. 134 Missionary Report. [1900.

P e k i n U n iv e r s it y .— Rev. H. H. Lowry, President.

Professor F. D. Gamewell reports: “Eight students have completed a three years course of study in the Bible, and we hope they are pre­ pared for useful service. The Industrial Department, including the press, carpenter shop, and tin shop, has given employment to a number of students. The press has issued 3,000 of the Physical Geography by D r. P ilcher, in addition to 1,000 volum es of Scripture Geography prepared by Rev. I. T. Headland. It is especially desirable that the Industrial Department should have more thorough foreign supervision. “ Through the generosity of Dr. N. S. Hopkins and his brothers pro­ vision has been made for the erection of one of the hospital buildings as a memorial to their brother John Hopkins, who died while attending the Boston University preparatory to entering the mission field. Desir­ able property has been purchased on Legation Street, and it is hoped the building will be erected during the coming year.” There has been need for adequate hospital equipment for years, and we are grateful that the above provision has been made. The new hospital will greatly increase the opportunities of the ten medical students. “With few exceptions the health of the students has been good, and in no year of our history has there been more steady, faithful work. Our young men are in earnest, and there has been but little occasion for discipline. “One additional perpetual scholarship of $500(gold)has been received during the year, the gift of Rev. Chauncy Hobart, of Red Wing, Minn. “The revival meetings led by Brothers Pyke and Hobart, beginning about the middle of February and continuing for three weeks, were a great blessing, not only to us, but to the other missions in Pekin and to the college at T’ung Chou. The earnest prayers of God’s children everywhere, girdling the earth, for increased blessing upon the work of his representatives hav£ been richly answered in China during the past year. There were four members in the graduating class this year. All of them are engaged in church work, either preaching or teaching. As we look over the faces of the members of our Conference we thank God for the increasing number of young men who after years of patient work, and in the face of many difficulties, have completed their studies in the Pekin University, and then, moved by the Spirit of God, have turned away from the many inducements of a temporal nature to de­ vote their lives to the Christian ministry and the salvation of their fellowmen.”

T i e n t s i n D is t r ic t .— Rev. Frederick Brown, P. E. The past year has been full of trial both for preachers and people. The faith and stability of the Church have been tested as never before. The Boxers have been busy on every circuit. Much wild talk has been indulged in, but up to this time little real harm has been done to either preachers, churches, or people. On one circuit the preacher was dragged out of his chapel and thrashed on the public street. The Ching Hsien Circuit has had a good year. Many have pre- 1900.] North China. 135 sentecl themselves as inquirers. Our chapel is well situated. We hope to see a strong church planted here in the future. The Wan Chia Kou Circuit has had a hard time of it, as the Boxers have been particularly busy. Although we have done everything possible with the local officials, no help has been given to our poor people. The preacher has been very nervous, but not more so than circumstances warranted. Some accessions were made during the early part of the year. One Sab­ bath, as we sat around the Lord’s table, one of the members was much overcome and cried bitterly. Others rebuked him, but .he replied, “Re­ membering what a great sinner I have been, how can I help being af­ fected when I remember that Jesus died to save me?” Wesley Chapel at Tientsin has had a steady, good year. The chapel was renovated early in the year, making it one of the best chapels in the city. A revival was held, and many additions to membership gained. The missionary collection is double that of last year. Following the instructions of the last Conference, we vacated the Yen Shan District, and turned over our premises and membership to the London Missionary Society, which has missionaries living within ten miles of this out-station. Now our district is more compact. The mem­ bership of the district remains about the same as last year, after de­ ducting 36 members and 46 probationers transferred to the London Mission. All the day schools on the district have been supported by special gifts, independent of mission funds. The foundations of the Church are laid, but the testing storm is even now upon us, and is breaking with much force upon the company of believers we have gath­ ered around us. May the heavenly Father temper the storm to his shorn la m b s! Collections: Church extension, 11.84 taels; missionary, 154.40 taels; school work, 828.90; other purposes, 123.21; total, 1,118.35 taels.

T s u n h u a D is t r ic t .—J. Fred Hayner, P. E. The Tsunhua District sends good news. Kind Providence has been on the giving hand, answering many prayers. Sixty-six adults have been baptized. Fully as many more were recommended for baptism, but a longer probation for careful instruction seemed wise. Ninety-five were received on probation. Over a hundred more wanted to join, but they remain as inquirers until we know them better. There has been a heavy demand for Christian books. Over ten thousand have been honestly sold. The collections show increase. There were given entirely by native members, for church extension, 6 taels; Missionary Society. 109 taels; self-support, 302 taels. These sums, all together 417 taels, make an average from every member and probationer of 440 actual cash (30 cents, gold). Considering that eight cents are the average wages per day for unskilled labor, this is generous giving. All tjie schools have prospered. The girls’ boarding school enrolled 76 pupils. The care .of so many girls has been no small burden for Miss Croucher alone. She has done well. The Tsunhua school for 136 Missionary Report. [1900.

boys enrolled 72 pupils. There was an average daily attendance of 57, of these 20 boarded at home. The remaining 37 paid 49 per cent of the cost of their board in the school. Their food cost, on an average, 1,100 actual cash, or 75 cents (gold), a month for each boy. Friends of the school contributed 67 taels, or $46 (gold). The balance was paid by the Missionary Society. We have 20 day schools, with an average daily attendance of 161 boys. Eight graduates of the Intermediate School are popular teachers in the day schools. They teach one year at half pay, $10 (gold) a year, before going to Pekin, thus passing on part of the kindness they received in the Intermediate School. These pupil-teachers are enthusiastic agents for the Intermediate School, encouraging in their primary schools a healthful ambition for higher education. Besides their regular duties they teach singing, drill the boys on the Sunday school lessons, and fre­ quently conduct prayer meetings. The literacy of our Church membership is encouraging. Thirty-five and one half per cent of our members and probationers can read the New Testament. I rarely meet a strong Christian who cannot read. In our Sunday schools the helpers are organizing classes for those who wish to learn to read. Many members are glad to take advantage of this opportunity to learn to read. "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy,” is printed in big let­ ters on the walls of our chapels, but not on the hearts of many of the Church members. For the majority of the members a neighboring fair with its good bargains outweighs the pleasure of worship. There are signs, however, of improvement. Frequent talks with the helpers, stern rebukes of the older members, and careful teaching of the newer mem­ bers are bearing fruit. The consciences of the members are at work. Two members of. the same church had resolved to keep the Sabbath, but harvest time was too big a temptation. They stayed away from church to reap millet. Both were wounded with a sickle, laying them up for several days. They took it as a direct judgment from heaven, and since they have faithfully observed the day. The Lord is pros­ pering several members who keep the Sabbath. Their gains in six days exceed those formerly made in seven days. One farmer not only stops all work from Saturday to Monday, but also requires his hired men to attend church and learn to read. Several illiterate men who work for him can now read the New Testament. Since beginning to keep the Sabbath he has nearly doubled the size of his farm, now owning over 100 acres, without a mortgage. There has been a marked increase in the average attendance upon Sabbath worship. This was noticed before the statistics told us that last year’s 600 had increased to 767. One of the helpers was nominated a steward, but the Quar­ terly Conference failed to confirm the nomination. The objection raised was that this member, although otherwise acceptable, did not regularly keep the Sabbath. Many signs like these give us hope that the^ fourth commandment will be better obeyed in the near future. “The man with an ax to grind” smiles divinely, and would deceive 1900.] North China. 137

the very elect. In spite of warnings I had several narrow escapes. One day in a village I had pushed self-support. After the sermon the stew­ ards came to me, guaranteeing three eighths of the helper’s salary this year and one half next year. These offers were promptly accepted. Then, taking out an officially stamped deed, they offered to give me a large new chapel in a busy street in a neighboring market town. At first I thanked God for moving the people to be so generous, far beyond my weak faith; but my faith in man was weak, too, and came to the rescue. “This is too good,” I said; “I am afraid there is a snake in the grass.” They pointed to the official stamp on the deed, but I probed again, asking, “What lawsuit have you on hand?” Taken by surprise, the owner of the property blurted out, “Who told you I had a lawsuit?” That man had an ax to grind, but I did not turn the grindstone. Several of our helpers have shown much skill as peacemakers in set­ tling cases of persecution without appeal to the officials. A large num­ ber of business men and farmers joined in presenting a handsome tablet to our helper, Ch’en Yii Shan, in praise of his goodness and justice as a peacemaker. # Compared with other fields, our district has suffered very little per­ secution. The Boxers were late in coming, but now are organizing in all the cities and large towns of the district, and beginning the wick­ edness that made them notorious in other places. It has been delightful to trace the footsteps of other missionaries who preceded me on the district, for instance, at Ho-nan-chai. Eight years ago there was not a single Christian within twenty-five miles of this village. Now there are 198 members and probationers. In 1892 Brother Pyke and a native helper preached in the village. The village school­ master was converted. The next year Brother Pyke came again. Chang Pao T ’ien, an influential farmer in a neighboring village was converted. This man lets his light shine. Many a Christian traces his conversion to him. His village is known as a Christian village. The influence of the Christians was strong enough to prevent the repair of the temple. Later on it was torn down. There is a small church, the gift of the first man converted. This man is the Sabbath-keeping farmer to whom I refer. This year the members on this circuit began to sup­ port their pastor, paying his salary in full— 7,000 actual cash, or $4 (gold) per month. During the eight years since the first Christian was won the mission has expended on the circuit for all purposes about $450 (gold). Not an expensive seed-sowing, considering the harvest reaped. My colleague. Dr. N. S. Hopkins, is known and respected all over the ■district. This is no wonder, for he makes the blind to see, the deaf to hear, and the lame to walk, and those all but dead are raised to life. The natives easily confuse the faces of foreigners, so ofttimes I am taken for Dr. Hopkins, and accordingly treated handsomely. In his ’ country work he drivto a buckboard to the busy market on fair days, and with a surging, curious, and sometimes insolent crowd around him he alternates dispensing medicine and preaching short sermons for five 138 Missionary Report. [ipOO.

or six hours to a class of people who otherwise would not be reached. The medical missionary is a blessed instrument in God’s hands for melt­ ing down prejudice and hatred. Because his influence is largely indirect, the medical missionary’s work is not encouraging. On this account I have listened with keen delight to the testimonies of several members who traced their conversion directly to the doctor’s influence in the hospital. Our prosperous church at Lu-chia-yii, which is half self-sup- porting and owns a valuable property bought largely by the members, started in the Tsunhua Hospital, where its first church member was con­ verted. In a similar way our sturdy little church at T ’ieh-ch’ang, where two years ago there was not a single Christian, but now there are 30, started in Dr. Edna G. Terry’s hospital. An old lady, Mrs. Huo, came to the doctor for healing. Her sons followed to bring their mother food and see how she w as treated. They were all so influenced by the doctor’s kindness that the native helper who opened the new street chapel at T ’ieh-ch’ang- two years ago easily won the whole family to Christ. The Huo family is the backbone of that church, which is al­ ready one fourth selt-supporting. Special meetings were held in four places. Each helper and school­ teacher on four circuits was blessed in taking a right attitude before God and man. Quickly the members followed the examples of the preachers. Several testified: “I have gotten my first real taste. Now I know that the teaching of the Lord Jesus is good.” Not only the mem­ bers, but many inquirers and some twenty raw heathen, were blessed. The meetings were marked with deep conviction of sin. Without special urging many felt led to make public confession of sin. I have stood in the mission hospital, watching our medical missionary treating the sick­ ening sores and boils on the wretched patients crowding in, thanking God for the divine love in the doctor’s heart. During the revival meet­ ings, when the Holy Spirit used his lance to open hearts of those under conviction, 'letting out the corruption of sin through private and public confession, my soul, sick and faint, learned sympathy for the Holy Spirit in his work of cleansing and healing the disease of sin. v The revivals were timely, making the hearts of the members firm to endure the persecution now testing them. The district is looking up with gratitude, and pressing forward in hope.

u Statistics of North China Conference, May, 1900. \ 1 1

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< Building and Repairing. No. No. of pupils in same. Other Schools. Collected Collected for Church Collected for Church Extension Society. < P No. of pupils in same. Collected Collected for Self-support. Collected for Missionary Local Local Purposes. No. of Halls, Churches, Society. Collected for other and and Chapels. Buildings. No. No. of Hospitals, Homes, Value of Mission and and Parsonages. Bible Bible 1 Women. | 1 1 Missionaries. | Other 1 Native Helpers. | 1 1 Number of Teachers. I Sr. a 1" Children 1" Baptized. ! Average Attendance. Sunday 1 SchooK 1 | P eb iiifr...... 18 8 8 12 5 1 1 12 2-15 915 1 2 45 445 68 880 8 1,410 32 203 12 276 2 12 439 71 328 43 167 82 15 18 66,150 T su n lm a ...... 6 3 25 21 2 2 25 1,484 41 774 06 211 707 18 584 2 133 20 177 342 72 7 65 368 45 152 98 191 00 28 0 38,050 10,810 L a n eb o u ...... 1 3 1 9 1 ;23 43 1,201 209 7 121 60] 1 23 8 7!» 295 27 10 39 210 35 170 55 50 80 22 5,880 Shanhaikuan ...... 1 5 9 102 921 877 271 10 090 5 03 05 70 10 30 289 06 118 85 250 04 9 2,200 T ie n tsin ...... Id ■1 3 8 2 8 456 298 12 15!» 18 385 ° 436 2 105 8 131 8 91 11 84 102 97 154 40 S:?9 98 11 12 08,700 !-yr)(>5 S lm iilu n jr...... 4 3 3 1 2 2 _4 100 203 118 1 58 i 3 20 95 13 12 20 24 8 43 7 3 T o ta l...... 39 23 1(J 5h| 11 5-1 47 2,285 243 4,375 2,079 544 2,032 50 3,785 1 8 ! m 464155 740 712 67 43 25 1,424 20 946 45: J,478 Ü7 92 3!» 180,980 111,877 L ast y ea r ...... 38 23 35:01 20 44 50 4.(i5l) 15!» 4.217 2,4(19 022 2.012 05 3,909 1 117 8 381 51 552 519 71 75 80 098 53 844 07 1,449 (!0 69 31 In crea se...... 1 id 84 158 20 83 4 134 192 90 725 73 102 38 29 01 ;_>3 8 D e c r e a se ...... 3 !( it _1_,705 :i3° 78 15 124 85 3 2 61 N o tk .—T h e c o llt-c lio n ; ?irr. ip p o r te d h i taels. A tael is worth 70 cents gold. 140 Missionary Report.

T h e West China Mission was commenced in 1881. It includes West China, with its central station at Chungking, in the province of Szchuen.

M issionaries . Rev. Joseph Beech, Rev. James O. Curnow and Mrs. Jennie Curnow, Osman F. Hall, M.D., Rev. Spencer Lewis and Mrs. Esther B. Lewis, J. H. McCartney, M.D., and Mrs. Sarah K. McCartney. In the United States: Rev. H. Olin Cady and Mrs. Hattie Y. Cady, Harry L. Canright, M.D., and Mrs. Margaret M. Canright, Rev. W. Edward Manly and Mrs. Florence B. Manly, Rev. Quincy A. Myers and Mrs. Cora L. Myers, Rev. Jacob F. Peat and Mrs. Emily M. Peat. W . F. M . S .— In the United States: Miss Clara J. Collier, Miss Helen R. Galloway, Miss Mary Ketring, M.D., Miss Fannie E. Meyer, Miss Grace Todd.

Owing to the general feeling of uncertainty and disquiet occasioned by the disturbances in North China, it was deemed best that our missionaries in this far-away region West China. should be called down to Shanghai; and, in view of the very high rates of living there, and the probability that a long time would elapse before work could be effectively reopened, it was decided that most of the missionaries should return to the United States.

Rev. Spencer Lewis, superintendent, reports:

We had hoped that this year we could report a year of continuous peace, but in the providence of God it has been otherwise. Our Chentu missionaries left their station in the latter part of July, and together with the rest of the Mission left Chungking on native boats August 2. All -were picked up during the next day or two by the steamboat Pioneer, which was running as a British transport, and all arrived in Shanghai August 10. We say all, but one, Dr. O. F. Hall, being doctor for the Chungking Chinese Customs, returned with the rest of the staff, having spent a few days in Hankow ministering to the wants of a party of refugee missionaries who arrived destitute, wounded, and half starved. Mr. J. A. Johansen, w'ho had been serving as a supply for a short time on the Tsicheo Circuit, at my request took charge at Chentu after the others left, remaining till the last of other missions departed, when he also came on to Shanghai. After a short time in Shanghai, H. Olin Cady, W. E. Manly,'and J. F. Peat, with their families, returned to America on furlough. J. O. Curnow and family, my wife and I, and Brother Beech and Brother Johansen remained in Shanghai, and the deaconesses in Nagasaki, wait­ ing till it should seem prudent to return to our stations. Miss Mary Ketring, M.D., for family reasons, was also compelled to return to Am erica. We are thankful to report the stations of our West China Mission preserved from the violent outbreaks which have so woefully devastated our North China Mission. There have been petty persecutions, but no robbing, burning, or murdering. Our missionaries came to the coast because strongly advised to do so by United States Consul-General Goodnow. So far as we can judge by after events we might have re­ mained at our posts in safety; but there was much anxiety about us at home and at Shanghai lest we should be cut off in a region difficult of access and murdered, as were most of the missionaries in the Shansi Province. If our Szchuen viceroy had been like the infamous governor of Shansi, this might easily have taken place; but in the good providence of God he, though a Manchu, was led to adopt the policy of the viceroys on the lower Yang-tse and protect foreigners and their interests. We have also much to be thankful for that our native Christians are not scattered and our mission property destroyed, and we hope and pray that peace may come soon that we may return to our work. Our native preachers, with two exceptions, have remained at their stations. Our preacher at Hocheo, where our work was broken up by 142 Missionary Report.

riot two years before, took the advice of the Chinese officials and re­ turned to Chungking. The work stopped, but no disturbance took place, and we hope the work will be resumed soon. A supply preacher at Tsicheo came to Chungking, but might have remained at his station, as did the other preachers on the circuit. The preaching and school work have continued as usual at Suiling, where Brother Curnow had had his family settled in their new house only a few months. At Chentu only the street chapel preaching and the high school work have been discon­ tinued. At Chungking the Sunday services were entirely interrupted only one or two Sundays, and the street chapel and day school work only a few weeks. The boys’ and girls’ boarding schools could not be reopened in the absence of the missionaries who had been in charge of them, but Dr. Hall arranged for a few of the boys of the boarding school in connection with the day schools. Work was also discontinued at Kiangpeh, just across the river from Chungking, for about two months. Fortunately. Dr. Hall, who was absent from Chungking less than a month, was able, in addition to his medical work, to give considerable attention to looking after other branches of work also. While having daily dispensing at Chungking and twice a week at Kiangpeh, he thought it not best to reopen the hospital, in the absence of Dr. McCart­ ney, until he had a better command of the Chinese language. He lived in his own mission house from the time of his return, and went freely about the city and vicinity. There has been no medical work at Chentu since Dr. Canright left there at the close of 1899. Being absent from the field, we are not able to give full statistics for the Mission. There has been a hopeful increase in most lines. At Chungking the gain in three quarters of a year was from 140 to 158 members, and from 59 to 77 probationers, a total gain of 36. Probably there has not been much change since. The Chungking Institute had increased from about 40 boys to about 50. All the stations of the Mission had made an increase, but it is possible that we may find later that there are losses to report. We have heard of inquirers turning back because of threats, but we have reason to believe that very few of our members have done so.

Brother Lewis wrote from Shanghai, December 8, 1900: “ I expect to return to Chungking by a new steamer which is advertised to sail a week from to-day.”

Report of Rev. H. Olin Cady:

This record closes with June, and not September, as has been the custom in this Mission. The missionaries felt constrained by the urgent telegrams from the consul general at Shanghai to obey the wish of our consular authorities. The latest news from the field is that all our native preachers with one exception are at their posts and there has been West China. 143

no outbreak of violence against the Christians, so that wherever there are chapels the Christians are able to meet regularly in worship. It has been a year marked in many particulars. First, in June was dedicated a new church at Tien Goo Chiao, the first native church build­ ing in our Mission in West China. A special gift from a generous lay­ man supplemented the gifts of the people, and was the only aid from America. It is a humble building with tile roof, walls of pounded clay, and floor of mother earth, but it affords a place to meet for the ■ worship of God and for a schoolroom. At the time of dedication by the superintendent a large class was baptized, and others were taken on probation. It was a joyful time for those who had longed and given to have a little church home. There have been many anxious days since. Second, the first probationers have been received at Tsi Yang. The work was begun last year by Brother Chu, who has been faithful in exhortation and prayer. He is not much of a preacher, but is apt in prayer. The work shows every sign of health. A school was started this year which has been well attended and is winning its way. Girls as well as boys attend this school. Third, a beginning was made in Lui Giang by renting a place for a chapel and school, but the exigencies of the work in the other parts of the Mission prevented the superintendent from sending a preacher, and what work has been done was done by the caretaker and colporteur, a faithful Christian man. Fourth, there has been a very marked desire on the part of scholars and gentry to listen to Christian teaching and read Christian books, and a manifest intellectual unrest. From many towns have come invitations to open schools and chapels, invitations accompanied by the offer, rent free, of suitable premises. To none of these invitations could we respond, for we have not men. Wc have reached the point when we must have facilities for testing and training teachers and preachers. Along with the genuine have come many spurious inquirers, hoping for aid in lawsuits. Such arid I have never extended to any, Christian or non-Christian. During the last year I have taken special pains to warn all magistrates on my circuit that anyone coming with a lawsuit and pleading acquaintance with me or connection with the Church as a reason for favor was a fraud. The record at Tsi Cheo, the oldest station on the circuit, closes with a cloud, owing to the improper conduct of the native preacher. The attendance on divine service has been greater than ever before, and the school has largely increased in numbers and efficiency. W e are cramped for room. We have no room that will hold all the members, probation­ ers, and enrolled inquirers, and no room large enough for our school. The need is imperative for a place large enough to accommodate our work, and also for residence for a missionary. Brother Johansen, who has lately come to us w^ith a knowledge of the language, was to make this his headquarters and relieve me in the w'ork of supervising the circuit. Chien Cheo, under Brother Ho, has had a good year, with additions to the Church, but here too we are in the same need of suitable buildings 144 Missionary Report. [1900.

to accommodate a growing work. The people are poor and not now able to buy or build, and the smallness of our appropriation forbids our giv­ ing any help. Self-support is worked for, and all members are expected and do con­ tribute to the support of the Gospel. The statistics would show an en­ couraging advance in this particular. The exact figures I cannot give. It has been a time of sore trial. May He who carries the lambs in his bosom care for these! Would that the Christian Church would oftener remember the native Christians as they intercede before the Father!

C h e n t u .—E d u c a t io n a l W o r k .

The past year has shown a decided advance in this department. The high school has become better organized, better rooms secured, and a graduate of the Kiukiang Institute employed as teacher. The income from tuition was meeting the running expenses. The success of the school work in all departments is due to my wife rather than to myself. She has faithfully carried on the work during my enforced absences on long trips over my circuit, and has labored up to and often beyond her strength. The high school has enrolled over 20 different pupils, many of them from the highest classes of society. The course of study includes a daily lesson for all from the Bible, English, mathematics, and so on. The work is one of the most important, and its needs the most urgent, in our field. One of the first needs is a first-class young man fully qualified and called of God for this work. A second is ample grounds and suitable buildings. The educational plans of the Mission include a college to be located at Chentu, which is preeminent in Chinese estimation as an educational center; and the Mission has urged that the attention of givers be invited to the opportunities, which the Mission believes to be unequaled in China. It is the judgment of the Finance Committee of the Mission that if the ground, building, and needed ap­ paratus can be provided such a college will be able to meet all other ex­ penses except the salary of the missionary in charge. W e have received word that an elect lady has given $2,000 toward procuring the desired ground. Four thousand dollars more will buy a large plot with buildings that can be adapted so as to meet the wants of the college for some years.

Report of Rev. J. O. Curnow:

In the history of our Suiling mission station this year has been event­ ful. Its commencement was signalized by the completion of the mis­ sionary’s house and the subsequent settlement of a missionary family, by the opening of our first chapel and improved school premises, by the first baptisms and formation of a church in March. We greatly rejoice in thus achieving, in part at least, the end for which we have struggled for years against the most deliberate and artful hostility. The premises completed we consider worth nearly double the amount expended upon them by the Missionary Society. The preaching hall 1900.] West China. 145

on the street has been daily opened and a better attendance secured than in any previous year. A large number of marketing villagers have heard the truth in this hall, and interest so awakened has often come to our notice in our itinerations. This is the first year we have had a chapel. Regular services have been well attended and the church much edified and strengthened. The congregation’has varied from 40 to 130. We have been fortunate in securing a faithful and more efficient teacher for the boys’ school. His efforts have been supplemented by the attraction of Western studies. The school has already secured a good name. Our aim is to secure 30 efficient scholars; more than 40 have been on the books. For the first half of the year a girls’ school was carried on, but the lack of funds led to its suspension, and the troubles in China to its close. The Sabbath school has proved an'effective handmaiden agency to the church, with an attendance of from 40 to 80. The whole of our circuit has been itinerated by our preacher and our­ selves at different times, and interest of a promising character has been discovered over a wider area than we expected. With the arrival of a lady missionary work among the women has commenced most hopefully. In July wre had to leave our station, but the work in all branches has gone on most promisingly. Not a boy has left the school, and the street chapel and regular services have been continued. At our June quarterly meeting we had reported 4 members and 7 probationers, with 43 asking for admission, a large number of these from the outlying market towns. On the whole, it has been the most successful year in the history of this station, and while other churches have been scattered, we praise God for so keeping and blessing this infant work.

Report of Rev. J. F. Peat i

Soon after getting off my last year’s report I was called to Chung­ king to take over the treasurership, as Brother Myers’s health had failed and he w^as ordered home, and also to act as pastor while Brother Lewis was away at the Central Conference. After Brother Lewis re­ turned to Chungking our annual meeting was convened, and it was not until about the middle of February that I returned to my work at Chentu. For the first time in our history the treasurer’s books have been kept away from Chungking, and it has proven that with subtreas­ urers at the principal stations the books may be kept wherever w^e have the man to keep them. During the latter part of 1899 and the early part of 1900 there seemed to be a peculiar spirit of unrest abroad among the Chinese. Older mis­ sionaries; from all parts of China, mentioned that nearly all who were seeking entry to the Church had a lawsuit or some other matter on hand. Brother Chen, our assistant pastor, estimated that nine out of 10 146 Missionary Report. [1900.

ten who applied for Church connection, upon being pressed, 'would acknowledge that there was an ulterior motive in the case. The idea that the Church was the place where unwelcome guests could be avoided seems to have had possession of the Chinese mind. I think missionaries in all principal stations met and discussed plans to thwart these designers. A proclamation was issued by our provincial judge, treasurer, and foreign office officials, and scattered by therti all over the province, “For the purpose of harmonizing the people, and the member­ ship of the Church, and to destroy enmity between them.” This procla­ mation was just out and had nbt had time to produce results when the recent troubles in the north completely suspended our work. In view of the above we are prepared to learn that the growth of the Church has been slow during the past year. I have not the figures, but the membership would probably not be more than ten per cent ahead of last year. But the year has taught us, as well as the home Churches, many valuable lessons. It Jias called forth a higher respect for the Chinese Christians, and I hope that that most contemptible term, “Rice Christians,” has passed into such utter oblivion that the world will hiss a Christian who dares to use it henceforth. Thankful are we that our Church in the west has not been called upon to pass through the fires of persecution, such as their brethren have in some parts of China, but by the way they have stood by their posts and what we know of them as Christians we are persuaded that when the Lord calls, whether to death or to sendee, the answer, "Here am I,” will not be unheard in West China. One native brother, who was converted under the preaching of Bishop Joyce four years ago, writes, “May God very early quiet the rowdy element, that his servants may, on the other hand, go forth to that most beautiful work” (preaching the Gospel). At the conclusion of terms of peace with China our opportunities— or may I not say necessities?— will have become more urgent than ever. A stronger Church will be ours to lead to higher planes of living and broader fields of work. A new generation, politically born, will be wait­ ing for instruction in things both temporal and eternal. And the Macedonian cry will be wailed forth from hundreds of places. As Dr. O. F. Hall has lately well written, “There is to be a great harvest of righteousness and turning to the Lord.” This we verily believe. All of our Mission property is as we left it. When we were ordered away we placed the property in the hands of the officials, who sealed the'doois, and thus they are ready and waiting for us to return and reoccupy. The best news is that some of the missionaries are already returning to their fields of labor.

No statistics having come to hand, those of 1899 are repeated. 1900.] W est China. 147

Statistics for W est China Mission, 1899.

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£ \< tn < £ fciy ------s $ % Chungking . 5, 4 5 5 140 59 300,29 2 2 5 73 5 151 3 4 2.400 11,300 8,000 Chentu ...... 3: .3 ..! 4 8S 26,23n. 7 . 3 1 10 4113 1 140 2 1,300 4,430 3,040 S u ilin g ...... 1! 1 1 1 1 4.65 . . . .. 1 20 1 26 H och eo. . . . 1 10. 6 . .. Tsicheo Ct.: Chiencheo. 1 1 5 25. 3 22 Y anghsien . to; ..) T ien Ku C h iao... 12; 12 7(11 ill.. 30 T sic h e o ... 12 0 50; 9:.. 25 1 oS

T otal ] 9 S 2| 3 9.13 219 118 750.57 2| 8 6'SS 13 361 6,501 3.700 8 15,730! 11,040 Last year ¡9 9 4! 2 :9; 9,164 182 72747 9j 2 5i65 9,231 5:475 3,300 6 8 15,060110,590

N ote.— Other helpers: In Chungking, 1 ; Chentu. 3; Yanghsien, 1. At Chungking the con­ versions were 29; Chentu, 7; Chiencheo, 3; Tien Ku Chiao, 9; Tsicheo, 9. $31.15 was collected for Missionary Society, $166.05 for self-support, £15.55 for other local purposes.

1 9 0 0 . ] . North India. ¡49

NORTH INDIA.

Bishop Parker has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr. A. B. Leonard is Secretary in Charge.

T h e North India Mission consists of the Northwest Prov­ inces east of the Ganges, and the province of Oudh. Mission work was commenced in 1856, and the Mission was organ­ ized as a Conference December 8, 1864.

M issionaries . Rev. W. W. Ashe, M.D., Rev. Brenton Thoburn Badley, Rev. Charles L. Bare and Airs. Susan Winchell Bare. Rev. John Blackstock and Mrs. Lydia G. Blackstock, Rev. J. C. Butcher, M.D., and Mrs. Ada C. Butcher, Rev. Lewis A. Core and Mrs. Mary K. Core, Rev. S. S. Dease, M.D., and Mrs. Jennie Dart Dease, M.D., Rev. W. P. Empey, Rev. R. I. Faucett, Rev. Joseph H. Gill and Mrs. Mary E. Gill, Rev. George C. Hewes and Mrs. Annie B. Hewes, Rev. Samuel Knowles and Mrs. Isabella K. Knowles, Rev. William A. Mansell and Mrs. Flor­ ence P. Mansell, Rev. James H. Messmore and- Mrs. Elizabeth H. Messmore, Rev. F. L. Neeld, D.D.. and Mrs. Emma A. Neeld, Rev. J. W. Robinson and Mrs. Elizabeth F. Robinson, Rev. N. L. Rockey and Mrs. Nettie M. Rockey, Rev. T. J. Scott, D.D., and Mrs. Elizabeth J. Scott, Rev. D. L. Thoburn and Mrs. Ruth H. Thoburn, Rev. J. N. West and Mrs. Irene West, Mrs. Helen J. Wilson. In the United States: Rev. J. L. Humphrey. M.D., and Mrs. Nancy K. Humphrey, Rev. J. W. Waugh, D.D., and Mrs. Jane T. Waugh. 150 Missionary Report.

W. F. M. S.— Misses Louise T. Brouse, Annie Budden, Margaret Carver, Kate O. Curts, Sarah A. Easton, Fannie M. English, Delia A. Fuller, Eva M. Hardie, Emily L. Harvey, Elizabeth Hoge, .Helen Ingram, Theresa J. Kyle, Margaret D. Lewis, M.D., I. Grace Loper, Alice Means, Mary Means, Marian Newton, Florence L. Nichols, Clara M. Organ, Mary Reed, Fannie Scott, Rue E. Sellers, Martha A. Shel­ don, M.D., Mary P. Stearns, Isabella Thoburn, Mary E. Wilson. In the United States: Miss Mary Bryan, M.D., Miss Celesta Easton, Miss Lily D. Greene. A n n u a l M e e t in g . The North India Conference met at Lucknow, January 10-15, 1900, Bishop Thoburn presiding. Robert I. Faucett was received on trial. There were reported 15,241 members, 17,597 probationers, and 40,904 Sunday school scholars. During the year 976 adults and 1,411 children were baptized. B a r e il l y D is t r ic t .— Frank L. Neeld, P. E. Less than two months ago I took over the district from Bishop E. W. Parker, hence my report represents only a short period. There are 21 Quarterly Conferences and 14,781 Christians to be looked after, besides the work of bringing the remaining 2,000,000 of Hindus and Moham­ medans to a knowledge of Christ. I made the round of these quarter­ lies in just one month and two days. As soon as this round was finished I began our District Conference and camp meeting, which met in the Faridpur Grove on December 4 and' continued for a week. We had 898 Christian people in regular attendance; a number of other people, both Christian and non-Christian, attended occasionally. There is now not sufficient time left me to digest the materials gath­ ered for a report. The statistics show a decrease of 50 in the full membership and an increase of 261 probationers for the year; there is an increase in the Christian community of 354. We have an increase of 14 native workers, with a decrease of 3 American workers, a decrease of 3 Epworth Leagues, and 32 less baptisms than we had in 1899. There is an increase of 10 day schools, with a decrease of 117 pupils. There has been a large increase in the number of Sunday school chil­ dren, an increase of 933 Christian pupils and 1,263 non-Christian. Our field is four fifths as large as the State of Connecticut, and has nearly three times as many people. We have this field, with 493 native workers and a Christian community of 14,781, to ourselves, as a mis­ sion. My earnest desire is that every worker may be in such vital relation to Jesus as the branch to the vine, in order that we may bear “much fruit.” A Christian mission in Garhwal was begun thirty-five years ago. It has taken all these years, almost, to get a start. Prejudice has not full}' worn off. Some classes (the poorer) tolerate us. We have Chris­ tians living in perhaps 35 villages. We have a membership, including children, of 812 Christians. We have 873 Sunday school scholars. We have 26 local preachers and exhorters, and 3 native members of Confer­ ence. Among this force of workers we have doubtless a dozen who are 1900.] North India. 151 really efficient workmen. But Christ began the conquest of the world with twelve disciples. The year under review saw 62 baptized, of whom 21 were adults. The territory over which our workers are dotted down appears to be wisely mapped out. Workers are constantly on the move when itinerating is possible. Our eight ordained ministers are faithful men. Yet no extensive revival has broken out. Often there is a struggle for bread. But this year we have had a plenteous harvest. The great event of the year among us is the assembly at our District Conference. Only there do the workers all see each other. This year it was a time of refreshing. There were fio complaints to be heard. There were no new licenses granted, no discussion over promotion, and no rec­ ommendations for the favors of Annual Conference. Our time was given up to literary and spiritual exercises and study of the Scriptures. We never had a -greater spiritual uplift, and all who came were blessed. It is cause of devout gratitude to God that we have some natives of Garhwal who are truly converted— men and women trying to lead a godly life. This is the hope of the infant Church. Christian methods of society, of business, of family life, are all new. We are learning. Four belated marriages took place this year. Our ministers have government authority to marry— of this no doubt exists. But marriage by Christian ceremonies is new to our people. The couples named got the start of the ministers. We are sorry for this, but patience is exercised, and reprimands are given. More couples fol­ lowed the Christian plan of having marriage ceremony precede the asso­ ciation of the bride and groom. We give line upon line, precept upon precept; and the people (especially the young) are learning. While I write I have news of an old man (the first convert ever baptized here) taking a younger wife without marriage while his own wife is still living. So it is clear we (to use a proverb) are still “far from Delhi.” We are not discouraged, and we will not retire from the conflict. Chris­ tian order is sure to prevail in truly Christian hearts. I have visited each circuit and held meetings in. conjunction with Quarterly Conferences. The headquarters of each preacher in charge is comparatively strong. It is a decided center of influence. Hence Christian instruction radiates. Christian books, and often medicine also, are distributed. A colporteur has haltingly covered the district with his itinerations. We thank the Bible Society for this man’s serv­ ices, and wre venture the belief that colportage will be a power for good if prosecuted properly. Our little schools in the district are doing a little good. Our central school at Pauri is doing much good. Two candidates passed the gov­ ernment middle English examination of 1899. One of them was a Christian. We expect better results this year, for we have a better staff. Had we money to pay a good staff of teachers we could now' have a high-grade school at Pauri, for many boys find their way from Garhwal to the Bareilly government school. There is no need for this if we could raise the grade of our school. It is a cause of regret that we have no more men of the stamp of Dr. John F. Goucher to help us here. 152 Missionary Report.

About 55 very fine Hindu boys occupy rooms in the Mission Boarding House barracks. The roll for our central school in November was 129; if to this we add a small compound school we have over *140 pupils in our mission compound. The Gadoli girls’ school, two miles distant, has about 68 pupils. The Mandakhal jungle, through the sale of wood, has supported a preacher who is stationed on the public road and whose influence extends to the limits of the district. “Watchman, what of the night?” I answer, There are signs of the coming dawn. It has been a struggle in Garhwal to get a foothold. It has been a- struggle to keep it when gotten. The tottering system of ancient idolatry is sure to fall. Let the Church of Christ have a staff of trained men on hand to shepherd the people (men native to the soilJ. The multitudes will spontaneously cast away their idols and bow in homage, worshipers of the truth as it'is in Jesus. God hasien the day!

G o n d a D is t r ic t .— W. Peters, P. E. The work of this district is divided among seven different circuits. This year our work has been carried on with satisfactory results. In some circuits we do not find much improvement in the way of getting inquirers after the truth baptized. In a few places some did not take baptism for fear of their relations, while others were afraid of their zemindars and other superiors because often when people become Christians they are very cruelly persecuted. Thanks to the British rule for the security of life and property it guarantees; still the way is not clear. There are family ties which bind most of our people and prevent them from embracing the Christian religion, in consequence of which they have to undergo a great deal of trouble. This year we came across many people who brought forth the same objections. We thought it wise to let people use their discretion and let them wreigh the matter well before taking any step, so that when they accept the Saviour they may be strong and patient under tribulation and may never think of backsliding. We trust the day is not far off when the Spirit of God will make them bold to publicly confess Christ. This year we set out to find those persons who were once baptized, but of whom no trace remained. After considerable trouble we were successful in our attempt. We tried to impress upon their hearts the importance of true religion, so that they might be Christians at all points. Our itinerating work began early this year. It was arranged so that we could go to the house of every Christian family, inquire about their spiritual and physical state, and consult them with regard to the im­ provement of the work. Our first tour was toward Bhinga, where we went with the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society evangelist, Miss E. Hoge, and her as­ sistants. Rev. J. F. Samuel (the preacher in charge of the place), too, accompanied us, with his coworkers, to every village and mohalla. We preached Christ to every soul we met, and visited all the Christian families where we had a chance of holding revival meetings. Several 1900.] North India. 153 received a new heart and were made happy in the Lord. We remained there for eighteen days. We then went to Qaisarganj, of which Rev. Baldeo Pershad is the preacher in charge. We held revival meetings there, visited the Chris­ tians, and we are glad to say that there were clear cases of conversion and of the Holy Spirit’s operating in many persons’ hearts. There are some circuits which stand very little chance of rising to a higher level. Their condition is ever the same. This is so because the people are hard-hearted, the workers are either negligent or heartless, or the field is vast and the laborers are few, and hence no definite result can come out of them. We are sometimes perplexed at heart and do not know what to do. However, we have urged the workers to be faithful in the discharge of their work, so that there may be some wholesome result. This year the number of baptisms is the'same as last year, but the Church is on a doubly higher spiritual level. For want of crops the physical condition of our people is .much the same. In Bahraich espe­ cially we did not have sufficient rains, consequently we did not have a good crop, and this had a bad effect on the poor Christians, a majority of whom are farmers. Boys and girls improve in their studies, and most of them are learn­ ing now to cultivate and till the ground side by side with their studies, and this in my opinion foretells their future welfare. The Sunday school work, too, is on a better basis, both in respect to numbers and instruction. Still we are in need of good teachers who may set a good example to their students, so that they may attract children by means of their character and .teaching. If we have such instructors we have strong hopes of a better future. The Epworth League work is carried on in almost every circuit, and it Slways has resulted satisfactorily. Boys and girls aré being prepared for the service of the Master— nay, they already help in the work in the way of collecting subscriptions, holding city Sunday schools, decorating the church, helping the pastor, arranging for funerals, visiting the sick, etc. Most of them are of help to us in church work, and we thank God for what he does for us, so that his power and glory are visible every­ where, and this predicts improvement. Though we have not realized as much as we expected for the work of self-support during the year, still we are pushing the cause forward. This district helped the India missionary society by giving 5 rupees per month for a preacher’s salary and 24 rupees for his house rent. That is what we did last year, too, and though the late famine did a lot of damage to us, still we are making progress in this way. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society workers do their work faithfully and enthusiastically. Miss Hoge. the evangelist, together with her helpers, has rendered valuable assistance to us and showed her sympathy in our work. The girls’ boarding school in Gonda is under the supervision of Miss Scott, and from that school girls pass their middle examination satis­ 154 Missionary Report. [1900.

factorily every year. There are other signs of advancement, spiritual and temporal, as the result of the superintendent’s and the pastor’s assiduous work. Taking everything into consideration, we find that God’s grace has been with us all through the past year. We consecrated ourselves anew to God’s service at the watch night service, and were abundantly blessed. We thank our heavenly Father that he has strengthened and preserved us hitherto for his glory. The secret of all this success is nothing but Christ’s presence in our midst and the indwelling of his Spirit in our hearts. Our Christian wrorkers were privileged to partake of divine blessings together with the Oudh District brethren in the District Conference. We have found out the depth, length, and breadth of His grace, and have solemnly promised to unanimously follow in his footsteps, so that the twentieth century may be a memorable century in the history of our work, in which many lost ones may be brought back to the fold of Christ. We are confident that by his grace we shall be more than conquerors. K u m a o n D is t r ic t .— S. Knowles, P. E. We spent the months of February and March in the Bhabar and Tarai at the foot of the Naini Tal range of hills trying to follow in the blessed footsteps of Christ in preaching the Gospel of the kingdom to the poor, and, as far as our medicine chest and knowledge would go, healing the sick. We always took advantage of an invitation to see a village school, of preaching Christ to the boys and their friends as­ sembled there; and often we have been followed to our camp by a number of boys and their village elders to hear more of this wonderful incarnation. It was our practice, too, in marching from camp to camp to converse with travelers about Christ and his great salvation. In Haldwani itself, whenever we came in from our itinerating tours, we held Hindustani and English services for the native Christians and Europeans of the place— the latter numbered as many as 30 persons in our Sunday evening worship. At the end of March, after holding our Haldwani Quarterly Conference, we went up to Naini Tal to organize the native work for the season and start our vernacular school for the year, as well as see to the necessary repairs of mission property. Rev. B. M. Dass, pastor of the native church, has been indefatigable in his efficient help both in chapel preaching and school work. On the 13th of April we started to pay our official visit to Dwarahat via Khairna and Ranikhet. At Uprari, five miles from the latter place, we found Santosh Ram and his wife working. They visit and preach in the villages perched round about on the hillsides and mountain tops; and only those who have tried it know how difficult and arduous it is to reach the nearest of these hamlets. They also teach a small school of boys and girls in their compound. . We examined this school, and then, people gathering round, we preached Jesus and had prayer. Con­ ducting some of these simple services have been the happiest moments of our life. So, taking courage, we pressed forward to pass the night 1900.] North India. 155 at the comfortable Dak Bungalow at Ranikhet. Next morning we had trouble about coolies; and only those who have experienced it know what vexation and annoyance this means. However, we finally got off and reached the welcome mission house at Dwarahat. Nobody knows better how to give a kind reception to a tired guest than Mr. and Mrs. Rockey, so we were soon compensated for a wet and wearying, though not monotonous, journey. That same evening we had our Quarterly Conference in the neat girls’ schoolhouse. Twenty preachers and teach­ ers were present. We found the collections on the circuit generous, the reports excellent, and the hopes of the workers bright. We had the privilege and pleasure of exhorting this band of workers to greater diligence in the labor of love and patience of hope. On the next day, Sunday, there was Sabbath school in the morning, when we lectured on the subject of Jairus’s daughter. At noon there was love feast, led by Rev. H. Wilson, and we preached in the evening to a very intelligent congregation. We arrived back in Naini Tal on April 24. and from then till the end of September were engaged in the duties of preacher in charge of the station. With the Rev. B. M. Dass we regularly took our alternate part in Sunday services and week day meetings. We also occasionally preached in English, and took our part in the Thursday evening prayer meetings. During the summer months we commenced a series of lectures on popular subjects for the educated natives of the place, which proved successful. The Rev. Dr. Scott, of Bareilly, rendered very efficient aid in this work. The educational work of this station has been well looked after by Rev. Dr. Butcher, at Oak Openings, and Miss Easton, at Wellesley. Dr. Butcher’s report speaks for itself. Under the able preaching and jealous pastoral care of Rev. R. I. Faucett the English Church has been better attended all through the season than ever before. In the beginning of October, having held our Haldwani and Naini Tal Quarterly Conferences, we started on our tour in eastern Kumaon. We marched via Almora and Lohaghat, twelve hard and laborious stages from Naini Tal, so different from the easy, commodious railway traveling on the plains. Though there are comfortable and picturesque dak bungalows at the end of each stage, yet we had to take our own cook and messing for the whole journey, going and coming, and this involved extra trouble and expense. We saw little of the irritation and provocation constantly caused by coolies failing to appear at the time of starting, or decamping on the way, yet this adds to the real trials and crosses of each daily march; but the delightful scenery we passed through, and the almost constant view of the magnificent snowy range, glittering in the golden sunshine, fully indemnified us for the arduousness and vexations of the road. We left Almora for the Shore Valley on Monday, the 8th, and reached there on Thursday, October 11, thus doing the journey of eight marches in four days. On Friday we held the Pithoragarh Quarterly Conference, and in the evening preached in the chapel to a large con­ 156 Missionary Report. [1900.

gregation. On the following day we held an investigating committee to inquire into charges against a local preacher on the circuit; and then had the unpleasant duty of sending up the case for trial at our District Conference. And here we may say in passing that this trial was held, and the local preacher in question was cleared of the charges preferred against him. The Sabbath was Missionary Sunday in Pithoragarh. We preached in the morning to a crowded house on “The harvest ripe." After the sermon the m uthi collection was taken up. M uth i means handful, and the collection is what has been gathered in handfuls at each meal for weeks before. The church had been tastefully decorated with sheaves of different kinds of grains, and embellished with wreaths of wild flowers and field creepers, and presented a very unique appearance. T h e m uthi collection was valued at 30 rupees, and the cash collection at 30 rupees. In the evening we preached to as large an assembly as in the morning, and after this administered the holy sacrament. On Tuesday we went up three miles to the Chandag Heights to see the Lepers’ Home, under the superintendence of the devoted Miss Reed. We saw the sun rise and stripe the sides of the snowy mountains with golden bands, and make their tops glow with heavenly fire, and had a grand view of the whole Shore Valley, yielding up its richness to the reapers’ sickles in the mellow light of a new-born day. We met Miss Reed on the veranda of her rose-covered cottage, and then went with her to see her new chapel gleaming in the sunshine, and dominating the hills around. We assisted in putting up the slabstone on the gable front, on which is engraved the word “Bethel,” with its translation in Hindi, “House of Godthen we had singing and prayers, and we gave an address in Hindi to the lepers and workmen present. Miss Reed is building a new house near her own for a lady companion, and she is happy to know she will soon cease to live alone on those lonely, though beautiful, heights. We left Pithoragarh on the 17th, and arrived at Lohaghat on October 19. On Saturday we visited the few European families in this once flourishing military station, and then examined our small vernacular school. D. Hukill has a very encouraging work going on here. Sun­ day morning was Children’s Day at Hukill’s School, so we attended and gave an address. There were of boys and their friends, with a few Europeans, about 60 present. In the evening we conducted an English service and preached to 17 persons. Mrs. Colonel Tulloch kindly gave us the use of her drawing-room for the occasion, and also conducted the hymn music. We arrived in Almora on Friday, the 26th, and from that to the 31st we were engaged arranging for our District Conference. It being the jubilee year of the London Missionary Society In Almora, where fifty years ago the late Rev. Mr. Budden began mission work in Kumaon, the Rev. Mr. Bulloch wrote to ask, as we were having our District Conference in Almora, if the jubilee meetings could not be united with our Conference, and thus show that the work of the two Missions in these mountains is really one. To this we agreed, and so a program 1900.] North India. 157

was prepared in which members of both Missions took part, covering about a week from October 31 to November 6. Wednesday evening was given up to a meeting of welcome, when Rev. Mr. Bulloch took the chair, and, extending a hearty greeting to the Methodist Episcopal Mission workers, explained the nature of the work done, and showed the progress made by their Mission during the fifty years of its history in Kumaon. There were three meetings a day: at 8 a . m . preaching service; at n a . m . District Conference; and at 5 p. m . preaching, fol­ lowed by a prayer meeting. We preached the first sermon on Thursday morning. On Sunday morning was preaching by Rev. G. M. Bulloch and administration of the sacrament by him; at noon the annual ser­ mon by Dr. J. Abraham; -and in the evening we preached in English. The Epworth League and Christian Endeavor Society had a very suc­ cessful meeting on Saturday afternoon. The religious meetings were all characterized by a fervent spirit of devotion, of earnest prayers, zealous preaching, and trust in the presence and power of the blessed Holy Spirit. We believe, notwithstanding the disturbing influence of a trial going on, that much lasting spiritual good has been received by members of both Missions. After listening to a stirring exhortation from Rev. Mr. Bulloch, and reading out the appointments, we left for Haldwani on Monday after­ noon, which place we were glad to reach in health and safety on the following Wednesday morning. To God be all the praise! Dwaraliat, including Lohba. N. L. Rockey, missionary in charge, w r ite s : “Ours is an isolated station. We are far away from European neighbors, European sympathy, and associations, yet we find no time to get lonely. Sometimes the long mountainous way is wearisome, and w€ wish that there could be other means of transportation than uncer­ tain coolies. Our movements are all dependent on their pleasure— when they will, sunshine is about our path; when they won't, that is the end of it. We often have to await their more convenient season even for very important movements. An example: We tried to return from Conference straight home. We got as far as the foot of the mountains, but not a coolie was available. We had to walk two miles to the nearest rest house, and with the greatest difficulty got our baggage there before night. Then came two days of weary, expensive waiting, during which it rained. Snow fell; so that there was no hope for a move for days to come. We returned to Shahjahanpur, and had to wait two weeks be­ fore we could again attempt the march. These journeys took a greater part of $100 of our living allowance (225 rupees), and deprived us of most of the days when our children could be at home with us. Notwithstanding these hardships we enjoy the work, and are very glad to be accounted worthy of a place in this needy field. With my wife and three little ones I made journeys amounting to three hundred and forty-two miles of this laborious travel, which means twenty-four days of actual journeying and as many more of detention and work by the way. 1 have also done a great deal more than this alone, visiting i 58 Missionary Report. [1900.

some places very difficult of access, where missionaries and Europeans have almost never, if ever, gone. It has been a year of almost famine. I planned many more days of itinerating, but had to give it up and return home because I could buy no food for either horse or coolies. A great scarcity prevailed. It necessitated the opening of private relief works to keep a number of poor from bitter suffering. Several orphans were added to our school from among the sufferers. It has not been a year of great fruitage, although of hard labor. There have been discouragements that have been very trying, but we cannot yield to them. We know that we do not labor in vain. It is no small privilege to help form the character of so many boys and girls. It is a pleasure to sow Gospel seed in so many young heathen hearts. We are loved and respected by many who listen attentively to our teaching in day schools and who profit in a visible measure by it, although as yet none of them have accepted our Saviour.

R epo r t o f t h e R ev. J. C. B u t c h e r , M.D. The boys’ high school, Oak Openings, Naini Tal, has had a year of encouragement. Seventy-nine pupils have been in attendance during the year, and 12 new boys have already been promised for next year. This indicates that confidence in the school, which had been dis­ turbed by repeated changes in the management, is being restored. The boys did very fairly in the government examinations. During the year the school has come into possession of the neighboring estate of St. Asaph’s, containing nearly eleven acres of magnificent site on the top of the ridge, with views of the snow on one side and of the lake and plains on the other. The members of our school committee themselves subscribed the money, and presented the property to the school. On the estate is a fine old house, badly built. This we plan to move to a better site, and build accommodations for five small families. When built the new houses ought to bring us in a clear income of at least 1,200 rupees a year, which would enable us to take at least a dozen boys on reduced fees, and thus extend the range of our influence. The cost of the re­ moval of the house would probably be about 5,000 rupees. We are asking our friends to each of them give us 100 rupees ($35) toward this as a Twentieth Century Offering, and we hope that at least fifty of them will send us that amount. During the past two years about 4,000 rupees has been wiped off the debt of the “Poplars,” a large business block presented to the school as an endowment by the Rev. Thomas Craven. In a few years the en­ tire debt on that building will have been paid off, and then we shall have a clear income of 5,000 rupees a year from it for school purposes. So we may regard the present prospects of the school as encouraging.

M o r a d a ba d D is t r ic t .— L. A. Core, P. E. The Moradabad District embraces three of the six divisions of the civil district of the same name and the whole of the Bijnor District, I900.J North India. 159

exclusive of the Chandpore Tahsil. This latter, together with the re­ maining three Tahsil of the Moradabad Civil District, goes to make up the Sambhal District. There is also included a small portion of the T arai. T h e population o f the district is som ething over 1,250,000. T he Christian population is nearly 10,000, or about 1 Christian for every 125 non-Christians. The district is composed of 14 independent circuits, each of which is in turn divided into from 3 to 7 subcircuits. The Christians are distributed among 850 villages and mohallas. This large Christian com­ munity and still larger army of inquirers are ministered to by 1 mission­ ary, 2 lady missionaries, 7 assistants, 9 Hindustani members of Confer­ ence, 34 local preachers, and 115 exhorters and teachers, besides 127 Bible readers, teachers, zenana workers, and women of all grades, mak­ ing a total of 295 paid workers. In addition to these there is an ever- increasing force of hodis, or unpaid workers, from the villages. The school work of the district comprises 3 Anglo-vernacular schools, 2 for girls and 1 for boys, with a total enrollment of 416 pupils. These 3, together with 149 village primary schools, make up the edu­ cational branch of the district work. The entire enrollment of pupils is 2,544. The girls’ high school, under the principalship of Miss Alice Means, has had a successful year. The inspectress reported well on the school, and a small increase in the government grant in aid has been earned. No candidates go up for either of the government examinations this year. The attendance is slightly lower than in former years, owing to the increased cost of supporting the pupils. Grain has for two years been unusually dear, and the amount granted for the support of each girl does not meet the expenses. The attendance in the Bijnor girls’ school has increased considerably this year. A still larger attendance could be easily secured did the financial condition of the school justify it. The boys’ high school has done good work. Ten candidates for the entrance examinations, of whom 4 are Christians, and 12 for the middle, of whom 7 are Christians, are being sent up. Both classes are good, and the head master expects good results. The attendance of Christian boys depends directly on the elasticity of school funds. For the last two or three years we have been compelled to cut down the number of Christian boys in the boarding house. Scores of likely boys have been turned away because of lack of funds. Ours is the only high school in our Mission in this end of the field, a field representing a constituency of some 50,000 or 60,000 Christians. Provision ought to be made for the support of at least 125 boys. No extra plant or teaching staff would be needed to accommodate them. The enrollment of Hindu and Moham­ medan pupils is better than in other years. Monthly fees realized from these non-Christian day pupils has for several months reached or ex­ ceeded 100 rupees. The Bible is taught daily in all classes. This year, owing to the enforced absence of the principal on his district, no can­ didates have been prepared for the Scripture examination of the Mis­ sionary Educational Union. The district evangelistic work among the women is under the superin­ i6o Missionary Report. [1900.

tendence of Miss Means, who is also in charge of the schools and zenana work of Moradabad City. In company with her band of helpers she spends the cold season itinerating in her ox cart from village to village, often being for weeks at a time away from home in the jungles. It is not easy to overestimate the importance of this branch of missionary work. The good influence of these visits are lasting and meet me con­ stantly. It is no uncommon thing to hear the remark, in answer to some question of mine pertaining to idolatry, that ‘‘since the Miss Sahib was here we have destroyed our shrines and given up all puja” (idolatrous worship). These bands of consecrated women will help on mightily in the evangelization of India. I hope the time, may come when, instead of one single band in a district, we may have several, both of men and women, who, untrammeled by any financial or institutional responsibili­ ties, shall be free to go forth among the villages preaching the unsearch­ able riches of Christ. To me this is the ideal form of missionary work. Considerable difficulty has been experienced in the getting of reliable census returns of our community. Confusion still reigns in the statis­ tical forms. The returns of no two successive years can -be made to ap­ proximate. For instance, in 1899 the Christian population of the district was given at 10,235. This year, after reducing 192 for deaths and adding 511 for baptisms, we ought, mathematically, to have a total of 10,554, but we can only show 9,981. There has not been sufficient time to enter fully into an investigation of the cause of this unexpected decrease. Lack of accuracy in taking the census partly accounts for it, while the floating nature of the people concerned makes accurate statistics welL nigh an impossibility. The poor people have felt keenly the sore^famine that has prevailed for the last three years. In consequence, those who have no permanent employment were cSmpelled to go where they could find enough to keep themselves. Only a minority of our people could be said to be fixtures in the sense of having regular places of abode and permanent employment. There are a few cliankidars (village night watchmen), a few more cultivators, and a still larger number of private and municipal servants. But the majority have no regular, fixed occu­ pation. These last, in times of scarcity, must seek their food where they may. I could give the names of twenty-five villages that have been en­ tirely abandoned by their Christian population in this way within the last two years. The Christians have gone to parts unknown. Many, but not all of these, will return. Then, again, from the villages toward the mountains many go to the various hill stations from March to November in search of service. It was a complete surprise to me to find how large is the number of those who thus annually migrate to the hills. Most, but by no means all, return in November. This unsettled state of affairs helps to add confusion to our figures and renders them less reliable than they otherwise would be. The difficulties of the work are numerous and perplexing. I am well aware of the danger of looking exclusively upon the dark side. Neither, on the .other hand, is it the part of wisdom to entirely ignore it. A re­ port of the district would be incomplete without reference to the less 1900.] North India. 161

helpful side of the work. Among the yet unsolved problems are the village primary schools. If their usefulness be tested from an educa­ tional point of view exclusively, then they could not be called a success. Happily their usefulness is broader. The pupils do not make satisfac­ tory progress. Fully two thirds do not succeed in mastering the myster­ ies of the first book. Three fourths of the remainder get stranded in the second, and of the few who do reach the third book most are seen off in search of work. They have little time, less inclination, for study, and what wonder when they are nearly all day at work? Teachers lack fitness, system, enterprise. My ten years of experience with the village school as it now exists leads me to the conclusion, to put it mildly, that it leaves much to be desired. Again the work in our fields is seriously hindered at certain seasons by sickness. In some places few families among our workers are free frotn fever and other forms of sickness incident to the season. From August to November work is hindered and in places entirely stopped, to say nothing of the suffering and expense endured by the poor victims. Another serious drawback is the habit among many of our workers of getting into debt. In some circuits this is causing great harm to our work. Famine prices that have prevailed for two or three years may be urged as some excuse, but that does not entirely justify the conditions found in some places. This evil is assuming dimensions that threaten to be serious unless put down by a strong hand, and the habitual offender summarily dealt with. A disap­ pointing feature of our work is the smallness of the number of those who become fitted to pass on to the higher privileges of church member­ ship. Two more may be indicated in the fewness of real, genuine conversions and the very general absence on the part of our people of any burden for souls. Some of my workers do have upon their hearts a burden for the salvation of their people, but they are sadly in the minority. From what has been said it should not be inferred that our work has only its dark side; that nothing but difficulties and discouragements beset us. On the other hand, the year’s work has been a blessing and an inspiration, and hope reigns where at the beginning of the year despond­ ency ruled. Confidence in the power of God pledged to help us, and in the power of that living word which he has promised "shall not return unto him void,” has been greatly strengthened. But aside from this, there is a hopeful outlook in the work itself which is calculated to cheer and inspire courage. As I have traveled over the lengths and breadths of the district I have observed no want of evidences of progress. It will not be possible to give these with any fullness of detail, but I want to point out a few of the evidences that go to show that we are moving in the right direction: 1. Increased contributions from the people toward the support of the Gospel. This year our collection from the common people was over 75 rupees. This, of course, is not much if we regard only the purchasing power of so much actual cash. But taken as a fore­ token of greater things yet to come it is a significant fact The people, in a measure, are beginning to realize that upon them rests some obliga- 1 1 Missionary Report. [1900.

tion for the spread of the Gospel. It must not be forgotten in consider­ ing the question of self-support that our people are themselves, by pro­ fession and inheritance, beggars. In the harvest seasons most of them go from field to field begging a few handfuls of grain from each. Yet, in spite of these facts, they are learning to give. I could name some villages where the habit has become so fixed that should the preacher by some oversight neglect to call for the monthly subscriptions the peo­ ple fhemselves, through their hadi (leader), would send them in. 2. Idolatry, that stubborn, strongly intrenched, and almost omnipresent foe, is slowly yielding before the onward march of the Gospel of Christ. The tidal wave that two years ago threatened to overwhelm our work in parts of Rohilcund is receding. The fight has been a stubborn one, but there is no doubt that the foe is slowly but surely retiring. In more than twenty-five villages since August the idolatrous shrines have been destroyed, and generally by the people themselves. In other places where it has not yet been abandoned the mud shrine has been relegated to the jungles, or else taken refuge in some conspicuous form under the roof of the worshiper as a thing not to be openly tolerated. 3. Christian marriages and burials are becoming more common. In Moradabad City a new movement has begun that is worthy of mention. For some time the leading men of the various mohallas have had monthly meetings with the Mission agents for the purpose of discussing such questions as how to prevent marriage of Christians with non-Christians, how to destroy idolatry and wipe out idolatrous customs, and how to indoc­ trinate the people in the fundamental truths of Christianity. These meetings have been well attended and the discussions earnest and free. It has been pointed out that the making or unmaking of the people largely lies with these mohalla head men, and we have endeavored, with some success, to make them feel the burden of responsibility. They are beginning to see that the Christian element is strong enough and numer­ ous enough, if only it stands together, to replace heathen with Christian customs. We look on this movement as one of the helpful signs, and are trying to extend it to other places, hoping that it may result in a Christian B iradri (brotherhood), not imposed upon the people from without, but developed from among the people themselves. 4. The increasing number of hadis, or unpaid workers. 5. The large number of inquirers from among Hindus and Mohammedans. In my last round of Quarterly Conferences I made special inquiries on this head, and was much surprised at the result. For many years we have been so absorbed in the work among the low castes that little attention has been bestowed on the higher classes. Yet I find from 75 to 100 genuine inquirers over the district, many of whom I hope may soon come out openly for Christ. The following are some of the lines along which we are making special effort: i. The bringing up of the workers, men and women, by means of summer schools and special religious services to a higher degree of fit­ ness and consecration. The workers are the key to the situation. Other things being equal, given good, earnest, devoted workers, and you will 1900.] North India.

find a people free from entanglements of heathenism and growing in grace and godliness. During July we held two summer Bible schools, one in Moradabad and one in Bijnor, and the results more than ful­ filled our anticipations, and we hope to spend at least one month every year in this work of training the workers. 2. Where there are some Christians in a village, or mohalla, special effort will be made to get all to accept Christ. Experience shows that if some non-Christians remain among the Christian community of the village the mud shrines will also be likely to remain, and the weak Christians in time of mar­ riage or sickness will be tempted to secretly offer sacrifices thereon. By getting the entire village to become Christians this stumbling-block can easily be removed. 3. A more extensive use of Bible portions and tracts. 4. More personal hand-to-hand work. 5. More systematic, regular pastoral care. Registers have been put into the hands of all the workers from the preacher in charge to the lowest helper. These registers con­ tain the names of the villages in which the party works, the names of the Christians in each village, a definite daily plan of work, as well as a daily record of the work done. These books are regularly inspected by the presiding elder. 6. More emphasis on work among the higher classes. I do not advocate the abatement of one jot of our work to lift up the low, but we must not forget that we are debtors to the higher classes as well. It is barely possible that we have made too nar­ row an interpretation of our Lord’s last command. He bids us “go and • make disciples of all nations.” The above points indicate a part of the pkn of campaign for the coming year in the Moradabad District.

S a m b h a l D is t r ic t .— H. J. Adams, P. E. I have been transferred only this year to the Sambhal District. On my arrival I visited the work that is carried on in this district, both religious and temporal, and saw all the preachers in charge. They all received us gladly and treated us well. We got together to consult each other about our work as to its improvement. Each one gave his opinion with regard to the spiritual advancement in our work. There are altogether 13 circuits in this district, each having a preacher in charge. These circuits are divided into 77 subcircuits. We work in 849 villages, and there are 647 villages-where our Christians live and where the work is carried on regularly. We teach the Scriptures in our Church, and we are glad lo report that our Christians know the Bible better every day. All the preachers in charge, local preachers, exhorters, pastor teachers, and zenana Bible readers discharge their duty faith­ fully, and the work is, I daresay, on a better basis. This year I held revival meetings in every circuit in connection with the Quarterly Con­ ference, which proved beneficial to our workers. In August, at the time of the workers’ meeting of this district, we had revival meetings for one week. There were sermons, addresses, and papers given and read by which our people were greatly blessed. Almost all received the gift of the Holy Spirit and were refreshed to start their work with renewed zeal and vigor. Missionary Report. [1900.

Our Christians are rapidly abandoning their old manners and customs. The condition of the Church is changing for the better. Four hundred persons accepted Christ and were baptized during this year. This year we paid special attention to the spiritual condition of our members and laid much stress on the importance of Bible study. W e think our people are better than they were last year. T h ere are 104 Sunday schools, w ith 5,438 Christian -pupils, where Sunday school lessons, Catechism, the Ten Commandments, the Lord’s Prayer, the Apostles’ Creed, etc., are taught. Besides these, we have many non-Christian pupils who show great interest in learning what we teach them. Need we say that this work, too, is improving? There are 73 day schools in this district, with 1,202 pupils, who receive both religious and secular instruction. The work is satisfactory, with a remarkable improvement in the teaching. Owing to the famine of the past few years our people are in great trouble. They are not well-to-do at present, even though we have had some crops. There are some who earn their livelihood with a great deal of trouble. Nevertheless, in the midst of their sufferings, our people have subscribed 1,315 rupees during this year. Out of this sum 706 rupees are for the support of pastors. The collection is not less, but more, than what it was last year. We pray that the Lord may bless our people, so that they may give with a cheerful heart for the glory of the M aster. There are 7,047 Christians in our district. Of course, this is less than the number of the previous year. We had our District Conference, to­ gether with that of the Moradabad District, from November 27 to December 3. Everything was done in a good way. The League meet­ ings, sermons, and other services were to the advantage of the attend­ ants. Our people were abundantly blessed. We thank God for his blessing upon us through the year so that his helping hand has led and guided us in all our undertakings. His divine presence was felt by us all in Quarterly Conferences. His grace made our burdens lighter and removed all our difficulties so that our work is progressing. We have great hopes of a better future. Blessed be his name! There are many inquirers from among Jats and Thakurs and other poor classes. They all buy copies of the Bible and take delight in read­ ing them, and it seems to me that they are sincere inquirers. The higher class people, too, buy copies of the Bible, but only to be acquainted with our religion and to discuss writh us. We hope to begin our work among the Jats, who seem to love our Christian people. The time has come when not only in the Sambhal District, but also throughout all India, there should be earnest, aggressive work, in faith that the multitudes will be brought to Christ. Our ardent prayer before the throne of grace is that all other re­ ligions may yield to the true and the only religion of Christ our Re­ deemer, so that his work may spread more and more not only in our country, but in the whole wide world. May people believe in the Lord Jesps Christ and be saved! 1900.] North India.

P i l i b h i t D is t r i c t — H. A. Cutting, P . E.

Being a new presiding elder in this district, I am not fully acquainted with all the conditions of this field. But of what I have heard and seen I present my report as follows: There are 12 circuits in the district, in which 6 Conference members and 8 local ordained elders and deacons work as preachers in charge. Three circuits, namely, Sirouli, Strahi, and Baheri, are so large that each can be hardly traveled by one man, but’ want of money does not allow us to divide them each into two circuits. Besides this, there are 12 hopeful towns, namely, Bilsanda, Pahar Gunge, Barkh'era, Sherpur, Amariya, Faridpur, Parewa, Kanakore, Shishgarh, Senthal, and Hafiz- ganj, lying empty of preachers, the old workers, namely, Brother Solo­ mon, Dr. T. J. Scott, and Bishop Parker, being true witnesses to this truth. I feel shame to show this need on account of shortness of mis­ sion money, but present it before the friends at home who support the work. We do not neglect collecting money here. We increase our self- support year by year, and in my opinion the amount raised this year is not very much less, according to the present conditions and abilities of our Church. O ur Christian comm unity numbers 6,220, o f which 3,015 attend the Sunday services. Since we conducted 61 spiritual meetings in the district our Sunday worship attendance is increasing, and this is one of the grandest and most hopeful means of the Church’s growth and prosperity. Our schools .and scholars decrease in number, but improve in education. I introduced the Sambhal evening meeting here. Each member of the meeting commits to memory one chapter of*the Scriptures daily, turn by turn, and talks before the congregation. Then the pastor questions and comments upon it. In this way our people are being trained. Boys also learn the Bible, and our preachers and Bible readers get ready to preach. At our last District Conference the Sun­ day morning love feast was a blessed meeting, and is talked of and remembered everywhere. In the beginning our leader spoke five min­ utes on Zech. 10. 1, and the presence of the Holy Ghost filled the house. Then three ministers prayed, and a light rain began; after all Piyari, a blind girl, stood and offered the Spirit-taught prayer, and the heavy rain filled our congregation abundantly and changed our witnesses won­ derfully. This leaves very good hope for the future.

H ard oi D is t r ic t .— Samuel Tupper, P. E.

This is a new district, a part of old Oudh District, composed of two government zilas, namely, Hardoi and Unas. There were only three circuits in these two zilas, but now there are nine. There are no mis­ sionaries in the district. I thank God that he has helped us and work has prospered in this district. T here are 33 schools and 729 pupils, 364 o f whom are C hris­ tians, and the others non-Christians. The Bible is taught every day. We have 5 schools for girls also, in which 135 pupils are taught. The Hardoi girls’ school, supported by the Woman’s ‘ Foreign Missionary Missionary Report. [1900.

Society and Mr. and Mrs. John G. Holmes, of Pittsburg, has had a prosperous year. The girls are making .excellent progress, and the school is in every way to be commended. A greater part of the girls’ boarding house has been built this year, and 35 girls have settled there; the remaining part will be finished about the end of March next. As Rev. Mr. Mansell reported last year, there is pressing need for a-new church building at Hardoi. Over 200 rupees have been raised from the church here. The number of baptisms this year in the district is 170; so in my district 1,290 persons are Christians, and they gave 587 rupees. Most of the day schools are Holmes schools in the district, and all the schools are carried on very well. The Holmes schools are doing good work; they were inspected twice this year by the presiding elder himself. There are 75 Sunday schools, with an attendance of 4,793 scholars of all ages. There are 4 ministers, 8 local deacons, 13 preachers, 22 ex- horters, and 30 teachers, etc., in this district. A great many of our people have been born again this year, and have become real spiritual Christians. The Epworth League work of this district is very strong and supports the work of the Saviour efficiently. It is a great help in our work, and every member is a true soldier of the Captain (Jesus Christ). I thank God that all the workers have done their duties in his love and fear. May Almighty God help, all the workers more and more to bring many souls to Christ!

O u d h D is t r ic t .— J. W. Robinson, P. E. The Oudh District as now constituted is an irregular strip of territory across the center of the political division of Oudh, with an area of between six and seven thousand square miles, and thickly populated by almost five million Hindus and Mohammedans. Lucknow, the center of'our work, was long the center of Mohammedan power in North India, and the old fanatical spirit still exists to such an extent as to make mission work throughout the entire district difficult. The past year has been one of turmoil and hardship for the people of the district. While outside of the famine area proper, still famine prices ruled; the threatened invasion of the black plague and conse­ quent sanitary measures by the government were made a pretext for agi­ tation and oppression by the unscrupulous, and at times and in places the ignorant and superstitious inhabitants were almost panic-stricken. All such unrest works to our disadvantage. During the year past from 52 centers, comprising 9 circuits, we have carried on the usual mission work. No one plan is being pushed to the neglect of others, nor is special prominence being given to any one department of our work. We have not sought by some means to save all, but by “all means to save some,” and while the results have not been such as we wished, still they are satisfactory in so far as they show a decided forward movement in almost all the circuits. The following is a condensed summary of our statistics: í 9°°.J North India.

CIRCUIT. P reachers in Charge. Baptisms. Sunday Sunday Schools. Sunday School Pupils. School Pupils. Pastoral Support. Other Collections. Christians. | | Schools. Lakhim pur...... D. P. K id d e r.... 124 16 18 458 2 45 $42 $63 Tikaiatnagar...... Mangal S ingh... 41 15 6 250 2 32 16 6 Rae Bareilly...... G. H. Frey...... 245 31 24 1,418 9 229 78 89 Bara B a n k i...... Yaqub Ali...... 234 23 23 855 S 154 87 124 Sitapur...... Chhote L a i...... 539 33 44 2,180 3 251 634 166 Sidhauli...... — J. H. Smart...... 79 25 25 240 21 11 M alhihabad...... Yaqub Singh — 60 ■ 7 6 80 '2 “ ¿Ó 18 7 Lucknow, English .. J. H. Me^smore.. 108 0 1 140 1,320 1,035 Lucknow, Hind ...... J. N. West . . . . 510 30 37 1,391 Í7 68Í 654 199 T otal...... 1,936 192 169 6,980 43 1,422 $2,270 $1,700

With the exception of school attendants, this shows a good increase over the totals of last year, and the only reason for the decrease in this respect is the continued cutting of the appropriations. There were about 40 more baptisms this year than last, and our Christian community has increased about three times this number. The explanation of this is that a number of Christians who were lapsed and had not been counted have returned to us. There has been a large increase in pastoral support, but a corresponding decrease in other collections. The latter is explained by the fact that last year larger sums were given by European friends. Christian community. Our Christian community has not only in­ creased in numbers, but has also made progress in all that goes to make up Christian character. In many places, where but one or two of our peo­ ple live in a village, it is very difficult to reach and influence them for good in the way we wish. Such must depend for instruction on the occasional visit of the preacher or teacher, and as a result progress is not rapid. But in all of our chief centers meetings are held regularly, and our con­ verts are improving. During the year we have had many Christian marriages and burials, a sure sign that old and idolatrous customs are losing their hold. Very few indeed still are tainted with idolatry, and by reasonable care in teaching our inquirers the Church in this part of our field can be kept clean from this evil. During the year special revival meetings were held in all of the cir­ cuits, and those attending were much helped. The annual Dasehra meetings, held in connection with the English and Hindustani work in Lucknow, were attended by many from a distance, and about 100 nominal Christians were quickened iiito a real spiritual life. At the workers’ meeting in July, and also at the District Conference held in November, special stress was laid on the responsibility of workers with the result that much more earnestness than usual has been shown by our preachers and lower grade workers. About 100 workers and per­ haps half that many laymen on the district have signed the pledge in connection with the Twentieth Century Forward Movement, and ar­ rangements have been made to carry on this forward movement work Missionary Report. [1900.

systematically during the coming year. This movement itself, so far as Southern Asia is concerned, was inaugurated at the Lucknow Dasehra meetings this year, the result of much prayer and thought on the part of a large number of missionaries there present. Death has been busy among us, and many of our people have passed on to join the Church triumphant. One of the very encouraging things* about our work is the number of triumphant deathbeds we have. Our people are mostly poor and ignorant, and sometimes sadly lacking in many of the things we count as almost essential to our Christian civili­ zation, but they have a simple faith that enables them to take God’s promises at their face value, and so they die well. In a number of places recently non-Christians who witnessed such deaths have been much im­ pressed, and marveled greatly that they were scenes of joyous triumph. Another encouraging sign of our growth is the way young men and women who have passed through our mission schools are beginning to be appointed by the government to posts of responsibility. Within the district we have a tahsildar, two assistant civil surgeons, and a good number of lesser officials who are Hindustani Christians, while in al­ most every government female hospital are to be found doctors and compounders who have come out from our girls’ schools. Evangelistic zuork. This department of our w'ork has been pushed to the extent of our ability, and thousands of little villages have had the Gospel preached intelligently and repeatedly to their inhabitants. Occasionally our workers find a place where the name of Christ has never been heard, but within this field, as a rule, the people know some­ thing of our religion. Our great desire during the year has been to make the workers feel that they were not only to preach, but to preach with such earnestness and power that the people would be converted. The increased number of baptisms is encouraging, and as .great care has been used in dealing with inquirers we feel sure that there will be few who will return to their old religions. As the baptisms have been from all classes, from that of Brahman and Mohammedan to those con­ sidered lower, it indicates a general spirit of inquiry not confined to any one.class. In one place only— Biswan, in the Sidhauli Circuit— has there been anything indicating a mass movement. Here over twenty per­ sons of the Chumar caste have become Christians, and many others are inquirers. In one point on the Sitapore Circuit, Laharpur, a whole village of between two and three hundred Chumars assert they intend to accept Christianity, but as such mass conversions bring into the Church many elements of discord and weakness, we are not urging the matter. In prosecuting our evangelistic work we are very much indebted to a number of friends in America who help support some of our preach­ ers. The work in and around Lakhimpur is almost entirely supported by Mr. H. J. Learned, of Wamesit, Mass., and his brother, Mr. Charles A. Learned, of Meriden, Conn. The Learned Chapel at this point is a memorial to their sainted mother. Mrs. T. P Hansen, of Chicago, sup­ ports our worker at Aurangabad, one of the promising points in the 1900.] North India. 169

Sitapore Circuit. Rev. W. A. Maine, of Afton, la., supports the work at Mariaon, where recently our work and workers have been much per­ secuted because of the baptism of a Brahman last year. The Epworth League of the Mount Vernon (la.) Methodist Episcopal Church, the charge of that energetic former missionary, Rev. H. C. Stuntz, supports . a worker in the fanatical district of Rahimabad. We very much appre­ ciate the help of these friends of our cause, for without the funds pro­ vided by them work at the points mentioned would have to be given up, and many who have become Christians would be left without any instruction or means of grace in the midst of surroundings that would almost certainly drag them down to the idolatrous level of the com­ munities. Publishing interests. To some extent all of our workers are en­ gaged in distributing tracts and Scripture portions, and, in addition to this, there are connected with our work three regular colporteurs sup­ ported by the North India Bible Society. Two of these men itinerate largely over the district and do invaluable work in distributing portions of the Bible in places not easily reached by our preachers. In Lucknow we have the large and flourishing Methodist publishing house, with Rev. D. L. Thoburn as agent and C. R. Hawes, a practical printer from Chicago, as manager. W ork is done here in four languages, and eight large and three small power presses and a number of hand presses are busy turning out either religious literature for distribution or commercial work for self-support. In the press there are about one hundred and fifty employees, and the aim of the management is to secure such an endowment that commercial work will be at a minimum, -and the capacity of the establishment used more fully than it now is in producing religious literature. Zenana work. At almost all points on the district work among women is carried on by the wives of our workers. In Rae Bareilly for some time past the woman’s work has been in the hands of the Union Zenana Mission, but as there was occasional friction, it has been thought best to take over all the workers; so from the beginning of the new year this will also be in our care. As a rule, our zenana workers are efficient, and give much aid to their husbands by preparing for baptism the women and girls in the households of inquirers. In two places only are there regularly appointed assistants to give direction to this work— Lucknow and Sitapore. In Barabanki, however, the wife of the preacher is an exceptionally efficient woman, and the appropriations allow of her carrying on a well-organized work. In Sita­ pore the loss of the assistant in the beginning of the year has somewhat crippled our work, but regular visitation and teaching are still carried on in a great number of houses. In Lucknow, under the supervision of the Deaconess Home missionaries, Misses Hardie and Ingram, a most efficient work is carried on both among the nominal Christians and the non-Christians. The workers report that, though there have been no baptisms from the zenanas, there are large numbers of the women who are Christian at heart and long for the opportunity of joining their hus­ 170 Missionary Report. * [1900.

bands and households in receiving Christian baptism. The work among the large number of poor and wretched native nominal Christians who live in Lucknow has been most effective. In a number of cases men of this class were living with non-Christian wives, with children growing up in superstition and idolatry. Through this work many of these women have been instructed and baptized and legally married to the men with whom they lived, while the children were baptized and are being given Christian instruction. The Home for Homeless Women, carried on^in connection with the deaconess work, is self-supporting in that it receives no help from any society, and during the year that is past has given refuge to between fifty and sixty women who would otherwise have been'outcast. A more generous support of this institution would enable it to do much more work among a most needy class. Work for young people. Our 12 Epworth Leagues, with their 450 members, and our 169 Sunday schools, with their almost 7,000 attendants, are doing a great work. In the Leagues our young Christians are not only becoming more familiar with Christian privileges and duties, but they are also getting an experience that is fitting them to become suc­ cessful leaders in parliamentary work. Our two senior societies in Lucknow are aggressive in their work, and are most valuable adjuncts in the character-building of our college boys and girls. The larger num­ ber of our Sunday schools are most elementary in both method and manner, many of them being held under trees and like convenient out- of-door places, and the teaching consists largely of simply the elements of our religion. But in the chief centers we have schools that are equal to any in the homeland for effectiveness of organization and thorough­ ness of instruction. A large percentage of those who attend our smaller schools are non-Christians, and, while few at present are be­ coming Christians, we are convinced that much seed is being sown 011 good ground. Educational work. Our forty primary and intermediate schools are doing a most successful work, primarily in preparing our boys and girls for higher education, but also secondarily in breaking down prejudices against our work and making friends for us among both Hindus and Mohammedans. It is a very common thing to meet old attendants of our schools who freely champion our cause among their friends and neighbors. Our great educational center is Lucknow, where we have two colleges, two high schools, one middle, and fifteen primary schools. Both colleges have done splendid work during the year. The financial position of the woman’s college was much improved by the visit of Miss Thoburn and Miss Singh to America, and with the fine property almost free from debt, and with an able staff of missionaries and teachers, the institution is now in a position to be more effective than ever. In addition to the usual college work of the year, in which the results of the government examinations Avere satisfactory, a course of lectures before the students and friends of the college has been given, and other efforts have been 1900.] North India. 171 made to bring in the broadening influences so common in Western col­ lege life. In the past this school has furnished teachers to almost all of the girls’ schools in this part of India, and it is very encouraging to find that so many who go out to the work go not only with mental equip­ ment, but also with a large degree of the spiritual equipment so neces­ sary to effective work. The Reid Christian College, under the principalship of Rev. C. L. Bare, has had a good year, but is still badly crippled for lack of en­ dowment. The results of the past year were fairly good, and the classes of the present year give promise of even better results. The spiritual condition of the Christian students is perhaps better than it ever was before, and the college class meetings are always seasons of blessing. The staff of the college was reinforced this year by the arrival of B. T. Badley, son of the former principal and founder of the school. The business department, under Rev. J. N. West, has been most successful during the year, and almost a half hundred students have been taught a trade that gives them splendid wages. In Sitapore the two middle schools, one for boys, under the charge of the presiding elder, and the other for girls, in charge of Miss Loper, have had successful terms. The number of young people attending these schools has averaged about 200, and the government grant for the boys’ school has been somewhat increased. While in almost all departments of the work of the district there has been a distinct advance, we are not satisfied, and are looking forward to next year as a time when the increased diligence of the workers and the added impetus given by the Forward Movement will bring much better results. !

Statistics of North India Conference, 1900. J j j J j U* .O * t/ S . 8-g •o' J u a.t Ü . S “' - DISTRICTS. ¿v B.es > e - J l ,cQS IS1 to 1 ’S O * g a 1 I III .3OB '5. 3 CÄ •a S i Members. j Other Other Helpers.

Probationers. on Sunday Worship, C

i Adherents. High High Schools. the the Year. j Children Children Baptized. Conversions during 1 Other Other Day Schools, Estimated Estimated Value of Other Day Scholars. Subbath Schools. Benevolent Societi < Teachers in same. Sabbath Sabbath Scholars. Churches and Orphans. OhapeJs.

a, Churches & Chapels, Contributed for other | | Foreign Missionaries. [ Collected for Missionary Society Collected for otLer Local Purposes. 1 1 Worn. For. Miss.Soc. I Native Workers of support« I I Foreign Missionaries I Europeau and kian 1 Eura- Assistants. j Worn. For. Miss. Soc. 1 Foreign 1 Teachers. X Collected Collected for Self- 1 1 Native Ordamed* 1 Preachers. I Native UnorUttined

j j Native Teachers. j >co05 j j Preachers. : : Average Attendance j <5w Rupees. Rupees. Rupees. Rup, Rnp. Rup. Rup. K’pees 4 h 179 31 159 r , 14,781 3,8-1 504 311 495 126 2,911 281 11,116 250 39 54,903 60 67,413 159,438 278 890 2,876 20 .150 _ 1 30 8 «34 1 317 812 430 40 21 41 18 406 42 57 947 9,000 12 13,750 32,800 16 133 153 G onda...... 2 ? -11 14 31 16 650 684 1,481 ... V- 1,405 6« uo 14 76'J 3,389 31 6 10 7,050 44 213 523 1,035 H ard oi...... 5s 12 34 53 329 529 1,197 930 114 111 54 38 864 75 4,793 97 4 2,600 3 8 2,034 5,500 527 90 321 200 75 K um aon...... O 8 7 34 10 27 12 23 3 302 o 46P 917 71111 20 25 189 33 1,252 28 1,398 31 10 37,«20 1 18 37,240 233,500 193 5,197 2,150 7â Moradabad.... 1 2 7 liti 22 57 1 87 2,633 4,659 2,689 20 163 348 2 25 368 150 2,544 182 5,35* 81 41,197 27 16,840 18,625 99 478 1,012 7 7 55 12 65 11 791 558 ■ 1(111 103 89 - 24 310 39 999 169 6.981)(in 11 67,650 2 17 75,710 389,100 343 1,025 2,839 1,772 1,025 P ilibhit...... 8 66 15 64 90 2,413 6,22(i 2,096 3,010 258 194 208 Q7 1,284 87 5,366 <1 2,100 17 3,625 450 62 29 550 51 Sam bhal...... 66 12 34 47 n i : 2,545 2,124 7,047 5,795 235 163 237 73 1,202 104 5,438 24 3,120 28 4,825 106 67 7Ö6 T o ta l...... iy a 25 37 655 146 482 427 110 14,066 37,080 16,847 17,036 1,470 1.154 l)5t>3 0 49 867 578 12,224 1,031 44,395 5ti8 191 225,040,16 197 263,857 846,463 1,66917,623 11,130 1,992 2,411 Last year.. 15 12 37 384 120 500 514 1 60 15,662 17,493 46,612 19,3:23 2,164 2,684 2,357 4 44 500j487 9,952 1,111 36,109 865 99 182,292 9 152 179,647 571,089 1,038 ¡3.987 7,376 2,055j 15,375

1 Theological School at Bareilly w ith 14 teachers and 135 students. 2 colleges on Ot jiisirii-t witniKl students, Debt on real estate in Itareillv District, 83 rupees; in Hardoi District, 2 ,000 rupees; in Kumaon strict, 105,000 rupees ; in O adh D istrict, 32,000 rupee»; in Sambhal D istrict, 277 rupees, 1 he press at Oudh printed 95,000,OOOjpages, amounting to 5 1 ,500 rupees. Northwest India. 173

NORTHWEST INDIA. Bishop Barker has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr. A. B. Leonard, is Secretary in Charge.

T h e Northwest India Mission consists of that portion of the Northwest Provinces which lies south and west of the Ganges, the Punjab, and such parts of Rajputana and Cen­ tral India as lie north of the 25th parallel of latitude. The Mission was a part of the North India Mission until it was organized as a separate Conference, January 18, 1893.

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M issionaries . Rev. Philo M. Buck and Mrs. Carrie M. Buck, Rev. Dennis C. Clancy, Rev. F. S. Ditto, Rev. R. Hoskins, Ph.D., and Mrs. Charlotte Hoskins, Rev. Mott Keislar, Rev. E. B. Lavalette, Rev. James C. Lawson and Mrs. Ella H. Lawson, Rev. James Lyon and Mrs. Lilian G. Lyon, Rev. Henry Mansell, D.D., and Mrs.n$Tancy M. Mansell, M.D., Rev. C. H. Plomer and Mrs. Ella G. Plomer, Rev. J. T. Robertson and Mrs. Robert­ son, Rev. J. E. Scott, Ph.D., and Mrs. Emma M. Scott, Rev. James B. Thomas and Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas. In the United States: Rev. Rock­ well Clancy and Mrs. Charlotte F. Clancy, Rev. Luther Lawson. 174 Missionary Report. [1900.

W . F. M . S.— Misses Laura Bobenhouse, Matilda Burnam, Anna Gallimore, M. Eva Gregg, Charlotte J. Holman, Ada J. Lauck, Melva A. Livermore, Lilian E. Marks, Emma Scott, M.D., Lucy W. Sullivan, and Laura S. Wright. In the United States: Miss Anna E. Lawson.

Rev. J. E. Scott, corresponding secretary, writes: In spite of famine and poverty and sickness, in some parts over­ whelming the people and requiring the devotion of the missionaries, the past year in many ways has been a year of great prosperity. The work is on a better footing; the converts are growing in spirituality; the workers are more devout and diligent. The camp meetings have been times of refreshing. The summer schools have been very useful. Thousands of converts have been added, and inquirers are found on every hand. Hundreds of famine waifs are being trained as workers. The century closes in gratitude, and the workers look forward to the new century with great hopefulness. There are 7 large districts, 75 circuits, m ore than 1,200 w orkers, 35,000 members and probationers, and a Christian com m unity o f m ore than 55,000.

A gra D is t r ic t .— J. E. Scott, P. E . This has been a busy and anxious year on Agra District. The famine throughout Rajputana continued to grow in severity until September, when there began to be some abatement as to hunger, but great sickness has prevailed since, so that our missionaries have had to work almost night and day in their effort to rescue and save the people. The local famine committee at Ajmere met frequently and organized work in many places. Kitchens were opened in a dozen centers, where thousands were fed daily. After the arrival of the maize from America grain shops were opened and arrangements were made for carrying it to the starving in the villages. Many of the weavers were given work, and thousands of woolen blankets were prepared and given to the naked people, as the weather grew colder after the burst of the monsoon. Many hundreds of children were rescued and gathered into orphanages; four orphanages have been’organized (two for boys and two for girls), and a widows' home, into which mere than a thousand waifs have been admitted. Medicines have been dispensed, clothing given out, industrial work opened, and, in fact, everything done by our energetic and faithful workers that could be done to save life and rescue the perishing. Our missionaries have often been in great personal danger from climate and contagion and epidemic, but none has shrunk from duty. Miss Marks and Miss Lyon and Miss Scott were everywhere; Mr. and Mrs. Plomer and Dr. and Mrs. Ashe never flinched. The native workers grew stronger under the dreadful ordeal. Cholera broke out in the orphanages at Ajmere, and a cholera camp for the girls and women had to be formed in the hottest weather. Miss Scott lived for some months in a village far away from Europeans in a native hut in the midst of several hundreds of famine-stricken and diseased waifs rescued from many villages. As a result of hard work in the midst of such environ- 1900.] Northwest India. 175 nients she was taken down with fever and dysentery in September, and, after hovering between life and death for many days, is only now recovering. Others suffered much in health, and Miss Marks, owing to her extraordinary labors, will have to seek rest and health in a more salubrious climate. We are aiming to tcach those rescued during the famine, and who are still dependent upon us for food and clothing, some form of industry. Especially weaving cotton and woolen cloth is found not only useful, but can be made profitable. Dr. Ashe and Miss Marks have already manufactured through famine labor many hundreds of yards of cloth, for which they have found a ready sale. Our Christian workers have spun and woven hundreds of woolen blankets, which have been given out to the poor, especially to the Christians, who generally are the most needy. In spite of the famine, this year has been in many respects one of the most prosperous in the history of the Agra District. Many thousands, under the influence of Christian benevolence, have turned toward the Saviour. It has been estimated that in Rajputana alone there are 10,- 000 inquirers. More than 2,000 have been baptized within the ecclesi­ astical year, and nearly 1,000 during the past month. These have been well trained. Two camp meetings were held in November and December, at Muttra and Ajmere, respectively, at which hundreds were converted. Three hundred signed the Twentieth Century pledge. At the Ajmere camp meeting, on the morning of Sunday, December 9, 560 children and widows, who had been very carefully trained by the mis­ sionaries in the schools, were solemnly baptized. For two hours and a half the holy work went on. There are other hundreds who are yet awaiting the solemn rite. Our new church and dormitories, built of stone, after a beautiful design, were dedicated in May after a wreek’s solemn services. Other buildings are being erected. Miss Marks is just finishing a large and imposing schoolhouse and hall in Ajmere, and Dr. Ashe is rapidly preparing dormitories and buildings for the accommodation of our orphanages and industrial institutions at Phalera. In a brief report like this it is impossible to do justice to every depart­ ment of the work being carried on in this large district. The summer school at Muttra was never better. The Muttra training school, under the energetic superintendence of Miss Gregg, has greatly prospered. The English work, largely under the pastorship of Mrs. Scott, has done well. We are on the up grade. Our preachers in charge are hopeful. As we stand on the threshold of a new century, with a following of more than 10,000 converts, the outlook is glorious. Samson got honey out of a carcass, and out of ruin and death and destruction has come the sweet consolation of a new hope for the future. With grateful hearts all about us, with inquirers multiplied by the thousand, with hundreds .of teachers and preachers and evangelists being prepared, and with a more spiritual tone running through everything, our hearts are filled w ith deep gratitude and joy. Missionary Report. [1900

A l ig a r h D is t r ic t .—J. C. Lawson, P. E.

1. Fam ine. Very much of our time has been spent in trying to rescue the famine-stricken, and what wonderful things our God has been doing for his own! How good our heavenly Father has been! We now have about 400 orphan boys, over 330 widows, with their 50 babies, and about 300 orphan girls, or over 1,100 in all. Nearly all who are able to work are being taught industries. The shoe shop opened up for the boys is doing good work. Shortly 100 boys will engage in this trade. If we can get support for our orphan boys for five years, we have reason to believe that the institution will be self-supporting. Various other trades are taught, such as tailoring, carpentry, masonry, etc. The girls do weaving and basket work. At present the women grind, cook, sew, etc., but will soon begin weaving. The brighter ones will be trained as teachers and Bible readers; others as compounders, nurses, matrons, etc. Mrs. Lawson is in charge of the widows’ home, Mrs. Matthews of the girls’ orphanage, and Rev. E. B. Lavalette o’f the boys’ orphanage. Their arduous labors are nobly seconded by their Eurasian and native assistants, of whom they have altogether too few. Would there were time to relate a few of the many sad cases! Very vivid is the picture of two little starved brothers, living skeletons, who were not, for. God had taken them ten days later when the missionary again passed that way. This famine work is difficult work, unused as these poor people are to discipline, wild with abnormal hunger, and wasted with disease. Only those who have spent days and nights in their midst, administering to their needs, can understand the burden of it all. In common with many other missionaries who have this year been hard at work among the famine people, Rev. E. B. Lavalette, our right- hand man, was laid low by typhoid fever, but now, thank God, is almost well again. 2. Village work. There are over 400 villages in which Christians live, and mamr more that are visited by our workers. These, with over 7,000 native Christians, keep all of us busy at work. “How to reach the villages” is a question of prime importance. The following points we find specially helpful: (1) Selection of centers. (2) Placing a native worker in each center to teach the native Christian children daily and to preach once or twice a week, in the surrounding villages. (3) Tarrying several days at each center. (4) Utilizing rest houses. (5) Importance of the social element. Urge everyone to bring his rela­ tives to Christ. (6) Personal influence of the missionary and his workers, especially their love for souls and for Christ. (7) Being much in prayer. (8) If the people receive the word, one should not leave the village till souls are led to Christ. 3. Street find mela preaching. God has most wondrously set his seal of approval all down through the ages of the Christian era to this form of work. We, too, are glad to make use of it. Every Sunday evening on the street, in front of our lecture hall and reading room, Gospel evangelistic services are held, and spiritual seed sown which shall -Northwest India. 177

spring up into everlasting life. Were there time and a sufficient number of workers we would hold more of these services in other parts of this heathen and Mohammedan city of about 70,000 inhabitants. In the heathen mclas thousands hear the word of life. 4. W ard work. This consists of preaching, teaching, and house-to- house visitation. The main work is among the lower classes. Our Indian cities are especially fitted for this form of Christian work. 5. Educational and Sunday school work. These little schools form centers for Gospel work. Our best Sunday schools are in our day schools; nevertheless our Sunday schools, where there are no day schools, are centers of much influence. As far as possible our preachers teach in both day and Sunday schools. Our best work is done in the orphanages. About 100 famine boys can now' read the Bible. 6. Leaders of our Christian communities. Here, too, we utilize an element we find in native life. We make the tribe leader (if he be a Christian) also leader of the Christian community in which he lives. He calls the Christians together for worship, helps the local preacher, collects funds for the work, and helps in many ways. The worthy are eventually made class leaders. 7. Bible and tract distribution. Every male worker is supposed to be a colporteur. We have no drones here. The regulation colporteur is apt to be lazy and without a noble purpose, so we will have none of them. The Scriptures and tracts are distributed everywhere— in cities, villages, mclas, trains, schools, etc. Thus “the entrance of God’s word is giving light.” 8. Aligarh District Bible School and Conference. For various rea­ sons this was held late this year, beginning on the nth and closing on October 30. It was a season of very great blessing. The power of the Holy Ghost was manifest in a remarkable manner. Many souls were soundly converted to God, and the workers were much refreshed and strengthened. Our Father greatly honored the prayers of faith of the brethren. It is most encouraging to note the many hopeful young men and women who are coming on in our Bible School and Conference. Soon they will be filling not only our pulpits, but also our trade de­ partments everywhere. Miss Gallimore was a great help in our summer school. Thus the good work is going on. This district contains about five millions of people, or about, three times the whole of Cuba, or two thirds that of the Philippine Islands. Scores more of helpers are needed. We are getting them slowly and placing them where they are so much needed. Vast regions beyond the Jumna and Sutlij Rivers are calling loudly for them. Wrill you not come to our help?

C a w n p o r e . D is t r ic t .— R. Hocking, P. E. In this district there is one English-speaking church and eight native churches. Our people have felt the depression caused by the famine, and in the southern section they have been hard pushed for food. As the years pass by we see more and' more of thè refining and ele- 12 i ; 8 Missionary Report. [1900.

vating influence of Christianity on the people; it reaches all sections of the community, although the Christians are more open and susceptible to these gracious influences. Our people have contributed much less than in former years for the support of the Gospel. In Cawnpore City there has been no special diminution of giving, for there has been a brisk demand for workmen of all grades. The various mills cannot secure enough workmen to fill their orders; probably five thousand ad­ ditional men would be employed immediately, provided they are ready for steady, continued labor. New factories are being put up every year, and in the near future Cawnpore will begin to rival the largest manufacturing centers, of Great Britain. Our Mission workshops have been in operation more than a year, and the boys have made fair progress, chiefly making household furniture and carts, and several of the boys can make very creditable tables and chairs. At the present time there are 25 boys at work. We expect to begin running some machinery early next year, which we have ordered from America, so as to lighten the cost of the articles made and to make the shops largely self-supporting. If we can turn out enough articles to cover the cost of the labor and materials the problem of the support and continuance of the shops will be solved, and then we can largely increase the number of workers. In October we held revival meetings in connection with the District Conference for twelve days, our workers from all parts of the district being present, in addition to our large Christian congrega­ tion of Cawnpore. Rev. T. G. Bailey, of the Church of Scotland Mis­ sion, Punjab, had charge of the devotional services; he is an apt Hindu­ stani speaker, genial and musical, and rendered very acceptable service. A great many of our people for the first time got into vital touch w'ith Jesus Christ. These meetings were so helpful that we expect to make them a part of the regular program each year. We also have rendered help in the district meetings of Kasganj, Allahabad, and Ajmere, giving about a week’s time to each place. In these camp meetings .our people listen attentively to the preached word, and many of them are raised to a higher level in the Christian.life. We do not find it specially difficult to retain them in regular attendance for a week, with services thrice daily. The Date Training School has had 10 students during the year. These men are usually chosen from the village converts, and are kept here for three years. Our most effective workers have been developed in this manner. As a rule, there are no educational facilities at their own homes open to them, and our only way is to gather them into the cen­ tral station and take them through the elements of a vernacular edu­ cation and biblical training, and then send them back to work among their own people. During the year there have been 207 baptisms, and at the present time there are many awaiting baptism in the villages. In several sections mass movements have gotten well started, which, if properly conserved, will yield large results. In the camping season we have held protracted meetings in many places which were helpful to the local churches. 1900.] Northwest India. 179

Our English Church has fully met all expenses, and is a valuable element of our Church work in India. In connection with this is the high school for English girls, which has accommodations for twice the number of pupils which we now have. The Roman Catholic school for girls, lately organized, has over 70 day pupils, of whom the larger part is drawn from Protestant families. The boarding school for native girls, under Mrs. Worthington, closes the year with an attendance of 132. All the interests of this school are well looked after, and it is becoming so attractive as to draw pupils from many distant places.

M e e r u t D is t r ic t .— P. M . Buck, P. E. On our list of regular native workers are about 130 men and 70 women. These are all employed in evangelistic work or that of Chris­ tian education. To mold and lead such a band of workers affords rare -opportunities and involves very serious responsibilities. The presiding elder is the only foreigner connected with the ministerial force in the district. The Christian community numbers more than 15,000. The territory covered by the district contains more than three millions of people. The great famine approached within a few miles of our border, but the exceptional facilities for irrigation between the Ganges and Jumna Rivers saved us. The rains failed here, as in the famine regions, and their lack of water for irrigation made the difference. Our crops were abundant, and peace and plenty would have been our portion but for the draught upon our grain supplies for the famine territory. This made prices high and times very trying for all who had need to pur­ chase. Then wandering bands of famine victims almost flooded the country in search of food. Two things in this connection have been peculiarly striking. One was the good behavior of these poor sufferers. Seldom have they apparently resorted to theft. They were ready to work wherever work could be found. The second thing was the man­ ner in which the village people helped their unfortunate neighbors. I have heard of no deaths from hunger among these people. They in one way .and another were preserved from starving. The stringency of tlie times has in considerable measure interfered with the prosecution of our work. Few of our people belong to the classes that wrere benefited by the- high prices. Most of them have been compelled to work almost night and day to keep the wolf from their door. It has been difficult for the workers to catch them in or to gather them for the usual services. The children in our village schools, too, have been needed in the work of making ends meet, and thus educa­ tional work has seriously suffered. Still there has been much in the work to encourage us. In no year in the past has so much been done to rid our people of the remains of idolatry and customs that ought not to remain among them. Chris­ tian marriages, burials, etc., are making encouraging headway in various places. The movement of the current toward a worthy Chris- i8o Missionary Report. [1900.

tiaft social life has never been so marked in this region. The intelli­ gence of our people regarding the requirements of the Gospel and an appreciation of such requirements have certainly grown to an encour­ aging degree. There has been not a little of petty persecution. There have been many court cases trumped up against our people. In places our preachers have had no little trouble to save their people from un­ merited punishment and disgrace, and some who were quite innocent could not be saved. In a few instances our Christians have had to serve a term in prison to gratify the enmity resulting from their conversion to Christianity. The police of the land are corrupt beyond measure, and ready upon the slightest pretext to work up cases against the in­ nocent and to get them punished. Their false evidence is often worked out so cleverly that officers of the law, who are compelled to decide cases upon the testimony, however great their desire to do justice, are unable to break the tissue of lies. Perhaps the witnesses, once out of the courtroom, will confess to Christian workers the falseness of their testimony, and say they were compelled in self-defense to give it. The landholders and village officers in many instances have the most stren­ uous objections to the conversion to Christianity of the lower classes, lest they get out of hand. Often these men become very oppressive to prevent the spread of the Gospel in their villages. Without the Gospel thesfe poor people know but little of freedom. I have not heard of any of our people yielding to such pressure and returning to their old life. W e have had considerable cholera in our territory during the latter part of the year, but our people have been mercifully preserved. Since the beginning of the year we have had about 1,600 baptisms. The calls for preachers and teachers in new places have been numerous and pressing. With the force at our command we are not able to expand except within territory already covered. Then the burden of our work must, be for the multitudes already under our care. Self- support has suffered from the hard times, and we have been unable to make an advance, but we have held the line already gained. We hope now, with improved conditions, to be able to go forward. Our people are learning that giving is a part of Christianity. About 250- class leaders aid in caring for our work, and this agency will expand as the people grow in grace and knowledge. Our regular workers have, I think, made more progress in mental and spiritual development during the past year than in any other of our history as a district. Our summer school recently held, though the con­ ditions were less favorable than usual, was, on the whole, the most satisfactory yet held. The examinations gave us good hope for the future. The mental torpor and listlessness of the average people of 'India are such that men are likely to think themselves wide awake when, as a matter of fact, they are about nine tenths asleep. It is natural we should find this one of ouf leading difficulties in the training of workers for Christ. To arouse to a worthy ambition to make the most of mental and spiritual powers is a task of great magnitude. It is one of the great joys of the missionary to see his people really waking up, Northwest India. 181

but there are always enough sufficiently under the influence of the pre­ vailing lethargy to keep him humble. Our annual camp meeting and District Conference were occasions of peculiar spiritual interest. Our workers specially were greatly helped. We are confidently looking for the next twelve months to bring us a measure of spiritual prosperity far above the highest watermark of the past. Our boarding schools for boys and girls in Meerut have had a good year. The latter, specially under Miss Livermore’s efficient manage­ ment, with a strong staff of teachers, has made excellent progress. One of the embarrassing things in our work is the fact that the reduced appropriations of the parent Missionary Society have left the education of our Christian boys far behind that of the girls in the strong schools maintained by our Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society. In the Meerut station the ladies are able to expend upon their educational work many times the amount available for training our boys. Our boys’ school greatly needs to be strengthened in its teaching staff. A modest but serviceable and substantial school building for the use of our boys’ boarding school is approaching completion. The funds for this building have been donated by a Brother .Pauls, of Canon City, Neb., who has saved the required amount out of the earnings of his own hands. I trust God will reward him a thousandfold! In our English Church in Meerut there has been an encouraging re­ vival spirit, and numbers of the soldiers of the garrison have been won for Christ. But the South African war has drawn away a portion of the forces stationed here, and other conditions have been unfavorable, and the work has been on a smaller scale than usual. Changes are pending that will improve matters very materially, and we look for a restoration of our former strength and prosperity.

M u s s o o r ie D is t r ic t .— Henry Mansell, P. E. The appointments on this large district have been visited thrice during the year, and all the books audited. In Mussoorie there is a large cur­ rent debt, caused by cutting most of the deficiency of appropriations from here in hope of collecting subscriptions, which hope has not materialized. There are property debts as follows: Mussoorie English Church, 4,000 rupees; native church, 5,500 rupees; also residence of principal of the Philander Smith Institute, 3,300 rupees; Lahore English Church, 2,600 rupees. There is new property needed in all the circuits: in Mussoorie, parsonage, 8,000 rupees; sanitarium, 25.000 rupees; Roorkee, parsonage, 8.000 rupees; boarding school, 20,000 rupees; Deoband, mission house "and school, 3,000 ru p ees; Patiala, 6,000 ru p ees; Lahore, parsonage, 12.000 ru p ees; M ultan, house and chapel, 10.000 rupees. The circuits, except Deoband and Roorkee, are too far distant from each other to have much influence on each other in combined summer schools and revival meetings. But they should rapidly grow into fine large native presiding elders’ districts. Summer schools for workers 182 Missionary Report. [1900.

and revival meetings were held in Patiala and Roorkee, which were productive of much strength to the workers and resulted in considerable revival spirit and power. Up to this time, November 15, we have not had so many baptisms as last year, but we hope to exceed the number before Conference. ■Deoband Circuit, Rev. Joshua Sumer, preacher in charge; one local preacher and nine exhorters and pastor-teachers, etc. The Butler Busti Christians are still proud of their Butler Chapel, and keep it very neatly in repair, and fill it to overflowing with worshipers. Joshua has had more trouble this year than ever over the indignities and perse­ cutions heaped upon the Christians, but they stand firm and grow in grace and strength. Lahore Circuit, Rev. James Jacob, preacher in charge; Mrs. Jacob, in charge of woman’s work. Brother Jacob began the work this year with the same number of workers, six paid and four unpaid. Two of the paid workers proved unsatisfactory and were allowed to resign. His most helpful free worker, E. Millicans, received his degree in medicine from the Lahore Medical College and his appointment from government to Oudh about the middle of the year. The famine pressed sore in the beginning#of the year, and many left to hunt work and food. The rain came very late and in immense floods, so nearly the whole of the district was visited with a malignant type of malarious fever, which prostrated those returning to their villages, causing still greater distress. God has been good in restoring the many. None of our workers have died. The circuit is in fine spirits for effective aggressive work. The English Church is clamorous for a young man as pastor, and they think he might find a support and a very fruitful field. They have collected this year 314 rupees for pastor’s fund and incidentals. Rev. C. W. Sherman, a former Methodist minister, now the head of the Frontier. Faith Mission, served till April, and Mr. F. E. Havens for two months. The local preachers are serving now. They have had a pleasant little Sunday school of from 15 to 25 all summer. M ultan, Rev. J. W. McNair, missionary; Mrs. McNair, assistant; two local deacons, and six exhorters and pastor-teachers, and three Bible women. Brother McNair is very popular as Wesleyan chaplain. His services are crowded, and his prayer and class meetings are very spir­ itual. God has sent him a valuable helper in the person of Mr. Stur­ geon, one of Bishop Taylor’s first converts in Calcutta. This English congregation takes great interest in the native'work, and supports it all but three workers. The converts here are usually self-dependent, and they always start work when they remove from the circuit. So we have a little society in Quetta, and in two or three other places we have three or four who meet for prayer and class meeting. M ussoorie, Rev. Henry Mansell, missionary; Mrs. N. M. Mansell, M.D., assistant; Rev. Antoni Jacob, preacher in charge of native church; with two local preachers and ten exhorters, and all but three are free workers. The school and orphanage at Raj pore have done well under 1900.] Northwest India. 183

a graduate from the same school. There are eleven orphans and boarders. The school in Landaur Bazar has not done so well this year under J. S. Downey. The non-Christians have started two other schools to antagonize the Christian teaching of ours, but ours will succeed. I still admire the zeal of our free, workers in keeping up the weekly prayer and praise meetings at every house where Christians live and in bazar preaching. They are by all odds the most attractive bazar preachers we have. English Church, Rev. F. S. Ditto, missionary, and five local preachers. Rev. P. M. Buck, presiding elder of Meerut District, served as pas­ tor for the first part of the season, and was wonderfully used of God for the building up of his people. He was one of the leaders of the con­ vention for the deepening of the divine life. Rev. J. T. Robertson gave us eight weeks of very effective pastoral and pulpit work. The Philander Smith Institute boys appreciate him very highly. Rev. F. S. Ditto ar­ rived from America to take over the school and college work, and I appointed him pastor at once. The people highly appreciate his pulpit ability, and he will well succeed in winning souls. The people pay the church debt interest and 50 rupees per mensem besides. Philander Smith Institute has had another year of success. The moral and religious development of the young men has been beyond that of any former year. Professor .Ditto, M.A., S.T.B., has come to take the principalship of this school, and he is indeed well equipped for the work. So without prophetic gift we may prophesy the continued prosperity of this school and college. The property is in good repair and practically out of debt. If the principal’s salary be paid for a .year the little debt on the principal’s.residence will vanish, and the Philander Smith Institute will be self-supporting. Patiala, Rev. E. T. Farnan, preacher in charge; Mrs. Farnan, in charge of the woman's work; nine exhorters and pastor-teachcrs. There are native Christians in six villages. They have suffered much from famine, floods, and fevers. So all the village collections have to be suspended for the year. They have had 52 baptisms, and others are ready. His sum­ mer school this year was one of great profit. There is real native growth on this circuit. Roorkee, Rev. James Lyon, missionary; Mrs. Lyon, assistant mis­ sionary ; two English local preachers, one native local elder, three local deacons, and nineteen preachers, exhorters, and pastor-teachers. More than half of these native helpers are paid by the English Church work. Rev. Talji Mai gave up his salary last Conference and went on self-sup­ port, but failed entirely to start any self-supporting work; so Brother Lyon kindly took him on the pay roll again, and he has gone on as usual, doing fairly good work. Brother Lyon is a “workman that needeth not to be ashamed.” He is building up the Church in a most masterful man­ ner, and if he continues it a few years longer his circuit will be a strong presiding elder’s district. His helpers are instructed carefully in the summer school, and as soon as practicable he is out itinerating with them, leading them forth, building up the converts, and'baptizing those 184 Missionary Report. [1900.

ready who can be well cared for and taught in the way. He has baptized over 350, and there are m ore to follow . Some peculiar indignities are reported on this circuit to Christians from the lower castes. One Ranee turned off all her native Christians from her estates because they buried their dead as Christians do, with face up, instead of, as their heathen caste is compelled to do, with face down, lest they come out of their graves and harm the villagers. The District Conference was held this year in Roorkee, and it was the most spiritual and helpful meeting I have ever attended in India, or, indeed, anywhere. The subject of the Twentieth Century Forward Movement was kept before the meeting from first to last. Rev. P. M. Buck, presiding elder of Meerut District, gave us two days of valuable help in place of Bishop Parker, who was ill in Meerut and not able to come. Some 82 men and women signed cards, promising by God’s help to bring 10 persons each to Christ before the close of 1901, the first year of the twentieth century.

