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The Baptist Missionary Society THE BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY (Founded 1792) 135th ANNUAL REPORT For the year ending March 31st, 1927 L O N D O N : PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY AT THE CAREY PRESS 19, F u r n i v a l S t r e e t , E.C. 4. Telegraphic Address; "Asiatic, Fleet, London." Telephone; Holborn SSS3 (2 lines.) CO NT ENTS. PAGE SURVEY OF THE YEAR ............................................................ 5-21 THE MISSIONARY ROLL CALL ... ... ... ... ... 22-24 MAPS ... ... 25-28 PART II. THE SOCIETY : COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS, 1926-27, &c. 29 LIST OF MISSIONARIES ........................................................ 42 STATIONS AND STAFF................................................................... 62 STATISTICS AND TABLES ........................................................ 69 PART III. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIETY ................................... 103 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS 103-107 GlifT AND SELF-DENIAL WEJEK ... ./................................ 108 WOMEN’S FUND ....................... ... ... 114 MEDICAL FUND ... 115 BIBLE TRANSLATION AND LITERATURE FUND ............. 117 LONDON BAPTIST MISSIONARY UNION ........................ 118 ENGLISH COUNTY SUMMARIES ........................ ... ... 126 WALES : COUNTY SUMMARIES ............................................. 158 SCOTLAND: COUNTY SUMMARIES ................................... 175 IRELAND, CHANNEL ISLANDS AND ISLE OF MAN ... ITS SPECIAL FUNDS ............................................................................. 180 SUMMARY OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THREE YEARS ... 182 GENERAL SUMMARY OF CASH ACCOUNT ............. ... 183 TREASURERS’ CASH ACCOUNT ... 186 SPECIAL FUNDS ACCOUNTS ............................................. 190 AUDITORS’ CERTIFICATE ........................................................ 192 THE “ WANTS” DEPARTMENT AND GIRLS’ AUXILIARY 194 TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR AT HOME AND ABROAD ... ... ............................................. ... ... 19ii The Baptist Missionary Society 1 9 2 6 - 7 THE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR THROUGH PERPLEXITY TO PRAISE A SURVEY OF THE YEAR “ W UST before us,” said. Mistrust, “ lie a couple of lions in the way.” I “ You make me afraid,” said Christian. “ Yet to go back ia « I nothing but death. I will go forward.” So Mistrust and Timorous ran down the hill, and Christian went on his way. A little after, to his great joy, he found the Roll which he had lost, and yet a little later saw before him a very stately palace, whose name was Beautiful. But it was here that he espied the Hons in the way, and was again afraid till the porter at the lodge cried out to him : “ Is thy strength so small ? Fear not the lions, for they are chained. They are placed there for trial of faith where it is, and for the discovery of those that have none. Keep in the midst of the path and no hurt shall come unto thee.” * * * * * * So the Dreamer of Bedford wrote, for all who should come after : calling from his prison to give heart to prisoners of fear until the end of the age. And there is new light upon his words for us to-day, when we stand at the end of the year which we may justly call the Year of the Chained Lions. Face to face with the test of a great emergency, many of us were afraid. It may be that Mistrust and Timorous did indeed run down the hill. But the lions were “ for the trial of faith ” ... and, alas, for “ the discovery of those that have none ” 1 . It was with a quaking heart that we kept to the path. But now we look back and see that the lions were chained. We have emerged from “ the very narrow passage,” and once more the towers of the City of God gleam before us. * * # * * * The year 1926-7 will stand in our history as the Year of the Great Deficit. May we not hope that it will hold that place unchallenged through all the future, and that our churches, strengthened by the 6 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT. [1927. test and the triumph of 1926, will resolve that there shall be no ebb to the tide which swept the Great Deficit out of the path ? We have been given a splendid proof of the deep-rooted loyalty of our people, their unshaken sense of their great commission. They can do still greater things. These recurring deficiencies are not worthy of our enterprise, they are not worthy of our denomination, they are not worthy of the workers whom we have sent o u t; they hamper and dishearten, both at home and abroad. Having passed the lions, having the Roll held safely near our hearts, may we not go on steadily to the great tasks set before us ? ****** While the conquest of the Great Deficit has given us new heart at home, there is no reason for discouragement in the results of the en­ forced economy