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American 25apti£t 2l£i££icmarp &nion. EIGHTIETH ANNUAL REPORT WITH TH E P r o c e e d i n g s o f t h e A n n u a l M e e t i n g H ELD AT SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. MAY 27, 28 AND 29; 1894. BOSTON MISSIONARY ROOMS, 2A BEACON STREET 18 9 4 CONTENTS. Pice- E ig h t ie t h A n n u a l M e e t in g o f t h e A m e r ic a n B a p t i s t M is s io n a r y U n io n Address of the President, Rev. Augustus H. Strong, D. D ., L L . D. Appointment of Committees . Presentation of the Annual Report Report of Committee on Revision of the Constitution Election of O f f i c e r s .................................................. Report of Committee on Place and Preacher . A ct of the Legislature of Massachusetts A ct of the Legislature of New York Report of the Committee on Education . Report of the Committee on Finance Report of the Committee on Enrolment Minute on the Death of Rev. Edward Bright, D. D. Committee on the Relations of the Woman’s Societies Committee on Self-Support in the Missions S p e c ia l M e e t in g o f t h e B o a r d o f M a n a g e r s E ig h t ie t h A n n u a l M e e t i n g o f t h e B o a r d of M a n a g e r s Report on the Appeal of Rev. E . J . M ille r . E ig h t ie t h A n n u a l R e p o r t o f t h e E x e c u t iv e C o m m it t e The Home Department . The Treasury . Reports of the District Secretaries The Foreign Department .... T h e C ase of R e v . E . J . M iller Changes in the Missionary Force Obituaries ...... Bible W ork B u r m a Rangoon • • 56 Shw egyin 77 M aubin . • 83 San d o w ay 86 Moulmein 63 Prome . • 78 M andalay . 84 M eiktila . 89 T a vo y 67 Thongze 79 Th ayetm yo 85 Th ib aw . 91 Bassein 67 Zigon 79 M yin gy an • 85 M on& 9i Henzada 72 Tharrawaddy 81 P egu . 86 Myitkyina 93 Toungoo 74 Bhamo S i Sagain g 86 Sibsagor 95 j Gauhati 97 i T u ra 9S Kohim a N ow gong 96 | Goalpara 97 1 M olung North Lakimpur — T h e T e l u g u M is s io n Nellore . 102 ! M adras 1 1 2 | U d ayagiri 12 j Bolarum 129 Ongole . 104 Hanamaconda 1 14 Palm ur . 1 2 4 K a va li . 130 Ramapatam . 109 ! Cumbum ” 5 j N algonda 125 Kundakur rjo A llur . n o 1 Vinukonda . 116 K an agiri 12 7 Atm aku r Secunderabad no | Nursaravapetta 118 Bangalore 128 Janiim pett i.?1 Kurnool i n | Bapatla . 120 1 C h in a Bangkok, Siam 133 Kinw ha . : 35 Munkeuliang 144 Suichaufu 149 Ningpo, China J35 Huchau 137 K ayin . MS Chungking 153 Shaohing 134 Sw atow . '3 9 U n gk u n g 147 H ankow 153 J apa n Yokohama 154 Kobe 164 Shimonoseki . 168 O saka 169 T o k yo 159 Sendai 166 M orioka 169 A f r ic a Palnbula Lukunga 175 Bolen gi . *77 K in jila . lUnza Manteke 17 2 M ukim vika 176 Bwem ba 17 7 Irebu M atadi J74 Leopoldville 176 E u r o p e France . 182 Sweden . Finl.ind . 193 Spain Germ any 185 Denmark 193 N orw ay 194 G e n e r a l S t a t is t ic a l T a b l e s R e p o r t o f t h e T r e a s u r e r . O f f ic e r s o f t h e A m e r ic a n B a p i[•i s t M is s io n a r y U nion A n n u a l M e e t in g s a n d R e c e i p t s ........................................................ H o n o r a r y M e m b e r s fo r L i f e C o n s t it u t e d d u r in g t h e Y e a r ANNUAL MEETINGS. EIGHTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSIONARY UNION. S a r a t o g a S p r i n g s , N. Y ., May 27, 1894. T h e Union met in the first Baptist Church at 7.30 p. m ., President Strong in the chair. The Scriptures were read by President B. L. Whitman of Colby University. Prayer was offered by Prof. J . S. Gubelmann, D. D ., of Rochester Theological Seminary. The annual sermon was preached by Rev. Kerr B. Tupper, D. D., of Colorado ; text, Matt. xxvi. 8, “ To what purpose is this waste? ” MONDAY, MAY 28. The American Baptist Missionary Union held its eightieth anniversary in the meeting bouse of the First Baptist Church, Saratoga Springs, commencing at io o’clock a . m . President A . H. Strong, D. D., L L . D., of New York, called the meet ing to order. After the singing of “ Sovereign of worlds, display Thy power,” Rev. D. W . Faunce, D. D., of Rhode Island read the Scriptm-es. Prayer was offered by Rev. A . J . Gordon, D. D ., of Massachusetts. President Strong then addressed the Union upon the theme, “ The Love of Christ the Great Motive to Missions,” speaking as follows : — B r e t h r e n o f t h e M i s s i o n a r y U n io n : Times and places change, and men change with them, but Christ is the same yesterday and to-day and forever. When we last met, the white summits of- r^^-icky Mountains looked down upon us. We kindled our westernmost camp-fire two thousand miles from here, in a region whose stones are silver and out of whose hills men dig gold. Our hearts were glad because we had been enabled to celebrate the centennial year of Baptist missions by laying upon God’s altar a million-dollar offering — the largest that our churches in America had ever made. A bright future seemed opening before us ; enlargement of our work appeared practicable; we fancied that a more rapid pace had been set for the years before us. We sang our hallelujahs, we committed our cause to God, and we launched out for another twelvemonth voyage. But it was not long before the financial sky began to darken. Though the vessel had shot ahead, we had to take in sail. The hurricane came down upon us. We seemed just ready to drive upon the rocks of bankruptcy and disaster. But we cried unto the Lord in our trouble and he brought us out of our distresses. He made the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. The ship is battered and weatherworn, but it has come into the haven, and we say with the Psalmist, “ Oh that men would praise the Lord for His goodness,, and for his wonderful works to the children of men.” 4 Eightieth Annual Meeting. The future still confronts us, but we have learned some useful lessons from the past. \\c have come to believe in a Providence that makes even seeming evil the means of good. Thou4 years of plenty may be succeeded by years of famine, we know that God does not forget his people. “ Though the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall there be fruit in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls; yet will we rejoice in the Lord ; we will joy in the God of our salvation. Jehovah the Lord is our strength, and he maketh our feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make us to walk upon our high places.” Since this is a society of God's ordain ing and upholding, the words which Longfellow wrote of the ship of state, our Federal Union, may be applied in a more spiritual sense to our Missionary Union: — “ Sail on, O Union strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all its hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! We know what Master laid thy keel, What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast and sail and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope! Fear not each sudden sound and shock, ’ ['is of the wave and not the rock; ’Tis but the flapping of the sail And not a rent made by the gale! In spite of rock and tempest’s roar, In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears, Our faith triumphant o’er our fears, Are all with thee, — are all with thee ! ” Although the English Baptist Missionary Society began its work a little more than a century ago, it is only eighty years since American Baptists engaged in foreign missions.