A l l a h a b a d D is t r ic t .— Rev. Rockwell Clancy, P E .' (in America). Rev. Dennis Clancy, Acting Presiding Elder. Allahabad. Rev. Rockwell Clancy, Mrs. Rockwell Clancy, Rev. Den­ nis Clancy, Mrs. Dennis Clancy, Rev. Mott Keislar, missionaries; Miss McReddie and Miss Hoskins, assistants. Chunar, Rev. ]. F. Deatker, Mrs. Deatker, missionaries. Total European workers: men, 4; women, 5. Total Hindustani work­ ers: men, 29; women, 19. There are six circuits: Allahabad, Banda, Chunar, Karwi, Manikpur, and Manauri. Each of these circuits has a native preacher in charge, who is really a presiding elder on a small scale, inasmuch as he has a number of workers under him, and his circuit embraces more than 100 villages. The length of Allahabad District is about 200 miles, extend­ ing from Mahoba on the west to Chunar on the east. Although other missions have workers within the bounds of this district in the follow­ ing stations— Allahabad, Banda, Chunar, Karwi, Mahoba, and Mirza- pur— yet they confine themselves largely to these centers, while thou­ sands of outlying villages are left untouched, and great multitudes of people have never even heard the name of Christ. It is our aim, by means of our circuit plan, to eventually reach all these. English work. We have English work in two stations, namely, Alla­ habad and Chunar. The English work of our Church dates back to 1873, when Rev. Dennis Osborne, at that time a layman in the government employ, during a few weeks’ leave, held special services in Allahabad which were greatly blessed of God in the conversion of about 20 souls. These Brother Osborne organized into a church and became their first pastor, which office he faithfully and successfully held for several years. In July, 1878, the present church building was erected, at a cost of 27,064 rupees, complete, including furniture, sittings, and gas. This does not include the cost of the ground. To meet this expenditure the members and friends in Allahabad, who were none of them rich, did 1900.] Northwest India. 185

nobly. They raised locally nearly 3,000 rupees. In order to complete the work it was necessary to make a large loan at a high rate of interest, which greatly swelled the cost of the enterprise before the debt was finally wiped off. I have recently turned up some old records and docu­ ments which explain how the Methodist Episcopal Church comes to own such a valuable property in this important residence city. In some way God seemed to put this project on the hearts of wealthy men in other stations. Among the large contributors are such men as General Phayre and Lewis Ingram, Esq. By friends from out-stations nearly 20,000 rupees were given. The Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, recognizing the importance of having a suitable church property in this station, made an initial grant for the work of 10,000 rupees. In 1891 a debt of nearly 6,000 rupees, which was greatly harassing the mem­ bership and crippling the work of the church, was raised by Presiding Elder Parker (now bishop), from various parts of North India, and since that time the church has been free from debt and kept in a good state of repair. Few churches have had a better record than this as to actual work done. It has sent out into mission work more than 20 men and women. The past year has been a trying one to us in our Eng­ lish work because so many of our people have been transferred to other stations, and comparatively few have come in their places. We have lost between 15 and 20 families in this way. Besides this, we had a great loss in the death of one of our oldest and most faithful members, Mrs. D. S. Clark, who died triumphant in the Lord March 24 of this year. During the year we have held two series of special services in our Eng­ lish Church, which, although not attended with a great ingathering of souls, we believe have' had a quickening influence on our people. I have been ably assisted in the English work by Rev. Mott Keislar, who has done most of the pastoral visiting, in addition to doing his share of the preaching. Our work among British soldiers has steadily been carried on, and we have seen several men converted to God. Staff Sergeant Wright has charge of the meetings in the prayer room and has an able assistant in his wife. They are very devoted to this good work. We have a very satisfactory Sunday school, and, altogether, our English work is en­ couraging. At Chunar the English, as well as the Hindustani, work has been in charge of Rev. J. F. Deatker, who, with his wife, has for years given his services gratuitously to our Mission, as they get a pension from the government. Brother Deatker has been sadly afflicted in the loss of his eyesight, but his good wife has acted as eyes for him, leading him about to attend to his pastoral and ministerial duties. In addition to this, he suffers much from fever, and, although we are greatly pleased with his work, yet he is not satisfied with it, and has felt that he must give it up. He has come with his family to Allahabad, where he and they will be a great help to us in many ways. There is general sorrow in Chunar because of their removal. Hindustani xvork, At the beginning of this year my brother, Rock- Missionary Report. [1900.

well Clancy, left for America, and I was put in charge of his work, after being in India only a little more than a year. I took hold of the work with fear and trembling, but the Lord has wonderfully helped us. Of course I have been compelled to speak through an interpreter, and have found the work doubly hard on this account. I have visited all the circuits twice during the year, and most of them three and four times. My brother made the first round before leaving for America. In April Mrs. Clancy and I made our first visit over the district. We held the Quarterly Conferences in all the circuits and made it a special point to go with our workers out into the villages to see their work. We were pleased at the interest with which the people listened to the Gospel when it was put simply to them. We visited a village of fisher­ men. The men were busy mending their nets. I spoke to them through an interpreter, and told them about Jesus’s call to Peter, James, and John. They became much interested and asked if Jesus wanted them to leave their nets too. I told them no, but that he wanted them to follow him by their lives, by making their lives like his life. They said that they understood, and then I told them about what the life of Jesus was. The people here are much like people at home in many respects. They are likely to be interested when you come at the truth from their stand­ point. Some of our workers have not yet discovered the secret of doing this. At Banda we have a large and promising field. Nearly 150 rupees have been raised locally for our work during the past year, and we are hoping soon to build a much-needed church there. There are many encouraging things about our work at Manikpur. This year our farm, worked by some of our orphans, has been more of a success than ever before. Harvests have been abundant, and already about fifty bushels of rice and nearly forty bushels of jun dhri have been sent into Alla­ habad. The prospects for the winter harvests are good. Madar Bakhsh, 'preacher in charge at Manikpur, has a great influence for good over all the people of that community. This is not especially shown by. the number that he has baptized, but more by the gradual change that is taking place in the practices of the people, and by their respect for our workers. A Hindu festival that has been held for several years at Manikpur, on a large plain near the mission house, through the influ­ ence of Madar Bakhsh has been abandoned. A large earthen figure twelve feet high, representing a demon, around which the festival was held, is being allowed to fall to pieces. At Bharwari, on the Manauri Circuit, a Hindu landlord by the name of Hanuman has given us a piece of land in his village, on which we have built a house, and Buddha Singh, one of our young preachers, and his wife live there. They are the only Christians in the village. Last spring a difficulty arose between Hanuman and Buddha Singh which threatened to break up our work at that place. It arose over a buffalo that Hanuman said Buddha’s wife had lamed. An urgent letter was dispatched to me, saying that Hanuman had entered Buddha’s house while he was away at his work and had struck his wife. I hurriedly took the trainband went up to see what could be done. When I reached Bharwari 1 found that Buddha 1900.] Northwest India. 187

Singh and his wife had already left for Allahabad, being afraid to re­ main in the village. I went out to the village, about a mile from the station, and, on inquiry into the matter, could get no definite evidence either one way or the other, so concluded to try to make the best of my visit, and, if possible, win the friendship of Hanuman for the Mission. I spent several hours in the village interesting myself in everything that I could see, and inquiring into.„things that interested them, and, to finish up with, ate with great relish the food that they prepared for me in their own way and, after making a present to Hanuman in return for his hospitality, came away. When I reached home I had to labor with Buddha Singh and his wife to get them to return. I told them that, as Christians, we must be brave and willing, if need be, to suffer persecu­ tion for Jesus’ sake. Then we had prayer and they went back trembling­ ly to their home. This was unnecessary, for Hanuman was conquered by kindness, and ever since has been a staunch friend of our workers. We hope soon to see him and his whole village brought to Christ. At Allahabad our work is very promising. This year we have opened up work in a place called Kydganj, where there is a community of shoemakers, sweepers, and other low-caste people to the number of more than io.ooo.- They seem very ready to listen to the Gospel and to send their children to our day schools, opened up by Bansi Dhar. I believe that before many years we shall have a self-supporting church at that place. Wre have not sought for a large number of baptisms this year. In fact I have rather discouraged it by telling our preachers only to baptize those who showed evidences that a real work of grace had begun in their hearts. We have refused to baptize a large number who have come to us, because we thought that they were not yet ready for it. In our district we have had 70 baptisms this year. Our aim has been to strengthen those who are already baptized. Instead of holding a sum­ mer school this year we had a five days’ camp meeting preceding our District Conference. It was a season of refreshing from the presence of the Lord. Dr. Hoskins, of Cawnpore; Rev. P. M. Buck, of Meerut; and Rev. Mahbub Khan, of Kasganj, were with us. I think all our workers were greatly helped. Almost all of them, as well as some who are not paid workers, took the Forward Movement pledge. One man, who had been for some time owing a debt that he refused to acknowl­ edge or pay, got under conviction and came forward weeping like a child and confessed it to the congregation, and then prayed to God for, forgiveness. He paid the debt at the first opportunity. It reminded me of the old-time revivals at home. Our workers have again pledged themselves to give an anna on the rupee for self-support, and, in ad­ dition to this, they have given liberally for other causes. They have asked me to cut it out of their pay at the beginning of every month. Orphanages. On the Allahabad District we have 4 orphanages. At Banda there are 20 children; at Karwi, 7; at Manikpur, 10, and at Alla­ habad, about 40 boys and 70 girls. Mr. Keislar is in charge of the boys’ school at Allahabad, and Mrs. Dennis Clancy is in charge of the girls’ school. Statistics of Northwest India Conference, November, 1899.

MEMBERSHIP. BAPTISMS. C11UUCH PROPERTY. S. SCHOOLS. MINISTERIAL SUPPORT.

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DISTRICTS. • 51 a s' c 2 0 (2 V- 0 0 No. of Probationers. No. of Full Members. No. of Adults. Total. Value of Churches. No. No. of Churches. Value Value of Parsonages. Paid Paid for Building and Present Indebtedness of Parsonages. I Value Value of other Property Improving Churches and i Officers and Teachers. Paid Paid on Old Indebtednessof Church Property. ! Church Property. j including all W. F. M. S. Lights, etc. V5 Current Expenses for S?. No. of Sunday Schools. 1 Scholars of all ages. From From Europeans. From From Natives. For For Bishops. Total Ministerial Support. ] ] No. of Local Preachei-3,

A g r a ...... 3,830 3,230 565 906 1,471 14 67,678 7 51,025 83,017 o.ssc 2,030 io ’ooo 524 243 190 7,936 1,897 914 3 2,822 A jm ere...... ;... A ligarh...... ' 4,221 ! 1,114 152j 159 311 5 10,270 3 9,2(10 41,000 19 68 125 86 8,887 120 445 5 7 1 Allahabad...... S.1<)0 253 1S8 4 5 63 113 3 31,850 (> 20,000 230 350 1,597 65 58 1,978 295 1,171 Bulandshahr......

C aw npore...... 672 42S 5 5 52 107 14 47,416 15 26,005 120,050 4 5 1 2 ,0 0 0 664 66 86 1,957 2,311 019 5 2,966

K a sg a n j...... 2,465 8 ,4 0 3 311 251 5 0 2 11 14,000 4 1,000 10O 5 3 6 148 103 4 ,5 8 4 957 11 90S

M eerut...... 5 ,5 4 7 4,060 5 0 4 1 ,1 1 5 25 0 r 15,558 13,702 82,400 364 6,850 811 28S 19S 9,416 3 ,6 7 3 1 ,6 0 4 1 5,286 M ussoorie...... 2,884 1,824 3 3 6 548 884 10 69,111 5 600 GO,000 150 1,569 94 7 2 3,586 2,976 3 3 1 4 3 ,8 7 7 T o ta l...... 19,872 1 3 ,7 4 2 1,970 2,595j 4,563 S2 250,478146 99,842 862,627 8,272 4,994 1 7 ,2 0 0 4,733 Í029 793 3 3 ,3 4 4 11,826 5 ,2 1 5 24 1 7 ,1 6 1

1S9S...... 1 3 ,1 4 0 21,329 ... 1 ,9 8 9 2 ,7 16j 4,664 84 220,73141 95,617^306,800 14,824 543 2S,800 4,775 951 815 33,264 1 5 ,6 8 6 5 ,1 7 2 24 20,982

J^ o t e , -AU values above are given in rupees. South India.

SOUTH INDIA. Bishop Warne has Episcopal Supervision. Dr. A. B. Leonard is Secretary in Charge.

M issionaries . Rev. Karl Anderson, Rev. W. H. L. Batstone and Mrs. Batstone, Rev. John B. Buttrick and Mrs. Mary J. Buttrick, Rev. Albert E. Cook and Mrs. Edith M. Cook, Rev. David O. Ernsberger, Rev. George K. Gilder, Rev. R. C. Grose and Mrs. Grose, Rev. William H. Hollister and Mrs. Hollister, Rev. William L. King and Mrs. Sara J. King, Rev. R. H. Madden and Mrs. Madden, Rev. Herbert G. Ozanne, Rev. Ellis Roberts, Rev. C. W. Ross de Souza and Mrs. Ross de Souza, Rev. Fawcett E. N. Shaw and Mrs. Shaw. Rev. Mathew Tindale and Mrs. Tindale, Rev. Charles B. Ward and Mrs. Ward. In the United States: Rev. A. W. Rudisill, D.D., and Mrs. Bessie T. Rudisill. In Canada: Rev. Joseph H. Garden and Mrs. Frances E. Garden. W. F. M. S.— Misses Louise E. Blackmar, Izilla Ernsberger, M.D., Alice A. Evans, Fannie S. Fisher, Delia A. Fuller, Florence Maskell, Grace Stephens, Catharine Wood, Mrs. E. Jones.

G odavery D is t r ic t .— G. K. Gilder, P. E (P. O., Raipur, C. P.). Drug, to be supplied. Jagdalpur: Industrial Work, supplied by W. Plumley; Boys’ Orphanage, to be supplied; Evangelistic Work, Gattu Chendaya. Raipur, G. K. Gilder and one to be supplied. Sironcha, B. Luke. Yellandu: Superintendent Industrial Mission, C. B. Ward; Telugu Church and Evangelistic W^ork, M. Narsaya. R. H. Madden, on leave to America.

H a id a r a e a d D is t r ic t .— W. L. King, P. E. (P. O., Haidarabad, Deccan). Bidar, A. E. Cook. Haidarabad: English Church, R. C. Grose; Hin- dusti Mission, W. L. King and M. L. Harris; City School, S. Paul (layman), head master. Secunderabad: English Church, to be supplied; Vernacular Mission, to be supplied. Vikarabad, W. H. L. Batstone, J. H. Garden, on furlough to America.

M a d r a s D is t r ic t .—J. B. Buttrick, P. E. (P. O. Bowringpet). Bangalore: English Circuit, C. W. Ross de Souza and Karl Ander­ son; Vernacular Circuit, to be supplied. Bowringpet, J. B. Buttrick and John Narapa. Hosur, M. Lewis. Kodambakam, Robert Gopalah. Kolar, W. H. Hollister and G. Gershom. Kuppam, S. M. Job. Madras: Vepery, English Church, F E. N. Shaw; Narsingapuram, to be sup­ plied; Royapuram, Matthew Tindale; Vepery. Tamil Work, W. Raju. Mulbagal, to be supplied. Srinivasapur, S. Noah. Agent of Publishing House, A. W. Rudisill, on leave in America, M. Tindale, acting agent.

R a ic h u r D is t r ic t .— D. O. Ernsberger, P. E. (P. O., Raichur, Deccan). Bellary, to be supplied; Gulburga, H. G. Ozanne and S. Maigur. Copbal, Ellis Roberts. Raichur, D. O. Ernsberger. Shorapur, Nanappa DesaL Wondalli and Lingsugar, supplied by T. Amrittaya. 190 Missionary Report. [1900.

W o m a n ’s C o n f e r e n c e .

G oda v ery D is t r ic t .—Drug, to be supplied. Jagdalpur, supplied by Miss Keess. Raipur, Miss Blackmar. Sironcha: Schools and Village Work, Miss Fuller; Woman’s Work, Supplied by Miss Lebarre. Yel- landu: Woman’s Work, Mrs. Ward. H a id a r a b a d D is t r ic t .— Bidar, Mrs. Cook. Haidarabad: City Schools and Zenana Work, Miss Wood; Boarding School, Miss Evans; Hindu­ stani Work, Miss Kingj English Work, Mrs. Grose. Secunderabad: Vernacular Work, Miss Wood. Vikarabad, Mrs. Batstone. M a d r a s D is t r ic t .— Bangalore: English Work, Mrs. Ross de Sousa; Vernacular Work, to be supplied; Deaconess Home, Mrs. Walker. Bowringpet, Mrs. Buttrick. Kolar: Boarding School and Deaconess Home, Miss Fisher; Zenana W ork and Village Schools, Miss Maskell; Woman’s Work, Mrs. Hollister. Madras: Royapuram, Mrs. Tyndale; Vepery, English Church, Mrs. Shaw; Tamil Work, to be supplied; Deaconess Home, Miss Stephens and Mrs. Jones; Orphanage, Schools, Zenana, and Village Work, in charge of deaconesses; Probationary Deaconesses, Zenana Work, Miss D’Jordon; Orphanages and Schools, Miss Z. Doyle; Village Evangelistic Work, Miss Young. R a ic h u r D is t r ic t .— Gulburga: Boarding School, to be supplied; Medical Work, Miss I. Ernsberger, M. D ., on leave .to America.

G odavery D is t r ic t .— George K. Gilder, P. E. The dark shadow of famine has rested on every section of the district throughout the year. Raipur, Sironcha, Jagdalpur, and Yellundu have been respectively the centers of extensive famine-smitten areas, within whose borders distress and suffering have been acutely and harrowingly evident. Regular work, in consequence, has been dislocated, since in each circuit the time and strength of the missionary arid his workers have been absorbed in directing and superintending relief measures of various sorts. Nevertheless, a review of the year shows a decided ad­ vance along certain lines. Our heavenly Father has manifested to us more abundantly than ever that “all things are possible” with him; and that his love and wisdom, power and might, can make “all things work together” for the futherance of his kingdom and the glory of his eternal name. Raipur Circuit. Not quite three years ago we entered Raipur as a mission, and, started work in a humble way. We commenced opera­ tions with one native helper, a raw recruit, and a school of four chil­ dren in the veranda of the hired Mission House. God has been with us. Slowly but surely that tiny and obscure beginning has .developed; and although we are still in the day of small things in Raipur, we are sincerely grateful for what God hath wrought. Famine has pressed severely on the people of this circuit. They had barely recovered from the appalling effects of the 1896-97 famine when once again this grim specter stalked through the land, compelling the local government to face the grave problem of providing relief for the hundreds of thousands of suffering ones on their hands. The task of 1900.] South India. 191

relieving such a multitude was simply gigantic, and simple fairness compels me to say that right nobly and generously did the government shoulder this heavy responsibility. While the scheme of official relief operations was comprehensive and more or less complete, yet a wide margin existed for supplementary relief from other sources, under the following heads: (1) Aid to farmers and villagers generally; (2) Clothing and blankets; (3) Grain relief; (4) Extra comforts; (5) Support of famine waifs; (6) Maintenance of deserted women and famine widows; (7) Rehabilitation relief. Raipur, with the rest of famine-stricken India, owes a profound debt of gratitude to that noble man of God, Dr. Louis Klopsch, of the New Y o rk Christian Herald, who so splendidly came to the rescue; as well as to all in the United States who with such ready responsiveness con­ tributed money and corn and blankets for the starving and naked and perishing ones. We have earnestly sought to make all forms of relief intrusted to us in this circuit tell as far as possible for Christ; and we rejoice in the knowledge and assurance that our efforts have been divinely owned. These two and a half years we have been systematically sowing the seed of Gospel truth among the villages round about, and now we are privileged to witness the first fruits of what already promises to prove a rich and glorious harvesting of souls. We have baptized a goodly number of inquirers. These have come over by families. They repre­ sent villages varying in distance from seven to forty miles west of Raipur city. There are other inquirers whom we are advisedly holding back. If these new converts must be followed up and cared for, and if others who are under instruction must be gathered, it is very obvious that for one missionar}r, who is at the same time presiding elder of an enormous district, to devote himself satisfactorily to fhis and other forms of circuit work is physically and otherwise impossible. Rein­ forcement is urgently needed. Sironcha Circuit. Brother Madden writes: “I am glad to report that our Church has made progress during the past year. Our Chris­ tians now number sixty-three, old and young. Twenty have been bap­ tized in the last few months. The Gospel has been preached in nearly all the villages around Sironcha within a radius of from ten to twenty miles, but owing to famine this year we have not been able to leave Sironcha much. We have two day schools, both of which are now in good working order. The church collections have been well kept up, and some of the poorer native Christians have been helped from the collections. Some improvements have been made on the mission prop­ erty, and a temporary but serviceable church has been built in the bazaar.” Altogether the outlook in this interesting circuit is most hopeful. Jagdalpur Circuit. Of evangelistic work Brother Chandaya (Con­ ference probationer) writes: “The Lord’s work is being regularly car­ ried on and the Gospel preached to many.” Colportage sales have been 192 Missionary Report. [1900.

brisk, while forty-five villages have been statedly visited and regularly preached in. Of the orphan boys in his care Brother Francis (local' preacher) writes: “They are taught Bible and secular lessons with the help of an exhorter, Brother Sivacharan. They have prayer meetings morning and evening. Most of them have the knowledge of salvation through faith in the blood of Christ. Sixteen boys study the Bible specially in the night school. Eight of our blind boys are learning Garthwaite’s series of primers for the blind. Under Brother Plumley our boys learn gardening, farming, carpentry, and masonry.” Of industrial work Brother Plumley (lay assistant) writes: “Different works have been carried on. A dormitory for the orphan girls was built on to one of the hospital blocks. A grain storehouse was completed. The workshop was moved inside the compound, and the compound walls completed; besides, several other building enterprises were taken in hand and fin­ ished off. Brother Ward and I tried to dig an artesian well, but were not successful, owing to the lack of certain tools. We hope to attain success as soon as these arrive. W e have in hand from twenty to fifty acres o f paddy (rice), about ten acres of til, and ten acres of other cereals. I have helped many starving people, Christians and non- Christians, by providing them with food and work. I found work for over one hundred and fifty people on our tanks and fields.” Yellandu Circuit. Brother Ward writes: “Famine conditions have done us good. They have made our Christians more frugal. Finan­ cially the Church has done well. Conference collections have all been paid, and we have money in hand. There has been no increase in mem­ bership. Our colportage sales have been good. There has been a remarkable desire for the Scriptures this year. Considering the paucity of persons who can read, our sales have been encouraging. We have this year the best of prospects in our village. Every part of tillable land is in crop, and all looks well. The rain early in July filled both our tanks, and, while using the water all along, fresh rain has kept both tanks full. The prospect from the industrial standpoint, since rain came, is good.” Brother Ward has, with the help of Brother Narsaya (Conference probationer), been devoting some of his time to literary work. The following translations into Telugu have been undertaken: A booklet entitled Entire Devotion; three tracts entitled respectively •Tam il David, Blind David, and Crippled Tom; together with the D iscipline and Watson on the Sacraments. Woman’s Work. Work began auspiciously in Raipur by the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society early this year, and developed rapidly in the course of the year, has been greatly strengthened by the arrival of Miss Blackmar. The exigencies of the work, accentuated by famine, made the speedy appointment of a Woman’s Foreign Mis­ sionary Society missionary to this field imperative. Of her work in Sironcha Miss Fuller, who has taken Miss Black- mar’s place there, writes ejjihusiastically: “This is a splendid field, and 1900.] South India. 193

the people are so approachable and friendly. They are finding their way to our hearts already.” Jagdalpur is fortunate in possessing a capable volunteer missionary in Miss Kees, an Anglo-Indian lady who has charge of the girl’s orphanage and who is rendering very efficient service. In Yellandu Mrs. Ward has zealously supervised the various forms of work in her care, and is busy seeking to raise funds for the erection of a much-needed hospital and dispensary for women and children.

H a id ar a b ad D ist r ic t.— W. L. King, P. E. At the last session of our Annual Conference this district was divided, the greater part of the Kanarese field being set off into a new one. As at present constituted the Haidarabad District is a compact field in the central part of the Nizam’s Dominions. The prevailing vernaculars are Telugu and Hindustani, but we have a good variety of other tongues. There are only seven Conference appointments. Of these two are English and the rest vernacular. Of the seven appointments five are in Haidarabad and Secunderabad. The outside circuits are Bidar and Vikarabad. These circuits embrace an extensive tract of country and a large population. The former of these, Bidar, lies on the border line between the Kanarese and Telugu fields, but the former is the prevailing tongue. The town of Bidar is favorably located on a plateau of considerable extent, and overlooks fertile and beautiful plains. It is a walled city whose massive gates are still closed each night. It is a strong Mohammedan center. Our work here has been opposed in many ways, and yet a fair measure of success has been achieved. Our Christians have for the most part proved faithful. The present year has been a hard one for them on account of high prices and scarcity of labor, but they have kept up their contributions to the Church, a small community having given about 18 rupees. I was sur­ prised and gratified when I learned they had done so well. From this community of less than 75, including children and youth, two have already become fairly satisfactory workers, while two more are in training who will probably be put to work before long. There have been but few baptisms during the year, but the attitude of the people toward us has materially changed, so that they now listen attentively to the preaching of the word. The regular work in the Vikarabad Circuit has been much broken up this year by the famine condition that prevailed. Brother Garden and his native workers were compelled to give up touring and give their entire time to supervising famine relief works. The number enrolled on the famine relief lists rose to above 1,200. It is true that a consid­ erable amount of definite evangelistic work was done. All the people daily heard the word of life read and explained, and many of them heard for the first timé the voice of Christian praise and petition. How much the ultimate spiritual results of such work may be none can tell. Since the relief works closed the people have scattered, and some of them have gone to places more than a hundred miles distant It is 13 194 Missionary Report. [1900.

possible that in their distant homes they may be found in the future treasuring up what they have learned and desiring to learn more of the way of life. But whatever the future results may be there can be no doubt that a year of prosperity' would have witnessed far greater im­ mediate results. By this work our mission property has been materially improved. A well that had been previously begun has been completed, some new buildings have been erected, and the grounds graded. In August Brother Garden was obliged to go home with his family. We regretted their temporary separation from the work, but trust that they may return in renewed health to carry on the work. The vacant post at Vikarabad was filled by the transfer of Brother Batstone from the English church in Haidarabad. The year closes with the work in a good condition. We have a good force of native workers, and the work is moving on very well. The school has been reorganized. It has six classes and three teachers. The number of baptisms during the year has been rather small, owing, doubtless, to the famine conditions, but some are now ready for baptism, and there is a good number of inquirers. The people are fairly accessible now, and, under the favor­ able temporal conditions that we may expect, very considerable acces­ sions may be hoped for during the coming year. There is nothing of special moment to report in connection with our work in the Haidarabad Evangelistic Circuit. The public services have been fairly attended, and street preaching, colportage, and Sunday school work have been carried on regularly. There have been quite a number of inquirers, but we have not baptized any of them, as we did not believe they were converted, and without genuine conversion we feared they would renounce their new faith when tried by the persecu­ tion that would be sure to follow their baptism. We need a larger force of native workers, and we need a good mission property. At the present time several properties are for sale, and we hope to be able to select a suitable one. We have a large and important field here that calls for a large force of consecrated laborers. This great city, the fourth in size in the Indian empire, demands more attention than it has thus far received. Our mission is the only one that is attempting to carry the Gospel to the more than 120,000 people within the walled city, while the mission agency at work among the large population outside is manifestly unequal to the task. Well may we pray the Lord of the harvest to send more laborers into his harvest and appeal to his con­ secrated stewards to give us the material equipment we need for the great work before us. The Haidarabad City School is situated in the center of the walled city. It closes the year with 129 on the roll. Of these 21 are Moham­ medans, 80 Brahmans, and 28 lower-caste Hindus. The year has been the best in the history of the schools in point of attendance, and we be­ lieve the examinations just held will show that it has been the best also in educational results. The receipts from fees have been in advance of preceding years, having averaged over 50 rupees a month. The improved condition in the school is due to the new head master, who 1900.] South India. 195 has worked hard and intelligently to bring up its attendance and stand­ ing. We need property for this institution. The Rev. S. P. Jacobs, who began this work, has a deep interest in it still, and is trying to aid it materially. To this end he has dedicated to it the profits of his work, The Real Christian, a book that is having a large sale. We trust that others may supplement Brother Jacobs’s gifts with what will be needed to give this institution a permanent home. The unique and important position this school occupies in the midst of this great Mohammedan stronghold should appeal strongly to those who desire to see Christ’s kingdom set up in Haidarabad. The Haidarabad English Church has had a good year in most respects. The amount apportioned on pastor's salary was higher than for many years before, but has been paid regularly and in full. The amount contributed to our connectional benevolences is higher than in any preceding year. The church and parsonage have both been re­ paired and improved. New furniture has taken the place of some of the old in the parsonage, and the rest has been put in order. The con­ gregations have been good, and the prayer meeting well attended. The Sunday school has been larger than for many years past. On the other hand, the class meetings and the Epworth League have not been by any means what we could have wished. In August Brother Batstone, who was on his fourth year in this charge, was necessarily transferred to Vikarabad to fill the vacancy caused by Brother Garden’s return to America. This necessitated my taking charge for the balance of the year. I believe this church has been gaining ground, and is now better prepared than for many years past to engage in definite soul-saving work. The Secunderabad English Circuit has two appointments, in one of which the work has been encouraging, while in the other there has been opposition on the part of the Ritualists that has to some extent hindered our work. Some, however, have been converted, and we do not antici­ pate any permanent hindrance to the cause of vital religion. In the other part of the circuit the Sunday school has been very encouraging, and the congregations are good. I believe that a good work is being done. It looks as though the troublesome question of a site for a par­ sonage would soon be settled. It will be a distinct gain to our work to have a home for the pastor. I am sorry to report that the past year has been a most discouraging one in the Secunderabad Vernacular Circuit. The chief difficulty has been on the score .of workers. Owing to circumstances that I need not state, Brother Shaw was, shortly after the last session of our Confer­ ence, left single-handed, and up to this time we have not been able to secure suitable workers. Brother Shaw has done what he could under such adverse circumstances, but has, of course, been unable to meet the demands of the circuit that he had been seeking to develop. The work of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society is carried on in Haidarabad, Secunderabad, and Vikarabad. Thus far the society has stationed its representatives in Haidarabad alone. The work has 196 Missionary Report. [1900.

prospered in all departments. Miss Wood was obliged to return to America early in the year for a short furlough. Since that time Miss Evans has had charge of both zenana and school work. The work already opened up at Vikarabad, together with the general importance of that field, appeals strongly to the society for more than financial recognition. Bidar also offers a most promising field for medical work among women, as well as for school and zenana work. We record with gratitude the many hopeful features of our work. The encouragements far exceed the discouragements. God has been very good to us as a people. Our missionary band has not been broken by death, although there has been considerable sickness. The same is true of the ranks of our native workers. Very few of our people have died. In other respects, too, God has been very good to us. “What shall we render unto the Lord for all his benefits to us?” I trust we are prepared to devote ourselves to his service with greater zeal and faithfulness than have characterized our service in the past. I believe the plan of campaign mapped out under the Twentieth Century For­ ward Movement is appealing to many of our people, and am hopeful that the first year of the new century will witness a sweeping revival of experimental religion that shall transform our churches, arouse the unsaved, silence the scoffer, and rebuke formality and unbelief. May •the Lord of the harvest send us laborers, increase our faith, encourage us to expect large things by opening our eyes to behold the forces that fight for us, and then “do for us exceeding abundantly above all we ask or th in k !” M a d r a s D is t r ic t .—J. B. Buttrick, P. E. In submitting my report of work on this district for the past year I must first of all make mention of God’s perennial goodness, and of his manifest concern for, and continuous care of, this part of his vineyard. A review of the work and the workers therein engaged, while occasion­ ing heartfelt thanksgiving to the Lord of the harvest, whose we are and whom we serve, also reminds us that the field we work is intensely needy spiritually, and that as coworkers with God we not only can ac­ complish nothing of ourselves, but without a constant abiding in Christ we who have preached to others may become castaways. We have not reached that point in our history where we can dispense with the foreign missionary as leader and to supervise in aggressive evangelistic work among the non-Christian multitudes who surround us. And yet the history of the past year records such a condition of work. Some of our native preachers have ceased to be recognized as such among us, having fallen from our ranks in consequence of wrongdoing. I cannot escape the conviction that, had it been possible to give more supervision and spiritual counsel and help to our native workers than it has been, these lapses would not have occurred. But the presiding elder has not been free for the district, neither has there been a single missionary on the district wholly given up to vernacular evangelistic work. While referring to this particular need, I recognize that our 1900.] South India. 197 most important need is the presence of the angel of the Lord. This we have had; hence the successes won, the souls saved, the prosperity enjoyed, which we are permitted to record. In Madras Brother Karl Anderson has done faithful and efficient work on the Vepery English Circuit, while at the same time success­ fully studying the Tamil language. Congregations have somewhat in­ creased, some souls have been added to the Lord, and there has. been manifest a readiness to work for Jesus which has betokened spiritual life in the church. Many devoted souls are heartily consecrating them­ selves to take active part in the’Twentieth Century Forward Move­ ment. This movement was inaugurated by Bishop Warne at our recent District Conference, and indications are that it will mean during the coming year activity in soul winning on every circuit the like of wThich preachers and laity have not hitherto known. Of the Vepery Tamil and Narsingapuram Circuits Brother W. Raju writes: “For a lengthened period during the year my wife was laid up with heart and lung affection. My children also were ill. But there have been circumstances of a kind sufficiently encouraging to call for my grateful acknowledgments to our most merciful and loving Father in heaven. . : . Among the members of our Tamil Church there was a deal of sickness, and it is with deep sorrow that I record the loss that we have sustained by the death of no less than twenty people, the largest number on record. But we were privileged to baptize a good number of men, women, and children on an intelligent and a sincere profession of faith in Christ. Sunday schools have received a fresh impetus, and have made moderate advancement. The educational insti­ tution in Narsingapuram continues to receive its financial support from a non-Christian Hindu gentleman. The number of pupils in attend­ ance has been about the same as in the preceding year. But the work done by the Pauchama girls and boys has shown marked improvement. Very little has been done on these circuits in the direction of self-sup­ port, owing to the prevailing famine and scarcity. May God give our people grace to realize the necessity and importance of giving toward the support of the church and the pastor!” Brother M. Tindale writes of the Royapuram Circuit: “Both English and vernacular work have received showers of blessing from heaven. The English services have frequently been seasons of great power, and souls have been born again. The English Sunday school has been regularly held, when blackboard, the Bible, and saved teachers have been used to draw souls to Jesus. Epworth Leagues, Junior and Senior, have met weekly. Spiritual meetings of power and interest have led the young people to consecrate themselves to Jesus. Teachers for the Sunday school have come from these. Social, temperance, and literary meetings have been held occasionally, but all with the object of leading up to the cross and the salvation flowing from it. Four native day schools in different villages are held, wrhich have been visited frequently and personally inspected by the pastor. Advance is evident in each place. Sunday schools are also held in the same places. Village Missionary Report. [1900.

preaching has been systematically carried on, together with house-to- house visitation. There have been 12 conversions and 10 baptisms. A great many more stand ready to join us, but for the crushing burden of caste prejudice, which cuts every Christian off from the means of livelihood previously enjoyed.” Brother Tindale has also had charge of the Methodist Episcopal Publishing House in Madras during the year. He reports: "The press has worked well. W e printed 1,150,902 volumes of various kinds, con­ taining twelve millions of pages. W e bound 166,102 volumes, consisting chiefly of religious and educational books, namely, Bibles, Scripture portions, Mission reports, etc. We have received special help from the various Missionary Societies in orders for reports, as also from the Bible and Tract Societies for binding and printing. God has been with us of a truth. To his name be all the praise!” Brother R. Gopalah has been in charge of Kodambakam Circuit, and writes: “We have been in this field now six years, and by God’s grace we have at present nearljr 50 souls, wrho have left heathenism in .all its forms, and have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour. Two of these, our first converts, are now our workers. We have had 15 baptisms this year, all from heathenism. One of our con­ verts this 3'ear was an old man aged ninety years, who for a long time resisted the Spirit of God, and dissuaded many others of his village from following the Lord. He was baptized two months ago, and a month later died a peaceful death, believing in his Redeemer. We have one day and two night schools, which are attended by young men and children, mostly heathen. Sunday services are held in two villages. Open-air preaching and house-to-house visitation are regularly held. The prospect of our work is most encouraging. The converts are put to much persecution by the caste Hindu landowners, who concoct criminal cases against any man whcr becomes a Christian, and procure false evidence' to support their allegations. Our converts invariably lose their work on their accepting Christ as their Saviour. This keeps away a large number of people, who otherwise would be in our fold to-day.” Brother C. W. Ross de Souza has again had upon him through the year the burden of our entire work in Bangalore. He writes: “As to the English work, at both Richmond Town and St. John’s Hill, all departments of the cause have been kept up. Congregations were never better in Richmond Town than thej' have been during the past year, and the quiet ministry of the word here has b.orne its fruit in the mani­ fest strengthening and building up of God’s people. In St. John’s Hill the indications are in the direction of the appointment of a pastor who can devote nearly all his time to that very interesting field. Here we may have quite as prosperous a cause as in Richmond Town. Vernacu­ lar work is carried on in the two principal languages of the place— Kanarese and Tamil. In respect to the former we do not attract large numbers, for we are at a distance from the city. Such work as can be done is carried on in the villages • in the form of evangelistic and 1900.] South India. 199

Sunday school work. A little more progress may be recorded in respect to the Tamil work. There have been 8 baptisms from heathen­ ism, and a nice little congregation of about a score has been gathered together. Bazaar preaching is carried on, and both Sunday schools and day schools are doing fairly well. The Baldwin High Schools have had a quietly prosperous year. Some changes were made in the teaching staff, and the schools are about to close with a fairly good increase in the numbers on the rolls as compared with last year. The acquisition of additional property is almost imperative. The schools are not only agencies for secular education, but centers of moral and religious influence among the young of the community. The pressing need on this whole and very encouraging field is that of workers; no point is perhaps so lamentably undermanned as this.” Brother W. H. Hollister, missionary in charge at Kolar, reports: “The year began with all the difficulties and embarrassments incident to the presence of plague in our midst. Careful segregation of the boys and girls of the orphanages in camps and small villages safeguarded these successfully; but the Christian families, though segregated in huts, were not so fortunate, and several deaths from plague occurred. Drought, resulting in famine prices for grain, and actual famine in limited areas, have embarrassed us in several ways. Our Christian vil­ lagers were able to secure employment and thus avoid suffering, but the finances of the Mission suffered heavily, through loss of crops and the labor bestowed on them, and by the loss of cattle, sheep, and goats, for which there was no pasturage or fodder purchasable. These em­ barrassments have not, however, prevented growth. Not for years has there been so much evangelistic work done among the heathen, or the educational work made better progress. The addition of over 100 famine boys and girls to our orphanages has increased our responsibili­ ties, and we trust also our possibilities of conquest in the early future. Plans are being vigorously pushed looking to the provision of a large hall as a place for worship, and more of leadership in the intellectual life of the community about us. Our native church has shown a com­ mendable spirit of sacrifice in taking up this work. The Kolar church takes front rank in the Conference in the matter of self-support. The marked increase in the valuation of property grows out of the fact that we have paused to take an inventory of growth for several years in farms and their equipment and improved condition, and in buildings and equipment of the Industrial School, besides increase in valuation of Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society property. Whereas our prop­ erty ten years ago was valued at $10,000, we now have, at a conservative valuation, property worth $25,000. The outlook was never more hope­ ful for aggressive work and material and spiritual development.” Of the Kolar Kanarese Church Brother S. NoaJj writes: “The mem­ bers of our church are progressing in Christian character. This year famine prevailed in this part of the country, and grain was very dear, but our people gave regularly to church collections, and have more than raised the Conference apportionment. On November 18 a sermon was 2 0 0 Missionary Report. [1900.

preached on the subject of the erection of a church for worship. At 'the service the congregation was asked how much each one would give toward this building. Men, women, and children gave their names and made promises. On that day 1,164 rupees were promised, and on the following day 65 rupees more, making a total of 1,229 rupees. It seemed to be like the Church of olden times, which was filled with the Holy Ghost. This was a marked event in the history of the Kolar church. I have been seventeen times on circuit to heathen villages within ten miles around Kolar. The people generally are eager to hear the Gospel message. I met many people who have no faith in idolatry or in Brahmanism. These people must have the Gospel preached fully and persistently to them, and then as the Spirit of God works I have hope that not one here and one there only, but some whole families, will turn to Christ.” Brother G. Gershom reports concerning Hosui: “The little church here is growing in grace. There are now 4 Sunday schools with over 200 scholars. Evangelistic work is vigorously prosecuted; the poor, neglected, and despised people hear the Gospel eagerly and cheerfully. There have been 5 baptisms.” On Kuppam, Mulbagal, and Trinivasapur Circuits our native preach­ ers have labored zealously and not ineffectually. God has given them some seals to their ministry. W e need an increase of laborers for these extensive rural circuits, and are looking to the Lord of the harvest for those whom he shall send. I cannot close this report without again referring to the valuable service being rendered on this district by the workers of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society. The Deaconess Homes in Kolar and in Madras are centers of consecrated activity in the Master’s service. Faithful work is also being done in Bangalore, where we hope ere long to vflelcome a missionary of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society. R a ic h u r D is t r ic t .— D . O. Ernsberger, P. E. This is the youngest district in the South India ¿Conference, and is its first appearance in this report. It embraces nearly all that portion of the Nizam’s Dominions in wrhich the Kanarese language is spoken. It has an area o f about 12,000 square m iles and a population o f nearly 2,000,000. We are the only Protestant mission working in this entire district. The Rev. S. P. Jacobs and the writer entered this field in the year 1884. After two years of faithful work Brother Jacobs was transferred to Haidarabad, leaving me in this vast territory alone. Our society sent no reinforcements till 1894, when the Rev. Ellis Roberts was sent out. The next one they sent out was Brother Ozanne, one of the twelve missionary apprentices, who was appointed to this district last year. ** Up to the year 1893 there had not been what could be called an in­ digenous convert within the bounds of what is now the Raichur Dis­ trict. From that time on, till a year or two ago, there was a steady 1900.] South India. 201

growth till the number of Christians had reached over 500. We then saw that we had proceeded faster with baptisms than we could follow up with pastors and teachers. We have, therefore, called a halt until we have some suitable men to place over the converts we now have. Hereafter wre shall receive only such as we can properly look after. So far as we can see there will be but little difficulty in getting converts as fast as^ we can care for them. There was a time in our history when it seemed impossible to get people of any caste to come out and confess Christ; but now the only limit to the numbers we could receive seems to be our ability to care for them after they have openly declared them­ selves on the Lord’s side. Of course, by caring for them we do not mean feeding and clothing them, but only the spiritual, and to a certain extent the intellectual, care which is necessary to insure their growth in grace and the knowledge of spiritual things. There are within the bounds of the district seven day schools and two boarding schools. In these two boarding schools there are 41 girls and 42 boys. We expect a good number of workers from these schools. In addition to these boarding schools wre have a training school for young men who are studying to fit themselves for religious work of some sort. We have now 8 students in the school. As they are very poor and not able to support themselves while attending school, we give them a small allowance of from $1 to $2 a month. From the young men of this school and from those of the, boarding school we hope to keep up a supply of workers for this district. The process will be slow, for we have not means to keep a very large number of students in our training school; but, though slow, I think it will be to a good degree satisfactory. Village and street preaching have been kept up in most of the cir­ cuits. The best of attention is paid to the Gospel message. Our colportage has resulted in the sale of over 1,400 Bibles, New Testaments, and portions of the Scriptures. These life-giving messages are doing their silent but effective work in many hearts in this district. Famine and consequent high prices have made it necessary for us to help many of our native Christians. The people who have received the help seem very thankful, and we with them owe a debt of gratitude to the American people for their very generous response to the cry of the suffering poor of India. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society’s work has been carried on in Gulbarga and vicinity by Miss I. Ernsberger, M.D. Much sick­ ness in the girls’ school and in the compound has hindered the outside work a good deal. There is great need of at least one more lady from America for this work. The women among our converts are more backward to break off from all forms of idolatry than the men, and hence need more, rather than less, attention than the men; but as it now is they receive much less. Until this state of affairs is remedied there cannot be much hope of a vigorous native Church. This work naturally falls largely to the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society. Statistics of South India Conference, 1900. j if [5 «fc“ S. ti "© •r p >8 ft -=T 0 *“ •*« A « £ . 1 Sä? i l O C I K C r iT UK g ä ü § w s

Total 17 12 8 22 64 ll|81 47 62 700 l.1 011 118 4.519 666 19 94,580 6 22] 187,965 496.853 51,229 334 681 23,870 961 2,808 Last vea r. 15 12 gss 105 4,066 474 17 108,780 8 23! 169,425 829,880 44.229 771 1,002 48,830 886 4,186

N o t e .—T lit-re are 2 ltaldw in High Schools in M.i.lrns I>intric t, w ith 16 ttarheis and 185 pupils. 1900.] Bombay. 203

BOMBAY. Bishop Parker has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr. A. B. Leonard is Secretary in Charge.

T he Bombay Mission consists of the Bombay Presidency, the Central Provinces, Behar, that portion of the Nizam’s Dominions north of the Godavery River, and all of Central India south of the 25th parallel of latitude. Mission work was commenced in 1872, and the Bombay Conference was organized D ecem ber 22, 1892.

M issionaries . Rev. D. G. Abbott, Rev, A. E. Ayres, Rev. W. W Bruere and Mrs. Carrie P. Bruere, Rev. W. H. Butterfield and Mrs. Butterfield, Rev. H. R. Calkins, Rev. W. E. L. Clarke and Mrs. Bertha A. Clarke, Rev. John O. Denning and Mrs. Margaret B. Denning, Rev. Frank R. Felt, M.D., and Mrs. Elizabeth D. Felt, Rev. Daniel O. Fox and Mrs. Ellen W. Fox, Rev. Edwin F. Frease and Mrs. Frease, Rev. William H. Grenon and Mrs. Grenon, Rev. Thomas S. Johnson, M.D., and Mrs. Amanda R. Johnson, Rev. L. E. Linzell and Mrs. Linzell, Rev. W. A. Moore and 2 0 4 Missionary Report.

Mrs. Moore, Rev. Dennis Osborne and Mrs. Grace Osborne, Rev. George W. Park and Mrs. Park, Rev. William E. Robbins and Mrs. Alice E. Robbins, Rev. William H. Stephens and Mrs. Anna T. Stephens, Rev. William D. Waller, Rev. R. C. Wa:rd, Rev. F. Wood. In the United States: Rev. Thomas P. Fisher and Mrs. Helen H. Fisher, Rev. George I. Stone and Mrs. Marilla M. Stone. W. F. M. S.— Misses Elizabeth M. Benthein, Anna E. Elicker, Mar- telle Elliott, Harriet C. Ewers, Louisa Heafer, Nettie B. Hyde, Martha J. Miller, Elizabeth Nichols, Charlotte J. Porter, Ruth E. Robinson, Katherine A. Spears, Mary E. Williams. In the United States: M iss Christine H. Lawson.

B o m b a y D is t r ic t .— Rev. Dennis Osborne, P. E.

E n g l is h M is s io n a r y W o r k . I. Churches. W e have three English churches in Bombay, and one each in Poona, Karachi, Igatpuri, Lanauli, and Quetta. Each has"its own build­ ing, and only one is without a parsonage. Total value of property, 163,- 500 rupees, the result solely of Christian enterprise in India. For these eight churches we have five preachers, all burdened with other heavy duties. Each of these English churches contributes according to its ability not only for its own support, but for the work of God generally. At five points the English church buildings are used for vernacular services, and everywhere there is the closest sympathy between the English and the native work— sympathy materialized in liberal giving and in cheerful surrender of a ^rge part of thè time and strength of the pastor to vernacular missionary work. Brother Linzell entered upon his work in the Bowen Church amid many disadvantages, but faithful ministration has, under God’s blessing, borne, here as elsewhere, the fruits of stability and growth. The serv­ ices have been well attended, and the power of God has continually been realized. Brother Stephens has suffered greatly in health, but has con­ tinued bravely at his post, and has had much encouragement in the love of his people and the growth of the work. It is high time, however, that he was relieved, as Marathi missionary, from the heavy burdens of the English Church, and it is with pleasure, therefore, that we heard of the appointment of Brother Calkins to this charge. The church will welcome him cordially. The church at Mazagon, ministered -to by Brother Wood, is gaining in attendance and interest. The Sunday school, which had to be closed for a time, has been reopened with promise of much prosperity. In Poona all the services of God’s house-have been faithfully main­ tained. The Sunday attendance has been inspiring, and God’s blessing has been manifestly felt. The class meeting is a recognized feast. Our Poona church is the young people’s home, and the Sunday school and the Epworth and Junior Leagues here find their fitting realizations. The Karachi English Church has put forth new aspects of enterprise. A soldiers’ reading and prayer room has been built and is much appre­ ciated. The services of the church, conducted by Brother Waller, have 1900.] Bombay. 205

attracted increased interest through the richly resonant notes of the new organ which the congregation has acquired. Of the churches in Igatpuri, Lanauli, and Quetta it will be sufficient to say that at each point the services have been faithfully maintained. II. Seamen’s Work. We have rests at both the ports of Bombay and Karachi, and both have proved Bethels to weary and wandering seamen. For Bombay Brother Wood reports the following figures for last year: Attendance in reading room, 15,066; at the services, 4,522; beds, 312; free meals, 240; Bible portions, etc., distributed, 5,450. Nine thousand rupees have been paid off on the debt, which now stands at only 3,000 rupees. For Karachi Brother Dowling presents the following figures for last year: Daily visits to ships, average, 5; free meals, 80; beds, 30; Bibles or portions distributed, 500; tracts, books, etc., 5,000. A new and sub­ stantial rest building is shortly contemplated. III. Schools. The Taylor High Schools in Poona have enjoyed a year of substantial advancement. The boys’ school has grown almost fifty per cent in its attendance over last year. The services of Mr. C. W. Ainley, M.A. (Cantab.), were secured for the school as principal in April last. The girl$’ school was reinforced by the appointment to the staff of Miss Elliott, B.A., of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, and she and Miss Benthein, principal, have been cheered with a stronger school both in numbers and efficiency. The Anglo-Indian Girls’ Home and Orphanage, Poona, have been ably superintended by Mrs. Hutch­ ings, aided by Misses Ward, Dawson, and Merritt. There are in at­ tendance 53 girls and 22 boys. We have not a better training home in India. V e r n a c u l a r M is s io n a r y W o r k . I. The Indian Christian Church. In Bombay we have an Indian community of about 600. These are chiefly.divided among the Marathi and Gujarati Missions. The great work of teaching, strengthening, and building up this large baptized community in faith and obedience devolves upon our missionaries, Brothers Stephens and Wood. In the Marathi Mission our minister, Sakharam Bhosle, is a fitting assistant, and a similar helper is needed for the Gujarati Christians. There are similar though smaller communities in Poona, Karachi, and Igatpuri. It is the aim of our missionaries, who feed the flock of Christ, to build up these small yet growing churches in the faith and fear of God. Brother Fox in Poona city, Brother Robbins on his cir­ cuit from Talegaon to Kedgaon, Brother Waller in Karachi, and Brother Gyanoba Khanduji in Igatpuri are studying the practical prob­ lems of Christian living in order that out of this crude material they may, if possible, “present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.” II. Evangelistic Work. In Karachi a gracious awakening occurred last year among the Punjabi low-caste people, and the Christian com­ munity now numbers 300. The awakening spread from these to the Gujaratis, and out of this class also many have been baptized and others are seeking. Their families, unlike those of the Punjabis, are mostly 206 Missionary Report. [1900.

with them; they, too, have come to us for instruction and prayer. When it is remembered that for many years past our missionary work in Sinde was represented only by a fluctuating day school of heathen boys the advance made will be rightly appreciated. Again, in the villages bordering the Munmar and Dhond Railway, among the Mahars or Dheds, there has been an encouraging spirit of interest and inquiry. Many have been baptized by our veteran minister, G. Khanduji. Large numbers are reported to be ready for Christian teaching, and plans are being laid to reach these persons and to push this work to the utmost. Nearer home it has been found that the Gujaratis on Malabar Hill and in adjacent suburbs are eagerly seeking after the truth. Some have already been gathered in, and it is hope'd that fervent prayer and'diligent work may lead to the conversion of many. III. Christian Schools. Our boys’ Christian school in Poona, under Brother Fox, has made decided progress. In deportment and secular education there is appreciable advance, and the spiritual tone is certain­ ly higher. Many waifs from the famine which has scarcely yet ceased have been added to the orphanage. The care of the girls’ orphanage at Talegaon deyolved, after Brother and Sister Bruere’s departure, on my wife and myself, but at the be­ ginning of this year our hearts were gladdened by the appointment of Miss Porter, Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, to the charge of this institution. Many new famine wraifs have been added, and the aim is to make this the industrial branch of the Bombay girls’ boarding school.

C e n t r a l P r o v in c e s D is t r ic t .— Rev. T. S. Johnson, M.D., P . E.

Basim: W. A. Moore, missionary; Mrs. Moore, assistant missionary; local preachers, 2; other helpers, 5; Bible women, 4. Burhanpur: S. Benjamin, minister; helpers, 3; Bible women, 2. Chindwara: Paul Singh, minister; local preacher, 1; other helpers, 2. Gadawara: sup­ plied; local preacher, 1; other helper, I. Jabalpur: T. S. Johnson, missionary; local preachers, 5; other helpers, 2— W. F. M. S., Miss Hyde, Miss Heafer, missionaries; assistants, 3; Bible women, 4; teach­ ers, 3— English Church, W. H. Grenon, missionary; Mrs. Grenon, assistant missionary; local preacher, 1. Kampti: W. L. Clarke, mis­ sionary; Mrs. Clarke, assistant missionary; local preacher, 1; other helpers, 7—W. F. M. S., assistant, 1; Bible women and teachers, 4. Khandwa: F. R. Felt, missionary; Mrs. Felt, assistant missionary; local preachers, 3; other helpers, 8— In theological school, 2— W. F. M. S., Miss Elicker, missionary; assistant, 1; Bible women and teacher, 4; Lakhnadan: supplied; local preachers, 2; Bible women, 2, N agpu r: supplied, T. H. Cowsell; local preachers, 2; other helpers, 2. Nar- singhpur: J. O. Denning, missionary; Mrs. Denning, assistant mission­ ary; local preachers, 3; other helpers, 6— In theological school, 1— W. F. M. S., assistant, 1; Bible women, 4. Pandhana: supplied; local preacher, 1. 1900.] Bombay. 207

We have in this district eleven circuits with their subcircuits. In the whole district we have been afflicted with famine in varying degrees. It was probably worst in Khandwa, Burhanpur, and Basim Circuits, but extreme prices for food stuffs, and therefore much distress to the peo­ ple, obtained in the entire district. Scarcity of water added to the dis­ tress. Our missionaries and their helpers have been actively engaged in relief work as far as the means at their disposal permitted. This relief work afforded exceptional opportunity for preaching the Gospel; and our missionaries did not fail to deal out liberally the bread of life to the hungry souls whose famished bodies were receiving the bread that perishes. Our native preachers, in many cases, have found great difficulty in supporting their families on account of the abnormal prices of food that have prevailed. One of the results of the famine is the increased number of orphan children left upon our hands and for whose support and training pro­ vision has to be made. Jabalpur. Four departments of work are organized here: 1. The English work has had a good year in every respect. 2. The Hindustani work, including Jabalpur and its subcircuits, has had a fair year. No special break has occurred, but there has been a number of baptisms. The church in Jabalpur has grown in members and in power, and is a center of much influence. 3. The zenana work, under Miss Heafer’s direction, has been prosecuted as vigorously as the number and efficiency of her helpers would permit. A widows’ home is also under the charge of the zenana department. Here 12 widows are provided a home, and are taught the Scriptures and some secular subjects, and are trained in various kinds of handicraft. 4. The girls’ school has increased in num­ ber to 316. About 15 per cent of these girls are children of our Chris­ tian community, while the rest are orphans received during the recent famines. All the girls are Christian in form, and most of them, we believe, love the Saviour. The buildings, equipments, and staff of the school are excellent, and the girls are being well trained. Lakhnadan. This work was taken up in the beginning of the year in place of Harda. The inhabitants of the surrounding villages are large­ ly Gonds. They are of the aboriginal race that was driven back into the hills by the Aryans. They have been oppressed so much that they have come to think any powerful person is an enemy. They offer sac­ rifices to propitiate him. A God of love is a new idea to them, and very pleasing. In October we baptized our first convert here. There are other inquirers, and the prospect is good. Chindwara. In the early part of the year work began to open out among the farmers of the Kurmi, Kachi, Gond, and Katiya castes of Chindwara and four or five of the surrounding villages. In March 70 of them, mostly men and heads of families, were baptized. In Octo­ ber 22 more received baptism. There is a large community of these castes, and we have great hope that the work will be far-reaching. This success has stirred up the jealousy of a number of Hindus, and our native pastor has been severely persecuted. 208 Missionary Report. [1900.

Narsinghpur. Three lines of work are pursued here: 1. General evangelistic work. Here we have a good church in which Sunday services, Sunday school, Epworth League, and class meeting are doing very efficient work. The Gospel is also preached in many scores of villages, mohallas, and homes. Many people say they believe in Christ, and we have been waiting from year to year in expectation that there would be a large break among such people; but caste and the fear of caste persecution make many hesitate. 2. The Hardwicke Christian Boys’ School has had a prosperous year. Probably 80 per cent or more of the pupils are orphans from the late famines. All are professing Christians. We have splendid buildings. There are now seven stand­ ards taught. The boys are making good progress in their studies. The workshop is a very important department of this school. About 100 boys are learning carpentry, the same number shoemaking, and 20 or more are learning tailoring. They turn out chairs, tables, bedsteads, cupboards, sideboards, and the like. A good grade of boots and shoes is made. The tailors are employed largely in making the clothes of the school. Many of the boys are becoming proficient in drawing under a teacher from the government school. The English department is doing well. During five months of the year the summer training school was in session. Six young men and eight young women were thoroughly drilled in Bible and Bible doctrines, and taught the outlines of the Hindu religious beliefs that they might be efficient workers. Brother Makhan Lai, a graduate of our Bareilly Theological Seminary, did splendid work in this school. 3. Zenana work has been vigorously prosecuted. Nearly all the homes of the city welcome the workers, and many purdah women are learning of Jesus. Many more Bible women are needed to supply the demand for instruction. Gadarwara. This is a very stronghold of Hinduism. The Gospel has been preached faithfully in the bazaars, mohallas, and surrounding villages. A Brahman priest whom we baptized four years ago, and who ran well for a season, has lapsed into sin, and has been damaging the work not a little. He is now penitent and promises to reform. Khandwa. Dr. Felt and his helpers have been occupied with famine relief all the year. They have received a good number of orphans, and have enlarged their dormitories to care for them. Special pains have been taken to instruct and strengthen the faith of the village Christians that were baptized some years ago. At District Conference time several hundreds of these spent four or five days in the mission compound in old-fashioned camp meeting services. Preachers from various circuits of the district explained to them with fervent spirit the way of salva­ tion in Christ Jesus. The earnest attention and the testimonies evi­ denced excellent impressions upon these converts. The girls’ school, under Miss Elicker’s supervision, has nearly doubled in numbers, mostly orphans. A new building has been added. The girls are being well cared for and trained. Dr. Felt has treated a large number of sick people. He finds himself in great need of a well- equipped dispensary. 1900.] Bombay. 209

Dr. Felt writes: “The work of the past year can be summed up in one word— famine. As early as August and September, 1899, famine began to be felt throughout the district. Our first care was for the native Christians, most of whom are very poor. Our first help was given, in October of that year, to old, crippled, blind, and helpless Christians, who were not able to go to the relief works. To these three rupees (about one dollar) a month was given for over a year. Many of the old men were em­ ployed to weave a coarse kind of cloth, and thus in helping themselves helped us, as the cloth was used in clothing the famine children taken into the orphanages of the parent board and Woman’s Foreign Mis­ sionary Society. “Early in the famine the deputy commissioner asked us to take orphans of the district. More than 250 have been taken in. A number of these have since been claimed by relatives, and some have died, but many will remain. The great increase in the number of children necessitated additional buildings, the erecting of which, with making roads, digging wells, etc., furnished employment for famine people, of whom we had between 400 and 500. About 150 children of the laborers were fed at our kitchen for weeks. Clothing and blankets were distrib­ uted to our own and to government relief people, and to village Christians. “The fodder and water famine was so severe that thousands of cattle died; many hundreds of rupees were expended for seed, grain, and cattle for Christian farmers. Wells have been built in two villages where the Christians have always had trouble in obtaining water. “Several carloads of Christian Herald corn were distributed, princi­ pally as food grain, to farmers while they were sowing and caring for the growing crops. It was thoroughly appreciated by all castes, and many came long distances to get it. It was distributed from several centers by our workers in cooperation with government charge officers. “Regular mission work in villages could not be done. Schools were closed, and in many places Sunday schools also. Preaching and Sunday school work were carried on at government relief works as much as possible. The people on mission relief works heard the Gospel daily, and have carried back to their villages seed that may bring a harvest for the Master’s kingdom. We have baptized none from among the famine people, although scores have asked it. We now have hundreds of candidates from different castes who desire to become Christians. “About 500 village Christians and candidates for baptism attended the District Conference, which met here in November. The presence of the Holy Spirit was clearly manifest in the meetings, and we believe that many were strengthened and helped. This and the fact that we have the confidence and esteem of non-Christians throughout the dis­ trict give us great encouragement. Our corps of workers needs to be greatly increased to successfully meet the needs and opportunities of the work. “The very small percentage of deaths among Christians and famine 14 2 1 0 Missionary Report. [1900.

people on our relief works was most remarkable. Cholera was in the district for months, yet of 900 Christians in the villages only about 30 have died during the year. For months our only source of water sup­ ply was a hole in a nalla— ditch. This supplied enough dirty water for drinking and cooking purposes only. Bathing, except at long intervals, was out of the question, and many of the girls in the school did not have a bath for three months. The children kept remarkably well dur­ ing all this time, and when cholera entered both schools, during the rains, we were able to save a great majority of our cases. The year has been a most trying one in every way, but already good results from this trouble and suffering are being seen, and the outlook for our work in this zilla seems brighter than ever before.” Burhanpur. A native missionary is in charge. Besides famine relief and an orphanage of nearly 100 boys, a special feature of this circuit is a Christian colony. Brother Benjamin has secured from the government an old village near the jungle that had been deserted on account of the wild animals that troubled it. He is having it cleared and improved, and has planted a colony of Christians in it— about 200 people. Each family has one or more fields, and they are making their own arrange­ ments for farming. A score or more of the orphan boys are taught farming here. A native preacher lives in the village and instructs the people. This village has cost the Mission nothing. Brother Benjamin is very sanguine of its success. Nagpur. The English Church is in a healthy condition. The Sunday school has doubled, and the attendance at preaching service has con­ siderably increased. Brother Cowsell, a lay brother, has been diligent in his ministrations to this people, and his pastoral work has been very fruitful. We have but little native work in this circuit for want of workers; but the Gospel is preached regularly in many places. Kam pti. The English work is mainly among British soldiers—a very needy class. This work has produced splendid results. Govern­ ment gives a grant toward its support. The vernacular work in Kampti and in the villages has been well looked after. There have not been many conversions, but many are hearing the word. A magnesia mine has been opened near one of our villages, which will bring many laborers to it, both native and European. This will require much more missionary attention and labor. At Ramtek, near the mines, work has been carried on for five years, and converts are now beginning to come to us. The orphanages and day schools are well in hand and are doing good work. The zenana work has continued as usual during the year. Basim . Evangelistic work in the town and in the villages, famine relief and orphanages, have occupied the time of Brother and Sister Moore. Cholera in a violent form took off 30 to 40 of the famine girls. Many of them gave very bright testimony of trust in the Saviour. Many new orphans have been received from this famine. New build­ ings are ready for the girls’ orphanage. A railway is soon to be opened through Basim, which will greatly facilitate access to the place and will 1900.] Bombay. 211 cause much improvement in the surrounding country. This is an im­ portant place for Christian work. In summing up the work of the past year we give thanks to God'for his goodness. The health of our people has been fair. Sister Felt has been ill much of the year, necessitating her return to America. One of our native workers has died. But, in general, the health has been good. The missionaries have been abundant in labors. We need double the number of missionaries and double the number of helpers for this large field. During my eight months’ absence from the country Brother Denning had charge of the district, and at my request has kindly written this report, except the greater part of the Khandwa report, written, at my request, by Dr. Felt. 1 praise God for the share he gives us in his service. May we enter upon the new j^ear and commence the new cen­ tury more fully prepared for the work of the Master, and may we soon see the multitudes around us bowing to his authority! Conference, November, 1900. Statistics of Bombay 4 J2 * i c n £ w âc Q Æ ! c =s I £ ~ rz ¥ 5 T3 i S ri r* j= | S 1 S3 % I E S -o o 1fr DISTRICTS. tfl 0 ’S- S o È a ^ % ï > •2 J 1 1 •i 3 'S s È >■ w -a Z,u. iS Z z : W W £ s M g Ücfl is Z 5 s £ " 1 Nat 1 | Prei R u p e e s . Kupees. R u p e e s . R u p e e s . R u p e e s R u p e e s . Bombay District. 1 ‘ 16.000 8 1 80 1 30,000 I 186 132 4,34 3,563 Bombay : Bowen Church.. 8 57 25 3 2 122 .. 1 40,000 1 20,000 Grant Road Church.... 6 65 16 17 ‘i 45 5 165. .. 4 6 120 62 Gujarati Mission ...... 4 1 2 116 179 1 35 .. Hindustani Mission...... 1 14 40 13 6 870 6 595! . 'i ' 6,000 "i ' 5,¿50 ” 'i 280 220 Marathi Mission...... 2 9 2 4 5 1(13 50 1 25,000 20 593 610 Seamen’s Ivest...... 1 1 1 1 86 1 7,800 2,820 S,214 Ig a tp u r i...... 19 13 "2 1 960 503 M a m th i...... 1 5 19 13 2 56 300 80 K a ly a n ...... 4 3 3 9 1 '3 1 65 i 15,000 1 5,000 '446 2,640 2 ,i36 Karachi: English Church. 4 31 ¡> 21 4 Î26 3 122 2 35 Vernacular Church ...... 4 4 10 1T3 75 1 18 i ’ è ’ôoo 1,560 1^280 Seamen's Mission ...... 1 1 36 1 5,0(10 250 L an auli...... 1 13 '3 1 186 1 10,000 'i 5,000 41 568 1.800 1,705 636 Poona: English Church.. Hi 113 27 1 i i 5ÔÔ 8 384! .. 3 5,800 3 4 Christian Boys’ School... 1 20 21 .. 2 71 .Hindustani Mission...... 3 '2 '¿S 2 189 "5 ' Marathi M ission...... ‘i *4 i 2 35 30 .. 2 130 Taylor High Schools...... 2 50 Anglo-Indian Orphanage, ’i "Î5 'i ‘ '¿000 'i 6,000 300 Q uetta...... 1 10,000 Panchgani Sanitarium ...... Central Province* District. 2 115 6 175 1 12,000 80 B a s iin ...... 221 32 62 1 82 3 220 .. 1 8,000 40 Burhanpur...... 145; 75 1 4 177 .. 12 C hindw ara...... 7 90 5 100 .. 12 G adarw ara...... 4 14 io i 357 18 790 'i ‘ï.sôô i 14.000 153 92 Jabalpur...... 200 150 0 1 72 1 7,000 1 7,000 175 1,020 350 English Church...... 55 7 15 5 2S7 24 1,241 1 1,500 1 1.500 1,194 145 K a m p ti...... 36 47 7 2 220 10 445 1 2,000 s.oooj 86 87 K handw a...... 73 535 15 3 50 1 609 L ak hnadan...... 6 1 " 4 1 56 'i ' 9,666 '1 ' 6,000, *74 i N agp u r...... 10 4 33 'i 255 15 825 1 8,000 9 7.500 120 21 Narsinghpur...... 24 244 1 12.000 Pachmarhi Sanitarium ......

Oujarat Dislrict. 3 40 2 44 A h m edabad ...... 2 8 1 ‘è 8 264 4 76 i 9.500 Baroda Circuit ...... 6 11 2 800 1 1 400 1 770 1 9.500 Boys’ Boarding School.. 9 0 4 62 26 459 20 754 1 S o d h r a ...... 13 2(j 111 39 300 7 106 - 4 102 ...... K apadwanj...... 8 7| 5! 23 948 83 804 ‘ 1 17,500 N adiad...... 11 23 8 12 346 25 741 Od...... 8 12; 3 576 9 124 17 487 U m retli...... 4 9! 8 GOO 9 864 11 667 V a so...... 9j.. 70 9 40 6 68 W asad...... 0 14!.. i 1G9| 2,745 19,2S5 =*20 146 5,702 246 10,759 19 ! 176,900 23 T otal...... 18 17 5; 128 205 96 1.440:4.677* 378 321 1 183 4.563 258 9,698 21! 190,760 t 24 L ast year...... 18 18 1Ï 51 . . ..I.. 1,309: 5,032 487 * Value of other property, 116,865 rupees. 2 1 4 Missionary Report. [1900.

BENGAL-BURMA.

Bishop Warne has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr. A. B. Leonard is Secretary in Charge.

M IS S IO N work was commenced in 1872, and the Bengal- Burma Conference was organized February 2, 1893. The General Conference of 1900 passed an enabling act by which the Burma District has been organized into the Burma Mis­ sion Conference, and hereafter Bengal and Burma will be reported separately. The reports that follow are for the year ending in February, 1900:

M issionaries . Rev. William P. Byers and Mr^. Charlotte M. Byers, Rev. Benjamin J. Chew, Rev. Joseph Culshaw and Mrs. Culshaw, Rev. George S. Henderson and Mrs. Henderson, Rev. Charles B. Hill and Mrs. Glenora G. Hill, Rev. Henry Jackson and Mrs. Helen M. Jackson, Rev. David H. Lee and Mrs. Ada Lee, Rev. Albert T. Leonard and Mrs. Minnie J. Leonard, Rev. Frank E. Lieden and Mrs. Lieden, Rev. James P. i goo.] Bengal-Burma. 215

Meik and Mrs. Isabella Meik, Rev. John E. Robinson and Mrs. Retta T. Robinson, Rev. George E. Stokes, Rev. Homer Wroten. In the United States: Rev. Julius Smith and Mrs. Mary E. Smith. W. F. M. S.— Misses Kate A. Blair, Frances Craig, Rebecca B. Dailey, Miriam Forster, Emma L. Knowles, Emma L. Lamb, Elizabeth Maxey, Mary V. McKinley, Fannie A. Perkins, Luella Rigby, Josephine Stahl, Grace Stockwell, Anna Suderstrom.

Appointments for Bengal Conference, 1901.

A s a n s o l D i s t r i c t — W . P. Byers, P. E. (P. O ., Asansol). Asansol: W. P. Byers; English Church, to be supplied by John Bjork; Bengali Church, K. C. Mullick. C a l c u t t a D is t r ic t .—J. E. Robinson, P. E. (P. O., Calcutta). Bol- pur and Rampur Haut, F. E. Lieden, S. M. Mondol. Calcutta: Eng­ lish Church, George E. Stokes; Hindustani Mission, C. Dowring; Boys’ School, J. Gordon Kennedy; Seamen’s Mission, G. S. Henderson. I^a k u r C ir c u it .— J. P. Meik (P. O., Pakur). Pakur, S. C. Biswas. Nalhati, supplied by S. C. Miter. Suti, supplied by A. C. Mondal. Pub­ lishing House, Joseph Culshaw ; Indian Witness, J. E. Robinson, Editor. C a l c u t t a B e n g a l i D is t r ic t .— B . J. Chew, P. E. (P. O., Calcutta). American Methodist Institution, B. J. Chew, Principal. Balliaghata and Bible Training School, Homer Wroten, Principal. Beg Bagan and South Village Circuit, Joseph Culshaw. City Missions, D . H . Lee. Diamond Harbor Circuit, B. H. Mozumdar, L. C . Sircar. Dharamtala and Kidderpore Circuit: Dharamtala, B. J. Chew; Kidderpore, C. C . Daas. T ir h o o t D is t r ic t .— Henry Jackson, P. E. (P. O., Mozafarpur). Bettiah, supplied by J. Peter. Chuppra, supplied by S. Budden. Dharb- hanga, J. Robert. Dinapore, supplied by Kali Charan. Mozafarpur. Henry Jackson. Samastipur, Nain Sukh. Sitamari, supplied by E. John. W o m a n ’s C o n f e r e n c e .

A s a n s o l D is t r ic t .— Asansol: Woman’s Work, Mrs. Byers; Girls’ School, Miss M. Forster; on leave to America, Miss Lamb. C a l c u t t a D is t r ic t .— Bolpur and Rampur Haut: Woman’s Work, Mrs. Lieden. Calcutta: English Work, Mrs. Stokes; Hindustani Mis­ sion, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Dowring; Superintendent Deaconess Home and Pastor’s Assistant, Miss Maxey; Anglo-Indian Orphanages, Miss Craig; Girls’ School, Miss Samson; Seamen’s Mission, Mrs. Henderson (in America). Darjeeling: Arcadia Girls’ School, Miss Knowles, Miss McKinley. Pakur: Woman’s Work, Mrs. Meik, Miss M. Wittenbaker, Miss Jacobson (on leave to America). On leave to America. Miss Stahl, Miss Boggs. In America, Mrs. Warne. C alcutta B engali D istrict—Balliaghata and Kumardunga Schools, M rs. Lee. Beg Bagan and South Village Schools and Zenana, Mrs. Culshaw . Jaun Bazaar School, Mrs. Culshaw. Dennett Training School and Girls’ Day School, Mrs. Lee. Miss Dey, Miss Carrie Bews, As­ sistant. Champahati, Nehati, and K u lp i: Woman’s Work, Mrs. M ozum - 2 l 6 Missionary Report. [1900.

dar. Dharamtala and Kidderpore: Woman’s Work, Mrs. Chew. Tamluk: Zenana Work, Miss Blair; School Work, Miss Moyer. City Missions and Balliaghata Zenana Work, Mrs. Lee. T ir h o o t D is t r ic t .— Mozafarpur: District Work, Mrs. Jackson; Zenana Work and Village Schools, Miss Suderstrom; Girls’ Orphanage, Miss Campbell.

A s a n s o l D is t r ic t .—J. E. Robinson, P. E.

Asansol Circuit. Rev. W. P. Byers, missionary, writes: “The year’s work began auspiciously, and the prayers then offered for the prosperity of our Zion have been encouragingly answered. The year has been a good one in many respects. Visits from Rev. C. In­ wood and Rev. C. H. Yatman resulted in much good to our European congregation. Several were induced to set out for the kingdom of God. We rejoice over what has been accomplished. Our Bengali serv­ ices have been full and joyful ones, and a number of baptisms .fcave taken place among those whom we hope will prove helpful to our Saviour’s kingdom and cause. The work seems to move slowly, re­ quiring much patience and perseverance, but God is in it and it will ♦assuredly prosper. “The boys and girls of our schools are a comfort and a satisfaction to us in many ways. Those we have had with us for some years have been growing and learning and developing, and it is a pleasure to ob­ serve their improvement and growth in knowledge and goodness. Their ranks have been largely augmented by a batch of seventy-five children from the famine districts. Although they cause much additional care and increase our burdens in many ways, it is a pleasure to see how quickly they are coming back to health and strength. These legacies of the terrible -famine will be a blessing to the Church in days to come. We expect to have mechanics, preachers, and teachers, arising from their varied tastes and tendencies. “The leper work goes on about as usual. The recent death of one of the oldest inmates was one of remarkable triumph, expressive of trust and living faith in Him who touched the lepers and bade them be clean. “We are glad to report that our people are growing in the grace of giving also. The English Church has contributed in ten months 450 rupees, the Bengali Church 52 rupees, the Leper Church 20 rupees, besides the pastor fund of 65 rupees. The bakery has been able to clear and contribute toward the work about 500 rupees this year. Five of the famine girls are assisting Ellen, the cook, and we are planning a bread bakery to be worked by the boys. In these ways we are seeking to de­ velop indigenous resources and provide means, which we greatly need, for the extension of our work. “The prospects are bright. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society is seeking for more room for its extending work. A good plot of land has been secured which considerably enlarges the boys’ school com­ pound. We are grateful for new helpers and for those who have been 1900.] Bengal-Burma. 217 given to us for the work, and are praying for additional suitable work­ ers for the fields that invite the reaper’s toil.” Balpur Circuit. Rev. F. E. Lieden, missionary in charge. On return from furlough to Sweden Brother Lieden was appointed to this compar­ atively new field, where the work is largely in its infancy as yet. Of his circuit he -\yrites: “My regular and chief work during the year has been in the villages of the Bolpur Circuit. I started out in the morning with some of the workers and spent several hours in visiting the poor villagers, gathering them under a tree or somewhere, and had a sort of open-air meeting, where all classes of Hindus met' and listened to the word of God atten­ tively; then some of them began with their usual discussions and arguments. I find more and more that the Gospel is needed to the poor and the despised, and may the Lord help us to spread it among such and set them free from the bondage of sin and idolatry! The high-caste Hindus, and especially the Brahmans, are a great hindrance to the evan­ gelistic work. Many a time have I returned home with a heavy heart, praying that the Lord would soon convince them of their sin and folly. “Our six subsidized schools in the different villages are doing well. They were examined and the results were fair. The children receive religious instruction daily, and are well up in their Catechism, Ten Commandments, the Apostles’ Creed, etc., and many of them have a fair knowledge of Bible history. In most of these places they meet on Sundays, and have Sunday schools as well. “Our Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society Bible woman and teacher try to do their work faithfully among the women and children. They regularly visit the mohallas and adjacent villages, sometimes also going to distant villages. The Sunday and the week-day services are held regularly. I thank God for blessing received in these services, although the attendance is not large. Sometimes in the afternoons Hindu officials and respectable baboos make friendly calls at my house. We have many interesting, quiet talks, my one object being to lead them to Christ. A large number of tracts have been distributed, and many Bible portions and religious books have been sold during the year. I am pleased to find that people not only buy them out of curiosity, but read them with interest, and some quickly learn to repeat the Gospel stories. “I may add that two of the largest of our cutcha houses have been rethatched; over a thousand trees besides a number of bamboos have been planted, and flowers and crotons have been set out, making a general improvement in the mission compound. In due time the bam­ boos will be valuable, as they are in great demand for many purposes. “The latest addition to our work is the Famine Boys’ Orphanage. At present there are 41 boys, and we hope to have some more. I pray earnestly that divine guidance, wisdom, patience, and love may be given from on high to care for their souls and bodies and train them up for future usefulness in the service of the Lord. May he crown the com­ ing year with greater victory than the past is my humble prayer.” 2 18 Missionary Report. [1900.

Pakur Circuit. Rev. J. P. Meik, missionary in charge. From his interesting report we make a few extracts: “The work at Pakur has made steady progress during the year. There have been only 15 baptisms, but a great deal has been done to instruct and strengthen the Christians. Our native minister and the colporteur have regularly visited the villages around Pakur. Their entire time is given to evangelistic and pastoral work. Our schools have done well this year. There are n o children in the two boarding schools at Pakur. There is an efficient staff of teachers, approved by the government inspector. We have sent up two boys for the highest Bengali exam­ ination, and we believe both passed. A'boy and a girl have also passed the upper primary examination. We are sending up four girls and six boys for the lower primary examination, and expect all to pass. The government inspectors report very favorably of the work done and the progress made. Special attention is given to sanitation, physical im­ provement of the children, and their moral and spiritual health. This year we are glad to say three of our boys and one of our girls from these schools have entered mission work at Pakur. This makes a total of eight that have graduated into mission work since the beginning of last year. One girl has married our local preacher at Asansol, and an­ other a teacher at Bolpur. It is our aim to make the Pakur schools the best of their kind in Bengal, and especially for the training of mission workers. Our village day schools are doing well. JThe Scrip­ tures are taught in all. “Our work in the dispensary is becoming very heavy, and we greatly need a qualified native doctor and a properly equipped dispensary. The work done is very useful. Instead of $100 received this year for the dis­ pensary work we need $400. The colportage work has been pushed for­ ward this year, and we hope to be able to employ more colporteurs n ext year. “We are giving much attention to industrial training for our boys, and are seeking to develop all possible local resources. The carpenter’s shop is doing well. Eleven boys are learning this trade. Two cer­ tificated boys leave the workshop this year to work at their trade in the villages. The poultry farm continues to prosper. The results of the year’s work when the accounts are made up will prove as satis­ factory as last year. The farm gives employment to a number of men and women, and twelve boys are learning to raise poultry. The fruit garden is also doing well. In another year or two we shall begin to gather fruit. An experienced native gardener said the other day that in a few years it ought to yield us a clear profit o f 1,200 to 1,500 rupees a year. Considerable improvements to buildings have been made this year, but much remains to be done. A proper residence for the missionary will soon be an urgent necessity. W e also need a build­ ing suited for chapel and school purposes.” All the girls in the school at Pakur can sew and take part in the housework, and are making steady progress in their studies. Four of them are beginning to teach. 1900.] Bengal-Burma. 219

C a l c u t t a D is t r ic t .— Frank W . W arne, P . E . The occurrence which has' made this year one ever to be sadly re­ membered is the one known world-wide as the “Darjeeling disaster.” The following are the names of Rev. D. H. Lee’s children who perished on that terrible night, September 25, 1899: Vida Maud, Lois Gertrude, Herbert Wilson, Ada Eunice, Esther Dennett, Wilbur David. Wilbur lingered until October 2, seemingly providentially, to tell his parents the story of the victorious manner in which their children’s faith triumphed over the fear of death, and the calm, victorious manner in which the children commended themselves to God and asked to be taken to heaven together. 1 believe that the history of the Christian Church has not a more splendid example of a victorious faith triumph­ ing over the fear of death under the most trying circumstances. Those who were boarders in Arcadia and who went during that terrible night with the school to Ida Villa in that fearful cyclone, and there lost their lives, were Ruth Elizabeth Wallace and Phoebe Wallace, Eric Anderson and Violet Pringle. The Arcadia School had a good attendance, but disaster caused us to close at an irregular time, and therefore the pupils did not appear for their examinations. The examinations reported for the previous year show that an Arcadia girl passed higher than any other girl in Bengal in the entrance examinations with honors in French. One hundred per cent of passes was made in the middle school. Fourteen girls sat for the London college examination in the theory of music, and all but two passed, with five in ihe first division. Other departments were equally prosperous. Queens Hill has been secured for the next year, and one of the most centrally located houses in Darjeeling, and one which the gov­ ernment committee appointed to examine all the houses in Darjeeling has pronounced “perfectly safe and secure from the likelihood of any landslips.” We believe we have acted wisely in continuing the school, and believe Arcadia School will yet be housed in our own property and be a very prosperous institution. Calcutta Bengali Church. T he year 1899 has been one o f grow th in the Bengali Church. -We have had during the year several seasons of special services which have proved of incalculable benefit to the mem­ bers of the congregation, and specially to those members of the congre­ gation which are found in the Dennett Training School and in the American Methodist Institution. We believe that many of the pupils in these institutions will date the commencement of their religious life from some of these services. It has raised for pastoral support during the year 172 rupees, for Conference claimants, 5 rupees; for mission, 24 rupees, besides paying all expenses for lighting, punkas, etc. We are still a long way from the goal we are anxious to reach, namely, financial independence, but each year we hope to get nearer to it, until we shall feel- able to walk without a pice of help from the Missionary Society, so far as the native preacher is concerned. South Villages'. During the year this work has been divided. There are now two circuits instead of one. The conditions which necessitated 2 2 0 Missionary Report. [1900.

this change unsettled the work for a large part of the year, but the divisions and changes will probably produce in the near future more satisfactory results than we have had in the past. Notwithstanding these changes our people have in the main been loyal, and the schools, Sunday schools, and Sunday congregations all show signs of promise. Rev. B. J. Chew has been in charge during the year. He has been assisted by Brother Collier, who made a tour through the villages with a magic lantern, and the illustrations gave the villagers a clear concep­ tion of Bible truths. Diamond Harbor. About July 1 Brother Mozumdar was transferred from the Calcutta Bengali Circuit to the Diamond Harbor Circuit. This comprises our work along the railway for about fifty miles. Al­ ready there is abundant evidence that the change was wise. The churches have been regularly visited, and have taken on new life. At Kulpi, where they have done practically nothing for self-support, and had not had a baptism from heathenism for nine years, they now have had baptism and have raised 50 rupees toward local expenses. This circuit opens up a great field, and we are praying that God may greatly bless Brother Mozumdar and give him abundant fruit. Bengali Students. Rev. D. H. Lee, first for want of a place, and next because of the sorrow of the year, has had his work for young educated Bengalis greatly interfered with, but it has not been abandoned, and he hopes shortly to have suitable arrangement for the continuance of the excellent work. Under his supervision we have two outstations, Balig- hata, a large district in close proximity to the city. Here there is a small membership and five Sunday schools. Charlie Babu is supported b> the young men of the English Church, and they call him their mis­ sionary. He has perhaps done his best work in selling a large number of Bibles and Testaments and distributing many thousands of leaflets and tracts. Tamluk is about fifty miles south of Calcutta, and Is a large district of over twenty miles square, densely populated, practically untouched by any mission worker, except the work of one native pastor. Recently Miss Blair has gone there with two Bible women to represent the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society. Hindustani. There have been a number of converts from heathenism, and the new, converts have won seventeen others during the year. At Sanai Bazaar the people have subscribed toward building a church over 300 rupees, and are willing, without a pice of European help, to assume the responsibility for 500 rupees, 175 of which has already been paid, but up to date we have been defeated in all our efforts to secure a piece of ground. The Christians have each promised a month's salary. A Seamen's Coffee Room has been opened. Calcutta Girls’ School. The Calcutta Girls’ School continues its good WQrk, Miss Widdifield was principal last year. When the results of the government examination for 1898 were published in January it was found that the Calcutta Girls’ High School had maintained its former high record in scholarship, and the high school class headed the girls’ 1900.] Bengal-Burma. 221

schools in Bengal. According to the government report of the high schools, only three girls in all Bengal passed in the first division. All three werfe from this school, and two of them received scholarships. Seven of the nine presented for the middle school passed. The teach­ ing, the kindergarten, the music, Bible study, and religious instruction have each received careful attention, and produced good results. The debt on the school is now reduced to 5,000 rupees, which we hope will this year disappear. Miss Samson has been here for several months getting accustomed to work in Calcutta, and is prepared to help in the work of the school. We are greatly pleased to have her with us. Calcutta Boys’ School. The aim of the school is to give on the plains a thorough all-round education on English public school lines to boys whose parents are not able to send them to England. The princi­ pal, Mr. J. Gordon Kennedy, M.A., is a Scottish graduate, an honors man of London University, with fifteen years experience in English schools. The staff is complete and efficient. Pupils are presented for the primary school, middle school, and high school, and entrance ex­ amination. Recent successes arc: Out of twenty-one candidates pre­ sented at the last primary, middle, and high school examinations twenty passed, seven of whom gained distinction. The boys followed the same course of Bible study as the girls, and with equal success in the final examination. Friends have come forward this year and have given the necessary funds to elect nine boys to free scholarships, and twelve boys as demi-foundationers on 8 rupees a month. American Methodist Institution. The work has gone on successfully during the year. The staff has been strengthened by the addition of Mr. J. Collier and Mr. F. Smith, and the public appreciation of this is manifested in the greater confidence shown by the public. There has been progress both in numbers and studiousness. Nine boys were passed at the entrance examination in March, 1899. The finances of the school are in better condition than ever before; besides the usual salaries, rent, and taxes, about 1,100 rupees have been spent on im­ provements. The work among the Christian students has gone on in school and church, and the principal feels that many of them are grow­ ing in manly Christian qualities. Of old students several are working in our press, two are teachers in our mission schools, two are em­ ployed in American Baptist Schools in Burma, while three are study­ ing for the F. A. examination. Dennett Training School. One scarcely knows how to approach a re­ port of this institution this year. It is a miracle of grace such as is not recorded that our dear Brother and Sister Lee are able to go on with the good work. It seems to me that most people would have broken down in health and faith, but the Lord has sustained and inspired them to larger work for Bengali girls since their own loved ones are with the Saviour who loved them, died for them, and has now taken them to himself. Through it all the school work has continued, with about 100 Christian girls as boarders, several hundred Hindu girls in the day 2 2 2 Missionary Report. [1900.

schools, and Bible women going on with their work. During the year about 20,000 rupees has been spent in answer to prayer for the work. We greatly rejoice that Sister Dey, a trained, earnest Christian worker, has come to Sister Lee’s help, and also that Sister Moyer has just arrived from America to join in this good work. These workers are heartily welcomed to our midst. In addition to all the above, property adjoining the Bengali Church has been purchased, and three others are being negotiated for. When these properties and church site are united it will make the best location in the city for the kind of work these beloved workers have been called to do. The building to be erected is to be called “The Lee Memorial Building.” A committee of representative business men of Calcutta has been formed, the Lord Metropolitan Bishop of Calcutta at the head, to raise funds for this purpose. Deaconcss Home. Miss Maxey, Miss Blair, Miss Lamb, and for the last part of the year Dr. Mulford have been in Deaconess Home. Miss Blair and Miss Lamb have given their time to Bengali work, Miss Maxey to English. Miss Blair at our District Conference was trans­ ferred to Tumlook. In addition to the regular work among the people of the city the home has a splendid mission in entertaining those who are passing through the city. Coffee Rooms. Naturally during a quarter of a century the form in which almost any work is done will change, so now in the coffee room much of the best work is done by boarding sailors, and thus saving them from the many dens of vice in the city. Brother Bjork has been steadily at work visiting the ships and hospitals without intermission during the past year, and his visits have been greatly blessed and the means of much good. The Scandinavian meeting conducted by him is also very well attended, as many as 50 to 70 being present every meet­ ing night, and in this meeting there have been a number of conversions during the year. The work sustained a great loss by the death of Mother May, “the Seaman’s Friend,” who originated this form of work and who has been connected with it for so many years, and whom all the old seamen coming to Calcutta will miss. No one will doubt the .good work that is being done in the coffee rooms who was with a large company of sailors who, as they left to join their ships a short time ago, with tears in their eyes, told us this had been the happiest and most profitable time they had ever spent 011 shore, for here they had found Christ and many Christian friends. Methodist Publishing House. The Methodist Publishing House, Calcutta, has had a successful year. An examination of the balance sheet, which has been duly audited by Messrs. Lovelock and Lewes, chartered accountants of Calcutta, shows that the value of assets against liabilities is 52,181-1-2 rupees to 43,538-13-4 rupees, leaving a balance on the side of the assets of 8,642-3-10 rupees. During this year the plant has been increased by buying two machines fo r 3,300 rupees, fo r which 1,000 rupees is now ow in g and which will 1900.] Bengal-Burma. 223 nearly all be paid for by the sale of one of the older machines. There has been spent during the past two years 4,780 rupees for new type in order to keep abreast with competition in Calcutta. The Bengali department has been almost entirely refitted with new type, and it is now in a position to do better vernacular printing than at any previous period in our history, due to the fact that those in charge have not only a practical knowledge of printing, but also a measure of' acquaintance with the vernacular. Boys’ Orphanage. Miss Craig reports that the year closed with 52 boys on the roll. From the financial point of view, perhaps, the strug­ gle has been more severe than most years, as our income from the sources we have depended most largely.on has been smaller than in previous years— boys for whom no support could possibly be gotten from friends; some subscriptions that were received other years have been withdrawn because of inability to give them. This being the case, the out­ look from month to month was a little more discouraging than usual, but our God knew just how much was needed for our daily supply, and from sources that we did not expect the needed help came. At one time during the last month it looked as though we must close the year with a deficit, but when the books were closed at the end of the year we found that we had 8 annas balance to our account. Girls’ Orphanage. Miss Craig this year has had charge of both orphanages, and writes: “We closed the year with 46 children enrolled. The work of the home, with the exception of the cooking, is done en­ tirely by the girls, and we hope by this means to train girls in such ways that in future they will be successful home-makers. Without any assured income we have been provided for month by month, and were able to close the year with a balance to our credit.” The story of the girls’ orphanage and the boys’ has much in common. The girls’ school gives the girls free scholarships, as day scholars, which comparatively reduces the expenses. Rent has to be paid for both buildings in which the orphans are kept. It is hoped the time will soon come when the buildings will be owned by the Mission. Industrial Home. The Industrial Home has now passed beyond the stage of experiment, and has become an established institution. The government has now recognized it, and gives a grant of 1,000 rupees per annum. Mr. Osmond, of Makintosh, Burn & Co., left the institu­ tion 1,000 rupees in his will. Our debts are all paid, and we have over 1,000 rupees as the commencement of a building fund and a good work­ ing cash current account. We have kept each day 1,000 rupees. We are steadily adding new departments of work. Our last, and one that promises well, is bicycle repairing. English Church. Last, but not least, we report the English Church. During the year 90 persons have been received on probation and into full membership in the church, which, when all deductions have been made for deaths and removals, leaves a membership of 546, the largest in the history of the church. The Sunday school has had one of the best years in its history. The 22 4 Missionary Report. [1900.

five societies which meet weekly in the interest of the young people have done steady and excellent service. The treasurer is able to report a balance on the right side on all current accounts, the benevolences are above the average on 1,000 rupees raised toward the parsonage debt. We owe now only 6,000 rupees. Our friends will notice the very excel­ lent marble floor in the vestry, the cost of which has been paid, and the contract is let for having electroliers put into the church— the best that are to be had. For this we are indebted to Mrs. Laidlaw, and for which we tender our sincerest thanks. I wish to express my heartiest appre­ ciation of the multiform excellent assistance received from the pastor’s assistant, Miss Maxey. Need of Nezv Workers. A Junior League has been organized at Samastipore. The attendance is not large. We hope to see better results during the coming year. Miss Sudferstrom, with her Bible women, has kept up teaching in the mohallas. This work this year has been carried on without any appro­ priation from the society. It has been with difficulties, of course, but it has been done, and Miss Suderstrom has been very much encouraged by the interest that has been shown by the women of all classes to whom she has gone. Hundreds through her have this year, for the first time in their lives, heard of the Gospel message. As the direct result of this work a young woman found her way to the ladies’ home, placed herself under instruction, and I had the pleasure last Sabbath of bap­ tizing her. B u r m a D is t r ic t .—Julius Smith, P. E. The Burmese and Other District Work. Brother and Sister Leonard were appointed to Pegu with the beginning of the year, and had little to greet them except an opportunity to make beginnings. The mission was sadly out of repair, and was at once renewed in large part and made into a comfortable residence. Brother Leonard began the study of the language about April, and has justified the expectations of all who know him in the rapidity with which he got a working knowledge of the language. He translated Mudge’s Bible Questions about August, and during the last three months of the year has been preaching to the Burmese without an interpreter. He has also begun a school for our Christian boys and connected these with the training of several adults. They have all made commendable progress, and our long-set purpose to begin a school of this kind has had a favorable start, and has in it possibilities of far-reaching usefulness. The Tamil school and congre­ gation in Pegu have been directed by Brother Leonard also to their advantage. Brother Krull has done faithful work on the Sittang Circuit through­ out another year. He has not had much in the way of helpers to assist him, nor has he had any schools. Lately Brother Leonard has been aid­ ing him, and from counsels and work together valuable plans are likely to result. Some have been baptized recently, and. there is every indica­ tion that the accessibility of the people and our opportunity that took us in that region in the first place still hold good. The industrial features 1900.] Bengal-Burma. 225 that we have undertaken there, though we have not been able to follow them up, were clearly practical, as is now apparent, in that Brother Leonard has just been able to secure 250 acres of government land for five of our recently baptized converts. Kyauktan has been on the hands of the presiding elder for over two years, with regular or constant missionary oversight, as it has been im­ possible to give the field the direction it requires. In the last quarter of the year the circuit has been visited and well canvassed by Brothers Leonard and Krull, to the encouragement of the Christians and to the advantage of the missionaries, as it has revealed to them the fine oppor­ tunities for our work in all the region from Rangoon to Gulf of M artaban. Rangoon City Work. Here we have conditions more or less constant for many years. The English Church has had another year of careful and capable pastoral care by Brother Hite. The congregations have kept up well, and the churches have been alive spiritually. The benevolences have increased, the amount raised for pastoral support has been some­ thing more than the preceding year, and besides this a handsome sub­ scription has been raised toward a new and well-built parsonage. The building of this new home for the pastor was necessitated by the in­ tended occupancy by the girls’ school of the bungalow used by the church as a parsonage for nearly six' years past. As we originally intended, this building is to become the property of the girls’ school for their boarding department. The total cost of the parsonage will be about 9,000 rupees. The church had 4,000 rupees loan to the district, and it has been repaid, and to this a subscription nearly covering the re­ maining cost has been secured. This enterprise reflects credit on the management and enterprise of the pastor and congregation. The girls’ school has another good aid. Miss Turrell has introduced method and system into the entire school, to its advantage. She has been greatly assisted by Misses Files and Illingsworth. Special care has been given to the health, comfort, and most of all the spiritual in­ terests of the boarders, with advantage to the children and the school. It would be difficult indeed to give better care than is now devoted to these ends. The large number of day scholars still keeps up, but the boarding department is much below the attendance deserved by the conditions of the school or desirable for the school. It is hoped that removal to the cantonment property will be occasion of adding a goodly number of boarders to the school, as we will then be in one of the best locations for comfort and health in all Rangoon. One surprising and agreeable fact in the school is that there are 20 Roman Catholic children in attendance at the present time. The Seamen’s Rest has done its usual work through another year. Brother Lichtenberg has been very faithful and capable as superin­ tendent. The difficulties of this kind of work increase rather than de­ crease, and hence holding our own is real progress. The Tamil and Telugu work in Rangoon has been supplied by Brother Culley. The Dalla Tamils are building a suitable little church. 15 226 Missionary Report. [1900.

Services have been maintained in Chinese, and our preacher has been faithful, and has done all he can until he has some suitable mis­ sionary direction. The linguistic difficulty is in the way, but what to do with all such work has become a serious question. The same is true in part of the Burmese school work that we have in Rangoon. This school has seven or eight years’ continuous history, and has demon­ strated its right to live and its usefulness. Prolonged observation on the field has led me to the following con­ clusions: 1. Wherever we have given good and continuous supervision the work has prospered. Wherever this care has been intermittent or wanting a hopeful beginning has dwindled into an actual disappoint­ ment. 2. If reinforcements are surely not coming so that all depart­ ments of our work can be cared for, the question is on us whether we are to close up such fragmentary work as we have begun and confine our efforts only to that which we can immediately direct. Certainly I am not in favor of starting any new work that has not any missionary for its guide. It is just here to meet another standing want in Rangoon. It seems we must have a boys’ school. We lose over 40 boys annually from our own school because we have no boys’ school and cannot carry their education to the higher standards, and we fail to direct the boys that will be the men in Burma. Than Daung. Than Daung is closing its best year. Miss Perkins, Mrs. Smith, and the young teachers have all passed the educational standards, and the examinations which were in progress when we left for Conference indicated that there would be a good percentage on passes and of a good grade in their standards. This will mean a satis­ factory grant and materially aid the finances of the school. The indus­ trial features of the school have been maintained, and have gained in public favor. This is specially true in the case of several leading officials of the province who have visited our institution during the year and cordially approved it, and have recorded their sentiments, and we have recorded their satisfactory subscriptions. Many inquiries and ap­ plications reach us seeking admission to the school, and we have had to decline most of them for want of room. A new building will be in­ closed before the rains which will increase the accommodations con­ siderably. Some experiments of cultivation have failed, some have succeeded very well, and some will need further trial, but enough is established to direct us to results from this time forward. It is clear that all citrons, fruit, strawberries, and most vegetables will do very well here, also peaches. The coffee has been smitten with the plague, but may rally, as the indications now are that the disease has done its worst and is abating. If it does die away the coffee industry will cer­ tainly thrive. A bequest has been left us out of which we should get at least 5,000 rupees, though some technicalities are yet to be decided. The government has a growing interest in Than Daung, and the ap­ plications for building sites have trebled during the year, though only a few buildings have as yet been undertaken. There are already a num­ ber of people planning to spend the coming hot season on the hill. All Bengal-Burma. 227 these indications point out that we will have a sufficiently large com­ munity around our school plant, an advantage growing out of that fact.

T ir h o o t D is t r ic t .— Henry Jackson, P. E .. As we review the work of another year our first thought is to give thanks to Him whose care has been over us, who through- dangers seen and unseen has been our guide, and for whom we have in all things endeavored to spend and be spent. We would that we had sheaves gathered from a rich harvest field to lay at the Master’s feet; that we could, to the honor and glory of his name, tell you to-day of glorious seed sowings and bountiful in­ gatherings. We can, however, only tell you that we have been toil­ ing on. We have done what we could. We.have sown the precious seed, at times by the wayside, at times on ground somewhat prepared for its reception. This seed is not all lost; we trust it has taken root and may yet bear fruit. Brother Nain Sukh, at Chapra, reports regular preaching in the city and among the villages during a tour which he was able to make. He has been unable to persuade those who were baptized several years ago to return to Christian instruction. A cemetery ground has been purchased entirely by contributions, the Chapra municipality being the largest contributor. Brother Khushyal, an ordained local deacon from the North India Conference, who joined us early in the year, has succeeded in gather­ ing a scattered flock at Durbhanga. This accounts for the increase in our number of probationers in our statistics for this station. On this circuit there are five appointments, at each of which there is an ex- horter who has about him a small company of native Christians. These are very imperfectly taught, but it is the best we can do, as the teachers are very little removed from those instructed. These teachers were under the personal care of Brother Khushyal during the summer months. He gave them daily lessons in the Scripture, in singing, and in reading and writing. They returned to their work, we trust, some­ what better fitted to instruct others. We hope to be able to repeat this plan this year. Our work in Mozafarpur, among the class of which we baptized a large number in 1898, has not been very encouraging. They have gone back to their former habits of drunkenness and gambling; though threatened with expulsion, they refuse to leave us, appear for a while penitent, and promise to reform. We have borne with them in the hope that they may yet come under the influence of grace. For a while in the month of November we were visited with an outbreak of cholera. Out of fifteen cases in the mission compound two succumbed, one the wife of a colporteur and the other an orphan boy. The civil surgeon, Dr. Brown, was unceasing in his attendance upon the sick. At Samas- tipur we have two outstations, at which we have small Christian com­ munities. They are under the charge of Brother Mulchand, who visits them from time to time. Bazaar preaching is kept up in the town. 228 Missionary R ep o rt [1900.

Brother J. Peter, at Seitamari, and Brother Kali Charan, at Dinapore, have carried on alone the preaching and distribution of the word. We very much need to occupy these points much stronger; the fields are large, and will repay greater attention could it be given. Our colportage work has met with better results during the past year. Five men have been regularly employed. Miss Campbell, who has been in charge of the girls’ orphanage, has had a very trying year. The orphanage for a while was more like a hospital than a school. Dr. Hindmarsh, who has given his services free, has been very kind in his care and attention to the children. We owe to him more than words can express, for we owe to him in the provi­ dence of God the lives of many of the little ones who are now enjoying perfect health. All this care and anxiety told upon the health of Miss Campbell, and but for a short respite I fear she would not have been able to remain at her post. At the close of the year very encouraging meetings were held with the larger girls, and Miss Campbell reports very satisfactory evidence of the conversion of several of them. Miss Suderstrom and Miss Campbell have organized a Junior Ep- worth League made up of the girls and boys of both orphanages. These meetings have been somewhat interrupted during the sickness in both schools, but are again resumed. Two Leagues, a senior and a junior, have been organized at Samastipur. Miss Suderstrom, with her Bible women, has kept up teaching in the mohallas. Statistics of Bengal-Burma, November, 1900.

C IR C U IT OB |X STATION. T3 O 3 »- ! I III 1S0 Is ¡»«OS

Anansol District. Rupee! Rupees. Rupees. Rupees. Rupees. Rupees. Rupees. Asansol...... 170 3' 135 6.000 4,250 5,000 40 672 10 B olpnr...... 300 G 200 7.000 83 Paku r...... 248 8 160 750 8.000 11,250 192 Burma District. Ohauktau ...... Peq u ...... 5,000 800 302 45 Tomil Church...... 106 Sittang Circuit...... 16 ” 800 48 1.5 Rangoon: Burmese...... 1 26 English Church...... 2 156 85,000 9,066 144,000 89,976 184 10,440 iÔ5 Chinese Church...... I .. 96 Tamil and Telegu Church l| 31 201 T h andaung...... 1 41 25,666 66 100 10 Calcutta District. Diamond Harbor...... 7: 223 250 100 20 5 180 Calcutta: Bengali Church. 2 28S 16,000 5,000 24 265 English Church...... 1| 823 120.000 35,000 400,666 76,000 200 22,182 City Mission...... 6 285 10 140 Hindustani Work ...... 5 140 8 826 Seamen’s Work...... I 2,000 28,000 1G 1,896 South Villages...... 256 9 463! 600 150 200 194 Tirhoot District. B ett iah...... 330 1 Clinpra...... 1S8 ‘3 199 Darbhaugn...... 60 180 88 D ingapore...... i 3 M ozafarpur...... 44 '250 8 175 Sam astipur...... 18 1 6 Sutam ari...... T 700 ] 2

T otal...... 14|11 44 7 11 12T 1274 iG22;nsir>8 7 67 225 57 ¡1979 2021 199 180,810 100,8001587,583 115.976 472 43,449 10.339 Lust year. 12 51 7 12 104 1209 1239 191 fisc! 2486 I 550 . ' ! In crea se.. c:> Deoronno. 230 Missionary Report. [1900.

MALAYSIA.

Bishop Warne has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr. A. B. Leonard is Secretary in Charge.

T h e Malaysia Mission includes the Malay Peninsula and all the adjacent islands inhabited by the Malay race. The principal places occupied are the cities of Singapore and Penang and the Philippine Islands. Mission work was com­ menced in 1885, and the Malaysia Mission Conference was organized A p ril 1, 1893.

M issionaries . Rev. John R. Denyes and Mrs. Denyes, W. G. Fritz, J. M. Hoover, Rev. H. L. E. Luering, Rev. Ernest S. Lyons and Mrs. Lyons, T. H. Martin, Rev. J. L. McLaughlin, Rev. G. F. Pykett and Mrs. Pykett, Rev. W. P. Rutledge, Rev. William G. Shellabear, Rev. B. F. Van Dyke, Rev. J. F. Wilson, Rev. Benjamin F. West, M.D., and Mrs. Letty M. West. In the United States: Rev. A. J. Amery, Rev. William T. Kensett, M.D., and Mrs. Elizabeth B. Kensett, Rev. Fred H. Mor­ gan and Mrs. Gusta M. Morgan, Mrs. W. B. Shellabear. In England: Rev. W. E. Horley and Mrs. Horley. W. F. M. S.— Misses Luella R. Anderson, Sophia A. Blackmore, Mary A. Cody, Ida Ellis, Edith A. Hemingway, May B. Lilly, Clara Martin, Mrs. Mary C. Meek, Mrs. Cornelia C. Moots. I9° a ] Malaysia. 231

P e n a n g D is t r ic t .— Rev. B. F. West, M .D ., P. E. (P. O., Penang). Ipoh, H. L. E. Luering (S. H. Wood, lay worker). Penang, G. F. Pykett, J. M . Hoover. Thai-peng, W. E. Curtis (lay worker). On furlough, W. T. Kensett, W. E. Horley, A. J. Amery. W o m a n ' s W o r k — Penang, Mrs. L. G. West, Mrs. Pykett, Miss Ida Ellis. Kwala Lumpor, Mrs. Mary C. Meek, Miss Luella R. Anderson. Ipoh, Mrs. Luering. Thai-peng, Mrs. Curtis.

The year under review has been one of the hardest this district has known. Dr. Kensett went on furlough at the beginning of 1900 and wc had no man to appoint in his place, so that Kwala Lumpor has been without a resident missionary, and the work has suffered a great deal in consequence. Brother Horley also went on furlough, but Dr. Luering took up his work. Mrs. Meek and Miss Anderson arrived at Kwala Lumpor in February, and Miss Ellis at Penang in October, so that the woman's work has been strengthened to a very satisfactory extent. There has been no illness of any consequence among the mis­ sionaries.

The work in detail is as follows :

Bukit-Mirtajam. A station supplied by one of the theological stu­ dents from Penang. The people at this place are very migratory, and we have several times lost every member by removal. We are now getting hold of the more permanent residents, however, and the serv­ ices are held in the house of a large landowner, thus obviating the necessity of renting a house. There have been three baptisms during the year. Ipoh. Brother Luering has had charge of the evangelistic work, and Brother Wood of the school. Dr. Luering has been handicapped by having to learn a new language. There are four outstations con­ nected with this work, and the time of the missionary is very fully occupied. The school has done very well indeed, and the people have given a sum of more than $2,500 toward the erection of a boarding school, and the government have supplemented this by the gift of $2,500. A new station, Kampar, has been opened during the year and Chinese work has been begun in Tilok Anson. The girls’ school has lost in numbers owing to the frequent removal of parents. The Chinese and Tamil work have both suffered owing to many removals, but a gain has been made nevertheless. Brother Luering asks that at least two new men be added to the force at work in his district, in order that the country be taken for Christ now while the opportunity is so excellent. Klang. This is an outstation of the Kwala Lumpor work. There being no missionary to supervise the work, practically nothing has been done except to hold the church together. There are 11 members here. K ulim . This is a station in Siamese territory. It continues to be one of our best stations. There have been n baptisms during the year. We have a farm of thirty acres at this place, and hope, in the course 232 Missionary Report. [1900.

ol time, to derive a sufficient revenue from it to support the work. The church supports one of their members who is a leper. The leprosy de­ veloped several years after her baptism. Kwcila Lumpor. -This is a growing city, and is the capital of the Federated Malay States. Here lives the governor-general and his staff as well as the president and staff of the State of Selangor. We have a parsonage, a church building, and a girls’ school building. The work needs a well-qualified missionary. The Tamil church and school have done well under the care of Brother Abraham, a Tamil preacher from Ceylon. The Chinese work was under the care of Dr. Kensett, and when he left, there being no one to look after the church, the mem­ bers soon scattered. A Chinese local preacher from the theological school at Penang was sent there in June, 1900, and he is gradually getting the church together again. There have been 2 baptisms. Nibong-Tebal. This work was supplied by one of the theological students, and had to be temporarily closed when he was transferred to Kwala Lumpor. Arrangements have been made to not only reopen the Chinese work but to add Tamil work, and an Anglo-vernacular school. Penang. The English work has prospered. Several additions have been made to the membership and a beginning made among a class which has long been the object of our endeavor, namely, the Babas. Two young Chinese Babas have united with the church on probation. The Chinese work has been of a satisfactory character, the members being much more ready to engage in real Christian work. Several opium users have been taken in and cared for until cured, and the sick Ijave been looked after, all at the expense of the congregation. A two weeks’ revival was productive of good results. The Tamil work has for the most part been disappointing, the mem­ bers being quarrelsome and altogether unsatisfactory until a revival, beginning from a sermon preached by Bishop Warne in September, since when the work has been very encouraging. The old members have been very earnest and new ones have been added. Brother Pykett has had the superintendence of both the Anglo-Chinese and Anglo-Tamil schools for boys. The schools have both done well. The amount of fees paid and the number enrolled have been better than last year. The Tamil school was greatly stirred by the revival in the church, and a number of the pupils, past and present, have either united with the church or become regular attendants at the services. There have been 35 baptisms. Telok Anson. We have maintained the boys’ school at this place in charge of a Christian Chinese teacher. Thaipeng.— W. E. Curtis has taught in the boys’ school and done such work among the Chinese as he could find time for. He has con­ tributed from his salary very freely toward the support of the girls’ school, giv in g no less a sum than $623. Woman’s Work. This consists of the work carried on by agents of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society and the wives of- the mis­ Malaysia. 2 3 3 sionaries. It embraces an English-teaching school for girls at Penang, Thaipeng, Ipoh, and Kwala Lumpor; a Tamil school and a rescue home at Penang, and a number of Sunday schools both in connection with the day schools and in outside places; work among women and children of manv classes and languages, and not least a boarding school at Penang. Mrs. Curtis, at Thaipeng, has also taken a few boarders. The girls’ schools exercise a much more prominent influence toward Christianity than do the boy’s schools. This is shown by the better attendance of the pupils at Sunday school and church services. The government of the Federated Malay States seems to be well pleased with the work done at Thaipeng and Kwala Lumpor, and have sanc­ tioned the erection of a boarding school at the former place, agreeing to provide half the cost, and Mrs. Curtis hopes to raise the remainder locally. We have secured a proper deed for the school property at Thaipeng. Mrs. Pykett has maintained the rescue home and several interesting conversions have gladdened her heart during the year. Miss Martin has been .able to do much visiting in the homes. Mrs. Luering has assisted in the girls’ school at Ipoh, while Mrs. Meek and Miss Anderson have requested both the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society and the Parent Society at Kwala Lumpor. Mrs. West has had charge of work among Chinese women and taught in their homes. The theological school has claimed the constant care of Dr. West, who has been the entire teaching staff. Two students have been placed in the work this year, and are proving themselves acceptable workers. In conclusion, we are glad to have been spared to work another year. The results have not been equal to our hopes, yet we are not without evidence of progress. The Lord has been -with us. We have .carried on work in the English, Tamil, Hak-ka, Hok-kien, Malay, and Telugu languages. There have been thorough conversions. Gamblers, opium smokers, fallen women, liars, thieves, and the morally blameless from among idolaters have been led into the experience of life in Jesus Christ. The work that yet remains to be done is great.- The need of more workers is urgent, and we are sure that this need will be met by Him who has heretofore supplied all our needs.

S in g a p o r e D is t r ic t .— W. G. Shellabear, P. E. ♦ M issionaries . W. G. Shellabear, P. E. (P. O. Singapore), J. R. Denyes, W. T. Cherry, E. S. Lyons, B. F. Van Dyke, F. H. Morgan (in America). A s s is t a n t M issionaries .— Mrs. Denyes, Mrs. Cherry, Mrs. Morgan (in America), Mrs. Shellabear (in America). L a y M issionaries .— C. S. Buchanan, M rs . Buchanan. D e a c o n e s s e s .— Miss Blackmore (in Australia), Miss Lilly, Miss Hemingway, Miss Cody.

