KiuillLiii JNÜAL REPORT
OF THE
/niSSIONaRY SOCIETY
OF THE
M e t h o d ist E p isc o p a l C h u rch
. For the Y ear 1898.
Cable Address, Missions.
IF’IFl.IlKrTETD FO R . T H E SO C IE T Y , 1 5 0 FIFTH AVENUE, N E W Y O R K . 1 8 9 9 ,
Yale Divinity library New Haven, Conn. N e & CONTEIS í-i v . $ o - 2 3 PAGE ACT OF INCORPORATION...... 393 ANNUAL REPORT (EIGHTIETH)...... 7 ANNUAL REPORT OF TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURER ...... 12 ANNUITY ACCOUNT...... il APPORTIONMENT OF MONEYS TO BE RAISED DURING THE YEAR 1899 15 APPROPRIATIONS OF THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY FOR 1899...... 19 APPROPRIATIONS OF THE W. F. M. S. FOR 1899...... 385 APPROPRIATIONS OF THE W. H. M. S. FOR 1899...... 385 APPROPRIATIONS TO MISSIONS AND CONFERENCES, 1890-1899...... 388 BY-LAWS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS...... 403 CONSTITUTION...... 399 CONTRIBUTIONS AND AVERAGE FOR TEN YEARS...... 386 DIRECTORY OF FOREIGN MISSIONARIES...... 362 DISBURSEMENTS OF THREE METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETIES.... li DOMESTIC MISSIONS...... 309 A l a s k a ...... 309 N e v a d a ...... 314 A m e r ic a n I n d ia n s ...... 329 N e w M ex ico E n g l is h ...... 319 A rizo n a...... 309 N e w M e x ic o S p a n is h ...... 320 A t l a n t i c ...... 3 1 1 N o rth M o n t a n a ...... 3¿4 B o h em ia n a n d H u n g a ria n ...... 338 N o r th e rn S w e d is h ...... 325 C h in e s e ...... 331 N o rth P a c if ic G e r m a n ...... 325 E n g lish -S p e a k in g C o n f e r e n c e s... 343 N o rw eg ia n and D a n is h ...... 342 339 Ge r m a n ...... 340 S w e d is h ...... 341 G u l f ...... 3*3 U t a h ...... 326 I t a l i a n ...... 338 W e l s h ...... 330 J a p a n e s e ...... 336 W y o m in g ...... 326
FOREIGN MISSIONS...... 25 A frica...... 26 B en g a l-B u r m a ...... 224 A merica...... 271 B o m b a y ...... 2 15 A sia...... 98 N o rth I n d ia ...... 170 Bulgaria...... 91 N o r t h w e s t I n d i a ...... 190 China...... 99 S o uth I n d ia ...... 204 Central China...... 122 I t a l y ...... 84 F oochow...... IOO J a p a n ...... 241 Hinghua ...... I16 K o r e a ...... 262 North China...... I42 M a l a y s i a ...... 234 W est China...... I56 M e x ic o ...... 287 Denmark...... 75 N o r w a y ...... 64 Europe ...... 40 S o uth A m e r ic a ...... 272 Finland and St. Petersburg. .. S o uth J a p a n ...... 260 Germany ...... S w e d e n ...... 68 North G ermany...... S w it z e r l a n d ...... 58 S outh Germany ...... W e st e r n S o u th A m e r ic a ., 281 India...... 169 FINANCES OF THE SOCIETY, 18 19 -18 9 8...... 361 GENERAL MISSIONARY COMMITTEE...... 16 HONORARY LIFE MANAGERS...... 375 LIFE MEMBERS...... 384 MONTHLY AND ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF TREASURY H OFFICERS AND MANAGERS...... 3 ORDER FOR MAKING APPROPRIATIONS—GENERAL MISSIONARY COM. 412 PATRONS...... 373 RECEIPTS OF THE SOCIETY FROM THE BEGINNING...... 360 RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD AND PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY...... 39® STANDING COMMITTEES...... 6 STATISTICAL SUMMARIES...... 358 1898.] Officers of the Society and Board. 3
Officers of the Society and Board. President. BISHOP STEPHEN M. MERRILL.
Vice Presidents. B ishop E. G . A n d r e w s, B ish o p J . H . V in cen t, J a m e s H . T a f t , H . W . W a r r e n , J. N. F it z G e r a l d , G eo rge G. R e y n o ld s, C. D . F o ss, I. W . J oyce, G eo rge J . F e r r y , J . F . H u r st , J . P. N e w m a n , J ohn S. M cL ean , W . X. N in d e, D. A . G o o b se l l , J ohn F r en ch , J . M. W a l d e n , C. C. M c C aJ bam e , es F. R u sl in g , W . F. M a l l a l ie u , E a r l C ran sto n , J am es M. K in g , C. H. F o w l e r ; E noch L. F a n c h e r , J a m e s M. B u c k l e y , A aron K . S a n f o r d .
Elected. Corresponding Secretaries. 1888. A d n a B. L e o n ar d , Mission Rooms, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 1896. A b r a h a m J . P a l m e r , Mission Rooms, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 1896. W il l ia m T. S m it h , Mission Rooms, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Recording Secretary. 1 8 8 8 . Stephen L. Baldwin, Mission Rooms, 1 5 0 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Treasurer.
1896. H om er E ato n , Methodist Book Concern, 150 Fifth A ve., New Y ork City. A ssistant Trcasurer. 1896. L e w is C urts, Western Book Concern, 220 West Fourth St., Cincinnati, O.
Board of Managers* Bishops. M anagers ex o/ficio. 872 B ish o p T h o m as B o w m a n , E vanston, 111. 872 R a n d o lp h S. F o s t e r , 42 E lm H ill Avenue, R oxbury, Mass. 872 S te p h e n M. M e r r i l l , 5 7 Washington Street, Chicago, 111. 872 E d w a r d G. A n d r e w s , 150 F ifth Avenue, New Y o rk C ity. H e n r y W . W a r r e n , University Park, Colo. C y r u s D. F o ss, 2043 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 880 J ohn F. H u r st , 170 1 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D. C. W il l ia m X. N in d e , 59 Ledyard Street, Detroit, Mich. J ohn M. W a l d e n , 220 West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, O. W il l a r d F. M a l l a l ie u , 42 Grove Street, Auburndale, M ass: C h a r l e s H. F o w l e r , 455 Franklin Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 888 J ohn H . V in ce n t , Topeka, Kan. Ja m e s N. FitzGerald, 1 5 0 5 Locust Street, Saint Louis, Mo. I s a a c W . J o y c e , 1 1 1 5 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn. J o h n P. N ew m an , 1 0 3 7 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. D a n ie l A . G o o d s e ll, Chattanooga, Tenn. 1896 C h a r l e s C. M c C a b e , Fort W7orth, Tex. 1896 E a r l C ran sto n , Portland, Ore. 4 Missionary Report. [1898,
Board of Managers—Continued.
Elected. Ministers* 1870. A aro n K . S an fo r d , 63 Park Street, Manhattan, New York City. 1 8 7 6 . Ja m e s M. B u c k le y , 1 5 0 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New Y ork C ity. 1 8 8 0 . J a c o b B. G r a w , M illville, N. J. 1 8 8 0 . Ja m e s M. K in g , 3 7 W est 90th Street, Manhattan, New York City. 1 8 S0 . H enry A. Buttz, Drew Seminary, Madison, N. J. 1 SS2. S am u el F. U ph a m , Drew Seminary, Madison, N. J. 1883. T hom as H. B u r c h , 100 W est 130 th Street, Manhattan, New York City. 1 8 8 4 . A n d r e w L o n g a c re , 3 1 East 6 0 1I1 Street, Manhattan, N ew York City. 1 8 8 4 . JohnF. Goucher, 2 3 0 9 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Md. 1 SS4. J a m e s R. D ay', Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. 1884. C h a r l e s S. H a r r o w eu, 108 W est 4 1st St., Manhattan, New York City. 1887. H e n ry A. M on roe, 15 16 Stiles Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 1887. B en jam in M. A d a m s , B ethel, Conn. 1887. D a n ie l R. L o w r ie , 219 Market Street, Paterson, N. J. 1 S90. H om er E a t o n , 150 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. 1892. G eorge A b e le , 17 17 Bank Street, Baltimore, Md. 1892. C h a r l e s R . B a r n e s, Washington, N. J. 1892. S a m u e l P. H am m o n d , 13 Washington Street, Newark, N. J. 1892. S tephen O. B enton, F all River, Mass. 1892. C h a r l e s H. P a y n e , 150 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. 1895. E z r a S. T ip p l e , 1981 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. 1896. H erb er t W elch , Middletown, Conn. 1896. S am u el W . T h o m a s, 15 13 Centennial Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 1896. S am u el W . G e h re tt, 3418 North 19 th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 1896. G eorge P. M ains, 150 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. 1897. F M ason N o r t h , 150 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. 1898. A le x a n d e r H . T u t t l e , 1 1 1 3 Broad Street, Newark, N. J. 1898. W i llia m V. K e l l e y , 150 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. 1898. Jesse L. H urlbut, 1 5 0 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. 1898. W il l ia m F. A nderson, 219 W est 4th SLreet, M anhattan, New York City. 1898. C h a r l e s S. W in g , 47 Brevoort Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1899. J a m e s O. W il s o n , 120 West 76th Street, Manhattan, New York City. Laymen. 1849. E noch L. F a n c h e r , 14 1 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. 1852. J am e s H. T a f t , 480 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1858. J ohn S. M c L e a n , 402 Hudson Street, Manhattan, New York City. i 860. J ohn F rench , 469 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1866. O liv e r H. P. A r c h e r , 14 W est 52d Street, Manhattan, New York City. 1866. G eorge J. F e r r y , 21 West Fourth Street, Manhattan, New York City. 1869. G eorge G. R e y n o l d s, 16 Court Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1876. L em uel S k id m o r e , 44 Pine Street, Manhattan, New York City. 1878. J ohn D. S l a y b a c k , 416 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. 1880. A nderson F o w l e r , 60 East 58th Street, Manhattan, New York City. 1880. E zr a B. T u t t l e , 40 Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1 8 8 0 . Charles Scott, 1 5 2 0 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 1880. A lden S p e a r e , Newton Center, Mass. 1898.] Board of Managers. 5
Board of Managers—Continued. Elected. 1883. P e ter A . W e l c h , 122 W est 12 3d Street, Manhattan, New York City. 1884. W m . H. F alc o n e r , 100 Fourth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. 1887. W il l ia m H o y t , 772 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. 1888. J. M ilton C o rn ell, 29 East 37th Street, Manhattan, New York City. 1888. R ic h a r d G r a n t , 23 Arlington Avenue, East Orange, N. J. 1 8 8 8 . H e n r y W . K n ig h t , 156 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. 1 8 8 8 . Alex. H. DeHaven, Hotel Majestic, Manhattan, New Y ork City. 1889. C h ester C. Corbin, Webster, Mass. 1890. E d w a r d L. D o b bin s, 752 Broad Street, Newark, N. J. 18 9 1. J am es F. R u sl in g , 224 East State Street, Trenton, N. J. 1892. J ohn E. A n d r u s, Yonkers, N. Y. 1892. H en ry K . C a r r o l l, Piainfield^ N. J. 1894. J ohn S. H u y l e r , 64 Irving Place, Manhattan, New York City. 1894. John Beattie, 2 4 5 W est 46th Street, Manhattan, New York City. 1 8 9 6 . R ic h a r d W . P. G o f f . 2 3 0 South Second Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 1896. A rch er B r o w n , io i Harrison Street, East Orange, N. J. 1897. S u m m erfield B a l d w in , 1006 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Md. 1898. G eo rge C. B a t c h e l l e r , 237 W est 72d Street, Manhattan, New York City. 1898. J ohn R. C u r r a n , 400 Ellison Street, Paterson, N. J.
Secretarial Supervision*
T he division of the work among the Corresponding Secretaries, with the ap proval of the Board of Managers, is as follows :
S e c r e t a r y L e o n ard —Lands and Legacies, and Missions in India, Malaysia, Africa, and Italy. S e c r e t a r y P a l m e r —Finance, and Missions in China, Europe (except Italy and Bulgaria), and Mexico. S e c r e t a r y S m ith —Publications, and Missions in Japan, Korea, Bulgaria, and South America. Domestic Missions are assigned to the Secretaries monthly in turn. Corre spondence can be addressed to either Secretary.
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. [1898.
Standing Committees. T h e Treasurer is ex officio a member and the Corresponding Secretaries are advisory 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. H . W . K n igh t, On Woman’s Mission Work. E. L. D obbin s, Ch'n, J ohn B e a t t ie , C. S. H arrower, Ch'n, J. H . T a f t , E. S. T ip p l e , J . R . D a y , G. J. F e r r y , F. M. N o r t h . D. R . L o w r ie , W il l ia m H o y t , E. S. T ippl e , J. S. H u y le u , On Self-supporting Missions. H . W . K n ig h t , J. S. M c L e an , J . S. M c L e a n , Ch'n, G. P. M a in s, E. B. T u t t le , A nderson F o w l e r , L . S k id m o r e , A lden S pe a r e , J ohn F ren ch , H . W e lch . J. E. A n d r u s . R ic h a rd G r a n t , On Estimates. H. K . C a r r o l l , Lands and Legacies. A. K . S an fo r d , J. M. Buckley, Ch'n, E. L. Fancher, Ch'n, S. W . T h o m as, J. S. M cL e a n , G. G. R e y n o ld s , J. L . H u r l b u t . S. F. U p h a m , Lemuel Skidmore, G. J . F e r r y , Alden Speare, On Europe. J . D. S l a y b a c k , P. A. W elch , H. A . B uttz, Ch'n, J. S. H u y l e r . W il l ia m H o y t , T. H. B u r c h , J . L. H u r lbu t . C h a r l e s S co tt, J . R . D a y , J. F. R u s lin g , On Nominations and Gen A . H. D e H a v e n , eral Reference. S. B a l d w in . J . M. B u c k l e y , J. S. McLean, Ch'n,- On Africa. G eo rge A bele, A. K. Sanford, G. P. M a in s, A. K. Sanford, Ch'n, J. H. T a f t , A . H . T u t t le . Anderson Fowler, E. L. F an c h e r , C. S. H ar ro w e r , On India. J. M. K in g , B. M. A d a m s , O. H . P. A rch e r, J. F. G o u c iie r , Ch'n, H. A . M onroe, J . F. G o u ch er, E. B. T u t tle , H erbert W elch , E. B. T u t t l e , B. M. A d a m s, R. W . P. G o f f , J ohn F ren ch , J . M. C orn ell, A rch er B r o w n . J . M. B u c k l e y , C. R. B a r n e s, On South America and C. S. H a r r o w e r , W . H. F alco n er, Mexico. E. L. D o bbin s, C. H. P a y n e , J. S. M cL e an , Ch'n, H. A . .Bu t tz. J. O. W i l s o n . A ndrew" L o n g ac re, On Apportionments. C. C. C orbin, On Domestic Missions. J. F. Goucher, Ch'n, J . M. K in g . J ohn F rench, Ch’n, J. M . B u c k l e y , S. P. H am m ond, J . D. S l a y b a c k , C. S. H a r r o w e r , H e rb ert W elch , Ii. W . K night, D. R . L o w r ie , . G. C. B a t c i i e l l e r . S. O. B e n t o n , F. M . N o r t h . On China. S. W . G e h re tt , J. H. T a f t , Ch'n, \V. V . K ei.le y , Audits at New York. S. F. U p h a m , S. W . T h o m as, E. B. T uttle, Ch'n, P. A. W e lc h , C. S. W ing, A . K . S a n fo r d , H . K . C a r r o l l , J . R . C u rran . W . H . F alc o n e r , G. P. M a in s, C. S. H a r r o w e r , On Publications. A . IT. T u t t le, J ohn B e a t t ie , J. M. K in g , W. V. K e l l e y , Ch'n, E. S. T ip p l e , J . M. B u c k l e y , J. L. H urlbut, F . M . N o r t h . W. F. A n d e r s o n . J . F. G o u c h er, A n d r ew L o n gacre, Audits at Cincinnati. On Japan and Korea. A . K . S an fo r d , Richard Dymond, Ch’n, O. H . P. A r c h e r , Ch'n, J . B. G r a w , Edward Sargent, D. R. L o w r ie , C. II. P a y n e , R . H . R u st , J. E. A n d ru s , J ohn Be a t t ie . A . J . N a s t . 1898.] Eightieth Annual Report. 7
e ig h t ie t h A n n u a l R e p o r t .
A N O T H E R year of marked success is reported from all our great foreign fields. The increase in members and proba tioners is 7,848. The total number of members and proba tioners in our foreign missions is 177,477. India now reports 78,326 ; China, 24,022; Germany, 18,131; Sweden, 17,409; Switzerland, 8,099; Norway, 6,019; Japan, 5,138; Mexico, 4,710; South America, 4,487 ; Africa, 3,270 ; Denmark, 3,194; Italy, 1,995 ; Finland, 884; Malaysia, 594; Bulgaria, 241. In 1898 Bishop Walden presided over the Conferences and Missions in Europe, Bishop Cranston in China, Japan, and Korea, Bishop Warren in South America, Bishop Fitz Gerald in Mexico, Bishop Thoburn in India, and Bishop Hartzell in Africa. The following changes have occurred among the foreign missionaries during the past year : A fric a . On April 19 the following were recognized as missionaries by the Board : In Angola—Rev. Amos E. Withey, Rev. Samuel J. Mead, Rev. Wm. P. Dodson, Rev. Charles W. Gordon, Rev. Robert Shields, Rev. Herbert E. Withey, Rev. Wm. S. Miller, Rev. Wm. O. White, Miss Susan Collins, Mrs. Mary B. Shuett, Miss Hilda Larson; in Liberia—Rev. John G. Tate, Rev. James B. Robertson, Rev. John Harrow, Miss Agnes Mc Allister, Mrs. Jennie Hunt, Mrs. Frederika Smith, Mr. D. E. Osborne, Mr. W. L. Walker. During the year Rev. E. H. Greeley, of Liberia, Mrs. Jennie Hunt, and Rev. S. J. Mead and wife, of Angola, returned to the United States on furlough; Rev. Wm. O. White, of Angola, with drew; Mrs. Frederika Smith married Rev. James B. Robertson ; Rev. M. W. Ehnes and wife sailed for Umtali, Rhodesia. On November 22 the following were recognized as missionaries by the Board in the bounds of the Liberia Conference: Rev. W. G. Smart and wife, Miss Rachel Mair, and Miss Jessie Arms. Rev. J. C. Sherrill and wife, Mr. M. H. Allen and wife, Mr. Joe A. Davis, Miss Amanda Davis, and Rev. J. A. Simpson and wife were sent out to Monrovia ; Rev. Thomas Waite and Rev. S. E. Brewster to Angola; Rev. J. L. DeWritt and wife and Mrs. Anna J. Arndt to Rhodesia. China. Rev. J. C. Ferguson resigned as a member of the Central China Mission. On April 19 Rev. F. Ohlinger was recognized by the Board as a missionary in the Hinghua Mission. Rev. W. F. Walker, D.D., Rev. G. W. Verity, F. M. Woolsey, M.D., Miss Sarah Bosworth, and Miss L. C. Hanzlik returned to the United States on furlough. Rev. Robert E. MacLean and wife and Rev. Harry F. Rowe and wife reinforced the Central China Mission, and Professor Ben H. Marsh reinforced the Foochow Mission. Miss Kate Mullikin was married to Mr. Edward K. Lowry. In d ia. Rev. Peachey T. Wilson, Rev. C. G. Conklin, Rev. A. S. E. Vardon, and Mrs. Geo. K. Gilder died. Rev. Horace A. Crane was 8 Missionary Report. [1898. transferred to the Genesee Conference. Rev. C. T. Erickson transferred to the North Ohio Conference. Rev. G. J. Schilling transferred to the New ark Conference. Rev. D. C. Monroe returned from India and has been transferred to the Central New York Conference. Rev. Philo M. Buck and wife, Rev. A. T. Leonard and wife, Rev. J. C. Butcher and wife, and Rev. W. P. Byers and wife returned to India. Rev. D. C. Clancy and Rev. Charles B. Hill reinforced the India Missions. In July Rev. Samuel Knowles and Rev. Dennis Osborne, of India, were recognized by the Board as missionaries of the Society. Miss Helen H. Hanson was sent out, and was married to Rev. T. P. Fisher. Rev. S. S. Dease, M.D., was married to Miss Jennie M. Dart, M.D. J I M alaysia. Rev. C. C. Kelso was transferred to the Detroit Confer ence. Rev. W. G. Shellabear and Rev. H. L. E. Luering, of Singapore, were recognized as missionaries of the Society by the Board on February 15. Rev. John R. Denyes reinforced the Mission in February. Ja p a n . Rev. H. B. Schwartz was transferred to the New England Conference. Rev. Benj. Chappell and Miss Jennie S. Vail returned from the United States to Japan. Rev. J. W. Wad man and Rev. H. W. Swartz, M.D., returned to the United States on furlough. Rev. Charles W. Huett reinforced the Missions in January, 1898, and James L. Cowen was sent out as Business Agent in January, 1899. K orea. J. B. Busteed, M.D., and Rev. D. A. Bunker retired from the Mission. W. B. McGill, M.D., returned to the United States on furlough. Rev. Arthur M. Brooks and wife, Rev. Geo. C. Cobb and wife, and Rev. Wilbur C. Swearer reinforced the Mission. South America. On the east coast Rev. William Groves returned to the United States and has been transferred to the Wisconsin Conference. Rev. J. F. Jenness sailed in December to become pastor of the English Church in Rosario, Argentina. Rev. F. D. Tubbs was transferred to the Ohio Conference, Rev. C. W. Drees, D.D., came to the United States on furlough, but returned to the field in January, 1899, leaving Mrs. Drees in this country. Rev. A. W. Greenman returned from the United States to Argentina. Rev. J. P. Gilliland was transferred from the Western South America Mission Conference to the South America Conference. In Chili Rev. B. B. Keister was transferred to North Nebraska Conference. Rev. P. B. Cuppett and wife, Rev. C. M. Griffith and wife, Miss Ruth Van Deren, Miss Alice M. Fisher, and Miss Rose Rugg returned to the United States. Miss Fisher returned to the Mission in February, 1899. Professor T. W. LaFetra and wife, Mr. E. P. Currier, Miss Rosina A. Kinsman, and Miss Marian A. Milks returned to Chili. Rev. Floyd C. Allen, Miss Jeanette Carpenter, Miss Harriet L. Fields, Miss May E. Finney, Miss Clara Iwan, and Rev. J. L. Reeder reinforced the Mission. Professor George M. Hewey and wife, Miss Moses, and Miss Porter returned to the United States from Peru, and Rev. M. J. Pusey and wife were sent out to reinforce the Mission. M exico. Rev. B. S. Haywood reinforced the Mission, and was sta tioned at Pachuca. The Board of Managers sustained severe losses during the year in the death of Rev. J. B. Merwin, D.D., at Port Jef- erson, N. Y., March 5 ; Rev. C. S. Coit, D.D., at Irvington, N. J., March 6; Rev. A. S. Hunt, D.D., in Brooklyn, N. Y., September 14 ; and Rev. A. D. Vail, D.D., in New York city, November 22. 1898.] Eightieth Annual Report. 9 Rev. Ensign McChesney, D.D., and Messrs. J. A. Punder- ford and G. R. Howe resigned. The vacancies were filled by the election of Dr. W. V. Kelley and Dr. A. H. Tuttle, March 15 ; Mr. George C. Batcheller, July 19; Rev. William Anderson, Ph.D., Dr. Charles S. Wing, and Mr. John R. Curran, September 20; and Dr. James O. Wilson, January 16, 1899. The Treasurer’s report to the General Missionary Com mittee in November showed the total receipts of the year, exclusive of contributions for the debt, to be $1,181,789.33, which was an increase of $49,848.66 over the previous year. The amount received on the debt was $103,354.88—making a grand total of receipts of $1,285,144.21, the largest sum ever received in a single year. The whole amount of the debt has been subscribed ; but $87,164.80 remains to be paid in. The whole Church is to be congratulated on the success attained in securing the payment of so large a debt under such difficult circumstances. We append the following tributes of the Board of Man agers to their late associates : THE REV. JOHN B. MERW IN, D.D. From 1871 to the date of his death at Port Jefferson, N. Y., March 5, 1898, Rev. John B. Merwin, D.D., as a member of the Board, performed the duties of his office with true manliness and strict integrity. His punc tuality in attendance upon the meetings of the committees and Board, his wise counsels, undivided attention, and discriminating judgment made him an influential and useful addition to the membership of the Board. To the welfare of the Church and extension of Christ’s kingdom through out the world he gave his influence, time, and talent. His religious life was eminently pure, cheerful, and worthy of imitation. Deeply sensible of the loss they have sustained in the removal of their venerable associate, and cherishing an affectionate remembrance of his many virtues and valuable services, the Board desires to acknowledge their gratitude to God for his goodness in permitting them to enjoy his com panionship and cooperation so long ; and, while saddened by the thought that here on earth they shall hear his voice, behold his face, and learn of him no more, yet rejoice in the reflection that he still lives in the higher and more glorious fellowship of the spirits of the just made perfect. THE REV. CHARLES S. COIT, D.D. With saddened spirits we bring a loving tribute to the memory of our Brother Coit, who went before on Sunday, March 6. Among those recently called from us none was more devotedly attached to the cause we represent than was he. Elected a manager of the Mission ary Society in 1880, along with such men as the Rev. Drs. J. B. Graw, James M. King, Henry A. Buttz, in ripe manhood, and with the training of thirty-three years in the pastorate, he entered the Board eminently quali fied for its duties. 10 Missionary Report. [1898.
Brother Coit was methodical of habit, of rare business qualifications, judicial in temperament, independent in thought, ambitious for success, and liberal in giving. His sympathy and thought were elicited in behalf of the material, the educational, and the evangelistic features of mission work. In debate he expressed his convictions and presented his recommenda tions with brevity and force ; while his vote seemed always born of inward conviction.
THE REV. ALBERT S. HUNT, D.D. Dr. Hunt was elected a member of the Board of Managers in 1866, and his name stands at the head of the list as the oldest clerical member. We recall with deep feelings of grief for the loss the Board sustains, and on account of our own sense of personal bereavement, the long and valuable services of our faithful colaborer. His devotion to the interests of the Church, as represented by the Society, was sincere and unreserved. Of singularly pure and exalted Christian character, he gave the best of his strong intellect, of his mature and impartial judgment, and of his trained ability to the problems of mis sionary administration. He was wise in counsel, and true as the needle to the pole to his convictions. Ever mindful of the rights, privileges, and feelings of his brethren, there was a charm in his personal bearing and in his fraternal spirit which made companionship with him a blessed experience. His qualities of mind and heart compelled both admiration and affec tion, and while we mourn because of the keen sense of loss which his sud den death brings to us, we feel that the Church is to be congratulated that he has lived to adorn its ministry, to consecrate a noble manhood to its service, and to exert a powerful and lasting influence over young men entering the sacred calling.
THE REV. ALBERT D. VAIL, D.D. Knowing God’s ceaseless watchcare over his servants, and believing his word, that “ precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints,” we cannot question his wisdom or his goodness in the swift removal from labor to rest of our beloved brother, Albert D. Vail, the senior clerical member of this Board. His departure touches us the more nearly, coming as it did right in our own work—in the brief interval between the meeting of his committee and the regular meeting of the Board he was on his way to attend. Startling as his sudden removal naturally appears, we recognize in it a a merciful fulfillment of his own often expressed hope : “ In condescending love, Thy ceaseless prayer He heard ; And bade thee suddenly remove To thy complete reward.” We desire to put on record our high appreciation of Dr. Vail’s sterling- Christian character and of his faithful and efficient service as a member of this Board. Broadly well informed by continual study and long experience in the work, punctual, wise, careful, a master of details, his judgment on all occa sions was of great value. Invariably considerate of others, and concili atory in speech and action, he enhanced the good fellowship of our com mon service. He was singularly free from all appearance of self-seeking, never de siring prominence of place, and never shrinking from duty. 1898.] 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 are 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 es tates 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, 1898, issued on the lives of individuals, on which all obligation of the Society ceases on the death of the donor or donors, was $436,630.68; 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., $51,033.07, making a total of $ 5 i2,298.75. 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 $4,600 was paid over from such lapsed annuities.
Missionary Societies of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Receipts. Disbursements. Missionary Society...... * $ 1 ,242,627 33 $ 1 ,253,218 1 1 Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society.... 328,488 75 346,892 92 Woman’s Home Missionary Society 187,993 38 19 5 ,717 80
T o ta l...... $ 1 ,759,109 46 $ 1 ,795,828 83 Dishttrsemcnts fo r Foreign Missions. Missionary Society...... f $ 720,260 63 Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society...... 346,892 92
T otal...... $ 1 ,067,153 55 Disbursements fo r Home Missions. Missionary Society...... $ 449,520 64 W om an’s Home Missionary Society...... 18 1,7 12 97
T otal...... $ 6 31,2 33 61 Appropriations fo r 1899. Missionary Society...... $ 1 ,174,206 Missionary Society, conditional...... 48,000 Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society...... 359,788 Woman’s Home Missionary Society, unconditional...... 72,867 Woman’s Home Missionary Society, conditional...... 104,650
T o tal...... $ 1 ,759 ,511
* Includes special gifts, but not money received for the debt. + This includes special gifts, salaries of Missionary Bishops, and the portion of incidental expenses expended for foreign missions. ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer» October 31, 1898.
Apportion liec’pts from CONFERENCES. ments, Nov. 1,1897, to Increase. Decrease. 1898. Oct. 31,1898
Alabama. ? 1,180 $453 15 $60 84 Alaska Arizona ...... ’ ‘ '875 859 00 Arkansas ...... 1,400 853 73 A tla n ta...... 1,800 846 a ) Atlantic...... 120 113 00 Austin...... 1,480 945 00 Baltimore...... 42,650 40,779 50 Bengal-Burma ...... 300 144 24 Black Hills...... m 530 75 Blue Ridge— ...... 930 34 00 Bombay...... 300 329 94 Bulgaria...... 33(1 42 82 California...... 15,135 9,262 41 California German...... 1,020 926 00 Central Alabama...... 1,450 507 89 Central China ...... 400 2® 29 Central German...... 9,755 7,691 50 Central Illinois...... 24.400 19,204 66 Central Missouri...... 1,875 446 12 2,618 62 Central New York...... 24,900 21.291 17 644 00 Central Oliio ------26,300 2H.476 44 Central Pennsylvania 4J.725 44,943 93 Central Swedish...... 3,590 3,572 50 Central Tennessee...... 1,340 542 00 Chicago German...... 4,790 4332 70 Chili ...... Cincinnali...... 33.400 19.ÓÌ6 8Ì Colorado...... 9.050 5,876 94 568 85 Columbia R iv e r...... 3.800 3.444 85 1,008 04 Congo...... 20 Dakota...... 4.690 4,170 Ì Ì Delaware...... 3,930 3.601 10 Denm ark...... 1,001) 734 77 Des M oines...... 28,850 25,633 54 Detroit...... 26.950 17,72) 75 East Germ an...... 5,450 6,359 00 East Maine...... 4,580 3.265 45 East Ohio...... 41.200 28.934 95 306 *8 East Tennessee...... 950 178 00 30 75 Erie . 25.200 17.572 00 Finland and St. Petersburg. 250 283 30 Florida...... 1,260 577 15 60 60 Foochow...... 300 411 35 411 35 G enesee...... 28,50li 24,176 81 449 46 Georp 656 246 00 42 73 Germany
TKEASUKHU'S ACCOUNT. ASSISTANT TREASURER’S ACCOUNT. COMBINED STATEMENT. BALANCES.
Bularme on ¡ Treasury in Balance 011 Tre,' suryin State of tin? Disburse hand on the debt on the Bate. Receipts. Receipts Disburse Total Total Dis Treasury on first day of : lirst day of ments. lirst day of lirst dav of ments. Receipts bursements. the last day of 'each month.'each month. eaehmonth. each month. each month.
November, IS!) .. ÿlï'2,07T 3:1 $22,511 81 $!>1,7D5 0)0 $0.105 08 $ $1,242 os! ...... $23,753 89 $91,705 $240 ,029 12* December, . 240,029 12 20,915 2;> 100,479 73 0,311 11 5,912 93 20,828 18 105,479 318 680 67* January, 1398 . i 318,6S0 07 17,201 98 103,409 79 4.511 09 098 60 ...... 17.900 58 10S.409 409 ,189 88*
February, Ì 409,189 SS 14,130 81 00.70S 75 3,330 80 2.786 18 10,910 94 00,708 [1898. 458 ,981 69* Report. Missionary March, ..i 458,981 09 149.91S Oil 134,792 54 5.590 93 42,505 54 192.424 23 184,792 401 ,350 OO* April, 401.3'>0 ()()! 800,997 70 107.21)0 81 37.251 87 4,851 76 805.849 5? 107,266 202 ,767 29* May, .. 202,707 29 41,891 30 85,880 os 8,825 70 8,374 11 45,265 47 85.886 24» ,388 80* June, .. 243.3S8 SO 21.918 79 110,005 52 6,000 87 4,056 78 26.575 57 116,005 332 ,818 75* •I uly, .. 332.S1S 75 18,747 81» 112.107 81 8,420 90 2,26S 93 21.016 82 l i 2.1 or 423 ,909 74* August. .. 423,009 74 21,077 59 75.823 81 4,93S 70 10,446 62 81,524 11 75,823 468 ,209 41* September, . . ! 408.209 44 92.924 70 107,038 40 5,090 87 129,422 85 222,847 55 107,638 353 ,500 29* October, 353.500 29 185,598 03 141.392 31 77.922 35 176,625 84 812.224 47 141,392 79, 313 25*
General Statement for the Year« RECEIPTS. Treasury in debt November 1,1897 ...... $172,077 35t Received by Treasurer at New York from Nov. 1, 1S97, to Oct. 31.180S, Excess of Disbursements over Receipts...... 10^500 78 For General Purposes...... $797.775 30 u Conditional Appropriations and Special Gifts.. . . (¡0.059 90 Treasury in debt October 31,1893 ...... $182,668 13 ------$S57,835 20 Less amount received during the year for the debt...... 108,854 88 Received by Assistant Treasurer at Cincinnati, For General Purposes...... 1384.013 97 Net debt o f the Treasury October 81, 189S...... $79,818 25t “ Conditional Appropriations and Special Gifts 778 lo CONDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS AND SPECIAL GIFTS. ------384,792 07 Cash on hand November 1, 1897 ...... $14,065 48 Total...... $1,242,627 83 Received during the year...... 60,838 00 DISBURSEMENTS. $74 903 43 For General Purposes...... $1,190.802 61 Paid from November 1, 1897, to October 31, 1898...... 56’415 50 “ Conditional Appropriations and Special G ifts 50.415 50 ------$1,253,218 11 Balance on hand (to be forwarded)...... $18,4S7 93 $1,590 78 Excess of Disbursements over Receipts LEWIS CURTS, Ass't Treasurer. HOMER EATON, Treasurer.
* Treasury in debt, t To this should be added the amount then due on Conditional Appropriations and Special Gifts (Nov. 1,1897, *1.4,005.43; Oct. 31,1898, $18,487.93). 1898.] Apportionments for 1899. 15
Apportionments for Ì899
ON THE $1,500,000 LINE.
A labam a...... $1,200 Indiana...... $38,990 Northwest Nebraska $900 Arizona Mission 875 Io w a...... 16,650 Norway...... 1,400 Arkansas...... 1,400 I t a ly ...... 400 Norweg’n & Danish 3,610 A tlanta...... 1,800 J a p a n ...... 500 Ohio...... 36,150 Atlantic Mission... 130 K ansas...... 12,390 Oklahoma...... 2,700 A u stin ...... 1,480 Kentucky...... 7,500 Oregon...... 6,220 Baltimore...... 42,650 K o re a...... 200 Philadelphia 62,800 Bengal-Burma 300 Lexington...... 2,360 Pittsburg...... 39,200 Black Hills...... 900 Liberia...... 130 Puget Sound 4,700 Blue Ridge...... 930 Little Rock...... 890 Rock R iver...... 40,400 Bombay...... 300 Louisiana...... 3,120 Saint John’s River. 930 Bulgaria...... 130 M aine...... 7,550 Saint Louis...... 14,475 California...... 15,180 Malaysia...... 100 Siiint Louis German. 6,925 California German.. 1,000 M exico...... 800 Savannah...... 1,050 Central Alabama... 1,450 M ichigan...... 26,900 South America 1,000 Central China M is.. 400 M innesota...... 10,150 South Carolina 6,270 Central German 9,755 Mississippi...... 1,960 South Germany 1,500 Central Illinois .... 24,500 Missouri...... 10,375 South India...... 350 Central Missouri 1,875 M ontana...... 2 ,10 0 South Kansas 10,800 Central New York.. 25,000 Ne bras lea...... 11 ,0 0 0 Southern California. 9,500 Central Ohio 26,300 Nevada...... 1,125 Southern German.. 1,770 Central Penn’a 42,900 New England 39,800 Southern Illinois... 15,450 Central Swedish ... 3,590 New Eng. Southern 19,100 Southwest Kansas.. 10,150 Central Tennessee.. 1,340 New Ham pshire.... 10,150 Sweden...... 4,000 Chicago German.. . . 4,790 New Jersey...... 35,600 Switzerland...... 1,450 Cincinnati ...... 33,500 New Mexico English 750 Tennessee...... 1,550 Colorado...... 9,050 New Mexico Spanish 610 Texas...... 3,051 Columbia River 4,060 New Y o rk ...... 56,600 T ro y...... 33’100 Congo...... 20 New York East 64,600 Upper Iowa...... 22,600 Dakota...... 4,830 Newark...... 42,800 Upper Mississippi.. 2,070 Delaware...... 3,930 North Carolina 1,310 Utah Mission 1,100 Denmark...... 1,000 North China 600 Vermont...... 7,100 Des Moines...... 28,900 North Dakota 3,900 Virginia...... 1,785 D etroit...... 26,950 North Germany 1,300 Washington...... 7,875 East German 5,450 North India...... 400 W est China Mission 110 East M aine...... 4,580 North Indiana 24,000 West German 4,840 East O hio...... 41,400 North Montana Mis. 550 West Nebraska 3,450 East Tennessee 950 North Nebraska 7,325 West Texas...... 2,240 E rie...... 25,300 North Ohio...... 19,150 West Virgini.i 17,650 Fin. & St. Peters b’g 250 North Pacific G er.. 790 West Wisconsin 10,800 Florida...... 1,260 Northern German.. 3,305 West. Norw.-Danish 530 Foochow...... 300 Northern Minnesota 9,010 Western S. America 200 Genesee...... 28,600 Northern New York 18,290 Western Swedish... 1,650 Georgia...... 656 Northern Swedish.. 1.710 Wilmington 24,200 G ulf...... 220 Northwest German. 2,945 Wisconsin...... 13,050 Hinghua...... 150 Northwest India 400 Wyoming...... 29,870 Holston...... 5,400 Northwest Indiana. 19,130 Wyoming Mission.. 660 Idaho ...... 960 Northwest Iowa 13,250 Illinois...... 37,300 Northwest Kansas.. 4,320 Total $1,505,257
N o t e .— The apportionment to each Annual Conference will be sent to the Presiding Elders before its next session. î6 Missionary Report. [1898.
GENERAL MISSIONARY COMMITTEE.
Bishops.
T h o m as B o w m a n , J ohn F . H u r st , J am e s N. F it zG e r a l d , R an d o lph S. F o st e r , W il i.ia m X . N in de, I sa a c W . J o y c e , S teph en M. M e r r il l , J ohn M. W a l d e n , J ohn P. N e w m a n , E d w a r d G. A n d r e w s, W il l a r d F. M a l l a l ie u , D a n ie l A . G o o d se l l , H e n ry \V. W a r r e n , C h a r l e s H. F o w l e r , C h a r l e s C. M cC a b e , C y r u s D. F o ss, J ohn H . V in ce n t, E a r l C r a n st o n .
Missionary Bishops.
W il l ia m T a y l o r , J a m e s M. T iio bu rn , J o seph C . H a r t z e l l .
Corresponding Secretaries.
A d n a B. L e o n a r d , A b r a h a m J . P a l m e r , W il l ia m T. S m it h .
Recording Secretary.
S teph en L iv in g st o n B a l d w in . Treasurer. Assistant Treasurer.
H o m er E a t o n . L e w is C u r t s.
Representatives o f Mission Districts.
C h a r l e s S. N u t t e r , J oseph M ..C a r t e r , Wm. J . M artin d at.e , W ilb u r F. C o r k r a n , H o r a c e N. H e r r ic k , A n d r e w J . T a y l o r , D a v id F. P ie r c e , H e n r y G. J a c k s o n , H e n r y L e m c k e , R obert T . M il l e r , J a m e s F. C h a f f e e , S a m u e l A . T h om son. L em u el H . S t e w a r t , A l fr e d H o d g e t t s,
Representatives o f Board o f Managers, Nov. 13 - 17 , 1 8 9 8 .
J ohn F. G o u c h e r , J a m e s M. K in g , A nderson F o w l e r , J a m e s M. B u c k l e y , S a m u e l W . T h o m a s, E d w a r d L . D o bbin s, S teph en O. B enton, E z ra B. T u t t l e , J ohn M. C o r n e l l , H e n r y A. B ltttz, A lden S p e a r e , C h a r l e s S c o t t . S a m u e l F . U p h a m , J ohn S. M c L e a n , Charles IT. Payne took the place of James M . King, and during the last two days John French took the place of Anderson Fowler.
Mission Districts, Conferences comprising them, and their Representatives. I. East Maine, Italy, Maine, New England, New England Southern, New Hampshire, Vermont. Charles Sumner Nutter, D .D ., St. Albans, Yt. II. Delaware, New Jersey, New York, New York East, Newark, Troy, Wil mington. Wilbur Fisk Corkran, D.D., Smyrna, Del. III. Central New York, Genesee, North India, N orthern New York, South India, Wyoming. David Franklin Pierce, D.D.. Utica, N. Y. IV. Baltimore, Central Pennsylvania, Erie, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Wash ington, West Virginia. Robert Thompson Miller, D.D., Wellsburg, Pa. V. Central Ohio, Cincinnati, East Ohio, Kentucky, North China, North Ohio, Ohio, South America. Lemuel IJarvey Stewart, D , D |?03 Broadway, Cleve land, O. 1898.J General Missionary Committee. 1/
VI. Alaoanra, Atlanta, Blue Ridge, Central Tennessee, East Tennessee, Flor ida, Georgia, Holston, North Carolina, Saint John’s River, Savannah, South Carolina, Virginia. “Joseph McKendree Carter, D.D., Huntingdon, Tenn. VII. Detroit, Indiana, Lexington, Michigan, North Indiana, Northwest Indiana. Horace Nelson Herrick, D.D., Wabash, Ind. VIII. Central Illinois, Des Moines, Iowa, Northwest Iowa, Rock River, Upper Iowa. Henry Godden Jackson, D.D ., 57 Washington Street, Chicago, 1 1 1. IX. Bombay, Central Swedish, Minnesota, North Dakota, Northern Minne sota, Norway, Norwegian and Danish, South Dakota, West Wisconsin, Western Swedish, Wisconsin. James Franklin Chaffee, D.D., Box 243, Minneapolis, Minn. X. Colorado, Japan, Liberia, Nebraska, North Nebraska, Northwest India, Sweden, West Nebraska. A lfred Hodgetts, D.D ., Norfolk, Neb. XI.-Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Northwest Kansas, Oklahoma, Saint Louis, South Kansas, Southern Illinois, Southwest Kansas. Wtn. James Martin dale, D.D., Wichita, Kan. XII. Arkansas, Austin, Central Alabama, Central Missouri, Little Rock, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, Upper Mississippi, West Texas. Andrew Jackson Taylor, D.D., Fayetteville, Ark. 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, 306 Maxwell Street, Chicago, 111. XIV. Bengal-Burma, Black Hills, California, Columbia River, Foochow, Idaho, Mexico, Montana, Oregon, Puget Sound, Southern California, Western Norwegian-Danish. Samuel Archibald Thomson, D.D., Phoenix, Ariz.
Annual Meeting of the General Missionary Committee.
The General Missionary Committee met in the Mathewson Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Providence, R. I., November 10- 17 , 1898. All the members were present except Bishops Foster, Newman, Taylor, and Thoburn, and Bishop Cranston, who was in China. The Committee voted to appropriate in the ratio of 57 per cent to foreign and 43 per cent to home missions ; but as the appropriations were finally made, they gave a little more than 58 per cent to the foreign, and a little less than 42 per cent to the home missions. The appropriation to foreign missions was $ 6 2 1,184, and to home missions $ 443,022. The appropriation for miscellaneous expenses was $ 110 ,000, of which nearly one half will be expended for foreign and home missions. A very important feature of the meeting was the representation of the work in India by Bishop Foss and Dr. Gouchev, in Africa by Bishop Hartzell, in China, Japan, and Korea by Bishop Joyce and Dr. Baldwin, and in Europe by Bishop Walden. These addresses, packed full of freshest information by visi tors just home from the various fields, awakened great enthusiasm, and a feeling of deep regret that means were not adequate to fully supply the needs of our rapidly growing work, 2 i8 Missionary Reporto [1898.
A conditional appropriation of $ 40,600 was made to further the work of Bishop Hartzell on the Dark Continent. Washington, D. C., was fixed upon as the seat of the next session of the Gen eral Committee. The following resolutions were adopted : Resolved, 1 . That the Corresponding and Recording Secretaries and Treasurer be appointed a committee to arrange, after advising with the local committee on entertainment, the program of the next annual meeting of the General Mis sionary Committee. 2. That it is in the judgment of the General Committee that its members at the annual meeting should not be appointed to supply the pulpits of other de nominations until all Methodist churches in the vicinity have been supplied with those best qualified to arouse interest in the cause of missions. A conditional appropriation of $ 5,000 was made for opening work in Porto Rico ; and a Mission can be established there whenever the money is paid in for this purpose. The following resolution, looking toward increasing self-support in the home field, was adopted : Resolved, That we request our bishops to use all possible diligence in the distribution of missionary money to the Annual Conferences in our own domes tic fields. Whenever it is found that a charge has been a beneficiary of this fund for ten years a gradual reduction of the appropriations to that charge should begin at once, unless in cases of exceptional and extreme emergency. In this way these charges would develop their own resources and soon become self-supporting. The Missionary Society would also have means to rapidly ex pand its work in other needy fields by this method. The following paper, offered by the Corresponding Secretaries, was adopted: The General Missionary Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in session at Providence, R. I., send greetings to the missionaries in the home field and in foreign lands. In your labors and sacrifices you have our earnest sympathies ; for your health and that of your families we constantly pray, and the triumphs of your work are our great joy. Thanks to the increased generosity of the Church we are able in most cases to increase the appropriations this year, which increase we commit with entire confidence to your faithful care. We w’ill pray that your successes in the year to come may even surpass those of the past. Thanks were given the Corresponding Secretaries for their efficient and suc- sessful efforts in the removal of the debt, to the trustees of the church for its use, to the friends who entertained the Committee, to the press of the city, and to the Philadelphia Press. The Committee adjourned sine die. 1898.J Appropriations for 1899. 19
Appropriations for 1899.
I —FOREIGN MISSIONS. DIVISION 1.—Europe, South America, Mexico, and Africa.
1. Germany: (1.) N orth G e r m a n y : For the work...... $13,944 For interest on Berlin debt...... 600 For debts—grant in aid...... 890
$15,434 (2.) S outh G e r m a n y : For the work...... $19,602 For debts—grant iu aid...... 493
$20,155 (3.) For Martin Mission Institute...... 986 $36 ,5 7 5 2. Switzerland : For the w o rk ...... $6,000 For church debts—grant in aid...... 790 7,390 3 . N o r w a y : For the work...... $11,928 For school at Christiania, at disposal of the Board...... 493 12,421 4 . Sw eden: For the work...... $14,976 For school at Upsala...... 1,280 16,256 5. Denmark: For the work...... $6,600 For debt on Copenhagen cliureh, at disposal of the B oard... 890 7,490 6 . Finland and St. Petersburg : For the work...... 5,124 7. Bulgaria : For the work, to be administered by the bishop in charge. 8,868 8 . Italy : For the work...... $34,920 For interest on mortgage and loans...... 5,000 To send out a new missionary at disposal of the Board 591 40,511 All redistributions of appropriations in Europe to be subject to ap proval of the Board.
9. South Am erica: (1.) S outh A m e r ic a C o n feren ce : For the work, to be redistributed by the Finance Committee, with the approval of the Board...... $41,820 For deficiency account and interest...... 2,063 For drainage of Boca property...... 800 For interest due Annuity Fund...... 1,701
$46,384 ( 2 .) W e st e r n S outh A m e r ic a M issio n C o n feren ce : (a.) Chili, to be disbursed by the Finance Com- mittee? with the concurrence of the Bishop presiding, and the approval of the Board $19,710 (6.) Peru : For the work...... 7,272 For excess of expenditures for two years 2,254 With the same condition as Chili. 75,620
10. Mexico : For all purposes, of which $ 1,000 shall be for medical work, to be redistributed by the Board of Managers...... 49,275 20 Missionary Report. [1898.
1 1 . A fric a : (1.) Liberia Conference: For maintaining the work as it is, including work among the heathen, to be administered by Bishop Tlart- zell, with the approval of the Board...... $9,855 (2.) Congo Mission Conference: T o be adminis tered by Bishop Harlzell, with the approval of the B oard ...... 14,780 124,635 Bishop Hartzell may transfer $1,000 from Li beria to Congo Mission with consent of the Board. DIVISION 2.—Eastern Asia. 1 . C h in a J (1.) F oochow : For the work as it is...... $21,386 (2.) Hinghua...... 6,804 (3.) Central C hina : For the work as it is...... 34’776 (4.) North C h in a: From which $1,000 due An nuity Fund is to be taken ...... 41,872 (5.) W est C h in a: F or the work as it is ...... 13,416 118,254 A ll redistributions in China to be subject to the approval of the Board. 2. Japan : (1.) J apan Conference: For the work, of which not more than $5,828 shall be for native evangelistic work, to be distributed by the presiding elders, with approval of the presiding bishop, the re maining sum to be distributed by the Finance Committee, with the concurrence of Bishop C ranston...... $36,948 (2.) S outh J apan Mission Conference: O f which not more than $2,316 shall be for native evan gelistic work, all conditions the same as in the Japan Conference...... 12,324 49,272 3 . K o re a : For the work, to be redistributed by the Finance Committee of the Mission, subject to the approval of the presiding bishop 16,752
DIVISION 3.—Southern Asia. 1* India: (1.) North In d ia : For the work...... $57,156 (2.) Northwest In d ia : For the work ...... 26,112 (3.) S outh India : For the work ...... 20,694 (4.) B o m bay: For the work...... 22,6l>4 (5.) B engal-B urma : For the work...... , ...... 16,260 142,886 To be redistributed by the Finance Committees of the Conferences and Bishop Thoburn. 2. M alaysia : For the work...... 9,855 To be redistributed by the Finance Committee and Bishop Thoburn.
Total for Foreign Missions...... $621,184
IL—MISSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. DIVISION 1. Troy...... $889 V erm ont...... 1,232 Class No. 1. West Wisconsin...... 3,940 C o n f e r e n c e s N o r t h o f t h e P o t o m a c a n d Wilmington...... 591 O h i o , a n d E a s t o f t h e M i s s i s s i p p i Wisconsin...... 3,500 R i v e r : Detroit...... $4,304 T otal...... $24,264 East Maine...... 1,725 Class No. 2. Maine...... 1,232 Michigan...... 3,550 C o n f e r e n c e s i n I o w a a n d K a n s a s , New England Southern a n d S t a t e s N o r t h o f t h e m , i n c l u d (available at once)...... 493 i n g B l a c k H i l l s a n d O k l a h o m a C o n New Hampshire...... 1,232 f e r e n c e s : Northern New York...... 985 Black H ills...... $4,258 Rock River (for Deaf-mute D akota...... 8,870 Mission)...... 591 Des Moines...... 1,110 1898.] Appropriations for 1899. 21
Kansas...... $1,182 DIVISION 2. Minnesota...... 3,388 Nebraska...... 2,118 Class No. 5. North Dakota...... 8,514 North Nebraska...... 4,927 W h i t e W o r k i n t h e S o u t h , M a r y Northern Minnesota(of which l a n d a n d D e l a w a r e e x c e p t e d : $500 is for Duluth District, Alabama ...... $2,760 available at once, at dis Arkansas...... 4,681 posal of resident bishop).. 5,420 Atlantic Mission...... 1,183 Northwest Iowa...... 3,450 Austin (of which $400 is at Northwest Kansas...... 6,604 disposal of presiding bishop Northwest Nebraska...... 3,450 for church at Fort Worth). 3,370 Oklahoma (of which $600 is Blue Ridge (of which $300 is at disposal of bishop in for new work)...... 2,725 charge, for new work).... 14,388 Central Tennessee...... 3,153 South Kansas...... 1,379 Georgia...... 2,188 Southwest Kansas...... 5,715 Gulf Mission...... 1,500 West Nebraska...... 6,404 Holston...... 2,306 Kentucky...... 4.138 T otal...... $81,177 Missouri...... 8,350 Saint John’s River...... 3,153 Class No. 3. Saint Louis...... 4,533 W o r k i n t h e M o u n t a i n R e g i o n : V irginia...... 3,350 Arizona (of which $300 is for W est V irginia...... 4,435 Phoenix church,available at T otal...... $46,825 once, at disposal of presid ing bishop)...... $6,208 Colorado...... 8,8G8 Class No. 6 . Idaho (of which $300 is available at once, for Boze C o l o r e d W o r k , m o s t l y i n t h e S o u t h : man District)...... 4,435 A tlanta...... $1,118 Montana...... 6,014 Centra] Alabama...... 2,464 Nevada...... 3,942 Central Missouri...... 2,759 New Mexico English...... 5,202 Delaware...... 1,379 North Montana (of which East Tennessee...... 1,971 $600 is for new work) 4,928 Florida...... 2,070 Utah (of which $500 is avail Lexington (of which $100 is able at once for Ogden available at once)...... 2,365 church, at disposal of the Little Rock...... 2,464 presiding bishop)...... 9,854 Louisiana...... 3,647 Utah (for schools, at disposal Mississippi...... 1,971 of the Board)...... 1,478 North Carolina...... 2,907 Wyoming...... 5,714 Savannah...... 1,528 South Carolina...... 3,450 Total...... $56,643 Tennessee...... 1,971 Texas...... 3,450 Class No. 4. Upper Mississippi...... 2,464 P a c i f i c C o a s t : Washington...... 1,676 Alaska (at disposal of Board) $1,970 W est Texas...... 3,696 California (of which $500 is available at once for Cali T o ta l...... $43,350 fornia Street Church, at dis posal of resident bishop).. 5,7S4 California (for English work DIVISION 3. in Honolulu, $500 of which is available at once)...... 985 N o n -E n g l i s h - s p e a k i n g . Columbia R iver...... 6,«98 Columbia River (for work in Class No. 7. Nez Perees Reservation)... 739 W e l s h : Oregon (of which $400 is Northern New Y ork...... $320 available at once for Port Philadelphia...... 394 land District)...... 4,436 Rock River...... 345 Puget Sound...... 5,912 W isconsin...... 148 Southern California (of which Wyoming...... 295 $250 is available at once for Grace Church, Los An T otal...... $1,502 geles)...... 4.928 All appropriations for Welsh work at the disposal of the Total...... $31,652 presiding bishops. 22 Missionary Report. [1898.
S w e d i s h : C h i n e s e : A ustin...... $] ,321 California...... $6,898 California...... 2,200 New Y ork...... 986 Central Swedish...... 3,942 Oregon (at disposal of pre Colorado...... 352 siding bishop)...... 1,183 East Maine...... 295 Southern California (at dis New England...... 4,730 posal of presiding bishop). 986 New England Southern 1,610 New York...... 887 T otal...... $10,053 New York East...... 3,450 J APANESE : Northern Swedish (of which $400 is available at once).. 5,421 California...... $6,407 Puget Sound...... 1,577 For Japanese work in Hon Western Swedish...... 4,632 olulu (at disposal of pre Wilmington...... 394 siding bishop)...... 1,479 Total...... $30,811 Total...... $7,886
B o h e m i a n a n d H u n g a r i a n : N o r w e g i a n a n d D a n i s h : Baltim ore...... $887 New England...... $494 East Ohio...... 2,465 New York East...... 1,626 Pittsburg...... 1,479 Norwegian and Danish 8,771 Rock River (at disposal of Utah (available at once) 1,971 resident bishop, calendar Western Norwegian-Danish. 6,898 % year 1899)...... 3,450 Upper Iowa (available for $19,760 calendar year 1S99, to be administered by resident G e r m a n : bishop at Chicago)...... 591 California German...... $3,785 Central German (of which Total...... $8,872 $200 is for Cleveland, O., I t a l i a n : available at once)...... 4,633 Chicago German...... 3,844 Cincinnati (available January East German...... 5,518 1 . at disposal of presiding North Pacific German (of bishop)...... $394 which $300 is for Baker Genesee (at disposal of resi City, available at once) 4,633 dent bishop)...... 591 Northern German...... 2,957 Louisiana (at disposal of resi Northwest German...... 3,400 dent bishop)...... 1,183 Saint Louis German...... 3,327 New England (at disposal of Southern German...... 3,795 resident bishop)...... 1,676 West German...... 5,912 New York...... 3,942 Philadelphia (at disposal of Total...... $41,804 resident bishop)...... 2,956 Rock River (at disposal of F r e n c h : resident bisnop)...... 1,010 Gulf Mission (at disposal of Total...... $11,752 presiding bishop)...... $591 New England (at disposal of P o r t u g u e s e : resident bishop)...... 1,183 Mew England...... $295 New Hampshire (at disposal New England Southern (of of resident bishop)...... 1,233 which $ 1 0 0 is for publish- Rock R iver...... 1,280 ingour ritual i n Portuguese) 887
T otal...... $4,287 T otal...... $1,182
S p a n i s h : Class N o. 8 . New Mexico Spanish...... $11,038 New Mexico Spanish (for A m e r i c a n I n d i a n s : schools)...... 1,972 C alifornia...... $690 St. John’s River (forwork at Cent’l New York : Onondagas 493 Key West, at disposal of Oneidas ...... 197 bishop in charge)...... 591 Columbia R iver...... 1,136 Southern California (at dis D etroit...... 493 posal o f presiding bishop). 295 Genesee: Tonawimda 197 Cattaraugus...... 237 T otal...... $13,896 Michigan...... 591 1898.] Appropriations for 1899. 23
North Montana (for Piegan IV—RECAPITULATION. Indian Mission for the cal endar year 1899, to be ad ministered by the Board).. $986 I . F o r e i g n M i s s i o n s ...... $621,184 Northern Minnesota...... 394 Northern New York...... 506 II. D o m e s t ic M i s s i o n s : Oregon...... 663 Welsh...... $1,502 'Puget Sound...... 345 Swedish...... 30,811 Wisconsin...... 378 Norweg’uandDanish 19,760 G erm an...... 41,804 T o tal ; ...... $7,306 French...... 4,287 A ll amounts in class eight Spanish...... 13,896 at disposal of the presid Chinese...... 10,053 ing bishops. Japanese...... 7,886 Bohemian & Huug’n 8,872 III.—MISC ELIiANEOUS. Italian ...... 11,752 1. Contingent Fund...... $30,000 Portuguese...... 1,182 2. Incidental Expenses...... 30,000 American Indians... 7,306 3. Salaries of Officers, Missionary English-speaking... 283,911 Bishops, etc...... 30,000 4. Office Expenses...... 10,000 ------443,022 5. For Disseminating Missionary III. M iscellaneous ...... 110,000 Information...... 10,000 Total...... $110,000 Grand Total...... $1.174,206
CONDITION Alj.
C o n g o M i s s i o n C o n f e i i e n o e ...... $40,000 A l a s k a ...... 2,000 L o u i s i a n a : For Italian work...... 1,000 P o r t o E io o : For establishing a Mission...... 5,000
1898.] 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; Switzerland, 1856; India, 1856; Denmark, 1857; Bulgaria, 1857; Italy, 1871; Japan, 1872; Mexico, 1873; Finland, 1884; Malaysia, 1885; Korea, 1885. They 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 Metliodist Episcopal Church assists the Methodist churches that have there been organized, and these report 349 native preachers, 44,339 members, and 8,287 probationers. The Missions in Roman Catholic lands are those in South America, Italy, and Mexico. In these countries the Metliodist F'piscopal Church has 102 foreign missionaries, 159 native preachers, 6,488 members, and 4,704 probationers. The Missions in Greek Church lands are in Bulgaria, and a small mission in St. Petersburg, Russia. In Bulgaria are 1 3 native preachers, 201 members, and 40 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 535 foreign missionaries, 1,242 native preachers, 50,185 members, and 72,826 probationers.
A nnltal Meetings in 1 ^ . A n n u a l M e etin g s CONFERENCES AND MISSIONS. P lace a n d D ate. Rixhop. Place and Date. B is h o j y .
Liberh Hartzell. M av4 ...... Hartzell. Mexico...... Puebla, Jan. 19...... ! FitzGerald .. Mexico City, Jan. 26...... McCabe. Buenos Ayres, March 8 .. Warren. Western S<>. America Concepcion, Feb. '24...... Warren...... Santiago,Chili, Feb. 15... Warren. Walden. Fnuikfurt, June 22...... Walden. Walden. Walden. Walden. Denmark...... Copenhagen, July IB...... Walden. Fin. & St. Petersburg. Helsingfors, A ug. 24...... Walden...... Nikolaistad. A uk. 30...... Walden. Walden. Walden...... Walden. Cranston. Cranston. Cranston.,... Cranston. Cranston...-.. Cranston. Cranston. Cranston...... Cranston. Cranston. Cranston. Foss and Thoburn... Shahjehanpur, Jan. 4...... Thoburn. Foss and Thoburn... Alicarh, J a n . 12...... :Thobnrn. Thoburn. Foss and Thoburn... I’enang, Feb. 7...... 26 Missionary Report. [1898.
AFRICA.
A f r i c a is no longer a dark continent; its veil of mystery has been swept away, and its mountain ranges and river systems and continental plateaus are the study and wonder of the world. Instead of the crude tribal organisms which during thousands of years have failed to subdue the continent or develop civilization, the great nations of Europe have par celed out its 12,500,000 square miles of territory, and with wonderful rapidity gov ernments are being es- tablished, railroads built, great lines of com merce projected, min eral and agricultural wealth developed, and the Christian church and schools are being established in the chief centers, with plans to extend the reign of Christ into the vast re gions beyond. This new Africa is in the thought and upon the lips of the world as is no other continent. The past year has been one of marked progress in our missionary work in Africa. Sailing from England on the 2d of October, 1897, Bishop Hartzell, who was also accom panied by Mrs. Hartzell, made an extended tour of southern and eastern Africa. The bishop’s plan was to find some section in the midst of the front waves of Anglo-Saxon civ ilization, pressing northward, where, without interfering with or duplicating other missionary movements, American Metho dism would have an open field. The providential opening was found in eastern Rhodesia, where, under the British flag, large concessions in lands and buildings were made, and a most cordial welcome extended to American Methodism. Re 1898.] Africa. 27 turning to the Madeira Islands, the bishop again visited and held the Liberia Annual Conference, in February, 1898. He then returned to England and the United States to report to the Church the results of his extended tour. For several months his time was given to the representation of Africa as a mission field throughout the Church, with most gratifying results, and on January 4, 1899, he again sailed from New York for a second episcopal tour. Largely as the result of special gifts several new mission aries have been sent out. Rev. J. C. Sherrill and wife, child, and nephew; Mr. Joseph A. Davis; Miss Amanda Davis; Mr. F. M. Allen and wife ; Rev. J. A. Simpson and wife—all educated colored men and women from our schools in the South—have gone to Liberia. Rev. Morris H. Ehnes and wife were sent to Umtali in eastern Rhodesia, and will soon be followed by Dr. Albert C. Hammett, of Chicago ; Rev. J. L. DeWitt, of Ohio ; Miss Alice Culver, of Chicago, and Mrs. Anna J. Arndt, of San Francisco. Several reinforcements have also been organized for Angola. A large mission printing outfit has been shipped to Liberia ; a similar printing outfit has been sent to Angola ; and still a third mission press provided for in eastern Africa. 28 Missionary Report. [1898.
LIBERIA. Bishop Hartzell has Episcopal Supervision. Dr. A. B. Leonard is Secretary in Charge.
T h e Liberia Conference is the outgrowth of a mission es tablished sixty-five years ago, and embraces the western coast of Africa north of the equator. The republic has been the scene of stirring events during the past year, but thanks to the good offices of the United States and England the re-
public has recently been greatly encouraged. In the scramble for African territory by great nations it has been in danger of being seriously interfered with. There is, however, a combination of circumstances which indicates that the re public is to continue to grow in strength and influence. Missionaries.—Rev. A. P. Camphor and wife, Rev. J. C. Sherrill, Joseph A. Davis, Miss Amanda Davis, E. H. Greeley, John Harrow, Miss Agnes McAllister, D. E. Osborne, Rev. John G. Tate, U. L. Walker, Miss Rachel Mair, Miss Jessie Arms, Mrs. Jennie Hunt, Rev. J. B. Robertson. (E. H. Greeley and Mrs. Hunt are in America on furlough.)
A n n u a l C o n f e r e n c e . The Annual Conference met at Greenville, Sinoe County, February 2, 1898, Bishop Hartzell presiding. Church Membership Reported.—Sixty-six local preachers,2,607 members, and 545 probationers, an increase of 109 members, 103 probationers, and 1898.] Liberia. 29
10 local preachers. There were reported 59 Sunday schools, 586 teachers and officers, 5>73° scholars, and 226 conversions in the Sunday schools. The number of churches is 53; the total valuation is $68,155. Paicl on building and improving churches and parsonages during the year, $2,108. Received on ministerial support, independent of missionary appropriations, $1,199.88. Raised for benevolent collections, $543.23, of which $300.74 was raised on the missionary debt. Members of Conferetice.—William P. Kennedy, Sr., William P. Ken nedy, Jr., William T. Hagan, Josiah P. Artis, Gabriel WT. Parker, Francis C. Holderness, Joseph W. Bonner, Benjamin J. Turner, Riden Boyce, John D. A. Scott, Charles B. McLain, Prince E. Walker, Joseph E. Clarke, Isaac N. Holder, James B. Robertson, Benjamin K. McKeever, John G. Tate, Hamilton C. Russ, John J. Powell, John W. Davis, Alexander F. Nimmo, Harrington H. Evans, Alexander P. Camphor, Cornelius A. Lincoln—24. Probationers in Conference.—Ashford L. Simms, Allen Peal, Charles A. Minor, William H. Carter, Edward B. Mitchell, David M. Herron, John H. Harris, Nicolas B. Whitfield, John T. Carney, John Harrow, William G. Smart— xi. M inisterial Supplies.— Samuel T. Prout, Phillip C. Tyler, Alexander Morgan, Barney R. Watts, John D. Stryker, Philip Harris, S. R. Miller, Murray Raily, Z. B. Roberts, William Bowen, Andrew Snorton— 11. Lay Teachers and Assistants in Liberia.—John J. Harris, J. T. Williams, Mrs. E. A. Adams, T. T. Brewer, I). E. Osborne, Mrs. Alma Osborne, Jasper Grant, Glasgow Grant, U. L. Walker, E. B.Walker, Miss Florida B. Evans, Miss Agnes McAllister, Mrs. Jennie Hunt, John W. Auer, Thomas Stacy, John McLain, C. H. Gray, Miss Rachel Mair, Miss Jessie Arms, Thomas Newton, John Boyd, Charles Tablo, Mrs. M. J. Deputie, Mrs. M. A. R. Camphor, John Frith, E. H. Greeley, Mrs. Frederica Smith, Mrs. Letitia Davis, Miss Anna White, Daniel Grant, Phillip Harris, Gabriel W. Parker, Jr., J. B. McGill, Mrs. F. A. M. D. McGill, E. B. McCauley, Mrs.W. G. Smart, Miss Caroline Newton, Miss Emily Newton, Miss Lucy Newton—39. Sutnm ary.—Full members, 24; on trial, 11; ministerial supplies, 11 ; lay teachers and assistants in Liberia, 39. Total W'orkers in Liberia, 85.
Bishop Hartzell gives the following general summary of the work for the year:
The Annual Conference session at Sinoe showed a marked increase for the better in many respects over the session held the preceding year in Monrovia. There was a larger attendance, more spirituality during the session, and a more thorough realization of the responsibilities of the ministers and their important work. The reportsof Presiding Elders Russ, Tate, Hagan, Holder, and Bonner all gave accounts of work being pushed forward as rapidly as could be expected in view of the many difficult conditions with which the workers are surrounded. 30 Missionary Report. [1898.
There was an accession of several members from other denominations, and quite a number who applied for admission were refused. There was manifest a feeling of great hopefulness among the brethren.
E d u c a t i o n a l W o r k . A decided advance was made in the educational work of the Confer ence. The name of the Monrovia Seminary was changed to that of the College of West Africa, and under the excellent supervision of President A. P. Camphor the school made large advance in attendance and in efficiency of organization. Cape Palmas Seminary had a good year’s work. Quite a number of primary schools had been started as missions in the various churches, and plans were inaugurated by which, with the College of West Africa as the central school, a system of institutions of lower grade were to be established throughout the republic.
F a c i n g t h e F u t u r e . The Liberia Conference is facing the future in the hope and expectation of continued growth. There is a great need of an increase in the number of efficient workers, and the Conference earnestly requested the presiding bishop to secure as quickly as possible reinforcements of ministers and teachers. SUNDAY SCHOOLS. CHURCH PROPERTY. Paid for NAMES OF CHARGES. No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of Building ami Pall! on Old Present Local Child’n 3 . £ s Indebtedness Proba Full Adults (Jfflcers Improving Indebtedness tioners. Members. Preach Bap liiji- and ,0 3 Churches ¡inri on Church on Church Property. ers. No. of tized. tized.
T e.K'hi'rs. No. of roperty. Í? r.S. Scholars. l> 7. § Farsonages. I Deaths.I No. Bassa District. 1 Edina...... 18 92 3 2 10 6 1 20 166 $2,400 $50 00 a Upper Buchanan...... 1 37 1 1 1 17 .. 1 60 1,500 40 43 2 - 8 Lower Buchanan...... 0 88 2 1 5 1 15 300 4 Central Buchanan...... 40 2 1 9 00 3 ’ 00 1 8 38 '3 51) 18 00 4 5 Hartford...... 60 1 i 2 7 9, 31 80 1,800 0¡ Bexley...... 25 110 1 15 5 1 4 1 12 50 500 45 ÓÒ 6 7iFarinirigtnn...... 3 29 3 1 1 1 10 28 450 8!Pavnesbury...... 8 2 i 7 38 2 1 9 35 500 '3 ÒÓ 33 Í3 8 9 Fortsville Mission Station...... 10 10 1 6 35 600 Cape Palmas District. 10 00 9 10 Tubmantown...... 2 8(5 4 r 1 9, 36 2 81 350 77 00 10 11 Eublica...... 4 3 1 1 15 500 12 Garra way Mission Station...... 31 25 1 11 3 6 3 5 45 15 50 ÓÒ 12 13 Sasstown...... 60 150 6 1 2 3 34 3,500 20 00 14 Wissika...... 10 (1 13 2 1 1 18 500 14 15 Mount Scott...... 16 1BH 5 6 19 2 1 58 233 7,000 9Ì ÓÓ 15 16 Barraka and Substation...... 37 24 3 5 4 8 50 5,000 17 Bitftown...... 5K 4 6 16 1 6 58 17 18 Beaboo ...... 5 n 1 1 1 i 1 » 30 lióóo 19 Grand Sess...... 65 18 12 1 5 1 1 20 3,000 19 20 Plukey Mission...... 23 18 7 1 1 200 21 3 20 Piquinino Sess...... 3 1 2 10 500 21 22 Niiloo...... 4 3 1 1 10 200 1 1,000 Monrovia District. 23 23 Monrovia...... 26 317 5 4 11 7 1 39 300 12,000 182 9(> 24 2 r} 23 Robertsport and Talla...... 10 127 7 4 2 21 138 1,050 60 00 24 25 Careysburg and Newland...... 20 105 1 5 10 2 25 108 2,800 26 750 00 40 ÓÒ 25 New Georgia and Johnson ville.. 31 09 1 1 1 24 2 16 84 1,000 95 00 33 00 26 27 Pesseh...... 8 20 2 4 1 8 25 500 8 00 15 00 27 28 Mount Olive...... 57 4 1 8 39 3,000 2 50 29 28 Marshall...... i'll 4 1 15 71 940 161 00 29 3U Powellville and Pavnesville... . 11 93 5 2 8 2 23 85 2,000 13 00 Sinoe District. 30 31 Greenville...... 7 113 6 13 1 1 35 125 1,000 1 150 32 200 00 15 00 31 Bluntsville...... 1 11 1 1 1 1 4 13 32 33 Wall Country...... 2 3 30 34 33 Fishtown...... 1 1 60 34 35 Lexington...... •...... 10 20 2 1 12 32 ”m 36 12 00 ‘¿ ÓÒ 35 Louisiana...... 72 1 4 15 4 1 13 54 50 15 00 36 St. Paul's River District. 37 <> Benson ville and Crozerville...... 20 83 2 19 9 35 1 3 5 2,300 250 00 37 3« Virginia and Brewerville...... 152 2 2 3 20 100 4,500 23 ÓÓ 39 Millsburg, WhitePlains, andRoli- 38 0 ertsville...... 75 1 1 3 15 6 8 2,000 35 00 39 40 Caldwell...... 20 1 9 0 2 1 3 22 85 4,000 41 40 Clay Ashland...... 17 02 4 3 7 1 16 70 2,600 ¿2 ÓÓ 41 Total...... 540 2.667 ISO 55 161 122 59 584 2,730 868,155 2 $ 1 , 1 5 0 $2,108 96 |59 90 $318 56 — Last year...... 442 2 ,5 9 8 55 81 194 99 5(1 496 2,540 50,805 3 1,950 1,877 50 45 00 379 77 32 Missionary Report. [1898.
CONGO. Bishop Hartzell has Episcopal Supervision.
D r. A . B . Leonard is Secretary in Charge.
T H E Congo Mission Conference includes the entire conti nent of Africa south of the equator. Its second session was held at Quihongoa, Angola, commencing May 18, 1898, and in the absence of Bishop Hartzell Rev. Amos E. Withey was elected President and Charles W. Gordon Secretary.
F u l l M e m b e r s , P robationers , T e a c h e r s , a n d H e l p e r s . F u ll M embers.—Revs. Amos E. Withey, Samuel J. Mead, William P. Dodson, Charles W. Gordon, Erwin H. Richards, William O. White, Robert Shields, Herbert C. Withey. On Probation.—Revs. William S. Miller, A. L. Buckwalter. Teachers a 7id Helpers.—Mrs. A. E. Withey, Mrs. S. J. Mead, Mrs. W. P. Dodson, Mrs. Robert Shields, Mrs. Mary B. Shuett, Miss Susan Collins, Miss Hilda Larson, Mrs. E. H. Richards, Mrs. A. L. Buckwalter. Native Helpers.—John Garcia Fernandes, Mattheus English, Bernardo Augustinho, Lucia Bernardo, and four others. (Rev. Samuel J. Mead and Mrs. Mead are in America on furlough. Rev. Robert Shields and Mrs. Shields are in Ireland on furlough.) The following are the appointments, including both the members of Conference and lay members :
A ppointments .
Angola D istrict. —William P. Dodson, P. E . {P. O., Pungo Andongo, Angola, Africa, via Lisbon). Loanda: to be supplied. Malange, C. W . Gordon, superintendent and business agent; Mrs. Mary B. Shuett,* matron. Pungo Andongo, Mrs. W. P. Dodson* matron and teacher. Quessua: Miss Hilda Larson,* teacher in charge; Miss Susan Collins* matron and teacher. Quihongoa: H. C. Withey, superintendent of station and Mission Press; Robert Shields, busi ness agent and evangelist; Mrs. Robert Shields,* teacher and Bible reader; W. S. Miller, farmer and teacher; Mrs. A . E. Withey,* matron ; A . E. Withey, business manager Congo Mission Conference Endowment Fund, and district treasurer. Zambezi D istrict. —Erwin H. Richards, P. E . (P. O., Inhambane, East Coast, Africa). A. L. Buckwalter, Mrs. E . H. Richards,* Mrs. A . L. Buckwalter.* The work in the Angola District is greatly in need of re inforcements. Sister Minnie A. Mead and her daughter Julia and her two sons, John Howard and Taylor Withey, were compelled to leave the field. Rev. Samuel J. Mead and his wife, after fifteen years of heroic service, were granted a vacation. Later in the year Brother and Sister Shields were also granted a vacation. Thus this reduction of the
* Missionaries not members of Conference. 1898.] Congo. 33 working force added the more to the cares and difficulties of the few heroic men and women who yet remain.
Angola District was also called to mourn the loss of Sister Jennie M. Taylor Gordon, M.D., the wife of Brother C. W. Gordon and niece of Bishop William Taylor. She died a beautifully triumphant death at Malange, December 29, 1897. Willie J. Mead, a promising boy of sixteen years, died sud denly January 17, 1898, at Quihongoa. The Rev. William P. Dodson, Presiding Elder of Angola District, in his report says : To me the outlook is a cheerful and hopeful one. At all our stations the educational and industrial work has been going on and is growing, so that we have not yielded to the disadvantage in our numbers, but have sought to hold what we had, and advance just as far as we dare in pro portion to our strength. On my way in from England I preached in our Loanda Mission to an English-speaking audience composed of the Spanish consul and a few English and Germans, and had revived in me the hope that a man of the 3 34 Missionary Report. [1898.
right sort would soon be found to shepherd the Protestants, at least in name, throughout that city. We have a good school and chapel property there, which only needs the addition of a separate dwelling and the missionaries to supply it, and in a short time we would have both an English and a native congregation under separate preachers adapted each to his work; and it may not be far off when a Portuguese Protestant church might be realized. Dondo we decided to abandon for the more populous and healthful region of Am bacca; but during my late visit there it began to appeal to my heart and to my reason, and I have wondered after all if it might not be better, having sold already the business property, to reconstruct a small two-story dwelling on the lot so beautifully situated on the river front, and reserve it for what might be called missionary visitations, for a term at least during the cool season, for instructing and encouraging in the way of the Lord the few who always seek us on our visits there. Quihongoa is still the scene of busy plodding. Preaching, teaching, and instruction in mechanics still go on here, as well as translating of the Scriptures, while the building operations are looking to the completion of the two-story building. Evangelizing and teaching have also been carried on in a distant village. A t Pungo Andongo, Malange, and Quessua the work has been going on as usual, and this is true in the face of our reduction of force—the entire number of missionaries now in Angola, outside of native helpers, being 12 for all the station, in all departments, male and female. Our first, though perhaps not our greatest, need is the establishment of our station homes on a healthful basis. The greater part of our missionary property outside of Loanda and Quihongoa is of the Portuguese trading-house style, with few windows and no glass and common close board shutters and grass roof. These have answered well for pioneer purposes, but are in a state of decay and about worn out. We have just passed through one of the heaviest rains known here for years, and the rotten grass receiving the rain formed in many places large filters for letting through a liquid resembling coffee, and when these places dried up they would tumble down in the shape of a black substance resembling soot. I thought this was only my experience at Pungo Andongo, until I received an account from Brother Gordon in Malange, where it became necessary to remove the missionary family to Quessua for reasons of con dition I have described. And I feel it my painful duty to add that I am sincerely sorry such a move could not have been conveniently effected (though that was under the circumstances impossible) before the death of our valued and much-beloved Sister Gordon. She endured among other untoward surroundings the same conditions in what has been known as the Malange sabrada (the two-story building), the upper room of which she occupied—a noble structure, so far as the walls are concerned, but not a window in it of any description, having simply a door at each end. This lack of light and ventilation, with the draft on opening both doors 1898.] Congo. 35 and the rotten condition of the roof, is a fair sample of what the ordinary old-style colonial buildings here work with the health, and have wrought to my certain knowledge in more cases than that of the precious life above referred to. I think I have never referred to this matter of building in so plain a manner, but I may be excused this once, as I speak out of a sad and laborious experience. No missionary, not even any delicate woman in our midst, desires a palace. It should be our design to con struct as cheaply as possible consistent with ordinarily healthful conditions, but I am convinced that what have passed in former years for cheap and substantial buildings have proved the most costly dwellings I ever saw, and, so far from proving durable, many of them are now tottering to the fall, and will soon represent merely the labor and trial they have cost. It might be objected, “ But can you go on building what you call ‘ healthful houses ’ when your mission extends into the far interior ? ” to which I reply: “ We may not then be able to have any other roofing than grass, the cheapness of which, even there, as compared with corrugated iron, would be an open question, and we might be so far inland as not to be able to procure a few panes of glass to substitute the usual hole-in-the- wall style of window; but certainly we would not be compelled to build these go-between houses in imitation merely of civilization. We could build small houses of one room each, and get out into the sunlight more frequently as the best substitute for a sunlit house.” So it is evident we still need the builders, who, as we look at it now, might have done well to have begun in 1885.
Z a m b e z i D i s t r i c t . The district includes the work on the East Coast at In- hambane and inland stations. Rev. E. H. Richards and wife and Brother Buckwalter and wife arrived at their fields of labor December 9, 1897, and give encouraging reports of their work. Presiding Elder Richards in his report says: On our arrival we found the whole of our little church continuing in welldoing, and out of the original twelve we have “ lost none,” but one of the original suffered eighteen months of discipline for an offense which he committed before his baptism, but which he did not confess at that time. One not of the original number is still suffering discipline, but will be restored at our next meeting. There had been no missionary among them till our return for about twenty months, but they have kept up regular services and a lively growth which manifests itself in the probationers’ class, which now numbers more than forty. Their manner of Church discipline, all carried on in the absence of a missionary, and their determination to fast every Friday show their zeal to follow, to the best of their ability, the pure teaching of the Scriptures. With never a shadow of Church history or example to guide them, we are rejoiced to see their own internal growth and progress in Church purity. Our church has held itself together and lived and progressed amid most Missionary Report. [1898.
discouraging scenes. In the beginning the chief and" his officers harassed them not a little, and later the government has sent out soldiers to arrest and bring to town a large number of natives to do police duty both at home and abroad, and our people have remained at home and at work, while almost every other native has fled to the bush, and the homes on every hand have been desolated. Still it has not been the intention of the government to take any of our people, but as they have not known it they have suffered much in anticipation, and have been unable to carry on work among their near neighbors as in times past. At the present writing we are in the midst of this disorder, and provisions and natives are in safety only on the mission station, nor can we keep any save those who reside on our lands and belong to us naturally. Our sympathy is, however, quite with the government, for if the natives would volunteer to do what has to be done under every flag on earth, then there would be peace, and all would move regularly as it should. We have held two “ quarterly meetings,” or what is their equivalent, since we came. There were 16 of us at each sitting, and one child was baptized and several were examined for the probationers’ class. It might appear to some who are not familiar with African work that it is hardly worth while to spend so much time and money on such weak material. Still bishops have been made from this sort of growth, and whatever sort that may be it appears to be considered worth every effort. But first fruits in every field have their small beginnings, and we need not marvel at this. Nor can one say what the full fruit shall be in the years of ripe maturity. However, whether this one or that may think it pays or not has little concern with u s ; it is enough to know that we have the divine command and the divine presence with us, and that we are to plant the seed while He shall give the increase. At the beginning of this report our financial condition was pitiful, but the mail arrived bringing us $1,000 direct from our bishop, and this enables us to report all personal debts and incumbrances canceled up to date. A full report of the expenditures of the same is already forwarded to Bishop Hartzell and to the Missionary Society at New York. For 1899 we remember the pressure on the treasury at home, and ask for almost nothing that is new. There is much that must be provided for at an early date, if we are allowed to grow, in the way of schools and teachers, medical work, and evangelistic lines. Our native teachers are at present receiving nothing at all, and it is unreasonable to expect them to remain long at hard work at such cost to themselves. They are worthy of their hire. Our medical work is increasing. Wre have now in hand 180 patients for the present month, and soon we shall have as many more at Gikuki, where we expect to occupy in June. W e cannot purchase medicines for all these patients from our own resources, especially when a third quarter goes by with not a cent of salary yet paid us. The Mission cannot afford to let these patients pass by unattended. So we cannot but let you know the situation, and ask you to purchase our necessary medi cines. A t present we are keeping our patients on the ground under the 1898.] Congo. 37 great tamarind in our yard, in our own house, and in native huts. But soon we must have a crude native hospital, and then this work can be made a great blessing to our natives and to our Church. There are many children who are coming to us and desire to “ study,” although they have a very indefinite idea of what that term means. We have taken some, and could take many more if there was any provision for them. This is a most important matter. It is the foundation of the schools and semi naries that are coming a little later, and to ignore them is to ignore the foundation of all our native educational institutions. So we feel that we must take care of as many as possible, and we ask you for a small sum for this work. Our school work is gaining regularly in attendance and interest, and where in times past no one would come without some sort of offered inducement, we now have a good school of 26 pupils at Kambini—and this number will continually grow—who are here under no sort of induce ment save the individual good of learning. This is a grand lesson in a land where people have no opportunity of discerning any advantage what ever from the alphabet up. On another station Fazenda has six young women whom she has gathered up, and is feeding them all from her own meager table and trying to clothe them with two yards each of coarse cotton cloth. Tizora also is doing well, and has a most hopeful following at Makodweni. With encouragement from our missionaries, who are all eager for the work, these schools will presently assume proper relations, and we shall have to provide for large schools. We hope for our bishop’s early coming, and when he shall have ar rived and shall have seen the possibilities of this province as a mission field, we believe we shall ask for larger and better things. We should be exceeding glad to have some good married brother sent us for our Makodweni Station at the earliest date possible. This is a grand but deserted station, and will be a crown of glory to us when once it is lighted with a new light. If any should desire the work of a grand life and inspiring occupation, to be paid for with a crown of eternal life, we trust that if they are prepared to undertake such work they will early appeal to our bishop for appointment to Makodweni. In our last year’s report we should have noticed the bringing out of the second edition of the Tonga New Testament. This was translated on the field and taken to America for publication, where funds were pro vided, through the kindness of Rev. James Morrow, D.D., by the Penn sylvania Bible Society, of Philadelphia, Pa. The work was printed by the American Bible Society, of New York. There are 500 volumes of nearly five hundred pages each, which makes a formidable showing in Tongaland, where it is the only printed matter in existence. It is a rich blessing to our Tonga people, and our Sheetswa brethren are clamoring for a similiar work for themselves. We hope to begin such a work for them ere the year far advances, for there is no grander work than putting the Gospel into the hands that have it not. At present we are preparing a Catechism, some eighty hymns, the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer 38 Missionary Report. [1898.
and the Ten Commandments in the Sheetswa dialect. This will be a most necessary collection for daily use at all of our meetings. We have no funds in sight wherewith to publish it, but will prepare it and send it to the authorities that be, and trust that in some way the printed matter will soon be returned to us. Bishop Hartzell writes : There is great need for several first-class missionaries in our Angola District. Our industrial schools are making excellent headway. There are opportunities for evangelical work among our natives if we had the' trained native teachers to take charge of the work. The authorities at Malange have given us a large and valuable block of ground adjoining our former block in the center of the town. These two blocks give us abundant room for all the building necessary for a first-class mission sta tion. It is simply a question of money. There are plenty who are willing to go if we had the means to send them. I am very glad that the Wo man’s Foreign Missionary Society have agreed to send one missionary to Malange, and that Miss Zentmire is already under appointment. My hope is that in the near future we shall be able to send to this field several efficient workers, and not only so, but to add largely to our industrial equipment and to have a mission printing outfit.
U m t a l i , E a s t e r n R h o d e s i a . Perhaps no providential opening in foreign mission fields has aroused as great interest in the .Church in so short a time as has the offer of the British South Africa government to make large concessions in lands and buildings and to cor dially welcome and cooperate with American Methodism in the establishment of a great mission center in one of the healthiest sections of Southeast Africa. Umtali is 225 miles from the coast, 4,000 feet above the sea, in a beau tiful mountainous section. Here a very providential opening has occurred among the English people, and already Mr. Ehnes and his wife have organized a school, which is largely self-supporting, and begun Christian work, with the view of organizing a church. Over a mountain pass, eight miles away, at the former site of the cap ital of the province, Bishop Hartzell has been granted lands and buildings worth at least $30,000, and here his plans include a well-equipped mission station in which there shall be evangelical, educational, medical, and industrial lines of work carried forward. He has secured two men and their wives and one trained nurse and one matron, all people of high character and of consecrated lives and of excellent preparation, who in a few months will be on the ground. The bishop himself will spend the months of August, September, and October in that section of the south, personally superintending the development of this large beginning. Statistics of Congo Mission Conference, June, 1898.
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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, a 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^ 1898.] North Germany. 41
NORTH GERMANY. Bishop Walden has Episcopal Supervision.
D r. A . J . Palmer is Secretary in Charge.
T h e North Germany Conference was held in Hamburg, Germany, July 6, 1898, Bishop Walden presiding. The presiding elders report as follows :
B e r l i n D i s t r i c t .—K. Schell, P. E. The Berlin District, without doubt, is one of the most interesting por tions of our work in Germany; in the first place, because it includes our new hopeful fields of labor in the old Prussian provinces; then, because it includes our missions in Austria-Hungary. Our advance there has been accompanied by the sympathy of all the Methodists in Germany and Switzerland. It is true it was a great and responsible enterprise to establish Methodist churches in Danzig, Königsberg, Breslau, Liegnitz, Graudenz, in those old Prussian provinces, without special help from our Conference; but through the blessing of our Lord, and by the help of a lady who is especially interested in this part of our work, we were able to take it up. About two hundred persons in these new fields of labor have been received into our Church. In the same glorious way our work in Austria- Hungary has grown, where we are working among Germans, Bohemians, and Slavs. From Bohemia, as well as from Hungary, we are earnestly requested to send Methodist ministers with the light of the glorious Gos pel into those dark Catholic countries. It may be that our Church in Europe has never felt as deeply as now in this case the necessity to pray, “ Lord, send laborers into the fields ripe unto harvest! ” We have already begun to work in Budapest and in the old coronation-capital of Pressburg (Pozsony), which seems to be a most promising field of labor. But also from our old societies in Berlin, Pomerania, and Silesia, we may report thorough revivals and conversions, and a good number has joined our Church. There are 16 circuits in our Berlin District, and all of them report a net increase of 325 members; a very rare success in our German work. Hitherto we have not taken part publicly in the great social movement which is exciting nearly every class of our people, notwithstanding some of our ministers would be able to do so. Nor have we set at work in a literary way as to the great theological questions, as they are handled only by the professors of the official Church of the State, but are wholly ignored by the great masses; but we are working among our country men and for our countrymen without any political partiality, and in respect to religion with such success that they are already calling certain features in the Established Church Methodistic. Last year hundreds of unhappy men, sunken into the worst atheism and most dangerous socialism, were saved by the preaching of the simple 42 Missionary Report. [1898.
Gospel and made children of God with their families. These experiences are teaching us to take the right way, and occupy ourselves according to the will of our Lord. Five former Wesleyan circuits belong to our Berlin District. All of these have also been blessed by the Lord. The union of these societies with us has proved advantageous for them. “ The best of all is, God is with us ! ”
L e ip z ig D i s t r i c t —G. Hempel, P. E. The work on the Leipzig District has made, in every respect, very satis- fying progress, and many precious souls have been converted. We are glad to report that during the past year 486 have joined on pro bation and 166 were received into full membership; a net increase of 149. We likewise have reason to feel grateful to the Lord for the financial aid given us. Our income was 74.409 marks ; an increase of about 2,000 marks as compared with the previous year. In spite of the many difficulties which our Sunday school work in Saxony has to contend with, we have 59 Sunday schools with 3,370 scholars, of whom 2,170 are children of nonmembers. It is very evident that our Sunday schools are an indispensable factor for the future exist ence of the Church, from the very fact that more than one half of the young people in some localities and three fourths in others were raised in the Sunday schools. We have 850 primary scholars also, whose parents were formerly members of the State Church. These are especially intrusted to our care, and 220 of them have received catechetical instruc tion from their pastors. In 1894 the Yugendbund was introduced on the Leipzig District, and has proved itself to be a success in every respect. At present there are 38 societies existing with a combined membership of 770, of whom 400 are males and 370 females. The influence that Methodism is exerting in Germany, and especially in Saxony, is of increasing importance. A movement of spiritual life has even been perceived here and there in the State Churches, which is com monly called Methodism, and which finds opposition as Methodism itself does. Efforts are even being made to follow the advice of the saintly Dr. Christlieb, namely, to so work, adopt such methods of preaching the Gospel in such a revival spirit that Methodism may become dispensable. Such phenomena appear especially in Saxony, where are held Bible studies, even ing services, and prayer meetings; and even class meetings are occasion ally being tried. Different societies are organized, and pastors are offi cially advised to preach the Gospel in a spiritual manner. This district comprises 19 circuits. In Cassel-Goettingen, in Hesse, we have a very prosperous charge. The pastor there is greatly aided by the laity, and since the chapel is not spacious enough for the congregation we ought to erect a new building; but this would involve expense,and we would be compelled to incur debt; so it only remains for us to patiently labor and wait. ^Hadersleben<^:UNENrC ^ijborg' jiisi NORTH GERMANY R™ UL'Ì^o\ÌHOLM N exu',^ l Königsberg S cale of Miles -*i Flensburg D-i LA N 5% »FALST e r
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We have a few older circuits in Thuringia, as Langenwetzendorf, Schleiz, and S a a tfeld , where the work is gradually progressing. Methodism has gained quite a stronghold in G era, a growing city of 45,000 inhabitants. The charge in H alle, which came to us last year from the Wesleyan Church, has since doubled its membership, as likewise the number of visitors. Our charge in G reiz is in a very prosperous condition. The old chapel having proved too small, the congregation built a larger one, which was dedicated June 12, 1898. Since then the number of visitors has so in creased that the new chapel, which has room for about five or six hundred people, is generally filled. In the kingdom of Saxony our work consists of 12 circuits and 15 preachers, and is making remarkable progress in spite of the many obsta cles which have to be contended with. For instance, on the A nnaberg C ircu it we were forbidden to hold services by the police court, under the pretense that our chapel did not come up to the legal requirements. When, however, a respected brother declared his willingness to build a new one which would come up to the legal standard, and he handed them his plan, they would not grant him permission. But after an appeal had been taken to the Königlichem Ministerium this illegal declaration was negatived, and the way is open for us to soon build and dedicate a new chapel. The work in Cheinnitz is progressing continually. The services are well attended, and our influence is steadily increasing. Many have been converted. We visited Dresden, the beautiful queen city of Saxony, last year and stationed a preacher there. A small congregation of about eighteen members was organized. The number of visitors who attend our meetings is continually increasing, and the prospect for future success is evident. Our minister is doing a good work in L eip zig, the seat of the univer sity and music. A great many young people are being gained through our influence, and spread the obtained blessings abroad. The work in P lau en is very progressive, and a great many souls were converted during the past year. In a neighboring town, Falkenstein, a congregation had been established through the work of a minister of the United Brethren in Christ. Great were the obstacles these people had to encounter in organizing their congregation. Two appeals to the Hohe Ministerium were refused, and they were even forbidden to hold services. When the preacher felt that he ought to preach the Gospel to his people anyway, he was heavily fined. Since it was impossible for him to feed his flock or to do further work of any kind, he kindly requested us to take charge of his congregation, which we gladly accepted. Fifty-six persons who had left the State Church were accepted as full members, and 37 on probation. Brother Wunderlich, pastor in Plauen, has now charge of this congregation, and since our Church is recognized by the Ministe rium we have had no further difficulties to contend with. (This increase will appear in the next statistics.) The congregation on the Reichenbach Circuit has a very high social 1898.] North Germany. 45 standing, and has been very prosperous during the past year. We have here the assistance of a great many noble brethren. A number have been converted and have joined on probation. The Schneeberg-Eibenstock Circuit of 477 members is a very productive field. Our people have “ Kopf und Herz auf dem richtigen Pfleck.” At one place conversions occurred every week during the year. Every charge on the Schwarzenberg Circuit has had conversions, and the preacher in charge reports 100, and that 50 persons have joined the Church on probation. The W erdau congregation had to endure severe trials, but has survived and now enjoys the blessings of God. The congregation at W ilkau is com posed of a great many young people, who especially need the fostering care of their pastor. Here we have the largest Sunday school on the district. A year of great blessing has been experienced in Zschopau-Dittersdorf , and in spite of many external difficulties the work is very promising. The services in Z w ickau are well attended, and our work here is very prosperous. The people are very faithful and energetic and show a great interest in the work. Our work on the entire field, as a whole, is very promising. [No report has been received from the Bremen District.] Conference, June, 1898. Statistics of North Germany 1
Çbo CIRCUIT OR STATION. •5 E „• S J S d Children Children Baptized. Adults Baptized. Adherents. Sunday Worship. Average Average Attendance on Members. o i * Marks. Marks. Murks. Mark«. Mark; Marks. Marks. Berlin District. j no 9,600 7,150 20 600 667 1 Belg-ard...... ! 1 2 7 2 56 210 20 4 25(t 259,400 50 44500 58 580 2 Berlin : First Church...... I 1 0 157 50 1 SO 350 15 8 457 27,000 3.544 80,000, 88.500 46 0 2.236 3 Second Church...... 2 2 4 64 15(1 430 48 15 290 100,000 1 220,000 302,135 590 145 41 Third Church...... 2 124 5:-! 1 0 0 2S0 18 4 ISO 2 ,473 5 Fourth Church...... 144 47 50 250 25 1 180 87 6 Breslau...... 1 11 29 li d 310 45 80 12,684 5,S25 1,5 00 163 7iOolberg...... 1 SO l(i 80 150 5 S TO 8'Cottbus...... 2 4S 40 150 17 1 120 854 1 ,10 8 9 Danzig...... 63 55 1 2 0 3S0 49 5 9 6 6 10 Glosran...... 4 78 11 2 5 120 10 4! .. 608 11 Görlitz___•...... ' 1 1 34 4 35 11(1 19 2 66 12 Königsberg...... 6 26 1 3 0 2 10 28 1,5 34 13 Madgebursr...... 1 4 73 33 75 250 39 1 2 ,3 14 1 4 Neu-Kuppin...... ! 1 22 45 18 0 16 3 ■ ■ ■ 55 795 15 Stettin...... 1 22 ;> 35 80 2 160,000 5,594 1 6 1 27 200 490 58 2 W ien...... 1 5 114 1 " Bremen District. 2,250' 75 21 2(1 7 16 1 A u rich ...... 2 47 1^ 60 2 27,660' 92! 23 2.288 2 Bielefeld...... i 1 20 150 114 4 6,650 205: 64 2.7>4 162 29 170 2 3 Bremen...... ! 2 4 4 8 ,7 0 0 102I 73 1.752 4 Bremerhaven...... 90 19 1 20 3 1 5,593 63; 39 2.050 5 Delmenhorst...... 4 1 7 3 28 200 6 6,264 45, 16 'io 49 8 6 Dornuin ...... 62 3 70 1 1 1 .. 46, 14 4 5 0 7!Hanover...... 1 1 26 10 50 8,000i 1 1,7 50 7 3 : 15 ... 1 1 ,2 2 0 8 Leer...... 1 0 87 37 130 (5 .. 1-3.000 10(1 33 9 Neushoo...... 1 4 135 35 25 0 8 82,000 55,250 1711 31 10 Oldenburg-...... 1 2 179 22 20 0 6 4,000 50 17 11 Osnabrück...... i 1 4 67 8 10 0 14,0001 ’ 8,680 52. 22 12 Westerstede...... ! .. 1 6 1 2 1 39 150 8 20,000 16,00 0 72 20 13 Wilhelmshafen...... 1 1 42 4 70 2 170' 3 6 i Leipzig District. 1 S.00C1 5 4,800 1 0 3 1 624 liAnnaberg...... 1 2 80 140 10 0 3S0 40 5 46.300 3 18 .3 3 0 1 0 6 552 2 Cassel and Güttingen...... 1 2 19 3 21 90 850 25 12 150,000 1 128,4S S Contribuitilims in 3 Chemnitz...... 1 100 80 120 500 30 6 1 7 6 30 70 5 3 3S9 5 Gera and Z eitz...... ! 1 1 12S 34 80 300 25 8 91,300 2 78,100 1.22S 6 G reiz...... j 1 4 163 5S 100 4 0 0 30 10 2 ! 7 Halle...... j 1 1 31» 22 60 200 35 4 13,000 1 ’ 6,400 8 Langenwetzendorf...... > 1 2 150 23 90 250 15 l! 9 Leipzig...... 2 22 2.-) 80 12 0 10; .. 80.000 2 93: 1,127 10 Plauen and Falkenstein...... 1 2 69 84 2(10 500 25 7 57,900 2 1151 69S 5401 11 Reichenbach...... : 1 3 1 5 5 135 30 0 45 0 30 10 3 12 Saalfelil...... I .. 1 5(1 28 50 90 1 5 5! . . ' 6,800 2 13 Schleiz...... 1 2 1(10 1 4 8 0 150 10 y 51,500 5 14 Schnceberg and Eibenstock... 1 4 2 10 262 3 00! 650 75 OO 29.850 5 15 Schwarzenberg...... 1 3 100 1 (¡6 250 500 100 !) 39,850 3 16 W erdau...... 1 2 67 7 4 '.5(1 250 20 2 46.000 1 17: W ilkau...... ! 1 1 1 33 1 7 8 1 50 400 35 11 26.400 4 18 Zschopau and Dittersdorf.... i 1 l 3 161 96 1 20 35 0 25 8 59,500 8 175 1,067 532 19 Zwickau...... I 1 1 2 18S 164 2 0 0 600 40 12 I’SSI f 1,707,984 94 181 300,0001,153,211 3.647 10,513 42 585 9,470 79,142 Total ...... 4 r» 10 90 4,642 2 .388 3,925 12,180 1,004 237 2 lo5 7,4351 54 +1,9S8,62011,988,620 71 16J $ ...... 11,194,508 4.415 11.5241 33'351 11,555 70,505 Last year...... 4 i 13 72 4,651! 2,198 8,470 10,800 6951 200 value of Ä e s a n d “Ä + InC"“1,,,g Valu* of or •• Homes.” , Included Note.—The stati icB for Bremen District are last year's. 48 Missionary Report. [1898.
SOUTH GERMANY. Bishop Walden has Episcopal Supervision. D r. A . y. Palmer is Secretary in Charge.
T h e South Germany Conference met at Frankfurt, Ger many, June 22, Bishop Walden presiding.
F r a n k f u r t D i s t r i c t —J acob Kaufmann, P. E. On the Frankfurt District there are 300 souls who, according' to the reports of the preachers in charge, profess to have received, in the course of the past Conference year, the witness of their “ adoption as sons.” It is especially gratifying that a number of Sunday school pupils are among the newly converted, and that most of these have received instruction in our Catechism. It is our foremost desire to win the young for the Lord and his Church. Not want of conviction of the importance of this our duty, nor disinclination to do it, are the reasons why still more could not be done toward the spiritual welfare of our young people; but the over burdening of many of our brothers with work. We hope that by drawing out and educating more and more brothers of the laity for the different parts of circuit work we shall, with the Lord’s help, be able to enter upon still more successful work among the young. For years, indeed, promis ing associations of young men and of young women, as well as here and there of children, have existed, and other associations, all of which more or less correspond in their purposes and aims to the Epworth League- In some circuits Epworth League sections have already been organized, and other circuits are about to do the same. It has been considered practical to let the already existing associations continue as sections of the Epworth League. These sections generally assemble once or twice a week, while the circuit chapter, as such, assembles monthly, or once in two or three months, as circuit circumstances may allow. The cause of the Epworth League finds much approval throughout the district. Joy fully people look forward to the meetings of the Epworth League as to festivals. The associations mentioned speak highly of the blessings and instructions, as well as of the encouragement in the following of Christ and the good impulses to work in the kingdom of God, which they have already received through the gatherings of the Epworth League. In view of the considerable distances generally lying between the several circuits, the organization of a District League is for the present impracticable. Meanwhile we must be content with the connecting link of delegations on festive occasions. The number of members of the Epworth League sections of the Frankfurt District amounts, so far as reported to me, to 203 young men and 297 young women ; total, 500. It gives us pleasure to observe what a valuable help we already have in our juvenile associa tions. The future welfare of our work depends in a high degree upon their proper supervision and the faithful care bestowed upon them. 2T T eUlet 8foiPr \ & ^ IWeipcnrels 55 V Y B,oUea'v Gorlltl ^ *(^ ,<,be'» I Liegoitz Cologne^ pZelU Le^uig^ ~ -' ■ - Lobau c W b an / '^“à ^ Duren \ * 4 e s» ç uasseï/ ^ vÊisenacE" 0 ^ *Y r* 1 \(£A*tcJ blirS f , TV ~ -"W , A€> Jauer •U 1» Chapelle -BoniiF MarburïçTa ^-Nenstadt/v»* r.» Gotha r - x r ly r t c/jL»Qtt lQ DPa ■Mce^àna ^Zittau | '
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Our Sunday school work also is a cause of gladness. In 65 schools consisting of 2,137 scholars (816 boys and 1,321 girls), the Lord has pointed out to us a large field of work. There are 156 teachers active, of whom 56, as has been proved, have come forth from our own Sunday schools. Though it may be in one way gratifying that 1.491 scholars are the children of nonmembers, and only 646 children of members of our Church, yet it is very unpleasant that as soon as the State Church begins instructing the children of nonmembers in».its Catechism they are generally warned against visiting our Sunday schools and church services, and they are warned that they will not be confirmed if they will not stay away from us. In consequence most of these children are lost to us forever as soon as they reach a certain age. For this reason the number of our Sunday scholars who are between 12 and 14 years of age or older is comparatively small. In particular cases children return to us once more after their confirmation by the State Church, and learn to love the Lord and our Church ; yet even such are very often hindered from visiting our services, and are in danger of being wholly estranged from our Church through entering into business or through their obligation for some years still to submit to the instruction offered by the State Church. Yet such facts shall by no means hinder us in sowing the seed of godly truth in the young hearts in future also, and with the certain hope that many a seed will yet grow up and bring forth fruit. According to the reports of the preachers in charge, 156 of our children have this year found the Saviour, 57 children and 1 adult were baptized, and 147 children received religious instruction. About 600 children visit the public services regularly. In the society work the number of the local preachers and exhorters who aided the 17 preachers in charge and 3 helpers is 56. And without these the amount of work which the generally hard circuits call for could not have been mastered. Not a small percentage of our success will have to be ascribed to these vigorous coworkers. Our sisters have also shown brisk activity, and have faithfully endeavored, especially by their associations, to support and to promote the work of God. Much esteem is due to our industrious sisters. May they, like Mary, receive that praise from the lips of the Saviour, “ They have done what they could.” The number of Young Women’s Associations in our district amounts to 21, with 326 members and annual receipts of 684 marks. The numerical status of our membership would be a much higher one if all those who have in this and the past year been won for the Lord, mainly by the faithful and devoted work of our young preachers and their fellow-workers, had joined us in membership. The fact that 94 proba tioners have been noted as dismissed, and 64 members as withdrawn or expelled, has considerably lessened the total increase of members. The increase of members being 87, the increased contributions over last year amount to 6,000 marks, which includes 2,000 marks for a chapel in Mar burg. The total of contributions is 42,773 marks, with an average of 22 1 898.] South Germany. 51 marks 41 pfennigs for each member. The number of members is 1,496, of probationers, 4 12 ; totg.1, 1,908. Six hundred and fifty-five thereof are males, and 1,253 females, or about one third males and two thirds females- Our direct influence, however, extends over more than 1,300 friends, who are more or less regular attendants at our services, and some of whom have been led to Christ through our work. Hitherto we have set foot in not more than 34 larger and smaller towns and in 80 boroughs and villages, with 116 preaching stations. But, according to the most exact calculations possible, there are—apart from the great number of villages and boroughs—in the territory of the Frank furt District alone still 292 towns with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants, 53 towns with 10,000 to 40,000, 6 towns with 40,000 to 100,000, and 5 towns with 100,000 to 200,000 inhabitants, where we have not yet been able to do anything. Esteeming and valuing, as we do, that which other Churches and connections are doing’in these richly populated places, there is for us at the same time no doubt that we also have a mission here, and we are filled with burning desire that we may succeed in doing our work better still, being thereby made a blessing to many. However, we need more workers, and will ask them of the Lord ; we need more means, and the Lord will give them to us. It is far too early for our General Missionary Committee, which has, in due appreciation of our important mission in Germany, and especially in South Germany, hitherto provided for us in so magnanimous and appreciable a manner, to think of a further shortening of the appropriation. For the evangelization of the masses, still far from God, in beautiful Rhineland and the adjacent parts and provinces we could certainly employ the whole sum granted to us. Concerning our indirect success and influence, we observe, with thanks to the Lord, that our work influences with incitement and inspiration other societies of believers who are already concurring with us (which is gratifying), while at the same time the friendly relations to denominations standing on the ground of the Evangelical Alliance steadily grow more favorable. More influential cooperation in the so-called evangelization movement, especially in Frankfurt-on-the-Main, is gradually more guar anteed to us, and our work is constantly better appreciated. Our formerly so much scandalized method of work is now, as everyone knows, found to be quite practical, and is without hesitation imitated by city missions, etc.; this can only give us pleasure. Eternity will prove how many blessings the wide propagation of our literature, especially of our journals, bring to those also who perhaps will never be won for our Church. Even the opposing attitude of representa tives of the State Church, here and there again more strongly marked, is, though saddening, yet a plain proof of our indirect success. With due regard to brevity, we cannot enter upon particulars about the several circuits. Let it suffice to remark that since January in this year we have in connection with the Koln Circuit, also begun work in the populous towns Elberfeld and Barmen. A nice Sunday school and a little society of 52 Missionary Report. [1898.
five members and five probationers are already existing. The work and the sacrifices will find their recompense. The circuit Siegen, formerly Wes leyan, is a promising field of w ork; the only regret is that this society has not yet a chapel, which is an urgent need in Siegen. Yet there is for the present no prospect of being able to meet this want. On the Westerwald there is a plain chapel just being built in Weitefeld. Here a promising society has been formed in a short time, and it affords us pleasure to notice its steady development ever since.
