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THE NINETY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions PRESENTED AT THE MEETING HELD AT NORTH ADAMS AND WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. O c t o b e r 9- 1 2 , 1 9 0 6 PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD C ongregational H o u s e BOSTON Thomas Todd Printer CONTENTS P a g e P a g e The Missions M i n u t e s o f t h e A n n u a l M e e t i n g . v West Central African M ission ......................... 33 Corporate Members P resen t ............... v East Central African M ission .............................. 39 Male Honorary Members Reported as Present vii Zulu M ission .......................................................... 44 Missionaries Present............................... viii European Turkey M ission ................................. 51 Organization................................................ viii Western Turkey M ission ..................................... 60 Committees Appointed ........................... ix-xi Central Turkey M ission ...................................... 74 Resolutions .................................................. ix-xvii Eastern Turkey M ission ..................................... 84r New Members........................................... xiii Marathi Mission ............................... 93 Annual Serm on ........................................ x Madura M ission ...................................................... 10T Place and Preacher for Next Meeting . xiv Ceylon M ission ...................................................... 117 Election of Officers................................... xiii Foochow M ission .................................................. 125 By-Laws Amended .................................... xi South China M ission .............................................. 137 Letters of E x c u s e .................................... xvi North China M ission ......................................... 139 Reports of Committees at the Annual Meeting xviii Shansi M ission ...................................................... 155 Report on the Home Department....... xviii Japan Mission .......................................................... 159 Report on the Foreign Departm ent... xix Micronesian M ission ............................................. 171 On the Treasurer’s R ep ort ................... xx Mission to the Philippines ................................. 177 Mexican M ission .................................................. 178: Spanish M ission ...................................................... 186- REPORT OF THE PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE Austrian M ission .................................................. 191 Home Department Death of Secretary Sm ith ....................... 3 Tabular View of the Missions of the A . B. N e c ro lo g y .............................................. 3 C. F. M. for the year IQOJ-/ÇOÔ................. 195 Changes in Corporate Membership ..... 4 Treasurer's Report fo r the year ending A v Appointment of Missionaries ................. 4 gust 31, iq o b ...................................................... 19T Movements of Missionaries............................ 6 Pecuniary Accounts ............................................ • 200 F i n a n c e s .................................................... 7-9 Sum m ary o f D o n a tio n s ..................................... 206 Publications ................................................. 11 Receipts of the B o a rd ......................................... 210 Young People’s Departm ent............... 10,25 Places of Meeting and Preachers ................. 210 The Middle District (Dr. Creegan’s Report). 15 Missionaries o f the B o a rd ................................. 212 The Interior District (Dr. Hitchcock’s Report) 18 Corporate Members o f the B oard ..................... 217 Pacific Coast D istrict................................ 23 Corporate Members Deceased or Resigned . 221 Cooperating Societies ............................ 12 Officers o f the B oard .............................................. 222' Woman’s B o a r d s .................... 12 Honorary M em bers ................... 