Of the staff of missionaries detailed above, Rev. W. T. and Mrs. Cherry, Revs. E. S. Lyons and B. F. Van Dyke and Miss Cody have come to us during the year, Miss Cody from Manila, and the remainder 234 Missionary Report. [1900.

from the United States. Rev. and Mrs. F. H. Morgan and Mrs. Shel- labear went home to America in the fall, and Miss Blackmore is still on furlough. The newcomers have been obliged to take up full work immediately on their arrival, Brother Cherry in the press, and Brothers Lyons and Van Dyke in the Anglo-Chinese school;. this has unfor­ tunately hindered them in their language studies. The language difficulty is a serious one. Our work in Singapore has developed so much along the lines of English education that our missionaries have few opportunities in their daily work of using what little they learn of the native languages. Experience shows that those who are engaged in the educational work do not become proficient in any language, and at the present time this branch of the work requires almost our entire available staff in this district. Brother Cherry’s whole time is occupied in the exacting duties connected with the management of our mission press; my own time is wholly given over to the British and Foreign Bible Society for the revision of the Malay Scriptures, ex­ cept the limited amount of time required for my duties as presiding elder; all the rest of our staff now on the field are teaching English. The natural consequence is that our evangelistic work among the natives is being very much neglected. If we cannot hope for sufficient reinforcements to our teaching staff to obviate the absorption of our whole missionary force in the educational work, we shall be obliged to consider the advisability of a change of policy. Evangelistic W ork .— The only work we have been able to establish out­ side of Singapore is in the Settlement of Malacca, 110 miles northwest of Singapore, on the Straits of Malacca. Communication with this place is by small coasting steamers. Rev. Lau Seng Chong has been in charge of this, work for a year and a half, and has done much to place the work on a satisfactory basis. He had, however, been in poor health for some time past, and in August he had a hemorrhage of the lungs which has compelled his return to his native country, Amoy, China. It is uncertain whether he will ever be able to come back to us. His place has been taken by Keh Ek, a Chinese preacher who was trained by Dr. West in the theological school at Penang, and the work is prospering under his charge. He reports a total membership of 26, as compared with 17 reported last year. At my laßt visit there was a marked increase in the attendance at the services and in the earnest­ ness of the worshipers. The British and Foreign Bible Society has recently stationed a subagent at Malacca, whose presence will mate­ rially strengthen our work there. In the town of Singapore we have four pastoral charges, in the English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil languages respectively. The English church had been in charge of Rev. F. H. Morgan, until his return to America last September, since which time the work has been supplied chiefly by Brother Cherry and myself. We understand that the Board is sending out a new man to take charge of this church, which has always paid the equivalent of the salary of a married man without a family, in addition to all current expenses, and may there­ igoo.] Malaysia. 2 3 5 fore be considered self-supporting. There have been a few additions to the membership, but these are more than counterbalanced by losses through removals, twelve soldiers who were members of the church having left with their regiment. The chaplaincy to the Methodist soldiers of the British garrison, which was formerly an important part of the pastor’s work, has now become almost a sinecure through the removal of the British regiment, which has been replaced by Asiatic troops. This change has also caused a serious decrease in the chap­ laincy allowances. It is probable that a British regiment will again be stationed here in the near future. There is a wide field for aggres­ sive work among the English-speaking residents of Singapore, and we look upon this branch of the work as of the utmost importance to our mission here. The Chinese church, in charge of Rev. Ling Ching Mi, is composed almost exclusively of immigrants from Foochow and Hinghua. Very few of these people bring their families with them or settle permanently in Singapore; for this reason we cannot expect to establish a perma­ nent work among this class of Chinese, but our missions in China reap the benefit of the work which Brother Ling has done here in the last four years. The membership of this church remains nearly the same from year to year, the accessions from heathenism being counterbal­ anced by frequent removals. Miss Jewell, of our Foochow Mission, was here for several months as a refugee during the disturbances in China. As she speaks the Foochow dialect, her presence gave a con­ siderable impetus to the work, and we are still employing as Bible woman the teacher whom she brought with her, and who was willing to remain in the work here for a time. She has been able to find a few Foochow women, who are now attending the services. The largest class of Chinese who are permanent residents here are the Hok-kiens from Amoy, and it is among these people that we are most anxious to establish our work. We already have a small nucleus of three Hok-kien families and two or three unmarried men, and these have met together for worship each Sabbath for several months past, the services being conducted by two local preachers. Dr. West has promised me the best student from his theological school to take charge of the work at the Chinese New Year, next February. I have myself devoted all my leisure time to the study of the Hok-kien dialect, and am now able to converse in it with some degree of freedom, so we are looking forward to being able to do some aggressive work among the Hok-kiens in the next Conference year. The Malay church has been in charge of Rev. J. R. Denyes since February last, when Dr. Luering was transferred to the Penang Dis­ trict. Brother Denyes has taught in the Anglo-Chinese school half time. His intimate connection with the school has enabled him to ex­ ercise a strong influence over the scholars, and the attendance of young men and boys at the Malay Sunday school and Epworth League has considerably increased. There have been some conversions among these boys. The rebuilding of the middle road church is in Brother Denyes’s 236 Missionary Report.

hands. The contract was let and the work begun last August, and the building is expected to be ready for occupation very shortly. The alter­ ations and additions will cost $1,200. The whole of this amount is in hand, and $1,700 has been raised toward the $4,000 which is the amount required for the purchase of the building. The Tamil work is supplied by Rev. Simon Peter, who worked under the supervision of Brother Morgan until his departure, since which time Brother Cherry has been in charge. The native preacher conducts a day school, in which both English and Tamil are taught. This school is supported by the government grant; and has been well reported upon by the inspector. The Tamil community are continually coming and going, in consequence of which the work lacks stability and is of a somewhat discouraging nature. The preacher’s time and energies are chiefly devoted to the school work; if he could be set free from the school to carry out a .more aggressively evangelistic policy it is prob­ able that better results would be obtained. But unfortunately there are no funds available for his salary, so the school is his only means of support. Educational Work. Rev. E. S. Lyons took over the charge of the Anglo-Chinese school from J. E. Banks in February. This institution which consists of a day school, with an average daily attendance of over 590 boys, and a boarding school, with about 60 or 70 inmates, is a heavy burden at any time, and especially to one who, like Brother Lyons, is new to the work. He has, however, brought the year’s work of the school to a successful conclusion with the annual government in­ spection in October, at which the reputation of the school was fully maintained and a satisfactory report was made by the inspector. The boarding school has also had a successful year, the number of boarders having increased and the indebtedness being somewhat reduced.- An additional responsibility was assumed by Brother Lyons in October, when the English Presbyterian Mission handed over to us their large day school, which is known as the Eastern School. This institution liar, a daily attendance of over 200 boys, and is situated in a different part of the town from the Anglo-Chinese school. After the first year we expect to make it entirely self-supporting. Woman’s Society. In the absence of Miss Blackmore the evan­ gelistic work of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society has greatly suffered. Miss Lilly has been overburdened with the care of the deaconess home, in addition to the superintendence of the Methodist Girls’ School. If it were not that she has an unusually strong consti­ tution it would have been impossible for her to bear the strain. The presence of Miss Jewell, of our Foochow Mission, during the summer months was a considerable comfort and assistance to Miss Lilly, though her stay was too short to enable her to assume any of the responsibility. In October, Miss Cody arrived from Manila to take charge of fhe kindergarten connected with the Methodist Girls’ School, and we look for an extension of kindergarten work in this field through her in­ fluence. 1900.] Malaysia. 237

Miss Hemingway continues to have charge of the Chinese girls' school in the Teluk Ayer District, which has an attendance of 50 girls, and has this year earned an increased grant. She also has under her supervision 8 small schools in private houses. The new building of the Methodist Girls’ School was dedicated at Conference time by Rev. F. W. Warne (now Bishop Warne). It is a handsome structure, cost­ ing, with the site, over $13,OCX) (M exican), the whole of which has been met, with the exception of about $500. Our Mission Press has taken on a new lease of life. In the month of February, Rev. W. 1'. Cherry, of Troy Conference, who had been a printer before entering the ministry, came out to take charge of our publishing house. Since his arrival the business has continued to in­ crease at a rate which taxes our resources to the utmost, necessitating constant additions to our plant. Thus all profits made are swallowed up in the extension of the business. We are now printing Scriptures for the British and Foreign Bible Society in the Malay and Javanese languages, and for the Manila agency of the same society in Tagalog and Bicol ; for the German Mission in West Sumatra we print in the Batta language ; and for ourselves in Malay, Chinese, and English. In addition to the above we do a considerable amount of job printing. Conclusion. We desire gratefully to acknowledge the many bless­ ings received and the tokens of the divine presence with us during the past year. We do not yet see the progress in the spiritual work of this district which we are looking for, but we trust that when our educa­ tional institutions are adequately manned and the missionaries are set free to organize evangelistic work and enter the open doors which we see around us, we may reap the fruit of the past years of patient toil.

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS DISTRICT.

M e t h o d is t W o r k e r s i n t h e P h i l i p p i n e s .

Rev. J. L. McLaughlin, presiding elder. Manila : English Church, Rev. J. L. McLaughlin; Filipino Circuit, Rev. Nicholas Zamora; As­ sistants, Segundio Sempio, Jose Bautista; Soldiers’ Institute, A. W. Prautch. Dagupan : Filipino Circuit, Rev. T. H. Martin. ■W o m a n ' s W o r k .— Manila: Girls' School, Miss J. E. Wisncr; Kin­ dergarten,'Miss M. A. Cody; Medical-evangelistic, Mrs. Dr. A. Norton; Soldiers’ Work, Mrs. C. C. Moots; Among Filipino Women, Mrs. J. L. McLaughlin; Soldiers’ Institute, Mrs. A. W. Prautch; General Chris­ tian Work, Mrs. J. C. Goodrich. O t h e r M e t h o d is t s W o r k in g i n t h e I s l a n d s .— Secretary of the Young Men’s Christian Association, E. W . Hearne; Agent of Ameri­ can Bible Society, Rev. J. C. Goodrich ; Army Chaplains, Rev. R. W . Springer, Rev. J. A. Randolph, Rev. E. P. Esterbrook.

Bishop Warne reports as follows :

When I reached Manila, early in August of 1900, I took several 238 Missionary Report. [1900.

weeks to carefully consider the situation before holding the District Conference. I also traveled some hundreds of miles over the islands to study the situation and form judgment as to the future possibilities of our Mission in the islands. I found that the climate was much better than the climate in Bengal, in which I had lived for the last thirteen years. It is not possible on the islands to get more than about sixty miles from the sea. There are also mountains in the northern part of Luzon on which a splendid sanitarium may be built at an elevation of from six to eight thousand feet. In Bengal the best rice-growing dis­ tricts support a population of about twelve thousand persons to the square mile, and I rode through over a hundred miles of rice-growing country in the Philippine Islands, which appeared to me to be fully equal to the best rice-growing districts in Bengal. The resources of the Philippine Islands, in my judgment, are greater than most persons have yet realized. I also thought that the Church would like to have the judgment of our missionaries and workers who had spent some months on the islands. I therefore asked them to take time and carefully write their impressions. I had each of our missionaries, both the representatives of the Parent Board and of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, read papers at our District Conference, having in mind that they would be published for the information of the Church at home. These papers represent the state of the work to the end of August, but I learn by letters since then that the work continues to prosper. I have a letter in my possession dated Manila, October 15, which says: “I went to Malibai Sunday, October 14, three miles from Manila, where Nicholas Zamora has been holding services for the past two months. The meeting was in progress— twelve o’clock. I was not expected. There were 60 women and 150 men present. The meeting was in the Roman Catholic parish church. The presidente (mayor) sat alongside of Nicholas. After the sermon a basketful of boiled rice and several earthenware pots of stew (chicken and pork) were produced, and all ate heartily. In half an hour the congregation again assembled for in­ struction by Zamora for three quarters of an hour. He came in the same afternoon to Manila for a four o’clock service in the Soldiers’ Institute.” The writer adds: “We ought to keep right on praying for workers in the harvest field, for it is ripe. Nicholas is a jew^.” The above is a sample of the encouraging reports that are coming from the work in and about Manila. Truly the harvest is ripe. At the time of our District Conference the Presbyterians had eight full- fledged representatives of their Parent Board in the Philippine Islands, and our Church had but two. On the other hand, their Woman’s So­ ciety had none, and we had four. I trust our Church will be greatly aroused to the urgency of the situation, and that a good corps of well- qualified workers may be in the Philippine Islands early in 1901. Rev. J. C. Goodrich, who is one of our ministers and the American Bible Society agent at Manila, and his wife, worked heartily in our District Conference and in all our work) Brother E. W. Hearne, a I900;J Malaysia. 239

Methodist who is at the head of the Young Men’s Christian Association work in the islands, also renders very valuable assistance. It is not easy to overestimate the assistance rendered by these good brethren.

Rev. J. L. McLaughlin, presiding elder, reports as follows:

As one has rightly said, my being here at all is merely an accident. Could we have known when we left New York that we were to labor in the Philippines, we would have come differently prepared. However, since it is not the business of a Methodist to mend rules, but to keep them, so it is not my intention to object to the order which locates us here, but rather to fully accord with said arrangements and, in the hands of our Master, do what we can for his cause. On arrival we found that much had already been done, and with a status, as nearly as I could determine, as follows: An English congre­ gation of about 30 to 35 met each Sunday morning in the Soldiers’ Institute; a Methodist church was organized with about 50 names on the record, most of whom were soldiers, and about 16 of the num­ ber, including our missionaries, being civilians or army clerks located in the city and could be counted as stanch Methodists. A class meet­ ing had been organized, and Mrs. Moots was the leader. In the Filipino work Brother Nicholas Zamora, ordained by Bishop Thoburn in March, was preaching regularly in Pandacan and in the Soldiers’ Institute. He had been holding open-air meetings in San Miguid, but stopped going there the Sunday after I arrived in Manila. He had also been bolding meetings in Bakor, but owing to changes in his congrega­ tion there he has since been compelled to discontinue those meetings. Brother Prautch was also holding meetings in San Sebastian on Sun­ day afternoons, and Dr. Norton in the same locality in the mornings. The Soldiers’ Institute, under the management of Brother Prautch in the absence of Sister Prautch, was in a less flourishing condition than formerly, owing to the illness of Sister Prautch and the inability of Brother Prautch to devote sufficient time to it. The girls’ school we found at 168 Calle Neuva Ermita, under the management of Miss Wisner, assisted by Miss Cody and Mrs. Dr. Norton. The hoped-for influx of students had not come, yet there was a fair attendance of American, Spanish, and Filipino pupils. Such is a brief survey of the work. The ladies had received no remittance as yet, and the enormous rental of $180 (Mexican) per month, with but few and low tuitions, made for them a problem that only the friendly assistance of Brother Goodrich and others tided over. Then upon this, with a monthly expense of nearly ?ioo (Mexican) for our Filipino work, which I at once assumed, I found a financial problem which might puzzle a green hand in a far more favorable place than in a new mission field. Prayerfully we set about learning the language and doing what we could among the soldiers. Miss Wisner being unwell, it became neces­ sary for Mrs. McLaughlin to assist in the school. The school problem presented such phases that we thought it best to 240 Missionary Report. [1900.

do but little here in the way of a boys’ school at present, and rather to locate Brother Martin in Dagupan, as being one of the chief centers and the key to a vast territory in the north of this island. The English congregation has not prospered as it should, owing chiefly to the lack of a suitable place for worship. We sorely need a different location for our English congregation. In the Filipino work we have moved slowly, cautiously, yet steadily. Owing to but a scanty knowledge of the language but little personal work has been done. Congregations are not so large as they were formerly, but conditions are different, and yet feel progress is made. We have built and dedicated a neat little chapel in Pandacan which will accommodate about one hundred people, most of the money being raised among the natives themselves. We now hold weekly services in five different places. And w'e have five young men, all with a fair education, desirous of entering the Methodist ministry. But it is our conviction that here we must go slow; as a bungler may make an un­ gainly and Useless house of the finest materials, so an ignorant worker here may work the cause of Christ untold harm. We need sorely, first, a place which we can call Filipino headquarters, where we can hold services away and apart from soldiers, where our native pastor can come and study with us the word of God, and where this class of volunteers may come and be taught the ways of Methodism. Secondly, we need literature. Not a Spanish Discipline in the islands as yet, and not any other Methodist literature. Is it to be wondered at that our native preachers don’t know how to preach as we would have them? Thirdly, we need a printing press. Even a foot-power press would be almost invaluable and a tremendous power for good in the printing of tracts, hymns, and job work in general. It would be a splendid nucleus for a mission press to be established later. Then from out this home, or headquarters, we should hope to form classes in the higher studies, in the lower, or in the industries, as neces­ sities may indicate, not feeling it our duty to antagonize or to supplant the public schools, but rather to cooperate with them and to supple­ m ent them. The comparatively small number of women in our native congrega­ tions goes to show the very urgent need of deaconess work, or similar house-to-house visitation and Bible work among the women. There is^ evidently a rich harvest in this direction. To a people who have been trained in magnificent churches and rich convents open-air meetings and parlor meetings must serve as only introductions for something better.

Rev. Homer C. Stuntz, D.D., has been appointed presid­ ing elder of the Philippine Islands District, and is to sail from San Francisco March 15, in company with Rev. Wil­ lard A. Goodell, who is also under appointment to that field. S ta tistic s of M alaysia M ission Conference, 1900. j j u> F. F. M. E O ä W. W. -C X e •Ji S 1 CIRCUIT OR STATION. 0 D « J= & O s > £ 0 *9 g H « I «3 'S 3 S s cu $X 8 ï

Foreign Foreign Missionaries. e Assistant Missionaries, M. Society. Native Worker* of Foreign Foreign Missionaries, W. F. Society. Native Ordained Preachers.Native Unordained Preachers. Other Other Helpers. Members. Native Teachers. Probationers. Adherents. Average Attendance on Sun­ Conversioni during the Year. day day Worship. No. of High Schools. Adults Baptized. Children Baptized. |

È No. of Pupils. Xo, Xo, of other Day Scholars. No. of Sabbath Schools. j Estimated Value of Churches

£ and Chapels. No. No. of Sabbath Scholars. No. of Halls, etc. | No. No. of Churches and Chapels. | Debt on Real Estate. Collected for society. Missionary Collected for Self-support. for Collected Church Buildingnd Repairing. Value Value of Orphanages, Schools,

Hospitals, Book Rooms, etc. l'g — __ Z W O Penang District. I p o h : English Church. i 0 6 1 150 70 i 217 25 1 $6,000 1 $2,000 Chinese Church... a 99 ?i 10 $3,000 1 $409 $197 Tamil Church ...... 9 15 3,SOP 1 44 ?,s 20 35 0 9 20 f $40 Kampar. Chinese Church. 1 7 T 10 Telok Anson: English Church .... 1 9 3Û J Chinese C hurch ...... 'l 501 Kwala Lumpor : Tamil Church ___ 1 1 2 40 25 30 43 1 i 70 110 6,500 Chinese Church ... 1 5*00(1 " ‘25 ’343 406 7 25 10 ■ • W. F. M. S 51 Kiang: Chinese Church ...... 15,CÒÒ 9ÒÒ 1 11 9 ÍÓ 2,000 Penang: English Church. . 94 9,1 no 45 2 Tamil Church ...... 75 "ióó 300 i 1 9, 45 10 Rf> 13 5S 80 Chinese Church ...... i 3 97 45 25 1,020 240 17 100 22 22 1 1 5 45 5,000 8,006 32 340 Anglo-Chinese School ... i ' b "i Ì7 550 w . k. m . s ...... 35,000 8,449 '2 ‘2 2 l 2 54 f)i T h u ip e n g ...... 'ó '2 800 i 52 50 15,006 "ili 1,404 "¿50 Singapore District. M alacca : Chinese W ork ...... 1 7 19 Í10 40 10 Singapore: English Church ...... i 12 !) 20 84 10 200 180 2 'è 1 100 1 10,000 1 6*ÓÓÓ Chinese Church ...... i i 71 1« 10(1 SO 10 ió a 2,000 Malay Church ...... 18 8 43 i 34 34 150 100 8 6 3 2 Tamil Church ...... 170 1 5,50(1 2,500 62 120 1.300 'i 15 25 Ü0 35 2 2 i 35 4 8-2 1 100 i ” 75 W. F. \r. 8 ...... '4 19 10 " ‘3 353 'à 272 13 317 1 IS,000 13 060 8,900 2,380 Í5 19 40,000 12,000 Eastern School...... 20fi 13, i 15 Mission Press...... 1 — 15,666 14.000 T o ta l...... 10 i 8 22 Hi :¡7 4 42 525 250 911 850 69 02 32 4 45 1,407 23 738 341 1.174 8 35.100 6 34,075 136.000 28,400 L a st y e a r ...... il 7 4 19 .2 13 (» 2 40 454 24(> 80l> 257 67 51.089 2,447 815 35 or*2!) •3 31 1.194 22 1176 47 1,246 4 19.100 1 8 19.775 114.000 350 41.493' o m i t ' ™ ^ ot**er lo cal Purposes! Pen.Bg D btrlcl-lpoi., Chinese Church, *5,2S0 , Penang, Taunl Church, *60 ; total, *5,310. Number oE Orphans : K nang Dtatrta-KwaJ, Lumpor, W . F. M. S.. 9 ; " i ^ T 242 Missionary Report. [1900.

JAPAN.

Bishop Moore has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr. A. B. Leonard is Secretary in Charge.

TtiE Japan Mission includes the northern part of the em­ pire of Japan, Mission work was commenced in 1872, and the Mission organized as a Conference August 28, 1884.

M issionaries . Rev. Robert P. Alexander, Rev. Alton M. -Brooks, Rev. Benjamin Chappel! and Mrs. Mary A. Chappell, Rev. Joseph G. Cleveland, Ph.D., and Mrs. Mary T. Cleveland, Mr. James L. Cowen and Mrs. Cowen, Rev. Gideon F. Draper and Mrs. Mira E. Draper, Rev. Charles W. Huett and Mrs. Emma A. Huett, Rev. Julius Soper, D.D., and Mrs. Frances Soper, Rev. David S. Spencer and Mrs. Mary P Spencer, Miss Jennie S. Vail, Rev, John W. Wadman and Mrs. Mamie H. Wadman, Rev. 1900] Japan. 243

Whiting S. Worden, M.D., and Mrs. Hattie M. Worden. In the United States: Rev. Charles Bishop and Mrs. Bishop, Rev. Herbert W. Swartz, M.D., and Mrs. Lola M. Swartz. W. F. M. S.— Misses Harriet S. Ailing, Anna P. Atkinson, Ella J. Blackstock, Georgiana Baucus, Anna V. Bing, Elizabeth R. Bender, Nell M. Daniels, Augusta Dickerson, Mary B. Griffiths, Minnie S. Hampton, Carrie A. Heaton, Ella J. .Hewett, Louisa Imhof, Amy G. Lewis, Alice M. Otto, Frances E. Phelps, Clarissa H. Spencer, Fannie G. Wilson. In the United States: Misses Belle J. Allen, Carrie A. Heaton, Martha H. Russell, Florence E. Singer, Matilda A. Spencer, Mrs. Caroline Van Petten, Miss Rebecca J. Watson.

The Conference was held at Aoyama, Tokyo, March 21-28, 1900, Bishop D. H. Moore presiding. There was a net gain in membership of 121.

The following were the appointments of missionaries:

H a k o d a t e D is t r ic t .—J. W. Wadman, P. E. (P. O., Hakodate'). Hirosaki Gospel Society, R. P. Alexander. W. F. M. S.— Hakodate, I-ai Jo Gakko, Miss Augusta Dickerson, Principal; Miss Mary S. Hampton, Miss Florence E. Singer (Music). Hirosaki Jo Gakko, Miss E. J. Hewett. Evangelistic Work, Miss Alice M. Otto, Superintendent of Bible Women. N a g o y a D is t r ic t .— S. Ogata, P. E. (P. O., Nagoya). W. F. M. S.— Sciryu Jo Gakko, Miss E. R. Bender, Principal; Evangelistic Work, Miss Anna P. Atkinson, Superintendent of Bible Women. S a ppo r o D is t r ic t .—J. G. Cleveland, P. E. (P. O., Sapporo); Evan­ gelistic Work, Miss Anna V. Bing, Superintendent of Bible Women; Miss Louisa Imhof. S e n d a i D is t r ic t .—Kameji Ishizaka, P. E. (P. O., Sendaj). W. F. M. S.— Sendai Industrial School, Miss F. E. Phelps; Evan­ gelistic. Work, Mrs. C. W. Huett, Superintendent of Bible Women. S h i n a n o D is t r ic t .— Eiken Aibara, P. E. (P. O., Matsumoto). T o k y o D is t r ic t .— David S. Spencer, P. E. (P. O., Aoyama, Tokyo). Tokyo: Asakusa and Gospel Society, W. S. Worden; Publishing Agent and Treasurer, J. L. Cowen. Aoyama Gakuin, Yoitsu Honda, Presi­ dent; Julius Soper, Dean of Philander Smith Biblical Institute; B. Chappell, Dean of College; A. M. Brooks and Miss Jennie S. Vail, Instructors. W. F. M. S.— Tsuki.ii Day Schools, Miss Clarissa H. Spencer. Aoyama Jo Gakuin, Miss F. G. Wilson, Principal; Miss Harriet S. Ailing, Miss N. M. Daniel, Professors. Harrison Memorial Home, Miss E. Blackstock. Evangelistic Work, Miss C. H. Spencer, Superintendent of Bible Women; Mrs. B. Chappell, Mrs. W. S. W or­ den, Miss J. S. Vail. Y o k o h a m a D is t r ic t .—G. F. Draper, P E. (P. O.. Yokohama). W. F. M. S.— Bible Training School, Miss M. B. Griffiths, Principal, and Superintendent of Bible Women ; Day Schools, Miss A. G. Lewis. Literary Work, Miss G. Baucus (Editor of Tokiwa). 244 Missionary Report. [1900.

A b s e n t o n L e a v e .— Missionary Society, Charles Bishop. W. F. M. S. •—Miss B. J. Allen, Miss Carrie A. Heaton, Miss M. A. Spencer, Miss R. J. Watson, Mrs. C. W. Van Petten.

The reports of the presiding elders are as follows:

H a k o d a t e D is t r ic t .— J. W. Wadman, P. E. After an absence in the home land of one year, one day, and two hours, the writer arrived in Japan the seventh day of July last, and the following week took over the care of the district from Brother G. F. Draper, who manifested great brotherly kindness to his successor in office. Most of the ground was fairly well known to me, as the present Hakodate District includes the old Aomori District, of which I had the charge some few years ago. As it is now constituted this district is by far the largest district in the Conference, and much too large for effi­ cient oversight. It takes at least eight or ten weeks for one complete visitation of all the churches. Although on the field only nine months, I have been able to visit all the places once, most of them twice, and a few three times. It is pleasing to record that evidences of the divine Presence have not been lacking in any of the charges, while in several places refreshing showers of heavenly blessing have been experienced. I am sorry we are not able to report a larger number of additions, and yet I feel that the seed has not altogether fallen into barren soil. For the most part the mass of the people seem indifferent to our message of love, while in too many instances our Church members are not fully alive to their privilege and responsibility. Nothing short of a general outpouring of the Holy Spirit, to awaken and quicken, will ever secure the larger results in our work for God. A kita, T. Hasegawa, pastor. This is one of the largest cities of the north, and yet it is practically untouched by Christianity. For years we have felt the need of and sent forth the call for a missionary for this great city, but in vain. The little church struggles on amid great dis­ couragements. A Bible woman has recently been sent to help in the woman’s work. The illness of the pastor has somewhat interfered with his labors, but one of the local preachers has rendered timely assistance. A om ori, M. Iinuma, pastor. The work here is more hopeful than for some years. Although the pastor has had charge of Hachinohe in ad­ dition to his care of the Aomori church, yet the interests have been well maintained. Our autumn District Conference was held in Aomori, and resulted in some good. Occasionally through the year special preaching services have been opened with encouraging results. The members at their own expense have improved the appearance of the church building. A Bible woman is greatly needed at this place. We are glad that the pastor’s wife is recovering from a long and tedious illness. F ujisaki, T. Fujita, pastor. During the past year this church has been greatly blessed. Several conversions have taken place while Brother Fujita, always in labors abundant, has been preaching the 1900.] Japan. 245

Gospel in adjacent villages. He has also, with Brother Alexander’s assistance, kept up somewhat regular services at Kuroishi. The Fuji- saki churih has not only maintained its independence for several years past, but last December made a handsome donation toward assisting other churches. A*new church building is now under consideration. Goshogawara, K. Mizoye, pastor. A few weeks ago special services were held at this point, resulting in much blessing to the little flock as well as in some conversions. At Numadate a new church building, erected without any mission help and without any debt, was dedicated during the past year. Our work in these villages is most encouraging. Brother Ito, an exhorter of the Numadate church, has decided to resign his position as a government school-teacher and give himself wholly to Christian work at his own expense. H akodate, M. Yamaka, pastor. God has surely blessed his work in Hakodate. We have been called upon to pass through deep waters of affliction, and, among others, the pastor’s wife, leaving an aged mother, a sorrowing husband, and a family of nine children to mourn her loss, passed away to her heavenly reward. The family has been wonderfully sustained in the midst of these heavy trials. The church has been quickened and conversions have taken place. Under Brother Draper’s direction, and at the suggestion of his dying jnother, our church prem­ ises were greatly improved last summer, and are now a credit to our work in Hakodate. H irosaki, K. Nakada, pastor. The twenty-fifth anniversary services were the special feature of our work here during the year. In addition to his Hirosaki work Brother Nakada has been visiting Namioka regu­ larly, and his labors have not been in vain in the Lord. The Gospel Society under Brother Alexander’s care has had a good year, while the Sunday school work under the direction of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society has been well maintained. Several baptisms have taken place during the year. Besides the Gospel Society, Brother Alex­ ander has been assisting in the work of the church, while Miss Bessie Alexander has done valuable service among the women. The new mission parsonage is about ready for occupancy. M orioka, T. Iikubo, pastor. Early morning consecration services in this church have been unusually blessed of God, and the pastor is greatly encouraged. Our District Conference was held here last week, and proved to be a help and stimulus to the work. The services were all well attended. Our greatest need in Morioka is a church building. We must arise and build. Odate, M. Hirakawa, pastor. We have also had a good year at this point. Several promising young men have given their hearts to the Saviour. Mrs. Hirakawa has very enthusiastically assisted her husband in his faithful toil. A poor school organized by the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society has proved a help to our work. We need here, as well as at two or three other places, a church building. N oshiro, T. Kikuchi, pastor. Our interests here are comparatively new, and yet not without a measure of success. The conversion of Mr. 246 Missionary Report.

Kawamu;a has been a great blessing and a healthy stimulus. His wife and daughter also were recently baptized. Brother Kikuchi reports 8 or 10 earnest inquirers. Besides his work in Noshiro, the4pastor has been visiting adjacent villages.' Yakum o, K. Osaka, pastor. The work in Yakumo is not as prosper­ ous as we would wish it to be. The members are now considering plans for the erection of some kind of a church home, and until that is done we cannot expect much success. There are three important places in this district without pastoral supervision, namely Hachinohe, Kuroishi, and Fukuyama. We ought to have a man for each of these important centers. The first two places are suffering on this account. I beg the Conference to consider the needs of the work at these points. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society interests have been well sus­ tained on the district during the year. Although the number of lady missionaries has been reduced since last Conference, yet the work has gone on without a break. The new educational regulations did not affect schools in the north as much as elsewhere. The primary department of the girls’ school in Hakodate was somewhat disturbed, and yet Miss Dickerson has been able, with the assistance of her faithful Japanese coworkers, to keep the school up to its high grade of efficiency. New property for the Hirosaki school and ladies’ home has been purchased by the Japanese, and before another year we hope to see our prosperous work at this place well housed. Miss Hewett has been able to care for the Bible woman’s work on the district, in addition to school duties and responsibilities. Miss Southard is still successful in her kindergarten toil, while Miss Bing has been enthusiastically devoted to woman’s work in Hakodate, with well-deserved success.

N a g o y a D is t r ic t .— S. Ogata, P. E. Last spring I was appointed presiding elder of the Nagoya District and pastor of the Nagoya First Church. Brother K. Miura, a proba­ tioner of the Conference, was also appointed to the same church as junior pastor. Brother I. H. Correll, who was then in America on furlough, was also appointed to Nagoya. Brother K. Miura found it difficult to continue in the First Church, and was transferred to the Nagoya Dekimachi Church last October. Brother Correll, for certain reasons, failed to come to Japan. This un­ expected reverse in the middle of the year was quite embarrassing to me in my work. I have been unable to do justice to either my church or district work. However, I am thankful to God that I have closed the year without injury to the work. G ifu. Brother S. Takahashi, pastor, soon after the last Conference found himself not strong enough to do his work, and spent three sum­ mer months at the Akashi Hospital. In the autumn he came back won­ derfully improved, and has been doing a good work. During his ab­ sence the pulpit was supplied by the preachers from Nagoya. Kom aki. Brother K. Fukagaya, pastor, has, finished his fifth year Japan. 247

here, and has to change this year. His having served the church in this difficult place for five consecutive years is a proof of his usefulness and good qualifications. I pray the Lord may send a suitable successor to this charge. K oshiozu. This is quite a large circuit, containing four preaching places and a possibility for opening many more. For many years past this circuit has been supplied with local preachers. Brother S. Sakai, the last supply, resigned on account of his infirmity last November. Since then Brother Sawai, of Nishio, took charge of this circuit and worked for it, visiting and preaching at each place once a month. This circuit must be manned with a good, strong pastor this year. Nagoya Dekimachi. The Conference appointee to this charge at the last Conference was Brother T. Miura, the head teacher of the Seiriu Jo Gakko. But last fall, in order to overcome a certain difficulty which arose in the First Church, 1 was compelled to send Brother K. Miura to Dekimachi and ask Brother T. Miura to come and help in the First Church. This was done, and the work has been carried on smoothly since. There is a charitable department connected with this church in the form of a home for aged persons and orphans, which is scarcely know’n to our Church at large, but deserves the sympathy and aid of all our jgyal Methodists in Japan. Nagoya First Church. Your humble servant was appointed to this charge last spring in addition to the presiding eldership of the district. Brother K. Miura was also appointed as my colaborer, but, as I have already referred to, he was sent to Dekimachi last fall, and I- was left alone to do the best I could. However, Brother T. Miura kindly as­ sisted and enabled me to maintain the work during the year, I trust, without injury. Nagoya Second Church. Brother H. Hirata, who had successfully served the First Church here five years, was appointed to this church at the last Conference, to the delight not only of his Church members, but also of all the Christians of Nagoya. It goes without saying that he has done a good work during the year. All his people earnestly petition the Conference for Brother Hirata’s return. Nishio. Brother K. Sawai was appointed to this charge at the last Conference, and was very heartily received by his people. Through his patient and earnest effort some of the members who had withdrawn from the church were brought back into the fold again, and also some new members were added to the church during the year. Shinshiro. This place, with Yebi, was formerly a separate circuit, but for the last two years it has been united with Toyohashi Church and looked after by the Toyohashi pastor. The people both at Shin­ shiro and Yebi earnestly desire to have a preacher appointed and these two places formed into a circuit again. Toyohashi. Brother K. Ichiku, pastor, has finished his second year here. In addition to his regular work here Brother Ichiku has had charge of Shinshiro and Yebi, where he has visited and preached once a month during the year, and has done a good work everywhere. 248 Missionary Report.

For ?elf-support the churches on this district have raised a total of 928.87 yen for this year, and most of them have promised to raise more for the coming year. Brother J. Nakada, our Conference evangelist, conducted several revival meetings at Nishio and GiTu last October, and also a series of protracted meetings at the Nagoya First Church early,this month. The result at each place was very gratifying. At the Nagoya First Church many Christians were led up to a higher plane of blessed experience, while many unbelievers were brought to Christ. Seiriu Jo Gakko, under the wise and thoughtful management of Miss Bender, assisted by Brother T. Miura and other faithful teachers, has passed another good year. The high and good quality of this school is becoming known more and more to the public. When the building which is now in process of construction is completed the school will draw many new pupils and will contribute much toward the evangeliza­ tion of this community, without doubt. Miss Atkinson’s arrival in Nagoya January last was hailed with joy among us, and we feel that a long-felt want is now supplied by her presence. There are only four Bible women on this district, three of whom are in the city of Nagoya and one at Nishio. All have done go©d, faithful wrork, and we all appreciate their value very highly. We desire that other places on this district shall be supplied with these useful sisters, the handmaidens of the Lord.

S a ppo r o D is t r ic t .— Charles Bishop, P. E. It was feared that the disastrous flood in September, 1898, which caused so much loss of life and property in the central part of Hok­ kaido and turned the faces of many homeless settlers toward their native villages in the main island, would effectually check the tide of immigration to the north. But the statistics show that this has not been the case; and nowhere in Japan is the spirit of enterprise more active, especially in railroad building; and for many years this large island, larger than that of Kiushiu and Shikoku together, will be the chief direction toward which the migrations from the overcrowded south will trend. This fact, and not the less important one that those who have broken the bonds that bound them to the shrines of their birth­ place are far more susceptible to new influences, either good or bad, should lead the Christian Church to be wise to improve the golden opportunity thus afforded; and while it may not be able to double the number of workers as often" as the population doubles, still the increase should bear some ratio to the increase in population. And it is safe to say that nowhere in Japan is faithful work surer of meeting its just reward. The general belief is often expressed that never before were the people so responsive to the faithful preaching of the Gospel. And this is in accord with our own experience during the past year; wherever we have been able to do hard and faithful work there has been satis­ factory improvement in the churches. 1900.] * Japan. 249

Brother Sakamoto has had a prosperous year at Iwanai, and the church has been active in good works. The Church Missionary Society sent a worker here at the end of last year, and it is to be hoped a friendly competition may result in greater good to both churches. At Iwamizawa Brother Kudo has gathered an interesting company of people into the church, and a nice little Sunday school has been added; he has also visited Kabato and other places as opportunity offered. A Sunday school was likewise carried on by the women in Kabato. Brother Kimura was sent to Mashike a year ago, and not only suc­ ceeded in arresting the disintegration of that church reported at the last Conference, but has aroused an enthusiasm among the people that was interesting to behold. His wife was not able to accompany him, but he made the chapel one of the neatest and most attractive places of meeting it has been my fortune to see. He also tramps over ten miles of bleak coast to Rumoi, where there is another little company of very earnest Christians. Work on the proposed railroad between Hakodate and Otaru will, it is said, be commenced this spring; and the active and enterprising city of Otaru will become still more active and enterprising. It has grown rapidly to be a city of 60,000. Probably nowhere in Japan has the same amount of excavation and filling of valleys been done to secure an elegant site for a city. Brother Kawano was sent here last year, but a chronic throat trouble, of which we did not know, rapidly developed into what has since proved, lung trouble, and he had to leave soon after winter set in. He opened a night school and worked very hard, and this no doubt hastened his failure in health. After his de­ parture no suitable pastor was obtainable, and so the church has had only very inadequate pastoral care. But the congregation has been kept together, and is interestedly waiting to welcome a new pastor from this Conference. They desire and have agreed to become self-sup- porting from this time. I know of no city in Japan where a missionary could do better work, and I sincerely hope it can be arranged so as to send one from this Conference. Although Brother Mitani did faithful and successful work during his first year at Sapporo, he doubled his capacity for efficient service last Conference by taking to himself a better half. He and his wife are becoming widely known as successful church workers. A healthy re­ vival spirit has been maintained ever since the close of the summer. For months the baptisms have averaged one each Sunday. One or two incidents from among many may be related: A teacher of a blind school, a graduate of the blind school in Tokyo, was by some means induced to attend preaching, became greatly interested, and decided to become a Christian, but thought at first to maintain his faith in secret. He finally decided to embrace his faith openly, regardless of the results, and by so doing became very happy, surprising the people by the rapidity of his advance'in comprehending the truths of the Gospel, and by his zealous activity in telling abroad his new-found joy. His blind­ 250 Missionary Report. *[1900.

ness was not only no hindrance in these respects, but, especially in the former, seemed a positive advantage. Another, reported to me by let­ ter a few days ago, was the happy conversion of a man from Hakodate, so noted for wickedness that he had been made the hero in a “blood- and-thunder” novel. Brother Mitani opened a preaching place near the garrison, where interesting meetings are held. He also visited the Kamikawa region, in the center of the island, where a town of some 10,000 inhabitants has rapidly sprung up, and found five Methodists there, whom he formed into a class. This city is a railroad center and is bound to become one of the chief cities of the island. We ought to open work here, and what we already have must be cared for. It should be rapidly developed into a center for a new presiding elder’s district. Yoichi might as well disappear from the list of appointments and be attached as an outstation to a second church in Otaru. This was the plan a year ago, and money was granted for the purpose of opening such a place. But aside from the help of Brother Nagasaki, of Philan­ der Smith Biblical Institute, for a few weeks, no suitable man was available, and the few Christians in and around Yoichi have had but little pastoral assistance during the year. Miss Vail and the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society ladies who came to Sapporo for their summer outing, so far as they were able to reach the churches, showed by their visit what could be accomplished if we could only have a resident lady worker with a suitable company of Bible women, and I sincerely hope the appointment of one to Sap­ poro may be an accomplished fact from this Conference. Brother Miyama visited us last fall and aroused enthusiasm wherever he went. Miss Bing visited the district also, and was converted into an ardent advocate of Sapporo as a place to be occupied by a superin­ tendent of Bible women. Dr. Takasugi has been very happy in his new field of labor— the Agricultural College— and has been abundant in labors both in Sapporo and Otaru. In regard to my own work, aside from trips over the district, the last of which was interfered with because of the severity of the winter weather and an attack of influenza, I went to Otaru once a week for a good share of the year, to teach in the night school carried on in the parsonage and church at Otaru. I have also been interested in a loan library of some 350 books I collected. This kind of work opens the door to a wide field of usefulness, bringing one into personal contact with many who would not otherwise be reached, and into that relation to a missionary where some of his best work can be done. Although some of the latest and most popular of the secular books were included, it may be of interest to note that the one read most was The Pilgrim’s Progress. My work generally, and this part of it in particular, was sadly hampered because the grant for a personal helper was not allowed. 1900.] Japan. 251

S e n d a i D is t r ic t .— K. Ishizaka, P. E. The Sendai District includes Liyagi, Yamagata, Fukushima, Tochigi, and Ebarakens, has eight Quarterly Conferences, four missionaries, seven preachers, and four Bible women. I am devoutly thankful to our heavenly Father that death has not broken our ranks, and that all have been faithful in the discharge of duty. Miss Imhof, who has been in Sendai during the past year, has managed the school under her care prudently and efficiently. Mr. Huett has made one trip with me over the entire district, rendering good service. Mrs. Huett, in addition to attendance on the District Conference at Yonezawa, at which she ren­ dered good service, has materially aided the Sunday school and women’s meetings in Sendai. Miss Phelps, by reason of failing health, has not been able to travel over the district this year, and has confined herself to Sendai only. My report will be more easily under­ stood by dividing it into three parts. 1. Financial. In Mai. 3. 10 we read, “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.” We were unable to give large sums of money to the Lord’s cause, nor could we do too much for him, but we have done our duty faithfully in proportion to our ability. Sendai Church has paid in full the salary promised the pastor, and in addition has paid over 40 yen of indebtedness, so at present we are entirely clear of debt. Yamagata and Tendo have for many years failed to pay the salary promised the pastor, but the past year has seen a marked improvement in that respect, as all claims have been met. During the past year each of these churches has bought and paid for an organ, the one at Yama­ gata costing 30 yen, of which the church paid 17; the one at Tendo costing 12 or 13 yen, all of which was paid by the church. Several years ago the Yonezawa Church incurred a debt by reason of some repairs that were made to the church building. To provide for their old debt of 200 yen the church borrowed of the Church Extension Society 100 yen and raised 100 more among the church members by subscription, thus providing for the old debt. Unfortunately, before the subscriptions were collected some of the subscribers withdrew from the church and failed to pay their subscriptions. The accumulated interest took quite a large per cent of the subscriptions that were paid, so that, besides the Church Extension loan, there is still a debt of 60 yen on the church. Some of the ablest members of the church are earnestly work­ ing at it, and we surely expect to see the end of our difficulties in the not distant future. At all events, past actions reveal the presence of the grace of God in the hearts of the membership, for, in addition to their regular contribution toward the salary of the pastor and other expenses of the church, they have raised and paid 60 yen on the old debt and interest. Nishinasuno last year requested that a pastor be sent there, promis­ ing to increase the regular contribution for his support. This promise 252 Missionary Report. [1900.

they have fully kept, and in addition have bought a house for a parson­ age and moved it onto the church lot. The entire expense of this pur­ chase and work thus far has amounted to 120 yen, only 20 of which came from outside sources. This is a remarkable showing, as only nine families are connected with .the church; they are living harmoniously together^however, and, having brought the “tithes into the storehouse,” are enjoying a rich measure of the grace of God. In the other places connected with Utsunomiya there has been an increase in finance. In reporting the money collected for the December salaries it should be remembered that the plan adopted at the District Conference in Yone- zawa was fully carried out. The entire amount needed for the salaries of pastors, presiding elder, and house rent was pledged and promptly paid. In the meeting at which this money was pledged the Spirit of God was manifestly present. Some gave up pleasure excursions; some gave the money furnished them for railroad fare, and walked. This action was greatly blessed of God, and when the subscriptions and collections were all paid in all demands were met and some money was left over. 2. Evangelistic Work. In U tsunom iya, w here the very name of. Christianity was hated, matters now bear a much better aspect. The attitude of the people has been almost completely reversed. The door of opportunity for preaching the Gospel has opened as never before. At Kubota, a small village in Ebaraken, several have been baptized and many are seeking a knowledge of the true God. They welcome the visits of the pastor and listen to the Gospel message gladly, and the future for Christianity is very promising here. In Sakuyama the atti­ tude of the people heretofore has been one of indifference, but a change has come, and last year conversions and baptisms occurred both here and at Karasuyama, an adjoining village, and some are earnestly striv­ ing to know' the truth which makes free. The regular services in both these places are in a constantly improving condition. At Nishinasuno the church is constantly in a revival state because the • membership as individuals are earnestly at work in spreading the Gos­ pel, speaking about it to everybody they chance to meet. And, being filled with the love of God, their meetings are a joy to behold, so that if an unbeliever comes two or three times to these meetings he almost never fails to be deeply impressed by their zeal, and in the great majority of cases himself becomes a zealous follower of the Lord Jesus. Their home life is beautiful, and though they rest on the Sabbath, so • diligently do they labor the other six days, and . so prosperous have they become, that their neighbors would be likely to look upon with envy, did not the sweet reasonableness of their faith so appeal to the : hearts of the people. It now looks as though a veritable kingdom of God on'earth would be established in this plaee. At Shirikawa the work seems to be in a dormant condition, but there are some signs of active life, as some earnest inquirers have been found. At present the church members are trying to find a suitable location * for their church which they may purchase, and to which they can re­ 1900.] Japan. 253 move the present building, as they will soon be compelled to vacate the present site. To this end they are making subscriptions and ear­ nestly gathering money. Over 300 yen have already been received, 200 of which sum was given by the Missionary Society, and they hope soon to make all the necessary changes. Sendai, by reason of the presence of many workers, both Japanese and foreign, is in a flourishing con­ dition. Sunday services, Bible classes, Sunday schools, women’s meet­ ings, prayer meetings, etc., all are in a flourishing condition. By reason of its location Sendai is a local center for several denominations besides our own, and all report progress. During the past year the Second Higher School granted the use of its chapel in which to deliver lectures on Christianity, and Revs. D. Ebina and Y. Honda, two of the best known Gospel preachers, lectured there in November of last year. The local newspapers publish notices of the regular Sunday services, and nearly all the bookstores keep Bibles, Christian books, and magazines on sale. This all helps in spreading the Gospel. In Yonezawa, by reason of frequent changes of pastors and on account of financial matters, there has been small visible result. The present pastor deserves our earnest sympathy, as the field is an un­ usually difficult one. When we take into consideration the very efficient Sunday school and the work of Mr. Huett among the young men of the Chu Gakko, there is much of hope in the present situation. At Yamagata and Tendo there is no change from last year. In Yamagata there seems to be a reaction from the great work of last year, though whenever a special meeting is held there crowds of people attend and earnest inquirers are found. It is with sincere regret we report that only one baptism has occurred at Yamagata during the year, and three at Tendo. One other matter in this connection deserves the careful attention of this Conference. Since the railway has been com­ pleted as far as Akaiyu, in the Yamagata valley, Fukushima is rapidly becoming one of the most important towns within the bounds of the district. Here at present we have no work, but work should be begun there at once and vigorously carried on. Already we have some mem­ bers living there, and soon others will move there. 3. Spiritual Condition. During this year Nishinasuno has again made the largest gain in spiritual development. Some of these earnest souls witnessed as follows: “I will follow and do the w illof God first, making my own plans and desires secondary.” One said, “I am old, but I will continue to labor, and the gain shall go to aid the Lord’s cause.” One was preserved from death in a railway accident last fall, and as he stood in the midst of the river, saved, so he firmly believes, by the Lord’s hand,'he sang: “I thirst, thou wounded Lamb of God, To wash me in thy cleansing blood; To dwell within thy wounds; then pain Is sweet, and life or death is gain.”

Afterward in his testimony he said, “ ‘I am crucified with Christ: 254 Missionary Report. [1900.

nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.’ ” Some of them witnessed to perfect cleansing by the blood of Christ and the agency and work of the Holy Ghost. The members of Sendai apparently are growing stronger in faith and becoming less dependent on each other. The Tendo Church is like one family in the simplicity of their faith. They love each other fervently, and their faith is growing stronger daily. One testified that the best thing in the world after a day’s, labor was the worship of God with one’s family and sure trust in the heavenly Father’s love and care during the night watches. In Utsunomiya the fame of Christianity is constantly growing, being fanned into living flame by the faith and devotion of the church members. There is no marked development in the faith of the members at Yamagata, Yonezawa, and Shirikawa. One thing more, and I am done. Once I was invited by a Christian, not a member of our Church, to his house in Fukushima. He is a very earnest Christian, however, and at his request I baptized some of his family, among them an old woman seventy-four years old. All who were present were so filled with holy joy at the sight that they could neither sing nor pray, but praised God silently with brimming eyes. I am fully persuaded that preaching the Gospel is a most blessed occupa­ tion. “How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things.” My fear is that I may not fully measure up to my responsibilities and privileges, end my prayer is that God may increase and confirm our faith.

S h i n a n o D is t r ic t .— E. Aibara, P. E. It is to my disappointment that I cannot make a report good enough to satisfy your expectations, though three years have passed since I was appointed presiding elder of the Shinano District. But in the pre­ vious year I have traveled more than a hundred days; I visited each church and preaching place three times. I have held many fruitful com­ munion services and love feasts. I am full of thanks for the merciful guidance of the Holy Spirit. During the past year different helpers have come to us. Last fall Mr. Miyama, the temperence evangelist, ‘stimulated the people as well as the members of the churches by his honest speeches in Matsumoto and Matsushiro. Next came the Bible Union evangelist, Shotaro Kanaya, who visited all the churches and preaching places, where he had many good meet­ ings. Brother Nakada came to the churches of Matsumoto, Toyoshima, and Matsushiro; he held meetings for about ten days. He warned the men of the churches, and preached the Gospel outside so clearly and plainly that several persons were convicted of their sins. President Honda delivered a helpful lecture in the Matsushiro Church when he traveled through the northern parts of Shinshu for the work of the Gospel Alliance (Fukuin-do-mei-kwai). Gospel preaching among the women, in comparison with the time Miss Allen was here, is so Japan. 255 desolate that I must recall the days that she was among us, with many sisters., I desire that a lady missionary should be sent from this Conference. Miss Ai Sudo had been working faithfully for the past two years in the Matsushiro Church, but she unexpectedly started for Hawaii last autumn, so we have an empty place waiting for a Bible woman. Iida Church. Brother Takami has occupied Brother Kambe’s place since last Conference, and has worked energetically, always feeling directed of the Holy Spirit; he set all things in order, and the seeds Brother Kambe once sowed have brought in a happy harvest, so the members have increased. As soon as the new church building, as well as the parsonage, was finished the new pastor moved into it. Last December this church was self-supporting. Twelve people were bap­ tized the previous year, and the number of probationers is 25. If it advances in this favorable way we can surely expect to see it a self- supporting church in a few years. Ina and Tckato Circuit. Brother Kambe worked hard alone, taking the place of Brothers Kato and Ukai. In Takato the first two members of this church, who for a long time had wandered from the flock, re­ turned to the fold, and the spirit of the church was renewed. In Ina Church also the members renewed their faith, and more and more seekers are coming. The Quarterly Conference of the same church appealed to have their pastor continued, and I also d’esire that he may remain. We may probably expect the same results as he had in the Iida Church in a few years, if he continues to work with the same patience and perseverance. Seven people were baptized, and there are several probationers. Toyoshima Circuit. Brother Sugo has to leave under the time limit. He has done many glorious deeds through the blessing of the Lord. During his term of service the three churches of Toyoshima, Azusa, and Saimei were at peace. Their outside work was extended, and the mem­ bers increased. The young men at Toyoshima have organized an Ep- worth League. A faithful member at Azusamura, who was very anxious for a suitable preaching place in his village, saved his money for a long time, and now he has ordered a preaching place built which will cost him 500 yen. We hope to welcome a strong and active man in Brother Sugo’s place. There were six people baptized and fourteen received on probation. Matsushiro Church. Brother Kitazawa, as all the other pastors, has served his charge well throughout all the five years of his services. As was said last year, this church consisted mostly of older persons, but by means of Brother Kitazawa’s work the young men and women have become interested, and they are now in the majority. He has helped the treasurers of the church in setting the accounts in order. One of the members of the Tokuma Circuit, named Kunitaro Miyamoto, received an appointment as a local preacher and has done great good on this circuit. Matsumoto Church. In the revolution of the Meiji era all Buddhist 256 Missionary Report. [1900.

and Shinto temples in this province were torn down by thè command of the government of that time, and though they were rebuilt afterward, by this action the belief in religion was cooled, so it seems that it made people colder than ever. Therefore to preach the Gospel here is much harder than in other places. But by great and continuous labor, and as our church had had the missionaries for a long time before, our church is now the most powerful there. Brother Iida has now finished his appointed time. Though we do not see any increase in membership in this church during his service, it is, in fact, clearly known that he introduced Christianity into society by the societies which he organized— Matsumoto, Doshi Kwai, Chawakwai, and Shukyo Kenkyu Kwai. An academic student in a town was severly persecuted for his Chris­ tianity, so that he could hardly attend school. Finally he was compelled to leave the school entirely. We know some boys who cannot receive their education in the primary schools because of the persecution which they receive every day. As they were compelled to leave school, we sym­ pathize with the parents of these boys, as it causes them much trouble. But this spring in Matsumo the principal of the high school invited about 4,000 parents of school children to a social gathering, and under the advice of 70 teachers of the institution he advised the parents as follows: “The Japanese tendency to hate Christianity, in general, is mainly due to their ignorance of it; they have some inclination to despise it without any reason; but now our constitution protects it as well as other religions, so I hope you will not say or do anything which will make your children to look down upon it.” It can be said, I believe, that this is the outcome of an effort made by Brother Iida and other pastors. The happy time that is coming in the future to this church will be, I honestly hope, a great harvest season. There were 3 baptized, and 10 probationers. As I close my report I wish you* all would pray that the blessing and guidance of the Holy Spirit may ever be abundant upon these lonely churches among the mountain dis­ tricts. T o k io D is t r ic t .— D . S. Spencer, P. E. Herewith I present my first report as presiding elder of the Tokio District. The district as now formed is comprised of 12 circuits and stations, with 12 Quarterly Conferences— 8 in Tokio and 4 in the sur­ rounding country. Regular-work is carried on at 20 different places. W e have 20 Sunday schools, with about 1,500 scholars. Of full mem­ bers there are about 1,000; of probationers, about 300; besides 220 in­ quirers. With these figures before us it seems inexplicable that the average attendance at any one set of preaching services, as Sabbath morning or evening, in these 12 charges should be less than 600. It emphasizes the necessity of a great and united effort in all the churches to secure regular attendance upon the Sabbath services. With this is vitally connected the Sabbath question. This important question needs immediate and practical attention. It is perfectly safe to prophesy that the church will not have great spiritual power, cannot seriously in­ Japan. 257 fluence society, and need not look for rapid growth until our people are prepared to obey the commandments of God regarding the Sabbath. It will not do to offer the sinful customs of the country as excuse for general disregard of the divine commands. Very profitable extra meetings have been held at Ginza, Asakusa, Aoyama Gakuin, Kudan, Fukagawa, Yokaichiba, Sawara, and Mizu- kaido, and the District Conference at Takeoka brought with it great spiritual uplift. In many respects this has been an excellent year, and the outlook is certainly hopeful. If not growing rapidly, we surely are building better than in the past, and preparing the way for the coming of the kingdom. The district is greatly indebted to Brother J. Nakada for much valuable service in special meetings. Faithfulness,-loyalty to the Church, and a spirit of ready self-sacrifice have characterized all our workers. The earnestness with which our pastors and Bible women work, despite their small salaries and the manifold difficulties to be met, is worthy of the highest commendation. They are of the same material as that out of which heroes are made. To my mind their loyalty and devotion furnish abundant answer to the question whether Christianity is succeeding in Japan. Herein is the pledge of the ultimate complete triumph of the Spirit of Jesus over the spirit of the Samurai. We shall in time find this entire people arrayed as a band of warriors for Jesus Christ. Three of the pastors are deserving of our special sympathy and prayers because of the fact that their, wives are invalids. The hardships which these brothers have long and patiently endured because of their domestic afflictions should bind them to us with cords of affection, and call for earnest prayer to God in their behalf. W e have recently secured for our publishing interests in Tokio a good lot adjoining the Ginza Church, and hope soon to erect thereon such a building and to place in it such machinery as shall give to our Publishing House a permanent foundation and value. This is very important for all our work in Japan. On December 21 the lot on which Mita Church stands was purchased, together with land for a parsonage for the pastor as soon as we have funds with which to build it. We have thus made some real advance in our temporal affairs. But there still remain projects which must be undertaken at once. Tsukiji Church must have a good lot and building, well located for its future work. Mita Church must have a parsonage, and to save rent this must be speedily accomplished. Okubo and Yotsuya should unite in one church and erect a building on a central location to be secured. The people at Asakusa need a lot and building of their own, and have already begun to raise money for the purpose. Building projects are also on foot at Takeoka and Mizukaido. Thus we are year by year getting into shape for doing better work. The schools at Aoyama have had a good year, far better than seemed probable on September 1. In view of the unjust restrictions placed upon Christian schools they must labor on under difficulties until some sort of relief can be obtained. In spite of the discouragements placed 17 258 Missionary Report. [1900.

before them they should be thoroughly equipped, provided with an efficient teaching force, and pushed with greater vigor than ever, even at temporary financial loss. Their existence is essential to the success of the Christian cause in this land. Let us hope that the time is not distant when all Japan Methodism shall unite in the support of first- class Christian schools. “In unity there is stength.” 1. What are the chief needs of the district? First, we greatly need more workers. There is no department of the service which does not need reinforcement. One man or woman is often undertaking the work of two, simply to avoid abandoning that which we have once gained. This pressure cannot continue forever. We not only need better workers, but we need more of them. I venture the suggestion that a partial solution of the situation will have to be found in the develop­ ment of lay workers— a working church. Pastors, instead of being serv­ ants simply, must become overseers and teachers to direct lay workers. More local preachers, exhorters, and class leaders must be developed— men and women who, though unable to take the pulpit and the lecture platform, will go gladly to hold meetings for prayer and class meet­ ings, and do hand-to-hand work in winning souls. The pastor who can best organize his followers into a working band will be the victorious pastor to-morrow. 2. A systematic following up of absent members. Two hundred and fifty members whose names are on the records of Tokio District churches are absent from their homes and churches, and are wan­ dering, many of them we know not where. These members contribute nothing to their own churches, either in money or labor, and seldom to the churches where they are stopping. Every year many thus slip away and are lost to Christianity. What gain is there in winning souls if they are allowed to wander away and be lost? Conversion is but the beginning of Christian life. There should follow years of the most careful drilling, training, development, and education. The Discipline makes it the pastor’s duty to look after all his members, and all the more care is needed if they absent them­ selves from the house of God. Every missionary, man or woman, every member of the church, should aid the pastor in this important duty. Let us begin a reform at once in every church; require absentees to take letters with them when removing, or in their absence to contribute regularly to their home church. 3. A revival of soul seeking and soul saving. If statistics are reliable, the Methodist churches in Japan are the only Protestant churches that are making any progress. The Seiko Kwai, the Nippon Kirisuto Kyokwai, and the Kumiai Kyokwai all report losses during last year, aggregating 1,260. The chief reason for our gain is our revival methods. The evangelist-pastor is the successful pastor. Let us go back to John and Paul and Christ. Let us preach to win men from lives of sin. Let us begin a revival in all the churches; lest us begin it in this Confer­ ence. “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” 1900.] Japan. 259

Y o k o h a m a D is t r ic t .— G. F. D raper, P . E. Unexpectedly, after Conference adjourned last spring, I found my­ self transferred to this district, and I have tried to cooperate with the pastors in making the year a profitable one, under the Spirit’s blessing, to each of the churches. Six years had elapsed since the expiration of my previous term of service, and it seemed apparent that “natural law” does not apply to ecclesiastical bodies; perhaps they are not sufficiently a part of the “spiritual world.” At any rate, the individual atoms of the Quarterly Conferences on this district have not changed during the past seven years, as those of our bodies are said to do. I found few faces among the church officials'that were not familiar. Evidently Yokohama District has been no exception to the general slow advance experienced by the churches for some time. The year just closing has not been remarkable for any especial devel­ opment or rapid growth, and the work has been seriously hampered by the lack of workers. Undermanned at the start, the retirement of one soon after the year began and the partial retirement of another has so handicapped us that, humanly speaking, it is wonderful we have been able to hold our own so well. There are but 8 circuits and 2 stations on the district, so that the work is more like that of one huge circuit, the presiding elder making evangelistic visits to each section once a quarter. At the last Conference the Honjo and Kumagae Circuits were united under Mr. Ishikawa, with H. Miura as an assistant, but Mr. Ishikawa found it best to take work in the school at Aoyama. He did not give up all connection with the circuits, but visited them occasionally, while a local preacher took his place at Honjo. This has been but a temporary arrangement, and was seriously interfered with by the necessity of taking Mr. Miura away in the middle of the year. Honjo and Fukaya form one circuit, and Kumagae and Ogawa the other; the four places are more than one man can fill. Honjo has not grown, and the new church building enterprise has only progressed so far as the purchase of a lot, on which there is still a large indebtedness. The building will not be begun until the lot is paid for. The half dozen Christians in Fukaya are very much in earnest, and have begun an interesting Sunday school. They meet in the believers’ homes, which are all so small as to be entirely unsuited to the purpose. Kumagae seems “immovable,” but the class recently organized at Ogawa is flourishing and earnestly desires a resident worker, promising considerable toward his support. On the Kawagoe Circuit there has been a large number of baptisms, mostly of the girls in the weaving establishments that form the out- appointments. Throughout this (Saitama) Ken, especially in Kawagoe, there has been a struggle to prevent the reestablishment of licensed prostitution. The Kenkwai (state legislature) voted for it, and the effort has been to get the governor to withhold his sanction. In this struggle Brothers Ishikawa and Tanaka have taken a prominent part, and success has crowned their efforts. 2 6o Missionary Report.

Kanagawa is increasingly a place of great opportunities, and it is extremely important that we have a worker located there, so that the large numbers of Yokohama business men whose homes are in the neighborhood of our church may be reached. Mr. Kawano has been here for a few weeks, but we are much grieved that ill health will not permit him to continue. Kokubu and Odawara Circuits were also united last year, with very unsatisfactory results. The work on either circuit could not be fully performed, especially with the limited allowance of money for travel. Virtually nothing has been done at Oiso or Isebara, and little in the Atami region. The church at Odawara has some young, aggressive members, and with the leadership of a good pastor they would do much for the Master’s cause in that long unfruitful field. Shimamura’s pastor resigned early in the year and Mr. Miura moved there from Kumagae, but tried to fill both places. It has not been alto­ gether satisfactory. Shimamura and Sakae offer scope enough for one man’s full time, and desire it. The church is in good condition. Tobe finishes the year with misgiving. The school which has been occupied as a church for the past twelve years may have to be given up soon. The church building they so sorely need might be begun im­ mediately had they the land; but in that neighborhood land is high, and no suitable lot, at a possible price, has yet been found. It has been a good year, with promise of better things to come. Toyooka has also been prosperous. At the last Quarterly Conference the wife of the chief of police was baptized, and he himself has come to look favorably on Christianity. Yokohama closes the year in good shape. There is rejoicing that the new church has at length been regularly occupied, and especially that it was spared in the great fire of August last, when the buildings on the other side of both the streets that run by the church were consumed. Not a few look upon its failure to burn, when it seemed that nothing could save it, as a direct answer to prayer. There is, however, grief at the loss of the faithful pastor, whose term now expires. He leaves the church united and in good working order, and especially rejoices that the last remnants of the debt (for building) are all provided for. Souls have been saved and the churches generally quickened during the year, even though there may not have been the growth we long to see. Self-support has made progress, and most of the churches are doing excellently. On the call for special help, last December, three churches undertook to meet their pastor’s claim in full; one raised three fourths and another two thirds of what was needed, and only one fell short, raising but a fraction of the salary. Most every charge has promised an increase for next year over the regular monthly amount now paid for pastoral support. This is done to avoid the special collection in December. Full self-support cannot be attained until we shall see such an outpouring of the Holy Spirit as shall result in the ingathering of many more souls and the deepening of the spiritual life of those al­ 1900.] Japan. 261 ready in the church. Too much stress on self-support, so as to make it appear the main issue, rather than soul saving, will but defeat the end we have in view. More encouraging than the development of self-support even is the evident growth in the knowledge of the deep things of God ©n the part of many of our membership; they have clearer views of what it means to be a Christian. This was manifest at our District Conference, which, though held at the very coldest season of the year, when quite a number were detained by sickness, was a session of much spiritual profit. Especial interest centered about the Sunday afternoon consecration service, led by Rev. J. Nakada; one could truly say, ‘Tt is good for us to be here.” During the Conference meetings were held for unbelievers in three or four different places each night. The Conference also undertook to help in establishing a center of work at Kamakura, which is increasingly popular as a seaside summer resort. Five friends have donated a piece of land for the purpose and the Conference appointed a committee of five to take the matter in hand and raise funds for the erection of the needed building, a Gospel Hall. This will be used in the special effort for young men, and we hope, under the divine blessing, to see it develop into a Japanese Northfield or Chautauqua. The Gospel Society has done an excellent Avork this year in spite of drawbacks. Please note the report it makes to this Conference. The expected allowance for an English teacher failing to be granted in 1899, much to our disappointment, I undertook to teach three nights in the week, in addition to my evangelistic work. This was satisfactory neither to myself nor to the school, as it was difficult to find some one to take the other two nights, and it proved too much of a tax on my time and strength. Fortunately from the middle of January we have been able to employ a regular supply, and the school has markedly increased in the number of students. But to accomplish what we ought through this means the English teacher should be an earnest Christian, thoroughly in sj'mpathy with the objects of the society, and an earnest worker in it. The District Conference earnestly requested the Mission­ ary Society to send out to us a young man for this field. We hope to have him with us in the autumn. The Bible School for Women has gone on successfully, but the day school work of the Ladies’ Board has been seriously interfered with by the new regulations of the Educational Department. The work has not ceased, but has been modified to suit the new conditions. As to my own work, I need only add that I have visited all the cir­ cuits at least four times during the year, in addition to a round over the Hakodate District last spring before Brother Wadman arrived, and have endeavored to do the work of an evangelist, though conscious of falling very, very far short of the ideals set before us by the Master and his apostles. Since writing the above report a terrible loss has come to the Gospel Society in the burning of their valuable building, which was totally con­ 262 Missionary Report. [1900.

sumed early in the morning of the 17th instant. Steps were immediate­ ly taken by the energetic members for the continuation of the work without a serious break. The 20 young men in the boarding department were placed in temporary quarters, and a suitable house will be occupied as soon as possible. The night school will be carried on for a time in the basement of the Yokohama Church. The insurance barely covers one fifth of the financial loss.

P h il a n d e r S m it h B ib l ic a l I n s t it u t e .— Julius Soper, Dean.

The year just closing has been one of more than ordinary interest. For several years previous the interest in theological training was on the wane; but this past year new interest has awakened, and the ap­ plications for admission into the school have increased. We close the school year with an enrollment of 8, as against 6 a year ago. The most encouraging feature is the new interest the students of the college and academy are taking in theological training. There are now 7 students—2 in the college and 5 in the academy— who have come out and openly avowed their purpose of studying for the ministry, 2 of them only a few days ago. This is very refreshing, after several years of lack of interest in such matters. The revival spirit is now in our schools. God is richly blessing our labors and watering the seed we have been sowing the past three or four years. Only a short time ago 15 students asked for baptism, largely the result of the labors of our faithful president, Yoitsu Honda, and the special efforts of our devoted evangelist, Juji Nakada, as well as the earnest work of the Christian teachers. Praise is on our lips for these tokens of God’s favor. The outlook for our theological school has not been better for a long time. The same faculty has worked w'ith the dean as in the previous year— President Honda and Professors Asada and Yamada. They have all done faithful work. There are no graduates this year, but there are three whom we expect to graduate next year. Our greatest need at this period of our history is a first-class lecture course in connection with the regular course of instruction. This is a felt want. To carry out such a project we should have at least $250 per annum as a Lectureship Fund. This would enable us to employ able and competent lecturers. The special lectures that are needed are Sociology, Comparative Religions, the Minister in his Study, the Minis­ ter as a Pastor and Preacher, and the Pastor in his Religious Life. Such lectures (and others we might mention) would greatly increase the interest of the students and make the school much more attractive than at present. It is our hope that God will raise up some one who will appreciate the situation and endow such a lectureship course.

C ollege a n d A c a d e m y , A o y a m a JS a k u i n .— Benjamin Chappell, Dean.

We come to the close of an unusually eventful year in the school’s history with devout gratitude for preservation from death or alarm­ 1900.] Japan. 263

ing illness, and for many evidences of the good hand of our God upon us. In January last, just when he was especially needed, Rev. A. M. Brooks was sent to our aid. His college training, and particularly his training for and seven years’ experience in the teaching profession, have peculiarly fitted him for this branch of missionary labor. During the week of prayer in January last special revival meetings were held, led by Rev. J. Nakada, Conference evangelist. Not only was the spiritual life of the school increased at the time, but the in­ fluence has continued to deepen. A number of students have been very diligent in following up the good work, and, as a result, a quiet revival has been in progress throughout the term and a large number have expressed their desire to enter upon the Christian life. Because of the kunrei of the minister of education in August last for­ bidding religious instruction in schools enjoying government recog­ nition, with the close of this school year our Chu Gakko department ceases to exist. With the sanction of our Executive Committee, application is being made to the Tokio Fu for permission to reopen that department, with substantially the same course of study, under the name Chu-to-kwa. Also the curriculum of the college course has been so changed that we hope to be granted permission to confer diplomas of equal value with those granted by the Higher Normal School for the teaching of English in Chu Gakko and Normal Schools. We further hope for exemption from conscription for both departments, and are already assured that the graduates of our Chu-to-kwa will have the same entrance privilege to the Higher Commercial School, the Foreign Languages School, and the Sapporo Agricultural College as before. The large attendance of a year ago has been more than maintained during the present year, so that if our death had been appointed with the withdrawal of government recognition we would have gone “in the full strength of years.” But there are no signs of dissolution. One of Mr. Moody’s wise sayings was, “God can do nothing with*a discour­ aged man.” There is no room for discouragement. The prospect for students is much brighter than in August we had dared to expect. The indications now are that the school’s future will be not only as prosper­ ous as in the past, but that its best days are before it. If we continue looking to him he will bring us out into a wealthy place, and we shall find that “all things work together for good to them that love God.” . During the year just closed the total enrollment has been 304; average attendance, 177, enrolled at close of school year, 168.

P u b l is h in g W o r k .— J. L. Cowen, Agent. We have had a very prosperous year. The report following will show a large increase on all lines. During the year we have taken charge of the Industrial Press at Aoyama, adding to it by purchase a new press, a stereotype foundry, and also an electrotype foundry for making our own type. We are sadly in need of a building, and must remove from 264 Missionary Report. [1900.

the present one before the fall winds, as it is now in a very dangerous condition. The plan of cooperative publication of Sunday school literature has this year been augmented by the addition to the committee of the Con­ gregational and Baptist Missions. There has been a very substantial increase in sales of literature, and we trust they will soon be self-sup- porting. There have been published during the year: copies of books, 25,45c; tracts, 123,000; Sunday school literature, 274,000; M ichino Shiori, 7,250; total, 429,700. T o ta l num ber o f pages printed, 5,710,000. The above does not include thousands of tracts, magazines, books, both in English and Japanese, and much work of a general character done at our printing house during the year. Total sales for the year, 11,798.32 yen, an increase over last year of 3,228.02 yen. Total increase in receipts from all sources, including the printing department, 11,868 yen. Value of stock on hand: bookstore, 11,113.72 ye n ; printing departm ent, 2,500 yen.

T h e G ospel S o c ie t ie s .— T . U kai.

The Gospel societies at Tokio, Yokohama, and Hirosaki are doing ex­ cellent work, and have sustained during the past year their reputation as efficient auxiliaries and feeders to our churches. The night schools have been well attended, especially in Tokio, where the enrollment reached as high as one hundred and fifty-three for one month. The character of the students is good, coming as they do from the government offices and business houses. The society ought to have a well-furnished dormitory, which would secure a far greater success to the work. A free hand is afforded in these night schools for teaching Christian­ ity, as the new regulations do not apply to these schools. The Yokohama society suffered a great loss in the destruction by fire of its building. We hope soon to see this loss made up and the society provided with a good building in which to continue its excellent work of night school, boarding house, and reading room. The Hirosaki society has done much good to the young men of the • place, which has proved the wisdom of its establishment. Conference is earnestly and prayerfully requested to give its constant support and sympathy to these splendid societies. Statistics of Japan Conference, 1900. I I | 1 j J j j J J

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1 « •Ü 2 M e m b e rs . Native Unordained P r e a c h e r s . A d h e r e n t s . Adults Baptized. Probationers. Average Attendance on No. of Day S c h o o ls, No. of Halls and o th e r Sunday W orship. No. of Sabbath S c h o la rs . No. of Parsonages, or Estimated Value of rented Places W orship. C h u rc h es and C h a p e ls Book Book Rooms, etc. l Benevolent Societies. Value of Schools, Orphanages, Hospitals, C, C ollected for o th e r Collected su p p forSelf- o rU Collected for Church ary ary Society. Buildingand Repairing. Local Purposes. C ontributed for o th e r 1 1 J 1 1 Native Teachers. j Foreign Teachers. 1 1 Conversions j the during Y e a r. j j j 1 j No. 1 of Day Scholars. J Chapels. 1 1 J J | Children I Baptized. 1 No. of Sabbath Schools.] 1 No. of C hurches and 1 “ Homes. ” | | Collected for Mission­

Y e n . Y e n Y e n . Ye Ye Y e n . Y e n . Y e n . H akodate...... 8 22 522 210 635 525 120 61 1 2 185 28 1,441 6 4,150 9 5 2,215 27,000 19 44 89 00 496 00 666 00 427 00

N a gova...... 1 81 2 345 157 710 280 37 38 h 13 520 7 8,400 2 3 1,150 5,280 6 82 29 00 609 00 75 00 158 00

Sapporo...... 2 195 138 590 220 19 40 8 6 Æ?242 4 4,393 2 4 730 5,000 8 00 22 00 206 00 385 00 206 00 Sendai...... 1 4 1 854 127 640 190 45 31 2 1 25 8 42*1 6 3,170 1 2 950 28 40 50 00 816 00 74 00 288 00 B h in n n o...... 193 94 535 200 31 29 5 8 217 4 950 6 3 1,150 11 00 23 00 159 00 625 00 73 00

T o k y o ...... 5 57 1,102 425 1,425 500 88 137 •22 5 968 20 1,697 10 45,446 7 12 4,300 170,000 60 00 237 00 861 00 647 00 888 00 8 Yokohama.. .. 25 2 442 228 895 405 8S 81 22 6 638 16 775 8 48,200 3 1,150 25,000 20 00 47 00 817 00 1,157 00 540 00 6 7 T o ta l...... 1413 139118 3,153 1,379 5,430 2,320 42S 417 66 14 1,806 99 5,819 45j 109,709 84 32 11,645 282,280 148 66 497 00 3,866 00 3,629 00 2,518 00 i " L ast yoar. 14'12 22 11517 3,023 1,3SS 5,430 2,820 428 428 37 14 1,825 107 6,744 43 94,835 34 28 8,345 232.280! 152 85 388 15' 8.240 85 3,676 OB 8,256 65 N o t e o f L a s t Y ear.—Statistics in this pmhablv remnin about the same—Other ln'lj t'rv: Hakodate, 17: Nagoya, 13 ; Sapporo, 10; Sendai, S ; Shlnano, 9 i Tokyo, 17 ; Yokohama, 1-1—a total In the Conference of 88- Theological schools: In Tokyo, 1. with 4 teachers and R students. Hlgb Bchools : In Hakodate, 1, with 15 teachers and 186 pupil3 : in Nagoya, 1, with 9 teachers and 56 pupils ; in Tokyo, 3, with 40 teachers and 400 pupils ; in Yokohama, 1 . with II! teachers and :i:i pupils-a total in the Conference of 6 high schools, " 1 tcnchem, and 615 pupils. Debt on real estate : Hakodate, 1,200 yen ; Tokvo, 2,800 %en. ‘ Published durlne Conference Near • Books, 23; copies, 56,500; pages!, 9,Cf,9,W0 ; tracts, 100,000 ; pages, 1,500,000 * J 266 Missionary Report. [1900.

SOUTH JAPAN.

Bishop Moore has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr. A. B. Leonard is Secretary in Charge.

T he South Japan Mission Conference includes the island of Kiushiu and the other islands belonging to the Japanese empire south and west of the main island. Kiushiu has a population of about seven millions, and the increase is rapid. Historically, industrially, and commercially it is one of the most important parts of Japan. The recent events in the Philippines and in China and Korea have greatly added to this importance. The principal harbors are Nagasaki^ Moji, Fukuoka, and Kagoshima. Except the last these all connect by rail with each other, and with central and north­ ern Japan; and it will be but a year or two when one can go all the way by train from Kagoshima in the south to Aomori in the north, the narrow straits at Moji, of course, excepted. Our work began at Nagasaki in 1873, and has so far been confined to the western and central parts of Kiushiu and to the Liukiu group. For a full account of the field, the development of the work, etc., see an illustrated article in the Gospel in A ll Lands on “ The Methodist Episcopal Church in Southern Japan.”

M issionaries . Rev. John C. Davison, Rev. Herbert B. Johnson, and Mrs. Clara E. Johnson, Rev. Henry B. Schwartz and Mrs. Mary Frazier Schwartz, J. Victor Martin, Rev. A. E. Rigby. In the United States: Mrs. Lizzie S. Davison, Rev. Epperson R. Fulkerson and Mrs. Kate J. Fulkerson, Rev. Milton S. Vail and Mrs. Emma C. Vail, Mrs. A. E. Rigby. W. F. M. S.— Misses Jennie M. Gheer, Elizabeth Martin, Mary E. Melton, Elizabeth Russell, Leonora M. Seeds, Lida B. Smith, Mariana Y oun g. In the United States: Misses Lola M. Kidwell, Irene Lee.

A ppointments .

F u k u o k a D i s t r i c t .— H. P. Johnson, P. E. (P. O., Fukuoka). Fu­ kuoka Circuit, K. Korsaka. Hakata and Saga, C. Nagano and one to be supplied. Kokura and Moji, U. Kaneko. Kurume and Yanagawa, N. Kawasaki. Kutami Circuit, S. Fujii. Omuta Circuit, K. Ijichi. Wakamatsu Circuit, K. Yoshioka. W. F. M. S.— Miss Leonora Seeds, Principal Ei-wa Jo Gakko and superintendent of evangelistic work, and one missionary to be supplied. 1900.] South Japan. 267

N a g a s a k i D istrict.— J. C. Davison, P. E. (P. O., Nagasaki). Kag­ oshima Circuit, S. Matsumoto. Kajiki Circuit, U. Kawase (supply). Kumamoto and Yatsushiro, Y. Tsuda, Y. Narita (supply). Nagasaki: Deshima, T. Nakamura, T. Tajima (supply), S. Watanabe (supply), and one other supply. Kojimachi, C. Nakayama, H. B. Schwartz. Okinawa (Loo Choo), K. Murai. Sendai, T. Otake. Chinzei Sem­ inary, Nagasaki, E. R. Fulkerson, Principal; H. B. Schwartz and U. Sasamori, Professors, the latter member of Deshima Quarterly Conference. K. Kawase left without appointment to attend school. M. S. Vail absent in the United States. W. F. M. S.— Kwassui Jo Gakko, Nagasaki, Miss Mariana Young, Principal; Miss Mary B. Melton, Biblical Department; English Department, to be supplied; Latin and History, Miss Lola M. Kidwell; Absent in the United States, Miss Irene Lee, Miss Elizabeth Russell. Evangelistic Work, Naga­ saki District, Miss Jennie M. Gheer, Superintendent, and Miss Lida B. Smith, assistant, with residence at Kagoshima.

Owing to a very serious nervous collapse M. S. Vail was compelled to leave for the United States early in March, accompanied by J. C. Davison, Mrs. Vail and children following shortly by another steamer. A few weeks later Mrs. Davison left for home on account of the edu­ cation of their son, Judiah, meeting her husband for a few days only in San Francisco before his return to Japan. Soon after Conference E. R. Fulkerson’s health gave way and he, too, was compelled to leave for the home land for absolute rest, his wife having left but a few weeks before on account of family matters which were urgent. Thus in the space of a few weeks two of the five mission families were at home and one was divided, leaving just half of the adult workers on the field. The Board of Managers of the Missionary Society promptly responded to our appeal for help by sending out Rev. A. E. Rigby, who arrived early in December, and whose wife will follow later. However, before hearing the good news, Bishop Moore transferred Mr. J. Victor Martin, who was en route home from North China, subject to the approval of the Board of Managers. Both are greatly needed.

T h e A n n u a l M e e t i n g .

The Conference was held at Nagasaki, May 3-8, J. C. Davison, the senior missionary, presiding, by appointment of Bishop Cranston. The reports were most encouraging. There was a gain of 62 members and 28 probationers. One hundred and thirty-eight adults were baptized, against 71 last year, and 49 children, or more than double the year before. The following quotations from the reports will be of interest:

S e l f - s u p p o r t .

It is with pleasure that we note both the increase in the gifts for pas­ toral support during the year and the promises for the coming year. Fukuoka District gave last year 168.18 yen, this year 251 yen, and prom­ ises 377 yen for the coming year, an increase of 126 yen. Nagasaki 268 Missionary Report. [19OO.

District gave 467.27 yen last year, 664.50 yen this year, and promises 777.90 yen for the year to come, an increase of 113.40 yen. It must be noted, however, that last year was only nine months long.

B enevolences . The increase in the gifts of the churches for benevolences this year is very encouraging. Home Missions and Church Extension have nat­ urally made the greatest gains owing to the organization of the Con­ ference societies, but Foreign Missions has a fine gain also. With a few exceptions there have been gains in all the collections on both dis­ tricts and in all the charges.

F u k u o k a D i s t r i c t .— Herbert B. Johnson, P. E.

T h e F i e l d . In my report a year ago, in view of the beginning of our separate existence as a Mission Conference, I described the field quite minutely and also noted at some length the development of the work. Hence I will not enter into these details in this report. The District then included the two provinces of Fukuoka and Saga. At Conference a part of the Higo Province was added, the boundary extending nearly to Kumamoto. There are several towns along the railroad in this new territory, where as yet nothing has been done. The Kutami Circuit includes four country towns several miles apart and each ten or twelve miles from the railroad, namely, Kutami, Waifu, Uchida, and Yamaga. It was previously a part of the Kuma­ moto charge, and reported at the first Quarterly Conference 21 members and 9 probationers. These are the only numerical gains to the district by the addition of this large territory. In my previous report I stated that the Fukuoka Province alone contains 16 cities and towns of 5,000 population and upward, that no part of Japan is better supplied with means of communication, and that several are of the first importance industrially. During the year Moji and Kokura have become cities and Wakamatsu will soon follow.

P l a n s o f W o r k . Special attention has been given during the year to pible study, most, if not all, of the pastors teaching special classes. Brother Yo- shioka has conducted several classes weekly in the homes of his mem­ bers at and near Wakamatsu, brother Kosaka has had classes three times per week at Fukuoka, and I have had a most interesting week night class averaging 20, besides a Sunday class when home. Until extra duties this spring prevented, I so planned my work as to be home nearly every Thursday evening, though frequently it was the only night in the week that I was home. We are endeavoring to pro­ duce Bible Christians. One object I had in dividing the Fukuoka charge and in stationing a pastor at Hakata was to work the district as a large circuit from Fukuoka as a center, and thus utilize Brothers Kosaka and Nakayama 1900.] South Japan. 269

as much as possible in assisting the younger pastors. They have both labored most willingly and efficiently. Special meetings have been held at several points with such good results that the pastors volunteered to give two per cent of their salaries monthly to assist in defraying the traveling expenses of these and other brethren who went out to assist in this way. Several new preaching places have been opened during the year and maintained with good promise. The obstacles this year in keeping such places open have been unusually great. Because of the persecution of the owners by their neighbors, and of a narrow interpretation of in­ structions from the home department on the part of sub-officials, frequent changes have been necessary, but almost without exception these changes have been for the better.

D i s t r i c t M e e t i n g s .

During the year, two meetings of all the workers on the district have been held with excellent results. The first was a four days’ meeting in October at Fukuoka, with the double object of helping'the workers as much as possible and of strengthening the local churches. There were 6 prayer meetings, 5 special sessions of workers, and 5 public serv­ ices at which 11 addresses were delivered. Special attention was given the subject of methods of evangelistic work. Rev. A. Oltmans, Professor Sasamori, and Brother Jiuji Nakada rendered valuable as­ sistance. A similar meeting has been arranged for on the Kutami charge this autumn. The second meeting was in connection with our District Conference at Wakamatsu, in March. Here again Dr. Sasamori was of great help to us. In the meetings for mutual help, such subjects as village preach­ ing, pastoral visiting, Christ’s love for souls, and the Twentieth Cen­ tury Movement were discussed, while at the public services the burden of all the addresses was Christ: his life, his atonement, his influence, his relation to morals, and his relation to Japan. All returned from both meetings greatly profited and full of hope. The spirit of unity and cooperation on the district this year has been remarkable. Fukuoka. Were it not for the gains, the situation at Fukuoka would be most discouraging. Fifty members save one have removed by letter or died. Forty-one removals by letter were reported at the first Quar­ terly Conference, but of these 15 became charter members of the new Hakata society. Many moved to distant parts of Japan, and are thus lost both to the district and to the Conference. However, the Church has had a very prosperous year and has done much toward regaining the former number. Eleven adults and one infant have been baptized. Enough members have come in from probation to about half overcome the loss, the pastor now reporting no members against 136 at last Conference. A preaching place was opened early in the year near the western park, and 6 Sunday schools haye been maintained. Quite extensive repairs have been made on the church and Japanese parson­ age, the members raising about 40 yen. With reduced numbers and 2 7 0 Missionary Report. [1900.

with less help from the missionaries than last year, after meeting its current expenses, the church has raised 8 yen per month for pastoral support, the same as last year, and promises a further advance of 4 yen monthly next year. Fukuoka Girls’ School.' The school also started the new year under disheartening circumstances, Miss Seeds being left entirely alone to do such teaching as must be done by a missionary, not to speak of man­ aging the school, and in addition to superintend the Bible women of the district. As though this were not enough, the appropriations were reduced by the transfer of certain girls to another station, thus making it almost impossible to secure adequate assistance. But she has kept up bravely and has had the great joy of seeing the attendance larger than for several years, the dormitories filled to overflowing, the school openly recognized by the government as a Christian school, and several students baptized. She has made several evangelistic trips to the great encouragement of the Bible women and the churches. Though Mrs. Toyama and other Japanese teachers are of great assistance, Miss Seeds must have help at once. It will be a serious mistake to continue thus another year. Hakata and Saga. I have above referred to trouble in securing and keeping preaching places. Hakata is an illustration. It was difficult to find a house at all. When the work had nicely opened, this place had to be abandoned. For a time, with the money at our disposal, it was even difficult to find a house for the pastor except in Fukuoka. Finally, by advancing 50 yen of personal funds, a most desirable place was secured in the very heart of the city combining preaching place and parsonage, and Brother Nakayama has the honor of being the first pastor of any church to reside in Hakata. Almost immediately after moving in he was taken seriously ill and was not able to resume work until about the time of our District Conference. Thus after a year of trial and effort we are just ready to begin. Two preaching places are now maintained, one in a member’s house, and three Sunday schools are carried on with an attendance of about 50. One adult and 6 children have been baptized. The church gave 2 yen monthly for pastoral support last year and promises 3 after Conference. Three Christians and 6 inquirers at Saga is a poor showing after all that we have tried to do. Brother Yokojima, who went there as assist­ ant pastor, is a good and faithful brother and did the best he could, but it became apparent that a change must be made after Conference, and I thought it best to make it in February. Brother Yokojima re­ moved to Wakamatsu and is assisting in the church there, but has no relation to the Missionary Society. Three things are true: Saga is a very important place, it has never had a fair chance, and the best man to be found must be appointed there at this Conference. Besides meet­ ing current expenses, the few Christians have given 10 yen for pastoral support. Kokura and Moji. The difficulty in securing a suitable preaching place in Kokura has been even greater than in Hakata. This has been 1900 j South Japan. 271

the most discouraging feature of the work. Much of the time preaching has been conducted in a private house. Brother Kaneoko has held weekly meetings also at Moji, at Kitagata, and Jono. Two adults and x infant have been baptized, and there has been a net increase of 2 members and 2 probationers on the charge. The church increased from 1 to 2 yen per month last year for pastoral support and promises 3 from this Conference. Regular preaching services at Moji were opened during the year. For several years the Kokura pastor has visited there regularly, but no public services were held. Owing to the very high rents we are too far out of town, but the attendance and interest have been good. An idea of the importance and prosperity of the place can be gathered from its having become a city and from the establishment of 11 banks there. This is our opportunity and we cannot afford to lose it. Kurume and Yanagawa. Brother Kawasaki has put in a year of faith’ ful work in these two large places without much to encourage him. He has also conducted a weekly Bible class at Yabakawa. One adult has been baptized there and 2 at Yanagawa. The latter belong to an association of young men connected with the Government Academy banded together for Bible study and self-improvement. Brother Kaw­ asaki has been very closely identified with this society of young men. The charge has paid 3 yen monthly for pastoral support and has prom­ ised 4 yen and 50 sen after Conference. It has also increased one fourth on benevolent collections. There are several candidates for baptism about ready at Kurume. A Bible woman has recently been sent to reside and work there, greatly to the encouragement of the little band of Christians. Kutami Circuit. As this charge was annexed to the district at Con­ ference, I have described it above. Brother Matsukuma (Fujii) has maintained 4 preaching places, has traveled extensively and visited much, and has had 9 adult baptisms and an increase of 4 members and 3 probationers. The work is particularly hopeful at Kutami and at Waifu. This charge increased from 50 sen to 1 yen per month for pastoral support this year and will double again next. The Sunday school has been organized into a Missionary Society and all of the col­ lections have been increased. Omuta. This without doubt has for years been the most discourag­ ing field in the district. Two members have died during the year, one being a former student at Fukuoka and a beautiful character. A druggist, who after many exhortations and repeated promises declined to cease selling wine and beer, at our request withdrew from the church, his wife following him. Brother Nagai (Ijichi) has been instant in season and out of season and has the first place on the district as a visitor. The probationers have increased from 4 to 13, and 2 infants and 2 adults have been baptized. Through the help of the Missionary So­ ciety much-needed repairs have been made to the church. As noted above, work has been carried on regularly at Nagasu, where the orphans at Koga were rescued. 272 Missionary Report. [1900.

W akamatsu. I have followed the order of the appointments and have thus kept the best until the last. Wakamatsu Church has paid 100 yen on the church debt and another 100 on account of interest and further improvement. From borrowed money it has built a parsonage at a cost of 422 yen with the assurance that the accounts are to be kept entirely distinct and that the church building is not to be endan­ gered in any way. It was immediately rented for 12 yen per month and will soon pay for itself, after which time the income will assist in paying the debt on the church and lot. Until such good time the pastor is comfortably provided for in the upper rooms of the church. This society increased from 1 yen to 2^ yen monthly last year and will increase to 5 yen from this Conference. There haS been a gain in membership from 15 to 26 and in probationers from 12 to 26. Eighteen adults and 3 infants have been baptized. Two of these lived at Yedamitsu, across the bay, and by their generosity a preaching place has been opened there. Brother Yoshioka has also taken up work at ,Nogata, where he has preached twice per month. This is a very important place up the railroad from Wakamatsu and in the center of the coal field. It is due to Mrs. Saruda, the faithful and zealous Bible woman, that a public record be made of her efficient work. Humanly speaking this success would not have been possible without her cooperation. Would that we had 25 just such for various points in the district! There are now but 6—at Wakamatsu, Fukuoka, Hakata, Kurume—and 2 at Y anagawa.

C l o s i n g W o r d s .

During the year love feasts have been held on all the charges in connection with the Quarterly Meetings, in many places for the first time, and they have proven a great blessing. The class meeting has also been magnified as a means of grace and is much more widely ob­ served than formerly. We may use the means, but God must give the increase. To him be all the praise for the success of the year.

N a g a s a k i D i s t r i c t .—J. C. Davison, P. E.

At the opening of the Conference year which has just passed the condition of the work on the Nagasaki District was certainly most hope­ ful. All the workers seemed impelled by a common purpose to make fhe most of their opportunities and score a good record in financial as well as spiritual results, and while commendable success has been attained, it has been in the face of no ordinary discouragements at certain points. My own task of reporting upon the condition of the district is ren­ dered especially embarrassing by reason of the sad providence which necessitated an absence of two and a half months on my recent trip to California in charge of our afflicted brother Professor Vail, thus interfering with my fourth quarterly rounds in addition to other im­ portant interests needing special attention. My sincere thanks are due 1900.] South Japan. 273

Brother Johnson for the time and labor spent in going over the dis­ trict besides attending to the duties of treasurer during my absence. Chief among the material discouragements of the year was the total collapse of our church building in Kagoshima, occasioned by a terrific typhoon in August last, since which time our pastor has been com­ pelled to hold all his various services in the homes of the people. The loss of their church was a severe blow to this struggling society, es­ pecially at this time of exceptionally high prices in lumber and labor occasioned by the opening up of the railway, but under the inspiring leadership of their pastor, Brother Matsumoto, they are working with a zeal which knows no defeat. I am happy to report the favorable con­ sideration of a plea for special relief from the Missionary Society of our church, for the purpose of rebuilding, and with the addition of 250 yen promised by the members of the church and congregation we hope to proceed at once to rebuild the church and put a comfortable par­ sonage on the same lot. Special mention should be made of the signal service of Misses Gheer and Smith for generous contributions and for putting their house at the disposal of the pastor and people at regular Sunday even­ ing meetings, which have been well attended and productive of great good. These ladies were warmly welcomed to their new field, where their influence has greatly encouraged both pastor and people. At Kajiki Brother Murai has had an encouraging year, several per­ sons have been baptized and others enrolled as inquirers. Some whose zeal had quite lapsed have again come forward and taken up active duties of the church. The outlook is also encouraging at Kokubu, some eight miles distant. Kamo has not proven so responsive to the efforts of the pastor in her behalf. A visit of thirteen days with our people in Okinawa, in November last, was most reassuring. Brother Nagano, with his corps of devoted workers, has wrought nobly, and as a result has realized the joy of seeing multitudes born into the Master’s kingdom. One great secret of his success has been his faculty of enlisting the services of his lead­ ing members in the work of evangelization. At no place on the district have I seen in recent years such numbers in attendance upon the preach­ ing of the word. No place was found large enough indoors to accom­ modate the people. A new church is one of the special needs of the growing charge and a fund has already been established for this pur­ pose. A much larger place than we have hitherto occupied has been secured as headquarters for our work. The Sunday school is remarkably well organized and numbers fully a hundred or more. The two Bible women are enthusiastic in support of all branches of the Christian work. Self-, support is kept prominently before the people with correspondingly favorable results. The church promises to pay one fourth of the pas­ tor’s salary on the present basis. At Sendai Brother Otake is beginning to reap for his sowing of the past two years. A better and more attractive preaching place is im- 18 2 /4 Missionary Report.

peratively needed to commend our work to the notice of the community. Special repairs to the amount of 10 yen and 50 sen were added to the room last fall, but still it is not what it ought to be. The work at Miyanojo is still maintained as during last year. The work at Yatsushiro has been connected with that at Kumamoto during the past year and served by Brother Narita, who went to his first pastorate at the close of the school in Nagasaki last June. He was unable for a couple of months to find a house suitable for his family and the work. Regular visits are maintained at Kagami, ten miles north of Yatsushiro, where there are a number of baptized members of several years’ standing. Our call for a resident missionary to aid in the work at Kumamoto failed for want of funds last year. But we hope ere long to secure this much-needed help. The strength of Brother Tsuda, the pastor, has not been sufficient to meet the demands of this large city, to say nothing of the many,towns in close proximity, and the oversight of the work at Yatsushiro. The church building is Suffering for want of the repairs which have been delayed by reason of my trip to California, but this will receive early attention at the close of this session of Conference. The presence and help of Professors Yoyama and Kimura of the High Middle School have been of great benefit to our work in Kumamoto. Their influence as Christian educators is bound to be more and more felt in this center of literary activity, where we already have a number of earnest young converts in this highest school in the whole island. Promise for pastor .5 at Kumamoto and .70 at Yatsushiro. Brother Watanabe has labored faithfully and with encouraging suc­ cess at Omura, where hitherto we have reaped very sparingly in return for our labor bestowed. Brother Watanabe has visited Sasebo reg­ ularly every month. His work at Omura has been greatly facilitated by the efforts of Miss Melton on behalf of the women of that locality. It is to be regretted that we have not the funds to provide a more eli­ gible plan for regular evangelistic services. Kojiyamachi under the care of Brother Sunamoto has made good its pledge made at last Conference to furnish 20 yen per month for pastor, besides paying all other incidental expenses, which were not small. A considerable sum was expended on repairs and furnishing the audience room, which is the most'comfortable of all our kogisho not furnished with foreign seats. Several have been baptized and quite a number removed by letter. While no advance in self-support is promised for the coming year, 20 yen per month will continue to be paid, which is very liberal for this congregation. The Deshima Church mourned greatly the loss of its pastor, Brother Kawase, who left for California in June, and in September became pas­ tor of our mission church in Oakland, where he is greatly beloved, as he was in our midst. His work was supplied by Brother T. Tajima until the arrival from America of Brother T. Nakamura, who has faith­ fully administered the duties of his office since early in October. 1900.] South Japan. 275

This church has paid the full amount of its pastor’s salary during the Conference year just closed and it is to be hoped that even a more liberal grant may. be provided for the year to come. As was to be ex­ pected, a larger number of baptisms will be found in connection with this church than at any other point on the district. The special evan­ gelistic and Gospel temperance meetings of Brothers Nagano and Miyama contributed no doubt to the general result. The embarrassment to our school work resulting from the attitude assumed by the department of education proved happily less serious than had been anticipated. Kwassui Jo Gakko lost a few names from its rolls in the lower grades. Chinzei Gakkwan, however, continues with even greater numbers than before. In fact many students have been turned away for want of room. In connection with Chinzei Seminary it becomes my sad duty to re­ port so serious a breakdown in the health of Professor Vail as to neces­ sitate an immediate transfer to the United States in the middle of Feb­ ruary, where his family followed him only five days later. Having accompanied Professor Vail and watched the progress of his case during the voyage of twenty days to San Francisco, and also during the month following, I am happy to state that substantial restoration will no doubt be the^result of protracted rest from mental work during the next year or two. The vacancy thus occasioned in the working force of the school was most providentially supplied by the coming of Brother H. B. Schwartz, who with his family arrived from America only a few days before the departure of Professor Vail. It had been our hope to secure Brother Schwartz for our work in Kumamoto, but Providence has dictated otherwise, and we bespeak for him the greatest usefulness in the position to which he has been as­ signed, hoping that in due time another may be found to take the place we had expected him to fill. In addition to the loss of Professor Vail and family of the Chinzei Gakkwan, the working force of Kwassui Jo Gakko has been reduced by the departure of Miss Irene E. Lee, who returns to the United States on a much-needed furlough after six years of laborious service in Japan. Miss L. M. Kidwell expects to follow later on. The families of the Rev. E. R. Fulkerson and the writer have also recently returned to their homes in America on account of the educa­ tion of their children. The destruction of our church at Kagoshima made it necessary to change the place of our District Conference, and Nagasaki was substi­ tuted. As a result of the meeting the licenses of 4 local preachers and 5 exhorters were renewed. One additional—W. Kawase— was granted license to preach. Regretting the circumstances that rendered necessary the preparation of this report on shipboard, and without the fullest particulars at the time, I am yet much gratified over the hopeful outlook reported by Brother Johnson as well as over the success of the year in both material and spiritual results. And with gratitude to God for his constant pro­ 276 Missionary Report. [1900.

tecting power and grace, I trust we may all go forward with renewed courage and even greater zeal in the work of reconciling our fellow- men to their (Jivine Creator and Redeemer. Chinzei Gakkwan {Seminary). An extract of the report of E. R. Fulkerson, presented at the Annual Conference, is here given, cover­ ing the work to the close of the school year in March. This is sup­ plemented by a report of the fall term by H. B. Schwartz, the present principal. Both indicate real prosperity. Brother Fulkerson says: “Early in November the school came under the government regula­ tions for private schools. In spite of all our fears, the change has strengthened our position as an educational center. While we have been forced to a more complete organization, the character of the school as a distinctively Christian institution has in no way been changed. The attendance steadily increased during the year, the total enrollment being 239. Twelve men were graduated at the close of the school year. We are very greatly in need of new buildings and better equipment. “The serious sickness of Professor Vail cast an indescribable gloom over the school during the early part of February. Many prayers were offered for his complete recovery. Having been ordered to give up part of his work, the services of Mr. Pierce were secured from the first of January. He continued in the school till Brother Schwartz took up the work about the 20th of February. While we reluctantly gave up Professor Vail, we rejoice that his place has been so satis­ factorily filled by the appointment of one who has had experience as a teacher in Japan. “The religious work of the school has been very satisfactory. Quite a number have been converted. Brother J. Nakada spent a week with us during the winter term. His coming was a great blessing to our Christian students.” Chinsci Seminary (Supplementary). Dr. Fulkerson’s enforced return to America left the whole responsibility for Chinzei Seminary with me. Through all the summer no help appeared, and it was only a week or two before the opening of the term that the help of Brother J. Victor Martin, one of the refugees from North China, was secured. He has been of great assistance. The school year begins in April, but notwithstanding that there have been many applications for admission. The total enrollment for the term was 213, the largest we have ever had. The school has reached the* limit of its capacity, as our dormitories and recitation rooms are all crowded. If the demand for admission continues in the same way in the spring we shall be obliged to turn away a great many applicants. We greatly need a new dormitory and additional recitation rooms. There will be a considerable increase in the amount of local receipts, although not more than enough to counterbalance the increased cost of everything which the changing conditions here in Japan have caused. For the most part there is a fine spirit of helpfulness among the stu­ dents, and all are glad to do what they can to support themselves. H e n r y B . S c h w a r t z , P rin cipal Statistics of South Japan Mission Conference, July, 1900.

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“ “ 'ag-,.r *5 STATION. £> 'cL | s for Missionary 3 X> ° X and Q cS 0 1 Cfl C/2 Ü * J *5 S a -S w © i f f 'ö ' 5T ©SC Foreign MWom.For. issionaries, Miss. Society. Worn. For. Miss. Society. Native Workers of Foreign Missionaries. Other H elper*. Year. M em bers. Nat. UnordM Preachers. Probationers. Hat. Ordained Preachcrs. Conversions during the Adults B aptized.

< Children B aptized. Estimated Churches Value of and Chapels.

< > ,ß rented Places W (if orship. No. of Halls and oth er Estimated Value of Par Debt on Real E state. Benevolent Societies. Collected tor support. Self- ¡23 sonages, or C ollected Contributed Local for o th P urposes. e r S o c ie ty . Collected for o th e r Building è > 11 Collected for Church Fukuoka District. V en . Y e n . Y e n . Y e n . Y e n . Y e n . Y e n . Y en. Y e n . 1 F u k u ok a...... 1 1 1 1 110 1 6 231 i 395 15,000 10 00 8 10 96 00 139 00’1 Hakata and Saga ...... 1 1 1 18 8 3 1 e 3 52 3 2 50 G 15 36 00 8 00 K okura a n d M oji...... 1 20 10 1 D OO oU ul)

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Kutami and Waifu...... 1 1 1 26 9 9 15 00 4 38 -

O m uta...... 1 1 <*•-

Wakamatsu...... 1 1 20 26 18 18 3 1 34 1 2,000 1 1 600 1,000 5 40 6 73 30 00 034 59 43 0& Nagasaki D is tr ic t.

K agosh im a...... 0 9, 1 1 19 13 13

K a jik i...... 1 1 13

Kumamoto & Yatsushiro 2 1 3, 90 28 10 10 4 4 336 1 3,180 1 1 700 24 3 50 11 00 54 00 17 75 G7 36-

Nagasaki: Deshtma ___ 3 3 2 2 5 20(i 62 31 31 6 9 752 12 1 2,500 3 1 *14,450 60,000 16 00 29 22 237 00 125 70 1 Kojiyamachi...... 1 1 1 1 81 50 13 13 77* 1,600 *4,700 Ì5 5 17 35 75 Okinawa (Loo-Choo)__ 2 1 2 54 45 19 19 12 3 200 3 5 00 11 10 77 00 1 20 50 45 Sendai...... 1 1 1 27 10 3

Missionaries in U. s. A.. 0 4 2

Total...... 7 (i H 18 8 0 19 705 323 138 138 49 32 1,715 12 7 12,040 27 5 20,845 75,000 1.040 59 36 117 26 927 50 739 78 055 56

^ e8^1^rnft» nr»* 1 Thenlnsrienl KH100I, 3 teacher?, and 7 student«». In the flame charge, under the W . F. M. S., I Bovs’ Seminary, 1<> teachers. mid 213 students: for self-support, 3,400 v^ti ; ale«* 1 nigh school, 1H teacher*, and l?5 pupil« ; for s*d f-snpport, 1 ,^00 yeu. I 11 Fukuoka is 1 high school, with 10 tenchers and 75 pupils ; for self-support, 5?50 ven. * Including 3 homes of missionaries at Nagasaki. A ll money values estimated in yen ; o n e yen equals 50 cents. 2?8 Missionary Report. [1900.

KOREA.

Bishop Moore has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr. A. B. Leonard is Secretary in Charge.

T h e Korea Mission includes the kingdom of Korea, with its central station at Seoul. Mission work was commenced in 1885.

M issionaries . Rev. S. A. Beck, Rev. David A. Bunker and Mrs. Bunker, Rev. Elmer M. Cable, Douglas Follwell, M.D., and Mrs. Marty W. Follwell, Rev. George H. Jones and Mrs. Margaret B. Jones, William B. McGill, M.D., and Mrs. Lizzie J. McGill, Rev. Charles D. Morris, Rev. W. Arthur Noble and Mrs. Mattie L. Noble, Rev. W. B. Scranton, M.D., and Mrs. Loulie A. Scranton, Rev. Wilbur C. Swearer. In the United States: Rev. Henry G. Appenzeller and Mrs. Ella D. Appenzeller. W. F. M. S.— Misses Emma Ernsberger, M.D., Ethel M. Estey, Lulu E. Frey, Alice J. Hammond, Lillian Harris, M.D., Mrs. Rosetta I900.J Korea. 279

S. Hall, M.D., Misses Ella A. Lewis, Lulu A. Miller, Josephine O. Paine, Nellie Pierce, Mrs. M. F. Scranton. In the United States: Misses Mary M. Cutler, M.D., Louisa C. Rothweiler.

W. B. Scranton, superintendent, reports:

After an absence of sixteen months from Korea, it has pleased God to bring my -mother and myself back to this land. We have returned gladly. We think we see in this an indication that God permits us to again work together with him for Korea. The report of the superintendent this year must of necessity be a meager one. I have been unable as yet to visit the distant fields since my return. All I can express at any time in my reports, or try to ex­ press, will be but echoes from the Mission. I have visited the charges in Seoul and Chemulpo and held the fourth Quarterly Conference in- each. Some one asked me whether I noticed in our special charge at Talsung Church any falling off or loss during our absence. I could answer very thankfully and heartily that on the contrary I can notice growth. Chong Dong Church reminds me of the entire Methodist Church at the present time. It is conscious of pent-up power which longs for spiritual direction and guidance to accomplish great things for God. Ewa Hak-tang makes me proud and glad every time I see the girls. Proud because I can point to what Methodist women are doing; glad because I can see the blessing of God on their efforts, in the sweet, clean changed lives and faces which all promise so much for future use­ fulness. The warm simplicity of the Chemulpo Church always gladdens me. It does me good to visit them. I always come away conscious of help received, and with great encouragement. Our Gospel mightily works in and enriches the heart, and no class can turn away saying, ‘'Who, will show us any good?” The East Gate Baldwin Chapel is making a mighty struggle. There is a personality about places and churches that is more than that of the individuals who sustain them. Holy places become composites of the spirit of all the laborers who have put forth their efforts. Miss Roth­ weiler’s labors and her faithfulness yet speak. I hope Dr. Harris will pull up a little and work a little less so she can stay with us longer. The ladies at the East Gate need our special prayer. I believe there is to be a day of rejoicing for us at the East Gate. The cloud of promise may now be no larger than a man’s hand of earnest effort, but the power behind that cloud of promise that is now working in that region is G od’ s. From Wonsan comes the tale of five different points of work, and some fifty faithful souls, waiting patiently and longingly for baptism. Wonsan is a great field and far beyond the powers of our present force of workers and too far from our other work. It tries one’s faith in God, when work of such undoubted promise cannot obtain that support from home, which we and they perfectly agree in, as needing and inviting 2S0 Missionary Report. [1900.

cordial effort, and promising great returns. A clerical worker in full use of the language would reap an early and surprising harvest. Pyeng Yang Circuit is like a young man in his strength. It will soon snap its finger at the home Church and Missionary Society, and say we can go alone, if you will not help. We are thankful to God that he has spared Brother and Sister Noble to us and has given re­ newed health to them. We all rejoice with them in their good fortune in the arrival of a new worker. Brother C. D. Morris was sent out from “Drew” last August, his outgoing and salary for one year being paid by the Seminary. Su-won, Kong-chu and the south is a greater work than perhaps you may think it, until you go over the circuit once. Our one worker there needs a great deal of sympathy and all the support we can give him. « And finally, there seems to be everywhere I go, and from every place I hear an eager waiting to be filled, and an unsatisfied condition of heart, which indicates that God is calling for a further work of grace. The Bible Woman’s Training School is the latest departure in our Mission. It has been started in a modest and quiet way, but will be a power among us. There is no work in our Mission which rejoices me so much as this training school, and the theological classe's which are held each year, and the local efforts made to this end. These efforts are the strength of our work, and will be the source of inspiration and fire to our native workers. They breathe the very spirit of Methodism, and are the returning to our first principles, when our Conferences were for spiritual strengthening, enlightenment, and mutual upbuilding.

George Heber Jones, acting superintendent, reports:

Now that our Superintendent is once more on the field and in the saddle a special report from me is hardly necessary. However, he has asked me to report the chief events which, for the continuity of our his­ tory, should be recorded, and I do so. The past year has been a hard and trying one for all the members of the Mission, and it is with a deep sense of the guidance of Almighty God that we look back over our past experiences. His protecting care alone has enabled us to weather all storms, and to-day our cup is more mingled with joy than with sorrow. I will not enter into the details of the illnesses which have reduced our ranks, the changes which have occurred during the year, and the heavy burden of work which has rested upon us all. Through it all God has supplied our every need as occasion arose. The first matter of which I would speak concerns the press. T h e.P ress. On the adjournment of last Annual Meeting it became necessary for Brother Cobb to return to America on account of the health of Mrs. Cobb. The Press was just entering, under Brother Cobb’s leadership, on a plan for securing a much-needed new equip­ ment of our plant, so that the necessary absence of Brother Cobb from the field left us in a very serious plight for a time. I thought seriously of closing the Press under the circumstances, and called a meeting of the members of the Mission before Brother Cobb’s departure to con­ 1900.] Korea. 281

sider the advisability of this step. It was found that such were our obligations under contract, especially in connection with the printing of the Seriptures, that this would be impossible, and Brothers Appen- zeller and Swearer volunteering for the work, I appointed them as act­ ing managers of the Press. This was an additional burden to these brethren which they could ill afford to carry, and it was with a heavy heart I assigned this work to them, but there seemed no other way. Rut help was at hand. Brother Cobb had sent home an appeal for a trained printer to come out as foreman of the Press, and in answer to this appeal Brother Beck arrived in August. His arrival was for us most providential, and he took hold of the problem which confronted the Press with a firm hand. His report to this Annual Meeting will show that that problem was one of no small dimensions. The Press has occasion for genuine rejoicing, at this time, for dur-- ing the year one of the most noteworthy events has been the success of our appeal, issued at the last Annual Meeting for a new equipment to cost 10,000 yen. To-day the Press possesses the finest printing equip­ ment that has ever come to Korea, and we trust that when it has all arrived and been set we shall be able to produce more work and better work than all other printing establishments in Korea combined. To the ready sympathy and energetic measures of Bishop Cranston and our Corresponding Secretary, Rev. W. T. Smith, D.D., the success of this is largely due, but especially so to the Christian generosity of Korea’s friends in America, whose liberality has so bountifully supplied our need. Some of the machinery has already arrived and been set up, and the balance is on the way. This is certainly an occasion for gratitude. Pai Chai. On the transfer of Brother Brooks to the evangelistic work it was necessary to secure some one for the place thus made vacant in Pai Chai. The decision was in favor of a single man, a layman, if pos­ sible,, to come out and make school work a specialty. The matter was so represented to the Board and Brother Cable was sent out, and we had the pleasure of welcoming him in October last. We congratulate the school. But further good fortune awaited Pai Chai. About the end of the year circumstances made it possible for Brother Bunker to return to the Mission and his old post in the school. This has given Pai Chai three foreign workers since the arrival of Brother Cable on the field— more possibly than we could very well spare from our small staff of workers, but in view of all the circumstances, the heavy calls upon Brother Ap- penzeller’s time in connection with the work of Scripture translation, and the fact that all the brethren concerned would ultimately be attached to the school, it -seemed best that such should be the arrangement from the beginning. Lights and Shadows. Before the hot summer was over sickness en­ tered our midst and we were called upon to sorrow with Brother and Sister Beck in the death of their infant son Paul. This heavy sorrow encountered by our brother and sister at the very threshold of their mis­ sionary life was peculiarly painful, but we sorrow not as those who have 282 Missionary Report. [1900.

no hope, for in another and a better land these dear ones await us. And little Paul, though dead, will yet speak to Korea of Christ and heaven. The summer proved a severe one on Dr. Sherman. Illness among the members of the Mission made heavy demands on his strength, and a severe attack of dysentery came on. From this he partly recovered, and on becoming convalescent he, at the urgent solicitation of his physician, took a sea trip along the coast. This seemed to benefit him for a time, but on his return to Seoul the trouble broke out afresh, and his return to America became a necessity. And to-day we greatly miss him and Mrs. Sherman. While among us the doctor’s high ability as a physician and the consecration and zeal of both himself and Mrs. Sherman proved them missionaries of high promise. We miss them to-day, but rejoice that we can commend them to the God of all comfort, who never tries his children above that they may endure, and “who healeth all our diseases.” In October last we all heard with genuine sorrow of the serious ill­ ness of Mrs. Noble at Pyeng Yang. For a time it seemed as if a return to America was imperative. This, we rejoice to record, proved not necessary. A trial was given Chemulpo over the winter and proved most satisfactory. A house was rented there and Mrs. Noble and the children moved down, Brother Noble remaining at his post on the cir­ cuit. The absolute rest and the bracing sea air of Chemulpo worked wonders, and by the time the first steamers north began to run this spring Mrs. Noble was ready and eager to go to Pyeng Yang. This was done in March, and thus was averted the heavy loss which threatened the Mission. Work for the Blind. Korea, in common with China and Japan, pos­ sesses many blind people. They find employment as exorcists and sor­ cerers, from, which service no inconsiderable income is derived, so that their lot physically is not so sad as it might be were extreme destitution added to the heavy affliction from which they suffer. Deprived of sight, however, their lot is at the very best an indescribably hard one, and the blind have ever been special wards of Christianity, which has found many ways in which to alleviate their affliction. Mrs. Dr. Hall gave some attention to the adaptation of the New York point system to the Korean alphabet, and after the adjournment of last Annual Meeting, before her return to Pyeng Yang, a general meeting of the foreigners resident in Seoul was held to hear her explain her work. It proved a most interesting meeting, and resolutions were adopted approving the system and recommending its use in work for the blind in Korea. Mrs. Hall has used this in work among the blind in Pyeng Yang, and we all listened with intense interest to how the little blind daughter of one of our local preachers was taught to read by it. In securing a point system adapted to the Korean alphabet one great step has been taken in help­ ing the blind of Korea. Itinerating. During the year I have traveled over 2,000 miles in con­ nection with the work of the Mission. Wonsan was visited in August, Pyeng Yang in October, and the southern part of Korea in November. 1900.] Korea. 283

On March 1, Dr. Scranton returned and resumed his duties as superintendent of the Mission. It was with joy I greeted him and returned to him the charge he committed to me sixteen months pre­ viously. In closing, I wish to be permitted to thank you all for the many kindnesses I have received at your hands. We have worked together as colaborers in the Lord, we have tried to share each other’s burdens, and to-day we rejoice together.