H e i l b r o n n D i s t r i c t .—Jacob Haerle, P. E. This district was organized into its present form a year ago, in conse quence of the increase of fields and ministers occasioned by the Wesleyan brethren coming into our Church, seven circuits coming into it from the Wesleyans. The fields thus added are Brevorst, Hall, Kirchberg, in the kingdom of Würtemberg; Nürnberg (St. Paul’s Chapel), Fiirth-Erlangen, Wurzburg (these last two are university cities), and Hof, in the kingdom of Bavaria. The district comprises 18 circuits and reaches 300 kilometers from one extreme to the other. The two governments in which our work lies are somewhat different in their relation or the stand they take in regard to us. In the kingdom of Bavaria, which contains seven circuits, we have the rights “ of private church societies ” conceded to us ; but we are not allowed to receive per sons into full membership nor admit them to the Lord’s Supper unless they have obtained a certificate of withdrawal from the State Church. Such certificate is to be obtained from the pastor in person. In the kingdom of Würtemberg, which contains 11 circuits, the people may join our Church and enjoy its ministrations in life and death (the right of sacraments and Christian burial) without difficulty or hindrance from the authorities ; but, on the other hand, the State Church is trying to make our work superfluous by imitating us and adopting our modes. Still we have our mission “ to spread scriptural holiness through the land.” The Lord has owned and blessed our efforts during the past year to our great encouragement. We were enabled to report on the district for the year 322 conversions; 286 have joined on probation ; 213 were received into full membership. After deducting losses from all causes, we have a net gain in full members and probationers of 116. The contributions amounted to 43,804 marks. Besides these visible results, our work brought many unseen blessings, and many fruits have ripened under the faithful ministry of our Church for the heavenly garner. The youth have received full attention from our preachers; 2,699 boys and girls are taught in the way of salvation by 117 teachers in 68 Sunday schools. Young men’s, young women’s, and “ singing ” societies are to be found on each field. Some are organized into Epworth League chapters. But we must admit that this Epworth League cause, as it is presented to us in Germany and is recommended by the Church, presents to us many difficulties, and is still a “ problem” for the solution of which we lack clear and harmonious insight. It would not be difficult to arouse the 1898.] South Germany. 53 enthusiasm of our youth for this organized society life, but how to do it without loss to our class and prayer meetings and to the most important institution of the family by calling the young too often away from the fam ily life—this is the most important question that confronts us. The will is present, and we do our best under the circumstances. In regard to the extension of the ministerial term as provided by the Discipline and administered by our bishops, I am free to say it has shown its beneficial effect, and accords fully with the German peculiarities and temperament for stability with as little change as possible. The more Methodism succeeds in understanding a work in its peculiarity the greater will be its achievements. One cause why the Baptists have so large congregations in some cities, many think, is found in their fewer changes of pastors. We are grateful that our Church has recognized the needs in this respect. I must not close without saying that the union of the Wesleyans with us gives full satisfaction on this district, and without an exception the ministers and people are happy in the new relation. Giving thanks to God for his goodness and mercy in the past, we will trust for his future aid.
S t u t t g a r t D i s t r i c t .— H. Mann, P. E. The past year is the first since the union of the German Wesleyan work with our own Church took place. Through the union the South Germany Conference was enlarged by joining to it 21 new circuits, formerly Wes leyan, with 27 pastors, including the preachers on probation, 2,008 church members, and 3,767 Sunday school scholars. For this reason the former Stuttgart District had to be divided into two districts—the Stuttgart Dis trict and the Heilbronn District. The new Stuttgart District was formed by Bishop Goodsell, June, 1897, at the Annual Conference. It comprises 17 circuits, 13 of them formerly belonging to the Wesleyan work. Although many things were new to our new brethren, the past year has been very successful. After deducting the members that have been lost by death, by removal, and other reasons, I rejoice to report that the district has a net increase of 198 members- The Lord be praised ! Of these 17 circuits three only had no visible suc cess. All others are partakers of the above-mentioned increase in mem bership. A special blessing was given to our churches in Stuttgart and in Cannstatt. Before the union took place the Methodists in Stuttgart had two small congregations of little influence. What a change since then ! In the beautiful church in the “ Sophienstrasse ” crowds of hearers are now meeting every Sunday to worship the Lord. The Wesleyans for merly used only the Sunday school room for their services; now the fine large church is nearly filled with hearers. As a divine sanction to the union the Lord gave us a very good revival in the beginning of the year 1898. About seventy to eighty conversions were recorded. The member ship has grown to the number of 251. Stuttgart, being the capital of the kingdom of Wiirtemberg, is for this country an important place. About 54 Missionary Report. [1898.
five thousand to six thousand members of our Church living- in this part oi Germany have relations with the capital town. How encouraging for them it is now to see a well-filled Methodist church there ! Just after the revival had occurred I sent a young helper on this circuit in order to preserve what the Lord had given us, and also to open a new place of worship. Cannstatt, the beautiful old seat of the kings of Wurtemberg, was the center of former Wesleyan work. Here, as was the case in Stuttgart, the new brethren coming to us brought with them a nice church and a beautiful parsonage. We regretted very much that the former pastor of this congregation did not join our Church ; but also 55 members, out of 145, were unwilling to join. What was to be done? We waited for the help from above, and the waiting was not in vain. After successful pro tracted meetings most of these (but not the pastor) gave up their opposi tion, and only 17 members went over to the State Church. These 17 and about 8 others at different places make up the sum of former Wesleyans who have been lost on the occasion of the union. Our Church in Cann statt has now 152 members. The state of our Church in the Stuttgart District is very encouraging. Four hundred and six persons were converted during the past year, and we may say the work of the Lord is going on in a hopeful manner. Thanks to him, the true God in heaven ! But we need still the further help of our Missionary Society. A most serious question is that of our preaching halls in Munich, Augsburg, and Ulm. Munich is the large capital of the king dom of Bavaria. The late Rev. Paul Schvveikher was the pastor of our church there. He was the first promoter, or, in truth, a champion, for the union. But after suffering a long time from heart disease, he died on De cember 11 last. His death brings up a very serious case. The nice little chapel which our people are using is in his private house, a large building in a good street. The widow is obliged to sell the house. So in a short time the congregation will lose their beautiful place of worship. If we only could secure a property in this large city ! It is so difficult to find a hall, and the rents are extremely high. In Augsburg, the town of the reformation of Luther, where little trace is left of that grand time, and also in Ulm, another large town, both im portant places for our work, we were driven to hire large rooms in beer houses. No other rooms were to be found. It is very difficult to bring strangers to those halls. What a blessing it would be if some good friend of our German work would help us to secure a home for our members and friends in these tow'ns ! Finally, I have to report that one of our fathers, the venerable Brother C. Dietrich, the oldest member of our Conference and the first of our Ger man preachers who was ordained by one of our bishops, was obliged to ask the Conference for a superannuated relation. He worked among us 42 years with good success, and for six years he was presiding elder of the Stuttgart District. May our faithful Lord grant us evermore the power of his.Spirit, to en able us to do much more good for the glory of his holy name ! 1898.] South Germany. 55
M a r t i n M i s s i o n I n s t i t u t e . Rev. A. J. Bucher, President of Martin Mission Institute, gives an excellent article in the July, 1898, number of the Gospel in A ll Lands, from which we quote the following: The Martin Mission Institute, at Frankfurt-am-Main, was dedicated in 1869. It is a very plain but substantial three-story structure, containing in its basement kitchen, dining hall, bathrooms, etc.; on the first floor, four lecture rooms, a reading room, an office room, and the chapel hall; on the second, apartments for the director’s family and the servants; and on the third, the dormitories of the students. All students live and board in the seminary, forming one large family with the other inmates of the house, the director with his family living on the same conditions, bill of fare, etc., as they, keeping them under his constant personal influence and control. The relation between him and the students is that of grateful sons to a loving father. The spirit of love and peace reigns supreme in the institution. The daily life of the students is governed by a code of strict but whole some rule, to which they all cheerfully submit, and any serious violation of which is liable to result in immediate expulsion from the school. Par ticular attention is paid to the spiritual development of the brethren, certain hours being fixed for prayer in chapel and in closet, for the reading of the Bible to the mere purpose of personal edification, for the exchange of spiritual experience, and they being obliged to do practical work for the Master, distributing tracts, teaching in Sunday schools, and, every other Sunday, preaching in the neighboring circuits. The regular school course comprises three years. But since there is constant want of men it occurs now and then, to our great regret, that students are called into the work before the completion of their course. Such exceptions are of course limited to cases of extremest necessity, but they ought, both in the interest of the young men and of the work, to be avoided entirely, all the more as most of our boys come to us with only a very modest public school education. While we have a number of men in our work who had had the advantages of a thorough classical training before they entered the seminary, these are and most probably always will be exceptions. Our average student comes from the shop, the factory, the office, the store, the farm, the army, and not from the school bench. This fact shows plainly the necessity of an extension of our course, a necessity which has long since been deeply felt and clearly understood by all concerned, and which, as we firmly hope, will ultimately lead to the long-desired introduction of a preparatory course. But as in the earlier history of the school two years had to suffice, so we shall in the nearer future most probably have to content our selves with the three years’ course—unless the Lord calls an unusual number of young men into his service, and then opens new financial re sources, Till that comes to pass we shall have to confine the instruction to such studies as are of directest practical use in the pastorate. Statistics of South Germany Conference, June, 1898. j 1
c b£ '5 ¿ è i f O CIRCUIT OR STATION. 1 J -2.2 *u _ ü g È s 0 £ ^ À Iff. = »-I I l i §1 3l<2 'S ® s 1 e- ¡ a § 3 g Children Baptized. Probationer». Adherents. Conversions during the Year. Sabbath Schools. Sabbath Scholars. Estate. Collecte«! for Mis sionary Society. Benevolent iea< Churches andChapels. Estimated Value Churches of andChapels. Places W of orship, Collected Collected for Self- Debt on Debt on R eal Collected for other Societies. support. r= i l l o Halls &otherRent\l| P-3 O c , 1 1 Preachers. | Other | Helpers. j j OO 2 0 j j Frankfurt District. Murks, INI arks. Marks. Marks. Marks. Murk*. Murk fi. P arm stadt...... l 1 1 1 li 60 50 12 l 20 o Dillenburg...... 1 25 78 581 75 1 *8 184 24 240 200 14; 5 8 90 9.7ÓÓ 1 90 41T 1,582 “ ¿I 78 Frankfurt-am-Main: First Ch! 2 4 2 12 87 450 400 10 (5 5 200 112,000 3 80,660 96 1,194 5,429 265 489 Second Church...... ' 1 124 89 270 200 15 3 150 3 123 384 8,89S 180 365 Frledrichsdnrf und Brombaeh.! 1 'i 181 12 190 170 4 5 5 130 17,200 43 315 llanau and Gelnhausen...... j 6,050 1,787 824 1 58 28 150 180 $) 2 3 ISO '3 50 122 935 ' 56 75 Heidelberg and Sinslieiii...... 1 'i 45 22 ISO 140 50 4 no; .. 4 37 155 1,410 50 Kaiserslautern...... 1 2 138 89 250 200 1 1 ’Ò 2 170 60,0(1(1 2 15,950 (57 371 2,178 51T Köln and Ohligs...... 1 : 1 1 25 2 1 80 70 10 2 4 135 5 8;> 1(57 1.490 Kreuznach...... T4 i! .. S 188 52 350 800 54 8 11 170 12,350 2 so 3(5o 2,798 ’ ’¿Ó 108 Mannheim...... l 2 90 85 250 220 25 1 4 200 4 74 594 1,491 M arburg...... SI8 244 l 2 68 5 1 O0 80 8 1 8 70 2.000 2 31 Siegburg...... 174 1,094 2,085 46 i 17 1 1 65 55 5 2 25 2 21 8S 620 40 Siegen...... l Ü 109 88 840 800 85 400 4 53 Simmern...... 8 3S6 2,167 '¿88 298 1 .. 3 117 •28 250 230 20 6 6 70 15,(100 7,200 03 802 1.668 ITS "Wetzlar...... 1 14 10 60 50 8 1 15 è 8 S2 884 16 "Wiesbaden...... 1 ‘i 36 5 TO j 50 5 'Ï 1 32 2 Heilbronn District. 26 91 679 68 Ansbach...... l 84 24 40 80 8 3 1 25 .. 30,000 3 1 18,150 61 205 300 459 B ayreuth...... l 2 39 25 60; 100 15 2 2 40 4 58 253 400 *810 65S Beilstein...... l S 150 29 140 250 IT 6 4 125 13.700 13 i '2ÓÓ 60 205 1,000 692 Bietigheim...... 4 114 13 Tu 170 10 1 5 160 9.150 5 1 400 98 706 1,400 1.800 983 Furth and Erlanger...... i| .. 2 45 10 00 i 90 5 8 4 120 *3.500 3 85 134 1,180 178 596 lla ll...... : ...... 1 .. 6 54 2 70 110 8 8 90 'i 40,000 'i Ileilbronn...... 15,000 85 113 900 597 11 1,50 SO 170 400 100 4 1 1 648 5 98,000 9 1 88,800 808 589 2,894 2,70i 3.131 H o f...... ; ï !! 8 45 12 i 40 SO 10 2 8 55 3 Kirchberg-...... 50 198 1,050 609 i 8 07 10 70 130 15 2 2 30 ‘i G.ÒÓ0 7 33 81 900 427 Marbach...... i 18 179 37 200 260 40 2 10 500, . 2 13.600 s i ‘éóò 58 850 1,200 881 Neuhutten...... 1 8 120 42 40 180 2T 4 12 0 ! .. 0 13.360 11 1 9,190 40 210 600 684 Nuremberg: First Church. l 1 56 2(5 40 120 10 *8 1 60; .. 2 125,000! 2 110,981 43 362 406 Second Church...... 1 *èéè 957 2 8 104 10 150 250 10 1 4 300 .. 1 01,100 » 1 20.T50 63 390 1,952 1,635 Oehringen...... 1 3 06 9 70 110 12 8 55 .. 1 22.000 8 1 8,400 81 2 11 475 710 Ottmansheini...... 4 10S 2-< 60 160 8 ‘s 5 200 .. 2 9.GOO 5 1 60 25 837 700 878 I’revorst...... i 14 113 11 70 1(50 15 2 2 SO . 2 9.S00 7 1 120 50 242 1,000 241 "Weinsburg...... 1 7 05 15 40 100 16 8 2 45, . 1 12.000! 7 1 88 "Wurzburg..., ...... 4,600 88 550 550 1 1 15 7 30 70 6 2 2 4 0 . . 2 25 140 9T5 797
Karlsruhe District Altensteig...... ‘ Bischweiler 10T| H 1 «9 220 IS 24 120, 5,270 caiw ;;;;;; ...... 09, SO 3 76’ 63 160 2I(li 25 55 250 1.480| 2 Freudenstadt...... S 2 0 0 ! ): 106 Heimslieim...... 339! ( *)’ 96 450 OS 3.(198! 9 869 UT: 1 480.' 2 .10(1 Karlsruhe...... 4 139 25o 35 320 208 605 200! 4(>i 4.3(50 Knittliiigen...... 104 250 2 30 0 10? 847 133 22 19.50 0 Kalmar ...... 1 10 18 0 3(1 300 151 1,158 22j 12 40 3.0001 6( Lahr...... « _)! i 30 195 Nagold 44 14 24! 60 1 15 04 101 40 rforzheiin...... " | ’ ...... 30 69 150 20 8,ÌÓÓ 3f 231 291 3 150 Pirmasens...... 174, 450 S ii 475 6- 135 Speyer and liockenheim 192 33 05 2Ö0 10 325 37.5ÓÓ 10-3 439 1501 2 > 105, 400 Strassburg...... 2 4 0 1 12 200 95 810 Vaihingen...... ]f>0 27| 200 800' V ' 2 0 .2 0 2 124 477 1 4 4 250 "Welssach...... ^ ’ ’ ’ ...... 27: 320 200! 3(5! 2S0 09,100 113 1,067 7(59 55 126 5.025 Zweibrucken...... | ’ 230: 4: ! 220 66 541 67: 29 11.700 Stuttgart District. 54' 90 9| 1S0 66 255 Augsburg...... I 44 205 S3 15 Backnang ...... 8; 30 ! 24' 23, 2 Ui: 300, 600 21 110 Cannstadt ...... ir 800j 2 87,81(5 Ebingen ", 01 1281 28 150' 300, 3 0 ! 22 124 441 125 3C 1 255 2 103,9l)0| 8 Echterdingen...... 120 250! 25 09 878 2,761 72 2 531 1 7,000! 4 Herren borg ...... 200 200 120 1 25 436 1,920 135 80; 200! 300 1((.7(55! 6 23 191 Ludwigsburg...... 40 15o’ 1 45.11001 1.119 Î3 0 21 t (jo' 170: 1-^ 7 86 317 München../ ...... ISO: 1 40,000, 6 2,135 Rudersberg .... 43 4 2()! 00 20 105 410 2,099 681 18' 2 Schorndorf...... 100,1 160: 35 45 15 75 1,128 1011 7 100 10 16 Sindeliingen 200! 0 CO 82 8621 85; 19; 25, 'i 14.000 1 1 2,800 59 Stuttgart’ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ 120 15 120 j 197 1,632 209 42 200: 450 SO 6 2S 195 Sulzbaeh and Murr.. 250 'i 160,630' 1.026 ITIni...... 151 11 1(50! 205; 22 5 5,485 118 1,094 130 14 4.37 ij 44 7 150, 24o; 5 48 180 1.884 Waiblingen ...... 234| 97, 6 Welzheim...... ’ ’ ...... 10 200! 420 1 5 400 46 178 1,894 ioo: 20 '2 44.0(H)! 11 'Winnenden...... 250, 400; 50 135 1 5ÓÓ 113 409| 2,864 190| 18 200 4501 6.OOO1 11 13 1291 40, 400 2 53,SSol _20 1,2S8; Total...... 1 62 94 242 8,030! 18 848 8,402 1,5S9| 9,030 13.97(M 39S -I ^ast year i three districts) 30 1S2 278 11 551 : 72:i. .y -J 5 !l_ A S89_l’2s,)i M80 15,077 1401 207: 9 .450 .'2,267 1 0(19, 52! ! .9411 worth«•nrth” K,~Ther* t1-. 'J,l » \ Bl„e""‘"'»ei'"!! „( I()t_ »cliool in l'rnnkfurl-nm -M ain, w ith 3 profeBsors und 25 students. 1(5.013! The value of parsonage,, or “ homes,» ls ¡„eluded in that of cl,urei,es ,md d.upèl*. A uinrk Is 58 Missionary Report. [1898.
SWITZERLAND. Bishop Walden has Episcopal Supervision. Dr. A. y. Palmer is Secretary in Charge. T h e Switzerland Conference met at St. Gallen, Switzer land, June 8, 1898, Bishop Walden presiding. The presiding elders report as follows :
B e r n D is t r i c t .— G. B aer, P. E. On this district, with its 15 circuits and 84 preaching places, 15 preach ers in full connection, 2 011 trial, 4 local preachers, and 21 other helpers are laboring in God’s vineyard. Every department of the work exhibits progress. A sure proof of this is the conversion of souls and the growth of the membership in numbers, grace, and knowledge. Praise to the Lord alone ! During the past year there were received 455 (from our own circuits 413) members on trial, 238 into full membership, bringing the number on trial up to 448, and 2,213 niembers in full connection, or a net increase of 118 since the last statistics were made up. We are teaching the way to God to 5,310 children in 56 Sunday schools, with 344 teachers, who are working diligently and faithfully. A great pity it is that the children of parents who belong to the State Church have to leave our Sunday school when they are twelve or thirteen years old, to be instructed in the Catechism in the State Church, with the result that they are often influenced by the clergy to stand up against our Church. There are Young Men’s Christian Associations and Young Women’s Christian Associations and choirs on all the circuits, which produce a very good influence, especially in attracting young people to our services. Every part of our work exhibits encouraging signs. In general our people are devout Christians, and are doing their best in saving their own souls and helping others to Christ. In the course of the year 3 chapels have been erected in Buhl (Biel Cir cuit), Birsfelden (Basel Circuit), and Lolothurn. The corner stone for a new chapel has been laid in Langnau. On the whole district we have 14 chapels and 3 houses, showing a value of 749,260 francs net, besides movable property of the value of 139,918 francs. The financial year was a good one. Our people gave liberally for the extension and sustenance of the work. The free offerings have reached 111,215 francs, a net increase of 18,783 francs, making nearly 42 francs per member. The considerable debts still remaining on our chapels are pressing very hard upon u s ; we are, however, far better off than if we had to rent expensive premises. We shall not lose courage. The Lord will be with us, and through his grace we shall triumph. , \ tì.Moriz C Vio /„^laBi\i0cV ’P o n tjsiiia' n ia ' sit^ V \ *-\,Sogljo_/~Y \y ? / %://.. *** N W * // ‘C’” f fëi HV/I i"' o. Pçscklavo* O 'Monjl/u/x.»ex, glon Xjttf'-6 '«{¡"“ h^p A Camp^rj, j N (Vy S\jW > / ^St.M auricc\ f f> *G »nii n n <¿v_ V'-n. \ wMa^giap \ ,vO \-\ y ¿vlonazVfaW de 5xrr\«\ / StalUcn *fcyA >v A'erL-ÏÏÎ-tto ^ 1 BelUtfzona fcsjua.vazl, r £ ? , y (\,t>St.NioholaS \ J ^ ' L ^cona.^^Gr^lona . ,/j v £ L * f r pero hhk,w \ AomoJi I w Z ! r ,uses- Tíímt -u # , , , ! ™ u M 0ssüla<$ ./' _ 'Didaeai ' I. t-=».JC ’ /-t-: C h a m o u u y î J, A j * -» / JiVouni A/oro ■ftiTìT' •^^SiillencliesV '\^ Jt-e S t .P ie r r ii/ *»%.«/ i\ .(«t1 « ' s¿/' —!-' MURota \ ~ .r : f,“I i. k*tìt.St.Jier7ìarU -País Tj i . a 'O rta i 6o Missionary Report. [1898.
A report of each particular circuit cannot be given now, as the presid ing elder, appointed only at the last Conference by Bishop Walden, has not been able to visit all the places in so short a time.
S t . G a l l e n D i s t r i c t .—E dward Hug, P. E. A t the last Annual Conference Brother J. Sporri finished his richly blessed work as presiding elder of the St. Gallen District, and I was made his successor by Bishop J. M. Walden. Having not yet visited the whole district, I am not able to report of this field by my own view, but making use of Brother J. Sporri’s report to the Conference, I may give some information. The St. Gallen District consisted of 10 circuits with 46 preaching places, 1,175 members, and 171 probationers at last Conference. During the past year 115 persons joined on trial, and 57 have been received in full connection. It pleased the presiding bishop to transfer some places in the canton of Thurgau, which belonged until now to the circuit of Winterthur (Zurich District), from that district to St. Gallen District, form ing them into a circuit named Eschlikon. Now the St. Gallen District extends over the whole work in the cantons of Schafifhausen, Thurgau, Appenzell, St. Gallen, and Graubunden. Without the new chapel in Schaffhausen, which does not properly come into this annual report, we possess 8 chapels, and besides this 2 parson ages ; value, with furnishings, 347,495 francs; other property, 78,760 francs; real property, 308,792 francs—more than the past year, 11,637 francs; debts, 117,463 francs—decrease, 1,671 francs. The great liberality of our members and friends has brought up in total 50,944 francs for the work of God, almost 38 francs per member, a great sum when we consider that most of our people belong to the poor of this world. On all the circuits our pastors have worked in a faithful and devotional spirit. God has blessed their work in the conversion of precious souls and the edification of the congregations. Especially Rheineck had a good time, many souls were converted, and 32 joined on trial. In Schaffhausen the new chapel was opened and consecrated to the service of the Lord in May last. Last spring we began to build a chapel in Stein-on-Rhinc. In both places our preachers’ hearts were greatly rejoiced by the utmost liberality of our people to this work. The flourishing congregation of H erisa u had its twenty-fifth anniversary on the 14th of August. This festival was very richly blessed by the Lord. Since opening our chapel in Chur the National Church has begun a more intense activity. This is also a good result of our work there. In Teufen our place of service begins to be too small. Rorschach, a large industrial place on the Lake of Constance, with a good and hopeful work, was transferred from the circuit of St. Gallen to Rheineck. This place, we hope, will become a center of a new field in future. In St. Gallen and the environs our deaconesses of the “ Bethanien-Verein ” have a very good influence. Their work is esteemed in this city, as we have seen in the arranging of a 1898.] Switzerland. 61
bazaar by their friends, which produced the nice sum of 2,700 francs for supporting the " Bethanien-Verein.” Concerning children and young people, I have to say this: 3,415 chil dren were instructed by 332 teachers in 56 Sunday schools. But from this great number, 2,965 children belong to families which are not mem bers of our Church and which send their sons and daughters to the Catechism instruction of the National Church. For these reasons you may understand why only 144 children are in our Bible and Catechism classes, and that we only can hold five to ten per cent of our Sunday scholars for our associations and congregations. A very large part of the seed sown in the hearts of children by us, grows up, we hope, in other fields. Another principal reason of our small numerical success in this district, next to the fact that we work in a hard field, is, our friends are slow at joining our Church, and many young members go to the Occident to im prove their condition. Nevertheless our preachers are going on with dili gence and faithfulness, and expect God’s blessing on their work. Our congregations have a good direct influence upon the world and upon other churches, which copy our methods more and more. Because there are in some of our congregations men and young men in a smaller number than women, we are endeavoring to do more aggressive work among men. Our last Conference elected Brother E . Schmidtmann, the director of our Book Concern in Zurich, to be an agent for young men’s associations, and also made it a special duty of the presiding elder to inaugurate the best possible methods for making progress in this im portant matter. In the name of the Lord, our God, we will go ahead ! His name shall be praised forever!
Z u r i c h D i s t r i c t .—L. Peter, P. E. The Lord has given us a year of prosperity and success on the Zurich District. On all the circuits sinners have been converted, many children of God have come into the happy condition of full salvation, and, last but not least, a large number of our members went home to heaven. The benefit of Methodism in Switzerland is not only a direct one for our own Church, but also indirect in a very high degree for the State Church and other communities. When we look at the work of Sunday schools, evan gelization, and at all the Christian life in Switzerland, we find that the State Church has learned much from us, and tries to do the same as we are doing. This is well. “ What then ? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretense, or in truth, Christ is preached.” On the Zurich District are 14 circuits, n o preaching places, 3,613 mem bers in full connection, 479 on probation ; increase, 167 members. The people of our Church are not rich, the most of them belong to the class of workers, but they love their Church and do for it as much as they can. The collections for the past year are 131,672 francs, or more than 32 francs per member. 62 Missionary Report. [1898.
It is necessary to build chapels on all the larger stations. We bought three lots in Aarau, Wiidensweil, and Elgg, and paid for them, and at another place, in Riedt, a brother made us a gift of a lot, where we are building a chapel now. As soon as we have money enough we shall also build chapels at the other places. The work of the Sunday school is prosperous on the whole district. We have 113 schools and 9,660 scholars—366 children more than the past year. About twelve hundred and fifty scholars belong to parents who are members of our Church, and the parents of the other 8,410 chil dren are not members. Six hundred scholars visit regularly our public services. Many of these children were converted the past year, and earlier or later they will become members of the Church. We are dis tributing many Christian papers by the children of our Sunday school. In some places we send into all houses a copy of the Kinderfreund every Sunday, and our children in Zurich distribute more than one thousand Friedensglocketi every week. On four stations we had the Christmas feast for our Sunday schools in the State Church building, and the preacher of the State Church and the majority of the inhabitants of the villages were present. We do a good work in our Sunday school, and the Church gets from them her best members. We have “ Junglings” and “ Jungfrauen Verein ” in every circuit. In many places also “ Musik ” and “ Gesangchore,” who have become mem bers of the Epworth League. Our Book Concern at Zurich is in a very good condition. The book agent, Brother Schmidtmann, does excellent work for it. We sold books and papers last year to the amount of 129,120 francs. The Schn'cizcr E va n gelist has 7,415 subscribers; the Schwcizcr Kinderfreund, 10,934; the Friedcnsglocke, 27,301 ; the Sonntagssckul Magazin, 1,114 ; anfl the Missionsboie, 5,511. The deaconess work at Zurich goes forward. We have 17 sisters who are engaged in the labor of helping the sick and poor people. We have not enough deaconesses, and we are in great need of a larger number of them. Our labor in Switzerland for the kingdom of God is not in vain ; the Lord crowneth it with loving-kindness and tender mercies. The progress is not so rapid as we desire ; but it is, with the Lord’s help, constant and solid. God be praised for all that he has done! We feel also very thank ful to the mother Church in America for all her kindness, and we hope that she will do the best she can for us also in the future. Statistics of Switzerland Conference, June, 18 9 8 , j
■ s| _C 3 £ •v 1 Homes.”u 1 CIRCUIT OR STATION. ^ 1 S a è ° I "= -c s a "5 2: *■£ s Foreign Foreign Miss’y Society. Year. Average Average Attendance on For. For. Missionaries, Worn, No. No. of Sabbath Scholars. Estimated Value of Par Members. Sunday Worship. Conversions during the i No. of Sabbath Schools, Children Children Baptized. and Chapels. sonages, or Collected for Missionary Collected for other Benevolent Societies. Adherents. Building Building and Repairing. Otlier Otlier Helpers, Collected Self-support. for Collected for Church Local Purposes. 55 £ £ BO Contributed for other ! ! Probationers. j 1 Number of Churches I No. of Halls and other rented 1 Places Worship. of Parsonages,or | “ Homes.” ] Society.[
Bern District. Fumes. Franc«. Francs. Francs. Francs. Francs. Francs. Francs. B a se l, I ...... 1 291 f>4 400 4 5 0 50 8 3 S50 2 14 4 .1 0 0 i 05.01)0 8 8 0 1 .8 8 8 8 .400 4 ,8 5 6 4 ,9 6 9 1 1 ...... l 142 8 4 2 10 281) 31 1 1 4 0 0 1 09.0111) 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 1 .8 0 0 139 641 450 161 4 ,5 10 B e rn ...... 1&2 2(1 285 270 3 0 K 1 1 0 5 1 10 6 .6 0 0 3 .. 1 18,80 0 8 5 8 2,170 1.8S 2 1 .1 4 5 4 .5 8 3 B i e l ...... 1 221) 82 295 8 2 0 8 5 0 1 788 3 88,000 0 .. 30.700 258 60 1 1,975 9,575 3.493 1 13 120 140 15 1 1 8 5 2 '.. 1 0 5 499 1 .15 0 1 ,6 9 4 1 ,9 7 6 Herzogen buelisee...... i (17 11 100 13 0 19 8 8 200 5 1 1 8 ,10 0 9 .3 15 18 8 248 533 14 8 1,5 69 La Chaux-de-Komls ...... 122 27 170 200 80 3 8 1 2 2 1 58,800 4 .. 8.000 200 688 1.S 00 7 10 2,2 17 3 1 9 0 57 301) 3 50 70 14 e o i !) . 1S 2 742 1.000. 12.712 8,8 6 1 14(1 IS 200 2 20 1 8 8 1 (¡0 4 .. 8S2 1.767 580 2 ,9 7 0 L ie s ta l...... 170 4o 270 800 30 1 7 Goo 1 !).5il0 6 1 15.00 0 8.800 2 10 47 4 633 2.962 2,971 L y s s ...... 8 111) 28 190 200 22 2 0 44S 1 15.400 6 .. 700 13 5 302 854 465 2,198 N e u e n b e rg ...... 2 125 15 200 220 20 2 2 14 0 1 89.000 4 , . . 47.900 215 508 1,250 2,850 1 ,5 1 2 S is s a c h ...... 8 1 1 7 12 230 250 1 0 2 7 4 2 0 1 14.800 41 2.300 200 5 2 0 920 97 2 ,2 18 5 134 7°. 250 2S0 SO ÿ 1 450 1 58 ,3 7 0 n 49.000 132 3 11 5 90 8 ,0 8 2 3 ,8 2 6 S t . I m i e r ...... 1 IDS 10 150 17o 1 5 0 2 121 1 74.000 4 42,000 120 273 935 2 ,1 8 ! 2 ,13 7 St. Gallen District. ( 'lu ll-...... 1 SI 1 0 Kill 17 5 10 4 2 12 1 50.000 2 40.555 S5 8 1 0 750 21 2 .8 3 5 Kranen fell 1 ...... 2 1 in 1!) 250 230 s 2 4 240 2 48.000 1 18.050 190 574 1,300 401 2 .057 I le r is a u ...... 8 1(18 12 800 290 18 1 005 1 58,000 1 4II.S5S 105 802 900 080 4 ,593 Niwleriizwyl...... 1 ir>8 29 250 250 2 5 5 20S 1 10.000 1 l i i2.r>no 1 s t 489 2.300 00 1.7 41 K iie in c c lv ...... 8 2 0 2 j 26 850 320 32 7 21 SO! 1 1 22.700 4 1 2 ,Odd 284 9 0 5 2.10 0 380 3.ES2 107 s 200 200 s 2 5 404 4 120 419 1.0110 4,672 2.031 Sebleitbeim ...... 1 88! 12 170 1701 4 2 2 160 1 3.500 2 1,0 00 90 1 5 4 050 7 957 Stein-on-Iihein ...... 8 7!) 18 1 1 0 1 10 15 2 o 100 ...... 4 9 5 16 5 594 2.668 1.0 43 S t. G a lle n ...... 9 1 6 8 1 0 270 24( 11 1 2 851 1 93,750 1 22,0(10 2oo 1 ,10 8 1,0 8 8 1 .3 10 3 .403 2 1 20 12 0 120 7 3 y 1 50 400 45 640 Zurich District. 1: 1 208 3!) 29f 25C 31 8 7 070 lit . . 1 7 0 384 900 1.4 35 2 .782 A d l i s w e i l ...... 8 02 40 851 300 88 f) 4 770 1 03.000 3 1.. 0 0 .10 0 4 0 5 1,481 1.7 48 2.&09 5.5S1 1 5 1 01 16 851 30C 1 4 15 758 1 23.250 13 2 ,000 2 2 4 1 .0 8 5 2 200 3 2 5 3 ‘>09 B iïla e h ...... 2tio 48 8S( 280 39 8 9 020 2 3 1.0 0 0 .» 7.70(1 3 5 0 841 1.000 1,320 3.409 H o rd e n ...... 11 2 205 20 801 270 11 5 Oi 5 17 1 25.000 7 2 32.01)0 28,000 381 751 2.100 4,880 2.064 L e n z lm n r...... 1! .. 2 200 1 5 8 15 820 10 5 8 5 6 0 2 44.500 8 . . 1 .... 5 ,055 151 459 1.000 1,000 2.640 O e rlik o n ...... :J. 2 10 O-/ 371 2 9 0 1 27 101 9 591 1 15.001) 7 . . i 3 ,000 1S9 673 1 ,14 3 600 3 .4 4 3 T h a lw e il...... li .. 1 207 8( 270 300 48 8 2 3 5 4 1 35.0 0 0 2 0,000 821 1,S 0 3 2 ,2 7 4 78 2 ,9 8 S IS 5 Turberithiil...... ■■ 1 21( 32 320 290 181 772 1 15,000 10 10,00 0 2 05 4 8 6 2,000 837 3.551 U s te r...... 8 24S 28 821 850 20 8 10 090 1 26,000 6 900 270 1 ,4 17 2.400 2,800 4 .0 0 6 Wetzikon ...... 1! . 2 172 28 2S0 4 0 0 1 4 0 s 554 1 30.000 4 15,513 105 832 1.200 9S 8 .243 W i n t e r t h u r ...... l 1 2 3S9 82 5 10 550 OS 7 11 SO:) 3 95.000 10 15,175 334 2,651 2.900 8.-182 C.09S Z u ric h , I ...... ! 1 4i 1 r>S4 09 SOI SOOl 08 13, 8 1.179' 1 70.0110 7 50,000 25.100 058 3,745 4.000 3 .18 8 S.S20 " I I I ...... 2! .. 25!) 20! 32o j 300i -1 9 3 722 1 39.4011 S i . . 11,900 j 289 1,646 2,150 750 5.429
T o ta l...... 4 5 « 77 7,001 1.098, lo.ror. 10.!)4r 1,027 189 225 18,851 3!) 1,5 17 ,8 3 0 18 8 9 19 0 ,0 0 0 05 9 ,9S1 8,537 83.707 58,9 3 6 77,108 125.35.2 Last year...... -3 44 ! ( (IS 0,744 1.0521 10.7001 10,4901 958 190 229 18,00!» 30 1.370.4701 178 9 190.100 582,200 7,770 38,935 55,752 52,127 1 10 ,2 8 9 N ote. —One adult baptirx'd at Herisau, and one atRheineck, in St* Gallen District' A franc is 20 cents. 64 Missionary Report. [1898.
NORWAY. Bishop Walden has Episcopal Supervision. Dr. A . y. Palmer is Secretary in Charge. T h e Norway Conference embraces the kingdom of Norway. The Norway Mission was commenced in 1853, and organ ized as a Conference August 17, 1876. The Norway Conference was held in Laurvig, Norway, July 27, 1898, Bishop Walden presiding. Rev. Ole Olsen, Presiding Elder of the Bergen District, 'w rites: Our Conference at Laurvig this year was one of our very best. It was blessed of God from the commencement to the close, and in this respect ended a year of blessing and success in a worthy manner. Most of our churches have had revivals during the year. The increase of our mem bership ought therefore to have been greater, but the conditions under which we labor are such that the influence we wield cannot be measured by sta tistics. Yet, despite the many hindrances, it will be seen that we belong to the “ forward movement.” Last year our membership was 5,128 ; this year it is 5,374- The work among the children and our young people is attended to, and we are thankful to God for the result of it in our Sunday schools and Epworth Leagues, although we are sorry that so many young men and women merely remain as members in our Leagues, and do not join the Church as members. The theological school has been superintended by Pastor Joh. Thorkild- sen, and the students have made good progress during'the year. Our Book Concern has prospered in an unusual degree, and several im provements in the store and printing office have been made that will profit the work in the future. Pastor Chr. Larsen is Book Agent. Concerning the deaconess work, we are steadily advancing. Three trained nurse deaconesses are at work in Christiania; 3 are halfway through with their term of training at the State Hospital, and 5 have also lately been accepted and are in training. Several more will be received into our deaconess home in a short time. Pastor T. B. Barratt was ap pointed as superintendent of our deaconess work at our last Conference, in addition to his work as pastor at our First Church in Christiania. As far as concerns the influence we exert over the religious life of this country, it will be impossible to give an accurate decision by merely count ing our churches and members. A s a little proof of this statement I will relate an incident that took place about thirty-three years ago. Two of us went out on a New Year’s Eve to look up the people called Methodists. We had heard that they were accustomed to have a service that evening which they called watch-night meeting. But we found no Methodists. ■ 4ugcw VTc.. \ \ , V /»« ^ £j07iki\ Vk.S.«*!fElveVuaiV ^^lloftua'T °^ffsaa^\ Æa, Tormgtfot^
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They were so few in number, and so well hid in a corner of the city, that we could not hit upon them. But now watch-night services are held in at least -30 different places in Christiania alone, and not only there but everywhere in our land. We are perfectly sure that a similar influence has been exerted in rnany other respects. But although we are better known and acknowledged now, we have still many and great difficulties to contend with. First, it must be remembered—and we hope our beloved mother Church will not forget it—that the greater our influence becomes the offi cial Church will strive to adopt our methods, and then make it all the more difficult for us to obtain an increase of our membership. Our church debt is also, in many of our churches, a great hindrance. Too much of the income is going to pay the interest of the debt. In many cases it is very hard work for both pastor and people. The number of very small churches that do not seein to make very much progress are also a cause of distress. They have very small resources, but demand considerable care and super vision. Then again, may be noted, the spirit of the age (Zeitgeist), which is possibly as strong in Norway as anywhere. ,,'It may be characterized with two words: lawlessness and spiritual indolence. The first reveals itself in contempt for order and discipline, expressed in the words of our famous poet, Henrik. Ibsen : “ I have never belonged to any society. I look upon everything that bears this name as a hindrance for the development of the individual.” And this feeling is strong among us with regard to connection with any church. Religious indolence has its root in lawlessness. If the law is not acknowledged, neither will God be acknowledged. Agnosticism takes the place of religious senti ment. Especially has this spirit taken hold of the young men, and this is also seen in the great preponderance of women Christian con gregations have; and it is remarkable that this feature is distinctive not only of our congregations and Leagues, but also of the Sunday schools. As an example, it may be stated that in Bergen District we have 596 men in our societies and 1,091 women; 351 men in our Leagues and 1,153 women; 628 boys in our Sunday schools and 1,307 girls. But this is not merely the case in our Church. It is a general experience in the work for our Lord, and as this lawlessness creeps in also among Christian people with regard to church organization and discipline, a quite strong1 reaction within the State Church is taking place. This reaction is not going toward the high Church, as in England, but is rather going in the opposite direction. Dissenters have therefore quite hard work nowadays, having on the one side lawlessness and indolence, and on the other a strong conservatism to combat. And, lastly, ought to be mentioned the con stant decrease of appropriations from the Mission Board. As it has not been possible for us to get a corresponding increase of the contributions from our churches, we were compelled to deduct 25 per cent from the salaries of our missionaries this year. We mention these difficulties—and we could mention more of them—not as dark-sighted pessimist^, but in order to show our real position. In spite of all hindrances we can write “ Immanuel ” on our banner.
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Z fi-i Real on Debt for Collected Estate. Missionary Society. oth for Collected er er Benevolent Societies. for Collected Self-support. for Collected Building Church and Repairing. Repairing. and I for Contributed (L.Ï other Local Purposes* I Native Unordained Native I I Preachers, I Helper*. Other | Baptized. j Children J J Sabbath of No. I Chapels. and ' Value Estimated j and Churches of ! Chapels. 1 and Halls of No. 1 of Places other 1 Bergen District. Crowns Crowns Crowns Crowns Crowns Crowns Arendal...... 832 2!) 100 400 22 2 220 80,000 1 235 226 1,800 85 2,549 Bergen: First Church...... li av 1 26 70 400 19 2 350 34,600 1 15.S00 120 146 1,000 72 2 844 John Lesley Church...... 114 3 ID 250 13 200 80,000 22.400! 701 66 200 1,025 Brevig...... lilt 24 50 200 4 90 6.400 5.540! ,S0l 48 100 622 3S Y> 40 100 (i 50 ■j 211 525 Flt-kkefjord and Lister...... 52 3 100 200 3 80 4,700 2 1,020 27 19 350 328 IIaugesund...... bo 26 00 150 3 200 10.000 1 3,000 00 85 150 ;i 850 Krugcro...... 102 7 100 300 240 2 IS,000 5.400 90 87 800 126 2,170 Kristian sand, 8 ...... (ill 6 40 200 4 1 60 1 18,900 1 5.410 01 24 260 1,020 Porsgrund...... ‘211 2d 100 800 10 140 13,500 3.932 2T0 45 900 1,515 Sandnos...... 311 s 50 100 20 5.300 1.375 10 5 118 Skien ...... ! 2(H IS 40 250 b 200 35,700 13.080 170 130 200 188 1,940 Stavanger...... 124 30 50 250 4 240 20,000 3,300. 240 145 600 44 2,395 \ OSS...... 2S 10 00 100 1 85 5.000 1,850 87 120 206 298 hrUtianin District. D ram m en...... il .. ÌC5 16 160 300 !) ISO 4*5.450 7.200 200 143 400 140 2,586 hidsberg...... 11 .. 38 S 60 150 2 ‘2 50 14.000 4,500 60 40 80O 0,500 280 1' rcdrikshald...... 1 .. .. 2T1 26 160 4o0 lb 2 2G0 17,000 1,200 60 SO 1,500 140 1,877 1 m irikstad...... li .. 812 24 160 400 29 2 300 45,000 0,000 20,000 293 189 1.S00 1,510 2,465 Hadclitnd...... Il .. IS 50 50 1 2 90 2,000 10 18 '200 191 Hamar...... 1 .. 10Ò 29 60 850 4 2 90 10,000 2,829 90 38 500 60 1,490 Horten ...... 1 .. 1S< IS 100 850 IS 1 ISO ‘22,000 8,22(1 5.400 163 112 700 91 2,008 llonefos...... : 123 10 80 200 9 1 so 13,000 13,000 ISO 105 650 837 910 K jo lb erg ...... 94 5 40 250 11 1 140 • 7,000 1,240 76 42 SOO 690 Kongsberg...... I 77 6 CO 200 b 2 110 12,800 4,309 85 T1 225 419 805 Kristiania: First Church...... 370 89 220 450 82 1 420 50.000 3.700 150 211 2,000 782 8,257 Second Church...... 148 25 100 250 13 2 35o 18,000 1 '67.000 5S,O00 125 114 500 9T4 6,165 Third. C h u rch...... 225 35 100 250 10 1 300 .. 1 100 40 600 5,257 Fourth Church...... Si 4 25 150 3 1 160 .. 1 50 32 850 1,100 Fifth Church...... ÎH) 20 60 250 7 1 200 22.000 16.190 130 108 400 117 2,608 L aurvig...... 133 10 60 200 11 1 150 36,000 10.740 112 65 800 300 970 94 7 50 150 6 1 80 17,000 4,S32 50 45 200 375 874 Odalen...... 60 5 SO 150 1 14 5,000 45 200 34 Handeljord...... r.i 34 60 300 5 2 100 30 16 600 911 Kurpsborg...... 223 15 120 200 l'< 2 150 28.470 160 200 140 800 1,603 1,043 Saiigronden...... 128! 15 70 200 13 2 100 6,800 1,500 CT 45 700 935 392 Tistedalen...... 5!) 80 150 3 2 40 7,100 660 30 43 800 105 509 Tonsberg...... (SO io 60 200 4 1 45 17,300 3,906 re 28 200 100 1,423 Ti'ondhjem, D istrict. Aalcsund ...... 59 4 40 150 7 1 100 18,000 9.000 80 27 250 775 Undo...... 72 0 30 150 5 1 HO 22,000 S.604 60 126 240 1,552 1,688 Haimnerfest...... btS 15 60 200 2 1 85 12,000 5.450 85 IS 480 931 Kristiansund, N...... 1)2 1 60 200 6 1 100 28,000 9,200 85 48 260 1.530 Levanger...... • • 8« 'J 20 150 1 1 50 9,000 4,300 50 25 200 1,000 670 1 roniRo ...... ,. .. «7 20 50 200 4 1 180 9,300 3.050 40 21 250 1,400 Tromlhjern...... •• 301 12 100 800 7 1 800 35,000 11,597 181 45 225 811 2,994 T o ta l...... 45 4 2 5,8(54'655 8,285 10,100 865 60 6,509 47 763,820 10 8 71,220 295,675 4,896 8,084 22.170 18,290 65,522 Last y e a r...... 8Ï 10 64 5,1951546 2,800110,800 382 57 6,137 42 699,150 1 1 4 201,220 368,849 4,149 1,564 21,8T3 11,572 50,046 A d d it io n a l S t a t i s t i c s .—Value of the Book Room, 98,014 crowns. Debt’ou the Book Itoom, 20,944 crowns. Volumes printed, 191,539, with 9,G06,TS4 pages. 1 theological school, with 2 teachers and 5 students* Six adults baptized at Porsgrund. 68 Missionary Report. [1898.
SWEDEN. Bishop Walden has Episcopal Supenñsion.
D r. A . J Palmer is Secretary in Charge. TKE^weden 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 was held in Upsala, Sweden, August 10, 1898, Bishop Walden presiding. Rev. J. M. Erikson sends the following report:
In submitting this report I want, first of all, to say that we have every reason to thank God for what he has done for us during the year that is now nearly ended. On every field there has been success in some degree—if not in one re spect, then in another. Our revival meetings and the preaching in general have resulted in 3,490 conversions, and 1,583 persons have joined on pro bation. In full connection 1,015 have been received during the year. And we have the very best hope with regard to those who have entered our ranks. There is also a good spirit dominating in all our churches, so that we know nothing of strifes and such things. If all our members are not as zealous and consecrated as they possibly could be, they are, as far as we know, loving God and his Church, and they grow more and more in grace. Praise to the Lord ! There is also a friendly intercourse between the churches and their pas tors. Yes, we see very often how the preachers are loved in a way that leaves nothing to wish. Other denominations are, on the whole, friendly, and we live on good terms with them. The civil authorities treat us as good citizens. When the presiding elders, as a deputation from our Conference, waited on the king on his sixtieth birthday, last fall, they were kindly re ceived by his majesty, who personally assured them of his good feelings coward our work. Of course we have some s.nall troubles now and then with the ministers of the State Church, who do not like dissenters in general. Our Sunday school work is in good condition, and we are sure that these schools are being more and more perfected as good educational institutions. Some of the scholars have been converted, though this is not expressed in the statistics, owing to the aversion in this country to giving such results in figures. We have 108 Young People’s Societies, with a membership of 4,121. Of these societies 80 are Epworth chapters, and all these organizations are doing a good work, especially in taking part in revival meetings as well as in works of charity. Most of them are also assisting the respective churches in their finances. rfitoboi* Ä un* ror%^Piet»bergÄ J o Ballsa Bordano0 Terna3
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In our endeavor to have our churches self-supporting we are succeeding very well. This year two of them have been added to those that already support their pastors in full. Five years ago the contributions for this purpose were 57,695 kroners; this year they amount to 86,942 kroners, or more than 50 per cent increase. This does not include the traveling expenses of the presiding elders, nor what is paid to the Episcopal Fund or to Conference Claimants. Neither are the current expenses counted in. With respect to chapel building, not very much has been done this year. One new church, erected in Klintehamn, Gotland, during the last year, was dedicated last winter. Two have been built during this year—one in Degerfors, in the province of Wermland, and one in Falerum, Smoland. The one in Degerfors will be dedicated November 6, and the other will be completed next spring. For the Missionary Society of our Church we have done our very best. The collections for this purpose amount to 16,556 kroners, which is 1,636 kroners more than our apportionment. Our theological school at Upsala is in good condition. We have two professors there, and this year 12 young and able men were sent from this school to work on the field. The Conference, presided over by Bishop Walden, was a time of refreshing and inspiration. Many changes were made, owing to the fact that some of our most important places were forced to give up their pas tors on account of the time limit. But we trust that all has turned out well. Two of our good men were sent to Finland. One of them was the editor of our Conference papers. He will be a good help for the Mission there, both as pastor and as editor of their papers. The other brother, a well-educated young man, went to take up new work in that country. Also in Sweden we have been able^ to take up new work. So one brother has been sent up to the far north, on the other side of the polar circle, beyond 67 degrees latitude, where you will see the midnight sun, and where there is very much of ice and snow. The name of the place is Gellivare. It lies in a new part of the country, which is very promis ing. Until lately it has been almost neglectful and unknown ; but it was found out that there is plenty of iron ore of the best quality there, and a large company has started a mining business, very large for our circum stances. Now workers go there by crowds to find a work that pays. About 6,000 persons are settled at the mines, and among them there is much of sin and vice—many of them rather live as heathens. In this place we have 1.7 members and 12 probationers, who were organized into a church when the presiding elder visited the place last summer. A local preacher has preached there part of the year, and a little chapel has been erected which will seat about 100 persons. It is plain, and will not last long, but it stands on a good lot, and will in the near future give place to a new one, as we hope. By strenuous efforts it was made possible to send an ordained man in his best years up to that place, and we look for very 1898.] Sweden. 7 i good results from his labors. Bishop Walden has expressed his intention to go there during the winter and see how the brother is getting along. Another new field is Boras, a fine town, with many factories, in the western part of Sweden. It is growing very fast, and has now more than 11,000 inhabitants. One of our self-supporting churches in Goteborg asked the presiding elder for a young man to take up new work in the suburbs, and promised to pay his salary. Besides, they collected 500 kroners, which were deposited for a preacher to Boras. When this was reported to the bishop and his cabinet there was but one thing to do. Trusting in the Lord, and hoping that the Missionary Society will not lessen its allowance to our Conference, both these places were taken on the list and furnished with good preachers. A s far as I know, there is the best prospect for their success. Now there are only two cities in Sweden that have 10,000 inhabitants and more in which we have not a Methodist preacher, and we have invita tions from both of them. May we soon be able to go there! Our publishing interests are well managed by a company, limited. All the shares in this company belong to the Conference, so that no one has any personal interest in it. There is not much of a market for books and newspapers just now in Sweden, but we are getting along so that we sup ply our people with good literature, which informs them of the Lord’s work at home and abroad, and exhorts them to receive the grace of God, the full and free salvation through Christ. Just now comes the message of the departure of one of our good labor ers, Brother C. J. Johansson. He has been on the field nearly from the beginning of the Mission, or about twenty-eight years, and during all this time he was faithful and diligent. During nearly all this last year, how ever, his health has been failing, so that his presiding elder was obliged to send him a young man as a helper. At the Conference his name was placed on the list of worn-out preachers, and now he has gone to receive his reward. “ God buries his workmen, but carries on his work.” The time is short! The harvest is large! May the Lord help us all to work to bring sinners to Christ! May thousands be saved and the blessed Saviour be recognized as King of all men and nations!
The Rev. B. A. Carlson, who now retires from the work in Sweden, writes: I was sent out to the missionary field 32 years ago, namely, in 1866. I was first sent as a missionary from Central Illinois Conference to James town, Erie Conference. During the time I was stationed on that circuit we had a good revival almost all the time, received 86 new members into the church, organized one Sunday school, built a new church, and repaired two old ones completely; and all this without any debt. In 1869 I was sent by Bishop Kingsley as missionary to Karlskrona, Sweden, where, during my stay of one year and seven months, I received into the newly formed congregation 107 members on trial, and built the 72 Missionary Report. [1898.
first Methodist Church in Sweden, worth 20,000 kroners, with a debt of only 4,000 kroners. After that I was sent to the city of Kalmar, where I remained nearly two years, received 78 members into the congregation, completed the chapel building with only a very small debt, organized a Sunday school with more than 200 scholars, and opened two new preaching places which were regularly visited. During this time I suffered much persecution be cause I performed pastoral duties. For this cause I once was called before the legal court of judgment and fined 300 kroners, but afterward the high court and the king released me from confinement. Many window panes were broken in our chapel, and at one time my own young wife, now dead, was stoned in the midst of the street. From that place I was sent to Stockholm, where, during my stay of two years, I had an incessant and good revival, received 164 on trial, and 114 in full connection, opened two new preaching places in this capital city, or ganized one Sunday school, and bought a church site, well situated, for 10,000 kroners (now valued at 150,000 kroners). On my own wish I bought the ground, but at the same time neither I myself nor my congregation had any money. From a person not belonging to our Church, I borrowed, in my own name, 3,000 kroners for one month. After that I sent out 22 of our sisters with lists to go about in the city and collect contributions, and when the time for payment was at hand, I had the sum needed except 400 kroners (which I added out of my own little salary so as to redeem the given promise punctually). Also in the capital city the resistance was very hard at that time, especially from the clergy of the State Church, who could not bear to have us administer the sacraments. I was even called before the consistoiy of Stockholm, where I was examined and doomed to leave the city. But when I informed them that I was an American citizen intending to be faithful to God and the Church that had sent me, and that I would rather go into prison than flee away, I was permitted to stay and execute my service. During all the foregoing years I had the charge of the congregation, and, besides, I had to take my turn with the superintendent in holding the Quarterly Conferences in the adjacent churches. From L874 to 1884 I was presiding elder of several districts in Sweden, and our Lord knows best the result of our labor, and all the fights and difficulties we had to endure in our strivings against spiritual powers of wickedness. But God stood with us, giving us victory, and blessing our labor with the salvation of souls by thousands who were added to the Church. In 1884 I was sent to Finland, where I remained seven years. During this time I formed seven congregations, one in St. Petersburg and six in Finland (one had .been formed before), opened three other preaching places that were visited with preaching regularly, and organized Sunday schools in every place, and societies of young people, requesting and receiving legal organization where it was suitable. At my removal the number of church members was 512 persons in full connection and on 1898.] Sweden. 73
trial, 779 Sunday school children, and three chapels with not much debt. T myself opened the work in every place except one. I have reported before about all the stiff-necked resistance and all the difficulties that we had to meet with in several places. In spite of all distresses I felt un speakably thankful to God and the Missionary Society for having delivered unto me such a promising missionary field. But now a hard trial hap pened to me; I lost my beloved wife, and was left alone in a foreign country with six little children about me. In consequence of this I asked for permission to return to Sweden, which was granted, for I believed I could educate my beloved children better there, and, God be thanked, it prospered very well. They are all very well, and four of them are truly converted, and are members of the Church, the Sunday school, and the Epworth League. In 1891 I was stationed the second time in the St. Paul Church at Stockholm, and served it three years, and during this time I received 136 members, most of whom still remain, adorning the Gospel of Christ. Besides, a new preaching place was opened in the same part of the city, a new Sunday school was organized, and an Epworth League of 78 mem bers. In 1894 I was removed to the St. Markus Church, so called, in the same city, where I still remain, and this is the fifth year. We have had the joy of meeting with success here too. Until now I have received 106 new members into the newly formed church, and organized an Epworth League there. I am the president, and I pray that this my fifth year in this place may prove the best. The cause of God trusted unto us never proceeded with a forced pace, but, as far as I remember, I never met with a Quarterly Conference without reporting some new members. To God alone be the glory! if any good has been done, it was done by his great mercy and help. During the last few years I have often felt a wish to return to America, and would have nothing against that, but I am in the hand of God, and, as ever before, I am willing to go wherever God and the Church send me. During my service in the Church of God, I have never had a week of rest from my work, yet I feel that I am still in the days of my full power, with a stronger memory and interest for the missionary cause than ever before. My highest wish is that I may still for many years, or as long as God wills, by the grace of God, glorify the great thought and first principle of Methodism, namely, the salvation of the wTorld and the mind of Christ in us, and as the highest corner stone of our spiritual building perfect love to God and all men. Statistics of Sweden Conference, August, 1898.
jets voi DISTRICT. >§ £ l EE >S' k Is- It era I! 6 3 K rona. Krona. Krona. Krona. Krona. Krona. Krona. K rona. Gotland District.. U, 83 938 109 1,558 2,285 776 56,897 5,500 18,820 960 112 ^4,818 2,814 3,898 Northern District. 47 206 5,376 648 5,908 5,538 6,679 609,455 40,200 202,426 5,771 1,109 32,878 15,211 43,848 i Southern District.. 40 212 4,882 750 8,750 11,825 1,161 6,277 458,400 5,000 140,701 5,8S2 1,258 30,200 15,495 85,085
Western District.. .. 251 4,667 544 9,235 10,890 1,088 4,440 830,700 20,9S0 132,648 4.448 1,102 26,002 25,106 22,625
Total...... 98, 702 15.85S 2,051 25,441 80,038 2,518 2 14 18,172 1,449.952 71,680 494,090 16 556 3.581 5S,12fl 104,956 $ $ 8 $ $ $ Last vear...... 141 j 754 14.929; 1,967 27,698 22,408 2,367 2;l0 18,258 878,549 18,674 127,790 4,123 664 20,582 18,SOS 25,684
Note.—Volumes printed during the year, 47,500; pages, 7,235,600. Volumes printed last year, 75,800; pages, 1.0,176,600. * 1898.] Denmark. 75
DENMARK. Bishop Walden has Episcopal Supervision. D r. A . y . Palm er is Secretary in Charge. T h e Denmark Mission includes the kingdom of Denmark, with its central station at the city of Copenhagen. Mission work was commenced in Denmark in 1857, and it was organized as a Mission in 1869.
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The Annual Meeting of the Denmark Mission was held at Copenhagen, Denmark, July 13, 1898, Bishop Walden pre siding. The following are the reports of the presiding elders :
C o p e n h a g e n D i s t r i c t .— J. J. Christensen, P. E. When I look over the whole Mission in Denmark I can say with good conscience that God has been with us this past year. We have now in 76 Missionary Report. [1898.
Denmark 3,200 members including probationers, and 4,016 children in 40 Sabbath schools; besides these the reports show that 3,578 are adherents to the Church at present. But the influence of Methodism in this country cannot be measured by the bare statistics; God has used Methodism in many places to stir up the old State Church, which has been forced to take up Sunday school work and to establish prayer meetings, class meet ings, and even temperance societies, which work we hope God has used in his service. Nevertheless, we go forward with the help of God, and I am sure that Methodism in Denmark is stronger than ever before. With regard to Copenhagen District we have also had a very good year, and all our societies are promising, with one exception. The writer was also this year in charge of St. Marcus, Copenhagen, and our congregations there have through the year been very well attended, but as I have my district to take care of, and besides have all the accounts of the Mission ary Society, I asked the bishop to appoint a younger man to St. Marcus, who could spend more time in visiting from house to house, in which work I could only spend very little time. I am sure we could have at least two churches more in Copenhagen, with its 400,000 inhabitants, but as long as the Missionary Society cuts down the appropriation we are not able to take up new work in this city, where a hall will cost $200 or $300 a year. It has been very difficult to hold the work as it is, and often we have been obliged to run into debt, which debt is a heavy burden on our pastors, whose salaries have been cut down year after year, and our people cannot at present afford more for that purpose. We work very hard to reach self-support in our societies, and as soon as we can we take the burden on our own shoulders. A s an example, I can mention Odense, which this year has been self-supporting. They/ have a church debt of 29,000 crowns, but although the membership is not more than 353 they have helped themselves this year and not received a single dollar from the Missionary Society; and in like manner all the other churches are doing what they can—the pastors by living on a very small salary, and the people by giving liberally of their little income. Our Methodist people in this district are earnest and faithful to God and our Church, and I pray to God that we may be able to open missions in many of the towns in this district; but at present we cannot, with the missionaries we have, go into new places. Our Sunday school work is taken care of and flourishing, and we are very thankful to the Sunday School Union, which enables us to give the children good books, which are a great help in our work. We use the International Lessons in our schools. We have in this district 7 Epworth chapters with 523 members, and we try to care for our young people so that they may be kept for God and the Church. . Our Annual Meeting in St. "Marcus, Copenhagen, was of great inter est ; Bishop Walden was very careful in all his work, and his speeches and 1898.] Denmark. 77 sermons were full of wisdom and power. Our large St. Marcus Church was filled with attentive hearers every evening, especially on Conference Sunday. Our theological school h?s this year been in Aalborg, but it was moved to Copenhagen, and the pastor at St. Marcus is appointed president. It is my conviction that there must be some change in our theological school, as it is not satisfactory as it is. I am now in favor of a school for our Scandinavian Methodism if it could be established in a good and practical way.
J u t l a n d N o r t h e r n D i s t r i c t .— L. C . Larsen, P . E . The past year has been in many respects a good one. We have en joyed peace and good fellowship, souls have become converted, and most of the children of God have been promoted in holiness. Our work has become more difficult now than formerly, as now many other Christian congregations labor with zeal for the salvation of sinners. Especially has the Low Church movement, called “ The Inner Mission,” labored with much progress in the old Methodist fashion (revival meetings, lay preach ers, meetings for prayer and religious conversation, etc.), and has aroused much excitement. The influence of the mission may best be measured by the lively agitation against it aroused in the press. Though this religi ous movement is a child of English and American Methodism, it has not shown much gratitude toward its parents, and often have “ the sects’’ been condemned to hell by the mission for their heresy, and among them the Methodists. Through the Methodists recompensing good for evil our mutual relations are friendlier t^-day than ever before. On the whole, we go our own way and do our own *vork, and at the same time we try to preserve a good fraternal fellowship with all really Christian societies and movements. Our Sunday schools are making progress, as well with regard to the number of scholars as to the education of teachers and children. Epworth Leagues are to be found in each congregation, with the excep tion of one. Owing to the relatively small membership of the chapters, and the want of educated young men and women, it is difficult to keep up to the standard, and much labor weighs on the pastor, but we try to do our best also in the matter. Our theological school W'as for this year removed to Aalborg, and the two scholars there were instructed by the pastors in Aalborg and Randers (S. Johansen and C. Jensen). Though both of these brethren had each a congregation, and one of them had to travel for more than forty miles twice a week, the result wTas noteworthy. Most of us have been compelled to unite different employments to get all performed in the least expensive way. One of our brethren in this district had last year the offices of a pastor, editor, teacher in the theological school, and, for a short time, man ager of the Book Concern. The writer of this report was appointed pre siding elder and editor, besides his work as a minister, and in like manner it is in many places, The labor is growing proportionately to the decrease 78 Missionary Report. [1898. of wages. Yet no brother has refused to discharge the duties laid upon him, and the work has been forwarded with interest and love. With the help of Almighty God Methodism will go on in Denmark in the North and the South, until its spirit has “ leavened the whole lump.”
Jutland Southern D istrict.—-Christian Thaarup, P. E . By the grace of God we look back on a blessed year. The Lord has done great things for us, whereof we are glad. He kept all the preachers and their families in health; gave strength to work, and crowned our work with real success. Nearly every circuit has had a revival. One hundred and eighty-two persons have been saved through faith in Jesus; 132 have joined on pro bation ; and 90 have been taken into full connection with the Church. W e have in this district 8 circuits with 39 preaching places; a mem bership of 816 in full connection, and 90 on probation. A great deal of the spiritual life there is now in the State Church belongs to Methodism, we believe, so that the influence of our Church cannot be counted by sta tistics only. Our people belong to the laboring class, still they are generally willing to give a good part of their small income for the Lord’s work. The col lection for self-support is 4,715 kroners; for Missionary Society, 586 kroners; for other local purposes, 13,372 kroners. We seek to pay special attention to the young people. Our 7 Epworth Leagues have a membership of 387, which we try to keep for God and the Church. Our Sunday school work is promising. In our 16 Sunday schools we have 1,086 children, the majority of whom are children of adherents. Our Book Concern is located in this district, and has sent out more than 3,000,000 of pages in books, tracts, and periodicals. Kristeleg Talsmand, 1,300 subscribers; Sondagsskolen, 2,400 subscribers; and a little tract paper, Budstikken, 2,600 subscribers, are going out weekly. Vaarbud, a monthly paper for our Epworth Leagues, has nearly 800 subscribers. May the Lord help us to go on in faith, to the honor of God and for the salvation of men ! Statistics of Denmark Mission, August, 1898.
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U.2 O b Copenhagen D istrict. Crowns Crowns Crowns Crowns Crow Copenhagen : Rethaniu. 1 * 36,000 681 555 554 3.560 St. M ark's...... 1 .. 43,100 311 959 1.198 F aab orp ...... B.9SS 1 .. 102 112 192 223 Kiillunilborg .. . lo’.ñnó 1S4 Nexo...... 221 1.200 1.570 1-1,«no 57 225' 258 1,160 Odense...... * 129.000 125 2,30<)j 1,655 2.139 Rudkjobing(Langelanrl) * 7.925 70 343 154 82 453 Svendborg...... 140 ; S32i 1,220 1,080
Jnilnnd South'n Dist. A arh u s...... 53,000 52 77 613 1.740 Ksbjers...... 12,150 18 77 428 G ive...... 1,622 2.800 11 Hi 47 193 882 Ilo lsteb ro ...... 15.651 87 135 567: 120 llorscns ...... 1,222 7,490 SO 227 554 150 933 Ilo rn syld ...... 34 ”_4 30 100 Vardc...... 12,175 81 97 426, 1.099 Voile ...... 28.350 175 1,904 5,824
■hdhtnd N ortKn Dixt. AalborfT’t’...... 20.425 150 81' 115 537 2,046 Frcdcrikshrivn...... 10.900 200 70, 1.723, 400 1,718 U jorrinc...... 33 4 •■■■ 90 Lokken...... 1(M 5 15] 175! 848 K an d ers...... 33; 6 14! 109i 3 87 Total...... 17 l i . , 4 1 2,949 245 3.578 5,510 359 .. 1(15 .. .. 40 4,016 21 542.150 125 14: 17T.C00 BOO 299.7S2 2.726 7,449 ! 12,242 1.714 32.129 ...... Last year 17 101 2 38 2,813 2S8 2,983^ 5.143J518 1 1771 2 92 85 3,771 21 579,950 113 13 119,100 800 286.503 2.432 10,839: 11.641 2.451 29.985 4,80S,000 * In these minis are included 27,500 crowns which 1 ; given to the Church, lmt on which we have to pay interest until the donor’s death A crown is 25 cents. fThere is 1 theological school at Aalborg, with 2 tf-achcrs and 2 students. 8o Missionary Report. [1898.
FINLAND AND ST. PETERSBURG. Bishop Walden has Episcopal Supervision. Dr. A. y. Palmer is Secretary in Charge.
T h e 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.
Rev. N. J. Rosen, superintendent, reports: The Annual Meeting of our Mission was held at Helsingfors, August 24-29, Bishop Walden presiding. The meeting was one of the most blessed in the history of this Mission. As the bishop stayed here a longer time than any previous bishop, he had time to investigate very carefully all matters of the Mission. His sermons and wise counsels gave a new 1898.J Finland and St. Petersburg. 81 inspiration both to our people and the preachers. To our great joy he also visited several of our charges out in the country, and preached to very large congregations. Our work has, during the year that is now nearly ended, enjoyed the blessing of God, and our efforts to lead sinners to Christ and to build up his kingdom have been crowned with good success. During the whole year the fire of revival has been burning in all our charges, but especially during the prayer week last winter, God gave us a very good revival at Gamlakarleby, Nikolaistad, Ekenas, Helsingfors, and Tammerfors. The preachers report that about four hundred and fifty persons have been con verted to God. A s fruits of the revival the different societies have received altogether 185 probationers and 74 into full connection. Of these Tammerfors alone has received 53; Nikolaistad, 26; Helsingfors (Swedish), 21, etc. To those that work under more favorable circumstances this number may seem low, but one who lives here and knows all the tricks that are used to prevent men from entering our Church cannot otherwise than be astonished and thank God for everyone that takes a stand with us and joins the Church. The whole membership is now 884; increase during the year, 71. Finland has a mixed population, its main part consisting of Finns, who speak a language very different from all other European tongues, the other part consisting of Swedes. These people being in every way v.ery unlike each other, it requires different methods of work to reach each class with the Gospel. Without intention to criticise the work of anybody, it must be frankly admitted that very little was done to reach the Finns until very recently. If more care had been taken to organize work among the Finnish-speaking people, we would have gained a much larger success. During recent years we have, as far as our limited means have permitted, taken steps to extend our Finnish work. Societies have been organized among the Finns, literature has been issued in their language, and last year a theological school, in which to train preachers, was organized. At the last Annual Meeting another important step was taken, which, I hope, will further the work among the Finns. The Finnish charges were then organized in a separate district. Our work among the Swedish-speaking population needs to be maintained and extended, yet in the future we will gain our greatest victories among the Finns. The Sunday school work has continued in the same manner as before. In some places this branch of our work has prospered and given reason for great joy. At Gamlakarleby, Narpes, Ekenas, and Tammerfors new schools have been organized, and the number of scholars increased by 246; yet the statistics for the whole Mission show a slight decrease. This is to be accounted for by the fact that we, to the great sorrow of both teachers and children, were compelled, during last winter, to close some very prosperous schools because of the want of money with which to pay the high rent for the halls in which they were held. Because of the re sistance on the part of the Established Church, our Sunday school teach- 6 82 Missionary Report. [1898.
ers need a great deal of courage and persistence in their work among the little ones. They are a body of earnest, self-sacrificing workers. In con nection with our Annual Meeting there was held at Helsingfors a general meeting of delegates from all our different Sunday schools, at which the best methods to be used in the work were discussed. To those children whose parents have withdrawn from the State Church we give religious instruction according to the Discipline. This gives to the preachers a great deal of labor, but it is labor that bears fruit abundantly. The last Conference year was a memorable one for Finland and St. Petersburg Mission, because during the same our theological school began its work, which I hope will continue until “ the Lord cometh.” This enterprise will prove the most important we ever began in this Mission. Four promising young men received instruction during the first year, but from September I one more has sought and obtained entrance. Besides their studies the students use their time in preaching and leading revival meetings under the guidance of the superintendent. Our members and friends in the whole country have shown a great interest in the school, and contributed 655 Finnish marks for the same. The cut on the missionary appropriation, although not very large, still caused us financial trouble, as the preachers’ salaries were already so low that most of us have been compelled to run in debt, in spite of the most strict economy. The question of self-support is pressed upon our con gregations, and they fully understand the importance of it; yet they are for the present unable to give more than they do. During the last year we collected for various purposes 29,868 Finnish marks. A t present the house rents here in Finland have risen about fifty per cent, so that our small and poor societies have to make great efforts and great sacrifices to get through. Under such circumstances it is not possible to extend the work. It is, Tievertheless, with deep sorrow that one sees priceless oppor tunities to do good pass away. As for church property we have now 4 churches and 2 parsonages, worth 162,510 Finnish marks. At Helsingfors we own a good site, and efforts are made to collect money for building a church 011 the same. During the year we have not been able to erect any church, but a well- situated site has been bought for our congregation at Bjorneborg, and some money collected for the purpose of building. The question how to get suitable churches, free from debt, for all our congregations is a most vital one, which affects our whole work, as the power of the societies to support their preachers is very closely connected with the same. The amount which is now paid toward rents and mortgages would be nearly enough for the preachers’ support. We work in hope that the Lord will provide in his time. Statistics of Finland and St. Petersburg Mission, July, 1898.
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Ö Estimated Vatu« ages, or » of No. Halls an 2 n j i 150 1 100,000 86,000 850 168 tï.900‘ 150 Krtstin6stad and Narpes. 1 1 as •12 *>i) 200 1 90 1 2,400 1,200 92 11 40 Lovlsa.. .. j ! 1 15 800 j ¡ 1 Nikolaistad 1 1 i 102 21) S5 1 102 27,810 1 li 16,000 87,034 200 6S 5.540 60S St. Petersburg...... 1 1 13 4 I 1 91 69, Taminerfors. 1 9 30 n 90 2 42 133 1,470 Viborg...... 1 2 40 21 60 300 50 1 2 ISO 1 145 20 j 2,644. 86 — ------— — ______!_* *1 !» s 12 ÜÖ1 5S2 2,315 441' 12 1 2 517 1,008 Ö 162,510 13 2, 13,00i)l*143,294; 1,459 j 1.007; 25,312 32S 1,772 Last year...... 1(1 Si . 4 7 60S 210 540 1 2.620 230 S 1 1 4 I10 11,052 5 157,600 13 2 IS 000‘135,650' 1 ,5121 169' 23,125 21,5111 1,277 111 these columns are Swedish missionaries. Finnish Mark, 19 1-2 cents. Volume» jinnteil during the year, .10,00(1, with 1,012,000 pages. 84 Missionary Report. [1898.
T h e Italy Conference includes the kingdom of Italy and those parts of contiguous countries where the Italian lan guage is spoken. The Italy Mission was commenced in 1871 and organized as a Conference March 19, 1881.
Missionaries.—Rev. W. Burt and Mrs. Burt, Rev. N. Walling Clark and Mrs. Clark. W F. M. S.—Miss Emma M. Hall and Miss pot««. BrindSfev Ida M. Bowne (38 Via Gari- ^4icMlIY^^^Jbaldi, Rome), Miss M. Ella Vickery and Miss Arnold A (Palazzo Moroni, Rome).
A n n u a l M e e t in g . 8BA rtitiu. The Italy Conference was £*4 »« held in Turin, May 25, E.r.m. y.T. ^ ------—-1 1898, Bishop Walden pre- siding. Giovanni B. Castellini, Salvatore Musso, and Eduardo Taglia- latela were admitted on trial. E . E . Powell, supernumerary; Daniele Gay and Pietro Taglialatela, superannuates. It was one of the best sessions in the history of the Conference. Bologna D istrict.— Crisanrio Bambini, P. E . Adria, supplied by P. G. Ballerini. B o lo gna, Vincenzo Nitti. Dovadola, to be supplied. Forli and Faenza, supplied by Alberto M o r- siani. Modena and Reggio, Salvatore Musso. Perugia, to be supplied. Terni, Augusto Manini. Trieste (Austria), Felice Dardi. Venice, Valentino Ambrosini. Industrial School, Venice, William Burt, Director; Augusta R. Kool, Directress. Naples D istrict.— Eduardo Stasio, P. E . Atessa, supplied by Daniele Rivoire. Bari, Ric- cardo Santi. Foggia, Umberto Sarrubbi. Naples, supplied by Eduardo Stasio and Risorgi Carrari. Palermo, supplied by Giuseppe Paciarelli. Spinazzola and Venosa, supplied by Paolo Maggi. Rome D istrict.— William Burt, P. E . Alessandria Circuit, Giovanni Pons. Florence, Vit torio Bani. Geneva (Switzerland), Eduardo Taglialatela. Genoa, Domenico Polsinelli. Lau sanne Circuit (Switzerland), Eduardo Touru. Milan: First Church, Alfredo Taglialatela; Second Church, G. B . Castellini. Pavia, Angelo Penninetti. Pisa, Paolo Gay. Pontedera, Bemardo Bracchetto. Rome: First Church, Antonio Beltrami; Second Church (American), to be supplied. Sestri and Pegli, supplied by Ugo Bazoli. San Marzano and Calosso, Pietro Innocenti. Turin, Giacomo Carboneri. Theological School, Rome, N . Walling Clark, Di rector. Boy’s College, Rome, Aristide Frizziero, Director. Mission Press, Rome, Constantino Tollis, Editor, William Burt, Director. Young Ladies’ Institute, Rome, Miss E . M. Vickery and Miss Arnold, Directresses. Girls’ Home School, Rome, Miss E . M. Hall and Miss Ida M. Bowne, Directresses. 1898.] Italy. 85 The following are extracts from the reports of the presid ing elders:
B o l o g n a D i s t r ic t .— Crisanzio Bambini, P. E. This is my first report to the Annual Conference as presiding elder, and it is easy to understand what are your expectations and what is my desire—to meet the just hopes conceived a year ago, when the Conference was divided into three districts by Bishop D. A. Good sell. The annual report is the stone of comparison of the progress of the work, and of the religious life of the churches. Who would not wish to report great suc cess, first for the glory of God and the consolation of our fellow-laborers, and then as proof that we have not toiled in vain ? One must not forget, however, how few are the means at our disposal—entirely inadequate to meet the demands of the work intrusted to us. Then, too, there are so many unforeseen difficulties which cross our path and often hinder us in the work which we conscientiously try to accomplish. Humanly speaking, the direction, wholly or in part, of a work is always a most difficult task, even when there is in all the colaborers a sacred impa tience that the kingdom of God may come. In the first place, this sacred impatience is sometimes too much occupied with that which concerns an other's field of labor rather than with that of one’s own. At other times it is paralyzed by the lack of a determined will, or where the determined will exists there are intellectual and physical defects. Sometimes, however, the exceptional circumstances counteract the best gifts and the best intentions. Again, some of our ministers, though good preachers, neglect the all-important work of the pastor. In this case there is a lack of con tinuity to the work, and a lack of that spiritual life in the Church which makes it strong, not only to resist, but also to triumph. Another difficulty is that some of our ministers do not observe, as they should, our rules and methods, and hence there is not the resultant cooperation that we would desire. Notwithstanding, however, my first duty is to thank God, who has illumined me and comforted and encouraged me in my double work of preacher in charge and presiding elder. In regard to the work, though we cannot report large results, we can truly say, with Galileo, “ It moves.” The Methodist Episcopal Church ad vances in the sympathy and esteem which she is steadily gaining among the people; in a considerable increase of members and adherents; in increased contributions; in the diffusion of our literature; and in the growth of the Methodist spirit among the churches. The stations on the district a re : Adria, Bologna, Dovadola, Forli and Faenza, Modena, Reggio Emilia, Trieste, and Venice. Members, 201 (men, 114 ; women, 87); Sunday scholars, 128 (boys, 86; girls, 42); Epworth League members, 48 (men, 35 ; women, 13 ) ; children who at tend public worship, 43; children of parents not of our Church, 25. Special attention is called to the promising and providential opening for our Church at Trieste. 86 Missionary Report. [1898.
Naples D istrict— Eduardo Stasio, P. E. At the last session of our Conference, by advice of the most important members of the same, Bishop Goodsell appointed me presiding elder. I accepted the position with much fear and trembling, conscious of the responsibility which I assumed. After a year of trial I come to tell you that, though I have had on my district only one member of the Conference, two on trial, and three local preachers, the Lord has blessed the field in trusted to me beyond all my expectations. 1. In the first place, I am glad to say that there has been peace and harmony among the ministers. A trouble existing for a long time between two brethren, and which threatened serious consequences before the civil courts, by my intervention terminated in peace. The churches, including that of Palermo, have enjoyed a year of peace. 2. Another marked favor which God has conferred upon us is that we have been able to provide three places with halls better adapted to the work of evangelization—Atessa, Naples, and Palermo. 3. With joy I report that all the ministers on my district have been faithful and zealous in their work, and the fruit gathered has been abun dant. During the year 256 were registered on trial and 115 were admitted into full connection. A richer harvest was never known in the southern district, the most barren part of the whole field. The statistics, however, will not present a proportionate increase, because some have withdrawn, and others, whose names appeared on the church records, are not to be found, and hence are not counted. This year we have 214 members, an increase of 42. Of these, 160 are men and 54 women. 4. The sad note in my report is the nonsuccess of our work in the little stations of Mattinata, Rapolla, Melfi, and Venosa. 5. There is a Sunday school connected with each church on the district. The number of scholars last year was 158; this year, 179, of whom 88 belong to families not members of our Church. We have no day schools on the district. There are three evening schools, for the maintenance of which we pay in all about $12 per month. 6. The Epworth League is organized in the churches of Bari, Foggia, and Atessa, where the young people cooperate zealously with the pastor in all the work of the church. 7. On the Naples District the Missionary Society has no property, hence in every place there is the expense for rents of hall and parsonage. The churches have contributed about the same as last year—that is, last .year, 938.71 lire ($187); this year, 941 lire ($188). I have not failed to exhort the people to give, but from their poverty they have not been able to do more than they have done. 8'. The Clericals have made open war on us only at Atessa. When Signor Rivoire, our local preacher, arrived there he was met by a crowd of women and children, who hissed him and threatened him with violence. At first he was unable to find lodgings, and later only in a miserable, damp room. Whenever he appeared on the street he was followed by a howling mob. When informed of the matter I remembered that the pre 1898.] Italy. 8 7 feet of the province was my personal friend. I wrote him; the police received their instructions, and since then there has been perfect order.
Rome District.— William Burt, P. E. With few exceptions all the ministers on the district have been able to attend faithfully to their work all the year. During the months of Jan uary and February some of our ministers and many members of our churches suffered from influenza, and hence the work of evangelization was somewhat interrupted in those months, in which we are accustomed to accomplish most. Twenty-five members of our Church have died dur ing the year, but all triumphant in the Christian faith. Thank God for the peace and harmony that has prevailed, and for the hearty cooperation in everything that refers to the advancement of the kingdom of God. On account of the revival of activity in the Clerical party this has been a year of conflict for us all and of severe trial for many. This audacious revival has frightened many who sincerely sympathized with us, and has put to a severe test the faith of some of our brethren, who have suffered hunger, and have been illtreated and insulted even in their own families. How many would willingly come to our churches if it were not for the continual persecutions, the loss of work and of daily bread, and for the thousand influences which corrupt Italian society to-day to such an extent as to make us doubt sometimes of the future of the country! We have reason to thank God for those who bear with honor the name Methodist. We are not of this political party or of that, but ministers of Christ and of his truth, which alone can reform the individual and society. The statistics will show that we have had very encouraging success on the district during the year. A t the Annual Conference of 1897 there were in the district 1,025 members, 297 probationers, 643 Sunday school scholars, and 41 Sunday school teachers. Total collections for the year, 13,919.64 lire ($2,783); scholars in day schools, 145 ; money received from schools, 30,886.22 lire ($6,177). This year: 1,090 members, 289 proba tioners, 820 Sunday school scholars, and 59 teachers. Total collections for the year, 14,996.25 lire ($2,999). Scholars in our day schools, 218. Money received from day schools, 57,200.88 lire ($11,440). Children’s Day was observed in nearly all our churches, and also Mis sionary Day, with excellent results. In some of our churches we have had interesting revival services, in which sinners have been converted and believers built up in the faith. Would to God that a mighty revival might come to all our churches ! Let me speak frankly my conviction in reference to our schools. I be lieve that in them we have the key to the future, but we must use this key wisely or else these schools will do us more harm than good. In order that these schools be helpful to our work they must be first-class, each in its own sphere, both as regards instruction and discipline. I see no reason why the priests and nuns should have better schools than we. I can understand that it is possible for them to have more and larger schools 88 Missionary Report. [1898.
than ours because they have more money, but ours should be superior to theirs in quality. We cannot compete with the Romish Church in provid ing charity schools, hence we should all try to find children for our schools who can pay. Such, educated in our schools, will later be a moral force in our work of great value. We are not working simply for the present moment— doing an act of charity to this or that family—but we are working to establish the kingdom of Christ in the hearts of individuals and in society. Hence these schools of ours ought to be centers of a spiritual life so ardent that those who enter them will come forth transformed in their character by the power of the Divine Spirit. Then in a short time we would have men and women, not only educated, but truly converted ; and each of them a center of influence for the conversion of others. Let us thank God for what has been accomplished, and work together with one accord until our schools shall be what we desire them to be. I might perhaps call myself the apostle of the material appliances for the work, since I have had so much to do in Italy in improving our halls and building churches. During the year we have dedicated two new churches and two larger and more convenient halls: June 17, 1897, the new church at Turin. June 18, 1897, a spacious and attractive hall at Alessandria. September 20, 1897, the new church, school, and parsonage at San Marzano (here we have our first Methodist bell, the gift of Mr. Thomas Macpherson, of Park Avenue Church, New York). Finally, March 4, 1898, a beautiful and centrally located hall at Genoa. In my district there are 820 Sunday school scholars—412 boys and 408 girls; 128 are more than 15 years of age, 463 attend public service, and 398 belong to Roman Catholic families. In the churches the men are in the majority in the ratio of 3 to 2. In nine of the churches the Epworth League exists and exerts a salutary influence on the young people, but we must confess that we are not doing all that we should do for the Epworth League. In reference to the influence which our Church exerts on other denom inations, I quote a few lines from what others have written. For a long time we were influenced, instead of exerting an influence. But now we can truthfully speak of our influence on others. 1. On the method of preaching, which is no longer a mere intellectual demonstration of a religious truth, but a fervid and direct appeal to the heart and conscience. The Gospel is now announced as that which may be accepted and as that which saves the hearer. 2. Personal Christian experience the privilege of every believer. 3. The idea of joyful worship with spirited singing. 4. Systematic contributions for self-support. 5. Active participation in Christian work by the laymen. 6. Revival methods, first laughed at by the others and now adopted by them. We are as yet few and despised, perhaps, as were the apostles and the primitive Christians in the Roman empire, but victory will be ours if we are obedient to our divine Master. Let us love one another! Let us be 1898.] Italy. 89 united! Let us leave all personalities and ambitions at the foot of the cross, and together let us battle for Christ and for our beloved Church. During the year we have issued a new Hymnal, with 630 well-selected hymns. An edition with music is now in print. Our other publications have been : volumes, 564,780 ; pages, 4,962,405.
Theological School.— N. Walling Clark, President. A fact of significance in regard to our Theological School is that it is gaining the confidence and sympathy of ministers and mission workers in other denominations. A s stated in previous reports, the Rev. Henry J. Piggott, of the English Wesleyan Mission, is our professor of systematic theology. Last year, as a result of the transfer of Professor Carboneri to our new church in Turin, we invited, with the approval of Bishop Goodsell, the Rev. Enrico Paschetto, Pastor of the Baptist Church (Amer ican Mission) in Rome, to give the instruction in Hebrew, and in Old and New Testament exegesis. Professor Paschetto is recognized as one of the best equipped Hebrew scholars in Italy, and, what is still more impor tant, he is a sincere and devoted Christian gentleman. He willingly accepted our invitation, and has rendered excellent service. The other three professors are ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, one of them, Professor Constantino Tollis, editor of the E va n g elista , being added to our force last year. His long experience as a professor of theology in Roman Catholic seminaries gives him peculiar qualifications for the teaching of apologetics and controversy. The total number of students last year was 18, of whom three withdrew during the year, and one was expelled. We insist more and more upon the moral and spiritual, as wrell as the intellectual, qualities of our stu dents. The religious tone of the school has seemed to be higher than ever before. The Saturday night prayer meeting is a place of spiritual power. Three of the most promising young men we have yet had in the school were graduated last June, and are now preaching, one at Naples, another at Genoa, and the third at Modena. Our students were particularly fortunate in being permitted to see and to hear words of encouragement from Bishops Foss, Joyce, and Walden, and from Dr. Goucher. The visits of these men of God were an inspira tion to us all. A gratifying increase is noted in the amount received for self-support. From the students and from other sources outside of the Missionary So ciety, $517 was paid in for the support of students last year, an average of about $34 for each student. Statistics of Italy Mission, May, 1898.
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BULGARIA. Bishop Walden has Episcopal Supervision. D r. IV. T. Smith is Secretary in Charge. T h e Bulgaria Mission includes the principality of Bulgaria 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. The seventh Annual Meeting of the Bulgaria Mission Conference was held in Rustchuk, Bulgaria, May n , 1898, Bishop Walden presiding.
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In the absence of an annual report, we quote from Bishop Walden’s article in The Christian Advocate of November 10, 1898: The amount expended in Bulgaria seems large in contrast with the statistical results, but not if taken in connection with the needs of the field, considered in themselves or judged of by what has been given to other fields. Italy and Mexico have received more, but not too much; they are named only to aid our study. They were entered about the time Bulgaria was reoccupied. Each year since the appropriation to Bulgaria has been much below that to either of these other nominally Christian countries, and seldom reached one half the respective sums. I have not at hand the figures for the first few years of the so-called new policy for Bulgaria, but the aggregate appropriations for the last ten years, 1889-98, have been: for Bulgaria, $172,188 ; Italy, $430,397 ; Mexico,-$531,569. Mexico, which has the more liberal support, has features in common 92 Missionary Report. [1898.
with Bulgaria not found in Italy. They were both comparatively isolated countries twenty-five years ago, and in entering them our missionaries found no native evangelistic forces that might be helpful to them. In the early years of our Mission in Italy some effective native workers were secured who had been trained among Protestants—who were Protestants in conviction as well as by education. In Mexico and Bulgaria there could be no native Protestant workers except those produced by the Mis sions. (In Italy and Mexico some who were: trained for the Roman priest hood were received, but few of them have been at all helpful.) The en couraging success in Mexico is connected with three facts: a strong corps of American missionaries, the acquisition of important and valuable prop erties, and the training of effective native workers. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society shares in these facts, and is more largely represented in Mexico than in any other field except India, China, and Japan. All should be glad that so much has been done for “ our next-door neighbor,” and rejoice in the results; but may it not be taken for granted that an equally liberal and persistent course in Bulgaria would now be yielding gratifying, if not equal, results ? A s it is, what do we find ? The usual inventory comprises about two hundred members and probationers, especially when the question of with drawing from the field is being discussed. There, as elsewhere, the re sults of missionary work cannot be determined, but changes can be traced which have been produced solely or chiefly by that work. I find that during the past seven years substantial church buildings and comfortable parsonages have been erected in Tirnova, Shumla, and Loftcha, and in part by means raised 011 the ground. This gives houses of worship in the six largest and most important places north of the Balkans, and par sonages in five. When I visited Tirnova in 1891 a handful of people met in the pastor’s hired house, a very small and humble home, tidy and cheer ful, however, for the pastor’s wife had been trained in the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society’s school at Loftcha. This time, on a Tuesday evening, I preached in a substantial church, filled with people, very many of them men, all showing their interest by attention. The parsonage is roomy and comfortable; I found the guest chamber cheery and restful, the entertainment all that should be desired. Such a home in Bulgaria ns an object lesson promotive of social progress. In most places the congregations are larger now than seven years ago. Then not a revival was reported in the Annual Meeting, and it was a ques tion with me whether the native preachers knew much, if anything, about such gracious seasons. Revivals were reported this year, and frequent reference made to meetings in which there had been a special religious interest. During the intervening years the work has been in charge of a superintendent; he has been embarrassed by inherited conditions already named; he has been hampered by appropriations which gave no margin for new men and new work ; and yet the impress of one familiar with the successful forms of Methodist work in America is evident. Enough has been done to warrant the question, Would not a well-supported Metho- 1898.] Bulgaria. 93
distic work here be followed by results similar to those in other hard fields ? Success is beginning to come to the American Board south of the Bal kans. Among their effective workers are native preachers trained in their theological school at Samakov, and native teachers and helpers trained in their schools for girls, of which they have two. The object of their schools is not to do work for which public schools are being maintained, but to give special and constant attention to what is needful in the Mission. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society school at Loftcha has been a bright and is a hopeful spot in our Mission. Had there been such a mis sionary force maintained as would have made the Mission more evangel istic and aggressive, this school would have had even more of this spirit. It has rendered a good service, and should there be a growth in the Mission demanding more of it, the demand is likely to be fully met. Girls in structed in this school have carried into different parts of the principality an influence that will be positive for good—an influence that is likely to continue and aid in preparing the way for the Gospel. Scores of former pupils of our boys’ school, for years in charge of the Rev. D. C. Challis, now, as men, are engaged in various callings in differ ent parts of the principality. Even if so disposed, they cannot wholly put away the impressions received through the positive evangelical teachings of the school. Some whom I met, representing no doubt many others in this, remember with interest their school life. Through most, if not all, of these former pupils a better opinion of Protestantism is being disseminated. The same is true as to former students of the American Board schools. The two Missions share to some extent in the results of their respective work. The press, one of our Church’s greatest agencies, has been used, but in a way far from effective. The range of books and other publications has been limited. Hired colporteurs, rather than consecrated pastors, have been chiefly relied upon to circulate the literature. Of course some good has been done in this way, but at the best the press has been feeble and of little service in reinforcing the preaching and the pastoral and evangel istic work. The antagonism of the orthodox, or State, Church might not of itself indicate that the Mission has been making a real gain, but besides a grow ing hostility there have been more careful efforts to hold the people to the State Church—efforts which plainly show that the presence of the Prot estant work is felt. A school for the training of priests has been estab lished at Samakov since the American Board planted there its school for the training of preachers. The preaching of the Gospel by our mission aries in the north and by the others in the south without question did most to produce that condition which has forced the orthodox Church to use the vernacular in its services. The marked influence of Robert College in the principality, through the students trained in its classes, has been widely acknowledged. In this influence the personality of no one has been more significant than that of 94 Missionary Report. [1898.
our own Dr. Long, who could not have achieved his truly great work without the preparation he received and the influence he gained as our missionary in Bulgaria for a decade or more. For twenty-five years young men have been returning from that college, and their presence in different parts of the country, whether they be active Christians or not, will help to prepare the way for the Gospel. Bible Societies have been circulating the Scriptures printed in the lan guage of the people, and our missionaries have constantly cooperated with these societies. This form of work, which has increased in importance year by year, as the public schools have become more general and effi cient, would hardly have been maintained but for the presence of the missionaries—certainly but for them would have been far less effective. The Scriptures here, as elsewhere, are silently preparing the way for evan gelistic preaching. The number of missionaries in Bulgaria has been small, but the ratio of hard-working and self-sacrificing ones has been about the same as elsewhere. There, as elsewhere, years must be given to preparatory work, which, because it is preparatory, cannot be conspicuous. The deep-laid foundations, never thought of amid the glories of the temple, required long and hard toil. It is seen that some, if not much, important and indispensable foundation work has been done in Bulgaria—more, I be lieve, than it is possible to discern. Changes in the condition of the country make it easier to conserve this foundation work and build upon it, than it was to begin the work of forty years ago or to reestablish it after the suspension. A fairly well-ordered government has superseded the Turkish misrule. The hope of honorable public service is one of the strongest incentives the young Bulgarian now has to strive for success as a student. The business, the new buildings, the very pavements of the streets, especially in Sophia, the capital, show the presence of a new life. The railway east and west from Sophia is accelerating the hopeful changes in southern Bul garia. A line to connect the chief cities of the north with the capital is being built, and already the trains cross the Balkans. Soon the several points where our work is strongest can be visited by this main line and its branches. Despite the opposition of orthodox ecclesiastics, evangelistic work in its various forms can be prosecuted with fewer embarrassments than afore time. There is a larger measure of religious liberty in Bulgaria than in Bavaria, Saxony, and some other parts of Germany where our Church has missionaries. Many of the more strenuous Moslems have moved into other parts of Turkey. Those who remain must be affected by the new conditions, and may be expected to become susceptible to Gospel teach ing. Mohammedans will in time be moved in India and in Africa by the Gospel, but the prospect in Bulgaria is quite as hopeful now. Bulgaria as a political factor is far more important than when our work began. This enhances the importance of all true missionary work done there. Bulgaria has two things in common with Russia—the Slavonic 1898.] Bulgaria. 95 language and the Greek Church. From an evangelized Bulgaria might be drawn the most effective agencies for the evangelization of the masses of Russia. The Stundist leaven will probably make that portion of Russia which is nearest to Bulgaria among the first of the open doors through which spiritual missionaries will successfully enter that great em pire. Both the Slavs and the Turks were in the thought of Dr. Durbin and his coadjutors when they projected the Bulgaria Mission forty years ago. More is known now than then of the stolid and of the vengeful resistance to the Gospel met in that field, as in others, but the overcoming power of the Gospel is also better known. And in the civil and social changes which have taken place, as in the attitude which the great nations of Europe have assumed toward Turkey, and toward each other on account of Turkey, there is much to encourage hope, if not more than when Prettyman and Long entered an untried field. If the signs of the times are encouraging as to the future of this un fortunate Mission, if we have gained, even at great cost, too much to be abandoned or thrown away, what is needful to conserve, maintain, and develop our work in Bulgaria ? It is in place for me to name what seems to be needful at this time. The first thing in order, if not in importance, is to assume that the Mission is to be continued and to be maintained as strongly as possible. This, of course, means that menacing discussions shall cease, and that a careful consideration- shall be given to the needs of the work. Notwithstanding the inadequate support in the past, a large advance in the appropriation is not required at present. Opportunities which have been lost cannot be regained. What we have left must be directed to'gain ad vantages possible under the new conditions. Only a moderate advance is needed now to maintain the work and strengthen the imperiled points. So soon as the receipts of the missionary- treasury will warrant, or de signated contributions make it possible, the somewhat promising societies at Shumla—historic Shumla, on the new railway line—and at Palanka, a thriving town on the Danube, should be aided in providing suitable church buildings. When the policy of the parent Board is settled and aggressive, no doubt the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society will so reinforce its school at Loftcha as to maintain a course of study which will furnish its pupils with advantages equal to those in any other school in the land, thereby making it as effective in its scholastic as it has been and is in its moral and social work. A superintendent and one or two missionaries trained in our Church where it is strong and aggressive are needed, and must be had when such men are found. They should be men who, having studied the field, be lieve the work in Bulgaria to be important, who feel that God calls them to it, that to go is no small sacrifice, and that the sacrifice is made for duty’s sake. The superintendent should have experience as a preacher and administrator, and be in demand because of success in difficult posi tions. The others should have graduated in the Conference course, and 96 Missionary Report. [1898. made a good record as preachers and pastors. Of course the appropria tions for such reinforcements would be at the disposal of the Missionary Board, to be used if the appointments be made. Young Bulgarians, called to preach, will come to the work if it is to succeed. Could some of these, carefully selected, have the needed train ing in America— that is, a period in one of our theological schools, to ground them in Methodist doctrines, and then two or more years in an aggressive Annual Conference, to imbue them with the spirit and familiar ize them with the usages and work of Methodism, before assignment to Bulgaria—it would be of signal service. The Church will learn that it costs less and will give better results to test the aptitude of candidates and give them the needed Methodist training at home, where the Church is forceful, than to experiment in remote fields, where there are few, if any, of the conditions essential, or even favorable, to a thorough Methodistic training for missionary work. A grant to maintain one or two native Bulgarians at Drew or some other seminary might open the way to secure the most valuable reinforcements. Such grant would seem to be equally in place with those to provide missionaries with language teachers. It is not needful to hunt for precedents, but to seek after practical measures to meet the demands of each field. Statistics of Bulgaria Conference, 1898. E " ' ! ' " 3 o (S'; 8 CIRCUIT e $ Cu £ UD ■a OH TS?? ■= B a STATION. 'S* h b Ut B O & S 2 £ $ o »'pj e S 1 Sft I W '£ fi ti .fc c J C-i<
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¡5? Collected for other B i Collected for Self- fa Collected for M issionary O 3 Society. Collected for Church Building and Repairing. 1 support. Contributed for other i f K S k* « Local Purposes. Hotantzn.... 1 1 1 11 80 .. I.. 1’13 $100 $ .... f . . . . |8 oo $6 00 $85 20 *4 00 $4 00 Loi'tclia...... 5 1 5 2 8 83 65 6 ., 1 10 3,200 i 1,712 8,000 9 so 22 SO 46 20 48 20 99 80 Lom Palnnka 1 10 85 4 .. i 3 oo 5 On 87 40 5 00 20 40 Orclwnia... 1 10 .. 775 So SO 5 40 2 40 1 00 P le v n a ___ 9, 10 75 3!.. 27 26 1 1,000 8 SO 1 60 21 20 2 40 8 80 Ilu>tf'lnik. 1 1 47 05 ¡ì;.. 42 2,600 1 5.200 4,000 11 40 6 SO 79 40 12 00 64 80 Sh um la.... 1 1 15 40 1 34 3,000 1 l,soo 5 no 1 80 40 80 18 80 25 20 SillM m ___ 1 10 12 3 8 l 2 00 9 20 2 00 2 00 S lsto v ...... 1 1 80 7(>... 51 1.RH0 l i 1.-00 8 40 2d 85 20 5 00 52 40 Tirnova ... 1 90 0 1 85 2.400 1 1,700 8 20 4 Co 22 00 11 20 25 40 V arn a...... 2 120 67 5 1. 85 4,000 10 4i> 00 94 40 18 00 07 SO T otal. . . . 1 V! 7 13 6, 2! « 201:40:450! 56531 5 44 1 7 39 2 23 ll|844 *18.175 8 6 $13.212,$!2,000 $55 SO $50 20 .«426 40 JIM 00 $366 00 Last year 1 li 014! T- n- 5 1C7 43 191 402 25 . . \W 1 8 46 230 12 340 7i 13.5S7 13,000' 73 011 105 (ii)i :{S7 20' 1 (U 001 820 20 Notk.—In ilustcliuk 1,000 volumes with 36C,9Git pages were priuted during the year. 9 8 Missionary Report. [1898.
ASIA.
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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 CalcuUa September 25, 1856. The Mission has enlarged into five Annual Conferences, known as the North India, Northwest India, South India, Bombay, and Bengal-Burma Conferences. 1873. The Japan Mission was commenced under the superintendency of Rev. Robert S. Maclay, D.D., who arrived in Japan June 11, 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 tc Malaysia from the South India Confer- 1898.] China. 99 ence held in Hyderabad in November, 1884. He 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. [1898.
FOOCHOW. Bishop Cranston has Episcopal Supervision. Dr. A. y. Palmer 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 anc^ organ ized as a Conference in 1877.