224: Minutes of the Annual Meeting T h e American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions commenced its Ninety-seventh Annual Meeting in the Methodist Episcopal Church of North Adams, Mass., Tuesday, October 9, 1906, at 3 p .m . CORPORATE MEMBERS PRESENT John E. Bradley, l l .d ., Randolph. D eW itt S. Clark, d .d ., Salem. Maine Charles A. Hopkins, Brookline. Rev. William P. Fisher, Brunswick. Rev. George E. Lovejoy, Lawrence. David N. Beach, D.D ., Bangor. William F. Whittemore, Boston. Galen C. Moses, Bath. Frank H. Wiggin, Boston. John M. Gould, Portland. Rev. Charles M. Southgate, Newtonville. Rev. Percival F. Marston, Lewiston. Hon. Henry E. Cobb, Newton. Rev. Arthur H. Pearson, Union. Asher Anderson, D.D., Boston. New Hampshire Arcturus Z. Conrad, d .d ., Boston. Samuel Usher, Cambridge. Franklin D. Ayer, d .d ., Concord. Hon. William B. Plunkett, Adams. Pres. William J. Tucker, D.D., Hanover. Rev. William E. Wolcott, Lawrence. Rev. William H. Woodwell, Seabrook. Charles N. Prouty, Spencer. Rev. Edward C. Ewing, Newcastle. W. V. W. Davis, D.D., Pittsfield. George E. Hall, d . d ., Dover. Edward Whitin, Whitinsville. Rev. Ambrose W. Vernon, Hanover. Rev. Franklin S. Hatch, Newton. Vermont John C. Berry, M.D., Worcester. Rev. Henry Fairbanks, PH .D., St. Johnsbury. Hon. Arthur H. Wellman, Malden. Pres. Edward D. Eaton, d .d ., St. Johnsbury. Henry H. Proctor, Boston. Charles W. Osgood, Bellows Falls. Edward C. Moore, d . d ., Cambridge. Gilbert M. Sykes, Dorset. Rev. William R. Campbell, Roxbury. Rev. Benjamin Swift, Orwell. Rev. Franke A. Warfield, Milford. D. M. Camp, Newport. Rev. Robert M. Woods, Hatfield. Rev. Edward S. Tead, Somerville. Massachusetts Cornelius H. Patton, d .d ., Newton. A. Lyman Williston, Northampton. Prof. Edward Y. Hincks, Andover. Elbridge Torrev, Boston. Philip S. Moxom, d .d ., Springfield. Elnathan E. Strong, d .d ., Aubumdale. Rev. Edward M. Noyes, Newton Center. Albert H. Plumb, D .D ., Boston. Herbert A. Wilder, Newton. Samuel B. Capen, l l .d ., Boston. Pres. L. Clarke Seelye, Northampton. G. Henry Whitcomb, Worcester. Frank K . Sanders, d .d ., Boston. George W . Phillips, d .d ., Shrewsbury. Samuel L. Loomis, D .D., Boston. Arthur Little, D.D ., Dorchester. Frank A. Day, Newton. Rev. George A. Tewksbury, Concord. Miss Mary E. Woolley, South Hadley. George F. Pentecost, d .d ., Northfield. Luke W. Fowle, Woburn. Francis E. Clark, D .D ., Aubumdale. Francis O. Winslow, Norwood. Pres. Henry Hopkins, d .d ., Williamstown. Rev. John H. Denison, Boston. Rev. Payson W. Lyman, Fall River. Rev. William E. Strong, Amherst. Albert E. Dunning, d .d ., Brookline. Rev. William W. Doman, Plymouth. John R. Thurston, d . d ., Whitinsville. Francis A. Rugg, Greenfield. Thomas Weston, Newton. Rhode Island William W . Jordan, d .d ., Clinton. Charles H. Daniels, d . d ., South Framingham. James G. Vose, d . d ., Providence. William G. Ballantine, d .d ., Springfield. Rev. James H. Lyon, Central Falls. James L. Barton, d .d ., Newton Center. Herbert J. Wells, Kingston. v vi Minutes of the Annual Meeting Connecticut. New Jersey Edward N. Packard, d .d ., Stratford. William Hayes Ward, d .d ., Newark. Lewis A. Hyde, Norwich. Ohio Azel W. Hazen, d .d ., Middletown. William E. Park, D.D., Oberlin. Franklin Carter, l l .d ., New Haven. Washington Gladden, d .d ., Columbus. Lewellyn Pratt, d . d ., Norwich. Dan F. Bradley, d . d ., Cleveland. Edwin H. Baker, Greenwich. Henry M. Tenney, d . d ., Oberlin. Samuel H. Howe, d .d ., Norwich. Rev. Charles H. Dickinson, Oberlin, Rev. Joseph H. Twichell, Hartford. Lucius F. Mellen, Cleveland. Waterman R. Burnham, Norwich. William W . Mills, Marietta. John H. Perry, Southport. Pres. Henry C. King, d .d ., Oberlin. Joseph H. Seiden, d .d ., Greenwich. Rev. John R. Nichols, Marietta. Joseph Anderson, D.D ., Waterbury. Rev. John W. Bradshaw, Oberlin. Rev. John De Peu, Bridgeport. Arthur L. Gillett, d .d ., Hartford. Illinois James W. Bixler, d .d ., New London. Rev. Edward M. Williams, Chicago. Rev. Harlan P. Beach, New Haven. G. S. F. Savage, d .d ., Chicago. Rev. Calvin B. Moody, Bristol. William A. Waterman, d .d ., Elgin. Rev. Everett E. Lewis, Haddam. Edward H. Pitkin, Oak Park. George B. Burrall, Lakeville. Rev. A. N. Hitchcock, p h .d ., Oak Park. Rev. Arthur W. Ackerman, Torrington. H. T. Lay, Kewanee. Rev. Frank S. Child, Fairfield. David Fales, Lake Forest. David N . Camp, N ew Britain. Rev. Frank N. White, Chicago. Rev. Frank D. Sargent, Putnam. Thomas McClelland, D .D., Galesburg. Rev. William H. Holman, Southport. Sydney Strong, D.D., Oak Park. Henry H. Bridgman, Norfolk. William H. Catlin, Meriden. Michigan Rev. Rockwell H. Potter, Hartford. Frank D. Taylor, Detroit. Rev. Henry C. Woodruff, Bridgeport. Rev. R. W. McLaughlin, Grand Rapids- Wisconsin New York Alexander R. Thain, d . d ., Wauwatosa. Henry A. Stimson, D.D ., New York City. Henry L. Hubbell, D.D ., New York City. Minnesota John D. Cutter, Brooklyn.' Leavitt H. Hailock, D .D., Minneapolis^ Charles C. Creegan, d .d ., New York City. Franklin S. Fitch, d . d ., Buffalo. Iowa Charles A. Hull, Brooklyn. E. S. Miller, D es Moines. Albert J. Lyman, d .d ., Brooklyn. Rev. J. E. Snowden, Cedar Falls. Nehemiah Boynton, D .D ., Brooklyn. Rev. Wesley E. Bovey, Traer. David A. Thompson, Albany. Missouri J. J. McWilliams, Buffalo. Lyman Abbott, D .D ., Brooklyn. Augustus W. Benedict, St. Louis. Guilford Dudley, Poughkeepsie. Nebraska Charles E. Jefferson,