Chemulpo Station— Rev. George Heber Jones writes : The past year has been one of steady and encouraging growth throughout the station. Numerically we report a large gain; 468 in all, mostly probationers. Our numbers on May x were 859 probationers, 223 full members, and 95 baptized children not otherwise counted, a total of 1,177. The corresponding numbers for last year were 493 pro­ bationers and 216 full members, a total of 709. This year we have raised for self-support the sum of 1,005 yen> against 588 yen last year. This shows an advance of 417 yen, or about 75 per cent. Baptism has been administered to 192 persons, an increase of 99 over last year. We are grateful for a good year.- More books, tracts, and Scriptures have been sold; more people have been taught to read and write; more vil­ lages have been visited and local prejudices removed; more people have abandoned heathenism, and more souls have been saved than in any year of our history. The work of the station has necessarily felt the withdrawal of my strength caused by the extra duties assigned me at last Annual Meet­ ing. Trips to Wonsan, Pyeng Yang. Kong-chu, and Seoul, as well as other sundry matters of concern to the general work of the Mission, have consumed four months of the year, during which time I was withdrawn from circuit work. Sickness also laid me aside for a time, so that what time and strength I had for the work was small in com­ parison with the demands upon me. I wish here to make acknowledg­ ment of the faithfulness and helpfulness of the Korean workers on the circuits. Most of these workers receive no remuneration for their serv­ ices, but gladly give their time and strength for the love of Christ. The burden has been specially heavy on them during the year, but they re­ sponded loyally, and the advance which cheers our hearts to-day is largely due under God’s gracious help to them. This station needs reinforcing with two more evangelistic workers. Our territory extends from Hai-chu on the north, to Nam-yang on the south, a distance of 150 miles, largely along the coast. To properly travel it and attend to the interests of Christ’s kingdom throughout this region will require the services of at least three evangelistic workers. I wish it were possible for me to adequately describe our need of spe­ cial workers among the women. Some of the most perplexing prob­ lems of the station arise in connection with the work among the women. Here are hundreds of women who have come from heathenism and are earnestly striving to be true Christians. Their purposes are all right, but they are so woefully ignorant. They cannot read; often their hus­ 284 Missionary Report. [1900.

bands lack the wisdom, energy, and tact to instruct them; so that they are dependent largely on such instruction as Mrs. Jones can personally give them, or make arrangements for through our Bible women, most of whom are as yet untrained. Mrs. Jones has given her time and strength to the inauguration and building up of this work until it has now grown, in the good providence of God, to such dimensions and the territory to be covered is so large that it is beyond her strength or the strength of any one worker to care for it alone. Will not the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society come to our help? We ask for two lady evangelistic workers for the station. That there should be two rather than one needs no argument. I believe it is the policy of the Society to send out their workers to new fields like the seventy of old, two by two. I can only say that a grand work awaits these workers both along evangelistic lines and in the training of Bible women for the circuits. It gives me special pleasure to acknowledge the kind help of friends which often reached me in the hour of need. Out of deference to the expressed wishes of these friends I withhold their names. Among other things, I would specially mention the large sampan (house boat) which through the thoughtfulness of friends in my home Conference, the Northern New York, we have been able to secure, and which is a great comfort to us in reaching the riverine and seaboard population of the circuits. Provision has also been made for the care of certain special work concerning which we shall have something to say next year. We have at present three large circuits as follows: Chemulpo, Kang- wha, and Yonan. C h e m u l p o C i r c u it . Chemulpo Wesley Church. The church membership is as follows: probationers, 51; full members, 62; baptized children not otherwise re­ ported, 40; total, 153. Raised toward self-support, 200 yen. This does not include any contributions toward the new church enterprise, which will be reported separately. Our day school for boys at Chemulpo has had another, good year. There are 33 boys in attendance, 8 of whom have learned to read the native script during the year. The day school for girls has had a very successful year. I never re­ turn home from a trip in the country but I thank God for this little day school and what it is doing for these girls, and I wish we had one on every charge on the station. It is a floodgate through which God is pouring in the light to dispel darkness and ignorance. Tam-bangni Church. A good year and solid growth in this church. Eight miles out from Chemulpo, it has been cared for by my helper, Mr. Pok Chung-chai, w,ho lives here. It reports 95 probationers, 19 full members, and 7 baptized-children, 121 in all. These people are very poor, in fact the poorest on the circuit, and yet by sacrifice that might well be called heroic they have raised 134 yen toward self-support, 86 yen of it being for a new chapel. Pu-pyeng. Our work in this district under the leadership of Brother Korea. 285

Yi Yung-syun has had a very prosperous year. We report the following membership: probationers, 69; full members, 17; baptized children, 5; total, 91. The sum of 40 yen has been raised toward self-support. Our class leader at Pun-cheki is a ferryman. When the class there became so large that it demanded a building of its own in which to meet this ferryman bought a house at a cost of 14 yen, and gave it to the class as a beginning toward a church.

K a n g - w h a C ir c u it . This circuit embraces the three islands of Kang-wha, Kyo-dong, and Song-gai in the estuary of the Han river. We have work on all three of these islands. On the main island we have opened three new stations, and these with the new stations on Kyo-dong and Song-gai give the circuit eight stations in all, a gain of five new stations over last year. The churches as a general thing have taken the name of the canton in which they are situated.

Y o n a n C ir c u it . This circuit embraces all the work of the Mission in the thrifty province of Whang-hai, as yet. We have at the present time the begin­ nings of the work in four prefectures, as follows: Yonan, Paik-chun, Pyeng-san, and Hai-chu. Two years ago I reported the opening of 2 outstations in this territory. A year later these had grown to 4 in number. This year we have grown to 8 outstations, with 464 members and probationers, which were organized into a Quarterly Confer­ ence on May 2. I go back in memory twelve years to the day when a little company of us organized our Seoul Church, then containing all there was of Korean Methodism, into a Quarterly Conference. We boasted an uncertain membership of 30 odd persons. It was the day of small things, but of hearts full of faith and hope that we would yet see great things in Korea. And though the realization seemed a long way off then, it has come much sooner than any of us thought. And on the second of last May, as I looked into the faces of the earnest class leaders and stewards met in the city of Yonan to organize the first Quarterly Conference of the Whang-hai Province, and thought of the large church for which they stood, amd saw that the official members of the Conference outnumbered the entire membership of Korean Meth­ odism when the first Quarterly Conference was set up in Seoul, I could not but feel that faith was issuing in full fruition. Our Sunday schools and Epworth Leagues have done their appointed work well, and have been a real aid in the work of evangelization. We sold a small piece of land we owned in Chemulpo to the Imperial Household Department and with the proceeds have secured a lot for cemetery purposes outside Chemulpo, much better adapted to our pur­ poses than was the old lot. I am glad to report the completion of the new hymn book, which is enlarged to twice its former size. Also in the way of literary work I have translated the general Church Catechism prepared in England by 286 Missionary Report. [1900.

a commission of Nonconformist ministers, of which Rev. Hugh Price Hughes was chairman, and it has been published. The original is an excellent summary of the salient doctrines of Christianity for new con­ verts like these Koreans. The total value of church property owned by the native church on the three circuits is as follows: Chemulpo Circuit, churches, 220 yen; cemetery lot, 200 yen; Kang-wha Circuit, 516 yen; Yonan Circuit, 330 yen. Total, 1,266 yen.

Pyeng Yang Circuit— Rev. W. A. Noble writes :

The Pyeng Yang work has been divided into the North and South Circuits. The North consists of the following towns as centers of groups: Pyeng Yang, Pong Nong Dong, Chil San, Chyong San, Kang Sy, Chyop Syom, Kui Om, and Yo Po, with the Quarterly Conference at Pyeng Yang. The South Circuit consists of Sam Wha, Chingnampo, Pak Ko Chi, Chyul-bawi, Syon Dol, Kyong Chyong, Pi Suk Ko Ri, Kum Tang Ri, and Pyong May, with its Quarterly Conference at Sam Wha. Connected with the above-named towns are many villages that form the groups. C h a p e l s . During the year eleven chapels have been built on the circuits, mak­ ing the total number sixteen. In every case it has cost the people much labor and self-denial. No greater heroic effort is found among any peo­ ple in their struggle to provide places for worship. The Pyeng Yang City Church is not only the center of the North Cir­ cuit, but of our whole work. This chapel is the Mecca to which our people perform constant pilgrimage. This is the place of general in­ struction and to this place the people look for their standard of con­ duct. This chapel will seat, when crowded, nearly three hundred! A short time ago forty-four persons attempted to kneel for baptism in a space on the floor sufficient to accommodate less than half that number. Among them were women with their children. The officiating minister was compelled to climb from one to the other, and the most solemn service was made one of confusion. Let our friends in America witness our crowded services and they would come speedily to our re­ lief to build a new chapel. Up to the present date not one cent of money has been spent by the Society for any one of our sixteen churches, and we feel thankful that we have been permitted to do the work ourselves, but in this case the matter is far beyond our strength. I know of no native building in the country built large enough to seat six hundred people on benches. As soon as a building reaches that size, because of the architecture, the expense becomes enormous. We look forward to a brick building costing about two thousand dollars (American gold). The seating capacity will need to be six hundred. Wyoming Chapel is located about twenty-five miles south of this city at Kang Syo. The building is the gift of the Woman’s Foreign Mis­ Korea. 287 sionary Society, Wyoming, Pa., and is named in honor of the givers. The money for the purchase was sent to Mrs. Noble. After much con­ sideration the chapel was bought and Salome, a school-teacher and Bible woman, was put in charge of it. The chapel was intended mainly for the women, but the men would not stay away. The attendance has risen from fifteen at the beginning of the year to sixty-one, of whom about one-half are men. Salome is the teacher and the class leader. With it all she is trying to run a girls’ school in spite of the fact that the people of that section are much opposed to it. The homes of the Christians are so scattered that it is difficult to collect a school entirely from that source. Sam Wha Chapel is located in the center of our southern work and stands in importance next to Pyeng Yang, not because of its member­ ship, but because of its close contact with other churches. Kim Chang Sik is located here and is a power for good. I have also spent more time at this point than at any other in the interior. Members number 11, probationers 88, a total of 99. At the morning Sabbath services the usual attendance is 100. The building is too small to accommodate those who would come. It should be enlarged to double its seating capacity. This church gives six dollars a month for Mr. Kang’s sal­ ary at Chyong San. Other amounts raised during the year, $71. Chingnampo, the new treaty port, has experienced varied fortune. Our people gather here from all over the country, and their stay depends largely upon business success. The entire population is constantly shifting. At one time our probationers’ list numbered over 60. We have now 30, and 2 members. Brother Whang is my helper at this point and is doing good work. He is paid a salary of eight dollars a month by the Pyeng Yang church. Our purpose is to make this chapel a home for all Christians coming to the port. We need a bookstore and a man in charge whose exclusive duty should be to sell books. Total number of country probationers is 676, probationers of the Pyeng Yang Church, 461, making a total of 1,137. Members in the coun­ try churches num ber 59, and in the city church, 74. m aking a total of 133, making the grand total of members and probationers, 1,270; a total gain of 561. One hundred and eighty-four have been baptized and 55 have been received into full connection during the year. - Total contributions for self-support during the year have been $542, $305 more than was contributed last year. We report the same number of Sunday schools as last year, but with an increase of 50 scholars, a total of 258. The theological classes have been exceptionally profitable. One class held in Pyeng Yang numbered 83, one in Sam Wha, 74, and one in Chyung San, 33, a total of 190. In January I assisted in teaching the general theological class in Che­ mulpo. I believe this to be a branch of our work that needs the most careful development, and is worthy of our most concentrated effort. The boys’ day school in Pyeng Yang is taught by Mr. Yi, a former student in Pai Chai, where he learned something of English. By in­ 288 Missionary Report. [1900.

structing him as opportunity affords, he is able to teach English to our boys. Those in constant attendance number 46. The plain facts of the growth of our work are the least of all. I would like space to tell of the struggles, self-denial, and constancy of our people. The recital would brighten the pages of any history. We leave it with Him whose record is just and has time for all.

Su-won and Kong-chu Circuit— Rev. W- C. Swearer w rites: Immediately after the Annual Meeting last year I took charge of the Press and for six months was so fully occupied that I could not find time for a visit to a single point of the South Circuit. In this emer­ gency I adopted the plan of sending out workers from Seoul to the va­ rious points of the circuit and having the leaders from these points come up to Seoul and report to me. In November I was so far relieved from the duties at the Press that I could make a hasty trip over the circuit. Churches. We have work in about 35 towns and villages. All the new work this year lies in the Su-won portion of the circuit, the Kong- chu region being comparatively untouched. I have instituted work in 6 different centers. Our church at Muchinae, in the Si-heung District, had last year 1 full member and 41 probationers ; this year we received 5 into full connection and 41 probationers, and under the leadership of the helper, Mr. Kim Tong Hyen, who gives his services free, the church is growing in grace as well as numbers. This man has had the advan­ tage of a short season of study in Pai Chai College, and 1 acknowledge my indebtedness to the school in him. I wish also at this point to ex­ press my gratitude to the school for the preparation of the helper who has been the most useful to me in my circuit work; I refer to Mr. Moon Kyeng Ho, who spent seven years in Pai Chai. He travels with me and is an untiring worker and a forceful and successful preacher. Membership. Last year we reported a total of members and proba­ tioners of 400. In this country work there is constantly a leakage; men move about from place to place and we lose sight of them, yet in spite of the loss from this and other causes we report this year a total of 710. Of this number 83 are full members; last year there were 67; 627 are probationers, there were last year 359. I have received this year in all 310 probationers and 21 into full connection, and baptized in all 60 persons. We reported last year 4 churches. This year we report 5 buildings.

First Church, Seoul— Rev. H. G. Appenzeller writes: This Conference year has opened, I hope, a new era in the work of this church. Our church building enterprise is completed; the support of the Korean assistant local preacher is on a fairly sound basis, though we should not rest satisfied until the whole salary is paid by the church. This church, with the two schools— Ewa and Pai Chai— as its main feeders and the pupils in these schools coming up from all parts of the 1900.] Korea. 289

land, is more or less in touch with the different parts of the country. Men in our school leave us to go into new communities and there they collect small groups of believers around them. During the year we opened work in the village at the foot of Water Jar Rock, in Yangjun magistracy, twenty-five miles northeast of Seoul. The story is familiar to most and only different perhaps in detail from many others. It will bear repetition. A few years ago a plain man of the people came to Seoul from the country and found employment as herdsman. He was in trouble, as many Koreans are when they come to the capital. He was a professing believer and determined to pray his way out of his difficulties. He fasted and that with great severity, ate but one meal a day. Some of us thought his zeal outstripped his dis­ cretion. But he persevered and seemed to make headway against his troubles. These were that his father-in-law, objecting to his notions, put him out of the house, and the wife, not daring to have an opinion opposed to her father, consented to the expulsion. After. some time had passed our brother essayed to return to the home to see the result of his fasting and praying. He was received back, found that a change for the better had come over the heart of his father-in-law; they consented to have him pray and to talk on the sub­ ject of religion. He came back to Seoul and reported his reception and the favorable turn affairs had assumed, and soon there was further report of the villagers believing. Brothers Chai and Moon visited the place and were well received. In November last Brother Cable and I went to this village, found a small company of believers, catechised and examined probationers, and administered baptism to 6 men, 2 women, and 1 child. There are 17 probationers there now. When the brethren come to Seoul over Sunday they always worship with us. Brother Chai visited the place once since last fall and I hope to get out before the hot season. A bright lad from the village is in our school and is doing credit to him­ self and to the village from which he came. The board of translators of the Scriptures into the Korean tongue held 2 meetings, 1 last May, 40 sessions, and 1 beginning October 11, 1899, and closing January 23, 1900, n o sessions, or a total of 150 sessions of an average of 2% hours each. I am very happy to report that the four gospels and Acts are finished and on the tentative list of Scrip­ ture publications. Thus far it has been possible for me to meet with the board at all its meetings on these five books.

Pai Chai College— Rev. H. G. Appenzeller, the president, w rite s:

The number of pupils enrolled since last September is as follows: September, 92; October, 90; November, 85; December, 88; January, 89; February, 95; March, 85; April 84. The attendance has improved very much, and as a natural consequence the literary work done is of better quality as well as more in quantity. Monthly examinations are 19 290 Missionary Report. [1900.

held and have a good effect upon the pupils. One of our pupils was offered 15 yen a month, but acceptance involved leaving the school. He preferred to retain his present position at 10 yen, saying, “All the studies are important and I cannot afford to miss any.” The course of study includes everything from Introductory English, Physical Geography, Higher Arithmetic, to Binney’s Compend. At Christmas and Easter special attention is given to the presentation of the themes suggested by those seasons. Attendance at chapel and on Sunday morning is compulsory. In the dormitory evening prayers are held daily at ten o’clock. Our relations with the Korean government continue pleasant. The industrial feature of our school remains as it has for the last seven years. W e have no end of poor boys, but unless they are willing' to work, we do not give a second thought to their condition. In the Press, in the bindery, as personal teachers and otherwise, employment is found for them and accepted with cheerfulness. In a little over 18 months, or from M ay 18, 1898, until D ecem ber 2, 1899, the native bindery put out a total of 182,993 volumes, for which 1,744.64 yen was paid. This does not include work done in the foreign bindery. When I had the pleasure to visit as fraternal delegate the Annual Meeting of our southern Methodists last fall, in my address I suggested that in educational work, at least, we might cooperate. The senior corresponding secretary, Rev. W. R. Lambuth, D.D., was in the chair, and in response to this sentiment he told his Mission that he heartily favored the idea. Later, in further conversation at my house, he said again he would favor cooperation and would urge it before their Board and that in time, as required, they would place a teacher in the school. This is a consummation we may well long for and we recommend that some action be taken by the Mission indorsing what has been done. We recommend that the initiative toward the opening of a regular college or university be taken. A course of study will be published. Steps should be taken toward securing a charter and the appointment of a board of trustees. A few of our boys are far enough advanced in their studies to enter upon a college course. Theological work is done in connection with the present course of study, but we are not satisfied with this. Unless we can prepare workers for the field, train young men for the ministry, we are not willing to continue in the school. In other words we are not satisfied to run a purely secular school. L a st year in the report w e asked fo r the sum o f $25,000 (U n ited States gold) for “the enlargement and completion of our undertaking.” This does not include endowment, for which we ought to begin to plan and work. “We need,” so the representation to the secretary says, “a new college and seminary building to cost, including furnishing, from $20,000 to $22,000 (g o ld ). Enlargem ent o f our industrial departm ent will require about $3,000, and a new dormitory to accommodate 100 pupils.” Korea. 291

Medical Work, Pyeng Yang— Dr. E. D. Follwell, physician in charge, writes: The past year has been one of progress and encouragement, though naturally not as much as our hearts would wish for. Since I came to Pyeng Yang, over four years ago, I had felt the great need of suitable wards for in-patients. You cannot influence dispensary patients, except in certain cases, as you can hospital patients. Last July with money in hand given me through the generosity of Dr. Rosetta Hall's friends in the United States, as well as from Dr. Hall herself, and two or three Pyeng Yang and other friends, I decided to begin building hospital wards for my immediate use, and soon erected 3 rooms each 12 feet by 12 feet for in-patients, besides a small operating room 8 feet by 12 feet for cases requiring anaesthesia, and another the same size for a store­ room, etc. I am glad to report that without any expense either to the Board or Mission we now have available for present needs the Hall Memorial Hospital to accommodate about 12 patients, though even this much is altogether too little for the work. In addition to this gift my friends in my home church through Dr. Busteed have sent me a Mason and Hamlin organ for use in the hospital. Trilingual Press— Rev. S. A. Beck, the manager, writes: The acting superintendent had appointed Brother Appenzeller and Brother Swearer as a committee in charge of the Press in the absence of the manager, and on my arrival I was added to this committee. This committee had the Press in charge until April 4, when the superintend­ ent of the Mission appointed me manager of the Press. Notwithstanding all the hindrances, changes, unavoidable delays, and the fact that not a single page of Scripture was printed from our own type until F ebruary 21, yet over 11,000,000 pages o f religious m atter were turned out o f the Press between M ay 1, 1899, and M ay 1, 1900. Through the splendid contributions of friends in the United States our Press received nearly $5,000. With this money Dr. Baldwin and Brother Cobb have purchased paper cutters, English body type and thir­ teen fonts of job type, a job press, cylinder press, kerosene engine, etc., all of which arrived in due time. Already our capacity for turning out work has been much increased, and it is hoped that in due time the quality can be very greatly enhanced. We are now stereotyping much of the work, which will be of very material advantage.

P resbyterian C o m it y . Although the obligations of the Press are thereby very materially increased, yet we highly appreciate the kindly spirit which prompted the important loan of 2,000 yen by the Presbyterian Board to our Board that the purchase of the new equipment might be hastened. This loan is to be repaid in printing on terms of mutual agreement. In view of the much greater investment and the greatly enlarged capacity of the Press the Annual Meeting changed the name to “Korea Methodist Publishing House.” S ta tis tic s of K orea M ission, 1900.

CHURCH BAP­ SUNDAY CHURCH MEMBERSHIP. TISMS. SCHOOLS. PROPERTY.

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Yen. Y en . Y e n . Yen. Seoul: First Church ...... 224 l l 's 3 4 8 40 1 15 220 1 10,000 1 1,000 146 65 Tal Sung Church...... 10S 90S 3 11 11 65 1 14 250 1 30 1i>5

Baldwin Chapel...... IS 16 1

Chemulpo Circuit...... 215 9S i 7 18 85 3 14 150 8 8,500 48 182

"Kang Wha Circuit...... ' 219 97 1 10 12 36 3 8 76 4 580 84 51 Yonan Circuit...... 424 2S 9 107 4 4 22 3 830 43 Pyeng Yang Circuit...... 1,137 133 2 4 10 174 3 15 258 16 1,265 1 64 183 Suwon and Kong Chu Circuit, 627 88 7 11 49 io;is 25d 5 506

"Wonsan C ircuit...... 183 4 T otal...... 3,105 792 1344 74 506 2583 1,326 38 16,181 2 1,000 3S1 659 L ast year...... 1,512 556 10 18 107 354 2773 1,042 15 14,105 1 4,000

Miscellaneous Collections—Missions, Talaung Church, Seoul, 7 yen. Building Churches: Chemulpo Circuit, 101 ren ; Kang Whft Circuit, €9 yen ; Yonan Circuit, 350 yen ; Pyeng Yang Circuit, 295 yen ; Suwan and Kongchu C irc u it, io yen ; total, 845 yen. Korean Religious Tract Society, 5 yen. Bible Societies : Seoul, First Church, 6 yen ; Talsung Church, 5 yen ; total, 11 yen. Benevolent collections : Seoul, First Church, 15 yen ; Talsung Church, 36 yen ; Cheinuipo Circuit, 4 3 yen ; Kang Wha Circuit, 23 yen ; Yonan Circuit, 11 yen ; total, 128 yen. A yeu is worth 50 cents. 1900.] America. 293

AMERICA.

SOUTH A m e r ic a . Rev. Fountain E. Pitts visited South America in i835 and recommended the establishment of missions in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres, Argentina. In 1836 Rev. Justin Spaulding was sent to Rio ¿e Janeiro, and Rev. John Dempster to Buenos Ayres. The mission in Brazil was abandoned in 1841, but in 1880 mission work was commenced at Para under Rev. William Taylor. The mission in Buenos Ayres and vicinity was confined to English work until 1864, when Spanish hand-to-hand work was begun. Spanish preaching commenced in 1867. The first Annual Meeting was held in 1882. All the work in South America was organized as an Annual Conference July 1, 1893. The Con­ ference was divided in February, 1897, into the South America Conference and the Western South America Mission Conference. C h ili. The missions in Chili were commenced by Rev. William Taylor in 1877. Mr. Taylor was elected Missionary Bishop of Africa in May, 1884, and the following month the missions in Chili passed under the control of the “ Transit and Building Fund Society of Bishop Taylor’s Self-support­ ing Missions.” In November, 1893, the Transit and Building Fund Society offered the Missionary Society, through the General Missionary Committee, the property and missions in Chili provided they should be conducted as self supporting missions. The General Committee accepted them and recommended the Board to accept them, which was done by the Board February 20, 1894. The Board afterward reconsidered its action, but in November, 1897, the Board, the General Missionary Committee, and the Transit and Building Fund Society agreed that the mission property and missions in Chili should belong to and be controlled by the Missionary Society, and the missions should be conducted as self-supporting missions, the Missionary Society promising that it would “ not depart from the principle of self-support in Chili except in case of extreme necessity.” The missions in Chili are a part of the Western South America Mission Conference. P eru . In 1887 Rev. F. Penzotti was sent to Peru from the Mission of the Missionary Society having its headquarters in Argentina. In 1891 Rev. Thomas B. Wood, D.D., was placed in charge of the Mission, and since the organization of the South America Conference in 1893 has been the presiding elder of the Lima District, which includes Peru. MEXICO. Rev. William Butler, D.D., and wife arrived in Mexico in February, 1,873,an^. aided by Bishop Gilbert Haven, selected headquarters, purchased property, and commenced mission work. Dr. Butler was super­ intendent of the Mission for six years. The Mission was organized as an Annual Conference January 15, 1885, and then reported 728 members and 633 probationers. 294 Missionary Report. [1900.

SOUTH AMERICA.

Bishop McCabe has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr. H. K. Carroll is Secretary in Charge.

T h e South America Conference includes the countries in South America lying east of those that border on the Pacific Ocean. Mission work was commenced in 1836. The Con­ ference was organized in 1893 to include all of South Amer­ ica. The portion on the Pacific coast was set off in 1897 as the Western South America Mission Conference.

*. M issionaries .

Rev. Harry Compton, Samuel P. Craver, D.D., and Mrs. Laura G. Craver, Rev. J. P. Gilliland and Mrs. Ada Gilliland, Rev. A. W. Green- man, Ph.D., and Mrs. Marinda R. Greenman, Rev. J. F. Jenness and Mrs. Jenness, Miss Estelle C. Long, M.D., Rev. W. P McLaughlin, D.D., and Mrs. Mary R. McLaughlin, Rev. William F. Rice and Mrs. Rice, Rev. William Tallon, D.D., Rev. S. W. Siberts and Mrs. Siberts, Rev. John F. Thomson, D.D., and Mrs. Helen G. Thomson. *900.] South America. 295

W. F. M. S.— Misses Rebecca J. Hammond, Elizabeth Hewett, Bertha E. Kneeland, Eleanora Le Huray. In the United States: Misses Mary F. Swaney, Isabel Waidman.

Rev, A. W. Greenman, D.D., reports as follows:

P r e l i m i n a r y .

Months of heavy rains with destructive inundations, many persons without work, and.many in actual want, lessened attendance at serv­ ices, and depleted resources form the somber background of the year’s work. An increasing spirit of self-sacrifice and loyalty to the claims of Christ’s service, developed more rapidly, doubtless, by the surround­ ing difficulties, numbers of sound conversions, and a “good testimony” left by those who have passed on into light are causes for gratitude and encouragement. The transfer, consummated August 1, of our stations in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, was like a dear one going forth from our fireside; but the ties of language, commerce, family, and na­ tional customs seemed to make it expedient, while the presence of a sister Methodist mission, well organized and abje to do for them what our own had never accomplished, seemed to clearly indicate the path of duty. The Annual Conferences of both Missions recommended it; and thus Southern and Northern Methodism have shown that they can easily be one in the foreign field. The funds annually used in those stations-can now be employed to strengthen and enlarge our opera­ tions in the River Plate republics that use the Spanish language and appear to be our immediate and natural field of labor. The. selection of Dr. C. W. Drees for the difficult task of founding Methodism in Porto Rico, while cordially appreciated as a well-merited acknowledgment of his invaluable services in Mexico and South Amer­ ica, and as an honor to our own Conference, has nevertheless left a void that most of his colaborers feel no one else can fill, so that we con­ fidently anticipate his speedy return. His absence with that of Dr. J. F. Thomson, our delegate to the General Conference, has laid heavy burdens on some of the missionaries. The one imperative material need of our Mission is for commodious chapels and parsonages. The heavy rentals paid for inferior accom­ modations would easily meet the interest and a considerable payment on the principal of such a sum as would largely provide suitably for our actual necessities, while the general effect on our own people and the public of such a step would be exceptionally beneficial for all our in­ terests. The Twentieth Century Fund, of which the Rev. W. F. Rice is sec­ retary, was inaugurated with the special hope that it would aid in form­ ing a Conference Church Extension Society, but the unfortunate con­ ditions of the year have prevented so far any large results. The reports in detail of the work are as follows: 296 Missionary Report. [1900.

G e n e r a l I n t e r e s t s .

Nicolas Lowe Institute', Mercedes: Dr. C. W. Drees, director; Dr. S. W. Siberts, vice-director, and Senor Antonio de los Santos, principal. Dr. Siberts, who reached the field in May, 1899, has had immediate charge of the school. This has been reorganized and particular atten­ tion given to the boarding department. Last year’s enrollment reached 76, or .fifty per cent over that of the previous year; and a handsome increase was promised at the opening this year, but owing to the rains and hard times it has remained stationary. The Theological Seminary, much to our regret, and greatly to the serious embarrassment of the work, has been compelled, for lack of funds, to remain closed. It is earnestly hoped that next year’s appro­ priation will provide for its reopening. The Mission Press, Buenos Ayres, of which A. W. Greenman became agent in July, 1899, has been fairly prosperous. The circulation of our weekly, El Estandarte Evangélico, D r. W illiam T allón, editor, is 1,000, or an increase of 100 subscribers; and that of L a A urora, our weekly Sunday school paper, the Rev. Juan Robles, editor, is 3,200, or an in­ crease of 1,200 subscribers. A large part of the latter comes from the schools of sister denominations, among which it is deservedly popular. A much-needed Marindni press has been purchased and paid for, which enables us to again do our own printing; nearly $1,500 of old debts have been paid off ; $400 worth of new type has been added; and over $1,000 of religious books sold. The total circulation for 1899, calculated in i2mo pages, was over 4,000,000. This year it will probably reach 6,000,000 pages. Funds are sorely needed for new type, the printing of tracts, and electric motor, and additions to the plant that will increase its power to become entirely self-supporting.

B u e n o s A y r e s D i s t r i c t .— A . W. Greenman, P. E.

The last year and a half, which comprises the period embraced in this report, has brought a variety of experiences to pastors and congre­ gations. The nearly a year of steady, though slow, growth in material and spiritual interests has been followed by months of disastrous rains, with loss of crops and scarcity of work, with consequent scant attend­ ance at services and meager collections. Sorely have our people been tried, many even as by fire; but their faith and patience have held steadfast, while out of it all the work will come, probably not with any marked increase, but certainly purer and stronger. Then death has recently taken one of our brethren when it seemed as if, he being the fourth within three years, our depleted ranks could not spare another. The Rev. George G. Froggatt fell on sleep Septem­ ber 1, in the British Hospital of Buenos Ayres, where he was being treated for an attack of acute peritonitis. Of English parentage, with the privilege of two years at Ohio Wesleyan University during Dr. Payne’s presidency, an omnivorous reader and easy writer, possessing the free command of Spanish and English, he promised many years of South America. 29 7 useful service. The Conference has lost a sincere, good man, and his wife, with four small children, an indulgent father and husband. The following is presented as embodying the most salient features of the work of the respective circuits: Bahia Blanca, the most important port and promising commercial center between Buenos Ayres and Cape Horn, and 400 miles by rail from the former, has had as its pastor since May of last year the Rev. A. E. Martin. The English congregation and growing day school have developed sufficient self-support to maintain a native assistant, who should be sent next year to attend especially to the Spanish congrega­ tion and Sunday school. Balcarce, under the care of Brother Luis Ferrarini, one of our oldest and most faithful local preachers, has grown somewhat in numbers and spirituality. The marvel of the community has been the sound conver­ sion of an Italian seventy-four years old, who had long been one of the terrors of the town. Buenos Ayres. The Boca Mission continues to be under Brother Blanca’s direction, assisted by Brother Turner, a center of constantly increasing influence and power. The free day school, largely supported by local contributions, has 6 teachers and 382 pupils; the 3 Sunday schools, 350 attendants; the Sunday services in Spanish and English, and held in chapel, tenement house, and the public plaza, count 500 hearers; while class and preaching services fill up the week nights. Among a number of clear conversions are two of the fallen women (sisters) so numerous in that shipping district, for whom homes were found and they were started in a new life. The Rev. W. C. Morris, founder of this work, but now with the Anglicans, has shown his inter­ est in it by securing nearly $300 for much-needed repairs. The First or American Church, as it is popularly known, and the “mother congregation” of Methodism in these republics, under Dr. McLaughlin’s energetic and prudent administration, has maintained its position as one of the most important factors in the religious life of the English community of the River Plate. Though the trend of the population is constantly toward the suburbs, the attendance has not diminished, and the heavy expenditures have been fully provided for. Three thousand dollars has been raised recently for much-needed repairs. The Second Church, our largest Spanish congregation in the city, has had nearly a hundred added on probation, and appears to grow in spirituality. Besides its heavy outlay for general expenses, it has re­ cently assumed half of Brother Vasquez’s salary. The Third Church, Martin Arnejo, pastor, has had a hard struggle to meet its ordinary expenses, though its small hall is well filled, and the Sunday school well attended. In more commodious quarters the congregation would doubtless become stronger and more numerous. The Fourth Church, Juan Robles, pastor, occupies its own property, donated many years ago, but which is unfortunately in such an out-of- the-way position that its very small hall attracts no public attention 298 Missionary Report. [1900.

whatever. The Official Board has tried to rent the present quarters and use that income, with some additional help, for the securing of a better located hall, but has so far been unsuccessful. Besides its own there are two small mission Sunday schools, held in adjacent wards, and cared for by its members. Chivilcoy and Bragado have been under the care of our lamented Brother Froggatt. The congregation of Chivilcoy has met its financial obligations and made the final payment on its lot. With a loan of $1,000 it could put up a commodious chapel, and repay principal and interest in a few years with what they now pay in rent for very inappropriate quarters. The monthly services in Bragado, held in a private house, have been very well attended. Colon, Juan Varetto, pastor, has progressed considerably in spir­ ituality and material efficiency. A number have been converted, and the increasing interest is shown in the purchase by the friends of a sulky and harness for the pastor’s use in visiting outside appointments. Concordia, of which the Rev. J. P. Gilliland is the efficient pastor, has had a prosperous year. The reestablishment of Anglican services drew away some who had long attended our own and rendered valuable as­ sistance; but the self-support has not suffered seriously. There have been several clear conversions in the Spanish congregation; the Sunday school is more flourishing than ever, with 140 registered; while the day school, with 35 pupils, about pays its own way. Visits have been made with considerable regularity to Mandisubi, Monte Caseros, Salto, and U ruguyana. Dolores and General Guido. The unprecedented inundations of the past eight months have made it practically impossible for the pastor, Brother S. S. Espindola, to visit the different points of his circuit, or -many families even in Dolores, where he lives. Services and collections have suffered seriously. A self-supporting day school opened late last year, and put under the care of an ex-Carmelite, Brother Zarrate, had to suspend. But we trust that the worst is over, and that regular visits may soon be resumed to General Guido, Mar del Plata, and Juarez. La Plata and Magdalena. In the former, the capital city of the prov­ ince, Brother Abeledo has continued his patient labor of careful laying of foundations, and has experienced considerable encouragement in the increased attendance at Sunday service and the Sunday school. Great difficulty has, however, been encountered in meeting the rent and cur­ rent expenses. In Magdalena Brother Paroli has held the services regularly in his own home, the chapel, whose corner stone was laid by Bishop Warren, remaining, for lack of funds, unfinished. Lomas de Zamora, under the Rev. W. F. Rice’s diligence and tact, has enjoyed a happy and prosperous year. Attendance at both Eng­ lish and Spanish services and Sunday schools has increased, salary and current expenses were met in full, and a very convenient and handsome parsonage erected at a cost of $2,500— all provided. Brother Rice also holds English services once a month in La Plata. M ercedes. Dr. Sibert’s time was so fully taken up by his duties in 1900.] South America. 299

the “institute” and the needs of the English and Spanish congregations that it was quite impossible for him to give the requisite attention to the development of the. circuit until recently, when Brother Ortiz de Zarrate was appointed his assistant, the Official Board assuming the greater part of his salary. Now, regular monthly visits are made to Chacabuco and Junin. In the latter, which is a promising railroad center, a self- supporting English work could probably be established at once, had we an energetic and capable young man, unmarried, to care for the school and services. Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, Buenos Ayres. Miss Eleanora Le Huray has been absent most of this year on a well-merited vacation, but the school has continued under the direction of Miss Isabel Waid- man. There are 8 teachers and 2 Bible women employed; 23 boarding pupils, 9 of whom pay their own way, and nearly 60 in the day school, to which many have been refused admission for want of room. An im­ mediate need is a commodious building— the society’s own property; otherwise their work must ever be at a most serious disadvantage.

R o s a r i o D i s t r i c t .— William Tallon, P. E. The Rosario District of the South America Conference comprises the whole of Argentina, save the province of Buenos Ayres and the valley of the Uruguay River. Within its bounds nearly four millions of souls form the population of its towns, cities, and country. And these four millions of souls are as much in need of the light of divine revelation as the nations that people the lands we are in the habit of calling pagan or savage.. The official religion is the Roman Catholic, which, though under a less objectionable garb than in Bolivia, Peru, and some other South American republics, is still far enough away from pure Christianity to demand the solicitous care and attention of those countries blessed with the possession and knowledge of God’s word. Our Church especially seems to be the best adapted to furthering the Lord’s kingdom in this continent, and to have had confided to her the principal part of the task involved in the carrying out of this desideratum. May she remain faithful to her charge! At present our men and means are inadequate to this great task. Indeed, all our work, up to the present, has done little more than touch the outskirts of this vast land of promise. Yet, at all the points oc­ cupied, we have gotten through a very prosperous year’s work. There have been numerous conversions ahd increase of members in ever}' charge of the district. The following are the places occupied by our M issio n : Rosario de Santa Fe. We have four congregations speaking four different languages in the city of Rosario, which is, for its size and population, as well as for commerce, second, in the republic, only to JBuenos Ayres, now recognized the second largest and most populous city of the Latin race. Rosario is styled the “Chicago” of South Amer­ ica, on account of its rapid growth and the immense trade it carries on with Europe and the United States, and the interior of this and the 300 Missionary Report. [1900.

republic of Bolivia, the natural port of which it is. It possesses great facilities for loading and unloading vessels up to thirty feet draught, so that we have constantly in port a considerable number of ocean steamers and sailing ships bearing the colors of all nationalities, among which the star-spangled banner holds a good second, after the British. Seven different lines of railway put Rosario into daily com­ munication with the capital and the most remote parts of the country; in the near future the conclusion of the Transandean Railway will bring the Pacific coast within fifty hours’ railway run from it. With these means of transport, over a rich agricultural and mining region of vast extent, and the other facilities already mentioned, and its 120,000 inhabitants, according to the census taken two months ago, Rosario is destined to become one of the great commercial centers of the w orld. We are in need of a good church situated in a good location in this city in order to meet the demands, present and future, of our Spanish work. The English congregation has a neat building sufficient for its present wants; but the Spanish Church is not at all adequately provided in that sense. They meet in the old chapel located at one end of the city. The difficulty could be overcome if fifteen or twenty thousand dollars (gold) was forthcoming to build a large church or hall in the center, or nearly the center, of the city. This would give such an im­ pulse to our Spanish work as to do more to hurry the realization of • the plan of self-support than any other means whatever. I may as well mention here that I am of opinion, and have so stated to several of our bishops, that the surest and quickest way for making our Mission inde­ pendent financially of the home Church is to build for the existing con­ gregations in our large cities good, substantial, not expensive, churches and parsonages. If this is not done the Mission will necessarily con­ tinue for many, many years to be a heavy and constant drain on the resources of the Missionary Society, as our congregations are made up not of the rich or well-to-do portion of the population, but of the poor, who can scarcely carry the running expenses and official collections. I am perfectly aware that the carrying out of the plan I recommend would demand the outlay of a considerable sum of money, but surely this difficulty would not be so great if the authorities were to devote out of the product of the Twentieth Century Movement an amount sufficient to secure its realization. I should like to have the influence to secure its adoption, or the eloquence to move some one who has it to undertake the task. Our English congregation, the Rev. J. F. Jenness, pastor in charge, is now worshiping in its own church, free of debt. Some new mem­ bers were received during the year, and the meetings have been well attended. Toward the end of last year the health of Brother Jenness began to fail, and by medical advice he made a sea voyage as far as Europe, with the authorization of the missionary authorities. During his absence I, aided on several occasions by Drs. Thomson, Mc­ Laughlin, and Siberts, had to supply his pulpit. He was away about South America. 301 four months, but returned in good health, accompanied by his wife, whom he had in the meantime married at Rome, Italy. The official board, in connection with the Twentieth Century Movement, took steps to raise funds to build the parsonage, and have already in their possession about $1,500 toward that object. Brother Jenness is doing faithful and good work, and is highly esteemed by his people. The native church, worshiping in the old chapel, has for its pastor the Rev. Daniel Hall, a traveling deacon. He is a most effective and zealous pastor and preacher; he usually preaches six times a week. How­ ever, his health broke down in November last, and he was ordered by his doctor to the mountains of Cordoba for two months. This will throw his work, in the meantime, upon my hands. The year’s work has been satisfactory in every sense. More than 25 persons joined the Church, and all financial obligations were met and duly discharged. The German Church, Brother Gosswalt Briggen, a local deacon, in charge, is not very large, but it makes up in zeal what it lacks in num­ bers. Services are held in the same building occupied by the Spanish or native congregation. Its Sunday school is one of the finest in South America. Besides this, the pastor has recently opened a day school and preaching station, with very hopeful results, at a suburb called “La Refineria.” The Dutch Church is the smallest in numbers of our four Rosario congregations. It has to struggle against the prejudices of our Dutch population, who belong almost exclusively to a very narrow form of Calvinism, and abhor cordially anything that partakes of Meth­ odism. However, the pastor, a local preacher, Brother John Bergan- thuim, is full of zeal and his preaching is characterized by a clear evangelical ring. Some progress has been made during the year. There have been a few conversions, and larger congregations attend the services. San Carlos, six hours’ run on our not too fast trains, carries one to San Carlos, one of the many agricultural colonies of the province of Santa Fe. Brother Weihmutter, an effective elder, keeps a fine school for the children of the principal settlers and has the pastoral charge of a self-supporting congregation whose influence is not limited to that special colony, but is felt far and wide. Canada de Gomes is situated about fifty miles from Rosario, and is a town of some 4,000 inhabitants, but important as the junction of four branches of the Central Argentine Railway. The Mission holds here a fine property bought by local resources, and used at present as a school, church, and parsonage. The Rev. Mauricio Camusso is in charge. About 100 boys and girls attend the day school, and some 70 the Sunday school. The congregation is not a large one, but the influence of that work is felt in every direction for miles around. Cordoba, the stronghold of Romanism in Argentina, and for this reason styled the Argentine Rome, is notable for the number and magnificence of its churches. It has for several years been visited monthly by myself and occasionally by Brother Hall. We have a 302 Missionary Report. [1900.

regular congregation of from 60 to 80, and everything indicates that the time is fully come to have a man stationed there. Indeed, we ought to have done this long ago. I hope we shall be able to do so next year. Venado Tuerto, another outlying station, has been visited monthly. It is chiefly important as a good center from which to carry the Gospel into the northern part of the province of Buenos Ayres and the provinces of Santa Fé and Cordoba. These regions are not yet very thickly populated, and if we could succeed in making an impression now it would affect that part of the country ever after. We ought to have a true itinerant at Venado Tuerto. Paraná and Santa Fé, two cities on opposite sides of the mighty stream bearing the name of the former, lie about 140 miles north of Rosario. Brother Ignacio Poza is pastor in charge, and resides at the former city, where our congregation worshiped in a hired house. WTe have been laboring for many years at this place, under great disad­ vantage on account of not being able to secure adequate premises. Dr. Drees, a short while before leaving for Porto Rico, had taken steps for purchasing a property which had been offered for sale, and which suited us very well. But, unfortunately, his removal caused the project to fall through. The congregation has improved somewhat, and com­ plied with all its financial obligations; but no great progress can be made till we possess a church there. Brother Poza visits Santa Fé monthly and preaches to a considerable congregation. Rosario Tala is situated in the center of Entre Rios, so called because this province lies between the rivers Paraná and Uruguay. The Entre Rios Railway connects it with the cities of Paraná and Uruguay. Here we have two congregations, one in the town and the other in the neighboring colony, about four miles distant. The latter has a chapel built on a high hill, which can be seen from a distance of ten miles, and which suits the present needs of our people there. Brother Otto Goss- weiler, an alumnus of our Mercedes Seminary, ordained deacon at the last session of the Annual Conference, is pastor. He is one of those who will not allow the grass to grow under his feet. His work is not confined to these two congregations, but comprehends a good deal of traveling over the country to minister to those whose homes are too far away or wrho are too poor to attend the services at the regular stations. Rosario Tala is a central town destined to become commercially in­ fluential ; and we should strengthen our hold there by building or help­ ing to build a suitable place of worship and parsonage. Villa Mantero lies three hours’ run on the Entre Rios Railway east of Rosario Tala and at a short distance from the city of Uruguay. It is visited monthly by Brother Gossweiler. The people had the corner stone of a new chapel laid some months ago, and when finished it will be the only place of public worship in town. During the intervals between Brother Gossweiler’s visits Brother John Moreira, a lay worker, has charge, and conducts both the services of preaching and Sunday school. San Juan, the capital of .the province of the same name, lies in the extreme west of the republic, forty hours’ railway run from Rosario. 1900.] South America. 303

It is the birthplace of that eminent statesman and-schoolmaster, Presi­ dent D. F. Sarmiento. The Mission has a building of its own here, which serves as church, parsonage, and schoolhouse. Brother Venan- cio Aguirre is pastor in charge. Results are satisfactory, though not all that one would desire to see. M endoza, sixty miles south of San Juan, is built at the foot of the Andes, near the eastern outlet of the Urpallata Pass, through which the Transandean Railway runs, and which affords up to the present the most convenient overground route to Chile. Rev. H. Compion is pastor in charge. He has two congregations, English and Spanish. Both have done well this year. The Epworth League was organized; a good­ ly number of persons joined the Church; all financial obligations were duly discharged. Mrs. Compton has charge of an excellent Sunday school, which she manages w'ith her well-known skill, and to which she gives a good deal of time and study. Besides these duties, Brother Compton has attended to Villa Mercedes and San Luis, where we have two small congregations. These two alone, if we had the means, could well engage the whole attention and work of a man. San Juan, Mendoza, San Luis, and Villa Mercedes formerly formed a district, with its presiding elder, and in view of the great distance that separates them from the residence of the present presiding elder it is not possible for him, who, besides the work pertaining to that office, has pastoral work to do at three stations, besides editing the official paper, El Estandarte, to properly perform his duties by that section of his district. A presiding elder residing at Mendoza, and free to give all his time to evangelizing, would soon cause that part of our field to yield great and blessed fruitage. Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society’s Work. This noble society has two schools in the city of Rosario, under the direction of Miss M. F. Swaney and Miss Kneeland. The latter arrived about the middle of the year from the United States. The former is now on a vacation in the States, after nearly ten years of hard but successful work in this city, where she has secured the highest esteem of the people and patron­ age to our schools. Both schools are full. Both need more and better accommodation. Conclusion. The foregoing is but a short summary of the Rosario District. The preaching stations mentioned are as oases in the vast desert of spiritual drought and religious indifference surrounding them in every direction. There are hundreds of cities, towns, and villages which have never yet heard the Gospel, living in the shadow of death, and we have neither the men nor the means to help them. O for both, that we might cause it to bloom as a garden! I f it were possible to make our old charges self-supporting, which cannot be till they possess their own churches free of debt, we might see great things in the near future. Will the General Com m ittee and other official boards take this question up? 304 Missionary Report. [1900.

M o n t e v i d e o D i s t r i c t .— S. P. Craver, P. E. The territory embraced in this district as formed by Bishop Ninde includes the republics of Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil. The head­ quarters of the district and the presiding elder’s residence were fixed at Montevideo by order of the Bishop. The Annual Conference unan­ imously approved the proposed transfer of that part of the work lying in the southern part of Brazil to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and also recommended that the same be done with our work on the Amazon, provided the workers there were agreeable to the transfer. In accordance with the action above mentioned it was agreed between the authorities of the two Churches that the work in the state of Rio Grande do Sul be transferred on August 1. For some rea­ son, as yet unexplained, the receiving parties have failed to finance the work in question, and funds have been sent from our treasury. Conse­ quently the statistics of that work are included in the accompanying table, and reference will be made to it later on. Asuncion Circuit. All the work in Paraguay is here included under the same heading, and is under charge of José Rua, a young Argen­ tine local preacher. When the writer was placed in charge of the dis­ trict it was expected that a new missionary would be sent out for Paraguay by the middle of the Conference year, but up to the close of November we do not know if one has been appointed. The burden upon Brother Rua has been very heavy. He is a young man with but little experience in prcaching, and, in addition to all the pulpit and pas­ toral work, he is in charge of the boys’ school, which requires inces­ sant and burdensome toil the larger part of six days in a week. There are in Asuncion itself three preaching places and three Sunday schools. One of these is under the care of Brother Balcala, who is also a teacher in the boys’ school, as is also his wife. The other two are directed by Brother Rua, aided in the Sunday schools by several of the teachers in both the girls’ and boys’ schools. The year has been in several re­ spects the best that has been experienced in Asuncion, at least for many years. The schools have had an exceptionally good attendance. The boys’ school has reached an enrollment of 130, and some 15 applications for boarding pupils had to be declined for lack of room. The prospects for the coming year are of still greater growth. The girls’ school, though suffering greatly from financial difficulties, has also surpassed any previous year in its enrollment, and has done good work. The at­ tendance upon public services has made a very marked advance, espe­ cially on the occasions of the presiding elder’s visits, which have been prolonged over three or four Sundays on each occasion. There has been an average attendance of about 50, as against about 25 last year and fewer still in previous years. This refers to the city of Asuncion alone. A t Ita the work has continued to be encouraging, the usual attend­ ance being about 30. This work is under the special care of Brother Carlos Bogado, a native worker. The little day school of some 16 pupils is taught by Brother Lucio Miranda, a native. Our brethren I900.J South America. 305 in this rural work are slowly but surely breaking down the prejudice of the people, and ere long we expect to see glorious fruitage in the con­ version of many to Christ. The conversion of some native Paraguay­ ans who can tell their own people in their native tongue, the Guarani, the way of life and salvation means much for the spread of the Gospel in that benighted but beautiful land. A t Yeguariso, another rural district, about sixteen leagues from Ita, we have another very hopeful work among the poor, ignorant natives. Most of them cannot understand a Spanish sermon, but as Brother Bogado uses both Spanish and Guarani he has been able to do a good work among them. In April an organization was begun by the bap­ tism and reception on trial of seventeen, principally adults. They asked for baptism because they wished to break entirely with Rome. They are all farmers in a small way. One of the brethren has given a cow to the Lord, her products and increase to be used for aiding the cause. In Villa R ica and Sapucay occasional services have been held, but we cannot develop the work there without more workers. Paraguay presents a very hopeful field to be developed by young and vigorous workers. In the republic of Uruguay, we have work regularly established for years past in Montevideo, Santa Lucia, Durazno, and Trinidad. In M ontevideo there are one English and two Spanish charges. George P. Howard is the pastor of our English congregation and chaplain of the Sailors’ Mission. He has had a year of very fair prosperity, and anticipates better times next year, when it is expected the port work will be begun. The English-speaking community out­ side of Anglican circles is so small that there is not much room for increase, except from the children. The Sunday school is prosperous and profitable. Miss Estelle Long, M.D., from Ann Arbor, Mich., has recently come out to take charge of the Boys’ High School in Monte­ video, and we are very hopeful that she will develop it into a worthy and profitable ally of our general work in the city. At present it num bers about 23 boys w ith 3 teachers. The Central Church (Spanish), J. F. Thomson, pastor, is a strong church, having a central congregation in the church on Calle Trein- ta y tres, which fills the building on Sunday evenings. There is a second congregation with its class and Sunday school in a distant part of the city, called Cordon, and a third in La Union, a suburb, and a fourth Sunday school in the building of the Boys’ High School. All these branches of the work are kept well in hand, and a good degree of zeal for the cause is manifested, especially among a fine group of young people of both sexes. Dr. Thomson attracts public attention by fre­ quent controversial discourses, and by public lectures in the Atheneum. In La Aguada, A. W. Fallon is pastor, and is leading his church for­ ward in active work. They have a comfortable chapel worth about $3,000, built entirely by their own exertions, and while it is not alto­ gether free from debt, they have begun to raise funds to buy a lot for a second chapel in a neighboring part of the city where they support 20 Missionary Report. [1900.

a mission church and Sunday school service. When the Aguada Church once gets its chapel paid for it will soon become entirely self- supporting. The girls’ school of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, under the direction of Miss Lizzie Hewett, continues the good work it has been doing for years past. It has prepared for itself an able corps of teachers, and several of its graduates and pupils are doing excellent work in other parts of the Mission. There is urgent need of an assem­ bly hall for the school. A t Peñarol, near the city of Montevideo, Brother Coates, our lay delegate to the recent General Conference, keeps up a flourishing Sun­ day school in Spanish, which will be the nucleus for a congregation. Santa Lucia has received the pastoral care of George Petersen, a devoted brother, whose predilection is to travel from house to house through the land and tell the power of Jesus to save. He has renounced the small salary furnished him by the Mission so as to live by faith. The congregation and Sunday school are flourishing. Durazno has had an unfortunate year. Fortunato Chiarella was re­ turned as pastor to a congregation very much attached to him, but in the month of June he was stricken with mental aberration and has since been unable to attend to his work. It is feared that his days of usefulness are ended, as the malady is hereditary. For several months the congregation was almost abandoned, receiving only occasional visits from the presiding elder. At the beginning of November Brother F. A. Milione was placed in charge, and the church is preparing again for aggressive work, and has just closed the purchase of an eligible lot for building a chapel. In Trinidad the work continues under the pastoral charge of Nicolás Duce, but the year has not been one of prosperity. We have at this point a church edifice by far too large for the congregation, as it now appears, but possibly it will be filled under more favorable circum­ stances. The town has plenty of elements for building up a fine work, and it will some time respond to wise effort. Several visits have been made within a year to the city of Mercedes, Uruguay, and a very enthusiastic circle of believers has been formed. In October the presiding elder visited the place, and on two occasions addressed several hundreds of people. A class of probationers was formed with some 25 members and 2 leaders who had joined the Church elsewhere. The brethren are raising money to pay rent and a teacher’s salary, and we hope to have some one there next year. In B rasil the work in the state of Rio Grande do Sul embraces the Porto Alegre Circuit, with seven preaching places, under the care of J. W. Price, an excellent worker, who had come to us from the Mis­ sionary and Christian Alliance. There is also a school which has been under the charge of Miss Hegeman and has done a good work. T h e Alfredo Chaves and Bento Concalvez work is under the care of Mateo Donati, an Italian local preacher, who has done effective work on his charge. 1900.] South America. 307

A t Caxias and Fergneta Carlos Lazzare is the pastor, and he has labored with a good degree of success in those towns as well as in Conde d’Eu and other minor points. Since beginning to write this report news has come confirming the transfer of this work, so that there is no need of further comment con­ cerning it. A t Para Brother J. H. Nelson continues the good work that he has been carrying forward for years, and reports a healthy state of growth, and hopeful expectations of accomplishing better results still. Various circumstances have contributed to prevent the visit of the presiding elder to our Brazilian work this year, Para being so distant that the visit would not justify the expense, and the transfer of the Rio Grande work having been effected shortly before the contemplated visit. With sincere gratitude to God for his gracious blessings upon the work and the workers, we commend to him the fruits of the year’s effort. Statistics of South America Conference, lpoo.

J: •a !> c e c _ S. U: X £ ”2 S o ! 1 * ~ CIRCUIT OR STATION. 1 Church & -J= u Hemes.V J= **1 for £ « 0 £ 1 *0 D ! V. Ü *c e jj g = C •a c

Vo. Vo. of other Day 'S Ja Worn. For. Miss. Society. W. F, M. Society. Adherents, Average Attendance Sunday on Worship. Foreign Foreign Missionaries, Children Baptized. Native Workers of Members. Probationers. Native Ord’d £ Preachers. t. ô Ï. < Benevolent Societies, Debt Debt on Real Estate. No. No. of Sabbath Scholars, Chapels. Estimated Value of Par- Collected for other sonages, or a, Papes Printed during Collected Collected Building find Repairing. Contributed for other Volumes Printed the during Year. the Year. m u u if Local Purposes. 1 Foreign 1 Missionarie». | Assistant Missionaries, Other 1 Helpers. I j | No.of other Day Schools, I Scholars. fc 1 No. 1 of Churches andj [ Nd. of Halls | and rented other Places of Worship. | | Collected for Self- j support. Buenos Ayres Districi. 1 1 4 30 12 1 33 41 +1 $600 1 s .... $ . . . . $436 $9 1 30 250 50 9 3 50 1 9 5 322 9 Buenos Ayres : Boca Spanish... 1 2 4 3 41 . 76 566 200 23 10 1 300 417 i 12,666 3 1,666 15 19i 1,447 ’449 19 1 1 1 15 18 50 25 4 1 28 62 ? ? a 147 10 400 200 5 1 99, 84 1 100, ÓÓÓ i 20,001 175 647 5,200 ¿26 "9Ó 7 1 s 246 161 500 300 1 9d 1 70 330 1 62,000 'i 1 18,000 4,666 25,666 111 42 2,182 367 4,310.000 1 9: 40 * 3 0 100 60 3 9 106 3 25 4 884 17 1 9, 51 28 150 60 18 9 120 1 6 116 198 * Ì 52 3 1 4 50 24 100 70 1 8 65 +1 l',ÓÓÒ 1 8 2 165 4 1 22 4 30 11 750 1 3 6 40 2 1 1 1 9. 30 27 200 50 1 16 1 97 130 4 25 7 1,176 200 1 4 27 S7 200 130 1 S 2 145 2 11 2 601 " 13 79 1 9, 9 49 50 200 75 r . 1 1?. 2 120 'sòó 2 4 398 65 4 1 1 1 51 25 250 110 8 2 178 tl 7,000 i 4,600 14 280 2,089 2,895 24 1 1 9 5 3 23 37 150 45 9 1 65 1 56 1 10,000 2 20,000 16,000 29 65 155 94 Montevideo Districi. 1 1 l 5 9, 4 1 24 43 300 75 17 28 11 3 265 4 150 +1 4,000 4 300 800 19 22 970 1 66 197 300 80 6 6 80 2 2,334 1 '506 5 2 " 8 3 " 8 7 1 28 42 150 60 5 2 37 1 84 2 i " ¿ 3 3 8 34 34, . . . . 1 43 8 80 40 1 1 25 1 2 3 155 2 . . . . 1 9 1 36 12 80 40 9 1 79 i 9.666 1 8,000 30,006 30 20 S9S 1 1 1 9 10 190 196 500 300 15 1 120 4 282 tl 15,000 3 90 97 2,938 " ¿ 4 1 9, 85 63 200 100 3 2 87 1 3,300 1 1,670 24 4 219 " 7 5 4 ! . . . . 1 4 9 1 50 250 150 3 3 5 175 7 13 27 34S 81 . . . . *i i 1 1 34 16 300 40 « 1 8 1 65 5 125 ___ * 1 82,006 1 16 16 60 40 1 40 1 ... 1 1 20 44 250 40 4 3 1 82 i ‘45Ò i 850 5 '5 156 5 1 1 51 45 200 40 5 10 1 62 1 5,000 5 2 166 " 2 6 8 Rosario District. 1 fi 1 27 18 90 50 7 14 1 170 1 60 1 4,800 3 2 246 52 26 8 2 100 80 1 35 i 120 Marcos Juarez...... -I.. 40 40 1 'i ‘i i " 7 4 " 2 5 800 40 10 17 i 125 'i 8,066 i 2,600 '9 io fés iiè 1 9, 37 19 100 60 15 1 65 +1 1,4C0 ‘i 6 330 Ì8 9 4 1 1 I 1 100 6 200 100 s 1? 1 80 2 10,000 '250 15 80 2,042 825 1 15 9 25 75 i 1 9, 5S 3 80 15 4 •7 1 50 '3 Ì7Ó 8 Ì4 13 ’233 9 I 1 57 63 200 150 51 2 220 2 160 ti 1,406 0 12,o66 26 75 1,828 '270 " ' s 1 4 98 27 250 125 12 35 8 65 1 1,290 3 10 9 164 129 1 1 250 50 750 28 30 2 29 1 38 +1 300 1 4 8 1,710 " 2 7 1 1 25 11 100 8 5 1 6 1 40 1 73 1 2,000 'i 2,500 5 6 40 " 3 0 + 17 1 100 80 9 14 i * 5 10 100 1 Venado Tuerto...... * 100 60 1 ” ¿6 * 50 50 1 Villa Mercedes...... *. 1 .... 40 30 1

Total...... io!io C 20 28 13 35 9 59 2,241 1,044 8.441 3 .3 2 0 163 33 400 20 1417 65 3,889 27 242,00S 59 10 75,238 62,S00 28,420 740 1,588, 28,744 5,063 1,342 4,392,000 TO! 9 fi 22121 41 SS 2 29 2,028 1,890 10,990 3,725 107 7 442 20 1350 63 4,005 28 284,200 59 8 31,700 67,150 82,500 577 1,076 21,531 6,165 7,860 25,666 4,202,000 1 N ora.-'In Montevideo District, English, there is 1 Hi eh School, with 3 teachers and 30 pupils; Rosario District, San Carlos, t Unimproved building lots. 1 High School, w ith 3 teachers and 14 pupils. * Statistics of last year. 3io Missionary Report. [1900.

WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA.

Bishop McCabe has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr. H. K. Carroll is Secretary in Charge.

T h e Western South America Mission Conference includes the countries of South America which border on the Pacific Ocean. The work within this territory was begun by Wil­ liam Taylor in 1877. The Conference was organized in 1897. .The Conference is divided into two parts, under two administrations. One, known as the Peru Mission, includes work in Peru and Ecuador. The other part, known as the Chile Mission, includes the republic of Chile. It is divided into three districts : The Concepcion, which embraces north­ ern Chile, with 93,170 square miles, and a population of 1,114,820 inhabitants; the Santiago, which includes the cen­ tral portion, with 19,590 square miles, and 1,220,110 inhabit­ ants ; and Iquique District, with 106,520 square miles, and 378,600 inhabitants.

M issionaries i n P e r u . Rev. T. B. Wood, D.D., superintendent, and Mrs. Ellen Dow Wood, Rev. Morris J. Pusey and Mrs. Ida M. Pusey. W. F. M. S.— Miss Elsie Wood.

L i m a D is t r ic t .

Rev. Thomas B. Wood, D.D., presiding elder, reports as follows, writing from Quito, Ecuador, December 31, 1900:

Last year was marked by conversions, growth in grace, development of local workers, perfecting organization, baffling enemies, encouraging friends, and grasping opportunities for expansion. These results were augmented by increase of help from the Bible Society, lulls in the persecution in Peru, political progress in Bolivia, and wonderful new possibilities in Ecuador. They have required stren­ uous exertions by every worker in the field, compelling the writer to be “in journeyings often” and “in, perils”— Paul’s list complete, with war and pestilence added. The statistics show but an insignificant fraction of our labors or our results. They are limited to what is fully organized and fully under our control, and sure to continue so. Many nuclei of churches and circuits, with schools partly managed by us, are not in shape to be tab­ ulated. This is due to such drawbacks as civil wars, reign of violence, Western South America. 311

dominancy of papal delegates, onsets of hostility by priestcraft and Schoolcraft, with the avowed purpose of running us out, and, worst of all, retrenchment for years in succession by our Missionary Society, forcing on us a policy of slow retreat under exterminating hostility, with no real estate to show that we are here to stay. That we are not run out is a miracle. That we have as much as we have to put in our statistics is cause for hallelujahs. A visit from Bishop Ninde resulted in encouragement, advice, and help, without which some of the successes would have been impossible. The Missionary Board helped by approving measures essential to the new successes, at no cost to the missionary treasury. The veteran Bible agent, Rev. A. M. Milne, rendered welcome assist­ ance in this district till late in the year, when he returned to his home on the Atlantic coast, leaving the colportage greatly expanded in Peru and Bolivia and reorganized in Ecuador. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society’s missionary, Miss Elsie Wood, did noble work for half the year, and then went to the States on a vacation granted her by the society— the first in all her service, which began in 1889. She had lately carried the responsibilities and labors of superintending the general work for months, during absence of the writer from headquarters. Her special work is now in shape for grand expansion the moment it is equipped with real estate. O, that the women of our Church would equip at once a school for young women in the Peruvian capital to match the one we have in the Chilean capital, which has become a power in the land! In Lima all things are ready to reproduce that result with great rapidity and far-reaching in­ fluence. Such an institution would draw patronage, like the University of Lima, from all the countries between Argentina and Mexico. The wife of the writer had a vacation in the States in 1899 (the first since 1887, and at no expense to the Missionary Society), and returned to Lima early in 1900, to take up the duties of the superintendency dur­ ing my long journeys. Soon thereafter the duties of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society work were added, and later those of the Bible agency. Kind reader, pray for her, that her health and her faith fail not under the burdens that accumulate upon her. Rev. M. J. Pusey and wife have done splendid work in Callao, re­ placing two men with^ wives and two single women (employed there formerly by the Missionary Society), as far as their strength, strained by overexertion, permits. Though a host in themselves, they cannot go on thus without breaking down in health. Alas, that Dr. Carroll had to write me lately, “Of course reinforcements are out of the ques­ tion!” O, that some congregation would reinforce Brother and Sister Pusey by assuming the support of a young preacher and teacher to come and help them! He need not know Spanish, working in English at the start. O, that Callao, the chief port between California and Chile, may be speedily equipped with property worth $50,000 for church and school work! The General Missionary Committee approved this in 1893 and voted $5,000 toward it, conditionally. A little precious money 312 Missionary Report, [19OO.

has come in for it. O, for the full amount now, in the Twentieth Cen­ tury Offerings! The native preachers and teachers and colporteurs, and the humble heroes and heroines that defend the faith under hostility, deserve many paragraphs. But Ï have been warned that long reports are not read. Experience has taught me that they are sometimes wholly suppressed. I must suppress multitudes of thrilling facts which do not admit of statement in few words. Politics in these republics show most encouraging developments. The last revolution in Bolivia enthroned a party that is giving proofs of willingness to enlarge religious liberty. In Peru a new party has been organized with influential and promising elements, declaring for full religious liberty. In Ecuador the new régime inaugurated some years ago is firmer than ever, after crushing out armed revolutions organ­ ized by priestcraft at the rate of one a year ever since it came into power, introducing new reforms .every year despite the revolutions, and setting forward prosperity in the country, notwithstanding the waste of blood and treasure by civil wars. This wonderful transition in Ecuador has nothing to match it since that in Mexico at the fall of Maximilian, when priestcraft fell to rise no more, after a long, bloody, desperate struggle, fought to the bitter end, in defense of its dominancy. This transition is grander than that for our Church, since she is providentially the only strong denomination that has entered Ecuador, or seems likely to do so, instead of being one of many, as in Mexico. It is grander still for us since the government has called on us to furnish teachers for a whole system of new national normal schools to revolutionize and generalize education. This we have begun to do, transferring three teachers from our Chile work— Rev. Henry L. Williams, Miss Alice H. Fisher, and Miss Rosina A. Kins­ man ; and three from the United States— Rev. William T. Robinson, Rev. Charles M. Griffith, and Professor Merritt M. Harris— with more to follow. These are welcomed by the government not only as educa­ tional reformers under its employ, but also as religious reformers under its toleration; not that the men in power wish to become Protestants, nor are they yet ready to put Protestantism on a par with Catholicism, which is still the official religion, but they wish to exemplify religious liberty, advertise their sincerity and persistency in adopting it, attract Protestant capital and immigration, train their posterity in religious freedom, and emancipate their land forever from the dominancy of Romish priestcraft. The government has paid all the moving expenses not only of these teachers, but also of substitutes sent out from the United States for those transferred from Chile. The Congress has enacted measures since their arrival enlarging the plans under which they came, and this despite notorious hostility of priestcraft against their coming. These teachers will be as free for Gospel work as those in Chile, and all at no expense to the Missionary Society. If they had real estate for church work such as our Chile workers have, they could soon show 1900.] Western South America. 313 results that would make our whole Church rejoice. I ask for $50,000 for that purpose in connection with the Twentieth Century Offerings. Surely some liberal hearts will feel the indications of Providence in this wonderful opening. Colombia is torn to pieces with prolonged civil war, but seems in prospcct of coming out of it with progressive elements in power ready to follow the example of Ecuador. I had opportunity to preach in Panama in June, and again in August, in the church of the Jamaican Wesleyans established there, working in Eng­ lish. All the western coast of Colombia will soon be ready for our most active operations in Spanish, following up our pioneering of for­ mer years, abandoned because of retrenchment and war.

M issionaries i n C h il e . Rev. W. F. Albright and Mrs. Josephine Albright, Rev. George Edgar Allan and Mrs. Elizabeth Allan, Rev. Floyd C. Allen, Rev. G. F. Arms and Mrs. Ida A. T. Arms, Mr. Edwin P. Currier, Rev. F. M. Harring­ ton and Mrs. Mary R. Harrington, Professor Ernest F. Herman and Mrs. Clementine Herman, Rev. C. H. Holland, Rev. Willis C. Hoover, M.D., and Mrs. May I. Hoover, Rev. Ira H. La Fetra and Mrs. Ade­ laide W. La Fetra, Professor T. W. La Fetra and Mrs. Lulu La Fetra, Rev. John L. Reeder, Rev. C. H. Wertenberger and Mrs. Dillie H. Wertenberger, Rev. Edward E. Wilson and Mrs. Mary Webb Wilson, Professor Charles S. Winans and Mrs. Emma K. Winans, Miss Adda G. Burch, Miss Josephine Carlisle, Miss Jeannette Carpenter, Miss Harriet L. Fields, Miss May E. Finney, Mrs. Jessie A. Hanna, Miss Clara Iwan, Miss Marian A. Milks, Miss Dorothy M. Richard, Miss Florence B. Smith, Miss Marian C. Smith, Miss May Tweedie, Miss Grace White, Miss Elma Wines, Miss Winifred S. Woods.

C o n c e p cio n D is t r ic t .— G. F. Arms, P. E. Concepcion, founded by the Spanish explorer Pedro Valdivia, in the year 1550, fifteen years before the first settlement was made within the territory of the L^nited States. The city has twice been destroyed by earthquakes, but thrives- to-day on account of its location as the commercial and industrial center of southern Chile. It is the third city of the republic, with 51,000 inhabitants. Here are two large boarding and day schools, one for boys and the other for girls. They have primary, intermediate, and academic de­ partments, with special departments in music and art. There are up­ ward of 300 students, 12 missionary teachers, and some 20 others. The property is worth $60,000, United States gold. The schools are very prosperous, all salaries being paid from their earnings, and there re­ maining a generous surplus, which is devoted to the support of native preachers. There is also a parochial school, partly self-supporting, for the benefit of the children of the Spanish-speaking congregation. Concepcion Churches. The first church, organized in 1889, was among the English-speaking people. The community is small, and the church has always been small. Rev. C. H. Holland was appointed pas­ 314 Missionary Report. [1900.

tor at the last Conference. During the past year the congregations have been the largest and the financial support the best in the history of the church. Services in Spanish were begun in June, 1893. For the first years the attendance was small, but some precious fruit was gath­ ered ; three of the converts are now members of Conference, doing excellent work. Later years have seen larger ingathering. The Sunday school is large, and a spiritual, working chapter of the Epworth League has been formed. The work has extended to Talcalman, the seaport, nine m iles distant; population, 15,000. Los Angeles Circuit embraces the cities of Los Angeles and Mulchen, good towns, about forty miles apart by railroad. Rev. Cagetano Sig­ norelli is preacher in charge. The work is progressing, and many people from the rural districts are learning of salvation as it is in Christ Jesus. Angol Circuit. Weekly services are held in Angol, Collipulli, and Villa Alegre, with occasional services in other towns. The past year has been a good one in Angol. The work in the other places is compar­ atively new. The reaping time is soon expected. Rev. Roberto Olave, the pastor, married Miss Kate L. Russell, a missionary teacher of Con­ cepcion, wrho is an efficient helper in the work of the Church. Victoria Circuit. T h e w ork in V icto ria w as begun in 1896 by Rev. William Standen. The work has spread till now the pastor, aided by some of the converts working as exhorters and local preachers, holds regular services in Victoria, Perquienco, Ercilla, Pailahueque, and Cura-Cantin, with occasional services in other places. Cura-Cantin is a new town, in a valley of the Andes, forty-five miles distant by horse­ back by a very bad road. As the pastor can visit the town but a few times in the year, the work is chiefly done by a local preacher, Loilo Muñoz. But the work is prospering. Lots have been donated in Paila­ hueque and Perquienco for chapels, and with a- little help from the Missionary Society chapels are being erected. Temuco Circuit is in charge of Rev. Cecilio Venegas. Temuco is perhaps the best town in the so-called frontier— ancient Patagonia— more recently wrested from the Araucanian Indians and opened to settlement. Here we have a thriving church and a mixed school of boys and girls under the care of a missionary teacher. Services are held also at Lautaro, Tolten, and at a lumbering camp. Nueva Imperial. This circuit includes Nueva Imperial, Villa Al- margo, Carahue, Bajo Imperial, and Las Obras. The pastor, Rev. Justo Saldana, is a local preacher, who supports his family chiefly by working as a blacksmith, the Mission aiding him by $10 a month only. This has prevented him from doing much work in Carahue and Bajo Imperial, points fifteen and thirty miles distant by horseback over roads for half the year all but impassable. He has worked faithfully, and his work has been blessed to salvation in Christ. Considerable work has been done, however, in Bajo Imperial by a carpenter called there to do some building. Punta Arenas. A town of about 8,000 inhabitants, on the Strait of içoo.] Western South America. 315

Magellan. Some 25 members and probationers from the Iquique and Valparaiso churches went to Punta Arenas. A class was formed, and services for prayer and Bible study are held. Brother Tiburcio Rojas has charge, but there is great need of a pastor at this point.

S a n t ia g o D is t r ic t .— Rev. G. F. Arms, P. E., acting in the absence of Rev. I. H. La Fetra. Santiago, the capital and chief city of Chile, has a population of 320,- 600. Here is situated the “Santiago College,'’ a high-grade school for girls. This school enjoys a large patronage from the principal families of Chile. It is considered the best school for young ladies in South America. Tts influence has been tremendous; directly in the education of the most influential class, and indirectly in improving all schools in Chile, private and public. We have in addition a large and well- equipped printing office. A religious paper, hymn books, many tracts, etc., are published in.Spanish, which greatly aid in the extension of the Gospel. The school and printing office property is valued at $90,000 (United States gold). Rev. José Torregrosa is pastor of the Spanish Church. The work was begun in 1897. The fanaticism and atheism and the social customs of the wealthy; the indifference, incredulity, and ignorance, the bigotry and slavish subjection to priestly dominance of the common people, render the central and long-settled portion of Chile a hard field for Gospel work. Still, progress is being made. Valparaiso is the chief seaport, a town of 140,000 inhabitants. It is a city with many foreigners, and has large commercial importance. The work of our Church in this city is the work of some six years. It is very flourishing, probably having met with greater success than any similar work in Western South America. The pastor, Rev. E. E. W il­ son, and his wife are abundant in labors. The work is excellently or­ ganized, and gives proof of the wonderful adaptation of the Methodist system, with its class leaders and exhorters, to the work in Chile. San Fernando and Curico. This is a new work in a fanatical section. At first it was very difficult to secure hearers. But the people are begin­ ning to lose their fear, and some are becoming interested in their souls’ salvation. Once the light of God’s precious truth breaks through superstition and fanaticism the people are more ready to receive Christ than among the indifferent and unbelieving. The future has great promise. Rev. Indalicio Romero is pastor.

[No report has come to hand from Iquique District.] 3 16 Missionary Report. [1900.

Statistics of Chile Mission for 1900. Ê C « t 1 •g 0 cL C . Si J 's! •Ç •“ j eu 1 O ïo C IR C U IT OR ? E 0 ° 1 Æ ® E cl. .ce 1 C STATION. JT CQ .3 = •5 £ a * » * g £ ? » = l - s •0 i M l > § ¿I “c ~ z © < < ë i 0 wü z s i ü c ü s i j___ Conception District. ~ T ' A n gol...... 1 100 89 13 5 0 120 1 3,000 7 151 95 Concepcion : English. 25 40 9 1i 65 1 26 620 50 Span ish...... 1 2 125 119 20 8 2: 265 S 320 96 Nue va Impérial C’t.. 1 1 40 71 S 4 1 62 5 80 24 Los Angeles Circuit* 81 45 20 Punta Arenas...... 'so i 15; 36 Tetnueo Circuit. J l! 170 150 è 22; 2 13l! 5 ’260 40 Victoria Circuit...... ! l: 150 149 41 22 3 1 125; 10 100 160 I 1 Santiago District. S antiago...... 8 S: 27 80 53 1 2 65 . 2 19,100 23 San Fernando and 1 C urico...... ! 20 30 1 2 0 : 2 25 Valparaiso...... j 1 1 . 1 2 78 150 186 ¿3 Ì3 1 157 •i 2 7 139 San Benardo...... \ 1 1 _J

S40 96S 121 84 17 Ü 2 1 6 68 20,696 * The other items of the Los Angeles Circuit, which has been recently formed, are included in the statistics of the Angol Circuit. Additional statistics are—Conversions during the year : Concepcion District. Angol, 17 ; Concepcion, English, 2; Con­ cepcion, Spanish, 36; Nueva Imperial Circuit, 6; Los Angeles Circuit, 4; Temuco Circuit, 12; Victoria Circuit, 32, Santiago District, Santiago, 9 ; San Fernando and Curico, 8; Valparaiso, 40. Concepcion has 1 English high school, with 13 teachers and 160 students, and 1 Spanish high school with IS teachers and 13(1 students; also 1 Spanish day school with 30 scholars; Temuco Circuit, 1 day school with 60 scholars: Santiago, 1 high school with 21 teachers and 185 students. There are 12 orphans reported at San Benardo. Value of orphanages, etc.: Concepcion, English, $30,000 ; Spanish, $32,000; Santiago, $90,000. Collected for Missionary Society: Concepcion, English, $64 ; Valpa­ raiso, $12. Raised for self-support - Concepcion, Boys’ School, $12,300; Girl’s School, $12,800 ; Temuco Day School, $900. The Press at Santiago printed 100 hooks, 6,200 pamphlets, 80,000 tracts (744,800 pages), and a semiweekly rv igious paper in Spanish. Victoria Circuit, Concepcion District, has 1 native teacher.

Statistics of Lima District, 1900.

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Callao arid Lim a, English 1; 1 18 10 125 40 I Callao and Lima, Spanish 1 1 .7 70 110 300 115 3 3 6 188 190 _ i __ __ —— T o ta l...... 2i 2 7 6 88 120 425 355 3 86 188 190

Number of balls and other rented places of worship, % not including occasional places of meeting of congregations abandoned under retrenchm ent; collected for Missionary Society, $12; collected for other benevolent societies, $4 ; col- Jected for self-support, $3 8 6 ; collected for other local purposes, $ 6 6 . ♦N ot including departments c lo sed or te le tc o p e d under retrenchment, nor self-supporting schools controlled chiefly by the local money power. The sums of mouey reported are in United States currency. 1900.] Mexico. 317

MEXICO.

Bishop Hamilton has Episcopal Supervision.

Dr. H. K. Carroll is Secretary in Charge.

T h e Mexico Mission includes “ the republic of Mexico, except the States of Chihuahua and Señora and the Terri­ tory of Lower California; it also includes Central America.” Mission work was commenced in February, 1873, and the Mexico Conference was organized January 15, 1885.

M issionaries . Rev. Harry A. Bassett and Mrs. Jennie S. Bassett, Rev. Frank S. Borton and Mrs. Helen P. Borton, Rev. John W. Butler, D.D., and Mrs. Sara A. Butler, Rev. Ira C. Cartwright and Mrs. Marguerite C. Cartwright, M.D., Rev. Benjamin S. Haywood and Mrs. Haywood, Rev. George B. Hyde, M.D., and Mrs. Alettha H. Hyde, Rev. Levi B. Salmans, M.D., and Mrs. Sara J. Salmans, Rev. William S. Spencer and Mrs. Florence G. Spencer. W. F. M. S.—Misses Harriet L. Ayres, Lucy Bumgardner, Ef- fie M. Dunmore, Anna R. Limberger, Mary DeF. Loyd, Theda A. Parker, Carrie M. Purdy, Amelia Van Dorsten. It is a matter of gratitude to God to note ten new congregations and a net increase of 355 communicants and 371 conversions. For the support of the medical work we have received $7,310; for pastoral support, $7,- 557; and for school support, $17,157; for church buildings and repairs, $9,161, and for all purposes, including those ju st mentioned, $46,229 (Mexican currency). This is a gain of about forty per cent over the previous year, which, in itself, was a large gain over the year 1898. If you set aside the support of the American missionaries the above- mentioned sum is nearly one third of the amount spent on all the work in this field under the direction of both societies. Our mission proper­ ties have appreciated in value $51,470. For other items of encourage­ ment see reports and statistical table.

C e n t r a l D is t r ic t .— John W. Butler, P. E. Some of the wrorkers of the district have sent in matters of so much interest that I will be very brief in what I write and allow them more room. The work in the capital has been prosecuted along the same lines as in other years, and with encouraging success. The press, the govern­ ment officials, and the community at large recognize in different ways and with greater frequency the presence and influence of the Methodist Church in this city. Brbther del Valle, the new pastor, who came to us recently from a sister Church, has proven himself an untiring worker. The Miraflores work has made commendable progress, especially in 7 ‘í'W S au L u li 1’oto a l ~ " J a m p k o 20 ^ / A laqulnes 1* an u d o Ifaltf-^^AporoL Cf f ‘°¡ • ° P ^ ¡ ° Gajiua. RtoVcrde ^

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»«lailán V. ) @ ” 'J?. „ .. ° ...... ; ° ; *. .Tpiutaniilnk _ , , xZnchlla. n c n ila „ '\ ______\ u^Petatlan ^¡» ® Chilapa TlapaV.. T6P°soululao Hultxa0 TOlfcAltfcDv.n.Altla hoapa^------' — >v s 'a o h ¡ , D T e c p a u Totomistlahunc» M^tlatonoo Tlaxlaco o Soledad Yalalaí o cAto^ao * ¡ * Colcoya'tt° CuilapBm.0 0 Etl» ° R0Cotzocon J t , o \ Piedras ©Ouxaea »Sto.Domiugo A cap u lctri «"“* aed. |.SL .: o S . Marco» a ■ ..^Cuautepeo 0Azoyu/oZacatepeo Ejutla o S Carlos Chlmalapa' '.i '*■«* n °atnvjmoIxtapam „Mlahuatlan ^ala*) o ^uc^ilan N?ltepeo J? PalizaSa^'mOmetegeo Atoyao Tlacolullta!)Tehuantepecj'“ ?ia,C|atarl? 4 Qulegolauí Balín» CruiJ Ja m llte p e o | o p um < )o A s ta tlf J -4 ^ - Poohutla0 1900.] Mexico. 319 the school. The matriculation has reached the highest figure in all the history of the school, and local friends have continued their generous assistance. The San Vicente, Tepalzingo, and Ayapango Circuits have had many signs of encouragement, especially the latter, whose possibilities of ex­ tension are limited only by means with which to employ laborers. At this writing a revival is in progress at Poxtla, one of our oldest congregations. Forty-three accessions are already reported in the cir­ cuit. Revivals are already reported in Guanajuato, Puebla, Pozos (Porfirio Diaz), Mexico, Pachuca, and other points. The work of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society shows signs of healthy growth in Guanajuato, Puebla, Mexico, and Miraflores. The statistical table tells a story of remarkable increase in self-support, especially in Puebla. Miss Mattie Lord McKibben, after five years of waiting in the States, came in the spring as a helper in the girls’ school in Mexico City. She came full of health and plans of usefulness for the future. In less than eight months, to our profound sorrow, she was removed by death. Such a providence we cannot fathom. But we are glad to believe, how­ ever much we feel the loss, that her sacrifice and service, so complete and sincere, were as acceptable to our heavenly Father as if she had been permitted to live and labor for a long period of years. „ The English work at the capital enjoyed a precious revival in the spring under the faithful labors of Brother Bassett. This congregation needs its own place of worship. It cannot be properly provided for in the same building with a growing native work. So the official board, on their own responsibility, have secured an ample building site, and it is their laudable intention, as soon as the lot is paid for, to build such a place of worship as will be fully adapted to all departments of Church work and an honor to Methodism. The chief promoters of the good work, under the guidance of their pastor, are brothers converted here on the ground. Our people in the United States should carefully read Brother Bassett’s appeal recently published in some of the home papers. The English work in Pachuca also enjoyed a gracious revival in the spring, largely through the efforts of the Epworth League and their indefatigable pastor, Rev. B. S. Haywood, and his good w'ife. Under their direction, too, the Junior League has come to be a recognized power for good among the younger people. The new church, with two auditoriums, so arranged as to convenient­ ly accommodate the native and English congregations, without clash­ ing, is aproaching completion. Last January, under the inspiring in­ fluence of Bishop McCabe, after persistent and faithful preparatory work by the pastor, a subscription of over $12,000 (Mexican currency) was raised for this purpose. Already some $9,000 has been paid in, and considerably more promised before the end of the year. We hope to dedicate at least one of the auditoriums about Conference time. 32o * Missionary Report. [1900.

We would like to speak of each of our schools if we had space to do so. But we cannot forbear to mention the marked improvement in our Queretaro school. Bishop McCabe, who saw our needs last January, came to the rescue, and with his usual generosity provided for the en­ largement of our property so as to make it possible for us to receive some eighty home pupils this past year, or nearly double the former capacity of the building. The improvements, when entirely finished, will have cost over five thousand dollars, and then we can accommo­ date nearly a Hundred boys in the home. The new wing of the school is appropriately named “McCabe Hall.” The importance of this school, under the energetic and economical administration of Brother Velasco, cannot be overestimated. It is to be the chief feeder of the Mexico Methodist Institute, concerning which Rev. W. S. Spencer, M.A., the president, says: “The year now closing has been for us one of signal success. In the many departments which make up our little world success has been gained and advancement made. It has been a year of substantial work in every line of our school activity. Out of a multitude of details which make up the sum of that success we may select the following as most significant : “1. We have enrolled a larger number of students than ever before. In the primary school so many pupils have sought admission that we were obliged, during the year, to establish a new department and call another teacher to care for it. “2. The income from charges for tuition has increased. While we began the year with only a slight advance upon the income of last year, the number of pay pupils grew until, during the closing months, we were collecting double the amount received from that source at the beginning of the present administration. “3. The year has been marked by increased fidelity on the part of both teachers and students in the routine of class-room work. Though our requirements have been stricter than heretofore, there have been fewer failures. Four capable young men were graduated from the normal school, three of whom, after pursuing their theological study, will enter the Christian ministry. The fourth becomes a teacher in this institution to aid in meeting the enlarging opportunities of our expand­ ing w ork. “4. The religious spirit has been more pervasive among our students. Our school was honored this year in having the lay delegate to the General Conference and his substitute both chosen from among our teachers. It is the daily influence of such men which is being exerted among our students. By a new arrangement of tasks these teachers were brought this year into still more intimate contact with their pupils. The result has been a happy year, free from strife and jeal­ ousies and full of forbearance and mutual helpfulness. “We closed the old year with gratitude, and look out upon the new with courage.” 1900.] Mexico. 321

Medical Work. Dr. L. B. Salmans reports concerning Guanajuato as follows : “The medical work in connection with our church in Guanajuato during the past year has been larger than before in several years. The opening of the hospital a little over a year ago increased the work not only by its own labors, but, by its influence, increased the numbers of those attending the consulting room daily. Then the dispensary, which, for the lack of appropriation therefor, had been closed for over three years, was again opened in the early part of the year, and has added to the labors and opportunities for sowing the Gospel seed. “The growth in the income of this part of the work in Guanajuato is about in proportion with the increase in the labors and opportunities, and is as follo w s: 1898, $741 ; 1899, $1,641 ; 1900 (not yet ended), about $3,000. "Miss Minnie L. Manly, our hospital superintendent, after six months at this altitude had to give up the work and return to the United States, and we have had to wait for over nine months before being able to secure the acceptance of this position by another deaconess nurse, Miss Alma Moomaw, of South Bend, Ind. Our Nurses’ Training School has got­ ten on nicely, though the lack of a trained nurse from the United States so great a part of this time, and the excessive overwork falling upon the pastor-doctor, have made it more difficult to give them as extensive theoretical instruction as is desirable and as we hope for in the immediate future. This work of healing opens up such a multitude of opportunities to reach willing ears and hearts with the blessed tidings of heaven, and salvation for erring and lost sinners, that we are continually made to exclaim, 'Who is sufficient for these things?’ W e have done what we could, and by the organizing of many willing hands in the work, thus availing ourselves of much lay assistance, over two thousand regular Gospel services have been held in Guanajuato the past twelve months. Much seed has been sown, watered, and culti­ vated. Many tears have been shed by those who have gone forth for the Master with this precious seed. They shall doubtless return bear­ ing their sheaves with them. Yea, they have already brought in many sheaves. Blessed outpourings of the Holy Spirit have characterized God’s dealing wuth his people during these months, and among those who now know the joyful sound, and who did not know it when I wrote a year ago, are to be found old and young, native and foreign, those who knew the Gospel and obeyed it not, and those who have never heard it until now.”

Concerning Silao, Dr. G. B-. Hyde writes : “The year past has, I think, been the most successful in the history of thè medical work in Silao and Romita, whether this be measured by the amount of work done or by its results as an agent of evangeliza­ tion. A much larger number of surgical cases have been treated than ever before. I have the honor to report work done as follows : 21 322 Missionary Report. [1900

Charity patients treated in Silao dispensary 2,378 Charity patients treated in Romita...... 371 Charity patients (in homes) outside...... 2,294

Total charity patients treated 5,043

Private patients in office and homes. 3,066

Total patients treated...... 8,109

Received from dispensaries...... $274.80 Received from sale of medicines 1,273.40

Total receipts returned to medical work $1,548.20

Received for personal services and used for personal support.. 3,762.25

Total receipts of medical work $5,310.45

“With the facilities provided by the new dispensary, now nearly ready to occupy, it will be possible to do the work with more ease and attend a larger number of sick.” N ew W ork. Last January Bishop McCabt decided to appoint Brother I. C. Cartwright to Leon, one of the largest cities in the republic. Concerning it he says: “We were sent to Leon at the last Conference by Bishop McCabe with the publicly expressed hope that my wife’s ‘gift of healing’ might prove the entering wedge for the Gospel where our own and other Missions hitherto had utterly failed. We came obediently, but with the natural 'fear and trembling’ that such history and prospects would inspire. We found Leon a large, important, industrious city, but very fanatical. All doors were closed against a Protestant minister, so that in our quest of a house, while we told ‘the truth and nothing but the truth,’ we did not answer any questions not put to us. We needed a house and thought the owners of them had a right to their rent despite priestly prejudice. After over five weeks of search we found a house, and secured a contract for three years (binding us for one), in terms as legal as they are general. As you know, in the redistribution no appropriation was made for our Leon medical work, and so the arm which was so kindly eulogized remained paralyzed for most of the year. In October Dr. Salmans and friends at home helped us, and we opened our dispensary on a small scale. Since then'Some 20 to 25 souls a week have been receiving ‘mercy and help,’ and all have heard for the first time, no doubt, the Gospel as one of free and full salvation. We note they receive the word with many an approving nod. “When the more priest-prejudiced learned that we had not come to open an American saloon, gambling parlor, or place of worse resort, but to preach the simple ‘truth as it is in Jesus/ they began stoning our house. They twice stoned me on the public streets, and there were not infrequent threats of assassination. But the authorities have been so kind in protecting us under the laws of reform, and so 1900.J Mexico. 323 prompt in prosecuting the disturbers of the peace, that we have never felt fear for person or family other than the fear of not faithfully and wisely presenting the Gospel where it is so little known ánd so greatly needed. We have received 22 probationers, of whom 16 have remained faithful in the face of the most bitter persecution we have ever known in all of our ten years in Mexico. When the persecution was fiercest against the poor people a guest in our home, a member of another denomination, said, 'Why, these people give up all, literally all, for Christ. I fear I could not have believed all of this had I been at home and you had written it to me.’ One of the blessed amenities of our iorced isolation here is the privilege of ministering to and strengthening the hands of these noble souls who count not their lives dear unto them that they may honor Christ. “This is an important center, and there is no place in Mexico where the pure Gospel is more needed. Our faith is that a liberal use of medicine as an evangelizing agent will win us a hearing here even if this is the episcopal residence, and, once getting a hearing, there is no doubt that the drawing power of our Christ will be manifest in the salvation of many precious souls, and that much of the ignorant fanati­ cism will be broken down. “Both Dr. Salmans and my wife, Dr. Margaret Green Cartwright, have been regularly received as practitioners by the city council here, which is rather more than we had hoped; so it would appear that the authorities of the city welcome us with open arms. I have never once forgotten the exhortation of Bishop McCabe: 'God must have his own among that 100,000 people; now, Brother Cartwright, your business is to find them.’ We have found some, and some things that have been brought to our attention recently show that our audiences are not all inside the services. One of the workmen here told a friend, ‘One of the priests said that the “Protestante” in Condesa Street speaks well of God;’ and while I was explaining the significance of Thanks­ giving Day to one of the carpenters of the city he volunteered to say, ‘Señor, I stopped to hear you last Sunday night in front of the window, and I heard you say, “This religion that we hang about our necks in the form of rosaries, scapularies, and saints’ pictures is not what we need in Leon. We need a religion of the heart that will help us to keep the commandments of God,” and, Señor, I believe you are right.’ “While we are constrained to believe that the far-away Christ of the Romanist will draw very nigh to many a tradition-blind soul in life’s extreme hour, yet there is no doubt that they will learn but little of that ‘godliness that has promise of the life that now is’ from the Gospel that Rome now preaches in any land, more especially in those like Mexico, where she has had centuries of full sway, with no strong Protestant environment to force her to a higher standard of faith and practice.” Concerning the Collectionf. Efforts to educate our people up to the idea of self-support are giving increased results with the passing years. In 1900 the district has contributed as follows: For missions, $483; 324 Missionary Report. . [190Ó.

benevolences, $558; pastoral, school, and medical support, $27,882; church building and repairs, $8,273; other local purposes, $5,092; a grand total of $42,288 (Mexican currency), far beyond anything ever accomplished in the past. We believe that our people will have increasing appreciation of their spiritual advantages for all sacrifices made in helping to support this precious work.

O u r M e x ic o P r e s s .—John S. Turner, Agent. This strong arm of our work has been owned and blessed by God during the past year— reaching out into innumerable places where our missionaries could not go. Our publishing house is closing a quarter of a century of usefulness, with a bright outlook for the new century. T h e Abogado Christiano Illustrado (“Illustrated Christian Advo­ cate”) is the largest and probably most extensively read Christian weekly published in the Spanish language. The regular edition printed during the year has been 2,200 copies, while the staff of publishers are now preparing to close the century with a special large edition which will be circulated throughout Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries. It may be of interest in this connection to note that our paper and literature go to all the states of Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico, Philippine Islands, southern United States, Republic of Colombia, Honduras, Ecuador, Argentine Republic, Chile, Montevideo, Paraguay, and Spain. Other valuable aids furnished our workers in these countries are our Spanish Lesson Leaves and Quarterlies— 3,000 of which are furnished weekly by the press; Gospel music, of which we are the only publishers in the Spanish field. During the year two hymnals for special use were published: Himnos de Convención (“Convention Hymns” ) and P r o ­ grama para la Celebración de la Novidad (“ Songs for the Celebration of Christmas”) ; and in addition the usual editions of books, tracts, etc., the most important of which is a 3,000 edition of the book W esley of the People, which is just issuing from the press in an attractive 120- page volume. The type and other equipment of office, much of which is of long standing, is being modernized and some new material installed, and the management hope to be able to meet the new century with a “new dress” for our Abogado and thoroughly modern equipment and organi­ zation in all departments.

H id a lg o D is t r ic t .— V . D . Baez, P. E. [Translation.] Another year has passed over the Lord’s work in the district of Hidalgo, a year that is full of the rich and precious blessings of heaven. With profound gratitude we bow before the ,power and mercy of our heavenly Father, because we see in everything his presence and divine assistance in leading his workmen. The affliction, painful trials, and death itself which have been around 1900.] Mexico. 325 us on more than one occasion have not been sufficient to separate us from the love of Christ ; on the contrary, all the laborers feel more en­ couraged and more willing to work in the name of our Redeemer. Some of our older brethren have been transferred to heaven, but in place of them the Lord has given us others who are equally faithful and zealous. A large number of conversions have taken place in the district, as can be seen by the report which we now make on each separate circuit. E l Chico. Although this congregation is not very numerous, it is faithful and full of the Spirit. The services under the direction of the pastor from Real del Monte have been held regularly every fifteen days. Brother José Zambrano has been successful in the management of the day school, and the number of pupils now is 78. The Sunday school, which is under the direction of the same brother, has been well at­ tended, and the Juvenile League has 25 members, who hold weekly meetings. Ten of the older pupils who have punctually attended our religious services have been received on probation during the year. The festival that was held in the month of July was a great attrac­ tion to the families of our pupils and to the friends who attended. Our church was crowded, and we had splendid opportunities to again scatter the seed of the Gospel in many hearts. H uejutla. At the beginning of the year this circuit was composed of five congregations, while now it has eight, showing an increase of three new places for preaching. Brother Diaz has been making his regular visits there from Zacualtipan. This circuit presents a very hopeful prospect for the future. Brother Diaz, having received many cordial invitations from friends of the Gospel in Tlanchinol, Chiconamel, and Orizatlan, proceeded to those points, and after announcing the good news of salvation he organized the congregations in due form. In these three places he received 45 probationers in the following order: 5 in Tlanchinol, 20 in Chiconamel, and 20 in Orizatlan. In. the whole circuit 90 probationers have been received. * - On each visit the pastor has taken up a special collection for self-sup- port, so that not only have the traveling expenses been covered, but a large part of these collections has been utilized to cover the appor­ tionments of the Annual Conference. Those good brethren are hungry for the word of God, and every time a minister has gone to see them has been for them a festival. They show great attention during the sermon, have commenced to learn some hymns with great enthusiasm, and everything shows us that we will soon have in those mountain villages important centers of propa­ ganda. Under the present circumstances the most urgent necessity is to send a laborer who will devote the whole of his time to the evangeli­ zation of these villages. Nextlalpan. The congregations of Tequisquiac and Nextlalpan have kept up their usual good conditions. Besides his pastoral work, Brother Alonso has had the charge of the day school, in which 95 pupils have 326 Missionary Report. [1900.

matriculated. In this same place 8 persons have been received on pro­ bation. The congregation of Tequisquiac is numerous and enthusiastic, and lately made a collection of $28, with which they bought a well-situated piece of land on which to build a church. All of the meetings held in the small house which we now occupy have been crowded, and it is therefore necessary to build a large house. We confidently trust that the Lord will deign to bless abundantly this handsome field of labor, which is so full of the most promising hopes for the future. Pachuca. Brother Vicente Mendoza has continued working faith­ fully in this important circuit, and although we have encountered cer­ tain difficulties through the change of house, the attendance at the serv­ ices has always been good. During the first days of September we held a series of revival services, in which we were efficiently assisted by Brother Eduardo Zapata. These services were of immense advantage to the church, and many persons for the first time confessed their faith in the blessed Redeemer. We sincerely believe that the Holy Spirit was among his people. On this occasion we received 14 probationers. The new temple is about concluded, and the solemn dedication will certainly be made during the approaching Annual Conference. This new building, which had become absolutely necessary, will doubtless be of great importance in the evangelization of the people. It is ample in size, elegantly and solidly built, and, in the judgment of all the prominent liberal citizens of the locality, is quite an ornament of the city of Pachuca. A large proportion of its cost has been paid by the English and Mexican congregations, thanks to the efforts of Bishop McCabe, who at the last Annual Conference made great exertions to collect the funds. Between the two congregations and the greater part of the ministers the sum of over $12,000 in silver was collected. This is certainly the largest amount ever subscribed at one time in Mexico, from the first commencement of Protestant work. Under the intelligent direction of Brother Constantino the day school has had in every way a prosperous year, having matriculated the large number of 180 pupils. Of these an average of 50 pupils attend the Sunday school and the preaching services. Mr. Constantino has estab­ lished two Epworth Leagues, of which one is under his own direction, and the other under the charge of the pastor. Another important detail in connection with the day school is the temperance work that has been carried out since the beginning of the year. The by-laws required as an indispensable condition of member­ ship that the child shall drink no pulque, and this at first was a great difficulty, as the greater part of the parents give this liquor to their children to drink. But after a hard battle we believe we have obtained a splendid triumph, as very few children now drink this intoxicating liquor. The collections taken up among the children to assist in the purchase of school supplies have reached the sum of over $150 during the year. 1900.] Mexico. 3 2 7

We trust that during the coming year, with our new church and less interruptions in the work, we will obtain still greater triumphs for the glory and honor of our Lord. Real del Monte. This circuit has progressed in every way. The revival services which were held in September by Brother Fermoso left a lasting impression, and a spiritual feeling can be noted in almost all the members of the church, with increased devotion. The attend­ ance at the Sabbath services is not less than 50 persons. The people in general feel a sympathy for the Gospel, and whenever we have held special meetings we have been able to count on a respectable audience. Several of the most prominent persons of the town attended our school feast, and in highly flattering terms expressed their approval of the work we are carrying out. Our church paper has had a circulation of 70 copies per week, which gives us a favorable idea of the zeal of the pastor and of the unprejudiced and liberal spirit which animates the inhabitants of Real del Monte. The day school has a matriculation of 80 pupils, of whom half are members of the Epworth League. Owing to the Christian influence of these children, some of the parents attend our religious services, and others have decided to give in their names on probation. There can be no doubt that these agencies, although humble, when in the hands of God are of great efficacy in the conversion of souls. San Agustin. This circuit is composed of five congregations, which, as in previous years, are under the pastoral charge-of Brother Santiago J. Lopez. The center of the work is in the small village of Acelotla, where we have a numerous congregation dedicated to the service of the Master. The attendance at our services is never less than 35 persons, and on several occasions our hall has been too small to receive the whole congregation. Four months ago the brethren commenced the building of a church and house for the pastor. The work is now well advanced, and we are only waiting to receive some slight assistance from the Mission to com­ plete the building, which will be of immense importance in the future. The congregation has contributed almost $100 to the fund for self- support. Besides preaching to the other four congregations, in which the serv­ ices have been well attended, Brother Lopez has taught in the day school during the past year. This school has a matriculation of 32 pupils, and the examinations lately held show excellent results. The little school in San Agustin had 20 pupils of both sexes, and the teacher in charge has organized a Sunday school, which is attended by the greater" part of the children and some adults. Tezontepec. There are four congregations in this circuit: Tezon- tepec, San Pedro, Ixtlahuaca, and Zacacalco. The pastor, who is Nor- berto Mercado, has worked with great zeal. In the first of these towns our school has a matriculation of 40 pupils, and the Epworth League has a membership of 24. The services in San Pedro, Ixtlahuaca, and Zacacalco have been held without interruption. 328 Missionary Report. [1900.

Zacacalco continues to be the most important point in the circuit, and both the Sunday school, under the charge of the professor, and the preaching services have always had a numerous attendance. *At some meetings which were attended by the presiding elder the attendance has not been less than 50 persons. Several persons have embraced the cause of the Redeemer, and have had glorious experiences. Our influence in the town is very great, and now that we have been able to place at the head of the work a young master, who at the same time has great aptitude for the pastorate, we have hopes, with the Lord’s help, of converting the greater part -of the inhabitants. Tlacuilotepec. Just as this town is beautiful and picturesque, situated among the rugged mountains of the Puebla Range, it is also spiritual and enthusiastic in the persons of the splendid congregation that we have established here. It is to be regretted that on account of the great distance and bad roads during the rainy season the services can only be held once every month. If we could give more attention to this splendid field it is certain that we could soon have a circuit organized with several congregations. “The harvest is great, but the laborers are few.” Whenever the pastor arrives the brethren at once rejoice, and almost always hasten to the services, even in the worst weather. In one of our last services we received 19 probationers. The most urgent necessity in this place is the building of a church adapted to its object, and the appointment of a pastor who would at­ tend to other neighboring villages. The attendance at worship averages 45 persons, while on special occa­ sions it has increased to 70. The field is large, and our opportunity of preaching the Gospel is splendid and extensive. Tulancingo. The congregation in this city is small on account of the extreme fanaticism that dominates almost the whole of its inhabitants, but nevertheless we have had to suffer no cases of persecution. Brother Adam, the pastor, has held.regular services in Alfajayuca, and has made frequent trips to the Puebla Mountains. During the year we have been able to make 20 conversions, 1 in Tulancingo and 19 in the country towns. This fact is important, and we confidently place our trust in the promise of the Lord: “My word will not return to me void.” In spite of the many difficulties encountered by the pastor, all the sums assigned by the Annual Conference have been subscribed, besides $15 for self-support. Some hundreds of tracts have been distributed in Alfajayuca, and as most of the members of the congregation travel a great deal these tracts are carried to other villages to announce the truths of the Gospel. We trust that the Lord of the harvest will bless these tracts and shortly grant us the victory over the fanaticism and superstition that are so prevalent in this region. Zacualtipan. With profound gratitude to God we have to report great and marvelous events in this circuit. Brother Diaz has worked with great zeal and enthusiasm. God has doubtless selected him to carry the Gospel to many unfortunate Indians of these mountains. 1900.] Mexico; 329

The circuit is composed of 9 congregations, and 36 probationers have been received in the course of six months. In the middle of the year the unwearied Brother Diaz undertook a missionary journey through the Huasteca country of Hidalgo and Vera Gruz with splendid success. He visited several towns in which our preaching was heard for the first time, and had audiences of 50, 60, 100, and up to 300 persons, who reverently and anxiously listened to the message of Christ. The result of this trip was the establishment of several congregations, the baptism of several people, the distribution of many religious tracts, and the precious conversion of some souls. In a report which was published by Brother Diaz in our Christian Advocate we find the following summary: “ 1,000 souls listened to the Gospel; 100 leagues were traveled in 14 days; $21.29 was collected, and 3 places were added to the Master’s service.” The presiding elder and the pastor will shortly undertake another journey of the same nature, and we trust that the Lord will bless the work. The day school in Zacualtipan has an attendance of 58 pupils, and the E pw orth League has 55 members. The Catholic clergy are doing their best to counteract the Lord’s work; but we have no fear, because the power and sanctity of our cause give us great encouragement and powerfully uphold our faith. Work of the Ladies’ Society. The school of the Daughters of Al- lende, in Pachuca, has passed through a successful year, notwithstand­ ing the fact that it was closed for nearly four months on account of the necessity of throwing down a part of the building in carrying out new work. This improvement was made'by the government of the state by agreement with the Ladies’ Society, as it had become indis­ pensably necessary to widen a street. The building now presents a better appearance, and the class rooms are in a better state. The principal of the school, Miss Ida Bohannon, is an active and enthusiastic worker, and dedicates the whole of her energies and in­ telligence to its advancement. She has only been about a year in charge of this work, and we can already perceive the magnificent re­ sults of her energetic labors, besides which she enjoys the love and esteem of all her associate teachers, the girls, and all the laborers in the Mission. During the last three months the school has matriculated 270 pupils, and would certainly have more but for the interruption above men­ tioned. With God’s help we expect to have over 400 girls in the school during the coming year. The young people’s societies are divided into the following three classes: First, Epworth League, with 40 members; second, Juvenile League, with 87 members; and, third, Infant Band, with 60 members, making a total of 187 members. These societies hold weekly religious meetings. With all the splendid future before us, there can be no doubt that within a few years the school of the Daughters of Allende will be­ come one of the most remarkable institutions of the Mission in Mexico. 330 Missionary Report. [1900.

Tcmperance Work. Mrs. Fields, who represents in Mexico the Ladies’ Temperance Society of the United States, kindly favored us with a visit in the month of March. She held several conferences with the pupils of our schools, with the congregation, and with the Christian ladies of the locality. Her scientific lectures*and explanations were of great use to everybody, and we sincerely hope that the results will be very durable. We take advantage of this opportunity to offer a sincere vote of thanks to Mrs. Fields for her excellent work, as well as to the Tem­ perance Society of the United States for having sent to us so competent and devoted a missionary. Conclusion. In closing this report we will present a summary of our statistical data. In the district of Hidalgo there are 10 circuits, with 36 congregations. There are 10 day schools, with an attendance of 853 pupils. There ar# 10 Epworth Leagues, with 460 members. During the year we have received 188 probationers. The collections were as follows: Conference claimants, $88; tracts, $26 ; missions, $95; bishops, $8; education, $15; Puebla and Queretaro Institutes, $30; self-support, $750 ; local expenses, $200; other charitable collections, $188; total, $1,400.

M o u n t a in D is t r ic t .— P. F. Valderrama, P. E.

[Translation.]

In the history of our life and our Church a year more has elapsed, and for that we owe thankfulness to the Dispenser of all good and per­ fect gifts. He not only has given to us, the workers of the district, the inappreciable gift of good health, but also has granted to us joy to see that our efforts have not been in vain, and that many are the opportuni­ ties we have to continue to announce with success his blessed word to our people. Among the aforesaid opportunities we must mention, first, that of hav­ ing new congregations, some of these earnestly formed by our active pastors, and others by the influence of the Holy Bible, which is bravely distributed by the colporteurs of the American Bible Society. These new congregations have widened the action of several of our workers, and have rendered the work of our district more prosperous. The pastor of our church at Apizaco speaks of,a new congregation he has commenced to visit and where he has already received 10 mem­ bers in full connection and 6 on trial. The pastor of Panotla accepted the invitation made to him by some of the inhabitants of thé village of Santa Ines, and there he met a considerable group of Christians that at once have accorded what is necessary to organize a church. And, lastly, a young student of our seminary at Puebla, who every Sunday preaches at the fanatical town of Cholula, reports having paid a visit into the near village of San Andrés, where he had the pleasure to preach to over thirty people, not all of them Christian, but who certainly will become so with the display of a little evangelical interest on the part of Mexico. 331 the pastor, and chiefly with the help of the Holy Ghost, the constant Dis­ penser of divine wisdom and heavenly grace. Our Schools. These continue to be one of the most important factors of our Christian work in the district. The greatest part of them have augmented the numbers of their pupils, and the few which have not enjoyed this same privilege keep at least the same number of pupils they had last year. At Tetela and Xochiapulco, at the close of last Novem­ ber, there were very interesting feasts, presided over by the civil author­ ities of each place; and at Apizaco and Tlaxcala they are preparing with enthusiasm other feasts too, which, like those of past years, will serve to open the eyes of the people to see the grand service made to this country by our Christian establishments of instruction. Juvenile Societies. Only three congregations are there in the district where our Epworth Leagues have not been organized, and this is due to the fact that their pastors are students of our theological seminary and are obliged as a matter of course to spend six days of the week at col­ lege. But excepting these few cases our societies are well directed, and constitute another of the most important departments of our evangelical work. Very often these societies meet for official action, and these meet­ ings are greatly attractive to our members, and serve to effect acts of Christian beneficence, such as the calling on sick people and the burying of the dead. They also help to raise money for our several Conference apportionments. Besides, from a recent period of time, we have ob­ served that at least half of the members received in our churches come from our juvenile Christian societies. Self-support. On some other occasion we have already expressed the high estimation in which we have this part of our Christian work, and on this account we rejoice indeed in reporting that all the apportion­ ments made to our district have been largely and generously paid. But not only these apportionments have received a prompt attention on the part of our people, but many other contributions have been raised for different purposes, and some of them are the following: The brethren in Tzonpantepec have bought for their school some benches and tables, and during the whole year have been collecting the needful amount of stone for the building of a chapel next year. The stewards of Panotla have prosecuted the construction of two rooms for their schools, and a house for the pastor and the director of the schools. In San Felipe Teotlalcingo Circuit some from our congregation at San Rafael have builded during the year the walls of their chapel, notwith­ standing they are very poor and the obstinate persecution they have suffered; and, finally, in all our day schools substantial contributions have been raised for their improvement. Summary. As a recapitulation we can present an increase of 20 mem­ bers received in full connection during the year, 21 on trial, and almost 50 young people, male as well as female, inscribed in our schools. These are the most important triumphs and the most conspicuous blessings that God has granted us during the closing year. With the cer­ tainty that our good heavenly Father will continue to give us his holy 332 Missionary Report. [1900.

and inappreciable help, we intrust ourselves to his hands that he may use our faculties in the place and time he may choose, granting to us in every moment the sanctifying power and grace of his Holy Ghost.