M issionaries . Rev. William H. Lacy and Mrs. Emma Nind Lacy, Rev. William A. Main and Mrs. Emina L. Main, Ben H. Marsh, Rev. George S. Miner and Mrs. Marie Miner, Rev. Nathan J. Plumb and Mrs. Julia W. Plumb, Rev. James Simester and Mrs. Winifred Simester, J. E. Skinner, M.D., and Mrs. Skin ner, Rev. George B. Smyth, D.D., and Mrs. Alice H. Smyth, Rev. Myron C. Wilcox, Ph.D., and Mrs. Hattie C. Wilcox, Rev. J. H. Worley, Ph. D., and Mrs. Imogene A. Worley. In the United States: Miss Sarah M. Bosworth. W. F. M. S.—Miss Mable Allen, Miss Julia A. Bonafield, May E. Carle- ton, M.D., Miss E. Marguerite Glenk, Hu King Eng, M.D., Miss Mabel C. Hartford, Miss Carrie I. Jewell, Miss Alice Linam, Miss Martha Lebeus, Miss Isabella Longstreet, Ella M. Lyon, M.D., Miss Mary Peters, Miss Wilma H. Rouse, Miss Phebe C. Wells, Miss Lydia Wilkinson.
A n n u a l M e e t i n g . The Annual Meeting of the Foochow Conference was held in Foochow, November 2-7, 1898, Bishop Cranston presiding. The aggregate of the collections was $10,090, Mexican, or $5,045, gold. There were reported 8,249 members and probationers, 699 adults and 324 children baptized. The appointments are, in part, as follows :
Foochow D istrict. —J. H. Worley, P. E. N. J. Plumb, President of Theological School and Teacher in Anglo-Chinese College. G. 15. Smyth, President of Anglo-Chinese College, Lec turer in Theological School, and Editor of Chinese Christian Advocate. James Simester, Vice President of Theological School and Principal of Boys’ High School. Ben H. Marsh, Profess or in Anglo-Chinese College. The foregoing are members of the Tieng Ang Dong Quarterly Conference. W. H. Lacy, Superintendent Mission Press, Treasurer and Business Agent of the Mission. G. S. Miner, Superintendent of Conference Day Schools Supported by Special Gifts. Sia Tieng Ang, without appointment, to attend school. Miss Sarah M. Bosworth, absent in the United States. Mrs. Smyth, Mrs. Lacy, and Mrs. Plumb, Instructors in the Anglo-Chinese College. Miss E. C. Pinkney, Teacher of School for Missionaries’ Children. H aitang D istrict. —Ng3i Gi Sang, P. E. M. C. Wilcox, Missionary. Hokchjang D istrict. —Huong Pau Seng, P. E. M. C. Wilcox, Missionary. Boys' High School, M. C. Wilcox, Principal. Kucheng D istrict. —W. A. Main, P. E. J. E. Skinner, M.D., Superintendent Wiley Gen eral Hospital. Schell-Cooper Academy, W. A. Main, Principal. Iongbing D istrict. —Ding Deng Diu, P. E. W. A. Main, Missionary. M ingchiang D istrict. —Ding Ung Tiu, P. E. J. H. Worley, Missionary. I898.J Foochow. IOI
The Rev. N. J. Plumb writes: The most encouraging items are an increase of $264 in self-support and 224 members and 375 probationers. A special effort has been made to avoid reporting money which has only been promised, but not received, as has sometimes been done heretofore. Some money comes in after Confer ence at the end of the Chinese year when all settlements are made, but the amounts are so uncertain that it is hardly safe to rely upon them. The Kucheng District, always rather backward in the matter of pastoral support, has made a fine record this year. The sys tem of tithing has been largely introduced, and the subscriptions have been more than doubled. The year has been a very hard one, especially in the Hok- chiang and Haitang Dis tricts, where successive typhoons, heavy w inds and rain have done great dam age to the crops. The price of living has every where gone up very much during the past few years, and the preachers often find it hard to get along on their meager salaries, some of which they never get. Three of our mem bers have passed to their reward during the year. Rev. Hu Sing Mi, one of our older preachers, died only a few weeks since. He was an able preacher of the Gospel, a noble and true man, and was faithful to the end. The other two were comparatively young men, graduates from our Theological School. They were faithful and efficient workers, and gave promise of good W'ork for many years to come. The vote on equality of lay and ministerial delegates in the General Conference was unanimously in its favor. An interesting event of the Conference was the election of delegates to the Central Conference, to be held in Shanghai in 1899. We were entitled to 9 delegates, and 3 foreign missionaries and 6 native preachers were elected. The attendance at Conference was not quite as large as usual, as several were, on account of sickness, prevented from coming. The reports indicated progress and faithful work done. The members of the Mission were all present, and 10 2 Missionary Report. [1898.
are in good health, and we enter upon the New Year with a hopeful out look. Foochow District.— J. H. W o r le y , P. E. Notwithstanding the past year has been replete with hardships and trials, victories have been numerous and decisive. The unsettled political condition of the country caused by the fear of China being partitioned among Western nations has not been favorable to immediate results, yet there is reason to believe it will hasten the complete overthrow of Chinese exclusiveness, one of the greatest obstacles to the spread of the Gospel. There has been, perhaps, more than the usual amount of scourges, plague, cholera, and fever, so that the death rate has been enormous. Together with this we have been on the verge of a famine; or at least food has been at famine prices, and for a long time riots were feared. The hard ships of the people have been very great, and the burden has been shared by the native pastors. With their meager salaries and the price of food advanced one third or more, they have found it hard to make ends meet. Yet they have been patient and loyal. The members have stood by the preachers nobly. Considering the hard times, the subscriptions are excel lent, though not much in advance of last year. Had there been a large decrease it would not have been strange. Though there has not been a,great advance in numbers or self-support there has been a steady growth in spiritual life among many of our people. The Tithing Society is still adding to its numbers and exerting a wide in fluence. The most genuine results in temperance work for a long time have been accomplished this year. People are really being convicted, and sign the pledge not simply because the missionaries ask them, but for Christ’s sake. They agree not only to abstain from the use of liquor as a beverage, but agree not to use it at feasts or in cooking. Most of the pastors have done excellent work among the women, and are rejoicing in the great interest among them and the increased attend ance upon the means of grace. Formerly when the question of woman’s work was urged upon the preachers they excused themselves by saying custom was against their doing anything for them, but now they see it can be done with propriety, and realize there is no genuine success which does not reach the women. ^ The W. F- M. S. work in all departments is very prosperous, and the workers abundant in labor. The completion of the new home and build ing for the woman’s school and the purchase of several valuable tracts of land are of special interest, and indicate that they are planning for larger things in the future. The loss occasioned by the return of Miss Wilkinson and Dr. Masters to the home land will be sorely felt and add greatly to their already overworked colaborers. The publishing work still sends out its wide stream of influence in tracts and religious literature. The Fokien Christian Advocate has been changed to The Chinese Christian Advocate, and has come under the man agement of the Central Conference. Its influence for good is beyond com putation. 1898.] Foochow. 103
The Anglo-Chinese College is steadily growing in favor with the people and in power for good. The loss of Miss Bosworth, who has given six faith ful years of service to the institution, but is now on furlough at home, is very great. The Theological School never did better work, though there is but one missionary where they ought to have two to do the work. The day schools in many cases are proving a success and helping on the general work of the Church. If greater care were exercised in the selec tion of teachers and the fields entered, and the schools were put more directly under the management of the native pastors, their usefulness would be greatly increased. Tieng Ang Dong Circuit. The new church has been completed with the exception of painting. It is a convenient, commodious structure, and a worthy memorial of the fiftieth anniversary of our mission work. The congregation on Sunday mornings numbers about a thousand. The woman’s prayer meetings, Wednesday afternoons, have increased from an attendance of a dozen to nearly a hundred. The circuit covers a large territory, and comprises a good many preaching places. The preacher in charge and five assistants have been supported by the people. There has been healthy growth along all lines. Siu Liang Dong has had a prosperous year. The collections are equal to last year. The number of women attending church has greatly in creased. The preacher and his wife have done faithful pastoral work, especially among the women. Cing Sing Dong has steadily advanced. Notwithstanding the woman’s school has been removed and the pastor is a single man, the women have been interested in the truth, and a goodly number have attended the preaching. The “ ragged” Sunday school conducted by Brother and Sis ter Lacy is reaching a large number of families and bearing fruit. Hok hig Dong has advanced in self-support and members, but the number of women attending church is very small. Bo Deng Haeng has grown in numbers and spiritual life. It was impossible to rent a building near the center of the A H jin g Ga C ircuit, so most of the members have to go a long way to church ; yet the work has prospered. Puo A has steadily advanced. Considerable interest in the doctrine is manifested in several of the neighboring villages. The new church at L a u L o i has been completed, and the1 outlook is very encouraging. N g ie Cang has enjoyed prosperity. The regular services have been well attended, and much interest is manifested by the heathen. Iek lo n g has advanced along all lines. The preacher has done much pastoral work, and his labors have been greatly blessed. A number of new places have been opened, and much interest is manifested. The urgent cry comes from many more villages to send them teachers. The circuit ought to be divided into two or three. Some people have come thirty miles to quarterly meetings and to be baptized. 104 Missionary Report. [1898.
N g u K a n g. Several points on this circuit have greatly prospered. This circuit should also be divided in'order to give the people better church privileges and the work more thorough supervision. The outlook at G ang C ia is very hopeful. Many people are earnestly investigating the new doctrine. Especially is this true of the literary men. There are many open doors in this populous region. The harvest truly is great and the laborers few. Nguong Die. Some classes in remote villages have enjoyed prosperity. Large numbers seem almost ready to accept Christ and give up their idols. This circuit should also be divided, as it covers such a vast territory. lo n g D ie met with a sad misfortune early in the year in the death of their pastor, Brother Ling Diu Gek, one of the most devoted and promis ing young men in the Conference. Since then an earnest local preacher has been in charge and has had good success. In the name of preachers and people I desire to record sincere thanks giving to our heavenly Father for his tender mercies in keeping us in such a degree of health and security amid plagues and political unrest, and giving us a good measure of prosperity in the work committed to our hands. Let us one and all with deep humility acknowledge our unworthiness, and by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit seek to know wherein we have failed, that with increased faith in Christ we may go forth another year to certain victory. The Anglo-Chinese College.—George B. Smyth, Principal. Much might be said on the history of the college during the past year, but the space allowed for a report necessitates brevity. The graduating exercises at the beginning of the year marked an im portant advance in educational work in this province. They were attended by a large number of the. most distinguished Chinese gentlemen at Foo chow ; one of them an imperial censor, and another an ex-minister of state. While the exercises were in progress messengers arrived, bearing complimentary tablets from the literary chancellor, the provincial chief justice, and the salt commissioner. A t the close of the exercises the principal Chinese guests dined at my house, and this of itself was a long step in the path of friendliness. All this showed how different was the feeling toward the college from that which prevailed ten years ago, when no man of high social or official position would think of countenancing in any way a Christian institution. Verily times have changed of late in China, and never before had the Church so grand an opportunity along educational lines. At the opening of the spring term there were over 110 candidates for ad mission, of whom only 70 were received. Since then there have been over 30 applicants, of whom we could admit only 20. The highest enrollment for the year was 274, the highest in the history of the college. For the last ten years the attendance has steadily increased, and we have our present number, though in the last few years we have refused admission to over 180. Our two dormitories are full. There is not room for one more stu dent, and if all those who are with us now return after , the New Year 1898.] Foochow. 105
holidays we shall not be able to receive a single new candidate. With room enough and teachers enough we would soon have 500 students. We need a new dormitory, therefore, and have bought the land for it, at no charge to the Missionary Society or to friends in America, and are now waiting for some friend of missions to give us the $2,500 needed for a new building. Two years ago we erected a large dormitory with funds contributed by Chinese friends, and we are looking now to the Church at home. Remember that all these young men are living here under Chris tian influences, and that the majority of them could not be reached by any other agency than such a school as this. The college Young Men’s Christian Association has been active during the year under the presidency of one of the students. He is a young man of great ability and pronounced Christian character. In the neighborhood of the college a chapel is supported by the students, some of whom hold services there every Sunday. This work is all voluntary, as we have no paid students of any kind, every one of them being self-supporting. In thinking of this college a few things should be especially remembered: 1. This is the largest Christian school in China. 2. It is carried on at much less expense to the Missionary Society than any other similar school. 3. It has few salaried foreign teachers, and not one dollar of missionary money is given to any of the students. 4. There is no other similar school which is doing more for the Church. There is no other school which does so much for itself. There is no other school, therefore, which is more deserving of financial assistance, but there is no other of its kind which gets so little. It has had to. rely more largely upon itself than any other educational institution connected with our Church in China. We have five foreign teachers now in active service, but only two of them—Rev. J. Simesterand the writer—are paid by the Missionary Society. The other three—Mrs. Smyth, Mrs. W. H. Lacy, and Mrs. J. Simester— work voluntarily. One of these ladies is now closing her tenth year at Foochow, and teaches three hours a day— too much altogether after so long a residence in this trying climate, especially when it is remembered that all this is in addition to much other work, and to the care of her family and her home. The college owes much of whatever success it has had to the voluntary work of missionaries’ wives. Miss S. M. Bosworth, another of the salaried staff, is now at home on furlough. She gave six years of faithful work to the college, and is now enjoying a well-earned rest. The history of the year is, in a word, one of hard work, much advance, and great promise. To any who after reading this report desire further information concerning the college, I shall be glad to write fully.
The Foochow Boys' Boarding School.—George B. Smyth, Principal. This school has had in many ways a satisfactory year. Though it is cooped up in a corner of the old Mission Press building, it has 39 scholars. io 6 Missionary Report. [1898.
Its quarters are about the worst imaginable, the building standing beside the public road, and the boys having no place but the public road for a playground. Last year I bought some land on which to erect a new school- house, but have not the money with which to build. A thousand dollars would be sufficient for the purpose. The instruction in this school is given entirely in Chinese, and the special purpose is to train candidates for the theological school and the college, and to offer a fair education to such graduates of the day schools as cannot afford to go higher. I would earnestly ask the attention of Christians to its needs. The gift of $1,000 may name it, and I do not know a better investment. The Chinese Christian Advocate.—George B. Smyth, Editor. This old paper, formerly called The Fokien Christian Advocate, ap pears now for the first time with its new name in the annual report. At the Central Conference held last year in Shanghai it was decided to have one paper for the Methodist Episcopal Church in China, and to call it The Chinese Christian Advocate. The writer was elected editor, and each of the Conferences was directed to elect an associate editor. The old Fokien Advocate was taken as a basis of the new paper, and the circulation reached seems to show that it has met with favor. The average sales are 3,000 copies—a very good circulation for such a paper in China. Of course the readers arrd hearers are several times this number. Among the recent signs of advance in China no one is more significant than the growth of the press. There are now about a hundred papers— daily, weekly, and monthly—published in the empire, and though some of them, like some well-known specimens in America, are a disgrace to the craft, the great majority are diffusing widely intelligence among a people whose former only sources of news as to the events of the times were the proclamations of the officials and the gossip of the tea shops. In this great movement of knowledge the Christian press bears an honorable part, and every month there go out from the mission printing houses tens of thousands of copies of Christian papers, diffusing light and intelligence among the people. This is a department of Christian work, therefore, which should engage the interest and sympathy qf all friends of China everywhere. Just at present there is a dark cloud on the horizon, but I am confident that it will soon disappear. Among the latest decrees of the empress dowager, who on the 22d of last month drove the young emperor from the throne and usurped the supreme place for herself, is one forbidding in future the publication of newspapers, and ordering the arrest and punish ment of their Chinese writers and editors. But this decree will prove to be a mere brutum fulmen, and the usurping and reactionary empress will find that, powerful as she is, she has not power enough to stop the tide of progress which has set in in China. I am not troubled, therefore, by this stupid attempt to turn China back into her old darkness, for it cannot succeed. The press, and especially the Christian press, will go on with its work more vigorously and more mightily than ever. 1898.] Foochow.
The Foochow Theological School.—N. J. Plumb, Principal. The past year of the Foochow Theological School has been a prosper ous year of steady teaching and training, 40 students having been in at tendance, and the closing examinations at the end of each term have shown that they have done good work. This is the first year I have been able, in the new division of the work, to give my full time to the school. I have been assisted by two native teachers ; two of our native pastors have given some time to teaching, and my wife has taught a class in Harmony of the Gospels. The students, in addition to their regular class work, have been faithful in preaching in the busy streets of the city and in the neighboring villages. Wednesday and Sunday afternoons are given up to this work, when they go out in bands of twos and threes in different directions. In June we graduated a class of five earnest, intelligent young men, two of whom are preachers’ sons, who we hope will do good work in the Foo chow Conference. We have had considerable sickness in the school. There have been fevers and several cases of hemorrhage of the lungs, with threat ened tuberculosis, but prompt preventive measures were taken, the stu dents ceasing work and returning home. This has doubtless been owing to a variety of causes. Many of the young men are from the country and unaccustomed to the confinement of a student life. Then, too, the loca tion is not the best, and we are obliged to crowd too many students into this one not large building, which also shelters the monitor and his family and the Chinese teachers, besides furnishing us with chapel, recitation rooms, dining room, and kitchen. It is imperatively necessary that some thing be done to relieve the pressure if we expect to do the work we ought to do in preparing strong, useful men for the native ministry. W. H. Lacy’s report: We returned to Foochow from our furlough in America in October, 1897, and on November 1 I again resumed my duties as treasurer and business agent of the Mission. At the ensuing session of the Conference I was reappointed to my former position as superintendent of the Mission Press. Mrs. Lacy was again assigned to work in the Anglo-Chinese Col lege, in which she had .labored for so many years, and in addition was ap pointed business agent for the ladies of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society. It would be impossible for me to report my work for the year without including that of my devoted wife, who has in every way proved herself not only a faithful helpmeet, but also an active “ assistant missionary.” For want of a competent foreman many of the duties of that position have fallen on the superintendent of the press, but in the work of English proof reader Mrs. Lacy has greatly relieved him. In this country of stagnant civilization the office of the business agent of this Mission is a very busy place, for as a central distributing agency it is necessarily the rendezvous of all the messengers from the country sta tions, a freight depot for the receipt and disbursement of missionary boxes, ro8 Missionary Report. [1898.
a post office for receipt and dispatch of foreign and local mails, a passen ger station to which the Mission house boat reports, an intelligence office for securing servants for country missionaries, a central tailoring and dressmaking establishment, and a general purchasing agency of necessary supplies for the missionaries of the Foochow and Hinghua Missions. No one but a married man with a genuine “ better half ” could be equal to the demands of such a position. The work of the Mission Press has been increasing in volume during the entire year, and we now employ twice as many men as at last Confer ence. We have orders ahead from the American Bible Society, the British and Foreign Bible Society, and our tract societies sufficient to keep several of the presses busy for ten or twelve months. The plant has been in creased this year by the addition of another Liberty job press of a larger size, by a new font of music type, and a considerable supply of new type for English book and job printing. The rapid advance in the price of native paper since the Japanese war has created a large demand for foreign paper for Chinese printing, so that we now are required to keep several thousand dollars’ worth of paper on hand. The stationery de partment of the press has been greatly enlarged, and now has a stock of over three thousand dollars in value. The introduction of the Romanized system of writing Chinese has created a large demand for foreign station ery in our schools, and the introduction of arithmetic necessitates slates, pencils, and tablets in place of the abacus board. The duties of Mission treasurer have been performed with pleasure under the modified system of financial reports required by the Board, though there is still much room for improvement in this respect. I some times wish I might be in the forefront of the battle in this missionary work, but the commissary general is an important officer, and the posi tion gives one an opportunity for the development of the grace of patience. We find very little time for direct evangelistic work except on the Sab bath. Mrs. Lacy is superintendent of the infant department of the Sab bath school of Tieng Ang Dong, and we both continue our work in the ragged school at Cing Sing Dong, which we started nearly six years ago. The attendance there has kept up during the year to over three hundred, sometimes over four hundred, and some happy conversions have been re ported as the fruits of this school among the children from heathen families.
Annual report of the Rev. George S. Miner: In glancing over the past short year we have great reason to thank God and take courage. We have enjoyed health and strength, and the good Lord has seen fit to own and bless our efforts. Having only the “ Special G ift” day school work this year, I have been able to do much more visit ing and personal work among my schools and teachers than ever before. This and the meetings held with the teachers have been very satisfactory. I now understand the work more thoroughly and can give it better supervision. The number who have accepted Christ as their personal Saviour is not large, 1898.] Foochow. 109
but I do know that scores of idols have been brought to me that have been abandoned by patrons and pupils of the schools. The support pledged by the dear ones in the homeland has been such that we have opened 188 schools with 4,555 pupils. We have done what we could in solving the problem of “ self-support.” The pupils and the teachers have, contributed $2,620.10 (Mexican) thereto. Taking into consideration the fact that my work is mostly among the poor, and that a laboring Chinaman can earn but ten cents (Mexican) a day, and out of that has to buy his rice,-I con sider this a fair showing. The most discouraging feature of this work is the impossibility of keeping but few of the pupils in school for more than one or two years. Their parents are so poor that as soon as they can earn a few cash the children are sent out to work. They consider food and clothing a necessity, and an education a luxury. When I get an “ indus trial plant ” in operation I trust this will be obviated, and we will be able to keep the pupils under our supervision for six or eight years. With the present work and the contemplated “ industrial ” I must have some one to assist me. This closes my seventh year of constant service, and I must take a furlough at the end of nine. Few missionaries remain out nine years at one time, and most missionary societies will not allow their work ers to remain but seven. The Mission here has asked for a man to come out and assist me and carry the work while I take my furlough. Who will volunteer? He should be here by the fall of 1899 at the latest. I shall be pleased to correspond with anyone who feels called to this work.
Hokchiang and HaitanG Districts.—Myron C. Wilcox, Missionary in Charge. On returning from my General Conference furlough, I was appointed to these two districts in which the conditions are in many respects different from the Kucheng District, where I had the privilege of laboring so long. Though naturally regretting to leave a people who had become very dear to me, and a work which had been increasingly prosperous, I have the assurance that “ he that soweth and he that reapeth will rejoice together ” at the time of the glad “ harvest-home.” The state of things on Hokchiang District is such as to tax the resources even of one who has had seventeen years’ experience as a missionary. The following, from a brother who was formerly in charge of this district, will throw some light upon matters here : “ You are now in charge of a district where you will have ‘ persecution’ cases to your heart’s content. There is an immense number of members who have come into the Church to get advantage from foreign and official protection. At least this is the con viction which Dr. Sites, Brothers Plumb, Worley, and myself came to after our experiences on the district. I think it was three years I served as ‘ P. C.’ (‘ Persecution Clerk ’) for that class of people, and felt that the only way to satisfactorily manage these cases was to be on the ground and see for oneself the real facts.” It therefore seemed to me that what was most necessary was a thorough course of ecclesiastical house cleaning. Hence the presiding elder, many Missionary Report. [1898.
of the pastors, and the missionary in charge have endeavored faithfully and with yearning hearts to preach “ repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ,” and this first of all to the unconverted members of the Church. Some of them have been led to see their true condition, while others have been constrained to withdraw, or have been dealt with according to the provisions of the Discipline. An increase of members is not so important on this district just now as is a Gideon’s band with which to achieve future victories. Certain difficulties within the Church which threatened dire consequen ces have been harmonized, and, as the result largely of personal urging, several important cases of real persecution have been decided in our favor. Hence, despite the somewhat discouraging state of things I found when assuming charge of this work, I can now joyfully and thankfully add that there is already a change for the better, and we are therefore correspond ingly hopeful for the future. Last year’s presiding elder of the Hokchiang District reported a large increase in the amount contributed for self-support, whereas it turned out that quite a large per cent of it was only “ on paper.” I shall see to it that this does not occur again, though, of course, strictness at this point will cause an apparent falling off in that item. The Boys’ Boarding (or High) School at Ngucheng was reorganized at the beginning of the year, and has been doing better than before. At least ten of the students expect in due time to enter the ministry. The two boarding schools of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, also at Ngucheng, have had a good year. I have sought to emphasize the importance of systematic study of the Scriptures on the part of preachers and members, and have prepared and published aids to that kind of work. We also held a very profitable Bible institute on the Haitang District, and shall soon conduct another in con nection with the Hokchiang District Conference. A s the Haitang District is in a better condition spiritually than the larger district, the work there has been far more satisfactory. On both districts are a goodly number of girls’ day schools, and about forty day schools for boys, the latter being under the supervision of G. S. Miner. I want to express my gratitude to those who have sent special contri butions whereby a number of native preachers are enabled to hold up the cross in scores of villages, needy students are being aided, and a number of chapels are being completed. Let me earnestly bespeak the continued aid of those especially who are supporting preachers and students. Let me also beg every reader of this report to pray for God’s blessing upon all the workers and members in these two districts, that the Church in this region may arise and shine, her light having come and the glory of the Lord having risen upon her.
Iongbing District.—W . A. Main, Missionary in Charge. This has been an unusually prosperous year for our work on the Iong bing District, There has probably never been a year before in which there 1898.] Foochow. have been so many encouraging and gratifying results. Considering the fact that this district has never had a resident missionary, and that what has been accomplished has been almost entirely through the instrumen tality of the native Church, the success that has been attained is the more remarkable and the more worthy of note. One is strikingly impressed with the earnest and aggressive spirit of the Church, including both pas tors and members, which has led them to push out into new fields and open up new work, until now the Gospel has been carried into nearly every township throughout all the vast extent of this district. We were fortunate this year in securing a valuable piece of property in Iongbing City which has been converted into a neat and commodious chapel, also furnishing quarters for the woman’s school. In this city, where, during previous years, opposition to Christianity has been so in tense, a wonderful change has taken place. Our large chapel is now crowded with earnest worshipers, and the outlook is most promising. The church at Sa Gaing has been blessed with a gracious revival, and the prospects for Christianity in this fine Chinese city were never so bright. There is scarcely a charge that has not been visited with an outpouring of the Spirit. The number of conversions and additions to the Church has been large; in some single villages as many as forty. Two new churches are being built; one at long Kau and one at Sek Baik Du. The native Christians contribute willingly and liberally of their means for the support of the Gospel, some places reaching self-support during the first year of the opening of the work. As a mission field the Iongbing District is rich with possibilities, and it only needs cultivation to make it one of the most fruitful missions in our Church. Kucheng District.— W . A. Main, Missionary in Charge. This Conference year on the Kucheng District began with a Pentecost to all the Christian workers, who, soon after the close of last year’s Con ference, gathered at Kucheng City for a few days of waiting upon the Lord. Going forth with this fresh anointing of the Spirit and renewed consecration to God, the natural result has been a year of great blessing and prosperity, with revivals on nearly every charge. With only a few exceptions the pastors have done earnest and faithful work, and have been rewarded by seeing many souls brought into the kingdom. Special care has been taken to guard against-any person entering the Church from questionable motives, and we have reason to believe that those who have been received as probationers are sincerely seeking spiritual benefit. Another encouraging feature of the year’s work is the advance that has been made in self-support. An earnest effort has been made to educate the people to systematic giving, and the result has been most gratifying. Over two hundred have commenced tithing their income, giving the tenth to the work of the Lord. The amount raised for pastors’ support has more than doubled, advancing from $187 for last year to $ 54° f° r the present year. 1 1 2 Missionary Report. , [1898.
The Kucheng City Charge alone has raised over $1,000 for the new church that is being built in the first ward, has supported three pastors in full, and has advanced its missionary collection from $12 to $40 this year. Through the kindness and liberality of friends in America, Kucheng has been rarely favored this year in being able to erect three fine, com modious school buildings. They are well on toward completion, and it is expected they will be ready for occupancy next term. The schools are all in a most prosperous condition, and are beginning to furnish the Church with a splendid army of Christian workers. While Christianity has gained a strong foothold in this region, yet we realize that this is only the beginning, and that the great work of reaching the unsaved multitudes yet remains.
Mingchiang District.— Ding Ung Tiu, P. E . One year has already passed, and I find four reasons for comfort and encouragement: 1. The members are coming to see that lawsuits are a hindrance to the work. Thus, except in extreme cases, the preachers have persuaded them not to go to law. 2. Notwithstanding wherever we have had special prosperity the Catholics have followed us and tried to lead away our people, it has seemed to give us greater success. The reason is, perhaps, because their methods are so divergent that the people can the more easily distinguish between the true and false. 3. Though food has been dear and times hard and the Catholics every where telling the people if they unite with them they need only pay ten cents once, while the Methodists collect money every year, and a few of our people have been deceived, yet at the end of the year I find that more has been raised than last year. 4. There has been a growing spirit of helpfulness and sympathy between the preachers and myself during the year. The brethren have kindly received all my suggestions and advice, and when it was impossible, for me to attend the quarterly meetings they have gladly rendered assistance, and I desire to thank them for it. On more than half the circuits are signs of great prosperity, so that by another year we shall be able to report large success. There are three sources from which these four signs of prosperity have their origin, and for which I desire to render thanksgiving: 1. Soon after Conference Dr. and Mrs. Baldwin visited Mingchiang, and their instruction was like rain in time of drought. When Mrs. Baldwin told of her work for the Chinese in America many were moved to tears and inspired to better lives. Her words are still treasured up and linger as the tones of a bell. A s she bade good-bye to me she said whatever she had been able to accomplish was by the cross, and exhorted me to preach nothing but Christ and him crucified. 2. Mr. Worley has held three revival meetings for Christian workers during the year, and many people were greatly blessed. Reports of these 1898.] Foochow. 113 meetings I have already given in the Advocate, but desire to mention other facts here. A member who received a great blessing went home and fitted up his house for a preaching place, and is now rejoicing over nearly forty souls brought to Christ. At one revival meeting over thirty persons —preachers, teachers, and members—were led to consecrate a tenth to the Lord, and as a result about $200 has been paid in ; $114.80 of this will be applied to the Home Missionary Society for opening up new work. I am under great obligations to Mr. Worley for advice and suggestions on many questions, for which I most heartily thank him. 3. Mrs. Worley has earnestly requested the preachers and members to call and see her; then by prayer and Scripture quotations has inspired them to more systematic Bible study and private devotions, and' many have been strengthened in faith and zeal. She has urged them to be more faithful in trying to lead the women to Christ and teaching them to read. Her work has been a great help in giving us a right understanding of our duty to the women, as when the moon hidden by the clouds sud denly comes into full view. We have 36 boys’ day schools, with 625 pupils. Twelve teachers have been baptized and received into the Church this year, and 20 pupils have been baptized and 16 received into the Church; 239 pupils are proba tioners. At Chiang Mwoi, where we have only a day school, a woman brought her child for baptism, and at the same time subscribed $6. So large a subscription by a poor woman was such a surprise that others were inspired to give, and over $30 was raised. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society has two departments of work: 1. The medical work, under Dr. Carleton, who is abundant in labors of love. She treats both Christians and unbelievers and visits distant places, caring for the aged, the poor, and the children who are unable to come to the hospital. Her visits through the country give the preachers extra opportunity to preach to the women. There is a Bible woman connected with the hospital, and while the people have their bodies healed she gives them the word of life. 2. The girls’ day schools and woman's school under the supervision of Miss Peters, who is very earnest in the work. Several new day schools have been established this year, and are doing good work. The different circuits have prospered, and all are advancing, with the exception of a slight decrease at Sek-ngo-du. To make one round of this district one must travel four hundred miles; so I have traveled over sixteen hundred miles. One hundred and fifty-five adults have been baptized and 97 received into full membership. Forty- five children have been baptized. There are now 597 full members, 357 probationers, and 251 baptized children, making a total of 1,202. The subscriptions are as follows : Bishops’ claim, $9; Missionary Soci ety» $ 3!» Self-support, $382.20; Home Missions, $114 .8 0 ; Church build ing and repairs and other collections, $485.17. Total, $1,022.17. 8 Statistics of Foochow Conference, November, 1898.
'S j I ■o .3 be c N a tiv 1 CIR CU IT OR 3 . ¿ g e ë l.S STATION. <5S "O cq‘3 S-13 . ¿ s « £ £ Local Local Preacher»« Women Women Helpers. W.F. M. W.F. S., M. Missionary Society. Collected for Home
1 Collected for otherBenevolences» Collected for M is sionary Society. Collected for Self- Collected Local for other Purposes. Average A ttend support. is ! ance on Su n dW ay orship. j j Foochow Dist. A-hung-Ga...... 2 1 $100 00 $5 00 Bo-ding Hueng .. $1 $26 00 $22 80 $2 00 80 1 1 1 1 01» 9 50 6 00 40 00 Ching-tíing Dong. 1 2 8 00 4 00 70 8 2 00 15 00 8 00 45 00 5 00 10 00 Hok-íng Dong... 1 1 2 'i 70 1 0D 15 00 10 00 90 00 5 00 80 Sieu-Liang Dong, 1 2 5 1 1 50 14 00 9 òò 8 00 Tieng-Aug Dong. 54 60 4 00 120 4 26 87 10. 18 00 60 00 81 00 67 70 Gang-cia...... 842 22 25'ÓÓ 90 00 . 900 1 1 50 80 13 00 lek-iong...... 8 8 1 120 1 85 3 00 80 65 2 ÓÓ 160 Iong-die...... 1 1 1 50 2 00 1 20 Lu-loi...... 2 .... 13 50 45 8 1 00 4 00 12 00 Ngie-cang...... 2 60 50 1 00 i ’òó ÌÒ 5 14 15 2 6Ó Ngu-kang...... ‘ i 1 50 1 2 00 1 80 8 00 18 40 190 Nguong-die.. 'i 2 10 '2 1 8 00 1 50 I’uo-a...... 60 18 40 80 1 4 2 50 1 00 i (10 4 60 85 00 Jfinychiang 9 *50 100 D istritit, Ciong-iong...... 3 4 50 2 00 6 40 50 26 60 Chek-du...... 80 00 60 1 2 50 1 00 8 52 18 18 Lek-du...... 4 13 80 1 00 9 00 24 96 1 7 'ÓÓ 102 14 eè’ ôû l i 00 180 Mingeliiang City. 2 4 5li 2 00 8 84 Ne-du...... 40 25 96 30 'i 2 4 1 00 2 00 14 08 1 00 Sang-du A: Se-du. 2 40 17 è‘óó 200 2 50 1 50 8 24 ‘20 15 66 gpk-ok-du...... 2 120 1 60 1 50 8 S4 40 8 06 2ÓÓÓ Sok-eliek-dn 'i 2 88 1 00 2 00 10 40 50 17 96 25' ÓÒ 50 Sek-Iek-du...... 8 2 50 2 00 8 24 80 82 06 Sek-ne-du...... 1 2 130 50 1 50 6 72 6 68 80 Sek-ngo-du...... ‘i 2 7 'è 1 00 g 4 00 12 80 "m 55 70 4 50 250 Sek-se-do...... 8 5 1 50 2 50 11 76 50 ffaitang Diet. 37 04 18 Ó0 150 Bang-tang-giang.. 1 1 1 50 2 00 25 9 00 Dai-bang...... 1 8 6 4 60 50 60 8 50 2 50 23 00 3ÒÒÒ 80 00 80 Dai-ho...... 1 45 1 00 Dai-diong...... 65 7 50 8 00 65 1 1 60 Deu-chiong...... 1 1 00 15 !. “ ¿O "¿ 0 3 60 8 00 25 Ngiu-seu liah-sua i 8 8 ‘ 4 2 00 14 00 ló'óó Tang-tau...... O i * 76 91 00 41 20 450 3 1 1 50 10 00 8 30 22 00 13 00 Sang-le...... 1 80 1 8 ï 1 8 00 .... 85 86 00 14 00 180
longbina DM,. Ciong-hu-buang. [ I 1 1 2 2 85 . 8 5 . 20 2 o 50 1.000! 1 Hu-nguong...... 1 50 5 001 .. 2 65 20 88 50 1 1 22 4 1 1 í 30 200' . 40 longbing City... 2 2 8 'i 15n !l 2n 2 60: . . . . 2 90 80 00 15 47 25 2! .1 30 1 1 80 1 ‘20 700: 2 1 00 8 00 . . . . Ia-ka...... 1 2 8 70 00 70 ÓO140’Ó0 50 46 91 19 18! 2 80 4 4 70 500 2 40 8 00¡ . . . . 8«t-galng...... 1 1 1 17 27 7 7 1 1 15 55 27 40 170 01 .... 80 Sek-chek-du___ 20 2 60, ___ 1 25 4 40 63 00 5d 2 4 27 13 2 1 '2 20 2 2 40 '440 i 20 .... Sek-se-du...... 1 5 or 10 11 40 24 00 20 'i 2 20 11 7 1 1 15 500! . 30 2 00 8ing-gio, etc___ 2 1 85 13 60 5 00 20 12 '4 i 20 2 2 40 .. 1 50 2 60 95 Song-cliiong, etc. 8 8 46 91 19 18 2 30 4 4 70 14 50 é'óó 30 Bokchiang Dist ¿ÓÓ 2 40 8 00 55 27 40 170 00 28 25 A-gong-ing...... 1 13 48 1 8 3 20 1 50 1 00 21 00 Buang-tau...... 'i 54 59 '7 19 1 1 10 31 60 40 Deng-alng...... 2 50 3 00 1 00 30 22 00 2 ÓÓ á'óó 100 1 i ‘8 45 60 4 4 40 1 IT 12 00 87Ó 2 50 1 00 Deng-cheng...... 2 1 15 11 2 00 8 00 16 60 12 00 15 00 80 1 1 7 20 1 00 1 00 Deng-diong...... 1 2 12 4 80 27 1 17 ÌÓÓÒ i .... 8 00 8 Geng-giaug...... 2 '7 'i 176 183 27 14 '¿ 111 4 5 os 2: 85 80 00 Hai-1u...... 2. i 48 1 1 00 8 ÏI0 á ’óó 29ÓÒ 80 00 82 'ÓÓ 53 'ÓÓ 496 8 2 1 100 156 10 7 6 6 no 2; 42 44 I tit 1.S00 2 1 00 Hai-kau...... 8 1 5 00 2 00 6 20 52 00 24 00 850 86 90 10 5 2 2 60 17 00 955! 50 6 00 Ila-u ...... 2 4 00 2 00 56 00 20 00! 180 3 'l 57 56 8 4 .. 2 40 .. 21 00 1,400 60 8 00 Hokcliiang City. '6 60 2 00 50 28 00 14 00! 100 40 8 2 1 Í5 4 4 60 10 80 2.7SO 1 00 5 00 Liang-tau...... 41 4 00 1 20 41 00 li'ÓÓ 27 00' 100 1 48 4 3 1 1 20 18 00 ‘2101 50 1 50 2 00 Nang-long...... 14 20 2 8 2 1 50 18 00 10 00 50 16 18 00 210: 40 1 00 2 00 7 00 11 00. 80 Ngn-ulieng...... Ì4 ‘7 16S 832 30 16 '¿ i 5 5 15 250 40 00 Ngu-kn...... 1.300 1 50 9 00 6 00 ÍÓ'ÓÓ 110 00 80 00| 620 1 1 35 40 G 1 4 4 40 15 00 200 50 4 00 2 00 Sang-sang...... 27 60 3 4 ’i 13 74 16 00 2'óó 80 00 70 1 1 20 50 1 00 16 00 18 50 60 Siek-geng...... 'Ó ‘2 101 188 18 8 1 16 1 1 20 1 10 ' ’ io ’ 00 l’flÒó! 65 8 50 2 00 1 20 29 00 9 OOj 220 Sintr-dong...... 2 8 147 198 13 7 2 61 10 4 70 3 56 71 00 Siong-gong-ing.. 1.50Sj 1 00 10 00 8 00 8 00 81 00 5ÓÓÓ 50 00! 400 2 80 144 9 9 8 4 85 1 19 1 ,0 0 0 ! Kucheng Dint. 18 00 65 5 00 2 00 1 20 46 00 30 00 140 Diny-sang...... 2 2 81 18 7 2 50 2 8 60 4 90 80 4 85 17 65 60 Dio-a...... 2 2 81 18 5 ‘¿ 1 50 1 1 50 1 1 00 Dong-liuang...... 201! 60 5 00 24 00 50 3 2 51 25 18 17 1 55 1 1 50 1 800; Diiat-ginng. _ 'i 1 4 50 2 30 28 80 100 27 40 7 7 8 27 8 8 40 4 0 0 j 40 Go-iong...... 3 1 46 8 00 16 60 60 17 8 8 1 46 1 1 50 "ó 00 50 2 50 16 00 Hnang-di-iong.. 'i 23 12 8 12 1 2 12 2 70 lluang-kang. 1 ‘2 20 1 00 4 70 52 i 31 15 6 ‘i 1 40 1 1 16 Ï 50 2 30 Kuoheng City... 1 4 18 12 150 58 'éòò! 11 20 30 25 5 5 270 8 28 250 56 2,800; 2 00 40 00 156 50 105Ó ÓÓ Loi-lm ug...... 1 2 1 1 86 11 ló'óó. 45 ÓÓ 260 1 4 1 40 1 1 40 1 ' 250 50 2 50 20 00 50 K u-de...... 3 8 8 81 20 12 2 2 55 2 8¡ 60 _ ! Liane-tau...... 200 50 8 00 .... ! 65 00 120 8 8 8 4 129 88 90 5 6 106 (i 0 200 1 COO i Sek-lmik-du 2 8 1 90 60 2 00 .... 58 00 200 37 4 8 1 52 ' 1 1 4o i; 140; 40 1 00 17 00 Sek-elwk-du...... 1 2 2 40 651 10 1 1 62 2 60 .... ! 40 Seng-iong, e tc ... 8 7 50! 35 2 30 i 37 70 98 '2 8 5 2 45 72 24 16 8 117 8 120 i G 00 .... Senfr-leii”-, etc... 1 2 8 80] 2 50 .... ! 48 25 80 8 42 12 5 2 42 2 2 50 1 5 00' 20, .. . i Chong T an...... 2 2 28 6 ‘i 1 30 í 30 2 00 8 00 60 __i8 ! 8 (1 (>0! 75' 40 2 00 ....[ 19 50 i ’áó 80 Total...... 27 145 25S 1144192 4344! 793 337 00 2.647¡ 169 267¡5302 151 801100 64 60 873 45¡206 60 Last year*... 82 99 3866 3790' 249 84'2783 25 878 80 388 25: 862 405 195 . . 4S7S ...; SO' 45,596 387 45 . 680 18 2500 30 6928 00 780 00110587 * Columns left blank wort* omitted In Inst y e a r’s repoit. 1 1.6 Missionary Report. [1898. /
HINGHUA. Bishop Cranston has Episcopal Supervision. Dr. A. J. Palmer is Secretary in Charge.
T h e Hinghua Mission includes the prefectures of Hinghua and Ingchung, in Fuhkien Province, China, and consists of what were the Ingchung, Bwodieng, and Singiu Districts of the Foochow Conference. Mission work in the Hinghua Prefecture was commenced in 1864, and the Hinghua Mission Conference was organized November 26, 1896.
Missionaries. Rev. William N. Brewster and Mrs. Elizabeth F. Brewster, Rev. Franklin Ohlinger and Mrs. Bertha S. Ohlinger, and Rev. Thomas B. Owen. W. F. M. S.—Miss Julia A. Donahue, M.D., Miss Martha Lebeus, Miss Al thea M.Todd, Miss Elizabeth E. Varney, and Miss Minnie E. Wilson.
A n n u a l M e e t i n g . The Annual Meeting of the Hinghua Mission Conference convened in Hinghua City, November io, 1898, Bishop Cranston presiding. There were reported 2,338 members and 2,849 probationers, an increase of 182. The following were the appointments in part:
Superintendent, W . N . Brewster (P. O., Hinghua, via Foochow). Hinghua City District, W . N . Brewster, P. E .t and Manager of the Mission Press. Ing- cliung District, T . B. Owen, P. E . Pocheng District, Franklin Ohlinger, P. E . Singiu Dis trict, L i Diong Cui, P. E . Principal of the Bible Training School and Superintendent of the Rebecca Orphanage, Franklin Ohlinger. Rev. W. N. Brewster, superintendent, reports: The year 1898 has been one of steady growth on nearly all lines. There has been a healthy advance in membership, as will be seen by the statis tical tables. At this writing it is not possible to get the exact figures. Self-support has also advanced, especially in the collection for our Home Missionary Society. This society was organized only thjee years ago. In that time it has raised more than $4,000 (Mexican) for the support of native preachers. All the charges in the Hinghua part of the Conference take the collection cheerfully and give liberally. It has passed the age of experiment now, and there is no doubt that it will become a great power in the evangelization of this part of China by the native Christians.
T h e B o v s’ B o a r d i n g S c h o o l has made the most advance of our educational work. Western science has been introduced, industrial work established, and a very marked im provement is noticed in the character and conduct of the boys. Mrs. Brewster is principal. 1898.] Hinghua. 117
The Biblical Training School sent out a class of six graduates in June, and has had a year of steady work. The vice principal, Rev. Au Deh Chiu, and the teacher in Bible exegesis and other books, Rev. Deng Cih Sing, deserve special mention for their faithful and efficient service. Probably the Most Marked advance of the year has been in the spirituality of the country circuits. Bishop Joyce appointed Rev. Sang Hak Leng the first Conference evangel ist in China. He has traveled widely and labored hard and effectively. The most important work, however, that he has done is the stirring up of our native preachers to holding revival meetings. This has been done with success, especially in the Singiu District. The ravages of the bubonic plague have been terrible in many parts of the work. However, comparatively few of the Christians have died this year except a number in the Singiu District. This is due in part to medical care, in part to the instructions given the people by their native pastors as to how to take proper precautions, and in part to frequent and most striking answers to prayer. Our people have been driven to their knees by this dread disease, and they have learned to pray. I heard an earnest Christian young man give the following testimony at a love feast recently: “ I have reason to praise God for sparing my life. I was the only Christian in my family of five; all the others refused to believe, though I did all in my power to persuade them to accept Christ. We were all taken down with the plague. They all died ; I only remain, and my life I owe to prayer and the care of my Christian brethren. When a heathen is taken with the plague the rest of the family run away. They leave a little food, and he has to care for himself. He dies in most cases. But when I was stricken the brethren came and prayed with me, and waited on me, and brought me medicine, and when I had no money they gave me what I needed. That is the difference between Christianity and heathenism.” The several districts are reported severally by the missionaries and pre siding elders in charge of them, so I will not give details. Rev. T. B. Owen has had a good year in Ingchung, though his health has been poor part of the time. He now seems to have passed the point of danger, and we hope he will have no more trouble in becoming accli matized. Rev. F. Ohlinger has been doing the work of a veteran missionary on the Pocheng District as presiding elder, and the work shows it on all lines. The Rebecca Orphanage, founded by Bishop McCabe, is being located within the bounds of this district at Ang-tau, and Brother Ohlinger will probably establish his headquarters there next year.
T h e Pr e ss has been steadily increasing our colloquial literature in the Romanized character. Mr. Ohlinger’s experience in the press in Korea has been valuable here. The work has been done in part by students, and will 118 Missionary Report. [1898, probably be entirely done by them before long. Mrs. Brewster has edited the monthly paper and the Sunday school lessons. This is a heavy task. No one who has not gone through the labor of it can fully realize it. This paper is making the new and simple Roman character popular, and we have every reason to be encouraged with the progress made this year on this line. The Work for Women has been carried on effectually and actively by the Misses Wilson, Wells, and Todd. Miss Lebeus lias done a good deal of evangelistic work While studying the language her first year, as well as rendering useful service at the organ in the daily chapel exercises, and also the church services in Hinghua City. Miss Varney arrived during the year, and has made dili gent use of her time at the language since her arrival. Those appointed to work will report it separately, so details are unnecessary in this report. The opening for mission work in China to-day is without parallel in the world’s history. We have a little corner of it committed to our care. Of the 300,000,000 Chinese about one hundredth part of them live within the bounds of the Hinghua Mission Conference. We are trying to cultivate this little corner of the vineyard well. We got a lot of fruit trees and plants out from America last winter. We set a number of the grapevines along a wall. Others were put upon either side of the garden walk. The wall vines were surrounded by sod and stone; the garden was dug up and watered and fertilized. The wall vines are not four feet high now, while in the garden the arbor is covered with thick vines. That is why we are trying to cultivate the Lord’s vine yard. It pays. It will pay the people in America, who are the Lord’s stewards, to support the laborers in the vineyard. If they do, before long the vineyard will be supporting the laborers by its fruit and propagating itself. If not, they will lose the cost of transportation and the investment. That is neither good business nor good religion. The Hinghua Church is now paying half the cost of its native pastors. But with proper culti vation and faith in God we ought to do better than that, and hope to next year. Ingchung District.— T . B. Owen, Missionary in Charge. The past year has been in many respects a much better year than any one for a long time. At the last Conference there was reported a net gain of 114 full members, or 34 per cent, while there was only a slight falling off in the number of probationers. This year thus far the reports from the circuits indicate that there will be a gain equally large in the full membership and an equal number of probationers. Some of the workers have done splendid work on their circuits, and the spiritual condition of these charges is far in advance of what it was a year ago, while a few men have failed to advance the interests of their charges. Two men had to be dismissed from mission and church employ on account of sin. The Lord has given us many proofs of his presence and power. The self- support will advance very materially next year as it has this year. We 1898.] Hinghua. 119
imperatively need a training school for Christian workers. There are several millions of people speaking the dialect of this region and who may be reached from here. A dwelling for the missionary is also needed very badly. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society has a girls’ and women’s school in the district, in charge of Miss Todd, which has appar ently entered on a period of great usefulness.
Pocheng District.—F. Ohlinger, P. E. On a few of the leading charges of this district there have for several years been chronic troubles that greatly hindered the work. These have at last, after much patient effort, been satisfactorily settled, and the out look is greatly improved. The oldest (Ang-tau) and the newest (Dua-do- kau) circuits have had gracious revivals, and have greatly strengthened their stakes; they will in due time enlarge their borders. Both of these circuits are under the pastoral oversight of recent graduates from the Biblical Training School—a significant fact. All the other charges, with one or two exceptions, have made substantial progress. The plague and other diseases have again been busy in our midst, though far less so than among our heathen neighbors. These feel greatly indebted to the devils for catching only one out of every ten or so, and are now planning exten sive processions, toward the expenses of which they insist that the Chris tians must contribute. They openly declare that unless our people do contribute the amount assessed they will lose twice the amount from thefts and robberies. We are trying in every possible way to be at peace with our heathen neighbors, but they insist upon having idol money from us this year if never again. These things and the poor crops have made us feel our financial burdens more than usual, yet we can, on the whole, re port an advance in the leading columns of our financial statistics. Sev eral Epworth Leagues have been organized, one of which is doing very satisfactory and systematic work. The others are in process of training. Our great need is better chapel accommodations. I believe this district has the unenviable distinction of having within its bounds both the small est and probablv the poorest chapel in all Methodism. Our people are taking steps looking toward the erection of proper buildings, but in only one or two places is their ability equal to the task. Statistics of Hinghua Mission Conference, November, 1898.
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¡1 Collected ^ for Missionary Home| Society. 1 Members. 1 | Debt on Estate. Real on Debt | Pocheng District. 1 68 90 • 7 44 $ ...... 1 30 $9 00 $47 00 $70 00 $10 00 $86 00 $ . . .. $.. .. Deng-sing...... 1 1 46 35 180 4 21 9 40 1 40 1 500 00 2 00 6 00 32 00 300 00 10 00 82 00 50 24 00 Gang-kau...... 1 1 SS 70 100 8 86 2 20 2 100 1 100 00 2 50 40 40 00 10 50 6 50 19 50 50 20 00 (laa-an...... 1 1 76 97 ISO 9 85 1 17 4 100 1 800 00 8 2 00 2 00 108 00 86 00 71 65 28 00 60 D ang-sua...... 1 48 22 40 8 8 1 15 2 80 2 1 00 2 00 22 00 160 00 9 00 15 00 50 8 ÓÓ Danar-nirensr...... 1 28 «0 100 21 21 1 22 8 80 i * *7ÒÒ ÓÒ 2 50 8 00 22 00 12 00 IS 80 50 11 00 Dang-cia...... 20 54 60 5 13 1 18 2 80 1 00 75 33 00 8 00 15 10 50 5 00 Ng-cia...... i 18 86 40 10 17 1 15 1 40 -2 1 00 15 46 11 70 30 12 60 50 5 00 1 00 17 00 5 00 25 50 50 10 00 Dua-do-kau...... 1 10 80 40 8 4 2 20 2 20 •• ...... 1 1 00 Ingehung Distrust. ■c 1 1 69 29 « 100 9 2 8 84 8 2 60 8 88 23 40 8 00 18 00 20 3 48 25o< 100 8 117 2 40 1 ” 530 ÓÒ 1 2 00 5 23 28 18 .. .. 3 64 96 20 10 50 ¿3 ÓÓ Chia cui...... 1 1 28 12 2 80 1 24 1 650 00 1 50 1 23 12 50 50 28 60 8 20 2 22 21 70 .. '2 72 20 77 60 Dua-clieng...... 1 *• -• 22 o 8 6 1 20 1 550 00 Chia-cui-ngeng...... 3?, 28 ¡a So 6 5 ’i 15 1 82 1 250 00 2 00 8 46 19 85 8 20 1 50 40 22 ÓÒ Teo-ngeng...... 1 67 80 120 4 2 1 16 4 8-2 1 410 00 ‘8 2 00 48 42 40 11 80 80 16 00 Meng-ho...... 15 8 12 8 1 7 1 2 00 2 48 5 50 30 29 1« 25 ’Ô 2 2 18 1 2 40 1 31 7 40 " 80 20 1 21 16 40 4 2 2 30 2 2 50 1 19 12 60 •. 2 00 80 . . •• Nang-dia...... 1 1 10 16 20 1 2 10 1 "2ÓÓ ÒÒ 1 50 83 13 70 •3 ÓÒ 60 1 98 6 20 7 1 2 20 2 2 50 1 00 6 40 20 Cni-kau...... 1 1 20 40 80 5 4 4 30 1 " 80 00 3 50 1 68 82 00 ÌÓ 05 ‘ 5 ÒÒ 50 21 60 1 1 12 2 20 1 110 00 2 1 00 8 90 33 00 ¿9 02 5 94 18 56 50 '5 ÓÒ G in g-tau ...... 2 - 14 6 ‘i 4 * 39 81 80 20 12 2 «5 1 2,970 00 2 1 10 1 48 25 30 20 00 50 ffingh.ua District. Hingbua City...... 1 1 4 10 6 1 8 9, 274 265 800 450 84 6 8 470 4 12,100 00 4 1 162 600 16 00 22 71 872 00 195 30 58 15 520 00 4 00 Siong-tai...... 1 29 68 30 60 9 1 16 2 65 1 200 00 2 1 12 1 50 2 80 20 00 8 30 28 00 50 Ì2 ÒÒ 4 s fi 50 12 00 Ka-bok...... 1 6 1 108 260 100 360 12 48 9 1 22 7 100 7 1,000 00 2 00 1 80 70 00 ¿9 22 50 00 88 58 Sa-hoi...... 9, 88 82 40 70 88 8 40 8 1 00 1 12 24 00 5 7S 15 82 30 80 00 Ì5 ÓÓ Kio-sauh...... 1 8 j 8 88 108 100 195 6 15 10 8 48 6 80 5 ' '¿òit ÒÒ 2 00 80 42 50 20 ÓÓ 40 00 50 "i 2 8 1 .. 60 46 30 91 4 9 2 46 8 28S 00 8 50 91 87 89 76 00 70 00 S6 00 60 4 9. 33 61 23 90 9 22 8 2 33 2 70 1 850 00 *i i in 1 00 76 84 00 10 00 6 00 24 60 50 2Ì ÒÒ 98 1 18 170 8 1 00 7 50 52 25 8 00 29 00 50 Bing-hai...... 8 1 4, 85 66 100 6 7 8 274 00 èò 78 82 “ ¿8 5 4 1 12 4 120 1 260 00 8 2 00 56 40 80 '4 52 15 00 22 08 50 ■5 Nang-cili...... 2 2 | i 40 4 50 6 40 121 210 80 850 5 28 11 2 22 8 114 4 160 00 1 1 82 2 00 1 40 55 70 20 00 12 00 58 00 1 8 ' 50 2 46 120 40 150 12 16 8 2 66 2 800 00 2 00 2 20 21 00 8 00 87 50 Bak-go...... 37 50 50 '9 ÓÒ Dang-gau...... 8 29 118 50 180 16 14 i Ì5 2 20 2 400 00 ‘ 2 2 00 15 00 36 00 55 ÓÓ 22 00 Shtgiu District. 1 53 44 110 4 82 1 10 8 2 4,000 00 1 00 27 00 56 00 51 50 6 50 90 00 1 00 2 2 1 45 26 50 1 00 Cliau-eong...... 1 1 2 44 45 90 7 22 2 50 2 1,400 00 1 50 2 00 28 00 7 00 89 1 00 5 W 62 00 5 ÓÒ 20 00 81 00 1 00 20 ÓÓ Leng-hua...... 2 1 2 81) 68 110 19 43 2 40 6 78 2 1,500 00 '8 i 1S 00 16 1 00 8 00 105 00 24 00 27 00 55 00 1 00 3 1 8 117 160 220 21 46 1 6 120 4 1,840 00 1 1 50 1 00 10 00 i 75 123 18 5 160 1 1 00 11 00 50 00 80 00 26 00 80 00 8 1 1 140 9 1 20 8 800 00 1 00 29 78 126 6 12 8 28 2 800 00 1 1 00 5 34 70 10 10 55 27 50 Giang-sna...... 1 8 25 00 1 00 ‘ e 50 8 i 2 70 61 120 5 88 i 16 8 8 1,000 00 1 40 1 00 5 00 53 40 i i ii 11 00 Cia-sua...... 60 IS 80 1 00 15 00 1 1 2 86 60 75 6 10 25 2 80 4 675 80 1 00 8 48 60 00 250 80 12 82 Bo-boi...... *• 2 10 00 1 00 14 00 1 12 15 20 4 1 14 15 '2 1 00 84 19 80 20 14 1 SO Ho-sang...... 2 6 80 50 Meong-su...... 'i 'i 39 28 60 ‘i 26 1 40 i ” 400 ÓÓ 1 00 19 5( . . .. 5 00 5 00 10 00 50 Leng-ho-sua...... 1 22 19 40 12 2 12 I 120 00 1 00 'i 80 22 00 •• 7 10 22 00 50 Ì3 ÓÓ Daug-hau...... 2 12 40 70 4 18 ■i is 2 62 *2 1 50 2 65 81 00 0 CO 00t 1 188 t-i-* $609 81 $1,602 61 $40 00 $326 50 1 5 60 69 16 2 2,888 2.949 883 4,602 70 418 87 558 123 2,847 70 $85,467 80 62 ~8 405 $660 $88 80 $19810 $1,998 57 $1,54S 11 T otal...... 8 522 04 1,894 91 Last ye ar...... 8 1 8 70 64 2.226 2,779 4,806 526 44 748 115 8,026 62 85,167 25 64 9 866i .. 1 79 83 115 26 2,1 SO 21 1,881 5S One theological school with 3 teachers and 31 student«; 1 high school with 8 teachers aud 79 pnpUg. There are 9 orphans In the schools at Hfnghua City. 1 2 2 Missionary Report. [1898.
CENTRAL CHINA. Bishop Cranston has Episcopal Supervision. D r. A . y . Palm er 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. Arthur J. Bowen and Mrs. Bowen, Rev. Robert C. Beebe, M.D., and Mrs. Harriet L. Beebe, Edgerton H. Hart, M.D., arid Mrs. Rose Hart, Rev. James Jackson and Mrs. Jackson, Rev. Edward James and Mrs. Mary E. James, Rev. Charles F. Kupfer, Ph.D., and Mrs. Lydia K. Kupfer, Ernest R. Jellison, M.D., and Mrs. Rosa B. Jellison, Rev. Edward S. Little and Mrs. Carrie Little, Rev. Robert E. Maclean and Mrs. Effie Maclean, Rev. Jesse F. Newman and Mrs. Lucy E. Newman, Rev. Don W. Nichols and Mrs. Anna R. Nichols, Rev. Harry F. Rowe and Mrs. Margaret Rowe, Rev. George A. Stuart, M.D., and Mrs. Anna G. Stuart, Rev. Amzi C. Wright and Mrs. Hattie K. Wright, Miss E. L. Abbott, Miss Laura C. Hanzlik, Mrs. Louise Walley, Miss Mary F. Wilson. W. F. M. S.—Miss Lucy H. Hoag, M.D., Miss Gertrude Howe, Miss Ida Kahn, M.D., Miss Clara E. Merrill, Miss Emma E. Mitchell, Miss Kate L. Ogbom, Miss Sarah Peters, Miss Maiy C. Robinson, Miss Ella C. Shaw, Miss Mary Stone, M.D., Miss Gertrude H. Taft, M.D., Miss Laura M. White. In the United States : Mrs. Anna L. Davis, Miss Alice M. Stanton.
A n n u a l M e e t in g . The Annual Meeting1 of the Central China Mission was held in Nanking, in December, 1898, Bishop Cranston presiding. No particulars are yet at hand. 1898.] Central China. 123
Report of Superintendent Carl F. Kupfer: With thanksgiving to our heavenly Father for untold mercies and blessings upon all our workers, both foreign and native, we send forth this annual report. The lives preserved, the personal blessings received, the amount of work accomplished by such a small force, all “ this is the Lord’s doing; and it is marvelous in our eyes.” To him alone be all honor and glory. No one can lay claim to any special merit or praise beyond having faithfully discharged the trust committed to him by the Lord of the harvest. That some have larger numbers of converts to re port than others is not to be construed that they have been more arduous and abundant in labors, or that they have lived nearer their Master and are better qualified for this work than their brethren who come with smaller reports. None are more anxious than themselves to avoid giving that impression, and no one who is acquainted with the conditions of the field would believe this to be the case. The cause for the difference in the reports is not to be found in the discrepancy of the workers, but in the different conditions of the fields to which each was appointed. I am happy to report that all who were in charge of work have toiled hard and prayed much for the salvation of souls. I am also happy to report that a strong esprit de corps for peace and harmony and advanced measures in all departments is developing among the workers. In all parts of the Mission hundreds have come under the influence of the Gospel, and every where the Lord has given us wonderful access to the people, but the visible results have been as varied as the temper of the people. During the past few years the people in the Kiangsi, Hupeh, and Ganhwei Provinces have undergone such a wonderful change in their attitude toward Christianity that the hopes and expectations of the most sanguine have been greatly surpassed. Whatever may be the primary motive of these hundreds and thousands in the above-named provinces who desire to enter the Church before they are acquainted with the claims and blessings of Christianity is not what concerns us most; but how to instruct these multitudes with our small force of workers and bring them out of chaos into cosmos—out of darkness into light—away from these low-grade benefits into the higher, the spiritual, is what gives us great concern and weighs us down with a deep sense of responsibility. In past years we found it comparatively easy to calm our anxiety for the salvation of this people. When we entered a city and were met with curses and missiles of various kinds, we seemed to find Scripture to excuse us for not returning to these places—“ He which is filthy, let him be filthy still,” “ But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways,” etc.—but now, since they have not only laid down all offensive and abusive weapons, but solicit us to come and open Gospel halls, a very different problem is confronting us. Doubtless many of these people are knocking at the door of the Church with sinister motives in view, but is it not their day of salvation ? It certainly is our opportunity to acquaint them with Christ. It is God’s way, and, of course, must be the best way to bring them under the influence of the blessed Gospel of salvation. How long this flood tide 1 2 4 Missionary Report. [1898.
will continue the Lord only knows. A reaction may set in very soon. While writing of these blessings word comes from the western province that a missionary and his native evangelist were murdered, and a mission station destroyed. The enthronement of the antireform party may change the whole situation. To meet such an emergency with our inadequate staff of workers is what makes us feel anxious. O, that the Lord of the harvest would send more laborers into this ripening field! Let us work while it is day, the night may soon come ! I must not fail to make mention of the many kindnesses and heartfelt sympathy received from the brethren and sisters of the Mission during my illness. The Lord reward these deeds and words of love!
K i u k i a n g D i s t r i c t .— D. W. Nichols, P. E. The past year has been a year filled with the mercies and blessings of God. He hath heard our cry, honored our faith, and blessed our labors in the salvation of many souls. Our problem is no longer how to get the masses into the church, but how to keep them out. Had we pursued the policy of our India missionaries, as outlined by Bishop Thoburn in the September number of Gospel in A ll Lands, I could have baptized five thousand souls on the Kiukiang District during the past year. Had we more preachers and teachers we might have been less cautious in baptizing converts. We have been trying to build up a spiritual and intelligent Church, and yet we fear that possibly we have gone too slow, and perhaps have discouraged some in not receiving them into the Church. We trust, however, that this has not been the case and that our fears are groundless. The field in every part of the district is white unto the harvest, but the laborers, alas, are too few ! The great enemy we have to contend with is no longer Confucianism, Buddhism, nor Taoism, but is Jesuitism. This arch fiend to liberty of conscience and justice is here with all his enmity of other days. Were it not for this enemy we should have almost perfect peace in our work. Our work has spread north of the Yang-tse into the Hupeh and Ganhwei Provinces, and in the south until we now reach the line between Kiangsi and Fukkien Provinces, and is rapidly approaching the Hunan Province. We have work enough for fifty men, while less than half this number are endeavoring to man the work. The increase in our membership and probationers for the year is over one thousand, with over two thousand more enrolled as inquirers and under Bible instruction. Our native con tributions for all purposes will be $1,500 above those of last year. Every charge has made gains both in membership and contributions. More students have been enrolled at the Kiukiang Institute than in any previous year, and the number contributing toward their support is more than double any previous year in the history of the institute. The re ligious atmosphere of the school is good. The girls’ boarding and woman’s training schools are growing powers of usefulness in elevating the womanhood of China and in breaking down heathen customs. With their new building for the training school just 1898.3 - Central China. 125 completed, giving larger facilities for work, we expect even greater things from this institution in the future than in the past. The medical work under the care of Drs. Stone and Kahn is no experi ment, but is proving itself to be a great blessing to the suffering ones, and the doctors find their hands and hearts both full. The detail of the work will be reported by those in charge, so I close this report with a mere out line. We need badly some one to give us $2,500 or $3,000 to build two homes, including the purchase of site and inclosing same in Nanchang Fu, the capital of the Kiangsi Province, where we have a very large and growing work. From this center an immense territory with its teeming millions can be commanded. Let some man of God respond to this call. For details of the work see statistics. Kiukiang City and Suburbs.—E . S. Little, Pastor. There have been many interesting features and incidents in connection with the work of this circuit this year, but I am limited to a small space, which forbids any mention of these. We have had a remarkably good in crease in our membership of more than four hundred per cent. If there could be a continuous pastorate of, say, the Methodist period of five years, a really strong church could be built up. There are three day schools on the charge under three native teachers. These cost the church $16 a month in salaries. Three dollars a month used to pay for paper and pens, etc. This year this allowance has been discon tinued, and the students have provided their own supplies. There are 142 names on the roll, and the daily average attendance has been a little over 95. If I continue in this work next year I shall require a small fee from every boy attending the schools. This will materially reduce the number of boys, but will, I think, give us better results. I have examined all the boys once a week. The year has been one of intense interest, and has been much blessed. I have held an average of more than one service a day for every day in the year. My two native assistants—Tsai Wen-yuan and Chao Yiu-kwei— have rendered very devoted and faithful service, as did Tien Yu-ming be fore he was transferred from my charge. I have held every week a ministers’ meeting with my native preachers, in which we have carefully canvassed every feature and incident of our work as they have risen day by day. Our churches have been crowded every night at our street preaching services, and tens of thousands have heard the Gospel. Two colporteurs have been under my care; the sales of these men, to gether with those at the chapels, have amounted to more than 20,000 books and tracts this year. Kiukiang Institute.—J. Jackson in Charge. Institute Chapel. The work at this chapel has been very encouraging during the past year. The Sunday morning service has been better at tended than ever before, and the congregation has now become so large 1 2 6 Missionary Report. [1898.
that we are sometimes straitened for room. W e peed a larger building to accom modate our growing congregation. We ought to have a chapel large enough to seat 500 people. If the numbers increase next year as they have during the past we shall not be able to find room for the people in our present building. We have had an encouraging number of baptisms, and the attention paid to the preaching of the word has been quite marked. The influence of our work from this center is steadily making itself felt, and our church here is becoming more and more like “ a city set on a hill.” Sunday School. This also has grown to be larger and more interesting than ever before. Some time of the session has been given to evangelistic addresses for the benefit of those who know but little of the Gospel. Many men and women have thus heard the Gospel under very favorable conditions for understanding it. ' Kiukiang Institute. This year has been in many ways quite unlike any previous one in the history of the institute. The reforming zeal of theemperor has given an impulse to the study of Western learning in this section of the country such as has never before existed. Tlie consequence has been the influx of a different class of students from those who have hitherto sought admission into our school. We have tried to make use of this opportunity to bring the Gospel more closely into contact with some of the so-called literary men of China. W e anticipated a good deal of unwillingness to hear, but we have been agreeably disappointed in this. Daily instruction has been given in the institute chapel, and we have had little or no diffi culty in getting the new students to attend. A special Sunday morning lecture has been provided for them, and this, too, they have attended very well. We cannot doubt but that great good will result from these special efforts. The institute has taken a firmer hold than ever upon the people, and it is destined to be a great factor in the future development of our work. It is supplying men continually to our various branches of service, and it will be our endeavor'to seek to do this still more if possible in the coming time. Kiukiang Woman’s Training School and Day Schools.— Kate L. Ogborn in Charge. The woman’s school has had a prosperous year. In the small build ing which was its birthplace five years ago it grew to the utmost limits of the house. Sixteen women studied there most of the year, and real advance was made in Christian character in nearly every case. Some very marked conversions have gladdened our hearts, while in other hearts the deeper knowledge and love of God have been manifest. The school closed at the end of April to give place to the promised building, so much needed and so eagerly expected. The way also opened just then for enlarging the grounds of the school by purchasing a lot joining the one occupied. We were thus able to place the new building on a most desirable site, and by the third of October it was ready for oc cupancy. The reopening of the school in the new building was most propitious. We have the finest class of women we have ever had, and 1898.] Central China. 127
though the school is not full, there are 17 women studying. The school promises to be in fact what it is in name—a training school for Bible women. The day schools for girls are small, 'and the pupils are not very regular, but much of the word of God is stored in the memory of the few little girls who come. Many chapters, and often whole books, of the New Testament are recited by these pupils. Such work must bear fruit. The teachers of the day schools deserve much praise for this. Kiukiang Girls’ School.—Gertrude Howe and Clara E. Merrill in Charge. We hear of showrooms opened in China by certain enterprising busi ness houses, setting forth their wares with an eye to the possibilities of trade, while yet there is no market for them. Believing that the “ children of light ” should be as wise in their day and generation as the children of this world, the Woman’s Foreign Mis sionary Society has maintained the Kiukiang Girls’ School, looking more to the creation of a demand for the education of Chinese women than to the supply of any existing demand. After years a noble few among the Chinese Christians took note of the girls who had profited more or less by the advantages of the school, and were constrained to make slight sacrifices that their own daughters might receive training in the school, sacrifices slight, indeed, in comparison with what they were ready to do for their sons. Very recently the Reform Party has exerted a degree of influence in favor of the education of women, and we had several applications for girls to enter the school from classes that were competent to meet their expenses. When, in September, the reaction against the reformers, in itiated by the empress dowager in her “ reign of terror,” set in, we had a practical illustration of the wrays of “ the mass,” and this class of girls have not as yet materialized in our school to a flattering extent. We are still compelled to ask scholarships from the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society to the number of 60, besides the support of several orphans. Yet we have this advantage over the business firms that our stock does not get shelf worn. Dealing with Chinese girls, we find them brighten to stand as a sign for the education of Chinese women, and the eventual ac ceptance of the idea by the people; better than that, we find them be coming competent witnesses for Christian truth, while their own lives are quickened by the joys and hopes which become theirs through the Chris tian faith. During the past year over a dozen of the girls made profession of faith in Christ as their personal Saviour, and asked to unite with the Church. Kiukiang Medical Work.—Mary Stone, M.D., and Ida Kahn, M.D., in Charge. This has been a very prosperous year for our medical work at Kiukiang. Some of us were fearful of the result of charging patients fees, since Kiukiang is not as rich and important a place as some other fields of missionary labor are, and the people consequently cannot afford to pay 128 Missionary Report. [1898.
much for their sick, especially their women. But we believed that it was a right course, and trusted that ways would be opened for the natives to leani to help themselves. For a time we were accused of squeezing money from the people to get rich, and many gave us not a few angry words and turned to our Catholic neighbors to get free treatment. Later the people seemed convinced that we did not appropriate their money in the least for our own use, but that they were helping themselves and the poor to pay in part for their medicine. In spite of this change we are glad to report at the end of this our second year an increase of our clinical attendants. The number is more than double that of last year, and in the hospital the percentage of increase over last year is still greater. When we came to count up the mites that we received from patients here and there, we found that $560 had been collected, and considering that it was all from the Chinese, it was very encouraging. More interest in hearing the Gospel has been evinced, and our invitations to the women to attend church service have not been in vain. Our Bible woman has done good and faithful work in the hospital, and whenever she can she tries to follow the patients into their homes after they return from the hospital. She has been received and listened to in high and low circles. She even went into the Taotai’s yamen with her Bible, and was well received. When the new hospital comes we hope that our field of labor will be extended, and that the sphere of influence for good may be widened, and much more work done for the Master, and more sheep brought into his fold.
N a n k i n g D i s t r i c t .—Carl F. Kupfer, P. E. This district reaches into two provinces, embracing Chinkiang, Nanking, Wuhu, and Yangchow, has 12 organized Quarterly Conferences, 2 general hospitals, 1 woman’s hospital, and 4 educational institutions, besides a woman’s training school. Let no one think that this extensive institutional work has received undue attention or was carried on at the expense of the evangelistic work. All of -the institutions were evangel izing centers, while three of the brethren, with 14 native helpers, gave all of their time to the preaching of the Gospel; also three of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society workers, with native helpers, spent much time to save the women of this section. In many places their work has been very effective. My own work on the district was effectually interrupted, in that it pleased God to take seven months out of my life’s work during this year. To compensate for this the Lord sent us special evangelists, whose work among us was signally blessed. The prospects for the future have never been so encouraging. On the stations within the Ganhwei Province the desire to enter church is now clearly manifested, as it is in the Kiangsi and Hupeh Provinces, and during the latter part of the year it was also felt about Nanking and Yangchow. The officials at Yangchow and other places have been most friendly to us. In one instance a magistrate, who had served his usual term of three years and was about to be removed, appealed to us to recommend him to his superior, that he might be allowed to remain 1898.] Central China. 129 another term of years. This we did gladly, as he had rendered us every assistance, and the people of his district are also ready to do for the Church all within their power. How different from other years ! The spiritual growth in these churches is what demands our earnest prayer and supplication. Self-support is gaining ground. We will soon have several wholly self-supporting churches. All are doing something, and some are doing their best.
South Nanking, Kiang Ling Chen, andHocheo Circuits.—Edward James in Charge. With such a field to report in so small space our only prefatory remark is that we humbly thank God for our call to service in this part of his earth. Our work this year, though in theory largely one thing, has in practice been largely another—a student of the second year with the administration of a large and live circuit. In two provinces, on both sides of the Yang- tse-kiang, we have kept the flag flying at the masthead. Early in the year convenience compelled the organization of another Quarterly Conference—at Kiang Ling Chen—making three such on this circuit instead of two. Progress has been made all along the line. South Nanking, including Ping Tsz Kiai and Shang Hsin Ho, has grown moderately. Twelve have been added by baptism, but without remarkable demonstration. Here we find the day schools a practical evangelizing agency. Thirty-five boys, under a Christian teacher, studying arithmetic, geography, physiology, Sunday school lessons, and Christian doctrine, in addition to Chinese classics, with daily worship and Scripture explanations —this bears fruit in turning minds from darkness to light and hearts from the power of Satan to God. Kiang Ling Chen, with Sung Chwan, have received only a modicum of our attention. We think this field has suffered through years of neglect, and we hope to be able next year to more carefully cultivate this corner. Some of our helpers, when left too much to themselves, are inclined to dissipate their energy in irrelevant matters. Hence the disaster of too large a field for constant and rigid oversight. However, here we are not utterly barren. A few have been baptized, others have made growth in grace, and some neighboring villages are becoming actively interested. The work centering in Hocheo is the specially promising feature. Such a movement in America would be called “ a gracious revival.” Why call it less here ? Beginning the year with a nucleus of eight mem bers, the work has now reached Si Puh, Muh Hsia Ho, Peh Tu Chiao, and intermediate points. When our solitary preacher—an old man of sixty-five years—cannot go to these places, men and women come twenty or forty li to Sunday worship. The Hocheo chapel is open seven days a week, usually twelve hours a day. From that nucleus of eight we now have about 50 baptized members and fullv 150 probationers waiting introduction. The work among women in all these places has been done 9 130 Missionary Report. [1898.
wholly by Misses Peters and Shaw, whose work needs neither my direc tion nor my comment.
Yangchow.—A. C. Wright in Charge. The year just closing has been the most interesting in the short history of our work here. Of troublesome, riotous time and persecution there has been an unusual amount, but even that is better than stolid indiffer ence. Of sickness, too, we have had our share. Much of the time I have been unable to do full work, while two of our native Christian families have been called upon to bear the loss of bright and promising children. No great revival has yet begun, but truly a great change has come. Bibles and other books are in demand, while many of all classes are seeking for instruction in the Scriptures and the customs and rites of the Church. This is most encouraging indeed. Our present actual membership is about the same as at last report. Some have been received into the church, while others of our members have moved away. Quite a number of young men in the official families have freely expressed their belief in the Christian faith, but because of class opposition are kept back from open confession and baptism. There is evidence that all these hindrances will soon disappear, and we beiieve the time is not far distant when there will be a great turning not only from pure idol worship, but from Confucianism and ancestral worship to the true and living God.
Philander Smith Memorial Hospital—Robert C. Beebe, M.D., in Charge. The past year has gone quickly. It has come as heretofore, full of duties and opportunities, and it has gone, we trust, with not a few of these met and improved. Fifty-seven probationers have been added to St. Luke’s Church from our patients. Nineteen persons were baptized and 16 received into full connection with the church. The religious services in the hospital and at St. Luke’s Church have been well attended by attentive audiences. We feel that the spiritual condition and outlook of our work give occasion for great encouragement. The medical work was in a measure interrupted during the busiest time of the year because of the scarcity of rice and consequent riotous attacks made on the rice stores of the city. As we were unable to get enough rice to feed our patients, we were obliged to refuse admission to patients for two months, or until the new crop of rice came in to relieve the distress. On this account the total number of visits to the dispensary was some less than last year. The number of first visits to the dispensary was 7,937; the number of first return visits, 11,8 38 ; a total of 19,775. The number of in-patients was 776. The famine in North Kiangsu and South Shantung last year, and which is still prevailing, forces a great number of half-starved, sick, and destitute farmers down to this more favored region. The demands upon our charity are constantly increasing, and we most gratefully acknowledge a gift of $2,000, gold, from John Russell Wilde, M.D., to be known as 1898.] Central China. 131 the Tai-ping Memorial Fund. The interest of this is to be used to provide shelter and treatment for the sick poor. We review the year with profound gratitude, for we know that God has been with us. We look forward with joy, for we know that God goes with us. Medical Work in Philander Smith Memorial Hospital, E. R. Jellison, M.D. With a happy heart I went to my appointment to medical work at Nanking soon after Annual Meeting. The winter was passed in pleasant and, I hope, profitable work in the Nanking Hospital Dispensary and wards. Owing to a steady and numerous inflow of patients to the eye and ear consulting room, I attended the polyclinic daily, and did not feel called to travel the circuit as much as I wished. But with spring weather inviting I made a call over the old familiar route to Hocheo, besides calling at Muh Show and Kiang Ling Chen. At these places I preached and also interpreted some of Brother James’s remarks made in English. It was a very pleasant trip. During the month of September I called at Lu Ho, Peh Tu Chiao, Hocheo, and Wu Kiang. In all these places, except Hocheo, I dispensed drugs to the crowds of sick and sold many portions of Scripture. In October I made a ten-days’ trip to Peh Tu Chiao, Muh Hia, Hocheo, Wu Kiang, and Chao Ling. The outlook is very encour aging and requires care in guidance rather than hurry in progression. The door is open, and there is a warm welcome to the bearer of the good news. Many stations can be profitably opened in our district.
Wuhu Circuit.—J. F. Newman, Missionary in Charge. “ Looking backward ” over the year now nearly completed, and taking a comprehensive survey of our “ sphere of influence,” I find abundant reason for praise and thanksgiving. God’s wonderful goodness has been mani fested toward many, and the saving power of Christ brought near to a large company of seekers after light. Beginning with Wuhu, the hub, not of the universe, as Boston and Nanking claim to be, but of our little circuit, let us pass in brief review our several centers of evangelistic activity. Second Street. The work under the care of Pastor Chang has pros pered. To be sure there has been nothing brilliant or startling, but a quiet, steady growth that counts in the end. The majority of the converts have been persons of better social standing than in the previous history of Second Street. As often as possible I have sent our native helper out to Lu Kau, fifteen li away, to preach to our probationers, with the result that there is now a company of fifteen or twenty persons who come a dis tance of five miles to divine worship, on foot if the weather is fine, other wise by boat. During the year I purchased a piece of land adjoining the chapel property at the rear, and I hope in the near future to erect a build ing for our day school. This will save us a large expenditure in rent. An old, unused room at the rear of the chapel was thoroughly repaired and put into attractive shape. Here we hold our class meetings and prayer meetings, but at other times it is used as a reading and reception room. Our week-night meetings have been exceptionally well attended. i32 Missionary Report. [1898.
Yih Chi Shan. Under the quiet, faithful, constant efforts of Pastor Tsii the work has gone forward. Our own ingathering has not been large, yet from the simple preaching of the Gospel lines of influence have been extended throughout the province. Our work here may well be com pared to a fountain which retains but little water in its own basin, yet is constantly sending forth refreshing streams over a dry and barren land. Many who here on beds of pain listen for the first time to the lifegiving word, afterward become healed in body and soul, go back to their homes in the interior, and ultimately affiliate with other missions. Mr. and Mrs. George S. Welch and daughters, Pearl and Winnie, spent four busy weeks with us in the spring. Mr. Welch usually spoke three times a day either to Chinese or to foreigners. We all enjoyed his talks. Tat Ping Fu has gathered the largest harvest in its history. The en couraging features of the work at this place are, first, the large number of converts; second, the intelligence and social standing of those who are entering the church ; and, third, the increase in the contributions. By the second statement I do not mean to disparage the work among the straw- thatched huts and their cotton-clad inhabitants, yet to be asked occasion ally into a residence of brick and to see a sprinkling of silk gowns among those of patched and faded hue, relieves the monotony, to say the least, and possibly inclines one more strongly to the belief that the day of self- support, the ideal of mission work, is drawing nearer. Certain it is that these new converts have given liberally. Their first plan was to build a new chapel for Tai Ping; their second, to open a chapel at Tsai Shi Chi, twenty li away, where there has so far been no regular preaching. It is my plan at present to encourage this afterthought, as it will bring the Gospel within the reach of others and benefit themselves as well. Yun Tsao is on the move! Just after the rice had been planted in the spring I made an agreement with the members that if they would pur chase a good site I would build the chapel. This they promised to do if they were blessed with a fine harvest. Having gathered an exceptionally fine crop, they have fulfilled their pledge and purchased a large piece of land, centrally located, and given it to the church. Now it rests with me in the near future to do as I have promised. Would that some brother in the States who has a wide, deep, consecrated pocketbook might help me out with a draft, for, say, $1,000 gold, with which to build chapel, parsonage, and a building for a day school. There has been a steady growth in membership, and I am pleased to report that the petty troubles and law suits for which this place was formerly noted have been of much less fre quent occurrence. L u K a u . I have already incidentally mentioned this place. Though not large, it is very accessible to Wuhu, and we already have a good open ing there through our Second Street membership. They are willing at the present writing to rent a chapel on their own responsibility if we will provide them with a pastor. H w an g H u is still in the formative period. Although there has been a slight increase in the probationers list, there has been little cause for en 1898.] Central China. 133 couragement. For one year we have worshiped in the home of one of the members, but from the start there has been a great deal of jealousy and strife. What we need at Hwang Hu is a good, strong pastor who can shepherd the flock already gathered and lead others into the fold. There are three other places where we have quite large numbers of inquirers, but as money and men are both limited we have not yet been able to enter. God grant that it may soon be within our power to enter these open doors! The following are the statistics of the circuit. At the present writing they are not fully completed, as our Conference year has not yet closed. As there has been a complete revision of the records the gain in member ship is not as great, apparently, as is really the case : Members and proba tioners, 323 ; baptisms to date, 54. Collections : Second Street, local pur poses and self-support, $ 16 ; Yih Chi Shan, local purposes and self-sup port, $60.90; Yih Chi Shan, Missionary Society, $7.04; Yun Tsao, local purposes and self-support, $338 ; Tai Ping, local purposes and self-support, $58; circuit, for Bishops’ Fund, $5 ; locally for day schools, $30. Total, $514.94. Woman's Work at Wuhu.—Miss Emma E. Mitchell in Charge. “ For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen : as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.” In this work of itinerating from city to city, town and village, we see ful filled these words of the prophet Obadiah. The morning has come to this heathen land, and numbers are coming to hear the “ Jesus doctrine.” To our house boat or chapel they come often in crowds—women with sad heart-stories of trouble, and sick with sin. Those whom our Father would have as part of the bride accept the truth, believing in Jesus as a Saviour from sin. There are many interesting cases over which we know the angels in heaven rejoice with us. We have made during the past year trips to all our outstations, spending in all 113 days. We do not confine ourselves just to chapel work, but go out into villages and any place the Spirit would seem to lead. Wuhu Circuit is well adapted for itinerating work, as almost all towns of any importance can be reached by boat. Our greatest need at present is help to carry the battle through the gates of the enemy and help to instruct the prey when taken. You will notice the prophet Obadiah says, “ A s thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.” Dear Chris tian friends, what are you doing to send the Gospel and bring the king dom near to these heathen ? Remember God’s word says, “ As thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee.” A great door and effectual is opened unto us. Pray and do for us ! Wuhu General Hospital.—Edgerton H. Hart, M.D., Physician in Charge. The following statistics will demonstrate that, notwithstanding the hard times due to scarcity of rice and continued riotous talk, the work of Wuhu General Hospital has progressed favorably. Owing to the foregoing con ditions there has been a slight falling off in the number of patients attend 134 Missionary Report. [1898.
ing the dispensary, although there has been an increase in the number of in-patients. W e are thankful that the evangelistic work conducted in the hospital has borne fruit, and that many have gone away from the wards intending to lead better lives. Their names do not appear on our church rolls; some, we are happy to say, have connected themselves with congregations near their own homes, belonging to other missions. This year, besides paying the preacher’s salary, the members of our hospital congregation have been able to contribute a few dollars to augment the funds of the Missionary Society.
STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30. 1897. 1898. Increase. Decrease. Full members...... 24 30 6 Probationers...... 23 28 5 Baptisms, adults...... 7 7 Sunday collections for pastor’s support...... $55 09 $60 90 $5 Si Missionary collections...... 7 04 7 04 HOSPITAL STATISTICS. In-patients...... 748 764 16 Dispensary patients, first visits.. 3.236 2,844 392 Returned visits...... 3,515 3.369 146 Patients seen at their homes, first visit...... 425 400 25 Returned visits...... 1,056 1,343 287
Total...... 8,980 8,720 303 563 Surgical operations...... 471 419 52 Current receipts for hospital.... $2,480 89 $2,920 38 $439 49 Nanking University.—George A. Stuart, M.D., President. The past year has been in some respects a trying one. A t the time of the last Annual Meeting of our Mission, it had not yet been determined whether Mr. Ferguson would sever his connection with the institution or not, so that any action taken by the board of managers, or bishops, must be of a tentative character, and the undetermined state of affairs caused more or less restlessness on the part of all connected with the school. And when the change did come, and Mr. Ferguson went to Shanghai, and the writer was made president, the restlessness increased many fold, all looking for nothing short of a complete revolution in the affairs of the school, the Chinese teachers and supported pupils especially seeming to expect that in the change of administration the new president would, like the proverbial “ new broom,” sweep everything clean. It took us some time to quiet their fears and to assure them that their positions in the university were not affected by changes of administration, but depended upon their own efficiency and their faithfulness in the discharge of their duties. Owing to the cut in our appropriations, and the increased expenditure occasioned by an influx of students during the last half of 1897, the fiscal year closed with an indebtedness for running expenses of a little over 1898.] Central China. 135 $1,000, Mexican. Contracts with teachers for the present year had been made, and the first semester was well under way before we were able to grasp this fact and consider means for the relief of this condition. With the appropriations for the year so low that they were almost invisible, and so manifestly insufficient for the running expenses of the school, and the income from tuition not enough to cover the past indebtedness, it seemed impossible that we should close the half year without greatly increasing our financial obligations. Only two ways to relieve our immediate neces sities seemed open. One, to ask the officials and wealthy Chinese for subscriptions. This we did, and secured during this first half year $584. We are still continuing this canvass, and hope before the end of the year to secure other contributions. The second thing possible to us to relieve immediate wants was to borrow money. This we did not want to do un less it were absolutely necessary. So we made shift, practicing all the small economies possible, and by the kindly aid of the Mission treasurer, who was able to carry the balance over the summer months for us, we got along to the time of the meeting of the board of managers, and the Mission estimate meeting in August. A t that time the whole situation was laid before the board of managers, and the impossibility of carrying on our work, paying off our indebtedness, and increasing the efficiency of our plant upon our present income pointed out. The board gave the matter its most careful consideration, and decided to increase the rate of tuition to $24 per year, just double what it had been. They also recom mended that the rate of board be increased to an amount sufficient to cover all items incidental to the boarding hall expenses. They also rec ommended the inauguration of a tentative plan whereby special students in English and mathematics might be received upon the payment of $5 per month for the former, and $3 per month for the latter. All of these recommendations were put into effect at the beginning of the second se mester, and have resulted in a large increase in income on the item of tuition, and the amount charged for board being sufficient to cover all ex penses, we suffer no longer any loss on this item. Several students ap plied for admission under the new special scheme, but none entered finally. Another way in which a saving, which may be viewed as such from several standpoints, has been effected, is in disposing of the boys, among those receiving aid, who were eithertoo lazy or too stupid to givea good account of themselves. In some cases their friends agreed to pay their board when we told them that we could no longer keep them free; in others, the boys left and went into other business. In this way we cut down the number of aided boys from over 50 to 23. We now see day light through our financial difficulties, and with but little additional help from outside we hope to finish the year free from debt. The number of pupils enrolled during the first semester of 1898 was 164. This is the largest number in the school at any one time since its establishment. During the second semester the enrollment was 138. The reduced number was due to three causes: first, the dismissal of inefficient pupils, as indicated above ; second, the increased cost of tuition and board; 136 Missionary Report [1898.
and third, the fact that we had already announced that we could only re ceive about 130 boarders. In the main, the class of students we now have is a very satisfactory one. Visitors to our school have spoken of the bright, promising appearance of our pupils. We have no room for any other sort, and if we had the room we have no desire to retain inefficient pupils on our lists. So we have adopted a system of demerits which is based upon both the deportment of the pupil and upon his class work, and which automatically excommunicates the indolent, the unruly, and the stupid. In this way we are enabled to reserve the advantages offered by our institutions for those who are able to and will make the best use of them. The numbers of pupils in each department are as follows : First Semester. Second Semester. C ollege...... 10 9 M e d ical...... 19 15 A c ad e m y ...... 1 16 91 S p e c ia l...... 19 22 During the month of October we were enabled, through the kindly aid of Mr. Ferguson, to send twenty boys to Sheng Lun-ho’s new telegraph school at Shanghai. This came as a godsend to several of our boys, who were not able to continue much longer in our school for lack of funds. It is our aim to constantly improve our course of study, so as to at once bring it in range with the demands of the people for Western education, and at the same time keep it up to the standard of the best practical American schools. With this in view we look rather to the practicality and practicability of the range of studies than to. bring them into exact conformity to the models of the West. Our school is now engaged in pre paring young men for the active duties of life, and while we include in our course enough of those subjects usually regarded as principally useful as a sort of mental gymnastics, these hold for the present a secondary place to those necessary to be used as a mental armamentarium in the professions, official, or commercial life. But with a view to elevating the standard of our course we are pushing studies that formerly held a place in the early part of the college course back into the closing years of the academy, and are substituting in the college either advanced courses in these same subjects, or other subjects not yet included in our college cur riculum. We hope to keep in the lead of all the Western schools in China in our requirements for graduation. One great difficulty in the adjustment of our courses of study is the question of text-books. So far as our college course is concerned this will not much longer trouble us, as we expect to soon be able to give the course for the most part, if not entirely, in English. But the science, mathematics, and general history of the academy course must necessarily be given in Chinese, and good textbooks in Chinese on arithmetic, geog raphy, elementary biology and physiology are still wanting. However, our teachers are working up books upon these subjects which shall not be simple translations of Western text-books, but compilations and adapta tions from many sources, thus making books more specifically useful to the Chinese student. These will be completed in another year, when, if 1898.] Central China. 137 we can command the funds, we will have them printed for the use of our pupils and for general sale throughout the empire. Since our last report one pupil has graduated from the college (January, 1898), and is now employed in an Anglo-Chinese school in Soochow. There are no candidates for graduation this year. The five pupils in the senior class were not able to complete the course this year owing to their having to teach part of the time in order to earn money to pay their way. We encouraged them in the postponement of their graduation, thinking that a little culture in the way of self-help would not be amiss. We have been sorry not to have seen the visiting committee appointed by the Annual Meeting. If they had come they would have received a cordial welcome and would have been given every opportunity to investi gate into the condition of the school. We were anxious that they should have done so, both in order that we should have had the advantage of their advice and suggestions, and that they might have given a report to this session of what they had seen and knew of the condition of the school. W e feel that we can truthfully say that the religious work of the school has been pushed with vigor. To this the pastor, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Bowen, Mr. Hwang, and the Christian boys have each contributed his part. Special evangelistic services have been held several times during the year, and the preaching at both of the Sunday services has been with a direct view to lead sinners to Christ, and believers to a deeper spiritual experi ence. The whole school has been shaken to its very center on two or three occasions, and we have every reason to believe that we have a large number among our pupils who, like Nicodemus, are secretly the disciples of Christ. We feel sure that if it were not for the absolute'certainty of their being disinherited and cast out of their clan, or of their receiving even worse persecution, many of them would come out openly for Christ. And among these are our very best pupils; those who hold first place in their classes, and are held in highest esteem both by teachers and pupils. And while we do not commend them for their lack of courage to take this step, yet we cannot wonder that it is so. In the early part of the year we had with us Mr. George Welch, of Denver, who spent nearly a month in direct personal work with the boys. His work was productive of great good, especially in stirring up the Christian boys to greater activity. Since his visit a morning prayer meeting has been held in the dining room before breakfast, which has been fairly well attended. In the month of October the well-known evangelist, Rev. George C. Needham, also spent a few days with us, and if we are to judge by the activity of the hosts of evil during and just after his visit, we may conclude that somebody was very' much exercised about his kingdom. This visit resulted in a greater amount of introspection upon the part of all who heard Mr. Needham preach. Then we were visited by Messrs. Lewis and Brockman, the general secretaries of the Young Men’s Christian Association, who came to stir up enthusiasm among the students along the lines of personal con secration and personal work. While they were here 51 of the students signed the agreement to keep the morning watch for prayer and Bible 138 Missionary Report. [1898.
study. Among these are several who are not openly professing Christians. We are hoping and praying to see this winter a great break in the hosts of sin, and every one of our pupils accept Christ as their Saviour. We wish to specially commend the teachers, without whose faithful co operation the work of the year must have resulted in dismal failure. Especially is this true of Mr. Wilson, who, as proctor, has had the disci pline of the school largely in his hands; and Hwang Yung-liang, who, as principal of the academy, has taken the burden of that department, and by his wise management has won the respect of both teachers and pupils. It was considered to be something of an experiment to put into this position a young man who would have under his supervision men who had formerly been his teachers, but the experiment has in this case resulted very happily. Our thanks are also due to the members of the board of managers for their hearty sympathy and cooperation, and we bespeak their fullest confidence for the future, if they should deem it wise to con tinue us in our present position. And we should not close this report without paying tribute to our pred ecessor, the Rev. John C. Ferguson, to whose energy and foresight we, in a large measure, owe our present plant and the success we have already achieved. He has continued to aid us by advice, recommending pupils to us, and helping in soliciting aid from the officials and others. His knowl edge of our situation and needs renders his help invaluable. Girls' Boarding School, N a n kin g .—Ella C. Shaw in Charge. Mrs. Anna Davis had done most efficient work in the girls’ school until in June, when her return to America left the school in my charge. This autumn we have 35 girls enrolled. . These girls are almost entirely from Christian families, and as far as I have been able to ascertain we have all the girls of school age from the Christian families in Nanking; others are from the outstations. During the meetings held by Mr. and Mrs. Welch last February nearly all of the girls professed saving faith in Christ. They have yet much to learn of habits of righteousness, but these are being led day by day. Each year they learn better how to study, and a few of them are becom ing ambitious to complete the course of study and become the happy pos sessors of a diploma. We have been favored with good teachers in the school. In taking up the school after having been in other work for nine years, I notice the marked change in the school. Then it was unorgan ized, and no Christian teachers could be procured. The girls had no habits of cleanliness nor of systematic work. Now we have Christian teachers, the school is organized, the girls are trained in habits of study, cleanliness, and systematic work. We thank God for these signs of prog ress, and pray that every girl who enters this school may go out to be a light-bearer in this dark land. Evangelistic Work among Women.—Ella C. Shaw in Charge. The past year has been one of blessing, the most distinctly a revival year of any in our work at Nanking. The church members received an 1898.] Central China. 139 impetus for work in the pentecostal services held by Bishop Joyce at the Annual Meeting, and many of them have kept up their interest during the year. There has been work carried on among the women at Ping Tsz Kiai, a street chapel in Nanking, and at four outstations. At Ping Tsz Kiai the work has increased in interest; meetings have been held regularly on Tuesday afternoons, the women themselves keeping them up while I was away during the summer. This autumn the women have come in such numbers that we have had to move from this small room where we have held our meetings to the large chapel. Four women have given their names as inquirers, and others are interested. The pastor’s wife has vis ited with me many of the homes of the day school boys. At Shan Ho we have held weekly meetings whenever possible, and there has been a decided increase in the interest there. The preacher’s wife is an earnest Christian, and her influence is being felt among the women. At Kiang Ling Chen the enemy has tried to thwart what has been our most promising work by sowing seeds of dissension, but some of the dear women there are remaining steadfast in the faith, and a few have been added to the list of inquirers. We are asking the Lord to move in the hearts of all who have confessed his name, and help them to put away everything which hinders the free course of the Gospel in this place. At Song Chuan the opposition and persecution from those around has been hard for the few followers of Christ to withstand, but they are not discouraged, and are praying God to claim this idol-ridden district for his own. The most encouraging work on the circuit has been at Hocheo. With no one there to teach the women, the Holy Spirit has worked in their hearts, and during a visit made there in the spring thirty names were given as candidates for baptism. Miss Peters has visited there this au tumn, and twenty more names have been added. This work is not con fined to Hocheo City, but is also spreading to surrounding villages. In all the work of the year I have been most ably assisted by Mrs. Chi, our Bible woman, and have received the hearty support of all the native pastors and their wives.
Work in Woman s Bible Training School and Evangelistic Work in North Nanking.—Miss Sarah Peters in Charge. The past year marks a new era in the work in this part of China. The fields are white, ready to harvest. We hear from all quarters of souls being saved and of inquirers who need to be instructed, and we are constrained to pray the Lord of the harvest to send forth laborers into his harvest. We have made Christian work, especially individual work, the main feature of our school. We were blessed with a gracious revival in Febru ary and March. Many were converted, and the women of the school and other Christians were wonderfully quickened and stirred up to earnest study of the word and work for souls. For this spirit we praise the Lord. The weekly Gospel meetings have been attended with blessed results. 140 Missionary Report. [1898.
There have been inquirers in nearly every meeting, and quite a number of conversions. We organized a workers’ class in April with the women who wished to do Christian work, both pupils and outside Christian women. This num bers 18, and meets once a week to study the word, especially to learn how to direct souls to Christ. All the members work in the Gospel meet ing and among their neighbors. The church meetings have been full.
C h in k ia n g G ir l s ’ S ch o o l.—Miss Mary C. Robinson in Charge. Fourteen years of uninterrupted school work in turbulent Central China is witness in itself that the Lord has wondrously cared for the educational interests of girls in Chinkiang. When thinking about writing this report we purposed to make a glad mention of the changed attitude of the government toward schools for girls, but alas ! between the purpose and the fulfillment has come the coup d'état at Peking, and “ things are now as they used to was been.” The devil having scored a great victory at Peking, the result is that the newly opened government school door has closed with a bang. The re action from the high hopes raised can only be imagined. More than ever the conviction strengthens that Christian schools are the only cure for the slavish adherence to Confucianism so strikingly exhibited of late. The year under review marks the year of our first graduates, two in number, who, finishing their course early in the year, have been teaching in the school. The grades under their charge already show the differ ence of trained teaching over untrained. The monthly written examina tions show a steady increase in the average standing. There will be no class prepared to graduate the coming year, but the year following we hope to present diplomas to six. Under the splendid supervision of Miss White the singing and organ practice has prospered exceedingly. The Temperance Society has completed its tenth, and the Epworth League its seventh, year. Both societies have been greatly quickened by the visits of the Welch family, Miss Clara Parrish, and Mr. and Mrs. George Needham. At present the number of pupils is 38. New dormitory accommoda tions will soon be ready, when we hope to add to the number. There being but little evangelistic work done about Chinkiang, we have more difficulty in winning girls, and now that the tide has set backward we shall be less able to say anything about self-support.
C h in k ia n g In s t it u t e .—Carl F. Kupfer, Principal. Deducting the dismissed and adding the new arrivals, the school has 12 more students than it had one year ago. We found it necessary to expel several incorrigible lads who had been given a fair chance, but gave no hope of developing any strength of character. The school also had an opportunity of testing its strength in standing alone without the aid of a foreigner. This was an unavoidable experiment, and the result was not sufficiently encouraging to advise its repetition. Statistics of Central China Mission, October, 1898.
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CIRCUIT OB
STATION. Estimated Estimated Value of Chnrches and Chnrches and Chapels. Estimated Estimated Value of Par Book Rooms, etc. Parsonages, or Parsonages, or “ Homes.” Value of Orphanages, Benevolent Societies. j Collected for Church Building and Repairing. sonages, sonages, or “ Homes.” Schools, Hospitals, Collected Collected for other | Collected for Contributed for other Collected Collected for Missionary Self-support. Local Purposes, Society. 1 1 Chapels. I I No. of Halls nnd other rented | Places ofW orshlp j Kiufchnig D istrict F 11 Clieo KuhCircuit. 5T 120 60 8 $.... s.... $3 0 0 $.... $ 8 5 00 $ 3 0 00 IhvangMei “ 102 220 90 l . 5 0 0 5 l 500 4 4 5 1 2 00 1 2 00 2 5 00 Kiukiang Institute Chapel 129 14 2 4 0 1 9 0 l 2,000 2 6 ,000 9,000 20 00 2 4 00 4 0 0 on Kung Lung Circuit___ 1 1 5 1T8 1 4 0 5 2,000 3 600 1 6 00 9 85 Li Ki:i Do “ ...... 6 0 0 2 9 75 09 190 75 1 8 0 0 '2 l 2 0 0 2 00 * 4 0 0 00 60 00 Nan Chung Full“ ...... 73 3 8 4 100 8 5 00 40'ÒÒ 1.0 0 0 00 5 0 00 Stmi Chang “ ...... 59 1 6 0 3 0 2 2,ÒÒÒ 4 00 6 00 4 0 00 ¡St. Paul’s “ ...... i 3,000 ÌOÓ’ÓÓ Y ulting Tang “ ...... '¿0 220 8 4 5 0 2 2 oo; ... 18 850*00 20 00 Kiukiang “ 'oo 43 1 3 1 4 2 250 8 3,300 8 7,ÓÓÓ 10 1 0 2 4 6 49 OS 1 5 71 26 73 W . F. M. 8. W o rk '. to Ì2 76 31 35 1 3 ,5 0 0 7,500
N anking District. Chinkiang: Institute Chapel.. 200 4 2 12 8 1 8 ,0 0 0 2 8 ,0 0 0 12,00 0 6 0 00 1 5 00 72 00 West Gate...... 6 70 1 1,8 0 0 1 4 0 0 Hoclieo...... 174 1 5 0 i 5 '0 0 1 00, . . . ÌÒ'ÓÒ IIwantr I In ...... Kiatig Kin Chen...... '2 8 1 11 80 'i ’¿SO i 5 00 02 1 8 90 1 Ì 5 Ò Nanking: North...... 121 S i 250 85 2 28 2 5 0 1 5 ,000 ‘i 4 9 ,ÓÓ0 18 ,6 0 0 4 4 29 2 00 144 00 12 00 South ...... 43 22 15D 12 2 4 4 100 1 2 1 8.0110 2S 00 1 00 43 12 w est...... ; ; 52 107 100 53 1511 1 1.700 2 0 ,000 1 2 ,0 0 0 io oo! 4 0 00 Tai Ping Fti ...... !.. 21 42 2 5 0 00 40; 40 li 8 20 1 9 0 0 1 00 5 8 00 W nhu : Senomi Street...... !.. 53 55 3 0 0 175 88 33 1, 211 100 1 1 ,10 0 ’ l ’ tôô 7 64 1 00 S 00 ¿00 Yih (’hi San...... j 8 24 28 120 150 25 10 1 9 75 1 9,000 8’ óéò 7 0 4 1 00 60 90 8 00 Yangehow...... 1 15 0 30 3, s; I 20 30 2 'i 8 ,0 0 0 5 00 1 00 1 0 00 Y tin Tsao...... 50 4 5 12, 20 10j 1 10 20 1 6 00 s oo! 8 2 7 ÓÓ
Total...... 10 12 2 5 2 8.25 1.21(>! 2.(151 2 .0 S 5 1 1,0 01 3 21 496! 30; 8 31 805!25 442 1.S8S 2 4 2 0 .13 0 2 2 2(i 59.5 0 0 66,500 223 52 26 OS 623 00 2,462 36 1 ,1 1 8 9 8 Last yearS... 8 S 7 1 1,0 50 . . . :;19 32 . I.® »5 2H 28. ISO 24 5 3 . 4 5 0 1 ...... 267 00 ...... * Money raised from tuition from scholars. + Drs. Kfilin nnd Stone, ('him1**', liided. i Hible Training School for Women included. § Columns left blank were «'milted In last year’s report. N otb.—Native workers of W . F . M . P., II; native nrduineil jireachers, 5 ; uiph lVbt i>u real estale nn LI Kin Po Circuit, Collected for Bishops, £10.S'! ; collected for General Conference, $11.95. Full reporta not yet in. The membership nnd c o l .n will lie above the figures given. All ».llei-tinn* nml property valuation in local currenej. 142 Missionary Report. [1898.
NORTH CHINA.
Bishop Cranston has Episcopal Supervision. Dr. A. y. Painter is Secretary in Charge. T h e Mission was commenced in 1869 by missionaries be longing to Foochow Mission, and was organized as a Con ference in 1893. It includes the provinces of Shantung and Honan and all China north of them.