abroad. Here and there in the reports we find laments over restricted operations or delayed developments, and some of these are undoubtedly justified. But we must not judge by special cases, even if their number is disconcerting. We must seek rather to judge the situation as a whole, and when we take a large view we find little cause for alarm. We have been absolutely forced to thrust a greater weight of responsibility upon the native churches, to take longer steps on the path we have always tried to pursue, but one of very great difficulty and delicacy. We do not doubt that these are the right steps for the time, and their outcome must be good, whatever the hardships in certain instances. And the loyal co-operation of the staffs in every field, the self-sacrificing response of the native churches to the call of need, are notable events of the Year of the Chained Lions, jewels from the crucible for our praise and wonder. * * * * * * Living by the hour and the day, we find it difficult to cultivate that long view which is necessary if we are to arrive at a just judgment of the operations of the Kingdom of God. China is in a convulsion of civil war, and the mission stations in the interior have had to be left. The disaster reminds us of the Boxer year of terror, but a moment’s thought gives new hope. Much has happened in those twenty-six years, and to-day China has a Chinese Christian church whose land­ marks cannot be submerged. China’s crisis of 1927 is utterly unlike that of 1900, and the difference is a glorious tribute to the work of the past. India, too, gives us a similar story of encouragement, for the welcome given in educated circles to the message of Christ offers a startling contrast to the clamours of yesterday. It may be that India is disposed to exalt Christ at the expense of the Christian Church of the West, but as long as He is exalted we need not be uneasy as to the ultimate issue. 1927.] THROUGH PERPLEXITY TO PRAISE. 7 A glance at the Congo field gives equal cause for satisfaction. In our own sphere there are now nearly 1,000 centres where services are held weekly, with 28,000 boys and girls under instruction. The Christian community numbers 37,000, against the 33,800 of the pre­ vious year, a simple proof that the gospel is steadily increasing in influence and strengthening its hold. But the longer view is still more heartening. During the year that warm-hearted veteran, H. Ross Phillips, returned to Africa to take up work at San Salvador after an absence of twenty-four years from that station. He writes of the tremendous developments of the forty years of his service in Africa, and declares that such miraculous changes inspire him to in­ expressible praise. “ If we had only this station and its work as the result of nearly fifty years in this land, we might well say that we have not laboured in vain.” But the San Salvadors are many, and a review of their story for one year should fill our hearts with gratitude. ****** A glance at the Missionary Roll of the year will reveal many losses and few additions, but it will be remembered that a considerable number of the missionaries in the list were nearing the close of their term of service. It cannot be denied that the missionary forces have been seriously weakened by these retirements, but happily there has not been any actual pause in the enrolment of new workers, a pause of the kind that would be so disastrous to the continuity and effi­ ciency of the work. It may be said here that the pressing need is for a greater proportionate strengthening of the women’s side of the work. In all our fields it is very difficult to get to the homes and hearts of the people unless the Mission is well equipped for women’s work. A compact, all round occupation of the mission centre is the ideal before us, and it has not been forgotten during the reorganisation rendered necessary by the Great Deficit. ****** The important changes which 1926 has brought about at the Mission House will be within the knowledge of all. With the opening of the Society’s new year the Rev. B. Grey Griffith left his successful pastorate at Tredegarville, Cardiff, to succeed Dr. Fullerton as Home Secretary, with Mr. H. L. Hemmens as his assistant—the first Welshman to occupy the chair of the immortal Andrew Fuller. Dr. Fullerton accepts the position of Consultant Secretary, and will still be a principal advocate of the work by pulpit, platform and press. Miss Lockhart retires from the post of Foreign Secretary for Women’s Work, and Miss Eleanor Bowser, for the last few years Women’s Home Secretary, will succeed Miss Lockhart. The Rev. C. E. Wilson continues to act as B.M.S. Foreign Secretary, and Dr. Fletcher Moorshead as Medical Secretary, while the work in Wales remains under the care of the 8 ONE HUNDRED AND THJRTY-F1FTH ANNUAL RETORT. [1927. Rev. Thomas Lewis. The new appointments and adjustments have been warmly welcomed both at home and on the field.
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