O a x a c a D is t r ic t .—J. M. Euroza, P. E. [Translation.] W e give thanks to the Almighty, who has again permitted us to reach the end of the year and present our annual report on the work that we have undertaken in the Lord’s vineyard. We have been animated by the best desires to do all in our power in the fulfillment of our ministry, and to execute the desires of the Church, and on coming to the end of the year we find the following re su lts: Oaxaca. As the church in this place was without a pastor from the beginning of the year, it became necessary for the presiding elder to take charge of the work of this congregation until arrangements were made to place Mr. Miguel P. Garcia, a graduate of our seminary, in charge of this congregation, with the character of assistant pastor. Having observed that our resources for the Lord’s work could be improved by establishing public worship in one of the rooms of the ground floor, which has two windows to the street, we decided to dedi­ cate to that purpose the parlor of the department occupied by the pre­ siding elder, and there set up our chapel. On the 12th and 13th of April we commenced our worship with pleasing success, and preached to a congregation of about 150 persons, of whom some were inside the chapel and others in the street looking in through the windows. Among the new converts we obtained in those days we have several students from the best schools in the city, whom we have registered as probationers. On the 1st of May we decided to open a mercantile academy for ladies, in which classes will be formed in commercial arithmetic, book­ keeping, English, and typewriting. We have already matriculated more than 50 pupils, and have made every effort in our power for the success of this undertaking, although during the first days it was not as great as we desired. Besides the academy above mentioned, we have also opened a special class of English for young gentlemen. This class was at first attended by poor students who could not pay a private professor; but finally we had to admit all classes of young men, and have had the pleasure of counting among our pupils some young men from distinguished families in this city. Both the classes in the ladies’ academy as well as the special English class are entirely gratuitous. We have already said that the results of this branch of our work are not satisfactory, as only six pupils have remained faithful, the others having found themselves unable to free themselves from the influence of their families and friends, for which reason they have abandoned their Methodist friends who tried to assist them in the cul­ tivation of knowledge. Mexico. 333

At present our services are not as well attended as at the beginning of the new departure in April, as above related, but they are an im­ provement on the services we formerly held in an inside room of the same house. The day school has continued its work, although with a smaller at­ tendance than last year, notwithstanding the special efforts we have made to have it constantly served by competent and conscientious masters. Soledad. In this circuit we have continued the work of last year under the same pastor. The year has not brought any large increase among the converts; but we have lost none of those already gained, in spite of the persecutions that have been directed both against our brethren and against our faithful coworker, Magdaleno Constantino, who is in charge ot that circuit. The good spirit of our brethren is shown by their punctual attendance at worship and the zeal with which they bring fresh hearers to listen to the word of God.. During this year we have obtained in this circuit one of the glorious victories of which we will speak in another place. Cuicatlan. In this place we have made no great advance compared to the situation last year. Our Brother Carlos Amador has continued in the pastorate, and has done everything in his power to maintain and foster the interests of the Lord’s work. During the course of the year we have had to take a new house for our worship and for a pastor’s residence, on account of the hostile behavior of the former landlord, but this change has been in every way an improvement. The attendance at our services has improved, and there are greater facilities for passers-by to listen to our preaching. The pastor residing in Cuicatlan has rendered valuable assistance in attending to the necessities of the Huitzo Circuit, and has made periodical visits to the distant congregations of that circuit. H uitzo. Our faithful Brother Miguel Rosales has continued his efforts to maintain the Lord’s cause in this circuit. Notwithstanding the distances between the different congregations under his charge, he has never neglected visiting all of them at all times. The services have been animated, and the spiritual feeling among our parishioners has been maintained at a high degree. The day school which we have opened in Huitzo has been well attended, and its conditions are in every way better than they were last year. The circumstance of the official school having been closed for a few days through the absence of the master gave us an oppor­ tunity to increase the number of our pupils. The prospects in all these places are by no means discouraging; but the time of full development is probably more distant than we would desire. We have had the pleasure of opening a new school in the village of San Geronimo Sosola, where none has existed for over ten years, and I could not do less than feel a bitter pain on listening to the requests of those Indians, who so anxiously desired a school in which to edu­ 334 Missionary Report. [1900.

cate their children and raise them above their present ignorance and barbarism. After careful reflection on all the difficulties that are en­ tailed by the opening of any of our schools to which no appropriation has been given, I decided to place myself in the divine hands as regards the school of San Geronimo, and by the blessing of God we have been able to tide over the present year, and our brethren are never weary of expressing thanks for the Christian school that has been opened among them for the instruction of their children. At first we could only count on 14 pupils, but now the number has reached 25, and efforts are being made to obtain space for more children who want to come to the school, although they live at a distance of four or five miles from San Geronimo. Zachila. During the past year we have had the assistance of our Brother Juan C. Martines in this place, who has been in charge of the work for some years. We have tried to keep up the interest in the Lord’s cause in regard to our public worship as well as with regard to our day school. During the past year we have suffered persecution on the part of some who for a few months attended our services, and even went so far as to abandon their vices for a time, but who have again fallen into sinful ways, and now do everything in their power to raise obstacles against us, troubling the minds of the weaker brethren and in different ways obstructing the progress of the Gospel. The work of our day school has continued with great success, and it has been attended by a large number of pupils during the past year. In spite of the fervent desires of some of the brethren of Zachila and the well-meditated arrangements of our beloved Bishop McCabe, we have not as yet been able to open the girls’ school on account of the want of a Christian teacher to take charge of it. On two or three occa­ sions during the past year we believed that we were at last going to open the school, and we even got so far as to have a master on his way to Zachila, but we have not yet been fully able to realize this great desire. We trust God will help us to remove the obstacles in the way, so that we may eventually be able to count on this resource for the education of women, and for bringing them into the fold. Besides the work in Zachila, we have a school in Cuilapa, which has been well and regularly attended and presents a good future for our w ork. Epworth Juvenile League.. With the faithful and fervent cooperation of Miss H. L. Ayres, our brethren have been able to keep up the active work of the branches of the Epworth Juvenile League, and our pastors have made efforts to utilize this agency for the promotion of a Christian spirit among the children of our day and Sunday school. Tuxtepec. Our Brother Vicente Osorio has continued in charge of this interesting circuit. , The places where we have preached the Gospel during the past year continue to be visited by Brothers Osorio and Zam­ brano, who are also charged with the overlooking of the day school which we have opened in Tuxtepec. 1900.] Mexico. 335

The brethren of our congregation have continued showing their love for the divine cause by attending our services and doing their best to attract others to our church, and also by showing in many ways their love for the blessed Master. The fervor and enthusiasm of those good brethren are a constant inspiration for their pastors, and will doubtless have much influence on the minds of all who may come to know them. Self-support, i. In our churches. During the past year our brethren have doubled their efforts to realize our ideals on the subject of self- support. Some good results have been obtained, but as yet we have been unable to fulfill the hopes and desires of the Church on this point. We fervently pray to God to give us light, so that we may be better able to see the way to realize our hopes on this interesting subject. 2. In the day school. We have not abandoned our plan of teaching the pupils of the day school to contribute as they can to the support of the same school, and our efforts for this year have resulted almost in doubling the amount which we had collected during the previous year. The amount collected among the pupils of the different day schools in the district for the past year came to $40. Conclusion. Besides all that has been already said in connection with the maintenance and development of our work, I desire to say a word with respect to the persecutions of which our brethren in the Soledad Circuit have been victims. During the first days of May this year some fanatics in that place attempted to assault our Brother Magdaleno Constantino, pastor of that church, for the purpose of intimidating him and preventing his returning to that place to hold service; but our brother took no notice of the threats and continued his work. Those fanatics then got up an intrigue.to get the authorities to prohibit the meetings of our people in the village, and, seeing to what dangers we had been exposed with these ignorant fanatics, I decided to approach the state government and demand the necessary guarantees. The gov­ ernment acted according to the laws of the country, and we have had to lament no further trouble on the part of those poor people. But on account of the popular violence in those first days the young master of the official school in Soledad felt some curiosity as to our religion, and on the day designated by the fanatics for the slaughter of the Protestants, if they should hold their accustomed meeting, he attended our service for the first time, anxious to learn the truth. On that occa­ sion I preached a sermon to that congregation to encourage and counsel them under the difficulties of this life, and the young schoolmaster did not lose a single word of that sermon. At the end of the service he came forward and gave his name in as a probationer, and since that date he has been one of the most enthusiastic brothers that we have in that place, besides which, during the hours when he is not in school, he dedicates himself to the teaching of Christian doctrine to his pupils as well as the singing of our hymns. The result of that persecution has been, through the divine mercy, that our church has acquired another faithful and devoted brother. Persecutions of this kind will always be welcome. f. 336 Missionary Heport. [1900.

O r iz a b a D is t r ic t .— Benjamin S. Haywood, P. E. This field of labor, to which I was assigned in January of the current year by Bishop McCabe, has a history interesting and important. By various stages it has evolved in name from “Coast,” “Eastern,” “Southern,” “Vera Cruz” to “Orizaba” District (its present designa­ tion). In character it is one of the frontier fields of the Mission, though among the first to be entered. Its real territory embraces the state of Vera Cruz, a long state, stretching four hundred and fifty miles along the Gulf of Mexico and reaching back into the interior for an average width of about fifty-five miles. It is known as the yellow fever district of the republic, prevailing as it does throughout the year with but about three months’ cessation. As yet, owing to very limited funds at our disposal, only a fragment of the great field is worked. In the beginning of my work I was both embarrassed and helped by my translated predecessor, the greatly beloved and much-lamented Abundio Tovar, who fell at his post a victim of yellow fever in Decem­ ber, 1899. The mantle of this martyr brother seemed heavy and great for my shoulders, but I soon found that many of his plans and purposes were stimulating mine ; for the life and work of this heroic man are like a precious ointment throughout the entire district. He loved his Church better than himself. We feel, first, to give devout thanksgiving to Almighty God for many blessings of the year and signal favors granted us by the government authorities. Death has not invaded our ministerial ranks, and, on the whole, the health of the workers has been good. The awful ravages of yellow fever, so noticeable last year, have spared us this. We are re­ joiced to humbly report marked progress along various lines, but think best to make mention of them in connection with appointment notation. Orizaba, the head of the district, has a unique situation as the gate city of the gulf coast. It.nestles in a beautiful cuplike location in the heart of the mountains, and is the metropolis city of the state. Beauti­ ful in situation, strategic in importance, yet it has difficulties in our work hard to overcome. Here the Romish Church is entrenched like a Gibraltar rock. Wealthy Spaniards hold control of nearly all business interests, and to win a convert to the true faith of Jesus Christ in Orizaba is a work whose value can be known and appreciated only by the local toiler. Because of this our joy is great to note the trend of the year’s events. Brother José Rumbia is pastor and has made a record worthy of any servant of God. Four preaching places constitute the circuit; but not content to believe his duty done, he sought the prison walls, and established a work that has become the admiration of the city. A night school in the prison was planned, which has now enrolled over 80 prisoners. Twice a week instruction is given. A class in morals has also been started, and an influence pervades the entire prison life that bids fair to make it a reformatory of lives. The author­ ities are delighted, and all pay homage to this faithful laborer who, without a cent’s compensation, carries the gospel of cheer and hope to these depraved and benighted lives. In this prison there are children Mexico. 337 under twelve years of age— one a boy of eleven, and he a murderer. From this group the pastor has a children’s class. His work reminds us of the history of the work of the early fathers of the Church. In the church work six have been converted during the year, one a notable instance of how a little child shall lead. In our day school there is a little boy about eight years of age who last spring dreamed one night that his parents (they were devout Catholics) became Chris­ tians. He astonished his father by urging his attendance at the Sunday school. He yielded to the boy’s entreaties, and came. He came again at night to the preaching service. That night truth did its work, and he was converted to God. With his little boy he joined the Church, and on the occasion of my last quarterly meeting I had the great pleas­ ure of receiving that father and son into full communion in the Church. He is a valuable accession, and, though poor, made a contribution of $8 as a gratitude gift on September 16 to aid in the religious observance of the country's independence. At Rio Blanco, on this circuit, a man was converted, and on going out from the service was assaulted by a mob of fanatical Catholics and was cruelly beaten. Soon after he was again attacked, and this time was severely beaten and was unable to work for several weeks. Despite his continued persecution (he was a very influential man among them) he remains faithful and true, and opens his little home that religious services may be held in the town. But still greater success has come to our Orizaba school work. We have enrolled 93 during the year—the largest in the history of the school. Weekly contributions have been established,' aggregating a goodly sum for self-support. For years the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society has granted us help and employed a native teacher at this place. But the growth of our work and the importance of the location demanded a missionary. We accordingly succeeded in securing the appointment of a regular representative of this valuable society, and last July Miss Lucy Bumgardner, a young lady of fine attainments as teacher and worker, came to our help from the Des Moines Branch. A strong English department has been opened in connection with the school, and altogether the school outlook is attract­ ing the attention of all classes. Miss Bumgardner is ably assisted by Señoritas Sanchez, and Galvan, both noble products of our schools at Mexico City and Pachuca. Atsacan, an Aztec Indian town, is in many respects the most interest­ ing appointment on the district. Here we have the largest congrega­ tions— over 100 attentively listen to the preaching of God’s word— with a Sunday school of 57 and a good active day school. Raymoundio Baez is pastor and teacher. A wise choice in marriage early in the year brought him a most valuable helpmeet. She has gathered the women of the flock who do not read or write, and twice a week this faithful little woman gives instruction in the rudiments of educational life and in various minor matters pertaining to their domestic work. Mind and heart culture grows under the touch of such a life. The pastor has also formed a night school for the adult members o f his congregation. 2 2 338 Missionary Report. [1900.

Chiquatal. Pure Aztecs comprise this heroic and zealous congrega­ tion. Anxious for school advantages (for there were none of any char­ acter near them), they besought me early in the year for a school. Un­ fortunately we had no appropriation for any new work, but they were not to be disappointed. Walking miles over the mountains and crossing tropical streams, they found me at a neighboring Quarterly Conference and submitted their plan, namely, they would themselves cut the timber, carry it on their backs, and drag it down the steep mountain sides, get it across the streams, and construct a house without any expense to the Mission, and also provide a comfortable bamboo house for the teacher as well, if I would supply the latter and open the school. We talked it over, asked God about it, and I said yes. To meet the $15 or $20 per month salary for the teacher I decided to ask young men in the homeland given to smoking to abstain therefrom and give the amount thus expended formerly to me for this school. God blessed the plea, and sufficient response came to justify the opening. A visit was made them to acquaint them with my success, but their faith had anticipated me, for they already had the framework of the house completed. Together we ate our jubilee meal, consisting solely of boiled corn (served on cob and in shuck), but I never ate with greater relish. I opened the school October 1 with a period of rejoicing beautiful to note. Clad in the proverbial cotton cloth and in sandaled feet, these trustees presented me the building to formally consecrate in solemn offering to Almighty God, henceforth to be used as a place of worship and school advantages. It was a holy hour, and never happier people witnessed a similar service. The building is a very creditable frame structure and has a cash value of $136.36, which they present to the Mission without any burden what­ ever to us. They are very poor, and the advantages of this school will be untold. One man over fifty years of age asked if he might receive instruction from the -maestro (teacher) also in order that he might be able to read the Bible and the hymn book. The latter they prize next to the Bible, and often deny themselves the necessities of life in order to be able to have a copy in their humble homes. Senor Carlos Sanchez, a Christian young man of fine attainments, is the teacher of this little school founded on the ashes of nicotine. H uatusco is a far inland city of about 10,000 people, the county town of a very rich agricultural country. Some very encouraging prospects have developed during the year. I have made it the practice to always call on the authorities, pay our respects, and ask permission to work in their respective cities. Fortunately Huatusco has a very broad-minded je fc politico (mayor), and from this formal call at the beginning has grown an acquaintance that has ripened into a most helpful friendship for our work. Though a Catholic, he often quietly attends our night services and stands on the sidewalk of the place of our worship and hears the Gospel. In this city we have ground for buildings, but it is poorly located, and a better location is imperative. Our victory here is more appreciated when it is known that up to the present time it has been almost impossible to secure any place for either school or church. So 1900.] Mexico. 339

hostile was the feeling against Protestant influence that no one was will­ ing to brook the displeasure of the priests by renting us even a house for the minister. Finally, three years ago, a three-room house was found, and this has answered for school, parsonage, and chapel ever since. But the feeling is now changed— the little room is crowded with worshipers, and frequently hearers crowd the one window and door until the street is blocked. The time is ripe for action. Better ac­ commodations must be obtained. The great need is money to purchase a more central location and erect a building thereon. The spirit of the people can be judged by the progressiveness evi­ denced throughout the little city. So very mountainous is the country that not a wagon or cart connects it with the commercial centers, all freight being brought on mule back over the mountains. Yet pianos, beautiful buildings, and electric lights greet the visitor as he reaches this remote gem of the mountains. Verily we must in some way meet the emergency upon us. Plutarco Bernal, one of the early converts of the Mission, is the faithful pastor, and his eldest son, Daniel, is the competent teacher of the day school. A special gift from a Swedish brother in the homeland, who honors God on his spiritual birthday each year with an offering for his work, made it possible for me to pur­ chase a horse for this charge, and now a large circuit of five appoint­ ments is reached from Huatusco as a center. Aioyac and Melchor Ocampo. Four preaching places have been visited during the year; three of them formed this year. No appro­ priation made it difficult to meet the pressing needs of this work. But God strangely provided a workman. In 1870, while quietly reading the Bible that had been left in a Catholic home by a Bible man, a young man of this home was converted to God. No teacher but his word and his Holy Spirit brought light and truth. Since that time the man has improved his limited opportunities in its study, and early in the year I chanced to cross his path. He pleadingly besought me for some open door to work for his Redeemer. He is a servant in a hacienda (planta­ tion), laboring for sixty-two cents per day, but he found that he could have two days off from duty each week (the afternoons and nights). I had the Quarterly Conference license him as an exhorter, and thus commissioned, he carries the Gospel to all appointments on this circuit. During the last quarter he has held 24 services, distributed over 100 tracts, and been God’s instrument in the conversion of 7 souls. Peculiar power attends his preaching, and often outbursts of rare eloquence fall from his lips. Cordoba. This place has long appeared in the list of appointments of this district, but as yet very little has been accomplished. Perhaps this is largely due to fear of yellow fever. Peculiar advantages and peculiar difficulties attend the work in this place. It is a city of about 10,000 people and of rapidly growing importance. It is the center of the great coffee district, the coffee from this locality being of such value as to command world-wide attention in commercial marts. It is, further­ more, becoming a railroad center. From Cordoba as a center are radia- Conference, November, 1900 Statistics of Mexico

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Central District. 40 i$400 A tla n tia ...... 4 71 20 125 75 $5 00 $5 00 $180 00 $10 00 130 8,500 3,000 s 00 Ayapansro...... 6 122 70 370 80 174| 18 100 00 C e la y a ...... 1.600] 500 2 00 4 00! 16 00 4 10 80 •25 12 5 ! 55 2,000 1 " 2 ÖÖ Chicoloapam ...... 2 IO] 250 65 300 8 00 12 00 .... 10 00 C ipres...... 1 45 25 1 3° 200; 2 00 5 ()0! 40 00 .... 12 00 J 256 elööö 1S,U0U 8,0 00] G uanajuato...... 1 131 12o! 600 105 6| 4 . . 4(1 00 100 00,2 1,628 00 .. .. 2,000 00 20 10 00 14 00 60 00 L eon ...... 1 4 161 10 26 80 538 00 100 00 100 00 1,500 00 Mexico: English...... 1 34 3 400 125 12 277 270 50,000, 500 00 570 00 M exican...... 1 2.r)2 2S2; 825| 200 8, 1 60,000 3 &8.000I S5 00; 80 00: 1,704 00 286 00 541 00 i 3 11 338 80 5,000‘ 3,000 « 5,500| Miraflores...... 2 200 20| 400; 75 10 00j 20 00 4 1,250 00 180 00 s ' . . 106 8,000 yooj 50 00 34 00 Pachuca: English...... 2! 1 Si 5 500 175 10 ..I 6| 1 64 55 6 2,140 00 7,157 00 271 00 Poriirio Diaz...... 1 37 85 234 80 28' 2; 2 .. 5 00; 16 00 92 00 .. ..' 11 00 8S0 180 40 20‘ÖÖÖ 30,000 4o’oooJ 85 00i 63 00 7 9,873 00 Puebla Circuit: Mexican, 201 173 454 190 16 10 8 2 20 . . . . 1 72 00 E n glish ...... 2o 0o! 5 00 147 00 175 00 20 . 72 115 3,500 5",Ö66 Q ueretaro...... ’30 85 'l50 90 lo’öooi 10 00 93 00 8 3,872 00 .. ..! 150 00 25 2501 Salam anca ...... 22 29 60 25 47 10 00 6 00! 18 00 90 500 800 27 00 18 00! Silao Circnit: Mexican .. 41 25 150 60 30 20 100 00 150 00 50 00 E n g lish ...... 50 80 160 36 u 6,310 00 500 00 Tepaltzingo...... 100 42 6 ÖÖ 20 00 Hidalgo District. Cnj 1 1,000 200 00 C h ico...... 1 .. . 12 1 80 35 8 7 00 30 00 2 00 8 00 15 00 H uezu tla...... 8 .. 15 315 350 60 9 5 ’2 son1 ’406; Nextlalpam ...... 71 70 800 1 5 00 7 00 36 00 3L .L 50 515| 2 15,000 22,0 00 ; Pachuca ...... 135 1,200 150 19 2 38,UOOi 45 00 100 00 421 00 600 00 100 00 2 lj 1 130 • 70! 1 5.000 l,100j Real del Monte...... 2 .. .. 62 48 270 75 1 4s; 2 10 00 30 00 100 00 150 00 14 00 3.000 4 00 4 00 100 00 85 00 San Augustin ...... 28 115 300 125 1.500, 86 00 Tezoii tepee...... 4L. 97 106 400 120 10 00 24 00 75 00 18 45 2 00 4 00 5 00 12 63 Tlacuilotepec...... 1 L . 21 49 100 85 -- 1 1,000 1,500 T ulan cingo...... 2 '.. 1 20 6 00 5 00 10 00 13 90 35 12 5S 1 20 8 00: Zacualtipam ...... 2S 126 420 100 3 00 55 00 15 00

Mountain District. 134 2 1,000 1,450 A p izaco...... 4 .. 85 180 6 00 60 00 2 00 6 00 . 80 A tlix c o ...... 1; . . 7 36 22 1 50i .. Chietla and Atzala...... 3 .. 56 150 10 00 80 00 24 00 C linlula...... 1 '.. 10 30! 58 6 00 4 00 35 i '¿80 5 Ö0 30 00 12 00 37 00 8an Martin and Tepititla. 4L. 90 200j 120 25 ‘2 T etela...... 14 10 00 it) CIO 30 00 16 00 I,1.. 1501 IS 50 4 00 Tezuitlan and Tlapcoyan. 40 200! 2 00 30 00 75 120 i 2,000 i 5 00 8 00 40 00 T iaxcala...... I|:: 206 280 100 145 29 2 9,350 6,500 10 00 8 00 28 00 16 10 21 00 Xochiapulco ...... 4L. 12 100 40 'i 4 00 Z acaola...... 2 | . . 21 90 35 2 00 24 00 16 00

Oaxaca District. 1 1 1,000 4 00 5 00 Cuicatlan...... 110 45 2 8 00 '2 7 "2 20,000 5 00 5 00 18 00 80 00 H u itzo ...... 250 110 1 1 5,000 1 2 22,000 15 00 O a x a ca ...... 50 29 .00 41 75 4 47 1 2 1,000 4 00 4 00 Soledad...... 35 1051 1 1 CO 1 1 300 10 00 3i9 00 T u x te p e c ...... 200 SO, 2 ‘2 2 4 00 *5 ¿0 Z ach ila ...... 168 30 00 12 00 Orizaba District. 50 1 2 1,5S0 8 00 6 00 60 00 A tzacan...... 15U 20 1 1 ‘i .... 5 00 6 00 30 00 H u a tu sco ...... 100 7|.. 1 30 00 Melchor Ocampo...... 50 lOOj 1 ’ i 5,000 2 6,000 26 00 400 00 Orizaba and Cordoba------18 850 (,798167 2,856 40 151,060 25458 42 35 202.450 195.450 724 00 879 00! 29,867 75 9.160 00 5,599 25 Total...... 140] 9 9 87j57 5,88 2,729 2,777 11,137 8,200 625 89j 185,690 87 85 177,450 184.450 707 00 1,380 00; 23,210 00 Last year. 180|11 12! 46 44:66! 8,80! 2,520 2,631 10,660 8,195 9 27 28156 1,823 00 5,828 00 III volumes with 3,210,120 pages; in Zacualtipam, 1,000 pages; In Huezutla, 500 pages. Debt on real estate, Oaxaca, $3,000. The Theological School at Puebla has 1 teacher and 15 students. The Press In Mexico City printed 185,135 Notes.—1. All values lu Mexican currency. Mexican dollars worth about 50 cents gold. 2. School feet, $903. $ 5 S io “ ’ ^18,l>00' W‘ $TO>00®- 4. Joint property of both Societies. 5. School fees, |1,000. 6. School fees, $1,140. 7. Girls School, $5,238; Boys’ School, $3,504. 8, School fees, $3,272. 9, School fees, $900. Medical work, 342 Missionary Report. [1900.

ting new lines that make it a place to be considered. W e have no property here nor regular service of an}' kind. Some encouraging features lead us to hope that we can actively enter the field next year. Zentla, situated on the gulf plain, opens a great field for work. At the last quarterly meeting we received six adults into the church. The town authorities offered me a good building and furniture for a school provided we would supply the teacher. There is no teacher or school of any description in this place of over 3,000 souls. Our work here had its birth in the conversion of one old man eight years ago. He is still true, and it is in his house that services are held. We have received an earnest call from Coatzacoalcos, down on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, to visit the city and, if possible, provide for their religious life. This is a city at the northern terminus of the rail­ road crossing the isthmus and connecting the Gulf of Mexico with the Pacific Ocean. It is the port for southern Mexico and nori-hern Central America, and the gateway to all that region. A large American colony have settled there during the last two years, and peculiar necessities attract our attention. It is destined to be a place of great importance, and it surely appears that it ought no longer be neglected, but work established at once. The ravages of yellow fever make it a place to be dreaded, for frightful loss of life has occurred during the past, but with the introduction of American life better sanitation will make it a changed city. It is the only city I know in all Mexico w ithout a Catholic church or priest. Ours is a great opportunity. A Brief Summary of the Year. O ver 13,000 tracts have been d is­ tributed ; some have to our knowledge brought blessed fruit already. About 50 have been converted to God, and special meetings on most of the charges with this specified end in view will occur during this last quarter of the year. Three new schools have been started, and another one is almost ready to open. About seven new preaching places have been established with open doors for twice as many more. A representative of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society has been secured, who has the only school of its kind in the entire great state of Vera Cruz. Persecution has been less; prestige is rapidly forming for our Church and its schools. Self-support is greater than ever before. There is a marked advance in spiritual life and greater care in the business trans­ actions of the Church on the part of local Quarterly Conferences. And altogether God has blessedly crowned our first year’s labors on the district with his favor and a visible consciousness of divine presence. The shadow of affliction, however, has been over my own home. Early in the year my wife, the strong helper of these years, became an invalid by a severe attack of nervous prostration, and her condition is such as to cause us to fear that a change to a lower altitude may be imperative. Gladly would we spend our life in Mexico and for her interesting people, the hope and plan of our hearts when coming to the field two years agb; but God’s will be done! 1900.] Domestic Missions. 343

DOMESTIC MISSIONS.

ALASKA. Bishop Cranston has Episcopal Supervision.

Rev. J. J. Walter, superintendent, reports, October 10, 1900: In submitting this my first annual report of the Alaska Mission I must record my gratitude to the great Head of the Church for his con­ stant care and signal blessings bestowed upon me throughout the year. Unusual trials have come to me from unexpected sources, but the divine Comforter has been near to help in every trying hour; and, clasping more firmly his outstretched hand, I have been enabled to rise above these terrible ordeals and enter more fully into the joy of his great salvation. On entering upon my duties as superintendent of the Alaska Mission I found two places occupied by our Church—Juneau and Skagway. Juneau was in charge of my predecessor, C. L. Larson, who had organ­ ized a church, and during the winter many hopeful conversions had taken place. But in the month of July, 1899, he resigned his charge to go to Dawson City, leaving Juneau without a pastor. I supplied the pulpit with local helpers until the meeting of the Oregon Conference, when I secured Rev. E. V. Smith for Juneau and Dr. G. M. Irwin for Douglas City. I found Skagway under the pastoral charge of the Rev. Sprague Davis, of the Puget Sound Conference. He had effected an organization in the face of much opposition, and had raised a small subscription with which to purchase a church site. But no available lot could be secured for double the amount he had on subscription. Educational affairs have been sadly neglected in the Territory, and while there were about 400 children and young people in Skagway, there were no public schools. The thought came to me that we could raise money to build a schoolhouse, and the church could use the chapel in the school building for their services. The community was ripe for such a propo­ sition, and the people subscribed liberally for the enterprise. The Church Extension Society sent us $1,500, and we built the first granite building in Alaska and named it “The McCabe College,” after Bishop C. C. McCabe, who has been a stanch friend to this Mission from its beginning. I had personal supervision of the construction of the build­ ing, and it stands to-day a monument of economy and durability. In the month of September Sprague Davis returned to his Confer­ ence, and a serious mistake was made in selecting his successor, who was also to become the first president of the school. He came all the wajr

1900.] Alaska. 345 from Georgia, and soon proved himself unworthy of confidence and incompetent for the position. Within six months he withdrew from the ministry and membership of our Church and returned to his first love, the Church of England. I then transferred Rev. E. V. Smith from Juneau to Skagway, and the college board of trustees elected him to the principalship of the school. I also transferred Dr. G. M. Irwin from Douglas to Juneau, leaving Douglas to be supplied. About the time the school building was completed and we were ready to open school the new Alaska code went into effect. This new law places fifty per cent of all licenses and taxes in incorporated towns in the hands of school boards for building and maintaining public schools, making it impossible to maintain a private or subscription school and compete with schools where all supplies, including text-books, are furnished free. Judge Brown, of the United States District Court, offered to purchase the building for a United States courthouse. The price fixed upon was $9,000, but before any negotiations were entered into I circulated a petition among our subscribers and stockholders asking permission to sell the building, and after paying off all debts apply the remainder to the building of a Methodist Episcopal church in Skagway. The petition was signed almost unanimously. The result is that we will have a fund of about $S,ooo for the purpose of building a' new church, and the Ladies’ and Pastors’ Union have on hand a sufficient amount to light and furnish the new building. And while it is a sad disappointment that the school could not go forward, yet it seemed wriser than to struggle with a debt-encumbered and nonsupporting institution, and by no other method could we have secured so large an amount with which to build a new church. Brother Smith having taken a transfer to the Des Moines Conference, I asked Bishop Andrews, presiding at the Puget Sound Conference this fall, to appoint Rev. M. A. Covington to Skagway, who has entered upon his duties, much pleased with the cordial reception given him and the prospects of a prosperous pastorate before him. And the church, so often discouraged, is ready to rally to renewed consecration. Dr. G. M. Irwin remains at Juneau, where crowded houses are attracted by his splendid pulpit ability. Juneau is a difficult problem, and at present gives me great anxiety. It is the future capital of Alaska, and this makes it important for us to hold. Real estate is scarce and very high priced, so that we have found it impossible to purchase a lot. The home board of the Presbyterian Church, having centered their native schools at Sitka, have offered to sell their native school property at Juneau. T h e y ask $7,500. T he property consists o f four lots 50x100, upon which they have a small church, a seven-room parsonage, a jani­ tor’s house, well worth $350, and a large school building; this building is 40x60, two stories high, heated with furnace, and cost $5,000. The lots alone are worth the price asked for this splendid centrally located property, a photograph of which is in the hands of Bishop McCabe. If the purchase is made I will personally look after the property and put 34-6 Missionary Report. [1900.

it into good condition for renting. It must appreciate in value very fast, as the town of Juneau is built upon a permanent basis. The Missionary Society has already spent $2,200 in two years at Ju­ neau, and unless we can secure property upon which to establish our­ selves it seems to me a waste of missionary money to continue our organization there. During the session of the Puget Sound Conference I secured Rev. F. H. Barton, a very successful pastor and worker among the Scandi­ navians, and appointed him to Douglas City. Here we own a splendid church site, centrally located, and no doubt Brother Barton will build a church this year. I also secured from the same Conference Rev. V. Ray Bennett, a probationer, who has been stationed at Ketchican. He is the first minister of any denomination ever stationed here. It was through the generosity of Bishop C. C. McCabe that I was able to enter this field, he having sent me $200 for new work in Alaska. 1 spent several days with Brother Bennett. We rented rooms in which to open a reading room for the many men who make this place their winter quarters, and I feel sure Brother Bennett will build a church during the year. He organized a church with the few members he found there. The people are all pleased that we have entered the field. On the 13th of May, after repeated and earnest calls from the natives of the Chilkat tribe, I opened a mission among them at their ancient capital, Klukwan. I was fortunate in securing a consecrated young man, Milo A. Sellon, who had been reclaimed in Skagway. He feels that God has called him to this field of mission work. He fully expects to spend his life among the natives of Alaska. He is fast acquiring the Thlingit dialect, in which he expects to preach within a year. His in­ fluence over them is marvelous. • We have organized a Methodist church among them. I was with them on the day of organization. I administered the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper to 48. The wine on this occasion Brother Sellon and I made from the wild berries growing abundantly near the mission station. At the close of the communion service I explained to them the doctrines and discipline of our Church, and asked all who wished to unite with us to give their names to their pastor. Sixty-three names were recorded during the day. Brother Sellon seldom preaches to them without conversions. They come for­ ward in good old Methodist fashion, and then saved men and women gather about them and “pray them through.” I am sure the Missionary Society will not fail to support this wonderful work of grace. So soon as Brother Sellon becomes proficient in the Thlingit I shall use him in establishing other missions among the neglected clans of the Thli«git people. Brother Sellon’s deep spirituality and consecration to his work are a constant .inspiration to this people to strive for a high ideal of man­ hood and womanhood. Other missionaries have been in Alaska for twenty years, but, aside from Father Duncan, at Metakatta, Brother Sellon is the only one who has made an attempt to master this un­ written and unwritable language. One other field in southeastern Alaska is attracting much attention Arizona. 347 just now— Valdes, one thousand miles west of Juneau, at Cook’s Inlet, where the United States government has established a post, and from which point a government highway is being built to the interior, the ob­ jective point being Eagle City, on the Yukon. New discoveries of gold have been made along this route, and a railroad is now being surveyed from Valdes to the interior. Cape Nome is still an uncertain mining camp. Fifty thousand people rushed in there last spring, and already twenty-five thousand have returned poorer but wiser. I had fully in­ tended to make the long journey down the Yukon to Cape Nome and Cape York and return via St. Michael and Dutch Harbor, and then from that point visit all the towns and villages along the southern coast, but I found I had not sufficient traveling money with which to make the journey. During this year I have traveled 13,460 miles, so that of the allowance last year for traveling expenses I have on hand $175. If the board will allow me to retain this amount and make the same allowance for this year as they made last year I am sure I can make the entire journey of the Territory and be prepared to make a more comprehensive report this coming year. On account of the rapid growth of the permanent population of Alaska, and owing to the necessity of promptness in occupying new fields, I wish it could be so arranged that I might have a conditional appropriation upon which the Mission might draw in the case of an emergency. Outside of superintendent’s salary and traveling expenses I would recommend the following: First and most important, the pur­ chase of the Presbyterian Mission property at Juneau, $7,500; Juneau Mission, $1,000; Skagway Mission, $600; Douglas City Mission, $500; Ketchican Mission, $500; Chilkat Mission, $500; Valdes Mission, $800. Last year Skagway received but $500 missionary money, but the col­ lege board met a good share of the pastor’s salary. I would advise the discontinuance of the appropriation for Unalaska— $250. I ask this on the advice of Dr. A. W. Newhall, who has been doing missionary work at that point. He says that there is no possible hope of establishing a Methodist church at that place.

ARIZONA. Bishop Hamilton has Episcopal Supervision.

The Arizona Mission was commenced in 1869, and includes the Ter­ ritory of Arizona. The nineteenth annual meeting was held at Phoenix, Septem ber 28 to O ctober 1, 1900, Bishop H am ilton presiding. There were reported 1,002 members and 118 probationers, an increase of 231.

Superintendent, S. A. Thomson, D.D. (P. O., Phoenix, Ariz.) Bisbee and Benson, David Roberts. Flagstaff, Joseph H. Henry. Glendale, Oliver S. Frambes. Globe, Edgar O. Mclntier. Jerome, John Oliver. Kingman and Chloride (supplied), William G. Blakely. Mesa, Edwin G. Decker. Needles, John M. Baxter. Phoenix, Clarence

/ 348 Missionary Report. [1900.

V. Cowan. Prescott, Harcourt W. Peck. Safford, Frank W. Downs. Tempe, Marion A. Meagher. Tucson, Albert M. Gibbons. Williams, William C. Geyer. Willcox and Pearce, to be supplied. Winslow, Alfred Ramey. Yuma, John A. Crouch.

Dr. S. A. Thomson, superintendent, reports: Another year has passed with its toils and triumphs, and we gather in our annual meeting to report our work, plan for the future, and encourage each other to steadfastness and a deeper interest in the affairs so great and important committed to our care by the Lord and his Church. We are not unmindful of the numerous blessings so freely bestowed by our God, nor help so generously given by you, my brethren, as we have traveled over this extensive Territory in the super­ vision of this important missionary field. We report progress in the work at Bisbee. The debt on the church lot has been paid, the deed made to a properly organized and incor­ porated board of trustees. The Board of Church Extension has offered to aid in the work of building by a gift of $400. We hoped to have the church completed and dedicated before the mission year closed, but the care of the pastor and the board of trustees to avoid debt, and the numerous and somewhat difficult conditions imposed by the Board of Church Extension and on which its gift was contingent, have led to deliberate progress. I think 1 can say with assurance that early in the coming year the society at Bisbee will be securely housed in its own place of worship. Last spring Brother Roberts and myself made a visit to Naco, an international town, about nine miles from Bisbee, that promises considerable importance in the near future, and secured a corner lot in a desirable location for our church. The lot is properly deeded and recorded, and was the gift of a Mr. O’Reilly, a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Benson has a hopeful outlook, because of its important railroad interests and the recent discovery of artesian water in abundance. Brother Roberts has faithfully cared for the work at Bisbee and Benson. At our last annual meeting Flagstaff was left to be supplied. I at once went to Los Angeles in search of a minister, and through the kind­ ness of the Rev. G. F. Bovard, D.D., Rev. W. W. Brunk, stationed at San Pedro, in the Southern California Conference, was secured. He labored with energy and considerable success for ten months; then asked for a vacation of two months, which his Quarterly Conference granted, to enable him to visit the Orient and Europe. He expects during the coming year to take some postgraduate work in Boston University. An old debt, that for several years had been a hindrance to this church, has been paid and the membership nearly doubled dur­ ing the year. Glendale has suffered by removals due to the long-continued drought. The lack of sufficient water has made ranching unprofitable, and the discouraged people have sold or traded off their property and have gone elsewhere in search of homes. Still I think the statistical report will 1900.] Arizona. 349

show an increase of membership. Early in the year the pastor, O. S. Frambes, assisted by an evangelist, Rev. Mr. Stamp, whom we heartily recommend, engaged in revival services, which resulted in a gracious outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Over sixty souls were converted, and many of them united with the church. The church, Sunday school, and Epworth League were greatly benefited, an increased attendance at their services and an improved spiritual life being apparent. Brother and Sister Frambes here, as in every place they have labored, have the seal of God’s approval on their ministry. At the last service we held in Glendale the whole congregation by a rising vote requested the return of their pastor. Globe has had a prosperous year under the leadership of E. O. Mc- Intier. The congregations are good, the Sunday school and Young People’s Society prosperous, and the church property in good condition and free from debt. At the regular Sabbath services and the mid-week prayer meetings quite a number have been converted and added to the church. Jerome. We entered this new field about the first of last March. Rev. George M. Smith was appointed pastor. When Brother Smith and I entered the town we were without friends or acquaintances. Im­ mediately beginning a canvass, w'e found a few interested in our mis­ sion, more who were indifferent, and some who were opposed to our opening work in the place. The pastor being a man of courage and accustomed to carrying to a successful end what he undertakes, was nothing daunted. Within three weeks from the time he entered the tow'n he organized a church, Sunday school, and Epworth League chapter, then purchased a lot, got lumber, and began -building, and in less than four months I preached in the new church. Brother Smith has done heroic work in Jerome. The people told me that he worked on the building from six in the morning till sundown during the long, hot summer days, and about three fourths of the work on the building was done by his own hands. The Lord will reward him and all who have helped him in this enterprise. Kingman and Chloride remain much as last year. Brother Sigler began the year with hope, but not being physically strong, wras unable to hold extra services, reserving his strength for the regular work. Early in July, his health not permitting further labor, he was released from the charge and returned to California. Rev. W. G. Blakely took care of the work until we secured Rev. David Loofbourrow, a student in the University of Southern California, who served the charge very acceptably during the last quarter. Mesa wras separated from Tempe at our last annual meeting, and the Rev. E. G. Decker appointed pastor. This is a promising charge, the congregations being good and the large number of excellent young people in them unusual. During the spring a revival in the Baptist church, in which our pastor and people labored, brought both numer­ ical and spiritual strength to us. An old debt which remained on the church throughout the years of its history has been paid. Altogether 350 Missionary Report. [1900.

the year has been one of prosperity for our work in Mesa, and the return of the pastor is earnestly desired. Prescott has had a good year. Rev. H. W. Peck has been faithful and abundant in labors. Every interest of the church has been well cared for, and its different departments show a marked improvement. The parsonage has been improved by the building of a good, spacious kitchen and rear porch; also by putting in a bathroom with hot and cold water. A choir room has been added to the church, and the choir gallery has been enlarged. A mission has been organized among the Chinese of the town, of whom a few have been converted and have united with our church. Great praise is due Brother and Sister Van Houtum and their helpers for the work done among the Chinese of Prescott. About the middle of July a very disastrous fire swept over nearly half of the town; several of our people suffered greatly in the loss of property, and they have our profound sympathy. Our church property was spared, for which we are deeply thankful. Out of the ashes of the old is arising a fairer and, we believe, a more prosperous Prescott. Rev. C. V. Cowan, of the Iowa Conference, has ably served at Phoenix, and every department of the church is throbbing with new life. The congregations are large and interested, the Sunday school superior, and the Epworth League among the best we have ever known. The financial affairs have been carefully managed, $2,500 having been paid on the church indebtedness, besides interest and current expenses. By the generosity of Colonel William Christy the pipe organ has been rebuilt. This church was never more hopeful or its future brighter. Safford has had a remarkable growth during the year. Last winter the pastor, Rev. F. W. Downs, assisted by Rev. Jonathan Verity, of Willcox Charge, held a series of meetings resulting in the conversion of-more than twenty persons. The church wras stirred, the congre­ gations increased, and a new interest taken in every department. Last year Tempe requested the full time of a pastor, and Rev. Lowell L. Rogers, who had served the charge six months of the previous year, was returned to the field. During the winter and spring several weeks of union meetings were held by the pastors of the town, some increase being made in the membership and a great deal of good accomplished in other ways. The charge is not an easy one, as the town is small and its religious patronage divided among six denominations, about four too many. Tucson is one of the most important charges in the Mission, because of the rapid growth and size of the town, and also of the location of the Territorial University here. Our church property is valuable and well located. The church building needs both internal and external improvement. The old debt being canceled, I trust our people will see that the repairs are promptly made. Rev. J. H. Henry has given the charge most excellent service. The congregations have never been so large, the Sunday school so good, and its work of so high a grade. The Epworth League also has been well sustained. 1900.] Arizona. 35i

Williams has enjoyed another good year under the leadership of its faithful pastor, Rev. A. M. Gibbons. Ours is the only Protestant church in the town; and its position is very responsible. The church property is in good condition, free from debt, and the church itself is in good working order in all its departments. Winslow has had a year of prosperity. Rev. Alfred Ramey has the hearty cooperation of his church and the esteem and confidence of all the people. Winslow is a railroad town; in consequence its population is very unsettled, affecting the church and preventing its rapid and per­ manent growth. Our little church is blessed with a noble band of Christian women whose hands, heads, and hearts are given to its work. The year has been one of harmony, growth in grace and members, and the outlook for the coming year is bright. Needles is our own child. Two years ago last June we were earnestly requested to visit the Needles and see what could be done about organ­ izing a Methodist Episcopal church there. There was but one Protestant church in the place— the Congregational. Rev. John M. Baxter, then of Kingman, assisted me in organizing a Methodist church, and he took pastoral oversight until the meeting of the Southern California Confer­ ence, within the bounds of w'hich the tow^n was situated. Our Congre­ gational friends generously opened their church to us and, after a few months, concluded to withdraw' from the field if we would continue to supply it with the Gospel. They offered us their church property at a very moderate price, and by the aid of the Board of Church Exten­ sion we purchased and paid for it. The last General Conference placed this charge in the Arizona Mission. Rev. J. M. Baxter has had a good year in the Needles, and his return is earnestly requested. At Willcox and Pearce Rev. Jonathan Verity is pastor. Early in the year Brother Verity organized societies at both points, but the unsettled condition of the population has prevented growth. The pastor also preached at Bowie and at several points in the mountains where the people were without the Gospel. Sunday schools are organized at three places. Our generous Brother Gibson made some needed repairs on the church at Willcox at his own expense.. The wwk is hard, the support meager, and he who serves the charge does so at a great sacrifice. Yuma. Formerly the pastors confined their labors to the town, but Brother Crouch followed the settlers who entered the new lands in the valley of the Colorado and established two preaching places— one about six miles southwest of Yuma, the other about twelve miles in the same direction. To fully care for this field the pastor taxed himself to the very limit of his strength, and I have feared he would break down and be compelled to leave the field. Brother Crouch neither fears hard work nor shrinks from duty. The benevolent collections have been carefully taken, and I think the treasurer’s report will show no falling off. In conclusion I wish to state ers is not to be found in Methodism than we have in the Arizona M ission. 352 Missionary Report. [1900.

ATLANTIC. Bishop Foss has Episcopal Supervision.

The annual session was held at Marshallberg, N. C., October 5-8, 1900, Bishop Foss presiding. There were reported 1,372 members and 58 probationers, a decrease of 151.

MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS. District...... $300 Morehead City...... $90 Rowlands ...... 840 Avon...... 40 Northampton...... 50 Winfall...... 20 Chowan...... Ü5 P ates...... 30 Wildwood...... 70 Elizabeth City...... Parmele...... Missions, 13; Money, $1,250. Goldsboro...... Portsmouth......

GULF.

Bishop Joyce has Episcopal Supervision.

The fourth annual meeting was held at Marshall, Tex., February 1-5, 1900, Bishop Joyce presiding. There were 1,918 members and 143 pro­ bationers, a gain o f 232.

MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS. Lake Charles District— $125!High Island...... $50jJefferson and Noonday. Lake Charles...... SOi Lavoma (French work) Lake View...... 50|English work...... §780 Overton...... La Porte...... 50| French Mission to Pastor Plaquemine (Fr. work) Neame and DeRidder ... 40j in charge...... 450 Pineville...... Oberlin...... 50,Marshall and Red River Provincal ...... Port Arthur...... 140! District...... 250 Shelbyville Mission__ Raymond...... 50! Marshall...... 50 Wynn.. Texas City...... 25iBeclcville...... 25 State Line Welsh...... 50;Bivins...... 60iHortense . Beaumont...... 50|Hughes Springs . 50 Woodville...... 60 Ebenezer...... 50Clayton...... 50l Missions, 31; Money, $3,400.

NEVADA.

Bishop Hamilton has Episcopal Supervision.

The Nevada Mission was commenced in 1864, and includes Nevada and a part of California. The annual meeting was held at Reno, Nev., A u gu st 30 to Septem ber 2, 1900, Bishop H am ilton presiding. T here w'ere reported 1,071 members and 129 probationers, an increase of 30.

Superintendent Van Deventer reports:

P r osper ity. The year has not been without some prosperity. Good times, good money, and encouraging results. The new church in Cottonwood dedi­ cated. The new church in Reno quite ready for the solemn service. The church and parsonage lost by*fire in Susanville will soon be re­ placed by larger and better buildings. Several churches and parsonages have been repaired and refurnished at considerable expense. A new 1900.] Nevada. 353

parsonage is being built in Gardnerville. Several churches have wiped out old debts. There is a marked advancement in a number of our towns and valleys. Special efforts to find and save the lost have not been neglected. Many have been saved, and united with the Church. The Church is rooted and growing, and as the country prospers we will share in its prosperity.

I n d ia n s .

We have long felt the need of doing religious work among the Piutes, Shoshones, and Washoe Indians. There are about 5,000 of them in and near Reno, Pyramid Lake, Lovelocks, Winnemucca, Owyhee, Virginia, Carson, Smith Valley, and Walker Lake. All these tribes are intelligent and progressive. Most of them can converse and do business in our language. It would not be difficult to preach to them in English. They rank as good honest hands. We should have a mis­ sionary among them, one who could give his time entirely to this work. Some action will be taken at this meeting looking toward this end. We have already laid the matter before our missionary secretary. We hope to get an appropriation. It is a shame to longer neglect these pagans at our doors. They have government schools ¿hat are doing a good work in civilizing them. But they need to be Christianized. This work calls for the Gospel and the missionary. Better leave them in the blissful ignorance of paganism than to educate them intellectually and then neglect the training of their moral and religious natures. Edu­ cated immorality may be as bad, if not worse, than ignorant savagery. We must do for them that which the big guns and schools of “Uncle Sam” cannot do— show them the w^ay, the truth, and the life.

A m o n g t h e C h u r c h e s .

Austin. D. S. Wigstead, pastor. Came to us from the California Conference. This is his first year in Austin. He is a good preacher and faithful pastor. The ministers of our Mission extend to him a most cordial welcome. About $100 has been raised and expended on im­ provements of church and parsonage. League room lined and papered and furnished with lights and hymn books. New carpet placed in the parlor. Methodist hymnals for morning service. People are devoted to our services. Benevolences and pastor’s salary will be paid in full. Missionary collection, $30. Battle Mountain. There have been expended on the improvement of our church property $200. The spiritual interests of the charge are steadily growing. The pastor by his faithful work has merited the confidence of his people. Benevolences and pastor’s salary will be paid in full. A few have united with the church. The outlook for this work is hopeful. Brother Willis will seek admission into the California Con­ ference. Risk in his case is reduced to the minimum. He is a decided success. Missionary collection, $30. Sunday school doing well. In­ terior of building transformed. Gypsum on walls and ceiling. Pews, wainscoting, and altar rail oak grained and varnished. New hymn 23 354 Missionary Report. [19OO.

books for pulpit and pew. Lamp for pulpit. Church insured for three years. B ishop. J. M. Wilson, pastor for one year. The pastor has had a prosperous year. Four years ago the Inyo Academy was purchased for church and parsonage property. The indebtedness was provided for. The pastor last year and this year fully met the debt. The amount canceled this year was $775. No more debt for Bishop. The property is w orth $10,000. Im provem ents of considerable value have been made this year. New carpets and easy chairs placed in parlor. Revival meetings lasting for three weeks, conducted by pastor, resulted in about 20 conversions and accessions to the church. Class meetings are a spiritual power. Epworth League awake and doing department work successfully. Sunday school flourishes. Congregations large. Missionary collection, $100. Thirty dollars was sent to the suffering in India. The temperance cause is not neglected. The Good Templars have the banner lodge of the State. There is a strong temperance sen­ timent. The future of our work in Bishop is full of promise. B ig Pine. This charge was separated from Bishop at our last annual meeting. J. H. Rosen was appointed pastor. Progress of the work during the year justifies the action. Church edifice has been com­ pleted at a cost o f about $250. T h e property is now w orth $4,000. T he obligations of the year will all be met. Missionary collection, $30. Sunday school and Epworth League doing well. Special services were held for thirty days. There were eight conversions and several acces­ sions to the church. The church has a strong hold on the community, and the people generously and cordially respond to its claims. The Ladies’ Aid Society is progressive. It has raised in cash since the in­ ception of the building over $1,200. The future of the charge is hope­ ful. A new parsonage will soon be built. In searching the county rec­ ords it was discovered that some years ago one acre of land on Main Street was deeded in trust for the Methodist Episcopal Church. It is now worth perhaps $200. Professor W. G. Dixon made this discovery. B odie. S. W. Albone has served this church for five consecutive years, and two years in a former pastorate, in all seven years. The time limit is now out of his way, and I suppose he and the camp will live and die together. They seem to be inseparably joined. The Sun­ day school flourishes. The pastor preaches faithful Gospel sermons. The Sunday work is a barrier in the way of successful church work. That the pastor does good there is no doubt. The people want the church services and support them. Some day, when the books are opened, Brother Albone may have a brighter reward than he now an­ ticipates. If he hears the “Well done” of the Master it will be enough. The usual epidemics have prevailed. Carson. One year ago Rev. A. Lester Hazlett was appointed to this charge.' The pastor has .done faithful and successful work. Needed repairs have been made on church property at a cost of $60. Nine have been received into full membership. During three weeks of re­ vival meetings conducted by the pastor six professed conversion. The Nevada. 355

League has done good work. Prayer meeting services are encouraging. Benevolent collections will be met in full. The pastor sees a fighting chance for victory in Carson. Pastor and people are working har­ moniously and hopefully. The population has decreased somewhat this year, but the church has had a slight increase. But after election- well, it will snow, and the Legislature will meet, and times will im­ prove. M issionary collection, $75. Cedarville. John Telfer, pastor. Served the charge one year. Has five preaching places. Preaches in Cedarville each Sunday evening and each alternate Sunday morning. Visited the entire valley from house to house in the interest of the Master’s kingdom. Congregations large. Sunday schools doing well. Special meetings w'ere held. After such faithful seed sowing and toil “the fields should be white already to the harvest,” and are, no doubt. The pastor next year will gather in the golden sheaves. So mote it be! Davis Creek. This work, as an independent charge, was opened at our last annual meeting. Thomas H. Garvin was secured for the pas­ torate. The work has been difficult, but a measure of success has been realized. Two Epworth organs have been purchased, one for each church, costing $80 each. Bethel Church at Cottonwood finished, well and comfortably seated. New rostrum and pulpit, at an expense of $230. Dedicated free of debt July 1. Church yard seeded to alfalfa and planted to trees. Three weeks of special revival services resulted in several conversions and quickening of the membership. Sunday schools growing in interest. Congregations steadily increasing. Missionary collections, $25; $18 sent to relieve the suffering in India. Brother Garvin, the pastor, has been faithful. He has shown himself a work­ man that needeth not to be ashamed, approved unto God. He is de­ serving of better treatment. The pastors will gladly welcome him to the Nevada Mission. Fall River. It is not dead, neither is the pastor, W. H. Roach, a young man of promise. His Quarterly Conference recommended him to the Colorado Conference for the regular work of the ministry. He has fair ability, a very good education; has an excellent spirit and is energetic. He has been faithful in his w'ork, and so far as the work of the church is concerned, he has done about as well as any of his prede­ cessors for the past ten years. Genoa. A. DeWitt Welty, pastor for one year. Lightning struck the church edifice in Gardnerville, and damaged it considerably, pos­ sibly $200. A new and needed parsonage is being built in Gardner­ ville near the church. It was hoped that it would be up and inclosed this Conference year. The interests of our church in Carson Valley require that the pastor should reside in Gardnerville. Here we have a growing Sunday school and young people that wait the care and guid­ ing hand of the faithful shepherd. Special services were held and earnest work done. We shall not neglect Genoa. But the ministers have resided in Genoa for many years, and Genoa has had the choice of services in the valley. But for some cause our work in Genoa has 35<5 Missionary Report. [ 1900.

never taken root, and therefore has never grown. Our work in Gard- nerville has taken root and is growing, and we feel disposed to defer to their wishes and give them more of the pastor’s time and presence. The change has my approval. Greenville. The amounts paid in improvements of church property and old indebtedness are: Taylorville church, $130; barn, woodshed, and outhouse in Greenville, $145; repairs on parsonage, $60; furniture, $35; old indebtedness, $30; insurance, $25. T otal, $425. A ll paid. Missionary collection, $60. India famine, $20. Total amount raised, exclusive of pastoral support, $525. Eight weeks of special services resulted in a few conversions and accessions to the church. Brother Johnstone is a fine preacher and an all-around worker difficult to excel. Independence. The pastor. John J. Pardee, went to Oakland, Cal., about the first of March for the treatment of his eyes. Upon examina­ tion his eyes were found to be much worse than he had anticipated. So tedious and severe was the treatment that he concluded not to re­ turn. About the first of July Rev. Guy M. Bigelow, from the Detroit Conference, was secured for the work. The work financially will no doubt fall below the average, owing to the absence of a pastor for so long a time. It is hoped soon, however, that under the pastorate of Brother Bigelow the charge will again recuperate. Lovelock. W. N. Bott, pastor. This is the third year of his pas­ torate. Contented, happy, and successful. Spent on improvements of property, $300. New organ, church papered and painted. Fifty new chairs to accommodate the increasing congregations are among the im­ provements made. Prayer meetings seasons of refreshing. The mem­ bership has been increased. Congregations good. The work is hopeful, so is the pastor; consecrated to this work, winning his way and winning the people. Missionary collection, $30. Loyalton. Two upper rooms in parsonage finished, papered, and painted. The parsonage home now is cheerful and comfortable. Among the best, desirable improvements have been made on the barn, and in changing the fence and the making of new gates. Special serv­ ices were held in Loyalton and Sierraville. In Loyalton the pastor was assisted by Evangelist Boyd, of the Baptist Church. There were sixty conversions reported, twenty-eight uniting with the church. Brother Boyd is a successful worker; big-hearted, liberal, and wins. He has the faculty of getting the people to act. The pastor worked with him, and both pastor and people were pleased with his methods. This is Brother Nicholas’s second year in Loyalton. He rejoices with his people over the progress made. Several more have united with the church since the writing of this report. Mason Valley. The pastor, G. S. Hatcher, failed in health and went to Colorado at the end of six months. His health was poor when he came to our Mission four years ago. He continued to decline. He was a good man, and did successful work while with us. Immediately upon the retirement of Brother Hatcher, Dr. J. M. Spangler, a re­ turned missionary from South America, was secured for the charge. 1900] Nevada. 357

The work has not suffered from the change. Dr. Spangler is a good preacher and a vigorous worker. Since he took charge of the work there have been ten conversions and ten accessions by probation. Col­ lections all taken full on same basis as last year. Missionary collection, $50. Board of trustees has decided to build lecture room, and at this writing subscriptions are being taken for this purpose. Entire church and community in harmony. Congregations good. The doctor’s health has improved. The year closes pleasantly and successfully. Paradise. This is a new charge, separated last year from Winne- mucca. Mr. Frary, a local preacher, was secured as a supply. Brother Frary is a young man with ability, consecration, piety, and force. He is a success. He has won the esteem and confidence of all the people. His return is desired. His salary, $450, supplemented by $150 mission­ ary money, will be paid in full. Missionary collection, $30. Special services were helpful. A few united with the church. The record of the charge this year is encouraging. His Quarterly Conference recommended him to the traveling connection in the Colorado Confer­ ence. Business men who were opposed to having a separate charge are now in favor of it and think that Brother Frary is just the man for the work. Quincy. Fred R. Winsor, pastor for three years. Special services were held with small results. Sunday school doing well. People are generous and kind in support of the pastor. Missionary collection, $50. Brother Winsor has the respect and confidence of the people, but has not seen the desire of his heart in the salvation of souls and building up of the church. Reno. The pastor, Rev. G. H. Jones, has thrown himself into the work of the new church building with commendable zeal. He has given a beautiful illustration of w'hat grit and perseverance can accom­ plish with the cooperation of a willing and loyal people. Mr. Fred M. Schadler, the architect and builder, furnished a neat and attractive de­ sign of the edifice, which aided materially in canvassing for subscrip­ tions. The main auditorium has a bowled floor 50x50; ceiling 24 feet; lecture room 32x50, connected by rolled steel doors; with infant class room, kitchen, and pastor’s study; seating capacity, 600; pew sittings, 500. The pews in main room are solid oak. The building complete is worth $10,000; a credit to the Church and to Reno. The trustees, build­ ing committee, and Ladies’ Aid Society faithfully worked together with the pastor for this comely house of worship. I have never known a church building to be erected anywhere where the business men more cheerfully and generously responded. But few if any uttered a discouraging word. The sister churches by their kind words and con­ tributions cheered on the noble work. Two of the pastors placed their churches at our service for this meeting. We greatly appreciate their spirit of fraternity. We hope that not much, if any, debt will need to be carried. The church was a necessity. We either had to build and move along with the procession of society, business, and education, or else fall back to the rear and ultimately drop out. We built. We will 358 Missionary Report. [1900.

meet our obligations, and God will prosper this devoted people. And to him we will give the praise. Epworth League, Sunday school, prayer meetings, and class meet­ ings have received the watch care of the pastor. An elect lady pre­ sented the church with the communion set used in the sacramental- service this morning. There have been revival meetings, conversions, and accessions to the church during the year. Our church at Reno from this time on will make larger demands upon its adherents, and I have no doubt but that these demands will be promptly and cordially met. R uby H ill. The camp lives. There is no change for the better. The pastor, Joseph Arthur, is a devoted man, consecrated to this work and the Master’s service. He does all that he can to instruct and comfort those who wait on his ministry. The pastor is a local preacher, works in the mine six days and preaches each Sunday. Collections: Church Extension, $2.50; M issions, $2.50. Tuscarora. We have not maintained a minister in this place for several years. There is but little, if any, hope for the camp. The few people that remain are not able to support a pastor. I recommend the dropping of the charge from our list of appointments, and if possible the disposition of property, which is of little value. Susanville. On the morning of June 6 a whirlwind of fire swept over Susanville, destroying forty buildings. Our church and parson­ age went up in smoke and flame. The pastor lost most of his valuable library. We had an insurance of $1,800. The Quarterly Conference was held on June 9. The members heroically determined to build a fireproof brick edifice— main room, 40x60; lecture room, 16x40, with pastor’s study—to cost about $5,000. All the business men in the town were interested in building a new, larger, and every way more commodious structure. This means persistent work and much sacrifice, as the old building was repaired at an expense of $1,000 last year, and the last of the subscriptions had just been paid a few days before the fire. Then so many lost heavily by the fire. But the new building is inevitable. It must and will come. The people have so determined, and their will is law. The spiritual interests have been well cared for. Special services were held with fair results. There were several con­ versions and accessions. Theodore Taylor is pastor for one year. Sunday schools and Epworth League are doing well. Congregations and interest good. This work is too large for one man. It should be divided. Susanville and Janesville are all that one man should care for. Truckee. W. F. McClure, pastor for one year. The work in Truckee has made some progress. The Sunday school has flourished. Average attendance, 80. Average attendance at prayer meeting during ' the year, 12— one more than total membership. Congregations average fair. Parsonage furnished and papered at a cost of $130. Church and parsonage insured in our own company for five years. First year’s premium of $25 paid. Missionary collection, $50. Other collections, $30. No debt. Pastor’s health for several years has steadily declined. 1900.} Nevada. 359

He feels that he will be obliged to retire from the work of the ministry for at least a year. We regret very much that Brother McClure is forced to this conclusion. He ranks among our most successful work­ ers, and we will sadly feel his loss in our Mission. He has the good will and confidence of all his brethren in the ministry. Our prayers go up to the divine Father for his speedy recovery, and our parting is “God be with you till we meet again.” Virginia. George C. King, pastor for two years. Special services were conducted by the pastor for three weeks. Four united with the church. Epworth League doing well; so are the Sunday schools. Junior League organized and growing. Camp more hopeful for next year. Improvements on church and parsonage property, $150. Win­ dow's of church decorated with paper, in imitation of stained glass. Parsonage painted, papered, and new carpets laid. Benevolences will be w'ell up. Congregations much larger than last year. This is the result of the pastor of last year having a popular successor. Succeeded himself and improved upon himself. “That is all right.” Wellington. Joseph Johns, pastor one year. The pastor has labored under difficulties. Special meetings were held; a few professed conver­ sion and united with the church. Some improvements made. Parson­ age fence on the program. Sunday schools doing fairly well. Alto­ gether the year has been about an average for this charge. Winnemucca. The year was entered upon under some embarrass­ ment. This was soon very largely overcome, and the pastor, George H. Greenfield, took rank as a preacher and pastor, and the people were most favorably impressed. Large congregations attended church serv­ ices. Sunday school improved. Epworth League revived. In Novem­ ber the pastor was married to Miss Eva Dangberg, of Carson Valley. Rev. G. H. Jones, of Reno, performed the marriage ceremony. A new charm was added to the parsonage home. Mrs. Greenfield, as well as her husband, is very popular with the people in Winnemucca. Steps have been taken to secure a much-needed Sunday school and Epw'orth League room. An acetylene plant has been purchased, and progress has been made in other respects. P e r s o n a l . The year has gone only too quickly. I am grateful to God for grace, mercy, and peace, and to the pastors for their uniform kindness and forbearance. I have made the entire circle of my regular appointments with a single exception. No mother was ever more delighted to see her child mature than I have been to see the work of the Mission grow. And if I have seemed to be specially anxious about some one appoint­ ment the pastor will remember that the appointment is mine as well as his— “We are working together with Him.” No mother has ever been more sad over the ill health of a child than I have been over the feebleness of any one of our charges. We must have the vigor of health and growth, or go into decline. Our motto has been, “Look U p ; Lift Up.” Success for every pastor and every charge. I close the year in good health and with a comfortable hope. Missionary Report. [1900.

MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS. Superintendent.. $1,000 Genoa. $200 Paradise A ustin...... 150 Greenville 100 Quincy.. Battle Mountain 200 Independence 200 Truckee. Big Pine...... 200 Janesville 300 Virginia, Carson...... 100 Loyalton.. 200 Wellington...... Cedarville...... 100 Lovelock.. 150 Susaüville...... Fall River...... 300 Mason Valley 100 Missions, 20 ; Money, $4,000.

The annual meeting was held at El Paso, Tex., October 5-9, 1900, Bishop Hamilton presiding. There were reported 826 members and 98 probationers, an increase of 78.

Superintendent Morrison reports as follows: As I present this, my third annual report, I am conscious of many reasons for profound gratitude to God for the tender mercies which have crowned the year. I am certain that nothing which I can say can express the obligations which rest upon us all. A year’s work in a mission has a meaning which can only be realized by those who have been in the midst of it. Time, trouble, distance, expense, isolation, and difficulties peculiar to the field all enter into it, arid can only be appreciated by the men who look from fifty to a hun­ dred miles for their nearest ministerial neighbor. The men who are here to-day have left their fields from one hundred to five hundred miles away, and scarcely a man among them has seen any of his minis­ terial brethren since our last session. Recently I was conversing with an Eastern presiding elder. He spoke of the large district he was on, and the vast amount of travel, etc., it being one hundred and seventy- five miles across his district. I have not forgotten the look on his face when I told him that from one extreme point of this Mission to the other was over six hundred miles, nor the tone of his voice when he inquired how many times a year I went around, and if I ever got home; and when I told him I went around four times a year, and was absent from home ten months out of the twelve, the look of surprise deepened into one of pity, and he said, “Brother, if I was your wife, I would move back home, if I had a home, and stay there until your time on that field was out.” But there are some of the most delightful things in this field I have ever found anywhere— some of the grandest people, and the most consecrated and self-sacrificing ministers that I have ever been associated with— and to me it is a great joy to be among them. Truly there are many hardships, but “Hardship is the native soil of man­ hood,” and there are those living to-day who will see the New Mexico English Mission a well-organized and thoroughly equipped Conference. The year just closed has witnessed many hopeful things. The mem­ bership has been increased and strengthened. About 300 conversions are reported. There have been some -old-time, old-fashioned revivals where the power of God came mightily upon the people. Many times 1900.] New Mexico English. 361 have I seen the altars filled with penitents, and emptied with the shouts of the saved. Referring to the charges in detail, I am glad to say that the reports to be presented this session will furnish proof of what I have said. Alamogordo, though served at a great disadvantage to the pastor and the people because of the lact that the pastor has been compelled to live at a distance of eighty-six miles from his work, and because during the first half of the year we had no place to hold service, yet comes to the end of the year with one of the neatest little churches in the Mission, finished, paid for, and dedicated, and a small but faithful band of workers, which I hope will soon be a strong and active element of religious power in the town. Rev. A. Hoffman, the pastor, has felt compelled to give attention to other business in order to supplement his income, but has held on to his work in Alamogordo and La Luz until the close of the year. Albuquerque is in a very prosperous condition, and has had a year of growth. Rev. Wilmer Jaggard, of the Wilmington Conference, was returned to the charge from our last session, but the altitude was too great for him. His nervous system was rapidly going to pieces and completely breaking him down, so that he was compelled to seek a lower altitude. In the early spring an exchange was effected between him and Rev. C. A. Bunker, Ph.D., of the Rock River Conference, the change taking place at the end of the second quarter. I am glad to hear that Brother Jaggard’s health is restored, and he is doing well in his new field. Dr. Bunker has proven himself a master in Israel, and the work in Albuquerque has greatly prospered under his labors. The peo­ ple are charmed with his ministry and pastoral care. His circle of use­ fulness has continually enlarged. The church is united and in splendid working order. The Sunday school and Epworth League are among the best in. the Mission. The finances are more easily managed than at any former time. The congregations have filled the house all sum­ mer, in spite of the fact that a larger number of people have been out of the city than ever before. I ought to make special mention of the prayer meetings, which have been a comfort to the pastor and a source of strength to all the church. The citizens of the town say a boom is coming. I cannot say, but, be it so, the church is ready to keep pace with every advancing line. Please allow me to speak at this point in behalf of the Albuquerque College Preparatory and the Harwood In­ dustrial Home— two institutions of which I wish our people knew more than they do, and of which too much cannot be said in praise. Dr. Harwood and his noble wife are known in some measure in almost every Methodist home in the Southwest, but of their work and their associated work in both institutions I wish the people knew more. These two institutions, both located at Albuquerque, N. Mex., are in the full tide of usefulness, having had, I think, the best year of their history. I am glad that both schools are represented at this Conference, and I hope we shall hear in detail of their work and plans. Bland has been served by Rev. G. S. Madden. It is a new and diffi 362 Missionary Report. [1900.

cult place to serve, being thirty-five or forty miles from the railroad, in the mountains, but it has many bright, intelligent people, whose hearts are open to us, and many homes which are also open to the Gospel. The town has been rather quiet for some months, but it is expected to rally in the near future; and under the influence of ad­ vancing business the church hopes to secure a better location and in­ crease its numbers and usefulness. Brother Madden has been an exceedingly busy man, having his head and heart and hands full of plans for the future. A small debt on the property yet remains, but with the help of the Church Extension Board will soon disappear. I am sure the town has a future. The vast stores of wealth buried in its surrounding hills and mountains, only waiting to be developed by suc­ cessful mining operations, insures a community of busy, prosperous people. Two or three large enterprises now well under way must bring prosperity. Brother Madden has kept close to his work all the year, and his Quarterly Conference, in behalf of the church, adopted most commendatory resolutions and unanimously requested his return to them for another year. El Paso is the largest town and is having the most rapid growth of any town in the Mission. The beautiful church stands as a monument to the pluck, courage, and perseverance of our people. I have spoken in former reports of the great burden of debt and the brave struggle of the noble band of workers who, through years of persistence, came finally to the time when by one supreme effort they rolled the burden off, and the church stood free from debt. It was a great victory and deserves all praise. A small balance remains on the parsonage, which I trust will soon be adjusted. During the present year much work has been done. Under the successful management of the Ladies’ Aid Society various improvements have been made, and the church build­ ing greatly beautified by the addition of new carpets, paint, etc., at a total cost of about $400. Rev. A. M. Lumpkin, now closing his second year, has shown marked ability in the management of his charge. It was under his leadership that the people rallied to face what seemed almost impossible and wiped out the debt. It was under his leadership that they were inspired to believe they could do it, and it was by his efforts that it was accomplished. In the meantime he has been faithful to the other interests of the church, and his reports show that the people have stood by him. We are honored at this session by the presence of the Rev. J. W. Sinnock, who in the early days of our Methodism in this city toiled patiently in the midst of many dis­ couragements, with great persistence and mighty faith, resting not until the present beautiful edifice stood as his monument. Folsom and Johnson’s Mesa has been for the second year under the pastorate of W. J. Wright. The drought of the summer and the bliz­ zards of the winter have made it difficult work, but it has been very far from a failure. In the month of June a very remarkable work of grace was experienced on the Mesa. A meeting lasting for over two weeks resulted in over thirty conversions and the spiritual quickening New Mexico English. 363

of the entire church. This meeting was greatly helped by the presence and labors of Rev. J. L. Freeman, of Gainesville, Tex.; Rev. J. A. Webb, of Lloyd, Tex.; Rev. M. Armstrong, of Raton, N. Mex., and Rev. J. F. Kellogg, of Las Vegas, N. Mex., all of whom rendered valuable service. I shall never forget some of the scenes I witnessed in this meeting when the stoutest hearts trembled before the mighty power of God. A neat little parsonage was built in the early part of the year by the people of Folsom, into wiiich the pastor moved at once. If anyone supposes that it is all smooth sailing on a new charge in the mountains of New Mexico, with everything in a formative period, he is mistaken, but Brother Wright has faced all hardships and stayed on his work, and comes to Conference with many pleasant memories and, under the circumstances, good reports. Beyond this session the cir­ cuit will be enlarged and strengthened. Hillsboro and Kingston was left to be supplied. Immediately after Conference I appointed Rev. Henry Van Valkenburgh, a local preacher, and told him he was going to one of the hardest fields in the Mission; but that seemed to make him happy, and he entered at once upon his work with unwavering faith in God, ceaseless prayer, and tremendous determination. The results have been what might have been expected. From the beginning to the end of the year he has had victory. A very gracious revival in the early part of the year brought things his way, and gave him a hold on the people which has never been lost. A very nice three-room house built last year by Rev. J. A. Mussell was bought at the beginning of this year for a parsonage, and through the faithful efforts of pastor and people nearly paid for. The church has been greatly strengthened during the past year, and the membership, though not yet very large, more than doubled. The people enthusiastic­ ally asked for the return of the pastor for another year. Las Vegas, a lively, healthy, growing town and church, full of push and promise, has had one of the most successful years of its history. The addition to the church building, reference to which was made in last year’s report, stands to-day as a beautiful accomplishment, finished, furnished, paid for, and occupied, giving one of the most delightful audience rooms and the most complete set of Sunday school rooms in the Mission, and in which gather every Sabbath one of the best Sun­ day schools and one of the most thoroughly trained and equipped Epworth Leagues to be found in the West. Rev. J. F. Kellogg, now closing his fourth year in this charge, has the satisfaction of seeing his people united, harmonious, and active in aggressive Christian work to a degree that is comforting beyond estimate. The Junior League and the Boys’ Anti-Cigarette League have been special features among the children and youth, the latter being the outgrowth of a special work of grace among the boys in the early part, of the year, dur­ ing which many of them were converted. The financial interests of the charge have been well taken care of, and the reports to this Con­ ference will show that the people are in hearty accord with our benevolences. 3^4 Missionary Report.

Pinos Altos Circuit, now at the close of its third vear, has had some unfortunate things in the experience of this year, but has kept in line to the present time, and will doubtless rally from its embarrassments. The work was divided in the middle of the year, Rev. J. A. Mussell, the pastor, giving his attention since then to some new points taken up earlier in the year and needing special care and help. The field lies entirely in the mining regions, and has the changing population be­ longing to such communities, but the work is permanent, and will ere long become a strong charge. The towns of Pinos Altos and Central have been supplied by other ministers, and kept well together. The benevolent reports will show that they have not been neglected, every claim having been fully met. Brother Mussell has been giving special attention to the work opening at Santa Rita, which place now gives promise of being one of the best copper camps in the Territory. It has been a hard year for Brother Mussell, and his support has been quite meager. In the division he was allowed all the missionary appropri­ ation, without which it would have been difficult for him to have re­ mained at all. Raton has been served by Rev. M. Armstrong, and has had k year of great prosperity. He came to us at the beginning of the year from the Austin Conference, and was immediately taken sick with typhoid fever, and was confined to his bed for many weeks, during which time the work was acceptably cared for by Rev. J. W. Sinnock. Recover­ ing from his sickness, Brother Armstrong took hold of the work, which since that time has been unusually successful. The congrega­ tions have taxed the house to its utmost capacity. The membership has been greatly increased; about seventy have been received into the church during the year. Conversions have occurred at frequent in­ tervals ; the Sunday school has had an average attendance of 145; the Epworth League has become one of the best in the Mission; the Junior League has captured the children; the prayer meetings and class meetings have been seasons of great spiritual profit; the benevolent claims are all fully met, the salary paid, and the pastor’s return unanimously requested. In addition to his regular work Brother Armstrong has preached at Gardner, three miles away, every alternate Sabbath afternoon, and attended a Sabbath school, which has grown to an enrollment of seventy-five. Springer Circuit has three appointments, all on the railroad— Springer, Maxwell City, and Wagon Mound. There is a small church building and a good parsonage at Springer. At Maxwell City we use the schoolhouse, and at Wagon Mound the Spanish church. Rev. B. F. Baker was appointed to supply the charge, but shortly after was ad­ mitted to the Austin Conference, and thus became a member of the Mission. The charge has had a very prosperous year. The property has been much improved; considerable furniture has been put into "the house, water pipes laid, and other comforts added; debts have been paid, the salary met, the benevolences cared for, and the whole work built up. Brother Baker and his wife have had much affliction in the death of a I900.J New Mexico English. 365

beloved daughter and grandchild, and Mrs. Baker’s mother— all within a few months; but, while their hearts have been sad, they have been sustained by grace, and in the midst of it all have pushed the work on the charge. I have never seen the people so united and harmonious and active as at the close of this year. The pastor’s return is requested. At Silver City Rev. J. G. Ruoff has toiled and triumphed, and the church has prospered. Though in his family there have been sickness and death, yet they have been continuously conscious of the divine presence. During the year Brother Ruoff has done much extra work not belonging to his charge, but at points where he saw the opportunity to do something for the cause of God, the extra work being done with­ out any compensation and purely for the love of the work and the chance to do good. Silver City is an important town, and in the last year has taken on new life. Many new people have come in, and the future looks much .brighter. Here is located one of the Territorial nor­ mal schools, which is in 1 very prosperous condition and largely at­ tended. During the year a Baptist church has been organized in the town, and a new pastor appointed for the Episcopal church, but there is room and work for us all. Great harmony prevails among the churches of the town. Our own people greatly need a new church building, which I hope will become a possibility in the near future. Brother Rouff’s people have enjoyed his ministry and pastoral labors exceed­ ingly, and would be very much disappointed if he were not returned to them for the coming year. Every department of the work has been carefully taken care of. Santa Fé lias had a varied experience during the year. Rev. A. A. Hyde was appointed as pastor at the last session of the Conference, and went at once to his work, entering upon it in the midst of some difficulties, but rapidly rose above them all. He was winning his way to victory when his wife was taken very seriously ill with heart failure. The trouble increased until it became very alarming, and the physicians ordered her at once to a sea level. She was taken to the coast, where she rapidly improved, but was informed that she could not live in the alti­ tudes of the Mission. Consequently Brother Hyde was compelled to seek an exchange. This was finally effected with Rev. W. A. Cooper, of San Antonio, Tex., and in June he went to San Antonio and Brother Cooper came to Santa Fé. I am glad to report that Mrs. Hyde is entirely recov­ ering. Brother Cooper quickly adjusted himself to his new surroundings and endeared himself to his people, and has had increasing success with each passing week. He has gone in and out among his people, a pattern of piety and good judgment, and his labors have been greatly prospered. The facts concerning Santa Fé as the oldest and the most historic town, and the most difficult field, etc., have been so often told that it will be entirely useless to indulge in any such things in this report; but the time will come when such things will be written in a different key, and the present conditions, which seem so small and so difficult, will be like the memory of a pleasant dream, and the territory now covered by the New Mexico English Mission will be filled with busy, prosperous people, and 366 Missionary Report. [1900

Methodism will be strong and its communicants counted by thousands; its ministers answer to a roll call in a Conference instead of a Mission, and it will bring back to the Church all it has cost her and many times more. Just as in this whole Southwestern country it is largely a question of water, so in our country it is largely a question of money. Many new points would be entered, and would be very soon if we had the money. In spite of this lack, some new fields are being entered. A new church was recently organized in Clayton, the county seat of Union County, New Mexico, by Rev. M. Armstrong, who accompanied me to the place, and remained there after I left and completed the organization, twenty-five people going into it. They are building a neat little church which will cost about $1,500 when finished, and will be ready for dedication in the early winter. The new organization will be attached to Folsom and Johnson’s Mesa for the present. Another field lying in the direction of the Mogollon Mountains, with 1,560 people in a radius of twenty miles, is waiting for us to come and occupy it. I commend the case to the Com­ mittee on Apportionments, asking them to consider the opening of a work in that portion of the country, where there is at present no religious organization, but where the people are ready to cooperate with any church that will man the work. I sent a man early in the present year to look over the ground at Elizabethtown, Red River, Cimarron, and the surrounding country. He has spent the time since then gathering the people together and preaching to them, but has found conditions so doubtful and changing that he has not felt it wise to organize. But there are other places we could enter if we had the means. The whole question is one of great importance, and commends itself to the prayerful consideration of all concerned. “The fields are white unto the harvest.” During the last General Conference Chama was set out over into the Colorado Conference, and becomes one of the appointments of the Rio Grande District. It will have better service and at less cost than could be given it by this Mission. Personally, Ihave tried to be faithful to the work committed to my charge. I have spent ten months of the twelve "in the field. I have preached over two hundred sermons, have traveled nearly 18,000 miles; prayed in the homes; comforted the sorrowing; buried the dead, and tried to show myself “approved unto God”— a workman needing not to be ashamed. It has been a great comfort and help to me to be associated with my fellow-laborer, the Rev. Thomas Harwood, D.D., superin­ tendent of the New Mexico Spanish Mission. His wise and godly counsels have helped me over many difficult places, and his saintly spirit has been a constant benediction to me at all times. It has been a good year; the Lord has been among us. . MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS. Superintendent...... $1,100 Elizabethtown and Bed ISanta F6...... $400 Alamo Gordo...... 400 River...... $250 Stiver City...... 275 Albuquerque...... 200 Hillsboro...... 250 Springer...... 337 Bland...... 400 Pinos Altos and Central.. 300 Missions, 14; Money, $5,253. Clavton...... 350 Mogollon...... 4001 El Paso...... 300 Raton...... 290i New Mexico Spanish. 367

NEW MEXICO SPANISH. Bishop Hamilton has Episcopal Supervision.

The annual meeting was held at San Marcial, October 11-15, 1900, Bishop Hamilton presiding. There were 1,743 members and 759 proba­ tioners, a decrease of 20.

A ppointments . Superintendent, Thomas Harwood, D.D., (P. O., Albuquerque. N. M ex.).

A l b u q u e r q u e D is t r ic t . - E . C. Salazar, P. E. Albuquerque E C Salazar. Albuquerque Circuit, M. Flores. Bernalillo and Cerriles, to be supplied. Chilili and Manzano, G. Alderete. La Joya and Sabinal, to be supplied. Magdalena and Kelly, to be supplied. Peralta, to be supplied. Socorro and Escondida, Santiago Chavez. Valverde and San Pedro, Blaz Gutierres. San Marcial, Epigmenio Flores. E l P a so D is t r ic t .— Thomas Harwood, P. E. Doña Ana and Mesilla Valley, J. C. Chavez. Dwyer, Cooks, and Mimbres, T. F. Chavez. El Paso and Towne, J. S. Martinez. Hatch, Deming, and San Diego, to be supplied. Hillsboro and Placeres, B. Chavez. Las Cruces and Mesilla, Juan C. Chavez. Juarez and Santa Rosalia, to be supplied. Palomas and Hermosa, M. Barela. Rincon and Garfield, to be supplied. Silver City, Central, and Santa Clara, T. Chavez. Solomonville and Sanchez, D. Costales. Tucson and Magdalena, L. Fernandez. Wilcox and Bis- bee, L. Fernandez. Yuma, to be supplied. L as V egas D i s t r i c t . —Juan Sandoval, P. E. Barney and Frampton, L. Ramero. Clayton, Veda, and Folsom, A. C. Gonzales. La Gallina, to be supplied. Las Vegas and Antonchico, A. Mares. Martinez and Black Lakes, L. Frampton. Ocate and Lucero, to be supplied. Tipton- ville and Watros, A. A. Maes. Wagon Mound and Springer. S. Padilla. S a n t a F é D is t r ic t .— J. B. Sanchez, P. E. Conejos and Monte Vista, R. Suazo. Costilla and Cerro, to be supplied. Dulce and Apache, Cruz Martinez. Hewett and Navajo, to be supplied. Peñasco and Llano, B. Gonzales. Rio Hondo, C. Varos. Santa Barbara, to be supplied. Santa Fé, J. B. Sanchez. Taos and Ranchito, E. Mantoya. Superintendent Thomas Harwood reports as follows: This is my thirty-first annual report of this Mission. Were it not that the world still moves, and that we are moving with it, we would run out of material for reports,^having written so many. We must not for­ get with the material and spiritual prosperity of our work to return thanks to our gracious heayenly Father for his tender mercies over us, and especially for sparing his unworthy servant to enter this his thirty- second year in this Mission field. First, as presiding elder of El Paso District. My own district occupies much of my time. It is very large, embracing about one third of the Spanish-speaking people in*New Mexico, all of Arizona, part of Texas, and Chihuahua and Sonora in Mexico. The area of this one district is more than one hundred times greater than the P orto Rico Mission, but 368 Missionary Report. [1900.

with less than one half the population— that is to say, about 400,000 Span­ ish-speaking people. I name this fact so that the intelligent reader may see that our magnificent distances make our work harder and more ex­ pensive than it otherwise would be. To illustrate as to the expense of travel: My report may show that I have traveled during the year almost 15.000 miles by rail, and preached 213 times. This, at two cents per mile, by half fare permits, would make $300, saying nothing of hotel bills. Also travel by stage, wagon, buggy, etc., at five cents per mile, 2.000 miles, w ould m ake another $100. Y et fo r scarcity o f funds I am asked to do all this travel, including hotel bills, for $200 a year. Only for the kindness of the Board at New York in permitting me to use $100 of mission school funds, as I am compelled to visit, help organize schools, etc., I would be compelled to cut short my travel or cramp my own always empty poeketbook. The other presiding elders are also em­ barrassed on their districts for want of sufficient money for traveling purposes. The most of my work on the district can be reached com­ paratively quite easy, and so I try to make one visit to each place each quarter, but in Arizona I only go, as a rule, twice during the year. I am glad to report the general work on El Paso District, including Sun­ day schools, Epworth Leagues, church property, church buildings, etc., all in good condition. Of course there are some exceptions to this last statement, such as our trouble with the Seventh Day Adventists at Solomonville and Tucson, both in Arizona. And while we regret the loss of any of our members at these places, we are glad it is no worse than it is. We feared that when they robbed us of our preacher at Tucson, and made a bishop of him, some others might hanker after the honors and place themselves where they might be caught. .Our new preachers, sent out a year ago to take the places of the ones who left us, have done well, and are planting, we hope, the churches at Solomonville and Tucson on a firmer basis than ever before. The Board of Church Extension ought to come to our aid at each of these last-named places and aid in the securing of good sites for churches and parsonages and in the erection of good buildings at these places. Second, the other districts, Albuquerque, Las Vegas, and Santa Fe. I think it is not expected that I make regular visits over the other districts, but, at the same time, I have traveled over some of them with the presiding elders, and find the work in general doing well. It was my privilege to meet the presiding elders and preachers of the other districts at their camp meetings. Each district, under the management of its respective presiding elder, held a camp meeting and District Con­ ference combined. These were times of refreshing. At one place there were several tents, one large tent that would hold two or three hun­ dred people. Some families came to some of these meetings a distance of a hundred and a hundred and twenty miles, camping out on the road. Souls were at the altar in old-fashioned Methodist style, while shouts of praise and hallelujahs ascended heavenward as in pentecostal apostolic tim es. Third, school work. We will notice our school work: 1. As under 1900.] New Mexico Spanish. 369 our regular mission schools, we have had schools as follows: Las Cruces, Garfield, Tucson, Mimbres, Española, near Chilili, Tiptonville, near Taos, a part of the year. These schools are not supposed to take the place or to get in the way of the public schools, but, as a rule, they are where there could be no other school. They are in great demand, and if we had it we could spend thousands of dollars to great advantage in the smaller places and add much to the general missionary work. 2. The Boys’ Biblical and Industrial School at Albuquerque. This school is still doing well; but in this we meet with many discourage­ ments. Our course of study is about the same as in a college prepara­ tory. We have had a few boys with us four, five, and even six years, but not one of them has up to date completed the course, either in the literary or biblical studies. Still it is so much better than nothing that we are much encouraged. They learn so many other things that are not found in the books. To illustrate: I am writing this report at Las Cruces. I am stopping with one of our student boys. He married a Mexican girl in the Dulce Home, a school in the north part of the Ter­ ritory, under the management of the Woman’s Home Missionary Society. Why. this brother and his wife seem just like our own Ameri­ can people. His manner about his church, about the house, and her cooking and housekeeping you could hardly tell it from one of our polished American preacher’s families. I have spoken before about our school farm, about two miles out from Albuquerque. If is a place of 48 acres of land, 16 acres under cultivation, 500 fruit trees set out last spring, and a house up that cost about $1,200. We are trying to buy more land near this piece so as to extend the industries, and make it possible for a few boys to work their way through school. An aged Mexican and his wife, seeing the importance of our school work, deeded to the institution a nice property in old Albuquerque, one large house, several smaller ones, 17 acres of land, with about 100 bearing fruit trees on, valued at about $5,000. They reserve, however, a lifetime right to rents. The deed was executed January 1 last year. The old man himself has since died. We appreciate this donation the more highly because it comes from a Mexican who had seen the kind of work we are doing. The Woman’s Home Missionary Society is doing a grand work in our Mission, and we appreciate it very highly. Their school at Albuquerque, known as the Harwood Home Girls’ Industrial School, with 70 students, taught by the Misses Apperson, Bartholomew, and Nichols, is doing a grand work. So is the school at Dulce, up in the Apache reservation, taught by Misses Moore, Clegg, and one other. We are sorry to state that Miss Maria Clegg, after thirteen years of faithful service in the Dulce Mission, returned to her home and friends in Argyle, N. Y., and on November 16, 1900, passed triumphantly to her reward. The school at Las Vegas has had a successful year under the able management of Miss Nellie Snider. We are glad to learn that Miss Snider now has assistants. Miss M. J. Tripp’s school at El Paso, numbering over 100 Mexican boys and girls, has been a grand success. We are sorry she has been removed, but glad that she has been pro- 24 370 Missionary Report. [1900.

moted. She is now in charge of the girls’ home in Los Angeles, Cal. We wish the Woman’s Home Missionary Society would send another teacher. The school at or near Jewett for Navajo children is under the Woman’s Home Missionary Society also, and superintended by Miss Mary Tripp, assisted by Miss Rycort. I dedicated two school buildings out at that place during the year, one for our Church, under the auspices of the Woman’s Home Missionary Society, and another, close to the first, under the auspices of the Indian Rights Association. These schools are doing a grand work. It was a long, cold ride, on hack and buck- board, the writer took after leaving Durango, in Colorado, to reach Jewett, then in wagon out to the Mission, but the dedication services, and especially to see the little Navajo boys and girls in school and the Navajo women in another department learning to make bread and wash clothes, paid a thousandfold for the eighty-four miles of exposure to reach the place. This Mission for the Navajos and the Mission at Dulce for the Apaches are doing heroic work not only for the Indians, but also for the Mexicans and Americans living on and near the reserva­ tions. Nearly 200 of the Apaches and a few of the Navajos have been baptized and received into our church, including the Apache chief and all his family. Fourth, death’s doings. A little over a year ago, when Bishop Ninde read the appointments of our Mission, appointing Brother Sylvester Garcia to Juarez and his son, Freddie Garcia, to Doiia Ana, how little did we think that so soon they would all be gathered to their higher appointments above! Not only have Brother Garcia and his son been called home, but two of our most prominent local preachers. Lorenzo Sanchez, of Solomonville, Ariz., and J. M. Apadoca, of Palomas, and several prominent laymen have been called to their reward. The writer misses very much some of these brethren, as for nearly thirty years he has been accustomed, in his superintendency of the work, to visit them at their homes, and often to go on missionary' journeys with them, look­ ing after the lost sheep of this Spanish work, but we shall see them no more “Until we each the other greet At the dear Redeemer’s feet.”

Fifth, the Twentieth Century. Ten thousand dollars and one thou­ sand souls for the Lord Jesus Christ, to crown the first year of the new century as a thank offering for mercies passed and future hopes, has been our watchword. The closing hour of the old and the opening of the new century found the most of the preachers and members of the Mission on their knees at their wratch night devotions. 1900.] North Montana. 371 NORTH MONTANA. Bishop Fowler has Episcopal Supervision.

The eighth annual session was held at Neihart, Mont., August 2-6, 1900, Bishop Fow ler presiding. T here were 702 members and 242 pro­ bationers, an increase of 157.

Superintendent Van Orsdel reports: It was my privilege to be placed in charge of this Mission at its organi­ zation until three years ago, when Brother F. A. Riggin, a brother beloved in the Lord with whom I have labored in this State since 1873, succeeded me. One year ago I was again appointed to take charge of this work, during which time God has been gracious to us, as death has not entered the homes of any of our ministers. A fair degree of suc­ cess has attended the efforts of these earnest, consecrated laborers in this large Mission field, the area of which is about the size of the State of Iowa. The people are so scattered that it takes us into every part of this great field in order to reach the more isolated settlements on the extreme frontier. Who are the people that go to make up this population? They are a heterogeneous people, coming as they do from every State and nation. Many of them come from Christian homes. It is our purpose to meet them with the old Gospel and the institutions of the Church. We notice the striking contrast, as many of these people come from large places, with eloquent preachers, and now worship in private houses, log school- houses, and small churches. This field throughout is purely home mis­ sion work. He gives a brief summary of the work by charges, speaks of the im­ portance of new work at several places, of the interesting Epworth Piegan Indian Mission under Rev. F. A. Riggin, of the needs of Mon­ tana Wesleyan University, and the Montana Deaconess Hospital, their claims on the Twentieth Century Thank Offering, of a Fraternal Con­ ference with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and of the Mission Association which met in Chinook, March 13-16, 1900. His report closes as follows: I am glad to report that Epworth League chapters have been organ­ ized in nearly all of the charges, and a number of them have Junior Leagues. Our Sunday school work is very encouraging, and an increase will be reported. We believe in class meetings, and these meetings are held wherever practicable. We believe in the old-time religion that makes happy the soul and body, and try to live and preach it to the best of our ability. The labors of another Conference year are about complete. Another milestone will soon be passed. You and your wives have stood nobly by the work. You have been courageous. Some of the results of your toil have been the erection of three churches, and the fourth we hope to dedicate next Sunday; the building of four parsonages that are about 372 Missionary Report. [1900.

complete, and the enlargement of two others. Quite a large number have been converted and united with the church. This, however, ap­ pears to be small where there is so much to do. I appreciate the many kindnesses which you all, with the members and friends of the church, have shown me. You have always given me a welcome to the par­ sonage. May God wonderfully bless and reward you! is my earnest prayer. MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS. Superintendent...... $ Fort Benton and High- übet, Garneil, and Mus- $200 Augusta Circuit...... 300 wood ...... $310 selshell...... 200 B elt...... 272 Glasgow Circuit...... 260 Utica Circuit...... 250 Beaver Creek Circuit 155 Havre and Box Elder ... 200 West Great Falls and Sun Cascade Circuit...... 275 Lewistown...... 300 River ...... 275 Chinook and Bear Paw .. 315 Malta Circuit...... 160 Wolf Creek and Craig... 76 Choteau and Burton — 260 Neihart and Monarch ... 270 Missions, 19; Money, $4,928. Dupuyer Circuit...... 170 Sandcoulee andStocket. 300

NORTH PACIFIC GERMAN. Bishop Andrews has Episaipal Supervision.

The annual meeting was held at Salem, Ore., September 27 to Octo­ ber 1, 1900, Bishop Andrews presiding. There were 831 members and 104 probationers, an increase o f 14.

NORTHERN SWEDISH. Bishop McCabe has Episcopal Supervision.

The annual meeting was held at Calumet, Mich., September 6-10, 1900, Bishop McCabe presiding. There were 2,619 members and 230 proba­ tioners, an increase of 57. UTAH. Bishop Fowler has Episcopal Supervision.

The annual meeting was held at Salt Lake City, August 16-19, 1900, Bishop Fowler presiding. There were 1,357 members and 308 proba­ tioners, an increase of 275.

Rev. T. C. Iliff, superintendent, reported as follows: The achievements of the year make it our first duty to render thanks to Almighty God, and our second duty to congratulate the American people for the exclusion of the polygamist Brigham H. Roberts from the House of Representatives. This happy issue is an encouraging fact to the law-abiding citizens of Utah, and a mighty inspiration to every mission worker. As chairman of the allied Christian forces of Utah I take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to all who helped to bring about this result, and especially to the great host of Christian women throughout our country. May we not hope that polygamy in Utah, which has been the special cause of an irrepressible conflict, will soon and forever be ancient history, and that peace and good will shall take the place of heart burnings and strife? 1900.] Utah. 373

The Work on Salt Lake District, Corinne, and Bear River Valley. A. W. Hartshorn, pastor, presents statistics at the close of his third year worthy to be engraven with steel. Hear and mark them: Three years ago, members and probationers, 9; present enrollment, 93. Sunday school, 23; now, 100. The pastor, presiding elder, and bishops paid in full. Missionary apportionment, $40; raised, $41; all other benevolences in full. Improvements on church property, $125; parsonage, $55. Brother Hartshorn has this to say about Bear River Valley, a point on his circuit: “Our people are all in favor of building a chapel, and are ready to do what they can in the way of work, and some will give money. An acre of land can be had free. We know of six more Metho­ dist families that expect to settle in the valley this fall. By Conference time I think we can count on twenty-five members up there. Logan. C. F. Smith, pastor, reports a membership of 24— increase of 5 over last year; Sunday school scholars, 35— increase, 4. The pastors, presiding elders, and bishops’ claim more than met. Missions, appor­ tioned, $20; raised, $23; other benevolences met in full. Paid on im­ provements and old indebtedness, $111. The church, the Sunday school, the Epworth League, and the finances have not been in as satisfactory a condition for several years. M urray. Samuel Allison, supply. Brother Allison is an all-around, double-working preacher, a skillful handler of tools six days of the week, and a handler of the word of God on Sunday that needeth not to be ashamed; with a wife his equal in Christian work. They have looked after the religious and social services and Sunday school at Murray with efficiency and satisfaction. Missions, apportioned, $10; raised, $10; other claims met in full. Ogden, First Church. J. VV. Taylor, castor. Judging from the awak- eningand the results, Ogden City and the First Methodist Church were blessed with a gracious revival, which began January 1 with the pastor and his people, and carried on with great effectiveness during February and March, under the direction and labor of Mr. Oliver. It was truly a great work. The large permanent results are due to the pastor, who has exercised wisdom and vigilance in looking after the new converts. There have been 152 additions, including probationers, dur­ ing the year. Missions, apportioned, $120; raised, $72; other collections taken; pastors, presiding elders, and bishops’ claim met in full. A unanimous vote of thanks at the fourth Quarterly Conference was ex­ pressed to the Missionary Board for its help in the past, and also a re­ quest that hereafter, unless adversity should come to the church, no mis­ sionary money be appropriated to it. Brother Taylor’s return was unani­ mously requested. Ogden Mission. As you are aware, no appropriation has been made and practically no work done for years. A wind storm completed the destruction of the building. We accepted an offer of $210 for the ruins, not including the ground, nor stone foundation and some furniture. There were necessary expenses met and services rendered by Brother Cates, for which he requests $25— leaving a balance of $185. 374 Missionary Report. [1900.

Price, Helper, and Castle Gate. J. D. Bird was appointed to this cir­ cuit by Bishop Joyce. After looking over the field he decided not to remain, and took work in Idaho Conference. It was without supply, except some attention given to Helper, until March, when T. J. Straw- bridge was put in charge. He, with his wife, have visited from house to house, worked in Sunday schools, held evangelistic services in school- houses and private residences far and near. The way is open to build two churches, one at Price, the other at Castle Gate. Salt Lake City, First Church. A. H. Henry, pastor, has been invited to return the fifth year. This indicates his popularity. A study of the ever-busy, working church reveals the tact of its pastor. A glance at the statistics shows a steady but increasing success. This church had a blessed work of grace under the immediate direction of the pastor, assisted by Brothers Dunham and Baker. During the year additions to membership by letter and probation, 100. First Church has long been self-supporting, and this year, as usual, meets entirely the claim of pastor, presiding elder, and bishops. Missions, apportioned, $300; raised, 350; other benevolences in full. Heath. E. G. Hunt, pastor. I am never embarrassed in reporting Brother Hunt’s work. Good things can always be truthfully said. My embarrassment is in standing off the many official brethren whose several churches want him for pastor. Heath responds with increased member­ ship, increased Sunday school, and increased everything nearly, includ­ ing the heir apparent in the parsonage: Missions, raised, $6. About one half the debt on the church has been paid. Iliff Church. Joel Smith, pastor. Beginning in December this church also had what was denominated a great revival; French Oliver was the evangelist. I was absent till near the close of the meeting. That the city was stirred there is no question. The opinions of good people differ as to the final results. The additions to membership in Iliff Church during the year were 60. Pastor, presiding elder, and bishops paid in full. Missions, apportioned, $100; raised, $100. All other col­ lections taken. Liberty Park. E. G. Hunt, pastor. The verdict of the Quarterly Conference and, I believe, the congregation is that this church is closing one of its very best years. The last dollar of the debt, a loan from the Board of Church Extension, has been paid; the entire minis­ terial claim m et; a reviv&l twelve months of the year; 40 additions to the membership, making a net increase of one hundred per cent. Missions, apportioned, $30; raised, $40; other benevolences met in full. A loyal, consecrated, and heroic church is Liberty Park. It looks as if every­ thing it asks of God it gets. Second Church, or Waterloo. Joseph Wilks, pastor. Finely located, a splendid building, a faithful pastor, and a devoted people is the secret at Waterloo from its beginning. This church has suffered numerically and financially by removals. However, the membership is the same as last year, while the Sunday school has increased 40. The benevolences are met in full. Missions, apportioned, $100; raised, $100. Utah. 375

Vernal. My report for Vernal is not what I anticipated, nor what you expected from the outlook a year ago. Nothing additional could be done beyond the securing of a lot. This was done last fall. I then began to look for a missionary; secured one, as I supposed, but he failed me. Again, four months ago, I was certain I had just the man, but when I put the facts before him— one hundred and thirty miles from railroad, through an Indian country (peaceable, of course), a church to build, no parsonage, small salary; etc.— he prayed to be excused. It looks as if I should have to fall back on the “old guard,” and order one of you brethren to that outpost. Other Work and Workers. I bear willing testimony to the good work and godly example of the mission teachers and deaconesses of both the General and Woman’s Home Boards. By love, by patience, by gentle­ ness, and by faith you have wrought and conquered. You have won, because you are Marthas and Marys, where these your brethren could not win, because they were men. To give peace, comfort, hope, and inspiration to the troubled, the sorrowing, and the despairing is better than stirring an audience to cheers or tears. There is one other class of our mission workers that deserve special mention— more deserving than all the rest. The world is full of dis­ tinguished women— authors, singers, speakers-»but the really good and great women are the wives and mothers of the land, and greatest among them all are those in the humble parsonage. Familiar as I am with your surroundings and your homes, the isolation and self-denial, the meager comforts and overwork, suffer me to say that the devotion and the heroism of your wives, my brethren, command my admiration and move my heart to sympathy and to tears. Bishop and official visitors, before you is a small body of loyal Metho­ dist preachers, their wives, and other workers. They are on the picket line of duty. Sometimes they have a tired and lonesome feeling. It is . only for a moment, for they know that behind them is the conquering host, Wesley’s millions; around them the angels of God, and above them the King of the universe.

MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS.

Provo District...... $750 Monroe and Marysvale. Ephraim, Spring City, Beaver and Milford — 400 Price, Helper, and Castle and Mt. Pleasant. $575 Bingham Canyon...... 400 G ate...... 400 Richfield and Elsinore.. 200 Eureka, Nebo, and Sil­ Salt Lake City: Salt Lake and Provo— 600 ver City...... 400 Heath Church 440 Incidentals...... 50 Mercur and Ophir...... 500 llifit C hurch...... 200 Mt. Pleasant, Moroni, Liberty Park Church.. 575 T o tal...... $2,500 and Spring City...... 500 Second Church and Nephi aud Levan...... 150 M u rrav...... 450 Schools. Park City and Heber... 400 Scofield, Clear Creek, Grantsville...... 250 Payson and Santaquin.. 500 and Thistle...... 100 Nepht Seminary...... 450 Provo and Spanish Fork 500 Superintendent 600 Payson...... 400 Tooele, Stockton, and Incidentals...... 85 Santaquin...... 275 Grantsville...... 250 Siver City...... 250 Total...... $4,750 Incidental and contin­ gent ...... 375 Total. 4,750 Vernal and Ashley Val­ ley, conditioned. 500 Salt Lake District...... 600 Total...... $2,000 Corinne and Bear River Rvbfleld District 100 V alley...... 400 Brigham, Hyrum, and Missions, 32, Money, $14,000. Logan and Hyrum ...... 500 Logan...... 475 376 •Missionary Report. [1900.

WYOMING. Bishop Fowler has Episcopal Supervision»

The annual meeting was held at Cheyenne, Wyo., August 23-27, 1900, Bishop Fowler presiding.

Superintendent E. E. Tarbill reports: Buffalo, where E. J. Robinson closes his fifth year, has had a very satisfactory year. The annual payment of' the Church Extension loan has been made. All the church services are well sustained. During the five years the work has made steady and substantial progress. All lines of work have had faithful and judicious attention. We regard Metho­ dism as permanently established in the confidence and in the community of Buffalo. Carbon and Hanna, Lincoln Steere, pastor, have made progress. The work was hindered somewhat by the ill health both of the pastor and his wife, but on the whole the charge has done well. In mining com­ munities like this charge the diverse and transient character of the popu­ lation makes the work very difficult, yet every year good is manifestly done. » * Casper has been served for the third year by J. H. Gillespie. The debt on the church has been paid and the property much improved. All the interests of the work have been faithfully looked after, and Methodism is gradually gaining ground. Cheyenne has had an exceptionally good year under the leadership of the pastor, Benjamin Young. A furnace has been put into the church, making the auditorium much more comfortable in cold weather. The congregations have grown in numbers and interest. We take the greatest pleasure in stating that the large, long-standing, and crushing church debt at Cheyenne is now paid. The principal was $5,000, with $1,300 of accrued interest. The Church Extension Society very generously offered to forgive us the interest if we would pay the principal. This proposition gave us a ray of hope. After some hesitation and fear lest the principal itself could not be raised, the attempt was energetically made. The peo­ ple of the church and of the community responded liberally, many giving at á great sacrifice. Every nook and corner was searched for money, the subscriptions being payable on condition that the entire amount of the debt be fully subscribed. It was a success, and the debt is now can­ celed. Douglas was in charge of J. W. Taylor this year. Revival meetings resulted in several conversions and accessions. The church debt has been paid, extensive repairs and improvements have been made on the church and parsonage, and the same all paid for, so that Douglas now has a valu­ able and attractive property. W e have a good, earnest, and spiritual peo­ ple there. Douglas has had a splendid year. Manville also belongs to this charge, where we have the faithful few who keep the work going in that limited community. 1900.] W yoming. 3 77

s Evanston, E. E. Hollar, pastor, has had the best year it has had for several years. A revival in which the pastor was assisted by Dr. E. S. Dunham and then by Mrs. Denny, of the Woman’s Christian Temper­ ance Union, resulted in about forty conversions. Consequently the church has prospered in every way. The Evanston people are greatly encouraged. All the different lines of work are eminently satisfactory. The work at Almy, which is connected with the Evanston Charge, is temporarily abandoned because of the closing of the coal mines. Evanston Circuit has not attempted much this year because the pastor, S. W. Welty, receiving no missionary aid, was obliged to devote most of his time to teaching in order to earn a living. Kemmerer the first half of the year was under the pastoral care of Israel Putnam, a local preacher. The new church at Kemmerer was dedicated January 14, so that in that new and growing community we have a comfortable house for the congregation and for the well-attended Sabbath school. The Church Extension Society came to our help with a loan of $250 and a donation of an equal sum. Henry Cartledge, a local deacon of our church, took the charge on March 1. His skillful plan­ ning and able preaching have given an added stimulus to the work. Diamondville and Cokeville, where we have the foundation for a church laid, belong to this charge. Lander has had another good year. The pastor, J. W. Rose, of the Missouri Conference, is a good fit. A revival meeting resulted in -several conversions and accessions. Every department of the work is in excel­ lent condition. The stranger who visits Lander is surprised to find so large a town, so enterprising a class of people, and so good a church property and congregation. Laramie has had a very satisfactory year under the pastorate of F. T, Krueger, of the Colorado Conference. At the beginning of the year there were some hindering circumstances, but the pastor and his work have grown in favor, and the congregations, together with all depart­ ments of the church, have improved. Repairs have been ipade on thè parsonage, wliich should be enlarged or replaced with a new one. The pastor was assisted in a revival meeting by Dr. Dunham. Meriden Circuit, under the self-denying labors of the pastor, E. P. Hughes, is still doing well. It is a large and laborious work. Although the pastor’s old-time physical strength has not kept up to its full measure this year, his faithfulness has not waned. During the past year the'new town of Guernsey, in the iron regions, has sprung up on the new line of the Burlington Railroad* This town being within reach of Brother Hughes, he commenced to build a church with his own hands and tools, and also to preach. The building is now well on the way to completion. Newcastle and Cambria close the third year of the pastorate of C. D. Day. The Sabbath school at Newcastle, which for several years had been a union school, has at last, agreeably to all concerned, become a Methodist school and is in a prosperous condition. W e regard Metho­ dism at this place as now on a good footing. The annual installment of the church debt at Cambria has been paid. A Christian Endeavor So­ 378 Missionary Report. [1900.

ciety at either place is successfully maintained. The charge has made gradual but substantial progress. Otto Circuit was supplied by William Young, a local preacher. The church has been seated with good chairs, and a bell placed in the tower. A class has been organized at Cody with a goodly number of new mem­ bers. The circuit is extensive, and to travel it is exceedingly difficult. Rawlins has been served this year by F. W. Bross, of the North Ne­ braska Conference, and he has done well. The congregation, Sabbath school, and prayer meetings have been well sustained, this being one of the few charges where one has the pleasure of sometimes finding more men than women at the services. All the work of the charge is in good condition. The pastor has also preached frequently at Fort Steele, where we have a Sabbath school. Rock Springs, where the pastor, G. H. Smith, closes his third year, has paid the second annual installment of the Church Extension loan. It being difficult to rent a house for a parsonage, a house standing by the church was purchased with a loan of $600, the pastor paying $100 annually on the principal instead of paying rent. In this way we shall have a parsonage paid for without increasing the financial burdens of the pastor or of the church. We are sorry that Brother Smith must leave, on health account, but are thankful that he still lives, and we pray that wherever he goes the Lord will continue to honor this faithful servant. Sheridan and Big Horn have had an encouraging year, with E. H. Taylor as pastor. The Sheridan church has been seated with handsome pews, and the parsonage property has been improved. A revival meeting resulted in some conversions and in an uplift to the church. The church debt at Big Horn still hangs heavy. We trust that the problem of pay­ ing it will soon be solved. Snake River, a large ahd promising settlement in southern Wyoming, has not been supplied this year on account of no missionary money to aid the work. Thermopolis closes the third year under the pastorate of L. C. Thompson, that pioneer and stayer who has now closed his eighth year in the vast region of the Big Horn Basin. In that frontier country preachers come and preachers go, but Brother Thompson stays forever. Wyoming Methodism holds him in the highest esteem. At Thermopolis a beautiful new church is nearing completion. Brother Thompson aided materially in the erection of this building by laboring with his own hands. The Sabbath school and preaching services are well attended, and the town in general is a very promising field of labor for Meth­ odism. The famous hot springs, though in that inland country, bring many people to-the town in search of health. Of the three or four other appointments outside, on that very large circuit, special mention should be made of Ten Sleep, where we have a very good society, Sabbath school, and congregation. The outlook at the Hyattville appointment is now more encouraging than ever before. Wheatland, under the supervision of Thomas Stevenson, has done igoo.] W yoming. 379 very well. We have now a fine property in that developing town and irrigated farming community. A series of revival meetings were not without benefit. The Wheatland Charge, which includes Fish Creek Park, is constantly growing. We are very thankful to God for the great agencies which have been so helpful in accomplishing what we have. It affords great pleasure to speak gratefully of the Missionary Society, which makes it possible to preach the Gospel so extensively as we have done; of the Church Exten­ sion Society, which aids so generously in sheltering our Sabbath schools and congregations; the Sunday School Union, which enables us to plant schools in frontier localities; the Tract Society, which assists us to drop a seed of truth which otherwise might not be planted; the Woman's Home Missionary Society, which, with a kind hand, aids many of our frontier parsonage families to be comfortable; and, locally, the stage lines which grant half rates to our ministers and their families; also the railroad companies that grant half rates to our pastors and free trans­ portation to the superintendent. We note further that the Northwestern gives free transportation not only to the superintendent, but also to the pastors for their necessary travel in doing their work on that road. Thus the railroads and stages donate to home missionary work about $700 each year. If I may add a personal word I would say that I have visited a num­ ber of places in which no religious work is being done, and found the people generally desirous of religious services. In all these places I was kindly received. One such town in which I preached exhibited great hospitality and broad-mindedness by means of a large cardboard hang­ ing on the front of the saloon and bearing the following announcements:

T o -N ig h t . Preaching at 7 :30. D a n c e a t 9 . A ft e r D a n c e , B ig P o k e r G a m e .

I had charge of the preaching only. I have traveled 1,707 miles by stage and 21,062 miles by rail; total, 22,- 769 miles; have written 1,000 letters; preached 137 times; have been ab­ sent from home two thirds of the days of the year. I have been most kindly treated by our pastors and their excellent wives. These noble women continue to be of invaluable aid to their husbands in their trying toil and heavy hardships. With all these fellow-workers, both sisters and brothers, I have enjoyed another year of pleasant cooperation.

MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS. M ission...... $1,100 Kem raerer...... $314 Rock Springs...... $300 Buffalo. Lander...... 340 Sheridan and Big Horn.. 300 Carbon...... 300 Meriden...... 100 Thermopolis...... 420 C asper...... 300 Newcastle and Cambria 300 W heatland...... 300 Douglas and M anvllle.. 300 Otto...... 402 Missions, 16; Money, $5,714. Evanston...... 300 Rawlins...... 300 38o Missionary Report. [1900.

MISSIONS ADMINISTERED BY CONFERENCES.

AMERICAN INDIANS.

Commenced, in 1814.

California Conference.— Ukiah Indian Mission reports 22 proba­ tioners and 61 members; 8 children baptized; 3 Sunday schools, with 160 scholars. Round Valley reports 48 members; 2 Sunday schools, with 115 scholars; $7 for Missions, and $8 for other benevolences.

C e n t r a l N e w Y o r k C o n f e r e n c e .—N o r e p o r t .