M issionaries . Rev. Frederick Brown and Mrs. Agnes Brown, W . H. Curtiss, M.D., and Mrs. Lulu H. Curtiss, Rev. George R. Davis and Mrs. Maria B. Davis, Rev. Frank D. Gamewell and Mrs. Mary P. Gamewell, Rev. J . Fred Hayner and Mrs. Mabel S. Hayner, Rev. Isaac T . Headland and Mrs. Mariam S. Headland, M.D., Rev. William T. Hobart and Mrs. Emily H. 'Hobart, Nehemiah S. Hop kins, M.D., and Mrs. Fannie H. Hopkins, Rev. Wilbur F . Longden and Mrs. Gertrude K. Longden,* Rev. Harry E . King and Mrs. Edna H. King, Mr. E d ward K . Lowry and Mrs. Katharine M. Lowry, George D. N. Lowry, M .D ., and Mrs. Cora C. Lowry, Rev. Hiram H. Lowry, D .D., and Mrs. Parthie E. Lowry, Rev. James H. Pykeand Mrs. Belle G. Pyke, Rev. Marcus L.Taft, D.D., and Mrs. Louise K. Taft, Miss Alice Terrell, Rev. George W . Verity* and Mrs. Francis W. Verity,* Rev. Wilbur F . Walker, D .D .,* and Mrs. Flora M. Walker.* W . F . M. S.— Mrs. M aiy L. Barrow, M .D., Miss Rachel R. Benn, M.D., Miss Miranda Croucher, Miss Gertrude Gilman, Miss Anna D. Gloss, M.D., Mrs. Charlotte M. Jewell, Miss Mary E. Shockley, Miss M. Ida Stevenson, M.D., Miss Anna E. Steere, Miss Edna G. Terry, M.D., Miss Frances O. W il son, Miss Effie G. Young. In the United States: Miss Cecelia M. Frey, Miss Ella J . Glover, Miss Mary Ketring.
A n n u a l M e e t in g . The annual session of the North China Conference was held in Peking, October 4, 1898, Bishop Cranston presiding. The reports of the presiding elders are follows :
P e k i n g D i s t r i c t .— G. R. Davis, P. E. This district came under my charge unexpectedly last February, the health of the Rev. W . F. Walker (the former presiding elder) having failed. My acquaintance with the work for so few months does not enable me to give a report that such an important district deserves. The two city charges have been long established and are in a most satisfactory condition, with a membership rapidly growing in numbers and spirituality, Peking being the educational center of our Conference. Several hundred young men and women are being trained in the atmosphere of the highest type of Christian learning. The various schools were never more
* In the United States, 1898.] North China. 143 flourishing, nor more thoroughly spiritual. The various circuits of the district are grouped about the city to the north, east, and south. To the north is a group of four small circuits: Ch'ang Ping Cho (near the southern entrance of the Nan K ‘ou Pass ; the other three are through the pass, and beyond the famous great wall, in a long narrow valley), Yen Ching Cho,
Huai Lai Hsien, and Hsin Pao An Circuits. The first is well located—many villages all about—our work getting well established and growingsteadily. The other two are on a great highway, the country for the most part bar ren and desolate, and the inhabitants not the most promising to work among. In Huai Lai Hsien there are a few signs of promise, but in Hsin Pao An 144 Missionary Report. [1898.
absolutely none. The preachers on these three circuits are all young and inexperienced. One of the older preachers, at least, should be sent here. Three circuits to the east of Peking form another distinct group—Yang Ke Chuang, Me Yiin Hsien, and Ku Pei K ‘ou. These are better manned and more promising, but will require much hard and patient work to build up what we most need—self-supporting churches. Ten miles south of Peking, we have the Whang Trim Circuit, a steadily growing church. This year a new chapel has been built convenient for all phases of our work. Thirty miles farther south we reach a large group of circuits—those of Han Tien, Tung An, Tiau Ho Tou, Pa Cho, and Yung Ching. On the first two we have a large membership, but both circuits can be easily and profitably worked by one experienced man. The others are newer, membership small as yet, but will grow with care and w7ork. The lower part of the Tiau Ho Tou Circuit is now and has been flooded for many years—afield for the exercise of endless charity, without the hope of establishment of a self-supporting church. At Pa Cho we need new build ings for street chapel work at once. Here we are rapidly gathering a promis ing membership. In all the older charges the spiritual tone is excellent. The Lord has been in the midst of his people rich in blessing. On some of the circuits I found the preachers spiritless and discouraged; they seemed unable to plan for their work. Brother W alker’s long illness has pre vented his personal supervision of the work, and some of the preachers were too young, inexperienced, and in several cases too lazy to be left thus to themselves. Throughout the country there has been much excitement over the rumors of foreign movements on the coast of China, which has been a sad hindrance to our work. It is a serious drawback to our health ful development that so many other missions are also working in this same field, their work so overlapping and interlaced as to cause much friction and an undue eagerness to occupy places where the Lord has not given an open door, also an injudicious use of mission money. Much has been done toward self-support. This year a fine new street chapel has been built on the site of the old Feng Chen Tong—built by funds collected from native and foreign friends without calling upon the Missionary So ciety. Despite the many disturbing rumors, and the present very disturbed condition of Peking and the government, there has been a fair measure of prosperity. We are sure that God has opened to his servants a great and effectual door which no man can shut.
T s u n h u a D i s t r i c t .—W. T. Hobart, P. E. The year has been one of quiet work and steady progress. Mr. and Mrs. Verity left us in May for a much needed vacation in the home land. Most of the preachers have been reasonably diligent and faithful, and the work seems in good condition. One helper, a graduate of Peking University, wrote me, saying: “ I had gone out every day with Chia or Wang to preach in different village by foot. Sometimes we come into rain, we walked on our bare feet three or four miles long.” Our schools, both day and boarding, are flourishing. A large class of i 89 8.] North China. 145 girls were recommended this year from this school to the Peking school. Four boys were also recommended. One of them spent the summer here working about the place. Just before he was to start for Peking it was found that he, led on by another boy, had been stealing. So he did not go. New pupils have more than filled up the places of those who have gone. The medical work will be reported by the doctors in charge. It has been a valuable help in the work. Many patients come from places where the Gospel is not heard, and carry back some knowledge of it to scatter among their friends. In one place quite a work has sprung up as a result. Evangelistic work has ever the first place in our thoughts and efforts and prayers. Books and tracts have been widely scattered, and we trust not in vain. The preachers visit village and temple fairs, and preach, and sell tracts. Thus they sow beside all waters. Better than all else we have had a powerful revival this year, especially among our boarding school pupils. We arranged to begin special services in Tsunhua on December 14 and continued them three weeks. It was the most powerful revival I have ever seen. Its most marked characteristic was prayer. One evening we knelt for the opening prayer, and immediately they were pray ing all over the house. They did not rise from their knees for over an hour, and then only to be dismissed. There was no exhortation. God was working, and we could only stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. One day the girls in the boarding school spent nearly all the time from 5 to 12 P. M. in prayer and confession. There was confession and restitution and many tears (a rare thing among the Chinese Christians), with bright, joyful faces and clear testimonies afterward. Later on there was a good revival at Yii T ‘ien and Sha Liu Ho, where we trust souls were born into the kingdom and backsliders reclaimed. Revivals we must have. Nothing else will save the Church here from formality and deadness. In self-support we are making a little progress. For preachers’ salaries over one hundred and eighty taels have been contributed. Parents who are able have contributed something toward the board of their sons, not a great deal in the aggregate, but at least a beginning. The greatest step has been in the girls’ boarding school, where nearly all the new girls furnish their own clothes. Hereafter that will be the rule, and furnishing clothes by the school the exception. Hereafter the parents of the school girls must bear the traveling expenses both coming and returning, instead of only one way as heretofore. The collections will be an advance on last year in nearly every case. There is an increase in membership at most points on the district. At T'ien Ch'ang, where work was opened last year, the helper reports a nice class. One small place we have given up. I think we might raise a tomb stone with this inscription as a warning, “ Helped to death.” Their only idea seemed to be to “ eat the church,” instead of helping it. The missionary collection amounts to 200 taels. For our Church Exten sion Society 20.15 tae^s have been raised. The grace of giving is difficult 10 146 Missionary Report. [1898.
to cultivate, but some are learning-that “ it is more blessed to give than to receive.” New openings lie all about us which we cannot enter for lack of money. God is calling the laborers, but his stewards are keeping back the funds necessary for their support. We ought to enter San T ‘un Ying and Hsin Chi and Tso Chia Wu and Y a Hung Ch'iao and Ma Shen Ch'iao and Chi Chou and Pang Chun. But we cannot. All we lack is the means. But we hope with the missionary debt paid to see a grand ad vance against the enemy. God calls ! Shall we not obey ?
T ie n t s in D is t r i c t .—G. R. Davis, P. E . The past year has been a busy one—a year of almost constant cart travel for me. The native preachers went to their circuits in a better spirit than ever before. T h ey. had all been greatly quickened by the revival meetings of last Conference. On many of the Shantung group of circuits Brother Hayner conducted special revival services last autumn, greatly to the help and blessing of preachers and members. In the northern circuits, now constituting the Tientsin District, the preachers have worked very hard, going to all market towns, temple fairs, and surrounding villages, preaching, and selling tracts and the gospels. The political troubles of China have greatly disturbed the minds of the people. Wild rumors of the doings and intentions of foreign nations have made it harder than usual to find willing listeners. During the earlier part of the year, because of new taxes levied by the government, also the issue of government bonds, many were anxious to enter the Church, thinking that the “ foreigner’s Church ” would somehow protect them from additional taxation and the unheard-of terror, “ government bonds.” Later, because of the German and Russian occupation of Kiao Cho and Port Arthur, an intensely bitter antiforeign feeling has been steadily growing. We find much opposition to us and to everything foreign. In several places—new work mainly— we have not been able to secure suitable premises for our purposes. On some of the circuits a few church members and a number of probationers have, through fear, withdrawn from the church. Last year a new circuit —the Li T ‘an Circuit—was formed out of the southern part of the large Tai Ch‘eng Circuit. This year another circuit has been formed out of the northern part of Tai Ch'eng County, known as the W ang Chia Kou Circuit. On each of these circuits much faithful work has been done and much opposition encountered. The increase in membership has been small. In Tientsin, where we have two fine street chapels and one domestic chapel, our work is growing slowly. Our greatest need, both in Tientsin and Peking, is the presence of a foreigner who can give his undivided at tention to our street chapel work. No matter how capable the native preacher may be, the foreign missionary’s constant help and guidance is required. As it is, no foreigner is free from school and other necessary duties to attend to this branch of our work. Here, in the north, we need two or three men workers as evangelists, and for that work alone. A 1898.] North China. 147 commendable effort toward self-support has been made throughout the district. Four or five young business men, former students of the Peking University, offered to pay the salary of the native preacher, Chen Wei Ping, at Wesley Chapel this Conference year. I am sure that our people as they grow in numbers and training will cheerfully more and more bear all ex penses for domestic chapels, primary schools, salaries of native preachers, and church incidental expenses. The work done in the Boys’ Intermediate School has been very good, the management excellent. Rev. F. Brown, principal, has succeeded in interesting a number of well-to-do natives in the school, who have con tributed largely toward the expenses of the school, and promise to do more in the future. To the southwest of Tientsin two hundred miles we have the Nan Kung and Wei Hsien Circuit. Here we have been fighting a losing battle for years. We are surrounded by flourishing missions. Thirty miles north we have the mission station of the London Missionary Society. To the east thirty-five miles a station of the American Board, and thirty miles south another station of the American Board. At each of these stations are to be found two foreign evangelists and one physician, also schools and hospitals. They are increasing; we, decreasing. Then, again, the nearest point of this circuit is more than three days’ journey from any other circuit on either the Tientsin or Shantung Districts. We would have retired from this region some time ago but for the fact that the Society owned church property at two points ; and the other societies working in that region are not in the habit of buying property for native chapels. At our midwinter finance meeting it was resolved that we approach the Lon don Mission with the view of selling out our property and turning over our membership to their society. As they had several flourishing churches in our immediate vicinity, they at once referred the matter to their Board in London, and have just been granted permission under the circumstances to purchase our premises. It is folly for us in the present condition of our finances, limited number of workers, and prosperity elsewhere, to continue working at such a disadvantage where others can do so much better. I sincerely hope our Board will give us authority to dispose of said property and a more stringent law be made to prevent missionaries buying property at the will or judgment of one man. Other societies are content to rent chapels in large towns for preaching to the heathen only, requiring their church members to provide places for Sabbath worship. These societies are flourishing. Why can we not work by the same rule? What may be just before us in the political life of China no one can tell. Of one thing we are sure—God has much people in this land yet to be found, and he will so guide his faithful servants in their work that these shall be surely found.
P e k in g U n i v e r s i t y ;—H. H. Lowry, President. Time is an indispensable element in the development of an educational institution, as it is in the growth of nations or in the building of character. Sometimes by the receipt of a large endowment a college or university 148 Missionary Report. [1898.
may suddenly rise into prominence, fully equipped with buildings, appa ratus, libraries, laboratories—all complete for carrying on its work. But even then only the foundation has been laid, upon which the real building is to rise during the future years. The Peking University only claims to be preparing the ground for the foundation of a noble structure, which with increasing confidence we be lieve will bless many generations throughout the future of this great na tion. We are glad that a beginning has been made that is full of en couragement. It seems providential that just as the progressive young men of China are urging upon the government the necessity of adopting the improved and scientific methods of Western education that colleges are being established in the various provinces, making accessible the treasures of Western thought and civilization. While we may not be able to report either a large number of students or elaborate equipment, we can chronicle sufficient progress to justify the conclusion that the univer sity is being built on a solid foundation, and to confirm the hope that it will occupy a permanent and increasing influence in the highest de velopment of China. It is an unchangeable conviction with us that no true or permanent progress can come to this nation without a moral regen eration that will inspire officials and people with enlarged principles of honesty, integrity, and patriotism. It is the aim of those who are working 011 the foundation of this institution that the Peking University may become a factor in accomplishing these desirable results. We do not profess to have attained, but we are pressing toward the mark of this high calling. At our commencement in June we graduated six in the College of Liberal Arts, and the same number in medicine. The total enrollment of students for the year has been 160, which is the largest number we have ever had. The Preparatory Department has enrolled 42 pupils, more than half this number having entered this year. This promising class has been largely recruited from the Intermediate School in Tientsin. We regret very much that because of lack of funds the school in Shantung, from which we have received so many promising students, had to be closed, and we trust it may soon be reopened. If the university is to do its best work for the Church very special effort must be made to recruit our num bers with students from our Christian families. The College of Medicine graduated a class of six in June. The young men have acquitted themselves creditably, and have gone forth with a good foundation for future work. In the College of Theology a class of 15 young men have been pursuing their studies since the first of December. Their support has been mainly provided for by a benevolent friend in the United States, who has long been noted for his benefactions to Christian work in China. The Industrial Department has been carried on with good results. A new press has been ordered, and on its arrival we shall be in better posi tion to do the important work contemplated in its organization. While it will thus be seen that we have done something in each one of the departments laid down in the scheme of the university, it is also painfully 1898.] North China. 149
apparent that we cannot make great progress toward the highest efficiency of a Christian college without more liberal support. The university has contributed in no small measure to the success of our evangelistic work. A large majority of our students have consecrated themselves to Christian work when, in almost every case, lucrative places with very much larger salaries were open to them. But this is only a beginning of the work on these lines that we might do had we the means to provide for a larger number of students. We could care for three or four times our present number of students without increasing our present teaching force, but our funds are already so nearly exhausted that we know not how to carry on the work through the remainder of this year. We can only hope and pray for an endowment that will enable us to at least approximately fulfill our mission of providing educated young men for their places in the evangel ization of this empire.
LANCHOU D is t r ic t .— Wang Ching Yun, P. E. ; J. H. Pyke, Missionary in Charge.
At the last session of our Conference the Lanchou District was divided. All that part east of the Lan River, except Chien An, was made into a new district and called the Shanhaikuan District. By this division the Lanchou District lost 316 members and 293 probationers. The Ho Nan Chai Circuit, with 141 members and 43 probationers, was transferred to the Tsunhua District. Two preaching places on the Pei Chia Tien Circuit, with a few members and probationers, were turned over to the Methodist New Connexion Mission at Tong Shan. These transfers left us 830 members and 332 probationers. We baptized during the year 267 adults and 70 children, and received more than 600 on trial. The present number of members, probationers, and baptized children is about 2,000—an increase of 66$ per cent. Six new preaching places were opened and societies organized. In five of these the rent was paid by the local church members and inquirers, and in every case but one the chapel was furnished by their contributions. All the churches have prospered during the year, but the greatest interest was at Lao T'ingand Pai Tao Tzu. In the former place sometimes as many as 300 and 400 people attended the Sunday services. Many men from this district are engaged in business in Manchuria, where they heard and became interested in the Gospel. Coming back to their homes, they have brought gospels and tracts with them, and have told the good news to their friends, many of whom have become inquirers at our chapels. This widespread interest is not all religious. There is also a great desire for foreign influence to protect from oppression and extortion and to secure political reform. Hundreds might have been baptized, but we have preferred to keep them on as inquirers until they become well acquainted with the plan of salvation and give satisfactory evidence of a change of heart. Only 24 were baptized and 200 received on probation. The work at Pai Tao Tzu began with a two days’ meeting led by the presiding elder. The word was attended with power. Forty-seven 150 Missionary Report. [1898.
persons seemed to be hopefully converted and were organized into a society, which has grown in numbers, knowledge, and grace throughout the year. There are now seven Quarterly Conferences with 26 preaching places in the district. If we had more preachers we could easily open up new places. The people were never so read)' to hear the Gospel. There is a Boys’ Boarding School at Lanchou, with 21 boarders and 10 day scholars, under the care of 3 teachers. The cost of the school was about 225 taels ($150). Nearly 100 taels of this amount was paid by the parents, the remainder by the Missionary Society. The teachers’ wages cost 100 taels more. This was also paid by the Society. We very much need $500 or $600 to add a few more rooms to the dormitory and to repair the schoolroom. Who will help us ? It is an object truly worthy of benevolence. The boys have done excellent work on very coarse food, and only two meals per day. Three classes have already passed their examinations and gone into the Tientsin High School, while the first class of six fine young men has entered the Peking University. If friends at home and in China knew of the heroic efforts made by these people to secure Christian education, we should soon have the money we need. Day Schools. Twelve schools have been maintained with 113 pupils. One half the teachers’ wages and all current expenses have been paid by the parents and contributions of church members. The remainder has been paid out of Mission funds. A t the last session of the District Conference it was moved and carried, with but one dissenting vote, to use no more Mission money in day schools after the close of the present year. W e hope, however, that we may receive some special gifts of $25 or more, so that we can send out a few Christian teachers into new places to open schools which will also be places for preaching and worship. A Girls’ Boarding School at An Ko Chuang has been supported for several years by the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society. Thirty-one girls were in attendance the past year. The entire cost for pupil, includ ing pay of teachers, was $1.20, Mexican, or 60 cents, gold, per month. All things considered, the school has done good, though it has greatly needed the supervision of a foreign teacher. The Missionary collection of the district is 172.06 taels, which is 32 taels more than the entire district, before division, gave last year. The amounts contributed for all other purposes are 479.68 taels, making the total con tributions by the native members 651.74 taels, With three exceptions, all the societies have enjoyed revivals. In several the revival spirit has continued through the year. The District Conferences and most of the quarterly meetings have been seasons of great blessing. The Spirit's presence and power have been clearly manifest. Sinners have been converted and believers have been revived and strengthened. Each year has been better than the preceding. The Lord be praised! i 89 8.] North China.
S h a n h a ik u a n D is t r ic t .— Te Jui, P. E . ; J. H. Pyke, Missionary in Charge. This is the first time this district appears in the annual report. Until last Conference it was a part of the Lanchou District. At the beginning of the year there were five circuits, with eight chapels. During the year five new chapels have been opened. Three other market towns have been visited frequently and a number of inquirers have been gathered. Places for holding services will no doubt soon be secured. I have attended all the quarterly meetings at the times appointed. The Quarterly Conferences have been well attended and the business of the Church has been carefully considered and faithfully transacted. The official members of the Church have discharged their duties well. Besides attending all the quarterly meetings I have made special visits to all the stations with the missionary in charge, to hold revival meetings. At home services are held morning and evening. Three times a week the street chapel has been opened for preaching. This has made a busy year. The preachers have been very earnest and diligent in their work, and the churches hive enjoyed revival influences the greater part of the year. The results have been greater than we anticipated, far greater than in any preceding year. At F u N in g we began the year in two rooms on the west street, and in the midst of a persecution that assumed the form of a determined attempt to drive us from the city and severely punish our landlord and everyone in any way connected with us. An appeal was finally made to the magistrate, who promptly suppressed the disturbance and commanded the disturbers to come to the chapel, beg pardon, and make peace. Since that time there has been no trouble, and the work has been very prosperous. In the spring more commodious premises were secured on the south street. The congregations have increased, 21 have been admitted to membership by baptism, and 57 probationers are reported.
T‘a i Y in g Circuit seemed almost dead in the enrly part of the year. The preacher was unfaithful, yielded to his wife’s importunity for opium, and became deeply involved in debt. The church was scandalized, and the members were deeply humiliated and grieved. The least we could do was to send him and his family back to their native town. Since that time the church has been revived, and a number of accessions are reported. There are now 32 members and 31 probationers.
C h a n g L i has enjoyed a prosperous year. New premises were rented on the main street in the south suburb, and the large, expensive, but inconveniently situated property in the east suburb was given up. The new site is more convenient and the rent less by one third. There are 84 members and 152 Missionary Report. [1898.
139 probationers. The number of baptisms for the year was 51 adults and 5 children. Ko Po was, until the close of the year, a part of the Chang Li Circuit. A new preaching place was opened a few months ago and added to it. Here after it will appear as a circuit. Nineteen were baptized and received during the year. There are now 41 members and 88 probationers. The three churches of the S h ih M e n C h a i Circuit have increased their membership by over one hundred per cent. The year began with 93 members and 100 probationers; it closes with 188 members and 243 probationers. The contributions of the members rose from 45.52 taels to 94.60 taels, notwithstanding a serious trouble that for a time destroyed the peace of the churches and threatened their existence. Reports affecting the character of the preacher finally culminated in formal charges. Careful investigation showed them to be without foundation or evidence. A chapel-keeper, who had been dismissed from service and expelled from the church without due form of trial, though for abundant and sufficient reasons, maliciously circulated the rumors. Quiet was re stored, and the churches are again peaceful.
T h e C h ie n W ei Church reports 119 members and 200 probationers. Collected for all purposes, 127.72 taels. Early in the year Mr. Longden, Mr. Pyke, and two others went to this place to hold meetings. During the tlays we were there the chapel was crowded, many were deeply interested, and the Lord’s grace was abundant. The influence of these meetings has con tinued, though the church has suffered persecution. I praise the Lord for what he has done in S h a n h a i k u a n . For several years we have labored and prayed without seeing results. The hearts of the people seemed too hard to be melted. We almost lost hope. To our joyful surprise early in the year a change became apparent. A shopkeeper, becoming convinced of the truth, was happily converted, and at once set about telling his employees, business friends, and members of his family the good news, and urging them to go with him to the chapel. A s a result our hitherto almost empty chapel has become so crowded that there is not room for all who come. We must have
A N e w C h a p e l . There is a large vacant building adjoining the present chapel. It only needs floors, windows, and doors to change it into just the chapel we need for some time to come. Two hundred taels, or $150 gold, would enable us to make the repairs necessary. The statistics of the cir cuit for last year and this will show in part the results of the year’s work, though much, no doubt, is the result of the work of previous years that at the time seemed barren. 1898.] North China. 153
Last Year. This Year. M em bers...... 40 75 Probationers...... 19 99 Missionary Collection (taels)...... 3 60 12 00 Collected for Self-support...... 6 40 17 50 Collected for Other Purposes...... 4 20 87 00 There has been much encouraging interest in the
N e w l y O p e n e d P l a c e s . The inquirers are not only diligent in seeking the truth, but also cheerfully subscribe the money needed to rent, repair, and furnish buildings suitable for the services. The sessions of the
D i s t r i c t C o n f e r e n c e s were very helpful. The business was carefully considered in a spirit of harmony and brotherly love, while the devotional and special meetings were attended with much power and blessing, so that all present were filled with joy and hope. We would not be without our District Confer ence. It is both an education and an inspiration. The following is a summary of the most important statistics of this dis trict for the past two years : This Year. Last Year. Increase. M em bers...... 560 316 244 Probationers...... 857 293 564
T otals...... 1,417 609 808 Missionary Collection (taels).. •• 93 30 40 60 52 70 Collected for Self-support...... 136 00 48 80 .87 20 Church Extension...... 2 07 I 93 Collected for Other Purposes. 312 60 29 OO 283 60
Totals (taels)...... 545 9° 120 47 425 43 From the above can be seen to some extent how the Lord has blessed and prospered his work. We praise him for his grace. Statistics of North China Conference, October, 1898.
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1 No. No. 1 I ; I I Debt on Ren] Estate. i ! i i ¿ Peking District. Ch'ang-Ping-Chou...... «... S 1 $200 $ . . . . $ 1 4 ' $0 u $ 3 7c . $ 1 14 $ Uan-Ts'un...... 8S 1 400 3 8 7 i 2 If i 6 ; Huang-Ts'un...... 40 1 150 .... 4 95 1 7 6 2 11 1 i l llsiu-Pao-Au...... 84 7C 1 01 8S . Huai-Lai-Hsien...... 1 4: 7a 3 8E .. 2 10 Ku-Pei-Kou...... i ' 800 2 02 SI 7( . 1 12 Kli-Yün-Hsiea...... 1 2 21 ■' 7( .. .. 5S 5(1 Pa-Choa...... ,s 'i 24 3 94 7< 1 41 1 41 1 Peking: Asbury...... 6 2 6 64! 74! 1701 12,000 30,0 0 0 8,200 7,400 8 1 69 1 6 0 25 1,3 ¿8 76 4 0 94 1 6 3 93 2 8 128 Southern City. .. 2 2 T C 85 1 8,000 2 S2 1 1 9 9 1 ' 4 9 30 1 0 70 3 411 Tiao-Ho-Tou&Ka-Y u-Ching 1 41 . . 35 99 Tuns-An-Hsien ... ¿Ó i "ÍÓÓ 1 SC 1 02 4 9í 99 2 17 Yang-Ko-Chuang...... 1 300 1 4 1 1 IS 99 70 Yen-Ching-Ch'>a...... 20 1 150 6 87 1 65 4 5S 9 4 6 Yung-Cliing...... 250 99 1 . . 5 6 49 • 1 12; T m tnhua District. ! Feng-Jun...... 24 40 16 40 1 3 39 .35 7 32 2 0-3 Ho-Nan-Cliai...... 90 70 9 4 5 5 95 1 4 25 5 00 2 I Ping-au-Ching...... 90 20; 20 90 2 “ èòò 1 3 86 1 2S 1 5 01 1 5 87 8 67 IS ..1 .. 5 50 j 1 8ha-Liu-Ho...... 100 171 10 90 2 1,250 * ’ ¿50 2 1 8 2 1 61 27 23 8 70 2 92 ..I 29 31 24 Tang-Y ü ...... 10 1 100 1 Ti‘eh Chang...... 1 1 i" 16 ,0 0 0 Tgunhaa ...... 140 8 150 2 5,ÓÓÓ 9 ,0 0 0 SO ¿ 2 8 61 4 5 1 3 3 9 21 .. 1 0 20! 2< 411 2| 5 97 Tsanhua Circuit...... 80 251 26 1 50 '2 1 0 90 5 6 5 9 1 1 4 51 R Si 36 2 Yu-T‘ien...... 60 8 82 1 100 9 09 82 1 2 27 4 5S 4 OS 14' Lxncfiou District. Lancliou...... 1 100 100 14 50 1 2,000 1 1 5 84 1 2 1 7 1 79 12 02 1 20' 1 2 21 An-Ko-Chuang ...... 1 :i 100 100 10 100 1 400 250 21 84 1 2 61 1 11 *4¡ 11 21 2, 25 Chén-Tzu-Chén...... I 1 30 30 48 10 80 i 9 1 5 7 75 71 2: 2 0j Chien-Au...... 1 120 120 29. 11 50 i 1,2ÓÒ ¿ÓÓ 10 79 1 6 90 “ i 49 •2 ¿¡i 4i li IU; Lao-T‘in g ...... 2 15 15 74 22 40 i 2 1 1 3 1 6 76 5 ! 1 5Í Pèn-Chèng...... 2 70 70 4S 15 90 i 30 a 28 03: 1 2 80 1 IS 2 2!» 1 2 0 !. Yi-An...... 1 50 50 44: 5 145 1 1 0 9 8 1 2 51 99 40 17: 1 SkanhaUcunn District. - Ch‘ang-Li...... 51| 5 70 2 1 7 61 IS 59 4 6 48 1 Chien-Wei...... •71j 19 80 5 63 1 7 3 2 6 1 OS 1 3 1 Fu-Ning...... 21 60 i 7 04 6 34 6 34 Ka-Po...... 19| 50 .... 8 4 5 « 8(1 1 1 27 1 Shanhaiknan...... 87Í 15 75 i 1,200 8 4 5 1 2 32 1 4 1 61 27 ! V? Shih-Men-Ckai...... 80 89 250 2 450 i 1 1 62 2 S 1 7 1 4 1 2 5 42 12 T-ai-Ying...... 7 30 4 93 4 23 4 93 Tientsin District. An Chia...... 60 1 300 8 1 1 0 0 6 23 7 S9 Clii Ning...... 85 1 1,100 1 10(1 3 99 7 69 Li T'an...... 20 i 2 IS 2 82 1 55 3 ? 14 Nan Kang...... 2 "ÓÒÓ 1 1 0 0 1 25 1 18 Ning Yang...... Í2 1 T‘ai A n ...... 60 i ’ ‘9ÓÓ 1 1 10 0 S 4 5 2 11 1 4 45 Tai Oh‘eng...... 80 1 1 1 0 0 2 21 4 7S - 1 07 9 1 8 Tung Ping Choa...... 1 1 76 Yen Shan...... 100 1 3 76 6 4 0 i 00 Wesley and Feng-Ghcn.. .. 12,000 5 85,000. 1 4 .0 0 0 .... 6 6 8 4 8 59 8 4 51 939 62 1 SO 1 2 1 6 2 4 8 1 2 1 West City Circuit...... 1 .. 4,000 'i 1 ,0 0 0 1 0 56 4 .9 8 8 2 89 5 9S; 4 ftS 1 96 1 2 54 2 92 1 13 . Wang Chia Kou ...... 1 Total...... 18 15 13 16 81 48,85 5 42 765 8788 2904 2682 S24 887 46 4167 87 $49,080 84 26 82,850! 27.2 0 0 A.150 4 9 5 21 8 5 22 780 07 1.459 2911322 71 ¡34 29 4 5 1 0 5 47 623 71ÍI 2 6 6 Last year...... ¡1814 13 17 19 4444 4 D2l ..18514 2027 2762 666258 468967 88 49,060 87 2 6 82,860! 27 .2 0 0 3.150 4 8 0 96' 4 0 48 5 7 3 69 561 52 227 5136 30 4 6 SO 4S 577 SÍ22 356 N o t* .—In Peking, Anbury, are 1 medi«U school, 3 profewora, II students; 1 college, 7 professors, 10 students; 1 Indus- trial school! S teachers, 8 pupils; and 1 theological school, with 11 pupils. Compared with last year this is a decrease of 2 profetsors Iu the medical college, an increase of Sit students in the college, and a decrease of 15 pupils in the industrial school. 1 1 56 Missionary Report. [1898.
WEST CHINA. Bishop Cranston has Episcopal Supervision. Dr. A. y. Palmer is Secretary in Charge.
T h e West China Mission was commenced in 1 8 8 1 . It in cludes West China with its central station at Chungking, in the province of Szchuen.
M issionaries . Rev. H. Olin Cady and Mrs. Hattie Y. Cady, Harry L. Canright, M.D., and Mrs. Margaret M. Canright, Rev. James O. Curnow and Mrs. Jennie E. Curnow, Rev. Spencer Lewis and Mrs. Esther B. Lewis, Rev. W. Edward Manly and Mrs. Florence B. Manly, Jas. H. McCartney, M.D., and Mrs. Sarah K. McCart ney, Rev. Quincy A. Myers and Mrs. Cora L. Myers, Rev. Jacob F. Peat and Mrs. Emily M. Peat. W. F. M. S.— Miss Clara J. Collier, Miss Helen R. Galloway, Miss Fannie E. Meyer, Miss Grace Todd. Rev. Spencer Lewis, superintendent, reports as follows:
PART OF T5Ty It is with un SZCHUEN JTi feigned gratitude PROVINCE. Sichuan Pachd ¡Tougkiangf to God that we Changming/ 0 Ctangshi , review the lov A 'u \ \ Chitoug “Zoning Chan eicheo * v \ ^u^oyklieuQh^o (cHiloug ing mercy and enchu&n \ l/ J n, LanpuV MienchuhfS ^Luhchdng yVeutin gracious guid Bhip^S|^g 0s " \ 4 huau ance which has \ jChonScfiaiig \siehoDg Shitong Tsououlnp Shifan ^Kjngfang 5KU ✓ been vouchsafed TaihokinV o-fitsu jwrWelichang to us in the year TaiS_U i ^Chentu ¿a ilin g c just spent. It cC h o n » U^ SinkingY r Kiench' Lohchi has b e e n the 9Pakiaui Chiyang iocheo < most successful Nganiohj Tongliang Chang 'Meicheo^ cE cn *° Tsicheo ^ Tatso Q year in the his oSifusi iugsin Pisan® ^ ianSPel/ * >u^e<>'f tory of the Mis Llin^iarig 1 Kiatfiang Weiuen fcjufg Chungking sion. On account D^ei f °long UiucUuao , iating jungcljaag of reduced ap 'uhsuin/ Sansm sf propriations the ^Peiotii rsienwei fv Our growth in membership and in contributions is very encouraging. There is an increase of 30 per cent in members, 120 per cent in probation ers, 40 per cent in church attendance, 42 per cent in adult baptisms, 45 per cent in the number of Sabbath scholars, 168 per cent in contributions for missions, and 94 per cent in self-support. The total increase in con tributions is 79 per cent. There is a slight decrease in the number of pupils in day and high schools, and a decrease of two in the number of preachers. Our increase in the number of members and probationers would have been larger, except that the disturbed state of the country prevented the holding of three of the last Quarterly Conferences. My wife and I have traveled over 2,000 miles and been away from our home six months of the year. During the latter part of the summer and the early autumn we spent several weeks in the mountains in the north western part of the province. Our terminus was Sungpan, the northern most city in Szchuen. It is interesting as being one of the gateways to the closed land of Tibet, and the base of mission work among the Tibet ans. We visited a Tibetan monastery, slept under a Tibetan tent, climbed a pass thirteen or fourteen thousand feet high and near the lines of the eternal snows, and feasted our eyes on some of the sublimest scenery in the world. The Tibetans are a sturdy, independent race, and well worth the saving, but the task would require a vigorous constitution and the en durance of hardships far exceeding those of ordinary missionary life. We regret to be compelled to close the record of the year with news of riots and persecution of Christians. In March a midnight attack was made on a place which we had just rented in the neighboring city of Kiangpeh, a medical student being murdered and another having a harrow escape of his life. The case is not yet settled, but we have indemnity for losses and compensation for the wife and mother of the murdered man, both now widows, and we hold the deeds of the property where the attack was made. About the middle of September a riot occurred at Hocheo, resulting in the driving out of our native workers and some of the native Christians. This riot was inspired by an outlaw, who for the last few weeks has been ravaging a large region of country. Our native preacher at Suiling has also taken refuge at Chungking, and the workers and Christians on the Tsicheo Circuit are in much peril. Chungking and Chentu have been threatened, but God has mercifully kept us from riot. Armed bands to the number of thousands are pillaging, burning, and murdering, their aim being nothing less than the extirpation of the “ foreign religion.” They will not succeed, for God has gracious purposes for this people and will perform that which he pleaseth. Rev. J. O. Curnovv reports as follows: On October 8, 1897, we started on our return to our field. On February 10, 1898, I reached Chentu to attend the Annual Meeting as requested by Bishop Joyce. Fourteen thousand miles, or more, were thus covered in four months. 1898.] West China. 159 This year we were detailed to open a central district. We have made three voyages into the new country. The first time we stayed but a short time at Suiling, our new center. We opened negotiations for a house. Hostility soon appeared. Some lead ing business men seized our teacher, drank tea and smoked at his expense, and compelled him to write out an engagement never again to lead any foreigners to rent or buy property in this place. The official compelled the offenders to apologize and return the illegal document within two hours of our complaint. On our second visit we stayed ten weeks, living in our hospital boat. Superintendent Lewis visited us during this time. We tried to conclude a bargain for a house, but failed. The third attempt to visit our district was cut short at Hocheo, where we, in our boat, were attacked. Toward evening our premises were damaged, and the Romanist place burnt. For some months past marauders have been disturbing the neighboring central districts of this province. Their quarrel commenced with the Roman Catholics. Their avowed object now is to drive out all foreigners, scatter the native Christians, and destroy or confiscate their property. This attack at ^locheo was the direct outcome of their evil influence. Suiling and adjoining districts are so much disturbed with these bands as to prevent any work for the present. We must therefore apply ourselves to other parts of our field while waiting the pacification of the people disturbed. During the year we have temporarily constituted a church class, got into order a Sabbath school, and until now regular work in the day school and street chapel has been sustained. In the school Western studies have been initiated. Three principal journeys into the neighboring districts have been made by our native preacher, Chen Yuen Heo, and I and my family have visited places on the rivers between Suiling and Chungking. Many inquiries after Western education have been put to us by scholars. We have encouraged these inquirers. Our hearts have been cheered with widening interest in the truth and most of all by the growing faith of a few persons. The two members were received by transfer. The probationers are those received during the year. One of these showed his faith before being received on proba tion by publicly taking down his idolatrous shrine, and himself scraping off the paper door-god, while his wife and friends resented his action. This man also gave up Sunday earnings. Others are growing in the same way, but as the work is incipient a fuller account of results is reserved until time shall prove them lasting. From the statistics it will be seen we seek to instill ideas of self-help, in contributing to church funds, from the very start of the work. The num ber of day scholars is less because several would not engage to study the distinctly Christian books. The foregoing shows our hindrances have been serious, yet interest has been awakened. The most conspicuous victories are those over vigorous ï6o Missionary Report. [1898. foes. Our troubles will but emphasize our triumph. We believe iu our ultimate success. Our God will give it. Our needs are consecrated effort, sustained by believing, persistent prayer, and adequate funds now so conspicuously wanting. Who will help? C h u n g k i n g S t a t i o n — Q. A. Myers in Charge. The church here is growing. The net annual increase in membership is 35- The year began with a list of 31 probationers. To this 58 have been added, making a total of 89. Of these 27 have been baptized and ad mitted to full membership, 9 have been dropped from the record, and 1 has died during the year. This leaves 52 probationers still on the roll, and shows a net increase of 21. At the beginning of the year the full membership numbered 92, com posed of 83 natives and 9 foreigners. During this period 27 natives have been baptized and admitted, and 4 have been received by certificate. This makes a total of 123. Of this number 4 have been expelled, 5 have died, and 8 (6 natives and 2 foreigners) have been given certificates. This leaves at the close of the period under review 99 native and 7 foreign members—a total of 106—and shows a net increase of 14. Besides this list of 158 members and probationers who have taken their stand for Christ, and have had their names recorded on our church books, we still have a number of inquirers of different grades, who, for various reasons, are still standing at the very door of Gospel privileges. On the other hand we may have included on our record a few names that would be difficult to find if we had access to the book of life. The work of the year is not all set forth in figures. The contributions this year have advanced considerably over previous years. For the purpose of renting a street chapel in the lower part of the city and supporting a native preacher there, the church here has con tributed 118.88 taels. Of this sum, however, 41.05 taels was given by the foreign members of the church, leaving 77.83 taels as the native contribu tion for this work. On the 15th of the eighth moon the general thanksgiving and mis sionary service was held as usual. In response to the request for a mis sionary collection the sum of 23.54 taels was received. This included 10 taels, contributed by foreigners. The remainder, 13.54 taels, is a gift of the native church. The other contributions are as follows: For the poor, 9.48 taels; for janitor, lights, etc., 10.85 taels; for Sunday school supplies, etc., 16.07 taels; for communion and love feast supplies, 2.57 taels. There is no way to ascertain exactly what proportion of these sums is the gift of our foreign community. Probably half foreign and half native would not be far from correct. On this basis, then, we have a total for the year of 181.39 taels, of which 70.53 taels comes from foreigners, leaving 110.86 taels as the total contribution of the native church. At present the highest salary paid to any native worker in our mission is 70 taels. This church can support its own pastor, paying the highest salary, and have then 40.86 1898.] West China. 161 taels left for general work without any reference to the contributions by foreign members. The average attendance in the Sunday school last year was 172. This year’s reports show an average attendance of 236, an increase of 64. The teaching force has necessarily been increased. The report for the last quarter of the year shows that 24 teachers are employed in this work. Young people who have had the privilege of a Christian education are largely used here, and are thus better qualified for more extensive service in the great cause. The membership of the church is divided into eight classes. Each class meets regularly once a week. Some are studying the Catechism. Others take up the Articles of Religion and the General Rules and give them special attention. One class has been engaged for part of the year on Christian evidences, meeting twice a week. In the regular meetings but a part of the hour is taken up with these subjects. The remainder of the time is given to testimony and prayer. These class meetings are be coming more and more effective in the upbuilding of Christian character, and in constituting a means through which strangers are introduced to the church. Probationers are received only on the recommendation of the leaders’ and stewards’ meeting. Candidates must be known to some class before they are taken as probationers. All our regular services have been well attended. Indeed we have had some talk as to the possible necessity of soon enlarging our seating capacity. Quite a number of outsiders attend our meetings with a fair amount of regularity. The Lord is working here, and the church is being better fitted for the greater responsibilities of the future. C h u n g k in g M e d ic a l W o r k .—J. H. McCartney, M.D., in Charge. The past year has been the most fruitful in souls won for the Master in the history of the medical work in Chungking. Several have been taken on probation, and quite a number have been baptized into the church who were the direct fruits of the medical work. Much sorrow and many dis appointments have fallen to our lot during the year, but knowing that God never does things wrong we are able to say, “ Thy will, not mine, be done.” Our greatest sorrow came when Tang Hsi I, our brightest and most promising medical student, was cruelly murdered by a midnight mob who became angered because we had succeeded in renting a house against their wishes, and took this way of ridding themselves of the foreigner. The story of the murder has been told, and it need not be repeated here; suffice it to say that he was probably the first martyr given by the Meth odist Episcopal Church for the redemption of China. After over six months the case is still unsettled, with the exception of the money indem nity (half of which goes to the mother and wife and the other half to the work) which has been turned over to the United States consul. The place which we rented, together with all the adjoining property, has been turned over to the Mission. We are now waiting for the proper punishment of the instigators before a final settlement. After several years dispensing in n 162 Missionary Report. [1898. this city, up to the time of Tang Hsi I’s death, there had never been any spirftual awakening manifested. The next quarterly meeting following his murder two or three were taken on probation from the city and dis trict. Truly the blood of the martyrs will become the seed of the Church ! There is no doubt that an interesting work awaits us when things are finally settled. Our work has been greatly interfered with in more ways than one, and in consequence we are not able to give as numerically large report as last year. Taking into consideration the many obstacles which have been thrown in our way it is by far the most successful year which we have had. First, the disturbance at Kiang Peh in March necessitated the closing of the dis pensary, which has not yet been opened ; second, the absence of Dr. Wool- sey from the field for eight months out of twelve has made it impossible to carry on much itinerating w ork; and, last, the looting of our property in Hocheo. In our last report we mentioned the successful opening of medi cal work in that city by Dr. Leow, one of our Chungking graduates. This work had been most successful until the antichristian disturbances in other places began to make themselves felt in Hocheo. After this he could get no in-patients and very few out-patients. This went on until the property was wrecked by a mob about the middle of September. In the beginning of the year we had promises of a much more successful year than last, but owing to a charge of 20 cash for out-patients (fixed by Annual Meeting) our out-patients have fallen off one half. The anti christian riots have taken place in the district from which we usually re ceive the largest number of in-patients. These disturbances have, of course, materially affected the number of in-patients. The out-patients for the year number about twenty-five thousand, a falling off from last year of about thirteen thousand ; the in-patients over seven hundred, a decrease of about one hundred. The teaching of medical students has gone on as heretofore, one class each day. The most of them are making satisfactory progress. One was murdered, and one discharged during the year, and one new man taken on. The money raised on the field from the Chinese is more than in all previous years combined. For instance, the four lead ing officials have given us between' four and five hundred taels. We ex pect to raise on the field nearly one thousand taels before the end of the year. The amount raised locally together with the customs salary makes our entire medical work self-supporting. Our great need is increased hos pital accommodations, and we trust that it may not be long before we shall be able to meet the demand. The work among women is very encouraging. A large per cent of the women who have received treatment in the hospital have become inter ested in the truth. We find them more attentive and more ready to learn the character when taught than the men. We hope the Woman’s For eign Missionary Society will soon send a lady physician and provide a hos pital for this needy work. 1898.] West China. S t a t i s t i c s . Hospital: Chungking, in-patients, men and women...... 721 Hocheo (branch) in-patients, men and women...... 76 797 Number o f operations: Chungking...... 1,024 Hocheo...... 187 Number of professional calls : Chungking...... *,405 Hocheo...... 168 2,784 Moneys received on field : Donations (taels)...... 1,500 Customs salary (taels)...... 858 2,358 Visited at dispensary: Hocheo...... 7,9S7 Chungking: Si-pau K i ...... 14,731 Tiao Murkio...... 4,108 K iang P eh...... 790 Seen on journeys...... 1,500 / 29,116 C h u n g k in g In s t it u t e .— W . E. Manly in Charge. The people of China are beginning to comprehend the utility of Western education. The higher classes, nurtured though they have been in the antiquated doctrines of Confucius, are questioning the value of this knowl edge. Many of them are openly condemning it as incomplete. The em peror’s proclamation in regard to foreign studies has profoundly affected the public mind. He ordered that literary degrees and official preferment should no longer be given for a successful essay on some passage from the ancient classics, but that questions on science and practical subjects should constitute the test. Immediately hundreds of scholars in Chung king, heretofore almost wholly ignorant of our common branches, were eager to learn mathematics and other sciences. Now that the country is so disturbed attention is somewhat withdrawn from the subject. But the majority of intelligent people accept the revolution in learning as final. If it had been considered best the school could have been filled to over flowing with students from the upper ranks of society. It did not seem wise to take in such a number of older students whose aims are not ours and whose influence would secularize the school. Nevertheless the inci dent gave us a vivid sense of our position. Our school is in the forefront of the educational movement that will sooner or later prevail in China, and we are here with the Bible as our standard. The past year has been one of special disturbance, rioting, and rebel lion. Christians— Catholic and Protestant—are being persecuted as never before in West China. Naturally this is affecting attendance of students, many who would gladly avail themselves of opportunity of instruction being afraid to connect themselves with the Church in any way. Hence the total enrollment has not increased above that of last year, though there Missionary Report. [1898. has been much more notice taken of our work by outsiders. Old students have continued in attendance with very few exceptions, and in these cases relatives have taken them away quite against their wishes. The longer they study in the school the more they desire to finish the course. The first, second, and third classes are all Christians, and some give promise of becoming useful helpers in the native church. Already they are assisting in Sunday school and preaching in the vicinity. All students pursue Bible studies through every year of the course, simultaneously taking up Chinese classics and Western sciences. The grade of scholarship is ad vancing. The photographic department of industrial work has yielded a net in come of two hundred taels for the year. Its object is primarily to assist the school financially, and, secondly, to furnish employment to some who do not care to devote themselves entirely to intellectual pursuits. During the present year lack of money has necessitated turning away all applicants not self-supporting. This has been a decided change in policy. Pre viously each year there have been new additions, supported by school funds, but short allowances have rendered that impossible this year. It is encouraging to note that in spite of this fact the enrollment has not de creased. The most desirable applicants are often those in need of finan cial aid. Our day schools are attended principally by poor boys, yet many prove worthy of help to a higher education. The results of day school teaching are scattered unless the best of these pupils can enter the insti tute. So more money for scholarships would make it possible to receive more boys desirous of the benefits of a Christian education, who would bring credit upon the Church by their faithful work hereafter. Educa tional mission work, with Christ as the source of all wisdom, and his ways the highest study, is sure to bring its rewards in well-established, well-equipped characters to act as leaders in the redemption of their race. W o m a n ’s F o r e ig n M is s io n a r y S o c ie t y . Miss Helen R. Galloway reports the work in Chungkin as follows: The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society workers are only three this year, as one of our number, Miss Collier, was appointed to Chentu at our last Annual Meeting, at which time our own appointments were as follows: Misses Meyer and Todd to the Girls' Boarding School and myself to Day Schools for Women and Girls. We have been made happy over the un usual interest manifested in each of these departments. Good work has been done by the pupils in each of these schools, and, notwithstanding the fact that rumors here, and riots in many other places, and a general feeling of unrest have been the normal condition of the people of this province for some months, we have had most encouraging additions to our schools. One Bible woman has been doing faithful service, and another very prom ising young woman is in training and will begin work with the new year* We are as yet unable to do much house-to-house work, but are hoping that at least two deaconesses may be sent this autumn who may soon 1898.] West China. be able to enter these now open doors. Many interesting cases might be spoken of, but space forbids. Our hearts and hands are full of work for the Master, and he is greatly blessing our labors. God is setting his seal of approval upon deaconess work in West China. T sic h eo C ir c u it — H. Olin Cady in Charge. This circuit roughly embraces the territory along the “ Great Road ” halfway from Chentu to Chungking and extending north and east of this road toward Suiling. Within these bounds are six walled and two un walled cities. Beginning $^am Chentu, along the “ Great Road,” they are Lung Chien E , Chien Cheo,Yang Hsien, Lan Gin E, Tsicheo, and Lui Chiang Hsien, while to the east of the “ Road ” are Loh Chi Hsien and An Yoh Hsien. Subject to each of the walled cities are from forty to sixty market towns with the adjacent farming country and population. Lui Chiang and An Yoh (each distant five days’ journey) are the farthest cities from Chentu. The population of this circuit is probably larger than that within the bounds of any English-speaking Conference in the home land, and there are no other Protestant missions working this circuit. A year ago we had on the circuit a rented hall and a preacher at Tsi cheo and no (/ther members, probationers, or inquirers. We now have at Tsicheo, 4 full members, 11 probationers, and 9 inquirers. These in quirers are enrolled and are regularly taught so that they have a fair idea of what will be expected of them as probationers and members. We de sire before they are received as probationers that they shall have a genuine desire to be saved. Brother Chang is the local preacher here. We are glad for the blessings he has received, but more and greater are wanted- Would that more of God’s children would pray for our Chinese preachers! In March of this year a small place was rented at Chien Cheo with money contributed by the church at Chentu, and Brother Ho, another local preacher, stationed there. There are now here 2 full members, 5 probationers, and several inquirers. One day’s journey down the road is Yang Hsien. The place being on the direct road is visited by myself and Brother Ho as we travel the circuit. We hope some way next year to open regular work in that city. A little off the main road, and distant from Yang Hsien or Tsicheo a day in the country, is Tien-goo-chiao, where dwell a numerous family or clan of Wu. Various members of this clan had, in other cities where they were em ployed, heard of and accepted Christ. In visits to their old home they had told the story and scattered the seed, though none there had definitely accepted Christ. I visited the place in March for the first time, spending several days, and when on Sunday I asked the company that were gathered in the court of one of the houses if any would give up idols and serve God, seventeen, mostly women, responded. From that day the work has gone on. Idols have been publicly burned, persecution endured, and others have joined them so that now there are here 14 probationers and 21 inquirers. At the first communion season a company of ten (partly women with 1 6 6 Missionary Report. [1898. small feet) walked over twenty-five miles to Tsicheo to be present. That will hot be forgotten by those present. Brother Lewis and wife and Brother Myers were present. Forty testified at the morning love feast; the first loye feast that the majority had ever attended. During the day three were baptized and received into full membership. The people at Tien-goo-chiao are poor, and none have a room of any kihd that will hold the company that gather for worship. Brothers Chang and Ho each visit the place once a month. The little band are planning to build a little church. I have promised to duplicate what they give. I expect some of the Lord’s stewards to help me£o keep the promise. For the successful working of this circuit more colporteurs and local preachers are needed. Where they can be found I do not know. We pray the Lord to send them; meanwhile I seek to encourage each Chris tian to strive to win his family and neighbors. There are no schools on the circuit. We ought to have a school at each of the three places where we now have Christians. We plan to have them next year, but where the money will come from is not now apparent. There is no school at all in the Tien-goo-chiao neighborhood. Any school would be a benefit, how much more a Christian school. Would that some who read this might be moved to establish schools in the different parts of this field ; schools where Christ should be taught the children as well as the common studies of a Chinese school. C h e n t u S c h o o l s .—H. Olin Cady in Charge. During the past year we have had two schools, a primary and an intermediate. The primary school has had an enrollment of 46, with a monthly average of 28. Some boys can only come a few months, but the majority have been with us for the year. In this school the most of the text-books are distinctively Christian, the others are of the Chinese classics. Almost every boy is from a heathen home, some of them having interested their parents in Christ by their telling at home what they had learned at school. The enrollment of the intermediate school has been 25, with a monthly average of 16. In this school, besides continuing the Christian books and classics, instruction is given in mental and written arithmetic and geog raphy. Poverty of the parents is a great drawback to this school. The boys must help their parents as soon as they can earn anything or can learn a trade. The brighter the boy, the more apt is he to be taken out and put to learning a trade. A high school, with some help for the boys, with the prospect of an education that would fit them for earning their living when the course was completed, would be a stimulus to this school. Such a high school would meet the wants of many from families of some means, for there are many young men who are anxious to obtain a knowledge of Western science and history. I have received as many as twenty applications from such in one week. Of course they would not think of entering a school for small boys, and some of them would not stay in any school I898.J West China. 167 when they found that Western learning meant hard study. Yet with a suitable building and apparatus and good teachers we could get and maintain a school of ever-increasing influence. Here is an opportunity for some one to assist in a great work by a special gift for ground and buildings for a school of high grade in this the greatest educational center in western China. Mrs. Cady has rendered very efficient help in the schools, especially during my long trips on the Tsicheo Circuit. Rev. J. F. Peat, of.Chentu, reports: We began the year by preparing for the Annual Meeting, which was to meet at Chentu for the first time, and which brought us so rich a blessing. Early in the year we were enabled to open a street chapel, in which our members have helped a great deal in bearing witness to the truth and power of the Gospel. The street chapel is not only a place where the Gospel is told to great numbers of people, but the developing process is being carried on, which tends to show us who are likely to be called to preach. The regular preaching services have been well attended by orderly and attentive audiences. The membership has been divided into five classes, which meet weekly for instruction, prayer, and encouragement. A class was formed for the purpose of teaching the women to read the Bible, which met in some cases with very good success. During our Annual Meeting session daily revival services were held, in which many found the Lord to be a present and loving Saviour. Real salvation and desecration of God’s holy temple cannot be joined together. When some of our women began feeling the love of Christ they began unbinding their feet. The process of unbinding is so painful that one woman was confined to her bed for several days, and when she came out was little better than a cripple for a fortnight. During the year a young man came to us through the influence of books which were distributed at the last triennial examinations which were held here. He took hold of Christ by faith from the very first, and after knowing that his sins were forgiven he began praying for others, notably the Tibetans and his aged father and mother. He is now one of the bright lights that cannot be hid. M e d ic a l W o r k in C h e n t u .—H. L. Canright, M.D., in Charge. “ Be not weary in welldoing ” has been my English motto for the year. I have tried day by day not to be weary—not to get tired in caring for the ailments of all these people with whom it has been my privilege to come in contact. I have tried to do my best with each individual whether his trouble was trivial or serious. My Chinese moito has been to “ open my mouth for the Lord,” and I have often felt the Holy Spirit’s guidance in speaking words of comfort, counsel, admonition, or warning. This has been a pleasure as well as a duty since the language has become more familiar to my ear arid tongue. l68 Missionary Report. [1898. I am thankful for evidence that these words have not been spoken in vairr, for over a dozen people have come about us this year and put down their names as inquirers through the influence of the medical work. More than half of them we believe have a saving knowledge of Jesus, and one, we think, has already gone to heaven. This is the first year since I came to China that I have reported a full year’s work. I have scarcely missed a day from my regular clinic during the year closing September 30, 1898. Since January I have seen patients every day except Sunday and have only been absent from my post one day since then. This bespeaks for us exceptional blessings of health and strength, for which we are truly thankful. The statistics for the year are as follows : Total number of dispensary patients treated, 3,100, all but 50 of whom paid the 20 cash registra tion fee. Total number of visits to dispensary, 11,214. Smallest number of patients seen any one day, 20 ; largest number seen any one day, 135 ; average daily attendance, 48. Total number of in-patients, 115 . Of these 27 came to break off the opium habit. The remainder, with the exception of 5, were surgical cases. Opium suicide cases attended, 7 ; obstetric cases, only 4. For the last two months part of the province has been in an alarm ing state of unrest owing to rumors of rebellion. These rumors affected the people of the capital to such an extent that it was thought best to close the dispensary during the last ten days of September, for fear the crowds of patients might attract crowds of bad people who would be glad to stir up trouble. Hospital work continued as usual. A s the rumors soon became less dispensing was resumed as usual daily. Statistics of W est China Mission, 1898. s J So *1 . CL, Pk O * T” •e CIRCUIT OR 0 a 3 C i c g o ■£ •gS e STATION. j i s ► £ 3 § S 1 X * "f“ & P j| O 2 t f i ! l I s i f f ¿¡> fc ¡ 2 6 ¡2 I t s —— — — — $ Chungking . 5 5 8 1 8 106 52 2,000 10,680 7?550 Chenta...... 8 8 1 1 1 85' 26 1,800 4,480 8,040 Suiting...... 1 1 1 2 7 Hocheo...... 2 15; 17 Tsicheo...... 2 6 : 80 Total...... 9 9 4 2 9 9 1 64 182 727 231 6 475 8.800 S' 15,060 10.590 LaBt year. 9 9 4 2 11 8127; 60 515 258 3 828 8,800 8; 15,060 10.590 N o t e .— $25.88 vi as collected for Missionaiy Society, $146.37 for self-support, $14.44 for other local purposes. I/O Missionary Report. [1898. NORTH INDIA. Bishop Thoburn 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 organized as a Conference December 8, 1864. M issionaries . Rev. W. W. Ashe, M.D., and Mrs. Christine C. Ashe, Rev. Charles L. Bare and Mrs. Susan W. Bare, Rev. John W. Blackstock and Mrs. Lydia G. Blackstock, Rev. Lewis A. Core and Mrs. Mary K. Core, Rev. S. S. Pease, M.D., Rev. Joseph H. Gill and Mrs. Mary E. Gill, Rev. George C. Hewes and Mrs. Annie B. Hewes, Rev. J. L. Humphrey, M.D., and Mrs. Nancy B. Humphrey, Rev. Samuel Knowles and Mrs. Knowles, Rev. William A. Mansell and Mrs. Florence P. Mansell, Rev. James II. Messmore, Rev. F. L. Neeld, D.D., and Mrs. Emma A. Neeld, Rev. E. W. Parker, D.D., and Mrs. Lois S. Parker, 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. J. B. Thomas and Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, Rev. D. L. Thoburn, Rev. J. N. West and Mrs. West, Mrs. Helen J. Wilson. In the United States : Rev. J. W. Waugh, D.D., and Mrs. Jane T. Waugh, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Messmore. W. F. M. S.—Misses Annie Budden, Margaret Carver, Ruth H. Collins, Kate O. Curts, Jennie M. Dart, M.D., Celeste Easton, S. A. Easton, Martelle Elliot, Fannie M. English, Delia A. Fuller, Lily D. Greene, Eva M. Hardie, Louisa Heafer, Elizabeth Hoge, Theresa J. Kyle, Christine Lawson, I. Grace Loper, Alice Means, Mary Means, Marion Newton, Florence L. Nichols, Mary Reed, Fannie Scott, Rue E. Sellers, Martha A. Sheldon, M.D., Isabella Thoburn, Flora M. Widdifield, Mary E. Wilson. In the United States : Mary Bryan, M.D. A n n u a l M e e t i n g . The North India Conference met at Lucknow, January 5—11, 1898, Bishop Thoburn presiding. Stephen S. Dease was received from the Northwest India Conference. H. L. Roscoe was transferred to the Puget Sound Conference, and J. T. Robertson to the Northwest India Confer ence. There were reported 16,019 members, 18,127 probationers, and 36,695 Sunday school scholars. During the year there were 2,757 adults and 2,443 children baptized. B a r e i l l y D i s t r i c t .— E . W . Parker, P. E. This district contains a population of about 2,500,000 and covers a very large area. The work is carefully organized so that every village is regu larly visited, the converts instructed, the children taught, and services and Sunday schools held. This organization consists of 20 circuits, and these are again divided into 112 subcircuits. The circuits are under the charge of experienced men, 17 of whom are Hindustani ministers, and 3 are for 1898.] North India. eign missionaries. The subcircuits are usually under the direct charge of local preachers and exhorters, and their work is directed by the preacher in charge of the regular circuit. Under the subpastor is a class leader for each village, who also aids much in the work. The register of the preacher in charge is carefully kept in such a man ner as to give him a knowledge of every individual Christian within his circuit, and a knowledge of the arrangement of the work of the subpas tor, so that he is able to know on what particular day the subpastor will be present for services in any particular village. The register of the sub pastor is arranged by villages, so that he knows the home and condition of every one of his converts and inquirers, and, as a rule, his plan of work enables him to visit weekly each village where,Christians or inquirers reside. Some distant villages however are not visited as often. The subpastor in his visitations teaches the people the simple truth of Christianity, teaches them to pray and sing, and holds a little service adapted to their ability ; endeavoring to lead each individual to take some part in the service. The register of the subpastor is also so arranged that it is a diary, and under each village an entry is made of each visitation to the village, with the number of persons present, and services held. Whenever the preacher in charge visits the village he also enters in this register the date of his visit and services held. A collection book is also arranged giving each head of a family in the circuit, and showing what each should pay toward the pastor’s support and what each really does pay. In this way we are faithfully teaching our people to support their pastors and are trying to secure something from every bread-earner. The special work of the class leader is to collect his people as often as possible for prayer and fellowship services. As they live near together in one square we are trying to establish the custom of a short prayer service 172 Missionary Report. [1898. every evening. The leaders also aid in securing the collections, in lead ing the people to give up some old customs and become real Christians in every respect. In some of these circuits there are as many as from sixty to one hundred of these leaders. At our first quarterly meetings for this year special services were held at each place, and earnest efforts were made to secure the attendance of all the class leaders and others of the villagers for these services, and to inspire new zeal in the cause of the Master. Special efforts were also made to teach the subpastors and teachers how best to do their work, and to lead them into greater efficiency and usefulness in this work. After this round of quarterly meetings we held a workers’ meeting at a central place, and all the important phases of our work and of our difficulties were thor oughly canvassed, and all were made stronger by thus praying and coun seling together for a week. A little later in the hot-weather months a general meeting for presiding elders and preachers in charge of the two Conferences in Northwest India especially engaged in Hindustani work was convened at Shahjahanpur within the bounds of this district. The object of this meeting was to secure uniformity and efficiency of administration in all our circuits. The following table of formulated facts will show the plan and extent of the circuits of this district more fully than several pages of description could d o : 1 & 1 I I t* 1 NAME. h 1 ! i ! I •s s 1 'S 'S ó l i i ó c Whole Whole No. Christians. fe; Villages Worked. 1 p 1 1 ‘A Ä í A onla...... 8 102 88 159 122 340 292 472 1,114 30 10 131 8 Bareilly...... 2 42 42 62 100 5'J8 235 307 1,140 20 24 184 233 Bhamora...... 4 Ml 77 20 50 (Mi 200 148 414 24 4 50 20 Bilsi...... 12 116 ÍI8 43 49 119 792 491 1,403 43 8 104 21 Bisauli...... 11 110 110 396 637 527 499 5 19 1,545 105 6 105 6 Binawar...... 3 62 62 43 40 186 83 243 612 33 3 40 Budaon ...... 8 46 45 45 60 184 360 328 872 32 16 255 253 Dataganj...... 5 92 82 42 24 120 536 119 775 30 4 52 Farid pur...... 7 65 65 60 75 223 64 63 450 65 3 31 Í2 Jalalabad...... 5 79 61 69 35 77 201 109 387 13 3 59 Kakrala...... 6 90 (58 63 200 258 205 260 723 30 3 117 25 Khera Bajhera...... 5 30 23 18 20 35 89 96 230 6 3 14 24 Miranpur Kathra...... 5 62 42 64 40 110 145 111 372 42 4 49 3 Panabpur...... 1 44 4 33 15 113 79 85 277 7 3 54 12 Pawayan...... 6 «4 94 63 57 184 115 146 445 45 3 22 42 Sadar Bazar...... 8 54 44 32 125 138 71 115 324 35 4 33 60 Shahjahanpur East... 2 30 15 45 50 la's 140 80 355 10 8 159 301 Shahjahanpur West... 6 80 61 52 75 190 233 502 8 2 150 25 Tilhar...... H «8 67 29 40 201 111 119 431 67 ft 49 15 U jhaini...... 5 82 74 60 185 91 435 291 809 37 8 68 13 Total...... 112 1,428 1,222 1,088 1,924 3,786 5,652 4,335 13,773 682 124 2,026 1,073 The three circuits at the centers of the three counties require separate mention. In Bareilly the theological seminary is having a very success ful year. It sent out a very large class at the close of 1897, and these were sent to all the five Conferences in India. A t the close of 1897, a quarter century having passed since the founding of the seminary, this 1898.] North India. 173 fact was duly celebrated. The seminary was opened in April, 1872. with a class of 17. Since then 260 preachers have passed out with the diploma for three years of study, and 83 have taken a partial course, making a total of 343. Sixty-one teachers went out with certificates from the normal department, closed for want of funds since 1892. About 300 women have been trained in the woman’s department and have gone out with certificates. This seminary has an endowment which amounts to about $50,000, but we are still greatly in need of increased endowment for the support of efficient teachers for the school. The girls’ orphanage at Bareilly under Miss English continues to do its usual efficient work. One hundred and eighty famine girls were taken in during the famine, and although about one sixth of them died the re mainder are doing very nicely indeed. The medical work under Miss Dart is doing good to the people through the hospital and dispensary, and is also training a class of nurses or hospital assistants. One hundred and fifty persons have been received into the hospital; 11,401 persons, making 19,682 visits, have been treated in the dispensary; 388 persons, making 595 visits, have been treated in the zenanas. The fees received amount to 1,016 rupees. Assistants are employed specially for religious instruction in connection with this work. Miss Wilson, who has charge of the zenana work and girls’ day schools, has also given most efficient aid in visiting and teaching the Christian women and children in the mohullas of the city, and in the villages of the Bareilly Circuit. There is a middle Anglo-vernacular school in each of the cities of Shahjahanpur, Bareilly, and Budaon. These are doing excellent service and are paying well for all the money expended on them. The girls’ boarding schools at Shahjahanpur and Budaon are both full, and are keeping up their former reputation for good work. The boys’ orphanage at Shahjahanpur has also received quite a large number of famine orphans, and contains at present about 200 boys. The industrial department includes carpentering, blacksmithing, manufacture of vvire-spring mattresses, shoemaking, ropemaking, tilemaking, garden ing, farming, and conducting a dairy, selling milk, and making butter and cheese. An earnest effort is being made to enable the institution to do all it possibly can toward its own support. The primary schools of the district are under careful inspection. The teachers are regularly instructed and examined, and are growing more efficient. The famine injured these schools very much, but they are now improving, and we expect to make them much more efficient. The plan for the support of the pastors is so organized as to reach every Christian family in the district, and to endeavor to secure something from every one, however poor that one may be. Twenty pastors are now being supported thus by their people. This brief report gives very little idea of the earnest work that is being done by the 20 pastors and 112 subpastors within the 1,222 villages in 174 Missionary Report. [1898. which Christians live in this district. Nor can anyone who has not had any experience in the work understand how much constant, persistent work is required in order to lead the nearly 14,000 Christians in the dis trict into a real Christian experience, so as to enable them to walk worthy of the name of Christ. Working with the Holy Spirit, however, we expect to accomplish this end. Perhaps the most encouraging feature of the work is the growth, mentally and spiritually, of the Hindustani preachers and teachers, and as they grow their earnestness and faithfulness in teach ing their people increase also. G a r h w a l D i s t r i c t .— J. H. Gill, P. E. The year’s work under review began with a double District Conference in October last. The ministers, local preachers, and exhorters and teach ers, to the number of 35, assembled for their Annual District Conference. In separate quarters the sisters, consisting of a force about equal to that of the men, assembled for their Woman’s District Conference. The united audiences, together with Christian people and outsiders, quite filled our little chapel, and to many the gathering was a time of blessing and spiritual uplift. During the year death terminated the labors of Rev. Sundarmani, a deacon. A sorrowing widow and five children survive him. He was a very efficient and faithful minister, and his godly life was full of influence for good. He is the third ordained minister native to Garhwal thus removed by death. Each was conspicuous for plodding, faithful evangelistic work in this district. Their memory is a precious legacy to the young Church. Statistics, given separately, give main facts concerning the work. Faithful itinerating has been done by the preachers in the subcircuits, by the preachers in charge of circuits, and by the writer in touring through all the charges holding Quarterly Conferences. Tracts in the people’s language, Bibles, Testaments, and schoolbooks have been sold or distributed gratis. Medicine has been given to a large number of people. The central day schools have occupied a good deal of attention, and this work is full of promise because of the quiet influence of regular Christian teaching. The central school for boys has 150 pupils. That for girls more than half that number. Both have done good work, the latter passing two girls in the middle examinations for the first time in its history. Our Sunday schools include many non-Christians. The Godolle Industrial Farm is still in the experimental stage. Stone and mortar have taken up much time carrying toward completion the build ings in Godolle, both in the men's and women’s departments. We áre doing our best to push self-support. Our collections will show an increase over the year before. After years of scarcity and discourage ment the present excellent harvests put heart into our people and call for hearty thanks to Almighty God. The only wheeled vehicle in the interior of Garhwal is that built on the Godolle Industrial Farm and used in connection with its work. We hope for the time when much-needed cart roads will be built to connect the prin 1898.] North India. 175 cipal parts of the district. More especially urgent are the main highways, which need to be widened to admit of wheeled traffic. Until that day dawns the villagers must continue to be arrested and compelled to carry travel ers’ loads. While such a system survives all itinerating is difficult and true civilization is kept back. Such needed roads were projected by the authorities a while ago, but war breaking out on our western frontier all the funds needed for such public improvements were absorbed in that line by the war. Past years of effort and labor well spent have resulted in giving us to day a good staff of native workers, men and women. Mrs. Gill, now on furlough, did much toward the training of the women. These workers with the Christian youth now here under instruction fill our hearts with thankfulness and hope. The following important events mark the year besides what is mentioned above. They may appear trivial to others, but to us who labor and long for and pray for the Christianization of our little district they are epochal events, namely : Rev. David Albert Chaufin, after long service in our main school, moved with his family, thirty miles, to the headquarters of his new circuit at Kainui. He is comfortably quartered in his own house without cost to the Mission. Rev. F. W. Green wold began work in the heart of Garhwal at the old fort of C’handpore and lives on his son’s rented plantation at Bene Tal. Rev. Ghungar Moore took charge of the central boys’ school with Mr. C. Heber Chaufin, F.A., for his assistant, and also four other Christian teachers in subordinate classes. Five Garhwal young women graduated at the Muttra Training School and returned here and have begun work. The foundation for the preacher’s house at Ramni (over eight thousand feet above sea level) has been laid and work on it begun. The estimate for this house w as several times approved by our finance committee, but we still lack some $250 to put up this much-needed preacher's residence near to the Tibet frontier. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society ladies and school occupied their new quarters in June of this year. The result in each case named bears an important part in the effortto Christianize this needy land. The outlook is full of hope. G o n d a D i s t r i c t .— W . Peters, P. E. Comparing this year with the last and the year before last shows how wonderful are God’s ways and arrangements, so that after two years of continuous famine this year is entirely changed. All the animals of the earth and the trees and flowers were dying, and this year everything looks green and flourishing. However, the Lord used the famine also for his glory, and scores and hundreds of poor, helpless people joined the fold of Christ, who will in the near future become the means of saving many others from the bondage of sin, and will shine like pearls in the crown of 176 Missionary Report. [1898. the heavenly Father. The Lord be praised that now our poor Christians who went away here and there in search of their daily bread are flocking back again, and in every way the outlook seems to be more hopeful. It is hoped that in future the condition of the churches will improve rapidly, and they will receive greater help from the people. Here we pay special attention to contributions, etc., by which we hope in future to establish self-support for our schools and churches. We have been very successful in this matter, and there is no circuit where the Christians have not given ample contribution for pastoral support. This year the Pastor Fund was 24 rupees per head per annum, maximum, and 6 rupees, minimum, from the daily laborers and cultivators. In the same way the increase in the government grants and the fees from our schools show some improvement. After the Annual and the Central Conferences I began itinerating from the middle of February. First, I visited Nanpara, which circuit extends to the Nepaul territory. The work is very good, and the Christians are given religious instruction regularly. The best work is in Rapaidiha, which is situated on the borders of Nepal. During the famine many Christians went away to other places, but now they are all coming back again. The congregation assembles for worship in Elderman’s Chapel, and twice I held revival meetings among them, with the help of the pastor, and the people were richly blessed. -This year new work was opened in several places, and as far as possible the work of strengthening and instructing the converts was carried on, but owing to the want of workers it cannot be expected that the work will be quite satisfactory. This work is under the charge of Brother L. J. McGee, local deacon. I visited the Kaisarganj Circuit twice during the year. The state of the work in this place is excellent. At first the work of this circuit seemed very difficult and fruitless, and it appeared that the people of this place would never accept Christ; but within three years the work has improved won derfully, and it seems to go on improving under Brother Baldeo Parshad. The Bhinga Circuit is in charge of Rev. J. F. Samuel. I visited this circuit twice, but I was not able to see all the houses of the Christians. The work is going on well, and all the brethren are quite busy. The teaching of the converts and the schools are progressing well. Christians are found in every town and village where preachers are stationed. The preacher in charge looks after and helps the preachers and exhorters and tries to strengthen the new converts. All are zealous and busy. The Bulrampur Circuit is in charge of Rev. Bihari Lall. This work is not getting on well. The people are good, but the work done among them leaves much to be desired. However, some improvement was seen during the year. The field is extensive and the outlook seemed promis ing. The school is in good condition, and there is also a small one for inquirers and Christians. There has been some work among the Tharus, but it has not progressed on account of the famine which had dispersed them. However, now they are returning from the Nepal side, and it is hoped that in future there will be greater progress. Mr. Sturgeon is very kindly helping the work of the Tharus. May God keep up his zeal so 1898.] North India. 177 that the fruits of this work may give him happiness here and hereafter ! It is a great loss that our Brother Chattar Singh, who worked in connec tion with this circuit in Utraula, was lately called up to heaven. Within two years this brother brought the work to a very satisfactoiy condition and gathered a small congregation round him. It is hoped that another zealous worker will build upon this foundation and make it a flourishing church. The Mankapur Circuit is under Rev. S. Wheeler. Inspected the work three times during this year, and found all the preachers working well. The number of Christians is constantly increasing. Among these people there is very little prejudice against Christ. The Christians easily convince their heathen relatives, and the latter are willing to be baptized. The best work in this circuit is done by Brother Buddha Singh, local deacon, whose congregation in Ellenpur is in very good spiritual condition, and every care is taken of them. All the Christians of this place are culti vators, and depend entirely on the soil for their living. They contribute freely for the support of their pastor and the church. Last October I held the morning service on a Sunday in the Ellenpur Church, and found 36 Christians present, besides some non-Christians. The Christians of this place receivq considerable help and encouragement from Mr. A. E. Raymond, who has taken a lease of some land and undertakes to help the Christian tenants with bullocks, plows, and advances. Thus they take to cultivation easily, and contribute the product of the land for pastoral support. They have petitioned me to give them a boys’ school, and they express their willingness to bear half of the expenses. This arrangement will tend toward the establishment of self-support among them. The work in other stations also is beginning to look hopeful'. There is a small school in Mankapur, but it is not getting on well. If one clever teacher is provided for these schools they will stand upon a firm founda tion, and the hopes of the people will be realized. N aw abganj. This is under the charge of Rev. J. Solomon. This year the work has not got on properly, owing to the illness of his wife. How ever, several new places have been opened, and the school is making good progress. There is a girls’ school in a flourishing condition. The boys’ school receives a municipal grant in aid. Now every effort is made to improve the work, and the outlook is promising. Karnalganj. This is under the charge of Rev. J. S. Samuel, and there are three subcii cuits in it. This year the work has not progressed much. However, new work has been opened in several places, and in future there seems to be more hope. The old Christians are in good condition. Several of the workers were sick during the year, and they could not work properly; still, considering their number, the work has been satisfactory. Inquirers are under regular instruction, and many are soon expected to join the fold of Christ. Revival meetings were now and then held among these people, and they were much benefited. There is a small congrega tion in Karnalganj, and it is hoped that a small church (Butler’s Chapel) will be built soon. This is much needed, and the people are willing to bear a portion of the expenses. 12 i ; 8 Missionary Report. [1898. B a h ra ich . God be praised ! the work in this place shows an improve ment year by year. The number of Christians is increasing, but we have been obliged to stop giving baptism, because we have no arrangement for teaching them, and it has been decided to prepare some of the new converts to become preachers among their own sect. But some com petent men are needed to do this teaching, and although the pastor, with two or three workers, is trying his best to prepare the preachers, still the people are very ignorant. However, we are thankful that they have become free from superstition and idolatry and have learned to recognize Christ. Though they are not perfect Christians, yet in word and deed they are proper Christians, considering their general surroundings and the small amount of instruction they have had. The state of the Vernacular Middle School is very satisfactory. There are 50 Christian boys and 60 non-Christians. The school is receiving a government grant of 25 rupees per month. Last year the result in the government middle examination was excellent; two boys were sent up, and both passed in the first division, and similarly in other classes the results were good. Some Christian orphans learn cultivation, gardening, khidmatgari, and different kinds of labor, such as limekiln and masonry, and whenever such laborers are needed I supply them. Wherever our boys were sent for government work or labor there was no complaint from the officers, and in fact they ask for these boys and appreciate their services. In Bahraich when the government officials want Christian servants I provide them at once. I hope these will prove their worth and soon make themselves fit for higher employments. It is a great disadvan tage that the district is so extensive and the workers so few. But all are working for their Master with zeal and courage. This year the Lord called away the pastor, Rev. Francis Peter, and since his death the work has been in my hands, and Mr. A. K . Wesley, local preacher, has been my helper. He works in the school also. The Epworth League is very progressive in this place, and in every little village where Christians are found some meetings were held by its members. These meetings have been very helpful toward the consecration of the members to the Lord’s service. The Sunday school work also has been improving. In every place there are hundreds and thousands of tongues singing to the glory of Christ's holy name. Gonda Circuit. Rev. S. B. Finch writes: “ We preached the word of Christ in 70 different places during the year. In some places it has been seen that people are willing to accept the word, but are afraid of their people. “ We baptized 13 persons this year—this number is less in comparison with that of last year. We had a better opportunity of teaching the converts, and almost all of them know the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Ten Commandments; they also pray in their families. The revival meetings, held here from time to time, have been very beneficial to the girls of the boarding school and to others. “ The workers’ meetings, held in April last for all the workers in the 1898.] North India. 179 district, have been the cause of special spiritual blessings to us, and since then a marked change has been obvious in the Church, as all have become one in grace and in the unity of spirit. “ The Epworth League and its prayer meetings tend to strengthen us greatly, and it is a great help to the pastor in visiting the sick and the weak. “ Our Sunday schools are attended by people of all classes. The number of them is as usual, but they are making much progress, and boys and girls flock to them from all quarters. The girls’ boarding school and the boys’ day school are in a flourishing condition.” K u m a o n D i s t r i c t .—S. Knowles, P. E. After last Annual Conference we began our work of itinerating in the Bhabar at the foot of the Naini Tal range of hills. Thirty-eight years ago, when this beautifully and richly cultivated belt of land was being redeemed from the wild, tiger-filled forests, Bishop Thoburn, then of course a young missionary like myself, and the writer made more than one preach ing tour through the lovely country stretching between Haldw'ani and Dechouri, holding forth the good news of salvation through Christ in the villages by the way, and having services with the Welsh miners in the newly established mines in Kalordunzi and Dechouri. Those mines have for many years been abolished and are now in desolate ruins ; but the blooming Bhabar has been created, with its attractive scenery and goodly landscapes and brightly flowing canals ; and, what to us is more sightly, the number of Christians found in the villages, which in the days we speak of were wholly heathen, now pouring forth their intelligent converts in their holiday attire to greet us in our camp and to attend our services. We spent most of January and the whole of February in camping among these and other villages, having preaching services and holding revival meetings, where sinners were converted and saved, backsliders reclaimed, and all greatly revived and refreshed. We found time, too, to hold an English service for the residents in Haldwani every Sabbath day. The first week in March we went up to Naini Tal, held our first Quar terly Conference, and made the necessary preparations for our journey to Bhot. We left on the 14th of March for Almorah, where we met Mr. N. L. Rockey at Epworth to settle on repairs of the sanitarium, and finishing the boundary wall. Then wTe started on a new route for Bhot v ia Dhaul- china. This way we found comparatively easier than the road vve took last year. At Dhaulchina we found a commodious dak bungalow pleasantly situated on the top of a mountain spur, among pine trees. The next march of seventeen miles brought us to the lovely valley of Gunai. Here there is only a dharmsalar; so we put up our little tent in a shady spot and found ourselves quite comfortable. At night, by the light of pine torches, we had service in Hindi for the villagers round. Twenty-five per sons. including the head man, were present. Bcninag was the end of our next day’s journey. Here we pitched our tent in an oak forest, and were delighted to find Brother B. Patrus from Pithoragarh. He had brought his magic lantern with him, and that night we had over a hundred hill men, women, and children seated on the green i8o Missionary Report. [1898. side of the mountain, wondering at the scriptural pictures displayed, and eagerly listening to the explanations of the same. We have not time to write in detail of all that was done on this tour through the timely aid of this magic lantern ; but we may say that from this on to Dharchula, and from this latter back to Pithoragarh—especially at the Thai Mela— it was the means of bringing hundreds of people out at each camping place to see as well as hear the Gospel in a pleasing, impressive, and profitable way. And we know the results were good. At Ashkot an event occurred which we think worth recording, as show ing how Hindu superstition hinders progress, and how Christianity helps it along. The rajah of this place received orders from Almorah to build a dak bungalow on the top of a hill near a shrine where serpent worship is performed, but he could not get a heathen hill man for love or money to put a pickax to the sacred ground, lest some terrible calamity should fall upon him. In this difficulty the rajah came to me for advice. I knew Harkua Wilson and two or three other brethren would be in next day, so I told the poor old rajah that these brothers of mine would relieve him of his trouble, which they certainly did. Led by H. Wilson, without any fear of the serpent-fiend before their eyes, they laid the lines and dug the foundations, and so removed the principal obstacle to the erection of the desired building. There is now a roomy and comfortable resting-place for travelers, despite the anger of the serpent-god ! Wre had the pleasure and profit of meeting and holding communion with Miss Reed and her workers in this picturesque camping grove, both going and returning. Miss Reed has two helpers living here, and a very excellent boys’ school. The two helpers, man and wife, live on the top of a lonely hill, where they have to bar their rough doors and windows at night against leopards, and where they have to go by a most dangerous and difficult way, three miles off, for water; so it is not all living in clover with them. A trying march down to the Gori Gunga, or White Ganges, and then two more along the rocky banks of the Kali GungS,, or Black Ganges, and we reach Dharchula, or the fireplace on the top of the mountain ; and so we found it, for, though only the 24th of March, we realized it one of the hottest places in the daytime we were ever in. We elected, for the sake of the work among the Bhotiyas near, to camp down in the valley near H. Wilson’s house, instead of up at the cooler spot near Dr. Martha Sheldon’s eagle’s nest (a dove's nest as far as love and goodness go), and so I paid the penalty of two days’ severe sickness. But the expert treat ment and kind hospitality of Dr. Sheldon and Miss Brown, as well as the ready help of Dr. H. Wilson, enabled me to attend to my work on the third day. W e stayed a week, in which I held a Quarterly Conference, and conducted some inspiring meetings. One gathering greatly impressed me. It was Children’s Day, when prayers were offered and hymns were sung and addresses given in four languages: Bhotiya, Tibetan, Nepalese, and Hindi. The meetings at night, with the aid of the magic lantern, were very successful; the whole community seemed to turn out. When we were here last the Bhotiyas had all left for higher and cooler regions, and the 1898.] North India. 181 place looked as if a great fire had swept over and destroyed i t ; now it is full of teeming houses and crowded streets, flocks and herds, and savage dogs. On the outskirts of the settlement you see rows of industrious Bhotiya women, each with a movable loom before her, and she dexterously weaving garments for sale and family use. So that Miss Sheldon and Harkua Wilson have a busy and promising field of labor during the winter months, which they and their helpers are faithfully and suc cessfully cultivating. On our way back we camped at Dinihat for a week, where we visited all the accessible villages, and where every night our magic lantern did us good service in enabling us to present the Gospel in an acceptable way to crowds of mountain people. From this we marched to the Thai Mela on the hot banks of the Sarda. Here we had the pleasure of meeting Rev. N. L. Rockey from Dwarahat, and Miss Reed and helpers from Chandag. The heat in the day was very severe. We had to erect booths for our servants and helpers, and have our tent incased in one. We remained here four days. Dividing ourselves into two bands we preached Christ to vast crowds on either side the river morning and evening. Every night, too, we had a magic lantern service to which hundreds eagerly gathered. From this we made two marches to Pithoragarh v ia Deothal. We ar rived on the 14th of April, Brother Rockey accompanying us. We were glad and thankful to get into a cool house, and enjoy the kind hospitality of Miss Budden, having endured twenty-nine days’ heat under canvas. We spent two weeks in this our most prosperous Kumaon Station, examining schools and auditing accounts, as well as preaching and holding revival meetings. Every morning and evening our church was crowded with earnest listeners and seekers. Many dear young people were converted or brought into closer relationship with Christ; many of the brethren and sisters were lifted up into a higher and more blessed experience of Christ’s love and grace, while some of our workers received a fresh baptism of the Holy Spirit. We have prayed and hoped that some of our Pandit friends would have been made willing in these weeks of revival to declare themselves more fully on the Lord’s side, but we regret it was not so. Still we pray and hope on. It was here we received the sad news (for us) of the death of our dear sister in Christ, Phebe Rowe. Last year she spent some time with Miss Budden, here, earnestly seeking the salvation of souls and the spiritual increase of Christ’s saving power. Her name is sweetly and gratefully remembered here, and was as a gracious, inspiring odor shed forth in all our meetings, touching with refreshing force all our prayers and addresses. We visited Miss Reed’s charming place at Chandag, and had the pleasure and privilege of first preaching to her female lepers in the veran da of their comfortable home, and then going lower down to as lovely a spot and holding service for the male lepers in front of their commodi ous building. Miss Reed and her great work of self-denial demand the sympathy and prayers of God’s people everywhere. We reached Naini Tal on the 7th of May, and began such work in 182 Missionary Report. [1898. Hindustani and English as there was for us to do. The season here has been, in many respects, the most adverse we ever remember since 1880. The calamitous death (for our work) of Miss Phebe Rowe, the outbreak of enteric fever in both our English schools, though with few fatal results, the serious illness of Rev. Brother Neeld, and the disastrous landslip at the brewery, all helped to make it a very anxious time. And yet, spirit ually speaking, we have never had a more prosperous season. Under the charge of our dear veteran brother, Rev. Dr. Humphrey, the vernacular and English work have had a graciously thriving time. The week of special services in the Mission hall under the leadership of Rev. J. E . Robinson, though the weather was very unpropitious, gave a blessed im pulse to the English work, savingly felt all through the after season. A series of services in the Hindustani, conducted by the Rev. T. J. Scott, also resulted in the revival of God’s work in the native church. Thus though God has afflicted us with one hand, he has blessed and upheld us with the other, and though in the beginning of the season our beautiful lake valley was filled with mourning, it closes with joy and gladness in the prosperity of our Zion and the triumph of God’s course in these hills. No report has been received from the Moradabad District. Oudh District.—W. A. Mansell, P. E. A t the time of writing this report—the first week in November—the statistics for the year are not available, as our statistical year does not close until the end of November. Apart from the figures, however, we are still able to gain some idea of the progress of the work. Faithful and conscientious work has been done in all stations, and in many places a definite advance can be noted. Baptisms have been fewer this year than in previous years. This is largely owing to an increased conservatism on the part of the ministers, although in some places the people themselves are not as approachable as they were a year or two years ago. Notwithstanding this, we have made advance, and even when all allowances are made, we have reason to re joice over the large measure of success which has attended our efforts. The baptisms during the past year have been many times more numerous than they were in 1889, before the revival began, and our real growth is normal and encouraging. Our Church has also made definite advance in Christian culture and development. They are becoming more and more free from their old environments and customs. Christian customs are be coming more general. A definite advance can be seen in the matter of Sabbath observance. In one station in Hardoi the people are learning by sacrifice to honor the Sabbath day. They are poor day laborers, and live each day upon what they earn ihat day. To lay by money at present seems hopeless, and to lose a day’s labor and the wages for that day seemed almost too much to ask. What could they eat that day? they asked. At last, of their own free will, they arranged out of their small earning to put by a pice a day, and at the end of the week they come with their savings and buy food for the Sabbath. Thus they are free and spend 1898.] North India. 183 the day in religions observance and in learning more of Christianity. The people are also progressing in temperance. While the villagers have not been given to drink, in some places our converts were before their conver sion given to excessive indulgence in the use of intoxicating drugs in which India abounds. These persons have broken off their intemperate habits in this direction, and not content with that are now including tobacco in the interdicted drugs. A new church has been built at Shahabad through the generosity of Mrs. A. J. M. Ege. It is a neat and attractive edifice, capable of accom modating from 300 to 400 persons and, with its extra rooms affording com fortable lodgings for the presiding elder on his rounds, is a model structure. The famine has happily passed away and our people are blessed with abundant crops. In several places poor persons who were left homeless by the famine have been collected and given a start in life, and will in time become the center of Christian settlements. They now receive no aid from us, but are living comfortably upon their own earnings. The schools in the districts are in a generally satisfactory condition. The sweeping reduction made in the village schools of Rohilkund has resulted in increased vigilance here, and we believe that in tuitional stand ard and results ¿ur schools have made some progress, although we have not yet realized our ideal. Two government-aided schools in Lucknow have been closed, as the grant was so reduced that the schools were too expensive to be continued longer. WTe have buildings in both places and in one, the oldest mission property in Lucknow, a recent convert from Brahminism was placed in charge of such boys as he could collect, and given a small salary to begin with. He has now a fine school of over fifty boys, a Sunday school of more than a hundred, and has been granted an extra teacher whose salary is made up from fees collected. An ordained local preacher is also stationed at the same place and the work gives promise of being soon on a self-supporting basis^ The Holmes schools at Hordoi, Shahabad, and Unao, supported by Mr. and Mrs. John G. Holmes, of Pittsburg, continue to do excellent work. They are a most important factor in evangelistic work in this district, and will be increasingly impor tant as the years go on. We have no more earnest wish than that many similar schools might be maintained in other needy parts of our field. The industrial classes started in connection with our district school at Lucknow and our Frey School at Unao have been a success. In the former the boys have made a practical success of carpet weaving and other light industries, besides very materially aiding in the support of the school from crops raised on a small field near the school. At Unao farming has been undertaken on a large scale, and abundant harvests have brought large returns to the boys’ fields, so that they have more than they can use and are selling grain at a good profit. Brother Robinson, in charge of Lucknow, reports that the work on the Hindustani Circuit has been extended somewhat this year, and now in cludes twelve centers of work. Through the help afforded by a special gift from the Rev. G. W . Maine, of the Des Moines Conference, a preacher Missionary Report. [1898. has been placed at Aliganj, a place to which yearly large numbers make pilgrimages by measuring their length on the ground! The Epworth League of the Methodist Church at Mt. Pleasant, la., supports a work in the fanatical city of Rahimabad, our farthest outstation. So far this year there have been 38 baptisms of all castes, and before the Conference there will probably be 10 to 12 more. Our greatest work is among the young men and women of the high schools and colleges, many of whom are be coming earnest Christian workers. Twenty Sunday schools are kept go ing through the aid which these young people give. The work in connection with the English-speaking church has been about as usual this year, there being a slight falling off because of remov als, and also because of the opening of another Nonconformist service in the city. However, the church is doing a good work, and its influence over the nominal Christians of the native community is increasing. The Reid Christian College, C. L. Bare, Principal. Brother Bare reports: “ It was a good year in many respects. The attendance in arts and business was the largest in its history. The attendance of the Bible classes consequently larger than ever before. In this wre rejoice. The matchless spirit and truth of Christ impressed many that he is really and truly the Saviour of the world. Many received him, as never before, as their Saviour from all sin. “ No year is in every respect all we could have wished. The university examinations, especially in the first arts, were over-severe, and hence there was a large percentage of failures not only in our own, but in most of the colleges throughout the Northwest. One student passed the Bachelor of Arts, and 2 the intermediate or first arts examination of the Allahabad University; 7 passed the entrance or matriculation examination of the same university, 3 of whom were Christians. These latter passed high est of all, one of them stood fourteenth in the order of merit in the first division. The Collegiate School is to be congratulated; 7 out of 13,01" more than 50 per cent, passed the university examination; 3 from the Collegiate School, and 4 from the Nakhas Branch School passed the An glo-vernacular middle examination. Our institution again did well in the Scripture scholarship examination of the Missionary Educational Union of the Northwest Provinces and Oudh. Ten out of 18 passed, 5 of them drawing cash prizes of 12, 10, 8,7, and 5 rupees respectively, and i,a Mohammedan student, receiving a monthly scholarship of 2 rupees 8 an nas for a year. “ Kind friends in America have continued throughout the year to send us money for the support of poor Christian students. A few new temporary scholarships have been secured. We wish to thank all friends for their sympathy and help. Our need of endowment and scholarships still con tinues. We must secure these. Our own work and the general cause of Christianity in this land demand it. We should have at once a productive endowment of $100,000, or 200 scholarships at $500 each. The sum of $20,000 founds a foreign professorship, $8,000 founds a native professorship, $500 founds a permanent scholarship, and $30 educates a student a year.” 1898.] North India. The Lucknow Woman's College and Girls High School, Miss Tho- burn, Principal, has had another prosperous year. The school is full with an enrollment of 158, and the college numbers 15 young ladies studying for the B.A. degrees. The results of the last year’s public examinations were gratifying in both school and college, and give the institution a high rank among the schools of the province. Three young ladies graduated from the high school, and four passed from the first section to the second section of the college. Two new missionary professors have been teach ing in the college staff in the place of two who have been obliged, on ac count of overstrain, to take a rest. They are needed to be added to the permanent staff. A clock tower and bell have been erected as a memorial to Mrs. Theresa M. Porter, of Chicago. This addition is an ornament to the college, and a fitting memorial to a friend of the education of women in India. The building is approaching completion, but funds are still needed to finally finish and furnish it. No more worthy investment in mission fields can be found than this first Methodist college for women in Asia. The Deaconess Home and Home fo r Homeless Women, in connection with which the zenana work is also conducted, has had a good year. Miss Hardie took up this work in connection with her duties at the Wo man’s College, and carried it on very successfully until she was relieved by Miss Fuller, who has returned to India. We are glad to have Miss Fuller in our midst, and pray that she may have divine guidance and bless ing in her important charge. The Methodist Publishing House, Lucknow (D. L. Thoburn, Agent, Charles R. Hawes, Manager) employs 150 men and prints in 4 lan guages. The year just closing has been one of the most successful in the history of the press. An entire new outfit of type has been purchased and a large part of the debt paid off. The income from job work has nearly doubled, and several large contracts which have just been secured assure us of a permanent income for several years to come. What we need are; 1. New and larger presses to meet the demands of our increasing job work. 2. A book editor, who can give his entire time to the translation and edit ing of books to be printed in the vernaculars of North India. 3. A larger income for printing tracts and books for free distribution. Pilibhit District.— S. Paul, P. E. Thanks to God that he granted me life once more and bestowed favor upon me so that I was able to perform the duties intrusted to me, though not as satisfactorily as I expected. In this strange place, owing to its bad climate, I and my family suffered from severe illness, and for three months we were in great trouble, but thanks to the Lord that we all are restored to health, and are now laboring in his vineyard with our heart and soul! The readers of this report may know that I was quite new to the work. God selected me for this important business, and placed the district under my charge. I am glad to say that through his grace I have entirely resigned myself to his will. During the year everything was newly done. 1 8 6 Missionary Report. [1898. There are 12 circuits in the district inhabited by nearly 6,000 Christians. All of. them, of course, were not true Christians, and I had therefore to exert myself much in saving their souls. Old usages were found to exist among them, such as idolatry and observance of heathen customs. Great efforts were made by me in removing these defects, and 1 was successful in my attempts. The Lill B6g platform, whenever found to exist among them, was abolished by loving advices. If there be any still they are secretly kept. All the marriages were conducted according to the Christian laws and customs. The poor Christians had to suffer a great loss in doing so. Had the marriages been performed according to the old customs they would have received considerable sums of money from their non-Christian brothers, relatives, and friends, but as this was not the case, and the mar riages were performed otherwise, they were dissatisfied and did not give them any pecuniary aid. On the whole, the marriages were conducted to my entire satisfaction. Revival meetings commenced in several places. This encouraged the Christians, and made them bold for the Lord. Many of them got new life. My first meeting among them was only a warning, but my second visit found them all awake. The poor class reaped a very rich harvest, as I worked to the utmost of my power. I am much grateful to the Saviour for his helping hand, through the interference of which many received universal blessings. Self-support was quite unknown to the inhabitants of this district. I had to explain its effects to ihem. They had hitherto paid subscriptions every year at the time of harvest, which I did not consider safe. I have therefore asked them to pay one pice per family, which they have paid gladly. I am now intending to levy one pice per head, and hope they will not deny it, since they have now come to understand the great effects. Although the total collections during the year under report have not been satisfactory they are expected to increase as the payees become habituated to pay. There are still many who shrink on such occasions. I wish the Lord would enlighten their hearts and make them stretch out their hand for the help of others. Leaders were selected in accordance with the advice of Rev. Dr. Parker, to whom I feel myself grateful, as he has been a great help to me in all my undertakings. There are honorary leaders, who work without remu neration in all circuits. They are 125 in number. This system of appoint ing honorary leaders has proved satisfactory in the advancement of all the work. There are 82 schools in my district in which 1,145 students of both sexes are under tuition, out of whom 768 are Christian, and the remaining 377 non-Christian. The educational standards are from 7 B to the fifth class. The improvement of Christian doctrine among the students is in fair progress. Besides we have two other schools. To one of them a boarding house is attached with 33 students, and the other is a training school which gives education to 11 married men and their wives. 