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EIGHTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT O F T H E AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. PRESENTED AT THE MEETING HELD AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 4-7, 1892. PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD, I SOMERSET STREET. PRESS OF SAMUEL USHER, BOSTON, MASS. MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions commenced its Eighty- third Annual Meeting in the First Congregational Church of Chicago, Illinois, October 4, 1892, at three o’clock in the afternoon. CORPORATE MEMBERS PRESENT. Rhode Island. Maine. Kon. Amos C. Barstow, Providence. Rowland Hazard, Esq., Peacedale. Rev. William P. Fisher, Brunswick. Galen C. Moses, Esq., Bath. Connecticut. John N. Stickney, Esq., Rockville. New Hampshire. Charles R. Palmer, D.D., Bridgeport. Alonzo H. Quint, d .d ., Dover. Robbins Battell, Esq., Norfolk. Hon. John J. Bell, Exeter. Lewis A. Hyde, Esq., Norwich. Vermont. Azel W . Hazen, d .d ., Middletown. Rev. H. Fairbanks, PH.D., St Johnsbury. James W . Cooper, D.D., New Britain. Hon. Franklin Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury. Hon. Chester Holcombe, Hartford. Charles W . Osgood, Esq., Bellows Falls. Llewellyn Pratt, D.D., Norwich. S. H. Howe, D.D., Norwich. Massachusetts. New York. Augustus C. Thompson, d .d ., Boston. Nathaniel George Clark, D.D., Boston. Hon. Calvin T . Hulburd, Brasher Falls. Langdon S. Ward, Esq., Boston. Richard S. Storrs, D.D., LL.D., Brooklyn. Joshua W . Wellman, D.D., Malden. Zebuion S. Ely, Esq., New York City. Edmund K. Alden, D.D., Boston. L. Henry Cobb, D.D., New York City. Hon. Joseph S. Ropes, Boston. E. N. Packard, DJD., Syracuse. Edwin B. Webb, D.D., Wellesley. Frank Russell, d .d ., Xew York City. Daniel L. Furber, D.D., Newton Centre. Thomas B. McLeod, D.D., Brooklyn. Richard H. Stearns, Esq., Boston. William E. Park, D.D., Gloversville. Egbert C. Smyth, D.D., Andover. W . A. Robinson, D.D., Middletown. A . Lyman Williston, Esq., Northampton. S. H. Virgin, D.D., New York City. M. M cG. Dana, D.D., Lowell. Joseph E. Brown, Esq., Brooklyn, Elbridge Torrey, Esq., Boston. Charles H. Daniels, D.D., New York City. Sewall G. Mack, Esq., Lowell. New Jersey. Thomas J. Borden, Esq., Fall River. A. H. Bradford, DJX, Montclair. Cyrus Hamlin, D.D., LUD., Lexington. Elnathan E. Strong, D.D., Aubumdale. Pennsylvania. Judson Smith, D.l>., Boston. George L. Weed, Esq., Philadelphia. Rev. Charles A. Dickinson, Boston. G. Henry Whitcomb, Esq., Worcester. District o f Columbia. George F. Pentecost, DJD., Northfield. J. E. Rankin, D.D., Washington. Edward A. Studley, Esq., Boston. Alabama. Arthur Little, D.D., Dorchester. Henry S. DeForest, D.D., Talladega. Rev. George A. Tewksbury, Concord. Rev. Payson W . Lyman, Fall River. Louisiana. Charles C. Creegan, D.D., Boston. Henry L. Hubbell, D.D., Lake Charles. Albert E. Dunning, d .d ., Jamaica Plain. Daniel March, d .d ., Woburn. Ohio. Lyman S. Rowland, D.D., Lee. William J. Breed, Esq., Cincinnati. Rev. David N. Beach, Cambridgeport. Hiram C. Haydn, D.D., LL.D., Cleveland. Henry D. Hyde, Esq., Boston. Calvin B. Hulbert, D.D., Adams Mills. Rev. John R. Thurston, Whitinsville. James Brand, D.D., Oberlin. John D. Kingsbury, D.D., Bradford. Charles