D etroit C o n f e r e n c e .— Nine missions. Oscoda has 6 probationers and 12 members, a decrease of 4; Pinconning has 32 members, an in­ crease of 7; Saganing has 1 probationer and 50 members, an increase of 6; Taymouth has 9 probationers and 9 members. The other missions are incorporated with the white charges.

M ic h ig a n C o n f e r e n c e .— Petoskey has 4 probationers and 54 mem­ bers, the same as last year; Athens, 7 probationers and 18 members; Bradley, 1 probationer and 21 members. Other missions not reported separately from the white membership.

O regon C o n f e r e n c e .— The Committee on Missionary Work reports: “Our work at both the Siletz and Klamath Missions is in a prosperous condition. There are 500 Indians on the Siletz Reservation, 100 of whom are members of our Church. At the Klamath Agency we have over 300 Church members in an Indian population of 1,100. The im­ provement among these red men of the forest in intelligence, piety, and refinement of home life has been marked during the past year. To get these people converted to God and to build them up in intelligent piety our missionaries have but to labor and live among them in the spirit of the Master. Our missionaries have been diligent and faithful during the past year. Much more might be accomplished in our work among the Indians could we have larger missionary appropriations.

P u g et S o u n d C o n f e r e n c e .— The Nooksack Mission reports 6 proba­ tioners and 42 members, a decrease of 3.

W isconsin Conference.— The Oneida Mission reports 7 probationers and 300 members, an increase of 3. 1900.] Welsh. 381

WELSH.

Commenced, in 1828.

N o r t h e r n N e w Y o r k .— The Coke Memorial Church reports 4 pro­ bationers and 89 members, an increase of 14; 49 Sunday school scholars; $41 contributed for Missions, and $12 for other benevolences.

W i s c o n s in C o n f e r e n c e .— The Welsh Mission in Nikimi reports 28 members, an increase of 1; 4 children baptized; $31 contributed for Missions, and $17 for other benevolences.

W y o m in g C o n f e r e n c e .— Dr. Austin Griffin, presiding elder of W y­ oming District, reports: “ In the Sherman Street Welsh Mission in the city of Wilkesbarre there has been a culmination of previously existing difficulties, causing the pastor a year of distress and no small degree of anxiety and trouble for the presiding elder. To protect our interests and save the church we have been compelled to administer discipline in somewhat drastic measure.” One probationer and 42 members are reported; 5 children baptized; $8 contributed for Missions, and $17 for other benevolences. FRENCH.

Commenced in 1881.

G ulf M ission.— The French Mission has 122 members and 4 proba­ tioners, an increase of 9; contributed $22 for Missions, and $16 for other benevolences.

N e w E n g l a n d C o n f e r e n c e .— Dr. J. H. Mansfield, presiding elder of Cambridge District, reports: “This is difficult but important work. With more than 30,000 French in Lowell, and more than 10,000 in Worcester, and a goodly number in smaller cities and towns, we think it needful to carry on this work. Early in the Conference year Dr. Eaton organized the French church in Lowell. We have rented a centrally located chapel and held services during the year. We are encouraged, but not satisfied with what has been done. In Worcester and neighboring cities and towns our French missionary, Brother N. W. Deveneau, has done important work in outdoor services in the summer, and in visiting many families, and encouraging and guiding them in their search for the light. Progress has been made, and we confidently look for larger results in the near future.”

N e w H a m p s h i r e C o n f e r e n c e .— Dr. G. W. Norris, presiding elder of Manchester District, reports: “On Friday evening, March 30, Thomas A. Dorion, our French mis­ sionary, in the prime of life and usefulness, passed over into the invisible world. To us, at first, it seemed untimely, and yet we remem­ ber that He in whose hand our breath is, and whose are all our ways, personally superintends his work. This world is but a part of the field, 382 Missionary Report. [1900.

and, since the Lord hath need of our brother and fellow-worker else­ where, we say, 'He hath done all things well; even this seemeth him good,’ and we lift up our heads as our hearts accept assurance of a glad reunion.” Rev. Emile Palisoul was appointed to the French church in Man­ chester at Conference.

R o c k R iv e r C o n f e r e n c e .— The French Mission in Chicago reports 38 members and 21 probationers, an increase of 1; 3 children and 1 adult baptized; $40 contributed for Missions, and $40 for other benevo­ lences; 180 Sunday school scholars.

CHINESE.

Com m enced in 1868.

C a l if o r n ia C o n f e r e n c e .—The Committee on Chinese Missions re p o rts: “In relation to this work there is one event in the minds of us all— the death in January last of our beloved brother, Dr. F. J. Masters. Not only has the Conference lost the efficient leader of this most heroic and Christlike work, but a wide circle of friends mourn the loss of his genial presence and fellowship, and his beloved family has been made desolate. Our flourishing Chinese Missions will stand as the lasting memorial to the life service of two strong and devoted men— Otis Gib­ son and F. J. Masters. It is our deep concern that the Lord, through the bishop, may find a superintendent so broad-minded, capable, and devoted as to be able adequately to carry forward this important mis­ sion of preaching the word of God to the heathen in our midst. While awaiting a new head the schools and missions have had the watchful care of F. D. Bovard, and have all been regularly maintained by the faithful staff of workers.” The Chinese District reports 192 members and 41 probationers; 6 Sunday schools, with 412 scholars; $312 contributed for Missions, and $117 for other benevolences.

JAPANESE.

Commenced in 1877.

Dr. M. C. Harris, superintendent, reports as follows: Facts pertaining to the growth of the kingdom of heaven are stranger than fiction, because the kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed which became a tree on which the birds rested. In 1877 three young men were baptized by Otis Gibson. One of them was named Kanichi Miyama. He has the distinction of being the first convert, the first evangelist and preacher among the Japanese on the Pacific coast. He was the first missionary to his people in Hawaii, and is now, and has been for years, the national Christian temperance apostle in Japan. 1900.] Japanese. 333

These three men formed the Gospel Society of the Methodist Epis­ copal Church soon after their conversion, and occupied rooms in the basement of the Chinese Mission building, paying rent for same. Here they remained until the place became too small, so they swarmed into a large house next door. This occurred in April, 1886. Soon after this the present superintendent arrived from Japan and assumed charge. At the session of the California Conference in September, 1886, the Mission was separated from the Chinese and began its inde­ pendent existence. In the same year the chapel and parsonage of Cen­ tral Church was leased, enlarged, and fitted up for our use. Here the Mission had its center for seven years. As this was a temporary home the Christians gathered their money, and, obtaining help from the Church Extension Society, purchased the present lot and building, 1329 Pine Street. They moved the building to the rear, made it into a dormitory, and erected a two-story church building. This occurred in 1893-4. The Mission owes a great debt to our noble Church Exten­ sion Society for a donation of $5,000 and a loan of $7,000, thus making it possible to house our Japanese brethren and give them a center for wide and efficacious effort to Gospelize the Japanese on the coast and in Hawaii. By 1893 the Mission had sent out so many vigorous branches that Bishop Andrews, after a study of the situation, took a bold step and formed these into a presiding elder’s district, including in its territory the Pacific coast and our “newest possessions,” Hawaii Nei. Under the new organization the increase in charges, preachers, evan­ gelists, and teachers multiplied rapidly and reached such proportions that it was deemed wise to ask the General Conference for an enabling act to form the Pacific Japanese Mission. This having been done, Bishop Hamilton organized the Mission at Pacific Grove September 13, and appointed M. C. Harris superintendent, and G. L. Pearson, of Honolulu, presiding elder of the Hawaiian District. The changed con­ ditions and phenomenal increase of population open for the churches inviting fields. The Japanese are 60,000 strong, constituting one third of the entire population. Much of this element will settle permanently, it being a congenial home for them and near to Japan. Church Property. One year ago the Japanese celebrated the freedom of their property from debt. They burned the mortgage amid great rejoicing. Only a few months after this the church and parsonage were reduced to ashes. The members also lost all their goods. There are many noble Christian men in Hawaii. They have helped our Missions liberally. A prince among them is Senator Waterhouse, a patriot and a Christian of the best type. He pitied our homeless Christians and promptly and generously came to their assistance, giv­ ing them a house for worship and a cottage for the preachers. On this account the good work went on without a halt. During the many weeks of quarantine, when thousands were shut up in a district, our force of workers were given passes and assisted the authorities in keeping order, and all this time industriously dis­ 3§4 Missionary Report. [1900.

tributed tracts, reinforced by personal effort. The people were deeply impressed with the spirit of Christ, and a large hospitality for the Gospel was created in their hearts. The government, it is hoped, will pay for the property destroyed; the responsibility rests with the author­ ities. Larger buildings, better suited to the needs of the place, will surely be erected soon. These afflicted Christians collected for the Church benevolences $164, and gave in addition large sums for pas­ toral support and church building. At Hana the native Christians leased land and built a church costing $400, and paid for it— not a dol­ lar of debt. These members work for $15 per month and board them­ selves. English Work. The plague greatly crippled this church financially; still it has made a splendid showing financially and spiritually. In addition to the regular church benevolences of $150, they gave liberally to the Japanese after the fire and during the quarantine. The debt of $8,000 still remains on the lot, but a debt-annihilation committee has been formed, and the debt must go. Brother Pearson and family are deeply beloved by the church and community. They have done great good in that growing city of Hono­ lulu, now 50,000 strong. Bishop Hamilton has made Brother Pearson the head of the Hawaiian District, and there is good hope for enlarge­ ment in the immediate future. The Woman’s Home Missionary Society has undertaken the work among women and children with enthusiasm. Miss Holbrook and Miss Sudd have made a good beginning. Now that the women of this noble society have taken hold of the problem, we may confidently anticipate vigorous expanding effort. May heaven bless this society which blesses the thousands, in Christ’s name, of many tongues!

P a c if ic C o a s t D is t r ic t .

Church Improvements. Being pilgrims and strangers in America, most of the churches are content to be tenants; only two have property on the coast, namely, San Francisco and Vacaville. Since the erection of the church and dormitory in San Francisco, in 1894, the congregation has paid the gas and water bills and all repairs, and most of the time has supported two preachers and one'business manager. Last autumn, during my absence, the San Francisco church had a new cement wall built, walks laid, and the church and dormitory painted, at a total cost of $500, and all paid for promptly. This liberal church gave also for the Conference collections $150. Vacaville Church during the year paid the last dollar due on their property, and made improvements within and without, adding very much to the comfort and appearance of their church home. It is the model church of the district. Their beloved pastor returned to Japan in September, but they showed their gratitude by giving him $150 in addition to every cent of his salary. Let it be added that this little company of believers have received no aid in this enterprise, but out Japanese. 385

of their own earnings have paid for their church, which is to them a “sweet home.” Riverside. Another inspiring chapter is to be written about River­ side. Mr. Yamozaki, the leader of the Japanese company of believers, succeeded in raising $500 in cash and subscriptions for their church home. Mrs. Snell, the mother of the Mission, added to this $200 in cash, collected from American friends. Already a lot has been pur­ chased, and a church, school, and dormitory will be erected at once. Many have been converted and baptized, and the Japanese have all felt the blessed influence of this Mission. Mr. and Mrs. Snell, Mr. and Mrs. Spaulding, and others deserve special mention for all of this good work. Education. The hunger for English and all that goes with it con­ tinues. Language schools are maintained at all the missions. The chief of these is the Anglo-Japanese Training School of San Francisco. The school year ended in May, and five were graduated from the three years’ course. The average attendance had been 121 for the year. Sessions were held morning, afternoon, and evening, daily. About 500 pupils in all have been enrolled in our various schools, each pupil paying tuition. For all these schools the Mission makes a grant of only $300. The teaching force is as follows: Rev. Yoshi Suke Socon, principal; Y. Nakatsaka, S. Imai, Mrs. McIntosh, Dr. McIntosh, and Mrs. Davis, of Grace Church, gave instruction in English. In addition to the above, I will mention here Mrs. Mann, of Los Angeles, who is not only a teacher, but has charge of, and indeed gives all her time to, the Mission, and is greatly esteemed by the Japanese community in that city. In Portland, Ore., also, a good school is conducted. Mrs. Bushing, the widow of Rev. Dr. Bushing, is a faithful teacher and tried friend of the Christians. She mothers the young men. Printing Press. For six years we have published The Glad Tidings, a monthly magazine. It is supported by the churches and missions and is much prized. It is of great value as a bond of union and a teacher of Christian doctrines. Brother Socon has conducted it with ability. We have purchased a press and ordered type from Japan, and by the first of January, 1901, will be in a position to print our maga­ zine, and millions of pages for distribution among the Japanese. Brother Socon is a practical printer, and just the man to set this new enterprise in motion. Our Preachers and Teachers. Of these it is impossible to speak indi­ vidually, save in exceptional cases. It is proper to say of them, as a body, that they are loyal to Christ, to our Methodist teaching and prac­ tice, and heroic in their self-sacrifice. Their stipends are small, too small— not sufficient to feed and clothe them. Temptations come, and occasionally one weakens, but most of them are faithful to the end. They do the hard work, making the duties of the superintendent com­ paratively easy. Church Members. It is only fitting that our members receive due 25 38 6 Missionary Report. [1900.

credit for their liberal support of the pastors and all Church benevo­ lences. Some of them fall by the wayside, through many hard trials, but as a body, under peculiar conditions, they maintain their integrity and grow in the graces of the Spirit. Relations to Japan. Many hundreds of our converts have returned, out of the nearly two thousand who have been baptized, and settled mostly in the central and southern parts of the empire, the regions from which they came. Rev. T. Sunamoto, who became a convert and a preacher in 1880, in San Francisco, is now stationed in Hiroshima, and makes it his chief business to meet those who return and care for them. He has had much success thus far. Many workers have gone forth whose names are worthy of record: K. Miyama, S. Ogata, T. Ukai, T. Hasegawa, M. Mitami, S. Furusawa, T. Fujiwara, T. Mori- moto, and K. Kimura, all of the Japan Conference; in addition, K. Ishizaka, T. Nakamura, and T. Ikeda, who rendered us good service for years, and have returned home again for work. Many preachers desire to come to America to learn in our seminaries and observe the spirit and activities of Christianity. Invariably this proves a great blessing to them and the churches of Japan. Among those returning this year is T. Morimoto, who was converted in Portland ten years ago. He soon began to work, giving himself to the Lord for life service. His labors in the Sacramento-Valley have been richly blessed, and we regretfully bade him good-bye. Increase of Population. During the year ending June 30, 1900, near­ ly thirteen thousand arrived and were distributed over the entire coast. It is probable the entire population is near 35,000. T h ey are young, sturdy men, for the most part, of industrious habits and free from vice. The total amount of crime is relatively small. Gambling and drinking are the worst vices among them. As laborers they are in great demand, being quick to learn and to adapt themselves to new conditions. Their labor adds largely to the wealth of these coast States. The merchant and student class grows also, but not so fast, and these are more permanent. Around the Bay of San Francisco many hun­ dreds are pursuing their studies in the universities, colleges, high schools, and professional schools. They meet with generous hospitality from all educators, and keenly appreciate the privileges afforded. During the spring of 1900 a political agitation was excited by the daily press, having for its object the restriction of laborers. At this juncture the Japanese government interposed and stopped the further emigration of laborers. This action occasioned great surprise, and at once allayed all agitation. The presence of the laborers is a boon to the State and the producers and employers. As to the treatment of the laborers there is much to be desired. Lack of Japanese doctors and nurses and hospital accommo­ dations has been a source of great hardship. This is gradually being remedied, so that the sickness and suffering, I am sure, have been very much lessened. 1900.] Japanese. 387

The presence here of many thousands, all competing in some way with Americans, naturally excites some ill feeling, but it is my judg­ ment that on the whole the two peoples are becoming better acquainted and, finding they have many interests in common, are growing more friendly. May the American people never fail in treating the Japanese with as much kindness as the Americans have always received at the hands of Japanese in their own Yamato Land! Summary. From the beginning the duty has been laid upon Metho­ dists to evangelize the Japanese on the coast. From San Francisco the parent stock branches have been sent out over California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. In San Francisco the Presbyterian and Episcopal Churches have each a Mission. Outside of this city our Church alone operates, save in Salinas, Cal. To have and to hold what we have taken, and occupy new places, we must have men and money. In conclusion, I submit some of the tabulated results for the past few years:

Number of baptisms from 1877 to 1900...... 1,733 “ “ 1886 to 1900...... 1,663 “ “ “ 1893 to 1900...... 1,464

For Church benevolencesfor seven years...... $3,9°1 Home Missions ...... i ,55° Self-support ...... 51,800

$57,25i

The above report is submitted to the supporters of these Missions with the prayer that its perusal may greatly encourage their faith and love for the Master’s mission to men. With figures and words, the blessed and far-reaching effects of the Gospel can only be suggested.

A ppointments o f t h e P a c if ic J a p a n e s e M is s i o n . M. C. Harris, Superintendent.

P a c if ic C o a s t D is t r ic t .— M. C. Harris, P. E. Fresno, Genshichi Tsuruda. Los Angeles, Morizo Yoshida. Oakland, C. Nakamura. Portland, S. Kugimyya, supply. Riverside, T. Yamazaki, supply. Sacramento, Yo Taro Kudo. San Francisco, Kyugoro Obata. San José, Moto Akazawa, supply. Stockton, to be supplied. Vacaville, Kotara Kawasi. Watsonville, T. Saijo, supply. Anglo-Japanese Train­ ing School, Yoshi Suke Sacon.

H a w a i i a n D is t r ic t .—G. L. Pearson, P. E. Honolulu : English, G. L. Pearson; Japanese, Hokashichi Kihara. Hana, S. Imai, supply. Hilo, to be supplied. Kula, T. Gomi, supply. Lahaima, Eisaku Toki- masa. Waipahu and Aiea, Taihei Takahashi. Zenjiro Hirota, Haru- tashi Kawasumi, and Sayenoshin Kawashima left without appointment to attend school. 388 Missionary Report. [ 1 9 0 0 -

BOHEMIAN.

Commenced, in 1889.

B a l t im o r e C o n f e r e n c e .— The Bohemian Mission has 66 members and 8 probationers, a decrease of 3; 18 children baptized; 267 Sunday school scholars; $5 contributed 'for Missions.

E a s t O h io C o n f e r e n c e .— No report.

P it t s b u r g C o n f e r e n c e .— The Coke Mission reports 24 members and 22 probationers, an increase of 6; 10 adults and 34 children baptized; 500 Sunday school scholars; $17 for Missions.

R o c k R iv er C o n f e r e n c e .— The four Bohemian missions in Chicago report 113 members and 30 probationers, an increase of 27; 1,290 Sun­ day school scholars; $112 for Missions.

U p p e r I o w a C o n f e r e n c e .— The Bohemian Mission in Cedar Rapids has 43 members and 2 probationers, an increase of 23; 145 Sunday school sch olars; $20 for M issions.

ITALIAN.

Com m enced in 1889.

G e n e s e e C o n f e r e n c e .— The Italian Mission in Buffalo has 17 mem­ bers and 18 probationers, an increase of 12; 2 children baptized; $5 for Missions.

L o u is ia n a C o n f e jt e n c e .— The Italian Church in New Orleans reports 31 members and 10 probationers, an increase of 5; 7 adults and 4 chil­ dren baptized; 17 Sunday school scholars; $14 for Missions.

N e w E n g l a n d C o n f e r e n c e .— Rev. J. H. Mansfield, presiding elder, re p o rts: The Italian church on Hanover Street has changed its place of wor-* ship to the large hall where the Hanover Street Methodist Episcopal Church worshiped before uniting with the First Church on Temple Street. We are back on the old ground where Methodism in its early days flourished. We do not find Americans there to save, but we do find Italians by the thousands. We have a membership of over 125 Italians, and a Sunday school that averages nearly 100 each Sunday the year through. W e also have the schools and clubs and other appliances for carrying on our work. We have had a goodly number of conversions during the year.

N e w Y o r k C o n f e r e n c e .— The Italian Mission in Bleecker Street, New York, reports 150 members and 15 probationers, the same as last year. New York East Conference. — T h e Italian Mission in East 1 12 th Street, N e w York, reports 160 members and 40 probationers, an increase of 25; 125 Sunday school scholars.

P hiladelphia C o n f e r e n c e .— The Italian Mission in Philadelphia re­ 1900.] Portuguese 389

ports X15 members and 43 probationers, an increase of 34; 7 children baptized; 76 Sunday school scholars; $10 for Missions.

R o c k R iv er C o n f e r e n c e .— The Italian Mission in Chicago has 24 members and 4 probationers, the same as last year; 100 Sunday school scholars.

PORTUGUESE.

Commenced in 1891.

N e w E n g l a n d S o u t h e r n C o n f e r e n c e .— Dr. T. J. Everett, presiding elder, reports: The event of the year in connection with the Portuguese Mission, New Bedford, has been the completion of the new edifice. The total cost of the property is $5,050. The dedicatory services occurred July 11-16, 1899. They were participated in by Revs. George B. Nind and Antonio Ribeiro; Michael Dickie, of Brazil; F. C. B. Silva, of the Baptist Portuguese Mission, New Bedford; W. T. Holmes, in charge of the Congregational Portuguese Mission, Providence; J. I. Barthol­ omew; Mrs. Mary C. Nind, of Detroit, and Bishop Daniel Goodsell. On the morning of the day of dedication, Sunday, July 16, the sac­ raments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper were administered in the Portuguese language. Mrs. Nind conducted a love feast in which a large number of Portuguese participated. At 10:30 A. m . Bishop Goodsell preached at a union service of all the Methodist churches in the city at the County Street Church. At this service the amount necessary to cover the remaining liabilities of the trustees was subscribed in per­ sonal pledges and guarantees, all to be paid in one year. In the even­ ing Bishop Goodsell formally dedicated the church. Addresses were made in the Portuguese language by Revs. F. C. B. Silva, George B. Nind, Antonio Ribeiro, and Michael Dickie; and in English by Bishop Goodsell. Thus were dedicated, practically free from financial encum­ brance, the first Portuguese Methodist Episcopal church in the world. Some of the members and probationers of this mission are this year at their homes in the Cape Verde Islands. There they have witnessed for Christ, and a number of their countrymen have been converted. That this work might have some care and recognition by the home Church, three of our young men in the islands have been licensed as exhorters. Ter meet the growing need of our Portuguese work there has been issued this year by the Methodist Book Concern a “Manual ol Doctrine and Worship” in the Portuguese language, compiled by Rev. George B. Nind, under the direction of Bishop J. C. Hartzell. This manual includes the Lord’s Prayer, Ten Commandments, Beatitudes, Apostles’ Creed, Gloria, about two hundred hymns, the Catechism and Ritual of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 390 Missionary Report. [-1900.

SPANISH. PORTO RICO MISSION. Com m enced in 1900. Dr. C. W. Drees, superintendent, reports: The actual history of this Mission began with the arrival o f the superintendent at the city of San Juan on Sunday, March 25, 1900. The work of the year was, therefore, comprised within a period of nine months. The earlier portion of this time was consumed in the pre­ paratory and initial work leading up to the establishment of the pas­ toral charges at present existing. These are four in number: the First Church and Trinity Church in San Juan, Puerta de Tierra, and Are- cibo. An exploration of the field has been carried on upon lines that have extended eastward to Loiza on the north coast; to Humacao on the east coast; and to Guayama, Arroyo, and Ponce on the south coast. -Preliminary services have also been held in Coamo and Aibonito. As the time approached for the beginning of the work of the public schools in September it became evident that there is a need and an opportunity for the establishment of an educational institution adapted to the needs of Porto Rican and American families. This led to the establishment of “Washington Institute,” at present our only enterprise in the educational field. A residence of nine months with opportunity for extended observa­ tion have enabled the representatives of our Church to become familiar with the conditions of this field and the opportunities for Christian work. In this report we only briefly state the results thus far obtained. San Juan: First Church. Within two days of the time of his ar­ rival the superintendent came into contact with Methodist families and persons of Methodist affiliations, who expressed an ardent desire for the establishment of Church privileges. Persons of other religious de­ nominations expressed their desire to cooperate with the effort to establish a congregation in which the simpler order of religious wor­ ship usual in our churches should be observed. Upon the Sunday following his arrival, a suitable hall having been secured and plainly furnished, religious services were inaugurated. A preparatory service had been held on the previous Friday evening, attended by nineteen persons. The first service was held on Sunday, April 1, with a congregation of about fifty persons. This service has been maintained with deepening interest throughout the remainder of the year. During the absence of the superintendent in the latter part of April and during the month of May services were maintained by Brother John Vollmer, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Greene, of ihe Pres­ byterian Church, and Professor Benedict, then engaged in the service of the educational department of the island. Toward the end of Miay the Rev. A. W. Leonard was assigned to temporary service at this post, continuing during the summer vacation. His work was highly appreciated, and contributed largely to the maintenance and increase .1900.] Spanish. 391

of the interest of the people. Upon his return to the United States the Rev. B. O. Campbell was assigned to this charge, and maintained the good work during the remainder of the year. While the interest in and attendance upon the preaching services have been well sustained, and the Sunday school has continued its work under the direction of Professor Benedict, the most interesting feature of the work has been the midweek prayer sendee. This service has been attended by in­ creasing numbers, among them many of our soldiers, some of whom have given worthy examples of steadfast confession of Christ in the midst of great difficulties. The shifting character of the American population has made it im­ possible to secure a large enrollment of members in this city. Many persons thoroughly in sympathy with our work have regarded their stay here as so uncertain that they have preferred to maintain their church relationships at home, while nevertheless cooperating heartily with our work in this island. The work of the year closed with a service held on New Year’s Eve, in which the spirit of prayer and testimony was shown by the large company of persons assembled. Trinity Church. On Sunday, April 8, the work of our Spanish church in San Juan was inaugurated by the opening of a Sunday school at 3 p. M. and the preaching service at 7:30 p. H. The Sunday school brought together in all about 20 persons, and the first service was attended by about 40 persons in the interior of our hall, with numerous hearers on the sidewalk, standing at the two side windows. Upon the return to New York of the superintendent the Rev. John Vollmer, temporarily connected with the Mission during the interval of his studies preparatory to the work of a medical missionary, took charge of this work. For five months he prosecuted his work with untiring zeal, winning the hearts of the people and giving to them the message of the Gospel not only in the stated services, but from house to house. In the intervals of his Sunday work he carried the message to Arecibo and Loiza. Accompanied by Brother Leonard, he made a missionary tour to the eastern and southern portions of the island. From the beginning of this Spanish work we have felt that its chief justification must be found in the effects of Gospel preaching in the conversion and salvation of adults. All our efforts have been addressed to this end, and as a result we have now associated with this charge more than 100 persons who have openly sought Christ at the altar of prayer, and declared their purpose to follow him and him only as their Master and Saviour. The results in many instances, in the trans­ formation of life and character, have been most remarkable. In prayer and testimony they show the same faith as is ever found where the Gospel is preached in the power of the Spirit. The attendance upon the preaching service has steadily increased, and the interest awakened in the community has been considerable. We look for still larger results in the immediate future. The work of our deaconesses, Misses White and Horton, sent to us by the Woman’s Home Missionary Society, has been an invaluable aid to our Mission in San Juan. 392 Missionary Report. [1900.

On August 17 was consummated the purchase of an eligible property — the most eligible, taking all things into account, within the area of the old city. During September and October the necessary modifications and improvements were made, securing to this charge a commodious and attractive place of meeting, capable of accommodating an audience of about 250. It has frequently been crowded to its utmost capacity, and is always well filled with an attentive audience. The building affords spacious accommodation for a missionary’s residence, day school, and other interests of the Mission. In this enterprise the Missionary Society was associated with and had the hearty cooperation of the Board of Church Extension, which contributed the sum of $3,000 toward the purchase of the building. The year’s work in this charge was brought to a close by the watch night service, at which about 160 persons were in devout attendance until after the ushering in of the new century. In renewed consecra­ tion and in triumphant faith this church looks out into the new year. The Sunday school has registered on special occasions an attendance reaching 180. Its regular membership may be stated as 100. Puerto de Tierra. This portion of the city is inhabited by the poorer classes, and among them are to be found many English-speaking negroes from neighboring English and Danish islands. They were “as sheep having no shepherd.” Though Protestants in faith, they had declined from spiritual life and right living, and greatly needed the Gospel message. At an early period services were undertaken in this portion of the city, and this charge now has a regular congregation of about 40 persons, with an attendance occasionally much larger. Mr. George S. James, a Wesleyan local preacher from the island of Antigua, has cooperated with this work during six months of the year. Spanish services have been begun in connection with this work, and will prob­ ably grow into a large congregation. Arecibo. Preliminary work having been carried out in this place by Brother Vollmer, the Rev. A. H. Lambert was assigned to the field, where he arrived on the,21st of July. A recent visit to this charge found a well-established congregation of some 40 persons, 23 of whom have expressed their purpose of uniting with the Church. The Sunday school presents an interesting feature in its children, in whose instruc­ tion the pastor is aided by Mrs. Bertha Wilson. Arecibo is regarded as one of the centers of churchly influence, and our work has been both privately and publicly opposed by the Roman Catholic priests, and those who are their instruments. Notwithstanding this, the prepossessions of the people are favorable to Protestantism, and the work is upon a solid and growing basis. Its development has been somewhat im­ paired by the fact that Brother Lambert, although somewhat familiar with the Spanish language in a literary way, found it necessary to acquire facility for public address. In this regard he has made very rapid progress, and is now well equipped for his work. The difficulty of securing a suitable location for our work further hindered its progress. W e have been reduced to the necessity of occu­ 1900.] Spanish. 393

pying an upper room somewhat removed from the center of the city, and not surrounded by the population most accessible to us. Washington Institute. This institution, as already intimated, has been established with a view to the education in all grades of the youth of American and Porto Rican families. Its opening seemed to be clear­ ly indicated by Providence. One of the most eligible houses in the city of San Juan became vacant, and was offered on reasonable terms just as the date for the school opening was approaching. Many inquiries for school privileges had been received. The Rev. G. B. Benedict, a member of our Western South America Mission Conference, was residing in San Juan, employed in the service of the educational depart­ ment of the government, and was deeply interested in the evangeliza­ tion of this island. It was found that he would be disposed to enter upon the service of the Church in the educational department. The school was opened on the 3d of October, with an attendance which surpassed our expectations. This attendance has steadily in­ creased, and there is every probability that as soon as facilities can be provided for the reception of students from distant parts of the island the institution will become self-supporting. Its income at present pro­ vides for the rental of its quarters and the support of a considerable portion of its teaching force. It is hoped that this institution will prove a permanent element of usefulness in the Mission. In this initial period of the Mission it has not been our design to preach in the largest possible number of places, nor to attract merely the largest number of persons and induct them'speedily into Church membership. This is a nominally Christian country. Its people are accustomed to merely perfunctory and formal Church associations. It would be extremely easy to secure a numerous list of adherents and professed followers of Christ. We have felt, however, that the true interests of the kingdom of Christ require that a high standard of Chris­ tian living shall be efficiently set forth and maintained as a condition of Church fellowship. The only way to secure this end is to insist upon genuine spiritual transformation as the basis of Church fellowship; to demand that, in conformity with the standard of human and divine law, the domestic status of the families of the Church shall be properly established. This requires investigation into the family relations of all persons approaching the Church with a view to entering upon member­ ship. Low views as to conduct everywhere prevail, and we must insist upon the elevation of these views and upon better lives. This policy has rendered it necessary to concentrate personal effort, to follow up the preaching of the Gospel with careful house-to-house visitation and personal contact with individuals. It required constant and careful instruction in the classes and prayer meeting. We believe that the observance of this policy is resulting in the formation of-a body of Christian witnesses who have become truly converted, endowed with the Spirit, and made efficient as means of communicating to others the truth which they themselves have received. It will make our Church a moral and spiritual power in the community. 394 Missionary Report. [1900.

Openings are before us on every hand, and our work may be ex­ tended as rapidly as men and means can be provided. In this connec­ tion we would desire to set forth in this annual report the following statement as to the needs of this field, and the scope of the work which should be undertaken in order to respond adequately to those needs. It is our hope that the Church at large will respond liberally to this appeal, and the more so in view of the fact that the recent General Committee has made the development of our work to depend so largely upon special gifts. What is the part that belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church in the common enterprise to which the Protestant Churches are called? I cannot ask fo r less than $100,000 to be put into this field before the end of 1901. How should this large sum be employed ? Let me tell you in brief:

$30,000 to put twenty missionaries into fifteen principal stations com­ manding all parts of the island. These men, so placed, would carry the Gospel, itinerant-Methodist fashion, into every valley to the scattered sheep, so long neglected by the Roman shepherds. The Gospel is to be preached in the expectation of immediate spiritual results among all classes and ages. $5,000 to open prim ary schools and m aintain them in connection w ith each station, thus supplementing, in so far, the public schools which it is now evident the government will not for a long time be able to maintain in numbers sufficient to provide for the school population. $5,000 to lay the foundations of an academy for the higher education of youth and prepare young men and women for entrance to our educational institutions in the United States. $2,000 for medical work. Two of the twenty missionaries should be competent physicians, and they should have the means to open dispensaries on a small scale. $8,000 for an industrial training school and orphanage. Such an insti­ tution is greatly needed to rescue the many waifs thrown upon precarious charity in consequence of the famine and the relaxation of family ties. $50,000 for property in the larger stations to prevent the wasteful em­ ployment of large sums in rentals and to give stability and assur­ ance of permanency to our work. It will probably be more than duplicated by gifts of land and money in the field.

How is this money to be secured? By special gifts in response to the call of the Missionary Society, without prejudice to the resources of the other Missions of the Church. Surely there is enough of conviction in the Church as to the duty of God’s people to keep pace with the movements of divine Providence, to call out gifts to meet such an emer­ gency as that which is upon us in Porto Rico. Bishop Mallalieu says: “I heartily approve the above appeal, and hope the Church at large will generously respond to it.” 1900.] German. 395

GERMAN.

Commenced in 1838. MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS BY CONFERENCES. California German. B urlington...... $54 Morris Mission...... $225 Ban Francisco D istrict___ $250Fort Atkinson...... 60 Maple Grove & Greenwood 75 Lorin...... 350M adison...... 116Minneapolis: First Church 75 Oakland...... 250Milwaukee: 5th Church... 126 N orth...... 200 East Oakland...... 200 Galena Street...... Turtle Mountains...... 125 Santa Cruz...... 350 Im m anuel...... 124 Valley City...... 50 San Francisco : Folsom St. 19C Third Church...... 116 Chippewa Falls ...... 100 Santa Rosa and Mt. Olivet 450 West B end...... 110 Hokah...... 100 Stockton and Tracy 100 Oshkosh District...... 28 Lake City...... 75 Los Angeles District...... 350A ppleton...... 125 Menomonie...... 90 Anaheim and O range...... 250 Chase and Abraham 100 Panola...... 90 Los Angeles: 2d Church.. 150 Clayton and Willow Creek 60 Pepin...... 125 Pasadena aud Ontario .... 300 Fond du Lac...... 120 Rice Street and Rice Lake. 100 Prospect Park ...... 275 Friendship and Eldorado.. 60 R ochester...... 100 San Diego and Sorrento... 225 Forest and Plymouth 75 St. Paul: West Side and Wilmington, San Pedro, Green B ay...... 50 Second Church...... 200 and P erris...... 250Kewaunee...... 135 St. Paul Park...... 100 Marion and Wittenberg... 160 Salem and Rose Mount 65 Missions, 15 ; Money, $3,840. Merrill...... 175 Cannon River...... 50 Sheboygan...... 100 Johnsonville and Walnut Central German. Stevens Point...... 200 Grove...... 62 Greenville and Piqua $175 W ausau...... 210 Mankato and Danville.... 63 Hamilton, 0 ...... 100 Missions, 32; Money, $3,900. Morgan and Eden...... 50 Indianapolis : 1st Church . 300 Missions, 29; Money, $3,000. Nippert Memorial 250 East German. Ironton, 0 ...... 100 Cincinnati; Mt.Auburn... 110 Amsterdam, N. Y...... $400 North Pacific German. Spring Grove Ave 60 Bridgeport, Conn...... 200 District...... $500 Lawrenceburg, Ind 100 Brooklyn: Ridgewood Addy, Milan, and Cheney. 250 Mount Healthy, 0 ...... 50 Heights and Glendale. 325 B ethany...... 265 Bedford, Ind...... 50 Vanderveer Park, N. Y.. 175 Davenport...... 100 Jeffersonville, Ind.. Fort Hunter, N. Y ...... 100 Fairhaven and Whatcom.. 300 Cannelton and Tell City... 135 Greenfield and Turner’s Halton...... 300 Evansville, Ind.: 2d Church 2 Falls, Mass...... &ia Logan, Clarks, and Sandy. 225 Louisville : Jefferson St... 175 Hartford, Conn...... 300 M ilw aukee...... 350 Eighteenth Street 200 Long Island City aud North Yamhill and Forest Ann Arbor...... 120 Mineóla, L. 1...... 400 G rove...... 268 Bay City...... 100 Mt.Vernon and Wakefield, Portland: Second Church. 300 Detroit: Second Church.. N. Y...... 225 Ridgefield...... 300 Third Church ...... 150 New Haven, Conn 200 Ritzville...... 100 Freeport ...... 100New Rochelle, N. Y...... 150 Rosalia and Wankon 200 Goshen...... ; ...... 90 Sea Cliff, L. I ...... 50 Salem ...... 300 Montague and Muskegon.. 150 Yonkers, N. Y ...... 50 Seattle...... 250 P ig eo n ...... 100 Philadelphia District 200 Spokane ...... 225 R oseville...... 125 North Baltimore...... 300 Tacoma...... 150 Toledo : East Side and Baltimore: Pen nsylvania Walla Walla and Bickleton 250 Perrysburg...... 250 Avenue...... F 0 Missions, 18; Money, $4,633. Galena Street...... 115 Buffalo : Northampton St. 250 Dunkirk, N. Y ...... 300 Saginaw, Mich...... 75 Northwest German. Akron, 0 ...... 215 Elizabeth, N. J ...... 50 Bonn and Monroefleld 30 Hoboken,T N. J ...... „ 250 Basswood and Richland Cleveland: Bethany 135 N. Y 100 (formerly Lena)...... $100 Im m anuel ...... 150 Jersey City, N. J ...... 200 Decorah ...... 50 Zion...... 150 Newark: Bergen Street... 300 D ubuque...... 75 Delaware, 0 ...... 50 Paterson, N. J ...... 50 Freeport...... 100 Pittsburg: Park Avenue.. 210 Rochester: Emanuel 250 Galena...... 100 Sandusky and La Carne... 75 Scranton: Prospect Ave... 100 La Crosse : Second Church 100 Syracuse, N.Y ...... 300 Stitzer...... 50 Missions, 35 ; Money, $4,400. Wellsville, N. Y...... 50 Tom ah...... 125 West Hoboken, N. J 100 W ood...... 75 Chicago German. Missions, 29; Money, $5,600. South Dakota District 250 Champaign & Monticello .$200 Castlewood...... 150 Chicago : Elkton aud White 100 Ebenezer...... 225 Northern German. G ettysburg...... 175 M emorial...... 200 Minneapolis D istrict $175 Parker...... 175 Morgan Street...... 100 A d a ...... 50 Redfleld...... 150 West Fullerton...... 150 B ertha...... 65 R ockham ...... 150 E lgin...... 100 Clear W ater...... 40 Webster and Butler 100 Grand Ridge...... 70 D u lu th ...... 150 Wessington Springs and H am mond...... 100 H a tto n ...... 125 H ow ard...... 300 Michigan City...... 85 Hector...... 200 W ilm ot...... 150 Sandw ich...... 70 La Moure...... 75 Alden and Dows...... 75 396 Missionary Report.’ [1900.

D enison...... K eokuk...... Russell...... $200 Fort Dodge...... 75 N ew ton...... 100 Topeka...... 225 Garner and Hayfleld...... 75 Rock Island ...... 160 W ichita...... 100 Mason C ity ...... 125 W rayville...... 100 Boonville...... 60 Reinbeck and Eldora...... 75 F arm in g to n ...... 60 Dalton...... 45 St. Charles and Rudd...... 50 Jefferson City...... 94 Concordia...... 86 S ch aller...... 100 M orrison...... 50 Cosby...... loo Sioux City...... 125 New Melle...... 40 Kansas City (Mo.): Ind.Ave. 175 Spencer...... 100 St. Charles...... 50 Kansas City, K an...... 150 Storm L ake...... 75 St. Louis. Carondelet 215 Independence...... 100 Missions, 30; Money, $3,450. Gano Avenue ...... 215 P ittsb u rg ...... 100 Taylor Avenue...... 50 P y rm o n t...... 50 Missions, 34; Money, $3,375. B eatrice...... 200 St. Louis German. Jansen and Gilead 108 A lto n ...... §35 Lincoln : First Church 180 Bible Grove...... 50 Southern German. F rien d ...... 120 Brighton and Fostersburg. 50 No Minutes or list of distri­ Cortland...... 150 Cape Girardeau...... 100 bution among the charges of Arlington and Fremont... 70 Chester ...... 50 the $3,850 appropriated by the Big Springs and Amherst.. 200 G ranite...... 60 General Missionary Committee B erlin ...... 50 H ighland...... 90 has been furnished to the Mis­ Culbertson and Imperial.. 200 Moweaqua...... 25 sionary office. Denver: First Church 50 O akdale...... 40 Second Church...... 150 Red B ud...... 100 Third Church...... 250 Billings...... 90 West German. Duncan and Kalamazoo... 66 Golden City...... 30 B em an...... $100 E u stis...... 100 H annibal...... 170 C anada...... 50 Grand Island, Palmer, and Jacksonville...... 50 E llinw ood...... 125 H am pton...... 50 M oberly...... 166 El R e n o ...... 170 Macon and Oxford 100 Peoria Mission ...... 70 H alstead...... 115 Omaha...... 150 Springfield...... 35 Larned...... 150 Rushvi lie...... 230 Bushnell and La Harpe... 25 Augusta, Cherokee, and West Point and Scribner.. 170 Council Bluffs...... 300 M edford...... 200 Pueblo and Ordway 275 Dallas and Nauvoo...... 75 Norwich...... 140 So. Omaha & Plattsmouth. 275 D avenport ...... 125,Oklahoma City...... 225 Des Moines...... 375 Orlando...... 200 Missions, 43; Money, $6,000.

SWEDISH. Commenced in 18 49. MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS BY CONFERENCES. Austin. R acine...... Brooklyn: Bethany...... 1225 No list of distribution of the Waukegan & Lake Forrest. 175 Elim ...... 420 §1,321 appropriated by the Gen­ Western Springs...... 70 Bridgeport, Conn...... 380 eral Missionary Committee Galesburg District 168 Hartford, Conn...... 240 among the charges has been A u ro ra...... 170 New York City: Lexing­ furnished to the Missionary Bloomington and Peoria.. 240 ton Ave...... 240 office. Galva...... 50 New Haven. Conn...... 335 Joliet and Ottawa...... 114 Stamford, Conn., and Mt. California. K ew anee...... 15( Vernon, N. Y...... 240 Fresno...... $800 New Windsor & Wataga .. 50 Yonkers, N. Y., and Jer­ K ingsburg...... 300;gt Charles ~ 50 sey City, N. J ...... 640 ^ ? „ AU?eleS and ClrCUlt ■ ' Sn!Jam estown District.. . . 200 Missions, 10; Money, $3,700. O akland...... ^HBraddock' ...... 230 Paso Robles and Circuit... 375Cleveland..... 140 Sacramento and Circuit... l^ !Fa]coner ¿nd Kennedy"" 206 New England. San Francisco...... 300 McKeesport...... ; . . . . 85 Boston and Cambridge.... Missions, 7 ; Money, $2,000. P ittsb u rg...... ’___ 243 East Boston & Hyde Park. Warren and Quaker Hill.. 50 Lowell & W. Chelmsford.. Central Swedish. Washington Hill...... 300 L y n n ...... C hesterton...... SG(j: Missions, 33 ; Money, $4,300. Maplewood...... Brighton Park ...... 100 Quincy: St. Paul’s...... Rockport and Salem...... Em anuel...... 180| Colorado. Worcester: First Church.. Englew ood...... ^ ¡D e n v e r...... $3» Forest G len...... 100 Second Church...... - H obart...... 40 East Maine. Missions, 9; Money, $4,730. Humboldt Park ...... 110Monson...... $300 No list of distribution of the M oreland...... 195 amount to the several charges Pullm an ...... 80 New York. named has been furnished to West Pullman ...... 60 the Missionary office. South Chicago and East New Y o rk ...... $1,000 Chicago...... 100 New England Southern. Union Avenue...... 180 New York East. Highland Park...... 40 Arlington and Dover, N .J.,-...Brockton,------, Mass...... $450 Melrose P a rk ...... 192 Ausonia Circuit, C onn— 390 Newport, R. 1...... 330 1900.] Norwegian and Danish. 397

Pontiac, R. I...... Red W ing...... $135 Western Swedish. Providence, R. 1...... 340 Vasa and Goodhue 125 Iowa District...... $445 Missions, 4; Money, $1,610. St. Paul D istrict...... 300 Boxholm and Algona 145 Afton and River Falls 140 B urlington...... 150 Northern Swedish. Barron Circuit...... 100 Ottumway...... lio Cloquette & Sturgeon Lake 250 New Sweden...... loo Lake Superior District $150 Cumberland Circuit 150 Arcadian and Lauriura ... 5 Duluth: First Church 190 Red Oak, Essex, and Fre­ Carney and Bark River... 120 m o n t...... 200 Second Church...... 10 Sioux City...... 310 E scanaba...... 380 Kimberley and Brainard.. 80 Iron Mountain...... 50 Sheldahl, White Oak, and Lindstrom and Scandia... 100 Machid...... 125 K enosha...... 25 St. Paul: First Church 180 Marquette and Scandia... 375 Kansas District...... 275 Stillwater & Square Lake.. 215 Burdick and White City... 220 Marinette and Daggett— 25 Superior...... 320 Menominee and Wallace.. 75 Globe and Carl Junction.. 135 Trade Lake and Blanding. 150 Kansas City, M o...... 245 M ilw aukee...... 230 Two Harbors...... 40 Norway, Cunard, and Crys­ Virginia and Kibbing 250 Olesburgand Rose Hill... 110 tal F a lls...... 50 St. Louis, Mo...... 300 Royalton, Rock Creek, and Topeka...... 300 Prentice Circuit...... 100 B rah am ...... 195 Republic and Champion .. 100 Nebraska District...... 315 Stevens Point Circuit 300 Missions, 42; Money, $5,800. Concord...... 215 Wausau and Rhinelander. 100 D avey...... 100 Minneapolis District 300 H oldrege...... 225 Belgrade & New London.. 345 Puget Sound. K eene...... 175 L incoln...... 245 Hector and Palmyra 100 Bear Creek...... $170 Litchfield, Maynard Lake, Omaha...... 230 Cedar Home...... 200 P ra irie ...... 90 and King’s Farm 100 E verett...... 40 Maiden Rock Circuit 160 Shickley and Ong...... 135 Portland...... 250 Stromsburg Circuit 100 M ankato...... 390 Seattle...... 200 Melby, Far well, and Fer­ Skagit...... 200 Missions, 25; Money, $5,000. gus F a lls...... 100 Spokane...... 290 Minneapolis: 2d Church... 390 Tacom a...... 250| Ortonville, Oshkosh, and Wilmington. Swede Prairie .... 100 Missions, 8; Money, $1,600, I Mission, 1; Money, $5,000.

NORWEGIAN AND DANISH. Commenced in 1 849. MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS BY CONFERENCES. New England. Brighton, Norseland, and 1st. Hilaire and Beltrami.. $50 Worcester, Mass...... Storden ...... $145 Stephen and W arren 150 Canby, Lake Henricks, and Valley City Circuit 220 Maine. Toronto...... 180West Superior...... 200 Des Moines...... 60 Missions, 53; Money, $8,700. Mission, 3; Money, $200. Eau Claire and Colfax 230 Fremont and Kennard 200 Utah. New York East. Hutchinson, Lake Lillian, Daidsh : Perth Amboy— $81 and Lake Elizabeth 335 No list of distribution of the Norwegian: Brooklyn,N.Y. 826 La Crosse & N. La Crosse.. 210 $2,000 appropriated by the General Missionary Committee Missions, 2 ; Money, $1,026. Lake Mills, Glenville, and Palm er...... 230 among the several charges Martell, Viking, and Hart- furnished to Missionary Society Norwegian and Danish. lan d ...... 100office. Chicago District...... $11 Milan and Watson ^W estern Norwegian-Danish. Arkdale, Lewiston, and Missouri Valley...... W aupaca...... 200 Omaha ...... 240 Eureka and Ferndale $195 Cambridge & Whitewater. Red W ing'and’Diamond Los Angeles and San Pedro 365 Chicago: Kedzie Avenue. 200 Bluffs...... ioO!0aklan(1...... 330 M oreland...... Rutland and Bode 165iSan Francisco...... 600 North Avenue...... 250Viborgand Bethel 352 Montana*Idaho District.. 150 Park Side...... 100 Westby, Richland, and Butte and Anaconda 550 D w ig h t...... 100 A sbury...... Great 100 Falls...... 400 E vanston...... 180Red River Valley District. 440 Helena and East Helena... 250 Green Bay, De Pere, Mer­ A shland...... 75 Kalispel Circuit...... 300 ritt, and W ausau...... 200 Clifford...... 40Moscow and Blaine 300 Kenosha and North Cape.. 220 Crary and Devil’s Lake... 200 Spokane...... 500 Ludington and Muskegon. 100 Duluth...... 35A berdeen...... 500 M anistee...... 85 Fergus Falls and Tordensk Astoria and South Beud... 400 Marinette and Ishpeming. 150 jold...... 290 La Center...... 75 N eenah...... 125Grand Forks and Grafton. 160 McKee Circuit...... 45 Racine: Bethany...... 200Grand Marais and Maple Portland...... 550 Sheboygan and Manitowoc 50 H ill...... 30Reedville...... 25 Stoughton and Madison... 250 G rantsburg...... 125 Eyerett and Marysville 350 Minneapolis District 310 H am lin...... 120 Fairhaven and Whatcom.. 400 Appleton Circuit...... 280H alstad...... 200 Seattle and Ballard 475 Belvidere, Millville, and Rugby Junction and Wil­ Tacoma...... 245 Eidsvold...... 110 low City...... 33Missions, 21; Money, $7,000. 398 Missionary Report. [1900.

ENGLISH-SPEAKING CONFERENCES. MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS. Alabam a. O xford...... $40 San Antonio: Trinity...... $250 Anniston District...... $200 Ravenden Springs 20 City Mission...... 100 A nniston...... 200 Snow ball...... 50 Waco: Trinity and Vinci Edwardsville...... 40 Witt’s Springs...... 40 Memorial...... 300 Grassland...... 20 Wild Cherry...... 40 Sw edish...... 100 Mentone ...... 36 Little Rock District 400 Fort Worth District...... 500 Micaville A d a ...... 20 Abilene...... 227 M uscadine...... 32 Almyra...... 120 Alexander and Huckabey. 30 Birmingham District 125 Amity and Avery...... 40 Clarendon and Panhandle 200 People’s Temple...... 100 A rgenta...... , . . . 50 Dallas: Hope...... 250 Cordova...... 27 Beebe and Garner 150 Denison: Grace ...... 150 Glen Allen ^¡Center Valley ...... 20 Fort Worth: St. Paul’s.... 490 South Lowell |o!G illett...... 100 Gainesville...... 130 Rorkv Mount 5fl|H eb er...... 140 Hubbard City Circuit 100 KysSn.springs. T rinity 100 Iowa Park and Thornbary 150 Decatur District...... t ‘ ...... Lloyd Circuit...... 150- New Decatur Station 20q Littte- Rock; Ebenezer— 100 Merrit Circuit...... 200 Alabama City...... 84 _ “ ™ ® trBet...... ™ Missions, 25•; Money, $4,871.

j SS!“*“ • gluSiuie.v.:1$ Black Hills. SS:::::::::::::::;::: feg ;ry 8 Dutton...... 40 Stuttgart...... 70 Black Hills District $740 Alladin and Beulah 200 De Funiak District 250 Missions, 45; Money, $4,800. Belle Fourche* Minnesela. 200 Alco...... 30 Buffalo Gap, Oelrichs, and Cottage Hill...... 40 Atlanta. Pringle...... l5o Crest View...... 40 Atlanta: Battle Hill $20 Central and Terraville 120 G raceville...... 70 C uster...... 200 Echb...... 44 Fort Street...... 50 Gate City...... 40Deadwood: Trinity 250 Elton ...... 40 E dgem ont...... 200 Kinsey...... 100 North Atlanta...... 70 St. Luke ...... 40H erm osa...... 200 New Tabernacle...... 40 Hill City...... 200 R ep to n ...... 36 Vine Street...... 70 Rose Hill. ^Newman and Moreland.. 20 Hot Springs...... 220 K eystone...... 200 Rosinton...... 40P alm etto ...... 20 Gainesville District 100 N ashville...... 98 St. Andrew’s Bay...... 80 Rapid City...... 200 Mississippi District 156 Elberton and Athens 30 M arietta...... 30Spearflsh...... 100 Maben...... 75 S tu rg is...... 200 Tom melen...... 60Hoschton...... 20 Gainesville Circuit « Sundance...... 200 Macedonia...... 65 winder 20 Terry...... 180 Missions, 38; Money, $2,744. centerside...... 20 Tilford and Piedmont 200 Conyers...... 30W hitewood...... 200 A rkansas. Griffln Circuit...... :. .. 30 Missions, 20; Money, $4,258. Hopeville ...... 25 Fort Smith D istrict $400 Locust Grove...... 35 Blue Ridge. Bentonville...... 120 Morrow...... 25 Chester...... 30 Walnut Grove and Monroe No Minutes, or list of distribu­ D elaney...... 40 Mission...... 25 tion among the charges of Eureka 8p rin g s...... 150 O x fo rd...... the 20 $2,800 appropriated by Fayetteville...... 100 Spring Hill...... 30 the General Missionary Fayetteville Circuit 30 Rome District...... 100 Committee has been furn­ Fort Smith...... 450 A ustell...... 20 ished this office. G reenville...... 40 C arrollton...... 35 Jenny Lind...... 30 Carrollton Circuit...... 20 California. Mansfield and Huntington 40 H eard ...... 20Anderson Valley...... $50 Magazine and Ellsworth.. 40 Cedartown...... 20B enicia...... 50 St. Paul and Pettigrew. . 30 Summerville Blocksburg...... 50 Springdale...... 100 Chickamauga ...... 40Cloverdale...... 80 Sulphur Springs...... 30 Cohutta...... 25F o rtu n a ...... 50 T exarkana...... 150 Rome: Second Church— 35 Garberville...... 50 Vesta and A uburn 30 Floyd...... '...... 20 Guerneville...... 50 W aldron...... 40 Missions, 33; Money, $1,200. Kelseyville & Lower Lake. 50 Harrison District...... 500 Olema and Bolinas 80 Alco...... 20 Petrolia ...... 50 Cave City...... 40 Austin. Pope Valley...... 50 Cushman ...... 40 Austin District. Rohnerville...... 50 Clear Creek...... 40]Austin: Hyde Park 200 San Rafael...... 200 Green Forest...... 50| Arcadia and Pearland .... 100 Vacaville...... 120 Huntsville...... 20|Brusby and-Georgetown.. 50 Willlts ...... 50 H arrison...... ISO ElCampo ...... 300 W indsor...... 100 J a s p e r...... 40iFort Worth and Dallas 150 Biggs..»...... 50 Lead H ill...... 50jGalveston...... 94 D ixon...... 20 Mountain Home...... 40 Hutto and Taylor...... 250 Dunsmulr...... 70 Mammoth Spring...... 150IManda...... 150 E tna...... 50 1900.] English-Speaking Conferences. 399

Fruitvale...... $125!Clay Center...... $40 Cheyenne Wells and Hugo$127 Keswick...... 60!Independence and Coffey. 30Denver: Berkeley 180 K lam athon...... lOOSalina and Ellis...... 30 Cameron...... 65 Knob...... 50 Fort Scott...... 50 City Missions...... 390 Madison and Guinda 50 Jo p lin ...... 50 Capitol Hill...... 200 Nelson and Live Oak 60 Lawrence & Bonner Spr’gs 60 Collins...... 40 Olinda and Enterprise.... 50 Rosedale...... 80 H ighlands...... 175 Orland and Germantown.. 140 A sbury...... 40 Myrtle H ill...... 50 Round Mountain...... 65 Mount Vernon & Greenfleld 40 Simpson...... 80 Sbattuck Avenue...... 50 Neosho and Newtonia 33 W right Memorial 70 Williams Alma and Waubansee 16 Fort Morgan...... 95 Dutch Flat...... 60 Lebanon...... 60Littleton...... 70 Fair Oaks and Orangevale 50 Farm ington...... V0Wray and Glendale 162 Fernley...... Ellsbury...... 65 Y u m a...... 100 Forbestown...... 50 Curryville...... 40Greeley District...... 300 Forest Hill...... 50 Springfield...... 200 A rvada...... 50 Georgetown ...... 50 B rid g eto n ...... 95Black H aw k...... 50 Honcut ...... 60 R o lla...... 50Bald Mountain...... 100 North Bloomfield...... 50 D eSota...... 60Eldora...... SO Oak P ark ...... 80 H annibal...... 40E rie...... 75 O phir...... 75 Kansas City: Burns Chap’l 150 E v a n s...... 75 Pine G rove...... 50 Independence...... 150 Fort Lupton ...... 75 Pleasant Grove and Sheri­ Lincoln ...... 103 G eorgetown...... 50 dan ...... 60 St. Joseph...... 105 Greeley Circuit...... 50 Roseville and Rocklin lOOiMoberly- - - 60 Holyoke...... '50 Plym outh...... 70IRichmond 72 Idaho Springs...... 50 College Park...... 80 Kansas City; Clark 75 Julesburg...... 50 Half Moon Bay ...... 70“Des M oines...... 75 Loveland...... 50 Lorenzo and Soquel 160 Missions, 46 ; Money, $2,846. M orrison...... 40 Mayfield...... 180 Platteville ...... 75 Redwood City ...... 120 Pleasant View...... 50 San Francisco: Potrero Ch 140 Central Tennessee. Sterling...... 40 Saratoga ...... 100 Huntingdon District J W indsor...... 50 A cam po...... 50Adamsvillöand Shiloh— 78 W alden...... 60 Antioch...... 200 Camden...... 60 Atwood and Merino 50 B y ro n ...... 70 Carroll...... 50 B rig h to n...... 50 Evergreen...... 100 East Carroll...... 50 Broomfield...... 25 G onzales...... 50Dyersburg...... 40, Evergreen...... 25 H ayw ards...... 70 Friendship...... 50 Grover...... 40 Lockeford...... 50!Hollow Rock...... 60|Hartun...... 50 Morgan Hill...... 100 Huntingdon & McLemores- Iliff...... 50 San Leandro...... 75! ville...... 100 Jam estow n...... 50 San Jose: Webster Street. 140!Lexington...... 90 Lafayette...... 50 Sonora...... 50'Lexington Circuit...... 50 O rchard...... 25 Soulsbyville ...... 50,Parsons...... 80 Steamboat Springs 200 Stockton: Clay Street 100Sardis Silver Plume...... 34 Epworth ...... lOOISavannah...... 60 Snyder...... 50 Walnut Creek...... 50jTrezevant and Erin 10 W esley...... 25 W estport...... 70-Nashville District...... Yam pa...... 50 Vàlleÿ Springs...... 70I Byrdtown...... Pueblo District...... 200 Missions, 69 ; Money, $5,200. Cookeville & Bloomington. Altman and Anaconda— 60 Cum berland...... 50! Blue River Circuit Central Alabama. Hollow Springs...... 55,Cherry Creek Circuit, ,T ...... Lafayette...... 55; Castle Rock...... 100 No minutes, or list of distribu-lLaurei Hill...... 56|Fowler tion among the charges ofiMa„„arfc...... 55„ GranadG ranada...... 80 the $2,404 appropriated by,M^ p oe...... 50;GoldfleL50;Goldfleld_____...... 80 the General Missionary Com- Nasijyiue...... 225! Independence...... 70 mittee has been furnished Boiling Springs 55! La Junta Circuit...... 70 to the Missionary office. Sparta and McMinnville... 72, Lam ar...... 70 Tullahoma District 250, Lamar Circuit...... 80 Central Missouri. Crowson...... 60 Las Animas...... 80 Sedalia Circuit...... $40 Dickson...... 50 Manzanola and Olney 80 Springfield Mission 112 Hohenwald...... 50 Ordway and Sugar City.... 80 Sm itbton...... 70 L u tts...... 30!Pueblo: Pine Street 120 C...... alifornia...... 35 R over...... 40i Pine Grove...... 60 Versailles...... 36Shawnette...... 20iRockvaleand Coal Creek.. 80 •"Warrensburgt------...... 40Shelbyville — -i.„ ...... 100 Sheridan Lake %...... 80 Knobnoster...... 28 Summ ertown...... 72!Sopris and Starkville...... <0 W indsor...... 45Tullahoma and Sherwood. 140!Springfleld...... 60 Odessa...... 30W aynesboro...... 80 ColoradoSprings: St. Paul’s 120 O sceola...... 35Wheel...... 80jVineland...... 60 Malta Bend White Bluff...... 60 Woodland Park ...... 80 Higginsville...... 20Missions, 40; Money, $3,153. ¡jo ; ; ; ; ; wo W ellington...... 50 Arrow Rock...... 20 _ , . Basalt...... 50 Topeka District— ...... 150 Colorado. ¡Buena Vista...... 90 Burlingam e...... 25 Akron...... $120;De Beque and Mesa 90 Atchison and Valley Falls. 57 B ru sh ...... i*oiuei 145iDel Norte ...... 100a w Cbetopa and Oswego 35 Burlington and Lansing.. 155lFruita, ...... 75 400 Missionary Report. [1900.

Hillside and Silver Cliff.. ,$100i Adams and'Echo Beresford ...... $40 Hooper and Mosca...... 1001 Athena...... 140 Dell Rapids...... 60 Glenwood Springs...... 150jDayton...... 60 Elk Point...... 80 Gunnison...... 75 Elgin and Summerville... 140 G ayville ...... 48 M eeker...... 90!Enterprise...... 120 Hartford...... 60 M ontrose...... 90jFloraand Paradise 100 Hudson...... 40 O uray...... 90: Granite and Lawton 148 Hurley ...... 50 Pagosa Springs...... 75 Huntsville and Covello.... 120 J o rd a n ...... 180 Hotchkiss...... 60 John Day...... 100 Lennox...... 40 Paonia...... 75 La Grande...... 140 Lodi...... 40 Rifle...... 90 Long Creek...... 100 M ontrose...... 75 Salida...... 50 M ilton...... 100 Parker Circuit...... 3 Eagle Circuit...... 75 P a ta h a ...... 100 Valley Springs...... 70 Paradox Circuit...... 100 Prescott and Starhuck.... 100 W akonda...... 60 Crawford...... 50 Ukiab and Pilot Rock. W orthing...... 70 Telluride...... 50 Wallowa...... 100 Y ankton...... 75 Plateau Circuit...... 100 Missions, 74; Money, $7,300. Watertown District 300 Palisades...... 75 Arlington...... 40 Missions, 101; Money, A u ro ra...... 50 Dakota. Big Stone...... 45 Aberdeen District. B rad ley ...... 50 Columbia River. Andover...... 100 Bristol...... 60 Asotin...... A shton...... 78 Castlewood and Bruce 50 Clarkston...... Bowdle and Rosco 125 Clark...... 100 Cottonwood...... B ritton...... 50 Clear L a k e ...... 50 Clearwater...... Clarem ont...... 50 Garden City ...... 50 Colton...... Conde Gary...... 50 E n d ic o tt...... D evoe...... 125 Henry...... 48 Elberton...... D oland...... 100 H azei...... 70 Grange ville...... Frederick and Leola 125 Kampeska...... 80 L e la n d ...... Hecla...... 100 Lake Preston...... 100 L ew iston...... Langford...... 100 Sisseton...... 90 Melrose...... M ellette...... 50 Summit and Twin Brooks. 65 Nez P erce...... Mound City...... 100 Waubay...... 100 Palouse...... N orthville...... 50 W ebster...... 40 Pullm an ...... lOO Selby and B angor...... 150 White Rock...... 70 Tekoaand Farmington... lOOjWarner...... 135 Willow Lakes...... 90 K endrick...... 100|Huron District...... 360 Missions, 92; Money, $8,670. C h elan ...... lOO A lp en a...... 70 Cheney...... 100, Blunt...... 70 Delaware. Conconully...... 80 ¡Burdette Coeur d’Alene & R athdrum 100;Cavour...... 60Philadelphia D istrict $120 Crescent...... flOjDesmet...... 130 B urlington...... 50 D avenport...... lOOJFaulkton ...... 90 iape May...... 40 D elight...... 50 Forest City...... 74D elair...... 30 Falls Circuit...... lOOiGettysburg...... 100 Hudson...... 50 H arrison...... 50 H igbm ore...... 80 New Haven...... 50 Pleasant Hill and Methow. 40 H itchcock...... 50 Rossville...... 50 Post Falls...... 40 Iroquois...... 90 Sing Sing...... 50 Ritzville...... 50|Lebanon...... 80New Y ork...... 200 Rockford...... 50) M iller...... 90 Wilmington District 190 St. Maries...... 50 Okobojo...... 80 H ockessin...... 20 Sand Point...... 100 Onida...... Sprague...... 100 Pierre ...... 70 W allace...... 150 Redfleld...... Whaleyville...... 40 W ardner...... 100 W essington...... Seaford...... 40 Waterville ...... 120 Wessington Springs. . 70 Centerville District 110 W avslde...... 40jWinthrop...... 90 Salisbury District...... 100 W enatchee...... lOOjWolsey...... 80 Chincoteague...... 50 W ilbur and H artlin e...... lOO Mitchell District...... Mission W ork...... 40 Antelope...... 50i Armour...... Missions, 19; Money, $1,500. B elm ont...... 1001 Bard...... 40 Bickleton...... 100’Canastota and R iverside.. 140 Detroit. Cascade Locks...... 100 Cham berlain...... 60 ¡Pinckney...... $33 Columbus...... 50IEthan...... 60 Tipton...... 45 D ufur...... lOftjGeddes...... 100 Whitmore Lake...... 45 East Kittitas...... 125|Howard...... 100 S am aria...... 60 E llen sb u r^...... 200!La R oche..'...... 60 Bay City D istrict...... 160 Fossil...... 75|Letcher...... 40 Au G res...... 40 Gilmer...... 62|Mt. V ernon...... 100Bay City: Central...... 50 Heppner ...... 50;Parkston...... — 78 B entley...... 60 Hood R iver...... 200| Platte. 100 Cheboygan Circuit ...... 40 Lone Rock...... 50 Plankinton ...... 100]Fairview...... 40 M oro...... 100 Scotland...... 100]Indian River...... 40 Olex ...... lOOSpringfleld...... 1001 Lincoln...... 40 Prineville...... 80|Tvndall...... 601Millersburg______D...... 40 Prosser...... 150, White Lake...... 60 0naw ay ...... 40 Pasco...... S0j Woonsocket...... 140i0mer...... SO W aldron...... so'sioux Falls District 175 Prescott...... 40 Wasco...... 50lAlcester...... 56!Riggsville...... 70 English-Speaking Conferences. 401

Rogers...... $60,'Van Buren...... $50|Max Meadows...... Roscom mon...... 50,Moro...... 24iParisburg...... 20 Bose City...... 40!Smyrna Mills Pulaski Circuit...... 20 Tawas City...... 401 Greenville Junction Vanderbilt...... 60|Bar Harbor...... Missions, 46; Money, $1,976. W ilber...... to! B ucksport...... W ilson...... 40>Bucksport Center 40 Florida. Wolverine ...... 40 Cherryfleld...... 40 Jacksonville District $300 Smith’s Crossing...... 40East Bucksport...... 36 Franklintown & Crandall. 25 Homer...... 50Eddiugton...... 48 Hibernia, Green Cove H illm an ...... 40Ellsworth...... 48 Springs, and Youkon— 30 Fraser...... 40Franklin...... 48 Burbridge and Montcrief Gaylord...... 80Gouldsboro...... 20 Springs...... 20 W aters...... 40L ubec...... 30 St. Joseph...... 30 Pinconning ...... 40Orland...... 36 West Brooklyn and West West Branch South Robbinston...... 40 Jacksonville...... 30 Special (for Detroit City).. 400 Surry...... 30 King’s Ferry & Dinsmore.. 30 B righton...... 100 A rrow sic...... 20 Lone Star...... 21 H ighland...... 100 C ushing ...... 20 Macclenuy & Sanderson.. 30 Thom as...... 35 Spruce Head...... 20jMandarln and Switzerland 30 Bessemer. R ockport...... 32 Miami & Cocoanut Grove.. 30 Cedarville...... 50Bristol...... 40 New Smyrna, Daytona,and Cham pion...... 50 Palerm o...... 40 O rm ond...... 21 Donaldson...... 60 P em aquid...... 40, Orlando...... 24 Iron River...... 100 Northport...... 40 Sanford...... 30 K ew eenaw ...... 100 North Waldoboro and South Jacksonville 30 McMillan...... 50 Orff’s Corner...... 40 Ocala D istrict...... 280 M unising...... 80 8earsmont. and Morrill 40 Citra...... 28 N ational...... 40 Southport...... 40 Cotton Plant and Boyd 16 Newberry...... 100 West Waldoboro...... 40!Freecanaan and Melrose.. 20 O ntonagon...... 100 W hitefleld...... 40iHawthorne...... 28 Republic...... 100 Washington - ...... 48jLakeland, Homeland, and Rockland...... 50 Windsor and Cross Hill.. 48 Alafla ...... 28 R udyard...... 100 Missions, 47 ; Money, Lowell and Benedict 30 Sidnaw...... 50 Mtcanopy and Rochelle... 20 Stephenson...... 50 Myers...... 28 T u rin...... 100 East Tennessee. New River and Hampton. 20 Brown City...... 84 Chattanooga District...... $155 Ocala...... 32 Capac...... 36 Athens Circuit...... 26 Orange Lake and Gordon Clifford...... 32 Cleveland ...... 67iPunta Gorda and Arcadia. Jeddo Cleveland Circuit...... 25,Santos ...... Lake po rt...... 40 Churchville...... 25;Starke and L aw ty...... Lexington...... 32 Dayton...... 15jTarpon Springs and Twin Marlette Circuit ...... 40 Georgetown and Burkett.. 20| Lake...... Melvin...... 32 Jasper Circuit ...... 44|Waldo and Freedom.. — Minden City Rockwood...... 25 West Tampa, Port Tampa Leonard...... 40 South Pittsburg and Gains 44 City, and St. Petersburg 35 Peck...... 28 Soddy Circuit...... 20 Gainesville District...... 240 Port Huron : Memorial... Hill City&Sherman Heights 25|Arredondo, Archer, and Washington Avenue — Taits aiid Cross Roads 201 Long Pond...... 30 Sanilac Center...... 40 T annery...... 25jCedar Keys and Rosewood 20 Silverwood...... 30 Knoxville District...... 198iFateville and Noble Hill.. 20 Ubley...... 40 Clinton...... 65,Fort White and Branford.. 20 Saginaw : Asbury Church. 60 Ebenezer...... 28 Gordon and La Crosse 20 ' B urt...... 60 Fall Branch...... 25 Hague and Alachua...... 25 Deiord...... 60 Greeneville...... 30 Lake City and Huntsville.. 20 Oakley...... 100 Harrim an...... 80 Levyville, Adamsville, and Reese...... 60 Knoxville...... 48 Old T o w n ...... 30 St. Charles...... 100 Knoxville Circuit Liberty Hill & Union Lake 20 Shabbona K ingston...... 28 Live Oak and Jasper__ 30 Elkton and Wakefield 70 M orristown...... 38:Mikesville& High Springs. 32 Missions, 78 ; Money, $4,704. Mossy Creek...... 30jMonticello and Madison... 35 Newport...... 30 Newnanville and Stanley.. 20 Russellville...... 49 Otter Creek and Gulf Ham- East Maine. Warrensburg...... 28 m o ck ...... 20 Alton, Argyle&W.Oldtown i Bristol District...... 200 Pineville and Newberry... 20 Atkinson and Sebec 30 Glade Springs...... 30 Sanpulaski...... 24 Brownville & Henderson .. 50 Gate City...... 45 White Springs and New Dixmont...... 40 Johnson City ...... 36| H ope...... 30 Exeter and Corinna. 30 Mountain City...... 30 Wiliiston and Phoenix- 20 Forest City & Vanceboro.. 25 Rural Retreat...... 25 Missions, 52; Money, $2,100. Howland and Montague... 50 R ussell...... 35 Kingman and Prentiss 26 Thompson Valley...... 20 Limestone...... 40 Pulaski District...... 125 Georgia. Lincoln...... 40 B land...... 20;Atlanta District...... $200 M apleton...... 28 Bluefleld..:...... 3CiAtlanta: Marietta Street.. 100 Bridgewater...... 30 Christiansburg...... 20: Wesley Chapel...... 125 Mattawamkeag...... 40 Christiansburg Circuit 20 Bremen and Berea 60 8herm an...... 16 Elkhorn...... 22 Dunagans...... 110 Presque Isle...... 36 Independence,...... 15 Simpson and Demorest.... 66 26 402 Missionary Report. [1900.

Dupont and Glenmore. ...$100 Junction ...... $80 Holly Hill Tallapoosa ...... 135 Lost R iver...... 250 London Circuit...... 60 East P o in t...... 100 M eridian...... 100 Mariba ...... 30 Fitzgerald ...... 125 McEwen— ...... 125 Middleburg...... 60 Traders’Hill and Tatnall. 100 New Plymouth...... 200 Middlesboro ...... 70 Blue Ridge District 194 Payette and Ontario 160 M onica...... 40 A ta lla ...... VOPocatello...... 325 P in ev ille...... 60 Blairsville...... 50 St. Anthony...... 200 Pulaski...... 50 Blue R idge...... 300 Salmon City ; ...... 180 Raccoon...... 40 Chickamauga...... 70 Shoshone...... 200 Riley...... 50 Cohutta ...... 40 Sum pter...... 180 Rockcastle ...... 30 Dawson ville...... 50 W eise r...... 300 West Bend...... 50 Ellijay...... 70 The District...... 350 W illiam sburg...... 90 Hiawassee...... 50 Missions, 27 ; Money, $4,500. W oodbine...... 50 Jasper and Cherokee 60 Arlington ...... 40 L afayette...... 60 Beaver D am ...... 50 Lookout M ountain 60 K ansas. Bowling Green...... 60 M organton...... 20 Lancaster...... 48Bowling Green Circuit 50 Spring Place...... 45 Clay Center Circuit___ 60 Deer Lick...... 40 Missions, 25; Money, $2,350. Clifton Circuit...... 30 Dexterville...... 40 Enterprise...... 40 Earlington...... 40 W esley...... 30 Greenville...... 40 Holston. H addam ...... 30 H ardinsburg...... 50 Ducktow n ...... $110 M ilford...... 20 Hickory Grove...... 75 E rie ...... 40 Leonardville...... 90 Leitchfleld...... 60 K ingston...... 100 Parkerville...... 70 Louisville: Epworth 75 Maryville Circuit...... 75 Morrowville...... 30 W esley...... 40 Alton P a rk ...... 50 Blue Rapids...... 75 M arion...... 50 Avondale and Sherman A lm a...... 40 Morgantown...... 50 Heights...... 30 Oketo...... 75 No C reek...... 40 Epw orth...... 40 O naga...... 24 O n to n ...... 40 Hill City...... 20 St. M arys ...... 60 O w ensboro...... 150 Ridgedale ...... 100 Summerfleld...... 50 Paducah...... 40 T abernacle...... 40 Kansas City: First Street.. 200 Sacram ento...... 50 Crossville...... 100 Clinton...... 40 Sam ple...... 80 Daisy...... 20 Euclid Avenue...... 50 Scottsville ...... 40 Dayton, Vine Grove...... 20 O akland...... 50 Shelbyville...... 50 G raysville...... 50 Michigan Valley...... 40 Spring Lick...... 50 Jasp er...... 40 W akarusa...... 40;Summit...... 40 Morgan Springs ...... 40 South Pittsburg...... 90 Missions, 22; Money, $1,182. Tom pkmsvine...... 40 Tracy City...... 40 Anderson ville...... 40 K entucky. Missions, 77; Money, $4,138. C linton...... 90 Ashland District...... $170 Deer Lodge...... 40 Ashland Circuit...... 40 Lexington. Jellico...... 50 Advance...... 38 Indiana District...... $120 Jellieo Circuit...... 20 Catlettsburg...... 40 Cannelton Circuit...... 20 Jam estow n...... 40 Dorton...... 65 Carmi Circuit...... 20 La Follette...... 40 East P oint...... 40 Chicago...... 300 Maynardville...... 20 Flat Gap...... 40 Evansville...... 200 Newcomb...... 20 G reenup...... 40 Greenfield and Greencastle 30 New River...... 30 L o u isa ...... 50 H aw esville...... 20 R u tled g e ...... 30 Olive Hill...... Indianapolis: B arnes T azew ell...... 23 Paintsville...... 28 Chapel...... 50 Elizabethton...... 70 Pikeville...... 60 Lawrenceville Circuit 20 W hitehorn...... 100 Q uincy...... 60 Muncie and Alexandria... 70 Johnson City Circuit...... 40 Salt Lick...... 50 Shelbyville...... 32 Parrottsville ...... 30 Salyersville...... 50 Terre Haute...... 25 Surgoinsville...... 30 Tolesboro ...... 85 Cadentown Circuit...... 60 Sneedville...... 30 Vanceburg...... 50 Cleveland Circuit...... 30 East Main Street...... 300 Wallingford...... 48j Germantown Circuit...... 30 Elm Grove and Jones...... 200 A sbury...... 60 Kenney 45 Newport Circuit...... 52 F oster...... 80jLeesburg Circuit...... 20 Missions, 39; Money, $2,300. Main Street and West Cov­ Maysiick...... 20 ington...... 80Moorefleld : ...... 40 Idaho. Powersville...... 60 North Middletown 35 Albion...... $250 G erm antow n...... 36|Sharpsburg Circuit SO Blackfoot...... 150 G rant...... 60iRuddel’s Mills...... 30 Caldwell...... 150 Harrison...... 50 Pleasantville Circuit 20 Council and Salubria...... 130 Albany and Gap Creek 64|Louisville District...... 260 De Lamar: Pastor...... 120 Barbourville and London. 70 A u b u rn...... 40 A ssistan t...... 80 Barbourville Circuit...... 50;Chaplin ...... 82 Emmfctt ...... 100 B ethel...... 50 Irvington Circuit...... 40 Glenn’s Ferry...... 100 Booneville and Beattyville 50 La G range...... SO H agerm an...... 50 B re ath itt...... 40)Leitchfleld...... 20 Hailey: Pastor...... 190 Burning Springs...... 40; Portland ...... 50 A ssistan t...... 100 G radyville...... 50, New Haven Haines...... 150 Grays 56iSonora...... 40 Idaho City...... 100 H arian ...... 70iWorthville- 48 Idaho Falls. 180 Highland...... 60 Batavia.. 80 [1900. English-Speaking Conferences. 403

C incinnati: Ninth Street..$150 Cotton Port...... $20 Rumford Cumminsville...... 80 Boyce and Village. 20 Phillips...... 30 Delaware Circuit...... 20 Cade...... 20 W ayne...... 50 Iro n to n ...... 25 Abbeville Mission...... 20 Strong...... 26 Louisa...... 25 Forest Hill & Spring Creek 20 Berlin, N. H ...... 50 Marion Circuit...... 20 Baton Rouge District...... 115 Y arm outh...... 80 Portsm outh...... ¡20 St. Paul and Vincent...... 15 Empire and South Auburn 30 Troy St. M ark...... 50 Lisbon Falls and Pejepscot 40 Xenia...... 100 New Road...... 15 Naples and Sebago...... 20 Missions, 43; Money, $2,365. St. L uke...... 15 Oxford and Welchville.... 40 James Creek...... 15 Newry...... 25 Baker ...... 25 Locke Mills Circuit...... 30 Little Rock. D arrow ...... 20 West Cumberland and Pine Bluff District $300 Monroe District...... 412 South Gray...... 25 Dermott Bostrop...... 65 West Paris...... 25 Dumas...... 70 B eu lah ...... 60 M ason...... Hensley Banita and Anderson...... 85 Long Island ... 18 Monticello: Brown Chapel 40 Jones, Casper, and Swartz 32Portland: West End 200 New Edinburg ...... 40 Collingson and Mer Rouge 65 South Portland : Elm St... 100 Pine Bluff Circuit...... 40 Odum and Yellow Pine... 50 Kezar Falls...... 40 Warren and Johnsonville. 40 W insboro...... 20 Sanford...... 40 W ilraett ...... : ...... Waco and Evening Star... 50 Newfleld...... 28 Sherrill and Union Grove. 40 Wheeler and Goodrich • • • 50 Missions, 29; Money, $1,232. Lake Village ...... 55 Tallulah, Omega, Delta, Sweet Home ...... 40 and California...... 65 Michigan. A ltheim er...... 20 Delhi and Floyd...... 50 Liberty...... $40 Hot Springs District 200 Oak Ridge and Gasker___ 50 North Quincy...... 40 B earden...... 40 Ray ville and Girard ...... 5° Wheatland...... 40 Canfleld Circuit...... 30 Florence & Harrisonburg. 50 Devereaux...... 50 College Hill...... 50 Troyville and Trinity. .. 40 A shton...... 50 Wheeler Chapel...... 40 St. Joe and H ighland ...... 40 Barryton...... 80 Fulton...... 32 Waterproof, Newlight, and Chase and Zion...... 80 G u rd o n ...... 20 H ardtim e...... 50 Chippewa Lake...... 80 White Cliffs...... 40 West Monroe...... 50 Crystal Valley...... 80 W ilton...... 32 Homer and Minden...... 55 Harrison...... 80 Mena and Dallas...... 32 N. O. Central District...... 50 Evart C ircuit ...... 60 Little'Rock District 200 St. Charles Avenue...... 400 McClure...... 60 C onw ay...... 50 H am m ond...... 10 M cBain...... 50 Danville ...... 30 Shreveport District...... 400 Woodville & White Cloud. 60 Fayettes ville...... 20 L ongstreet...... 20 Millbrook...... 60 Fort Smith: Ebenezer ... 50 B row nlee...... 20 Caldwell...... 75 Hazen ...... 20 A llen ...... 30 Luther...... 80 Little Rock: North Side... 50 Many...... 20 Entrican...... 40 Rock Street...... 76 Rocky M ount...... 30 Remus...... 40 WhiteChapel...... 36 Bon C h est...... 2Q Luddington, 4th VTard — 75 Lonoke...... 40 Martbaville...... 30|Newaygo...... 20 M orrillton...... 40 Leesville...... S5 Pentwater...... 80 Parry ville ...... 60 Colum bus...... 20 Grand Haven...... 60 Plummerville...... COAlpha...... North Muskegon...... 40 W ooster...... 20 Coushatta...... Hesperia...... 30 Forrest City District 200Round______Grove_____ . Holton...... 50 Augusta ...... 1(5! N. O. South District Edgerton and Lisbon 40 Auvergne...... SOjCamp P a ra p e t...... Alanson...... 50 Batesvllle...... 60V aison...... A lba...... 50 Bledson...... 26lPoncbatouIa...... A lden...... 40 Brinkley...... 80 Beattieville Boone...... 50 Crawfordsville ...... 40 Shriever B enzonia...... 40 Forrest City Circuit 33 Centerville & Verdunville. Central Lake ...... 40 Haynes ...... 20 Godman and Sorrel------Cross V illage...... 50 Jacksonport...... 30 N. O. North District...... Boyne Falls and Clarion.. 50 B ingen...... 30 A sbury...... Ironton...... 60 Little B a y ...... 30 Franklinton ...... Copemish...... 50 M agnolia...... 30 Lutcher...... Ellsworth. New Lewisville...... 32 St. J o h n ...... 20. Em pire...... 40 H oratio...... B alltow n...... 20 Horton and Resort 80 Murfreesboro...... 301 Malden 25 Frankfort...... 50 M arrianna ...... 45 Maderson 20 H onor...... 60 Marvel and Helena 40 Missions, 59 ; Money, $3,047. L evering...... 40 Newport ...... 30 Inland...... 40 Newport Circuit...... 30 Mackinaw City...... 80 P alestin e...... 40 Maine. Monroe Center & Graun... 50 Park Place...... 20 Industry and Starks...... $40 Kingsley...... 50 Missions, 59; Money, $3,000. Leeds and Greene...... 35 Manton...... 40 North Anson and Embden. 40 Old Mission...... 50 New Sharon and Farming­ Onekama...... 50 Louisiana. ton Falls...... 30 South Boardman...... 50 Alexandria District...... $100 North Augusta...... 25 Stittsville...... 40 C olfax...... 15 Oakland and Sidney...... 50 Traverse City: 2d Church. 40 C hopin...... 20 East Livermore...... 30 Wexford...... 50 P a lm e tto ...... 20 Buckfleld ...... 30'Nortbport...... 40 404 Missionary Report. [1900.

South Frankfort...... $50 Spring Cottage...... $15 M ilan...... $125 D ouglass...... 50! Buford ...... 15 Queen City...... 125 Kendall ...... 50jChina Grove...... 10 W yaconda...... 100 L acota...... SOjSummit and Magnolia — 15 B arn ard ...... 50 Saugatuck...... 50;Brookhaven...... 25 E lm o...... 60 D elto n ...... 40; Barlow ...... 10 Grant City Circuit...... 60 Sethton ...... 60,Tylertown...... 15 Q uitm an...... 80 C rystal...... 80; Jackson District ...... 105 Bolckow...... 30 Berlin Center...... 80, M orton...... 30 Amazonia...... 60 D anby...... 50 Yazoo City Mission 361 Grace Church...... 100 Belding Circuit...... 60 Madison...... 38 Oakland Park...... 120 Missions, 66; Money, $3,600. (Carthage...... 40 New Hampton...... 50 |C lm tou...... 20 South P ark ...... 120 1 West Jackson ...... 75 St. P au l...... 100 M innesota. ¡Good Hope. Wesley Church...... 180 D elavan...... $40 Meridian D istrict...... 100 Missions, 48; Money, $3,350. Garden City ...... 40Chunkey...... 20 G ran ad a. ; ...... 50: Collinsville...... 25 Jackson...... 40'Conehatta...... 20 Montana. Jeffers...... 80 E nterprise...... 25 Bozeman District...... $200 L am berton ...... 100 Fort Stephen...... 20 Belgrade...... 275 Mountain Lake...... 50,Garlandsville...... 18jBillings...... 150 Sherburne...... SOjLake.i...... 16 Bozeman Circuit...... 200 Sleepy Eye...... 100,Meridian Circuit...... 20;Ekalaka...... 100 St. Jam es...... 40;Paulding ...... 10 Forsyth...... 50 Vernon C enter...... 40! Philadelphia...... 16;Gebo and Bridger...... 125 W abasso...... 50,Pineville...... 20:Livingston Circuit 160 W elcom e...... 40,Sbubuta District...... lOOj Meadow Creek...... 100 W ilder...... 100,A ugusta...... 24|Middle Creek...... 200 A ld e n ...... 60:Basin...... 10 Park City and Columbus.. 125 Alma C ity ...... lOO B ond...... 10 P o n y ...... 100 Blooming Prairie...... 65, De Soto...... 10 Red Lodge...... 170 Lansing and Cedar City .. 50, Ocean Springs...... 32 Sidney...... 125 Eagle L a k e ...... 50 Perkinston...... 10 Sheridan.. *...... 100 Glenville ...... 45:Poplarville...... 18 T ow nsend...... 200 G eneva...... 50j State Line...... 10 Twin Bridges...... 100 Lyle...... 50;Pearlington...... 20 W hitehall...... 200 M apleton...... 50,Escatawpa...... 16 White Sulphur Springs 200 M orristown...... 75; Quitm an...... 10 Helena.District...... 160 Nicollet...... 50 Hattiesburg...... 30 Avon and Ovanda...... 200 W aterville...... 50Sbubuta Circuit...... 16 Clancy and Jefferson 100 West Concord...... 75 Vicksburg District...... 300 H am ilton...... 275 A d ria n ...... 50|Anguilla...... 18 Oak Street...... 100 Beaver Creek. v...... 50|Carey...... 16 L im a ...... 140 B igelow ...... 50j Edwards...... 46 M arysville...... 100 B rew ster...... 60 Gloster ...... 28 Missoula...... 350 Canby ...... 501 Ham burg...... 13 New C hicago...... 100 Clarkfleld...... 50 Harriston...... 40 Philipsburg...... 200 Ellsworth ...... lOOiMeadville...... 12;South Butte...... 300 Franklin...... 50; Natchez...... 100;Stevensville...... 65 H endricks...... 100 C enterville...... 15 Thompson Circuit...... 200 Jasp er...... 200 B o n as...... 10 Walkerville and Meadville 50 Walnut Grove...... 50,Vicksburg Circuit.... 5 Missions, 33 ; Money, $5,220...... £0; Missions, 56; Money, $2,000. D undas...... 50, Nebraska. I S S 5:::::::::::::::::: m A lexandria...... $20 N ewport...... 50| Breckenridge...... $100 La Salle Street...... 24 Rich Valley...... 20: Hamilton Circuit...... 50 Burchard...... 40 St. Paul: King Street 50, Kingston...... 50 Diller...... 48 North St. P au l...... 60,Tindall...... 60 Dubois...... 40 Olivet ...... 50 Meadville...... 50 Ellis...... 28 St. Anthony P a rk lOOiCoffeyburg ...... 50 Hubbell and Reynolds.... 20 W hite B ear...... 50 G a lt...... 40 Liberty and Barneston— 32 Caledonia...... 40 Bevier...... 40 O dell...... 36 Fillm ore...... 40 Bowling Green...... 100 Pow ells...... 20 G ran g er...... 40 Hannibal : Hope Street 125 P la to ...... 20 High Forest...... 50 Laddonia...... 70 M ayberrv...... 16 Lanesboro...... 60 Mexico...... 100 Steele City...... 16 M arion...... 40 M oberly...... 175 Stand and Burress 24 Winona: Olive Branch ... 100 Shelbyville ...... 100 Tobias...... 48 W esley...... 50 V andalia...... 100 W ilber...... 28 Missions, 57; Money, $3,400. W akenda ...... 120 Ayr and Pauline...... 40 West Hartford...... 70 B la d en ...... Glenwood...... 100 Blue H ill...... 50 Mississippi. Green Castle...... 60 Deweese and Spring Ranch 40 Brookbaven District $29 Kahoka...... 68 Doniphan...... 80 Crystal Springs Circuit 15 Kirksville Circuit...... 84 G rafton...... 60 H a rtm a n ...... 12 La P la ta ...... 120 Bardy and Byron...... 40 K ing...... 15 Luray and Alexandria.... 68 Inavale...... 38 I900.J English-Speaking Conferences. 405

Ju n iata...... [ Boon’s Mill...... $35 W alhalla...... $50 Lawrence...... 50 R am seur...... 251 Willow City...... 130 OakandRuskin ...... 38 Madison Circuit— •...... 25 Jamestown District 500 O n g ...... 40 West Greensboro...... 20;Antelope...... 40 B ethel...... 50 Raleigh District...... 490] Bismarck...... 1*0 A rbor...... 20 Oberlin...... 30;Bowden ...... 100 Ceresco...... 40 O xford...... 120|Carrington...... 150 D enton...... 40 Goldsboro...... 100|Cathay...... 120 Epw orth...... 54 N ew bern...... 150jCooperstown...... 150 H avelock...... 60 Norfolk...... 80|Dazey...... 100 M ead...... 40 R aleigh...... 125 Dickey...... 100 Prairie Home...... Western District...... 190 Dickinson and Gladstone.. 200 S h aro n ...... 40 Asheville ...... 190 Edgeley...... 100 W averly...... 72 B oon...... 20Ellendale...... 150 P e ru ...... 60 Caldwell...... 15Harvey...... 100 Glen Rock...... 52 Waynesville and Beaver Kenmare and Bowbells... 100 Beaver Crossing...... 30 Dam...... 20 Kensal...... 100 Benedict...... 40 Franklin...... 201 La Moure...... 135 Garrison...... 20 West Asheville...... 25lLudden ...... 140 Gresham...... 40 Stanley Creek — 50'iMandan...... 200 H am pton...... 48 Wilmington District 140|McHenry...... 100 Linw ood...... 60 Charlotte...... 60lMinot...... 200 M arquette...... 20 Charlotte Mission...... 140 Mouse River Mission 100 McCool...... 40 Elkton...... 40Napoleon and Braddock... 100 Phillips...... 20 Red Springs...... 25New Rockford...... 150 Platte Valley...... 30 Swan Station...... 35Oakes...... 110 Milford...... 50 Ham let...... 25Oberon...... 100 W aco...... 50 Wilmington ...... 150 Spiritwood...... 100 Stockham...... 90 Winston District— ...... 40Steele and Dawson 150 W are...... 20 Advance...... 25 Velva and Granville 100 Missions, 51; Money, $3,113. Jonesville ...... 20 W ashburn...... 100 Mayhew...... 20 W flliston...... 200 Mount Airy ...... 44W ilton...... 100 New Hampshire. Statesville and Philadel- Wimbledon...... 100 Chichester...... $16 pbia...... 30 W inona...... 100 East Colebrook and East ...... f0| Missions, 71; Money, $8,600. Columbia...... 24A shboro...... 20( G ilford...... 20Salisbury ...... 50 Gilmanton ...... 16 Mount Pleasant...... 50 Northern Minnesota. Laconia: T rin ity ...... 100 Keruersville— ...... — 20 Crookston District $380 Landaff...... 24 Missions, 40; Money, $2,912. Akely...... 50 Lym an. • 12 Argyle ...... 50 Rumney 20 Baruesville...... 100 South Columbia...... 24 North Dakota. B eltram i...... 50 Swiftwater and Benton... 26 Fargo District...... $200 Bemidji...... 100 W eirs...... 50 Aneta...... 100 Breckenridge ...... 40 Ellsworth...... 12 E lliott...... 50 Campbell...... 20 S ta rk ...... 22 Fargo: Roberts Street 200 Cass Lake...... 140 H averhill...... 28 Form an...... 100 Deer Creek...... 40 East Haverhill...... 20 Havana ...... 100;Frazee...... 50 Bow and Bow Mills 16 H ope...... lOOiHawley ...... 50 A shland...... 36 H u n ter...... 130;Hallock...... 100 Beecher Falls...... 20 L eonard...... 135'Hewitt and Verndale 50 Sanbornvilie...... 75 Lidgerwood...... 100 Hubbard...... 50 Law rence: St. Paul’s ...... Lisbon...... 120;McCauleyvil!e...... 50 St. Mark’s ...... Mayville...... 160;Managha ...... 50 Haverhill: Third Church. M ilnor...... 160 Moorhead...... — 40 N ewm arket...... 70 N orthw ood...... 150 Park Rapids...... 50 Sm ithtown...... 24 P a g e ...... 100 Pelican Rapids...... 90 Sandow n...... 40 R eynolds...... 50| Roseau and Badger 150 North Wakefield and East Thompson...... 50 Stephen...... 100 Wolf boro...... 26 Tower City...... 140,Sebeka ...... 50 Moultonville...... 20 Wabpeton ...... 120jSt. H ilaire...... 50 .WUuNashua: ..A.i.uK«rUu..»u Arlington Street. 80 Wvndmere...... 60|Thief River Falls...... 50 Manchester: Trinity 140|Bottineau...... 150!Aitkin Circuit...... 50 St. Jam es...... 100,Caudo...... lOOjBarnum...... 50 M ilford...... 80 Dresden...... ' 100;Becker and Santiago 50 Brookline...... 16 Dunseith...... 80jBiwabik...... 50 East Deering...... 20 Grafton and Minto 50 Brainerd Circuit...... 60 H insdale...... 16 H a n n ah ...... 100 Cambridge and Spencer Munsonville...... 40 In k ster...... 50| B rook...... 80 Peterboro...... 16 Knox...... 140jCarlton...... 50 Wilmot and West Andover 16 Lakota...... 50iDeerwood...... 50 H enniker...... Langdon...... 50 Grand Rapids...... 50 Leeds...... 140iHibbing...... 50 Missions, 38; Money, $1,400. M ilton...... 501 Mille Lacs Lake ...... 50 Perth ...... 1301 Mountain Iron ...... 50 North Carolina. Prairie Mission...... 200 M ora...... 50 Greensboro District...... $148 R olla...... 130>Motley...... 50 D anville...... 40 Rugby...... 140iNorth Branch...... 100 4 o 6 Missionary Report. [1900.

Rock Creek...... $100iBoelus..., $50 Vincent...... $30 R onneby...... lOOGlenwood 50 D ayton...... 30 R u tled g e ; ...... 60 Greeley... 40 Fort Dodge Circuit...... 50 Rush City...... 100 Maplevllle 50 Lehigh...... 50 R oyalton ...... 50Palm er...... 100 Stanhope...... 30 Sauk Rapids...... 100 Richland...... 100 Stratford...... 50 Soudan...... 50Scotia...... 50 Sulphur Springs 35 A nn an d ale...... 50Silver Creek...... 100 Farnhamville...... 30 Benson...... 20Wood River...... 60 Jew ell...... 50 Bird Island...... 50Neligh District...... 340 Kam rar...... 30 Buffalo...... 50Battle Creek...... 50'Gowrie...... 60 Cedar Mills...... 60Battle Creek Circuit 60,Battle Creek...... 35 Chokio...... B oone...... 70 ¡Castana...... 80 C learw ater...... 50B runsw ick...... 50 ¡Danbury...... 50 Cokato ...... 50Cham bers...... 60|Deloit...... 50 Delano ...... 90 C learw ater...... 73 ¡Grant City...... 50 Eagle B end...... 50 Elgin...... 40 Jolley and Center...... 30 G lenw ood...... 50 Em erick...... 60 Lytton and Cedar...... 40 Granite Falls...... Ew ing...... 100Oto ...... 60 Hector...... 50 In m a n ..:...... 50 Sm ithland...... 35 H ereford...... 40 L oretto...... 70 V a il...... 40 Howard Lake...... 60 L y n ch ...... 100Washta and Fairview 40 Kimball...... 50 N iobrara...... 100W estside...... 65 Lester Prairie...... 50 O akdale...... 40^A shton...... 50 Madison...... 40 O’Neill...... 40Fostoria 40 M arietta ...... 50 Osmond...... 60 Harris and May City 60 Melrose ...... 50 Paddock...... 70 Lake Park...... 60 Paynesville...... Plainview Circuit...... 60Larchwood...... 40 Raym ond...... 50 70 L ester...... 40 Stew art...... 50 Savage...... 100Pocahontas...... 100 V illard...... 40 Spenser...... 60Rock Valley...... 100 W heaton...... 20 Benson: Monmouth Park. 300 T errill...... 40 W illm ar...... 50 Craig ...... 50W ebb...... 55 Brooklyn Center...... 80 E lk h o rn ...... 51B ethel...... 50 Cham plin...... 50 G retna...... 100Blenco...... 5U Excelsior ...... 50 H erm an...... 100H in to n ...... 100 Hopkins and Parker Lake. 30 K ennard...... 75M eriden...... 100 St. Francis...... 50 Nickerson...... 60M errill...... 50 Otsego and Elk River 50 Oakland...... 100M oville...... 75 M innehaha...... 100 Omaha: South Tenth St... 180 O nawa...... 50 Twenty-fourth Street 15( 8outhwest...... 100Rock B ranch...... 40 St. Louis P a rk ...... 10C Allen...... 40Seney...... 35 Missions, 83; Money, $5,870. Bancroft...... 50Haddock...... 100 Carroll...... 40Leeds...... 90 Coleridge and Hartington. 70 Sloan...... 50 Northern New York. D ecatur...... W hiting...... 26 Barnes Comers...... $5C Em erson...... Truesdale 70 ...... 24 Constableville...... 30 Homer...... 40 Missions, 65; Money, $3,450. G reig...... 50 Humphrey & Platte Center 50 Montague...... 100 Io n a...... 50 New B rem en...... 45 L aurel...... 60 Northwest Kansas. Point Peninsula...... 8CLeigh and Crestón 40 Beloit District...... $175 Three Mile Bay...... 30 P o n ca...... 150Alton...... 70 Watson ...... 100 St. Jam es...... 78Blue H ill...... 48 Cedar Lake. South Sioux City...... 35Bow Creek...... 100 Lassellsville... Wakefield...... 35Bristow...... 50 East Springfield ...... 25 W ausa...... 60Gaylord...... 50 A ltm ar...... W isn er...... 40K ensington...... 60 Amboy Center . _____ 20 Missions, 63 ; Money, $4,827. K irw in ...... 48 Florence...... 25 L en o ra ...... 9p North Bay...... 50 Logan...... 80 Texas (New Haven)...... 20 Northwest Iowa. M arvin...... »...... 50 Pennellville...... 20 A lexander...... $45 P o rtis...... 61 R edfleld...... 50 A rm strong...... 50 Stockton...... 50 South Hannibal ...... 50 B ancroft...... 50 W ebster...... 98 B elm ont ...... Crystal Lake...... 40 B ellaire...... 48 South Canton and Pierre- Goodell...... 50 Burr Oak Circuit...... 44 pont...... Graettinger...... 80: Courtland...... 50 Edw ards...... S> H ardy ...... 50|Cuba Russell K lem m e...... 40 E sbon ...... 40 Grindstone (Clayton)...... 50 K anaw ha...... 50,'Formosa...... 50 Missions, 24; Money, $1,050. Lincoln Center...... 6 0 ^ o llis...... 44 Renw ick...... 60:Jam estow n...... 50 Thom pson...... 80[Lebanon...... 60 North Nebraska. Titonka...... lOOjRandall...... 60 Grand Island District...... $100 W hittem ore...... 50|R1ce...... 36 Alda...... 1001 Goldfleld...... 50, Warwick...... 80 Ames...... 50Livermore...... 100,Ellsworth District...... 200 Archer....!...... 50Duncombe...... 30BunkerHill...... 80 B a rtle tt...... 100'B am um ...... 30Claflin...... 80 English-Speaking Conferences. 407

Colyer...... B utte...... B ram an ...... $60 Ellsw orth...... 90B assett...... 100 Cleveland...... 100 G alatia...... 80B row nlee...... 100 Chilocco...... 100 Grainfleld...... Crookston 76 ...... 100 Coal Creek...... 110 Hays City...... Johnstow n...... 100 Deer Creek...... 100 Hill City...... 80 Long P in e...... 120 Garber...... 100 H oxie/...... BON ewport...... 100 Glencoe and Ingalls 110 Kanapolis...... 76 Springview...... 100 Kildare...... 80 La Crosse...... 90 Sparks and Norden 100 Lela...... 100 L o rain e...... S tu a rt...... 100 L am ont...... 120 M cCracken...... V alentine...... 50 Liberty...... 100 Moreland...... 60 Fountain Valley...... 100 M arena...... 135 N atom a...... 80 Missions, 30; Money, $3,460. M arvin...... 60 Oakley...... Orlando...... 90 Oakley Circuit...... 60 Pawnee Circuit...... 100 Palco...... Oklahoma. Perry...... 150 Plain ville...... 80 Central District...... $500 Perry C ircuit...... 145 R an so m ...... 80 Arapaho...... 100 Ponca City...... 72 Sharon Springs ...... A voca...... Toncawa...... 100 W akeeney...... 90 Belm ont...... 100 Uncas Circuit...... 120 W aldo...... 80 B ritton...... 60 West District...... 500 Norton District...... 350 Calum et...... Alva Circuit...... 80 Achilles...... 46 Carney and Parkland 100 C apron...... 100 Almena...... — Casbion...... C leo...... 80 Atwood...... 150Chandler...... 140 C oncord...... 80 Bird City ...... 140 Choctaw and McCloud... ■ 100 Dover...... 100 B rew ster...... 100 Columbia...... 60 E rw in ...... 60 Colby C ircuit...... Cordell...... Fountain...... 60 D ev izes...... riT P Q / 'p n t Hackberry...... 60 D resden...... Cushing and Ripley 120 Jefferson...... 100 Jen n in g s...... 80 Edm ond...... 140 K eil...... 100 L am born...... Edwardsville...... 80 Lenora...... 60 Long Island...... Guthrie Circuit...... 100 M arshall...... 120 M enlo...... 80 G ranite...... 100 M ay...... 100 Norcatur...... 80 Mulhall C ircuit...... 63 M edford...... 60 Norton Circuit...... 100 Norm an...... 140 Mendon...... 60 O berlin...... 100 Noble Circuit North E n id ...... 78 Oberlin Circuit...... 80 Oklahoma City Circuit— 75 O karche...... 80 Phillipsburg Circuit 80 Perkins and Springhill— 100 Okeene...... 100 Reamsville...... 60 Purcell and Lexington.... 120 Pond Creek...... 150 Selden Shawnee...... 80 Pond Creek Circuit 80- St. Francis...... 80 Stroud...... 100 Rent row ...... 80 W oodruff...... 100 Taloga...... Timberlake...... 60 B arn ard ...... 90 Tecumseh...... 85 U nion...... 100 Beverly...... 100 Wellston and Lutber 100 W akita...... 100 Bennington ...... 50 Weatherford...... Watonga and Geary 80 Brookville...... 50 West G uthrie...... 100 Waukomis...... 80 Culver...... 50 Y ukon...... 80 W aynoka...... 80 Glasco...... 40 East District...... 680 W oodward...... 00 Lam ar...... 50 Afton and Fairland 150 Missions, 113; Money, $13,490. Lucas...... 60 Baron Fork ...... Lindsborg...... 40 Blackford and Howe 100 Oregon. Luray...... 40 Bartlesville & TimberhilL. 125 M entor...... 50 Big Springs...... 100 Eugene District...... $200 M iltonvale...... *... 60 Catoosa...... ¿50 Ooquille and Bandon 130 Pottersburg...... 50 C larem ore...... 800 Cottage Grove...... 75 Sylvan Grove...... 50 Chelsea...... «0 D rain...... 40 W ells ...... 20 C enter...... 100 Falls City...... 75 Missions, 87; Money, $6,604. Cado...... 100 G ardiner...... 80 Checotah...... 150 Independence...... 120 Frick and Savanna 50 Junction City...... 90 Northwest Nebraska. H artshorn...... 150 Marshfield...... 90 Chadron D istrict...... $30 Holdenville...... 100 M onroe...... 75 A lliance...... 8 Krebs...... 100 Myrtle Point...... 75 Box B utte...... 8 Lehigh and Coalgate 200 Philom ath...... 50 Chadron...... • 140 Nowata...... 200 Springfield and Wendling. 100 Chadron Circuit...... 100 O km ulgee...... 158 Toledo...... 100 Crawford...... 120 O olagah...... 50 Grant’s Pass District 381 G ordon...... £0 Prvor Creek...... 100 Althouse...... 50 H arrison...... 120 Sallisaw ...... 160 Central Point...... 60 Hay Springs...... 150 South McAlester...... 175 Glendale...... 50 Hemingford Short Mountain...... 100 Jacksonville...... 100 Lakeside...... 100 T ahlequah...... 200 Klamath Falls...... 150 L avaca...... 100 Twin Mountain— ...... 200 M edford...... 40 Merriman and Cody 100 Wyandotte...... 200 M errill...... 75 Rush ville...... 120 Wister and Frisco...... 100 O akland...... 60 W hitney...... 120 Wolf Springs...... 100 Paisley...... 100 Long Pine District ...... 300 North District...... 500 Ten Mile...... 40 Atkinson...... 100 Billings and White Rock.. 120 Wilbur...... 60 A insworth...... 100 Blackburn...... 100 Wilderville...... 50 4o 8 Missionary Report. [19OO.

B eaverton...... $34 Dungenessand Sequim.. $100!Higginsville...... $64 Gresham...... 50 Gig H arbor...... 100, Holden , 60 K n a p p a ...... 90 O rting...... 100 City Missions...... 100 Oswego...... 100 Port Townsend...... 100 Twenty-ninth Street. St. H elen s...... 75 R ainier...... 100 Odessa...... 40 Sea Side... lOOShelton...... 100 Independence...... 60 W arrenton 50|Sidney...... 150 Roila District...... $140 R ain ier...... 25 Tacoma: Central...... 150Bufialo. 48 A m ity ...... 40 Fern. H ill...... 150 California...... 30 Brooks...... 60 Fowler...... 200 H ouston...... 48 Canby .. M ason...... 150 Ib e ria ...... 40 Cornelius Park Avenue...... 50 Licking— ...... 20 Dilley...... 60 St. Paul...... 150 Newburg...... 48 Lafayette...... 50 Second Church...... lOORichland...... 48 Lincoln...... 60 W esley...... 15 Richland Circuit.... 48 M ehama...... 70 Missions, 68; Money, $5,912...... N ehalem ...... 90 [W heatland...... 48 North Yamhill...... 70 Carondelet...... 50 Silverton...... 100 St. John s River. Goode Avenue...... 100 S heridan...... SOjEustis D istrict...... $450|oid O rchard...... 50 T u rn e r...... 76 Belleview and Spring Park 70;st. Lukes V iola...... 100 Candler and Weir P a rk ... 60'Tower G rove...... 80 Missions, 49; Money, $4,036. Eustis...... 70 Trinity Church...... 50 Fruitland Park...... 80:Paciflc...... 75 Gainesville...... 200,Cuba aud Sullivan 75 Puget Sound. Minneola and Pasadena... 180:E1 Dorado Springs...... 80 A m boy...... $71 Mount D ora...... 70!Huntingdale...... 35 Bay C enter...... 80Okahumpka...... 80;La Monte...... 70 Cam as...... 70j St. Petersburg...... 80 Marshall...... 100 Castle Rock...... 40 Tarapa, and Llmona 120 Marshall Circuit...... 41 C entratia...... 140,Tarpon Springs...... 140,Rockville...... 30 Chehalis Circuit...... 40 W inter P ark...... 140:Sedalia: Epworth Church. 100 C hinook...... : ...... 60!Jacksonville District 400;Windsor and Leeton 40 Cosmopolis...... 60 D aytona...... 80!A u ro ra ...... 60 F ish ers...... 40 Egleston and New Berlin. 100'Billings ...... 40 Gray’s River...... 40 Georglana and Melbourne 120' Bolivar Circuit...... 20 Ilwaco...... 130|Green Cove Springs and jCassville...... 20 K alatna...... 100! Hastings...... 140,Dadeville...... 20 La C enter...... 38 Jacksonville (South) 150jGalena...... 20 O akville...... 90: Lake Como...... 140 Greenfield...... 76 Pe E ll...... lOOjLawtey...... 50 Humansville...... 20 P io n eer...... lOOjMiami...... 150;Marionville Circuit 28 Pleasant Valley Circuit... 20;New Smyrna . 150 Mt. V ernon...... 20 Skam okawa...... 60: Orange C ity ...... 30; Phillipsburg ...... 20 South B end...... 150 Missions, 24; Money, $3,250. |£ urdy .\...... Toledo...... 40 ¡Republic...... 20 Vance ...... 40 Cf T ._ ¡Ash Grove...... 20 Vancouver Circuit 40 L0UIS- Daily C h a p e l...... 60 W illapa...... 60'iButler Circuit...... $52 Mt. C arm el...... 80 W inlock...... 70|Carl Junction...... 4U.Stockton...... 80 Anacortes...... lOOjCarterville...... 80!Taneyville...... 64 A rlington...... 88;Jo p lin : Central Avenue .. 100! Missions, g3; Money, $4,500. A von ...... 40. L iberal...... 48 Bay V iew ...... 40 Nashville...... 35 Coupeville...... 40'0ronogo...... 60 ' Savannah. East S o u n d ...... 60; Peirce City...... 60 n 0 Minutes or list of distri- Ferndale...... 54 Seneca...... •fO.tmtion am ong the charges of Friday and Roche Harbors 60 South West City...... 44|the $1,600 appropriated by the Lopez...... 48!Farmington District «»¡General Missionary Commit- L ynden...... 80;Birch Tree...... 40-tee has been furnished to the M arysville...... 80 Bism arck...... 50,Missionary office. Monroe and Sultan 60, Bonne Terre...... 100j Mt. V ernon...... 100 Cross Roads. New Whatcom Circuit— 50 Festus and Fairview 30) South Carolina. Sedro...... 60 Fisbertownv...... 40 Beaufort District...... $180 Snohomish...... -9 0 Flat R iver...... 56 Aiken...... 70 Stan wood...... 60 Fruitland— ...... 60 B arnw ell...... 35 Sum as...... 40 Ironton...... 100 B eaufort...... 50 Wallace Circuit...... 50 Koshkonong...... 30 Cottageville...... 16 A uburn...... 90 Lutesville...... 50 Grahamville...... 20 B othell...... 100 Mountain View...... 40 H am pton...... 20 Des Moines...... 100 P alm er...... 20;Holly H ill...... 30 Issaquah...... 164 Perryville...... 50 Jacksonboro...... 20 K ent...... 100 Willow Springs...... 100, Midway...... 20 K irkland...... 200 W inona...... 30Itidgeville ...... 20 Seattle: Asbury...... 90 West Plains Circuit 30 St. George...... 20 H aven...... 150 Belton...... 72St. Paul...... 20 Snoqualmie...... 20 Centerview ...... 40 Springfield...... 20 South P a rk ...... 150 East Lynne...... 80i8ummerville...... 80 Bucoda...... 150 Harrisonville...... 92lWalterboro...... 25 1900.] English-Speaking Conferences. 409

Weimer Emporia: Grace Church... $50 S tuart...... Y em assee...... 20 Fall R iv e r...... 40Tehachapi...... 100 Charleston District 110 H artford...... 40W aukena...... 100 Bethesda Olpe...... ! ...... 30 West Saticoy...... 100 Brook Green...... 50 Severy...... Missions,35 57 ; Money, $4,9 Camp Ridge B artlett ...... 50 Charleston Mission 28 Chautauqua...... 50 Cooper River...... 20 Cherry vale Circuit 50 Southwest Kansas. Georgetown & So. Santee. 60 Grenola...... 75 Dodge City District j Lanes...... 50 Independence Circuit 75 A shland...... 80 Manning and Foreston 42 Labette...... 50 Bucklin and Spearville.... 80 Maryville and St. Andrew’s 40 L iberty...... 50 Cimarron...... 80 Mt.Pieasant&McCiellanve. 20 Longton...... 50 Coldw ater...... 80 P inopolis...... 20 Thayer...... 322 Englew ood...... 100 St. Stephen...... 30 Crestline...... 60Dighton ...... 80 St. Thomas...... 30 F rontenac...... 40Hugoton...... 100 Florence District...... 150 Farlington...... Jetm o re...... 80 B eu lah ...... 30iHallowell 401 Ken to n . 100 Clio and Tatum ...... 30 Boicourt...... 40iLakin. 80 Hartsville...... 20 P ark er...... 42 L eoti ...... 80 Lomar and Sandy Grove.. 40 Quenemo...... 50: Liberal__ 100 Lynchburg...... 20:Coloma...... 50 Lockwood . 100 Marion ...... 60 Sum m erset...... 50! Meade...... 80 Mar’s Bluff...... 30 Missions, 26; Money, $1,379. Ness City...... 100 Salem and Wesley 30 M inneola...... Sellers...... 40 Ness City Circuit. Shiloh...... 20 Southern California. Richfleid...... 80 Sm yrna '...... 20j Burbank and Lankershim Spears...... 20'Downey...... i00|SantaFe, Syracuse and St. Johns— 20 Florence...... TSiScott...... 80 Springville...... 30j Gardena...... 80,Syracuse. 60 Greenville District...... 250|Lamanda Park...... 100;Tribune.. 80 Belton...... 20|Los A ngeles: Central Ave. 100A lb e rt... 60 Central Mission...... 20, Epworth...... lOOiAlden. 80 L iberty...... 20 G arvanza...... 80: Bison . 80 Lowndesville...... 50 Grace...... 100, Burdette -.. 60 M arietta...... 18 Pico Heights...... 50; Frederick.. 40 North Greenville...... 24 H arm ony...... 50, Florence... 65 Olio...... 20 Ocean P ark...... lOOjGeneseo ... 50 P en d leto n ...... 18 Prospect Park ...... 100 Hoisington. 100 Seneca...... 20Redondo...... 100 Inman 40 South Greenville...... 22San P e d ro ...... 80|Kinsley Circuit...... 40 St. Marks and St. Paul.... 14 Sim i...... 100jLost Springs...... 50 W alhalla...... 24A zusa...... 60¡Marion Circuit...... 50 Orangeburg District 170 Elsinore...... 48¡Pawnee Rock...... 50 A ntioch...... 16 Chino...... 100: Rush Center...... 50 A shland...... 20Fall Brook...... lOOjSeward...... 05 Brancbville...... 30H ighland...... 00 Annelly...... 40 Camden Circuit Del Rosa...... 80 Arlington...... 60 Chesterfield...... 20M urietta ...... 100 Chelsea...... 40 Columbia ...... 50A rlington...... 52,Hesston ...... 100 Jam ison...... 16Central (San Diego) 45IHutchinson:Hadley Chapel 50 Jefferson ...... 18'National City...... 100;Macksville...... 40 Lexington...... 30j0tay and Nestor...... 80 Partridge...... 60 Longtow n...... 30Oceanside...... 100 Pontiac 70 Macedonia...... 36Perris...... 100 P otw in...... 50 Mt. Zion...... 20Winchester and Hemet.... 100,Stafford...... 69 North...... 20Randsburg...... 80 W alto n ...... 40 Pineville...... 16 Rialto...... 80 Augusta...... 50 Rock Spring...... 20Cucamonga...... COJClearwater...... 80 Sm ithville...... 20Coronado...... 100,'Colwich...... 50 Sumter Circuit ...... 16 High Grove...... SO^Cunningham— 60 Tiller’s Ferry...... 20Fresno District...... lOOjDouglas Circuit . 50 Spartanburg District 350 Barsdale...... 100 Greensburg . 70 A im well...... 20Easton...... 100: Greenwich . 50 B lacksburg...... 20Estrella and Crestón ...... 120!NashviIle...... 48 Gaffney...... 60Fillm ore...... 40¡Preston...... 50 Newberry...... 20Goleta...... JOOjPretty P rairie... 50 Pacolet...... 25Grangeville...... ,00;Sawyer...... 50 Reidville...... 20K ern...... lOOi Wendell. Spartanburg Circuit 25|Kernville I Wichita Circuit. St. Jam es..'...... 20 Nipomo...... 100jArkansas City: East... 50 Yorkville Circuit...... 2i P iru ...... lOOj West...... 50 Missions, 89 ; Money, $3,450. Porterville...... lOOjDalton...... 40 Sanger and Reedley 100'Gueda Springs...... 80 San Luis Obispo...... 20.Hoser...... 50 South Kansas. San Miguel...... lOOtKiowa...... 150 Climax...... $90 Santa Maria...... 100;Maple City.... 80 Coyville...... 30 Selma and Traver...... lOOiMilan. 80 Elmdaje.,.,...... ¿OSonjis...... JOOjNew Salem. 40 4 io Missionary Report. [1900.