1898.] North India. Colportage. This work has been lately opened in this district. It has been more than satisfactory. A good many copies of the Bible and N ew Testament and religious pamphlets were sold. The Christian teachers and preachers who had not hitherto had these bought them with great pleasure, My report has been very short. The details as regards the method under which I have acted during the year will be seen from the general statistics. In conclusion I am glad to say that the work in all the circuits has been most satisfactory. All the preachers in charge, with the exception of two or three, have always been busy in the discharge of their duties. Epworth League meetings were regular throughout the year. S a m b h a l D i s t r i c t .— H. A. Cutting, P. E. Our district has 374,215 population, with 9,581 in Christian community. W e patiently and soberly profess that great loss has been done by the regular cut of our finances every year, but the Goucher cut of this year has made it severely hard and painful. Boys and girls of Moradabad board ing schools, being expelled for want of funds, made their parents and friends very angr^ with us, and our poor Christians lost the hope of educa ting their children. Men and women dismissed on account of want of money have become the bitter enemies of Christianity. They try’’ to turn the Christians to their former faith of idol worship, and, we regret to report, that some of our Christians have already followed their example in idol worshiping more openly this year. The marriage of infants is the second hindrance and reason of their anger. Formerly we used to attend these marriages and accepted them as betrothals at the beginning, but when we found they did not leave them we entirely refused to attend such mar riages, and it made them quite unhappy, and they performed them accord ing to Hindu rites and manners. Still the eye of the Lord is on India. The mighty Saviour’s blood has already been shed to save this people. We have our full confidence in him who can make the money matters straight, and provide enough to save his country, because all gold and silver is his alone. We thank him for the grace of giving he granted to this our begging class of people that they have cheerfully given what was asked and expected of them this year. “ And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury : and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury.” He who fed five thousand with five barley loaves and two small fishes is mighty to increase this poor sum a hundredfold. S i t a p u r D i s t r i c t .— W. A . Mansell, P. E. The Conference which met in Bareilly last January appointed Peachy T. Wilson to the Sitapur District, who with his accustomed energy and earn i8 8 Missionary Report. [1898. estness threw himself heart and soul into the work. He was at that time acting as chaplain to the Nonconformist troops at Sitapur, and a regiment composed almost entirely of Presbyterians had been stationed there, re quiring much of his time and attention. He, nevertheless, with his wife began a tour of his district immediately after Conference, and visited some of the most distant points in his field. Rain and cold, rivers to be crossed, night journeys, and all the discomforts of traveling over roads unfrequented by European travelers were endured without a murmur. The last jour ney was undertaken on February 7. On Friday, the n th, Dr. Wilson re turned. Saturday was a busy d ay; Sunday morning was a busy morning. Hindustani Sunday school was followed by the formal church service, in which he preached with unusual earnestness to half a thousand soldiers. This was followed by a special service at the hospital. He returned from his work to breakfast, but before he could finish his meal he had been called to his heavenly home and reward. His departure seemed more like trans lation than death. His place will be hard to fill. His earnestness, sincer ity, and open-heartedness, his love and sympathy for all classes, his zeal and unremitting toil, the baptism of the Spirit, which he preached and ex emplified—have all left a hallowed memory. His works do follow him. In the exigencies of the work the Sitapur District was, after the removal of Dr. Wilson, joined to the Oudh District for purposes of administration. The work has been carried on in all directions as far as possible on the lines laid down by Dr. Wilson. Mrs. Wilson has remained in charge of the boys’ school at Sitapur, and also of the woman’s work in the district. The brethren in charge of circuits have been faithful in teaching their Christians, and also in their efforts to win new converts. Preaching in the melas has been continued, and we believe really good work was done at the Misrick and Gola-gokarannath melas. There is manifest a spirit of inquiry in the villages and towns which is very encouraging. It often happens that farmers and merchants from distant places, who have come into Sitapur for business, come into our central Sunday school and ask for papers and tracts. Wrhen questioned as to when they first heard of our religion, they reply that at some fair or in some bazar they have heard the Gospel preached, and are anxious to hear more concerning it. The territory included in Sitapur District comprises large tracts in which good-sized towns and villages abound, which are almost untouched by Gospel influences as yet. It reaches almost to the borders of Nepal—and we have now a preacher, a native Nepalese, who is stationed as near the line as he can get, and who has an opportunity for talking and preaching to his countrymen, as they come over the border for purposes of trade. The work in Sitapur itself is encouraging. For more than two months in the spring, while the chaplain was at the front, we had to minister to the Scottish regiment stationed here, and now again as the chaplain takes furlough for three months, the same work has been taken up. It is a tax on time and energy, but at the same time it is an open door of useful ness which cannot be avoided, and we believe it will be a cause of blessing to all our work. Statistics of North India Conference, 1898. j j -3 ’*{<2 Repairing. DISTRICTS. 2 s J è SiTno & § S ü i s d £ ■3 i s Homes,” Average Average Attendance on on Sunday Worship. Benevolent Societies Adults Adults Baptized. Estimated Value of Contributed for other the the Year. Parsonages, or Chapels. Churches Churches and Conversions Conversions during High Schools. <( Members. Probationers. Estimated Value of Children Children Baptized* Local Purposes. 1 Adherents. Sabbath Scholars. Collected for Foreign Foreign Missionaries, j Native Ordained V Orphanages,alue of V Other Other Day Schools. | Book Rooms, etc. Ass’t Ass’t Missionaries. Collected for other Schools, Schools, Hospitals, Biding Biding 2; ii- Native Teachers. Œ P-13 Collected for Self- support. Collected Church for ' ' Teachers in same. Pupils. | Other 1 Dav Scholars. ! Sabbath Schools.| ‘ / i Orphans. | Churches 1 & Chapels.. I Native I Workers Worn. of1 For. Miss. Soc. Foreign | Teachers. Other | | Helpers* ! Missionary Society. 1 Preachers.1 Rupees. Rupees. Rupees. Rup. Rup. Rap. Rup. K'pees Bareilly...... 0 a 11 78 28 ISO 134 23 3,760 4,948 13,299 6,592 637 637 754 85 2,107 280 6,592 700 26 52,000 48 51,500 155,960 189 615 2,006 1,000 11,777 r s 48 8 un 98 1(1 525 600 1,254 1,154 9'il 911 94 10 584 46 1,471 6,650 fi 7 39 400 G a rln v a l...... 2 3 29 7 24 25 232 213 728 500 30 28 21 525 34 798 165 5 4,650 12 15,000 20,000 46 167 134 1,976 9 5 9 4 0 28 30 50 8 9 3 3 80 R 80 9 500 1 R0 10 20 6 Morariabatl___ a 2 8 21 82 95 1 3,183 4,749 11,638 445 445 356 2 15 202 130 2,139 280 6,592 13 42,905 20 18,322 8,100 180 68 605 . . . 105 Ourtli...... 5 4 7 70 18 55 i 8t> 19 768 1,299 2,690 2,000 ... 851 337 2 29 298 92 2,192 217 8,552 9 53,182 17 68,335 376,160 333 1,166 2,275 623 811 P ilih h it...... 77 11 61 59 fi 3,224 2,000 6,400 5,200 327 431 310 68 853 80 5,406 11 2,400 2 16 3,095 419 65 ... 799 .r . . . . . S a m b h a l...... 45 15 48 65 3,720 3,394 9,581 3,227 516 440 316 71 1,127 110 4,638 22 3,005 1 25 4,670 73 564 .... 32 Sit.aim i- ...... 1 1 3 32 10 16 20 2 232 260 1,022 600 134 159 345 61 2,040 4 17,000 6 11,575 10,450 93 1,113 1,027 150 T o t a l...... 15 12 37 I S 84 120 500j514 i 60 15,662 17,493j 46,612 19,328 2,164 2,684 2,357 4 44 600,487 9,952 1,111 36,169 865 99 182,292 9 152 179,647 571,089 1,038] 3,987 7,376 2,055 15,375 Last ye ar.. 21 19 25 j 518 114 475 623 2 73 17,009 21,659! 51,804 23,250 3,923 2,760 2,232 7 83 1,035 621 13,76-1 958 35,336 857 105 180,427 12 126 210,550 559,290 2,129 j 2,277 13,305 4,265 9,619 1 1 I Theological School at Bareilly with 0 teachers. 2 colleges on Ourih District with 55 students. Debt on real estate in Bareilly District, 53 rupees; in Oitdh District, 30,050 rupees ; in Painbhal District, 126 rupees. 190 Missionary Report. [1898. NORTHWEST INDIA. Bishop Thoburn 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 Central 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. KOhat° °Bhakar fg C J ^ h in ic t Ajnala^ Cnirl " ^Lre^m rit/uX rhia^ cJÜiadi^ V^_; _ Gr.okh\ U N 1 * n —^ - r u lUmpurw-^\^Chiui Fen^ur AU^J-^Eopax Slultan Huntgomerr - J «»taXBtta:, M.,a k„,„, N»bh»¿niba* v.m,. “ «**0 ^, g imffargwhTebgJ-_/, 5 - id illi» Patiala0 “ Dera'Duil \ Snuugar-a,a r f o Milam jUlliiiKnan .^íW^jiulut0 Banell Saharan^r,, llar^war" raun~tT'v ^->’ ^V-ao. Futtehp^y— \ r ~ ~ £ “urki° Mirgarh Bhutnir. Sarsa w. nBi KarnaloA c Deo baici Karnkfict/JA „ 1 “f ^ Bhawalpur.ur ° „0 ° ° ? jind'T11’“« ..*"4^juuuifTarnainr v -t if3 Anupgarh U ksaro f a faaa^ijaour’iy c7kuinl Tal Mojigarh __ , Adip; Khaupur PunguloPuügul° .■ ~ V ^ — . - , _ ™ „ ------L , M '* Melero Dadri» üelt»\%o Blrse'purp U T A N A UurS™u^lU «h & ° 0 ^ Bifrei||,'<. 28— ¿ cr 0Uikauer JhuujnUo lUvrarios ® 'W¿'>¿?¿?,pahíír V,t S * Bikampur» Desn0k° ^ a tU p u r“ -Narnol° ^ „ ^ j W ^ ^ ^ f e u a f f i b a n p i i r ¡ o iiagaurt’Didwana LaswarjlJisío J 0 o^í^áS>¡Wi.¿uyiab^ V v r Maudha phalodi v DMwana Alwar Jluttra? lUtrw 0Bard°ur \4r&«h ^jKulmere ° TulU^^Sambhur^^p/r o Bhuuiaua La"bao*" ?o Yiiyorai Jdh ^jm treo °Kiskcfearh KtroU ■26-Ea«hpadra alio -— —rS -* oAva( Dewiro V-&* a t o M issionaries . Rev. Philo M. Buck and Mrs. Carrie M. Buck, Rev. Dennis Clancy, Rev. Rockwell Clancy and Mrs. Charlotte F. Clancy, Rev. C. W. De Souza and Mrs. Ellen G. De Souza, Rev. R. Hoskins, Ph.D., and Mrs. Charlotte Hoskins, Rev. J. C. Lawson and Mrs. Ella H. Lawson, Rev. Luther Lawson, Rev. James Lyon and Mrs. Lilian G. Lyon, Rev. Henry Mansell, D.D., and Mrs. Nancy M. Mansell, M.D., Rev. J. T . Robertson and Mrs. Robertson, Rev. J . E. Scott, Ph.D., and Mrs. Emma M. Scott, Rev. Matthew Tindale and Mrs. Tindale, W. F . M. S.— Misses Laura Bobenliouse, Matilda Burnam, Annie Gallimore, Ada J. Lauck, Anna E . Lawson, Melva A. Livermore, Lilian Marks, Emma Scott, M.D., Lucy W. Sullivan, Elizabeth V. Tryon, and Laura S. Wright. 1898.] Northwest India. 191 A n n u a l M e e t in g . The Northwest India Conference met at'Jawnpore, January 13-18,1898, Bishop Thoburn presiding. J. T. Robertson was received from the North India Conference, and Dennis Clancy from the Rock River Conference. S. S. Dease was transferred to the North India Conference, and A. T. Leonard to the. South India Conference. The statistics reported 12,542 members, 23,220 probationers, and 29,933 Sunday school scholars. There was a gain of 3,342 members and probationers. * A g r a D is t r ic t .—J. E. Scott, P. E. At the last session of the Conference Agra District was divided and the Aligarh part was made into a new district. This is the second time this fruitful field has been divided, the present Ajmere District having once been a part of the Agra District. But the cutting off of the extremities has only left the trunk more compact and vigorous. There are now ten large circuits with more than six thousand Christians in charge of more than one hundred workers. I think the condition of the village Christians has improved during the past year. Certainly the work done among them has been more regularly and systematically done, and the results have been more desirable; the people are poor and ignorant, and some of them are difficult to reach and impress with the more spiritual truths of the Gospel. But still there are many good earnest Christians among them. Each pastor-teacher keeps three books which are very helpful, namely: 1. A Church Register, containing a list of his villages, Christians (men, women, and children), and the standing of each; 2. A School Register, giving the daily attendance of each village school; and 3. A Self-Support Account Book, in which he records the amounts received and paid over through his preacher in charge for self-support. With these carefully in spected at each Quarterly Conference and at each District Conference the work is kept in good running order in these three departments. The summer school, from July 5 to August 8, was of unusual interest. More than a hundred workers were in attendance and took great interest in the instruction given them in the classes and by means of public lec tures. This summer convention work is becoming quite an interesting feature in all the districts of both Conferences of North India. Through the munificence of Mrs. Caldren, of Evanston, 111., a dispen sary and memorial home has been built at Brindaban, near Muttra, where Miss Scott, M.D., is doing a grand work. Thus is completed a plan initi ated nearly eight yenrs ago to open up a mission in this mighty stronghold of heathenism. Already much good has been done among, the high caste people and a church has been organized among the lower castes. We have had a large number of converts on the district during the year. About three hundred have been baptized on the Muttra Circuit alone, and a number of circuits have had more than one hundred each. The subject of self-support has been kept before the people throughout the district during the year, and at a meeting held at Brindaban in March, about one 192 Missionary Report. [1898. thousand rupees were assessed to be raised, and in the twelve months more than that amount will be gathered. The district is lamentably short of both workers and funds. We cannot employ more good workers be cause there are no funds to pay them the small salary they require. And without suitable pastors in sufficient numbers the work suffers. The boys’ boarding school has about fifty Christian boys in it. But little is received from the Mission to carry on this useful school; the rest required to support it is received from fees and donations. The training school for pastor-teachers has in it about twenty stu dents, most of whom are doing well. Four have been sent out as work ers during the year. These men do good work among the village Chris tians ; they are able to teach primary schools and hold meetings among the village Christians. A good work has been carried on in English among the noncommis sioned officers and men of the Ninth Lancers stationed at Muttra. The prayer room and coffee shop have been well attended, and the Bible classes and voluntary services, also, have been well attended. Mrs. Scott has in this, as well as in the native work, taken a leading part and has been very successful in bringing men to Christ. In conclusion, the work on the district is in a good state of prosperity. Notwithstanding the many hindrances, and financial and other difficulties, the work goes forward and becomes more solid and settled every day. Thus are we encouraged to work more earnestly than ever. A jm e r e D i s t r ic t .—C. W. De Souza, P. E . (In the absence of Brother De Souza this report was prepared by Brother Plomer.) At the close of our Annual Conference Brother De Souza went over his district, holding the first Quarterly Conference. On March 1 he and family left to enjoy a long rest out of India, while we came on here from Phalera. The English work here has been attended to, and began with encourage ment, but the unexpected transfer of no less than three families made a great gap in our congregation. In the face of such misfortune and some drawbacks the Lord has steadily helped me to go forward. Though engaged here, two or three visits per month have been put in on my own circuit. The native orphanage has been duly kept up. Besides the intellectual training, their moral welfare has been principally under the care of the Hindustani pastor. The numbers have increased, and all appear happy. I visit the institution occasionally to see that the teachers are doing their duty faithfully. Ere August dawned it was proposed to hold a summer school for this district. Accordingly a full program, to keep alive all hearts for an entire week, was made out and approved by Brother J. E. Scott, the officiating presiding elder. When the appointed date arrived Brother Scott had secured the cooperation of Brothers Buck and Lyon, who were housed and 1898.] Northwest India. 193 cared for in the new parsonage. Each day had two sessions, and the opening of each session was devoted to either a revival address or biblical lecture by one of the visiting brethren. Every morning session began with a prayer meeting as a preparation for the day’s needed blessings from the Father of lights, with whom “ there is no variableness, neither shadow that is cast by turning.” Each day proved to maturer hearts one of greater equipment; to the “ little of faith,” one of enhancement; to the cold-hearted, one of special revelation regarding unappropriated gifts; while to the unwary, a day of mighty awakening—so that all, I believe, realized the comforting, healing, and strengthening presence of the Holy Spirit. All acknowledged that it was good to be thus shut up with God and to “ wait patiently for him.” Every worker returned to his or her respective field with a stronger faith, firmer convictions of the power of the Gospel, and with a readiness to let down the net in future on the right side and only at the divine Master’s bidding. The work has been done in faithfulness, I presume, by each preacher in charge amid many obstacles, among which are: (1) the deprivation of rights as British subjects in most of these tributary states; (2) the oppressive measures enforced against the poorer classes ; (3) the frequent migrations of converts to other villages; (4) the forfeiture of all rights by converts if knowfi to local authorities. Nevertheless we faint not, but continue to press the just claims of Christ on every soul, confident that his word must prevail, and that some day God-fearing rulers shall come into power and free these down-trodden people from a Roman yoke. Brethren, pray for us ! A l ig a r h D is t r ic t .—J. C. Lawson, P. E. The Master’s cause has been delightful and very encouragingly pro gressive during the past year. The revival spirit has been remarkable. This was especially the case in the District Summer Bible School, which was held in Aligarh from July 10 to August 21, inclusive, and which was attended by about one hundred Christian workers. Sunday, August 21, will ever be memorable because of the powerful manifestation of the Holy Spirit and the old-time heart and eye-melting scenes. During that wondrous week sinners were reclaimed and believers were richly blessed. Throughout the district the Hindustani Christians are growing in grace. There are many families in which family prayers are held, and there are many who are able to pray intelligently for themselves and for others. Our greatest accessions have been among the sweepers, but at one place there is an old Brahman convert whose supreme delight is to preach the Gospel and read the Bible to his pagan neighbors. His influence because of having been a Brahman is great, but his influence because of his pure Christian character is far greater. He is everywhere well spoken of, and his life is a benediction to all. We are trying to make much use of the chandries, or recognized leaders, ¡94 Missionary Report. [1898. among the sweepers. The Quarterly Conferences select from among these men those who are to serve as leaders among the village and mohulla communities of Christians. These men are expected to have the watch care of the Christians in the several communities for which they are chosen, especially in the absence of the mission worker who is over them; to help in gathering the people when religious services are held; to see that the children are in attendance at the school; to assist in raising funds for self-support; in a word, to serve as humble and unpaid helpers in our work. A good plan is for the preacher in charge to give the chandries under his charge a certificate of appointment for three months only, signed by the presiding elder. This feature of the work is in its infancy, but is full of promise. The district training school for pastor-teachers and their wives is one of the most necessary and helpful institutions of modern missions. The immediate future of our work depends very largely upon it. There are 23 men and women now under training. Some have gone out to preach and teach the Gospel among the teeming millions of the country villages, and others will be sent out from time to time. Buildings have been erected for the Famine Boys’ Orphanage, and also a house for the missionary during the past year. Both the boys’ and girls’ orphanages were visited this year by his excellency the lieutenant governor of the Northwest Provinces, who manifested a deep interest in them, especially in the industrial departments. The boys do the grinding of their own grain, cook their own food, work carrying earth, etc., and besides these is the tailor shop, and a few boys who make sun-dried bricks. Soon other industries will be started, such as tinning, carpentry, and blacksmithing. The girls weave two or three kinds of nice cloth, and also good, substantial small carpets used in this country under bedding. The development of these famine boys and girls has been most marvelous. The vast majority of them know the Ten Commandments, the Lord’s Prayer, the Apostles’ Creed, and many beautiful Christian hymns. Many who knew nothing a year and a half ago can read either the Hindi or Roman-Urdu Bible. Above all, numbers have come to know Jesus as their own personal Saviour, and how it delights one’s soul to listen to their bright and happy testimonies for Jesus ! With reference to money matters, comparatively little has been received from the Missionary Society for all cf this work. The Lord guided us to go ahead, and he is richly supplying all our needs according to his never- failing promises. He has bountifully given us the thousands of rupees that have been required for the support of numbers of workers in the villages, the men and women now under training, the monthly expenses of the famine boys, and also for the erection of the necessary buildings. Still more funds are needed, but we are confident that our loving heavenly Father will supply them all through his faithful stewards. We are truly grateful to those who have sent us funds through the Missionary Society and through other sources. The matter of self-support is being made prominent. Printed treasurers’ 1898.] Northwest India. 195 and other financial books have been distributed in all the circuits, with instructions that every Christian be taught to give something, and to give it regularly and systematically. This is the youngest district of the Conference, but we trust that in self-support, as in all things else, it will show vitality in proportion to its day. C a w n p o r e D is t r ic t .—R. Hoskins, P. E. Our mission ¿vork in Cawnpore was carried on as an adjunct of the English-speaking Methodist cKurch for thirteen years, but in 1884 a missionary was appointed to give his whole time to the work, and as a result we have a well-manned district, with one English and six native churches. We give below the statistics of the district: Paid workers...... 1 10 Baptisms...... 259 Communicants...... I ,3 i 8 Sunday school pupils...... 3,030 Day scholars...... 432 Benevolent collections...... Rs. 116 Ministerial support, English church...... Rs. 2,700 For native pastor: From Europeans...... Rs. 300 From natives, Rs. 1,049 / Cazvnpore. In this city we have one English-speaking church, one Hindustani church, an English girls’ boarding school, a native girls’ boarding school, and a native boys’ boarding school. Rev. J. T. Robertson is pastor of the English church. Heretofore this church has received some subsidy from Mission funds, but this year it was impossible to get any aid, and consequently the pastor had to care fully canvass his congregation for subscriptions, and he succeeded in raising enough to cover all the current expenses of the church, which amount to 220 rupees per month; a generous layman paid the deficit of 800 rupees left over from last year, and now this church is free of debt and pays all its own expenses. In many ways the members of this English church are helpful to the native work. Sunday schools for native children are sustained at five homes of the Europeans, and six persons have been baptized who were carefully instructed under the direction of these Europeans, and 500 rupees have been contributed for the native work by them. In very few places are there so many of the foreign race who give attention to the spiritual needs of the Hindustanis. Our native Christian community numbers in this city 500 persons ; some of these are in the receipt of a good income. They earn a total of 700 rupees per month. The contributions for the support of the Gospel are not large, but the giving is genuine and normal. I judge that this native church could pay 60 rupees per month to a pastor equal to the post. At the present time there is urgent call for such native ministers as have had a thorough train ing and are well versed in European lines of thought. The native girls’ boarding school is in the care of Mrs. Worthington. It has 131 pupils, and has had a successful year. One girl passed the 19 6 Missionary Report. [1898. middle Anglo-vernacular examination, and three other girls are preparing for the examination to be held in December. This school has earned a good name among the native Christians, and girls are sent to this school from other districts at considerable cost to the parents beyond what they would have to pay in other schools. The income from fees averages about sixty rupees per month. The girls come in constant contact with the lady teachers in the classes and in the house, and, as a result, they are-quite refined anti self-possessed. In the native boys’ boarding school there are 41 boys. Twelve of them work in the factories, 20 study in the city Anglo-vernacular school, and 9 boys work in the sewing class and study three hours daily. One fourth of the boys in the city Anglo-vernacular school are Christians, and these 25 lads have a marked influence for good in the school. Of the 8 teachers only 2 are Christians. The proportion of really good teachers in any community is usually small, and, inasmuch as we take many of our best ministers from among the teachers, our Christian teaching staff is not so strong as we desire. The Lucknow Business College has turned many of our best young men to office work, which is much more lucrative. Still, in the near future we hope to have only Christian young men as teachers in all our schools. Our boys and men are taking to work in the mills. They have lost their shame of hard labor, and many of their own accord enter the factories and earn good wages. Of course they would like to be cared for when they are slack and careless, but that day has passed away and conse quently they see that steady perseverance and hard labor brings its own reward. Padri Chunni Lai has ministered to the native church. For months he lay sick in the hospital, but, fortunately for us, he was spared, and is now giving his strength to the nurture of this large congregation. The Sunday congregations are becoming too large for our new church, and in the near future it must be enlarged. It will seat 300 persons, and room for 150 more is needed. The Date Evangelist Training School has been taught by Mr. M. C. Dhar. At the beginning of the year there were 15 pupils. Some of these were sent back home because they did not appear to have aptitude, while others were called in. Mr. Date has sent money for support of the school for the ensuing year, so that we need not be troubled about the finances. Several of the young men teach small schools in the city among the de pressed classes, and our preachers visit these places and find a hearty welcome. Some of these men are promising, and, when they have com pleted the course of study, we will send them into the district to places where they are needed. There is a Senior Epworth League organized in the English-speaking Methodist church. In the Hindustani church there are one Senior and two Junior Leagues. The Hindustani Leagues are flourishing, and are quite attractive. The native League prayer meeting which precedes the Sunday afternoon service is quite vigorous. The attendance is good. Usually 150 1898.] Northwest India. 197 persons are present, and the constant change of leaders brings to the front many persons who heretofore have been in the background. Miss Lauck and Miss Bobenhouse have had 60 girls enrolled in their English girls’ high school. Their staff of teachers has been in sympathy with the purpose of the school, and the girls have been well cared for. This school supplies a felt need in the community. It is designed for those persons who cannot afford to send their children to the Hill schools, and gives an education within the reach of the poorer Anglo-Indians. In the villages there are four large circuits. Kanauj Circuit. Padri Prabho has charge of the Kanauj Circuit. He has 12 workers under his direction, and there were 55 baptisms. This work is in the country among the villagers. There are 500 Christians who exhibit considerable Christian life. They have given this year for the support of the Gospel 50 rupees. This is the most promising of the native circuits. There are many inquirers who are easily accessible along the line of the railway, and for their instruction we urgently need several qualified workers. Orai Circuit. Joseph Cornelius, preacher in charge, lives in Orai, which is the governmental center of the district. The mission house was purchased there'years ago. In fact we own mission houses at each of the four substations. At Orai we should erect a chapel, because our services, etc., are held in very cramped quarters. Baptisms, 55. Bithur Circuit. The work in Bithur city is supported by Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Bond and a few of their friends. The converts live in 16 villages, which necessitates much traveling on the part of the preachers. Fifteen persons received the saving power of the Holy Spirit and have become new men in Christ. Baptisms were 24. Mrs. Bond gives considerable time and attention to this work. She has visited it twice, and proposes to make an extended itineration before the close of the year. Paphund Circuit is in the charge of Jai Ram. There are 3 prin cipal appointments, all easily reached from the East Indian railway. There have been 45 baptisms, and 15 clear heart conversions. The preachers have given considerable attention to raising supplies locally, and they have done well for a new Christian community. Ten percent of the cost of the work of this circuit was assessed on the circuit and it has all been raised. The Christian community numbers 350, who live in 30 towns. M e e r u t a n d B u l a n d s h a h r D is t r ic t s .— P. M. Buck, P. E. The Meerut and Bulandshahr Districts lie contiguous. Under peculiar circumstances the Bulandshahr District was also placed under my charge in August last. The work is in the main precisely of the same kind, hence one report will cover both. The dimensions of the entire territory are about 120 by 75 miles. The Christian community, including children, numbers about 18,000, living in about 750 villages. The combined field is served by about 130 men and 65 women as paid workers. The ordinary process of opening and developing work in this field is in teresting. An ordinary worker is planted in a new region, and, if a sue- 19 8 Missionary Report. [1898. cess, in a little time he will have a little subcircuit of from half a dozen to a dozen villages with scores of Christians, or even hundreds, if the fruitage is marked. A stronger worker with a small force under him will soon have centers occupied all about him, and the work is pushed until in a few years he will have a large circuit. Districts are evolved in the same way. Our thousands of Christians have been gathered in by such a process. The calls to occupy such centers of greater or less importance are very frequent, and one of oar great trials arises from the want of facilities to re spond to these calls so full of promise. This work bristles with difficulties and is bright with promise. These lower strata of India society, from which most of our converts have come, and are coming, have lived for hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of years in practically undisturbed ignorance. Schools have not been open to them, nor are they now, with the exception of the comparatively few mission schools we have been able to give them. Even since the great movement toward the Gospel began among them their contact with enlightened and cultured Christianity in their village simplicity has been too seldom and brief to lift them rapidly. They are pressed with secular work to earn their bread, coarse and frugal as it is. It is difficult for them to break away from home duties to attend Christian gatherings, unless they áre held during their hours of rest and very close at hand. Their light is commonly insufficient to arouse in them the ambition to rise as we long to see them. The numbers of pastors and teachers are too few to give them adequate religious instruction. The same difficulty limits the numbers of our schools, and many thousands of our Christian children are growing up in utter ignorance. Great indeed would be the results could we open a hundred schools costing from two to three dollars a month each. Our highest ambition for the rank and file of our bright-faced children is ability to read intelligently the word of God. Our people are often oppressed and persecuted by their fellow-villagers of higher caste, their landlords, and not unfrequently by the lower classes of native officials. They are even, at times, put into jail on trumped-up charges. They often find employment difficult to secure. Still it is very rare indeed that from any of these causes any of them lapse from Chris tianity. Where lapses occur they are, in nearly all cases, the result of the want of care and instruction either before or after baptism, or both. They sometimes, however, become alienated from us by designing men, who come to them as disaffected Christians. The matter of training up a body of efficient agents for their care and instruction is a vast problem, as everywhere leaders make or mar the work. The supply of workers from our educational institutions of a higher grade does not measure up to our needs. Then, for everyday village work we need workers more simple and less expensive in their habits, and who are able to get nearer to their people in their simplicity than most of our more highly trained workers are usually able to do. The latter are needed as leaders, but their work must be largely supplemented as noted. God is helping us and we are gathering a larger and larger corps of faithful, spir 1898.] Northwest India. 199 itual, and efficient helpers in our work. The value of a laborer of just the right stamp is above rubies. Our work moves 011 by steadily and persistently pushing it. Fitful efforts do not bring much to pass. Our work is becoming better and bet ter organized. Our districts and circuits and subcircuits, with the presid ing elder, preacher in charge, local preacher, exhorter, and pastor-teacher, all under regular and systematic supervision, give us a very complete system which reaches the last Christian, and affords the best care the facilities availa ble will permit. There are also hundreds of unpaid workers, especially as class leaders, who render varied and marked assistance in the work. As education spreads this agency will increase in efficiency. Epworth League Chapters are being rapidly multiplied, and the preachers in charge furnish suitable programs for workers with less training and experience. Our people are learning more and more of the power of prayer. Med ical facilities are rarely available among village people. Not a few touch ing instances of resort to Christ in prayer in cases of sickness are brought to our notice. It is becoming increasingly common to call their teachers to pray with their sick. Testimonies to answered prayer are quite fre quent. Spiritual, growth among them as elsewhere depends very largely on the character of the individual teacher or pastor. All the attendants of idolatry and superstition gradually lose their hold upon the people, even with the inadequate training we are at present able to provide for them. During a recent visit to a circuit, where it was said that remnants of idola try still lingered, the Christian women took the missionary’s wife all about the place into their homes to prove to her that no signs of the beast were remaining. It is indeed no small matter to uproot all remains of idolatry among a people with whom it permeates practically all the usages of social, family, and private life, from birth to the funeral pyre, and especially among a people who are upon so low a plane of intellectual attainment. Our people are slowly but surely learning that giving for the support of the Gospel is a real part of Christianity, and are gradually accepting its responsibilities. Like Christians everywhere, they need constant and care ful instruction. But instruction is coming, to be taken up and passed on by its first recipients. A youth, baptized by myself a few weeks since, dur ing the first night of his Christian life served as a watchman at the house we occupied, and in the morning on receiving his wages he of his own ac cord made over one sixth of the amount to his teacher for the support of the work. Collecting for self-support is coming to be more and more considered as the natural and proper thing. Often the people bring in kind when money is not available. Our workers are growing in knowledge, spirituality, and general efficiency. Our Bible school, for a month in the summer, for all our younger and less experienced workers was a marked success. No work we do is appar ently more important than this. Of similar character and importance is a training school for the preparation of workers. We have not been able, owing to limited funds, to gather in and train the numbers our field re quires, but with the funds available a good work is being done. 200 Missionary Report. [1898. Qur Christian boys’ boarding school is far too small for want of means to do more, but is doing a good work, and has had a successful year. The Christian girls’ boarding school in Meerut has had a good year. It has 85 girls. For the first time it sent up a class this year for the government middle examination. Misses Lawson and Livermore are in charge of this institution, the former of the boarding department and the latter of the educational work. The school has a staff of 10 teachers. The English church, under the pastoral charge of Rev. L. Lawson, has most of its work in connection with the British garrison of Meerut, which has from two to three thousand soldiers. Owing to unfavorable changes of regiments, the work has had unusual difficulties to face. There has been, however, a measure of success during the year. M u sso o r ie D i s t r ic t .— H enry Mansell, P. E . We have had no famine nor sickness this year to contend with, but in tense financial stringency has kept us back on every circuit. Not a single new worker has been employed this year, for though every circuit has done much in systematically bringing up pastoral support, all has been ex pended, and more is needed to make up the deficiency in our appropriations from home, and so the debt on current work has much increased. The most painful thing I’ve had to do this year, was to tell Brother Joshua Sumer that the sum of seven rupees per month could not be found anywhere to employ a pastor-teacher to instruct a whole village full of people who wanted to become Christians, and were too far from any native pastor to be put under watch, care, and teaching. It ought to be laid on the consciences of the home Church, that now, while the people are willing to become Christians by scores and hundreds, they should have the facilities furnished to become intelligent Christians. Here, where igno rance and idolatry are so dense and dark, it will not do to baptize and then neglect the heathen. Deoband Circuit.—Joshua Sumer, preacher in charge. Brother Sumer has been very successful this year in training his helpers for the work, and they have looked well after the native Christians in the circuit, and all have been baptized who could be looked after. But he was very much cast down, when, after a most urgent appeal for seven rupees per month to send a helper to a village beyond the reach of his present force, he was told there was no money. There are no Europeans on his circuit, and 110 rich native Christians. Do pray for them and help them. Lahore Circiiit. M. Tindale, missionary; James Jacob, native pastor. The English work continues to languish, and is a burden rather than benefit, as it takes almost the entire time of the missionary and pays almost nothing toward his support. So the plan is to give it up and strengthen the native work, which we cannot abandon, as there are several hundred native Christians there. Native Work. The famine of last year, though not acute in Lahore, was the cause of many native Christians going to other places for better wages. So, through the defect of one native preacher and the coming of another, 1898.] Northwest India. 201 many are not found, and few new ones have been baptized to take their places. Thus there appears to be a falling off in numbers. Real good work has been done, and the Christians are growing in intelligence and self-help. Multan Circuit. J. W. McNair, missionary. Brother McNair is furnished with a house and nothing more by the Mission. He receives his entire support from his English work, and does yeoman’s service among the natives. He has two self-supporting native preachers and one sup ported by the Mission, who will be out of the Mission pay next year. Several real conversions have cheered him this year. His real, ringing Methodist prayer and class meetings are a real treat in that far distant station, which promises ere long to be a live, self-propagating mission. Sister McNair’s health is far from firm, and she much needs a change. Mussoorie Circuit. English Church, W. H. Daniels, pastor. Dr. Daniels receives no Mission pay and was willing to receive whatever the little church could give. They have done well at self-support. The mem bership is small and not wealthy, but they have paid the 100 rupees per month, and the interest on the church debt of 4,000 rupees, besides 35 rupees for missions, and 25 rupees for superannuates. Dr. Daniels has preached excellent sermons, but was not strong enough to do much pas toral work over these mountains. The Society of Christian Endeavor has been a great spiritual power. A branch in Happy Valley (four miles distant) has had a glorious revival. Ten real conversions, and more to follow. Miss L. Swetenham has been an honored agent in this work. The Sunday school has been almost entirely made up of our Philander Smith School boys. Native Church, A. Jacob, pastor. This charge has had a most suc cessful year. We secured a competent head master for the school and gave him license to preach. He has built up the school and gathered Christian and non-Christian boys into the Sunday school. He, with one paid and three other unpaid workers, has been assigned to Bayu, preaching and holding meetings in private houses nearly every evening in the week. A Sunday and one week-day service have been established in Happy Valley through the kindness of Miss Swetenham, who gave a room for these meetings. About a dozen converts have been baptized there, and up to date 65 have been baptized on this circuit. All the collections have been much increased. Philander Smith Institute. H. Mansell, D.D., Principal. This our thirteenth year has been very prosperous— 111 students have been enrolled. More than usual of our boys in the seventh and eighth standards passed. One of our masters passed his Master of Arts highest on the list in these provinces. One of our boys passed out first from the Thomason Engineer ing College, and two of our boys passed in winning scholarships. One of our college boys won a government scholarship here. Patiala Circuit. E. T. Farnon, preacher in charge. Brother Farnon has had an encouraging year. His helpers are steadily growing more use ful and doing more and more to collect pastors’ fund and to keep the native 202 Missionary Report. [1898. Christians up to daily prayers and learning Catechism, Bible, etc. He had them all into Patiala, as usual, for a month of theological and secular study, during and after which he held revival services, which were owned and much blessed of-God. His circuit is prosperous and growing toward self-support, which is the aim of us all. Rurki Circuit. Jam es Lyon, missionary. The best opportunities for aggressive work and the best work of the district, if not also of the entire Conference, is found here. This is where the great revival among the depressed classes began ten or twelve years ago. After much blundering and mismanagement Brother Lyon was appointed, and he has set the work going, as it seems, on the correct basis of looking up the lapsed Christians and building up all on our most holy faith. Brother Lyon does two men’s work. He is chaplain to the English Wesleyan and Presbyterian soldiers and students, and receives for it capitation allowance sufficient to support half his native work. And this English work is very helpful spiritually, as well, for revivals and real conversions among the soldiers, etc., give an experience and impetus of faith to the missionary and his official members which is contagious, and caught by the native preachers and members makes them also a revival church. / Brother Lyon has his circuit divided into five subcircuits, each under a competent native preacher, and he himself itinerates frequently around these circuits, holding meetings and showing the preachers how to work and save souls, and instruct the Christians, and evangelize the heathen. He had a very successful and helpful summer school in the hottest month of the year in Rurki, where all the helpers were much blessed. His statistics show a healthy state in all departments of the work. Statistics of Northwest India Conference, 1898. HIP. BAPTISMS. CIIURCII PROPERTY. SUNDAY SCHOOLS. MIM ST ER 1A I, SUPPORT. I>EA rus. SCUOLARS OF O PASTOR. G A LI. AGt m o T3 « £. i p,^ a. ¡3 x XJl DISTRICTS. & • W 7 * c 5 o P be *c O.S ¿3 o>c S3 Ü O S B C IS 7c ^ c © © Value Value of Parsonages, Paid Paid IndeMet on Old of Church Property. Z >5 Church Property. From From Europeans. 1 Total. From Natives. For For Bishops. 1 No. J of Children. j No. of Adults. ¡5 | Total. | 1 No. of 1 Adults. j Improving Churches Parsonages.| j j of No. Children. 1 J Viilue of Churches. Paid I for Building ar 1 No. 1 of Parsonages. 1 No. 1 of Churches. J J Present Indebtednes 1 Lights, 1 etc. 1 Current 1 Expenses foi ! Officers and Teachers. ] No. ] of Sunday Schoo Christians.1 Agra...... 4,648 2,456, 26 98 74 722 701 1,428 14 57,656 6 23,105 83,245 7,1S2 600 11,000 1,033 201 157 2,929 1,909 4,838 1,696 521 6 2,223 Ajmere...... 8,685 138 188 212 246 458 2 6,225 2 10,000 21,000 797 190 91 84 1,612 1,698 8,805 .... Allahabad...... 258 120 12 621 192 818 2 30,35» 4 8,100 20,000 1,885 15,000 1,006 55 55 418 1,060 1,478 2,700 209 4 2,913 liiilandshahr...... 2,573 406 682 222 350 572 19 4,855 118 87 2,63S 1,063 3,701 ... . 511 2 f)13 C:iwnpore...... 778 540: 27 40 38 115 144 259 10 47,210 2 24,000 98,200 260 2,800 1,047 69 105 524 2,506 8,030 8,749 1 3,750 Kasganj...... 2,948 3,910 188 89 666 560 1,226 12 1,804 8 4,200 800 8 180 126 8,784 1,550 5,384 923 15 938 Meerut...... 5,340 1,568 87 119 842 468 S05 8 20,960 1 180 510 1,080 257 185 150 4,728 1,030 5,758 125 912 2 1,039 Mussoorie...... 3,089 907 58 65 484 1,333 1,767 8 46,911 3 2,300 8,000 722 780 12,SS5 792 92 98 1,498 991 2,489 4,104 413 6 4.523 Total...... 23,220 12,542 1,085 1,212 3,834 3,989 7,323 75 215,477 21 71,835 230,445 10,596 16,S40 27,765 4,333 986 857 18,131 11,802 29,983 8,625 7,235 36 15,899 Last year...... 21,618 10.S02 413 55S 2,051 3,940 n, non Î4 211,311 15 72,875 194,080 18,827 1,894 17,945 4.519 943 83» 19,644 10,535 80,179 11,965 3,290 22 20 15,297 1 Notk. -All values tibov- are piven In rupees. lien voient Collections.— Miositi nnry Collection—From ^churches, rupees; from Sunday soho, k, (Hi rupees ; Church Extension, 5 nipeen ; Indian Sunday School Union, .Ml rupees : Tract Society, 2 rupees ; Bible Society, i-'li rupees; C'liihlren’s Day collection, 171 rupees ; Educntionul purposes, 1,475 rupee? ; \V. 1\ M. S., l.'tO rupees ; other benevolent collections, ‘J,05G rupees ; total Benevolent Collections, 4,529 rupees. 204 Missionary Report. [1898. SOUTH INDIA. Bishop Thoburn has Episcopal Supervision. Dr. A. B. Leonard is Secretary in Charge. T h e South India Mission consists of the Madras Presi dency and all the territory south of the Godavery River not included in the Bombay Conference. Mission work was commenced in 1872 and the South India Conference organ ized November 9, 1876. M issionaries. Rev. W. H. L. Batstone,* Rev. John B. Buttrick and Mrs. Mary J. Buttrick, Rev. Albert E. Cook and Mrs. Editli M. Cook, Rev. David O. Emsberger and Mrs. Mary H. Emsberger, Rev. Joseph H. Garden and Mrs. Frances E. Garden, Rev. George K. Gilder and Mrs. Emily A. Gilder, Rev. William II. Hollister and Mrs. Hollister, Rev. William L. King and Mrs Sara J. King, Rev. A. T. Leonard and Mrs. Leonard, Rev. R. H. Madden* and Mrs. Madden, Rev. Ellis Roberts, Rev. A. W. Rudisill, *D.D., and Mrs. Bessie T. Rudisill, Rev. F. N. Shaw* and Mrs. Shaw, Rev. T. R. Toussaint* and Mrs. Toussaint, Rev. C. B. Ward* and Mrs. Ward. W. F. M. S.—Misses Louise E. Blackmar, Izilla Emsberger, M.D., Alice A. Evans, Fannie S. Fisher, Miss F. Maskell, Grace Stephens, Catharine Wood. A n n u a l M e e t in g . The South India Conference was held in Vepery, Madras, December 15, 1898, Bishop Thoburn presiding. No account of the proceedings is yet at hand. Godavery District.—George K. Gilder, P. E. The Godavery District of South India Conference was constituted last January by Bishops Foss and Thoburn during the session of Central Con ference at Lucknow. Territorially, the district comprises a portion of the Central Provinces, the feudatory states of Kanker and Bastar, with a slice of the Nizam’s dominions, embracing an area of about thirty-five thousand square miles with a population of 3,819,207 souls at the lowest computation. The territory included in the district represents a region comparatively remote, as well as long neglected, so far as any Christian missionary effort was concerned. Being away from the beaten tracks, and void of all railway communications or even decent roads, may explain why for these many years a field as interesting as any found in India, and more full of promise than some other sections of the country, has been completely passed by. The population of the district is made up mainly of aborigines and the lower castes of Hinduism. The former, although termed in different localities Murias, Madias, Kois, Gote-Kois, are all members of the great Gaud family, and of Dravidian origin. In the neigh borhood of the Godavery the vernacular is Telugu, while in the northerly * Received into Conference in India. 1898.] South India. 205 portion Hindi obtains, with a slight admixture of Uriya in the northeast corner. The aborigines possess a language of their own which is un written; but in the north they both understand and speak Hindi, and in the southern extremity Telugu. The following, which are rather remotely situated, are the Annual Conference appointments at present: Rarpui and Sironcha, in the Central Provinces; Jagdalpur, in Bastar State; and Yel- I Singnapur Narainpurj0 ^ Jt. o Momiaabad k ~ D a ! rt K autas& \ ^ . ^ J f * „ Pha MahaBEleshwar0 \ ^ Bi ile d a k °Malmgarh $?/ l\ o °fal Naidrugo o ^ oWarangal } S .---- ClupluQo Juruh \holapfrahinlPatlur°^#o Bo“‘Bar Bhadiachallam^“ , “ “3U cn c0uli)iu-5jaO ^SecmHlerabad = YcllaiiduX;. Ratna^iri£I f h ' & Jatt^ y, - o .Golconia® Go H aidarabad 0Kummatuett I Kolhapur0 ^Miraj oBijapur ulkbatr“» i f \ j agiaM, Cliokanilij - Sa0~.Sagar'v*. Bl Bcvcrkunda \ 0 Yiziadrugk ^ , gjTellikatali ° Sliornimr Ellorci ^_^X^x!XGhunapar £ezwada\ aaaon Atnrabad ¿"HiCaLadgi » >^H aichur i °PangaJ Guntur0 fXla&ulipatam ^ ©Belgaum S ilugdal . r Nizampacam*» vV\\ c$/ iicrnulo^ ^ 1 16 Dharwar0 £> Uadak °Adoui \Nandjal XS1 'p & r *■»(***> ooso1' S ir s i , u 3 '» " " ta u L r^-yXrototu* ^ K uin la> J K u id ru ^ J«/ ,, n e ? # Honawar (Cliittlodrugf Ai^ndpurV Kad^ Sliim oga,} Uaru° J \ j C? Badhur _ \ fcarhamkunda Ealakaatryi * Kundapur Q A \ I ° <° AC Paukai / Tum kur 1 ' ' ClUki.mglaroM y S° O cf' JlaDgahirlHasan, | o \l Merkarai Y Ilosuro'* ^3Iah«ihalipur m i o \ -s- ° ^-r\Scrin;apatam A rui'W o\Chinsa!pat i T*toCauW->s , »iM .rc> £3~ r \ -S’ Ginji*, Ka^sull lcriV ^lanautawadi S :>?*/,•? l>uiidichcrl-» -C^Ti Combatoro l . WclUn=ton L-. CV,,. n j; * .> p^lTranquebar ' ¿7, H , Ponnaniy-i^^c^pai^hat _ °Kankal K u m »a n k u la u i^ j^ ^ ^ ChUtur^Tricilinopoli' Xaaj ore ^Ne^apatam Cocjiiu ^X)indisulQ _ o | pz. Cflfimgre ^ llameawpiram CA ^PAMBANj »V Jlueleti ’utulcudi Mauàr^k o Vavinia AI Yalconculam\ laamkota :hiadu1 Auurad Triiikainali ^ Mengaanoparam i _ , EY-L'ON\ ■t.C om o rin CalTeaty a ^ ^PatLim o 81 \ landu in the Nizamate of Haidarabad, The \vork in Jagdalpur and Yel- landi> has been financed as regards plant by the Transit Fund Society, and is on a self-supporting basis with every guarantee of eventual success. In Rarpui and Sironcha the Missionary Society carries on operations. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society occupies the field in Sironcha, where Miss L. E . Blackmar just now is our only missionary. A married mission.)ry of the General Society is imperatively and urgently needed there, since much that may be accomplished in the way of soul gathering and the upbuilding of the work generally, is seriously retarded through Jack of leadership. Thanks to the generosity of a noble friend of our 20 6 Missionary Report. [1898. Indian mission field, we have been enabled to make a successful start in Rarpui where doors of splendid opportunity stand invitingly open in numerous directions. In every circuit there have been accessions. God is with us, and our hearts rejoice in the manifest token of his presence with us in this magnificent pioneer work. This brief report is written with the shadow of a great sickness darkening our home. My dear wife, whose gentle devotion and unobtrusive piety have been such a real help and comfort to me all these jears of toil, lies seriously ill and in a critical condition as I pen these lines. It is a time of sore trial to me and mine, and our hearts ache and are oppressed beyond expression. He w'ho is the Father of mercies knoweth the way we take, and he alone is our hope and stay in this season of heaviness and sorrow. [Mrs. Gilder has since died.] H a i d a r a b a d D i s t r i c t .— W . L. King, P. E. Since my last report the Haidarabad District has been divided. Three circuits, namely, Yellandu, Sironcha, and Jagdalpur were taken from the eastern side of our field and formed with other territory into a new dis trict. This division has very materially decreased the territorial extent of the district now under review, as the circuits named comprise a field ex tensive enough for a large district. At the same time the territory left to us is far too extensive for one district, which fact with the even more seri ous one of various languages will necessitate another division at no very distant day. The Haidarabad District as at present constituted has twelve Conference appointments. The length of the field by railway lines is about 400 miles. Three circuits lie entirely back from railways. Each circuit in our native work has boundaries wide enough for a presiding elders district. In population the district approximates three and a half millions. It is hardly necessary to add that, with our very limited mission force, we are only able to touch a comparatively small number of centers in so wide a field. One missionary in a parish of hundreds of thousands of people can hardly be expected to meet even the most urgent needs. It should be noted that our mission is the only one at work in the various centers of our work, except in Haidarabad and Secunderabad, and in these places the aggregate Mission force of all missions is very small. Probably the best way to give a comprehensive view of the work and the field will be to mention the circuits in order and give a few of the more important facts in connection with each circuit or work center. In doing this I shall be gin at the headquarters of the district. Haidarabad and Secunderabad. These cities, though two in name, are practically one and have an aggregate population of about four hundred thousand. Strange as it may seem, it is nevertheless true, that in this great center we have no property apart from that owned by our English churches and the W. F. M. S. We should at once strengthen our posi tion here by the purchase of a good property in each of these cities. Rents are exceedingly high and the policy of renting involves many disadvantages. In Haidarabad, the capital of the Nizam’s dominions, we have an Eng 1898.] South India. 20 7 lish church, a Hindustani mission, and W. F. M. S. work. The services of the English church have been well attended during the year, and the church has been doing better financially than for some years past. Over twenty have been received on probation, and a number will be received into full connection before the Conference year closes. Special effort has been made to train up the young people in Methodist doctrine and disci pline. This church has an important work to do as the only English church in this great city that can be expected to clearly and faithfully pro claim the vital doctrines of God’s word with a view to present personal salvation. The Hindustani mission has made progress during the year. The Sab bath service has been well attended. Mohammedans, Hindus, and Roman Catholics are often present and listen attentively to the preaching of the word. A very large amount of Christian literature has been distributed. It is reported that the Scriptures are making their way into a large num ber of non-Christian homes. The polyglot character of the population ap pears in the fact that we regularly make use of literature in six languages. We have been obliged to close one of the day schools hitherto reported, for want of funds. The other day school, standing in the center of the walled city, has been strengthened, and, at this writing, has a larger en rollment than evef before. The W. F. M. S. has two representatives in Haidarabad. During the year under review the work has been materially extended and strength ened. Efficient work is being done through the medium of day and Sun day schools, zenana work, and a boarding school. Work is being sys tematically and earnestly prosecuted along educational lines within the walled city. The number of day and Sunday schools has been increased, and the boarding school has grown rapidly. In Secunderabad we have an English school and Telugu mission. The English circuit has two appointments six miles apart, namely, Secundera bad and Bolarum. The congregations at both places have been good, and the Sunday schools and devotional meetings have been well sustained. The church has lost some by removals, but has received some on proba tion and into full connection. In the Telueu work an extensive circuit is being organized. Until the present year our operations have been confined to the city, but now woik is being carried on in several important villages to a distance of twenty miles from the city limits. This field has a dense population, is easy of access, and most promising. Vikarabad. Vikarabad is a railway station forty-six miles west of Haida rabad and the head of a large Telugu circuit. The work of this circuit was opened 7 years ago. We now have Mission property to the value of about twelve thousand rupees, a boarding school for boys, and another for girls organized, and several Christian communities. There have been a consid erable number of baptisms during the year, and the outlook is encourag ing. The missionary in charge has been laying plans for the support, m part, at least, of the boys’ orphanage and boarding school by market gar 208 Missionary Report. [1898. dening, and a small beginning in this direction has been made. The boys are required to do the most of the work. One missionary is trying to minister to the 500,000 people of this circuit. B id a r. Forty-six miles north of Vikarabad in the midst of a population of some 300,000 people is the head of our next circuit. Bidar has a popu lation of 11,000. It is about eighty miles northwest of Haidarabad. It is a place of some historic interest, and at the present time a stronghold of the Mohammedan faith. The mass of the people in the surrounding villages are Hindus and are ready to listen to the Gospel message. This circuit was organized about four years ago. We have a small Christian community. The Christians have been severely tried, but have stood firm. We have thus far been unsuccessful in all our attempts to secure property such as we require and get permission to build. An application has been recently made for a grant of ten acres of land within the walled town. Gulbarga and Raichur. This circuit extends for about one hundred and fifty miles along the Great Indian Peninsular Railway. It is west of Haidarabad, and at the nearest point one hundred and fifteen miles distant by rail. The prevailing language is Kanarese, but at points it touches the Telugu field. The work was opened 14 years ago, and fora long time but little impression seemed to be made. Faithful and persistent work has, however, been crowned with the divine blessing, and the ingathering of the past two years has been most encouraging. Christian communities have been established in many villages, and large numbers of the people are ready to accept the Gospel. The most serious difficulty in connection with the work at present is the smallness of the working force. In this field of 1,000,000 people our missionary force consists of one missionary with his wife, and one medical missionary of the W. F. M. S. There is a boarding school for boys and another for girls at Gulbarga, and low grade village schools where circumstances permit. The work is developing encourag ingly. In Gulbarga two dispensaries have been opened this year under the W. F. M. S. There has been a large demand for this department of mission work and the work has been most encouraging. Special attention lias been given to the spiritual side of the w’ork. Shorapur. This circuit lies to the west of the last-named circuit from which it is separated by the river Beema. It embraces an extensive field between the above-mentioned river and the sacred Krishna, and has a population of 250,000. Our working force consists of one native member of Conference, and one exhorter. We have Christians in several villages and the people listen eagerly to the preaching of the Gospel. If we could properly man this field the converts would soon be numbered by the thou sands. W ondalli. The Wondalli Circuit lies to the south of the Shorapur Cir cuit across the Krishna River. Here we have one missionary in the center of a population of 500,000. Although this circuit was organized only two years ago a considerable Christian community has been gathered. Among the converts are several Indian gypsies known as Benjaries or Lombardis, 1898.] South India. 209 The force of native workers has been materially strengthened during the past year. Our Christians are surrounded by decidedly adverse influences, as Wondalli is a mining camp. We believe, however, that our Mission here is exerting a strong influence for righteousness. Kofibal. Kopbal, the head of the circuit bearing that name, is about one hundred miles distant from Wondalli, in a southerly direction, and about four hundred miles by rail southwest of Haidarabad. The local government has shown a friendly spirit, and has made liberal grants in aid of our school work. A native preacher is in charge of this field of about one hundred and seventy thousand people. There is at present much encouragement in the work, but only a few have come forward for baptism. A promising young Mohammedan was baptized last Christmas. He has been faithful, and now declares his conviction that he is called to preach. Our workers have been growing in grace and we hope for more fruitful service in the future than they have rendered in the past. B ella ry. While this place appears on our list of Conference appoint ments we have very little there. It has existed in very little more than name for many years, but the brother who serves as “ supply ” has a good field of labor a j chaplain to the British troops stationed there and in visit ing remote and neglected European communities. In the field outlined above our work is carried on in the English, Kana- rese, Telugu, and Urdu languages, and in school work the Marathi lan guage is used to some extent. Our European missionary force is alto gether inadequate for this extensive field and should be doubled at once. This is one of the most serious difficulties in connection with our work. We have young and inexperienced native workers who require constant in struction and supervision that we cannot give under existing conditions. Again we need property in several places. In Haidarabad, Secundera bad, Bidar, Raichur, and Lingsugoor (Wondalli Circuit) we ought to secure property at once. Such property as is needed will cost at least $20,000. In addition to this, small amounts should be expended on other circuits for purchase of additional property or improvement of what we already own. In connection with the W. F. M. S. a site should be secured at Gulbarga and buildings erected, and it is very desirable that additional property be purchased at Haidarabad. With the increasing successes that God is giving us, these needs are becoming more imperative every year. Such needs cannot be supplied from indigenous resources. The question of self-support must not be overlooked in this connection. I believe that every circuit in connection with our native work will show an advance in aggregate contributions over last year or any preceding year. Nevertheless the amounts contributed will seem small unless com pared with the poverty of the people. Viewed in that light these seem ingly insignificant offerings we report may discount the largest gifts of the wealthiest contributors to the Church. However we expect our people to do better next year than they have done this. Constant exhortations to “ bring all the tithes into the storehouse ” will bear fruit in increasing measure. 14 210 Missionary Report. [1898. In closing this report it is fitting that I gratefully record the fact that our missionary band has been graciously preserved. Death has entered none of our homes, and there have been no cases of serious illness. Among our native workers and church membership the number of deaths has not been large. Our heavenly Father has indeed been good to us, and for his goodness we here record our sincere tribute of praise. M adras D istrict. —J. B. Buttrick, P. E. In reporting this district last year my predecessor made the statement: “ It is hard work seeking to accomplish anything in the teeth of the dis abilities we suffer from, chief of which is the smallness of our missionary force. It is no exaggeration to say that we are dangerously undermanned.” During the year now under review the disability referred to in the foregoing words has not diminished, our missionary force numbering one less than in 1897, and it being at the same time utterly impossible to increase our native agency, in view of the three per cent reduction in our appropriations for 1898. Something, however, has been accomplished during the year, hence we offer our heartfelt tribute of praise to “ God, who giveth the increase.” “ Planting ” and “ watering ” of “ the seed ” which “ is the word of God,” have been persistently attended to amidst much to discourage. But God has permitted more tokens of good to be manifested than discouragements to appear. In every part of the district some measure of visible success has been vouchsafed. At some points, indeed, an immediate addition to our working staff is imperative, or the souls who have been baptized can not receive that pastoral supervision which is essential for their instruc tion and for their “ growth in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” We ought to be recruited at once by one mission ary at the Tamil end of the district, and by two missionaries at the Kana- rese end. A special need of a material nature, and seriously felt in the city of Madras, is that of mission property. Although our work has taken root rather widely there, and is developing in a marked manner year by year, the Missionary Society yet owns no property in Madras as a home and base for its prosperous vernacular work. There are five circuits in Madras and its vicinity, concerning the work on which we are able to report encouragingly. Vepery English. Dr. Rudisill has rendered very efficient service on this circuit, a service that has been heartily appreciated by the members of the church and congregations on the charge, in view of the onerous duties also resting on Dr. Rudisill in connection with the Publishing House. Vepery, Pudupet, and Otary are the preaching places where the usual services are regularly held, and in conducting which the pastor is ably assisted by several willing lay helpers. Conversions have not been want ing, and the work is in a hopeful condition. Vepery Tamil. This circuit has been supplied this year by an unor dained Indian preacher, who has been the sole representative of the Mis sionary Society on the charge. The membership is large, and 61 bap 1898.] South India. 2 11 tisms are reported for the year. It has been impossible for this lone worker to attend to the pastoral work and at the same time prosecute ag gressive evangelistic work. Had it not been for the presence and earnest labors of the workers of the W. F. M. S. connected with the Deaconess Home, the above number of baptisms would not have been solemnized, but the work would have seriously suffered. The call is most urgent for a mis sionary for this circuit. Royapuram . Rev. A. T. Leonard, who reached Madras from the United States on Easter Tuesday, April 12, writes : “ We have 4 Sunday schools— 3 vernacular and 1 English—with a register of 164 children, formed into 12 classes, with 13 officers and teachers. We have also 3 day schools for native children, with a registered number of 40 children. The Cate chism, the Lord’s Prayer, and Christian hymns form part of the day school curriculum. Regular and systematic visiting from house to house has been maintained. In this way 53 families, representing 250 souls, have been visited at least once a month, often when sick and otherwise in need. . . . A Bible class for young men was, in July, organized into a Senior League. We have now a membership of over 40. This League with all its departments is doing good work, both for its own members and also for others. . . / 1 have kept in touch with the native work by visiting the schools and catechising the children through the teachers, and preach ing to the people. . . . We humbly rejoice in the knowledge that not material prosperity alone, but also spiritual good, has attended us, in the conversion of some and the awakening of not a few souls. We have the conviction that Royapuram Circuit is white unto the harvest.” Narsingapuram. Rev. W. Raju writes: “ The Lord has been gra ciously working, bringing sinners unto himself by means of the Gospel simply preached, with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. Among our 18 full members and 17 probationers I am glad to notice new life. They are converted souls filled with heavenly joy. . . . I am working in five large and crowded pariah villages. We hold Gospel meetings on Mon day, Thursday, and Saturday ; prayer meeting on Wednesday, and class meeting on Friday, besides Sunday schools in five villages, attended by 400 scholars, and Sunday services which are attended by 13 adherents, besides our members and probationers. In our day school, maintained by a Hindu gentleman who gives 600 rupees annually, there are 85 children. Nine Hindu boys attending this school have been converted to Christ. Their testimony at our class meetings unmistakably shows that the love of God has come into their hearts.” Kodambakam. Rev. K. R . Gopalah, who, owing to his wife’s prolonged illness and ultimate decease in August last, has been compelled to spend much of his time in Madras, writes : “ Our work now extends to four villages, occupied entirely by the much oppressed and depressed pariahs. We have now an infant congregation of 30 souls, most of whom are farmers and the rest tanners. Two of our converts are engaged in evangelistic work—one in this circuit and the other in the Royapuram Circuit. . . . Our converts are now persuading their kith and kin to come and see what 212 Missionary Report. [1898. great things Jesus has done for them. Our work is most promising, but we are short of workers and of money.” On the western side of the district Kanarese, Telugu, Tamil, Hindustani, and English are the languages chiefly spoken and in which we work— Kanarese being the principal vernacular. Bangalore English. Rev. Fawce W. Shaw writes : “ We are confident that our labor has not been in vain. My English congregation demands nearly all my time. Although we have but a small membership, and for some unaccountable reason this does not increase, we have a larger number of adherents. Our Sunday morning and evening services are well attended, and so is the service on Wednesday. We would like to see a larger num ber at our class meetings, but those who attend do so regularly. Our Sunday schools are the largest in Bangalore. . . . The work among the young people is very encouraging. We have a few who really love the Lord, and are doing good among their companions.” Bangalore Kanarese. Brother Shaw also has charge of this circuit, and writes: “ The Kanarese work is very small but cheering. Mrs. Shaw, who is able to use the language fairly well, supervises and personally con ducts some of it. She has two Sunday schools in two villages within a radius of two miles from Bangalore, and out of these two day schools have sprung. . . . Our two native workers go to several villages and preach reg ularly, and sell Scripture portions and other Christian publications.” H osur. Rev. G. Gershom writes : “ The past year has been a fruitful one. The Lord has been with us, and has blessed the work abundantly. There have been 10 baptisms of Hindus, and also 3 of Christian children. The church membership has increased, there being now 19 full members and 4 probationers. There are 2 Sunday schools with 74 pupils, and the attendance is generally good. Colportage work has been pushed, and 5 Bibles, 10 New Testaments, and 1,566 Scripture portions have been sold.” A missionary is very much needed for this extensive and promising field. Bowri?igpei. This is a wide rural circuit, and fully capable of furnish ing ample work for a missionary and double the staff of native agents at present employed. There have been 2 baptisms of Hindus at Bowringpct. and 21 at Yelabanka. The latter are Telugu panabamas, who were driven into the Mysore Province, from British territory to the north of it, two years ago by stress of famine. They form the nucleus of what we trust will be a growing church at Yelabanka. Betm angal. Cholera in the early part of the year, and now the plague, have somewhat interfered with aggressive spiritual work on this circuit. Nevertheless, Rev. J. G. Turton is able to report: “ The great Shepherd of souls'has given us the joy of leading one Pauchama Guru to himself. This man still remains faithful in spite of many adverse circumstances. There are signs of a large ingathering in two particular villages—one to the east, the other to the west of Betmangal. We are sorry that we are un able as yet to report their baptism ; but are glad that we can confidently report that we have 43 souls anxiously inquiring after Christ, and willing to give up idolatry.” 1898.] South India. 213 K o la r. Rev. W . H. Hollister writes : “ In several respects the work of the year has been very encouraging. While baptisms from heathenism have been few as compared with older fields, the number is greater than during any previous year. This place sorely needs reinforcements. It must have an additional missionary before that aggressiveness in work can be manifested which experience shows must precede large accessions to the Church. Many are half persuaded to become Christians. Industrial phases of work, looking toward indigenous support, progress encourag ingly. . . . The Epworth Leagues, Senior and Junior, afford much help to the young people. . . . At this writing the dreaded plague is finding its way into Kolar, and the terror of the people is such as to hamper all Chris tian work among them. The Bibles and Scripture portions sold on this charge number over 1,000 annually, and must ultimately bear good fruit.” Srinavasapur. Rev. J. Narappa writes: “ In this town, in villages within a radius of 11 miles, in annual fairs, and in weekly markets we have preached the Gospel during the year. . . . In Srinavasapur there have been 7 baptisms. We have 3 Sunday schools, 2 of them among pauchamas. A night school is also held during the week for pauchamas.” In M u lba gal and Rollinspur Circuits work has been aggressively pros ecuted. At thef former one Hindu, a woman, was baptized. Careful pas toral oversight has been given to the small Christian community at the latter place. Through our industrial operations at Rollinspur W'e are win ning the confidence of the pauchama communities of neighboring villages, and finding opportunities for dispensing unto them spiritual blessings. The Baldwin High Schools in Bangalore have had the most prosperous year in their history. The Rev. T. R. Toussaint is the right man in the right place, and God is abundantly sealing him as his chosen one in this department of service. Manifest success is attending the operations of the Publishing House, Madras, under the skillful direction of Dr. Rudisill. Its sphere of useful ness is continually being enlarged, and w7e confidently look forward to the time when it shall be free from debt, and shall be sending forth from its presses a stream of light ever widening and ever further penetrating, w'hich shall far exceed in effulgence and power the spiritual radiance which already emanates from it. The work of the IVomans Foreign Missionary Society on the district has been effectively carried on. Under Miss Fisher and Miss Maskell, in their respective departments, the work of the Lord has prospered in Kolar. We are extremely thankful to report that in a very few months these ladies will be comfortably housed in the Gamble Deaconess Home. With grati tude we also report that in Madras Miss Stephens and her fellow-workers will soon be able to occupy W. F- M. S. property. A fine suite of build ings, on a most eligible site, is being erected, and will furnish accommoda tion for deaconess home, boarding' school, and widows’ home. In Ban galore faithful work continues to be done ; but much more could be accom plished if a W . F. M. S. lady were stationed here, and the Society had property of its own. Statistics of South India Conference. g 1 ¿ . J 8 s' JS 0 E s i •S 1 JS j« "í t £ •c<3l i a! § S tu t JBS .g ■a 3 0 s 1« &- •0 «5 ài co § 0 ¿ •- i * Jz £ % = CIRCUIT OR C •3 E Jjfr ! a e 8 s l IS. I 1 S é 11 "0 I a 1 ■5 e 11 1 1 STATION. J* '£1 m8. 0é 1 I 1. »* £ 3 *1 £ S *2 10 £ i «fe I B a i t 1 •si, 1i f 1 a js . t l .1 1 O¡3s S M 1 1 U>% « s 0 «MÍ 1 1 5 ■ EC 0 £ i ?5l *0 § t ì .1 C-g 3o 3 0 O 0 ofL 0 8 *S E ! I f £ 'i< « « 1 > s 6 ? ci 6 11 l i t 1 1 S'S £5* Z«S 1 of Vaine Estimated <5 Chapela. and Chinches ( European and Eurasian Eurasian and European ( I <92 . | Workers, W. F. M. M. F. or W. Workers Workers, | Native I % I Worn. For. Miss. Society. Miss. For. Worn. I O!« < 6 BOMBAY. Bishop Thorburn has Episcopal Supervision. Dr. A. B. Leonard is Secretary in Charge. T h e Bombay Mission consists of the Bombay Presidency, the Central Provinces, Berars, that portion of the Nizam’s Do minions 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 or ganized December 22, 1892. * ^ P &r/inoCga A>a z u r A— Hissar° Meerut W /ta A) Bhiwauio StJ3 f -di 1 < j & T Skikarpur^" Fatehpur \ ° \ ° b ^ j>-Aa r ^/^..irpur P Bikaner6 » Alwar<> \ 8 A J-PUTANA M“l‘4 A^1^ U fahanp¿}ílC?r2P Jaisalmeio ,, BliartpuroX-, oik v Nagaro Plmlera0 cJa Agr1\j'nrukIÄ^ Jodhpur ^ K^uU LuckVy c, ^Faixabaál v. ,-C^ííÍirabvl0 Karachi <^>5, \ J paili A y Ci D atiao J Umarkot V Jh a n s i j Si'rchio Xotah D isao j Jhalra Patan \ /Allulla A lirzapiii yPartabgarb Manflsaur Dungsrimro ° J S agar Jabalpur ^ p>U_ D-^Kawanagar rw-KIianapu CamWy<(V' CmbÍT^r «Codhra P U->Jalu ' ------\ K ATHIAWA Rr m Ba roda I o dore Kar5,inghplir1j"'1-0-^ argujat p* \ Biiauuagar£ H anla . u \ ' Seoni^ '^’ Biiaspur W K / r * ™ * Klutndwaa E N T/ R A L°— 22- ?S!' o / J R.,imIr, ELlichpur lífc ¡,u r0 - „¿L ndara I! J D iu, ^ Amrioli, \ - ¿pBhandara ^ , JNasik Bbusawal A'ssaye ^ ^ ^ ^ f - - / ® Jioagarh " Jaiä* BEHAR ^oWaruYaO II a iu ia C 0* - 0 ^'"'SJiaslu iChaiida «* • -• Kaukerotr fiodo f~e7iffan^a\ BoJbay|loTahn^“í“ Blr °Tuuna .. . anauli ^ Baral Godava * ^V^nMU0iapurH ^ M issionaries . Rev. Wm. W. Bruere and Mrs. Carrie P. Bruere, Rev. W. H. Butterfield and Mrs. Butterfield, Rev. W. P. Byers and Mrs. Charlotte M. Byers, Rev. W. E. L. Clarke and Mrs. Bertha A. Clarke, Rev. John O. Denning and Mrs. Mar garet B. Denning, Rev. Frank R. Felt, M.D., and Mrs. Elizabeth D. Felt, Rev. Thomas P. Fisher and Mrs. Helen H. Fisher, Rev. Daniel O. Fox and Mrs. Ellen W. Fox, Rev. Edwin F. Frease and Mrs. Frease, Rev. Wm. H. Grenon and Mrs. Grenon, Rev. T. M- Hudson and Mrs. Hudson, Rev. Thomas S. Johnson, M.D., and Mrs. Amanda R. Johnson, Rev. W. A. Moore and Mrs. 216 Missionary Report. [1898. Moore, Rev. T. E. f . Morton and Mrs. Morton, Rev. Dennis Osborne and Mrs. Grace Osborne, Rev. Geo. W. Park and Mrs. Park, Rev. Wm. E. Robbins and Mrs. Alice E. Robbins, Rev. Wm. H. Stephens and Mrs. Anna T. Stephens, Rev. A. S. E. Vardon and Mrs. Yardon, Rev. Wm. D. Waller. In the United States: Rev. George I. Stone and Mrs. Marilla M. Stone. W. F. M. S.—Misses Minnie F. Abrams, Elizabeth M. Benthein, Harriet E. Boss, Anna Elicker, Martelle Elliott, Emma Hodge, M.D., Nettie B. Hyde, Christine H. Lawson, Elizabeth Nichols, Charlotte J. Porter, Katherine A. Spears. A n n u a l M e e t in g . The Bombay Conference was held in Poona December 7, 1898, Bishop Thobum presiding. The account of its proceedings is not yet at hand. C e n t r a l P r o v i n c e s D i s t r i c t .— T . S. Johnson, P. E. B asim : W . A. Moore; Boys’ Boarding School, supplied by G. W. Hawkes, Burhanpur, S. Benjamin. Chindwara, Paul Singh. Gadarwara, supplied by Malcolm Lewis. Harda, W. H. Grenon. Jabalpur: T. S. Johnson; English Church and Hindustani Evangelistic Work, F. R. Felt; Girls’ Boarding School, Miss Hyde. Kampti, W. E. L. Clarke, one to be supplied. Khandwa, A. S. E. Vardon. Pandhana, supplied by Govind Ram. Nagpur, W. E. L. Clarke. Narsinghpur: J. O. Denning; Christian Boys’ School, J. O. Denning. This district is divided between Hindustani-speaking and Marathi peo ple. The area is large and the population about twelve million. On ac count of the great distances and different languages two sessions of the District Conference are held. Were it possible the Marathi portion should be organized into a separate district; but instead of being able to do this, one of the principal charges— Kampti—has to be superintended by the missionary of the adjoining station. An appeal has been made to the Church at home for a missionaiy for the place referred to and money for his support. May the appeal be promptly responded to. A Mohammedan haj'f, who has been a number of times to Mecca, and has a parchment from Bagdad which is several feet long, has been bap tized in Jabalpur, also his wife and child; and in Basim a very clever maulvie has not only become a Christian, but a zealous preacher of the Gospel. An attempt was made to dispose of him by poisoning, but through the mercy of God he recovered and continues to preach Jesus. The school premises in Narsinghpur and in Jabalpur have been greatly enlarged, costing a considerable sum of money and much time and great care on the part of the missionaries. Considerable work has also been done in the same line in Kampti and Basim, while in Khandwa arrange ments for new and extensive premises have been made, and dormitories for both the boys’ and girls’ boarding schools are being erected. This expenditure in no way involves the Missionary Society, but adds greatly to its property and to the prospective growth of the Church. The enlargement of the mission premises in Harda has also been ef fected by the purchase of additional land, which we, for several years, had been trying to negotiate for. There are more than two hundred boys in the school at Narsinghpur, where carpentering, tailoring, and shoemaking have been introduced, and Brother Denning is adding farming, gardening, 1898.] Bombay. 217 and a poultry yard, all with the twofold object of teaching the boys to work and to help develop self-support. The girls in Jabalpur school, numbering more than two hundred, do all their grinding and cooking, and a number of them are learning needle work. In Khandvva the girls excel in making thread buttons, for which there is an extensive market, and in all of the schools, in which there are more than five hundred dependent children, the children are all taught to work. Evangelistic work during the famine was somew’hat interrupted, but is now being prosecuted much in the usual manner, excepting the bazar preaching, which is to some extent giving way to mohullah and village work, where there is less opposition, and though the congregations may be smaller, there is more hope of the good seed bringing forth fruit. There are numerous instances of the good results of our work during the famine. A short time ago I noticed on the collection plate five eggs, and learned that a coolie woman who earns about eighty-seven cents a month, had placed them there. Counting the possible earning of her husband and daughter, the family may earn three dollars a month. This is one of the families saved by the Mission from starvation during the famine. Grass huts were provide^ for them on waste land near by, where they still live, and work wherever they can find employment. They were greatly im pressed with the Gospel message which they heard daily, and a few months ago they declared their faith in Christ and were baptized. I bought those eggs and sent them to Brother Denning at Narsinghpur, who, in the in terests of the school there, has been provided by Bishop Thoburn with an incubator. I hope we may soon have five little chickens from these eggs, and see grand results from the offering of that poor woman. I would like to sell a number of the unhatched chickens in advance, but I cannot promise to deliver them. Purchasers may place their own price upon them—25 cents or $100 each—whatever sum the giving of which will make them happy. In Basim, one of our stations, owing to the great depth through almost solid rock to which wells have to be sunk, making them very expensive, our missionaries there have had to bring their water from a long distance. At the close of the famine, upon attempting to dig a well for the school, water was found at less than half the depth of other wells. Also a green spot near the bungalow was discovered, which upon excavating proved to be an old well with, so far, plenty of water, of the exist ence of which the oldest residents have no recollection. The people there generally, both Hindus and Mohammedans, declare that God has given us these wells because we fed so many poor people during the famine. These and many other things show plainly the good impressions upon the minds of the people made possible .by the funds furnished for the preser vation of the starving multitudes. As to the wells, it is evident that God directed us to where he had good water in store for us. We have but part of the money necessary to meet the expense of digging the wells, and hope that some good friend or friends may be persuaded to furnish the bal ance. A very important part of the evangelistic, is zenana work. Espe- 218 Missionary Report. [1898. daily is this the case in Jabalpur and Narsinghpur, where the number of workers has been increased, and the openings are many and promising. In the latter place a high caste woman, who gives good evidence of having accepted the Lord, has interested her husband in the Bible, which they read together, and at their request a regular Sunday service is conducted in their house. Another very important evangelistic agency has recently been estab lished in Jabalpur by Dr. Felt, namely, the opening of a dispensary, where numbers of afflicted people receive treatment. The people assemble in a hall where they quietly listen to the Gospel message, while one at a time they are called into the dispensary for examination and treatment. Not only the sick, but others come to the hall simply to listen. These impres sive services for soul and body, continuing two or three hours daily, can but result in great good. The cost of this new work will increase as the good work increases. Are there not many persons interested in this two fold work who will be glad to share in bearing the expense of it? Before closing this report mention should be made of the building of a church in Narsinghpur, a substantial building of a good size and appear ance, and a pleasing place of worship, also of the enlargement of the native church in Jabalpur, which is now of good size and a comfortable place of worship. G ujarat D istrict. —E. F. Frease, P. E. Bkalej Mass Meeting. On December 1, 1897, a mass meeting was held at Bhalej to greet Bishops Foss and Thoburn and Dr. Goucher. A field was rented for the occasion and a platform built of earth. A row of trees cast a shade over the place of meeting. At ten o’clock in the morning the delegations began to arrive, headed by the pastor-teachers. A t eleven o’clock the morning meeting was opened with over 1,000 present, and lasted until one o’clock, by which time the congregation had swelled to over 2,000 souls, of whom the lists showed over 1,500 to be Christians. One delegation came eighteen miles over the deep sand roads of Gujarat—a round trip of thirty-six miles. Hundreds walked over twenty miles before they reached home again. Only people in earnest would do that. The delegations were seated as they arrived, and the closest attention was given to the addresses of Dr. Goucher and others. In the afternoon meeting the people were visibly affected by the address of the venerable Bishop Foss. The candidates for baptism were then called forward by villages. The answers given to the questions put by Bishop Thoburn were prompt and hearty, and the Apostles’ Creed was recited in concert with encouraging^unanimity. Bishop Foss baptized those on one side, and Dr. Goucher those on the other, each name being carefully checked. The number baptized was 225. It was a memorable day. The presence and power of God \vere mani fest. The people were blessed. The workers were greatly encouraged. Missionaries. At the session of the Bombay Conference, held in 1898.] Bombay. 219 December, 1897, T. P. Fisher was appointed to Baroda Circuit, including the boys’ boarding school and the Baroda Station Gujarati church, the writer and Mrs. Frease retain only the district evangelistic school. R . C. Ward was appointed to supply Mah'i River Circuit, and the other appointments remained unchanged. Early in the year the health of both T. E. F. Morton and Mrs. Morton failed, and, on physicians’ certificates, they were granted leave to go to the mountains. The first of May G. W. Park, enervated by nearly ten years of uninter rupted service in this mission in India, left for Sweden, on leave, to join his family. Late in May Mrs. Hudson left for England with the children, two physicians having certified it to be absolutely necessary for her to go at once. Thus our missionary staff was seriously cut down, and the writer was obliged to take up the work of Nadiad and Godhra Circuits in addition to his other work. Godhra Circuit. A gap of a number of miles existed between the work on the east and west ends of this circuit. It has been the desire to fill this in, and it is being accomplished. In one village in this zone 30 persons have been recently baptized. A year ago there were Christians in but 11 villages on this circuit. The number is now 32, although the Mah'i River plague quarantine line has prevented reaching candidates south of the river in most promising territory. There is a large number of candidates for baptism on the circuit whom Brother Morton will be able to baptize on his return. Nadiad Circuit is extending in three directions. A year ago there were Christians in 30 villages. The number is now 43, not counting 6 villages recently transferred to the Mahi River Circuit. A particularly interesting work is opening up west of Nadiad among a number of large villages in a very populous region of the Baroda State. In one of them I baptized 93 persons. There are over 100 candidates in an adjoining village, and still more in several other villages. Mah'i River Circuit is nearly surrounded by other circuits, and the only side on which it can expand is bounded by the Mah'i River plague quaran tine limit, effectively preventing any advance that way, though candidates over the river await baptism, as in Godhra Circuit further up. Brother Ward has made special effort to develop the work in the villages already occupied, and to effectively train his workers. There are a large number of candidates in the old villages and in a number of hamlets, who, it is hoped, will be baptized before the end of the year. Baroda Circuit village work is' always difficult, and is now divided by the Mah'i River plague quarantine line. Early in the year the exhorter in charge of Padra subcircuit, Lalla Viva, died of the plague, and Brother Fisher had a distressing time in arranging for the burial. The work in that hard region suffered much from the loss of Lalla, who was an un usually able and consecrated worker, and has not yet regained the lost 220 Missionary Report. [1898. ground. New work has been opened on the Narbadda River to the south, and it is encouraging that under such adverse conditions the village work on Baroda Circuit has more than held its own. The Boys' Boarding School has increased in numbers to the limit of the present available accommodations and funds. Brother Fisher has taken over about five acres of the large mission compound, arid the boys spend from 7 o’clock A. M. to 1 P. M. in school, and devote the rest of the day to gardening. It is the plan to add other industrial departments as rapidly as practicable. The Girls' Boarding School has also reached, and more than reached, the limit of its house accommodations. Very largely through this it has been a year of peculiar trial to Miss Spears. It is cheering to know that definite steps have been taken to provide for the much-needed buildings in the near future. The District Evangelistic School is also located at Baroda. The rapid expansion of the work and the consequent urgent need for workers makes it very difficult to spare from the field the very men and women who should attend the school. For the same reason we are literally compelled to advance the students as far as possible in six or eight months, and then send them out and call in a new class. Yet the standard of the school is much higher than a year ago, and it is doing more effective work A s we are now beginning to be able to employ workers who have received an elementary training in our village schools, the evangelistic school, while it will doubtless always have a primary department, will continue to raise its standard year by year. Six couples have been sent out from it to the work thus far this year, and there are now eight couples and two unmarried men in attendance, most of whom will be sent out before long. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Village Work is of the greatest importance, and has advanced on all the circuits. The number of women workers has increased considerably. Mrs. Ward is in charge of this work on the Mah'i River Circuit, Dr. Hodge on Nadiad Circuit, and Mrs. Frease on Baroda and Godhra Circuits. Medical and Evangelistic Work for Women. Miss Hodge, M.D., and her assistants have itinerated widely over the district, having large numbers of patients, and doing evangelistic work among the women and girls. This work is of the greatest value, for, with the other women’s work, it is helping to solve one of our greatest problems—the effective reaching of the women and girls. Bombay Gujarati Circuit. * It was necessary to burden T . M. Hudson again with the double work of the Bombay Publishing House and the Gujarati Circuit. It is too much for any man. Yet the Gujarati Circuit does not seem to have suffered, although aggressive work under the cir cumstances has been impossible. Arrangements at last have been made which will, it is hoped, soon relieve Brother Hudson from the agency of the publishing house. Monsoon Traitiing School. Again it was decided to call in only a limited number of workers, but, although the conditions were harder, the 1898.] Bombay. 221 workers were so anxious to attend that all except the more advanced and a few others were permitted to come. The attendance was 105. The evangelistic school was amalgamated with the Monsoon Training School for the time being. Effective work was done, and the indispensable place this school occupies in the development of our work is more and more apparent. The District Conference immediately followed the monsoon school, as usual.- Bishop Thoburn was present during most of the session. Twenty-five newly licensed exhorters were admitted. The business was carefully done, and the examinations strict—so strict that quite a number failed. One hundred and forty workers, men and women, were appointed to work, as against 114 last year—a gain of 26. Only villages in which Christians or a number of instructed candidates for baptism live appear on the list of appointments. Last year the number was 89; this year 132—a gain of 43. Plague has been a serious hindrance all the year, and Baroda City and many of the outlying villages suffered severely last cold season and well into the hot weather. Earl , in September, while the Monsoon Training School was in session, the plague broke out most unexpectedly in the Baroda camp bazíár, in which 40 of the workers were quartered in rude houses. It increased rapidly, and the workers were withdrawn from the bazar as rapidly as possible. It was announced that all would have to be inoculated or it would be necessary to dismiss the school and send them all home at once. They chose to be inoculated. One of the women workers, Laxmibai Shiva, who had been exposed to plague infection, developed plague the same day she was inoculated, and died five days later, two days before the District Conference date. Volun teers were called for to help bury the body, and many more than were needed responded. We had feared a panic, but none occurred, and the work of the examinations and the District Conference went quietly on. No further cases occurred among the workers, and they went to their ap pointments, grateful to the Providence who had so graciously protected them. A few days later the plague began to spread among the outhouses of the bungalows of the camp, entering some of the bungalows as well. Between twenty and thirty rats died in the workers’ quarters as well as in the bungalow occupied for the sessions of the girls’ boarding school. This is the usual plague warning and the premises were at once vacated and completely disinfected. Miss Spears’ bungalow arid the dormitories are fortunately a mile away from the schoolhouse. All the quarters on the property occupied by Brother Fisher, the writer and family, the boys’ boarding and the evangelistic schools, were disin fected by the most recent and approved methods, and we hope to keep the plague away. But day before yesterday a Christian child died of plague on a compound quite near, and Brother Fisher conducted the funeral. I have just been informed while writing this that a dead rat has 222 Missionary Report. [1898. been found in one of the workers’ rooms on the compound. What the outcome may be we cannot tell. If the rat died of plague, others are sure to die, and in that case the schools and workers will have to be moved into some open field to live in grass huts for some time. During the monsoon just ended the quarantine on the Mah'i River, which had kept the plague from spreading across the river, was relaxed for some time, and the plague was carried over to Umreth, a village in the very center of our Christian villages. Stringent measures were taken promptly, but experience indicates that the plague is almost certain to spread among the villages. Additional official information states that the plague is raging in a village three miles from Godhra, and all along the south bank of the Mahi. A widespread plague epidemic among our villages during the cold season appears inevitable. We shall do all in our power to persuade our people to be inoculated, and to induce them to build and live in grass huts in the open fields, leav ing their houses, which are of one story, unroofed for some months. Self-support has been kept prominently before the people and workers, and a systematic effort made to teach them to give. Every indication points to the contributions for pastoral support being more than doubled over last year. The missionaries are fully alive to the importance of this question. Baptism s. There will probably be a decided decrease in the number of baptisms this year, because, with Brothers Morton and Park away on leave, Brother Ward unordained, and Brother Fisher fully occupied at Baroda, a i r the baptizing on three large circuits has devolved on the pre siding elder, who has been able to reach only a few of the villages. About three hundred and fifty have been baptized thus far this year. But as Brother Morton is to return in two weeks, and arrangements are being made for Brother Hudson to baptize Brother W ard’s candidates, there will doubtless be several hundred more baptized before the end of the year. Still the number cannot well reach that of last year. However, from a comprehensive view of the whole work for the year, it is clear that, notwithstanding the unusual hindrances and the absence of missionaries, a decided advance has been made all along the line. The whole situation has never been so well in hand as now, and the outlook for the spread of the Master’s kingdom in Gujarat has never been so bright. Rev. Dennis Osborne’s report of the Bombay District, being the same as that given at the- Conference of 1897, it is not necessary to repeat it. Statistics of Bombay Mission," 1898. [ | j £ « ¿3 c E *0 w 0) O 8 = x ¡8 DISTRICTS. 0CL eL â -O 1 jj > U Central Provinces District 809 880 170 293 302 4,639 6 22,800 9 50,200 108 72 8,528 566 Gujarat District...... 274 2,197 704 43 0 105 2,309 1 5,000 3 24,400 107 69 335 1 8 1? ft 8? 9.\ ar» 51 1,093 8,990 1,320 975 89 1,039 85S 781 247 9,102 245 19 155.300 21 18S,050 832 18,723 10,002 18 19 8 82 2 85 51 48 960 975 933 426 28781 218 245 19 155.300 20 128,450 S05 i 1 /N o tk. 1 lie statistics which ate not given by sepamte districts are front the report of 1S% niul 1897, the latest at hand in regard to tho^e items, and evidently very incorrect as to last year, especially in such items as “ aver age attendance,” I 224 Missionary Report. [1898. BENGAL-BURMA. Bishop Thoburn has Episcopal Supervision. Dr. A. B. Leonard is Secretary in Charge. T h e Bengal-Burma Mission consists of the provinces of Bengal, Behar, and Burma in India. Mission work was com menced in 1872, and the Bengal-Burma Conference was organized February 2, 1893. M issionaries . Rev. William P. Byers and Mrs. Charlotte M. Byers, Rev. Benjamin J. Chew, Rev. Joseph Culshaw and Mrs. Culshaw, Rev. Edward S. Ekdahl and Mrs. Ek- dahl, 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. Frank E. Lieden and Mrs. Lieden, Rev. Neils Madsen, Rev. James P. Meik and Mrs. Isabella Meik, Rev. John E. Rob inson and Mrs. Retta T. Robinson, Rev. Julius Smith and Mrs. Mary E. Smith, Rev. Frank W. Warne and Mrs. Margaretta E. Warne. W. F. M. S.—Misses Kate A. Blair, Frances Craig, M. Estelle Files, Miriam Foster, Charlotte Illingsworth, Anna Keeler, Emma L. Knowles, Emma L. Lamb, Fannie Perkins, Josephine Stahl, Anna Suderstrom. In the United States : Rebecca B. Daily. Elizabeth Maxey, Julia E. Wisner. 1898.] Bengal-Burma, 225 A n n u a l M e e t in g . The Bengal-Burma Conference was held at Calcutta January 27, 1898, Bishops Foss and Thoburn presiding. A s a n s o l D i s t r i c t .— J. E. Robinson, P. E. There is much of interesting detail concerning this field that might be recorded were space at our disposal for the purpose. To those who are working in it and responsible for it to the Church, it is the most interest ing field in the whole world. But we have been warned to be brief. The three principal circuits, Asansol, Bolpur, and Pakur, formerly belonged to the Calcutta District, but were cut off two years ago for more conven ient administration. There is wide scope for all departments of mission work. The twTo missionaries have their hands more than full with work that could be divided among half a dozen greatly to its advantage. Progress is being made, but not by any means as rapidly and extensively as would be the case were not the district undermanned and our resources so greatly inadequate. The year has been a trying one. After the famine of 1897 there has been much sickness. An epidemic of cholera broke out in the Asansol Mission compound, carrying off several servants and school girls. The girls’ school was for a time broken up and still suffers from the sad visitation. It was a heavy burden on a depleted staff. The bachelor missionary was equal to the emergency, doctoring and nursing to the best of his ability. Miss Biswas, the devoted Bengali Woman’s Foreign Mis sionary Society assistant, spared not herself, but nursed the sick and dying girls under the most distressing and repulsive circumstances, until she her self began to give way under the terrible strain. During the greater part of the year there has been no European or American lady worker at Asansol, much to its disadvantage. Miss Biswas is now in a very critical condition and cannot resume her work for a good while. In the emergency Mrs. Meik has kindly given up Miss Jacobson, the assistant at Pakur, taking additional burdens on herself. One feels that if our good friends in America were to see these things for themselves they would strain every nerve to devise more liberal things for the work they have undertaken. We are looking forward to reinforcement for the coming year with some doubt as to whether our hopes are to be realized. The village wrork has many promising features, but is not receiving the attention it ought to have. Although there are but three circuits, there are hundreds of villages, many of which are practically untouched. We are just “ holding the fort ” and pushing forward a feeble outpost here and there, waiting until the expected turn of the tide in missionary affairs admits of more aggressive wrork. May it come soon ! Special attention has been given this year to the development of indig enous resources and the furtherance of self-support. To say the mass of the people are desperately poor conveys nothing intelligible to the aver age American. One Saturday we spent some hours in our Quarterly Conference at Asansol, and, at its close, discussing how best to w'ork the plan of self-support among the poor villagers, I inquired very diligently 15 226 Missionary Report. [1898. into the circumstances of the people and the workers among them. One man recently baptized, whose boys—for their own sake and for the future benefit of their community—we desired to educate, declared his inability to pay a pice for them. We as strenuously maintained we would not educate them unless something was paid for them. I came down to 2 annas (4 cents) each per month; but this he said he absolutely could not pay for three. Reliable persons present vouched for his statement that his average earnings were about 2 annas per day, or 4 rupees ($1.30) per month. He is the only bread-winner in the family of six persons. I pointed out that he would save the food his boys ate ; but he pointed out in reply, and his point was well taken, that he would lose their services in various ways, gathering cow dung for fuel, etc. Finally, he agreed to pay 2 annas per month for the three; and to pay that insignificant amount the poor fellow will have to pinch himself at some point, perhaps reduce the quantity of salt used in his food. It would have been infinitely more agree able to me to pay for these boys ten times over out of my own pocket, but for the sake of the principle and looking to the future of the Church in this land, we felt we had to wring this four cents a month out of him. The example will be helpful for others and make it easier to deal with other similar cases. In communities of the kind to which this man belongs, it is often extremely difficult, almost impossible, to induce them to allow their boys, not to speak of their girls, to be educated. They miss the help which the boys are able to give in the humble ways I have indicated. I ought to say that this man and fellow-villagers walk twelve miles on many Sabbaths to attend worship at the central station, returning the same distance in the evening or on Monday morning. The boys we have undertaken to feed and educate for four cents per month, for all three, are bright little chaps. Who can tell what God and the Church shall make out of them ? Notwithstanding the pressure of grinding poverty, we are resolved to keep this vital matter of self-support before the people. In six months nearly 60 rupees were reported on lhe Asansol Circuit, contributed exclusively by natives, and about the same at Pakur. This we consider hopeful under all the circumstances. After quite an animated discussion at the Quarterly Conference, with the results of a six-months’ experiment before us, we agreed that our standard should be fixed at one thirty-second for the pres ent. That would be about three cents in the dollar. To get the rank and file of the village Christians to give this regularly is the problem before us. The leper colony is interested in this problem. On the last Sunday in October I worshiped with them. There were 70 persons—men, women, and children. The service was orderly, reverent, spiritual. While the third hymn was being sung, with all squatted on the floor, one after another rose, and from the comer of dh oti and chudder (the loose outer garments worn by men and women respectively) they poured their chittacks of rice into a basket standing in the aisle. Afterward I asked what the basket meant, and one replied, “ for the Lord’s work." Pressing for light on the words “ for the Lord’s work,” they told me their contributions were to spread Christ’s teachings in the regions round about. I dwelt upon the Lord’s 1898.3 Bengal-Burma. 227 delight in offerings of gratitude and love, and upon the blessing and reward attendant on giving that proceeds from the right motives. It was a touch ing and impressive scene. The rice they contribute from their weekly allowance is kept on the premises, weighed and sold at the end of the month. It is sold to the asylum. When auditing the missionary’s accounts I felt more deeply than I would care to express when 1 ticked off an item— “ 3 rupees and 7 annas for self-support from the lepers.” The boys' and girls’ schools are conducted on a simple and economical basis, and promise good results. At Pakur the industrial department sus tains itself and hopes to do better. Help for the work has been realized through a fowl department. Chickens of superior breed and eggs in demand for setting purposes find a fairly remunerative market. During the famine year when many destitute people had to have work provided for them, we took advantage of the distress to make provision for the future by improving the grounds around the Mission house and planting out a large number of choice fruit trees. These have already begun to bear in some instances. In five years they will yield a fair revenue which will go to support the schools. There have not been as many baptisms this year as last. But there has been a more favdrable opportunity after the storm and stress of famine to instruct the converts and build up the Christians. In this direction there remains a great deal to be done. Especially are we concerned to do more for the women of our Christian community. On the Asansol District it is the beginning of what we have no doubt will be a grand Methodist work in time to come. The difficulties are great, but the prospects are bright. We heartily believe that God is with us and that he is deeply interested in the work. The abundant fruit will be gathered in due season. B u r m a D i s t r i c t .—Julius Smith, P. E. The serious crippling of the Mission interests on this district by the loss of workers in 1897 was increased to the point of desperation by further loss of workers at the beginning of this year. Two Burmese circuits were vacant nearly half of last year, imperiling our work. We hoped to recover somewhat of that loss by the return of the missionary taken from the Burmese to the English work in the latter part of last year. But our hopes in this respect were frustrated by his return to America. This has resulted in two Burmese circuits being without missionary oversight during this year also, and as we have not a well- equipped Burmese force at best, and for the charge vacated at Conference no responsible worker, we had tO-see the work decline to the point where it will be about as if we had never begun it. On this circuit we will have to begin over again. The other circuit has had only such attention as a local preacher, Burmese, with but limited training could give it. To add to our difficulties, our Tamil preacher, who had given good promise of usefulness, and had just been ordained elder at last Conference, defected to the Church of England, and thus left a third circuit without a pastor. Our young Chinese preacher also went to Chira for three months. We 228 Missionary Report. [1898. lost from the woman’s work Miss Wisner, the principal of the Rangoon Girls’ School, she being compelled to go home in broken health, while the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society was unable to get a suitable supply for the place. To add to the uncertainties of the situation, my own health was in a serious decline, making the work of the district in its needy condition a very serious task. These facts are given to show the situation as it has existed this year. It will be at once understood that our chief effort for the year has been to prevent loss as far as we were able and to get reinforcements to take up the work. An advance in any direction was well-nigh impossible, while a decline in the unsupplied circuits was inevitable. Toward reinforce ments we received Rev. C. B. Hill and wife immediately after Conference for the English work of Rangoon. New missionaries have seldom come to a field in a time of greater need, and they were welcomed accordingly. Mr. Hill took up the English pastorate, and Mrs. Hill the principalship of the girls’ school till such a time as another lady suitable for the post could be found. It is a cheerful feature of the year that both have discharged the duties of their difficult posts with commendable fidelity, wisdom, and success. I was able to secure a young man from Madras for the Tamil church about the middle of the year. A s he seems a faithful young man, we hope he will grow to the responsibilities thrust upon him. However, it will be too much to expect that the loss we have suffered in the Tamil work will be soon regained. This will be the more difficult as the pastor of the Tamil church has for some time been pastor of the Telegus also, but the present pastor does not know Telegu. We also have a new pastor under appointment to the Pegu-Burmese Circuit, who is expected to arrive at the end of the year. Bishop Thoburn has secured a lady of exceptional qualifications as principal of the girls’ school. She comes from England, is an educator of long and successful experience, and, what is the more notable, she comes out at her own charges and will support herself in the work. We are also to have one of our own girls from the Rangoon school, educated for five years in America, returned to us before the end of the year under the auspices of the Woman’s Foreign Missionaiy Society. So that while we must approach the end of this critical year reporting losses of a serious nature, we are happy in the fact that we face the new year with a force of workers nearly equaling in numbers what we had two years ago, before our distressing losses began. I also record with gratitude that my own health seems to have been well established again. We can also note that the year will close with four of us engaged with the Burmese language, and we approach the new year with courage, and cherishing the hope that our Mission may be nearing the time when we can take up the evangelization of the Burmese people in earnest. This task, contrary to many erroneous notions at home, has yet to be grappled with by any society in a way that will allow of hope of success. The six or eight millions of Burmese Buddhists are not only unevangelized, but they are very largely untouched by Christian truth. It has been supposed that the Baptist 1898.] Bengal-Burma. 