F. Thwing, D.D., Cleveland. Edwin H. Baker, Esq., Ware. George R. Leavitt, D.D.. Cleveland. David O. Mears, D.D., Worcester. Washington Gladden, D.D., Columbus. iv Minutes of the Annual Meeting. William H. Warren, DJ>„ Cincinnati. Rev. George F. Bard, Walpole. Walter A. Mahony, Esq., Columbus. Rev. C. Fremont Roper, West Concord. William G. Ballantine, DJX, Oberlin. Vermont. Illinois. Rev. Samuel H. Barnum, Cornwall George N. Boardman, D.D., Chicago. C. M. Lamson, D.D., St. Johnsbury. Edward P. Goodwin, DJD., Chicago. Rev. V. M. Hardy, West Randolph. E. W . Blatchford, Esq., Chicago. Massachusetts. Ralph Emerson, Esq., Rockford. Rev. W. S. Smith, Auburndale. Simon J. Humphrey, D.D., Chicago. Frederick A. Noble, djx, Chicago. Rev. R. M. Sargent, Adams. Rev. Moses Smith, Glencoe. Joseph Cook, LL.D., Boston. Charles H. Case, Esq., Chicago. EL H. Morrill, Boston. M. K. Whittlesey, D.D., Ottawa. A . P. Foster, DJX, Boston. James G. Johnson, D.D., Chicago. Rev. Lewis V. Price, Brockton. Rev. W. J. Batt, Concord. Franklin W. Fisk, D.D., Chicago. John L. Withrow, D.D., Chicago. Rev. A. B. PefFers, Douglas. Rev. Henry Hyde, Greenfield. William H. Rice, Esq., Chicago. Rev. Daniel Phillips, Huntington. William E. Hale, Esq., Chicago. G. S. F. Savage, DJX, Chicago. Rev. Webster Woodbury, Milford. Rev. J. W. Lane, North Hadley. Edwin C. Bisseil, DJX, Chicago. Arthur H. Sheldon, Northampton. Rev. William A. Waterman, Geneseo. Rev. George A. Hall, Peabody. T . D. Robertson, Esq., Rockford. Rev. John A. Woodhull, Plainfield. J. M. Sturtevant, DJX, Galesbpig. Rev. J. C. Labaree, Randolph. E. H. Pitkin, Esq., Ridgeland. Rev. DeWitt C. Clark, Salem. M ichigan. Rev. E. S. Tead, Somerville. James B. Angeli, l u x , Ann Arbor. Charles E. Swett, Winchester. Wisconsin. Rhode Island. Edward H. Merrill, DJ3., Ripon. Rev. F. F. Emerson, Newport. Elijah Swift, Esq., Eau Claire. Thomas P. Bamefield, Pawtucket. George H. Ide, DJD., Milwaukee. Rev. L. W. Woodworth, Providence. M in nesota . Connecticut. David C. Bell/Esq., Minneapolis. Thomas P. Merwin, New Haven. George H. Rust, Esq., Minneapolis. Rev. C. H. Bullard, Hartford. Albert H. Heath, DJX, St. Paul. New Jersey. Hon. Aaron Kimball, Austin. Rev. S. L. Loomis, Newark. Smith Baker, D.D., Minneapolis. District o f Columbia. Iowa. Oliver S. Dean, D.D., Washington. Alden B. Robbins, DJX, Muscatine. George F. Magoun, DJX, GrinnelL Indiana. Rev. George H. White, GrinnelL Rev. H. O. Spelman, Angola. Missouri. Rev. Frank E. Knopf, Elkhart. Henry A. Stimson, dj>., St. Louis. Rev. F. N. Dexter, Indianapolis. Rev. C. A. Gleason, Ridgeville. Rev. J. Monroe Lyon, Whiting. MALE HONORARY MEMBERS REPORTED Illinois. AS PRESENT. K. A. Burnell, Aurora. Maine. Rev. J. E. Bissell, Batavia. Rev. J. E. Adams, Bangor. Rev. Edwin Ewell, Byron. Rev. Charles D . Crane, Newcastle. Rev. E. J. Alden, Chicago. Rev. E. R. Smith, Temple. J. R. J.Anthony, Chicago. William E. Blackstone, Chicago. New Hampshire. Rev. David Beaton, Chicago. Rev. George E. Hall, Dover. Rev, George H . Bird, Chicago. Prot M. D. Bisbee, Hanover. Rev. William E. Brooks, Chicago. Rev. F. G. Clark, Plymouth. Eli Corwin, D.IX, Chicago. Rev. G. H. Tilton, Lancaster. Simeon Gilbert, d jx , Chicago. Minutes of the Annual Meeting. Rev. E. R. Davis, Chicago. Rev. William L . Bray, Rhinelander. Rev. W. J. Cady, Chicago. Rev. A . A . Andridge, Sturgeon Bay. Rev. R. S. Evans, Chicago. Rev. S. E. Lathrop, Washburn. F. W . Gunsaulus, D.D., Chicago. Minnesota. J. E. Herman, Chicago. Rev. A. N. Hitchcock, PHJD., Chicago. Rev. E. S. Williams, Minneapolis. Rev. R. A. Jemberg, Chicago. Rev. Herman P. Fisher, Ortonville. Rev J. A. Mack, Chicago. Edward P. Ingersoll, D.D., St. Paul. Rev. T. J. Prudden, Chicago. Missouri. Rev. J. P. Richards, Chicago. Rev. John Vetter, Eldon. Rev. H. D. Sheldon, Chicago. Rev. Albert L. Smalley, Chicago. Kansas, Rev. John Willard, Chicago. Rev. Pearse Pinch. Newton. George B. Willcox, D.D., Chicago. Rev. C. T. Wyckoff, Chicago. Iowa. Rev. W . E. DeRiemer, Chinoa. Rev. A . W . Archibald, Davenport. Rev. W . C. Miller, Decatur. Rev. H. K . Edson, GrinnelL Rev. M. L. Williston, Elmhurst. Rev. H. H. Robbins, Grinnell, Frank H. Trethiil, Englewood. Rev. N . L. Packard, Ionia. Charles C. Cragin, Evanston. Rev. F. T . Lee, Muscatine. Henry W . Chester, Esq., Evanston. Henry D. Smith, Monticello. Harlow B. Hill, Evanston. Francis Sawyer, Sawyer. M. A. Dean, Evanston. Nebraska. E. D. Redington, Evanston. G. W . Wainwright, D.D., Blair. Rev. H. K. Painter, Galva. Rev. John W . Fox, Granville. Rev. F. C. Cochran, Rising City. Rev. E. L. Davies, Lake Forest. South Dakota. Rev. George H. Wilson,Hinsdale. Rev. Philo Hitchcock. Rev. E. F. Wright, Huntley. Rev. A. M. Thorne, Jefferson. New York. Rev. J. H. Winsor, LaGrange. T . D. Demond, Buffalo. Rev. Dana Sherrill, MarshalL Rev. F. S. Fitch, Buffalo. Rev. D. E. Evans, Mont Clare. Rev. George F. Bailey, Franklin. Rev. C. C. Warner, Morris. Ohio. Rev. J. R. Knodell, Oak Park. Rev. J. Herbert, Ontario. Rev. R. O. Root, Conneaut Rev. George W . Colman, Park Ridge. Rev. C. E. Dickinson, Marietta. Rev. Warren F. Day, Ottawa. H . M. Tenney, d .d ., Oberlin. Rev. L . R. Royce, Payson. Michigan. Rev. W . B. Bond, Rogers Park. M. M. Martin, D.D., Allegan. Rev. A. W . Ackerman, Sheffield. Rev. J. W . Bradshaw, Ann Arbor. Rev. C. B. Riggs, Streator. Rev. D. R. Atkins, Calum et Edward G. Howe, Tracy. Rev. Andrew J. Hetrick, Cassapolis. Rev. F. F. Pearse, Turner. William H. Davis, D.D., Detroit. Rev. J. B. Fairbank, Waverly. Rev. G. A . Pollard, Grand Rapids. Rev. P. W . Perry, Western Springs. Rev. A. J. Covell, Flint Rev. Q. L. Dowd, Winetka. Rev. I. W . McKeever, Ludington. Wisconsin. • Rev. A. S. Kedzie, Grand Haven. Rev. Alfred B. Penniman, Berlin. England. Rev. Smith Norton, Beloit Rev. John Brown, D.D., Bedford. Rev. C . W . Damon, Dartford. Turkey. Rev. J. K. Kilboum, Genesee. M. D. Cooke, Green Bay. Rev. G. H. Krikorian, Yozgat. J. A. Cunningham, Janesville. Rev. S. P. Wilder, Janesville. MISSIONARIES PRESENT. Rev. George Ford, Merrill Rev. William Walker, Milton. Rev. C . M . Cady and wife, Japan. Rev. A. D. Adams, Oshkosh. Rev. J. L . Atkinson and wife, Japan. George C. Hill, Rosendale. Rev. George Allchin and wife, Japan. Rev. Josiah Beardsley, Rosendale. Rev. Mark Williams and wife, China. vi Minutes of the Annual Meeting. Rev. Henry P. Perkins, China. Rev. C. C. Tracy, Turkey. Rev. George H. Gutterson and wife, India. Miss Marion E. Sheldon, Turkey. Rev. Edward 5. Hume and wife, India. Rev. Thomas D. Christie, Turkey. Miss Hattie A. Houston, India. Rev. John A . Ainslie, Turkey. Miss Pauline Root, M.D., India.