Norw ich...... $40 K enton...... $3c Brookston,Roxton, & Petty $20 Po rtlan d ...... 40 M ason...... Clarksville Circuit...... 25 U dall...... 61 Memphis Circuit...... Cooper and Commerce— 82 W hitm an ...... 8UMemphis: East Mission.. . 21 DeKalb and New Boston. 30 Missions, 76 ; Money, $5,715. North Mission...... as G reenville...... 90 Ramsey and Big Creek... . 25 Hlnckly...... 25 Warren Chapel...... n Honey Grove & Dodd City. 50 T ennessee. Missions. 79 : Monev. $2,500. Morgan Chapel, Blossom, Cumberland River Distrlctsaoo and Still Town...... 20 Alexandria Station...... J6 Red River Mission...... 2(1 Algood and Officers Chapel It Texas. Wolfe City...... 100 Briersville Mission...... 16 Houston District...... $20( Missions, 79 ; Money, $4,030. Cherry Valley...... 20 Columbia...... 45 Carthage and Stonewall... 16 Roweville...... 21 Cookville and Monterey... It Richmond Station...... 8< Troy. Gordonsville...... 16 Richmond Circuit...... fi< Starksboro...... »50 Greenbrier & Jamestown.. 18 Brazoria Circuit...... a Wells...... 50 Gainesboro ...... It; Boynton...... 25 West Rutland...... 50 North Lebanon...... 19 Mallalieu Chapel...... Mendon...... 50 Lebanon Mission...... 11 K endleton...... 55 Middleton...... 25 Liberty ...... 20 Liberty ...... 4( Bridport...... 25 Livi*gston...... 18 Thompson Circuit...... 41 Salisbury and Cornell...... 25 Mount Zion...... au St. M ark...... 15 D resden...... 75 Mttchellsville...... IKDickenson Circuit...... », Loon Lake...... 75 Payne and New Bethel— 16 Wallisville Circuit...... 25 North Hudson...... 100 Rock Springs...... 16 S t P a u l...... 20( Bolton Landing...... 150 Springfield & Banks Chapel lt> Velasco...... 11 South Corinth...... 25 Seay’s Chapel ...... 16 Huntsville District...... , 1« Stony Creek...... 25 Union Hall Mission...... 11 Colmesniel...... 31 Benson and Hope...... 50 Lexington District...... auti Corrigan...... 1( Pine L a k e ...... 50 Adamsville and Selma— 20 Conroe...... 3( Long Lake...... 75 D over...... am Joserand...... 11 Lake Pleasant...... 300 Fulton...... 20 Jasp e r...... 31 Missions, 17 ; Money, $1,200. H um bolt...... 15 M ontgomery...... 10 H untin g d o n ...... 20 New Canev...... 21 L exington...... 80 Newton Circuit...... 20 Upper Mississippi. Mansfleld...... 20 Spring Circuit...... 2(1 Aberdeen Circuit...... $10 Perry ville...... 20 Prairie Plains...... 1(1 Columbus Circuit...... 10 Springville...... 2(1 Woodville...... 2fl City Mission...... 82 Sharon and Dresden...... 25 Marshall District...... 10C Hickory Grove...... 10 Union City and Garden... 20 Hawkins and Big Sandy.. mi West Point Circuit...... 10 Wilders ville & Henderson. 20 Longview...... 9(1 Strongs...... 10 Nashville District...... 194 Mallalieu...... 6(1 Greenville District...... 392 Cainsville...... 18 Marshall Circuit...... 5(1 B aird...... 16 C hristiana...... 20 Pittsburg and Naples...... 100 Coahom a...... 50 M anchester...... 30 Sulphur Springs...... 11« Bobo...... 46 McMinnville Station...... 18 Terrell...... 150 Clarksdale...... 128 McMinnville Circuit...... 18 Tyler and Athens...... 100 G lendora...... 48 M urfreesboro Circuit...... 18 W insboro...... 30 G reenville...... 160 Tullabom a...... 45 W oodlawn...... 20 Gunnison...... 40 Sparta Station — ...... 18 Navasota District...... 200 Greenville Circuit...... 40 Sparta Circuit...... 18 A nderson...... 40 Heath m a n ...... 40 Sm yrna...... 30 Bell ville...... 40 Indianola...... 24 H illsboro...... 24 B rookston...... 40 Moorehead...... 48 Woodbury and Shiloh...... W 60 40 Tennessee River District.. 200 Caldwell and Lyons...... 74 Tunica and Lula ...... 52 Brentwood...... 18 Caldwell Circuit...... 20 W ebb...... 24 Cumberland and Charlotte 8 Hockley Circuit...... 30 Shepard town...... 24 City Mission...... 20 Millican...... 40 B lackm onton...... 28 Dickson...... 18 Navasota Circuit...... 40 Lexington...... 68 D uplex...... 26 H em pstead...... 60 North Carrollton...... 40 Farm ington...... 16 Sealey Circuit...... 34 T ehula...... 20 Franklin...... 16 Waller Circuit...... 20 Holly Springs District...... 100 Lawrenceburg...... 16 Yarboro Circuit...... 12 W ater Valley...... 235 Lew isburg...... 18 Palestine District...... 200 Hernando...... 76 Lumsden Hill...... 24 Bryan...... — 36 Sardis — ...... 40 P e te rsb u rg ...... 14 Bryan Circuit...... 32 Grenada Circuit...... 25 Savannah...... 20 East C alvert...... 20 Oxford Circuit...... 20 Spring Hill...... 28 East Mexia...... 12 Hickory Flat...... 40 White Bluff...... 23 Fairfield...... 16 T a y lo r...... 20 West End Mission...... 10 Bearne and Sutton...... 40 Batesvllle...... 40 W aynesboro...... 4 Jacksonville...... 20 Victoria...... 20 West Tennessee District... 208 Jew ett and Buffalo...... 20 W aterford...... 20 Alamo & Henderson Grove 2(1 Viadisonville...... 16 Bellefontaine...... 15 90 1« «0 A to k a...... 20 P alestine...... 20 Cedar Bluff...... 21 C ovington...... 14 5an A ugustine...... 20 French Camp...... 20 Fowlks...... 25 Winkler...... 16 Friendship...... 15 Friendship...... 20 Paris District...... 220 Kilmichael...... 15 G allow ay...... 20 Bonham, Ector, and Savoy 105 Mathlston...... 20 1900.] English-Speaking Conferences. 411

Spring Hill...... $151 Greenbrier District...... $144 Ravenna...... $80 Walnut Grove* Sand Creek 24 Augusta and Rockingham. 48 Ringold...... 60 Amory Circuit...... 25 Blue Sulphur...... 55 Sargent...... 70 Bell Circuit...... 30 Forest H ill...... 48 Sumner and Miller 70 Corinth Circuit...... 30'H ighland...... 20 Walnut Grove...... 60 New Albany...... 2l! M onroe...... 32 Westerville...... 75 Pontotoc Circuit...... 20| Paint Bank...... 32 Whitman and Mullen 100 Ripley Circuit...... 20'Pendleton and Circleville- 64 Holdrege District...... 2 0 Shannon Circuit...... 20 Rich Patch...... 56 Alma and Orleans...... 50 Missions, 53 ; Money, $2,427. Ronceverte...... 90A xtell...... 100 Roanoke District...... 224 A tlanta...... 70 A uburn...... 65Arapahoe...... 60 V erm ont. Eagle Rock...... 60Bartley...... 100 A thens...... $15 Franklin...... 40Benkleman ...... 60 Bethel...... 50 Grayson Bloomington...... 80 B rookline...... 20 New R iver...... 50 Box Elder...... 60 Cuttingsville...... 40, Radford ...... 100 Culbertson...... 100 G aysville...... 20: Roanoke...... 22t D anbury...... 60 H artland...... 20JRoanoke Circuit...... 90 F ranklin...... ?0 L ew iston...... 2n;Rockbridge...... 90 H aigler...... 25 Perkinsville...... 50 W ythe...... 8 H endley...... 70 Putney ...... 70| Missl0nsi 46; Mtmey, $3,650. Hildreth and Border 60 South Reading...... 30 Holbrook ...... 60 South Tunbridge...... 50 Indianola...... 65 Wardsboro...... 50 Washington. N orm an...... 60 W esto n ...... 28 Alexandria District...... $190 Republican City...... 60 Cambridge...... 28 Bedford Springs...... 35 Riverton...... 40 E lm o re...... 40 Motleys...... 20 S tratto n ...... 40 Essex & Essex Junction... 35 Richmond: Leigh Street. 40 T ren to n ...... 75 Isle L aM otte...... 25 Bedford City...... 43 Upland and Campbell 80 A lburgh...... Stewartsville...... 30 Wllsonville...... 90 M iddlesex...... 70 Buchanan...... 50 North Platte District 400 ...... 50; Phoebus 60Montgomery Bertrand and Loomis 80 North Hero...... 40!Buena Vista...... 20 Bayard and Reddington... 95 W orcester...... 40!Charlottesville...... 20 Big Springs...... 100 St. Albans Bay...... 50jGettysburg...... 30 Brady Island...... 95 Westford...... 20:Jefferson...... El wood...... 50 Colchester & West Milton. 40:Mt. Zion and North Point. Farnam and Moorefleld... 100 Blootnfleld...... 20 Waugh Gandy...... 90 East H aven...... 30 Lancaster...... 60 G ering...... 80 Evansville Staunton District...... 185 G rant...... 150 Glover...... 30 Jefferson...... 25 ¡Harrisburg G uildhall...... 50 Lowmoor...,...... 40 Kimball...... 80 Lowell ...... 40 New M arket...... 30 Lodgepole and Chappell... 95 North Danville...... 50 T alco tt...... 30jLewellen...... 100 Peacham ...... 40 Union & Red Sulphur Sp’gs. 45|Maywood...... 100 T opsham ...... 40 Darksville ...... 25,North Platte Circuit 150 Troy...... 40 Rockingham ...... 25 Ogallala...... - 80 W alden...... 20 Martinsburg...... 40 Paxton and Sutherland. •. 100 West Concord...... 40 C entral...... 150Sidney...... 80 Woodbury. 30 La P lata...... 30 Stockville...... 80 Missions, 38; Money, $1,400. Tennallytow n...... 70 Som erset...... 90 A sbury Mission 60 Smithfleld...... 53 Wheeling District. Elsie...... 90 Virginia. Moorsfleld...... 20 Wallace...... 150 Abingdon District...... $150 Point Pleasant...... 24 Hayes Center ...... 40 Clinehport...... 59 M ontgomery...... 44 Im perial...... 60 Coeburn...... 50 H untington...... 32 P alisade...... 60 Elk G arden...... 50 Frostburg...... 24 Wauneta ...... 100 East Tazewell...... 50 M organtown...... 45 Missions, 75; Money, $6,404. Gladeville...... 40 Missions, 36 ; Money, $2,000. Greendale...... 40 Lee...... 45 West Texas. Marlon...... 60 West Nebraska. No Minutes or list of distri­ M endota...... 50 Kearney District...... $200 bution among the charges of New G arden...... 50 Ansley...... 70|the $4,000 appropriated by the Nickelsvllle...... 50; Arcadia...... 80: General Missionary Committee Pennington Gap...... 50|A rnold...... §?ihas been furnished to the Mis- R ussell...... 60iBurwell...... 80 sionary office. Tazewell...... 50|Callaway...... 80 W ashington...... 50 G ibbon...... 80 West Virginia. Alexandria District 153 Gothenburg...... 60 B erryville...... lOOiLextngton Circuit Amettsville 90 ...... $40 C larem ont...... 75:Litchfleld and Mason Fitterm 60 an & West Grafton 96 Chesapeake...... 80,Loup City...... 80 M asontown...... 25 Falm outh...... 75M erna...... 80 Halleck...... 25 Herndon...... 75;New Hope...... 60 Pruntytow n...... 40 L incolniaand Arlington.. 120jNorth Loup...... 90 A lbright...... 30 M anassas...... 75; Overton...... 70 Brandonville...... 35 Newport News...... 300'Pleasant Hill. 80iBruceton...... 35 412 Missionary Report. [1900.

Cranesville...... $20;Ravenswood...... $40[Mt. Sterline...... $50 E tam ...... 50;Reedy Platteville Circuit ...... 50 Grantsvllle...... 50R iverside...... 100 Dodgeville Circuit 50 H orton...... 150 Spencer...... 50 Missions, 58; Money, $4,000. Swan to n ...... 70W alto n ...... 30 B arb o u r...... 60West Charleston...... 40 Beliugton \ ...... 40 Cicerone — ...... 30 Wilmington. Cleveland...... C 40 lay...... 60Lakesville...... Copen...... 40 Hartford...... 20 Salem...... 100 East Buckhaimon...... 50 Missions, 85; Money, $4,435. Cape Charles...... 170 M onroe...... 80 Parksley...... 160 M ontrose...... 40 Hailwood...... 50 Newlon...... 40 West Wisconsin. Barnesville...... 50 Alabam a...... $40 Missions, 5; Money, $591. Marion ...... 40 Bayfield...... 40 Pine Grove...... 50 C adott...... 100 W isconsin. Shinnston...... 60'Chili ...... 50 S m ithton...... 50 Clear L ake...... 100 Abrams and Brookside.... $30 W yatt...... 60iColby...... 50 Algom a...... 28 Fayetteville District 150|Downing ...... 40 Bryant...... 33 A th en s...... 100 Glen Flora...... 70 Elcho...... 80 Birch River...... 45jGrantsburg...... 200 Florence and Niagara.. . . 48 B rooklyn...... 45 Medford...... 200 Hazelhurst and Star Lake. 52 C larem ont...... 50 Marshfield...... 100 Jacksonport...... 48 F ay ette...... 125lOsceola...... 80 Kaukauna: Main Avenue. 35 Flat T op...... 41!Odanah...... 50 Lac du Flambeau...... 50 H ew ett...... 30iPhilJips...... 50 M anawa...... 50 L ogan...... 40jPrairie Farm ...... 40 Marion and H unting...... 48 Nicholas ...... 40 Rice Lake...... 75 M attoon...... 100 Norwood...... 70:St. Croix F alls...... 100 Mosinee... . and Dancy 50 O c e a n a ..,...... SOjSpencer...... 2£4 R aleigh...... 50'stanley...... »^Shawano...... 80 Springdale...... 40:Superior: Fifty-ninth St.. 50,SuamJco...... 100 A sh to n ...... 50|washburn ...... ■Rrownstnwn lOOfihpfpk ri() 3'SDlDgton IslEHu...... 200 cSe $wittenbercandTigemn. 50 Copleyville and Dunlow... 50 Arcadia...... 60 W atertow n...... 150 D ingess...... lOOArkansaw...... 40 Cotton Street...... 100 Egypt...... 50

13,1820 ...... $S23 04 44 14, 1820- “ 30, 1821 2,828 76 1, 1821-M ay 81, 1822 2,547 39 1, 1822- “Juñe 31, 1828 5,427 14 1. 182» “ 11, 1824 3,589 92 Mftv 12. 1S24_ “ 4.1825 4,140 16 *• 5, 1825- “ 11, 1826 4.964 11 i. 12. 18‘26-Anril 25, 1827 6.812 49 Apr. 26, 1827- “ 10,1828 6,245 17 4k 11- 1S2K “ 80, 1829 14,176 11 May 1, 1829- “ 30, 1830 13.128 63 1 ,1 8 3 0 - “ 30, 1S31 9,950 57 u 1,1881- *• 30, 1832 11,879 66 u 1 1RS9! 22, 1833 17,097 05 Anr. 23. 1833- “> 30. 1SÍU 85,700 15 May 1, 1884- “ 80, 1885Í . . . 80.492 21 1, 1835- “ 15 1836 59,517 16 Apr. 16,1886- “ 16,1837 j 57,096 05 17,1887- " 9 1KSS 96.0S7 36 ik • 10,1688-. “ 9,1839) 132480 29 u 10, 1889- “ 19 1ÍU0 ___ 130,410 87 il 20, 1640- “ 19,1841 139,905 76 *4 20, 1841- “ 19, 1842 $2,875 89 189.473 25 ,k 20, 1S42- “ 19, 1843 146.482 17 1 46,578 7820, 1848- “ 19,1844 146,578 7820, 4* 20, 1844- '■ 30,1845 94,562 27 1, 1845- “ 30, 1846 89.52S 2(i 1, 1S46- “ 80, 1847 7S.982 73 «4 1, 1847- “ 3 0 ,184S 81,600 84 hi 1, 1848- “ 80 1849 90Í1 no 84.245 15 U 1, 1S49- *■ 30,1850 * 1,000 00 105.579 54 u 1, 1850- “80, 1851 .... 500 00 126,971 31 4i 1, 1851- “ 80, 1852 $138,284 42 $2.804 68 $9.393 38 2.000 00 152.4S2 48 4* 1, 1S52- Dee, 81, 1853 298,473 39 21.262 03 16.232 97 2,100 00 33S,06S 39 1, 1854- “ 1854 211,952 01 4,930 74 6,529 30 3.000 00 226,412 05 1855- “ 1855 204.464 86 6,924 17 6.S15 01 1.100 00 219,304 04 1856- 1856 199,996 59 7.784 81 29,660 52 1,000 00 238.441 92 1857 247.753 13 8,544 96 12.592 89 3.300 00 272,190 4S *. 185S “ 185S 220.987 64 8,813 55 25,428 42 3.000 00 25S,224 61 1859- “ 1859 243.863 44 8.824 64 12.479 11 5.500 00 270,667 19 1860- " 1860 236.209 21 10,109 97 10,343 59 6,000 00 262.722 77 1861- “ 1861 222,709 28 10,051 44 13-364 21 4,250 00 250.374 93 41 1862- 1862 241,247 29 12,874 7S 11,026 64 17.375 00 272.523 71 1863- 1863 383,109 18 16.941 24 11,743 33 2.975 00 429,768 75 1S64- 1864 497,807 17 22.172 93 29,953 16 19,000 00 558.993 2ti 1865- 1865 587.569 41 12.765 76 31,405 50 1.000 00 642,740 67 1866- “ 1866 641.450 32 13.636 79 27,293 19 4,000 00 686,380 30 1867- “ 1867 558,520 35 28.532 17 20,468 44 5,5(10 00 613.020 96 186S- 1868 575.624 90 11.90!) 3 6 1 10,627 43 8.500 00 606.661 69 1869 1869 576.397 48 27,618 21 14,210 92 16,477 50 634.704 11 1870- Oct. 3 1 ,1S70 576,774 10 12.194 40 5,775 22S.207 50 602.951 27 N ov. 1, 1S70- “ 1871 603,421 70 11.456 41 S,5S1 14 6,462 50 629.921 75 1871- 1S72 627.646 60 10,359 16 23.050 84 5,270 00 666,326 60 4b 1S72- 1S78 647.103 76 15.817 88 17,915 50 9.680 00 690,516 64 1878- “ 1S74 61S,004 99 47,603 37 9,471 96 12,640 00 687,720 32 1S74 “ 1S75 613.927 12 85,123 15 13,435 62 10.536 00 673,021 89 41 1S76 533,594 45 51.33S 09 9.255 84 6.500 00 600,6SS 38 1876 1877 566,765 66 39,616 74 22.594 85 8,709 00 637,686 25 1877 “ 1878 477.166 15 41,652 12 32.546 78 6,000 00 557,365 05 1S7S- “ 1879 480,428 SO 3S.81S 55 32,611 95 1,800 00 553,159 30 1879- *' 18S0 500.182 46 34,710 27 22.478 41 2,000 00 559,371 14 44 ISSO “ 570.965 77 88,865 26 20,S32 86 4.300 00 629,968 S9 ISSI 1SS2 621,381 08 48.605 09 21.679 84 4,100 00 695,766 01 1883 650,772 54 78.091 32 22.606 04 2.200 00 753,669 90 1SS3- 1884 652.1 SS 99 49,970 02 28.906 S5 4.100 00 735,225 S6 41 1884- 1885 694,034 95 101,901 83 30.S91 58 4,200 00 881,028 86 4k 18S5- 836,592 37 133,958 21 ! 14,752 89 6.825 00 992,128 47 1SS6 1887 932,208 91 85.843 78 71,318 22 5,425 00 1,044.795 91 18S7 l’ 1SSS 928,596 38 41.9S3 67i 23,476 19 6.525 00 1,000,5S1 24 1888- 1889 1,014,0S2 09 92.125 2 5 ! 19.08(1 46 4.8S0 00 1,180,137 80 18S9- 1890 ...... 1,051,642 04 58.6S1 26 i 20,74S 52 4,200 00 1,135,271 82 1890- “ 1891 ! $22,169 23 1,078,541 81 117,515 44! 28,680 79 4,150 00 1,251,057 27 1891- “ 1892 12,110 12 1,119,SS6 36 122,67S 46! 10,458 10 4.350 00 1,269,488 04 1892-- “ 1S93: 35,060 23 1,109,457 65 74.436 37, 10,139 75 4.575 00 1,231,669 00 1898- " 1594 ! 46,301 50 1.088.1S6 96 35.107 28 10,313 62 4,200 00 1,184,109 36 1S94- " 1895 68,105 85 1,072.990 11 86,262 20 10,652 07 4,650 00 1,242,659 73 1895- “ 1896; 43,410 85 1,149,596 57 43,75S 80 ì 25.482 81 Ü,420 00 1.264.665 53 1896- “ 1897) 44,629 05 1,067,134 90 50,1S9 48' 14,416 29 200 00 i;i76.569 72 1897- “ 1595 60,838 00 1,110,689 08 57,120 97 14,029 28 200 00 1,242,827 83 1898- “ 1899 76,286 90 1,122,159 51 53.590 7S *124,061 SS 300 00 1,376,399 07 1899- “ 1900 76,803 16 1,161,538 88 55,SOI 63 -¡38,422 93 200 00 1,332,629 10 T otal...... i 485,712 89 31,569,152 l i 1,994,742 02 1.058.291 591 259,72S 00 37,197,806 16

* Including $63,568.14 for tiie debt. f lucludiug $13,846.02 oil the d e b t. Sum m ary of the Foreign Missions.

¿ g « •f = £ J •g J: S £ 1 £ « ' d. ¿ c J 'S 5 2 Etc 'c cß •s o 5 ¿ u, nà (O g .C ■o- s s E i y S £ c 1 c -a s Û £ 3 î* c 75 I s 1 £ 0 B. Q S 5 « i s ca "H MISSIONS. 1 S « « 'S *5. £ c *— Cu i s è ï s c o ’* s is — fe Ô i £ 1 à a H H £ CU u ¿ £ i *2 0 t; -c s & .SC- ° I g -1 'S 3 0 0 c -gCM s 5 > ~ >ü S'S J ?■= 1 2 'S 0 'S J “ 1 ? -S 3 Places of Worship.

ü No. of Hnlls and other Nati Vnlue of Orphnnnges, ê i . Churches and Chapels. Woi Debt on Reni Estate. Benevolent Societies, 1 0 « Z Estimated Vnlue of II h 7 è No* of Sabbath Schools» No. of Sabbath Scholars. Collected for other Collected Collected for Self- support, 5 tz< Í ¿ < No. other of Day Schools. ÍS ê~ I f CcZ UiS A A ! Schools, Hospitals, [ Book Booms, etc. i 1 3 Liberia...... 12 8 6 24 7 73 2,974 829 122 265 147 2 12 150 1 57 ' 2,738 43 $5fi,9!0 4 $3.400 $ ...... $605 $ . .. . $ . .. . $ ...... $2,954 $ ...... 9 i i 17 67 129 70 2 E. & VV. Africa. 14 3 2 j 2 6 " 8 6 3 206 4 800 8 9,900 3,750 3 South America. 12 12 1 6 20 23 "iï 35 50 2,147 1,519 8,441) 3,320 'Ì63 “ 33 4ÒÓ ’i 4 i i ’1; ‘44 3 20 1,417 65 3,654 27 242,008 59 10 75,233 62,800 28,420 740 1Ì8 8 28,744 5,063 V.342 4 W estern So. Am 19 16 15 1 4 12 13 7 18 676 642 494 1,646 165 152 133 3 49 475 4 2 290 25 1,788 5 19,283 13 2 2,000 152,00(1 8-< 72 22,685 1,587 5 Foochow...... 11 10 3 20 144 62 39 402 4,739 4,418 8,651 502 502 258 5 261 5,934 170 5,829 79 55,366 81 333 242 2,637 1,825 774 6 H inghua...... 4 o 6 50 37 59 là 2338 2,949 2.ÓÒÒ 4,602 70 418 728 "i á 2Í i *3 '79 6 37 558 123 2,847 70 35,468 62 660 89 198 1,999 1,548 609 7 Central China.. 17 11 2 12 6 5 29 13 '3 1.531 2,478 341 341 26 5 17 148 5 56 19 1,465 22 13,215 1 29 30,050 24,500 2,060 126 14 431 4,556 517 8 North China... 13 13 1 15 16 23 40 58 54 4,375 2,079 ■ 2,285 ¿032 544 544 243 i i 32 8 36 461 8 55 746 50 3,785 40 49,030 62 39 86,350 27,200 8,150 662 30 997 519 935 9 West China.... 9 8 2 3 9 13 5 219 118 750 57 57 2 8 6 83 9 13 361 6 501 6 3,700 7 8 15,730 11,040 31 166 16 10 No. Germany.. 1 1 éô 5 77 5.825 2,944 4,470 14,4115 1,192 293 10 155 8,581 56 544,465 100 24 33,500 3343Ô2 757 5,206 24,150 "l.b'38 16,490 11 So. G erm any.. 78 3 348 8,390 1,519 9,036 13,970 1,3(58 214 i ■3 2) 11 294 12,415 92 571,210 204,174 1,272 3.387 39.460! 4.650 2,606 12 Switzerland.... '4 44 11 88 7,433 1,013 l(i,945 11.200 1,461 ‘" è 232 .í 12 231 18,503 47 374.987 Í87 iò 42.2Í1Ó 184,16- 2,266 9,467 14,436; >-.5ti5 23,934 86 18 159 858 15,691 1,577 28530 43,0-7 1.069 235 i ■3 áé 371,008 50 19 46.233 4.760 2,245 33 Sweden...... 2 13 201 18.174 123 134,131 28.6'¡2 26,405 28,691 14 Fin. and St. Pet. 1 6 2 14 682 273 1,T)02 4.028 315 14 1 6 14 19 1,124 6 41,472 12 3 5,750 28,584 334 345 5,179 1,262 694 15 Norway...... 39 4 5.493 560 8,015 6.170 415 1 2 3 15 56 6,108 49 302,338 5 21,250 161,798 1,187 878 8,162 6,457 14,602 16 D en m ark ...... 19 23 43 3,203 287 3.455 4,355 365 151 1 1 2 16 "3 ’irë 46 4,434 23 159,638 Í2¿ 15 44,8110 88,661 595 1.6<-3 3,681 3,054 8,793 17 North India.... 22 20 ‘i 25 655 146 482 427 110 14,066 16,847 37,080 17.036 1,470 1.Ì54 1,562 1 14 135 ü 49 8ri7 17 578 12324 1.031 44,395 191 75,013 16 197 87,952 282,154 10,077 556 2.541 3.710 664 804 18 N. W. India..-. 15 12 11 14 21 20 164 13,742 19,872 30,000 16.1100 2,500 2,595 1,970 18 .... 1,029 33,344 82 85,493 ... 46 33,281 120,876 6,40(1 195 7>*2 5,720 2,757 1,578 19 South India.... 15 12 8 54 11 31 47 62 796 1,229 1,719 2,331 570 273 282 á 15 i 82 19 55 2,011 113 4,519 19 31.527 6 22 62,655 165,451 17,076 111 227 7,757 320 934 20 Bengal-Burma.. 14 13 10 44 7 11 127 52 1,274 1,622 2,709 118 118 68 7 67 1325 20 57 19,079 60 2,721 15 60370 15 33.433 195,e61 38,659 157 3,446 16,150 2.840 2,700 21 B om bay...... 23 23 9 82 5 128 205 96 1.440 4,677 1,408 ■ l',ÓÍ2 378 378 320 21 146 5,702 246 10,759 19 58,967 23 60.750 38,955 35,769 222 915 6,428 4,818 2 á M alaysia...... 23 18 11 22 5 16 37 42 525 250 911 850 69 62 32 4 45 1,407 22 23 738 34 1,174 8 35,100 ” 2 6 34,075 136.000 28.400 257 67 51,089 2,447 5,310 23 Bulgaria...... 1 1 2 6 12 6 9 224 45 475 537 50 32 1 5Í 23 1 14 13 362 7 16,800 2 8 17,575 8, WO 46 33 434 39 3"7 24 I ta ly ...... 3 3 4 3 '24 i i 26 94 1,714 544 903 2,700 504 ‘” 2 37 ‘i ’7 20 3 30 2:9 21 10 591 33 1,256 11 164,300 23 9 132.100 115,000 137,925 437 128 3,419 13^28 25 Jap an ...... 12 ’.1 i 21 31 5i 17 139 88 3,153 1,379 5,430 2,320 428 417 66 1 4 6 6 74 675 25 14 1,806 99 5,319 45 54,850 34 32 5,823 116,140 1,400 75 249 1,683 V.8Ì5 1,259 26 South Japan*.. 6 6 9 18 8 6 19 765 323 1.065 138 138 49 1 3 7 3 3« 473 26 32 1,715 7 6,320 27 5 10,424 37,500 530 30 59 464 307 328 27 M exico. 8 8 7 45 28 37 57 30 2,720 2,777 11,137 3ÍÓÓ 371 63 168 1 1 15 6 25 254 27 '58 ¿798 67 2,866 40 75.530 42 35 101,225 97,725 1,500 362 440 19,924 4,580 3,800 13 792 3,105 1,500 1,500 500 506 74 1 3 75 2 28 K orea...... 11 8 14 28 25 1,326 38 8,066 500 31,684 * 61 423 260 T otal...... 265 225 33 195 Tür Ü l TÔ38 1,384 2,829 107.003 75.954 173,409 165,642 14,770 8,024 8,151 i? i 311 63 482 6,861 1.344 55,794 4,302 201,908 1.174! $3,503,154 914 576 1,085.839 $1,625386 $1,457443 $15,735 $34,3061 $298,157 «89,638 $137.019 Last year..... 255 218 33 200 820 765 1.031 1,205 2,602 1(14,459 77.665' 180,611 163,545 18.288 10,1179 9,858 13 43'243 56 343 4,613 1,138 35,637 4,262 191,917 1.045 3,134,9781 1,248 490 916,681 1^59,277 1,057,362 15,358 28,250 264,979 75,619 150,412 Not*.—By Foreign Missionaries is meant male missionaries. In Schools, Pupils, all Properties and Values, and Collections those of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society are included. tc Other Helpers” include Bible Renders, Colporteurs, Chapel Keepers. “ Adber- enU ” Include the Christian community, in addition to the members and probationers. The number of members and probationers is given irom the latest information at hand, and sometimes varies from the tables in the body of the Report.

Summary of the Domestic Missions.

MISSIONS.

Ï * II s3 o SI OtfJ 035 American Indians.. 1,614 306 102 1,316 $20,85O: $5,300 $1,060 $210 $304 $2,600 $1,600¡ $874 Welsh...... 3411 25 26: 343 29,500; 4.800 10,800 198 87 1,042 292 1,183 F ren ch ...... 192! 51 13¡ 274 1,500' 800! 600 66 8? 1,252 60 528 Germ an...... 35,400 5,918 3,287| 31,1544 lÄ51,662i 400,448 51,492 21,362 12,018 141,674 75,157! 56.195 Sw edish...... 1&5Ó1! 1, Oil-1 1.S30Í 13,841 169,985 89,239 11,389 3,781 55,719 27,314! 16,161 Norwegian and Danish 7,916' 591» 1,073! 6,408 390,975! 77.450 67.579 4,930 2,686 27,8711 10.690! 5.684 Chinese and Japanese 9S7Î 492 17 974 41,500 16,000 14,0110 .1,037 846 6,810! 2,490; 3.582 Bohemian ...... 791! 138: 131 3¿41 62,5001 4.000 7,200 564 388 3,794! 1,722; 2,013 Ita lia n ...... 792 iw; 597 •16,0110 3.000 1,500 85 109 1,905 600 485 Portuguese...... 122. *6 78 2,500! Arizona...... i,no2| 118 57 1,581 71,100! 18.450 11,180 " "Í,ÓÍ9 Ï0.2Ü 4,843! 2,568 A tlautic...... 1,2721 58 29 1,111 17,100i 1,600 1.321 140 1,451 1,237! 233 Gulf...... 1.918 143! 63 1,830 26.700Í 3.000 2,190 300 5.946 2.606! 798 N e v a d a ...... 1,071 129 37 2.386 80,6001 18.8G0 3,473 1,083 iaíi2 8,211 2,922 New Mexico English.. 826 98 37 1,529 38,200! 11,700 5,015 615 7,811 5,114 2J'58 New Mexico Spanish. 1,743 759 50 1,128 34,100¡ 22,300 1.240 304 11,000 300 555 North Montana...... 702 212 91 1,721 49,*00 19,600 4,544 649 11,647 6,380 1,993 Utah...... 3 .S57 308 na 2,358 156,570; 8.922 9,298 1,050 7.300 2.396 3,752 W yoming...... 976 96; 68 1,629, 70,025 14,130 2,210 662 9,958 2,482' 1.986 73389. Total . 6%! 75,749 10,795; 1,367 6,674 1.! SC $3,839,687! $800,285 $283,941 $45.663 $21.991 $327,203 $159,494 J 103,570 Last year.. 552 74,159' 11,861' 6.4471 1.147 56,924' 9 3,439,530 558,632 366.197 38,691! 21,426 290,976 143,553 95.181 N o te.-It hat been customary to enter in this summary all the ministers In the English-speaking Conferences w '" receive any missionary appropriation, however little, and to tabulate all the statistics of the churches served by them This, however. Is misleading; lor, on the one hand, it Is not fair to claim all the members and all t >f ‘-'ontributlons of churches which receive a few dollars of missionary aid; and, on the other hand, when churches become self-supporting, they drop out o( the table, with their statistics, although they may 1« entirely tin result of missionary labor, ffe therefore cease to insert them in this summary. FINANCES OF THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY, «819-1900. “ Special Gifts” are included in the Receipts, Disbursements, Surplus, and Debts. Members Disburse­ Y e a r . and Pro­ Receipts. Surplus. Debt. *Av. bationers. ments. Aprii 5,1819, to Aprii 13, 1830.. 240,924 $823.04 885.76 $737. 28 $ .. .003 Aprii 13,1830, to May 1, 1821... 256,881 2,328.76 500.00 2,566. 04j .. .009 May 1, 1831, to June 1, 1822.... 281,146 2,547.39 U ___ 3,424. 15 .009 June 1,1822, to June 1,1823— 297,632 5,427.14 3.740.22 5,111. 07 .018 June 1, 1823, to May 12,1824... 312,540 3,589.92 4,996.14 3,704 85 .011 May 12, 1824, to May 5, 1825.... 328.523 4.140.16 4.704.22 3,138, 79 .012 May 5,1825, to May 12, 1836. - - - 341,144 4,964.11 5,510.85 2,592. 05 .014 May 12,1826, to Aprii 26, 182... 360,800 6,812.49 7,379.42 2,025. 12 .019 Aprii 26,1827, to Aprii 11, 1828. 381,99" 6.245.17 8,103.18 167. 11 .016 Aprii 11, 1828, to May 1,1829... 421.156 14,176.11 9,233.75 5,109, 47 .033 May 1, 1829, to May 1, 1830. .. 447,743 13,128.63 10,545 03 7,693. 07 .029 May 1, 1830, to May 1, 1831...... 476,153 9,950.57 11,497.28 6,146. .029 May 1,1831, to May 1,1832...... 513,114 11,379.66 12,658.99 4,867. .023 May 1, 1832, to Aprii 23,1833... 548,593 17.097.05 i. 0,356.57 1,607, .031 Aprii 23, 1833, to May 1, 1884... 599,736 85.700.15 31,061.89 6,245. .059 May 1,1834, to May 1, 1835...... 638,784 30,492.21 38,535.62 1,797.64 .048 May 1, 1835, to Aprii 16, 1836... 652,528 59.517.16 52,067.56 5,651.96 .091 Aprii 16, 1836, to Aprii 17, 1837. 653,032 57.096.05 66,536.85 3^788!84 .087 Aprii 17,1837, to A prii 10,1838. 658.157 96,087.30 89,257.97 3,040 .146 Aprii 10, 1838, to Aprii 10,1839. 696,549 132.480.29 103,661.58 31,859, .19 Aprii 10, 1839, to Aprii 20, 1840. 740,459 136,410.8 152.507.02 15,763, .184 Aprii 20, 1840, to Aprii 20, 1841. 795,445 139.905.76 158.698.05 3,029.18 .176 Aprii 20, 1841, to Aprii 20, 1842. 852,918 139.473.25 145.092.73 8,648.66 .163 Aprii 20, 1842, to Aprii 20,'1843. 913,901 140,482.17 139,306.51 1,473.10 .16 Aprii 20,1843, to Aprii 20, 1844. 1.068.525 146,578.78 155.020.36 9,904.68 .137 Aprii 20,1844, to May X, 1845... 1,171,356 94,562.27 85,729.55 1,071.94 .08 May 1, 1845, to May l, 1846...... 1,139,587 89,528.26 04,372.60 24,083 .078 May 1, 1846, to May 1, 1847...... 644,299 78,932.73 76,634.13 26,382 .122 May 1, 1847, to May 1, 1848...... 631,558 81,600.34 86,835.50 21,147 .129 May 1, 1848, to May 1, 1849...... 639,066 84,245.15 102,939.82 2,452 .132 May 1, 1849, to May 1, 1850...... 662,315 105,579.54 100,889.71 7,142 .159 May 1,1850, to May 1,1851...... 689,682 126.971.31 131.663.40 2,450, .184 May 1,1851, to May 1, 1852...... +721,804 151.982.48 157,606.07 3,173.34 .211 May 1,1852—Dee. 31, 1853...... 752,626 338.068.39 284.329.87 50,565 .451 Jan. 1, 1854—Dee. 31,1854...... 783,358 226,412.05 241.694.06 35,283. .289 Jan. 1, 1855—Dee. 31,1855...... 799,431 219.304.04 218,667.05 35,920. .274 Jan. 1, 1856—Dee. 31,1856...... 800,327 238.441.92 275,182.49 820.41 .297 Jan. 1, 18>7—Dee. 31, 1857...... 820,519 272.190.48 270.272.17 1,097' 332 Jan . 1, 1858—Dee. 31, 1858...... 956,555 258,224:61 254.600.88 4,711. ■269 Jan. 1,1859—Dee. 3L, 1859...... 974,345 270,667.19 257.617.03 17,761. .277 Jan . 1,1860—Dee. 31, 1860...... 994,447 262.722.77 276,701.27 3,783. .264 Jan. 1,1861—Dee. 31,1861...... 988.523 250.374.93 253.321.09 837, 253 Jan. 1, 1862—Dee. 31, 1862...... 942,905 272,523.71 243,684.64 29,676. .288 Jan. 1,1863—Dee. 31,1863...... 923,394 429.768.75 294.577.81 164,867. .465 Jan. 1, 1884—Dee. 31, 1864...... 928,320 558.993.26 456.568.10 267,292. .602 Jan. 1,1865—Dee. 31, 1865...... 929,259 642,740.67 524.338.90 385,694. .692 Jan. 1, 1866—Dee. 31, 1866...... 1,03^184 686.380.30 906.470.44 165,597. .665 Jan. 1,1867—Dee. 31,1807...... 1,146,081 613,020.96 811.203.17 32,584.28 .531 Jan. 1,1868—Dee. 31,1868...... 1,255,115 606,661.69 658.273.03 84,195 62 .483 Jan. 1,1869—Dee. 31, 1869...... 1,298,938 634,704.11 640.298.45 69,789. .489 Jan . 1,1870—Oct. 31, 1870...... 1,370,134 602.951.27 524.103.82 10,942.51 .44 Noy. 1, 1870-O ct. 31,1871...... 1,421,323 629.921.75 594.991.36 23,987. .444 Nov. 1,1871-O ct. 31,1872...... 1,458,441 666,326.60 603,917.63 86,396. .457 Nov. 1, 1872—Oct. 31,1873...... 1,464,027 690,516.64 734.849.69 42,063, .472 Nov. 1,1873—Oct. 31, 1874...... 1,563,521 687.720.32 716,495.20 13,288, .439 Nov. 1, 1874—Oct. 31, 1875...... 1,580,559 673.021.89 732.341.34 46,030.59 .426 Nov. 1, 1875—Oct. 31, 1876...... 1,051,512 600,688.38 706.404.35 151,746.56 .364 Nov. 1. 1876—Oct. 31, 1877...... 1,071,608 637,686.25 568.764.40 82.824.71 Nov. 1,1877—Oct. 31, 1878...... 1,698,282 557.365.05 517.169.90 42,629.56 Nov. 1,1878—Oct. 31, 1879...... 1,700,302 553.159.30 573.566.90 63,037.16 .325 Nov. 1, 1879—Oct. 31, 1880...... 1,742,922 559,371.14 578.835.69 82.001.71 .321 Nov. 1, 1880—Oct. 31,1881...... 1,713,104 629.963.89 653.384.82 104,422.64 .367 Nov. 1,1681—Oct. 31, 1882...... 1,748,021 695,766.01 657.528.41 66,185.04 .398 Nov. 1,1883—Oct. 31, 1883...... 1,767,114 753.669.90 730,521.76 43,036.90 .426 Nov. 1,1883—Oct. 31, 1884...... 1,835,490 735,225.86 779,824.16 87,635.20 .401 Nov. 1,1884—Oct. 31, 1885...... 1,890,336 831,028.36 784.078.74 40,685.58 .439 Nov. 1, 1885—Oct. 31, 1886...... 1,987,376 992,128.47 826.998.41 124,444. .499 Nov. 1, 1886—Oct. 31, 1887...... 2,093,935 ,044,795.91 1.008.230.19 161,010. .498 Nov. 1,1887—Oct. 31, 1888...... 2,156,119 ,000,581.24 1,163,171.08 1,579.64 .464 Nov. 1,1888—Oct. 31, 1889...... 2,236,463 ,130,137.80 1,164,812.42 36,254.26 .505 Nov. 1,1889—Oct. 31, 1890...... 2,283,953 ,135,271.82 1,167,938.92 68,921.36 .497 Nov. 1,1890—Oct. 31, 1891...... 2,386,549 ,251,057.27 1,150,858.39 31,277. .524 Nov. 1,1891—Oct. 31, 1892...... 2,442,627 ,269,483.04 1,245,361.52 55,399. .519 Nov. 1, 1892—Oct. 31, 1893...... 2,524,053 ,231,669.00 1,385,618.28 98,550.24 .488 Nov. 1, 1893—Oct. 31, 1894...... 2,690,060 ,184,109.36 1,245,717.80 160,158.68 .44 Nov. 1, 1894—Oct. 31, 1895...... 2,766.656 ,242.659 73 1.803.135.19 5W.634.14 .449 Nov. 1,1895—Oct. 31,1896...... 2,831,787 ,264,668.58 1.213.006.19 168,971.80 .446 Nov. 1, 1896—Oct. 31, 1897...... 2.851.525 ,176,569.72 1,179,675.27 172,077.85 .412 Nov. 1, 1897—Oct. 31, 1898...... 2,886,389 ,242,837.33 1.253.218.11 60,825.32 .436 Noy. 1,1898—Oct. 31, 1899...... 2,876,057 ,376,399.07 1.287.436.11 9,649.7] .478 Nov. 1, 1899—Oct. 81, 1900...... 2,929,674 .382,829.10 1,858,289.23 101436*68 .454 * Average contribution per member, f 728,700 members and probationers in 185Ì 1900.] Directory of Foreign Missionaries. 417

DIRECTORY OF FOREIGN MISSIONARIES, The Board of Managers adopted the following October 16,1894-: “ The term Foreign Mis­ sionary shall mean a native of the United States working as a missionary in a foreign field under the authority of the Board of Managers of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, or such other person as shall have been accepted for such work by the Board of Managers, and duly appointed.” Those marked * were not sent out or appointed by the Missionary Society, but received into Conferences on the field.

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19OO Abbott, David G...... Khandwa, India. Abbott, Mrs. Martha D ... 1 8 9 6 Abbott, MissEffieL ...... Dowagiac, Mich. 1 8 9 0 Albright, Wilbur F ...... Serena, Chile.... Upper Iowa. Albright, Mrs. Zephine... 1S93 Alexander, Robert P ...... Hirosaki, Japan. N. E. Southern. 1 9 0 0 Allan, George E ...... Iquique, Chile.. Allan, Mrs. G. E ...... Allen, Floyd C...... Allen, Ferdinand M ...... Monrovia, Liberia.. (Layman.) Allen, Mrs. Ruby E. W ... *Amery, Arthur J ...... Madison, N. J .., Malaysia. Anderson, Karl E ...... Bangalore, India. 1 8 8 4 Appenzeller, Henry G...... Philadelphia, Pa.. Philadelphia. Appenzeller, Mrs. Ella D. 1 8 8 8 Arms, Goodsil F ...... Concepcion, Chile. Vermont. Arms, Mrs. Ida A. T ...... 1 8 9 8 Arms, Miss Jessie...... Spencer, la ...... 1 8 9 4 Ashe, William W. (M.D .) Kishengarh, India.. Holston. Ashe, Mrs. Christine C ... I9O O Ayres, Albert E ...... Camp Baroda, India. Ayres, Mrs. Lillie Fish ... it ti «( 1 8 9 9 Badley, Brenton H ...... Lucknow, India...... 1 8 7 9 Bare, Charles L ...... Des Moines. Bare, Mrs. Susan W ...... 1 8 9 7 Bassett, Harry A...... Mexico City, Mexico. Upper Iowa. Bassett, Mrs. Jennie S .... * Batstone, W. H . L .(M.D.) Vikarabad, India...... * Batstone, Mrs. Alice M .. 1 8 9 9 Beck, S. A ...... Seoul, Korea...... Nebraska. Beck, M rs...... 1 S 8 4 Beebe, Robert C. (M.D .).. Nanking, China...... North Ohio. Beebe, Mrs. Harriet L.... Lausanne, Switzerland 1 9 0 0 Beech, Joseph ...... Chungking, China...... 1 8 7 9 Bishop, Charles...... Greencastle, In d ...... North Indiana. Bishop, Mrs. Olive W. ... 1 8 7 5 Blackstock, John...... Shahjahanpur, India. N.W. Indiana. Blackstock, Mrs. Lydia D. 1 8 9 1 Bot

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1880 Bruere, William W ...... Poona, India...... South India. Bruere, Mrs. Carrie P .... Ocean Grove, N. J ...... 1899 Buchanan, C. S ...... Singapore, Straits Settlements. 1893 Bucher August J ...... Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. Cent. German. Bucher, Mrs. Maria C .... 1870 Buck, Philo M ...... Meerut, India. Kansas. Buck, Mrs. Carrie McM... 4* U 1899 Bunker,' Dalzell A ...... Seoul, Korea., Bunker, Mrs. A. E. (M.D.) 1896 Burch, Miss Adelaide G ... Concepcion, Chile. 1886 Burt, William ...... Rome, Italy...... N. Y. East. Burt, Mrs. Helen Graves. 1885 Butcher, J. C. (M.D .) ___ NainiTal, India...... Butcher, Mrs. Ada P ...... 1874 Butler, John W ...... City of Mexico, P. O. Box 229 r New England. Butler, Mrs. Sara A...... * Butterfield, H. W ...... Igatpun, India...... Bombay. * Butterfield, Mrs. Mary S 1888 Buttrick, John B...... Bowringpet, India...... South India. Buttrick, Mrs. Mary J .... 1886 Byers, William P ...... Asansol, India...... Bengal. Byers, Mrs. Charlotte M .. 1899 Cable, Elmer M ...... Seoul, Korea...... Des Moines. 1886 Cady, H. Olin...... 892 W. Adams St., Chicago, 111. Wisconsin. Cady, Mrs. Hattie Yates.. 1899 Caldwell, Ernest B...... Foochow, China. Northern N.Y. Caldwell, Mrs. E. B ...... 1901 Caldwell, Harry R ..,. . .. Foochow, China. Northern N.Y. 1900 Calkins, Harvey R ...... Bombay, India.. Mrs. Ida V. Calkins...... 1896 Camphor, Alexander P .... Monrovia, Liberia. Delaware. Camphor, Mrs. Mamie A.. Canright, Harry L. (M.D.) Battle Creek, Mich. (Layman.) Canright, Mrs. Margaret M. 1899 Carlisle, Miss Josephine... Santiago, Chile.... 1898 Carpenter, Miss Jeannette. Iquique, Chile...... 1901 Carson, David A ...... Garraway, Liberia. 1891 Cartwright, Ira C ...... Leon, Mexico...... Rock River. Cart wright, M rs. M. C .(M.D) 1890 Chappell, Benjamin...... Tokyo, Japan. Japan. Chappell, Mrs. Mary H ... 1900 Charles, Milton R. (M.D.) Nanking, China...... (Layman.) 1899 Cherry, William T...... 'Singapore, Straits Settlements. Troy. Cherry, Mrs. Mariam T... 1892 Chew, Benjamin J ...... Calcutta, India...... West Virginia. Chew, Mrs. Flora W ...... 1898 Clancy, Dennis C ...... Ajmere, India ...... Clancy, Mrs. Ella Pink... 1883 Clancy, Rockwell...... Albion, Mich...... Michigan. Clancy, Mrs. Charlotte F. 1889 Clark, N. W alling...... 38 Via Firenzi, Rome, Italy.. , Newark. Clark, Mrs. Felicia Buttz. * Clarke, William E. L .... Kampti, India...... J ...... South India. ♦Clarke, Mrs. Bertha A .. 1887 Cleveland, Joseph G...... Sendai, Japan...... Troy. Cleveland, Mrs. Mary T.. * Compton, Harry...... Mendoza, Argentina ...... Compton, Mrs. Rebecca M. 19OO.] Directory of Foreign Missionaries. 419

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1884 Constantine, Trico...... Rustchuk, Bulgaria. Minnesota. Constantine, Mrs.Theodora 1892 Cook, Albert E ...... Bidar, India...... Detroit. Cook, Mrs. Edith M ...... Bidar, India...... 1889 Core, Lewis A...... Moradabad, India...... ¡South India. Core, Mrs. Mary Kennedy. In United States...... 1899 Cowen, James L ...... Tokyo, Japan...... ¡(Layman.) Cowen, Mrs. Frances H .. 1875 Craver, Samuel P...... Asuncion, Paraguay...... jlowa. Craver, Mrs. Laura G...... *Culshaw, Joseph...... Calcutta, India...... |Bengal-Burma. *Culshaw, Mrs. Ruth C ... 1894 Curnow, James O ...... Chungking, China...... ¡West China. iCurnow, Mrs. Jennie E. .. 1898 Currier, Edwin P ...... Santiago, Chile...... (Layman.) 1899 Curtis, Wesley E ...... Penang, Straits Settlements ... Curtis, Mrs. Mary C...... 1870 Davis, George R ...... Delaware, O ...... ¡Detroit. Davis, Mrs. Maria Brown. 1898 Davis, Joe A...... Monrovia, Liberia...... (Layman.) Davis, Mrs. Cordelia D ... 1898 Davis, Miss Amanda...... Monrovia, Liberia...... I 1873 Davison, John C ...... Nagasaki, Japan...... j Newark. Davison, Mrs. Lizzie S.... East Orange, N. J ...... \ 1880 Dease, Stephen S. (M.D.). Bareilly, India. Pittsburg. jDease, Mrs. Jennie D ...... 1890 Denning, John O ...... to United S ta tes... Illinois.Returning |Denning, Mrs. Margaret B.

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1872 Fox, Daniel O ...... Poona, India ...... North Ohio. Fox, Mrs. Ellen .Warner.. Poona, India ...... Frease, Edwin F ...... Ahmedabad, India...... East Ohio. Frease, Mrs. Ella B a tes... 1901 Fritz, W. G ...... Manila, Philippine Islands.... 1887 Fulkerson, Epperson- R... Howard, Kan...... Nebraska. Fulkerson, Mrs. Kate J... 1881 Gamewel!, Frank D ...... East Orange, N. J ...... N ewark. Gamewell, Mrs. Mary P... 1884 Garden, Joseph H ...... 305 Broadway, Cincinnati, O.. Kentucky. Garden, Mrs. Frances E .. 1874 Gilder, George K ...... Raipur, C. P., In d ia...... South India. 1S71 Gill, Joseph H ...... Pauri, India...... Rock River. Gill, Mrs. Mary Ensign... 1898 Gilliland, James P...... Concordia, Argentina...... Gilliland, Mrs. Addie Pratt 1901 Goodell, Willard A ...... Manila, Philippine Islands.... 1871 Gordon, C. W ...... Hackettstown, N. J ...... 1901 Gravelly, Eugene R ...... Monrovia, L iberia...... Gravelly, Mrs. Rebecca H. Greeley, Eddy H ...... Old Umtali, Rhodesia...... Greeley, Mrs. Anna Arndt. 1880 Greenman, Almon W.... Buenos Ayres, Argentina...... North Indiana. Greenman,Mrs.Marinda R. * Grenon, W illiam H ...... Jabalpur, India...... Bombay. * Grenon, Mrs. Emma C .. 1900 Grose, Richard C ...... Hyderabad, India ...... Grose, Mrs. Richard C.... 1899 Guthrie, Fred. L ...... Foochow, China...... Hall, Osman F. (M.D .) .. Chungking, China...... Rock River. 1897 Hanna, Mrs. Jessie A .... Santiago, Chile...... 1891 Hanzlik, Miss Laura C.... Nanking, China...... 1895 Harrington, Francis M.... Coquimbo, Chile...... S. America. Harrington, Mrs. Mary R. 1898 Harrow, John.._...... Cape Palmas, Liberia...... 1895 Hart, Edgerton H. (M.D.). North Tarry town, N. Y ...... (Layman.) Hart, Mrs. Rose E...... 1893 Hayner, J. Frederick...... Peking, China...... New York. Hayner, Mrs. Mabel S... - Haywood, Benjamin S. .. Pachuca, Mexico...... Haywood, Mrs. Harriet P.. 1892 Headland, Isaac T...... Peking, China...... Pittsburg. Headland,Mrs.M.S. (M.D.) ♦Henderson, George S... Calcutta, India...... Bengal-Burma. * Henderson,Mrs. Mabel G a t< 1900 Henke, F. G ...... Nanking, China...... Des Moines. 1899 Herman, Ernest F ...... Concepcion, Chile...... Herman, Mrs. E. F ...... Hewes, George C...... Budaon, India ...... Illinois. Hewes, Mrs. Annie B.... 1897 Hill, Charles Baylis...... Rangoon, Burma...... Northern N.Y. Hill, Mrs. Glenora G ...... 1882 Hobart, William T ...... Tientsin, China ...... Minnesota. Hobart, Mrs. Emily H .. Evanston, 111...... 1899 Holland, C. II ...... Concepcion, Chile . 1887 Hollister, William H _ Kolar, India...... Wisconsin. Hollister, Mrs. Emma H. 1899 Hoover, James M ...... Penang, Straits Settlement.... Directory of Foreign Missionaries.

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1889 Hoover, W illis C. (M.D.) Iquique,Chile.. Hoover, Mrs. Mary L.... Iquique, Chile.. 1 8 8 6 Hopkins, N. S. (M.D)... Wellfleet, Mass. Hopkins, Mrs. Fannie H .. 1900 Horley, William E ...... Ipoh, Perak...... Horley, Mrs...... 1867 Hoskins, Robert...... Cawnpore, India... Hoskins, Mrs. C harlotte.. 1897 Huett, Charles W ...... Sapporo, Japan----- Huett, Mrs. Emma A ...... 1894 Humphrey, Jas. L. (M.D.) Little Falls, N. y '. Humphrey, Mrs. Nancy B. 1898 Hunt, Mrs. Jennie...... Listowell, Ontario, Canada.. 1886 Hyde, George B. (M.D.). Silao, Mexico...... Hyde, Mrs. Alettha H.... 1898 I wan, Miss Clara M ...... Concepcion, Chile . i860 Jackson, Henry...... Mazafarpur, India. Jackson, Mrs. H elen M... 1896 James, Edward...... Fort Atkinson, Wis. James, Mrs. Mary E . ----- 1899 Jenness, James F ...... Rosario, Argentina.. Jenness, Mrs. Beulah S... 1887 Johnson, Herbert B...... Fukuoka, Japan.... Johnson, Mrs. Clara E.... 1862 Johnson, Thomas S. (M.D) Jabalpur, India... Johnson, Mrs. Amanda R . Campbell, la ...... I8S7 Jones, George Heber...... Chemulpo, Korea. Jones, Mrs. Margaret B.. 1900 Kauffman, Miss Kate E . . Foochow, China.. 1899 Keislar, Mott...... Allahabad, India. 1890 Kensett, Wm. T. (M.D.). Oakmont, Pa...... Kensett, Mrs. Elizabeth B . 1894 King, Harry E ...... Peking, China ...... K ing, M rs...... Coldwater, Mich...... 1888 King, William L ...... Haidarabad, Deccan, India. King, Mrs. Sara J ...... 1858 Knowles, Samuel...... Naini Tal, India. Knowles, Mrs. Isabella... I 88I Kupfer, Charles F ...... Chinkiang, China... Kupfer, Mrs. Lydia K nill. Zurich, Switzerland. 1887 Lacy, William H ...... Foochow, China.... Lacy, Mrs. Emma Nind... 1878 La Fetra, Ira H ...... Santiago, Chile. i La Fetra, Mrs. A d ela id e.. 1882 La Fetra, T. Wolcott...... ( La Fetra, Mrs. Lulu H ... 1898 Larson, Miss H ild a...... Evanston, Ul.. 1 8 9 9 Lavalette, Ernest B ...... Aligarh, India. 1 1 8 8 0 Lawson, James C ...... Lawson, Mrs. Ella Hoy.. . 1896 Lawson, Luther...... Keokuk, la...., ] 1 8 9 4 * Lee, David H ...... Calcutta, India. ] * Lee, Mrs. Ada J o n e s.. . . t 1 8 8 3 Leonard, Albert T ...... Pegu, Burma...... Leonard, Mrs. Minnie J... I 8 8 I Lewis, Spencer...... Chungking, China. ] Lewis, Esther Bilbie...... * Lieden, Frank i?...... Bolpur, India.... ] 422 Missionary Report. [1900.

P ost Office Address. F rom what Co n fer ­ ence. * Lieden, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Bolpur, India.. 1899 Linzell, Louis E ...... Bombay, India. Cincinnati. Linzell, Mrs. Phila K ea n .. 1900 Long, M iss Estelle C (M.D .) Montevideo, Uruguay...... 1884 Longden, Wilbur C ...... Nanking, China...... Wisconsin. Longden, Mrs. Gertrude K. Fredonia, N. Y ...... 1894 Lowry, Geo. D. N. (M.D.) 396 8th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. (Layman.) Lowry, Mrs. Cora C ...... 1867 Lowry, Hiram H ...... Peking, China ...... Ohio. Lowry, Mrs. Parthena N.. 5173 Hester St. .Philadelphia, Pa 1889 Luering, Henry L. E ...... Ipoh, Straits Settlements.... Germany. Luering, Mrs. Violet M... 1S79 Lyon, James...... Rurki, India...... Delaware. Lyon, Mrs. Lilias G...... 1899 Lyons, Ernest S ...... Singapore, Straits Settlements. Lyons, Mrs. Harriet E... 1898 Maclean, Robert E ...... Kiukiang, China...... Kansas. Maclean, Mrs. Effie Potter. * Madden, R. I I ...... Sironcha, C. P. India. South India. * Madden, Mrs. Emily C .. 1896 Main, W illiam A ...... Foochow, China. Des Moines. Main, Mrs. Em m a...... Whitesboro, la .. 1898 Mair, Miss Rachel...... Plainfield, N. J .. 1892 Manly, W. Edward...... Plainfield, la ___ Upper Iowa. Manly, Mrs, Florence B .. 1 8 6 2 Mansell, Henry...... Returning to United States. Pittsburg. Mansell, Mrs. N. M. (M.D.) 1859 Mansell, William A ...... Bijnour, India ...... Ohio. Mansell, Mrs. Florence P. 1898 Marsh, Ben H ...... Foochow, China...... (Layman.) Marsh, Mrs. Evelyn P.... Martin, Thomas H ...... Dagupan, Philippine Islands. 1898 McAllister, Miss Agnes... Buffalo, N. Y...... 1890 McCartney, Jas. H. (M.D.) Chungking, China...... (Layman.) McCartney, Mrs. Sarah K. 1889 McGill, William B .(M.D.) Seoul, Korea...... (Laym an.) McGill, Mrs. Lizzie J ...... 1900 McLaughlin, Jesse L ...... Manila, Philippine Islands... McLaughlin, Mrs. J. L... 1892 McLaughlin, William P... Buenos Ayres, Argentina----- Ohio. McLaughlin, Mrs. Mary R. 1898 Mead, Samuel J ...... Malange, Africa...... Mead, Mrs. Ardella...... 1881 Meik, James P ...... Pakur, India...... Michigan. Meik, Mrs. Isabella...... 1 8 6 0 Messmore, James H ...... Sitapur, India...... Michigan. Messmorp, M rs. Elizab’th II 1892 Milks, Miss Marian A.... Concepcion, Chile...... 1898 Miller, William S ...... Pungo Andongo, Africa.. 1891 Miner, George S ...... Zurich, Switzerland... . N ebraska. Miner, Mrs. Marie K ...... * Moore, William A ...... Basim, India----- * Moore, Mrs. Laura W . . 1894 Morgan, Fred H ...... Lawrence, Mass. Maine. Morgan, Mrs. Gusta M... 1900 Morris, Charles D...... Pyeng Yang, Korea. Newark. 1893 Myers, Quincy A ...... Newport, Ind ...... N. W. Indiana, Myers, Mrs. Com L , • . • 1900.J Directory of Foreign Missionaries. 423

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1880 Neeld, Frank L ...... Shahjahanpur, India...... Pittsburg. N eeld, Mrs. Emma A... . Middletown, Conn...... 1895 Newman, Jesse F ...... Kiukiang, China ...... Wisconsin. Newm an, Mrs. LucyE... 1887 Nichols, Don W ...... Nanchang, China...... Missouri. Nichols, Mrs. Anna R.... Louisiana, Missouri...... 1900 Nind, George B ...... Brava, Cape Verde Islands.... New England. Nind, M rs...... 1892 Noble, W. Arthur...... Pyeng Yang, K orea...... Wyoming. Noble, Mrs. Mattie L ...... 1901 Odium, George A ...... Old Umtali, Rhodesia, Africa.. 1870 Ohlinger, Franklin...... Hmghua, China (via Foochow) Cent’l German. Ohlinger, Mrs. Bertha S .. 1874 Osborne, Dennis...... Poona, India...... South India. Osborne, Mrs. G ra ce...... 1898 Osborne, Don E ...... Irvington, Ind ...... Osborne, Mrs. Alma L . . . . 1895 Owen, Thomas B ...... Hinghua, China (via Foochow). Iowa. 1899 Ozanne, Herbert G...... Gulbarga, India...... * Park, George W ...... Naaiad, India...... Bombay. * Park, Mrs. Eugenia W... 1859 Parker, Bishop Edwin W. Lucknow, India...... Vermont. Parker, Mrs. Lois S...... 1892 Peat, Jacob F ...... Edwardsville, III...... Illinois. Peat, Mrs. Em ily M...... * Plomer, Claudius H ...... Aligarh, India...... South India. *Plom er, Mrs. Ella G.... li ‘t 1870 Plumb, Mrs. Julia W alling. Foochow, China...... 1900 Ports, Charles W ...... Santiago, Chili...... 1899 Pusey, Morris J ...... Callao, Peru...... Pusey, Mrs. Ida Linn...... 1873 Pyke, James H ...... Delaware, O ...... S. E. Indiana. Pyke, Mrs. Arabella G.... * Pykett, George F ...... Penang, Straits Settlements.. . * Pykett, Mrs. Am elia Y 1899 Reeder, John L ...... Iquique, Chile...... Vermont. i 8q6 Rice, William F ...... Lomas de Zamora, Argentina.. Rock River. Rice, Mrs. Emma Parsons. Richard, Miss Dorothy M. Concepcion, Chile...... 1897 Richards, Erwin II ...... Inhambane, S. E. Africa. Liberia. Richards, Mrs. Carrie D . . 1900 Rigby, A. E ...... Nagasaki, Japan. Rigby, Mrs. A. E ...... Fonda, la ...... 1872 Robbins, William E ...... Baroda, India... Indiana. Robbins, Mrs. Alice E ----- 1895 Roberts, Ellis...... Lingsugur, Deccan, India. Rock River. 1898 Robertson, James B ...... Sinoe, Liberia...... Robertson, Mrs. Frieda ... * Robertson, John T ...... Cawnpore, India...... North India. * Robertson, Mrs. Amelia H 1874 Robinson, John E ...... Calcutta, India...... Cent. Illinois. Robinson, Mrs. Retta T ... 1892 Robinson, John W ...... Lucknow, India...... Des Moines. Robinson,Mrs. Elizabeth F. t i it 18S4 Rockey, Noble L ...... Dwarahat, Kumaon, India.... Colorado. Rockey, Mrs. Nettie M... 1898 Rowe, Harry F ...... Nanchang, China...... ;.. Northern N.Y. Rowe, M rs...... 4 2 4 Missionary Report.

D a t b o p P ost Office A d deess. A p p ’i .

1884 Rudisill, Abraham W ...... Baltimore, Md. Rudisill, Mrs. Bessie T ... X89O Rugg, Miss Estella ...... Santiago, Chile...... I9OO Rutledge, Walter P ...... Singapore, Straits Settlements. Rutledge, Mrs. Clara D ... I885 Salmans, Levi B. (M.D)... Guanajuato, Mexico. Salmans, Mrs. Sara J ...... ïSgg Schwartz, Henry B ...... Nagasaki, Japan.... Schwartz, Mrs. Mary F .... 1873 Scott, Jefferson E ...... Muttra, India ...... Scott, Mrs. Emma Moore. 1862 Scott, Thomas Jefferson... Bareilly, India... . Scott, Mrs. Elizabeth J .. . . 1884 Scranton, William ~B.[M.D.) Seoul, Korea...... Scranton, Mrs. Loulie A .. Hartford, Conn...... Shaw, Fawcett E. N .... Secunderabad, India...... * Shaw, Mrs. Caroline Hill 1890 Shellabear, William G .... Singapore, Straits Settlements. Shellabear, Mrs. Emma E. Tacoma, W ash ...... 1898 Sherrill, Joseph C ...... Monrovia, Liberia...... Sherrill, Mrs. Eliza S ...... Shields, Robert...... Pungo Andongo, Africa. Shields, Mrs. Louise R ... 1901 Shinn, Harwin B ...... Iquique, Chili...... Shinn, Mrs. Josephine R .. 1 8 9 8 Shuett, Mrs. Mary' B ...... Hackettstown, N . J - . 1 8 9 9 Siberts, Samuel W ...... Mercedes, Argentina. Siberts, Mrs. Mary...... 1896 Simester, James...... Foochow, China. . . Simester, Mrs. Winifred.. 1899 Simpson, John A ...... Greenville, Liberia. Simpson, Mrs. Mattie H .. 1897 Skinner, James E. (M.D.) Chicago, 111...... Skinner, Mrs. S. (M.D.).. 1898 Smart, William G ...... Funchal, Madeira.. Smart, Mrs. Eliza N ...... 1899 Smith, Miss Marion C. ... Santiago, Chile. 1890 Smith, Julius...... Baldwin, Kan.. Smith, Mrs. Mary E ...... 1882 Smyth, George B ...... 1037 Market St., San Fran­ Smyth, Mrs. Alice H ...... cisco, C ai...... 1873 Soper, Julius...... Tokyo, Japan ...... Soper, Mrs. Mary Frances. 1883 Spencer, David S ...... Tokyo, Japan... Spencer, Mrs. Maiy P.... Bloomsburg, Pa. 1897 Spencer, William Sawyer. Puebla, Mexico.. Spencer, Mrs. Florence G. 1880 Stephens, William H ...... Bombay, India. Stephens, Mrs. Anna T .. 1900 Stokes, George E ...... Calcutta, India., Stokes, Mrs. Marie G ...... 1879 Stone, George I...... Titusville, Pa.. Stone, Mrs. Manila M .... 1886 Stuart, George A. (M.D ).. Nanking, China. Stuart, Mrs. Anna G...... 1901 Stuntz, Homer C ...... Manila, Philippine Islands. Stuntz, Mrs. Estelle C . . . . Mount Vernon, la ...... 1898 Swearer, Wilbur C ...... Seoul, Korea...... 1900.] Directory of Foreign Missionaries. 425

From what Confer* P ost Office A ddbebs. ence.

* Tallon, William ...... Rosario, Argentina. *Tallon, Mrs...... 1 8 9 4 Terrell, Miss Alice...... Hastings, Fla... 1 8 9 3 Thoburn, David Lyle...... Lucknow, India. Central Ohio. Thoburn, Mrs. Ruth...... 1 8 5 9 Thoburn, Bishop J. M.... Cincinnati, O ...... Central Ohio. Thoburn, Mrs. A.J.(M.D.) 1 8 8 8 Thomas, James B ...... Agra, India...... Indiana. Thomas, Mrs. E lizab eth.. 1 8 6 6 Thomson, John F ...... Montevideo, Uruguay. Central Ohio. Thomson, Mrs. H elen G .. *T in dale, M atthew...... Madras, India...... South India. * Tin dale, Mrs. Sarah.... 1 9 0 0 Tweedie, Miss May...... Concepcion, Chile. 1 8 7 9 Vail, Milton S ...... Saratoga, Cal...... Maine. Vail, Mrs. Emma C ...... 1879 Vail, Miss Jennie S ...... Tokyo, Japan...... 1 8 9 9 Van Dyke, B. F ...... Singapore, Straits Settlements. 1 8 9 3 Verity, George W ...... Tientsin, China...... Verity, Mrs. Frances W... W isconsin. 1 8 8 9 Wadman, John W ...... Hakodate, Japan. M ontana. Wadman, Mrs. Mame H._. 1 8 9 9 Waite, Thomas...... Pungo Andongo, Africa...... W aite, Mrs. Emma M.... Valley Stream, L. I., N. Y.... N. Y. East. Walker, Ulma L ...... Cape Palmas, Liberia...... Walker, Mrs. Elizabeth B.. 1 8 7 3 Walker, Wilbur F ...... Peking, China.. North Indiana. Walker, Mrs. Florence M .. * Waller, W illiam D ...... Karachi, India. Bombay. * Waller, Mrs. A n n ie...... 1 8 9 6 W alley, Mrs. Louise...... Kiukiang, China. * Ward, Charles B ...... Yellandu, India.. * Ward, Mrs. Ellen W.... * Ward, Robert C . Godhra, India . 1 8 8 7 Warne, Bishop Frank W .. Calcutta, India Rock River. Warne,Mrs. Marguaretta E. 1 8 5 9 Waugh, James Walter.... Delaware, O...... S. Illinois. Waugh, Mrs. Jane Tinsley. 1 8 9 9 Wertenberger, Charles H .. Concepcion, Chile...... Wertenberger, Mrs. Dillie. 1 8 8 7 West, Benjamin F. (M.D .) Penang, Straits Settlements... Bengal. W est, Mrs. Letty L ...... 1 8 9 2 West, John N ...... Lucknow, India...... North Ohio. West, Mrs. Irene W h ite ... 1 8 9 9 White, Miss Grace...... Santiago, Chile.. 1 8 8 1 Wilcox, Myron C...... Foochow, China. Rock River. Wilcox, Mrs. Hattie C. .. 19 0 1 Williams, Walter W .(M.D.) Hinghua, China (via Foochow) Des Moines. 1 8 9 4 Wilson, Edward E ...... Valparaiso, Chile...... Colorado. Wilson, Mrs. Mary Webb. W ilson, Mrs. H elen J ----- Bareilly, India...... 1900 Wilson, John F ...... Penang, Straits Settlement. 1 8 9 4 Wilson, Wilbur F ...... Nanking, China ...... (Layman.) 1 8 9 0 Winans, Charles S ...... Iquique, Chile...... (Layman.) W inans, Mrs. Emma K ... 1 8 9 6 Wines, Miss Elma...... 1 8 9 8 Withey, Amos E ...... Malange, Angola. W ithey, Mrs. Irene A ----- 426 Missionary Report.

Date From what CONFER­ op M i s s i o n a r y .P o s t O f f ic e A d d r e s s . ENCE. A p p ’t.

I 898 Withey, Herbert C ...... Malange, Angola...... 19OI Wodehouse, Robert...... New Umtali, Rhodesia, Africa.

*Wood, Frederick...... Bombay, India...... * Wood, Mrs. Elizabeth L. I 869 Wood, Thomas B...... N.W. Indiana. Wood, Mrs. Ellen Dow... *WoQd, Simpson H ...... Ipoh, Perak...... I9OO Woods, Miss Winifred S .. I 886 Worden, Whiting S.{M.D .) Tokyo, Japan...... N.W. Indiana. Worden, Mrs. Hattie May. i t ( i 1882 Worley, James H ...... Worley, Mrs. Imogene A.. 1899 Wright, Mrs...... i- >1 Wroten, H om er...... Calcutta, India......

MISSIONARIES OF THE WOMAN’S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Date P ort O ffice A ddress. Fmom what Bkanch, A p p ’t. I 9OO Abbott, Miss Anna A .... Muttra, India...... Northwestern. 1 8 8 8 Allen, Miss Belle T...... Bellefontaine, O...... Cincinnati. I 8 9 4 Allen, Miss Mable...... Early, Ind...... Des Moines. 1894 Alling, Miss Harriet S... Tokyo, Japan ...... Northwestern. I9OO Anderson, Miss Luella R. Kuala Lumpur, St'ts Settlem’ts Cincinnati. 1 8 8 2 Atkinson, Miss Anna P... Nagoya, Japan...... New York. 1 8 8 6 Ayres, Miss Harriet L.. . Mexico City, Mexico...... Cincinnati. 1 8 9 5 Barrow, M rs. Mary L . (M.DÀ Tientsin, China...... New York. 1 8 8 9 Baucus, Miss Georgiana.. Yokohama, Japan...... N ew York. I9OO Beazell, Miss Laura E .. . . Rome, Italy...... Northwestern. 1 8 8 9 Bender, Miss Elizabeth R . Nagoya, Japan...... Baltimore. 1 8 9 0 Benn,MissRachel"R.(^/.Z?.) Tientsin, China...... Philadelphia. 1 8 9 6 Benthein,Miss Elizabeth M. Poona, India ...... Northwestern. 1 8 8 8 Bing, Miss Anna V ...... Nagasaki, Japan...... Cincinnati. I 8 9 2 Blackburn, Miss Kate B .. Loftcha, Bulgaria...... Northwestern. I 8 7 2 Blackmar, Miss Louise E. Raipur, India...... Des Moines. 1 8 8 7 Blackmore, Miss Sophia A. l 2oState S., Minneapolis, Minn. Minneapolis. 1 8 8 9 Blackstock, Miss Ella. ... Tokyo, Japan ...... Minneapolis. I ‘ Blair, Miss Kate A ...... Calcutta, India...... Cincinnati. 1897 Bobenhouse, Miss Laura.. Cawnpore, India...... Des Moines. I 9OO Bohannon, Miss Ida...... Pachuca, Mexico...... Des Moines. 1 8 8 8 Bonafield, Miss Julia A... Foochow, China...... Cincinnati. 1 S 9 7 Bowne, Miss Ida M ...... Rome, Italy...... Northwestern. I9O O Brouse, Miss Louisa T ___ Lucknow, India...... Northwestern. 1 8 9 1 Bryan,Miss Mary E. (M.D .) Ogdensburg, N. Y ...... N ew York. 1 8 8 0 Budden, Miss Annie N ... Pithoragarh, India...... N ew York. 19OO Bumgardner, Miss Lucy E. Orizaba, Mexico...... Des Moines. 1 8 9 8 Burman, Miss Matilda C .. Brindaban, India ...... Northwestern. I 8 8 7 Carleton, Miss M.E.(jM.D.) 297 Spring St., Trenton, N. J. New York. I 8 9 8 Carver, Miss Margaret B .. Naini Tal, India ...... Cincinnati. I9O O Cody, Miss Mary A ...... Singapore, Straits Settlements. Cincinnati. I 8 9 5 Collier, Miss Clara J ...... Chungking, China...... New England. Ï 8 9 2 Craig, Miss Frances...... Calcutta, India...... Northwestern. I 8 9 5 Croucher, Miss Miranda.,. Medford, Mass...... New England. dJ] Directory of Foreign Missionaries. 427

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1895 Curts, Miss Kate O .. Budaon, India ...... N ew York. 1892 Cutler,Miss Mary M .(M.D.) Grand Rapids, Mich...... Cin. and N. Y. 1890 Daily, Miss Rebecca B.... Greensburg, Ind ...... Cincinnati. 1898 Daniels, Miss Nellie M... Tokyo, Japan...... Des Moines. 1893 Davis, Mrs. Anna L ...... Nanking, China...... Northwestern. 1900 Davis, Miss Dora...... Loftcha, Bulgaria...... Northwestern. 1900 Decker, Miss H. Marian.. Chungking, China...... Northwestern. 1888 Dickerson, Miss Augusta.. Hakodate, Japan...... Philadelphia. 1893 Diem, Miss Lydia...... Loftcha, Bulgaria...... Northwestern. 1894 Donahue, Miss Julia (M.D.) Foochow, China...... Cincinnati. 1899 Dreibelbeis, Miss Carrie.. Kiukiang, China...... New York. 1892 Dunmore, Miss Effie M... Guanajuato, Mexico...... Philadelphia. 1894 Easton, Miss Celesta...... Riverside, Cal...... Pacific. 1878 Easton, Miss Sarah A ...... Naini Tal, India ...... Cincinnati. 1894 Elicker, Miss Anna R.... Khandwa, India...... Des Moines. 1897 Elliott, Miss Martelle___ Poona, India...... New York. 1900 Ellis, Miss Ida ...... Penang, Straits Settlements.. . Minneapolis. 1884 English, Miss Fannie M... Bareilly, India...... New York. 1899 Ernsberger, Miss E. (M.D.) Seoul, Korea...... Cincinnati. 1888 Ernsberger, Miss I .(M.D). Gulbarga, India...... Cincinnati. 1900 Estey, Miss Ethel M ...... Seoul, Korea...... New York. 1895 Evans, Miss Alice A ...... Haidarabad, India...... Des Moines. 1899 Ewers, Miss Harriet E.... Bombay, India...... Northwestern. 1898 Files, Miss Estelle M ...... Naini Tal, India...... N ew York. 1896 Fisher, Miss Fannie S... . Kolar, India...... Northwestern. 1898 Forster, Miss Miriam ...... Asansol, India...... Northwestern. 1890 Frey, Miss Cecelia M... •. Canton, O ...... Cincinnati. 1893 Frey, Miss Lulu E ...... Seoul, Korea...... Cincinnati. 1898 Fuller, Miss Delia A ...... Sironcha,. India...... Topeka. 1887 Gallimore, Miss Anna...... Aligarh, India...... Baltimore. 1894 Galloway, Miss Helen R... Mount Ayr, la ...... Des Moines. 1879 Gheer, Miss Jennie M.... Kagoshima, Japan...... New York. 1896 Gilman, Miss Gertrude...... Peking, China...... New England. 1898 Glenk, Miss E. Marguerite Foochow, China...... New York. 1885 Gloss, Miss Anna D .(M.D.) Peking, China...... Northwestern. 1892 Glover, Miss Ella J...... Tientsin, China...... New England. 1900 Goetz, Miss A d a...... Foochow, China...... Minneapolis. i 8 94 Greene, Miss Lily D ...... Palo Alto, Cal...... Northwestern. 1899 Gregg, Miss Mary E ...... Muttra, India...... Des Moines. 1889 Griffiths, Miss Mary B.... Yokohama, Japan...... Des Moines. 1890 Hall, Mrs. R. S. (M.D.).. Pyeng Yang, Korea...... New York. 1900 Hammond, Miss Alice J .. Seoul, Korea ...... Cincinnati. 1892 Hammond, Miss Rebecca J. Rix Mills, O ...... N ew York. 1881 Hampton, Miss Minnie S. Hakodate, Japan...... New York. 1895 Hardie, Miss Eva M ...... Lucknow, India...... Cincinnati. 1897 Harris, Miss Lillian (M.D.) Seoul, Korea...... Cincinnati. 1887 Hartford, Miss Mabel C. . Foochow, China...... New England. 1884 Harvey, Miss Emily L... Agra, India...... New England. 1891 Heafer, Miss Louisa...... Jabulpur, India...... Philadelphia. 1893 Heaton, Miss Carrie A... Seymour, In d ...... Northwestern. 1S98 Hemingway, Miss Edith A. Singapore, Straits Settlements. New England. J886 Hewett, Miss L izzie...... Montevideo, Uruguay...... Northwestern. 1884 Hewett, Miss Ella J ...... Hirosaki, Japan...... Philadelphia. 1900 Hillman, Miss Mary R. . Seoul, Korea...... Cincinnati. 1872 Hoag, Miss L. H . (M.D.) Chinkiang, China...... N ew York. 1892 Hoge, Miss Elizabeth...... Gonda, India...... Cincinnati. 1900 Holman, Miss Charlotte T Ajmere, India...... Pacific. 1872 Howe, Miss Gertrude .... Kiukiang, China ...... Northwestern. 1895 Hu, Miss King "Eng (M .D .) Foochow, "hina...... Philadelphia. Missionary Report.

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1894 Hyde, Miss Nettie M . ... Jabalpur, India...... 1898 Illingworth. Miss Charlotte. Rangoon, Burma...... 1889 Imhof, Miss Louisa...... Tokyo, Japan...... 1898 Ingram, Miss Helen ...... Lucknow, India...... 1884 Jewell, Miss Carrie I ...... Foochow, China...... 18S3 Jewell, Mrs. Charlotte M.. Peking, China...... 1896 Kahn, Miss Ida (M .D .). . Kiukiang, China...... 1888 Ketring, Miss Mary (M.D.) Auburndale, O ...... 1894 Kidwell, Miss Lola M.. :. Bryn Mawr, Pa...... 1S99 Kneeland, Miss Bertha ... Rosario, Argentina...... i 88r Knowles, Miss Emma L .. Darjeeling, India...... 1885 Kyle, Miss Theresa J.... Pauri, India...... 1897 Lamb, Miss Emma L ...... Calcutta, India...... 1892 Lauck, Miss Ada J ...... Haidarabad, India...... 1885 Lawson, Miss Anna E .. .. Batavia, l a ...... 1892 Lawson, Miss Christina H . Green Island, N. V ...... 1897 Lebeus, Miss Martha...... Foochow, China...... 1894 Lee, Miss Irene E ...... Burlington, Vt...... 1884 Le Huray, Miss Eleanora . Buenos Ayres. Argentina...... 1898 Lewis, Miss Amy G ...... Yokohama, Japan...... 1891 Lewis, Miss Ella A ...... Seoul, Korea...... 1900 Lewis, Miss M. D. (M.D.) Bareilly, India ...... 1897 Lilly, Miss May B ...... Singapore, Straits Settlements. 1891 Limberger, Miss Anna R.. Puebla, Mexico...... 1895 Linam, Miss Alice...... Leesburg, Ind...... 1897 Livermore, Miss Mel va A.. Meerut, India...... 1S98 Longstreet, Miss Isabel D. Foochow, China...... 1898 Loper, Miss Ida Grace.... Sitapur, India...... *... . 1884 Loyd, Miss Mary D eF.. .. Mexico City, Mexico...... 1890 Lyon, Miss Ella (M.D.)... Spencer, Mich...... 1899 Manning, Miss Ella ...... Chungking, China...... 1894 Marks, Miss Lillian E .... Ajmere, India...... 1897 Martin, Miss Clara...... Penang, Straits Settlements... . 1899 Martin, Miss E. E. (AI.D.). Peking, China...... 1900 Martin, Miss Elizabeth... Nagasaki, Japan...... 1899 Maskell, Miss Florence... Kolar, India...... 1892 Masters, Miss L. M. (M.D.) Foochow, China...... 1888 Maxey, Miss Elizabeth... . Calcutta, India...... 1899 McKinley, Miss Mary V .. Darjeeling, India...... 1898 Means, Miss Alice...... Moradabad, India...... 1896 Means, Miss Mary...... Moradabad, India...... 1899 Meek, Mrs. Mary C ...... Kuala Lumpur, St’ts Settlem’ts 1900 Mekkelson, Miss Josephine Malange, Angola...... 1897 Melton, Miss Mary E ...... Nagasaki, Japan...... 1896 Merrill, Miss Clara E ...... Kiukiang, China...... 1894 Meyer, Miss Fannie E. .. . Elm Grove, Mo...... 1900 Miller, Miss Martha J.... Khandwa, India...... 1888 Mitchell, Miss Emma E. . Wuhu, China...... 1900 Moots, Mrs. Cornelia...... Manila, Philippine Islands.... 1899 Moyer, Miss Jennie...... Calcutta, India...... 1898 Newton, Miss Marian . .. . Lucknow, India...... 1896 Nichols, Miss Elizabeth... Bombay, India...... 1894 Nichols, Miss Florence L.. Lucknow, India...... 1899 Nicolaisen, Miss Martha.. Foochow, China...... 1899 Norton, Mrs. Annie {M.D.) Manila, P. I...... 1899 Odgers, Miss Eva M ...... Rome, Italy...... 1891 Ogborn, Miss Kate L .... New Sharon, la ...... 1899 Organ, Miss Clara M ...... Shahjahanpur, India...... 1900.] Directory of Foreign Missionaries.

M issionary, P ost O pficb A ddbess. F eom w o n Bbanch.

1892 Paine, Miss Josephine O.. Seoul, Korea .... New England. 1900 Pak, Mrs. Esther K ...... Seoul, Korea...... Philadelphia. 1889 Parker, Miss Theda A .... West Alden, N. Y . New York. 1899 Parkinson, Miss Phebe... Foochow, China.. Columbia Riv. 1890 Perkins, Miss Fannie A.. . Rangoon, Burma. Des Moines. 1894 Peters, Miss Mary...... Princeville. Ill___ Northwestern. 1888 Peters, Miss Sarah...... Northwestern. 1889 Phelps, Miss Frances E ... Sendai, Japan...... Des Moines. 1897 Pierce, Miss Nellie...... Seoul, Korea...... Philadelphia. 1900 Plumb, Miss Florence J. . Foochow, China...... New York. 1896 Porter, Miss Charlotte J ... Bombay, India...... N orthwestern. 1895 Purdy, Miss Carrie M...... Sunbury, Pa...... Philadelphia. 1884 Reed, Miss Mary...... Pithoragarh, India...... Cincinnati. 1900 Rigby, Miss Luella...... Rangoon, Burma...... Des Moines. 1884 Robinson, Miss Mary C .. . Chinkiang, China...... N orthwestern. 1900 Robinson, Miss Ruth G... Bombay, India...... Baltimore. 1887 Rothweiler, Miss Louisa C. Newport, Ky ...... Cincinnati. 1893 Rouse, Miss Wilma H ...... Foochow, China...... Minneapolis. 1899 Rowley, Miss Mary L ...... Kiukiang, China...... Northwestern. 1879 Russell, Miss Elizabeth. .. Nagasaki, Japan...... Cincinnati. 1895 Russell, Miss Martha A.. . Elizabeth, N. J ...... Pacific. 1899 Samson, Miss Carrie...... Calcutta, India...... Northwestern. 1896 Scott, Miss Emma (M.D .) Blindaban, India...... Cincinnati. 1889 Scott, Miss Fannie A...... Gonda, India...... Cincinnati. 1884 Scranton, Mrs. M. F ...... Seoul, Korea...... N. E. & N. Y. 1890 Seeds, Miss Leonora H .... Fukuoka, Japan...... Cincinnati. 1889 Sellers, Miss Rue E ...... Naini Tal, India...... Cincinnati. 1887 Shaw, Miss Ella C...... Chebanse, 111...... Northwestern. 1888 Sheldon,Miss M. A. (M.D.) Pithoragarh, India...... New England. 1896 Shockley, Miss Mary E ... Lancaster, O...... Cincinnati. 1894 Singer, Miss Florence E . 710 W. York St., Phila., Pa.. Philadelphia. 1900 Singh, Miss Lilivati . Lucknow, India...... Northwestern. 1885 Smilh, Miss Lida B...... Kagoshima, Japan...... New York. 1899 Southard, Miss Ada...... Hirosaki, Japan...... Des Moines. 1896 Spear, Miss Katharine A. . Baroda, India...... Philadelphia. 1896 Spencer, Miss Clarissa E .. Tokyo, Japan...... Philadelphia. 1878 Spencer, Miss Matilda A .. Bala, Pa...... Philadelphia. 1892 Stahl, Miss Josephine... . Diagonal, la ...... Northwestern. 1899 Stearns, Miss Mary P...... Lucknow, India...... NewEngland. 1889 Steere, Miss Anna E ...... Carthage, Ind...... Northwestern. 1891 Stephens, Miss Grace...... Madras, India...... Baltimore. 1890 Stevenson,Miss M.I.(M.D.) Tientsin, China...... T opeka. 1900 Steckwell, Miss Grace.... Rangoon, Burma...... Des Moines. 1896 Stone, Miss Mary (M.D.).. Kiukiang, China...... Des Moines. 1896 Suderstrom, Miss Anna... Calcutta, India...... New York. 1888 Sullivan, Miss Lucy W. . . Muttra, India...... Cincinnati. 1891 Swaney, Miss Mary F .... Manhattan, Kan ...... Topeka. 1895 Taft, Miss Gertrude (M.D.) 288 Lexington Ave., N. Y. . . Pacific. 1887 Terry, Miss Edna G.(M.D) Mount Vernon, N. Y ...... New England. 1869 Thobum, Miss Isabella. .. Lucknow, India...... Cincinnati. 1899 Tippett, Miss Susan...... Foochow, China...... Des Moines. 1895 Todd, Miss Althea M...... 131 Waverly Ave., B’klyn, N. Y. New England. 1897 Todd, Miss Grace B..... Areola, 111...... Northwestern. 1889 Trimble, Miss Lydia A.. . Foochow, China ...... Des Moines. 1881 Van Petten, Mrs. Carrie W. La Prairie, 111...... Northwestern. 1 £98 Varney, Miss Elizabeth E. Foochow, China...... Topeka. 1891 Vickery, Miss Martha E. . Rome, Italy...... Northwestern. l 896lWaidman, Miss Isabel.... Montevideo, Uruguay...... N ew York. 430 Missionary Report. [1900.

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t S83 Watson, Miss Rebecca J Lincoln, N eb.... Topeka. 1895 Wells, Miss PhebeC .... Willsboro, N. Y.. New York. 1891 White, Miss Laura M.... Chinkiang, China. Philadelphia. 1892 Wilkinson, Miss Lydia A Foochow, China.. Northwestern. 1900 Williams, Miss Mary E. Baroda, India. Philadelphia. 1896 Wilson, Miss Frances G. Tokyo, Japan.... Cincinnati. 1889 Wilson, Miss Frances O. Corning, la ...... Des Moines. 1894 Wilson, Miss Mary E .... Bareilly, India.... Northwestern. 1892 Wilson, Miss Minnie E .. Shelbyville. 111... Northwestern. 1S85 Wisner, Miss Julia E.... Manila, P. I ...... Cincinnati. 1892 Wood, Miss Catharine A. Haidarabad, India Des Moines. 1889 Wood, Miss Elsie . Greencastle, Ind.. New York. 1895 Wright, Miss Laura S ... Muttra, India.... Northwestern. 1892 Young, Miss Effie G...... Waltham, Mass... New England. 1897 Young, Miss Mariana.... Nagasaki, Japan... Cincinnati. Patrons* Constituted by the payment of five hundred dollars or more at one time. Rev. Bishop Andrews Bristol, D.D., F. M. Delanoy, Jr., J. A. Rev. Bishop FitzGerald Brown, James N. Detmar, Joseph F. Rev. Bishop Foss Brown, Levi D. Dill, Isaac O. Rev. Bishop Foster (2) Bryson, James H. Donohoe, Richard Rev. Bishop Fowler (2) Buck, D.D., Charles Dorlew, E. W. Rev. Bishop Goodsell Buckley, D.D., J. M. Duffell, Dr. C. L. Rev. Bishop Hurst Bunnell, Mrs. Maria Dunlap, Charles W. Rev. Bishop Thoburn Burch, Rev. Thomas H. D u n t p n , Rev. Louis M. - Abbott, Mary Delia Burson, Hon. John W. Eakins, Rev. Wm. Acker, E. M. Calvert, Jos. Eggleston, Rev. A. C. Adams, D.D., B. M. Carpenter, Mrs. P. W. Espenchied, J. M. Adams, William Cartwright, William i ay, Henry G. Albritton, Rev. J. L. Chadwick, Elihu Fay, John G. Allen, Josiah Chadwick, Isabel Ferguson, Rev. W. G. Andrews, S. W. Chadwick, D.D., J. S. Ferguson, Mrs. Rev. W. G. Andrews, Mrs. S. W. Chapman, D.D., J. A. M. Ferry, George J. Andrus, John E. Chapman, Rev. W. H. Filbard, Rev. W. Archbold, John D. Clark, Rev. George Fisher, M.D., John Armstrong, R. W. Clark, Rev. James C. FitzGerald, Kirke B. Ayres, Mrs. D. Clark, D.D., W. R. Fleming, James H. Bachman, Rev. Chas. Clarke, Andrew Fletcher, Hon. Thos. C. Baker, D.D., Henry Cleveland, Rev. H. A. Fowler, Jonathan O. Baker, Mrs. Wm. H. Collins, T. D. Fox, Rev. R. C. Baker, William Corbit, M. Emma Fradenburgh, D.D., J. N. Baldwin, D.D., S. L. Cornell, Helen M. Frey, Hedley J. Banks, D.D., Louis A. Cornell, Mrs. J. B. Frost, Mrs. Juliet K. Banner, John J. Cornell, Mrs. J. M. Frost, D.D.,Rev.S. Milton Barker, Joseph S. Cornell, Miss M. L. Gage, Mrs. Mary E. Barnes, Rev. John W. F. Cowen, Mrs. B. R. Gamble, James N. Barnum, N K. Crocker, Thomas Gedney, Silvanus Barrick, John Crook, Isaac Gillespie, Mrs. Cath. J. Beers, Nathan T. Crydenwise, Rev. H. M. "Gillespie, Samuel W. Bennett, Lyman Darby, Benjamin Goff, R. W. P. Bennett, Mrs. P. L. Darwood, D.D., W. M’K. Goodell, D.D., C. L. Bentley, John H. Davis, D.D., W. R. Goodenough, Rev. A. H. Booth, Joseph W. Davison, Robert G. Gooding, Julia A. Bradstreet, H. Dayton, Wm. B. Gooding, Mrs. M. Brady, D.D., James Boyd Dean, Mrs. G. F. Goodnow, E. A. Bridge, Amos D. Dean, Rev. J. J. Gordon, Andrew 1900.] Patrons. 431

Gordon, Daniel Kelley, D .D ., Wm. V. Nickey, J. F. Gordon, Geo. B. Kendig, D.D., A. B. Nimocks, Chester. Gordon, William Kent, Janies Nind, Mrs. Mary C. Qouldy, Francis Kimble, Aaron R. Norris, W. S. Green, Edward King, John Nostrand, Lewis P. Gregory, M.D., N. Kirwan, Edgar F. Odell, Mrs. S. U. F. Griffith, Rev. T. M. Klein, Rev. J. A. Ogg, Alexander Guyer, Rev. A. W. Kline, Isaac O’Neal, David Gwinnell, John M. Knight, Henry W. Parker, D.D., Lindsay Hagany, Mrs. William S. Lafone, Esq., Samuel Parkin, Rev. F. T. Hallett, Henry W. Lamb, Simeon Patton, Mrs. John Hamilton, George J. Lansdale, R. H. Patton, Mrs. Susanna ( 2) Hard, Bradley R. Lavery, Richard Peacey, William Harkness, William Lawrence, Mary C. Pearsall, Robert. Harrinton, Thomas L. Leech, D.D., S. V. Peters, Lucy A. Harrison, J. Orlando Leffingwell, Mrs. C. R. Phillips, Daniel B. Harrqjver, D.D.,C. S. Lippincott, D.D., B. C. Pike, Rev. J. Harvey, Mrs. Mary Lockwood, R. M. Pilcher, M.D., Lewis S. Heacock, D.D., H. B. Long, James Pine, Walter Hedden, Charles B. Lounsbury, Phineas C. Platt, Mrs. Heisler, D.D., John S. Lowe, Mrs. Anita S. N. Platt, Rev. S. H. Hendershot, John Lowe, Nicholas Pool, William D. c Henderson, Isaac Lowe, William E. Price, Mary H. Henry, Robert Lowry, D.D., H. H. Prickett, Edward Hewitt, George C. Maclay, D.D., R. S. Purdy, Miss Martha Higgins, Charles W. Madison, Joseph Quackinbush, T. S. Hill, Charles E. Maillar, William H. Quimby, Jr., D. S. Hill, Mrs. W. J. Mansur, James Ralph, Mrs. Emily H. Hills, Martin B. Manwaring, W. H. Ralph, Jr., H. D. Hiscox, S. E. Mark, Rev. Banner Ramsay, C.B., Major H. Holcomb, Charles M. Marshall, Prof. J. W. Ransom, Marietta Darrow Houghton, D .D ., R. C. Marshall, William B. Reast, Esq., F. G. Howell, Carl S. Martin, George C. Reed, D.D., George E. Hubbard, George D. Martin, Mrs. Henrietta Rex, Jacob Huffman, Mrs. Sallie J. Martin, John T. Rex, Mrs. Hughes, Rev. Bruce Martin, Miss Mary E. Rice, William Huking, Leonard J. Martin, William R. Rinehart, Egbert Huston, D.D., J. M. Matthews, William Ritchie, Mrs. Kate L. Huston, Eliza H. Mangan, S. S. Roake, J. C. Hyde, Mr. and Mrs. E. M’Chesney, D.D., E. Roe, Rev. J. L. Irving, Charles M’Clintock, Mrs. C. W. Rogers, Mrs. Madelaine S. Janes, Miss Elizabeth M’Donald, D.D.,Wm. Rolph, Henry D. ayne, F. A. M’Grew, D.D., Geo. H. Romer, John ayne, Mrs. F. A. Mead, Rev. A. H. Ross, Mrs. D. L. Jeremiah, T. F. Mead, Edwin Rudisill, Mrs. M. A. Johnson, B. Burchstead Mead, Melville E. Rumberger, C. C. Johnson, Mrs. B. B. Mead, Ralph Russell, Samuel Johnson, Mr.& Mrs. E. II. Meais, john Sanford,-D.D., A. K. Johnson, M.D., Rev. T. S. Meredith, D.D.. R. R. Sanford, Watson Johnston, R. S. Merrill, W m. Sanford, Mrs. Ellen M. Johnston, Miss Sue Merritt, Hiram Santee, Rev. J. B. Johnston, Will H. Merritt, Rev. Stephen Sappington, Samuel Jones, E. H. Milnes, John Scott, William Jones, Levin Monroe, Mrs. T. H. W. Searles. Rev. William N. Jones, Tlios. L. Morgan. William Secor, J. A. Judd, Mrs. O. Morgan, William T. Seney, Mrs. Jane A. Kain, Mrs. R. J. Morris, Josiah Sewell, Moses B. Keith, George Morrow, Thomas J. Shank, Wilson W. Keith, Martha B. Mussina, Mrs. Jerusha P. Shaurman, George A. Keith, Sarah Neal, Rev. Jonathan Shaurman. Milton Keith, Sophia P. Nelson, Abram Shaver, Mrs. J. B. 432 Missionary Report.

Shaver, Rev. Joseph B. Strickland, Francis L. Wandell, B. C. Shepherd, Rev. C. W. Strong, Christiana Ward, P. G. W. Shields, Rev. David H. Strout, Geraldine G. Wardell, Rev. William Sigler, David S. Suckley, Thomas H. Waters, Mrs. Matilda Sinex, Thomas H. Sutherland, Rev. Wm. H. Weatherby, Rev. Sam. S. Slate, George Sweet, Abigail II. Weeks, W. H. Slattery, Rev. P. J. Taft, James H. Welch, P. A. Slayback, John D. Taylor, Rev. George Welch, William Sloat, Mrs. Harriet A. Taylor, Mrs. Rev. George Westerfield, William Sloat, T. L. Terhune, Miss Francena Whitaker, James Smith, Iram Third St.Ch., Camden. N.J. White, Miss Helen M. Smith, Isaac Thomas, D.D., D. W. Whitney, D. D. Smith, Isaac T. Thomas. Mrs. Mary A. Willis, Rev. J. S. Smith, D-D., J. C. Tipple, D.D., E. S. Wilson, Mrs. Marie E. Smith, Joseph E. Todd, Rev. Charles W. Wilson, S. P. Smith, Nathaniel Trevaskis, Henry Winfield, H. B. Spear, Ann Trimble, Sarah A. Woods, D.D., Frederic Speare, Alden Trimble, Sarah A. P. Woods, Mrs. Frederic Speare, Mrs. Alden Trinity M. E. C., Jer. City Woolf, Rev. S. P. Smith, D.D., Young C. Upham, D.D., Samuel F. Worne, Edward H. Spellmeyer, D.D., H. Utter, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Wright, George Spencer, Charles Vail, Rev. Adee Wright, John W. Starr, George Vannote, Rev. Jonathan Wright, Mrs. Mary Stephenson, M.D., T. Van Schoick, Rev. R. W. Young, Rev. J. W. Stiles, William H. Walther, Phebe J. Y’oungs, D. A. Stimson, Sandford J. By a resolution of the Board of Managers the following persons are constituted Patrons on account of valuable services rendered the Missionary Society. Wm. E. Blackstone Hon. T. S. Fay Rev. D. W. Thomas,D.D. W. L. Boswell Rev. J. F. Goucher, D.D. Honorary Life Managers* Constituted by the payment of one hundred and fifty dollars or more at one time. [ N o t e . —Any persons examining this list, and noticing therein the names of any persons who h aiv v e deceased, are requested to notify the Missionary Secretaries, 150 Fifth Avenue, N ew Y ork.] Rev. Bishop Bowman Alday, Rev. 7 . H. Archer, Harry Mortimer Rev. Bishop Cranston Alder, W illiam D. Archer, Mary Rev. Bishop Foss Aldridge, Rev. S. H. Archer, Nellie Louisa Rev. Bishop Foster Alford, Rev. James Armstrong, Clark Rev. Bishop Hurst Allaire, Philip Embury Armstrong, Edward V. Rev. Bishop Parker. Allen, Oliver Armstrong, Francis Rev. Bishop Vincent Allen, Solomon Armstrong, Francis A. Abbott, Asher Miner Allison, Michael S. Armstrong, Joseph Abbott, Mrs. Delia Ames, Rev. A. H. Armstrong, Mrs. M. Abbott, Stephen H. Ames, Herbert T. Armstrong. Thomas Abercrombie, David Andaver, John S. Arnold, George W. Ackerly, Rev. John W. Anderson, Augustus B. Arnold, J. M. Ackerman, C. W . Anderson, Mrs. George W. Arnold, Samuel Ackerman, W. B. Anderson, Rev. Samuel Arthur, Richard Adams, Annie M. Andrew, Miss Annie Atkins, Isaiah Adams, Miss Fanny Andrew, Rev. Joseph F. Atkinson, Mrs. John Adams, Russell W. Andrews, Samuel W. Atterbury, William Adams, Thomas M. Antrim, Benajah Atwater, W ilbur O. Adams, W. W. Antrim, Minnie B. Austin, Rev. II. F. Adams, Mrs. W. W. Apgar, W. Holt Auten, Mrs. Eliza M. Aiken, Rev. A. P. Applegarth, Nathaniel Auten, James W. Aitken, Benjamin Appold, George I. Avery, C. A. Albritton, Rev. J. L. Arbuckle, Mrs. Alexander Avery, Lyman R. AJbro, Sarah A. Archer, Mrs. G. D. Ayres, Carlton 1900.] Honorary Life Managers. 4 3 3

Ayres, M.D., Chauncey Bidwell, Ira Bulley, Mrs. Anna M. Ayres, L. S. Blackledge, Rev. James Bulley, George F. .Ayres,Samuel L.P.,U.S.N. Blackledge, Mrs.Kittie T. Burch, Rev. Thomas H. Baird, Rev. Isaac N. Blackmar, C. P. Burnham, W. R. Baker, Mrs. Minnie C. Blake, John Bums, James Baker, Samuel W. Blyth, Elijah K. Burrows, Lemuel Baldwin, Annie Boardman, H annah E. Butler, Charles Baldwin, Gertrude P. (2) Bolton, John Butterfield, Frederic Baldwin, Summerfield Bond, Charles W. Buttrick, George M. Baldwin, William H. Bonnell, Charles F. Byrne, William W. Balker, William Bonnell, Nathaniel Caldwell, Samuel C. Ballard, D.D., A. E. Bonnett, Miss Mary June Cameron, Mrs. Charles A. Banner, John J. Bonney, Nathaniel Cameron, Cornelius Barber, Rev. Cicero Bontecou, Francis Camp, B. F. Barber, Mrs. E. A. Boorman, Hon. A. J. Campbell, Celinda .Barber, George E. Booth, Ezra Carey, Isaac Bardall, John C. Boston, John E. H. Carey, Mrs. P. E. Barker, Mrs. Mary A. Botsford, J. K. Carlton, Henry Barker, William L. Bourne, C. Clayton Carlton, William J. Barndollar, Amy S. Bourne, William O. E. Carmichel, Jr., A. Barfles, Benjamin H. Bowdish, Jennie C. Carpenter, James M. Barnes, Rev. H. N. Bovvdish, D.D., W. AW Carpenter, Nathan Barnes, Rev. John W. F. Bowen, David II. Carr, D.D., J. M. Bames, Samuel S. Bowles, Mary Carr, Lizzie Barnes, Mrs. W. W, Bowman, John Carr, Mary E. Barnice, John J. Bowman, Rev. J. Carroll, Rev. J. M. Barrick, Mrs. Nancy Boyce, James Carson, Charles L. Bartlett, Miss Martha M. Boyd, David Carson, Mrs. D. Barton, James Boyd, Jr., Samuel Carson, William Bates, D.U., L. B. Boynton, Anthony Carter, Duras Bates, Miss Sarah Bradford, Henry E. Cartwright, William M. Bates, Samuel D. Bradley, Frank Cary, Benjamin H. Battie, Richard R. Bradner, William B. Cary, Mrs. Baynon, Eugene F. (2) Bradon, Frank Case, Rev. Watson Beacharn, Mrs. II. Bradstreet, Henry Cassard, Howard Beadenkopf, George Brainerd, B. C. Cassatt, Rev. J- W. Beattie, John Brakeley, H. W. Cassidy, James Beattie, Mrs. John Brandon, James Chadwick, D.D., Jas. S. Beatty, Miss Mary E. Brands, James Chaffee, Herbert W. Beaver, Peter Bray, Rev.W. M’Kendree Chamberline, Mrs. O. B. Beek, Samuel Breon, Jacob Champion, Hiram J. Beers, Lizzie Bresee, Rev. P. F. Chapman, D.D., J. A. M, Beers, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Brewer, Nixon Chapman, Myra H. Belmont, Miss Emma Bridges, Charles Chapman, Rev. W. H. Belt, Washington Briggs, D .D ., M. C. Chapman, William II. Benedict, Charles A. Brooks, Rev. Asa Charlier, Elie Bennett, Edwin Bross, Joseph Chattin, Rev. Samuel Bennett, Mrs. Eliza Brown, Mrs. J. D. Cheney, D.D., N. G. Benny worth, John Brown, Rev. James II. Chesnut, John A. Bentley, Charles Brown, R. O. Childs. B. F. Bentley, Charles W. Browne, Henry B. Choate, Warren Bentley, Georgia Brownfield, John Clmbbuck.M.D., Hollis S. Bentley, John II. Browning, Rev. W. G. Chumar, Esq., John A. Bernsee, C. Dollner Bruner, Henry F. Church, Rev. A. J. Bernsee, Frederick Brush, William A. Clapp, Frederick A. Berry, Eliza Bryan, D.D., Janies R. Clapp, Mrs. Sarah Bettleheim, Mrs. B. J. Bryant, Charles E. Clark, Anna Bettleheim, Bernard J. G. Buck, D.D., C. H . Clark, Mrs. Benjamin F. Bettleheim, Miss V. R. Buckalew, Sarah F Clark, Rev. Daniel Beyea, J. L. Buckley, Sarah Clark, Miss Emma Bicknell, Becker Buell, L. H. Clark, Francis M. 28 434 Missionary Report. [1900.