229 Mission, which has done so much work and met with such commendable success in many directions, was fast bringing about the conversion of all this land. Some have so far believed this that they have questioned the actual need of Methodism or any other Mission working in Burma. To meet this entirely erroneous notion, and to show the great need of taking up the task of converting the Burmese Buddhists to the Christian faith, I quote a portion of the address of Dr. Duncan, the Secretary of the Baptist Union, at their last annual meeting. After reviewing their work in Burma, Dr. Duncan says: “ It still remains sadly true that as yet we have worked only about one third of the old Burmese empire. There are fully two thirds of the population with which we have no real contact, nor has any other society. In the wide regions west of the Irrawaddy, including the fertile and populous valley of the Chindwin, we have no foothold. Even in those portions of Burma where the society has carried on its work comparatively slight impressions have been made on the Burmans and their traditional religion, Buddhism. We have not yet really grappled with this hoary cult which dominates the majority of the population of the Orient.” He says more to emphasize the need of the Baptists taking hold of this vast work in a stronger way than ever before. And all that he says for the Baptists should be an exhortation to Methodism to increase her agents in this wonderful and needy land. Our bishops, Thoburn and Foss, also Dr. Goucher, together with all our missionaries at last Conference, agreed upon the need of reinforcing our Burmese Mission as we have not done hitherto. We have a call to lay broad foundations for the conversion of these people and to preach to them the living Christ, whom they do not know. Calcutta D istrict. —Frank W. Wame, P. E. The work in Calcutta has passed the stage of experiment and has set tled to a stability and permanency which does not furnish material easily for a yearly report. The English-speaking congregation forms the center from which many good influences emanate. The English work in the city for all purposes raises annually about one hundred thousand rupees. This has only to be considered for a moment to see the place our work has in a city of about twenty-five thousand Europeans. This is more remarkable if it be remembered that the Roman Catholic Church is very strong among the Europeans, and that there are eight Church of England churches in the city, and all the regular Nonconformist Churches have each a church and congregation. We have a place for seamen, entirely self-supporting, and which gives about ten thousand free meals each year to destitute seamen. There is an industrial home which daily cares for about thirty destitute men. Two orphanages, one for boys and one for girls, in which 80 destitute European children are cared for and educated, making in all about one hundred persons daily cared for from the work of the English congregation. There are two schools, one for girls and one for boys, with property worth 300,000 rupees, and paid for by the people of Calcutta. In these schools there are 350 young people, most 230 Missionary Report. [1898. of whom worship in the church. The Church has five Epworth League organizations, meeting at different times to accommodate the young people. There is a church membership of a little over five hundred. We have also a Deaconess Home, from which workers go out to assist in the Hindustani, Bengali, and English work. We should feel as if we were broken up if anything happened to our Deaconess Home. W e wish our rich friends in America would build or buy us a permanent place for our Deaconess Home in Calcutta. Rents are very high in this city and are increasing at a very rapid rate, and the peculiarities of the city are such that a home has to be in a fairly expensive part of the city to get at the work. Our press publishes millions of pages of literature in the English and vernacular languages. Native Work. In this we are not behind either. The work centers in the Bengali church, which was first built for the European congregation, and when outgrown, given by the European congregation for the use of our Bengali Christians. This church is used for worshipers in two lan guages, for a day school, and then at night for a dormitory for about forty girls, because the “ Dennett Training School ” is so crowded there is no place for the girls to sleep. Where is there another church serving so many purposes ? There are three centers of Bengali work in the city and three congregations. There are two large schools, one for girls and one for boys. In the “ Dennett Training School” there are 120 Christian girls, and associated as day scholars, or in little day schools, another 200 heathen girls learning of Christ. In this work the girls get converted and testify to the saving power of Christ in a way that is most refreshing. God’s blessing in a peculiar way rests on this institution. It is almost entirely supported by friends outside of the regular contributors of our Church. It might well be called a faith institution. The school for boys, under Rev. B. J. Chew, is also a great center for good, with a limitless field for work. I advisedly use the word “ limit less.” There are 40,000,000 Bengali people, and this will be the center of our work for them as an educational institution and as a training school for workers. Rev. R. G. Hobbs is telling the people of the United States about the needs and the prospects of this institution as a center of Christian work, and we are praying that he may reach the heart and funds of the Church and be prospered in what we believe he has been called of God to do. W e have also a work and a school in the Hindustani lan guage. This is not a Hindustani country, but there are so many people who are gathering into the capital of the empire who speak that language that we feel called to work for them, and God is blessing the work, and there is a great future for it. P a ra . The work in the outlying districts is also prospering. There are in the villages south of Calcutta about nine hundred Christians. This is for some reason one of the most unhealthy districts of India, and it is at the risk of one’s life from malaria that it is given the attention of the European missionary. It has disabled several of our men, and one who labored there had to leave the field; yet our brethren courageously take 1898.] Bengal-Burma. 231 their lives in their hands and go into this district. The pastor there has become self-supporting, as has the pastor of the Bengali congregation in the city. Our two most expensive native pastors have both volunteered to go on self-support from the beginning of the next year. The Calcutta District has been divided three times to form other districts, and has as many Christians as before the division. Our school in the Himalayan Mountains, called “ Arcadia,” is for the better class of European girls whose parents can afford to pay for their education in the hills. It has had a prosperous year and has a great field of usefulness opening out for it. This work is now in its fourth year, and though it is an expensive work, yet it has paid all expenses from the income, and we feel justified in arranging to purchase a good property to be paid for from the earnings of the school. Perhaps this is as much as our friends will want to read about the Calcutta District, but there could much more be written; but the best of all is “ God is with us,” and people are being converted and sanctified in good old orthodox Methodist fashion. Pray for us ! T irhoot District.—Henry Jackson, P. E. We are devoutly thankful to God that amid famine and disease all our workers have been graciously kept in health and strength. We have been spared the horrors of the famine as suffered in other districts. The gen eral scarcity was for a while very keenly felt, but no great calamity befell us. The government foresight and generous provision met the pressing necessities of the lower and poorer classes. My services as a missionary were asked for, and I felt that the time given could not be better occupied than in superintending the gratuitous distribution of the food. Since they have closed I have on Mission account given regular weekly aid to a large number of the poorer classes who have not yet fully recovered themselves from the severe pressure brought on them by the high prices of the famine. There have been a large number of children either deserted or left or phans. For months they were provided for from government kitchens ; since they have closed the waifs have wandered into the villages, some of them to find friends, while others have gone where their future will be a life of disgrace and shame. We were able to secure only a few very small children. Every department of our Mission work has been attended to throughout the district. Bazaar, mohulla, and village preaching have been regularly kept up. In Bettiah our prospects have improved a little at the close of this year. A class of people among whom we have been trying for several years to obtain an opening have just yielded and are willing to have a school for their children. This will in time lead to more direct missionary effort which we trust will bear the desired fruit. AtChapraw e have met with some reverses. A number who have been baptized and were under instruction have gone back. There are difficul ties constantly arising which it is impossible to anticipate—prejudices which are hard to overcome. At one time a number of men and women withdrew themselves from us because they were invited at a jubilee enter 2 3 2 Missionary Report. [1898. tainment to eat bread which had been prepared in vessels which they sup posed had been at some time used in cooking swine’s flesh. They have so far yielded that they have again attended our religious services. The school which we maintained for several years has been closed during the year for want of funds. These schools, though composed of heathen boys and taught by Hindu masters, were, while under our patronage, receiving Bible instruction. Many of the lads had committed our hymns to memory, and again and again in the public streets joined in singing with the native pastor and his assistants while commencing the bazaar service. 1 am sorry that for want of funds these schools have been given up. The masters are quite willing and the boys are themselves anxious to have us return and take up our former work. The Bengali girls’ school has been a suc cess. It is the only girls’ school, so far as I know, in the city. It is patron ized by some of the leading Bengali gentlemen of the place, who have ex pressed their satisfaction at the progress made in their children. The Darbhanga Circuit has been considerably enlarged during the year. There are four exhorters, who occupy villages in the district and regularly visit the neighboring villages, especially those in which there are inquirers or converts. One brother is within two miles of the Nepal frontier. At our last District Conference a brother was sent into villages still nearer the frontier, where we hope soon to have a church and a large congrega tion. The people belong to a class from which we have already secured over three hundred converts. They differ from these in that they are all cultivators in comfortable circumstarces. The Darbhanga church com munity has been somewhat reduced through the influence of the Roman Catholics. Those who have left us have been persuaded to do so by in ducements held out in the shape of work and assistance. The number of baptisms at Mozafarpur have been of the class already reached and known as the kalariog, or outcasts—or rather those who have forfeited all caste right and privileges. There has been a very noteworthy improvement in those who have thus come under regular Christian instruc tion. Their attendance at the Sabbath and at the week evening service gives evidence of their interest in their new faith. Last Sabbath I bap tized one man and three women who have been holding out for some time. They have been regular in their attendance, and have now thrown in their lot with their own people. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society have a dispensary and a girls’ orphanage. The dispensary is still, we are sorry to say, without a doctor. We do not lack for patients and for every thing that calls for the talent and heart of the physician, but we lack the physician. This we have been bearing for the past nine years, and so far as we can now see we may, if spared, continue to do so for nine years to come. Every known measure has been resorted to to secure the services of a lady, but all have failed. I think we may consider that our duty now is to close the dispensary till Providence shall clearly show us that there is a work even in Mozafarpur for the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society. The girls’ orphanage has been recouped by a small company of infants. They are a great care, but we do a good work in preparing them, if spared, 1898.] Bengal-Burma. for a life of usefulness. The number in our boys’ orphanage is larger than at any previous time. In Samastipore our brother in charge has met with some success. The villages in the vicinity have been regularly visited, and the pastor has him self visited those in which there were Christians whom he had baptized. The English services have been regularly maintained. Owing to increased business 011 the line the attendance has not been as good as in former years. Our congregation last Sabbath evening looked more like' it used to. The number was good, and the interest shown was very encouraging. Our District Conference met on the 8th and 9th of this month. All the ex- horters and local preachers were examined in open Conference. This was done to avoid anything like careless or hurried examination. All the time required in each case was given, and I think all felt that in such a course an incentive was given to greater diligence in the hope of making better preparations for the coming year. A resolution of thanks was adopted to the people of America who have so generously come forward in this time of India’s need and given in money and grain for the famishing millions of their countrymen. Statistics of Bengal-Burma Conference, 1898. % CIRCUITS AND STATIONS. c- ^ «í c — “ c o KXX Asansol District. Asausol ...... 123 167 148 B o lp u r...... 10 14 200 P a k u r...... 43 91 160 Jinnim hist rict. K yau k tan ...... 15 15 16 P e g u ...... 17 14 10 Tam il...... 16 13 13 Sittang...... 7 7 10 Kangoon: Burmese...... 10 Ch inese...... 9 "i 6 English...... 134 48 126 Tamil and Telugu ...... 62 33 29 Than D aung...... 30 Calcutta District. Calcutta: Beg Bagan ...... 41 26 115 Bengali...... 81 154 254 E n glish...... 381 129 400 City Missions...... 7 27 71 H industani...... 50 86 131 South Villages ...... 160 248 720 Tirhut District. Bettiah...... 3 1 C h a p ia ...... 12 11 D arbhanga...... 4t> 137 85 D inapar...... 2 5 M azafarpur...... 8 57 39 Sam astip u r...... 9 40 15 Sitam ari...... 10 6 Total...... 1,246 1.333 2.588 Last year. 1,107 1,392 2,437 NnTK.—D uring the previous y e a r there w ere 358 adults and 308 children baptized, and total collected in India was 125,601 rupees. There were 29 local p reach ers; 16 churches and 15 parsonages, valued a t 28S,£SS rupeesj 210 paid workers; 693 accessions, of whom 109 were from Islam, 414 froui Hindus, 170 from Europeans and other Christians; 62 vernacular and Anglo-vernacular uchools, with 137 teachers, 3,214 enrolled students, and an average daily attendance of 2,676. 234 Missionary Report. [1898. MALAYSIA. Bishop Thoburn 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. Mission work was commenced in 1885, and the Malaysia Mission Conference was organized April 1, 1893. M issionaries. From the United States.—Rev. John E. Banks, Rev. John R. Denyes and Mrs. Denyes, Rev. Christopher Egland, M.D., Rev. William T. Kensett, M.D., and Mrs. Elizabeth B. Kensett, Rev. H. L. E. Luering, Rev. Fred H. Morgan and Mrs. Gusta M. Morgan, Rev. William G. Shellabear and Mrs. Shellabear, Rev. Benj. F. West, M.D., and Mrs. Letty L. West. (There are several mission aries from England and Germany connected with the Mission.) W. F. M. S.—Misses Sophia Blackmore, Edith A. Hemingway, May B. Lilly, Clara Martin. A n n u a l M e e t in g . The Malaysia Mission Conference was held at Penang February 16, 1898, Bishops Foss and Thoburn presiding. We regret that no account of it has come to hand. P e n a n g D i s t r i c t .— B . F. West, P. E . M issionaries .— B. F. West, P. E. (P. O ., Penang). Ipoh, W. E. Horley. Kwala Lumpor, W. T. Kensett. Penang, G. F. Pykett, A. J. Amery. A ssist a n t M issionaries.—M rs. West, Mrs. Pykett, Mrs. Kensett. L a y W o r k e r s .— W . E. Curtis, Mrs. Curtis, S. II. W ood . The summary of the year’s work, so far as it can be expressed in figures, is pleasing in that it shows that we have continued to advance, and at a slightly accelerated pace, although I know that not one of the workers is yet satisfied with what we are, as ambassadors of God, bringing to pass. The addition of Kw ala Lumpor to the district has increased the work of the presiding elder and rendered his absence from his own appointment to be so increased in duration that his work has been, of necessity, much neg lected. Three new buildings have been under construction during the year ; namely, a school at Ipoh, a dwelling house at Kwala Lumpor, and an iron church at Penang. Two new stations have been opened ; namely, M’lembu and Nibong Tebal. The long-talked-of theological school has been opened and has three students. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society worker, Miss Martin, has gathered together the nucleus of a girls’ boarding school, and Mrs. Curtis has begun the important work of trying to rescue the women and children of the brothels. Brother Horley has begun to preach in the Chinese language, and Brothers Amery and Curtis, Miss Martin, and Mrs. Curtis have all made 1898.] Malaysia. 235 progress in the study of that language. We have employed some of our own boys and girls, trained by us, in our work, for the first time, this year, and we have others who are bright, earnest Christians, who will be joining us now eveiy year. Last year I reported that we looked with confidence to the future, and I can now say that that confidence has been largely in creased. Ipoh. Brother Horley has been greatly blessed in his work. The Chi nese church is growing fast, the Tamil work is well sustained, and the English services continue to be a means of bringing our work home to the sympathies and help of the English people of the district. Kwala Lumpor. Brother Kensett and wife have had a trying year. They have been without a house for a few months, and have had to avail themselves of the kindness of the Baptist missionary, who has taken them into his own house until our Mission home is completed. There are ex cellent openings in this neighborhood for new work, but as they are all in places where there are no Christians, self-support is out of the question, and Mission funds are not available, and so we can but wait. The work is progressing in the town of Kwala Lumpor, our only station where we have a Chinese and a Tamil church, a Tamil school, and a girls’ school. This last, however/we shall have to close for lack of funds. Penang. The English work has no progress to report, except that we have a larger Sunday school than ever before, and hope that in a few years the pupils now in this school will largely strengthen our English work. Chinese Work. We now have four preaching places for Chinese and are satisfied that the next few years will show a large return in this branch of our work. There have been some very striking conversions this year, and in one station particularly a deep conviction of the necessity of self- support. Tamil Work. The return of Brother and Sister Pykett has added new interest to this work. They are able to speak the language, and this brings them into sympathetic touch with the people. The schools in con nection with this church make it practically self-supporiing. Anglo-Chinese Schools. The school at Ipoh has increased somewhat, while that at Penang has remained nearly stationary, although there has been an increase since the beginning of last month. The lack of increase in numbers is no doubt due to the fact that the past year has been one of very acute financial depression and a large increase in the cost of living, and this has made it impossible for many parents to afford the fee of one dollar per month. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Work. This work has been actively carried on by Miss Martin. The schools are in good condition, and the pupils are given diligent instruction in religious as well as secular subjects. The house visiting has not been carried on for a great part of the year, because Miss Martin was compelled to take a class in the day school. I cannot understand how it is that in the whole of the Church in the United States it has been impossible to find an assistant for Miss 236 Missionary Report. [1898. Martin, although the money for the support of a second deaconness has been in hand for a period of more than a year. We need workers, but are told there is no money to support them. Here we have a case of money in hand and no worker to support. In conclusion I can but repeat my words of last year, “ we need more men.” Sumatra is still unoccupied. Borneo is unoccupied. The Malay Peninsula from Penang to Maulmain is unoccupied. Bangkok is calling for an Anglo-Chinese school. Help us to pray the Lord of the harvest to provide laborers for these needy places! S in g a p o r e D is t r i c t .— W. G. Shellabear, P. E. Owing to an alteration in the boundaries of the Singapore and Penang Districts, our important work in the native state of Selangor, with a resi dent missionaiy at Kvvala Lumpor was transferred to the Penang District at the last Conference. No new station has been opened during the year, and Malacca is therefore now the ohly place where we have work in this district outside of the town of Singapore. But though our work is al most entirely confined to the town, there are plenty of openings for work among the various nationalities which make up the population of nearly 200,000 souls, and we have regular preaching in English, Malay, and Tamil, and in two dialects of Chinese, besides which we reach per sons of other nationalities through the medium of these languages. Educational Work. The most prominent branch of our native work in Singapore, and the longest established, is the Anglo- Chinese School, which with its 580 pupils continues to exercise a strong Christian influence in many homes through the boys. The government examination in October showed that the teaching is equal to that in any school in the colony. Since the Conference the boarding department has been in charge of Rev. and Mrs. Denyes, who came out about that time from America. The boarders are chiefly Chinese boys, but recently, for the first time in the history of the school, some Malay boys have been sent by their parents to our boarding school. Efforts are being made to attract a larger number of boarders, as we have now ample accommodation for 100 boys in the building which was opened last year. 1898.] Malaysia. 237 A small school for Tamil boys, which was opened last year, has recently been admitted to the privileges of a government grant-in-aid school, and will be examined this year for the first time. About twenty-five boys will be presented for examination. The educational work of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society is growing very rapidly, and 258 girls are now being taught in 10 schools, some of which are held in the homes of the people, who will not allow their girls to go to school away from their own houses. This objection which many Chinese parents have to their girls going to school is however being gradually overcome, as is evidenced by the steady increase in the number of girls attending the Teluk Ayer School, which is in the Chinese quarter. "I he Middle Road Girls’ School has quite outgrown the building in which it has been held for the past six years, which was originally a small church, and is known as the Christian Institute. It has therefore been decided to erect a new school building on a larger piece of land which has just been bought for the purpose, and our native brethren are raising funds to purchase the Christian Institute from the Woman's Society, so that they may have it for use as a church building. It is hoped that the government will make a grant of $3,000, Mexican, toward the erection of the new school.' Evangelistic Work. The membership of our four churches in Singa pore remains very nearly the same as last year. The English, Malay, and Tamil churches show an increase, but there has been a decrease of 12 in the membership of the Chinese church, which is due to the great number of removals among our Chinese members, who are continually leaving us to return to China. In the English Church there have been more than the usual number of accessions, and the work among the soldiers of the British garrison has been specially successful. There has also been a noticeable increase in the attendance at the Sunday services. The Sunday school continues to increase both in numbers and interest, and there is also an increasing interest in the Epworth League. This branch of our work is of great im portance not only for its own sake, and for its influence upon the English- speaking community, but also on account of its indirect influence upon our native work, and especially that of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, which draws so many of its helpers from the English church. Chinese Church. This church has a native pastor whom we received two years ago by transfer from the Foochow Conference. He continues to do good work, but the climate has never agreed with him, and his health has prevented him from doing much street preaching or other ag gressive work, without which it is impossible to keep up the membership of this church, which loses so many members each year through their return to China. Work is being done in Cantonese as well as in the Foochow dialect, the salary of our Cantonese preacher being paid by a friend of the Mission who is resident here. Malay Church. Our work among the Malay-speaking people is grow ing steadily, and is being built upon a sure foundation, the work among 23B Missionary Report. [1898. the young people being perhaps the most prominent feature, and giving much encouragement. A Children’s Day service was held this year for the first time, and was most successful, about 130 persons being present at the service. A Junior Malay League has been organized during the year, and is proving very helpful. The large proportion of women and children present at all the services of our Malay church is very noticeable and gives us much encouragement, being an indication that we are reaching the homes of the people. Street preaching and street Sunday schools are being carried on as in previous years, but as some of our most aggressive young men have gone away to other places the number of workers has somewhat decreased. Tamil Church. The work which was begun last year has made a slight advance. There have been several baptisms among the Tamil young men connected with the Anglo-Chinese School and we trust good seed has been sown through the faithful preaching of Simon Peter, our native preacher. This brother also teaches in the boys’ school, which comes under the gov ernment code this year, presenting 25 boys for examination in both English and Tamil. Three Sunday schools are held in connection with this work, two of which are held among the pupils of heathen schools, whose studies are suspended for an hour each week while the truths of the Gospel are expounded. A congregation of some twenty-five or thirty attend Sabbath worship. One encouraging fact connected with this work is that a prominent Hindu gentleman who is familiar with the work done has recently interested him self and offers to build a school building, which will also serve for church purposes, free of charge. The plans are already drawn and work will begin at once. May God grant that while he thus plans for the Master’s work he may learn to love the Master himself! Wofnan's Foreign Missionary Society. In addition to the educational work among the women, which is noticed above, the ladies of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society are engaged in various activities in the line of direct evangelistic work, and have under their supervision a good staff of zenana visitors, teachers, and Bible women who take the Gospel message into the homes of the people. Hitherto Eurasian ladies have been em ployed almost exclusively as assistants in the woman’s work, but we are now beginning to see the possibility of getting native women from among our own converts to devote themselves to the salvation of their own people. The Deaconess Home is now full to the limits of the accommodation which the building affords, and it is hoped that next year we shall be able to build suitable quarters for the native women and girls, which will leave the present building free for the accommodation of the Eurasian girls, and will enable us to make a considerable extension of the work. Fortunately there is ample room for the erection of such buildings as are required on the extensive grounds of the Deaconess Home. Mission Press, Singapore. In the month of April, Brother Wager, who for five and a half years has done very hard.and conscientious work as 1898.] Malaysia. 239 manager of the press, had to be sent home to Engianu on account of his health, which has been failing for some time past. The whole burden of the printing and publishing work was consequently thrown upon the agent until September, when we were fortunate enough to be able to engage a foreman printer from India, Mr. C. Moore, who is a member of our Church and one of the fruits of Bishop Taylor’s work. The statistics this year show a slight decrease in the number of pages printed, but this is due entirely to the fact that the Bible Society has given us very much less work, and it is always their work which adds up to the greatest number of pages. In fact the number of pages must always be very deceptive as an indication of the amount of work done, for we have certainly done much more this year than last, as can be inferred from the increase in the staff from 23 to 31. More than the usual amount of tract literature has been printed this year, nearly all our Malay tracts having been reprinted, and some new ones published. The fifth edition of our Malay Hymnal is now in the press ; it will contain seventy-four hyrnns against sixty-two last year. Our school publications continue to have a good sale, and new editions of three of them have had to be printed this year. Two new monthly periodicals, one in Romanized Malay and the other in the Malay character, have been commenced this year as an experiment, the former taking the place of the Anglo- Chinese School Journal, and the latter aim ing at the enlightenment of the Malay people ; the sale of both, however, is much smaller than was anticipated. We continue to publish the Malaysia Message and Im m anuel, and have just received an order for printing a monthly paper for the Church of England congregations in the Straits Settlements. During this year we have begun to do photo-engrav ing, and have made some successful pictures in line work. Half-tone blocks have not yet been attempted. Our type foundry is still busy. We have sold two fonts of Malay type during the year, and have received an order for two more fonts, to be delivered as soon as we can cast a larger size of type, the matrices for which are now being made on the premises. M alacca. Our Chinese preacher at the historic town of Malacca is doing good work. Dr. Luering is the missionary in charge and visits there from time to time. He reports satisfactory progress. There have been 10 conversions during the year, and the services are always well attended. There are wide openings for work in the country districts around Malacca, and as we have recently received a generous donation in aid of the work there we hope that it may be possible next year to station another preacher at a place about ten miles from the town, where there is a large and increasing Chinese population. Statistics of Malaysia Mission, 1898. S J9 a 8‘ E i II •a o 1 "Î o Io II CIRCUIT OR STATION. B S M "5 M © > ». Total...... 11 44 1,449 2 14,000 8 8 19,700 106,760 274 125 40,254 57 , Last year...... 6 27 2 10 .. 5 r 1,574 2 14.000 4 8 19.700 83,200 15,089 00 N ote.—Under the Penang Ch'.nese Church is 1 theological school, with 1 teacher and 3 students. Collected for church building and repairing : Malacca, $5 ; Singa| ore, M alay Church. *142. Contributed for other local purposes ; Singapore, English Church, $24. Debt on real estate of Anglo-Chinese School, Penang, $11,000, Volumes printed during the year, 33,220; pages, 2,74 1,300. 1898.] Japan. 241 JAPAN. Bishop Cranston has Episcopal Supervisio?i. Dr. W. T. Smith is Secretary in Charge. T h e Japan Mission includes the empire 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. Charles Bishop, Rev. Benjamin Chappell and Mrs. Mary A. Chappell, Rev. Joseph G. Cleveland and Mrs. Mary T- Cleveland, Mr. James L. Cowen and Mrs. Cowen, Rev. John C. Davison and Mrs. Lizzie. S. Davison, Rev. Gideon F. Draper and Mrs. Mira E. Draper, Rev. Epperson R. Fulkerson, D.D., and Mrs. Kate J. Fulkerson, Rev. Charles W. Huett and Mrs. Emma A. Huett, Rev. Herbert B. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson, Rev. Henry B. Schwartz and Mrs. Schwartz, Rev. Julius Soper, D.D., Rev. David S, Spencer and Mrs. Mary P. Spencer, Rev. John O. Spencer, Ph.D., and Mrs. A. R. Spencer, Rev. Milton S. Vail and Mrs. Emma C. Vail, Miss Jennie S. Vail, Rev. Whiting S. Worden, M.D., and Mrs. Hattie M. Worden. In the United States: Mrs. Charles Bishop, Rev. Irvin H. Correll, D.D., and Mrs. Correll, Mrs. Frances Soper, Rev. Herbert W. Swartz, M.D., and Mrs. Lola M. Swartz, Rev. John W. Wadman and Mrs. Mamie H. Wadman. W. F. M. S.— Misses Belle J. Allen, Harriet S. Ailing, Ella J. Blackstock, Georgiana Baucus, Anna V. Bing, Lizzie R. Bender, Nell M. Daniel, Augusta Dickerson, Jennie M. Gneer, Mary S. Hampton, Ella J. Hewitt, Louisa Imhof, Lola M. Kidwell, Irene Lee, Amy G. Lewis, Mary E. Melton, Alice M. Otto, Frances Phelps, Leonora Seeds, Florence E. Singer, Lida B. Smith, Clarissa H. Spencer, Mrs. Caroline Van Petten, Misses Rebecca J. Watson, Fannie G. Wilson, Mariana Young. In the United States: Misses Mary A. Danforth Mary B. Griffiths, Carrie A. Heaton, Elizabeth Russell, Martha H. Russell, Matilda A. Spencer. The Annual Conference was held in Yokohama July 13-22, Bishop Cranston presiding. It being the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Mission, a jubilee service was held for some days prior to the opening of Conference, and all the exercises partook of the nature of a celebration. The Conference was favored with the presence of Dr. Harris, from San Francisco, who had been one of the early workers—and founders, indeed—of the Mission. Delegates were present from sister bodies in Japan and from Foochow and from Central China, while fra ternal letters and formal historical papers of value were read from Drs. Maclay and Correll. Fraternal greetings and good wishes came from many other Conferences and interested friends. The following were the appointments of missionaries: Fukuoka D istrict. —H. B. Johnson,P. E . (P. O., Fukuoka). W. F. M. S.—Ei-wa JoGakko, Miss LidaB. Smith and one to be supplied. Evangelistic Work, Miss Jennie M. Gheer, Super intendent of Bible Women. 16 242 Missionary Report. [1898. H a k o d a t e D i s t r i c t .—Gideon F. Draper, P . E. (P. Q ., Hakodate). Hirosaki Gospel Soci ety, R. P. Alexander. W. F. M. S.—Hakodate, I-ai JoGakko,Miss Augusta Dickerson, Principal; Miss Mary S. Hampton, Miss Florence E. Singer, Music. Evangelistic Work, Miss M. S. Hampton, Mrs. G. F. Draper, Mrs. C. P. Draper. Hirosaki Jo Gakko, Miss E. J. Hewett, Principal. Evangelistic Work, Miss Alice M. Otto, Superintendent of Bible Women. N a g a sa k i D is t r ic t .—J. C Davison, P. E. (P. O., Nagasaki). Chinzei Gakkwan: K. R. Fulkerson, Principal; M. S. Vail and Uichiro Sasamori, Professors. W. F. M. S.—Kwassui Jo Gakko, Miss M. Young, Principal; Miss Lola M. Kidwell, Miss Irene Lee, Miss Anna V. Bing, Music ; Miss M. E. Melton, Biblical Department. Home on leave. Miss E. Russell. N a g o ya D is t r i c t .—David S. Spencer, P. E. (P. O., Nagoya). W. F. M. S.—Seiryu Jo Gakko, Miss E. R. Bender, Principal; Miss C. A. Heaton and one to be supplied. Evangelistic W ork: Miss Carrie A. Heaton; Superintendent of Bible Women, Mrs. D . S. Spenccr. S a ppo ro D is t r i c t . —C. Bishop, P. E. (P. O., Sapporo). S en d a i D is t r i c t .—Kameji Ishizaka, P. E. (P. O., Sendai). Sendai, C. W. Huett. W. F. M. S.—Evangelistic W ork: Miss Frances F.. Phelps; Superintendent of Bible Women, Mrs. C. W . Huett. Industrial School, Miss L. M. Imhof. S hin ano D is t r i c t .—Eiken Aibara, P. E, (P. O., Matsumoto). W. F. M. S.—Evangelistic Work, Miss Belle J. Allen, Superintendent of Bible Women. T okyo D is t r i c t .—Sennosuke Ogata, P.E. (P. O., Tokyo). Tokyo: Asakusa, W. S. Worden- Gospel Society, W. S. Worden. Aoyama Gakuin, Yoitsu Honda, President; J. Soper, Dean of Philander Smith Biblical Institute ; Toranosuke Yamada, Professor; B. Chappell, Dean of College; J. O. Spencer, Vice Dean and Professor; H. W. Swartz, Professor ; Eijiro Takasugi, Professor. I. H. Correll, J. W. Wadman, Miss J. S. Vail, absent on leave. H. W. Swartz, 1898.] Japan. 243 Publishing Agent. W. F. M. S.—Tsukiji Day Schools, Miss Clarissa H. Spencer. Aoyama Jo Gakuin, Miss R. J. Watson, Principal; Miss Fannie Wilson, Miss Harriett S. Ailing, Miss N. M. Daniel. Harrison Memorial Home, Miss E. Blackstock. Evangelistic Work: Miss Fannie Wilson, Superintendent of Bible Women; Mrs. J. O. Spencer, Mrs. B. Chappell, Mrs. H. W . Swartz. Yokohama D istrict. —J. G. Cleveland, P. E. (P. O ., 222 Bluff, Yokohama). Yokohama, Hatanoshin Yamaka. Gospel Society, A. M. Brooks. W. F. M. S.—Seikei Jo Gakko, Mrs. C. W. Van Petten, Principal and Superintendent of Bible Women. Day Schools, Miss A. G. Lewis. Literary Work, Miss Georgiana Baucus, Editor of Tokiwa. Home on leave. Miss M. A. Spencer, Miss M. B. Griffiths, Miss M. H. Russell. The bishop announced the transfer of Charles W. Huett, Alton M. Brooks, and Masaosuke Mitani to the Conference, and of Geo. F. Shep herd, Henry B. Schwartz, and John Wier from the Conference. Four were granted location at their own request and two probationers were discontinued, while seven were received into full connection. Soon after Conference A. M. Brooks was transferred to the Korea Mission, though still holding his Conference membership here. Just after the close of Conference, and before the members had all separated, a dark shadow fell across the Mission. This was the fatal accident to one of our missionaries and the severe injury of another. Misses Simons an<^ Allen were returning to the city on a steam launch from the Canadian Pacific steamer in the harbor, where they had been to say good-bye to the Misses Russell, who were sailing to the United States. A junk collided with the steam launch, both ladies being struck. Miss Simons expired immediately, and Miss Allen received a painful injury, from which she is happily recovering. Miss Simons had planned to sail for the United States in a few days to enjoy a vacation with friends from whom she had been separated eight years, but the Father called her to the great reunion above. A few weeks after the adjournment of Conference H. W. Swartz, M.D., who had been in ill health for some time, was obliged to return to the United States with his family for recuperation. A little later, October 6, B. Chappell and family arrived. On November 7 Miss Vail arrived. Perhaps the most important action of the Conference was the adoption of a resolution to divide the Conference in accordance with the enabling act of the General Conference. This was approved by Bishop Cranston July 22, a date which now becomes the birthday of the South Japan Mission Conference. This Mission Conference includes the two large islands of Kiushiu and Okinawa, with many smaller ones. The bishop, however, arranged the appointments as they had been, under one head, and they so appear in the published Minutes. THE EVANGELISTIC WORK. In reporting the evangelistic work as below we have made extracts from the fuller reports of presiding elders. It will thus be observed that in some cases few places on each dis trict are mentioned. For a full list of organized churches see statistical table. 244 Missionary Report. [1898. H a k o d a t e D is t r ic t .— G ideon F. Draper, P. E. By last year’s rearrangement the Hakodate District, which has changed its boundaries many times, absorbed the Aomori District and lost most of the work in the Hokkaido, the name being continued on account of the presiding elder’s residence in Hakodate. The change is not acceptable to the Aomori District, which had had a separate existence for the past seven years, but it seemed unavoidable. The past year has been one of spiritual blessing. As no remarkable change has occurred anywhere, it is not necessary to speak of the churches severally, but we must note the special awakening and refreshing that were vouchsafed to the churches at Hakodate, Hirosaki, and Fujisaki. There is a general increase of interest and activity at almost every point. The Sunday school work is flourishing in all but two places. Epworth Leagues have been organized in the churches at Hakodate and Hirosaki. The amount promised for pastoral support for the coming year is 72 yen in advance of what was promised for the year just ended—a gain con siderably larger proportionately than the gain in membership, and an in dication of some growth toward self-support. All the pastors have been abundant and earnest in their labors, and as one of the results the net increase in membership is 19. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander came to Hirosaki last fall and have been dili gently studying the language and working faithfully and efficiently for the Church. Mr. Alexander also teaches five hours a week in the To-o-gijiku, and two evenings in'the night school. [Just as we go to press we learn by cablegram of the sad death of Mrs. Alexander in the burning of the Mission prem ises by accidental fire.—El).] Miss Otto has added interest to her work for the women by a free use of the stereopticon throughout Aomori and Akita kens. We were happy to welcome Miss Hewitt back to Japan last year, and to have her in charge of the girls’ school in Hirosaki. The year has been a successful one in every way, and they have been enabled to add a kin dergarten department under the special care of Miss Southard, who, though not a missionary, was willing to take up this work. The Caroline Wright School in Hakodate has continued its thorough and successful work. Among the numerous needs of this part of the field I may mention the call for a foreign worker in the extensive Akita ken. This is the reitera tion of the unheeded plea of my predecessor. We ought to enter this open door at once. In April the District Conference was held in Hirosaki. The attendance was larger than usual, and everyone felt the uplift and spiritual helpful ness of the occasion. At the closing meeting eight persons came forward for prayer. K a g o sh im a D is t r ic t .—S. Kurimura, P. E. In the midst of the rapid progress our country is making in all things we are obliged to say that the vital power of all human progress, the 1898.] Japan. 245 moral element, is not working even among the circles of politics, educa tion, and native religion. We Christians must wake up and make a bold effort to introduce the Gospel power as the motive force of all true progress. R iu k iu . C. Nagano, missionary, has incessantly worked here for the last six years. The last year the prospect of this work was very bright and it seemed as though all the natives of the island would become con verted in a very short time. But since then many members have left the church and have gone to other parts of the empire. Moreover, it is to be greatly lamented that there have risen many troubles in the church during the year and its growth was sadly stopped, just as the growth of a young plant is injured by poisonous insects. Sendai Circuit. K. Murai, supply. Brother Murai has worked very earnestly and faithfully during the year. In Kagoshima prefecture, Sendai ranks second in size, but ranjcs first in the corruption and dissipa tion of its inhabitants. Brother Murai has a strong faith in that passage of the Scripture which says, “ Where sin abounded grace did much more abound,” and he has done good personal work, so that several were con verted and joined the church. There are three other places on this circuit, Kushigino, Iriku, (and Miyashiro. The last of these places has a bright prospect for the future, there being many probationers. Brother Murai used to go to these places quite frequently, but for the want of traveling expenses they have been neglected late!)'. Kagoshim a. This is the place that I am especially responsible for. With a sense of guilt I humbly confess that there has not been any result of work this year. The clannish distinction which has existed on the part of certain people of Kagoshima is now dying fast, but there is an or ganization here called Ken Ji Sha—Society of Healthy Boys. This organ ization serves to maintain the ideas of localism among the young men and prevents them from having new ideas and broad views. It is injurious to the development of the individuality of each young man. His mind is fettered by narrow local ideas, so that he cannot venture out to study the Scripture or to investigate Christianity. All young men who do not join this society are despised by its members. The young persons here have a high regard for the old people, so that the former always restrain them selves from expressing their thought on any subject before the latter. This custom is a hindrance to Gospel preaching. The Episcopal Church has 1 male and 2 lady missionaries and 2 native workers. The Presby terian Church has 1 missionary with his wife and 3 native workers. Among these I alone represent our Church; but none of these has any result worthy of notice. The distinction between the different classes of people that has strongly existed is now wearing off gradually and the people are beginning to wake from their dreams, and some young men are now seeing the necessity of satisfying their religious nature. When the means of traveling to this section of the empire is facilitated and the people of Kagoshima mingle with the people of other parts of the country, their views will be broadened and they will then readily accept the truth of the Gospel. 246 Missionary Report. [1898. N a g a s a k i D i s t r ic t .—J. C. Davison, P. E. Having been reappointed to the Nagasaki District after an absence of six years, I found, on my return in September last, that the evangelistic work then consisted of 8 circuits under the pastoral care of 7 elders and 4 Conference probationers, 3 of whom are junior preachers on the district. There were also 3 Conference members in connection with the Chinzei Gakkwan, while the schools of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society at Nagasaki and Fukuoka were served by 6 ladies, to whose number 2 more—Miss Young and Miss Melton—were added early in the Conference year. The Rev. A. M. and Mrs. Brooks for Fukuoka also reached their field in the middle of February, having been sent out in place of the Rev. and Mrs. Shepherd, whose retirement on account of sickness was mentioned by my predecessor in his report last year. These timely additions were warmly welcomed, but other parts of ^our work stand in sore need of further similar help. Brother Kosaka at Fukuoka has kindly assisted in open ing up a new work at Orio, railroad junction near Wakamatsu, to which charge the place will eventually fall. His own work at Fukuoka has been steady. Eight adults have been baptized and 13 probationers are now enrolled. The Church will pay 8 yen per month toward the salary of the pastor for the coming year. Kumamoto Circuit will pay 4-J yen for pastoral support. Seven adults have been baptized and 17 probationers enrolled, notwithstanding an ex tended illness of Brother Tsuda, the pastor in charge. There is a grow ing interest in the city in favor of Christianity. The churches generally are encouraged over the engagement of a resident missionary as teacher of English in the Higher Middle School, where our own Church has several earnest Christian students. This is looked upon as very en couraging, in view of the past strong opposition from the schools and officials of the city generally. At Kutami, on this circuit, Brother Matsu- kuma has done good work. Nine of the probationers above named belong to his field, and of these several were reported as ready for baptism. Y anagaw a and Omuta, on the Miike Circuit, have been greatly en couraged under the pastorate of Brother Nakayama, who, I am sorry to say, has suffered not a little from sickness during the year. Five persons have been baptized and 9 adults are enrolled as probationers. The circuit will pay 3^ yen per month on pastor’s salary. Kijiyamachi, Nagasaki, under the care of Brother Sunamoto, will pay 12 yen per month toward pastoral support, as against 10 yen last year. Three adults have been baptized and 29 probationers enrolled. A new appointment, designated the College Hill Church, was created at our last session, to be composed of the students of the two mission schools in Nagasaki, together with such other members of the Deshima church as might wish to join it, but, owing to local opposition, it was, at the suggestion of Bishop Joyce, united with the Deshima Circuit under the title of the Deshima and College Hill Charge, and placed under the pastoral care of Brother Kawase Kotaro, whose labors have been signally blessed in the conversion and quickening of many souls. Forty adults have been baptized 1898.] Japan. 247 and 68 more enrolled as probationers, while 17 yen per month are promised as pastoral support. The sympathy of this church for Brother Kawase was very marked during his sore affliction in the death of his wife, who leaves a little daughter to mourn with him their loss. The church at Omuta, on the Deshima Circuit, has been supplied by Brother Kawasaki, one of our theological graduates, who now applies for admission into this Conference. Brother Nishida, also of the same class, has preached regularly at Fukahori, while others in the vernacular course have done regular work in the city. N a g o y a D is t r ic t .— David S. Spencer, P. E. Nagoya District has had a prosperous year. Two church buildings have been completed and dedicated since last Conference, making four such in two years, without asking a sen from the Missionary treasury. Toyohashi church was dedicated November 20 at a cost for lot and buildings of 1,550 yen, and the Koshiozu church, costing for lot and build ing 350 yen, was dedicated December 19, 1897. The Nagoya Second Church has been supplied with new seats and pulpit furniture, making a great improvement. The total money raised by the native Church this year for all purposes on the district is 2,546 yen. For direct self-support we have raised 643 yen as against 482 yen last year, and the promise for next year is still better. Better Gospel preaching in general or more faithful pastoral service we have never had in our work. The spiritual and temporal condition of every charge is improved, and at Deki-machi First and Second Churches, Nagoya, and at Toyohashi there are very hopeful conditions. Our work is becoming better organized, and the influence of our Church is more and more felt. Nagoya Epworth League is a great success and demonstrates that the League can be worked to advantage in Japan. Sunday school work is improved, though by no means as much as it ought to be. The great lack here is in a consecrated laity. Our District Conference, held at Gifu, April 17 to 21, was a blessed occasion. The Lord was with us in saving power. The Seiryu Jo Gakko has passed through a storm of difficulties during the year, but is now in excellent condition. A number of the students and teachers have recently given their hearts to Jesus, and the religious condition of the institution is excellent. The delay in constructing the buildings was a serious mistake, and every effort should be made to se cure their immediate erection. I cannot close this report without emphasizing our need of reinforce ments on the Nagoya District. Every worker is doing as much as he can, but it is not possible to meet the demands. To have to strive for years together simply to hold our own, unable to enter the open doors all about us, bfecomes very discouraging. We are not as a Church doing our duty toward the 3,500,000 of this great valley. We should have two mission ary families and three single ladies stationed in the Nagoya District, and 248 Missionary Report. [1898. we need at least two more experienced Japanese workers. No largely increased appropriations from the Missionary Society are looked for or desired, and yet no cry of “ hard times ” can exonerate our Church from meeting its God-given responsibility toward these waiting millions. The whole country is open to us, and this is our opportunity. The native Church is doing its best on the line of self-support and cannot now meet the call. Where are the men, where the money, to secure this golden opportunity ? S appo ro D is t r ic t .— C harles Bishop, P. E. For a number of years it had been urged by those most intimately con nected with the work in Hokkaido that a newr district be formed with Sap poro as a center; and accordingly a year ago Bishop Joyce made the requested division, and I was appointed to take charge of the new district, although it was understood that my supervision for the first year could only be a partial one, owing to other duties. I spent the month of Sep tember in my first round of visitation, and then was not able to get back and settled until the end of the year. In addition to the quarterly visitations which were made regularly the first, and third, and fourth quarters, except Mashike, which was not reached the third quarter, a four-days’ preachers’ meeting, attended by all the preachers of the district, was held at Otaru in February, which developed into what seemed at one time a sweeping revival, for the presence and power of the Holy Spirit were manifest in large measure. I fondly hoped we might have a general revival in Otaru, and then pass on to the other churches of the district in succession, until all had been quickened into new life and activity. But my hopes were doomed in large degree to end in disappointment, for within a few days the members, except a handful, ceased to attend, apparently feeling little concern for the souls of others; and although the congregations kept up, and inquirers continued to in crease until the number reached fifty or sixty, yet at the end of seventeen days the preachers all voted to close the effort and not open elsewhere. In March the District Conference was held at Iwanai, and in connection with it the preachers continued revival meetings for a week. There were a few inquirers, but I fear there was little permanent effect. On our return the pastors of the Mashike and Kabato churches tarried at Yoichi, and we held meetings there for four days, but made little or 110 impression. Every charge, I am sorry to report, shows a loss in the total of members and probationers, which may be accounted for variously, chiefly (1) by re movals, and (2) by reason of the cutting down of the church records to those whose whereabouts are actually known. Otaru is one of the most thriving cities of the empire, and should be well sustained. I doubt whether a Gospel society could be opened any where in Japan with better results. O that some “ man of means ” would offer to come and impress himself upon the young men of Otaru as he m ight! Here is a grand opportunity we ought in some way to improve. Sapporo, through removals and friction in the church, has not met with the success during the year that one would have been led to expect from 1898.] Japan. 249 the demonstration when Bishop Joyce dedicated the new church last August. If the hearty cooperation of the members and workers., and the appointment of a superintendent of Bible women for the district to live here, can be secured, this church ought to maintain a position of influ ence among the other churches of the capital of Hokkaido. The most of the members live a ri away, while several others were ten miles away at the silver mines; but recently the company reduced their force from 1,000 men to 500, and this scattered all our Christians except one family of three. The pastor has visited a village a few miles away each month, that can only be reached by crossing the passes in three high ranges of hills where in the winter the snow is simply frightful; the path on the steep hillsides being abandoned, travelers flounder through the tree tops, and every winter some unfortunate one loses his life in the perilous journey. Very few of our 17,000 Methodist preachers have to undergo such hardship as this trip entails. It is a serious question whether we should not give up Yoichi as a center and make it part of a larger circuit. To the hard work of the pastors, and the great interest they take in it, unstinted praise should be borne; and for their courtesy and their labors of love their presiding elder wishes to express sincere gratitude. And for the visitation of Miss Dickerson, who spent her last summer’s holiday season in a trip over a portion of the district (and wherever she went her praises were in the mouths of the churches); also for the privilege of work ing on this frontier of civilization, and for having such a faithful lot of fellow-missionaries as associates; and for health of self and family; and the great joy in the work ; and for any success attained, I render hearty and sincere praise to God. S e n d a i D is t r ic t .— H. W . Swartz, P. E. From Shimodate, the southern point on the Utsunomiya Circuit, north ward in a straight line to Morioka, two hundred and fifty miles, is the length of the Sendai District, and its width is about half its length, for I suppose that it extends from the Pacific Ocean on the east to the Japan Sea on the west, though our most western churches are at Tendo, Yama- gata, and Yonezavva, about midway from shore to shore. There are about thirty thousand square miles in the district and about four million souls within its boundaries. For the last fifteen years or more the Gospel has been preached and Christian literature scattered over the field, until now we can almost say that all the people know something of the teachings of Christ, and many—very many— will admit that they believe it to be the true religion, while a goodly number have experienced the power of Christ to forgive sin. Buddhism is rapidly being made to abdicate, and Christianity is succeeding to the vacant inheritance. Just now time is worth more than money, more than the health or even the lives of the workers, for now is the day of salvation for Japan. That God’s cause should lack—that this great work' should be in such straits at this critical time—is most lament able. But the sin, if there be sin, will not be laid at our door if we do all 250 Missionary Report. [1898. we can, and every worker has faithfully done his or her best. Thanks to their faithfulness, the district as a whole seems to be in a good spiritual condition. During the first half of the Conference year I was able to do but little touring, and Brother Ishizaka met some and Brother Suzuki others of my appointments for me, but since March I have been touring quite constantly, and have visited all the points on the district, some of them several times. Brothers Huett and Miyama accompanied me on one trip, visiting nearly all the churches. It was Brother Huett’s first experience, and he found some things rather harder than he had anticipated ; still he enjoyed it, and was always ready to do all he could to help. He was indeed a great help in many ways. Brother Miyama was the hero of the campaign. He is a most earnest worker, in fact, one of the most indefatigable workers that I have ever known. Discreet and tactful, he is eminently successful as an evangelist. May the Lord give him health and strength for many years of usefulness! I visited Tateoka, and have added it to the Tendo Circuit. It is a per fectly new field, for no church has any work there, and there is only one Christian in the place. Brother Ebina, recently from America, is teaching in a public school, and is doing all he can to spread the Gospel. Through his efforts a temperance society, with over one hundred and fifty members, has been formed. I hope that we may do a good work at Tateoka. At Tendo the condition of the work is very encouraging. The pastor has had his field greatly enlarged by the addition of Tateoka, nine miles to the north, and also the church at Yamagata, seven miles to the south of Tendo, has been under his care for the last few months. Brother Ono has done good work and is greatly beloved by his people. The old building at Yamagata, injured by fire some five or six years ago, and unused till now, has been repaired, and now we have a neat and comfortable church home in a splendid location, on the main street of the city. We have here some very earnest and faithful members, and of late the church has appeared to be growing in spirituality, but the pastor, Brother Nakarai, in whom I had great hopes, became discouraged, and last April left his post and is now teaching at Morioka. May the Lord preserve his soul from evil and keep his feet from falling! Sakuyama is an interesting circuit, nearly forty miles long, with five ap pointments. Here during the pro-foreign movement of a dozen years ago many heard the word with joy, but having no root, endured only for a while, and when tribulation came, were offended. Still we have a few faithful ones who received the seed in good ground and are bringing forth fruit. Brother Nakazawa has labored here most earnestly. He has also endured much and suffered much. His wife, formerly an earnest worker with him, has been an invalid for many years, and a great sufferer. A few months ago their daughter, a young lady of beautiful Christian character, and the main dependence of the home, fell asleep. Through all his trials Brother Nakazawa has never wavered, supported by the arm of the Almighty. The church at Sendai, under the efficient care of Brother Ishizaka, is grow 1898.] Japan. 251 ing in patience, in experience, in spiritual and numerical strength. The Sun day schools and preaching places have been maintained; special services were held for several weeks during the spring, which resulted in great good to the members and were the cause of several admissions to membership. During the year the church at Sendai has been favored by visits of several noted people. Bishop Joyce preached there, and after his sermon twelve joined the church on probation. Dr. and Mrs. Baldwin made us a short though delightful visit. Dr.‘Harris and Brother Fujiwara made us glad by their coming. Dr. Harris was the presiding elder when the work in Sen dai was begun thirteen years ago. It was he who organized the church and baptized the first believers, many of whom were present at the service a few weeks ago to hear him preach and “ look into his face.” Brother Ishizaka, besides his duties as pastor, is the editor-in-chief of the M ic h i no Shiw ori. This little magazine was born nearly four years ago, from the desire to reach out and speak to pastors and laymen, and especially to those isolated Christians who do not frequently have the privilege of hear ing the preaching of the word, thus to try to build them up in the faith and to deepen and strengthen their spirituality. We are grateful for the kind words of commendation and appreciation which we receive from time to time from our readers, for thus it is proven to us that the magazine is helpful to those of you who are preaching the Gospel. Miss Phelps and Miss Imhoff have worked with that loving earnestness that wins the hearts of the people. They have visited the churches and conducted Bible classes, Sunday schools, and meetings for women. The Bible women, Mrs. Hirabayashi, Miss Kato, and Miss Namaye, have done most faithful work. We greatly appreciate their efforts and would be glad to see their number increased so that we might have one or two at every point on the district. Mrs. Kitahara, Mrs. Suzuki, Mrs. Sugihara, and Mrs. Ono, wives of our pastors, have all been centers of influence, giving object lessons upon the sacredness and happiness of a Christian home. Great was my disappointment last December when I was ordered to leave Sendai on account of ill health. Just at this time, when God has set before us an open door, it is hard to learn the lesson, “ They also serve who only stand and wait.” Still I have endeavored, and I trust not with out some measure of success, to keep in touch with all the workers and all phases of the work. The most perfect good will and brotherly feeling prevail among all the workers. We are not discouraged in the face of great difficulties, for the Lord of hosts is with us, “ and there is no re straint to save with many or with few.” We are confident that the victory- wili be ours. There is an eagerness on the part of the people to hear. At all our public lecture meetings we have good attendance, generally several hundred, and frequently seven or eight hundred, and once between fifteen and eighteen hundred. The people always give respectful attention, for they come to learn. The preachers preach not science or philosophy, but the Gospel, and our workers and members show by their lives that Chris tianity makes people better. “ The morning light is breaking.” 252 Missionary Report. [1898. S h in a n o D is t r ic t .— E . Aibara, P. E. This district was newly formed by the action of the last Annual Confer ence, and is a small one, composed of six stations and circuits, namely, Matsumoto, Matsushiro, Adzumi, Ina, Takato, and Iida. I removed to Matsumoto the latter part of last August, and have been blessed with good health. I have visited all the churches and preaching places of the district four times, as I planned, holding Quarterly Confer ences and sacramental services. I have preached and lectured wherever I have gone. Miss B. J. Allen has also helped the churches of the dis trict greatly, coming from Tokyo twice in the autumn and spring. She took with her a stereopticon and gave exhibitions in churches and thea ters. In this way she reached many people, giving her a grand opportu nity of preaching the truths of Christianity. I have gone with her often on her trips and helped her by explaining these stereopticon views. The town of Matsumoto is centrally located in Shinano Province. Here the work began some twenty years ago, the first place of missionary effort in Shinano. This church has been the headquarters of the work, which has gradually spread in all directions. I was appointed to this church as pastor by the last Conference, with Brother Kenso Iida, but as I was ab sent, traveling in discharge of my duties as presiding elder, for more than one hundred and twenty days Brother Iida took the whole charge of the work as pastor. The members of the church consisted mostly of people above the middle class, and Brother Iida was working largely in that direction, but since the revival of last autumn this feature of the work has changed, and the work is now carried on among the lower classes of society. Matsushiro Circuit. This circuit consists of Matsushiro, Tokuma, and Hoshina. These three places are growing rapidly. Brother Kitasawa has found a good helpmate, and now the parsonage is an ideal Christian home, ever ready to extend a warm welcome to strangers. We anticipate a prosperous work on this circuit. Takato Church. This church has suffered the loss of membership by withdrawal and expulsion, from different causes, which have continued for several years past. Out of 20 members only 5 were left, but now the number has increased to 8 by accessions from other places. Brother Ukai and wife, with the members, are taking an aggressive step in the work. The church was about to suffer some loss of church property from carelessness, but by the effort of the pastor and official members the trouble has been removed. Iida Circuit. This is a large circuit, consisting of Iida, Ogawa, Ashima, Tokimata, and Chiku. Brother Jinshiro Kambe has spent four years here. As the result of his earnest and faithful labors the work is pros pering. During this year 21 have been baptized, and there are 34 proba tioners and 60 seekers. Plans have been made for building a church, and more than four hundred yen have been subscribed toward this enterprise. We hope to have a suitable church building, soon. The most prosperous work done this year on the district has been on this circuit. 1898.] J apan. 253 T o k yo D is t r ic t .—S.\ Ogata, P. E. At the session of the last Annual Conference two districts, the Tokyo East and the Tokyo West, with the exception of Utsunomiya and Saku- yama Circuits, were united and formed into the Tokyo District. Until the last year there were only nine churches on the district of which I had charge, but since the union of the two districts they have increased to 13. Aoyama First Church. This is Brother T. Fujiwara’s second year in the pastorate here. Early last winter Brother Fujiwara married an excel lent wife, and both have worked very earnestly and faithfully, so that the church has been strengthened both in membership and money-givingpower. Fifteen persons have been added by conversion. Aoyama Second Church. Dr. E. Takasugi has discharged his duty very faithfully as pastor, besides his regular work as professor in the college. Nearly all the members here are students, and they have received careful instruction, both intellectual and spiritual, from Dr. Takasugi. Thirty-one students were baptized as the result of the good work here. Ginza Church has prospered under the earnest and diligent work of Brother T. Ukai. The series of protracted meetings held in this church during last May brought out over sixty persons, who expressed a desire to know and believe jesus Christ. From among these and others 32 persons were baptized during the year. Mrs. Ukai Nobu, the beloved wife of the pastor, departed this life last December, after a long illness. The faith she expressed during her illness, as well as the spirit of resignation she manifested at her death, assured us all that faith in God gives the true victory. Kudan Church. After a multiplicity of trials and tribulations of ten years, the members succeeded in erecting a beautiful house of worship ujjpn the Kudan Hill, one of the most prominent points in Tokyo. This building was completed last February, just at the time of Dr. and Mrs. Baldwin’s visit to the city. Dr. Baldwin assisted in dedicating the church to the service of God. There were held, following the dedication, special services for one week, which helped greatly in making known Gospel truth. Brother K. Nakagawa was appointed to this important charge last Con ference, and he has worked with great zeal and ability. The members are more closely united now than ever before. Sixteen persons have been baptized this year, and there are many inquirers. Mita Church. No regular Japanese pastor was appointed to this church last year. Brother Johnson, in addition to his regular work as Mission treasurer, has acted as pastor, and Brother Soper, besides teaching in the school at Aoyama, has kindly assisted in the work at Mita. Brothers Komuro and Namae, theological students, also have greatly helped in the work. The special services held in the church last April led a number of students in Keiogijiku (Mr. Fukuzawa’s university), situated in the neigh borhood, and one of the most famous private schools in Japan, to search the Scriptures. Tsukiji Church. Brother S. Furusawa has finished his third year, faith ful and active as ever. The members are more closely united by the grace 2 5 4 Missionary Report. [1898. of God than ever before. The special meetings, held during the month of March last, resulted in several conversions. The entire number of persons baptized during the year is 21. Mrs. P'urusawa was struck down with paralysis last summer, and she has since been a helpless invalid, yet her faith in God has grown stronger during her illness. Her patience and cheerfulness in suffering are a manifestation of her strong faith in God to all who visit her. A jiki Circuit. Brother K. Masuda is the supply. This being one of the oldest of our churches in Japan, most of the members are old and ex perienced, and they faithfully discharge their duties to the church. There are five other preaching places on this circuit within fifteen miles of Ajiki, of which Hishida is the most hopeful. Last April the brethren of this place invited five preachers from Tokyo and held two special preaching services there. This gave a chance for a large number to hear the Gospel for the first time. Ten persons were baptized during the year. There are five Bible women on the district. Each has done a very commendable work. Last spring we were greatly favored by visits from our distinguished friends, Dr. and Mrs. Baldwin, Bishop Foss, and Dr. Goucher. Their presence was an inspiration to us, and their sermons and addresses gave us both knowledge and encouragement. Y o k o h a m a D i s t r i c t —J. G. Cleveland, P. E. While we have not the large number of baptisms to report that we have had the previous two years, we are glad to say that there has been a most healthful growth on nearly every charge, an encouraging sign of which will be seen in the fact that four advance in self-support, and, still further, that the people are manifesting an increasing interest in this and all other branches of church work. Kanagawa, which we were pleased to call an “ unsolved problem ” a year ago, has been most fortunate in the accession of two or three strong men, and the church has decided on more aggressive measures to increase the interest in Christianity in the town. Indeed the Lord is not slack con cerning his promises if our faith waver not. Another evidence that the Lord is not slack concerning his promises is shown in the fact that our prayers are being answered and an open door placed before us at Fukaya, a large town of five thousand or more inhab itants, on which we have been turning longing eyes for several years. During a recent trip in that region I visited and prayed at four homes where they were glad to hear of the Gospel, and have two men asking for baptism. A year ago we invited the Conference to hold its next session in the new church we saw by faith in this city. While circumstances have so com bined as to make the completion of the church impossible, we rejoice in having it so far completed as to hold our Conference here, and before this year of grace shall have closed Methodism in this city will be housed in a church worthy the work of the past 25 years. It is but proper that the Conference and the twenty-fifth anniversary 1898.] Japan. 255 should be held here, for it was here that twenty-five years ago Methodism planted her banners in this island empire. And what shall I say of the elect ladies who labor among us ? Miss Griffiths has left us for a much-needed year of rest, and Miss Simons is soon to take her vacation. They have both done valuable service in the work that has been intrusted to them, and we shall be glad to welcome them back to the work they love, after the vacation is past. Miss Lewis is a valuable addition, and we feel assured that the work laid down by Miss Simons will not suffer under her direction. The training school has sent forth another class to labor in the vineyard, and would that their number was larger as the supply is never equal to the demand. It gives me pleasure to call attention to the work that is being done by Misses Baucus and Dickinson for the women by their magazine, The Tokiwa. The field which they have entered is a large and promising one, and they should have the hearty support of all our workers. The work on the district, as a whole, was never in a more hopeful con dition than now, and the workers never more devoted to the work of sav ing souls and the building up of the churches. / W o m a n ’s W o r k . The work of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society has been most efficiently done by a most devoted band of women. Limited space forbids anything like full treatment of this interesting branch of the Mission. Schools of high grade are maintained at Hakodate, at Aoyama, Tokyo, at Nagoya, at Fukuoka, and at Nagasaki, while attached to these schools are primary schools and even kindergartens. At Hirosaki a most interesting girls’ school of middle grade exerts a powerful influence over the people. At Sendai there is a school that bids fair to become an important educa tional institution for girls. These schools are well located in the midst of immense populations, and draw an increasingly large patronage from both the locality immedi ately surrounding the schools as well as from more distant points. Some have supposed that these schools are simply charity institutions estab lished to educate those who could not otherwise receive education. It is our joy and pride that all the schools founded by our Mission have some of this class, but really the Mission schools are the most democratic of institutions, for here we have the daughters of governors, of judges, of ministers of state, of members of Parliament, and of others equally hon orable if not so conspicuous. At Nagasaki and at Yokohama are located schools for Bible women. The object of these schools is to prepare young women, and some older ones as well, for the direct teaching of the word to the women and children of Japan. They have succeeded grandly. The gathering of the women together assures a spirit of sincere study and mental effort some what protracted, while practical work a part of each year in the country and nearly all the time in the surrounding towns assures a basis of experience in such work and a means of testing the pupil in many 256 Missionary Report. [1898. ways.. Several of the graduates have become pastors’ wives, and are thus equipped for special usefulness in the direct work of the church. At Aoyama, Tokyo, at Hakodate, and at Nagasaki industrial depart ments are maintained, which draw support from high circles, where one might expect to encounter opposition. All the girls of all the schools are regularly taught the Bible and the elements of Christian morality. A t Kega, near Fukuoka, is located the Kwassui Orphanage, an institu tion opened during the present year. The land was donated by a Japanese sister, one of the former students of the school at Nagasaki, and contribu tions for the building came largely from Japan. Besides the boarding schools a large number of day schools for small boys and girls are maintained. Three of them have industrial departments. There are 19 day schools in all, with an enrollment of 2,212. The pupils paid nearly twenty-seven hundred yen toward their support, while the boarding schools paid in over six thousand yen. T h e E d u c a t io n a l W o r k . In speaking of the work of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society it has been necessary to mention the educational work done by that society. The Parent Board has a very flourishing work also. There are two chief educational institutions, the one at Aoyama, Tokyo» and the other at Nagasaki, besides which there are night schools or Gos pel Societies in Hirosaki, Tokyo, Yokohama, and Nagasaki. We will briefly mention the schools in the above order: Of the system of schools at Aoyama, Tokyo, and known as Aoyama Gakuin, Rev. Y. Honda is president. There is a theological school known as the Philander Smith Biblical Institute, of which Rev. J. Soper, D.D., is dean. This school has courses of study in English and Japanese, preparing students for preach ing the Gospel. Most of the leading members of the Conference have been students in this school. At present the number of students is not large, but men are being turned out as fast as the Church can properly use them. Some 44 have graduated from the theological school, and many others have taken partial courses. The college and preparatory department are managed together, J. O. Spencer, Ph.D., dean and prin cipal. Of late years there has been a renaissance of English, and our school has filled to overflowing. At present there are over two hundred in attendance, and further admission is refused to certain classes. The dormitory is also full. The college freshman class numbers 17. The industrial department is under the care of Mr. T. Chiga, superintendent. Over twenty boys and about forty men are employed in the printing department, the only enterprise now being conducted. A goodly lot of printing in English and Japanese is being done. Our work generally is very prosperous at Aoyama. Many have been baptized and more are inquirers after the true way. Since the work was established here fifteen years ago over seventeen hundred young men have come under our instruction for terms varying from a few weeks to nine years. Graduates from the preparatory department have numbered 141 1898.] Japan. 257 and those from the college 68. Sixteen from these schools have given their lives to the Christian ministry, besides others who entered the theo logical school directly. Fifty-four are prominent in business. At Nagasaki we have Chinzei Gakkwan, Rev. E. R. Fulkerson, D.D., principal. This has a general course and a biblical training class. The school has been full all the time and the influence of the students has been far-reaching. The Christian young men who are capable go out into the city and surrounding towns teaching Christ. Bible classes are conducted and believers instructed. Dr. U. Sasamori has been very ill during the year, but is recovering. Professor S. Toyama, a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, is a most valuable addition to the faculty. Last year Brother T. Hasegawa was sent to Hirosaki to open the night school and Gospel Society. Finding after a time that his preferences and desires led him elsewhere, he located. The school has been quite a success and has enjoyed the assistance of Rev. R. P. Alexander, who was stationed at Hirosaki studying the Japanese language. By this society many are introduced to the Sunday school and church. The Gospel Society and night school in Tokyo is under the care of Rev. T. Ukai, the pastor of the Ginza Church. During the year till April Rev. J. W. Wadman assisted in the school, and also assistance was given by the missionaries from Aoyama and by Miss C. H. Spencer, and since Conference by a foreign teacher, Rev. W. S. Worden. Here, too, many have been brought into the church through this school. The Yokohama Gospel Society has had a good year. A boarding house is maintained. Twelve young men have been baptized and 9 received into full membership in the church, while there are 23 seekers. Dr. W. S. Worden has been in charge. The school exerts a good influence among the many young clerks and business men of the city. T h e Pu b l is h in g Ho u s e . In April, after several years of faithful service, Rev. J. W. Wadman returned to America, leaving the care of the publishing house with Rev. J. G. Cleveland, Ph.D. The year show's gradual increase in sales and cash. The total sales have been over twelve thousand yen. Over seven thousand copies of books have been published, besides 128,000 copies of tracts, the whole aggregating millions of pages. Besides these, a large Sunday school literature has been sent out to all parts of Japan. Re cently a forward movement has been taken in the matter of Sunday school literature. A very strong committee from the various branches of the Presbyterian Missions and an equally strong one from our own Mission have been at work on lessons based on the International Berean series, and from the beginning of the new year we will be provided with the best literature that has ever been given to the Sunday schools of Japan. Auxiliary to the general work of the publishing house, but representing all Methodism, is our Church paper, the Gekyo, or Advocate. It is grad ually gaining a deeper hold on the Church. 17 Conference, July, 1898. » 8 J3 ja .3 'H bo S (2 £ CIRCUIT OK STATION. H i O o j2 s op i’ l l % <55 £ i s fc S{£ SOUTH JAPAN. Bishop Cransioti has Episcopal Supei~vision. D r. IV. T . Smith is Secretary in Charge. T h is Conference, comprising the island of Kiushiu to gether with the remaining islands south and west of the main island, was set off from the Japan Conference at its fifteenth annual session—held in Yokohama, Japan, July 13- 22, 1898—being the twenty-fifth anniversary of our work as a Mission in Japan. The enabling act was granted by the General Conference of 1896, but for two consecutive years was not carried into effect, owing to opposition in the northern districts of our work. On July 15, 1898, the question was, however, carried, and 011 July 22—the last day of the session—received the formal approval of the presiding bishop, Rev. Earl Cranston. D.D., LL.D. The territory was divided into two districts, namely, the Fukuoka Dis trict, comprising the four circuits north of Kumamoto, with the Rev. H .B. Johnson as presiding elder, and the Nagasaki District comprising the re maining eight circuits, including Kumamoto and the two appointments in the city of Nagasaki, with the Rev. J. C. Davison as presiding elder. Bishop Cranston provided that H. B. Johnson, as treasurer of the Japan Mission, should remain temporarily in Tokyo, his work on the district to be meanwhile under the care of the presiding elder of the Nagasaki District. In view of the appointment of H .B . Johnson as presiding elder, J. G. Cleveland was nominated to succeed him as treasurer of the Japan Mis sion and J. C. Davison as treasurer of the South Japan Mission, the latter to take effect January 1, 1899. The following were nominated as Financial Committee for the South Japan Mission : J. C. Davison, H. B. Johnson, E. R. Fulkerson, and M. S. Vail. The work in Okinawa (Loochoo Islands), hitherto carried on for six years by the Home Missionary Society of the Japan Annual Conference, was discontinued by said Society and taken up as a part of the regular work on the Nagasaki District of the South Japan'Mission Conference. For reports from this section see Japan Conference, Nagasaki and Kagoshima Districts. A ppointments o f M issionaries . F u k u o k a D i s t r i c t . —H. B. Johnson, P. E. (P. O ., Fukuoka). W. F . M. S.—Fukuoka F.i-wa Jo Gakko, Miss Lida B. Smith, and one to be supplied. Evangelistic Work, Miss Jennie M. Gheer, Superintendent of Bible Women. N a g a s a k i D i s t r i c t .—J. C. Davison, P. E. (P. O ., Nagasaki). Chinzei Gakkwan, E. R . Fulkerson, Principal; M. S. Vail, U. Sasamori, Professors, members of Deshima Quarterly Conference. W. F. M. S.—Kwassui Jo Gakko, Miss M. Young, Principal ; Miss Lola Kid well. Miss Irene Lee; Miss A. V. Bing, Music ; Miss M. E. Melton, Biblical Department; Miss E. Russell, home on leave. Statistics of South Japan Mission Conference, July, 1898. £ i c J i C s ¿ £ CO So CIRCUIT OR p. *5 a STATION. s » 5T *C |s ca CJ C£ £ e □ :/2 w i « 0 i. ’S Ê l ì c •3 «S Native Native Workers of Worn. For. Miss. Society. Estimated Estimated Value of Churches and Chapels. Members. £fe Book Rooms, etc. rented rented Places Worship. of Value of Orphanages, Schools, Hospitals, Estimated Estimated Value of Parsonages, or “ Homes.” Collected Collected for Missionary Benevolent Societies. ¿1 £ Society. Collected for other a 0 £ Collected for Self- support. Building and Repairing. < Collected for Church Contributed for other Local Purposes. I I Assistant Missionaries. | Adherents.| No. 1 of Orphans. i No. of Halls and other | I I Nat. Ordained Preachers. | Fukuoka D istrict. 1 1 1 130 13 1 4 9 335 20 1,000 1 25,600 81 30 97 60 1 2 0 64 79 Kokura and Wakamatsu 1 2 22 17 39 5 4 1 23 2 1 00 66 13 26 70 60 9 37 O m u t a ...... 1 1 24 14 38 \ fi O 93 8(10 1 9 70 i i 31 1 O 3 2 “ 21 Nayanaki D istrict. V 1 <» 21 43 1 3 35 800 7 K ajik i...... 1 6 13 5 40 1 20 1 20 Kumamoto and Kutatni. 2 2 87 38125 10 4 5 154 3 ,2 0 0 1 1 700 2 35 16 11 01 80 3 10 52 62 Nagasaki: Deshima — 3 2 1 8 6 68 2 5 4 41 1 2 664 3,000 * 1 4 1 2 0 ,4 5 0 t64,000 2 0 85 117 75 208 01 6 60 160 32 Kojiyamachl...... 1 62 35 97 4 2 1 60 6 0 0 1 200 1 41 54 01 117 35 1 20 46 62 Okinawa (Loo-Choo)___ 1 1 34 10 5 0 4 3 0 28 1 3 50 121 10 50 1 20 35 60 1 20 17 37 s 1 18 1 40 1 ft 4 10 1 _ _ 17 • * 5 40 1 20 Total...... i 4 4 8 11 11 4 637 a 50 8K7 HO 20 29 1 .4 4 8 23 6 9 ,4 0 0 24 4 2 1 ,7 5 0 89.600 3G 0 1 4 9 8 99 5 9 1 40 22 10 4 1 3 91 Note.—In Fukuoka Circuit are 2 native teachers (in Orphanage of W . F. M. S. at Koga) and 1 other helper ; 1 Mgh school of W . F. M. S., with 12 teachers and 45 pupils ; debt on real estate, 1,600 yen. In Deshnrm, Nagasaki, art? 1 theological schonj. 4 teachers, and 8 students; also 1 high whool, 8 teachers, an.I 17'» pupils. In the same charge, under the \V. F. M. S., are 1 theological school, Q teaefiers and 1<* students; also \ high pehool, I?.'! teacher?, and 156 pupils—a total in the Conference of 2 theological BCho<>]s, 6 teachers, 18 students; 3 high schools, 43 teachers, and 316 pupils. All inoriev values esti mated In yen ; one yen equal* 50 r*nt*. * Of the«e, 12 are under the W. F. M. S., for Sunday schools and Hible meetings, f Ol this amount, 50,000 yen Is the value of W . F. M. S. property» and 14,000 yen Is the value of Chineel Gnkkwan (B oys’ School). r 262 Missionary Report. [1898. KOREA. Bishop Cranston has Episcopal Supervision. D r. IV. T . Smith is Secretary in Charge. T h e Korea Mission includes the kingdom of Korea, with it's central station at Seoul. Mission work was commenced in 1885. M issionaries . Rev. H. G. Appenzeller and Mrs. Ella D. Appenzeller, Rev. Arthur M. Brooks and Mrs. Fannie I. Brooks, Rev. George C. Cobb and Mrs. H. M. Cobb, Douglas Follwell, M.D., and Mrs. Mary W. Follwell, Rev. G. H. Jones and Mrs. Margaret B. Jones, Rev. W. Arthur Noble and Mrs. Mattie L. Noble, Harry C. Sherman, M.D.,and Mrs. Florence M.Sherman, Rev.Wilbur C. Swearer. In Switzerland: Rev. W. B. Scranton, M.D., and Mrs. Loulie A. Scranton. In the United States : William B. McGill, M.D., and Mrs. Lizzie J. McGill. W. F. M. S.—Miss Mary M. Cutler, M.D., Miss Lulu E. Frey, Miss Lillian Harris, M.D., Mrs. Rosetta S. Hall, M.D., Miss Ella A. Lewis, Miss Josephine O. Paine, Miss Nellie Pierce, Miss Louisa C. Rothvveiler. In Switzerland : Mrs. M. F. Scranton. A n n u a l M e e t i n g . The Annual Meeting of .the Korea Mission was held in Seoul in August, 1898, Bishop Cranston presiding. No report is yet at hand. In view of the departure of Dr. Scranton for Switzerland, Rev. George Heber Jones was appointed superintendent during Dr. Scranton’s absence. K o r e a M is s io n A ppointments , 1898-99. W . B. S c r a n t o n , Superintendent. Aogi, to be supplied. Chemulpo Circuit, Geo. Heber Jones, one to be supplied. Chon Chu, to be supplied. Chong Dong, Ewa Hak Tang, and Chong-no, H. G. Appenzeller, one to be sup plied. Pyeng Yang Circuit, W . A. Noble, one to be supplied. Seoul; Baldwin Chapel, to be supplied; Sang Dong, Tal Sung Church, W. B. Scranton, one to be supplied. Suwon and Kong Chu Circuit, W. C. Swearer, one to be supplied. Tai-ku, to be supplied. We-ju, to be supplied. Wonsan, supplied by W . B. McGill, M.D., one to be supplied. Pai Chai College: H. G. Appenzeller, President; A . M. Brooks, Principal Academic Department. Medical Work : Seoul, H. C. Sherman, M .D ., Wonsan, W . B. McGill, M .D .; Pyeng Yang, E . D. Follwell, M.D. Manager Trilingual Press, Geo. C. Cobb. Editor of the Christian Advocate and Man ager of the Bookstore, H. G. Appenzeller. Field Secretary Epworth League, Geo. Heber Jones. W . F. M. S .—Miss L. E . Frey, Ewa Hak Tang with Day Schools and Tal Sung Church. Miss Nellie Pierce, School Assistant. Miss M. M. Cutler, M.D., Po Ku Nye Koan Woman’s Hospi tal and Dispensary, Seoul; one doctor to be supplied. Miss E . A. Lewis, Assistant in Hospital and Evangelistic Work, Chong Dong Church ; one to be supplied for Evangelistic Work. Miss Lillian Harris, M .D., East Gate Dispensary. Mrs. R. S. Hall, M .B ., Woman’s Hospital; Pyeng Yang. Miss L. C. Rothweiler, Evangelistic Work at East Gate and Chong-no. Mrs. H. C . Sherman, Evangelistic Work, Tal Sung Church ; two to be supplied for Evangelistic Work at Tal Sung Church, and Suwon and Kong Chu Circuit. Mrs. G. H. Jones, Chemulpo Cir cuit; one to be supplied. Mrs. W. A . Noble and Mrs. E . D . Follwell, Pyeng Yang Circuit; one to be supplied. Miss J . O. Paine, home on leave. Mrs. M. F. Scranton, leave of absence granted. 1898.] Korea. 263 The superintendent, Dr. W. B. Scranton, reports: As we to-day once more assemble and look over the faces, we are re minded of the vicissitudes of this present life. We gladly greet Bishop Cranston, who, in the round of his official duties, is brought among 11s, and we welcome him and his family to Korea and our homes. He reminds us, however, more forcibly than all, of the vicissitudes and changes, being the ninth bishop to visit Korea, and, but for an accident, the tenth and the eleventh that has visited the East, and the twelfth for the whole Orient, since the establishment of our Mission. With each new- c o m in g visitant we wish, against hope, that /he policy of such varied supervision of a new and growing mission might in him meet a change. In \he personnel of the mis sion itself we miss some faces of one year ago—Brothers Hulbert and Bunker with their families, who have left us, and Dr. and Mrs. Busteed, who are at home. We do not forget in the past years Brothers Ohlinger and Hall, who were with us then. New faces, and far too few in number, are those of Rev. George C. Cobb and wife, Dr. Harry C. Sherman and wife, and Rev. Wilbur C. Swearer. With these changes of the past year it will be seen we have exchanged three older men for three new ones, and the mission has not gained in numbers. It is a matter of serious regret to the whole mission that we have to chronicle the departure of Rev. D. A. Bunker and his wife from our Mission. Miss Paine is now at home on a furlough. In January last the members of our Mission in Seoul were gladdened by a visit from Rev. Dr. S. L. Baldwin and Mrs. Baldwin. A general survey of our Mission will show gratifying activity and breadth of operations, and the reports will give such sure signs of life as to lead all easily to faith in our ability to continue, and afford assurance of our future usefulness. A more careful survey, however, taken in detail and, as it were, from behind the fortifications—that is, from the inside of affairs— 264 Missionary Report. [1898. while it will confirm much which has been discovered from without, yet will inevitably lead to a call for a show of forces that are so creditably en gaged in such amplitude of operation and effectiveness of service. This will lead to surprise. I remember indistinctly a story I once read of the storming of some castle in the days not very far back. Its garrison had repelled the invader repeatedly. It had baffled the stratagems of the be sieging forces for many a day. It had seemed argus-eyed and alert, and, therefore, great was the surprise one day on seeing the white flag over the ramparts. A parley ensued which led to terms of agreement under which the castle was to be relinquished. It was agreed that the whole garrison should be allowed to retire from the castle with their colors and all their arms. A t the time for the evacuation the enemy’s forces were drawn up as a safeguard against treachery and also in a way to do honor to the force that had so gallantly and effectively repulsed them so long. There had been not a little dispute as to the size of the garrison, but it was shortly to be disclosed. At the hour appointed the great gate was opened with greater difficulty and the colors appeared, borne by the general, with his hand on his sword—the hilt, not the blade. He was followed by a boy—one of those boys who, if handy, is equal to six, and, if troublesome, changes the point to the decimal side. He carried several guns, with the powder horns and shot. And lastly, a woman ! What shall I say for her ? What had not her tirelessness and intuition, and, not least, her brightness, in the face of those days of discouragement, meant to the invaders; and what immeasurably more had these qualities not meant to the garrison ! First, surprise ; then a look for more to follow; then amusement began to threaten to break the ranks ; and last, a shout went up from the brave enemy’s file in acknowledgment of the pluck and spirit of the litrie garri son which had held them at bay so long. You will look in vain to-day for any white flags. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair; per secuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed. This Korea Mission is still holding its face to the enemy in the presence of difficulties you will little by little discover. It is the few in numbers doing a work that a double force might be proud of, and, what is more, there will be no white flag either. The changes in Seoul are so many that our “ oldest inhabitant ” needs a guide. We have not moved our Mission compound, but, stranger yet, the king has moved his palace over next door to us in Chong Dong, and, they say, sometimes looks over the wralls into our compounds with covetous eyes. Our Mission has done its modest part in changing the appearance of the city. This church in which we are meeting to-day was dedicated Decem ber 26, 1897. It affords ample accommodations for its congregation, and for the boys’ and girls’ schools of our Mission—the boys and girls of young Korea. The call to this pastorate is a higher honor and offers greater in fluence than a call to the throne across the way. Higher up the hill back of us is the new, but as yet uncompleted, home 1898.] Korea. 265 of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society. This edifice is an unmis takable monument to the fact that Christianity has a message for the women of Korea. Across the city at the East Gate the Mary F. Scranton Home has been completed and occupied this year by the Woman’s Foreign Mis sionary Society. In Seoul there are 4 charges with a total membership in the neigborhood of 700; a mission press with work demanding the attention of 2 foreigners; a school requiring 2 foreign teachers, besides its corps of native assistants; a hospital and dispensary ; also the Methodist book store of Korea; and a native and foreign 'bindery. In recounting the work in the Seoul garrison we must not omit to men tion the fact that two members of the Mission living here are also engaged in the translation of the Bible into Korean. This work of the Parent Board thus summed up is carried on by five members of the Mission and one employee. It should be noted that of these, two are the oldest members of our Mission, and that the remaining three members and one employee are this year newcomers, and do not speak the language. Here you will discover twelve departments filled by six men, of whom four men came this year. I am prepared to maintain that ten of these de partments require each the individual time of one man to their successful prosecution. In the four charges we have the valued cooperation of the ladies of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society. It would be unfair for me not to state that Miss Rothweiler is practically the pastor of the East Gate Baldwin Chapel and Chong-no, in spite of General Conference legislation. These ladies merit in other charges the appellation of assistant pastors for their tireless and effective services. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society numbers 7 in Seoul with 1 at home on furlough. The work in hand is the Girls’ School and Home, the Woman’s Hospital and the East Gate Dispensary, and the evangelistic work. At each of these places two ladies are now engaged. There is great need for the amplest accommodations in the Girls’ School and Home. Scarcely a week passes without applications for entrance there, and we are obliged to turn them away for lack of accommodations. This ought not to be so where the work is so undeniably a necessary one. The Woman’s Hospital in Chong Dong is ever overtaxed. They have serious need for new foreign quarters. Personally, I hope that when these are granted they will be erected in Sang Dong by the side of a similar structure for our Parent Board. The native population is fast disappearing from the quarters in which our Mission was first located. I wish our ladies of the woman’s board, though so crowded with work at all times, could yet make occasional trips into the country where we have work. One trip each year by each of these workers would help much. The reports for the four charges in Seoul will be given by their pastors. Three of these charges have had a steady and healthy growth in grace 266 Missionary Report. [1898. and numbers. One charge, having no membership, is practically closed, though preaching services are conducted there from time to time. One of these charges has no regular pastor, but is supplied largely by our native local ministry. P ai Chai College. Rev. H. G. Appenzeller, President; Rev. D. A. Bunker, Principal of Academic Department. Our boys’ school is this year still making advance. The contract with the government has been re newed. The attendance continues about as last year, and there are repeated demonstrations from the chapel, at least, that ideas once im planted in Korean soil will grow with vigor, and our only care need be as to the quality of the ideas imparted. The departure of Rev. D. A. Bunker from the school to go into the press a year ago was an injury to the school. His final loss to the school by his departure from the Mission will not be easy to make good. He was capable, faithful, and hard-work ing, as well as acceptable to the scholars. W. C. Swearer since his coming into the field has taken up class work temporarily. The great need of the school is for a man who will give his undivided attention to it, and thoroughly identifying himself with the boys personally, thus be able to more effectually influence them. The Trilingual Press. The Press had a change in management in March. D. A. Bunker turned over its affairs and management at that time to Geo. C. Cobb, who had newly come among us. A showing was made of a comfortable gain. I say comfortable, because the gain made possible the payment of the Press’s large indebtedness contracted under another régime. Mr. Bunker left the Press financially sound. It remained for the new management to more adequately equip the plant. This is being done slowly as the funds will allow. The matrices of three entirely new fonts of type are now being made for us in Japan. As for work, there seems to be no limit. We are now engaged specially in the printing of the New Testament in Korean, some of the books in editions of 8,000 and some of 20,000. Such an amount of work demanded much larger facilities than we had. It was in consequence of this new work that, an opportunity occurring in May, the entire plant of the Independent press was rented for two years. This was done during my absence in the country. I do not cease to regret that the obligation to print the Independent was included in the contract, and if I had had the opportunity I would have strenuously objected to this feature of the agreement. This new lease has so largely increased our facilities for work that it became necessary to secure the services of a foreman to assist the manager of the press, and Mr. W . H. Emberley has been so employed. S i Pyettg Won. The Seoul General Hospital. H. C. Sherman, M.D., in charge. Our hospital was closed for nearly one year in consequence of the illness and finally the departure of Dr, Busteed from Korea. Last November Miss L. A. Cooke, M.D., an English lady who is employed as physician at the palace, reopened our dispensary and continued there for several months until Dr. Sherman’s arrival. This kindness we appreciate. 1898.] Korea. 267 The hospital and dispensary at once showed its advantageous location by early affording Dr. Sherman all the work it was wise for a new man to undertake, and, in fact, more than should have been placed on him. Outside of Seoul we have work in Chemulpo, in Wonsan, in Pyeng Yang, and in the interior, to the south, a circuit known as Suwon and Kong Chu. Chemulpo Circuit. G. H. Jones in charge. This charge will appear before us this year as the banner charge for increase in members. Brother Jones is most fortunate in being able to give his undivided attention to his circuit. The result is natural. He has raised up and is training a sympa thetic corps of workers, who, under his direction, are strengthening and extending the work of our Church throughout the island of Kong Wha and into the neighboring mainland. Since May, 1897, he has had an in crease in numbers from 150 to 500 odd. Brother Jones in Chemulpo and Brother Noble in Pyeng Yang have held during the year one or more sessions of what might be called “ schools of the prophets,” for the instruction of class-leaders, exhorters, and local preachers in the circuits. I cannot speak too highly of this method of work. It is inexpensive both in time and money ; it is inspiring to the brethren as well as instructive, and its results are incalculable. I was present at one seslion of the Chemulpo Circuit class and was highly pleased with what I saw as an illustration of that method of work. The woman’s work on the circuit under the careful management of Mrs. Jones is keeping pace with that among the men. The new parsonage in Chemulpo was finished and consecrated by arayer in March. Wonsan Circuit. Supplied by W. B. McGill, M.D. I have been able :o make one visit to Wonsan since last Annual Meeting. In Wonsan gar-' ison Dr. McGill has been general, boy, and woman all in one. I have Dnly to restate what I have said and urged from year to year, that we must lave a clerical worker sent to this point. This circuit has a total mem bership of 95. The receipts from medical practice were 1,300 yen. Our )pportunities for usefulness on this circuit are only limited by our force at .vork. We have practically the whole eastern coast for our field of opera- ions. Brother Appenzelier in years past made a trip to the capital of the lorthernmost province, namely, Ham Hung. Dr. McGill has frequently bllowed in his footsteps since. Dr. McGill is now in his ninth year since coming to Korea and has had to vacation. This is a longer record than any of the rest of us can show. -Ie comes requesting to be relieved at this Annual Meeting, to return lome to the United States for a vacation, on account of the ill health of lis children, who have had malaria for a year past. His leave should be granted. I am extremely regretful, however, that at the same time I make his recommendation I must also recommend the closing of Wonsan, as far s foreign workers are concerned, until such time as our numbers shall be re- nforced. Our present force will not allow of the appointment of a foreign vorker to Wonsan. Pyeng Yang Circuit. W. A. Noble in charge. This circuit includes 268 Missionary Report. [1898. a large and flourishing church in the city and a widespread work in the neighboring country. I have visited Pyeng Yang once in the interim of Annual Meetings. The native brethren and our foreign workers there have been busy during the past year. The school accommodations in the hos pital had to be given up and the native Church stepped in and built the necessary edifice with their own capital and personal labor. The residence of W. A. Noble was condemned as unhealthy and he has had to begin the erection of a new one. Mrs. Noble and Mrs. Follwell have given efficient service in the instruction of the women. Mrs. Noble has presented the church with a bell. Dr. Follwell has charge of the Hall Memorial Hospital and has worked hard with the sick coming to him, and harder to make a most inadequate appropriation reach. Mrs. Dr. Sherwood Hall has recently gone to Pyeng Yang to open med ical work for women under the auspices of the Woman’s Foreign Mission ary Society. The Home had previously been prepared for the Society free of cost to them. Early after Mrs. Hall’s arrival in Pyeng Yang she was called to mourn the loss of her little daughter, Edith. Wre have all shared this sorrow with her. Among many particulars there are two which demand attention in Pyeng Yang. First, the circuit is too large for one man to attend to without loss to himself and to his work. Second, the hospital should be generously dealt with this year in our appropriations by the Board. At last report, Pyeng Yang Circuit had made a gain of 200 since last Annual Meeting, with a total membership of 462. I wish very much that Brother Noble could have a clerical coworker at once. It would be a most profitable investment. Suwon and Kong Chu Circuit. W. B. Scranton in charge. Suwon is twenty-five miles south of Seoul on the main turnpike. Kong Chu, the capital of the next province to the south of us, is one hundred miles from Seoul, farther on the same road. We have no work directly in either place, but in a district lying on both sides of this road to the south. We have membership in 13 villages with a total of full members and proba tioners of 315. This is a gain of 45 for the year past. There is more than enough work for one man in this circuit. My other duties have pre vented my making more than two trips in this circuit the past year. This is not enough, and the work has suffered. In May I made my second round of the circuit, traveling between three hundred and four hundred English miles, going down and returning. I was accompanied by my mother. 1 he opportunities were most gratifying and the discouragements not a few. There has been official persecution in this circuit during the year, and this has resulted in loss of membership. I feel that this loss is more our fault than theirs, for they had had quite too little instruction. I hope some one can be set apart this year to this work exclusively. We need at least two native helpers for this circuit. If I were to remain in Korea this fall, I would gather a class from this dis trict for special instruction. This would do untold good in strengthening 1898.] Korea. 269 and extending the work. I use this opportunity to make acknowledgment of the helpfulness in this circuit of two colporteurs afforded me by funds from the British and Foreign Bible Society. We should at this Annual Meeting, with the assistance of our visiting bishop, enter fully into our financial status and determine the sum required for the maintenance of our Mission as our work now stands. I am convinced that the Board does not understand our case. The time has come for us to stop living as best we can from year to year, and to get on a sound basis of right under standing with the Missionary Society. We have not an appropriation sufficient now for our bare existence. Our property needs better care, and we are falling behind in all departments. Tal Sitng Church, Seoul, Sang Dong. W. B. Scranton in charge. It is five years next month (September, 1898) since this charge received its first appointment. Since that time it has grown from 5 to its present total membership of 301 • namely, full members, 168; baptized proba tioners, 70; unbaptized probationers, 63. This is a gain of 45 for the past year. Four members have died ; 9 have been dropped from the rolls; 2 have taken letters to other churches. Although we have ex-governors and ex-magistrates among us, yet our congregation represents the middle class largely, and none of the rich are numbered with us. On the contrary, of the poor we have many, and aged also, and during the past winter it was a task to feed and help as many as the church would have liked to assist. We have from Sunday to Sunday an audience of about three hundred ; a Sunday school of about two hundred. This charge has been no tax to the Missionary Society beyond the foreigner’s salary and that of two native helpers, who are largely engaged in the circuit to the south also. We have paid all our expenses from native contributions—our fuel, light, repairs, entertainment at Christmas, and poor fund. We have collected for these purposes an average of 50 sen per capita of total membership. The pres ent chapel has become too small for our Sunday morning congregations, and a new building must be provided for. Toward this purpose a small beginning has been made. Four hundred and eighty-five yen are now in in hand. I make grateful acknowledgment for the kind assistance ren dered me by Rev. H. B. Hulbert. During my absence from Seoul he has frequently taken my services for me. Our Epworth League (the Mallalieu Chapter) deserves a word. We have a membership of 40 and a good beginning has been made, and the young people have been brought more prominently thereby into church work in a helpful way. Personally I would report that I have finished the , assignment in the translation of the New Testament into Korean, made to I me by the Board for translation; namely, Romans, Hebrews, 1 and 2 Peter, and James. The work of translating tKe~ Discipline is progressing, and, but for the fact that we are waiting to bring it out in our new type, much of the Discipline and most of the Ritual would be in print to-day. I Baldwin Chapel, East Gate, Seoul. This charge has been supplied throughout the year by our local ministry. During the first half of the year Brother I. Kobayashi, a Japanese local preacher and member of Tal 270 Missionary Report. [1898. Sung Church, supplied there acceptably. His license was renewed at last Annual Meeting, but by some oversight his name was lost out of the Min utes. In January he left our employ to enter educational work, conducted under Japanese auspices, among the Koreans. I hope Brother Kobayashi will go into full connection—traveling connection. We should look to it to make it possible to him. East Gate has been unfortunate this year. One of our oldest members committed suicide. I believe it was owing to melancholia in consequence of a disease he had long suffered from. This has been a great sorrow and a great injury to the work. Another member, a local preacher, left us sud denly for Japan and beyond. We cannot sympathize with him in the means he took to gain funds to go with, and his license will not be re newed this year. This charge has had a iong and uphill fight. I believe it=s future is secure and the work is growing stronger. The residence of foreigners there hereafter will help much. I have already mentioned the earnest and efficient work Miss Rothweiler has done at this place among the women. Miss Dr. Harris has a dispensary at this point. Ful! mem bers, 17 ; probationers, 26; total, 43. This is the same as last year. One marriage ceremony has been performed during the year. Aogi, Seoul. Nothing can be reported for this place. Services have been held from time to time by our workers from Chong Dong and Sang Dong. At Tal Sung Church are a number of members who live in the vicinity of Aogi. These, however, prefer to go farther than to stay at home. No appointment can be made to this point. Statistics of Korea Mission, 1898. CHURCH BAP SUNDAY MEMBERSHIP. TISMS. SCHOOLS. CHURCH PROPERTY. 1 I 1 I 1 s .. *5 ■S P-4 CIRCUIT OE STATION. Teachers.] E e: i & & i ■5 U 3 Î c « 2 "3 ...... •V B. •0 Officers Officers E c Probable Probable Vnlue. Full Full Members. Chiirchei. * Probationers. j P ü < ä Probable Value. Parsonages. 1 I 1 1 Schools. I I Yen. Yen. Yen. Yen. 856 0 8 67 168 fl81 260 8 8,685 1 4,000 875 19 5 Tal Sang Church, Seoul. : ... 188 168 2 4 24 84 1 12 200 1 75 75 Suwon and Kong Chu Circuit. 803 59 .. 6 28 18 18 800 8 120 54 26 17 1 6 5 27 478 5? 9 4 fi 41 9 1 ? 120 9, 800 247 40 Wonsan Circuit...... 108 4 1 1 1 12 8 Chong Dong & E wa Hak Tane US 102 8 1 C 82 2 5 150 1 10,000 20 180 Total...... 1,5 12 556 10 18 107 854 9.7 78 1,042 15 14 ,10 5 1 4,000 776 520 Last year...... 1,074 805 10 62 180 15 47 967 i S98.] America. 271 AMERICA. S o u t h A m e r i c a . Rev. Fountain E . Pitts visited South America in 1835 and recommended the establishment of missions in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres, Argentina. In 1836 Rev. Justin Spaulding was sent to Rio de 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. M e x i c o . Rev. William Butler, D.D., and wife arrived in Mexico in February, 1873, and, 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. 2/2 Missionary Report. [1898. SOUTH AMERICA. Bishop Warren has Episcopal Supervision. Dr. W. T. Smith 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 America. The portion on the Pacific coast was set off in 1897 as the Western South America Mission Conference. Missionaries. Rev. Samuel P. Craver, D.D., and Mrs. Laura G. Craver, Rev. Charles W. Drees, D.D., and Mrs. Adaline M. Drees, Rev. J. P. Gilliland and Mrs. Ada Gilliland, Rev. A. W. Greenman, Ph.D., and Mrs. Marinda R. Greenman, Rev. J. F. Jenness, Rev. W. P. McLaughlin, D.D., and Mrs. Mary R. McLaughlin, Rev. William F. Rice and Mrs. Rice, Rev. S. W. Siberts and Mrs. Siberts, Rev. John F. Thomson, D.D., and Mrs. Helen G. Thomson. W. F. M. S.—Misses Mary E. Bowen, Rebecca J. Hammond, Elizabeth Hewitt, Eleanora Le Huray, Mary F. Swaney, Isabel Waidman, 1 8 9 8 .] South America. 273 A n n u a l M e e t i n g . The South America Conference was held in Rosario, Argentina, March 31-A pril 4, 1898, Bishop Warren presiding. The statistics reported 1,983 members and 1,289 probationers. Rev. Charles W. Drees, D.D., reports as follows: The early history of the year just closed was signalized by the visit of Bishop H. W. Warren, and his presidency of the Annual Conference, whose sessions began in the city of Rosario on March 31. Bishop Warren’s visit was attended with great interest; his careful investigation of the various departments of the Mission ; his public addresses, which aroused general attention and enthusiam ; his personal ministrations in the different portions of the field which he visited, made an impression not soon to be effaced. Passing over the cordillera from Chili, he first entered our field at the city of Mendoza, whose English and Spanish congregations gave him a hearty greeting. Journeying thence to Buenos Ayres he made of this city the center of his visitation to all possible points of the work, not omitting a much-desired and eminently profitable visit to the distant Mission in the republic of Paraguay. The Conference session marked a critical point in the history of the Mis sion, coming, as it did, at the close of the first five-years’ period from the organization of that body. The application, in the distribution of minister ial service in our Spanish work, of the time limit of the pastorate occasioned in some quarters not a little difficulty. The acceptance by preachers and people of the operation of this part of our economy, whose character was first realized at this time by some of our pastoral charges, followed closely upon the clear and affectionate explana tion given by Bishop Warren. The isolated character of our English-speaking work, and the difficulty of maintaining a regular and frequent succession of pastoral supplies in these congregations, justified the application made by the official board of the First Church in Buenos Ayres, asking that this church be placed upon the list of exceptions to the law referred to, and this request was, by resolution of the Board of Bishops, granted. It may be safely asserted that there exists in the South America Conference a general appreciation of the advantages which result, upon the whole, from the action of our law of ministerial service. Closing his work in Montevideo, Bishop Warren sailed on the sixth of May for Europe, bearing with him the cordial and affectionate regard of the Mission, and a general desire on the part of the Conference that he should return to preside over its next ensuing session. During the year circumstances have conspired to make many demands upon the spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice on the part of ministers and people. The limited character of our appropriations from the Missionary Society, the rapid appreciation of the Argentine paper currency without a corresponding increase in its purchasing power, and the state of war and civil disturbance in the republic of Uruguay have given rise to many diffi- 18 274 Missionary Report. [1898. culties for our preachers and people, who found their incomes materially- decreased while the cost of living has continued about the same. The re duction of salaries of preachers and the increased assessments for self- support have made larger demands upon our people. These demands have been met, almost without exception, in a spirit of uncomplaining loyalty and self-sacrificing liberality. The preachers have accepted more limited resources while the people have gladly assumed additional obliga tions. It is a just occasion for congratulation that notwithstanding all these difficulties no important interest of the Mission has been abandoned. Besides meeting the usual demands for all local interests, our people have made special contributions in response to special appeals. Gifts toward the debt of the Missionary Society, raised in addition to the usual mission ary collection, aggregate nearly $200. Special collections were also made in several churches in aid of the work opened in Quito, Ecuador, under the direction of Brother Antonio Viteri. The degree to which self-support has been developed within the terri tory of the South America Conference will be appreciated from the state ment, justified by a careful study of the whole work, to the effect that out of an aggregate expenditure for the current work of the church, not includ ing property purchases nor church building enterprises, which will reach approximately $80,000 gold, one-half is contributed by our local congre gations. That is to say that our people contribute another dollar for each dollar provided by the Missionary Society. In the exercise of his episcopal authority, after a careful review of the whole work, Bishop Warren determined to rearrange the districts so as to provide for the supervision of the entire field by two presiding elders. Under this arrangement the territory of the third district, comprising the work in Paraguay, and that of the fourth district, comprising the Spanish work in the city and federal district of Buenos Ayres, were incorporated with the first district. The First District, under the presiding eldership of C. W. Drees, in cludes the entire work of the churches located in the city and province of Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic, the eastern shore of the province of Entre Rios, and the republics of Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil. The Second District, under the care of William Tallón, includes all the work located in the remaining provinces of the Argentine Republic. A review of the whole field under the heads of the several pastoral charges would seem to be unnecessary at this time, in view of the fact that last year’s report comprises such an enumeration and description of all the fields occupied by our Mission. In the absence of special detailed reports prepared by the presiding elders at present in charge of the dis tricts, it may be sufficient to mention such points as seem to be of special interest. In several of our pastoral charges some embarrassment was experienced in consequence of the Spanish-American war. Many circumstances con spired to occasion these difficulties. It should be remembered that in a portion of our field there are large numbers of Spanish immigrants who 1898.] South America. 