Clark, Mary S. Coxe, D .D ., J. C. W. De Puy, Alexander Clark, Miles Hebee Crane, Theodore A. De U rquiza, Gen. Don Justo Clark, Richard B. Cranmer, Emeline De Veau, Jos. M. Clark, William D. Craske, Harry De Wilde, John Clark, Rev. W. W. Crawford, Hanford De Witt, Rev. M. F. Clark, Mrs. Rev. W. W. Crawford, J. G. L. Dibble, Elizabeth W. Clawson, J. M. Crawford, Dr. J. S. Dickinson, Rev.George F. Clement, Rev. Elbert Creighton, Rev. Samuel Dickinson, Martha Clements, Jr., S. Creshall, Mrs. Sarah E. Dickinson, Mary E. Cloke, Mrs. H. Virginia Criswell, Miss Jennie E. Dickson, Lucius Cobb, Mrs. H elen W. Crocker, Thomas Diggs, Laura Cobb, J. H. Cronhan, John Dikeman, John Cobb, Mrs. Mary A. Crook, J. D . Kurtz Dilks, Chester Cobb, Samuel Croxford, Ira Disney, Wesley Cochrane, Charles Cubberly, D. P. Dobbins, D.D., J. Y. Coddington, George F. Culgin, James Dodge, Rev. David S. Coffin, Mrs. Caroline Culver, Tuttle Dodge, William E. Coffin, Eliza J. Curry, Amos G. Dollner, Samuel L. Coffin, William J. Curry. W illiam H . Douglas, Mrs. Ophelia M. Coffman, Daniel Cushing. G. B. Douglass, J., of Scotland Coggeshall, William S. Custer, I. S. Downey, Rev. David1 G. Colesbury, John Cutter, Miss Julia Drake, Elkanah Coleston, Charles E. Cutting, Mrs. Martha B. Drakely, George Colgate, Bowles Cutting, William G. Drown, Mrs. Emma H. Colgate, Mrs. B. Dail, Daniel Drown, Samuel R. Collins, Joseph W. Dale, John W. Dryden, Joshua Collins. T. D. Dallas, Israel Dulaney, H. S. Cone, John A. Dailey, Rev. Joseph W. Dunham, George B. Conklin, Benjamin Y. Daniels, Rev. J. R. Dunlap, William H. Conklin, J. L. Daniéls, Sabin A. Dunlop, John S. Connolly, Nettie Darling, Daniel S. Dunn, E. W. Contrell, Mrs. Lizzie Darwood, D.D., W. M’K. Dwight, Samuel L. Cook, Ephraim Darwood, Mrs. W. M’K. Eager, Jr., M.D., W. B. Cookman, Mary Dashiell, Mary J. Eaton, Mrs. Harriet E. S. Cooley, Emma F. Dashiell, Mrs. Robert L. Edmonds, J. A. Coombs, W. Davenport, Benjamin Edwards, Nellie Cooper, George W. Davidson, Mrs. Ann Jane Edwards, D.D., W. B. Cooper, Mrs. Lavinia Davis, Calvin Edwards, William II. Cooper, D.D., V. A. Davis, Edgar Eggleston, Mrs. Elizabeth Cope, Thomas P. Davis, Ira Elliott, George Copeland, George Davis, James L. Elliott, Thomas M. Copeland, George M. Davis, Thomas Elliott, Rev. W. H. Corbit, Mrs. Rev. W. P. Davis, D.D., W. R. Ellis, Mrs. Lydia A. Corkran, Benjamin W. Day, Elizabeth Ellsworth, Henry Corkran, W illiam Day, D.D., James R. Elmer, Nelson L. Cornell, Helen H. Day, John H. Erwin, Sr., Gideon L. Cornell, Henry M. Day, Rev. Rufus Evans, M.D., John Cornell, Mrs. J. B. Dayton, Rev. D. W. Evans, G. W. Cornell, Miss M. L. Dayton, Mrs. D. W . Evans, Rev. W. W. Cornish, John Deal, George II. Excell, Rev. Benjamin Cornwell, Abram Dean, Clement R. Fabyan, Dr. C. W. Cornwell, Timothy Dean, David J. Fairbairn, Maggie Corrington, John Wesley Dean, W'illiam Fairchild, J. H. Corse, A. E. Dease, M.D., Stephen S. Falconer, John Coryell, Dr. William Dedericks, George W. P’alconer, Wm. H. Cosgrove, Joseph De Hass, Mi's. F. S. Farlee, William A. Coulter, H. De La Cour, J. C. Farley, J. P. Coutant, Rev. Lewis J. De Moyer, Rev. John A. Farmer, Silas Cowan, William D. Dennis, Mrs. Benjamin F. Farmer, Mrs. Silas Cox, Abram Dennis, Mrs. Emory Fay, Henry Cox, Charles Denyse, Simon Fay, Mr. and Mrs. II. G. i goo.] Honorary Life Managers. 435

Fay, John G. Geraghty, Miss Linda Guelfi, Cecelia Felton, Rev. Cyrus E. Gerald, Miss Fannie Guest, Alonzo Ferris, Frank Gerard, Miss Fannie M. Guibord, A. Fielding, George Gibb, Samuel Guile, Rev. Charles H. Fielding, Mrs. Matilda Gibson, D .D ., A. E. Gurlitz, A. T. Finch, Mrs. Eunice C. Gibson, Mrs. A. E. Haff, Uriah Finley, Thomas Gibson, Charles Hagell, Miss Fannie First M.E. S. S., Erie, Pa, Gibson, Mrs. Charles. Hagell, Mrs. Hannah Fisher, N. D. Gibson, Jane Haight, Joseph Fisk, Mrs. Gen. C. B. Gibson, John Haight,- Samuel J. Fisk, Rev. N. B. Gibson, Josiah Haines, Benjamin F. Fite, Conrad Gibson, Mrs. T illie Haines, Mrs. Benjamin F. Fitzgerald, Cornelia Gill, Rev. Joseph IL Hall, Edward M. Fitzgerald, James B. Gillies, Wright Hall, Joseph B. Fitzwilliam, F. J. Gillingham, Rebecca A. Hall, Joseph F. Fleming, Rev. C. K. Gilmore, Frank B. Hall, William H. Flinn, Jr., Wm. R. Givan, Mrs. Margaret Haller, Rev. J. P. Flint, John D. Glacken, Raymond M. Hallett, Henry W. Folger, Mrs. Ella Glass, James Halliday, Rebecca Foot, Norman B. Glover, Mrs. Charles E. Ham, John Foote, Rev. John B. Glover, John F. Hamlin, D.D., B. B. Forrester, Frederick Glenn, David Hammond, Edwin R. Forshay, Wilbur F. Godwin, J. Hammond, Ezra Foster, Alonzo Goldsmith, Louise Hance, Theo. F. Foster, James V. Goodwin, A. S. W. Hand, Jacob Foster, Joseph A. Goodwin, Mrs. S. C. Hanford, John E. Foster, Miss Libbie Goss, Oliver S. Hard, Bradley R. Foster, Rev. Milton K. Gouldy, N. E. Hard, D .D ., Clark P. Fowler, Anderson Gracey, D .D ., J. T. Hardacre, William Fowler, Cornelia W. Grant, Richard Harding, Rev. A. F. Fowler, J. N. Grape, George S. Harmon, C. W. Fowler, Jonathan O. Graves, H. A. Harris, M.D., Chapin A. Fowler, Jr., J. O. Graveson, William Harris, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Fowler, Olive E. Graveson, Jr., W. Harris, Mrs. Em m aJ. Fowler, Hon. Oscar F. Gray, Abraham Harris, John M. Fowler, William Grazier, Mrs. Rebecca Harris, Mrs. N. Ann Fox, Rev. R. C. Greatsinger, Rev. C. Harris, William Fox, Robert S. Green, Amon Harrower, D .D ., C. S. Freeman, Edward Green, Benj. F. Hart, Richard P. French, J. Milton Green, George E. Hartzell, Miss Alice French, John Wesley Green, R. Granville Harvey, G. H. French, Thomas R. Green, Stephen Haseltine, Miss Emily P. Frey, Edward S. Greenewald, F. W. Haslup, George G. Frey, Mrs. H edley J. Greenfield, A. H. Haslup, Mrs. George H. Fried, F. G. Greenfield, Aquila Hatfield,Mrs.Elizabeth A. Frost, Norman W. Greenwood, Elizabeth W Haughey, Theodore P. Fry, Hannah Gregg, Samuel Haughwout, Rachel Fullager, James Gregory, Mrs. Dr. Havens, J. H. Fuller, Jesse Gregory, Miss Ella Havenner, Thomas Gable, Miss Julia E. Gregory, Miss Elma C. Hawley, D.D., Bostwick Gallien, Henry Greschall, Mrs. Sarah J. Hawthorne, Enoch Gallien, *Mrs. Henry Griffen, John Hawthorne, Mrs. M aiy Gardner, Aaron Griffin, Lulu Hayden, Mrs. Jerusha S. Gardner, David A. Griffin, Rev. Thomas A. Hays, James L. Garrabrants, Mrs.Wm. B. Griffing, Lester Hayter, Samuel G. Gascoigne, James P. Griffith, Mrs. A. E. Hayward; J. K. Gaskill, Rev. J. S. Grinnell, Miss Anna Hazleton, Edward Gates, D .D ., M. L. Gnppen, Theodore E. Headley, Milton Gedney, Sylvanus Groesbeck, E. A. Heald, William H. • Gehrett, Mrs. T . J. Grose, James Heath, F. W. George, D.D., Wm. P. Gross, Samuel Heather, D.D., D. D. 436 Missionary Report. [1900.

Heiskell, Colson Hunt, G. H. Keyser, John Heislee, William H. Hunt, Mrs. Jane Kiger, Col. James S. Heisler, D.D., J. S. Huntley, Mrs. Amelia E. Kimberly, Edward Hemmers, Thomas J. Huntley, Mrs. Annie King, Annie Henderson„D.D., H. Huntley, D.D., E. D. King, Gamaliel Henry, John Hurlburt, Rev. R. H. King, George W. Herbert, William F. Hurst, William R. King, John Hermance, Rev. John P. Hyatt, Charles E. King, D.D., Joseph E. Herrick, Rev. A. F. Hyde, Augustus L. King, D.D., J. M. Herrick, Mrs. M. B. P. Hyde. Edwin Kinsey, Isaac P. Hershey, Ephraim Hyde, Edwin Francis Kirkland, Alexander Hershey, Leonard Hyland, James Kitching, William Hester, Milton P. Iglehart, D.D., F. C. Klein, Rev. John Heyniger, Lambert Igleheart, William T. Kline, Isaac A. Hick, Jonathan P. Infant School of Broad Kneen, Alice Hickman, Rev. J. W. Street M. E. Church, Kneil, Thomas Hicks, Rev. Benjamin Newark, N. J. Knight, Edward Hicks, Harvey E. Irvin, Alexander Knight, Henry Hill, Charles A. Irving, Charles Knight, Theodore B. Hill, George W. Jacks, David Knox, Mrs. Mary P. M. Hill, Rev. John Jacks, Mrs. Mary C. Kodama, J. C. J. P. Hill, Sarah V. Jacobus, William Kuhns, William J. Hill, Rev. W. T. Jayne, F. A. Kurtz, Clara H. Hillman, Samuel D. Jeffery, Oscar Kurtz, M. D. Hinckley,-M.D., J. W. Jellison, George W. Ladue, Nathan W. Hinkle, Rev. Richard fenkins, Miss Susan A. Laing, William T. Hindes, Samuel Jenks, Mrs. D. S. Lamb, J. M. Hiorns, Rev. Richard Johnson, Algernon K. Lambden, Mrs. Annie Hiss, Mr. and Mrs. P. Johnson, Charles T. Lambright, William Hitchim, Owen Johnson, Eugene Lanahan, D.D., John Hite, D.D., George E. Johnson, .Mrs. Grace E. Landis, Enos Y. Hodges, Samuel R. Johnson, Robert Lane, John Hodgkinson. Job Johnson, Samuel Lane, Park H. Hodgman, F. D. Johnson, William B. Langham, L. Holcomb, Mrs. Statira Johnston, Rev. J. G. Langstroth, Abbie Holden, Jr., B. F. Johnston, William Langstroth, Miss Belle Hollister, Stephen D. Jones,Capt.C. D., 28Regt. Langstroth, Mrs. Jane Holmes, Rev. D. J. Jones, Floy C. (2) Lavery, Mrs, Eliza Holmes, J. P. Jones, Miss Ida Lavery, John Young Holmes, Jr., John F. Jones, Joseph Lavery, Richard Holmes, William L. Jones, Levin Lavery, Robert Holt, William H. Jones, Raymond (2) Law, Mrs. Sarah A. Holt, Woodbury D. Jones. Rev. Thomas L. Lawrence, H enry Holzapfel, John A. Jones, Jr., William Lazenby, Cornelia A. Hooly, Abraham Jones, Zeanett Leach, Charles Hooper, William E. Jordan, D.D., D. A. Leavitt, D.D., Dudley P. Hopkins, Miss Hettie M. Joy, Mrs. E. H. Leavitt, Samuel R. Horton, D. P. Judd, John B. Le Count, H. M. Horton, Henry M. Judd, Mrs. O. Lee, Col. G. W. Howard, George W. Keeney, Timothy Lee, Miss Hannah Hoxsie, George W. Kelley, Warren S. Leech, Abner Y. Hoyt, Philip Kellogg, Charles G. Legg, John Hoyt. Professor B. F. Kelly, Rev. Thomas Leidy, Rev. George Hoyt, Wm. J. Kenney, Pardon T. Lenhart, Miss Lulla Hu, Miss King Eng Kent, Luke Lewis, Henry Hughes, C. C. Kerr, Rev. G. S. Libby, Mary S. Huking, Leonard J. Kerr, Thomas Liebe, Mary A. Hulbert, Lester Kessler, Miss Mary L. Lindsay, D.D., J. -W. Hull, Mrs. Rev. C. F. Keyes, John Lippincott, D.D., B. C. Hull, Henry M. Keyes, Mrs. John Little, Henry J. Humbert, Mrs. Theodore Keyser, Abraham Little, James 1900.] . Honorary Life Managers. 437

Little, Mrs. Sarah J. Martin, Nathan C. Meredith, Rev. Richard Little, William Mayo Martin, William S. Meredith, D.D., R. R. Lloyd, John R. Martin, W. R. Merrick, E. G. Loane, Jabez W. Martinnas, Susie Merrill, Rev. C. A. Locke, D.D., Rev. J. W. Mason, John S. Merrill, Jacob S. Lockwood, Henry Mason, Rev. Joseph Merritt, David F. Lockwood, Henry. T. Mason, Perez Merritt, Rev. Stephen Lockwood, Robert M. Mason, R. W. Milburn, D.D., W. H. Loder, Lewis B. Mason, Miss Venie Miller, A. B. Logan, Charles W. Mason, William Miller, G. M. Logan, Miss Emma G. Mason, William Henry Miller, Gordon Logan, Heniy Matthews, Edward N. Miller, John Long, Mrs. Jane Maxwall, James Miller, John P. Longacre, D.D., A. M’Cabe, Mrs. Charles C. Miller, R. T. Longacre, Orleans M’Calmont, A. B. Miller, D.D., W. G. Longfellow, M.D., A. J. M’Calmont, Mrs. Milligan, W. C. Longhurst, James S. M’Canlis, Thomas Mills, John H. Loomis, Rev. B. B. M ’Carty, D.D., J. II. M intram, Alfred C. Loomis, Rev. W. E. M’Cauley, George E. Mitchell, J. H. Lord, Benjamin M’Cauley, Rev. James A. Mittan, Erastus Lord, Joseph M’Clain. Damon R. Monroe, Eliza Loud, Rev. Henry M. M’Clainj Mrs. O. D. Montrose, Newman E. Lowden, Mrs. Elizabeth M’Conkey, Jr., James Mooers, E. M. Lowden, George W. M’Conkey, William Moore, F. D. Lowe, Wrilliam E. M’Cord, James Moore, George Lucas, Mrs. Susan M ’Cormick, J. M. Moore, D.D., James Luckey, Robert M’Cormick, R. S. Moore, Laura A. Ludlam, E. Ferdinand M’Cown, William B. Moore, Samuel J. Ludlum, George B. M’Cubbin, Miss Maggie Moore, W. K. Ludlum, M.D., Jacob W. M’Cullough, James Morgan, Frank R. Lynch, Rev. William M'Curdy, Mrs. John Morgan, Win. Truslow Lyon, Stephen M ’Curdy, R. K. Morris, Mrs. D. Lyons, James D. M’Daniel, James L. Morrow, Thomas J. Lytle, \V. H. M’Dermond, Jennie Morse, Rev. Charles W. MacKenzie, Joseph M’Donald, Rev. William Morton, J. D. Maclay, D.D., R. S. M’Elhone, John Morton, J. E. Maclay, R. V. M’Farlane, George Moses, William J. Macniff, Lothian M’Gee, Robert Moss, Mrs. W. P. Macy, David M’Gregor, David L. Mudge, D.D., James Macubbin, Samuel M’lntosh, James H. Mulford, Miss Emma Madison, Rev. Joseph M’lntyre, James E. Mulford, Furman Magee, John M’Kenzie, Heman Bangs Mulliken, Edward C. Magill. C. W. M’Kissock, Miss J. A. Mumford, Anna L. Main, Mrs. O. Louise M’Kown, Mrs. M*. E. Munger, R. D. Manierre, A. L. M’Laren, Ida L Murphey. Rev. T. C. Mann, L. M. M’Lean, Rev. Alexander Murray, Laura V. Manny, Miss Kate M’Lean, Ann Myers, George E. Mansfield, D.D., John H. M’Lean, John S. Myers, John N. Mapes, Mrs. S. S. M’Lorrinan, Miss Maggie My lick, James R. Maps, W. R. M’Millan, John Nagai, J. Wesley Iwoski Mark, Sr., George M’Murray, Miss Charlotte Naylor, Henry R. Marlay, F. H. M’Namara, Mrs. Tohn W. Nelson, Mrs. Louise Marrinor, George M’Nicholl, Rev. R. T. Nelson, Rev. W. C. Marshall, Mrs. Mary E. M’Nicliols, H. M. Nesbit, Rev. S. H. Marshall, Thomas W. Al’Pherson, Joseph Newell, Henry J. Marshall, William B. M’Roberts, William N e\vman ,M rs. Angeline E. Marston, Hannah Mead, Ezra Nichols, Lafayette Martin, Rev. Alexander Mead, Fanny E. Nicholson, Jacob C. Martin, Ann H. Mead, Melville E. Nicholson, Mrs. Martin, George C. Medary, Jacob H. Norris, John Martin, George W. Menson, L. W Norris, Mrs. Sarah M. 438 Missionary Report. [1900.

North, Rev. C. J. Pilkington, Cordelia L. Richards, Rev. Thomas North, Mrs. C. J. Pillsbury, Rev. C. D. Richardson, Mrs. Eliza North, James Place, Barker Richardson, J. Smith Norton, Rev. J. D. Place, Ephraim Richardson, Hon. Samuel Nostrand, Mrs. Sarah E. Place, James K. Rigby, Philip A. Oakley, Rev. J. G. Platt, C. H . Roach, Mr. Oats, John M. Ployd, Jacob Roath, Frederick Ockerman, Rev. J. F. Pollard, Samuel L. Roberts, John Olney, L. F. Pomeroy, Rev. F. T. Roberts, Virgil Onderdonk, Nicholas Pond, Lucius W. Roberts, W. C. Osbon, D .D ., E. S. Poole, Achish H. Robertson, Lucy Osbon, Mrs. E. S. Poole, Robert Robinson, Mrs. Alanson Osborn, Mrs. Alice Poppino, M.D., Seth Robinson, Mrs. J. Norris Osmun, John W. Porter, Mrs. Jane T. Robinson, Rev. R. H. Ostrander, Amanda B. Porter, Rev. John Smith Rockefeller, Jane E. Ostrander, James S. Porter, John V. Rogers, Robert Owen, D. R. Post, Rev. Samuel E. Roll, Eliza Ann Owen, Rev. E. D. Povie, Frank Rome, Church in Owen, Edward Powell, Mrs. A. Romer, Mrs. Jane R. Owen, John Powell, William Root, R. T. Oxtoby, Henry Pratt, Henry Rose, Mary M. Palmer, Rachel C. Pratt, James W. Ross, Daniel A. Palmer, William H. Pray, Matilda Ross, Miss Lucy Palmer, W illiam S. Prentiss, S. M. Ross, Rev. Joseph A. Pardington, D.D., R. S. Price, Rev. J. A. Rossiter, Hon. N. T. Pardoe, Rev. H. C. Price, S. W. Rothwell, James Pardoe, Jr., Hunter Price, William Rowden, George Parish, Ambrose Prickett, Edward Rowe, Mrs. A. Theresa Parker, Rev. John Prosser. William H. Rowe, Edward Parker, D.D., Lindsay Pugh. Mrs. Daniel W. Rowlee, J. W. Parker, William A. Puglie, Hon. Lewis Roy, Frank Parlett, Benjamin F. Pulman, Oscar S. Rudisill, D.D., A. W. Parmalee, Catharine E. Purdy, M.D., A. E. M. Rujo, Edna Patton, John Pusey, W illiam B. Rumberger, Rev. C. C. Patton, Gen. William Quin, Henry W. Rushmore, Benjamin Paul, Rev. A. C. Quincey, Charles E. Rushmore, Thomas I. Paul, George W. Ramsay, John F. Rushmore, W illiam C. Payne, Mrs. Mary Eleanor Rand, Franklin Rusling, Gen. J. F. Pearne, D.D., Thomas H. Raymond, Aaron Russell. Henry Pearsall, Treadwell Raymond, L. Loder Russell, S. L. Peary, John Raymond, William L. Russell, W. F. Peck, Rev. George C. Raynor, Fannie R. Rust, D.D., R. S. Peckham, Reuben Read, Thomas Ryland, Rev. William Peirce, John Rector, George Salter, Edon J. Pepper, H . J. Reed, D.D., George E. Sampson, Mrs. David Perkins, John S. Reed, Mrs. George E. Sampson, E. T. Perkins, M. W. Reed, Rev. H. W. Sanborn, Orlando Perrin, Noah Reed, Henry England Sandaver, John Perry, Mrs. J. K. Reed, Mrs. Seth Sanders, George Perry, John B. Reeve, Tappin Sands, Emanuel Pershing, I).D., Israel C. Reid, John Sanford, D.D., A. K. Peters, John Relyea, Rev. Milton Sanford, Watson Peters, Mrs. Mary Ressiguie, Rufus Savin, M. D. Pettit, Foster Reynolds, Frank Sawyer, John Pfaff, Mrs. Louisa M. E. Reynolds, George G. Saxe, Charles J. Phelps, Willis Reynolds, S. C. Sayre, Israel E. Phillips, D aniel B. Rice, Mrs. D. E. Schaffer, Jacob Phillips, Mary V. Rice, William Schoeder, Annette Phillips, Robert Rich, Rev. Albert R. Schuyler, Capt. Thomas Phipps, J. B. Rich, Richard Schevdel, Annette Pilcher, M.D., Lewis S. Richards, Joseph H. Scott, George 1900.] Honorary Life Managers. 439

Seabury, Adam Snow, Ara T ay lor, D.D., G. L. Seaman, James A. Snyder, Rev. E. B. Taylor, John M. Seaman, John Somers, D. H. Teale, Charles E. Searing, Ichabod Soper, Samuel J. Teller, Mrs. Charlotte Searles, John E. Southerland, Benj. D. L. Terry, D.D., M. S. Searles, Martha Spaulding, Erastus Thatcher, Rufus L. Searles, William Spear, Ann Thomas, Sterling Sellichie, George Spencer, Miss M. A. Thomas, Sr., Sterling Selmes, Reeves E. Spencer, P. A. Thompson, H. B. Sessions, W. E. Spencer, Wrilliam Thompson, Mrs. H. B. Seymour, William D. Spencer, William G. Thompson, Horace Sharpley, W. P. Spottswood, Rev. W. L. Thompson, Rev. J. J. Shaurman, George H. S. S. M. E. Ch.,Wash., Pa. Thompson. Rev. James L. Shaw, Charles R. Stagg, Charles W. Thompson, Rev. Jesse B. Shelton, Aid. George Stahl, J. W. Thompson, Mrs. Mary P. Shelton, Willis C. Stainford, John Thomson. Edward O. Shepherd, Mrs. G. B. Starr, Daniel Thomson, Frederick W. Shepherd, Rev. Thos. B. Start, Joseph Thomson, Mrs. Helen Shepherd, Mrs. Thos B. Stebbins, Rev. L. D. Thomson, Helen F. Shickney, Mrs. L. Steele, D.D., Daniel Thomson, D.D., J. F. Shiels, Ella Steele, Rev. W. C. Thomson, Louisa H. Shillicom, John. Stephens, A. J. Thomson, Mary D. Shoemaker, Miss M. Stewart, Daniel Thomson, Maude A. Silverthorne, Rev. W. Stewart, Hiram Thorn, Abia B. Simmons, Ella Stewart, William Thorpe, J. Mason Simmons, Thomas $. Stewart, Rev. William F. Throckmorton, Job Simpkinson, H. H. Stickney, George Thurber, Mrs. Julia A. Sing, Mrs. C. B. Stickney, Leander Thurston, F. A. Skeel, Rev. Harlow Still, Joseph B. Tilley, Mary Skinner, Mrs. Eunice Stillwell, R. E. Tinker, D.D., Ezra Skinner, James R. Stitt, Rev. Joseph 15. Tobey, Rev. R. Slayback, John D. Stockwell, George E. Todd, Rev. Robert W. Slayback, W. Abbott Stokes, Whitall Tostevin, Alfred Sheer, Eli Stone, John T. Tower, Stephen A. Slicer, Mrs. Rev. Dr. Stone, Pardon M. Townsend, J. B. Sloan, Charles Stone, Miss Sabella Travers, Samuel H. Sloan, Joseph Story, Jacob Treadwell, M. H. Sloat, John L. Stott, James Tremain, Mary A. Smedley, Joseph S. Stowell, Frank W. Trowbridge, F. E. Smith, Addison M. Stowell, George F. Trowbridge, F. S. Smith, Bartlett Strang, H. L. Truslow, Mrs. Annie F. Smith, Emily L. Sturgeon, M.D., Hon. D. Truslow, Miss Jane Smith, D.D., Eugene R. Summers, E. W. Tucker, Tennie Smith, George G. Supplee, J. Frank Tudor, Mrs. H. C. Smith, H. Morris Sutherland, William H. Tulleys, Lysander W. Smith, Rev. Henry Swetland, William Turner, William Smith, Henry Peters Swett, John W. Turpin, Charles J. Smith, Iram Swope, Frederick E. Turpin, Joseph B. Smith, Rev. Isaac E. Tackaberry, John A. Turpin, Phoebe Anne Smith, Mrs. J. Coventry Taft, Azariah H. Tuttle, D.D., Alex. H. Smith, J. Thomas Taft, Mrs. Caroline E. Tuttle, Mrs. Eliza J. Smith, Job Taft, James H. Tuttle, Ezra B. Smith, Rev. John W. Talbot, D.D., Michael J. Tuttle, Robert K. Smith, Hon. Joseph S. Talmage,D.D.,T. DeWitt Twombly, Peter Smith, Julius D. Tappan, Thomas B. Tyson, Henry H. Smith, Mrs. Mary Tarring, Rev. Henry Underhill, Thomas B. Smith, M. II. Taylor, M.D.,Rev.Charles Urduch, Nicholas H. Smith, P. R. Taylor, Mrs. Charlotte G. Utter, Samuel S. Smith, D.D., W. T. Taylor, Cyrus H. Van Gilder, Abraham Snively, Rev. William A. Taylor, Mrs. Eliza M. F. Vanhome, D.D., R. Snodgrass, D.D., W. L. Taylor, Forrester Van Ness, Miss Jennie 4 4 0 Missionary Report. [1900.

Van Nostrand, Daniel Wells, E. H. Winchester, Augustus Van Pelt, Henry Wells, George N. Winegardner, A. A. Vansant, Rev. Nicholas Welsh, Mrs. H. Winne, Walter Van Velsor, Benjamin Welsh, Mrs. Margaretta Winter, W. P. Van Velsor, Charles B.‘ Wendell, Harvey Wolff, L. W . Veitch, David S. Westcott, John B. Wood, C. R. Viall, William Westerfield, William Wood. Mrs. Charlotte Voorlie, John Westervelt, Mrs. H. R. Wood, Mrs. D. M. Vosburgh, Miss Minnie Wetherell, Jr., John Wood, Ira W. Wade. Rev. R. T. W'hedon, Mrs. Eliza A. Wood, J. A. Walker, Thomas Wheeler, Mrs. Eliza Wood, James Walker, Wm. J. White, Edward Wood, John Wall, Christie White, Mrs. Emily Wood, Levi Walsh, Josiah White, Lewis C, Wood, Maria H. Wandell, B. C. White, W. W. Wood, S. S. Wandell, Townsend Whittaker, D.D., Geo. Wood, Thomas W. Wandle, Sarah Widerman, Rev. L. T. Woodruff, Mary E. Ward, Ella B. Widerman, Samuel B. Woolen, George W. Wardle, M.D., Rev. J. K. Wilbor, Rev. A. D. Woolton, Jr., Jonah Ware, Robert G. Wilbur, Thomas B. Worne, Edward H. Ware, S. M. Wilcox, W. J. Wray, Henry Warfield, Dr. Jesse L. Wildey, Joseph W. Wright, Archibald Waring, Thomas Wiles, Robert P. Wright, D.D., A. A. Warner, Rev. F. M. Wilkes, Samuel Wright, Rev. Henry Warren, Rev. George Wilkins, Mrs. Achsah Wright, James S. Washburn, Marcus H. Wrilkinson, Charlotte Wright, Mary E. Washburne, Cyrus Wilkinson, Lottie Wright, Samuel Waters, F. G. Wilks, Mrs. Deborah Wright, William W atkins, Joseph P. Willey, Ex-Senator W. T. Wright. W. S. Watkins, D.D., Wilbur F. Williams, Ann Wyatt, Rev. A. H . Watters, J. Howard Williams, John F. W7yckoff, Mrs. Ruth Watters, Mary F. Williams, Philip II. Wymen, Abraham Watters, Mr. and Mrs. P. Williams, W. M. Yei, Miss Matsumoto Weatherby, Charles Williams, W illiam A. Yerrington, Miss Mary Webster, J. J. Wilmer, John York. Rev. A. L. Webster, Mrs. Wm. R. Wilson, Henry C. Young, Rev. J. W. Weed, J. N. Wilson, Mrs. Luther Young, John Weeks, F . G. Wilson, D.D., Luther B. Young, Hon. Thomas Weeks, Jotham Wilson, Mrs. Mary H. Young, Townsend Welch, Joseph Wilson, Rev. Sam’l A. (2) Young, Rev. William Welch, Minnie L. Wilson, Rev. William Youngman, Rev. T. H. Welch, N. W. Wilson, William Youngs, Joshua Welch, W. Abbott Wilson, Prof. W. C. Youngs, Mrs. Caroline A. Welling, Oscar B. Wiltberger, D. S. Zurmehly, Peter

N o t e . —Any person may hereafter be constituted a Patron o r Honorary Life Manager more than once. The number of times will be indicated by a figure opposite the name.

Life Members* Constituted in 1900 by the payment of twenty dollars at one time. Adams, Flora M. Calvert, Mrs. Hannah. Ernst, Edith Adams, N. C. Chapman, Giles Farrell, Isabel Baragwanath, John G. Cole, Mary Elizabeth French, Nellie Baragwanath, Ruth E. Cooke, Mrs. II. E. French, Thomas Brady, Harry S. Coon, E. G. Gifford, Harry-Melvin Breckbill, Bonnie Crawford, J. M. Gifford, Ralph Egley Breckbill, Catherine P. Crawford, Mrs. S. A. H art, Sadie V. Breckbill, Zoe Henrietta Dartt, Mrs. M. L. Haskins, Miss Mabel Burrows, George Ellis, Mrs. Abbie Hildreth, Clark Williams 1900.] Life Members. 44I

Hillman, Mrs. John L. Matthews, Mrs. Mary L. Rials, Miss H. Elizabeth Hook, Mrs. Leona D. McGuire, Mrs. Thomas Rickey, Mrs. W. S. Hoover, S. R. McKune, Mary Ritter, Mrs. Narcia Hughes, Mrs. H attie Michaels, George W. Roach, Grace Jones, Mrs. Mary E. Minnerly, Jacob Scott, F. D. Kellogg, Lucilla C. Morris, Lela R. Sears, Mrs. Ada Kelly, Mrs. Sarah Myers, Miss Susan Semple, Miss Florence Knapp, Jr., W. M. Neelands, James Smith, William L. Kolby, N . S. Neely, Mrs. J. W. Tuttle, Charles H. Krakan, Mrs. Elvina Nesbit, Mrs. Ella Van Arsdel, Mrs. E. P. Langell, Lillia Odell, Hattie Victor, Charles H. Lent, Vivian Ostrander, Gilbert G. Wells, Edna Lukens, Walter Prescott, Ida R. Young, Mrs. Emma Lyons, Mrs. Emma Pyke, W illiam C. M. Young, Jr., George W. Contributions of the Conferences for the Years 1891- 1900. WITH THE AVERAGE PER MEMBER IN EACII CONFERENCE.

s. ,£ CONFERENCES. a | l 0 1 6 E H < 1 < i S A Inbama...... $50S $0 07! $i 50 04 $254 $0 03 *865 $556 $4,278 *0 05 A rk a n sa s...... 972 20 ! 16 714| 13 A tla n ta ...... 921 sot 8,068 15 A u s t in ...... 846 701 06 610 8,127 06 1,040: 7^ V,oiiii 71; 1,066 67 ’ ’929 5Ì 945: 992 41 1,197 10,273 54 B altim ore ...... 42,690; 1^1, 43,168' 1 09j 45,039 97 48,34S 91 40,780 Jîlack Hills...... 38,387 82 40,873 426,609 95 Blue liidlTf...... 531 580 40 620 2,512 50 •590, 'no' "«22 05 “ 225 04 ' '230 '03 34 440 06 295 2,558 04 C alifornia...... 10,9921 85 11.859, S6 11,201 54 8,875 40 9.202 California German___ 10,481 50 10,235 99,822 58 .. .i ¡>45 t 20' 85 855 84* 926 825 87 868 7,9S9 96 Central Alabama...... 08 j 470Ì 05 j 03 240 02' 508 644 06 Central G erm an...... 659 4,256 04 6t| S.462; Gil 53 S.007 54 7, 7,692 7,859 60 7,464 79,482 56 Central Illinois...... 71 20.645 71 58 20,151 55 18,127 19,205 19,606 52 19,877 Central Missouri...... 198,512 58 04 40S ' 05 451 446 485 05 486 4,856 06 Central New York.... 58 21,126 ¿5 21,778 21.291 21,450 52 22,316 Central Ohio...... 214,813 57 48 21,251 44 20,914 20,476 21,440 42 21,999 210,186 46 Central Pennsylvania 65 41,264 63 43,079 44,944 45,202 66 Central Swedish...... 47,272 488,587 71 59 3,38S 62 3,389 8,578 8,880 68 8,941 73 24,779 63 Central Tennessee.... 542 07 440 06 465 542 471 07 508 Chicago German...... 07 4,752 07 4,796 47 4.105 47 3.994 4.388 4,559 50 4,335 48 48,610 52 C in c in n a ti...... 25,178 53 213,007 42 21.399 41 19,260 19,017 19,882 8S 19,821 C olorado...... 5,392 37 218,500 41 74 6,505 41 5,180 41 5,308 5.877 6,665 45 7,890 48 60,784 51 Columbia River...... 2.422 54 2.010 25 2.170 29 2,437 3.445 4.091 45 4, ISO 47 D a k o ta ...... S.42S 27,261 89 48 4,035 81 2.S10 28 8,777 4,170 4,404 45 4 c~ ‘ 45 38,345 41 D ela w a re...... 2,015 22 3,389: 17 3.309 17 3,855 3,001 8,215 16 8|670 16 D es M oin es...... 88,265 18 26.601; 73 29 019 62 20,349 53 24,285 25,039 26,104 58 26,601 53 265,902 61 D e tr o it...... 1 6,555 45 15.592 32 15.439 31 15,997 17,725! 19,359 35 19,120 36 170,058 Ea9t German...... 7,562 86 63 7.797: 1 84 0.378 1 18 6,598 6.35!) I 1 15 6,206 1 15 6,172 1 14 70,815 1 37 E a st M aine...... 2,610 32 3,409! 36 3,658 82 8,550 3,265 8,275 31 3,824 33 E a st O h io...... 32,849 33 2S,180 49 31,545' 45 80.180 44 28.628 28,935 81,325 45 32,502 45 801,282 45 East Tennessee...... 299 05 259 04 95 i 02 147 178 82 02 E r ie ...... 251 05 2,163 05 IS,942 55 20,292 44 17,105 39 17,652 17,572 21.400 48 22,034 47 192,483 45 ■ F lo rid a ...... 657 21 671 15 003 12 517 577 '602 12 755 15 G e n e s e e ...... 6,400 14 24,083 67 22,453 56 22.323! 54 28,727 24,177 25.690 5S 25,247 59 286,103 60 G eorgia...... 280 OS! 284 06 ISo 06 208 246 256 06 253 07 H o lsto n ...... 2,250 07 1,950 09j 1,433 05 1.320 05 1,618 1,844 2,378 10 2,479 10 17,866 03 Idaho...... 324 41 ! 496 •22 313 10 568 732 801 45 865 60 5,412 Illin o is...... 36 56j 27,673 4S 30,851 50 27,867 28.480 29.571 45 80,505 48 290,907 50 Indiana...... 27; 20.851 23 21.444 24 IS,976 18,703 19,580 22 19,781 22 199,619 24 I o w a ...... 50 13,262 4r 1 14,081 44 12,538 13,293 13,510 42 18,267 42 131,720 45 K a n sa s...... 30; 6,244 25 O.Gflf 24 6,610 7,571 7,184 27 8,180 80 K en tu ck y...... 69,604 28 09 2.183 09 2,109 2,054 2,132 09 2,885 10 L e x in g to n ...... 22,849 10 05 33 S 03 448 648 632 06 668 07 5,490 06 Little Rock ...... 09 291 06 3SS 310 486 08 L ou isian a...... 540 11 8,480 07 AT nine...... 06 93i> 07 1,116 1,276 986 07 1,014 07 10.268 07 47 5,304: 42 4.89S 5.492 5,580 45 5,880 45 53^55 45 'vi i cin g a li ...... 28 17.559 M i n n e s o t a ...... ! 34 1 <>.522 16.771 18,380 85 19,355 87 169.103 35 42 0. i-^r 42 7,507 *.322 8,273 50 8,005 4S 102.637 51 ■N« » UtA . _ *...... (I! 1-io i 02 0(14 (j.r>4 .‘¡77 2S1 T.1US ‘20 02 r.o!) 03 4,053 03 ! «.053 I-1’.71: ; 7,r>44 72.202! n i 1 V . 4 />l>: ----in... R u t t a t i l i - ■ " - ■ i 'f f ’ iiil'i N ebraska...... 4.144:' 23 4,092 251 6,505 Newark. ’."...... 3( .01* 93 211 3,67c 15 8,536 14 5,421 25 6,951 «TI 7.956 36,S4S| 911 37,936 76 88,271 70 3S,994 30 8,181 32 65,298 24 New England___ 29 949! 77 26,6501 70! 29,547 SO 33,685 7( 34,885 72 35.655 78 88.883 78 N ew England Southern 13 G07 6: 28,084 62 31,852' 69 27,043 64 27,71( 6( 361,567 79 59 13,S04j 60! 14,819 58 13,690 54 25,105 5S 26,275 69 280,486 65 New Hampshire...... 89S4 68 8.8S8! 16.089 63 18,757 5f 18,547 5« 12,925 6? N o w J ersey ...... , 62 9,120 55 8,890 54 8,854 18,026 55 189,746 59 31 438 75 31,603 73 31.638 56 7,372 58 7,701 5C 7,070 5tj 6,942 N e w Y ork ...... 67 26,712 50 81,072 57! 26,879 54 47 81,618 56 46 617 93 48,299! 95 50.029 77 27.S9E 4{ 27,051 4« 28,815 51 292,482 New York East. ___ 49 620 94 41,167 70 45,790 77: 38,780 71 37,888 6f 88,001 5S 61,549: 95| 52,995; 73 51,582 82 46,989 64 88,568 65 429,968 76 North Carolina...... 593 08 497j 06| 820 72! 41,080 70 42,980 6f 41,614 6i 42,508 65 N o rth D akota .’!.’ !!! 04 289 03 414 04 453 466,868 79 3.574! 95 8 233 j S2 1,675’ 05 546 0Ü 418 04 546 05 4,481 N orthern G erm an...... 2,906! 44 2,190 44 3,074 60; 1,802 41 2,622 41 05 52 2,531: 54 2,075 11 2,207 2,852 47 2,990 50 26,098 55 Northern Minnesota.. ] ' 39 ¡2,525' 43 2,299 44 2,816 8S 2,706 4( 5,373 44 5,824 2,534 41 22,698 40 Northern New York."!] 13,159 " 66| 13,795 ’¿71 14^467 48; 5,037 44 5,596 46 6.080 41 6,862 46 Northern 8wedish ...... 47 12,615 41 14,3S4; 46! 11,984 48 88,722 45 49 18,096 41 18,S61 42 14,464 45 186,486 North Indiana ' 1,384 1,896 1,476 1,566 51 48 14,090 32! 15,019 50 15.611 ¿8 1,688 58 1.794 64 10,574 57 North Nebraska...... 3,327 33! 3,924 18,096 8 Ì 1 15,506 80 16,437 26 17,87S 8C 19,141 N orth O hio...... 80 8,892 28 4,328 291 5,129 32 160,096 82 33,21S 43’ 12,S19 34 39 6718 38 5,707 38 5,119'. 48 45 438 Northwest German...... 11,770 33 11,190 31 11,125 82 11.791 26 2,822 77 j 2,737 57 2.832 33 12,479 34 12,179 84 120.7S1 86 Northwest Indiana...... 60 8,002 63! 2.987 72 8,216 61 8,501 14.517 43: 14,885 41 17,188 43, 16,674 06 3,042 77 80,250 68 Northwest Iowa ] 10,432 66 11,520 41 15,970 42 16,859 41 15,787 40 : 15,506 88 Northwest Kansas'. !!!!'.' 61 12,544 56 13,485 57 13,786 62 157.180 42 15 2,0S9 19! 2,360 16 16,552 68 17,296 7(1 18,065 75 184,724 Northwest Nebraska...... 1,542 10 2,105 14l 2,075 12 8,471 63 441 14 423 • 22 8,S83 22 8,617 24 25,115 17 Norwegian and Danish. 3,207 8^379 17 475 20 31 667 29 894 80 3,332 66 3.504 69 3,582: 80 938 89 4.S95 25 O h io ...... 21,737 20,801 35, 20,657 70Î 3.436 73 8,534 68 8,809 69 8,S92 75 O klahom a...... [ | . 28 19,201 27 17,675! 25' 17,530 84,888 72 ... I 232 10 26 17,546 24 18,437 25 19,121 26 191,954 O regon ...... ' 4,800 429 06 103! 01 507 07 1,898 29 5,244 63: 4,470 35 3.441 81 20 1,182 18 171 02 5,189 09 Philadelphia...... ’ ’ 55,555 57,180 3,231 ! 29 2,981 80 8,565 84 4,309 80 96: 57,145 76 51,023 72 6 0 ,5 7 4 4,616 42 40.402 40 r ittsb u r g . 24,066 25,663 57! 26,1‘¿71 83 50,645 75 50,9S7 68 47,644 6i 52,688 Puget Sound. ' 47 26,169 4S 2 7 ,290! 49; 69 586,910 78 4,143 3.604 56! 2,723! 28,595 52 28,865 49 80,542 53 88,833 55 Hock H iver...... 32 2,748 30 2 ,9 1 5 35! 3,272 275,993 52 30,919 82,443 77, 29,564| 60 45 4,114 51 5,383 65 5,828 60 Saint Joh n ’s Klver 591 28,329 56 2 8 .4 9 6 551 2S’i)20 57 29,959 36,877 47 534 60 655' 40 733 60] 57 30,545 58 80,312 57 298.726 62 Saint Louis...... 9.490 9,540 668 5s'! 4SI 45 635 52 712 53 Saint Louis German.. 44; 10,568 ! 29 7,220 241 9,89S: 31 638 65 6,847 50 6.541 6,249| 00: 6,029l 7,227 25 8,053 24 7,891 28 8,187 26 Savann ah...... 1,039 53 6.792 59! 5,S26 51 5,438 49 5,543 85.748 31 1.104! 0C 7181 04 963 04' 47 5,397 47 5,895 51 69,761 54 South Carolina...... 3 776 8,224! 09, 2,451 84Sj 04 349 04 444 04 334 04 505 Southern California. ! j ] i ! 04 1.657 04! 2 .317! 05 1.989 06 7,20S 05 5,781 o ,i 2o ! 5S 7,262 52 05 2,155 05 2,182 05 2,542 05 24,120 Southern German...... 1,587 7,0.38 49 : 7 ,8 S 2 ; 48 7.75S 55 7,834 06 1,571 : S3 1.454 67 1.435 05: 49 8,310 50 9,029 60 78,726 55 Southern Illinois ” 9,330 10,030 2 .045! S3 1,499; 66 1,541 03 1,601 S3 33! 10.045 26 9,789. 20 9,910' 1,805 68 15,919 72 South Kansas...... 5,115 5,058 25' 5,444 25 9.V.03 27 9,9S4 24 10,674 25 10,867 Southwest Kansas . 22 5.705! 21! 6 .2 7 6 ; 23 28 99.927 28 4,444 5,692j 30! 6,412 0,455 26 7.113 21 7,037 21 7,648 29 T e n n e s se e ...... ’ 518 28 4,711! is j 5,969' 23 5.036 26 8,724 61.379 24 543 06. 420 04 485 85 8,982 86 10,124 42 65,669 28 T e x a s...... ” ’ " 1,437 1,2321 or, 182! 02 1,172 01 749 OS 597 08 T roy...... ; .. ; ; 10: 1,232 08 1.891 09 1.105! 643 06 5.715 05 22,336 22,640j 55 24.282 OS 965 07 986 07 1,107 08 1,148 Upper Iowa ...... 50 23,177 47 2 8 ,1 8 4 ' 57 27,906 07 11,930 09 18.876 20,029 73; 8,S12 62 26,147 53 80,405 55 27,836 45 256,610 Upper Mississippi...... 436 56 19,440 55 2 0 .2 S 3 55 20,892 59 21,760 5S 53 428 03! 322 02 278 01 22,180 59 22,225 59 193,392 61 V erm ont...... 5,1 5,340 47! 5.S30 8881 02 506 03 645 08 617 03 42 5.225 40 6,365, 49 025, 03 4,549 03 V i n r in ia ...... 1,077 1,145! 15; 1.035 5,492 47 6,752 44 5,627 44 5,905 46 "Washington...... 2.397 08 745 08 976: 10, 760 09 56.4S9 45 2,380 09 2.305 2.646 OS 913 09 1,035 10 946' 09 9,483 10 Western Norw.-Danish., 1,982 06 2.391 j 08! 2,490 08 1,881 05 1,561 04 *•«23: 2,401: OS 22,450 07 Western Swedish ...... 58 591 ! 91 511 80 567 SI : 551) West German...... 1.353! ‘00 V.Ì4Ò 50 1,228. 55! 1.45«! 1 02 2,842 88 4,014 4,323 8r 4,75S 63 1,540 67 1,658 07 j 1,885! 83 West Nebraska...... 3.869 60 3,572 53 3,759 561 4.282, 10,255 64 1,450 1.914 211 1,854 1,800 69 4,941 74 5,833 75! 5,981! 92 West Texas ...... 1.887 18 1,865 16 1.914 20 2.453 ‘29 8,136 82 44.S82 78 930 10 930 1.023 10 1.194 3,105 82 2,944 29 21.525 23 West Virginia...... 6.948 6,531 J6| 11 1,383 13 1.30(1! 10 1,217 11 1,427 12 6.912 14 7,452 15 8.089 16 9,031 1,507 14 12,S5S 12 West Wisconsin...... 6,700 6,599 421 9,819 7,040 18 9,321 18 10,386 19 11,985 22 W ilm in gton ...... 24,016 34 7,8S7 34 7,064 82 6,917 33 6.989 80 88,494 17 25,627 76 24.5E7 24.858 60 23,803 56 7,501 32 7,659 84 78,125 37 W isc o n sin ...... 8.444 8,690 24,792 58 22,143 60 22,814 54 28,198 55 51: 8,074 8,909 48 9.269 43 9.054 41 23,838 56 289.136 61 W y o m in g ...... 24,578 25,518 70' 26,235 8,952 43 9.239 41 9,756 40 9.483 42 I 26,409 59 25,825 56 29,038 64 26,565 64 26,412 89.S70 44 57 25,279 56 26,352 56 252,211 61 Appropriations to Missions and Conferences for the Years 1892-1901.

MISSIONS. 1898. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. Total. .A f r i c a : Liberia...... 85,400 $6,420 $6,700 $5,700 $5,601 $14.700 East Central A friea 1__ '" ___ ’ $10,000 $9,855 $9,856 $88,086 West Central Africa...... !!.!!! 2,000 8,000 8,126 10,625 28,750 South America...... I!!."!."!.'! 2,260 6,780 6,888 9,888 60,545 h's'.iàò 51,671 57,606 53,475 71,348 25,306 Western South America...... ! 11! 11 42,486 46,384 46,884 45,271 588,144 C h i n n : Foochow...... " 28,812 20,286 29,958 '25,600 ’28,2Ì3 25,406 27,000 26,iÓÓ 27', 666 29,288 117,234 Ilinghua...... ! 11111111! 20,000 21,886 21,680 21,580 243,868 Central China...... !!!".", 6,600 6,804 6,868 41,200 45.29« 41,344 43.000 40,000 83,666 7,290 26,562 North China...... 1!".!!! 48,472 43,5so 42.000 82,990 34,776 35,106 35,100 881,812 West China...... !!!1!1!1 45.(i()0 4 1,850 41,511 40.000 41,872 42,269 6,600 10,405 9.907 12,700 10.811 12.500 38.000 424,560 Germany...... 11 1! 35.600 32.100 27,700 12.000 13,416 13,544 13,540 315,383 Switzerland...... ' _ \ 27.000 25.222 30,350 36,264 36,575 9,500 10.000 7.9H0 5.400 36,918 86,033 328,762 N or way...... '' 7,812 7,500 7,395 7,390 7,390 14.000 15,850 14.000 14.000 ì 7,313 80.600 Sweden...... 13,: 70 12,700 12,581 12,421 25.600 22,500 19.5(10 19.000 12,4S7 12,138 133,607 Denmark...... 1.11. '. 17,420 10,724 16,490 16.256 8,570 9.000 8,000 8,500 16,436 16,042 185,968 Finland and St. Petersburg. 7 905 7.5K9 7,483 7,490 7,490 5,074 3,873 4.000 4,220 7,865 79,392 I n d i a : North India...... 1 1 1 1 1 ! !! ! 4, Cr:0 4,5S6 5,124 5,200 5,875 *79* ÔÔÔ 00,650 58.214 58,244 58.260 59.500 42,101 Northwest India...... 11!!.!.!.' 22,1119 21,572 57,156 57,156 54.000 South India...... I l l " 21,572 24,095 24,792 26,112 22.000 10,005 15,814 15,814 26,612 25.500 Bombay...... !!!!.!!!! 19,120 19 205 20,694 20,694 12,835 12.409 12.409 17,180 129.066 20.000 Bengal...... I.'!!!!!!!! 171959 22,664 23,164 23.500 }■ 1,306,560 22,129 9.500 Burma...... !! 11.. 11!!! 1 9,498 9.498 11,345 12,242 16,260 12,50(1 Increase of salaries In India...... 1 16,615 1 0 ,0(10 5,277 Malaysia ...... I....!.". ' 9,0ii0 ltìlóóó ’ 8‘S89 9.000 ' 8l37Ò ’ 9,378 10,000 Philippines...... 9,100 ’ 9,855 iò'.èòó 10,250 94,842 Bulgaria...... 22,666 2Ò.S8S 18,250 2,000 7,500 9,500 16,656 15,485 11,871 ' 91666 ' 8,868 Italy...... 111! 111! 11 13,034 44,339 42,500 43,400 8,80S 7,S68 139,248 Mexico...... 111!".! 40,866 41,000 40,438 40,511 41,122 59,1! 00 00,050 53,378 53,37S 49,642 40,183 417,993 japan...... !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 49.500 48,015 49,275 49,742 48.547 00,000 60,605 54,408 54,40S 50,600 48,576 520,527 South Japan...... 1! 1 .1 1!!.'.".'!!." 1 47,000 36.94S 37,248 36,650 498.508 Korea...... 1.1!!!'....!'.!.!' 17,562 18,555 12,324 12,491 12,401 87,216 15.967 Ï51967 14,8SÒ 141285 13,975 16,752 Lower California...... !!! 11..! 111!.'! 1 1,000 1.000 900 800 16,911 17,000 161,854 Alaska...... 111.....'.".’ .'.'!. 8,700 2,000 ’ 1,970 Arizona...... ! 1! 1!! 1!."." 1! 1111 ’ 7,500 ’ 7l5ÓÒ ‘ 6,667 ' 6,èÓÒ ‘ élióò 4.000 4,500 12,470 Atlantic...... 5,700 6,000 6,20S 6,700 6,566 65,541 Biack Hilis I.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" 825 850 1,183 1,500 ’ 6166Ó ’ 6.6ÓÒ ' 61Ô78 " 1.850 5,708 ■Gulf Mission...... " 5,906 ' 5,506 5,320 4,820 4,258 4,258 2,000 1,800 1.600 1,600 4,178 52,307 Kalispell...... 11! 1! 1 !!!!!! 1...... 1,520 1,520 1,500 1,800 2.850 16,690 Nevada...... 111! 111111 5,050 ' 5,350 3.666 7S0 764 1,544 ' 4^306 '41666 ' 4,666 ' 4,666 ’ 3,942 New Mexico English...... 1.!! 1! 1.!!.. 7.500 7.000 6.000 4.000 8,920 41,662 New Mexico Spanisli...... ’ ’ " 5,800 5.500 6,280 5,2S0 5,202 5,400 14,000 15.000 11.656 13,356 18,356 5,100 58,062 North Montana...... !...!.'! 1!. 11 12,750 12,750 18,010 13,500 18,230 132.508 8,750 8,750 3,750 4.000 4.000 4,400 North Pacific German...... ’ 5,666 6.000 5,330 4,928 4,928 4.820 88,326 Pacific Japanese...... I...."" 6,830 4,957 4.000 4.500 4,683 7,000 0,400 7,400 7.400 4,638 4,560 48,948 Porto Rico...... 8.000 8.000 7.500 7,8S6 9.000 8.820 77,406 Utah...... 111 111! 1 1 1 ! ! ! ! '" '23,7ÓÓ 15,300 13,300 2,519 10,000 12,519 Wyoming...... " ...1 1 1 !...... 13,000 12,660 io,666 i 0,606 11,382 6.500 6.500 5,778 5,500 12,000 11,310 132,442 Welsh. M issions: Northern New York 5.500 5,2S0 5.500 5,714 6,714 400 300 300 300 300 5,600 57,586 ' ’'liimMphM 600 500 300 800 820 320 313 8,153 • el 1 . r ...... ‘ ' 445 414 307 400 394 (500 600 500 500 450 394 3S7 4,376 450 345 500 4,445

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Wisconsin...... 250 200 200 14S Wyoming...... !.., 700 400 200 150 1,14S 856 350 300 200 200 295 295 289 Swedish M issions: Austin...... !" 2,700 2,000 1,700 1.500 1,395 8,085 California...... !.’ .. 1,340 1,840 1,321 1,321 1,294 16,911 1,500 8,300 2,900 2.500 2,325 2,232 2,282 2,200 2,000 Central Swedish...... ! !.. 3,489 1,960 4,000 4,000 3,840 4,000 3,942 4,300 4,850 Colorado...... 500 " ‘566 • 445 400 872 31,921 East Maine...... ! 857 357 352 852 8,685 500 445 400 872 345 300 Louisiana...... 750 295 300 ‘"294 8,251 New England...... 4,500 5,500 5.000 75» 5.000 5.000 4,800 4.800 4,730 '4,780 ’ 4,635 48,695 New England Southern...... 1.900 1,900 1,700 2.000 1,700 1,632 1,032 New Y ork ...... 1,000 1,000 1.000 1,610 1,610 1,578 17,262 1,000 930 893 900 887 1,000 980 9.590 New York East...... ! ! 2.900 3,300 2,900 3,000 3.000 3,350 Northern Swedish...... 3,350 8,450 8,700 3,626 82,57ft 4,200 5,200 5,300 5,300 5,100 5,421 Northwest Swedish...... i 1.600 13,000 6,000 5,SSU 42,401 Philadelphia...... ! ! 1,000 500 24.000 200 1,700 Puget Sound...... 2.500 3,000 2,400 2,660 2,000 1,600 1,600 Bouthern California...... 1.500 1,577 1,000 1,800 20,077 Western Swedish...... 3,S67 4,350 1.500 4,700 4.512 4,700 4,632 5,000 ‘ 5,240 87.001 Wilmington...... 625 C25 5S2 500 Finnish M issions: California...... 894 350 343 3,819 Northern Minnesota...... 490 490 Norwegian and Danish Mimions : Cai. 1,500 500 490 990 Maine...... 1.500 200 196 396 New England ...... [ '"¿66 2S8 300 New York East...... 2,200 2,200 ' ' 494 300 294 1,976 ’2,600 1,500 2,000 1.050 1,650 1,626 1,626 1,594 Norwegian and Danish...... 9,000 11,000 9,800 10,000 9,300 18,046 Utah...... 8,900 8.900 8,771 8.700 8,520 92,897 2,000 1,971 Western Norwegian-Danish...... 6,SCO 15,200 2,000 2,400 8,371 12,000 12,000 11,160 9,000 7.000 6,898 7.000 (¡,860 German M issions: California German... 5.000 5.000 4,445 4,4-45 4.000 93,918 Central Gennari...... 3,840 3,840 8,7S5 3,840 3,800 41.995 5.000 5.500 4.900 4,900 4,557 4,376 4,500 4,633 Chicago German...... 4.250 4.250 4.700 4,530 47,595- 4,225 4,225 3,929 3,772 3.900 3,844 3,900 3,815 East German...... ! 6.500 7,0110 <>,230 0,230 5,794 40,610 Northern German...... 5,562 5,600 5,518 5,600 5,490 59,524 4.000 3,750 3,330 3,330 3,097 2,973 8.000 2,957 Northwest German...... 4.000 3.000 2,950 32,3S7 4.000 3,555 3 S55 3.5SG 3,443 3,450 3,400 8,450 3,390 Saint Louis German...... 4.000 4.250 3,775 3,775 3,511 86,129 3.371 8,375 3,327 3,375 3 ,3 0 5 36,064 Southern German...... 5.500 5.500 4,890 4,500 4.000 3.S40 West German...... 3,850 3,795 8,850 3,790 48,515 7.000 7.000 0,220 7,000 ' 6,S28 0,555 0,000 5,912 Frenuli M issions: G u lf...... 6.000 5,870 64.385 700 700 651 025 600 591 Louisiana...... 1,700 1,200 600 588 5,055 New England...... 2,900 1.200 1,200 1,000 300 887 800 1,200 1,183 New England Southern...... 1,200 1.000 1,500 ’ 1,470 10,690 1,400 000 4,800 New Hampshire...... 1,200 1,200 1,400 1,000 992 New Y ork...... 950 1,250 1,233 1,250 1,225 11,766 Northwest Indiana...... 500 500 445 400 372 300 360 Rook River...... 1,475 2,000 ‘ 2,987 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,2S9 1,300 1,280 1,300 1,274 14,418 Portuguese M issions : New England...... 300 300 295 New England Southern...... 800 800 294 1,777 712 712 668 500 887 800 784 6,658 Chinese, M issions: California...... 8,900 9.000 7.S70 7,870 7,320 7,000 7.000 6,898 7,500 New York...... 1,000 1.000 9,850 78,708 1,000 1,000 930 890 1 000 986 1,000 980 10.386 Oregon...... 1,000 700 1,000 890 828 S25 1,200 Southern California...... 500 1,188 1.1&3 1,159 9,968 500 1.000 1,000 930 900 1.000 9S6 1,000 980 Am erican Indians : California...... 800 1,000 990 8.796 990 920 8S3 700 690 690 676 8,83» Cent. N. Y.. Onondagas & OneldaB...... 800 800 700 700 700 692 700 690 700 Columbia River...... 1,000 1,000 686 7,168 1,000 1,200 1,200 1,152 1,152 1,136 1,100 1,078 11,018 APPROPRIATIONS TO MISSIONS AND CONFERENCES-Continued.

MISSIONS. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. T otal. American Indians— Cod tinned. D etroit...... $600 $600 $534 $534 $584 $613 $500 $498 $450 $441 Genesee...... , 500 500 600 500 $6,199 K a n sa s...... 500 4S0 440 484 400 892 4,646 200 200 400 M ichigan...... \ 600 700 623 023 600 600 ' 69Ì 500 490 5,950 Minnesota...... !!!!.!!!.'!!!!! 500 500 445 445 Northern Minnesota...... 445 427 2,762 N avajo...... ’ ] 400 " èòò 784 2 378 2,500 ’ 0,o66 ' 1,666 '1,200 N ev ad a ...... !! ”i',iió 1,071 12,887 ' ' 325 825 Northern New York...... COO 600 r m ’ ' 534 North Montana...... ¿84 'sis 518 506 606 495 5,335 500 1.250 1,250 1,200 1,000 986 O regon...... [[[ 800 GOO 1,000 1,000 8,186 600 700 700 672 672 663 650 Puget Sound...... ” 350 350 687 6,694 850 350 350 850 350 845 840 "Wisconsin...... 800 900 800 888 3,468 500 400 384 384 87S 860 843 Bohemian and Hungarian : Baltimore. 600 1,000 890 4,739 890 828 S50 850 887 1,000 980 8,775 E a st Ohio...... 2.000 2,500 2,228 2.500 2,325 2,300 2.500 2,465 2,500 2,500 28,813 Philadelphia...... 500 500 450 450 1,900 P ittsb u rg ...... 1,250 1.-280 1,110 1.250 ’ i',ièà ' 1,i i 6 ' Ì’,ÌÌ6 ' 1,479 '1,806 ' 1,704 13,297 Rock River, 3,000 8,500 3,200 3.500 8,500 3,500 8.500 3,450 3,600 8,600 84,350 U pper Iow a...... SOO T12 712 663 GOO 600 591 600 688 5,866 Italian Missions : Cincinnati...... 400 G enesee...... 400 400 400 394 400 392 2,786 600 691 600 5SS L o u isian a...... 1,800 1,306 2,379 1,150 'MOO ' 1,206 1,206 1,200 1,188 1,850 1,200 New England...... ] ...... 1,000 12,089 890 1.200 1,116 1,200 1.500 1,676 1,676 1,642 11,900 New Y o rk ...... 1,000 1,000 890 3.500 8,255 8,255 4,000 8,942 4,000 4.000 Philadelphia...... 1,500 1,500 1,335 28,842 1,335 2,185 2,185 8.500 2,956 2,956 2,661 Rook R iver...... 950 1,100 22,018 1,000 1,100 1,028 1,028 1,024 1,010 1,100 1.000 10,830 Pennsylvania Dutch: Philadelphia! 1,000 1,200 1,000 Hebrew Missions : New Y o rk ...... GOO 800 8,200 800 930 ’ ' ’400 4,428 Spanish Missions : New York East. 500 700 <100 Saint John’s River...... 600 2,400 Southern California...... ” "¿66 591 750 1,941 Foreign Populations : Central Pa.. 295 600 58S 1,488 Deaf-Mute Mission : Rock River... 200 490 690 591 600 600 1,791 SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR CITIES. B altim ore...... C alifornia...... 400 650 950 C incinnati...... ! __ .'.! 500 650 1,150 C olorado...... 476 475 951 D es M oines...... !..!!!!!.'!' 400 450 850 D etro it...... 400 400 800 E a st O hio...... '. ___ 400 400 800 G en esee...... 500 650 1,050 M in nesota...... !.!!'!!!... 800 800 600 New England...... 360 800 650 New England Southern..’.!!!!!! ____! 850 S60 1,700 450 650 1,100

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N ew Y ork ...... New York East...... !!...!.'.!!!! ...... , .1,600 1,400 3,000 N ew ark ...... !!!.'!!.'.'.'.' 500 500 Northern Minnesota ! ...... ' ‘ ¿50 775 1,425 P hiladelphia...... ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 360 860 700 p it ts b u i^ ...... !!!!!..!!!! 800 800 1,600 Rock R iver...... !!!!!!!!! 500 850 1,350 st. Louis...... !!..!.!!!!!! ...... 1,100 1,000 2,100 W isconsin...... !!!!!!!!!!! ...... 750 750 1,500 400 400 ENGLISH-SPEAKING MISSIONS. A labam a...... 3,500 3.500 3,110 3.000 2,790 2,040 2,700 2,760 2,800 2,744 A rkansas...... !!!!!!!!."!!! 6,000 6,000 5,835 5.000 29,544 A tlanta...... !!.'!!!.!!!!!! 4.650 4.500 4,050 4,6S1 4,800 4,704 50.820 1,134 1,135 A u stin ...... !!!!!!!!!!!!! 5,000 5,000 1,118 1,200 1,160 5,747 ’ 4.22Ó * 4,666 ‘ 3,720 3,420 3,420 Blue Ridge..; ...... !!!!!!!!! 4,500 4,500 8,870 8,650 . 8,577 39,877 3,780 8.500 8,255 2,465 2.465 2,725 California...... !!!!!! 8,000 8,000 7,112 2,800 2,800 82,790 7,112 6.115 5,870 6,870 6,769 6,800 Central Alabama...... '.'.'.'!!!!!!! 3,400 3.400 8,015 2,850 6,184 68,882 Central Missouri...... !!!!!!!! 2.650 2,544 2,500 2,464 2,464 2.400 3,800 3.50(1 8,110 3.100 27,687 Central Tennessee ...... !!!!!!!!! 2,888 2,708 2,800 2,759 2,800 4.000 3.700 4,000 8,555 3.400 3,162 81,520 Colorado...... !."!!!!!!!'' 3.100 3.200 8,153 8,153 3.050 38,473 9,100 9,500 9,500 9.500 8,885 Columbia River ! ...... !!!!..! S 482 8,835 8,868 8,86S 8.690 90,178 6,500 6,500 0,000 6.500 6,545 7! 500 Dakota...... !!!!!.!. 10,500 7,750 7,687 7,300 7,154 69,386 10,500 9,334 12,000 11,000 9.000 9,000 Delaware...... !!!!!!!!! 1,250 8,870 8,870 8,600 98,874 1,850 1,010 1,600 1,488 1,375 1,400 Des Moines ...... !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1,000 1.879 1,500 1,600 15,082 SOO 1.312 1,212 1,130 1,0S5 1.310 D etroit...... •'!!..'!!!!!!!!! 4,500 5,500 1,110 1,210 1,100 11,269 4,890 4.890 4,548 4,366 4.360 4,804 E ast Maine...... !!!!!!!!! 2,000 2,000 4,304 4,089 45,757 1,800 1,800 1,674 1,607 1,650 1,725 East Tennessee...... !!!!!!.'.' 4,800 3,000 2,660 1,725 1.690 17,671 2.500 2,000 1.920 1,920 1,971 Florida...... !!!!!!!!! 2,400 2,400 2,130 1,971 1.960 24,702 2.100 2,100 2.100 2,100 2,070 G eorgia...... ! ...... !!!!!!! 3.000 3,000 2,005 2,100 2.050 21,550 2.500 2,325 2.220 2,220 2,188 Hoiston... !!!!!!!!! 4,500 4,000 3.555 2,250 2.228 24,596 3.100 2,800 2.000 2,600 2,806 2,800 2,100 Id ah o ...... !!!!!..!!!!! 8,500 5.01)0 5.000 5.000 29,861 i o w a ...... ;;;;;__ m 4.650 4.000 4,350 4,435 4,500 4.400 600 800 500 44,835 K a n s a s ...... 'I!'!.*!!!'.". 1,800 1.800 1.400 1.400 1.900 K entucky...... ' 1,306 ’ 1,206 1,200 ' 1,Ì82 1,182 ' V, ÓÓ 5,500 5,500 4,700 4,700 2 13,664 Lexington...... 4.371 4,200 4,200 4,188 4,188 4,055 3,300 3,500 2.900 2,600 45.502 Little Rock...... 2,413 2.300 2,500 2,865 2,365 2,323 26,571 3.250 3,250 2.890 2,800 2,600 L o uisiana...... 2.500 2,500 2,464 3,000 2,940 28,194 6,000 5,000 4.440 4.000 3.720 3.570 3,700 8,647 3,647 2,935 40,659 M aine...... '.'I.'.'.'!!". 1,500 1.500 1.350 1,350 M ichigan...... 1,260 1.210 1,210 1,232 1,282 1,208 18,052 4,500 4,200 4,445 4.400 M innesota...... ■ 4,100 3,930 3.000 8,550 3,550 3,372 39,658 11,000 11.000 9.77S 3.550 Mississippi...... \ ’ ‘ ", ] 8,5S0 3,437 3,437 3,388 3,400 8,882 56,202 2,600 2,000 2.310 2.100 2,000 1.920 M isso u n ...... ;;;;;; 4,000 4,250 2,000 1,971 2,000 1.960 21,461 3,890 3.890 3.620 3.400 3,400 M ontana...... 10,500 0.S00 8,850 3,350 3,288 36,433 Nebraska...... 5.778 5.775 5,778 5.547 5,S< 10 6,014 5,220 6,116 2,SOO 2,500 2.150 62,031 New England Southern...... 2.550 8,000 2,150 2,150 2,118 2,118 2.000 23,586 498 New Hampshire...... j j ,. ’ 1.506 ’ 1,500 498 ’ 1.35Ô ' Ï.30Ô ' V,2ÌÒ ' ï , i è i l'.ièi 1,282 ” North Carolina...... " [ 3.600 3,400 3.015 1,466 ' 1*872 13.1S6 3.000 3.000 2,950 2.950 2,907 North Dakota...... 10,011ft 11,000 8,000 2.400 30,222 9.778 9.775 9.000 8,640 8,640 8,514 8,600 North Nebraska ; ...... 6,000 5,800 5,000 8,428 92,378 5.500 <1,200 5.000 5.000 4,927 4,927 4,828 53.482 Northern Minnesota...... ,. 5.900 Northern New York ...... 5.485 4,978 5,000 6,420 5,500 5.500 87,783 I .566 ' 1,500 ' V.350 1.200 Northwest Iowa...... 1.116 1.072 1.072 ! 985 1,050 1,000 11,845 3,500 4,000 3,550 4.000 3.720 3.571 3,500 1 8,450 3.450 8,381 36,128 APPROPRIATIONS TO MISSIONS AND CONFERENCES— Continued.

MISSIONS. 1892. 1S93. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. Total. English-speaking JItsshms—Continued. Northwest Kansas...... |T ,0 0 0 $7,000 $¡6,600 $7,000 $7,000 $6,700 $6,700 $6,604 $6,750 $6,650 $68,004 Northwest Nebraska...... 8.500 8.200 8.500 4.000 3.500 8.500 3.450 3,450 3,881 31,481 Oklahoma...... 10.000 10,000 15.000 14.000 14,000 14.000 14,600 14,388 14,388 13.100 183,476 Oregon...... 8.000 3.000 2,520 3.000 2.700 4.350 4.500 4,436 4.436 4,347 36.379 Ptiiret Sound ...... 0,000 6.000 6,800 6.000 6,580 6,000 6,000 5,912 5.912 5,750 59,954 Saint John’s R iver...... 8,600 8,600 3,200 3.200 8,200 8,200 3.200 3,153 3,250 3,150 32.753 Saint Louis...... 5.500 5.750 5.000 5.000 4,800 4,600 4.600 4,533 4.500 4,884 48,667 Savannah ...... 8,600 3.500 8.105 8.000 2,790 1,544 1,560 1,528 1,600 1,645 28,662 South Carolina...... 4.600 4.500 4.0U0 4.000 3.720 8.523 8.600 3.450 3,460 8.400 38,043 Southern California...... 6.500 6.500 5.77S 5.778 5.000 4.750 4,760 4,923 4,92S 4.834 53,746 South Kansas...... 2,260 2.250 1,900 1,700 1.500 1,440 1.400 1,879 1,879 1.400 16,598 Southwest Kansas...... 6,000 6.000 5.500 6.000 6.000 6.500 5.500 5,715 5,715 5.450 57.380 Tennessee...... 2.500 2.500 2.215 2,100 1.950 1.950 2,000 1,971 2.500 2.450 22,136 Texas...... 4.000 4.500 4.000 4.000 8.720 3.524 8.500 3.450 4.000 4.100 38,794 Troy...... 1.000 900 840 800 900 889 1,200 1,080 7,609 tipper Mississippi...... ’ 3,400 8.400 3,015 2.750 2.500 2,468 2.500 2,464 2,464 2.416 27,427 V erm ont...... 1.500 1.500 1,350 1,350 1.260 1,210 1,210 1.232 1.400 1,372 18,384 Virginia...... 4.500 4.500 4.000 8,800 8.534 8,400 8.400 8,350 3.650 3,580 . 87,714 Washington ...... 2,400 2.400 2,116 2.000 1.860 1,715 1,700 1,676 2.000 1,960 19,826 West Nebraska...... 10,000 7.000 6.500 7.500 8,000 6.500 6.500 6,404 6.500 6.500 71,404 West Texas ...... 4.600 4,750 4.215 4.200 &900 3.750 8,750 3,696 4.000 4,000 40,761 West Virginia...... 6.000 6.000 5,836 5.000 4.650 4,448 4.500 4,435 4,435 4,346 49,149 West Wisconsin...... 4,125 5,000 4,445 4.500 4,ISO 4,018 4,000 8,940 4.000 3,920 42,123 Wilmington...... 1,000 800 700 700 600 600 600 591 800 784 7,075 Wisconsin...... 4.500 4.500 4.000 4.000 3.700 3,552 8,552 3,600 3.500 3,430 8S,284 Miscellaneous...... 102,455 119,000 119,000 119,000 119,000 120,000 110,000 110,000 122,000 120,160 1,160,615 Grand Total...... $1,227,867 $1,279,050 $1,159,640 $1,190,145 $1,138,958 '$1,139,498 $1,129,910 $1,174,206 $1,224,098 *$1,218,275 $11,881,042 • A n appropriation of $23,904 was also made for th e debt. 1900.] W om an’s Foreign Missionary Society.

Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. A ppropriations f o r 1900 a n d 1901 a s a u t h o r i z e d b y t h e G e n e r a l E x e c u t i v e C o m m it t e e . W o r c e s t e r , M a s s ., N o v e m b e r , 1900. A fric a ...... $2,072 Japan. India. Northern and Central Jap a n $35,746 North India...... 48,569 Southern Japan ...... 12,700 Northw est India ...... 42,758 Bombay...... 31,580 Total for Japan...... $48,446 South India...... 29,073 Bulgaria...... 3,430 Bengal-Burma...... 14,566 Italy...... 9,705 South America...... 9,724 Total for India $166,552 Mexico...... 20,076 Malaysia...... 10,797 Switzerland...... 250 China. South Germany...... 100 North China...... 18.100 North Germany...... 200 Central China...... 14,457 Manila, Philippine Islands...... 2,675 W est China...... 3,825 Norway...... 50 Foochow...... 25,054 Contingent...... 12,136 H inghua...... 11,860 $373,969 Total for China...... $73,290 Balance Thank Offering to be raised 71,425 Korea...... 14,460 Total...... $445,394 Mr s. J, T. Gra c ey , Secretary. T reasurer’s Report, Showing am ount of Money Collected from October 1, 1899, to October l, 1900, by Branches. New England...... $33,213 46 Topeka...... $19,301 00 New York...... 65,003 06 Pacific...... 16.638 00 Philadelphia ...... 43.895 09 Columbia Kiver...... 5,034 43 Baltim ore...... 14,900 47 Cincinnati...... 52,744 71 Total for 1900...... $414,531 33 Northwestern...... 108,428 13 Amount raised 1899...... 360,338 63 Des Moines...... 40,588 00 Minneapolis...... 14,784 98 A dvance...... $54,192 70

S ubscriptions t o P e r i o d i c a l s - 1900.

W oman’s Children’s Frauen B r a n c h e s . Missionary Missionary Missions The Friend. Friend. Freund. Study. New England...... 2,382 3.964 51 2,640 New Y ork...... 3,159 3,914 318 3,960 Philadelphia...... 2,197 2,505 57 3,128 B altim ore...... 923 1,155 65 745 C incinnati...... 2,721 2,448 220 3,324 Northwestern...... 5,791 5,485 634 6,498 Des Moines...... 2,449 2,804 586 4,104 Minneapolis...... 623 1,169 588 948 Topeka...... 1,136 1,216 597 1,848 Pacific...... 518 754 119 588 Columbia River...... 287 376 54 543 Scattering...... 359 128 20 Foreign...... 175 67 537 Total...... 22,720 25,985 3,846 28,326 Report of 1899... 21,812 23,332 3,718 26.628 Increase for year 908 1 2,653 128 1.698 Woman's Home Missionary Society. T h e 19th annual meeting of the Woman’s Home Missionary Society was held In Chicago, 111., October 17-24,1900. The receipts of the Society for the year closing July 31,1900, were In cash and cash vouchers through General Treasurer, $240,911; for tuition and board in Schools and Homes, $22,512.25: value of supplies. $72,989.66; a total of $336,412.91. Dis­ bursem ents: Cash and vouchers, $240,419.37; supplies, $72,989.66; balance forward to next year, $88.63. SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1901. Unconditional. Conditional. Southern Work. $27,779 13 $28,373 14 U ta h ...... 4,585 00 650 00 Spanish Work.. 6,659 55 8,200 00 Indian Work.... 5,963 05 1,550 00 A laska. 2,460 00 2,000 00 Immigrant Work 5,796 00 300 00 Miscellaneous...... 24,087 00 07,100 00 Oriental Work .... 3,100 00 2,700 00 Deaconess W ork... 1,000 00 74,400 00 Conference Work.. 3,600 00 General Expenses. 21,030 00 Total...... $102,459 73 $218,873 14 29 450 Missionary Report. [1900.

ACT OP INCORPORATION.

A N A C T to Amend the Charter of the Missionary Society of the Meth­ odist Episcopal Church. Passed April 4, 1873.

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem­ bly,^ enact as follows :

Section i. The Act entitled “ An Act to Amend the Charter of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church," passed April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine; also the Act entitled “ An Act to Consolidate the several Acts relating to the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church into one Act, and to amend the same,” passed April eleventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine ; and the Act en­ titled “An Act to Incorporate the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church,” passed April ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, and relating to the said Society, are respectively hereby amended and consolidated into one A ct; and the several provisions thereof, as thus amended and consolidated, are com­ prised in the following sections: SEC. 2. All persons associated, or who may become associated, together in the Society above named are constituted a body corporate, by the name and style of “ The Missionary Society of the Methodist Epis­ copal Church,” and are hereby declared to have been such body corporate since the passage of said Act of April ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty- nine;-and such Corporation is and shall be capable of purchasing, hold­ ing, and conveying such real estate as the purposes of the said corpora­ tion shall require ; but’the annual income of the estate held by it at any one time, within the State of New York, shall not exceed the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars. S e c . 3. The objects of the said Corporation are charitable and relig­ ious ; designed to diffuse more generally the blessings of education and Christianity, and to promote and support missionary schools and Christian missions throughout the United States and Territories, and also in for­ eign countries. . ______Sec. 4. The management and disposition of the affairs and property of the said Corporation shall be vested in a Board of Managers, composed of thirty-two laymen of the Methodist Episcopal Church and thirty-two traveling ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, appointed by the General Conference of said Church at its quadrennial sessions, and uof the Bishops of said.Church, who shall be ex officio members of said 1900.] A ct of Incorporation. 451

Board. Such Managers as were appointed by said General Conference at its last session shall be entitled to act as such from and after the pas­ sage of this Act, until they or others appointed by the ensuing General Conference shall assume their duties. Any such Board of Managers may fill any vacancy happening therein until the term shall commence of the Managers appointed by an ensuing General Conference; said Board of Managers shall have such power as may be necessary for the manage­ ment and disposition of the affairs and property of said Corporation, in conformity with the Constitution of said Society as it now exists, or as it may be from time to time amended by the General Conference, and to elect the officers of the Society, except as herein otherwise provided; and such Board of Managers shall be subordinate to any directions or regula­ tions made, or to be made, by said General Conference. S e c . 5. Thirteen members of the said Board of Managers, at any meeting thereof, shall be a sufficient number for the transaction of busi­ ness. The Corresponding Secretaries, the Treasurer, and the Assistant Treasurer of said Society shall be elected by the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and shall hold their office for four years, and until their successors are elected ; and in case of a vacancy by resig­ nation, death, or otherwise the Bishops of the said Methodist Episcopal Church shall fill any vacancy in the office till the ensuing General Confer­ ence. And until the next session of the General Conference said Board of Managers may appoint and remove at pleasure the Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer of said Corporation ; and the latter officer may exer­ cise his duties, as the Board may direct, in any State. SEC. 6. The said Corporation shall be capable of taking, receiving, or holding any real estate, by virtue of any devise contained in any last will and testament of any person whomsoever; subject, however, to the lim­ itation expressed in the second section of this Act as to the aggregate amount of such real estate, and also to the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act Relating to Wills,” passed April thirteen, eighteen hundred anc sixty; and the said Corporation shall be also competent to act as a Trus­ tee in respect to any devise or bequest pertaining to the objects of said Corporation, and devises and bequests of real or personal property may be made directly to said Corporation, or in trust, for any of the purposes comprehended in the general objects of said Society; and such trusts may continue for such time as may be necessary to accomplish the pur­ poses for which they may be created. S e c . 7. The said Corporation shall also possess the general powers specified in and by the Third Title of Chapter Eighteen of the First Part of the Revised Statutes of the State of New York. S e c . 8. This Act shall take effect immediately. 452 Missionary Report. [1900.

Part I , Chapter XVIII, Third Title of Art. 3.

OF THE GENERAL POWERS, PRIVILEGES, AND LIABILITIES OF COR­ PORATIONS.

S e c t i o n i . Every Corporation, as such, has power: 1. To have succession, by its corporate name, for the period limited in its Charter; and when no period is limited, perpetually. 2. To sue and be sued, complain and defend, in any court of law or equity. 3. To make and use a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure. 4. To hold, purchase, and convey such real and personal estate as the purposes of the Corporation shall require, not exceeding the amount limited in the Charter. 5. To appoint such subordinate officers and agents as the business of the Corporation shall require, and to allow them a suitable compensation. 6. To make By-laws, not inconsistent with any existing law, for the man­ agement of its property, the regulation of its affairs, and for the transfer of its stock. S e c . 2. The powers enumerated in the preceding section shall vest in every Corporation that shall hereafter be created, although they may not be specified in its Charter, or in the act under which it shall be incor­ porated. S e c . 3. In addition to the powers enumerated in the first section of this title, and to those expressly given in its Charter, or in the act under which it is or shall be incorporated, no Corporation shall possess or exer­ cise any corporate powers, except such as shall be necessary to the exer­ cise oj the powers so enumerated and given. S e c . 4. No Corporation created, or to be created, and not expressly incorporated for banking purposes, shall, by any implication or construc­ tion, be deemed to possess the power of discounting bills, notes, or other evidences of debts ; or receiving deposits ; of buying gold and silver, bul­ lion, or foreign coins ; of buying and selling bills of exchange, or of issuing bills, notes, or other evidences of debt, upon loan, or for circulation as money. S e c . 5. Where the whole capital of a Corporation shall not have been paid in, and the capital paid shall be insufficient to satisfy the claims of its creditors, each stockholder shall be bound to pay, on each share held by him, the sum necessary to complete the amount of such share, as fixed by the Charter of the Company, or such proportion of that sum as shall be required to satisfy the debts of the Company. S e c . 6. When the corporate powers of any Corporation are directed by its Charter to be exercised by any particular body, or number of persons, a majority of such body, or persons, if it be not otherwise provided in the Charter, shall be a sufficient number to form a board for the transaction 1900.] Act of Incorporation. 453 of business; and every decision of a majority of the persons duly assembled as a board shall be valid as a corporate act. , SEC. 7. If any Corporation hereafter created by the Legislature shall not organize and commence the transaction of its business within one year from the date of its incorporation, its corporate power shall cease. S e c . 8. The Charter of every Corporation that shall hereafter be granted by the Legislature shall be subject to alteration, suspension, and repeal, in the discretion of the Legislature. S e c . 9. Upon the dissolution of any Corporation created, or to be created, and unless other persons shall be appointed by the Legislature, or by some court of competent authority, the directors or managers of the affairs of such Corporation at the time of its dissolution, by whatever name they may be known in law, shall be the trustees of the creditors and stockholders of the Corporation dissolved, and shall have full power to settle the affairs of the Corporation, collect and pay the outstanding debts, and divide among the stockholders the monies and other property that shall remain after the payment of debts and necessary expenses. S e c . 10. The persons so constituted trustees shall have authority to sue for, and recover, the debts and property of the dissolved Corporation, by the name of the trustees of such Corporation, and shall have full power to settle the affairs of the Corporation, describing it by its corporate name, and shall be jointly and severally responsible to the creditors and stock- nolders of such Corporation to the extent of its property and effects that shall come into their hands. 454 Missionary Report. [1900.

An Act

TO AMEND CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE OF THE LAWS OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, EN­ T IT L E D “ A N ACT TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TO BE HELD BY CORPORATIONS ORGANIZED FOR OTHER THAN BUSINESS PURPOSES,” AND RELATING TO SUCH CORPO­ RATIONS.

A p p r o v e d b y t h e G o v e r n o r , J u n e 7,18 9 0 . P a s s e d , T h r e e F i f t h s

B e i n g P r e s e n t .

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and As­ sembly, do enact as follows :

Section i. Chapter one hundred and ninety-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled “ An Act to limit the amount of prop­ erty to be held by corporations organized for other than business purposes,” is hereby amended so as to read as follows: S ection i . Any religious, educational, Bible, missionary, tract, literary, scientific, benevolent, or charitable corporation, or corporation organized for the enforcement of laws relating to children or animals, or for hospital, infirmary, or other than business purposes, may take and hold, in its own right or in trust, for any purpose comprised in the objects of its incorpo­ ration, property not exceeding in value three million dollars, or the yearly income derived from which shall not exceed two hundred and fifty thou­ sand dollars, notwithstanding the provisions of any special or general act heretofore passed, or certificate of incorporation affecting such corpora­ tions. In computing the value of such property no increase in value arising otherwise than from improvements made thereon shall be taken into account. The personal estate of such corporations shall be exempt from taxation, and the provisions of chapter four hundred and eighty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-five, entitled “ An Act to tax gifts, legacies, and collateral inheritances in certain cases,” and the acts amendatory thereof, shall not apply thereto nor to any gifts to any such corporation by grant, bequest, or otherwise; provided, however, that this •provision shall not apply to any moneyed or stock corporation deriving an income or profit from the capital, or otherwise, or to any corporation which has the right to make dividends or to distribute profits or assets among its members. S e c t i o n 2. This Act shall not affect the right of any such corporation to take and hold property exceeding in value the amount specified in sec­ tion one of this Act, provided such right is conferred upon such corpo­ ration by special statute; nor affect-any statute by which its real estate is exempt from taxation. S e c t i o n 3. This Act shall take effect immediately. 1900.] Act of Incorporation. 455

V ol. I, Laws o f 1893, p. 1,077. Chap. 498.

An A ct

IN RELATION TO THE EXEMPTION OF THE REAL PROPERTY OF RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, AND EDUCATIONAL CORPO­ RATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS FROM TAXATION.

A p p r o v e d b y t h e G o v e r n o r , A p r i l 29, 1893. P a s s e d , T h r e e F i f t h s B e i n g P r e s e n t .

The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and As­ sembly, do enact as follows: Section i. The real property of a corporation or association organized exclusively for the moral and mental improvement of men and women, or for religious, charitable, missionary, hospital, educational, patriotic, his­ torical, or cemetery purposes, or for two or more of such purposes, and used exclusively for carrying out thereupon one or more of such purposes, shall be exempt from taxation. But no such corporation or association shall be entitled to any such exemption if any officer, member, or em­ ployee thereof shall receive or may be lawfully entitled to receive any pecuniary profit from the operations thereof, except reasonable compen­ sation for services in effecting one or more of such purposes, or as proper beneficiaries of its strictly charitable purposes; or if the organization thereof, for any of such avowed purposes, be a guise or pretense for directly or indirectly making any other pecuniary profit for such corporation or association, or for any of its members or employees, or if it be not in good faith organized and conducted exclusively for one or more of such pur­ poses. The real property of any such corporation or association entitled to such exemption held by it exclusively for one or more of such purposes, and from which no rents, profits, or income are derived, shall be so ex­ empt, though not in actual use therefor, by reason of the absence of suitable buildings or improvements thereon, if the construction of such buildings or improvements is in progress, or is in good faith contemplated by such corporation or association. The real property of any such corporation not so used exclusively for carrying out thereupon one or more of such purposes, but leased or otherwise used for other purposes, shall not be so exempt; but if a portion only of any lot or building of any such corpo­ ration or association is used exclusively for carrying out thereupon one or more of such purposes of any such corporation or association, then such lot or building shall be so exempt only to the extent of the value of the portion so used, and the remaining portion of such lot or building to the extent of the value of such remaining portion shall be subject to tax­ ation. Property held by an officer of a religious denomination shall be entitled to the same exemptions, subject to the same conditions and excep­ tions as property held by a religious corporation.

S e c t i o n 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. 456 Missionary Report. [1900.

CONSTITUTION

OF T H E

Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church,

AS REVISED BY THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF 1900.

A R T I C L E I.

NAME AND OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY.

T h e name of this association shall be “ The Missionary Society of the M ethodist Episcopal Church.” Its objects are charitable and religious ; designed to diffuse more generally the blessings of educa­ tion and Christianity, and to promote and support missionary schools and Christian missions throughout the United States and Territories, and also in foreign countries, under such rules and regulations as the General Con­ ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church may from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE II.

members, honorary managers, and patrons. The payment of twenty dollars at one time shall constitute a member for life. Any person paying one hundred and fifty dollars at one time into the treasury shall be an honorary manager for life; and the contribu­ tion of five hundred dollars shall constitute the donor an honorary patron for life: any such honorary manager or patron shall be entitled to a seat, and the right of speaking, but not of voting, in the Board of Managers.

ARTICLE III.

board of managers. The management and disposition of the affairs and property of the said Corporation shall be vested in a Board of Managers, consisting of the Bishops of said Church, who shall be ex-officio members of said Board, and thirty-two laymen, and thirty-two traveling ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected by the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, according to the requirements of the exist­ ing Charter of the Society: vacancies in the Board shall be filled as th* 1900.] Constitution. 457

Charter provides; and the absence without excuse of any manager from six consecutive meetings of the Board shall be equivalent to a resignation. The Board shall also have authority to make By-laws not inconsistent with this Constitution or the Charter; to print books for Indian and For­ eign Missions, and Missions in which a foreign language is used ; to elect a President, Vice-Presidents, and a Recording Secretary; to fill vacancies that may occur among the officers elective by its own body; and shall present a statement of its transactions and funds to the Church in its An­ nual Report, and also shall lay before the General Conference a report of its transactions for .the four preceding years, and the state of its funds.

ARTICLE IV. CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES. There shall be one Corresponding Secretary, who shall be executive officer of the Society, and a First Assistant Corresponding Secretary, both of whom shall be elected by the General Conference. The Board of Managers shall have authority to elect such additional Secretaries as may be necessary. They shall be subject to the direction and control of the Board of Man­ agers, by whom their salaries shall be fixed, and their salaries shall be paid out of the treasury. They shall be exclusively employed in conducting the correspondence of the Society, in furnishing the Church with mission­ ary intelligence, and, under the direction of the Board, in supervising the missionary work of the Church, and by correspondence, traveling, and otherwise, in promoting the general interests of the Society. Should the office of either of the Secretaries become vacant by death, res­ ignation, or otherwise, the Board shall have power to provide for the duties of the office until the Bishops, or a majority of them, shall fill the vacancy.

ARTICLE V.

e l e c t i o n o f o f f i c e r s . A t tho^regular meeting of the Board next succeeding the final adjourn­ ment of the General Conference, the officers to be elected by the Board shall be chosen and hold their office for the term of one year, or until their successors shall be elected ; or, if a vacancy occur during the year by death, resignation, or otherwise, it may be filled at any regular meeting of the Board. ARTICLE VI.

p r e s i d i n g o f f i c e r . A t all meetings of the Board, the President, or, in his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents, and in the absence of the President and of all the Vice- Presidents, a member appointed by the meeting for that purpose, shall preside. ARTICLE VII. QUORUM. Thirteen Managers at any meeting of the Board shall be a quorum. 458 Missionary Report. [19OO. ARTICLE VIII.

MINUTES. The minutes of each meeting shall be signed by the Chairman of the meeting at which the same are read and approved.

ARTICLE IX.

a u x i l i a r y s o c i e t i e s .

It is recommended that within the bounds of each Annual Conference there be established a Conference Missionary Society, auxiliary to this institution, under such regulations as the Conferences shall respectively prescribe. A R T I C L E X .

SPECIAL DONATIONS.

Whenever any charge, including the Sunday school, shall raise its full apportionment for Missions, then any attendant of said charge shall have the privilege of making special donations to any Mission or work in such Mission under the supervision of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and such special donations shall be received by the Missionary Society for the specified purpose, and be credited to said charge.

ARTICLE XI.

GENERAL MISSIONARY COMMITTEE. The General Conference shall divide the Annual Conferences into fourteen Mission Districts, from each of which there shall be one repre­ sentative, to be appointed for the term of four years by the General Con­ ference at each of its sessions, on the nomination of the delegates of the Annual Conferences within the Mission Districts respectively, and four­ teen representatives, to be appointed annually by the Board of Managers from its own members, who, with the Corresponding and Recording Sec­ retaries and the Treasurers of the Society and the Board of Bishops, shall constitute a committee, to be called the General Missionary Committee; p ro v id ed that the Bishops shall fill any vacancy that may occur among the members appointed by the General Conference, so that each Mission District may be fully represented at each annual meeting. The General Missionary Committee shall meet annually at such place in the United States as the Committee may, from year to year, determine, and at such time in the month of November as shall be determined by the Secretaries and Treasurers, of which due notice shall be given to each member; and the Bishops shall preside over the deliberations of the Com­ mittee ; but the Annual Meeting of said Committee, which for the year 1888 shall be held in the city of New York, shall not be held in the same city more frequently than once in four years. Constitution. 4 5 9

Said General Missionary Committee shall determine what fields shall be sccupied as Foreign Missions, the number of persons to be employed on said Missions, and the amount necessary for the support of each Mission ; and it shall also determine the amount for which each Bishop may draw for the Domestic Missions of the Conferences over which he shall preside, and the Bishop shall not draw on the Treasurers for more than said amount. Nevertheless, in the intervals between the meetings of the Gen­ eral Missionary Committee, the Board of Managers may provide for any unforeseen emergency that may arise in any of our Missions, and, to meet such demands, may spend any additional amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars; provided, the General Committee shall not appropriate more for a given year than the total income of the Society for the year immediately preceding. The General Missionary Committee shall be amenable to the General -tonference, to which it shall make a full report of its doings. Any expenses incurred in the discharge of its duties shall be paid from ihe treasury of the Society.

ARTICLE XII. SUPPORT OF SUPERANNUATED AND OTHER MISSIONARIES. The Board may provide for the support of superannuated missionaries, widows and orphans of missionaries, who may not be provided for by their Annual Conferences respectively, it being understood that they shall not receive more than is usually allowed to other superannuated minis­ ters, their widows and orphans. The amount allowed for the support of a missionary shall not exceed the usual allowance of other itinerant preachers ; and in the case of Do­ mestic Missions the Bishop or president of the Conference shall draw for the same in quarterly installments, and shall always promptly notify the Treasurer of all drafts made by him. The administration of appropria­ tions to Foreign Missions shall be under the direction of the Board of M anagers. No one shall be acknowledged as a missionary, or receive support as such from the funds of the Society, who has not some definite field as­ signed to him in the service of the Society, or who could not be an effect­ ive laborer bn a circuit, except as above provided.

ARTICLE XIII.

AMENDMENTS. This Constitution shall be subject to alteration or amendment only b- the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 4 6 0 Missionary Report. [1900.

BY-LAWS

OF TH E BOARD OF MANAGERS

OF TH E

MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

I.

DUTIES OF THE OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY.

P r e s i d e n t a n d V i c e -P r e s i d e n t s . The duties of these officers are defined in the Constitution. The President, or one of_the Vice-Presidents, shall preside at all meetings of the Society and of the Board, as prescribed by Article V l of the Constitu­ tion ; and shall hold their respective offices during the year for which they may be elected, unless the Board of Managers otherwise determine. If the President and all the Vice-Presidents be absent then the Board may elect a President p r o tern.

C orresponding S e c r e t a r i e s .

The Corresponding Secretaries shall, under the direction of the Board of Managers, conduct the correspondence of the Society with its Missions, and be exclusively employed in promoting its general interests. They shall advocate the missionary cause at such Annual Conferences and Churches as their judgment may dictate and the Board approve. They shall keep a vigilant eye upon all the affairs of the Society, and especially upon all its Missions, and promptly convey to the Bishops having charge of the Missions respectively, to the Board, or the standing committees, all such communications from, and all information concerning, our Missions, as the circumstances of the case may require. They shall also in all cases give to such missionaries as may be sent out the Manual of Instructions authorized by the Board, with such other instructions and explanations as circumstances may call for, and shall explicitly inform all our missionaries that they are in no case to depart from such instructions. They shall alsc audit the accounts of outgoing, returned, or discharged foreign mission­ aries before the final settlement of the same, and all bills for office and incidental expenses before they are presented to the Treasurer for pay­ ment. They shall also superintend ail property interests of the Society, 1900.] By-Laws. 461

exclusive of its current receipts, permanent or special funds, and fixed property, subject to instructions from the Board of Managers.

T r e a s u r e r . The Treasurer shall keep proper books of accounts, showing all the receipts and disbursements, and all other financial affairs connected with the treasury of the Society, except such as are committed to the care of the Corresponding Secretaries. He shall, under advice of the Finance Committee, keep all uninvested moneys of the Society on deposit in some safe bank, or banks, in the name of the Society, subject to the order of its Treasurer. He shall honor all orders of the Board on the treasury, and, within the several appropriations made by the General Committee and Board, shall pay all drafts of the Bishops, and furnish the Secretaries respectively with Letters of Credit or Bills of Exchange for the support of Foreign Missions; and he shall, on the warrant of the Corresponding Secretaries, pay the outfit of missionaries and the expenses of those author­ ized to return, and shall pay all bills for office and incidental expenses when properly audited. He shall be subject to the direction of the Finance Committee, and of the Board, in respect to all investments, loans, and other financial affairs of the Society. He shall report the state of the funds, and whenever required exhibit his books, vouchers, and securities at each regular meeting of the Finance Committee and of the Auditing Committee; and shall report monthly to the Board the state of the treas­ ury. He shall keep an account of all receipts by Conferences, and of all expenditures by Missions and particular appropriations. The Treasurer of this Society is authorized to receive and give receipts for all money due and payable to this Society from any source whatever, and to indorse checks and warrants in its name and on its behalf, and full discharge of the same to give. He shall keep the seal of the Society and affix the same to such docu­ ments, contracts, and conveyances as may be ordered by the Board of Man­ agers ; shall execute for the Society conveyances of real estate whenever ordered by the Board.

A s s i s t a n t T r e a s u r e r . The Assistant Treasurer shall reside at Cincinnati, O., and shall be subject to the directions of the Board of Managers and of the Treasurer. He shall forward to the Treasurer, monthly, a statement of his accounts, to the first of each month, in order that the same may be presented to the Board at its regular meetings. He shall exhibit his books and accounts, vouchers, and securities, to such auditors as may be appointed by the Board.

R e c o r d i n g S e c r e t a r y . The Recording Secretary shall notify all meetings of the Board and of the Society, and shall record the minutes of their proceedings. He shall also certify to the Treasurer, or to the Auditing Committee, as the case may require, all moneys granted or expenditures authorized in pursuance of the action of the Board. 462 Missionary Report. [1900,

He shall, under the direction of the Corresponding Secretaries, make an appropriate record of all wills under which the Society may be inter­ ested, and of all action of the Board, and other information relating thereto. He shall, under like direction, also record a statement of all the prop­ erty of the Society, and of any conveyances thereof, or other proceedings touching the same. He shall, under like direction, keep the roll of the officers and Man- agers, and of the members of the several standing committees, in the proper order according to the seniority of their consecutive service respect­ ively, except that the chairman of each committee shall be first named, and shall see that such lists are printed in such order in the Annual Re­ ports. He shall also record the proceedings of the several standing commit­ tees in separate books, which shall be brought to each meeting of the Board ; and shall notify, when requested, all meetings of committees ; and he shall hold his office during the year for which he may be elected, un­ less the Board of Managers otherwise determine.

II.

FINANCIAL REGULATIONS.

Appropriations made by the General Missionary Committee for the payment of salaries of missionaries, where a schedule of salaries has been fixed by the Board of Managers for any Mission, or for the authorized current expenses of an established Mission, or by the Board for the ex­ penses of outgoing or returning missionaries, and all specific appropria­ tions of the Board or of the General Committee, except for the purchase or improvement of real estate, shall be paid by the Treasurer, upon the requisition of one of the Corresponding Secretaries, without futher action by the Board. Except'when otherwise ordered by the Board payments made in foreign countries are to be by letters of credit or bills of exchange to the order of the Superintendent or Treasurer of the Mission; and pay­ ments made in this country on account of Foreign Missions may be made by draft of one of the Corresponding Secretaries upon the Treasurer, payable to the order of the person entitled to receive the same, and the Treasurer shall not be authorized to pay any other. But where the appropriation is general, and for a Mission not yet oc­ cupied, and where the Bishop in charge shall have appointed a mission­ ary, the Board has power to determine what portion of such appropriation shall be applied to particular objects, and what amount may be placed at the discretion of the Superintendent or other persons for general.purposes; and when the Board has so determined the Corresponding Secretaries may make requisition for the payment of such sums in manner and form as above stated. •By-Laws. 463

Office and incidental expenses shall be audited by the Corresponding Secretaries and paid to their order on the face of the original bills. No missionary or other person, other than the Corresponding Secre­ taries, shall be allowed to make drafts on the Treasurer for Foreign Mis­ sions, except on letters of credit duly issued. Real estate may be purchased for the Society, and improvements made on real estate, by the erection of buildings or otherwise, only by direct order of the Board, and by persons specially authorized and appointed to make such purchase or improvement. And where the General Committee make a special appropriation for the purchase or improvement of real estate in any Mission, as the admin­ istration of appropriations and the management of the property of the Society is with the Board of Managers, the Board shall determine the time and manner of payment, and designate the person by whom such appro­ priation shall be expended, before the Corresponding Secretaries are au­ thorized to make requisition therefor. Appropriations and balances of appropriations unexpended at the close of the fiscal year, of any Mission, whether in the hands of the Treasurer of the Society, or any of its agents, shall lapse to the Treasurer of the Society, and may not be thereafter used for the purposes for which they were appropriated, except to discharge pre-existing obligations.

III. STANDING COMMITTEES AND THEIR DUTIES. At the regular meeting of the Board in June of each year the following Standing Committees shall be appointed :

I. O n M i s s i o n s I n A f r i c a .

It shall be the duty of this Committee to consider and report on all matters relating to Missions in Africa which may be referred to it by the Board or the Corresponding Secretaries.

II. O n M i s s i o n s i n S o u t h A m e r i c a a n d M e x i c o . It shidl be the duty of this Committee to consider and report on all matters relating to Missions in South America and Mexico which may be referred to it by the Board or Corresponding Secretaries.

III. On Missions in China. It shall be the duty of this Committee to consider and report on all matters relating to Missions in China which may be referred to it by the Board or Corresponding Secretaries.

I V . On Missions in Japan and Korea. It shall be the duty of this Committee to consider and report on af matters relating to M issions in Japan and Korea which may be referred to it by the Board or the Corresponding Secretaries. 464 Missionary Report. [1900.

V . O n S e l f -S u p p o r t i n g M i s s i o n s . It -shall be the duty of this Committee to consider and report on all matters relating to self-supporting Missions which may be referred to it by the Board or the Corresponding Secretaries.

V I. On Missions in Europe. It shall be the duty of this Committee to consider and report on all matters relating to Missions in Europe which may be referred to it by the Board or the Corresponding Secretaries.

V II. On Missions in Southern Asia. It shall be the duty of this Committee to consider and report on all matters relating to Missions in Southern Asia referred to it by the Board or the Corresponding Secretaries.

V I I I . On Domestic Missions. It shall be the duty of this Committee to consider and report on ali matters relating to American Domestic Missions, Indian Missions, and Missions among Foreign Populations in the United States, which may be referred to it by the Board or the Corresponding Secretaries.

IX . O n F i n a n c e .

It shall be the duty of this Committee to aid the Treasurer in providing ways and means. Said Committee shall have power to advise the Treas­ urer as to the deposit of all uninvested moneys of the Society, and, in the intervals between the sessions of the Board, to direct him in respect to all investments, loans, and other financial affairs of the Society. It shall also have the management, care, and supervision of the interests of the Missionary Society in the building known as the Methodist Publishing and Mission Building, subject to the order of the Board ; also to consider and report on such financial matters as may be referred to it by the Board, Treasurer, or the Corresponding Secretaries.

X . O n L a n d s a n d L e g a c i e s .

It shall be the duty of this Committee to consider and report on all bequests made to the Society, and questions arising under wills, or con­ cerning lands temporarily held by the Society, referred to it by the Board, the Corresponding Secretaries, or Treasurer.

X I. On Publications. It shall be the duty of this Committee to publish as instructed by the Board, and consider matters respecting publications referred to it by the Board or Corresponding Secretaries.

X I I . O n W o m a n ’s M i s s i o n W o r k . It shall be the duty of this Committee to consider and report on all matters relating to the work of women in the mission field, and to the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, referred to it by the Board or the Corresponding Secretaries. 1900.] By-Laws. 465 XIII. On Estimates. It shall be the duty of this Committee to make an estimate of the salary to be paid to any person engaged, not in the Missions, but in the imme­ diate service of this Board; and also estimates for such incidental ex­ penditures as may have no special relation to any particular Mission, and which may be referred to it by the Board, Treasurer, or a Secretary.

X I V . On Nominations and General Reference. This Committee shall consist of the chairmen of the several standing committees, and its duty shall be to nominate members of the standing committees, and suitable persons to fill all vacancies that may occur in the Board of Managers, or in the list of officers, during the year. The vote of the Board on such nominations shall be by ballot. This Com­ mittee shall be the Committee on Anniversaries and Public Meetings and for the examination of candidates for mission fields ; it shall also consider and report upon all matters which may, from time to time, be referred to it by the Board. X V . On Apportionments. This Committee shall consist of five members appointed by the Board, the Corresponding Secretaries, and the Treasurer. Its duties shall be to make apportionments of the moneys to be raised under the appropriations of the General Committee to the Conferences, Districts, and Charges, in accordance with such rules as may be adopted by the Board.

X V I . O n A u d i t s .

There shall be two Committies on Audits— one in New York, and the other in Cincinnati. The former shall audit the accounts of the Treasurer, and the latter the accounts of the Assistant Treasurer annually, or oftener if they deem it necessary, or if ordered by the Board; and such other ac­ counts as may be referred to it by the Board.

G e n e r a l R u l e s .

1. The standing committees shall, at their first meeting after election, elect their own permanent chairman, and if he be absent at any meeting, they shall choose a chairman p r o tern. Each committee shall cause to be recorded correct minutes of all the business brought before it, and the disposition of the same, in a book kept for that purpose, which shall be brought to the regular meetings of the Board; and said committee may hold a regular meeting once in each month, or meet at the call of its chairman, a Corresponding Secretary, or Treasurer. 2. Each committee having charge of a particular Mission shall make out estimates for the Mission under its charge, to be laid before the Gen­ eral Missionary Committee at its annual meeting, to guide it in making the appropriations for the ensuing year. m- 3. T h e T reasurer shall be e x officio a member, and the Corresponding Secretaries advisory members without a vote, of each of the standing 30 4 6 6 Missionary Report. [1900.

committees, except the Cgmmittees on Estimates and on Audits ; and the Bishop having charge of a Foreign Mission shall be an e x officio m em ber of the respective committees having charge of the same. 4. When any matter is referred to a committee w ith p ow er it shall be the duty of the committee to report its final action in the case to the Board for record in the minutes of its proceedings.

IV.

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD, ORDER OF BUSINESS, AND RULES OF DEBATE

I. M e e t i n g s o f t h e B o a r d .

1. The Board shall hold its regular meetings on the third Tuesday of each month, at three o’clock P. M., at the Mission Rooms of the Society. 2. The presiding officer shall preserve order, keep the speaker to the point under consideration, and appoint committees not otherwise provided for. He shall not take part in debate, nor propose any new measure, unless he first leave the chair; but he may vote as any other member. 3. All meetings of the Board shall open with reading the Scriptures and prayer, and close with prayer or the benediction, under the direction of the chairman. 4. A Corresponding Secretary, or the Treasurer, or any five Managers, may call a special meeting of the Board.

II. Order of Business.

1. Reading the Scriptures and prayer. 2. The minutes of the previous meeting shall be read, and, when ap­ proved, signed by the presiding officer. 3. The Treasurer’s monthly statement and that of the Assistant T reasu rer. 4. Report of the Corresponding Secretaries. 5. Reports from the standing committees, in the following order: Finance; Lands and Legacies; Africa; South America and Mexico; China; Japan and Korea; Self-supporting Missions; Europe; Southern Asia; Domestic ; Publications; Woman's Mission W ork; Estimates ; Nomina­ tions and General Reference; Apportionments; Audits. The reports of each committee to be made by simply reading the minutes of its proceed­ ings, upon which the Board shall take such action as the case may require. When any one of the standing committees may be called in the regular proceedings of the Board it shall be in order to present any miscellaneous business pertaining to the particular matters of which that committee has charge, as well as to receive and consider any reports from the com­ m ittee. 6. Reports of special committees. 7. Unfinished business. 8. M iscellaneous business. I900.J By-Laws. 467

The Board shall appoint in the month of October In each year the members of the General Missionary Committee to which it is entitled, according to the-provision of Art. XI of the Constitution of the Missionary Society.

III. R u l e s f o r t h e T r a n s a c t i o n o f B u s i n e s s .

1. A motion having been made, seconded, and stated from the Chair shall be considered in possession of the Board, but may be withdrawn by the mover before any action is taken on it. Every motion shall be reduced to writing if the presiding officer, or any other member, require it; and, when the question contains several distinct propositions, any member may have the same divided. 2. A motion to amend shall be considered first in order, and shall be decided before the original motion; and a substitute for any pending mo­ tion or amendment may be offered, and shall, if it prevail, supersede the original motion or proposed amendment, and may itself be amended. 3. Every member wishing to speak shall rise and address the Chair, and no one shall speak more than once on one question, until every mem­ ber desiring to speak shall have spoken; and no member shall speak over fifteen minutes without the permission of the Board. 4. Motions to lay on the table and motions that the previous question be put shall be taken without debate. 5. When a report is presented by a committee it shall be considered in possession of the Board, and may be adopted, amended, recommitted, laid on the table, or otherwise disposed of, as the Board may judge proper. 6. It shall always be deemed out of order to use personal reflections in debate, or to interrupt a speaker, except to explain or call him to order. 7. It shall be deemed out of order for any member to leave the meeting without the permission of the Chair or the Board. 8. A motion to adjourn shall always be considered in order, and shall be taken without debate. 9. A call of the ayes and noes shall be ordered on the demand of any five members present. 10. Any decision of the presiding officer shall be subject to an appeal to the Board, and such appeal shall be decided without debate; but the presiding officer may assign his reasons for his decision. 11. When a question has been once put and decided it shall be in order for any member who voted in the majority to move for the recon­ sideration thereof; but no motion for reconsideration shall be taken more than once. V. REPORTS FROM MISSIONS.

E a c h m issionary shall r-eport to his Superintendent once a quarte* «» writing, the state and prospects of the special work in which he is en­ gaged. 468 Missionary Report. [1900.

Each Superintendent of Missions, and where there is no Superintendent each missionary, shall make a regular quarterly report to the Correspond­ ing Secretaries at New York, giving information of the state and prospects of the several missions under his care.

VI. PUBLICATION AND AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS.

1. The Charter, the Constitution of the Society, and the By-laws shall be published with each Annual Report. 2. The Board of Managers shall not make, alter, or amend any By-lav/, except at the regular monthly meeting thereof, nor at the same meeting at which such By-law, alteration, or amendment may be proposed. 1900.] Order for Making Appropriations. 469

Order for Making Appropriations.

[Adopted by the General Missionary Committee of 1900.]

I.— General Appropriations.

1. The total appropriation for all purposes, except the liquidation of debt, shall be first determined. At the close of all other appropriations, an appropriation for the liquidation of debt may be added. 2. Appropriations shall next be made for office expenses, for publica­ tions, for contingent and incidental funds, and for other charges on the treasury not properly embraced in appropriations to particular missions. 3. The sum of the appropriations made under Rule 2 shall then be de­ ducted from the appropriation made under Rule 1, and the remainder shall then be divided, according to the judgment of the General Commit­ tee, between foreign missions and missions in the United States, and the sums thus appropriated to each of these two classes of missions shall neither be increased nor diminished except by a vote of a majority of all members present and voting, and said number of persons voting shall not be less than thirty-five; and such a vote shall not be in order until the formal consideration of each class of foreign missions and missions in the United States shall have been had.

II.— Order of Appropriations.

4. The foreign missions and the missions in the United States shall be divided into three divisions, respectively, as follows:

A.—T h e F o r e i g n M i s s i o n s .

Division i. Germany: North Germany, South Germany; Switzerland; Norway; Sweden; Denmark; Finland and St. Petersburg; Bulgaria; Italy; South America; Mexico : Mexico, Lower California; Africa. D i v i s i o n 2. Eastern Asia; China: Foochow, Central China, North China, W est China ; Japan; Korea. D i v i s i o n 3. Southern Asia: North India, Northwest India, South In­ dia; Bombay, Bengal; Burma; Malaysia.

B.—M i s s i o n s i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s .

D ivision i : Class 1. Conferences in the States north of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers, and east of the Mississippi River. Class 2. Conferences in Iowa and Kansas, and in States north of them,

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and also the Black Hills Mission Conference and the Oklahoma Con­ ference. Class 3. Work in the mountain region. Class 4. Work on the Pacific Coast, including Columbia River Con­ ference. D i v i s o n 2: Class 5. White work in the South, Maryland and Dela­ ware excepted. Class 6. Colored work, mostly in the South. D i v i s i o n 3: Class 7. Non-English-speaking, including the Spanish work in New Mexico and elsewhere. Class 8. The American Indians. 5. Appropriations proposed for each Conference and mission contained in these classes shall be severally considered and determined in order by the General Missionary Committee. 6. When the total appropriation has been determined, and the ratio of distribution to home and foreign work has been fixed, the appropriations for missions in the United States shall be first considered for two days, unless sooner disposed of, and the appropriations for foreign missions shall be next considered for two days, with the like proviso. The appropriations for foreign missions shall be first considered next year, and thus they shall alternate from year to year. This consideration shall begin with -the first division of each, and, in each succeeding year, the consideration shall begin with the division, immediately succeeding the division with which the con­ sideration began the preceding year. Reconsideration of appropriations shall not be in order until the entire list has been canvassed.

III.—A ppropriations f o r F o r e i g n M i s s i o n s .

7. The several foreign missions shall be successively considered for the purpose only of fixing the sum necessary for all purposes, exclusive of property. 8. The foreign missions shall then be again considered, with a-view to make appropriations for the purchase of property, for building, and for ex­ traordinary repairs. 9. The Corresponding Secretaries are hereby instructed to present to­ gether all the recommendations of the Standing Committees of the Board having in charge the several foreign missions in a manner which shall clearly distinguish the items properly belonging to the two classes of ap­ propriations noted in Rules 7 and 8.

IV.—R u l e s , A m e n d m e n t s , E t c .

10. The Rules of the General Conference, so far as they apply, shall be the Rules of the General Missionary Committee, but the time allowed tb any speaker shall not exceed ten minutes unless it shall be extended by action of the General Missionary Committee. 11. Any of these rules may be suspended by a two thirds vote of the members present and voting. 1900.] Order of Business. 471

ORDER OF BUSINESS

AT THE MEETINGS OF THE

BOARD OF MANAGERS.

1. Reading the Scriptures and Prayer. 2. Reading the Minutes of previous meeting. 3. Treasurer’s Monthly Statement. 4. Report of Corresponding Secretaries. 5. Reports of Standing Committees: 1. Finance. 2. L an ds and L egacies. 3. A frica. 4. South America and Mexico. 5. China. 6. Japan and Korea. 7 . Self-supporting Missions. 8. Europe. 9. Southern A sia. 10. Domestic Missions; 11. Publications. 12. Woman’s Mission Work. 13. Estimates. 14. Nominations and General Reference. 15. Apportionments. 16. Audits. 6. Reports of Special Committees. 7 . Unfinished Business. 8 . Miscellaneous Business. 1. Benediction and Adjournment.