275 maintain their relations as subjects of the Spanish monarchy. Of these, not a few have come under the influence of the Gospel, have become con verted, and are members of our churches. The Spanish community has its organs in the public press, its charitable and mutual benefit societies, and its social organizations tending to maintain the spirit of loyalty to the mother country. Several of the members of our Conference are Spanish subjects. At the outbreak of hostilities every effort was made to arouse public sentiment and render it hostile to the policy and action of the United States. The grossest misrepresentations were everywhere current. The humanitarian professions of our government were declared to be false and hypocritical. The ultra-clerical press and priests in the confessional and from the pulpit fulminated against our government, and sought to create sentiment .against our Church and Mission. In one or two instances there were some attempts at violence in the stoning of our places of worship. To the honor of our preachers and people it must be said that they almost without exception appreciated the fact that our work as a Mission is obedient to principles higher than any earthly allegiance and compatible with the utmost independence of thought and action as well as with mutual rpspect and tolerance. We have not, therefore, been called to record any excisions from our church in consequence of the circumstances referred to. Our people have gone forward faithfully and earnestly in their work. As to the general sentiment of the public, it is the firm conviction of this writer that the ultimate influence of recent events will tend to greatly enhance the influence of our evangelical work among peoples of the Latin race. If the proportions of this report permitted, extensive quotations from the Spanish press might be here included, showing that not a few of the most thoughtful men in Spain and in Latin America appreciate the fact that the misfortunes of Spain, as well as the crimes which are visited upon her in this decade, are the consequences of her refusal to accept and obey the word of God. Spain knew not the day of her visitation when, in the sixteenth century, the earliest movements of the Protestant Reforma tion found in palace and hovel in old Spain not a few believers in the truth which Spain, under the, leadership of Philip and by a conspiracy of priestcraft and statecraft, rejected, quenching the light that had been kindled within her borders and turning back into the darkness of the Middle Ages. An influential evening paper in the city of Buenos Ayres raised in its editorial columns the question as to the secret of the superiority of our North American civilization and the triumph of our arms at Manila and Santiago, and the answer was this, “ La Biblia ”— “ the Bible.” It may safely be asserted that as a consequence of the Spanish-American war new and wider openings for the preaching of the Gospel will be found. Among the more important charges of the Conference the following may be mentioned as having passed through periods of crisis and success ful work during the year now closing: 276 Missionary Report. [1898 The First Church, Buenos Ayres. This church, under the care of Dr. W. P. McLaughlin, has redeemed the promise of enlarged activity and usefulness consequent upon the exclusive use of the property which it had for many years shared with the Spanish church. While the morning congregations have been well maintained, those of the evening, held at a more suitable hour, have been composed of a very much larger number of persons than formerly. Special courses of sermons by the pastor have attracted many not accustomed to attend upon divine worship. At the same time the other activities of the church have been largely increased. Among the events of the year was a gathering of newsboys of the city under the auspices of the Epworth League, when 300 of these little missionaries of the secular press were brought together in the lecture room of the church for an entertainment which awakened among them the greatest enthusiasm. The occasion was improved by the preaching to them of the simple Gospel of Christ, and they received gifts which were to them a token of the thoughtful interest of our young people in their welfare. They now hail as a friend and benefactor, whenever they meet him on the street, the pastor of the church. Second Church, Buenos Ayres. This church was called to suffer the loss of the pastor who for twenty years had ministered in its pulpit in sacred things. It is not surprising that no little regret and opposition was manifested on the occasion of this separation. The wise and affectionate ministry of Bishop Warren averted any permanent difficulty, and the church received with affectionate esteem its new pastor, Rev. Remigio Vazquez. Large advance in effective organization and in the development of true church life has followed the action of the new pastor. This church has continued as hitherto to support one of the assistant pastors, and has considerably increased its liberality in bearing the current expenses of the work. First Church, Montevideo. This church received with enthusiastic loyalty its new pastor, Dr. Thomson, who returned to that important field after a lapse of twenty years. His eloquent discourses from the pulpit at once aroused much interest, and the congregations became largely increased. The energetic and effective action of the pastor toward the removal of certain abuses which have grown up in connection with the public administration of the Civil Marriage Act promises beneficent results. The church has maintained its advanced position as the leader of all our native congregations in contributions to pastoral support. American Church, Montevideo. After a period of eight months, during which this pastorate had remained without an incumbent, Rev. G. P. Howard entered upon his duties in June. While prosecuting the usual work of the church, he has taken steps, under the auspices of the British and Foreign Sailors’ Society, toward the reopening of mission work among the seamen frequenting the port of Montevideo. Concordia. The arrival of the Rev. J. P. Gilliland provided for the continuance of this important work, which has enlisted so large a degree of cooperation on the part of the local English-speaking community. 1898.] South America. 2 77 Porto Alegre. During the year this work has continued under the care of the Rev. J. C. Correa, who kindly accepted this duty in the absence of a missionary. All the interests of the work are reported as well sustained. Great praise is due Miss H. M. Hegeman, who in the absence of a missionary family, and under circumstances of peculiar isola tion, has largely contributed to the maintenance of every interest of the Mission. The school under her care has greatly developed in efficiency. Rosario. The Spanish work in this city has continued in the successful care of Rev. Daniel Hall, whose unremitting labors in carrying the Gospel to all parts of the city have resulted in greatly increasing the interest. Rev. Daniel McGurk, pastor of the English-speaking church, has recently set out upon his return with his family to the United States. He will be succeeded at an early date by the Rev. J. F. Jenness. Property and Church Building. In Montevideo the congregation known as La Aguada secured early in the year a valuable lot, and within a few weeks past a commodious chapel has been dedicated to divine worship. The resources for this enterprise were in part contributed by the local congregations and in part loaned, for the most part without interest, under such conditions that with a limited amount of help, which it is hoped may soon be secured, this property will be freed from debt and so deeded to the Missionary Society. An interesting event connected with Bishop Warren’s visit was the dedication of this ground at sunrise of a beautiful autumn day to the service of the church. Sixty persons gathered at dawn for a service of song and prayer, together with many who had sought out points of vantage by climbing to neighboring roofs. In Magdalena the corner-stone of a chapel was laid by Bishop Warren during his visit, and the members and friends of our church in that place are carrying forward with zeal and personal sacrifice their efforts to com plete the erection of a place of worship. In Balcarce the people have contributed a sufficient sum to provide for the purchase of a lot, which it is hoped has now been secured. With the timely aid of a gift of $500, which we trust will soon be given, a commo dious chapel will be erected at this place. The Spanish congregation in Rosario are continuing their contributions toward the erection of a new church, so much needed. Similar enterprises are on foot in Chivilcoy, Durazno, and Rosario-Tala, as well as under the auspices of the Third and Fourth Churches in Buenos Ayres. These small church enterprises appeal very strongly to the friends of our Mission. Their chief inspiration is the desire to secure permanent homes for our work and to put an end to the outlay of moneys now spent in rentals, which would become immediately available for pastoral support if the congregations could be thus provided for. The permanent investment of a few hundred dollars in each of these places would put nearly all these pastoral charges upon a basis of complete self-support. Nicholas Lowe Institute. This chief educational interest of the Mis sion has made good progress during the year now closing. At the beginning of the year the entire property given by Mr. Nicholas Lowe and Statistics of South America Conference for 1898. ¡S»- JB ri so ° 1 aCTS ! x T3 CIRCUIT OE STATION.' ft. 2 s -c « > 15 0 5 3 e £ 1 £ I I f No, of other Day other No, of Sunday Sunday Worship. Scholars. s £ Adherents, on Average Attendance < Baptized. Children 1 No. of Sabbath 1 Schools. No. Sabbath of | I- 1 No.of other Day Day Schools. 1 other No.of Debt on Estate. Heal on Debt Book etc. Kooms, Book Societies. Benevolent Self- for Collected Value Value of Orphanages, Hospitals, Schools, Missionary for Collected Society. other for Collected support. Building and Repairing. and Building during Printed Volumes Collected Church for Collected other for Contributed Local Purposes. WO • w I the Year. First District. 26 84 800 125 9 2 Alfredo Chavez...... 134 2 $1,000 s.... $ . . . . $ . . . . $ . Asuncion...... 6 7 200 18 i 8 '2 .. 50 80 91 4,000 300 800 20 9 80 1,200 Bahia Blanca...... 600 Balcarce...... 1 " io ’ " 5 120 5(1 4 i 14 i 1 800 60 46 15 '8 599 '¿óó Bento Goncalves...... g 1.500 *sóó 2 *‘¿9 " 88 500 120 *5 '2 870 500 Buenos Ayres : Boca Mission. èÓ2 10,000 1,000 26 Ì4 '778 5,000 ’200 First Church...... I 1 140 12 800 800 40 1 20 800 80 1 99 100,000 20,000 36 S4 5,277 1,200 1,350 Fourth Church...... 11.. 80 50 291 280 1,000 400 4Ì i 150 3 40 1.500 252 200 Second Church...... l! 4 375 80,000 4,000 25,Ü00 166 1,188 1 ,1 57 34 500 125 15 2 128 Third Church...... 45 112 100 6 599 *ióò 1,450 30,000 3,500.000 Caxias...... 1 .. 24 100 45 40 100 70 ‘5 ‘i Ì,ÓÒÒ 400 Chiviicoy and Brsgado...... 11., "¿6 750 ‘è 2 250 l j . . 58 8 150 50 8 1 iòó Colon...... i i 25 56 500 / ... 4 52 Colonia...... 35 Concordia...... * 8 6 "¿S ¿50 150 23 1 i 15 10 200 90 1 127 io io ¿9Ì '2ÓÓ Dolores...... 1 50 Durazno...... 84 25 100 20 6 2 8 20 10 *4 8 Ita ...... :... 20 10 La Paz(U.)...... 44 "46 120 100 *6 8 SÒÒ La Plata...... 800 3 46 21 150 80 2 104 ‘3ÒÒ Lomas de Zamora...... 180 6,000 2,ÓÒÓ 10 18 1,722 'iòò '2ÒÒ Manaos...... 16 17 00 40 6 5 1 72 300 100 8 3 42 Mercedes...... 40 30,000 's 4S 11 150 70 i 11 1 11 4 9.ÓÓÓ 7,500 ¿04 '2Ó0 Montevideo : American Church. 130 99 15,000 13 3 1,400 Central...... 177 126 500 250 25 ’2 3 21» 90 2 2 226 6,000 20’ÔÔ(j 51 7 1,336 l',5ÒÒ 1a 72 8 Agnada...... i 5 i is 1 155; 1,500 'sòò 9 2 443 '¿óò Para...... 85 IS 250 40 41 57 200 70 5 1 40 2 65 800 100 l'cóò 32,000 Porto Alegre...... 250 10,000 60 8U 150 85 12 1 118 ! iòò 250 Trinidad...... 60 5,000 2 175 Ì5Ò 18 87 250 50 4 3 i Santa Lucia...... 500 3Ì5 150 Second District. 2 24 24 1 50 1 Canyada de G om ez...... 8,500 2 2 99 250 3 2 iòó " ¿0 5 1 51 Cordoba...... 120 240 80 31 120 20 5 i 33 1 87 La Paz (E. R.)...... 22 342 Marcos Juarez...... 40 40 l| 1 " 6 1 "*8 300 40 27 i Mendoza...... 150 40 12 1 Ì27 8,000 ii 4 '453 Parana...... 88 6 9 274 i i 125 17 400 100 24 1 16j 1,400 Rosario : English Church.... 1 6 11 18,000 2,600 10 3 1,592 5,200 Dutch Church ...... 50 '2ÓÓ " ¿0 2 15| German Church...... " ¿7 12 22 6 360 47 43 250 90 43 '2 150 2 258| Spanish Church — 70 23 2 91 12,ÓÓÒ 30 17 473 5ÓÓ ‘9ÒÒ 102 18 42( 10 Rosario Tala...... 500 200 50 i 65 2 50 2,000 5 358 San Carlos...... 90 7 9 1,051 28 26 150 30 1 84 800 San Juan...... 2,èÔÔ 60 26 7 150 41 i Ì7 2 2,000 San Luis...... 78 4 ‘5 145 San Rafael...... 80 10« . Santa F é ...... io Yenado Tuerto...... “ 5 " io 100 8(1 .. " ¿3 Victoria...... 5« 40 Villa Mercedes...... 4(1 80 .. 2,014 1,812 10,44C 8,608 IS 466 If 1281 60 19 20 42 8,941 279,S50 66,800 81,800 884 22,256 14.750 7,590 31.250 8,542,000 T o ta l ...... 2,0-26 1,508 10,708 8,87« 21 58i 21 115{ 56 81,515 635 Last year...... 1318 1644 4,077 277,870 31,515 61.800 80,850 552 1,112 23.160 10,895 6,585 83,500 4,346,000 N. B.—Data for Self-support and Local Purposes in part approximated. * Unimproved lots. 28o Missionary Report. [1898. wife to the Mission was placed at our disposal by the withdrawal of the National Normal School, by which it had been occupied for a series of years. Steps were immediately taken for the opening of the lower grades of instruction. These were placed under the immediate care of Mr. Antonio Dos Santos, one of the graduates of our seminary. Although the work was begun at a late date, more than forty pupils have been enrolled and thoroughly good work has been done. The institution has had the advantage of the wise counsels of Dr. William TaUon, acting director by appointment of Bishop Warren. Considerable outlay of labor, involving not a very heavy expenditure of money, has been applied to the improve ment of the property. A fund of $5,000, Argentine currency, guaranteed by Mr. Lowe, and which it is hoped will be duplicated by others, is in process of expenditure for the improvement of the furniture and appliances of the institution. The first departments of manual training will be inaugurated during the coming year. The other important educational institutions of the Mission, chiefly under the auspices of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, have continued their work without interruption. These are the following: The Girls’ Home and Day School in Buenos Ayres, under the care of Miss Eleanora Le Huray ; the Girls’ Boarding and Day School in Rosario, under the direction of Miss Mary F. Swaney; the Girls’ Boarding and Day School in Montevideo, Miss Isabel Hewett; the Girls’ School in Asuncion, Paraguay, Miss Rebecca Hammond and Miss Elizabeth Goodin, assisted by Miss Olga K eh r; the Boys’ Boarding and Day School, Asuncion, under the immediate care of Mr. Antonio Bandres. In all of these schools painstaking efforts are made to adapt them to the wants of the several communities, and each occupies a most important field of growing usefulness. Mention should not be omitted of the inter esting school conducted in connection with the Boca Mission. This school enrolls not far from three hundred and fifty boys gathered from the tenement houses and purlieus of the maritime portions of Buenos Ayres. Bishop Warren expressed very great interest in this institution, and admired greatly the order and discipline manifested by this crowd of boys among whom such instruction is greatly needed. The Bible work under the auspices of the American Bible Society, conducted by the Rev. Andrew M. Milne, has been prosecuted through another successful year. The Mission press, with its weekly publication of E l Estandarte Evan gélico and L a A u ro ra , has continued its work without interruption, not withstanding its very limited resources. In closing, the writer may be permitted to express his cordial apprecia tion of the generous help afforded by Dr. S. P. Craver and Dr. A. W. Greenman, who responded to an emergency created by the involuntary absence of the presiding elder of the First District from the end of July to the close of the year by taking up the duties connected with the presid ing eldership and the treasurership of the Mission, and discharging the same with characteristic efficiency and zeal. 1898.] Western South America. WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA. Bishop Warren has Episcopal Super-vision. Dr. W. T. Smith is Secretary in Charge. T h e Western South America Mission Conference includes the countries bordering on the Pacific Ocean in South Amer ica. A t present the missions are confined to Peru and Chili. Mission work was commenced in 1877. The Conference was organized in 1897. M issionaries in P e ru . Rev. Morris J. Pusey and Mrs. Ida M. Pusey, Rev. John M. Spangler, D.D., and Mrs. Martha A. Spangler, Rev. Thos. B. Wood, D.D., and Mrs. Ellen Dow Wood. In the United States : Miss Ina H. Moses, Miss Ethel G. Porter. W. F. M. S.—Miss Elsie Wood. M issionaries in C h il i. J Rev. W. F. Albright and Mrs. Josephine Albright, Rev. Goodsel F. Arms and Mrs. Ida A. T. Arms, Rev. George B. Benedict and Mrs. Alice M. Benedict, Rev. Charles Beutelspacher, Rev. Buel O. Campbell and Mrs. Esther L. Camp bell, Rev. Parson B. Cuppett and Mrs. Anna B. Cuppett, Rev. Francis M. Har rington and Mrs. Mary R. Harrington, Rev. Willis C. Hoover, M.D., and Mrs. Mary I. Hoover, Rev. Benj. B. Keister and Mrs. Cora B. Keister, Rev. Ira H. La Fetra and Mrs. Adelaide La Fetra, Rev. Edward E. Wilson and Mrs. Mary Webb Wilson. Mr. Charles S. Winans and Miss Emma K. Winans, Miss Adda G. Burch, Miss Jeannette Carpenter, Miss Harriet L. Fields, Miss Alice H. Fisher, Mrs. Jessie A. Hanna, Miss Clara Iwan, Miss Rosina A. Kinsman, Miss Marian A. Milks, Miss Dorothy M. Richard, Miss Estella Rugg, Miss Rose Rugg, Miss Kate L. Russell, Miss Margaret Russell, Miss Florence B. Smith, Miss Ruth Van Deren, Miss Lottie C. Vimont, Miss Nettie Wilbur, Miss Elma Wines. A n n u a l M e e t i n g . The first Annual Meeting of the Conference was held February 22-26, 1898, Bishop Warren presiding. Concepcion D istrict. —G. F. Arms, P. E. (P. O., Casilla 250, Concepcion, Chili). Angol, E. E. Wilson, C. Beutelspacher. Concepcion : First Church, G. B. Benedict. Concepcion Circuit, G. F. Arms. Lota, B. B. Keister. Temuco, Cecilio Venegas. Victoria, supplied by W. Standen. American College in Concepcion, B. O. Campbell, President; G. B. Benedict and C. M. Griffith, Professors. C o n c e p c i o n D i s t r i c t .—G. F. Arms, P. E. The work of evangelization in South America has progressed so far that at the Annual Meeting in February, 1897, the Western South America Conference was organized. This Conference was divided into four dis tricts, Concepcion District embracing the work in Southern Chili. This district includes two appointments for services in English. First Church, Concepcion. Rev. George E . Benedict, pastor. This was one of the first services started by our Church on the coast. The 282 Missionary Report. [1898. strength and life of the church have always depended chiefly upon those who were connected with the work of the Mission, and the attendance of the English community has never been large. The church could not furnish support for the pastor, and it has been necessary that he give the greater part of his time to teaching. The pastor has had the active cooperation of his associates in the Mission in Epworth League, in Junior League, and in Sunday school work, the latter of which is probably doing more than any other agency for the religious and moral life of the English-speaking youth of Concepcion. This Sunday school is also of great importance because of the attendance of the schoolboys who come from many Chilian homes. L o ta . The Rev. B. B. Keister has just closed his second year. There is no organized Methodist Church, and should the appointment be continued there is no immediate prospect of such an organiza tion ; but all who understand the con ditions believe that powerful and lasting influence for Christ and the truth have been exerted upon the youth in the school and in the community at large. The work has been self-supporting through the salary received for teaching. The Spanish work embraces four cir cuits : Angol Circuit, which includes Angol, Los Angeles, and Mulchen—charges forty miles distant from each other— has had Rev. E. E. Wilson as pastor for the past year. The work has been rising from a state of depression and is giving hope of great success. Brother Saldana, an exhorter of Angol, has given very efficent aid to the pastor. Victoria Circuit embraces Victoria and Pailahueque. Various services have also been held inErcilla and Perquenco. A local preacher, Rev. Wm. Standen, is pastor. He began holding services in Victoria about a year and a half ago. The work has been wonderfully blessed, no other station in connection with our Mission having made perhaps so great progress in the same length of time. At the beginning this work formed part of the Concepcion Circuit; but members have been received into full connection, a regular Quarterly Conference has been formed, and it has become an independent circuit. Temuco Circuit embraces Temuco, Lautaro, and Nueva Imperial. The present pastor, Rev. Cecilie Venegas, has been in charge two years. The work of this circuit has had a constant and most gratifying growth, espe cially in the past year, in Lautaro and Nueva Imperial. It became neces- i 898.] Western South America. 283 sary last November to give up the building in Temuco rented for parsonage and chapel. It was impossible to rent any suitable place for a chapel, and, what was worse, the place secured had to be abandoned in a few weeks! A room in the house of the pastor, wholly inadequate, has been used. That property has now been sold and notice received to vacate at once. I am very glad to state, however, that steps are being taken to secure suitable and permanent quarters for the work of our Mission in Temuco. Coricepcion Circuit embraces the organized church in Concepcion and the congregation in Talcahuano. The work in Concepcion has made very gratifying progress, The average attendance at the preaching services in December was double that in January. And the work in Talcahuano is much more encouraging than formerly. The pastor has had the work of presiding elder, and has visited the charges on the district every three months, and has had also to aid in the work in the Concepcion College; but he has received splendid aid from the local preachers, Brothers Signorelli and Olave. Southern Chili is ripe for the harvest. The laboring class receives the word gladly, while much sympathy and aid are given by the higher classes. It is a glorious privilege to labor where the interest is so constantly increas ing and the evidences of genuine conversions so abundant. I q u i q u e D i s t r i c t .—Willis C. Hoover, Acting Presiding Elder. A ric a . This point is so far from Callao and so near Iquique that, al though in the Peru District, I visited it in December, at the request of Dr. Wood. The pastor, Brother Zoilo E . Irigoyen, was called away in September, since which time the church has been without any but a class leader. The year has not been marked by much growth, but rather has been a time of testing. Some who had attended for novelty or other worldly motive dropped off when one of their own number became their only visible leader. They have, however, maintained their organization and their meetings remarkably well, considering the short period of in struction and pastoral guidance they have enjoyed. They much need a pastor. P isagu a. Nothing has been done here during the year, it is painful to say, for lack of men and means. Iquique, English Church. The report from here is highly cheering. It has had seasons of depression, but also seasons of great blessing, espe cially latterly in a genuine revival, on the occasion of a two-weeks’ visit of Dr. H. Grattan Guinness, of the London Missionary Training Institute. More than 20 were converted, of whom 19 were received on probation at one time. A class for Bible study has been formed, and much interest is manifested. The pastor is Rev. P. B. Cuppett, who also preaches weekly to the sailors in the bay, they gathering on some ship offered for the purpose. Iquique, Spanish Church. In this charge there have been many addi tions, but losses have been frequent owing to the exceedingly trying finan cial condition of the province. The depression in nitrate has caused such 284 Missionary Report. [1898. a demoralization in the pam pa (as the region producing the nitrate is called) that we have had no preacher employed there, and have made only a few visits to that field during the year. Iquique, dependent on that region for its prosperity, is seeing exceedingly hard times, and the popula tion is very changeable. A considerable number of families were trans ported free to Magellan Straits to colonize there on grants of land conceded by the government. Among them were 15 members and probationers from Iquique who were joined by ten more from our church in Valparaiso. These are all under the direction of an exhorter, Brother Tiburcio Rojas, who is in coustant correspondence with us. So we have a frontier church in Punta Arenas. Our Gospel tent continues a means of blessing, where many are attracted to hear the word who would not think of entering a building. Rev. W. C. Hoover is pastor in charge, in addition to his duties as presiding elder, which require considerable absence, and correspondingly retard the work. Latterly Brother Peralta has removed to Iquique, and his efficient help in some degree mitigates the difficulty. Antofagasta. This church has passed through a crucial year. The pastor, Rev. I. Romero, almost immediately on returning from Conference, was seized with pulmonary hemorrhage and went south at the physician’s order. An exhorter was left in charge, and he, aided by three others, has carried on the work with commendable faithfulness. On July 4 the new church building was dedicated and occupied, though unfinished. In De cember Rev. C. Beutelspacher, their former pastor, spent several weeks with them and gave material impulse to the work. The additions have been few, due to the evident adverse conditions, Serena. This church, too, has had its testing time, though of a differ ent sort. An ex-priest, professedly converted, was placed to study with the pastor, Rev. W . F. Albright. He made much trouble, and at the end of a few months returned to his old church, leaving much to be undone and remedied. Much has been done in this direction, and the erection of a new church building, now on the eve of dedication, adds encouragement to believe that the coming year will see much advance on the last. [N o t e .—At the close of Conference Bishop Warren, accompanied by the presiding elder, returned to Serena and dedicated the church, under the most favorable circumstances. Local papers stated that 800 were present. The enthusiasm and joy of the occasion was shared by the breth ren in Coquimbo, ten miles away, who, under the charge of their pastor, Brother Williams, marshaled a company of 150 persons and attended by special train. The importance of this service was increased by the fact that Serena is a very fanatical city, and the Roman Catholic bishop resi dent there had endeavored to stop the work, finding a willing tool in the governor of the province. But the minister of public worship rendered their efforts unavailing by declaring the Protestants quite within their rights and entitled to the protection of the authorities.] Coquimbo, English Work. This has been much diminished by the 1898.] Western South America. 285 withdrawal of many to join the Anglican work recently established there. Most of the attendants on our English services (they are not, nor have they been, members) are Anglicans. Coquimbo, Spanish Church. This church has only had an existence separate from the Serena congregation of a year and a half, but has grown in a very satisfactory manner. Attendance and interest good. Several officers from the Chilian fleet stationed in the bay have been quite inter ested attendants upon the word. Rev. H. L. Williams is pastor both of the English and Spanish congregations. He preaches also weekly at Guayacan in English. S a n t i a g o D i s t r i c t - I. H. La Fetra, P. E. The growth of the church woik of the Mission in these late years has been so marked, and so many new preaching places have been opened, that it became impossible for one presiding elder to properly visit the pastors unless he could have his entire time for this purpose. As this could not be arranged, Bishop Vincent w'as requested to divide the work into three dis tricts. This was done at the last session of Conference, and on account of the many duties which devolved upon me as president of Santiago College and superintendent of the publishing interests and treasurer of the Mission, I requested the bishop to make my duties as presiding elder as light as possible. Accordingly only the two stations, Santiago and Valparaiso, were included in this district. A t the latter place, Rev. José Torregrosa continued in the pastorate, and the work was most encouraging. A goodly number of conversions took place, and the membership grew in spirituality and the graces which be long to the Christian character. The experience meetings have been notable for the number and definite and clear character of the testimonies given. The marked changes in the homes and lives of many of the members, not withstanding the scarcity of regular employment, are constant witnesses to the uplifting and transforming power of the Gospel of Christ. At Santiago it was hoped that we should be able to do a work that would result in the organization of a church in due form. Brother G. Noel Henry, an exhorter of the Concepcion Church, was appointed to work here, in addition to his duties as editor of E l Crisliano. Services were held for a few months with some conversions, but in July Mr. Henry’s health be came so precarious that it w'as necessary for him to go with his family to San Felipe, where he has remained until the present. Rev. I. Romero, pastor of the church at Antofagasta was also compelled by ill health to go with his family to San Felipe, where they still remain. At this place services have been held and great numbers of tracts dis tributed and some Bibles sold. Although the labors of these brethren have not resulted in the organization of a church, a number of persons have be come interested in the Gospel, and the seed sown will certainly bear fruit in other days. Rev R . D. Powell has continued his work in the orphanage and has made considerable material progress in completing the house so as to be able to move into it. The donations received have certainly been gener 286 Missionary Report. [1898. ous, and indicate the deep and permanent interest the community feels in this work of caring for the orphaned children. On account of the limited accommodations, only about a dozen orphans have been in the. home. The printing department has had a year of enlarged work, and a reason able profit has been the result. It is of the utmost importance that this department of the work be enlarged, so that it can yield larger gains. Statistics of Chili Mission for 1898. | tz *C i» CIRCUIT OR *c E ft •e 8TATION. i cL n | | 1 s •O ê od £ 1 15 •S A II Native Native Orda’d Prenchers.1 Churches Churches and Chapels. | Other Other Helpers. Estimated Estimated Value of Native Native Unor’d Preach’rs. Members« Adherent«. Average Attendance Sunday on Worship, Churches and Chapels. No. of Hnlls and other Places of Worship. Building and Repairing. b < £ < o è No. of Sabbath Scholars* Collected for Self- support. Collected for Church O i-) Concepcion District. Angol...... 1 1 5 0 6 4 50 1 1 0 12 6 2 9 1 $ ... 8 $ 6 0 $ 9 7 Concepcion : Spanish. 1 3 6 87 5 0 98 2 1 51 3 1 7 5 1 1 0 0 5 1 English...... 1 . 1 5 .. SO 8 0 1 90 i 8 ,0 0 0 ISO 8 6 8S Lota ...... 2 6 2 8 1 3 5 1 Temuco...... i 1 1 9 91 20(1 * 1 6 2 è 1 4 1 SO 3 61 87 Victoria...... i 1 IT 79 1 0 0 +97 1 4 9 2 54 2 2 3 1 4 Iquique District. Autofagasta...... 1 1 5 1 2S 85 92 1 2 80 1 9 5 0 Arica...... T9,411 20 2 5 1 5 r 4-Ì2 4 1 Coqaimbo...... 1 i 1 8 3 * 1 9 5 1 6 8 5 7 2 95 i 8 ,5 0 0 8 Iquique: Spanish. .. 1 1 9 1 7 4 500 1 1 5 2 0 19 1 1 7 5 2 6 6 1 2 6 English...... 1 1 20 19 8 5 66 1 8 ,5 0 0 i 271 151 Serena...... 1 1 2 3 2 6 2 0 0 62 6 7 1 8 0 1 ,0 1 5 2 0 5 Santiago District. San Felipo...... 1 l 1 4 . 1 1 6 5 841 5 6 Santiago...... i 1 1 0 20 1 3 1 8 5 1 2 1 Valparaiso...... i 1 54 SO 50 119 7 1 8 5 2 1 1 1 Total. 7 6 2 4 5 408 5 4 2 1 ,5 6 0 1,2 39 84 121 18 1025 4 10 9 5 0 19 2 .19 2 789 9 9 8 * Average attendance at preaching service once a week, varhnis appointments. Note.—The report of educational institutions is ad follows; Santiago College—1 foreign missionary, 1 assistant mis sionary, 7 foreign leacber«, 5 other helpers, 209 pupils ; value of property, $ 83,000 ; collected for ae)f-BUp|ort, $11,950. Concepcion College—1 assistant missionary, 5 foreign teachers, 2 other helpers, 178 pupils; value of property, ¿32,000; collected for self-support, $10,900. Concepcion Boys* School—2 foreign missionaries, 3 a&efct&nt missionaries, 2 foriegn teachers, 2 other helpers, 113 pupils; value of property, $30,000; collected for self-support, $9,386. Iquique College— 2 foreign missionaries, 2 assistant missionaries. foreign teacher, 2 other helpers, 1-Xl pupils; value of property, $38,000 ; collected for self-support, $5,919. Lota School—1 foreign missionary, X assistant missionary, 1 teacher. 23 pupils; col lected for self-support, $864. A Amount of work done in printing office, $23,670. Sale of books in schools, 3,137. Total received all sources on the field, $71,025. Additional statistics are: Angol, collected for Missionary Society. $ 2; collected for other benevolent societies, $1. Concepcion, English, collected for Missionary Society, $20. Oquimbo and Iquique, English, each report a parsonage valued at $1,000. iquique, Spanish, collected for Missionary Society, $16. There are 12 orphans reported at Santiago. Statistics Lima District, Western South America Mission, 1898. J8 e« ©3 s 8 c It 1 £ 8 < Callao and Lima, English 1 1 18 I S 1 2 5 Callao and Lima, Spanish 1 1 8 7 1 0 8 8 0 0 8 2 0 |t3 + 192 19 0 Total...... 2 2 3'~7 6 6 ,8 5 1 2 6 !4 2 6 3 26! 8 1 9 2 1 9 0 I 1 * Including Frand«co Penzotti, Antonio Viteri, nnd three men ordained In 1898. "t Not including departments clo u d ttr teleteoped under retrenchment. Number of hall« and other rented place« of worihip, 9 ; collected f«r Mission ary Society, *16; collected for other benevolent societies, $6; collected for «elf-«upport, $413; collected for other local purpote*, #91. The »urns of money reported are in United State« currency. 1898.] Mexico. 287 MEXICO. Bishop McCabe has Episcopal Supervision. D r. A . y . Palmer is Secretary in Charge. T h e Mexico Mission includes “ the republic of Mexico, except the States of Chihuahua and Sonora 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 Borton and Mrs. Helen P. Borton, Rev. John \V. Butler, D.D., and Mrs. Sara A. Butler, Rev. Ira C. Cartwright and Mrs. Marguerite C. Cartwright, M.D., 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, Effie M. Dunmore, Anna R. Limber- ger, Mary DeF. Loyd, Theda A. Parker, Carrie M. Purdy, Amelia Van Dorsten. A n n u a l M e e t i n g . The Mexico Conference was held in Puebla, Mexico, January 20-24, 1898, Bishop FitzGerald presiding. W. C. Evans was transferred to the California Conference. Abram M. Avila and Joaquin V. Cuervo were received 011 trial. Harry A. Bassett was transferred from Upper Iowa, George E. Allan from Oklahoma, and William S. Spencer from Vermont. The statistics reported 2,215 members and 1,929 probationers, an increase of 475. The Sunday school scholars numbered 2,408, an increase of 422. Dr. J. W. Butler writes : A glance at the statistical table shows the following gratifying facts: An increase of 6 congregations, a net gain of 304 full members and 741 adherents. Our day schools have an enrollment of 4,056, the highest figure yet reached, while our Sunday schools have a gain of 220 in mem bership. The properties of both societies have an enhanced valuation of $20,325, which, in part, is due to the donation of building sites and materials in several of our smaller congregations. This is a most hopeful sign. We are also happy to report $16,288 (silver) for self-support, which includes school fees, and which is about double what this Mission was giving five years ago. Best of all, revivals are reported in many places throughout the field, and the spiritual condition of the Church at large is certainly improving. The visits of Bishop FitzGerald during the past two years have been most helpful. We are now preparing to duly celebrate the silver anniversary of the Mission. ^l=, fcùm Lui» Foiosi ~ i " ÌC £Tumplco 20 l|p=^^TenamMhj>“Bolanov"' ft' ^ r 1 Alaqutnes Ilio Verde . o Pauuq sSAut!a=(T^vApozo; L la li-^ v ApozoLL n Ato'au°ga\AtótlngaV ^“fv;>‘uo © ,0 Galli.;.s Rayou / V ^ - . S ^ r r u f( .ikinnPfJalpa) AffitMAgitMl’alIcnte» (.allenies 1 0villadel V * Tei? 10 *. ►Trfuoanhuitz ** Tantojon^ Sa% B las ® y^ fresca" J all se' ft i j°JuchÌpllV Ocampu „*5' 3 San FiFelipe jAquìsmonv^Ozuluam^s vSniBn C< 1 Teul r i , . t ag05o j V ^fc* e Obrogou Saucilio^l ? \iCABO CojpMtef. lx^ aQc Julos ®*n > o Rlucoa mS ^ , o \Tamtauncbalftl ’M 1 Cuquio *-> gan Miguel’*” w J a l p a 3 > ^ _ _ J uV Cuo^ ,"l'con ^ 0 -oc de AlAllend^ ena, ( ^ Y , ~ - p 0 e / ¿ U lc o m rp W Emanai Je qui,aa(ii^ Tepalltlnu / °i'o 0 tìiluo0 e / c.CUicontc^cy, xpan CbamatfiiVro' ” ToUmah , toUajZ ^ -C a ln a ll „ 4 c\ | . F e n ita s Ameca0 ' ' < Irapuato, Ban Jlan * ^ «Cade.c.v^ o f V o ^ c4 ltl^ r La\ nT1> V U 'ilascota0 Ay ZapoUam-jo Tolotlan N Salamanca . (¡«orotaro® ^ s J * ^ > ^ r/ u™ lndiro TuU M oÌl'1“ ; Diluuùchl'ng / Gayula° tCroo, S-“UiS ?ahU“Ua- L u^ X q^ AOC» ^ ® BJI,Ì” 1 A Cuantepeo °Az0-TU/Zaoatcpec „Ejutla oS Carlos Chlmalapa '**• - * o i'° 0A. Ixtapam „Ulahuatlan JalaP^ uc o *“ N?ltepeo Omete^ec A tojao = ix la Pa“ « TlaoolulltaXelittBnt e p e t ^ ^ ap^u - d Sta.Catarina Qulegolanl Baila» Crtu, — JamUtepec | . * p ^ o Astatlf - Pochutla0 1898.] Mexico. 289 Central District —J. W. Butler, P. E. New Territory. At the Conference in January the geography of the Central District was materially changed. All the circuits in the State of Vera Cruz were set apart into a district by itself, taking the name of that State. Apizaco Circuit was attached to the Mountain District, while Puebla, Mexico City and adjoining circuits, and all the circuits in what was formerly the Northern District, were united to form the Central Dis trict. This gives us the Federal District and five States to work in, and covers as much ground as the six New England Conferences. It now means 18 appointments and 38 congregations. Mexico and Vicinity. In the city our cause has tnany encouraging aspects. Our two pastors of the native and English work report 1,150 adherents. The schools are doing excellent work and opening the way to carry the Gospel into many homes. The Mexican Sabbath school has reached the highest record in its history. The Epworth Leagues are growing in membership and influence. Our free reading room gives the facilities and attractions of a Christian home daily to scores of people, both native and foreign, especially the latter. Precious revivals have given new members and new life to both congregations. Our cause here in the capital has a stronger hold on the public than ever before. In Chicoloa- pam, Coatlinehan, Miraflores, and Ayapango we have successfully prose cuted our work along different lines. This last-named circuit has extended its territory so as to make it imperative that we divide it into two circuits at our approaching Conference. No one pastor can properly attend to seven congregations and four schools. Puebla Circuit. Here we have certainly gained ground, and this in spite of the extraordinary efforts of the Roman Catholic press and schools to counteract our influence. A rabid organ of Romanism has been constant and bitter against us. At times it fairly “ spits fire.’’ This venomous little sheet has supplemented its issues by thousands of posters and handbills distributed at the very doors of our church. The publication by Brother Borton of an advertisement found by him on one of the Catholic church doors concerning the raffle of souls in purgatory has stirred the Roman Catholic Church, not only in Puebla, but all through this country, in the United States, and even in Europe. Some Catholic writers have attempted to deny or to explain the practice, while others have tried to defend it. At this writing it is said the Bishop of Puebla has prohibited the sale for this year. If, as asserted by some papers in the United States, “ such raffles never took place in Mexico,” why are they prohibited by the aforesaid bishop? Romanism in our country does not know what Romanism in Mexico is. It is a well-known fact that even the pope has always had sufficient objection to the “ idolatrous and dis obedient character” of the Church in Mexico to refuse every appeal for the appointment of a cardinal. Our Methodist Institute, situated at Puebla, has had its largest enrollment this year, and graduated four excellent young men who are to go into the work. A permanent endow ment is greatly needed for this institution to enable it to do the good it is 19 290 Missionary Report. [1898. so well adapted to do. Twelve or fifteen thousand, gold, would go bounding down into the future with ever-increasing usefulness if invested in this school. Who will start the good work ? Pachuca English Work. This is a hard field in some respects, and yet it has enjoyed considerable success during the year. Self-support has grown apace, souls have been saved, and the church encouraged. It is to be regretted that ill health and discouragement influenced Brother Allan and wife to return to the States. Here is a fine field for a man with staying qualities. Queretaro Circuit. This is a hotbed of fanaticism and exclusivism. Here you have “ more churches than schools, and more priests than school children.” No wonder, then, even the police in the streets imbibe the spirit of the place. Recently two young men were seen coming out of our Mission with tracts in their hands. Two policemen arrested them and insisted that they were not allowed to read such matter, and, but for the persistent and wise efforts of our pastor, they would have been cast into jail, and perhaps kept there for months, for no other reason whatever than that the police were following instructions from fanatical priests. Another day the chief of police called on our pastor and attempted to insist upon his removing from his own doorway a bulletin on which was posted the current number of our Mexican Advocate. The chief said that the gov ernor did not like “ the people of Catholic Queretaro to have such teaching within their reach.” A s our pastor was well informed on the law in the case, and quietly but clearly gave the chief to understand that he knew how to secure his rights, the matter was dropped. Such are some of the difficulties with which we have to contend, and yet in this same Queretaro revival services netted us 17 accessions in the month of September. During the vacation which soon followed we met some of the boys con verted at that time earnestly working for the salvation'of others. Our Methodist Institute located in Queretaro has had most encouraging suc cess. The record for three years clearly shows this. In 1896 we had 37 students and $52 for self-support; in 1897, 48 students and $737 for self- support ; while in 1898 we have had 59 students and over $1,400 collected for self-support. Nine of these young men graduated from the secondary course this year with credit to all concerned, seven of whom wish to enter our training school at Puebla to fit themselves as teachers or preachers. The work in Ciptes, where we have a most faithful band of Christians, has been set off as a separate circuit. In Celaya, Salamanca, and outstations we have had a few conversions, but the field is difficult. Our pastor in Silao also reports a number of conversions. .Posos is our most distant point, in the extreme north of the district. The town has suffered considerably from emigration to other mining camps. Still our two schools have had 80 boys and girls, and the faithful pastor is able to report 22 conversions. A family of believers in Irapauto were driven to Guanajuato in September by a most cruel persecution, which came near ending in the burning alive of two of their number. 1898.] Mexico. 291 Guanajuato. Rev. L. B. Salmans, M.D., our energetic pastor and medical missionary, says : “ The work of the past year has been limited to those already converted from Catholicism in former years, more than has been the case for several years before in this church. As from early in the year 1897 we were unable longer to keep open our dispensary for the lack of any appropriation in aid from the Missionary Society, and as from that very hour our congregations, which had through it become large, began to fall off, our people were earnestly hoping that such arrangements would be made at the Annual Conference as would return to us the agency which had underlain our former successes. When this was not done, and the continued emigration of our almost floating population made the depletion of our numbers to be felt more and more every month, it was very difficult to keep up the hopeful spirit among the brethren. Continuous efforts at more thorough organization and training of the church have done much to prepare the way for ‘ holding fast that which was left.’ An official board of 15 members has taken upon itself the usual responsibilities, and have made a good start in learning to navigate the ship of Zion. From the beginning of the year a normal class of the teachers of the Sunday school has been held midweek, and, by increasing the numbers of the teachers and bringing all to feel a profound responsi bility, the spirit and value of the work have been notably bettered, as well as the numbers of those attending increased. Some reorganization and earnest efforts in our Epworth League are also leading to good results. We have two Junior Leagues, each as large as the League itself and quite as active. “ In the very first month of the year the official board took action looking to the continuance of our medical work. It was impossible to reopen our dispensary then, but as much excellent fruit had been secured through medical work done in the city by a presiding elder before our dispensary was-first opened, and as it would be very unfortunate to close our work altogether so long as we hoped for its future reopening, it was resolved to accept the offers of a resident located preacher and of a talented exhorter to help the assistant pastor as much as possible, and so enable the pastor in charge to do what medical work he might be called upon to do in a private way, and to continue the construction, finishing, and furnishing of our hospital, which was begun two years before and had been far advanced since. While the pastor has not felt able to excuse himself from any work he would otherwise have done, save only a part of the pastoral visiting, he has done what he could in the medical line. About one hun dred patients have been seen per month either in the homes or in the consulting room of the hospital. Funds have been gotten together fiom private subscriptions, and work was resumed by masons and carpenters m August. We are now hoping to secure the funds fast enough to keep the workmen steadily employed until they shall have finished a comple ment of 12 rooms, when we will open for the reception of patients. We can support a hospital much more easily than a dispensary, and do not expect to have to ask any aid for it from the Missionary Society. But it 292 Missionary Report. [1898. will be necessary to its highest success to have a dispensary for the treat ment of out-patients, and, as this is our so highly appreciated preaching agency to the unevangelized Catholics, we have asked the society to give us the money needed for its support. “ While a year ago the pastor of this charge counted 335 members and probationers, there are only 212 here now. Yet by more organization, and getting more persons to work in a responsible way for the salvation of souls and their upbuilding in our most holy faith, we have been able to keep the average congregations at Sunday preaching up to about eighty- five, and the Sunday school has now grown to about one hundred. Our members are distributed among the mines and their accompanying villages that make up our 80,000 population, scattered over an area, larger than a township, of the most rugged mountains, and jt will always be impossible that our congregations should be as large as our membership, unless it should fall to a very low ebb, which God forbid. Then as we average as many meetings as there are days in the year, the aggregate of those ‘ not forgetting the assembling of themselves together ’ is very large in the course of twelve months, and the consequent work for the pastors is much greater than on circuits where only two to four meetings a month are had, as in many towns. “ A t the time of this writing a revival is in progress which is giving hope of much in the way of results which can be secured only by the Spirit of the Most High. The Christian life is a progressive work. If we begin it very far from God and from Gospel instruction, having inherited customs, habits, and fundamental ideas of right living from even a baptized pagan ism, and if we continue to live surrounded by every environment of extreme ungodliness, it is possible that we will need to pass through several revivals and to receive a number of most powerful spiritual uplifts before we will be found resisting the social and commercial tides, and living such a Christian life as would in every way command approval in some community where the Gospel leaven had already been at work for many generations.” Other Medical Work. Dr. George B. Hyde is in charge of the dis pensaries in Silao and Romita. During the year he has administered to 1,582 different patients, 590 of whom were new. This work is now self- supporting, Dr. Hyde receiving from the Missionary Society this current year only an allowance for rent. His personal and family support has come entirely from the receipts of his patients. A subvention is imperatively needed to improve the depleted stock of medicines in both dispensaries. A day school for English-speaking children, now numbering 21 pupils, has under the doctor’s management been self-supporting from the first. A most excellent German lady was mustered into service and gives entire satisfaction. The Sunday school has done good work, and an occasional English service is greatly appreciated. From the dispensaries in Silao and Romita thousands of Gospel tracts have been distributed and direct results recorded of good done among the natives. 1898.] Mexico. 293 Our native local preacher in Chicoloapam received his diploma as Doctor in Medicine during the year, and in these few months he has administered to 179 different patients. Many of these were in fanatical families which had no relations with them up to that time. Some are now sending their children to our schools, while not a few have been led to attend our services. Dr. Machuca has been so fortunate as to success fully conduct his medical work without asking a dollar’s aid from anyone outside the town in which he labors. Woman s Foreign Missionary Society. The Woman’s Society is doing excellent work in Mexico, Puebla, Miraflores, San Vicente, Ayapango, and Guanajuato. No more devoted women were ever sent abroad by this noble society than the five working within the bounds of this district. In Mexico City their influence for good is felt through the Leagues, the Bible women, the press, the public services, and in the homes of the people. In Puebla they are most abundant in all good works, and have graduated this year seven accomplished young ladies, who will all be employed in the Mission. In Guanajuato Miss Van Dorsten reports 22 girls as con secrating themselves to Christ in a recent service held in her school rooms. We have^.943 girls in the schools of the district, and 66 of them joined the church this year. M aterial Improvements. Our beautiful and new auditorium in Puebla was dedicated January 19. A chapel will be ready for dedication in Cuijingo about the time the bishop arrives. This new place of worship is made possible through the generosity of Brother Philip Reynolds, of Brockton, Mass., supplemented by the faith and works of our grateful people in Cuijingo. A property which we have used for several years without rent in Zoyatzingo is about to be deeded free of cost to the Missionary Society. A lot of land has been recently donated in Atlautla, and we will soon commence building for this new and interesting congregation. A bequest of $500 made by a German friend, late of this city, was, after some little delay in the courts, paid over early in the year, and, after due consultation with our supervising bishop, it was devoted to the fitting of a beautiful kindergarten room, so much required for our increasing numbers. This is the first bequest ever made to a Protestant Church in this country. It is hoped that our schools and the usefulness of our workers as they become better known will draw the attention of other kindly disposed friends and secure us many bequests in the future. The Press. In April last Bishop FitzGerald, with the concurrence of the Board, appointed James L. Pease, an alumnus of Denver University, as lay missionary to this field and agent of our publishing house. Being a practical printer of considerable experience, it is not strange that he has proved an excellent “ fit ” to the place. Though in charge now only about six months, our publishing interests are showing the result of his painstaking and practical knowledge. He reports for the year that we have published 1,700 copies weekly of the Illustrated Advocate ; 1,800 of the Berean Lesson Leaf for each week ; the Conference Minutes, both in 294 Missionary Report. [1898. Spanish and English; 12 numbers of the Methodist Scholar ; 5 numbers of The American Medical Missionary ; 1,000 Methodist Hymnals with music and 2,000 without music ; 500 copies each of Studies in the Pen tateuch and Studies in the Four Gospels (both in the Preachers’ Course); 500 copies of the Constitution of the Epworth League; 16 different tracts of from 4 to 25 pages each, and in editions of from 5,000 up to 31,000, which gives a total of 3,726,100 pages of religious literature issued during the year now closing. This, with the record of 59,211,367 pages in pre vious years, makes a grand total of 62,937,467 pages sent out to Mexico’s millions with the message of a free and present salvation. To accomplish this glorious work we have been aided each year in a generous way by the Tract Society and Sunday School Union of our Church. H id a l g o D is t r i c t .—J usto M. Euroza, P. E . Full of gratitude to the Almighty, we present our report on the work under our charge, for the year 1898. Pachuca. We commence with this congregation, which for many rea sons is considered the principal one of the district. Here we find Henry W. Adams as pastor. He has been working here for two years. Not withstanding many obstacles found in the way, “ the Lord of the harvest” has assisted us and called new souls, so that we now have here 123 mem bers and 70 probationers. The services are generally well attended, al though the winter weather now approaching has sometimes reduced- the attendance. The collections have also felt this reduction in attendance. Real del Monte. A s in the past year, we have had the advantage of the services of Mr. Miguel Rojas, who, with the divine favor, has been able to overcome the prejudices against the Church which had been caused by his predecessor. Our services are now better attended, and we sometimes have as many as 80 persons attending at once. The collections are also much better than those of last year, and we have very hopeful prospects for the coming year. On previous occasions we have mentioned that the congregations of Omitlan and Velasco belong to this section. In these places we have only a few brethren, owing to the increasing emigration of the inhabitants ; but, notwithstanding this, we have held our services with all possible frequency, and with a few brethren resident, although often obliged to do so privately. E l Chico. Strictly speaking, this congregation now belongs to the Real del Monte Circuit. In this place we have what may be called a floating congregation, as it is a common thing to see new faces in the service, and it is probable that few of these remain faithful to our Church. Our Brother Rojas, who has charge of this circuit, visits this village with all possible regularity, and owing to his zeal and that of our Brother Fernando Torres, master of the day school, the collections assigned to this congregation have been subscribed in full. We can safely say that in this circuit, and with the divine favor, we have realized the brilliant prospects offered at the end of the year 1897, and we feel satisfied with t he tasks fulfilled by all our workers in that circuit. IS98.] Mexico. 295 We have received 12 probationers, and 12 members have been admitted to full communion with the Church. Tezontepec. This old circuit has been favored with the enthusiastic and zealous services of our young Brother Vincente Mendoza, who, after termi nating his studies in our theological seminary, was appointed to carry on the Master’s work in this circuit. I am firmly convinced that this preacher is the best adapted for this work whom the bishop could have appointed, and he has worked with praiseworthy zeal for the cause, although we can not say that things have improved as compared with previous years. We have taken a great interest in the congregation of San Francisco Zacacalco, on account of the piety and devotion of our brethren resident in that place; but it is now passing through a severe crisis. As there is no church or special room for holding our services or opening day school, we have been using the place dedicated to the court in the village, but the enemies of our religion brought influence to bear on the superior authori ties, so that orders were given for that room to be exclusively used for the profane purposes for which it was originally intended, and not as a Prot estant school or temple. For the present we have obtained a limited per mission to open our day school there, but we have no place in which to hold our services, for which reason we fear that our worship will suffer in this place, on account of the want of a school and church. In spite of these difficulties, we have received several members in full communion and as probationers, while our collections have been better than in previous years. It is a pity that we cannot overcome our difficul ties for the present, and get this work established on a firm basis. God will help us to struggle and conquer. Nextlalpam. In this interesting circuit we have had the valuable assist ance of our Brother Lucus G. Alonso. The promising future of the year 1897 has been to a great extent realized. The attendance at the worship at Nextlalpam has been better than that of the previous years, as the inter est and devotion to the service of God which commenced in the time of our Brother Vasquez has increased from day to day. As in previous years, we have continued our services in the village of San Andres Jaltenco, where we can count on the cooperation of a Chris tian and devout family. In Tequisquiac we have continued to enjoy the blessing of God. The serv ices have been well attended, and, due to the harmony among the brethren of the congregation, services have been opened in different parts of the town with a view to missionary work and with the most satisfactory results, as it is probable that to this we owe the conversion of four fervent Catholics. Notwithstanding this satisfactory condition of the work in Tequisquiac, our brethren suffer a good deal of persecution and are victims of the intrigues of bigoted Catholics; some of our people have been unjustly im prisoned and most of them have in one way or another been ill-treated and cursed by the majority of the people. Nevertheless, God is with his people, and our brethren are more faithful than ever, and maintain their determi nation to keep up their close communion with God. 2 9 6 Missionary Report. [1898. In view of the excellent results obtained by services held in the center of the town, one of those brethren has made us a donation of a plot of land, 12 by 30 meters, for the construction of a temple, and as soon as pos sible they propose to collect the necessary material and, little by little, con struct a church for Divine worship. San Agustín. Our brother Santiago Lopez has continued in charge of this circuit, and his devotion to the cause has not diminished since last year. A s stated in previous reports, there are five congregations in this circuit, and if we cannot report any great increase in them, we can at least say that we have lost nothing but have won a little. We have received 21 members in full communion and 97 probationers. We have also been able to collect the full amount assigned to this circuit in spite of the precarious circumstances of our brethren, most of whom are very poor. In Acetotla, as in Zacacalco, we may perhaps at some time find ourselves in the painful situation of not knowing where to hold our services or open a day school, as in spite of the good will of some of the brethren, it has been found impossible to raise the proposed temple, school, and parson age. Nevertheless, among the many blessings with which Providence has distinguished this village, we have a number of faithful brethren who are steadfast in the faith. Tulancingo. This historical circuit is under the charge of our Brother Mariano Fermoso, who in his second year has shown great activity in the forwarding of our work in this difficult field. The important change that has taken place in the politics of some of the states of the republic has encouraged „some of the lukewarm brethren to adhere to their congregations, and those who come to our services now find themselves to some extent supported by prominent people of their villages who have a little tolerance, while others absent themselves from the services in order not to incur the ill-will of the public employees and of the clerical party. In such places as Tulancingo, where the Catholic clergy controls the conscience of Mexicans, we find ourselves surrounded by a statu quo. Nevertheless, Brother Fermoso zealously keeps up the work in his cir cuit. and as often as possible visits the congregation of Alfajayuca, of which he has often said that it is the best evangelical agency that we have in the State of Hidalgo. Although practically we have no congregation in the city of Tulancingo, the services are held with all possible regularity by the family and servants of the pastor, besides which there are always some listening at the street window of the temple, through which they can hear the word of God preached. Tlacuilotepec. Our old and interesting congregation in this place has both gained and lost during the past year. Through some special circum stances some of our brethren who resided in this town went to live in the town of Huehuetla, about a day’s distance from the former, for which rea son we found our congregation at Tlacuilotepec very much reduced. On .1898.] Mexico. 297 the other hand, the circumstance of our brethren emigrated from Tlacui- lotepec having met in Huehuetla favored the reorganization of the work in that distant village; but fresh difficulties have lately obliged these same brethren to return to their town of Tlacuilotepec, so that although we have apparently lost a congregation, we have really lost nothing at all. When ever it has been possible, our brother Fermoso has visited the distant vil lage of Huehuetla, but when the road has been rendered impassable by the heavy rainfall in the summer it has been found impossible to spread the word of God in those mountainous regions. We now have 15 mem bers and 50 probationers, having suffered some severe losses in Tlacuilo tepec, through death, during the year. The collections assigned to these congregations have been raised with pleasure by the brethren, through the efficiency of our brother Fermoso and the special help of God. Zacualtipan. Brother Leopoldo M. Diaz is the pastor in charge of this work. During the past year we have had abundant reason to bless God for his help and for the divine inspiration with which he has assisted us in this field of labor. After the many trips taken by our brother Rumbia during his pastor ship, our brother Diaz has been able to open work in Ylamatlan, and by the help of God the evangelical work will have been established in Zacual- pan before this report reaches your hand. I would call attention to the fact that the obstacles have at last been removed which have hitherto pre vented us from holding services in the San Miguel Iron Works, and this is another occasion to give thanks for being permitted to preach the word of God in the girls’ schoolroom that is provided in that establishment. In Huehuetla things have continued in such a condition that we can assert that the number of our brethren neither increases nor diminishes. In the mountain villages it is easy to deceive oneself and believe that souls are converted by the thousand every few days, but the conviction soon comes that things go slower than was seen at first. Nevertheless, we have suffered no great loss in this place; but it is to be noted that on account of the excessive rains of this year we have not been able to visit it with great frequency, besides which several of our very best friends have been obliged to move to other parts by private circumstances. Day Schools. We have matriculated in our schools in the district of Hidalgo 1,036 pupils; of these 490 belong to the Woman’s Foreign Mis sionary Society schools. We have tried to give a good secular education, adopting the program of studies of the official schools in the Federal District, so that when our pupils finish their courses in our schools they can go to the national schools in Mexico City and take them up again, either in the normal school or preparatory school. This circumstance has served as a recommendation for our schools, and the same may be said of our efforts to introduce in almost all of them the modern methods of instruction. Through some exceptional circumstances we had to close our school in Zacualtipan in the middle of the year, mostly owing to the serious sickness of our Brother Petronilo Constantino, who is in charge of the 298 Missionary Report. [1898. school, and the entire want of a Christian master whom we could put in charge. Juvenile Epworth League. W e have established this blessed institu tion in all the schools of the district, and several of the pastors of different circuits have shown the greatest zeal in making our pupils understand its undoubted benefits. It is not as yet possible for our people to come into the Christian socie ties, seeing that the greater part of our pupils belong to Catholic families, for which reason our progress is not as great as might be desired. But God is with us, and sooner or later we will see this elevating institution progress as it ought. Ladies Society. For the first time in the history of Methodism in Mex ico we have to lament the death of a lady missionary, and we mourn the loss of one of those noble wbmen of America who consecrate their lives to Mexico and the education of the Mexican woman. On August 15, 1898, our indefatigable sister, Miss Mary Hastings, passed from this earthly life to a better one. We fervently pray that the new principal of our school in Pachuca may have the spirit of God in her heart, and the baptism of the Holy Spirit, so that she may lead the people under her charge along the paths of religion and by the light of the word of God. Self-support. Our greatest difficulty has always been the question of self-support. The greater part of our new converts are under the impres sion that as the Gospel of God is gratuitous, and there is nothing to pay in the evangelical Church for the sacraments, they are under no necessity of contributing to the support of the divine cause, and for this reason the self-support of the church is in most cases very deficient. After careful study of this question I have come to the belief that it is necessary to look for a solution of the difficulties that are peculiar to this field, in which either Romanism or a religious indifference prevails, while there is also a certain desire for the education of the people, and I think I have found a realizable project for the self-support of the schools. The school is maintained by the Missionary Society, but they have already com menced with good results to accustom all the children to bring at least one cent per week in order to help in the expenses of the school. The first result obtained was the displeasure of those who were accustomed to pay ing the fee for the education of their children, and afterward the occasion to exercise our patience in awaiting a change, and the day when our people will maintain their own schools as well as the ministers. In the whole district we have this year collected about one hundred dollars among the pupils of our schools, a sum which they would never have contributed to the support of the church, as the greater pa# of those who have made up the amount are Catholics. A t the same time it is only fair to mention that the sum collected in the churches for self-support during the year amounts to $478. Conclusion. I desire to mention two facts that appear to me remarkable among those that have taken place during the year. The first is the conversion of a convict in Zacualtipan, who some years 1898.] Mexico. 299 ago killed a man in self-defense, as he said. He was condemned to suffer imprisonment for a certain number of years, but through his own good conduct he has been let off a part of that term. God spoke to the heart of this man and gave him a knowledge of the Gospel, so that he is now one of the most fervent of our worshipers. Blessed be God, who receives the vilest sinner, and grants him in his kingdom equal rights with those who have never slained their souls with such crimes. The other case relates to a man belonging to a family in the town of Tequisquiac. This courageous young man went so far as to invite the pastor and congregation to hold worship in his house. But a great diffi culty presented itself in the fact that his parents were still devoted to the Roman Church, and had a kind of chapel in the house. It is useless to say that our young brother had hard work before him, but through the grace of God his parents became convinced that it would be best to throw down the idolatrous altar at which their forefathers had knelt to worship graven images, and they themselves joined the people of God, and now form part of our church. They pulled down the altar of the false god, and there erected the altar of Christian family worship, where the word of God is read and simple prayers are offered to the Almighty. Lastly. We have suffered heavy afflictions; serious sickness that has caused some alterations, especially in the work of our schools, without speaking of the lamented death of Miss Hastings. As I have already said, our brother Constantine almost died of a bronchial affection. Our sister Adela Mendoza, teacher of the girls’ school in Tezontepec, was in great danger of losing her life. Our brother Rumbia, schoolmaster in Tezonte pec, was also dangerously ill.; and young Ruben Bonilla, schoolmaster in Real del Monte, suffered so much from cardiac disease that he had to leave the work. But at last, after having been made to understand that the hand of God was on us, and that we required his help, that hand has been lifted, and we now feel safe. We pray the Lord to help us and keep us in sweet communion with himself, as well as with his Son and the Holy Spirit. M o u n t a i n D i s t r i c t .— P . F. Vaklerrama, P. E. We give sincere thanks to our blessed heavenly Father that he has granted us another year of prosperity, and because his aid has been ever present in all the work. The Mountain District about the commencement of this year received in addition the circuit of Apizaco, whose congrega tions are in good condition and whose schools are on the increase, while the reputation of the same is being established not only among the Prot estants but also among the Catholics. Before mentioning them in detail, permit us to refer, in the first place, to the general aspect of the work. As we said on another occasion, the principal labors of the district are represented not alone by the pious and earnest congregations located in the valley, but also by the important schools—both day and Sunday which we have opened in the mountains. In both lines of work the cause has been preserved with the help of God in conditions quite satisfactory. 3oo Missionary Report. {1898. Though the rate of progress may not have been extraordinary in the num ber of membership additions, we are nevertheless able to report a number of faithful brethren received in full connection in the church, and they have not been swayed by their friends to return to the bosom of the Catholic Church, but, casting aside all fear, have placed their confidence exclusively in Him who has promised to be with the Church until the efld of the ages. Conversions. We have had 42 conversions during the year in the dis trict, and among them there have been some really glorious cases. Almost half these conversions are in the circuits of San Felipe Teotlalcingo and that of San Martin, where, aside from Panotla, we have the largest congre gations. In the circuit of San Martin there is a small congregation ; at San Rafael, a place occupied by humble farm laborers, there were 8 con versions, of which we will speak. About the beginning of the year the pastor of the circuit, a young stu dent by the name of Tomas Garcia, was invited by a group of persons in San Rafael to establish services in that place. Our brother acceded to the wishes of those persons, and went to San Rafael one Sunday. As soon as the Catholics learned of the little religious gathering they began to throw stones at the house where the brethren were assembled. But, as they were even thus unable to break up the meeting, they waited till the services were over, and then took the young pastor off to jail under the pretext that he did not have a license to hold services at that place. A s soon as the brethren ascertained that Garcia had been taken to jail, and had been threatened themselves with having their own houses burned down if they continued to hold services, they went to Puebla to report the matter to Rev. W. S. Spencer, president of the Methodist Institute. He started at once for San Rafael. Upon reaching the town Brother Spencer as certained that young Garcia had been set at, liberty as per order of the governor of the state. The Catholics did not consider themselves overcome by the order of the governor, and proposed to kill all the Protestants, together with their min ister, should they hold any more services in San Rafael. But our minister and our brethren paid no attention to the threats of the fanatics, and met as usual on the following Sunday in the same place, and at the meeting 8 brothers arose to confess publicly the name of Jesus, saying, with the Apostle Paul: “ Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” The foregoing shows why we stated that some of the 42 conversions were truly glorious. Our Schools. All the schools we have established in the district have flourished in every way. At Tetela, the school for girls sustained by the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, has increased its enrollment in the kindergarten department to such an extent that we have requested a new teacher to assist in taking charge of this branch of the work. The society of ladies established at Panotla a school for girls, and there are over forty-five scholars, who are also very punctual in attendance upon 1898.] Mexico. 301 the Sunday school, while some of them have been received in full con nection in our church. At Apizaco the schools are one of the most important branches of our labor, and place us in close touch with the people. They have helped largely to do away with the prejudices hitherto existing against the Prot estants. We hope to be able to open a new school in the town of Tzompantepec next year. Self-support. Respecting this, one of the most important matters in our work, we should state that, with few exceptions, all our pastors have raised their different apportionments, and have tried to give the mat ter the fullest attention. In addition to the collection of all the sums de signed for missions, Conference claimants, bishops, tracts, and self-support, some of our ministers have made special collections for organs and for furniture, while others have interested their congregations in the matter of keeping their churches in good condition. In this connection it may be added that the pastor at San Felipe collected sufficient money to put a good floor of wood in his church, and also to purchase half a dozen new lamps, all of which was paid for by the congregation. A t Panotla the brethren have given us a piece of land for a house for the pastor and the scho6l-teacher, the house to consist of two stories and eight rooms, and whose walls will be built without cost by the people themselves. The society will only have to put in the roof, the doors, and the windows. At Apizaco there was a small balance left over from the collections, and it was expended in the extra school expenses. C o n c l u s i o n . Such is the condition of the district outlined in a general way, and such are the manifold blessings and favors which the Lord has bestowed upon our work. We confidently trust that his strength and his aid will always be with us, so that when he summons us before his presence we may, like the faithful servant, be able to exclaim : “ Lord, thou gavest me two talents; here behold other two talents have I gained." O a x a c a D i s t r i c t .— S . I. Lopez, P. E. 1. I give sincere thanks to God because in his gracious kindness he has been pleased to pour rich and spiritual blessings upon his work in the district of Oaxaca during the present year. Like the dew and the rain from heaven, he has caused to descend upon us his mercy and his love to fill the hearts of those who love him, and gifts of patience for those who forget him or who have not known him. It is true the harvest has not been equal throughout the field, but the difference is due to the different kinds of elements. There may be some lack of capability among the laborers, or there may be hardness of heart. 2. In the Circuit of Cuicatlan the pastor, C. M. Amador, is doing a good work, and there is great hope in that field. Seeing that his con gregation did not increase, he decided to use his gifts in the line of medicine, and in this way was able to have an entry into many of the homes. This method has given him the opportunity of carrying the 302 Missionary Report. [1898. Gospel to various families who otherwise would have had no means of knowing the true God. Brother Amador has begun to reap the fruits of his labors, and through his efforts many have come to realize that Jesus Christ is the only Saviour of mankind. 3. H uitzo is the largest circuit, and the work is most prosperous there. The pastor, Pedro S. Paz, is a man of iron who never gives way to fatigue or exposure to the sun and storms with which he is assailed upon the road. This indefatigable brother, in addition to the seven congregations already established in his circuit, is visiting four other towns, to wit: Etla, Calderon, El Parian, and Guahuchilla, where several families have accepted the faith in the true God, and have received Christ through the Gospel as their only Saviour. In these places we hope very shortly to have well-organized congregations. 4. The Circuits of Oaxaca and Soledad are in their normal condition. Although there is no great increase in the number of their congregations, they have improved along the spiritual line. At Soledad various persons have been baptized and received in full connection, and others have been received on probation. 5. The work at T laxiaco embraces the districts of Nachixtlan, Tepox- caluca, and Tlaxiaco. Evangelical work in all these regions of the state is entirely new, and yet there is great promise for the future. The pure Indians in their totality of the Mixteca type have very absurd ideas respecting religion, for as yet they believe that the images of the Roman Catholic Church are real Gods and that the priests are saints. For instance, I will give an instance which occurred in the little town of Peñasco, jurisdiction of Tlaxiaco. I reached the town on May 18. Upon the following day the feast known as Jueves de la Ascención (Thursday of the Ascension) was celebrated. In the morning I started out on the street to work and circulate tracts. When the mass was finished I had a chance to visit the church, whose walls are nearly ruined, and the church is only partially roofed. Under the small dome, which threatens to fall at any time, there were some ill-shapen images clothed in rags, one of them representing a man without any clothing; the left hand was gone and four fingers off the right hand. This was the principal saint of the feast. I then ascertained that in the afternoon the Lord was going to ascend to heaven, and I was naturally curious to see it. At the proper hour I took a good place on one of the surrounding hills, from which I watched the priest carry out the ceremonies. Suddenly some men who were standing on the dome of the church put down a rope, and thus lifted the statue, which had been tied by the bust and the throat. Upon the lifting up of this image the entire crowd knelt and intoned at the top of their voices ; at the same time the bells were rung, and the firecrackers and music helped to complete the confusion. After about thirty minutes they let the image down again, and then started with it in procession through the streets with great demonstrations of jubilee. At night the man in charge of the ceremonies, accompanied by 1 5 persons, came to see me. During the conversation they manifested the utmost reverence for the 1898.] Mexico. 303 image, saying that as it was blessed it was God himself. I embraced the opportunity to explain to them the true ascension of the Lord to heaven, setting forth to them the mission which he could thus carry out in behalf of sinners, and tried to convince them that Jesus Christ, being God, could not, as they imagined, be made of wood. Furthermore, I spoke about purgatory, about the sacrifice, of the mass and other dogmas of the Romish Church. My interviewer declared himself convinced, and told me that, although through ignorance he had assisted in these feasts, hereafter he w’ould not render worship to images. The persons with him also seemed to appreciate my explanations, and invited me to come again to the town to show them the word of God. 6. Tehuantepec is the most distant point of the district, and is most difficult to reach on account of its distance from Oaxaca. There have been heavy and prolonged rains which have destroyed the roads in many places, and the rivers' have run so high that it has been hitherto almost impossible to visit these towns. 7. Z a ch ila. In addition to the points of labor forming the circuit in past years, the towns of Coyotepec and San Pedro have been added, and in these places many have asked for the preaching of the Gospel. The hos tility shown our church at Zachila has completely disappeared, and the pastor and the congregation enjoy the esteem and the respect of the peo ple, and this has resulted in an increase in attendance. 8. All the congregations have put forth strong efforts to make up the collections assigned by the Annual Conference, and in order to increase the collections for self-support various of these congregations have decided upon a “ dia de ofrendas ” (day of offerings) next December, at which time each member of the congregation will set aside a part of his crops toward that cause. 9. The schools have been looked after upon our district, and we have in that connection special cause for thanksgiving to the Saviour, because not only has there been progress in the lines of elementary education, but many of the children have made profession of faith. Our girls’ school of the city of Oaxaca was affected somewhat by the marriage of the teacher, but her place was supplied through the kindness of Miss Anna R. Limberger, of Puebla, who sent us a new teacher for the next year. We also trust that the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society may as soon as possible send us a lady missionary. V e r a C r u z D i s t r i c t .— A bundio Tovar, P. E. The district of Vera Cruz was formed by Bishop FitzGerald at the Annual Conference held in Puebla in January of the current year, and he was pleased to appoint me presiding elder of said district. The district includes three circuits. My residence is in the city of Orizaba. Our congregation here is the oldest because the work began twenty years ago. O rizaba is the gate to the Gulf coast, and through it brethren have carried the seed of the Gospel to various points in this region, and thus formed a nucleus of Christian congregations. Lately the Southern Meth odist denomination, the Baptists, and Mr. Eglon Harris, of England, an 304 Missionary Report. [1898. independent missionary, have come to this city. All these missionary agencies have formed congregations from among the members of our church. Naturally everywhere some people are attracted by the novelty, or perhaps they have been especially solicited, and therefore have left our church to join the other ; nevertheless our church keeps a marked position ; the services are better attended than ever before, the work is well organ ized, and we have an average attendance of 50 persons. The Sunday school is well organized, and is enthusiastic and devoted. We have a mixed daily school with 60 scholars. After overcoming many difficul ties, the pastor, Brother José Rumbia, has obtained permission to open a school for primary instruction among the prisoners in the county jail, where there are some four hundred unfortunate prisoners who receive instruction two hours every night, including reading, writing, and arithmetic. Brother Rumbia circulates tracts among them and exhorts them, and many of these unfortunate men have taken a great liking to him, and some have * been led by him to come to Christ as the only means of their regeneration. A tzacan. This is a town of Indians of the pure Aztec type, seven miles to the north of this city, and it has something like three thousand inhabit ants. An effort to establish a Christian congregation there has been a glorious triumph for our Church, for the Indians in that region are half pagan and half Roman ; they are also fiercely fanatical in view of the domination of four centuries of Spanish Romanism. Our work here was baptized at its beginning with savage persecution. On May 17, 1888, at 12 o’clock, a dark night, more than two hundred fanatics, armed with different kinds of weapons, attacked the house where our services were held. There were 18 persons asleep, among them our young minister. For more than twenty minutes the mob fired upon the group, but God preserved them all from harm. The state authorities pursued and pun ished the mob. Singular to say, two of the men who were considered as instigators of the mob, and were not punished, were a priest and the clerk of the court. Some time after this priest fled the town, because he had outraged the daughter of the clerk of the court, creating great scandal among the people. It was afterward learned that this impure priest died in great misery in Mexico, and the clerk of the court also some time since deceased, while the greater part of the leaders of this assault have during these ten years also passed away ; but the congregation still continues, and more than one hundred people have been brought to know Christ and give testimony to their fidelity to the Lord. About two years ago they com menced to build a church, but as the wood selected was of a poor class, the floor and the roof were in bad condition, and it became necessary to rebuild the church. The greater part of the brethren earned less than forty cents per day in their labor in the fields; notwithstanding, they col lected some seventy dollars, and, furthermore, put in time, bringing heavy rocks for the floor from long distances, while those who owned beasts of burden lent them for that purpose without charge. They have been en thusiastic in their efforts to repair the church, and we hope to be able to rededicate it upon the next visit of the bishop at our Annual Conference. I898.J Mexico. 305 Huatusco. This is a town of 12,000 inhabitants, to the northeast of Orizaba, with no railroad connection and with very bad roads, it being necessary to cross three very deep ravines to reach the place. It is about eight years since we began to visit this point once a month, holding family service for the few Protestants we could get together. We have now a permanent pastor who conducts services regularly. This year we organ ized our Quarterly Conference. At the beginning of this month, and in connection with my quarterly visit, we had enthusiastic services, 2 adults being baptized and 9 children, while some came into full connection with the church. In this place we have had considerable difficulty to rent a place of worship, and the one we have now is wholly inadequate for the pastor as well as for his services. A piece of land should be purchased for a church and for a parsonage, and to that end we made at the last Quarterly Conference a subscription amounting to almost $100. Centla . This is a little town fifteen miles from Huatusco, where we hold services each month, the brethren living in plantations located in the great Tamapa ravine, and they have to come over very difficult and dangerous roads, and sometimes cannot bring their families to service. The Mirador estate has a great sugar mill whose owners are Germans, and they show themselves friendly to our work. Brother Bernal visits this point and distributes tracts and holds services in a private house, but we hope to be able to organize a congregation there very soon. Tuxtepec^ This is an important town in the State of Oaxaca, with 6,000 inhabitants, and located in the center of a rich agricultural district, two hundred and forty miles from Orizaba, but it is connected with a rail road and river steamboat which makes the trip in three days, although it is an eight-days’ trip from Oaxaca over almost inaccessible mountains. Our never-to-be-forgotten brother, Lucio Smith, visited this place twice, converting quite a number, and for the past four years they have been trying to get a preacher. Last February we made a visit to the place with Brother Flores Valderrama. The brethren w ere rejoiced to see us, and engaged a room with seats for 100 persons, but the crowd was so great, numbering no less than two hundred persons, that we had to hold three different services—one of them far into the night time—about mid night. We baptized 6 people, and the service lasted over three hours. We were even asked to hold more services, for the people were anxious to hear the Gospel of Christ. Our Brother Valderrama, with the eloquence and enthusiasm with which he always speaks, again took the pulpit, and he moved their hearts and brought their souls to the waters of salvation and slaked their spiritual thirst. Tuxtepec has a great future, and we hope next year that a permanent pastor will be located there. The Melchor Ocampo Colony. We have frequently held services at this place, and even conquered some souls for Christ, and we expect to soon organize a regular congregation upon the basis of self-support, for we have friends there who are disposed to favor the work. In all our work we felt the grace and the favor of God, and trust soon to reap better results with his divine help. 20 Statistics of Mexico Conference, November, 1898. | É & « •0 cte -8 S a 3 to ca bo - X R l l es 1 >, £ «.2 £ Is £ e ja Sc CIECUIT OR ë 5 Homes.” s ft. ®* •Ö 1 ä. « •c c  5 “ ■5. §• « is tt § É am Ö, 8TATION. 1 i s' 0i ■5 e i 0 £ *§ 1 £ X é .£ A ic £ 1 ce Orphans. !»• 2 * 1 Congregations. I Congregations. s 01 J> a a s 0 0 1 1 .0 1 ® ! ■il B « i *ea 1 •a <5 c Native Unord. Preachers. Unord. Native of No. of Value Estimated Chapels, and Churches Average Attendance on on Attendance Average Estimated Par of Value Estimated Sunday Worship. Sunday £ or sonages, tx. ¡¡5 Missionary for Collected Society. Societies. Benevolent •Z's 0 K ¿? other lor Collected Collected Self- for Collected > a> £ support. < z Si £ £ S •< Local Purposes. ! Nu. Nu. ! of Society. Miss. Worker* For. Native I Worn. 1 1 Baptised. same. in Children 1 Teachers of Schools. No. Day 1 other of No. ; 1 No. of Sabbath 1 No. of Schools. Sabbath I No. of Hnlls and other and I No. Hnlls of I rented Places of Worship. I rented I No. Churches and Chapels. and I Churches No. Central District. 7 1 0 5 295 9 6 1 1 0 2 0 250 150 7 7 170 8 1 $2,800 4 $.... $8,000 $ 10 00 $ .. .. $64 00 $50 00 $36 00 C elaya...... 1 4 23 19 80 25 8 1 1 25 2 1.600 2 00 4 00 16 00 2 00 9 1 9, lio 2 9 78 18 800 120 9 70 2 2,000 'i '2ÔÔ 14 00 15 00 80 00 3 1 ÓÓ 4 00 Guanajuato...... 9 1 1 s 1 1 ? 111101 600 85 9 5 4 9, is t 1 160 2 7,500 2 i s ’ óóó 5,000 50 00 60 00 250 00 400 Oil 8S1 1 9 1 9 250 215 800 175 19 12 17 1 1 275 35 3 45,000 4 55,000 a 81,000 85 00 80 00 31,420 00 500 00 520 ÓÓ English...... 1 1 1 9,6 8 350 130 8 ft 1 80 170 00 80 00 863 00 848 00 33t 185 00 MirftfloreH. 4 fi 2 8 180 25 400 75 25 19 1 1 60 i 5,000 s ’ óóó « 5,ÓÓÓ 25 00 29 00 1,830 00 100 00 " 400 00 Pachuca /English)...... 9 82 6 850 110 10 8 1 75 800 54 00 1,403 00 200 00 Porflrio Diaz...... 1 1 1 1 1 27 59 128 80 22 10 1 9 80 1 65 i 6 00 *7 ÓÒ 182 00 20 00 Puebla...... 2 2 2 8 1 1 18 5 2 20S 212 600 240 80 17 4 6 18 4 373 2 160 70 i 20‘ ÓÓÒ 1 B0.ÓÓÓ 6 35,(kl0 85 00 44 00 «6,423 00 29 00 English...... 1 9, 50 20 a 28 00 90 00 a 1 9 1 58 71 180 90 7 4 9 1 1 1 45 '2 100 i 8,300 5,000 5,ÓÓÓ 13 00 25 00 71,400 00 9 1 4 9£ 99 90 86 2 9 2 20 ‘ 2 200 1 5 00 10 00 25 00 i ÓÓ 9 1 1 1 1 9 24 89 150 27 2 5 î 1 87 1 60 i *5ÓÒ 2 ‘ TOO 500 21 00 68 00 16 00 English...... l 50 80 1 20 61,547 00 50 00 4 1 37 89 15 0 42 8 1 74 ‘ à 38 2 i 'è óó 8 00 10 00 Hidalgo District. / Chico...... 1 1 19, 12 60 84 4 1 1 42 1 45 1 1,000 1 300 8 00 7 00 14 00 Nextlalpam...... 8 1 1 71 60 300 50 5 7 1 7S 2 80 1 800 1 800 5 00 8 00 4 00 Pachuca...... 9 1 1 9 9, 9, 1 189 81 1,200 140 8 1 2 1 80 8 647 i 1 188 2 8,000 3 24,000 »3.%0ÓÓ 40 00 54 00 308 00 287 ÓÓ Beal del Monte...... 9 î 1 52 80220 70 16 2 2 1 S4 1 80 1 5,000 1 600 10 00 1 1 00 100 00 1 9 «8 97 270 100 8 8 2 58 3 51 1 8,000 4 00 4 00 '2 ÓÒ 1 1 4 68 994 800 100 1 3 82 2 35 3 i 1,500 'èóó 10 00 14 00 20 W 15 1)0 9 1 15 50 70 80 2 200 2 00 2 00 9 î 9 15 50 100 40 8 'i i,6óó i 1,500 6 00 9 00 2 ÓÓ 8 1 82 92 270 200 1 45 i io 'i 7 00 32 ÓÓ " Mountain District. 8 9, 1 1 57 45 12 5 60 3 in 8 122 3 72 1 1,000 1 1,450 6 00 7 00 40 00 56 00 1 1 1 6 7 25 15 1 20 ' i 10 00 8 1 48 15 180 25 4 4 1 iö 2 85 'i ¿25 2 i ’4 ÓO 6 ÓÓ 15 00 20 ÓÓ 1 1 12 15 12 9, 2 00 San Felipe...... 4 9 1 56 64 150 45 8 1 37 ’ 2 40 "i 250 5 00 ió ÓÓ 40 ÓÓ ió ÓÓ 70 ÓÓ 9, 1 26 12 48 80 15 5 2 85 10 00 35 00 1 9 1 1 1 1 8 24 16 3 1 2 130 1 70 'i ___ ió ÓÓ è ÓÓ 30 00 40 00 8 1 1 14 S?2 100 12 6 1 1 88 2 4 00 2 00 18 00 12 00 5 9, 8 8 208 26 252 64 7 6 2 94 '2 170 1 2,ÓÓÓ 1 5 00 6 00 35 00 22 00 2 1 18 19 60 29 2 26 2 2 00 3 00 2 00 8 1 1 8 8 20 800 105 10 8 l i é 2 144 '2 9,850 1 'i e’òòò 45 00 è ÓÓ 58 00 76 00 Oaxaca District. fl 1 7 87 110 60 8 1 25 2 4 00 4 00 88 00 11 1 1' 110 80 850 135 25 11 2 hi 2 50 2 2 l’ÓÒÓ 5 00 5 00 20 ÓÓ 10 00 9. 1 2 8 118 85 200 60 4 7 1 69 1 90 ' i 5,0ÓÒ 2 20,000 5 00 1 5 00 8 00 *2 ÓÓ 40 00 8 1 86 99 170 65 5 10 6 I 50 2 4 00 8 00 1 5 00 26 00 7 2 2 21 66 155 85 9 9 8 8 144 2 57 •• ‘ 2 ¿ÔÔÔ 4 00 3 00 83 00 Vera Cruz District. 1 1 1 60 70 150 65 7 6 1 80 1 68 j 1 1,480 1 200 8 00 5 00 80 00 70 00 15 00 25 20 20 00 10 00 9, i 29 15 88 80 8 9, 9 1 1 ‘i 3 00 8 00 1 30 90 20 00 Î 2 1 1 60 9 850 56 1 » 1 60 ‘i 56 'i 5,ÓÓÓ 'i 6,060 80 ÓÓ 20 ÓÓ 354 00 80 ÓÓ 1 50 40 20 00 Total...... 12ft 7 1 \ 4 8 4 17 8 4 99 8 14 2,499 2 .2 11 10 ,15 0 8,178 "82 88 19 1 8 17 186 55 3,920 54 2,876 11 4 32 180,875 88 34 175,550 171,700 796 00 584 00 16,2SS 00 1,5 3 1 00 2,344 00 Last year...... 119 ' 7 V 6 801486 57 2 2 5 2.195 2,241 9.409 8,150 858 2 15 172 4 1%192 53 8,785 55 2.656 112 84 126.600 86 26 178,150 153.050 755 001 667 00’ 15,042 00 846 00 4,299 00 The Theological School at Puebla has 1 teacher and 4 students. The Press in Mexico city published 80,100 volumes and 3,726,100 pages. N ona.—1. All amounts in Mexican silver. S. Includes $18,000 value Mission Press, and W . F. M. S. $63,000. 3. School fees, $J,1Q0, 4. Owned partly by both Societies. 5. W . F. M. S., $£5,000. €• Methodist Institute, $2,769* Girl«’ School, $3,601. 7. School fees, $1,300, 8. Medical feel. 9, W . F. M. S. property, 1898.] Domestic Missions. 309 DOMESTIC MISSIONS. ALASKA. Bishop McCabe has Episcopal Supervision. T he General Missionary Committee at its meeting in November, 1898, appropriated $1,970 to Alaska, and also made a conditional appropriation of $2,000, which Bishop McCabe is authorized to raise from special gifts. No report has been received from this Mission. ARIZONA. Bishop Hurst has Episcopal Supervision. T he Arizona Mission was commenced in 1869, and includes the Terri tory of Arizona. The seventeenth Annual Meeting was held at Tucson, Ariz., September 29 to October x, 1898, Bishop Hurst presiding. There were reported 676 members and 39 probationers, a decrease of 88. The following were the appointments : Superintendent, S. A. Thomson, D.D. (P. O., Phoenix, Ariz.). Bisbee and Benson, David Roberts. Flagstaff, J. M. Baxter. Glendale, O. S. Frambes. Globe, E. O. Mclntier. Kingman, I. G. Sigler. Prescott, C. K. Jenness. Phoenix, E I). McCreary. Phoenix Circuit, E. G. Alderman. Safford and Solomonville, F. \V. Downs. Tempe and Mesa, S. L. Guthrie. Tucson, E. R. Foley. Williams and Ashfork, A. M. Gibbons. Wilcox and Pearcc, sup plied by Oscar Gibson. Winslow and Holbrook, N. H. Bartlett. White Hills, W. G. Blakely. Yuma and Fortuna, J. A. Crouch. Dr. S. A. Thomson, superintendent, reports : Arizona is one of the most interesting sections of our great country. Its mountains are stored with mineral wealth, its plains furnish the finest grazing lands in the world, its valleys a wealth of soil unparalleled, capable under proper conditions of producing vast crops of almost endless variety. The forests of Arizona are vast and valuable. The Grand Canyon of the Colorado is one of the wonders of the world. The hill tops, plains, and valleys abound with the ruins and relics of an ancient civilization. The people are cultured, energetic, and enterprising, turning the deserts into gardens and bringing forth the mineral wealth of the mountains for the use of civiliza tion. Generous provision is made for the education of the youth in the common and higher branches of learning. We look with pride on our 3io Missionary Report. [ 1 898. Territorial University and Normal School, and that two of the educated sons of Methodism preside over these institutions is a source of pleasure and an assurance of faithful, competent work. In this condensed report it is difficult to give anything but the most important facts concerning our work. In the latter part of February the health of Rev. W. T . Cook, pastor at Glendale, failed. In the early part of April he returned to Mich igan, and before the end of the month he passed triumphantly from labor to reward. Rev. A. M. Ogborn, of Southern California Conference, faith fully served the charge to the close of the year. In material affairs we re port progress. At Phoenix a great work has been done. Nearly three thousand dollars has been paid on the principal and interest of the large debt that has oppressed our people there and threatened the safety of our valuable property. A note of $7,000, bearing twelve per cent, has been changed to one bearing five per cent. A fine new brick parsonage of nine rooms, with all modern improvements, has been erected, one fifth of the cost paid, the ^balance funded at low interest for three years, giving time to pay the larger part of the church debt before the parsonage note is due. Dr. E . D. McCreary, by his financial skill and wise management, has done a great work in Phoenix. At Tucson an old debt of $850 has been pro vided for by part being paid, and the balance, according to the terms of subscription, will be paid before the end of December, 1899. A t Flagstaff and Williams installments have been paid on old debts, and before the close of the present year we hope all will be paid. Improvements have been made at Prescott and Winslow, and paid for. At Yuma a good par sonage has been built and paid for. A t Globe improvements have been made on church and parsonage to the amount of $400. No debts. We confidently look for good work at Globe this year. Revival services have been held in several of the charges, which resulted in the quickening of the churches and an increase of the membership. All the charges have good Sunday schools, well attended, faithfully taught, and carefully managed. In most, if not in all, our own literature is used. Epworth and Junior Leagues are formed wherever possible, doing efficient work in their respective fields under capable leadership. We reopen an old charge—Wilcox—and add Pearce to it. Here we trust, by the blessing of God, to see our church established and made a great blessing to the people. We open a new field at the beginning of this year—Bisbee, a mining town of about five thousand inhabitants, and no church but the Roman Catholic in the place. A chaplain paid by the mining company conducts what is called a “ Union Church ” in a h a ll; no organization, no progressive effort, no conversions, no success on line worthy the name of success. We propose, in the name of God and in the name of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to enter this town, plant our banner, and stay as long as the population stays. We have an increase of one in the working force of the Mission, making the total number employed 17. I have faithfully and carefully performed the duties pertaining to my position. I am thankful to God for grace, mercy, and help, and to my brethren for their cooperation. 1898.] Atlantic. 311 Statistics of Arizona Mission, October, 1898. Alhambra Flagstaff, Gila Bend Glendale Globe Kinginan Phoenix Prescott Safford and Solomonville... Tempe and Mesa...... Tombstone and Benson...... Tucson...... White Hills...... Williams, SO 1 2,000 1! Wilcox so ; l son ..I Winslow...... 175 1. 2,000 Y uma and Furtuna SO l! 1,300 1 600 T otal...... 39 676 39: 14 22 172 l,4Sl[ 16. $73,700 US, 250 Last vear . 69 734' 381 9 2S 201 1.541j 15 79,500 ' 13.050 Receipts for pastors’ support, |10,07S ; presiding elders, $346; bishops, $24 ; current expenses of churches, $1,275; cHrrent, expenses of Sunday schools, $597 ; Missions, $859; Church Exten sion, $102; Sunday School Union, $15; Tract Society, $18; Freedmen’s Aid, $35; Education, $160; American Bible Society, $ 11 ; Missionary Debt, $118. MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS. Bisbee and Benson $500 Phoenix Circuit...... $50 Winslow aud Holbrook. $350 Flagstaff...... 300Safford and Solomonvil le 375 Yuma...... 300 G lendale...... 350Tempe and Mesa 350 Superintendent...... 1,400 Globe...... &t0Tucson...... 350 Missions, 14; Money, $6,000. Kingman...... 300Williams and Ashfork.. 3501 Prescott...... 375Wilcox and Pearce 300! ATLANTIC Bishop M allalieu has Episcopal Supervision. T h e Atlantic Mission Conference is in North Carolina. It was organized September 23, 1896. Previously it was a part of the Blue Ridge Confer ence. The Annual Meeting was held in Morehead City, N. C., October 6-9, 1898, Bishop Mallalieu presiding. J. L. Stevenson was transferred to the West Virginia Conference. Charles F. Hunter, Evan J. Midgett, Moody L. Chappell, James M. Smith, and Jesse V. Moore were received on trial. There were reported 1,354 members and 212 probationers, an increase of 461. The following were the appointments : Superintendent, W. Q. A. Graham, D.D. (P. O., Marshallberg, N. C.). Avon, J. T. Hardesty. Beaufort, J. V. Moore. Bethel, C. M. Levister. Bethlehem (P. O., Marshallberg), J. A. Sisk. Chowhan, M. L. Chappell. Elizabeth City, C. F. Hunter. Morehead City, T. S. Davis. Northampton, U. S. White. Ocracoke, U. S. Crowder. Parmele, L. Jackson. Pates, J. F. Usrey. Rowlands, H. H. Lowrey. Washington, J. M. Smith. Wildwood, E. J. Midgett. Winfall, J. B. Bridgets. 312 Missionary Report. [1898. Rev. W. Q. A. Graham, D.D., superintendent, reports Along the line of soul-saving this has been a glorious year. Last Con ference found us in the midst of a glorious revival, and we began this year with the victor’s shout and the conqueror’s stride, and have been raising the banner higher each month up to this present time. As a result, more than a thousand souls have been saved and sanctified at our altars and more than five hundred members have been added to the Church. To God be all the glory through Jesus our Lord. We have this year also begun a campaign of church building. One excellent church has been completed free of debt at Parmele, Pitt County, and two others are in process of erection on the Parmele Charge. One has been built at a cost of $600 at Morehead City. Several others are in process of erection. One at Elizabeth City, two on the Winfall Circuit, one on the Rowlands Circuit, with others that will be begun this fall. Our educational work is not developing as well as we could wish. Some local causes at the seat of our academy seem to call for some special action by this Conference. This will, however, come before us at a later period in its appropriate form. Still, our school has done fairly well. We enrolled 98 pupils last year, and the prospect is good for us to exceed that number this year. S t a t i s t i c s A t l a n t i c M is s io n C o n f e r e n c e , O c t o b e r , ii 1 CHARGES. i -1 G> il 1 1 1 I L Avon...... 100 1 .. ..! 2 3,$2,0110 1 Beaufort...... Go ! .. 1 1 1,500 1 Bethlehem...... 10: 161 2 .. S 1, 100 1 2,00(1 1 Chowhan...... 33 50 50 Elizabeth City ...... 6 24: J 4 •3 Î 65 i 'éôo Morehead City...... 9 120! 20 4 1 80 1 1.0 00 Ocracoke...... 50 137, 2: .. 1 150! 1 1.2 00 1 Parmele and Goldsboro.. 25! Î 50 l .. 50; 3 125! 1 G00 P a te s ...... 23; 216: 4 .. 40' 5 275, 3 500 Rowlands...... IS: 93 2, .. 10 .. Bwansboro...... 4‘ 75 7! 1 40 ! è 900 Wildwood...... 2; 2:5 ; ll 1 40 ; 1 200 Winfall...... 30 115 ‘i 9 4 2 300 Total...... 212; 1.354 13 24 182 22 IS 10,800 4 Last year. 147 957 12 30 29! 18! 16 9,600 8 Paid on building1 and improving, $1,220 : present indebtedness, $1,019; collected for Missions, SI 13; Church Extension, $7; Sunday School Union, $ 1 ; Tract Society, $4; Freedmen’s Aid, §1; ministerial support, $1,208 ; current expenses, $145. MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS. Beaufort...... $40|Newbern — ...... $60 Wildwood...... $60 B ethel...... 100 Northampton...... 80 W in fall...... 40 Chowhan...... 60 Washington...... 300 Missions, 12 ; Money, $850. Elizabeth City...... 180 P ate s...... 60 Uorebead City...... 50'Rowlands...... 30 1898.] Gulf. 3*3 GULF. Bishop M errill has Episcopal Supervision. T he Mission embraces East Texas and Southwest Louisiana. It was commenced in May, 1888, organized as a Mission in January, 1893, and organized as a Mission Conference January 21, 1897. The Annual Meet ing was held in Crowley, La., February 3-7, 1898, Bishop Ninde presiding. There were 1,456 members and 202 probationers, an increase of 622. The following were the appointments : Superintendent, Cyrus A. King (P. O., Lake Charles, La.). Baldwin, C. K. Woodson. Beaumont and Taylors Bayou, L. Hoffpaiur. Crowley, supplied by C. W. Campbell. Ebenezer, P. C. Chaney. French Mission, P. J. Robidoux. Gueydan and Midland, T. Wilson. Jennings, L. W. Elkins. Lake Charles, J. G. Campbell. Lakeview, E. L. Wells. La Porte, supplied by E. L. Ashmore. Pine Woods, A. C. Williamson. Port Arthur, C. P. W. Wimberly. Raymond and Oberlin, supplied by J. F. Ross. Welsh and Fenton, supplied by^A. Wilkinson. Woodville, Tex., J. L. Wyche. Superintendent King made the following report February 3, 1898: The partial failure of crops, low price of cotton, and yellow fever scare, together with the long quarantine, have greatly hindered the progress of our work in some directions. Churches and congregations which would have been housed remain houseless. Ministers who would have been comfortably domiciled in parsonages have been compelled to pay rent out of meager salaries. Church debts which would have been canceled, to the relief of our societies as well as the Church Extension Board, remain unpaid, or at best only partially lifted. Bishop Walden one year ago arranged the work into 17 circuits and stations, to which were appointed as many men and a superintendent. Shortly after Conference new fields opened demanding our work, and the superintendent has organized during the year four new charges. We now have 21 charges supplied by 20 men and the superintendent. The Minutes of 1897 show a membership, including probationers, of 1,306. Our present membership, including probationers, is little, if any, less than 1,700. We had one year ago 8 church buildings valued at $9,200. We now have 12 church buildings valued at a little less than $19,000—a good advance. In Sabbath schools and Sabbath work there has been commendable advancement. The statistics show: Members, 1,456; probationers, 202; children baptized, 1 1 3 ; adults baptized, 89; Sunday school scholars, 1,322; value of churches, $19,000; of parsonages, $1,650; paid for buildings and im provements, $ 7 ,4 3 9 ; on debt, $828 ; present indebtedness, $2,210; pastoral support, $3,191 ; collected for Missions, $163 ; other benevolences, $236; current expenses, $630. Missionary Report. [1898. MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS. Lake Charles District — $200. Pine Woods...... $50 Marshall District...... $200 Beaumont and Taylors Port Arthur...... 50 Hughes Springs...... 100 Bayou...... 95 Raymond and Oberlin... 75 M arshall...... Ebenezer...... 100 Welsh and Fenton...... 75 Mahon ...... French Mission...... 500 W oodville...... 75 Provencal...... 50 Gueydan and Midland... 50 French Work (Bible Missions, 20 : Monev. $2,120. Lake Charles...... 100 reader)...... 50 Lakeview...... 75 French Work (superin La Porte...... 75 tendent)...... 50 NEVADA. Bishop Hurst has Episcopal Supervision. T h e Nevada Mission was commenced in 1864, and includes the State of Nevada and a part of California. The Annual Meeting was held at Carson City, Nev., August 25-28, 1898, Bishop Hurst presiding. There were reported 1,016 members and 181 probationers, an increase of 45. The following were the appointments : Superintendent, E. W. Van Deventer, D.D. (P. O., Reno, Nev.). Austin and Battle Mountain, George H. Greenfield. Bishop, A. Lester Hazlett. Bodie, S. W. Albone. Carson, J. M. Wilson. Cedarville, W. F. McClure. Davis Creek, supplied by Richard Fysh. Fall River, supplied by A. De Witt Welty. Genoa, Joseph Johns. Greenville, Theodore Taylor. Independence, John J. Pardee. Lovelocks, W. N. Bott. Loyalton, T. II. Nicholas. Mason Valley, G S. Hatcher. Quincy, Fred R. Winsor. Reno, F. C. Lee. Ruby Hill, supplied by Joseph Arthur. Susanville, J. H. Rosen. Truckee, John Telfer. Tuscarora, to be supplied. Virginia, George C. King. Wellington, W. H. Childs. Winnemucca, M. Grant Hamm. Superintendent Van Deventer reports: Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. The end of another year’s journey has been reached ; the paths leading thereto are diversified. Pleasantness and peace have abounded. Peace, however, has not been void of conflict, .nor yet have pleasures been want ing in sacrifice. Battles, then victories. “ First pure, then peaceable.” Shadow and sunshine have alternated. But the light has been so much more than the darkness that the mountain peaks have been visible all the way. The common experience is : “ He leadeth me. Where he leads I will follow. ” The most of our ministers have enjoyed a fair degree of health, and were never more contented and happy in their work. The year has been fairly prosperous ; some progress has been made. Honest work, self-sacrifice, merit success. A m o n g t h e C h u r c h e s . A u stin . A. Lester Hazlett came to this charge from the Northwest Kansas Conference. He is a capable, earnest, and popular preacher and pastor. He has the confidence and respect of his people. The congrega tions have been good throughout the year, often filling the large audi torium. Special services were held ; a few were converted, several uniting 1898.] Nevada. with the church. The Sunday school and Epworth League are doing well. An iron roof has been placed upon the vestry. The parsonage has been newly carpeted and the interior neatly painted. Cost of improve ments, about $100. Battle Mountain. The work is much the same as last year. Little, if any, advance has been made. Special services were held; a few were converted, and accessions were reported. Finances are depressed. The pastor has done what he could; his support has not been adequate. B ishop. The Inyo Academy, which was turned over to Mr. A. Banta by the trustees to satisfy the mortgage, has been purchased for a Methodist church and parsonage. The purpose of our church officials was to dis pose of the old parsonage and church property and apply the proceeds on the purchase of the new building. The original cost of the academy build ing was about $12,000; the purchase price was $3,250, Brother Banta donating $500. This new edifice will house all the interests of Methodism for the next fifty years. The debt on the church at Big Pine has been nearly, if not all, paid. Bodie and Bridgeport. Some improvements have been made on church and parsonage property. The Sunday school is prosperous. The church work is reported about as usual. Davis Creek. A new church has been erected at Cottonwood, 28x45 feet in size, ceiling 20 feet, on a Church Extension plan. When completed it. will cost $1,800. We hope to have it finished by early autumn. No debt will be incurred. It is now inclosed, and is used for worship. The location is fortunate, being midway between Willow Ranch and State Line, accommodating two prosperous and growing communities. Special serv ices have been held, with good results. Many were converted and united with the church. The whole charge is substantially strengthened. Two years ago we had no church property on this work; now we have two church buildings, valued at over $3,000. A parsonage w’ill follow soon. Carson. The parsonage has been improved, floors newly carpeted, walls papered, with two additional rooms, adding both to the value of the building and to the comfort of the pastor and his family. The cost of repairs is about $200, all paid. Cedarville. Some repairs on church and parsonage have been made, costing about $65. No particular change from last year in church work. The pastor has worked faithfully, holding special services for several weeks, with some spiritual results. The benevolences have improved much. Missionary collection greatly increased ; for Missionary debt, $20. Prayer meetings and congregations good. Fall River. Some debts have been paid. Parsonage painted both on the interior and exterior. A good well of water now greets the kitchen door. Expense of improvements, about $100; the pastor doing most of the work. Genoa. The $300 debt on the church at Gardnerville has been paid, and the church dedicated. Faithful and acceptable work has been done. Good has been accomplished. George H. Greenfield, the pastor, came to us Missionary Report. [1898. from the Philadelphia Conference, fresh from the Iliff School of Theology. He is a young man of ability, and is well equipped for his chosen work. Greenville. Two dwelling houses were purchased and moved to the parsonage lot, near the church. Joined together they make a comfortable parsonage home, with five rooms, worth at least $500. The parsonage has been papered, painted, and fairly well furnished. This settles the per plexing question of rent. Special services at each of the three appoint ments were held, in all covering about ten weeks of time. Much good was done. More than a score of souls were brought to the Saviour. Among them are some of the influential families. The pastor has thor oughly cultivated his field of toil, as any good rancher would cultivate his ranch, and a rich harvest was gathered. Independence. The work has gone on as usual, the pastor attending to his accustomed duties. While the desired prosperity has not been re alized, yet there is room for encouragement. Lovelocks. A new kitchen and screen porch have been added to the parsonage, costing $100. This was a much-needed improvement, and will give comfort to the pastor and family. The pastor has found a way to the hearts of the people, and is doing them good. Pastoral visitation and pray ing in the homes of the people have brought the families of the charge into a much better appreciation of the church services. Finances have im proved. Benevolences will be up in full. Loyalton. Encouraging progress has been made. About twenty con versions and accessions. A new lease of life is given to our church in Sierra Valley. The new parsonage is finished, paid for, and fairly well furnished. Property in Loyalton insured. Only a small debt remaining against the parsonage in Sierraville. Congregations good. Services spir itual. Pastor is happy; so are the people. Mason Valley. The pastor, Joseph Johns, closes up five years of serv ice. These years of faithful and unremitting toil have been marked by steady progress. There has been no great demonstration at any time, but a good and permanent work has been wrought. Quincy. The pastor has rendered capable and acceptable service. Re vival meetings continuing for several weeks were held, with good results. Some few were converted and united with the church. Some improve ments have been made on the parsonage. The church has improved in all departments of work. Reno. No particular changes to note. Congregations throughout the year have averaged well. Epworth League faithful and loyal. Fifty dol lars have been pledged on the Missionary debt. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society has prospered, making three life members. Ruby H ill. Since the death of Brother Dunstan in December last the responsibilities of the work have fallen on Brother Arthur; he has borne them manfully, and succeeded well. A series of revival meetings brought about thirty souls to the Saviour. The Sunday school does a good service. Susanville. Stained glass has been placed in the windows of the church, adding to the attractiveness of this already esteemed place of worship. 1898.] Nevada. 317 An effort is now being made to enlarge the edifice so it will accommodate its large and growing congregations. The prospects for success are good. Ti'uckee. Parsonage better furnished. Aside from this there is not much, if any, change in the work. The pastor preaches to very fair con gregations. The Sunday school is doing quite well. Tuscarora. Some signs of life in the camp. The church edifice has been repaired at a cost of about $50, which is fully met. The young ladies are keeping up the Sunday school, and are doing well. V irg in ia . Rev. J. R. Gregory resigned the pastorate of this charge the last of November. Rev. D. S. Ullrick, of the University of the Pacific, was at once secured as a supply. Brother Ullrick is a.native of the Silver State and the first native preacher in the Nevada Mission. He entered upon his work with strong faith and good heart. The parsonage was put into good living condition at considerable expense, and paid for. The benevolences will be up in full, with $45 pledged on the Missionary debt. Most earnest and faithful work has been done, with fair results. Street meetings and revival meetings in the church have been blessed to the con version of a number of souls. Wellington. A new barn has been built, porch added to the parson age, and other improvements of minor importance made. Church services have gone along very pleasantly. Winnemucca. The church has met with a sad loss in the death of three of its trusted and highly esteemed sisters—Mistresses Robins, Davey, and Earp. Our loss is their gain. Material interests have prospered. A spiritual quickening is enjoyed. A revival in Paradise brought several into fellow ship with the church. Cost of improvements on parsonage and churches reaches quite $600. Little, if any, debt remains. P r o g r e s s . Facts as well as actions speak louder than words. In 1884 the Nevada Mission took form. The Minutes of that year show : Churches, 20; par sonages, 19; ministers, 14 ; church members, including probationers, 697 ; Sunday schools, 24; scholars of all ages, 1,16 5 ; money raised for mis sions, S276. The highest amount given by any charge for missions was $40. Total benevolent collections, $426. Compare this with the showing of the Minutes of last year, 1897: Churches, 34; increase, 14. Parson ages, 22; increase, 3. Church members, including probationers, 1,156; increase, 459. Sunday schools, 46; increase, 22. Scholars of all ages, 2,257; increase, 1,092. Money raised for missions, $1,224; increase, $948. The highest amount given by any charge was $260; increase, $220. In 1884 the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society was credited with $3 ; last year it was credited with $9 1 ; increase, $88. Fifty dollars more missionary money last year wTould have put every charge into the first class. I hope every charge will be received in the first class this year, and that our full apportionment of the Missionary debt will also be paid. With these facts before us, and remembering this advance has been made on a waning population, caused by the depression in silver, one 318 Missionary Report. [1898. of the great products of our country, we surely have reason for thanking God and taking courage. STATISTICAL SUMMARY. Mission members i ?n ...... : ...... 2 ( in full connection...... 1 6 — 1 8 Local preachers...... 9 Church membership •] ?n Probation...... i 8 r r ( in lull connection...... 1 ,0 1 6 — 1,19 7 .. ( children...... Baptisms j aduUs...... 7 6 7 9 — 1 5 5 Deaths...... 1 7 Number of churches...... 35 Number of parsonages...... 2 3 Probable value of churches...... $ 67,400 Probable value of parsonages...... 18 ,900— $ 8 6 ,3 0 0 Paid on old indebtedness on church property...... $ 2 , 3 3 2 Present indebtedness on church property...... $ 2 , 1 8 3 f Pastors \ house rent...... $ 2,600 Ministerial support J „ . . < r3-665 1 r superintendent...... 727 [B ishop...... 72— $ 17,064 Conference claimants...... 87 From i churches...... $851 j Sunday schools...... 272 {tp ( W. F. M. S ...... 172 ForlW.H.M.S...... 19 - $ 1,3 14 Collected for Church Extension...... $ 13 ° Collected for Tract Society...... 10 Collected for American Bible Society...... 42 Collected for Sunday School Union...... 13 Collected for Freedmen’s A id & South’nEduc’n Soc. 22 Collected for Education \ ¡ g F « nd ¿8 ( (t>) Public collection 25 Other collections...... 108- Expenses of Sunday schools...... $ 1,078 Expenses of churches...... 1 ,583— $ 2,661 Number of Sunday schools...... 42 Number of officers and teachers...... 338 Number of scholars...... 2,227 Number of conversions in Sunday schools...... 93 MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS. Superintendent $1,000 Fall R iver...... & Quincy...... $150 Austin & Battle Mount’n 140 Genoa...... 200 Truckee...... 190 Bishop...... 190 G reenville...... 200 Virginia...... 140 Carson...... 300 Independence...... 150 Wellington...... 190 Cedarville...... 150 Lovelocks...... 200 Winnemucca...... 150 Davis Creek...... 100 Mason Valley...... 150 Missions, 16; Money, $3,800 I898.J New Mexico English. 319 NEW MEXICO ENGLISH. Bishop Hurst has Episcopal Supervision. T h e New Mexico English Mission was commenced in 1850. It includes the territory of New Mexico and the county of El Paso, Tex. The Annual Meeting was held at Silver City, N. Mex., October 6-9,1898, Bishop Hurst presiding. There were reported 719 members and 66 probationers, an in crease of 38. The following were the appointments : Superintendent, A. P. Morrison, D.D. (P. O., Albuquerque, N. Mex.). Alama Gordo, A. A. Hyde. Albuquerque, J. W. Robinson. Chama, F. M. Day. El Paso, A. M. Lumpkin. Española, to be supplied. Folsom and Johnson’s Mesa, J. \V. Sinnock. Las Cruces, Hillsboro, Kingston, J. A. Mussell. Las Vegas, John F. Kellogg. Pinos Altos, J. G. Ruoff. Raton, Adolph Hoff man. Santa Fe, G. S. Madden. Silver City, J. G. Hall. Springer, to be supplied. We have no report from the superintendent. Statistics of New Mexico English Mission, October, 1898. © il £ 0 O V Ç CÛ T ~ CHARGES. i £ Ô s' ! g 0 !/- .2 * a 's: v ~ = 0 £ § = =• B 5- Sfi C ,c = i * ! É £ cî 3 ^ B't Ph ----- UÄ <;eq t/2 cn OH OQOQ 0 — — Ï- r* î* cjOSj Albuquerque...... 11 1 2 5 1 1 21 1 2 5 1 04.5(H) 1 $2.50(1 $ .. . Blossburg...... 11 26 19 1 95 2 2.00(1 .. 500 Cliama...... 3 18 2 9 55 1 1.500, 1 80(11 51 El Paso...... 10 95 1 1 1 14 129 1 3,000. 1 2,50(i; 50 Española (last vear)...... 1 1,000'.. Kingston and Üillsboro...... 1 IT 1 2 15 60 •1 4.700 .. 7i) Las ve Receipts for pastors’ support, $6,465; presiding elder, $490; bishops, $44; current expenses of churches, $1,968; current expenses of Sunday schools, $531; Missions, $713; Church Extension, $84; Sunday School Union, $ 1 6 ; Tract Society, $ 1C; F rm lin en’s Aid, $55; Education, $400, American Bible Society, $29 ; Woman's Home Missionary Society, $38; other benevolences, $202. MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS. Superintendent...... $l,200;Las Cruces, etc...... $400|Silver C ity...... $250 Alama Gordo...... 600iPinos Altos...... 255jSpringer...... 800 Albuquerque...... 350 Ra to n ...... 425 Missions, 10; Money, $5,080. Chama...... 300 Santa Fè ...... 500 El Paso...... 450, I 320 Missionary Report. . [1898. NEW MEXICO SPANISH. Bishop Hurst has Episcopal Supervision. T h e New Mexico Spanish Mission embraces the Spanish-speaking peo ple of New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona^ E l Paso in Texas, and the states of Chihuahua and Sonora in Mexico. The Mission was commenced in 1850, organized in 1875, organized as a Mission Conference in 1892. The Conference was held at E l Paso, Tex., October 13, 1898, Bishop Hurst presiding. The following were the appointments : Superintendent, Thomas Harwood, D.D. (P. O., Albuquerque, N. Mex.). A lbuquerque D istrict.— T. M. Harwood, P. E. Albuquerque, J. S. Martinez. Albuquerque Circuit, to be supplied. Bernalillo and Cerrillos, Pablo Salazar. Chilili and Manzano, A. C. Gonzales. La Joya and Sabinal, Santiago Chavez. Magdalena and Kelly, D. Costales. Peralta and Los Lunas, L. Fernandez. San Marcial and San Antonio, E. C. Salazar. Socorro Escondida, Dionicio Costales. Valverde and San Pedro, Bias Gutierrez. E l Paso D istrict.—Thomas Harwood, P. E. Dona Ana and Mesilla Valley, E. Flores. El Paso and Towne, Silvestre Garcia. Garfield and Rincon, to be supplied. Hatch, Deming, Mimbres, and Silver City, T. Chavez. Hillsboro, Las Animas, and Lake Valley, Bias Chavez. Juarez and Santa Rosalia, F. B. Garcia. Las Cruces and Mesilla, Epigmenio Flores. Palomas Circuit, J. Rochas. Solomonville and Sanchez, Ariz., to be supplied. Tucson and Mag-- dalena, Ariz., M. Serna. Wilcox and Bisbee, Ariz., to be supplied. Yuma, Ariz., to be supplied. Santa Fé D istrict.—J. B. Sanchez, P. E. (P. O., Santa Fé, N. Mex.). Rio Hondo, Camilo Varos. Santa Barbara, J. A. Vijil. Conejos and Monte Vista, Colo., J. C. Chavez. Costilla, Cerro, and San Luis, Romulo Suazo. Dulce and Apache Res, Cruz Martinez. Española and Abiquiu, L. Vargas. Jewitt and Navajo, to be supplied. Peñasco and Llano, Bartolomé Gonzales. Taos and Ranchito, Eulogio Montoya. Sante Fé, J. B. Sanchez. L as V egas D istrict.—L. Frampton, P. E. (P. O., TiptonviHe, N. Mex.). Gin arron and Vermejo, Andres A. Maes. Frampton and Tramperos, Leandro Romero. Las Vegas and Antonchico, Agapito Mares. Martinez and Black Lakes, to be supplied. Ocate and Lucero, E. J. Flores. Raton and Springer, Juan Sandoval. TiptonviHe and Watros, L. Frampton. Wagon Mound, Samuel Padilla. Dr. Thomas Harwood, superintendent, reports as follows : Hurried as we are, and as anxious as you are for full but brief and condensed reports, yet I must take time to express thanks to our kind heavenly Father for his continued mercies over us in general and for per mitting his unworthy servant to enter on his thirtieth year in this Mission field. I. Four districts. In reading the above appointments you w ill notice that we now have four presiding elder districts—Albuquerque, E l Paso, Las Vegas, and Santa Fé. These districts are nearly equal in size in the number of appointments and in population, except E l Paso. This embraces E l Paso and about a I89B.J New Mexico Spanish. 321 hundred miles up the Rio Grande and railroad, through the fertile valley of Mesilla and Las Cruces to Rincon. Rincon is about one hundred miles south of the nearest point in the Albuquerque District and at the foot of the Jornado del Muerto (journey of death). Thence westward, embracing Hatch, Deming, and Silver City, on the railroad, and Palamas, Garfield, Las Animas, and Hillsboro, off the road. All the above named are in New Mexico, except E l Paso. Thence into Arizona, embracing Solomon- ville, Las Ranches de Los Sanchez, and Las Delicias on the Gila River. Thence back to the Southern Pacific Railway and westward to Wilcox, thence to Bisbee, thence back to the said railway and on to Tucson, and thence to Yuma, on the Colorado River and on the California and Arizona line. Also the states of Sonora and Chihuahua in Mexico. We were pleased to notice favorable mention of our Mission by Bishop Hurst and others at the late General Missionary Meeting, and that the appropriations were increased $200 for the regular Missions and $250 for school work. I had already commenced to hope for more aggressive work in the states of Chihuahua and Sonora. Of course I knew that $200 could not help much in establishing work in the above-named fields, but almost before our hope had taken shape the next papers showed a trimming down of our appropriations to $35, instead of $200, increase over last year. But we must not complain, as that might seem like ingratitude— a sin of which we never want to be guilty. But we beg the bishops and the Missionary Society and the Church in general to remember that this is no more our work than theirs, only that we on the picket line feel the responsibility of the work as those at home cannot. It is not correct, as stated by a prominent layman at your late General Meeting at Providence, that the “ New Mexico Spanish Mission has less population now than it had a few years ago,” and “ therefore the appro priation ought to be less.” The exact population no one can know, of course, until the next census is taken, but the governor and other advocates for New Mexico statehood, basing the population on the increased school census, put it from 75,000 to 100,000 more people than we had in 1890. If so, they must be nearly all Mexican people, as American immigration has been very light for several years. But adding Chihuahua, with a population of 225,941 in 1882, and Sonora, with a population of 115.424 as taken in 1882, we have more than three times the Mexican population we had in 1892, when our appropriation was $2,000 more than now. We then had one superintendent or presiding elder and 31 appointments. We now have one superintendent, who also has a district, and three other presiding elders, each a district with 41 different appointments. 2, Camp meetings and a summer school. During the year I made two general visits over the other districts. I attended a camp meeting in each district, one at Toas, on the Santa F 6 District, where I saw some 14 con versions and accessions into the church. The meeting was under the management of Rev. J. S. Sanchez, the new presiding elder, who is a great favorite among his brethren. I attended a camp meeting also on 21 322 Missionary Report. [1898. the-Las Vegas District. At that there were four conversions and two children baptized. At the Summer School at Las Cruces, on the Albu querque District, there were several conversions and accessions to the church—old-fashioned revival fire. 3. The Sunday schools are growing in numbers and efficiency, owing greatly to the use of the Berean Lessons, which we publish from our own press in Spanish. 4. The Mission schools are also an important factor in our work. The Boys’ Biblical and Industrial School, held in the Albuquerque College building in this city, is still encouraging. We call the school industrial, but the only industrial feature connected with it up to date is the printing plant, on which we print E l Abogado Cristiano, the Sun day school lessons, our own Conference Minutes, tracts, etc., all of which seem a power for good among our Mexican people. Right here we beg space to say “ Mill gracias”—a thousand thanks—to the Tract Society for $250 the past year to aid us in our publications. For some years we have hoped to purchase some land near the city for a better site for the school. A year ago we ventured the purchase of 48 acres of fenced land at $35 per acre. The land is now paid for, $1,740, and deeded to the trustees of the Albuquerque College, with the reserved right to use all the land (except 10 acres for college campus) for an industrial farm for young men studying for the Spanish ministry. It is hoped that when this land is under a good state of cultivation, with fruit, garden, bees, poultry, a few cows, etc., in connection with the publishing interest, these will aid much in sustaining a few young men studying for the ministry. In addi tion to the purchase of said land, we have also had 16 acres plowed. We feel that the Lord has wonderfully blessed us in this new departure. Three of our biblical students entered the Conference at our last session. A few have also offered themselves for missionary work in our new Spanish-speaking possessions. Other Mission schools have been held during the y e a r: at Peralta, Martinez, Castella, one near Taos, one near Española, one at San Marcial Old Town, and one at Dona Ana. The schools of the Woman’s Home Missionary Society are a great help to our work. The Harwood Home, girls’ industrial school, at Albu querque is doing a grand work. Miss Apperson and Miss Rodrigues are in charge of this school. (2) The school at Dulce, in the Apache Indian reservation, under the management of Miss Sarah E. Moore and Miss Maria Clegg, with some sixty scholars, is doing nicely. (3) Also the school at Jewitt, at the edge of the Navajo reservation, under the management of Mrs. Eldridge and Miss Mary Tripp, for Navajo children and others, is doing a good work. I organized a church there in April last. (4) The school at Las Vegas, Old Town, under Miss Nelly Snyder, has some sixty-six scholars enrolled, and is doing a grand work. (5) Also the school at Las Cruces, by Miss M. J. Tripp, taught in our 1898.] New Mexico Spanish. 323 schoolroom at the chapel, with some seventy enrolled, is doing a good work. We only wish the Woman’s Home Missionary Society could estab lish more schools in this Mission. 5. Deaths. This mission has been fortunate in its healthiness. Twenty- eight years had passed and only 3 of our Mexican preachers had died, and only 2 in the English Mission have died in this field. This looks well for the healthiness of the Mission, especially remembering that quite a few of the Americans came out in poor health, and several of the Mexican preach ers were quite aged when they began to preach. But during the past year the venerable Dr. Gee, Superintendent of the English Mission, passed from labor to reward. Also in the Spanish Mission our heroic Brother Albert Jacobs, several years presiding elder of the Santa Fe District, passed away ; also our aged and pacific Brother Juan Garcia, some twenty-two years in our missionary work. We feel the loss of these brothers, but God can bury his workmen and still carry on his work. 6. With a comparative exhibit of the Mission, the present with four years ago, we close. The gains in the Albuquerque District, as com pared with four years ago, are as follows: Membership, increase of 1 6 4 ; church buildings, increase, 8; increase of probable value, $7,200; parson ages, increase of/7 ; probable value, $5,500; increase in missionary collec tions, $75 ; increase in self-support, about $800. In the Las Vegas District the membership reported is 6 less than 1894; churches, 1 more ; probable value, $1,200; missionary collections, $8 more; self-support, about the same. Santa F6 District reported gains in membership, 109; in church build ings, none; parsonage, 1 ; probable value, $ 1,0 0 0 ; self-support, about $ 50. The above gains are not at all flattering in any of the districts. The work is hard, as we have always said, and strongly opposed by a wily and strongly intrenched foe. I think I also ought to name the fact that during the year we have lost by death probably fifty members and probationers. We lost at one bound about twenty-five, who went out with the man whom we suspended at the Raton Conference a year ago. We also lose a few, more or less, every year, who grow out of the Spanish work and prefer the English. We are always glad to see it that way. I will send you our statistics in a few days. We lay ourselves anew at the foot of the cross to work and pray for 500 conversions for the coming year. No statistics have been received from this mission. In 1897 there were 1,725 members, 742 probationers, 7 adults baptized, 99 children baptized, 1,081 Sunday scholars, 24 churches, valued at $31,700; 19 parsonages, at $17,900; collected for Missions, $ 3 10 ; other benevolences, $237; self- support, $936; church building and repairing, $6 11. 324 Missionary Report. [18 98. NORTH MONTANA. Bishop Mallalieu has Episcopal Supervision. T h e North Montana Mission was commenced in 1892, and includes a part of Montana. The Annual Meeting was held at Belt, Mont., August 4-8, 1898, Bishop Mallalieu presiding. There were 693 members and 104 probationers, a decrease of 75. The following were the appointments : Superintendent, F. A. Riggin (P. O., Great Falls, Mont.). Augusta, Allan Roger. Beever Creek and Ubet, C. J. St. Hill. Belt, R. A. Armstrong. Cascade, J. H. Little. Chinook, W. J. Gamble. Choteau, George Logan. Fort Benton, F. L. Buzzell. Glasgow, W. D. Luther. Great Falls, N. A. Chamberlain. Havre, F. E. Baldwin. Lewistown, Joel Vigus. Neihart and Monarch, S. J. Hocking. Sand Coulee, C. E. Cunningham. Sweet Grass Hills, Sprague Davis. Utica, J. A. Roades. West Great Falls and Sun River, J. E. Williams. Superintendent Riggin, after reporting the various charges in the Mission, closes as follows: In every direction there are other fields to enter, and if our means were doubled we could find work for twice the number of our missionary work ers. We are limited by the appropriations at our command. The Missionary Society and the Board of Church Extension have been wonderful aids to us in the present results, and to them for future develop ments we shall also look. May their treasuries be filled from which may come the resources for the complete occupancy of every needy and grow ing field here and everywhere. Whilst the year has been full of the manifold blessings of God, it has been a year of toil and of privation which words cannot express. My heart has often ached for the brethren as I have witnessed the heartaches through which some of them have passed. Some of them have had revivals, and they have been strengthened ; others have toiled without seeing any special man ifestations of the Spirit. The indifference of the people has caused much discouragement, but they have labored on. The brethren and their families have been universally kind to me in my visitations, for which I thank them. Into some homes great sorrows have come—sickness and death have en tered. Brother Logan lost his only daughter a few weeks ago, just after her marriage. Statistics are as follows : Members, 693 ; probationers, 104 ; local preach ers, 8 ; children baptized, 77 ; adults baptized, 12 ; Sunday schools, 31 ; officers and teachers, 2 18 ; Sunday scholars, 1,579 ; churches, 17 —value, $38,350; parsonages, 14—value, $17,990; paid for buildings and improve ments, $4,445 ; pastoral support, $7,886 ; for presiding elders, $520; for bishops, $46 ; for Missions, $571 ; for other benevolences, $522. MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS. Superintendent...... 8600 Fort Benton...... Í325 utica...... $210 A ugusta...... 270Glasgow...... 375 West Great Falls and Beaver Creek and Ubet. 200 H avre...... 330 Sun River...... 275 B e lt...... 200Lew istow n...... 5J50 Missions, 15; Money, $4,400 B urton...... 800N eihart...... 270 Chinook...... 230Cascade...... 275 Choteau...... 300Sand Coulee...... 200 1898.] Northern Swedish. 325 NORTHERN SWEDISH. Bishop Joyce has Episcopal Supendsion. Superintendent, C. G. Nelson, D.D., (P. O., St. Paul, Minn.) T h e Northern Swedish Mission Conference includes all the Swedish work in Minnesota, Northern Michigan, and Wisconsin, except Racine. The Annual Meeting was held in Ironwood, Mich., September 8-12, 1898, Bishop Joyce presiding. There were 2,590 members and 258 probationers, an increase of 88. Statistics of Northern Swedish Mission Conference, September, 1898. CHARGES. •5? u N *2 g H fis &.:*3 l i g i ! « JfL, OK5 jOE« Lake Superior District 91 §71 Ili 123 ..! 211 141 788 20! $43.500 10 $9,150 $1.374 Minneapolis District.. 61 1,005; 10 1-3S: .. I 22 148' 1,021 24j 41,500 S; 8,350' 4,646 St. Paul District 106 714! C 152! l! 24 186¡ 928 171 62,OOo; 9j 12,755! 1,903 / ------!— 1— !• Total...... 258 2.590 ; 27 413 I! 67 425 2,737 61 $147,000127 530,255' $7.923 Last y e a r...... i 2081 2.567 27 401 i 62 40S 2,690 61. 144,195!26 20.140 S,>0S ants, $170; current expenses, $4,813. NORTH PACIFIC GERMAN. Bishop McCabe has Episcopal Supervision. T h e North Pacific German Mission includes the German work in the States of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. The Annual Meet ing was held in Tacoma, Wash., September 29 to October 3, 1898, Bishop McCabe presiding. There were 726 members and 135 probationers, a decrease of 13. Rev. George Hartung, D.D., is superintendent. His address is 357 Sellwood Street, Portland, Ore. Statistics are as follows: Probationers, 135: members, 726; local preachers, 8; children baptized, 78; adults baptized, 3 ; churches, 24 value, $47,400; parsonages, 15—value, $22,250; church building and improvements, $1,653; paid on indebtedness, $2,023; present indebted ness, $10,642 ; pastoral support, $3,383 ; presiding elders’ support, $314 ; bishops’ support, $35 ; Missions, $859 ; other benevolences, $587. MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS. Portland District...... $75 Sandy and George $200¡Ritzville...... $250 Bethany...... 265 Seattle and Fairhaven.. 300 Odessa...... 100 Clarks and Logan.... — 200 Tacoma and Centralia.. 250 Spokane...... 210 Milwaukee...... 350 Salem and Stayton 300 Spokane Circuit...... 225 Portland: Second Church 325 Spokane District 75 Walla Walla...... 240 Portland Circuit...... 210 Addy...... 250 Missions, 19 ; Money, $4,250 Ridgefield...... 800 Davenport...... 125] 32Ó Missionary Report. [1898. UTAH. Bishop Mallalieu has Episcopal Supervision. T h e Utah Mission includes the State of Utah. The Annual Meeting of the Mission was held in Salt Lake City August 18-22, 1898, Bishop Mallalieu presiding. No report has been received. We append the following statistics from the general Minutes: Members, 1,3 12 ; probationers, 168; local preach ers, 8 ; children baptized, 89; adults baptized, 20; Sunday schools, 3 1 ; officers and teachers, 228; Sunday scholars, 2,086; churches, 3 1—value, $162,400; parsonages, 9—value, $9,850; paid for buildings and improve ments, $793; paid on old indebtedness, $303; present indebtedness, $r r,- 2 11; collected for Missions, $967; other benevolences, $475 ; ministerial support, $6,759; current expenses, $3,162. WYOMING. Bishop Mallalieu has Episcopal Supervision. T h e Wyoming Mission includes the State of Wyoming, except the National Park and Crook County. The tenth Annual Meeting was held in Wheatland September 1-5, 1898, Bishop Mallalieu presiding. Rev. E. E. Tarbill, superintendent, reports October 15,1898 : B ig H orn, at the end of the first quarter, had a change in pastors, when H. A. Toland, on account of poor health, gave up the charge, and was suc ceeded by W. A. A. Fortner, of the St. Louis Conference. A considerable sum of interest has been paid on the church debt. B u ffalo , E. J. Robinson, pastor, is building a church. The corner stone was laid August 17. The charge has made progress. Carbon includes Hanna and Medicine Bow. E. H. Taylor, the pastor, has advanced the benevolences. The debt against the half-finished church has been removed and the building completed and paid for. A Sabbath school and Methodist class have been organized there. Casper has paid $100 on the church debt and made improvements on the property. A series of revival meetings was profitably held. J. H. Gillespie is pastor. Cheyenne has been served the past year by D. C. Winship. The church debt still hinders the most aggressive work. Revival work resulted in conversions. Douglas and Manville, under the care of Lincoln Steere, have made advancement, except for the fact that a number of the Manville members have moved away. The two appointments should be separated. E van ston has grown financially and spiritually. The church buildings at Evanston and at Almy have been painted. The pastor, F . E . DuBois, has done energetic, faithful work. I898.J Wyoming. 327 Evanston Circuit was lately begun by S. W. Welty, a local preacher. H yattville is a new work under L. C. Thompson. It is on the east side of the Big Horn River in the Big Horn basin. It is a very large and a very hard circuit. A temporary church has been erected at Thermopolis for use until a better can be built. L a n d er was without a pastor till the end of the first quarter, when O. L. Ramsey, of the Northwest Nebraska Conference, took charge. A revival meeting resulted in a large number of conversions and accessions. The church building has been repaired, and plans are being laid for paying the debt. L a ra m ie has had a prosperous year in many respects. The pastor, J. I*. Varner, is a good disciplinarian and a spiritual man. He is very useful to Laramie. The Quarterly Conference unanimously requested his return. M eriden has had an excellent year. E. P. Hughes has done faithful, self-denying work under adverse circumstances and meager support. New Castle and Cambria are in the same charge, of which C. D. Day is pastor. The debt at New Castle has been paid. Cambria is building a house of worship. Doctrinal and spiritual work have advanced. Otto received, the appointment of Henderson Ritchie, of the Central Illinois Conference, but his feeble health prevented his taking the charge. At the close of the first quarter T. D. Saffell moved to the work from Ranchester. His health failed, and at the close of the third quarter he surrendered the charge, w'hen John Bryan, of the Central Tennessee Con ference, became pastor there, but after only two weeks of service he was drowned while fording the Grey Bull River. Ranchester was abandoned at the end of the first quarter because of numerous removal of members. R aw lin s has reroofed and papered the church. The congregations are large. There have been several conversions and accessions through the labors of E. E. Hollar. Rock Springs has this year built a new church, which was dedicated February 13 by Dr. T. C. lliff, of Utah. It is called the “ Kirkpatrick Memorial.” G. H. Smith, with a faithful few, has worked hard to ac complish this desired result. Some additions to the membership have occurred. Sheridan church has a handsome new altar; the church debt has been paid, and a goodly number of conversions, baptisms, and accessions are a part of the results of Benjamin Young's year’s work. W heatland, S. A. Smith, pastor, has paid some delinquent local bills, paid up the interest on the debt, and added to the membership of the church. Brother Smith is obliged to leave us 011 account of his ill-health. We are sorry to have him go from us. One new work, Snake River, was taken up a few months ago by H. E. Probert, a local preacher. It is a promising field. Personally I have traveled nineteen thousand miles, twenty-five hundred of which was by stage. 3 2 8 Missionary Report. [1898. Statistics of W yoming Mission, S eptember, 1898. CHARGES. "S' S .c c ;CQ :oq taco ¡O Big H orn...... ‘25 1 60 I $1,350 ,:44,r) &2 $.. $156 Buffalo...... i i 4 1 45 50 14 392 Carbon...... 16 o 3 3 176 1,835 27: 10 594 Casper...... 1 1 45 1,350 i 800' 200 22 41 545 Cheyenne...... 167 18 8 *6 1 150 1 25,000 1 4,000 6,000 100 1,410 Douglas and Manville.... 46 6 1 2 108 2 2,500 1 400 400 29 .. 421 E vanston...... 78 11 8 8 4 140 2 8,000 1 1,400 60 56 1,037 Hyatt vilie...... 17 1 4 64 1 150 io; .. 99 Lander...... 5S 1;> 6 iti 2 1S5 1 7,000 40 20 504 L aram ie...... 90, 1 6 10 1 175 1 5,000 i l',ÓÓ0 1,800 100 .. 1,215 M eriden...... 22 18 10 286 Newcastle and Cam bria.. 40 4 i 50 i 1,400 i '¿ÓÓ 10 63 656 O tto...... 24 3 3 70 1 1,500 49 R aw lins...... 82 Id 7 1 100 1 4,000 i 1,500 ¿66 35 796 Rock Springs...... 86 11 4 1 125 1 2,200 500 15 385 Sheridan...... 109 10:12 6 1 96 1 8,800 4S 4 619 W heatland...... 40 17 1 2 2 100 2 4,800 '¿40 27 484 S41 122 88 57 3ojl,6S4 17 i$64.S75f 7 $8,700$10,301:^548$194 $9,605 Last year., 810 80 16 44 23:1,^216 66,500 7 9.600 7.798Í 405 7,974 Collected for Church Building and Repairing, $4,074 ; Contributed for other Local Purposes, 1898.] American Indians. 329 MISSIONS ADMINISTERED BY CONFERENCES. AMERICAN INDIANS. Commenced in 1814. California Conference.—The Committee on Indian Missions re ports : “ Within the bounds of our Conference, and directly under our super vision and care, are nearly 1,200 Indians—near Ukiah, 125 ; Potter Valley, 85 ; Manchester, 160; Round Valley, 600; and Upper Lake, 185. “ The United States government appoints and pays teachers to educate these people at Ukiah, Potter Valley, Manchester, and Upper Lake; and we are glad to note that they appreciate these governmental provisions for their intellectual needs, and avail themselves largely of their privilege. The result is that many young Indians are learning the fundamentals of an elementary education, and some excel in drawing and singing, and a few have graduated to government training schools, where they can learn trades and qualify themselves for self-support. “ The teachers of these schools are to be congratulated upon their suc cess in this direction, and deserve the thanks of our Church for their self- sacrificing endeavor to lead their pupils to a better and nobler life ; for they not only teach during the week day, but on the Sabbath superintend and teach in our Sunday schools, and open out the word of God for these heathen; and if any missionary work is being done anywhere, it is being done seven days a week by these consecrated women.” Central New York Conference.—The missionary to the Onondaga Indians has expended some $25 from his own funds in repairs on property. There are 18 probationers and 49 members. Six children and 1 adult have been baptized during the year. Contributed for Missions, $10. Detroit Conference.—There are 9 missions. On the Bay City District the Oscoda Mission has 6 probationers and 14 members; the Pinconning Mission has 24 members; the Saganing Mission has 4 proba tioners and 41 members. In the other missions the reports are given in connection with the white members, so that we cannot tell how many are Indians. M ichigan Conference. —On the Grand Traverse District the Indian camp meeting was a great success, there being fully 700 Indians in at tendance. A local camp meeting was held at Kewadin. Both of these meetings were scenes of revival. Several Indians and a few whites were converted. The Indian Epworth League at Northport is in a very flour ishing condition. They sent one of their number as a delegate to the 330 Missionary Report. [ 1 8 9 8 . State Convention at Jackson, also to the district meeting, paying the ex pense themselves. Oregon Conference. —The Committee on Indian Work reports: “ The work among the Indians has steadily advanced during the past year. Upon the Klamath Reservation there are about the same number of Indians as were reported last year. The missionary has had a successful year. There have been accessions to the church. The Sunday schools are flourishing, and improvements are being made on the mission property as needed. Everything is harmonious, and prospects are good for excellent work. We recommend a continuation of the missionary aid. There is also a steady growth in Siletz Mission. A revival was held in this mission, and as a result there were 15 conversions and accessions, which gives now a membership of about seventy. We need to pay close attention to this work, not only to hold the ground already attained, but to advance and get a firmer hold. The Sunday school is well attended, and good work is being done among the children in the Sunday school and day school.” P u g e t S o u n d C o n f e r e n c e .—T he Committee on Missions reports: “ The representative of the Conference, Rev. J. L. Parmeter, went to the East during the year. Consequently we have not minute information re garding the work among the Indians. There are some one hundred In dians under the care of our Church who are mostly members of our de nomination, their numbers having been increased the past year by baptizing twelve or thirteen young people, so that the work, we trust, is hopeful for the future.” W isconsin Conference. —The Oneida Indian Mission reports 328 members, 4 probationers, 3 local preachers, 5 deaths, 20 children baptized, 100 Sunday scholars, $30 collected for Missions. WELSH. Commenced in 1828. Northern New York Conference.— The Coke Memorial Church in Utica has 74 members and 2 probationers. Three children were bap tized. There are 35 Sunday scholars; $35 contributed for Missions. Philadelphia Conference. —The Welsh Mission in Bangor is dis tressed by the debt upon its property. Rev. Thomas Roberts has toiled in this difficult field w'ith self-sacrificing devotion. Wisconsin Conference. —The Welsh Mission in Nikimi reports 26 members, and $19 contributed for Missions. FRENCH. Commenced in 1881. G ulf Mission.—The French Mission at Pine Grove has 85 members. Prairie Hayes has 25 members. The growth is slow but hopeful. New England Conference. —Presiding Elder G. F. Eaton reports: i 89 8.] Chinese. 331 “ Our mission among the French people of Lowell has prospered under the indefatigable leadership of Brother J. H. Paradis. This work is worthy of strong support, and we trust the time will come when our Missionary Society will more amply provide for its necessities.” Presiding Elder J. H. Mansfield reports : “ Brother N. W. Deveneau has continued his work among the French Canadians. During the summer he held many open-air meetings, with hundreds in attendance and listening with attention. He has families in Worcester, Milbury, Oxford, and other places that welcome him as pastor and religious teacher.” N e w H a m p s h i r e C o n f e r e n c e .— The French Mission in Manchester, N . H ., has 30 members and 2 probationers, 50 Sunday scholars; contrib uted $6 for Missions and $138 for current expenses. N o r t h w e s t I n d i a n a C o n f e r e n c e .—The French Mission at Brazil, Ind., reports 37 members and 1 probationer, and contributed §50 for Missions. R o c k R i v e r C o n f e r e n c e .—The French Mission in Chicago has 28 members and 18 probationers, and contributed $35 for Missions. CHINESE. Commenced in 1868. F. J. Masters, D.D., superintendent, reports as follows on the missions in the California Conference : The Chinese are a migratory people. They are only sojourners among a community that loves them more the less they see of them. Year by year we lose a score or two of members that are the bone and sinew of our Chinese churches. This year the loss by removal is positively dis heartening. Over thirty have gone away either to China or to Eastern cities beyond our reach. Ten or 12 every year drop out of sight, against whose names we write “ Removed without letter.” Of the 720 Chinese baptized on this coast we can only report 173 under our charge. About a hundred are found in the Southern California and Oregon Conferences; another 100 are scattered in the fisheries, orchards, and far-off mining camps, where we can no longer follow them ; a few score have gone East and are starting work among their fellow-countrymen in the larger cities, but the great mass of our members have returned to their native land. It is in China where the permanent results of our work are to be found. The Chinese in the United States all come from the province of Ivwangtung, and nine out of ten come from the districts of San Woey, San Ning, Hoy Ping, and Yan Ping. Letters from our former converts in these cities tell of the Christian activity and heroism of our old converts and of an extraordinary revival of God’s work in the villages of these emigrants—a very strong attestation of the reflex influence of our work here upon the broader mission field across the seas. 332 Missionary ReporÇ. [1898. This district would be considerably larger if, as in the case of the Japanese district, it were allowed to embrace the whole of our Chinese work on the Pacific coast. Our field is limited to that section of the State that lies within the boundaries of the California Conference. The Oregon and Southern California Chinese work is Tinder the direction of the pre siding elders of these Conferences. We have missions established in San Francisco, Sacramento, San José, Oakland, Stockton, and Modesto, and new work opened in Berkeley and Napa. There are at least 10 Chinatowns in the area of California Confer ence, with from 500 to 1,000 Chinese in each town, for whom we can do -nothing but preach occasionally. The better class of Chinese in these towns beg us to start a mission there, but as we are deficient in funds and trained helpers we are unable to respond. Our work is divided into two departments—evangelistic and educational. Two other departments, zenana and rescue, are under the direction of the Oriental Bureau of the Woman’s Home Missionary Society. 1. Evangelistic. With a competent staff" of six Chinese preachers and four capable local preachers we are doing more evangelistic work than ever before. There have been conversions in every place ; 40 Chinese adults have been received into full church membership, and nearly seventy have joined on probation. Last winter our San Francisco church was stirred by a genuine revival. Nearly fifty expressed a desire to live a Christian life, and 17 have been received by the pastor, Brother Chan Hon Fan, into church membership. A newly formed Epworth League, with an average attendance of 45, and a Junior League, with an average of 24 little Chinese boys and girls, illustrates how we are keeping abreast with the times. Judged by attend ance upon the church class meetings, our Chinese members are thorough Methodists, four out of five throughout the district being regular attend ants upon the weekly class meetings, which are often seasons of great spiritual profit. San Francisco Chinatown is an ideal place for evangelistic work. It is the port of entry and departure for all the Chinese in the United States, the entrepôt for everything from China and the gathering place of the great Chinese clans and corporations of the United States. Chinese in Cuba, Mexico, South America, and every city on this continent have heard the Gospel preached in San Francisco, and many a Chinese convert in the East has traced his conversion to some sermon heard in the mission churches of San Francisco. It has often been said that if no mission work was done in the United States other than in San Francisco, it would still be possible, some time or other, to preach a sermon in San Francisco to every Chinaman in America. It has long been felt that our Church ought to push out into more aggressive work among the masses of Chinatown who are unreached by our schools. A schoolhouse situated on the outskirts of the Chinese settlement is not the best means of reaching the thousands that swarm around the down-town theaters, joss houses, and dens of vice. The Mission 1898.] Chinese. 333 ary Committee last November took steps to provide for this long-felt need, and $1,000 was placed in the hands of the resident bishop for this purpose, which sum the treasurers kindly made available for our use from January 1 last. We regret that the committee in making this appropriation found it necessary to take this sum out of our usual grant. It has necessitated the dismissal of valuable teachers, placed the superintendent under the necessity of doing the work of those whose services have been dispensed with, and obliged him to discontinue the expensive journeys into the Oregon and Southern California Conferences. We are nevertheless grateful for the means to start a work upon which we had set our hearts for so many years. A store was rented last April, on Jackson Street, and fitted up with sittings for over one hundred Chinese. A transparency at the door invites the passer-by to come in and hear the Gospel. After singing at the street corners and singing Gospel hymns along the streets, the room is often crowded with an atten tive congregation of Chinese, who take the liveliest interest in the preaching and testimonies. A little over five months have passed since the preach ing room was opened. Fifty-twTo have signed pledges to renounce false gods and idolatrous customs and to turn to the living and the true God. Over twenty have stbod up and confessed Christ before men, and 13 have been received as probationers for church membership after giving evidence of their faith in the Saviour of the world. One night a party of Koreans attended our service. One of them, who understood Cantonese, translated the sermon to his companions. At the close four of the party signed cards in Chinese, declaring their intention to live a Christian life. More and more of these strangers from the hermit kingdom are arriving in California, and the day may not be far distant when a Korean missionary may have to be added to our already polyglot Conference. During the daytime the Gospel hall is turned into a reading room. Chinese Christian books, tracts, and periodicals are arranged on tables. Maps and charts are unrolled, and our faithful helper, Amen Jung, is on hand to answer questions from the many visitors and inquirers who come to the mission. The superintendent everyday dictates about one hundred and fifty characters to be written down on a board, which gives a sum mary of the news of the world. Another board contains some fresh Gospel passages and exhortations or news of the progress of the Gospel in China. Another board is pasted over with Gospel tracts in Chinese, and renewed every week. The superintendent preaches at the Gospel hall in Chinese three or four nights every W'eek, the other nights being in charge of Amen Jung, who is proving himself a very faithful worker. This brother was converted under a sermon which the writer preached five years ago in New York, and preached his way across the continent to our Mission in order that he might learn better how to preach. Another interesting feature of the preaching hall is Deaconess Lake’s Sabbath school, which has met with great success. Every Sabbath afternoon an average of 34 Chinese children are gathered in and taught by Miss Lake. Oy Yoke, her interpretess, is a very gifted woman. The 334 Missionary Report. [ 1 8 9 8 . body of the hall is crowded every Sunday afternoon with Chinese men, who listen with evident interest and amazement to the Gospel story told by this eloquent Chinawoman, who twenty years ago was rescued by Dr. Otis Gibson from slavery. The services of the other missions in Oakland, Sacramento, San José, Stockton, Modesto, Napa, and Berkeley have been carried on, as in past years, with unabated labor and with encouraging success, in spite of the frequent migrations of the people in search of work. Our members are keeping up their reputation for liberality. A good deal has been done toward pastoral support. The Missionary Society asked us for $300 for Missions. We raised $313, besides our share of the Missionary debt, which we sent earlier in the year. Our members also raised their full apportionment for all the benevolences of the Church. 2. Educatiotial. We have seven night schools, with a roll call of nearly seven hundred. Chinese young men come to us for instruction in the English language, and it is by this means that we are able to bring under our influence some of the best young men in Chinatown. Before the E x clusion Act shut our ports against Chinese laborers these schools were crowded to their utmost capacity. The majority came only to learn a few English phrases to enable them to find employment, and then we saw them no more. Of recent years the attendance has fallen off. A loss in quan tity has been a gain in quality. Young men are beginning to come to us as real students, some of them reading advanced books of a scientific character, which requires competent instructors. The pupils pay a small fee and share the running expenses of the schools. With the awakening of China there is every prospect of a higher class of Chinese finding their way to this country. Just as the lust of gold drew thousands of Chinese laborers to our gold hills in the sixties, so it need not surprise us if the nobler thirst for knowledge shall draw to our mines of wisdom in the near future hundreds of China’s brightest and best bred young men. Encouraged by proposals from Chinese merchants, we are already considering a scheme for converting our mission house into a self-supporting boarding school for Chinese lads whose parents de sire to send them to the United States to study our language, arts, and sciences. The unfriendly exclusion policy of this country may prove a barrier. It is hardly safe to speculate. There have been startling changes in our national policy during the year. In view of the recent annexation of 20,000 Chinese in Hawaii and of 70,000 Chinese in Luzon, it will be curious to see how colonial extension across the Pacific is going to con sist with a rigid wall of exclusion on our frontiers at home. Another important branch of educational work is the instruction of the little Chinese boys and girls born under our flag. The day school in San Francisco, under Mrs. Hull, has an average attendance of 35, and the Sacramento school, under Mrs. Page, has 15. It is of the utmost impor tance that this department should be supported and efficiently manned. In San Francisco there are 500 families and over two thousand Chinese children. Fifteen years ago there was hardly a child to be seen ; now 1898.] Chinese. 335 every alley of Chinatown swarms with little urchins in purple and yellow blouses, whose merry voices mock our efforts to check Chinese population by Congressional legislation and close-barred gates. The Chinese are here to stay, and we must make the best of them. The United States Supreme Court has recently ruled that Chinese children born on our soil are citizens, just like those of other foreign parentage born here. As cit izens they will be entitled to vote when the time comes. According to the present birth rate there will be twenty years hence, in addition to those already on the register, at least two thousand five hundred Chinese chil dren entitled to vote in San Francisco alone. Our Boards of Education are defrauding these children of their right to instruction in the State schools, but the Church cannot and dare not neglect them. A heathen voter in the United States is a monstrosity ; a heathen citizenship may imperil our very institutions. We rejoice in our educational work in India, China, and Japan, but it is our prime and imperative duty to train up these Chinese children, born under our flag, to be loyal and Christian citizens of the great republic of which they will ere long form a part. Statistics of Chinf.se Mission, C alifornia Conference, 18 9 7 -c CHARGES. PREACHERS. — = 1 ! ! Members. Probationers. « : 2 San Francisco : Washington St. Chan Hon Fan.. 95 20 21 j $129 $224 $480 $103 Jackson Street ...... Amen Jung. .. .. 1 13 1 Oakland...... Jee Eck...... 30 ; 8 7 52 26 1*1 : iß Sacramento...... 20 ; 4 4 24 21 ! 72 San José...... Lee Tong Hay.. 14 ; « 5 I 71 23 ; til Stockton and Modesto ...... Yue Kwai...... 13 8 4 49 13 ! 105 178 59 42 : §325 $307 $S3S $253 Total contributions of Chinese for Church purposes, SI,723. Appointments fo r 18 9 8 - 9 9 . Superintendent, F. J. Masters. San Francisco : Washington Street, Chan Lok Shan, assistant and pas tor; Jackson Street, Gospel Hall, Amen Jung. Oakland, Lee Tong Hay. Sacramento, Lee Chin. San José, Jee Eck. Stockton and Modesto, Yue Kwai. *Napa, J. B. Landan. * Berkeley, W7. N. Fong. N e w Y o r k C o n f e r e n c e .— The Chinese work in New York, under Mr. C. Soule I5ok, still makes some progress, under many difficulties. About forty persons attend the Sunday school at 150 Fifth Avenue. Our Chinese friends greatly lament the death of M r. Richard F. Bowe, who had half finished his course in the New Y ork University. He was con verted in Brooklyn, and was a young man of fine intellect and of decided Christian character. * New work just started. 336 Missionary Report. [1898. JAPANESE. Commenced in 1877. The superintendent, Dr. M. C. Harris, made a visit to Japan to partici pate in the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Mission. He was greatly hon ored everywhere, and the emperor decorated him with the order of the Sacred Treasure, the meaning of which is, “ I express my love and grati tude to you.” Dr. Harris reports as follows : “ H a w a ii. On my way to Japan one day was spent in Honolulu. The trustees of the Japanese church met me, and decided to buy a lot and build a church at once. This was on the 4th of June. Upon my return, July 26, the building was under way, and on the 14th of August it was dedicated, completely finished and furnished. The Japanese carpenters worked with a will and a glad heart, and, to our surprise, finished the job. The cost of lot and church is $4,500. A mortgage of $1,500 on the lot exists, and this is the sum of the indebtedness. The liberality of the Japanese Christians and our supporters and the American friends is the explanation of the triumph. Pastor Kihara labored assiduously, supported by his loyal church, to realize this cherished hope. Special mention should be made of Senator H. Waterhouse, Hon. H. P. Baldwin, and Hon. I. Damon, for their liberal contributions ; also Minister Shimamura and many other Japanese members and friends. “ The feast of dedication consumed an entire week. The preachers came together, and we held many services for counsel, prayer, and consecration. Conversions attended these, as well as much spiritual gain to all believers. Sunday being the great day of the feast, there were three services. In the morning there was a sermon and ten baptisms. In the afternoon was the dedication, addresses being by Drs. O. H. Gulick, H. Bingham, G. L. Pearson, M. C. Harris, and others. The occasion was memorable, and the Japanese were exceedingly delighted. We now have, after many trials, a church home and schoolrooms for our people, and a permanent center for the missions in the islands. “ Pastor Kihara reports a fruitful year. He has baptized 94 adults and 1 child, and many more were converted. Two Japanese were hung in February for murder. He was faithful to them, and his faith was re warded by the marked conversion of- both men long before the execution. Their changed lives made a deep impression. The story of these men has been made into a tract and a large edition published. Through it many have been awakened and turned from an evil life. “ The population of the Japanese has now grown to over 33,000, and the end is not yet. They are now under our flag and must be evangel ized. The Hawaiian Board and the Methodist Episcopal Missionary So ciety are the only Christians doing anything for them. W e occupy Hono lulu, Oahu Plantation, and Waianea on Oahu Island. On Maui Island we have stations at Lahaina, Olawala, Kula, Hana, and Spreckelsville. In 1 8 9 8 .] Japanese. 337 all we have six Japanese preachers. The number should be doubled at once. ‘■‘Education. It is well known that a proportion of the Japan colonies is composed of students. This class is isolated, unique, and without a precedent. They scale for the heights, never stopping to look down, and they do and dare what others would not even conceive ; and, crazy for English, and insane in their search for the hid treasures of wisdom, they enter the open doors into our grammar schools, colleges, universities, professional and technical schools, in increasing numbers. “ The aim of the Mission schools is to ground them in English first and thus fit them for our American institutions. The Anglo-Japanese Train ing School of San Francisco enrolled above one hundred and sixty pupils for 1897-98, and the present attendance is over a hundred average. Five completed the three years’ course last May, and were graduated, President McClish delivering the annual address before a large audience. Few of us feel the pathos of the poor Japanese student in America. He comes to stay at least ten years, to struggle with poverty, do menial service, sleep 5 hours out of 24, encouraged and stimulated by the hope of giving to his country an honorable and worthy service. No wonder that Americans, Christians and teaciiers, give welcome to the brave lads and help them so generously. They constitute a unique element in history ; invasion of a foreign land by an army of youth, not to despoil us, but to get the best equipment for a useful life. Only Japan students would undertake to do it. America is the only country where it could hope to be done. “ They have succeeded. I found them in Parliament, the learned pro fessions, leading merchants, writing books, editing journals, managers of great industries, and, last and greatest, teachers, pastors, and evangelists —in a word, men who come to be factors for progress, enrolled among the builders of greater Japan. “ Belonging to our missions are more than three hundred young men— each with some peculiar strength. In them and their fellows is the prom ise and potency of a living, Christianized Japan. Please God, they shall be returned to their country possessed and ruled by Christian ideas. “ Church in Vacaville. The ground on which the mission building stood at Vacaville has been purchased, and it is proposed to build a church this year. This mission is the banner one for conversions and liberal giving. The churches use leased buildings for their services. There is longing for church and mission premises at Portland, Sacramento, and other points, after the model of the San Francisco property. “ Our missions on the Pacific coast extend from the Columbia River to San Diego, Cal. Churches are planted at Fresno, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento, San José, Vacaville, and Watsonville, and there are 21 branch missions in addition. The total population is about five thousand— merchants, students, citizens, and farm laborers. “ Relatively there is little crime among them. The influence of the churches is marked. Not only are many converted, but nearly all are directly restrained from law-breaking and incited to orderly conduct and 22 338 Missionary Report. [ 1 8 9 8 . true aspirations. The enterprise and courage of these men and women are worth noting. They seek to better their state, and boldly enter open doors and seek for success. Very favorable mention has been made of these missions in consular reports. Working forces include Mr. Bowen, Mr. McIntosh, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Humphreys, Mrs. Beamish, and Mrs. Snell, only two of whom receive compensation. We have 35 giving all their time to these missions—29 Japanese and 7 Americans. “ The reports for the last year bulk into large size, and give us for bap tisms 249 adults; 561 conversions; church benevolences, $850; pastoral support, $1,850; total baptized believers, 1,102—being nearly all adult youth. “ All the helpers are worthy of having their names recorded in this report. Let it suffice to say that they have been heroic and faithful, and they are worthy to be classed with the ‘ other seventy,’ whose supreme distinction was that their names were written in heaven.” BOHEMIAN AND HUNGARIAN. Commenced in 1889. B a l t i m o r e C o n f e r e n c e .— T he Bohemian Mission in Baltimore reports 9 probationers, 64 members, and 241 Sunday school scholars. East Ohio Conference. —The Bohemian Mission in Cleveland reports 30 probationers, 375 members, 56 children and 23 adults baptized, 1,300 Sunday school scholars. Pittsburg Conference.—The mission has 11 Sunday schools, with an average attendance of 616. Six new schools have been organized this year, in which there are over 200 Bohemians, Poles, and Slavs. During July and August Brother Davis, with Brother Louzecky, carried on an outdoor campaign among the foreign population, which resulted in great good. Rock River Conference. —There are 4 Bohemian churches in Chicago, with 245 members, 48 probationers, and 948 Sunday school scholars. Upper Iowa Conference.— The Bohemian Mission at Cedar Rapids has 33 members, 10 probationers, and 125 Sunday school scholars. ITALIAN. Commenced in 1889. Genesee Conference. —The Italian Mission in Buffalo has 13 mem bers, 8 probationers, and 59 Sunday school scholars. Louisiana Conference. —Our Italian church in New Orleans has 22 members, 7 probationers, and 25 Sunday school scholars. New England Conference. —Commendable progress has been made in the Italian Mission in Boston. Fifty-five conversions are reported, I898.J Portuguese. 339 55 received on probation and 47 into full membership ; Sunday school scholars, 300; Epworth League members, 180; church members, 150 ; probationers, 234. New York Conference.— The Bleecker Street Mission, Rev. V. L. Calabrese, pastor, has 148 members, 16 probationers, and 165 Sunday school scholars. New York East Conference.— The mission in One Hundred and Twelfth Street has 105 members, 50 probationers, and contributed $30 for Missions. R ev. F. A. Taglialatela is pastor. Philadelphia Conference.— Up to November 27, 1897, 218 Italian Catholics had been received on probation and 114 into full membership. There were 124 Sunday school scholars. Full members at present in Philadelphia, 61 ; probationers, 28; Epworth League members, 49. Rock River Conference.— The Italian Mission in Chicago has 24 members, 4 probationers, and 100 Sunday school scholars. PORTUGUESE. Commenced in 18 9 1. New England'’Conference.— “ The work among the Portuguese has continued as heretofore with encouraging results.” New England Southern Conference.— “ The services of our mis sionary, Antonio Ribeiro, were continued until August, when he was released to return to his home in Brazil. The class leader, V. J. Sequeira, has had general charge of the work since that time. Professor Andres Osuna, an ordained minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, who is in charge of Mexican students in the State Normal School, Bridgewater, has supplied the pulpit most of the time since Brother Ribeiro’s departure. N e w Bedford Methodists have supplied funds.” Rev. W. B. Nind, formerly of Brazil, has been appointed to this work, and the General Committee made an appropriation of $887. 340 Missionary Report. [1898. GERMAN. Commenced in 1838. MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS BY CONFERENCES. California German. ¡Fond du Lac...... $100 Valley City...... $100 ccm Friendship and Eldorado, - 50 Lake City...... 100 Anaheim . ! ...... ' . '• '• 275i forest and Plymouth 50 Hokah...... 100 Lorin...... 3 2 5 |Green B ay...... 60 Menomonie ...... 125 Lo Si. Louis : Carondolet 8200 Council Bluffs...... $300 Reedville...... $175 Gano Avenue ...... 200 Davenport...... 140 San Antonio District. 45(1 Taylor Avenue...... 40 Des Moines...... 250 Austin...... 250 Alton...... 30 Keokuk...... 115 Fredericksburg. 50 Cape Girardeau...... lOOiNewtou. 200 Gonzales...... 170 Granite City. 100 Rock Island...... lOOiMason. 75 Highland...... 115 W apello...... 100;Paige and Bastrop. 150 Mt. Olive...... 25 Wrayville...... 100 Rutersville 25(1 Moweaqua ...... 50 Missions, 33; Money, $3,375. Sau Antonio. 400 Nokomis and H urricane... 50 Seguin...... 150 Oakdale...... 50 Victoria and Goliad. 300 Southern German. Red Bud...... 100 Missions, 18; Money, ¡53, ^So. Hannibal...... 140Brenham District...... $400 Moberly...... 160Ballinger...... 300 West German. Billings.... 90j Bartlett and Coperas Cove. 200 Peoria Mission & Jubilee.. 75 Denton...... 150 No Minutes received, nor has Jacksonville and Meridian 40 Houston and Bear Creek.. loOjlist of the distribution of the Springfield . 35lLexingtou and Caldwell.. SOjappropriation of $6,000 among Golden City . 36New Orleans: 2d and 3d it.he charges of the Conference Burlington: Central Ave.. 1001 Congregations...... 150ibeen furnished. SWEDISH. Commenced in 1849. MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS BY CONFERENCES. Austin. I Joliet, 111...... $75iamount to the several charges 'Kewanee. Ill...... 145;named Las been furnished the Austin District. .$140 Peoria, 111...... 150!office. Brushy and Georgetown.. 50 Suedonia & New Windsor. 50i Driscoll. io; Jamestown District 200 New England Southern. D allas...... 10 Braddock, Pa...... 100 El Campo...... 350 Cleveland, 0 ...... 100 Brockton, M:iss...... $418 Fort Worth...... 100Falconer & Kennedy, N. Y. 212 Newport, R. 1...... 38S Galveston...... 190McKeesport, Pa...... 72 Pontiac, R. 1...... 488 Hutto...... 200 Pittsburg, Pa ...... 250 Providence, R. 1...... 338 Manda...... 190 "Warren and Quaker Hill 200j Missions, 4 ; Money, $1,032. Waco...... 100 Missions, 34; Money, $4;000. Missions, 10; Money, $1,340. Northern Swedish. Colorado. No Minutes of this Confer- California. Denver...... $357 ence have been sem to office, Swedish District...... $583 nor any list of distribution of Fresno...... 300 East Maine. the $5,100 appropriated by the Kingsburg ...... 250 Monson...... $300 General Committee among the Los Angeles...... 300 charges. Oakland...... 250 New York. Paso Robles...... 250 New York...... $900 Puget Sound. San Francisco...... 300 New York East. Swedish District...... $125 Missions, 7 ; Money, $2,232. Bear Creek...... 150 Elim...... Spokane...... 295 Central Swedish. Brooklyn: Bethany...... Emmanual...... Portland...... 265 Chesterton, Ind...... §60Bridgeport...... Tacoma...... 295 Chicago: Bethania...... 50 Seattle...... 270 Dover and Arlington, N.J. i Cedar Home...... 200 Brighton Park and East Mt. Vernon...... Chicago ...... ^ S ta m fo rd ...... Missions, 7 ; Money, $1,600. Emmanual...... 190i . „ Englewood...... 701 Missions, . ; Money, $3,3o0. Western Swedish. Forest Glen...... 100i No list of distribution of the Humboldt P ark...... 110 amount among the chargesIowa has & Missouri District. .$540 Moorland ...... 21 been furnished the office. Burlington...... 130 Pullman & West Pullman Creston, Spaulding, and South Chicago...... 50 New England. Hiteman...... 140 Union Avenue...... 180 Des Moines...... 100 Boston and Cambridge.. Globe and Card Junction.. 130 Evanston and Highland East Boston...... Park...... 40 Kansas City...... 200 G ardner...... Keokuk and Melrose...... 180 Hobart, Ind...... 40 Low ell...... La Grange...... 40 New Sweden and Mucha- L ynn ...... kinock...... 50 Melrose Park & Oak Park. 200 Maplewood...... Racine, W is...... 150 Red Oak and Essex...... 100 Quincy: St. Paul’s ...... St. Louis...... 300 Waukegan & Lake Forest. 150 Rockport...... Western Springs...... 40 Springfield: First Church. Sheldahl and White Oak.. 160 Galesburg District...... ^Jworcester: First Church.. Sioux City...... 300 Aurora, 111...... 1. 0 second Church Nebraska District...... 400 Axtell and Emaus ------25 Batavia, 111...... 40 Missions, 11 ; Money, $4,800. Bloomington, 111...... 100 Concord...... 235 Galva, 111...... 48 No list of distribution of the D avey...... 100 342 Missionary Report. [ 1 8 9 8 . Holdrege and Prairie.. ..$165 Stroudsburg.Swede Plains, K eene...... 1 0 0 and Gresham...... $90 Wilmington. Lincoln...... 250 Kansas District...... ¡¿25 Omaha...... Burdick and Topeka 220 Mission, 1 ; Money, $400. SaronviUe...... 50 Olesburg and Rose H ill... 115 Shickley and Oug...... 195 Missions, 26 ; Money, $4,700. | NORWEGIAN AND DANISH. Commenced in 1849. MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS BY CONFERENCES. New England. Deer Park...... §40 Hamline...... $140 Mission, 1 ; Money, $300. Duluth...... 60 Henning and Sauk Center. 60 Eau Claire, Menomouie IHalstad and Georgetown.. 160 New York East. Junction, Colfax, Wau !St. Hilaire and Beltrami.. 48 sau, and M errill...... 230!Stephen and Warren 160 Brooklyn : Norwegian___ Grand Marais and Maple Valley City, Enderlin, and Perth Amboy: Danish___ Hill...... Minnie Lake...... 185 Missions, 2 ; Money, $1,650. Grantsburg...... Missions, 58; Money, $8,900. Hutchinson, Lake Lillian, Norwegian and Danish. and Lake Elizabeth...... 135 La Crosse, North La Crosse, Western Norwegian-Danish. Chicago District...... $240 and New A lb in ...... 150, Calumet and Pequaming.. 100 Lake Mills, Glenville. and Eureka and Ferndale $200 Cambridge ...... 80 P alm er...... 240 Los Angeles and San Pedro 450 Chicago: Bethany...... 20 Milan and Watson ...... 220 Oakland...... 275 Kedzie Avenue...... 220 New Centerville and Hartr [San Francisco...... 040 Moreland...... 210 land ...... 1 on Montana & Idaho District.. 200 North Avenue...... 50 Red Wing and Diamond ¡Belt and Box Eder...... 40 Park Side...... 178 Bluffs...... jQOiButte and Anaconda 345 D w ig h t...... 150 Rutland and Bode...... 50j Basin...... 50 Green Bay and De Pere... 300 Toronto and Lake Henry.. 2 1 5 'Great Falls & Sand Coulee 375 Kenosha and North Cape.. 90 West Superior...... 180 Helena and Marysville 350 Leland, Sandwich, & Lee. 50 Westbv, Richlaud, and ,Kalispel Circuit...... 400 Muskegon and Ludington. 200 Asbury...... 90 Moscow and Blaine 190 Manistee ...... 70 Omaha D istric t...... 250 Spokane...... 50(1 Marinette and Ishpeming. 200 Clinton...... 350 Lockwood...... 45 Neenah and Waupaca 170 D enver...... 7 4 ; Astoria ...... 425 Racine: Bethany...... 225! Fremont and Kennard___ 190 South Bend and Aberdeen. 50 Stoughton and Whitewater 100 Omaha...... i>0o McKee and Canby...... 250 Sheboygan and Manitowoc 260 Sioux Falls and Luverne.! •^ P o rtlan d ...... 60° Minneapolis District 265 Red River District...... 4(j0 La Center...... 25 Appleton Circuit...... 140 Clifford...... jo Everett and Marysville 325 Ashland and Hay ward.... 100 Crary, Devil’s Lake, and |Fairhaven and Whatcom.. 3!t> Belvidere, Eidsvold, and Rugby - - Junction - 100 Port Townsend and Port Millville ...... 110 Crookston ...... 40 Angeles...... 50 Brighton, Moreland, and Fergus Falls and Tordensk- Seattle and Seabold 52.-) Storden...... 135 jold ...... 200Tacoma...... 24 Canby and Madison 140 Grand Forks and Grafton. 190! Missions, 2 4; Money, $7,000. 1898.J English-Speaking Conferences. 343 ENGLISH-SPEAKING CONFERENCES. MISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS. Alabama. Wild Cherry...... $401 Pearland...... $50 Anniston District — Little Rock District 4501 Waco: Trinity ...... 300 Anniston Station...... 250 Alm yra...... lOOlSan Antonio:' South Hack- Mentone...... 40Am ity...... 30: berry Street...... 100 Muscadine...... 40i S ; ...... Missions, 18 ; Money, $3,370. Spring Creek...... 40Argenta...... 40 Beebe...... 40 Black Hills. Birmingham District 190 Cleveland...... 40j Woodland...... 160 Gillett...... 50! Black Hills District $750 Pratt City...... 140 Hot Springs...... 250! Belle Fourche...... 200 Rocky Mount and Elmore. 100 Heber...... 40: Custer...... 200 Brookwood ...... 35Judsonia...... 20|Edgemont...... 150 Spencer and Winfleld 32 Little Rock: Ebenezer 100Harding County...... 160 Soutli Lowell...... 20 Main Street...... 80: Hot Springs...... 250 Snead...... 40Little Rock Circuit...... 30! Lead...... 100 Decatur District...... 200 Neeley ...... 40|Rapid City 200 New D ecatur...... 117 Russellville...... 70lSturgis...... 200 Albertville...... 20R ussell...... 80' Terry...... 180 Boaz...... 50Stuttgart...... 70|WhitewTood...... 200 Brindley...... 32 Bridgeport...... 40Stillw ater...... 40'Beulah...... 200 Missions, 54; Money, $4,750. ¡Deadwood: 1st & Central 200 Cullman and Hanceville.. 1000 ^ ' ¡Galena...... 160 Melville...... ^ ... . Hermosa...... 220 Sipsey Valley...... Atlanta. iKeystone and Hill C ity... 200 De Funiak District .. "¡’"ISt. Luke ...... $50 Oelrichs and Pringle 150 Cottage Hill...... ¡iniVine Street...... 80iSpearfish...... 200 Alco...... 4U|Gate City...... So^undance...... 200 Crest View...... ""Battle Hill...... 20*Ti]ford aDd Piedmont. 200 Elton ...... ‘... 35 Fort Street...... 100! Missions, 20; Mouey, $4,320. Rose Hill...... 40|East Atlanta 20 Rosinton...... 30 Fairburn Circuit...... 20 Blue Ridge. Repton...... 50 Gainesville District 100 C ow art...... 70Hoschton...... 25Asheville District...... $195 Echo...... 40 Lavonia...... 20Asheville...... 55 Kinsey...... 125 Cartersville and Acworth 25 Bakersville...... 45 St. Andrew’s ...... 90Printer Side 9=;B00ne ...... 55 New Tabernacle...... 40 Norcross. .///.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.Y.'. 25 Burusville...... 50 Missions, 35; Money, $2,760. Marietta...... 55 Creston...... Montezuma. Conyers...... 40o^Marion...... Arkansas. Hapeville and East Point.. Columbus. Locust Grove and L uella.. Clyde District ...... 195 Fort Smith District...... $450 Stoekbridge...... Bentonville ...... 150 Hampton and Vineyard. 40! Culberson...... 50 Bentonville Circuit...... 50 Chester...... 40 !E lf...... 40 Delaney ...... 20 Cohutta...... 25; Ellsworth...... 30 ^H ighlands...... 25 Livingston...... Ö- Irv in ...... 41 Eureka Springs ...... 180 Tallapoosa...... pivn-ah 20 Fayetteville and Sr. Paul’s 140 Heard...... 25 Plhfral1...... Fayetteville Circuit...... 30 Unaka...... 50 A ustell...... 205r!!Sylva...... 60 Fort Smith...... 340 Chickamauga...... H untington...... 80 Gladstone District...... 200 Cedartowu...... i£:Daisy 35 ...... 20 Jenny Lind...... 40 Floyd...... Magazine and Vesta____ 50 on Gladstone...... 50 Rome: Second Church — t>( , Greensboro...... 125 Mena ...... 20 Summerville and Finley... Norwood...... 30 ~ Huntersville...... 60 Sulphur Springs...... 50 Missions, 31; Money, $1,134 Lexington...... 80 Siloam Springs...... 100 New Salem ...... *3 Springdale...... 100 Austin. Troy. Texarkana...... 8fi Statesville District...... 195 Waldron...... 30 Fort Worth District. .. . $100, Blue Ridge...... ~5 Harrison District...... 400 Fort Worth : St. Paul 400Caldwell 40 Alco...... 20:Dallas: Hope...... 200!King’s Mountain i Clifton <0 Cave City...... 50; Iowa Park and Thorn berry 100 Golden and Shelby »0 Cushman...... 50!oiarendon...... 150:Trap Hill ...... ™ Clear Creek...... 30 panhandle...... 70Wilkesboro...... Green Forest...... 50 Bethel Circuit...... 150 Yadkin and Pilot...... Huntsville...... 20 Lloyd Circuit...... 150 Zion...... j» Harrison ...... 124| Pilot Point Circuit...... 150 Harmony...... Jasp e r...... 40; Gainesville...... 2001 Missions. 37; Money, $2,465. Lead H ill...... 50 San Antonio District 500j O xford...... 30|Aliilene...... 150! California. Ravendon Springs 40 Austin...... 100 , R upert...... 20 Baird ...... 100iAlbion— ...... $50 •Snowball...... 60lDublin...... lOOlAnderson Valley...... t>5 344 Missionary Report. [1898. Cloverdale ...... $100|Mount Pleasant. . . . . $ 10 Ellis...... $40 Crescent City...... 50 Oxford . 50 Salin a...... 30 Fortuna ...... 50Adams ville...... 10Burlingame...... 30 Garberville...... 50Woodlawn ...... 31 Oswego...... 40 Guerne ville...... 60Huntsville District 300 Asbury...... 40 Kelseyville Sl Lower Lake. 50 A th ens...... 40Chetopa...... 30 Madison and Guinda. .. 50 Jones Chapel...... 20Clay Center...... 40 Middletown ...... 50Mount Moriah...... 20Valley Falls...... 40 Olema and Bolinas 50 Huntsville Circuit...... 20Independence...... 30 Petrolia ...... 50Courtland ...... SOJop lin ...... 30 San Rafael...... 300 Sheffield...... 36Greenfield ...... 30 Willits ...... 50Stevenson...... 20Lawrence & Bonner Spr'gs 27 Windsor...... 100 Marion District...... 276 Missions, 49; Money, $2,768. Vacaville...... 80Selm a...... 120 Antioch...... 75Tuscaloosa and Murpheys. 20 Atlanta...... 50Jackson Chapel & St. Peter 20 Central Tennessee. West Berkeley...... 50Montgomery District 300 Huntingdon District $275 B yron ...... 70Brewton and Pollard 20 Adamsville and Shiloh — 80 Fruitvale...... 75Greenville...... 20Camden...... 50 Haywards...... 50Warren Street...... Carroll ...... 70 Lockeford...... 75Wesley and Theodore... Dyersburg...... 75 Valley Springs...... 50Montgomery...... 68Friendship— ...... 70 M artinez...... 75 Pensacola...... 68Hollow Rock...... 70 Oakland: Thirty-fourth St. 90 Prattville and Smiths 12 Huntingdon & McLemores- Twenty-fourth Avenue. 90 Tensas...... 24 ville ...... 40 Golden Gate...... 50 Inverness...... 10 Lexington...... 65 Pine Grove...... 50 Troy...... Lexington Circuit...... 35 Bumeyville and Westport. 50 Opelika District»...... 2(50 Parsons...... 90 San Ramon...... 50 Ashland...... 10 Sardis...... 70 Plymouth ...... 50 Dade ville...... 20Savannah...... 50 San Leandro...... 75 Jackson Gap...... 10 Nashville District...... 260 Sonora...... 50 Lamars...... 15Bloomington...... ’ .. 50 Soulsbyville...... 75 Opelika...... 30Byrdtown...... 40 Stockton: Epworth 50 Sylacauga ...... 50Cookeville...... 130 Clay Street...... 100 Wedowee...... 15 Hollow Springs...... 40 Walnut Creek...... 50 Sykes M ill...... 10 Lafayette...... 40 Biggs...... 50 Flint Hill...... 10Laurel Hill...... 40 Downieville...... 40 Camp Hill...... 16Maggart...... 40 Corning...... 50 La Fayette Circuit ...... 10McMinnville...... 50 Dunsmuir & Shasta Retreat 70 Missions, 43; Money, $2,400. Monroe ind Cumberland Dutch Flat...... 80 Mount...... 40 Folsom...... 50 Central Missouri. Nashville...... 300 Forbestown...... 50 Red Boiling Springs...... 40 Forest Hill...... 50 Sedalia Circuit...... 40 Georgetown...... 70 Knobnoster...... 50Tullahoma District...... 250 Honcut...... 70 Smithton...... 50Dickson...... 50 Ferndly...... 60 Lamonte...... 25Hohenwald...... 50 Klam atbon...... 70 Springfield Mission 40 L utts...... 50 Live Oak ...... 60 Malta Bend...... 25Rover...... 50 Colfax Circuit...... 70 Higginsville Circuit 25 Shawnette...... 30 North BloomBeld...... 60 Lebanon Circuit...... 40Shelbyville...... 150 Oak P ark...... 70 Windsor Circuit...... 25Summertown...... 60 Olinda...... 70 Arrow Rock...... 20Tullahoma and Sherword. 180 Orland...... 50 Gillam Circuit...... 20Waynesboro...... 60 Pleasant Grove & Sheridan 60 W ellington...... 17Wheel...... 60 Hart and Keswick 40 Osceola Circuit...... 25White Bluff...... 60 Roseville and Rocklin 100 Odessa...... 15 Missions, 38 ; Money, $3,200. Round Mountain...... Hannibal...... 100 Williams...... 60 Fredericktown...... 50 Colorado. College Park...... 100 Farmington...... 50 Morgan Hill...... 100 Ironton ...... 40Akron...... $125 Mayfield...... 100 Bridgeton...... B 95 rush...... 150 Palo Alto...... 100 St. J a m e s ...... 100 Burlington and Lansing.. 152 Pescadero — ...... 100 Fort Madison . • ...... 70Cheyenne Wells and Hugo 132 Redwood City...... 100 R olla...... 45Denver: Berkeley...... 185 Soquel...... 100 Springfield, 111...... 107 Cameron...... 60 S a ra to g a...... 76 Omaha ...... 300 City Missions...... 390 Evergreen...... 130 St. Joseph...... 150 Collins C h ap el...... 40 Fifteenth Avenue — 100 Kansas City, Burns 120 Highlands...... 175 Webster 8treet...... 100 Independence...... 100 Myrtle Hill...... 50 Potrero - ...... 135 Lincoln ...... 100 Simpson...... 80 Lorenzo & Ben Lomond... 92 M oberly...... 40 Wright Memorial...... 60 Oskaloosa...... 40Fort Morgan...... 50 Missions, 74; Money, $5,370. Richmond...... 40Littleton...... 60 Des Moines...... 40Wray and Glendale...... 160 Central Alabama. Kansas City: Clark 15 Y u m a...... 100 Birmingham District...... $300 Topeka District...... 160Greeley District...... 300 Anniston...... 40 Fort Scott...... 50A rvada...... 130 Attalla ...... SORosedale ...... 30Black Hawk...... 50 Bessemer...... 20 Coflteyville...... 50Eldora...... 100 i 89 8.J English-Speaking Conferences. 345 Erie ...... $130iHarrison...... $70 Iroquois...... $110 Evans...... 100 Post Falls & Coeur d'Alene 170 M iller...... 140 Fleming...... lOORitzville...... 50 Oneida...... 75 Fort Lupton...... lOOiRockford and Fairileld 100 P ierre...... 150 Georgetown...... 64 Sprague...... 140 Redüeld...... 100 Greeley Circuit...... 50 Wallace...... 200 Wessington...... bo Holyoke...... 100 Wardner and Murray 100 West Wessington...... 85 Idaho Springs...... 120 Waterville ...... 160 Winthrop...... 90 Jamestown 50 Wayside...... 6 0 1WTolsey...... 68 Julesburg...... 50 W enatchee...... 100:Mitchell District...... 400 Loveland...... 100 W ilb ur...... 100.Alexandria...... 100 Morrison...... 50Antelope...... Armour and Delmont 100 Platteville...... 120 Arlington...... 50.Artesian...... 100 Pleasant View...... 120 Bickleton ...... 100 ICarthage...... 100 Sterling...... 100 Cascade Lock...... 100 iCastalia and La Rocbe 72 Windsor...... 100 Columbus...... 1 0 0 1Chamberlain...... 100 Walden...... 100Dufur...... 100]Fulton...... 100 Pueblo District...... 240 Ellensburg...... 200 IGann Valley...... 40 Artm an...... 80 Fossil...... 100]Howard...... 100 Castle Rock...... 100 Gilmer...... 70 ]Kim ball...... 100 Castle Rock Circuit 80 Heppner...... 75 ]Letcher...... 100 Cripple Creek...... 80Hood River and Belmont. 250 Mt.. Vernon...... 100 Colorado Spri'gs: St.PauI’s 180!Moro...... lOOIParkston...... 100 Elkton...... 80;Pasco...... 50,Tripp...... 100 Granada...... olPrineville...... lOO.Plankinton...... 100 La Junta...... 80! Prosser...... 150 Scotland...... 100 Lamar...... 80;Spaulding...... 50; White Lake...... 100 Lamar Circuit, 75 Wasco...... 50!Woonsocket...... 120 Las Animas...... 80 Waldron...... 75 Sioux Falls District 200 Manzanola...... 80 West Kittitas...."...... 75 Alcester...... 70 Ordway...... 80jYakima City...... 100 Beresford...... 50 Pueblo: Pine Street 140! Athena and Adams . 100 Lodi...... 50 Pine Grove...... 60iDai’to n ...... 100|Dell Rapids...... CO Rockvale...... 120!Echo and Pilot Ilock 80;Egan...... 70 Sheridan Lake...... 80 Elgiu and Sum m erville... 150iElk Point...... 60 Vineland...... 60!Enterprise...... 100|VaIIey Springs...... 74 Woodland Park...... 80Floraand Paradise 100!Hartford...... 100 Rio Grande District 475!Huntsville and Covello 150!Hudson...... 50 Basalt...... lOOIJohn Day and Prairie City 100 Hurley ...... 60 Buena Vista...... 100jLa Grande...... 200.Lenox...... 40 De Beque...... 100 Long Creek...... 100 Montrose...... 100 Del Norte...... llOiMilton...... lOOjjordan...... 175 F ruita...... 110 Pataha...... lOOjWakonda...... 70 Hillside Circuit...... lOO Prescott and Starbuck— 100!Yankton...... 110 Hotchkiss and Paonia 100 U kiah...... lOO Coleman...... 50 Hooper Circuit...... 100 Walla Walla Circuit 100 Watertown District 355 Glen wood Springs 110 Wallowa...... 100 Big Stone C ity...... 60 Gunnison...... 110 Missions, G6 ; Money, $7,000. ¡Bradley...... 75 Meeker...... 110 ¡Bristol...... 50 Montrose...... 110 Dakota Castlewood...... 50 Mosca Circuit...... 110 uanoia. ¡dark ...... 120 O uray...... 100jAberdeen District $400;ciear Lake 75 Pagosa Springs...... 100 Andover...... 100,Elkton...... 50 Plateau Circuit...... lOOAshton...... 100 Gary...... 50 Rifle Circuit...... lOOjBath...... 70:Hazel...... 100 Salida...... 100 Bangor...... 140 Henry...... 50 Silver Cliff...... 100 Bowdle...... lOOKampeska...... 50 Missions, 77 ; Money, $S,478. Britton...... 100 Lake Preston...... 85 Claremont...... 100;Sisseston...... 100 De V oe...... lOOiSummit...... 65 Columbia River. Doland...... lOOjTwin Brooks...... 70 Colton. I Frederick...... lOOjWaubay...... 70 Concord and Anatone 200 Groton...... 40, Webster...... 75 Cottonwood ...... 100 Ilecla...... lOOjWhite Rook Elberton...... 50!Leola...... 100 Willow Lake...... 100 Farmington and Tekoa ... 120iLaugford...... 115 Wilmot...... 75 Graugeville...... SOOlMouucl City...... 100 Missions, 05; Money, $9,000. Kendrick...... 60 N orthville...... 100 Lapwai...... 100 W arner...... 100 Delaware. L eland...... 50,Huron District...... 380 Lewiston...... 180, Alpena...... 95 List of distribution among Moscow Circuit...... lOOiBiunt...... TO|L.the charges * - not v printed - , „ +in * the Palouse...... 180 B urdette...... ^M inutes, nor has such list been Pullman...... lOO Cavour...... 75 furnished the office of Mission- Calispel...... 50 De Srnet...... 140j Bay C ity: Central...... $56 East Maine. Mtcanopy and Rochelle.. - $30 Fremont Avenue 100 M Ikesville & Stanley Chap’l 20 Woodside Avenue 25 Alton and Argyle...... New River and Hampton. 25 Bentley...... 70Atkinson and Sebec ‘¿i Alachua and Newnanville. 30 Cheboygan Circuit 34 Brown ville...... 24 Otter Creek and Gulf Ham Eairview...... (54Carmel and Levant 24 mock ...... 20 Gaylord arid W aters 25 Easton...... 40 SanpulaskL...... 20 Hillman and Long Rapids. 50 Exeter and Corinna 48 Starke and Lawty . ------20 Indian River.— ...... 64Forest City and Vanceboro 16 Waldo and Freecanaan.... 20 Kawkawiiu and Fraser.... 56 Fort Fairfleld...... 22' Fort White and Bradford.. 20 Omer and Turner...... 5(5Hodgdon and Linneus— ‘ 21 High Springs, Fateville, O naway...... 70 H owland...... 33 and Noble H ill... Ossiueke...... Harmony and Athens fO.Piiieville an(j Newbery__ Prescott and Maple Ridge. Limestone...... 50 F0r new work on the dis Riggsville...... 60 Lincoln...... 38 tric t...... 10 Rogers and Hagensrille... 30 Mapleton...... 40 Jacksonville District 250 Rose City...... 50 Mars H ill...... 36 Hibernia, Green Cove Standish...... 40 Mat ta wamkeag...... 38 Springs, and Scott...... S te rlin g ...... 56 Moro and Smyrna...... 24 King’s Ferry and Hilliard. Tawas C ity...... 44 South Presque Isle...... 36 Lake City and New Hope.. Vanderbilt...... 50 Sherman...... 36 Live Oak and Huntsville.. West Harrisville...... 64 Washburn...... 35 Lone Star ...... W hlttem ore...... 50 Alexander...... 16 MacClenney & Sanderson. W ilber...... 44 Bar Harbor...... 80 Monticello and Madison... W ilson ...... 56 Brooksville...... 36 Simpson Chapel and Mon- Wolverine ...... 84 Bucksport...... 48 crief Springs...... Bay City District...... 200 Bucksport Center...... 40 South Jacksonville and B righton...... 30 Eddington...... 48 Mandarin...... 35 Clio...... 30 Edmunds ...... 48 St. Joseph and Cookman B araga...... 50 East Bucksport...... 36 Chapel...... 30 Champion...... 40 Ellsworth...... 48 Wrightsville and West Crystal Falls...... 40 Franklin...... 48 Jacksonville...... 20 Detour...... 75 Gott’s Island...... 20 White Springs and Lake Franklin, J r ...... 50 Gouldsboro...... ¿20 Ogden ...... 20 Hermansville...... 50 Lubec...... 32 Yulee and Crandall 30 Iron R iver...... 100 Orland...... 4u New w o rk ...... 27 K ew eenaw ...... 50 West Trenton...... 20 Palatka District 300 Munising...... 150 Arrow sic...... 20j Benedict and Lowell 20 National...... 100 Bristol...... 40 De Land and Osteen 35 Newberry...... 100 China...... 40 Hernando and Dunnelton. 30 Ontonagon...... 100 Cross Hill...... 20 Homeland, Alalia, and Republic...... 100 Cushing...... 20 B artow ...... 30 Rockland...... 50 Montville...... 24 Lakeland...... 30 Budyard ...... 50 M orrill...... 24 Myers and Punta Gorda... 40 Seney and Germfast 60 Off’s Corner...... 24 New Smyrna and Ormond. 32 Sidnaw...... 50 Randolph...... 40!ocala Stalwart and Cedarville... 56 Searsm ont...... 40;Orlando and Wood bridge. Stephenson...... 50 Southport ...... 40;Orange Lake and Gordon. Turin...... 100 South Thomaston...... 241 Tarpon Springs, Twin Winters...... 50 Vassal boro...... 40 Lake, and St. Petersburg Brown City...... 24 W ashington...... 60:west Tampa and Port Capac...... 24 Westport...... 10 Tampa City...... Caraonville...... 24 West Waldoboro...... 40 Miami & Cocoa Nut Grove. Clifford...... 24 White field ...... 20 Sanford...... Cedardale...... 36 Wiscasset...... 28! Missions, 50 ; Money, $2,100. Jeddo...... 36 Missions, 53; Money, $l,77o| Lake po rt...... 2i (of which amount $106 vrasl Georgia. Harlette Circuit...... ¡^¡from the Conference local So- Melvin...... ■...... "?ciety). Atlanta District...... §125 Minden City...... 24 ¡Atlanta: Marietta St rent New Haven...... 24 and East Point...... 325 Peck...... 24 East Tennessee. Wesley Chapel...... 10!) Pinnebog...... 24 No list of distribution of the Carroll and Bremen...... 20 Port Huron: Memorial... 24 $1,920 appropriated by the Dawsonville...... 40 Washington Avenue ... 48 General Committee has been Demorest Circuit...... 115 Sand Beach Circuit 36 furnished, and no copy of the Statham and Corinth 100 Sanilac Center...... 36 Minutes has been received. Simpson...... 60 8ilverw ood...... 36 Tallapoosa and Berea Mis Ubley...... 36 Florida. sion...... 115 B urt...... 60 Du Pont District ...... 200 Carrollton...... 60 Gainesville District $250iAlbany and Fitzgerald. 130 Deford...... 60 Arradondo Archer and Du Pont and Glenmore... 40 Ellington..:...... 60 Long Pond...... 20j Fitzgerald 100 Oakley...... 60 Liberty Hill & Union Lake 20,Sylvania and Tattnall 50 Reese...... 60 Cedar Keys and Rosewood 20;Trader’s Hill 60 St. Charles...... 60 Williston and Phoenix.... 20'Ellijay District...... 150 Shabbona...... 60 Gordon and Freedom 20|Blairsville...... 50 W arren ...... 70 Hague and LaCrosse 20;Chic.kamauga Mission 60 Levy ville, Adamsville, and Icohutta...... 6!> Missions, 80; Money, $4,365. Old T ow n...... 30 Ellijay...... 50 1898.] English-Speaking Conferences. 347 Hiawassee...... $70 Kansas. IScottsville...... $40 Jasper and Cherokee...... (50 . . . . . , __ ISuiniriit...... 40 La Fayette...... 60 ...... SaOlTomiikinsville...... 40 Lookout Mountain 50 Watheua...... 50 vine Grove...... 4u Morganton...... GOGreenleaf...... SOiMiddleboro District ... 21 ;0 Mountain Town...... 40 Bushong...... 40iAnnville...... 50 Spring Place...... 50 Leonardville...... 100 Barbourville Circ u it...‘ 45 Toccoa...... 80 Morganville...... 40! Beatty ville...... 50 Missions, 28; Money, $2,220. Haddaiu...... 40 Booneville...... 311 W e s le y ...... 2o Breathitt...... go Holston. Parkersville ...... 00| Burning Springs...... 50 Athens...... $50 Clay Center Circuit 30iCampton 40 E rie. 50 Kansas City: First Church 20(1 Grays . 40 Friendsville...... A lm a ...... 50; Harlan...... 100 Maryville Circuit. - - Blue Rapids...... 150; London Circuit...... 50 Duetto vvn...... bummerfleld...... OOjMiddleboro...... 40 Kingston...... t^eto ...... Newark & Newcomerstown $20lKnox Mission...... $15 M arion...... $70 Portsmouth...... 20 Natchitoches...... 450 Middlebrauch...... 80 Xenia...... 40 Allen Circuit...... 15 McClure...... 80 Missions, 55; Money, $3,430. Alpha...... 15 McBain...... 40 Bayou Rapides...... 15 Stetson...... 90 Little Rock. Boyce and Village 20 Woodville and White Cane R iver...... 15 Cloud...... 80 Forest City District $250 Cypress & Bayou Natchez. 15 Millbrook...... 50 Auvergne...... 86 Chopin and Old R iver 15 Caldwell...... 50 Bledsoe...... 30 Colfax and Fairmount__ ScottYille Circuit...... 75 Brinkley...... 100 Coushatta and Red Bayou. 15 Ferry...... 90 Brinkley Circuit Leesville and Columbus... 20 Coleman...... 40 Orawfordsville ...... 40 Marthaville and Robeline. 15 Lake City...... 75 Jacksonport ...... 30 Many and Negreet ...... 20 Gladwin...... 15 Marvel and Helena...... 30 N. O. North District 100 Spring Lake...... 20 Marianna...... 32 A sbury...... 20 Grand Haven...... 40 Newport and Minton...... 70 Darrowville...... 15 North Muskegon ...... 40 Palestine...... 20 Franklinton...... 20 Hesperia...... 40 Park Place...... 20 St. Jo h n ...... 25 Holton...... 82 Hot Springs District 275 Lutcher...... 25 Benona...... 83 Camden...... 40 Malden...... — 25 Edgerton...... 40 Canfield ...... 30 N. O. South District 130 Alanson...... 50 Caddo Gap, Verdun ville and Patterson 20 A lba...... 60 F ordyce...... 57 Centerville and Bayou Sale 20 A ld en ...... 50 Gurdon...... 30 Haven Church...... 20 Bellaire...... 40 Lewisville...... 20 Beattie ville...... 20 Benzonia...... 50 Magnolia...... 30 Napoleon ville...... 20 Boone...... 00 Texarkana: Shreveport District 500 Central Lake...... 50 Wheeler Chapel Bodcau...... 15 Cross Village...... 60 College Hill...... 40 Grand Cane, Kingston, and Clarion...... 50 Circuit Stringfellow ...... 15 Iron ton...... 60 Little Rock District 275 Homer and Gibbs...... 30 Copemish...... 70 Conway Circuit...... 40 Minden and Odom 70 East Jordan Circuit...... 50 Danville Circuit...... 30 Round Grove Circuit 30 Empire...... 60 Lonoke and Richwoods Brownlee...... 20 Fife Lake...... 40 C irc u it...... 23 Rocky Mount...... 20 Frankfort...... 50 Honor...... 60 Little Rock : East Mission 40 Missions, 6 1 ; Money, $3,700. Whites Chapel...... 70 L evering...... 60 M orrillton...... 42 Inland...... 50 Pine Bluff District 320 Maine. Mackinaw City...... 60 Dermott Circuit...... 60 Bingham and Mayfield $40 Kingsley...... 50 Dumas Circuit...... 30 East Livermore & Fayette. 30 Manton...... 50 Hensley Circuit...... 30;Industry and Starks ...... 50Old Mission...... 50 Monticello 40jLivermore and Hartford.. 40 Onekama...... 50 New Edinburg Circuit— 30 North Adsou aad Eiribden. 50 Sherman...... 60 Pine Bluff Circuit...... 30 New Sharon and Farming South Boardrrian...... 60 Rison Circuit...... 30 ton Falls...... 40 Traverse C ity : 2d Church. 60 Tamo Circuit ...... 40 North Augusta...... 25Stittsville...... 50 Warren Circuit...... 40 Oakland and Sidney 50 Gobleville...... 50 Wilmot Circuit...... 50 Phillips...... 25Lacota...... 80 Parkville...... 50 Missions, 41; Money, $2,500, W ayne...... 50 Andover...... 40 Sethtou...... 60 Louisiana. Berlin, N. H...... C rystal...... 90 Empire and South Auburn Berlin Center ...... 20 Alexandria...... $130 Fryeburg and 8tow 20 Danby...... 50 Abbeville and Springhill.. 20 Long Island...... 30Emerson...... 60 Jennings...... 20 Naples...... 40 Missions, 03; Money, $3,600. Hubertville...... 15 Oxford and Welchville__ Rayne and Crowley 15 West Cumberland and Minnesota. Baton Rouge District 130 South G ra y ...... 20 St. Mark...... 30 West Paris...... 80Alma City and Medo $75 Baker and Plank Koad 20 Yarm outh...... 80Blooming Prairie...... 60 St. Paul and Vincent 20 West End...... 180 Claremont...... 75 St. Luke and Plain View.. 20 Knigbtville...... 80D elavan...... 70 Asbury...... 20 Buxton and So. Standish.. 40 Garden City...... 60 New Roads ...... 20 Kezar Falls...... 50Glensville & Gordonsville.. 50 Priestly and Jones Creek Bowery Beach...... 25Grand Meadow...... 50 Central District...... 50 N ewfleld...... 25Le Sueur...... 70 St. Charles Avenue 400 Missions, 26; Money, $1,210. Lyle...... 50 Monroe District...... 560 Mapleion and Minnesota Bonita...... 40 Lake...... 100 Oak Ridge...... 40 Michigan. Morristown...... 50 W heeler...... 40• Frontier...... $50 Nicollet...... 50 Winnsboro...... 50l Ashton...... 80 Vernon Center...... — 50 Collinston ...... 50I A verill...... 40 W aterville...... 100 Anderson ...... 30• Barryton ...... 60 A d rian ...... 62 ______Delhi...... ______501 Chase and Zion...... 80 BIglow ...... 50 Waco...... 30,Chippewa Lake ...... 50 Balaton...... 50 B eulah...... ¡»¡Crystal Valley...... TOCanby...... 50 Bastrop...... 30'Harrison...... 70'Clarkfleld...... 50 1898.] English-Speaking Conferences. 349 Egerton...... $50 Vicksburg District $300Luna...... $140 Fulda...... 50 Anguilla...... 18 Livingston...... 80 Jackson...... 100 Carey...... lfi Livingston Circuit ...... 160 Jasper...... 100 Edwards...... 46 Meadow. Creek...... 350 KiDbrae...... 75 G loster...... 38 Middle Creek...... 200 Lake Benton...... 100 Hamburg...... 33 Park City...... 125 Lakeüeld...... öO'Harristod...... 40 Poney...... 100 Lamberton...... 50Meadville...... 12 Red Lodge...... 175 Slayton...... 100 Natchez...... 100 Sheridan...... 100 Sherburne...... 25 Vicksburg Circuit...... 12Townsend...... 330 Sleepy Eye...... 7o Missions, 51; Money, §3,000. 100 St. Jam es...... 75 White H all...... 200 Walnut Grove...... 100 Missouri. ¡White Sulphur Springs.... 230 Welcome...... 50 Pattonsburg...... $144! Missions, 39; Money, $5,500. Worthington ...... to Winston. 801 W ilder...... 75 Nebraska. Cannon Falls...... 75 Brecken ridge...... 50! Farmington and Lakeville 50 Cotteysburg— ¡Alexandria...... $20 Hastings...... 75 Kingston — La Salle Street...... 60 Newport, St. Paul Park, Hamilton Circuit...... 50 Belvidere. 40 and Alton Tindall ... 40 Burchard...... 50 Olivet ...... 50 Bowling Green...... 150 20 60 Daykin . King street:: ilope streel 100; Diller...... 40 St. Anthony Park...... ^ Mexico ! ! " ! ' ! !. Î S Du Boi& 75 T rinity...... 50!“ ef “3Y...... ¿7«'Reynolds...... 20 North St. Paul...... r^ViLritiP...... Wilber...... 40 Dundas...... innT<)bias...... 35 W7est Concord and Kenyon e O j'^ 'U ia ...... J"":Strang...... 20 Caledonia...... , ? > e Witt...... 40 Lanesboro ...... 7 5 ^ ? ”^ ...... 5 o 4 y e r^ „ ...... f M arion...... 50 , Blue H ill...... 3o Racine...... 60 West Hartford...... ^.Carieton.'.! "I!! 36 Reeds and Glasgow 40 Canton...... 85 ciay Center...... 30 St. Charles...... 40 M ila n ...... 150Cowles...... 40 W abasha...... 50 Queen City...... 100 Qrafton...... 42 Glenwood...... ^ Guide Rock and Bostwick. 40 Wesley...... 60!.Wyaconda...... 1(H) 4.0 Missions, 54 ; Money, $3,437. ¡Millard ...... 70 Laurence’.!.’ ! ! ! ! ! 1 ! 40 Mississippi. feenCMtle.!!.'!!.!!! ! ^.P®* ■ — 50 Brookhaven District $295 ^.^oka 7) O ng...... 40 ! Red Cloud Circuit. . 40 Brookhaven...... ^'AHendaie'.’.! ! ...... 28 ^Deweese...... 40 B uford...... ^ B a rn a rd ...... 40; Crystal Springs Circuit.... 10 QUitman...... 48 Eafi,eHarvard...... 50 . - ,■ a s a y * “ Fairport...... B g g U ...... IS « T^.r . S ...... jjiSt, Joseph : Huffman Mem. 180 Havelocj£...... HO Te,° ...... 14 P oOakland. l a n d ...... 380 North Lincoln...... 40 Tylertown...... 14 South Park. B arlow ...... 8 3,^ Mead...... 20 St. Paul...... 7, ,2 Sharon...... 20 Hartinan ...... 30 W esley...... Jackson District...... 110 Valparaiso...... 60 Missions, 37 ; Money, §3,400. Victoria ...... 20 Morton...... 35 I Weston...... 20 Wolf Lake...... 36 Madison Montana. Denton...... 30 Carthage...... 40 Avon...... $220 Peru1 - --■•••...... Green Hill...... 20, Butte Mission...... a ...... *4 Clinton ...... 30|Columbia Falls . m ^ v ^ r Crossintr...... r>4 Meridian District...... SS'Clancy...... 40 Conehatta...... 14'Elkhorn...... " S Cliunkey...... 14,Hamilton...... ^rarrison ...... 30 Collinsville...... 14!Oak Street...... , 'i0 m fow n...... 75 Enterprise...... 180'Kalispell Circuit...... 14t> G um antovin...... ( Meridian Circuit...... 14 Troy and Libby...... 100 Linwood^...... Paulding...... 14! Missoula...... 20o ...... • • ■ • " Philadelphia...... 14jNew Chicago...... i- SatW viiley.V.V.V i.! 30 Fort----- Stephen...... 14 Ovanda...... 190ötockham.. ' ...... y 34 De Kalb...... ‘ » Phüipsburg and Granite.. Lake...... 14 Thompson and Plains. ... 40 Sti omsbui g...... rn Stevensville...... 100 Utica...... ^0 Shubuta District...... 100 Waco ...... Augusta...... 10 Sand Point...... 70 York Circuit...... ' 20 Basin...... 30 Marysville...... 40 B iloxi...... 40 Bozeman District...... 300 Missions, 54 ; Money, $2,150. DeSoto...... 10 Bismark and Big Hole 100 Ocean Springs...... 20 Billings...... 200 New Hampshire. Perkinston...... 14 Bozeman Circuit...... 150 Berlin Falls and Stewarts- Poplarville...... 14lEkalaka...... 3(H) town ...... $26 Gulfport...... 20 East Gallatin...... Chichester...... I6 S Ä :;::::;:""::::: East Escatawpa ...... lBlGebo and Clark’s F o rk .... l~i>i Columbia...... 350 Missionary Report. [1898. East Tilton...... $12 North Dakota. Asbury: Duluth...... $30 G ilford...... 12 Hibbing...... 60 Gilmanton ...... 16Fargo District...... $225 Mora and Round House... 50 Laconia: Trinity...... 100Abercrombie...... 100 Mountain Iron...... 80 Landaff...... 16 Aneta...... 100 North Branch and Harris. 50 Lyman...... 10 Elliott...... 100 Pine City...... 50 Rumney...... 16Enderlin and Sheldon 100 Proctor Knott...... 100 South Columbia...... 26Fargo: Roberts Street.... 230 Ronneby and Estesbrook.. 60 S tark ...... 18Forman...... 100 Royalton ...... 100 Swift water and B entou... 25 Havana...... 100 Rush City and Rock Creek 50 W eirs ...... 50Hope...... 50 Thief River Falls...... 75 Ellsworth...... 10H unter...... 160 Virginia...... 80 Lowell: Central ville 150 Leonard...... 135 W alker...... 20 St. Paul’s: Lawrence 50 Lidgerwood...... 50 Wyoming...... 50 Haverhill: Third Church. 40 Lisbon...... 130 Bloomington Avenue 50 Newmarket...... 21Mayvilie...... 160 Brooklyn Center...... 60 Smithtown...... 24M ilnor...... 180 Ctiamplin...... 50 North Wakefield aud East Moselle...... 50 Excelsior ...... 50 Wolfeboro...... 20Nortliwood...... 100 Parker Lake...... 50 Moultonville and Tufton- P a g e ...... 100 St. Francis...... 50 boro...... 24Reynolds...... 50 Twenty-fourth Street 100 Sandown...... 20Thompsou...... 100 St. Louis Park ...... 50 Brookline...... 16Tower C ity...... 150 Minnehaha...... 50 East Leinpster...... 24W ahpeton...... 120 St. Cloud District ...... 190 Muusonville...... 32Bottineau...... 225 Barnesville...... 120 Peter boro...... 26Bowesmont aud Nowesta. 20 Becker and Sautiago 100 North Grantham ...... 20Caudo...... 135 Battle Lake ...... 50 W ilm ot...... 20Devils Lake ...... 115 C learw ater...... 50 Milford...... 2 3 ‘Dresdou...... 130 Deer Creek...... 80 Hinsdale...... sojGrafton and Minto 115 Eagle Bend...... 50 East Deering...... 25|Hannah ...... 130 Glen wood...... 50 Manchester: Trinity 150‘Inkster...... 75 Hawley...... 100 Nashua: Arlington Street. 75 Lakota...... 110 Hubbard...... 100 Missions, 34; Money, §1,161. Langdon...... llOjLong P rairie...... 100 L eed s...... 155|Melrose...... 75 Milton and Osnabrook ... lOOMooreliead...... 50 North Carolina. Perth...... 150; Motley...... 50 „ ®,c«Bol]a...... J-OjOsakis...... 50 Greensboro District...... $150 Walhalla...... 100 Park Rapids 50 Madison Circuit ...... 35j willow c ity ...... 150 Peliean Rapids : ...... 80 Ramseur...... 20jjamestown District 600 Sauk Rapids...... 80 Rocky Mount...... 40, Bismarck...... 200 Spencer Brook...... 60 Pen Hook...... ^¡Carrington...... 200 Staples...... 100 West Greensboro...... ^¡C athay...... 120 V erndale...... 50 Raleigh District...... 500lCooperstown...... 150 Willmar District...... 170 D urham ...... 3°D azey...... 120 Annandale...... 50 Oberlin...... 80;Dickinson and Gladstone.. 200 Bird Island...... 50 Px.i9r'*...... IWjEdgeley...... 100 Breckenridse...... 50 ...... lOOjEllendale...... 180;Brown’s Valley...... 100 New Berne...... ^OiHarvey...... 100'Buffalo (50 Norfolk and Princess Anne, iKenmare and Velva 100 ¡Cedar Mil ls...... 70 »¡is?.::...... :: • • • • ■ g ¡S'k*“ "" M^crov.v.v.v.v.v.v.'.: » ...... ^ i^ P ^ d e n ...... 1501 Hereford...... 50 S , j ...... ao!5ifnd.a n ...... SOOjHerman...... 50 and Fa’mi’on 20!£iinot ...... 350 ¡Howard Lake...... 80 ^¡New Rockford...... 150;Kimball...... 50 F lH r :::::::::: f& r :::::::::::::: ,8 Charlotte Mission...... ;;; ^iwasbburn.iV/.;!” "::".: ’SSSir':S 100 Stew art...... ¡>0 Charlotte...... GO;W illi8ton ...... 200 W illm ar ...... 150 Columbus...... 35 Wimbledon...... 120 Concord...... 25 Missions, 93; Money, $5,400. Fsycttc yj | 25 Swan Station and Vasa...! 25 Missions, 64; Money, $8,640. Northern New York. W ilm ington...... 190 Adams District Winston District...... 40 . Herkimer District...... 180 Advance...... 25; Northern Minnesota. Oswego District...... 215 Jonesville...... 20 »ifv-in «so'St. Lawrence District...... 200 Kernersville...... ^ ¡ a w v Ip ...... ’ «{¡Utica District...... 50 M a y ^ w ...... 2 0 Alt^in f!ircUli;;;;;;;;;;;;; ^Watertown District 177 'V j ’l Xi Bemidji...... 100i Missions (not furnished); Stat^viUe & Philadelphia. 35iBiw abik...... 50|Money, $1,072...... ~”|Carlton, Wrenshall, and Asheboro...... 20j u arnum ...... joo North Nebraska. Salisbury...... ”®|Cass Lake...... lOOiGrand Island District...... $100 Missions, 40; Money, $2,950. 'Deerwood and Bay Lake.. 60'Bartlett ...... 100 1898.] English-Speaking Conferences. 351 Columbus...... S50!Barnum Bunker Hill...... $80 Cushing...... 60 Cedar Valley...... SO (Claflin...... 100 Clarks...... 50 Vincent...... 50 (Colyer...... 60 Genoa...... 60 Dayton...... 50 :Ellsworth...... 100 Grand Island Circuit 40Fort Dodge Circuit. G alatia...... 80 Greeley...... 60 Jolley aud Center...... 34 (Grainfleld...... 90 Purple Cane...... 60 Lehigh. Hays City...... 100 Richland...... 100 Stanhope...... 30 :Hill City...... 100 Silver Creek...... 100,Stratford...... 50]Hoxle and Moreland 110 Scotia...... 60!Sulphur Springs...... 50 1Kanapolis...... 80 St. E dw ard...... 60:Farnhamville...... 30 La Crosse...... 1(K) St. Paul Circuit...... 40 Jewell and Karinar 34 McCracken...... 100 Wolbach...... lOOGowrie...... 30 Natotna...... 100 Wood lllver...... 60,Webster City Circuit 32.Oakley...... 80 Neligh District...... 340 Ayrshire...... ilOjPalco...... 80 Battle Creek Circuit 75 C urlew ...... 85 Plainville...... 100 Boone...... 75 Estherville Circuit...... HOlRansom...... 80 Chambers...... 70 Everly...... 90;Sharon Springs...... 100 Clearw ater...... 75 Graettinger...... GO WaKeeney...... 80 Elgin...... 75 Lake Park...... 70: Waldo...... 80 Emerick...... 65;Harris...... 50'Norton District...... 330 Ewing: Ininan...... lOOjRock V alley...... 80 Achilles...... 40 Loretto...... 70,Mount Chapel Circuit 85'Atwood...... 100 Lynch...... 125;Haddoek...... 100 Bird City— ...... 110 Meadow Grove...... 45|Hawarden ...... 140 Brew ster...... 80 Niobrara...... 80;Meriden...... 100 Colby...... 45 Oakdale...... 40'Merrill...... 42 Colby Circuit...... 80 O’N eil...... SO Moville...... 42 Dana...... 80 Osmond...... 60:Mount Hope...... 30'Devizes ...... 40 Paddock...... 70!Onavva...... 80 Dresden...... 40 Plainview Circuit...... 70 p e iro ...... SOGoodland...... 125 Page...... 80 Whiting...... 100 Jennings...... 80 Nuvage...... lOOjGreenville Mission...... lOOLamborn...... 80 V erdell...... 75lAntlion and Oto...... 50 Long Island...... 80 Allen...... 40,Battle Creek...... 40 Menlo...... 80 Bancroft...... 70j Auburn...... 50 Norcatur...... 80 Carroll...... 50 v a il...... 40; Norton Circuit...... 40 Coleridge...... 150! We^t Side...... 50 Obeiiin...... 100 Decatur...... 70 Turin ...... 40 Obcrlin Circuit...... 80 Emerson...... 80 u te ...... 40 Phillipsburg...... 40 Homer...... 40iArthur...... 50 Phillipsburg Circuit 80 Hoskins...... <>0;Deloit...... 40 Reamsville...... 60 Humphrey...... VO Danbury...... 40 St. Francis...... 80 Leigh...... 100 Cushing...... 4oSelden...... »0 Laurel...... 50;Stnithlaud...... 40 Woodruff...... -0 o S a X v ::::::::::::::: ioS| **•*«».*»: Money,§3,7 5 1. S fc ;;;;;;.;::;;;:: 50 «>! Northwest Kansas. £ South Sioux City...... 20 Beloit District...... $200 Delphos...... 40 Wausa...... 50 _Ait.()I1 ...... 60 Glasco...... aO West Point...... 20iBloouiiDgton...... 60 ...... Ionia ...... 20iB]ue Hins ...... soLindsborg...... 50 Platte Center...... 50'Bristow...... 50 Luray ...... <0 Albright...... ^ ¡G a y lo rd ...... [>° JJen:tor ...... »0 Benson...... 100, Kensington...... 150 Miltom llle ...... < Craii?...... ICOxinrtn ...... 50 Pottersburg...... 40 Elk ho rn ...... 100!Lenora...... 100 Solomon...... 60 Herman...... 50 Logan...... joo Sylvan Grove...... 60 Kennard...... 100 M arvin...... fiO.Tescot...... Monmouth P ark...... l^Oport.isPorti s ...... 50 ells...... 40 Southwest...... 100 sniith Center...... 20 Missions, 92 ; Money, $0,700. West Omaha...... 100 W ebster...... 100 Missions, G5 ; Money, $5,000. Bellaire...... 20 Northwest Nebraska. Burr Oak Circuit...... 50 Northwest Iowa. Courtland...... 40lLong Pine District...... Arm strong...... $100u._..,t) C uba...... ~’0- a Atkinson...... too 100 B u r c h i n a t ‘.V.' V" 50 Esbon...... 20 Ainsworth...... JO0 Burdette...... 50 Formosa...... 40;Brownlee...... RJj Hutchins...... 60 Hollis...... 50 B u tte...... Klem me...... 60 Ionia...... 20 CrooKston...... 80 Ledyard...... 50 Jam estown...... 50 Johnstown...... Liverm ore...... 50 N arka...... — 40 Pi,ie...... j ~ Meservev...... 40 Randall...... 60i Newport...... m Remvick ...... 100 R ice...... 40|Sparks and Norden JW Rock ....'...... 50 Salem...... 50:Springview...... 100 R ow an...... 80 Scandia ...... mifr'i »•'...... 110 SweaCity...... 51 Warwick...... «), Valentin^...... JiR Tbnmnenn SO W ebber...... 50 Missouri ^ iille.\...... Whitteinore...... 100 Ellsworth District...... 200 Simeon and Gordon Valley 80 352 Missionary Report. [ 1 8 9 8 . Chadron District...... $300' Puget Sound. (Belleview and Spring Park $60 Alliance...... 130‘Amboy...... $20 Candler and Weir Park... 60 Box Butte...... 80 Bay Center...... 80|Eustis...... 60 Chadron...... 150!Bucoda and Tumwater.... 130!FruitlandPark...... 60 Chadron Circuit...... 120jCentralia...... 140!Llmona and River View... 100 Crawford...... 120;Chehalis Circuit...... 40;Minneola and Pasadena... 100 Cody...... 90! Chinook...... 40! Mount Dora...... 80 Gordon...... lOOjColumbia...... 40i0kahumpka...... 80 Harrison ...... 120,Cosmopolis...... 100|Tarpon Springs and Suth- Hemingford...... 100! Fishers...... 60, eriand...... 140 Hay Springs...... 120!Gardners...... 20 St. Petersburg,Tampa,and Lakeside...... 100 Gray’s R iver...... 40 Port Tampa City...... 140 L avaca...... lOOjHoquiam...... 120 Winter Park...... 140 Rushville...... 100!Ilwaco...... 130: Jackson ville District..... 370 Whitney...... 120Kalama...... 100! Daytona...... 100 Missions, 30; Money, $3,500. Kelso and Catlin...... SO Egleston and New Berlin. 80 Little Rock and Rochester 30! Gainesville...... 200 Oklahoma. O akville...... 90; Georgiana and Melbourne 120 No list of distribution of the Pe E ll...... 100' Green Cove Springs CO $14,000 appropriated by the Pioneer...... 90, Hastings...... 60 General Committee, nor copy Rainier...... 80 Jacksonville (South) 150 of the Minutes for 1898 has been1Shelton...... 100 Lake Como and Satsuma furnished for the Missionary:®jieltoIî Circuit...... 40 Heights. 110 o a w Skamokawo...... 60 Miami ...... 175 n (South Bend...... 150 Nashua and Welaka. (¡0 Uregon. Toledo and Mayfield 40 New Smyrna___ 140 Ashland District...... $350 V ance...... 40 Missions, 25 ; Money, $3,205. Canyonville...... 50!Vancouver Circuit...... 70 Central Point...... COWillapa...... 40 Jacksonville...... 100 Winlock and Castle Rock. 70 St. Louis. Klamath Falls...... 150’Anacortes...... 80 Butler Circuit. Medford...... lOOlArlington...... 90 Carterville__ 100 M errill...... 100!A vo n ...... 60 Joplin: Second Church.. 100 Oakland . 75 Bay V iew ...... 50 Jopiin_ Circuit 40 P aisley...... 50 Blaine...... W|Llbeiul” .7” 50 Ten Mile...... 40 Fairhaven...... 100|Neosho...... 80 Wilderville...... 50!Ferndale...... 50!peirce City...... 60 Eugene District...... '300;Issaquah...... 50'Webb City ...... ! 80 Bandon and Myrtle Point. 120 Kirkland...... ^Farmington District.....'. 150 Cottage Grove...... 10()Lynden...... 50'Alton...... 30 Drain...... 70 Marysville...... 1 * Bakerfleid' 30 Falls City...... 80 Monroe and Sultan...... 70] Bismarck...... 50 G ardiner...... 90 Mt. Vernon...... 80;Birch Tree and Mt. View. 50 Independence...... loOTrinity: New Whatcom... 80 Bonne Terre...... 50 Jefferson...... 40|Seattle: A sb u ry...... 100':Chapiu...... " 40 Junction City...... 125 Haven...... 100! cross Roads...... 40 Marshfield...... 150 Madison...... 100!Fri!-co...... 40 Monroe...... OOSedro...... 80 Flat River ...... " 40 Newport...... lOOSuohomish...... 70 Graniteville and Irontou.. 40 Philomath...... 100 Snoqualmie ...... 40 LUt,esville...... 60 Sbedds...... 40jSouth Park & South Seattle 100 j^ine LaMotte...... 50 Springfield...... lOOStanwood...... 80 P alm er...... 30 Siuslau...... 60;Sumas...... M'Perrvville and St. Mary’s. 40 Beaverton...... 40 Woodinville...... 1°° Pomona " 40 Cleone...... «(»¡Buckley and South Prairie 10 0 Pniferviii^...... 4(1 Gresham...... 65'Dungeness...... 100 jmxico .... 28 K n ap p a...... 50¡East Sound and Lopez. 100 West Plains Circuit 30 Montavilla...... 50|Friday and Roche Harbor. lOO ’willow Springs Oswego...... 100 Gig Harbor...... 1(l9:Winona...... Clark...... 4<>,Hadlock_ . ‘j? Belton...... 100 Sellwood...... 50 ...... 1”” Centerview...... 40 St. Joh n s...... 50 Ortinff...... ,a»|Drexel...... 88 Rainier...... 50 Puyallup ...... E a s t Lynne ...... HO St. Helens...... 80 Itoy...... 80 Harrisonville...... 60 Warreuton...... 40 Sum ner...... <•> Kensington...... 100 A„ m ity...... *n&idl?ey 50 ...... |00 Oak Grove...... 40 Brooks...... 50iVashon...... l (WOdessa 100 C a n b y ...... SO,Tacoma: Asbury...... 100 Twenty-ninth Street.' .7.’.. 100 Cornelius...... 80 Central...... ^¡Rolla District. 190 D illie...... 30 Fern Hill...... l°°ÌA va...... 30 Lincoln...... 90 Fowler...... ^¡Buffalo Circuit. 30 Mehama...... 70 Mason...... l°°'c u b a...... 50 Nehalem...... 100 St. Paul...... l°°!Eldon .’. ."...... 50 North Yam hill...... 100 Second Church...... ^ ¡H o u sto n ...... 40 Salem Circuit...... 50 Park Avenue...... ^O j^ e rso n City. 30 Silverton...... 120 Missions, 74 ; Money, .$*>,000. ¡Linn C reek...... 30 Sheridan...... 80, Mt. Grove Circuit...... 76 T u rn er...... 75 St. John s River. ¡Richland Circuit...... 40 V io la...... 50Eustis District...... $440,Urbana...... 50 Missions, 53 ; Money, $4,500. Bay Ridge and Seneca— 120 La Monte...... 30 1 898.] English-Speaking Conferences. 353 El Dorado Springs...... $90Spears...... $20|Hanford $160 Sedalia: Epworth...... 116 Syracuse...... 20 Hueueme...... 60 Lincoln and W arsaw 40 Springville...... 20 Kern...... 80 Rockville...... 30Tatum...... 20|Kernsville...... 60 Schell City ...... 40 Greenville Dibtrict...... 280; Lancaster...... 60 Marshall...... 100 Walhalla Circuit...... 30 Los Alamos ...... 120 Tipton...... 30 Seneca Station...... Paso Robles...... 60 Windsor and Leeton 32 Seneca Circuit...... 20 Porterville...... 100 Ash Grove...... 28North Greenville Circuit.. 30 Reedley...... 100 Aurora...... 70Belton Circuit...... 20 Sanger and Easton 120 Billings ...... 40Aim well Circuit...... 38 Santa Maria and Nipomo.. 60 Cassville...... 28Lowndesville Circuit 34 San Miguel...... 80 Daily Chapel...... 90Pendleton Circuit...... 35 Selma...... 80 G alena...... 32Olio Circuit...... 16 Somis...... 100 Greenfield...... 90:Liberty Circuit...... 15 Tehachapi...... 80 Marionville Circuit 30 Orangeburg District 180 Traver and Lakeside 80 Mt. Carm el...... 90 Antioch...... 20 Visalia...... 120 Mt. Vernon...... 40 Ashland...... 20 West Saticoy and Montalvo 100 P u rd y...... 20 Branchville...... 32 Burbank...... 50 Stockton...... 100 Columbia...... 50 Downey and Santa Fé Taneyville...... 20 Camden Circuit...... 40 Springs...... 75 Missions, 71 ; Money, $1,024. Chesterfield...... 30 Florence...... 50 Elizabeth and Lexington . 40 Gardena...... 50 Savannah. Jam ison...... 16 Garvanza...... Longtown...... 30 Glendale...... No list of distribution of the Macedonia...... 40 Lamanda Park...... $1,550 appropriated by the Mt. Zion...... 20 Los Angeles: Central Ave. 100 General Missionary Commit- Rock Spring...... 33 Grace...... 150 tee, nor any copy of Mlnutesfor smithville ...... 20 Haven...... 125 1898 has been furnished to the sUmter Circuit...... 36 Newman...... 100 Missionary office. Spartanburg District 400 Pico Heights...... ]00 Blacksburg...... 35 Union Avenue...... 100 South Carolina. Catawba...... 30 Wesley Chapel...... 50 Beaufort District...... $186 Gaffney...... 40 Prospect Park ...... 50 Newberry...... 20 San P edro...... 50 Aiken...... 75 Anaheim ...... 45 B arnw ell...... 20 Rock Hill...... 30 Beaufort...... 80:-rSt. James , ...... 20 A zusa...... 90 Cottageville...... oQilork Circuit...... 23 Arlington and East River Grahamville...... 20! Missions, 85 ; Money, $3,500. side ...... 100 A rtesia...... 60 Hampton...... 30| Beaumont and Banning... 100 Holly Hill...... 20 South Kansas Jacksonboro...... 3i| South Kansas. Chino : ...... 45 Cucamonga...... 45 Midway...... 20!Oedar Point...... Elsinore...... 60 Ridgeville...... 20;Climax...... "50 Escondido...... 50 Rosses...... 20;Eltndale...... 50 Fullerton...... 50 St. George...... 20'severv...... 40[ Fall Brook...... 75 St. Paul...... 20: Fall R iver...... 401 Highlands...... 60 Springfield...... 20 Coyville...... 40 Lordsburg...... 70 Summerville...... 30 Emporia Grace...... 50 Murietta...... 70 Walterboro...... 20 Altamont...... 40 National City & Coronado. 100 Weimer...... 30 Cherryvale Circuit...... 25 Otay and Nestor...... 70 Yemassee...... 20 Chautauqua...... 60 Oceauside...... 60 Charleston District...... llOjEdna...... 50¡Perris...... 90 Manning and Foreston 3(f (irenola...... 50 Winchester and Hemet— 70 Waccamaw & Georgetown. SOjLongton . 50 West Highlands...... 7(1 South Santee...... 401 Labette.. 40 Brook Green...... 50 Liberty .. 40 Missions, 60; Money, $4,750. Camp Ridge...... 550,Sedan... 50 Charleston Mission...... 28j Thayer. 80 Southwest Kansas. Maryville and St. Andrew’s 30 Bartlett...... 55 Latson and St. James. ... 30 W eir City Dodge City District $700 St. Thomas...... 30 Hallowell ...... 50 Ashland...... 80 St. Stephen...... 20 Frontenac...... 80|Buekliu and Spearville.... 100 Cooper River...... 30 Boicourt,...... 40 Cimarrón...... 80 Pinopolis...... 20 Crestline...... 40IColdwater...... 100 Lanes...... 45 Neosha Falls...... 50;Dighton ...... 80 St. Mary’s ...... 20 Nortb Ottawa...... 50!Garden City Circuit 60 Lake C ity...... 20 Richmond...... 50|Gate...... *0 Florence District...... 160 Quenemo...... 50 Jetm ore...... R™ A loot...... 20 Ra.ntoul...... 50I Johnson and Santa Ft? 100 B eulah...... 20 Missions, 28; Money, $1,400. Lakin...... 100 Bostick...... 39 Leoti and Tribune...... 100 Liberal...... 100 Clio...... 20 Southern California. Hartsville...... 20 Lockwood...... 60 Lynchburg...... 30I Fresno District...... $90 Meade...... 100 L yra...... 401 Arroyo Grande...... 50|Ness City...... 100 Mt. Zion an* B ethel 201 Creston ...... 90;Minneola...... 80 North Marlboro...... 201 Delano...... ISOlNess City Circuit...... 80 Sellers ...... 30-v) Estrella...... iS£i?oyl ...... Shiloh...... 80 Fillmore...... lOO Scott...... °0 23 354 Missionary Report. [1898. Syracuse...... $100;McMinn ville Circuit $30 Huntsville Circuit...... $ 8 A lb ert...... 70 McMinnville Station 20 Marshall District...... 200 Bison...... OO Murfreesboro Circuit 30 Lone Oak and Emory 20 Burdette...... 50Tullahoma...... 30 Longview and Henderson. 112 Bushton...... 50jSparta Station...... 20 Mailalieu and Concordia.. 00 Florence...... 70 Sparta Circuit...... 20 Mineola and Terrell 152 Garfield...... 50|Sinyrna Circuit...... 80 Pittsburg and Sulphur Great. Bend Circuit 70 Hillsboro Circuit...... 25 Springs...... 100 Hillsboro...... 50, Wood berry Circuit 20 Park Circuit...... 20 Hoisiugton...... 70|West Tennessee District.. 208 Marshall Circuit...... 20 Iumau...... 40!Alamo and Hudson 20 T yler...... 300 Kinsley...... 50;Atoka and Pleasant Grove 30 Woodlawn...... 20 Lamed Circuit...... 30‘Foulks— ...... 20 Navasota Circuit...... Lost Springs...... 50!Friendship...... 20Bellville ... 30 Mariou Circuit...... 50 Sharon and Kenton 20 Caldwell and Lyons 30 Pawnee Bock...... oOjGallawav...... 20 Caldwell Circuit,...... 10 Raymond and Elliuwood.. 30:Hmnboldt...... 50 Courtney Circuit...... 20 Annelly...... 40;Lexington & Mt. Pleasant. 30 Sealey Circuit...... 10 Arlington...... GOIMason...... 25 Brenham Circuit...... 21 Chelsea...... 40! Memphis Circuit...... 20 Palestine District...... 300 Hesston ...... 70! Warren Chapel 20 Bryan Station...... — 20 Hutchiuson-HadleyChapel 60,Oak Grove .... 15!East C alvert...... 24 Macksville...... 40! Ramsey and Big Creek— 20;East Mexia...... 24 Pat,ridge...... 60;Gardner and Yorkville— 10!Fairfield...... 28 Poutiac ...... 70 Cumberland River District 240 Jew ett and Buffalo 32 Potw in...... 50 Alexandria Station...... 13 Jacksonville...... 32 Stafford...... 70 Briceville Mission...... 12 Madisonville...... 24 W alton...... 40 Carthage and Stonewall Oakwood...... 20 Augusta...... 60 Circuit ...... 13jPalestine...... 20 Clearwater...... (¡0 Cherry Valley and Rich- W inkler...... 28 Cuuningham...... 70 man Circuit...... 12 Hearne and Sutton 24 Douglas Circuit...... 50 Cookville Circuit ...... 12 San Augustine...... ~8 Greensburg...... 100¡Gainesboro Circuit...... 14 :Paris District...... 430 Greenwich...... 50jGordansville Circuit 12]Bonham Circuit...... 00 P ra tt...... 40lGreenbrier Mission 11 Bagwell Circuit...... 20 Preston ...... 50;Hartsville Circuit,...... 10 Cooper Circuit...... 30 Pretty Prairie...... 40 Jamestown Mission ...... 20 Greenville Circuit...... 80 Saw yer...... 50!Lebanon Mission...... 20;Giddings Circuit ...... 20 Spivey...... 60 Livingston Circuit...... 14;Honey Grove Circuit 70 W endell...... 70!Liberty and Temperance Hinkley Circuit...... 20 W7ichita Circuit...... 50; Hall Circuit...... 12 iParis Circuit...... 60 Atlanta ...... 30;MitchelvilIe Circuit...... 13 1Pleasant Exchange Circuit 30 A ttica...... lOOjMt. Zion and Tucker’s Missions, 64 ; Money, $'V>oo. Burden...... G0( Cross Roads Circuit 14 Caldwell...... 120 North Lebanon Circuit 14 Troy. Geuda Springs...... 80!Nashville West End Mis- Kiow a...... 12 0i sio n ...... 12 No report of the distribution Medicine Lodge Circuit... 100 Payne and New Bethel among the charges of the $900 Milan...... 40 Circuit ...... ^¡appropriated by the General New Salein...... 40;Rock Springs Circuit . 12iCominit,teebasbeeninadetothe Portland...... 40 Seay’s Chapel C ircu it Sfljnftlce, noir was it published in South Haven ...... 40 Springfield Station...... 14 the Minutes. Tisdale and Hoosier 40 Union Hill Mission...... 11 Whitman...... 40 Missions, 68 ; Money, $2,000. Upper Mississippi. Missions, 74 ; Money, ¿'5,500. Columbus Circuit...... $24 Texas. West Point Circuit...... 24 Tennessee. Mhoon Valley...... 40 Houston District...... $82!Aberdeen Circuit...... 50 Tennessee River District. .§198 Harrisburg...... 40 Carrollton , 60 Adatnsville...... 16 St. Jam es ...... 20|Marvland...... 20 Perry ville...... 18 Liberty...... 40,Thornton...... so Waynesboro...... 16 Orange...... 20! Wildwood...... 20 Lawrenceburg...... 12 Oyster Creek...... 20 Greenville District 382 Petersburg...... 28|Roweville...... 10,Arcola...... 42 Lewisbnrg...... 22; W allisville...... 10 Baird...... 32 Spring Hill...... 26|Richmond...... 20 Belen...... 20 D uplex...... 2-"i;Kendleton...... 40 Bobo ...... 20 Franklin...... 18iVelaseo...... 40 Clarksdale...... 88 Brentwood...... ISiMallalieu...... 110 Glendora ...... 41 Dover ...... 20iHuntsville District 248Greenville...... 160 Paris, Springville,Cumber- ¡Cold Springs...... 16 Greenville Circuit...... 40 land, and Charlotte 18;Colmesneil...... 30 Gunnison...... 32 Dickson...... 14!Corrigan...... 14 Heathman...... 20 White Bluff...... 8 lCrockett...... 30 Itta Bena Circuit...... 40 Nashville District...... 162lDodge...... 15'Lula...... 50 Cainsville...... 20Jasper ami Newton 16 Moorehead...... 20 Christiana...... 20 Lovelady...... 32 Shelby...... 32 Farmington...... 20,New Canev...... 10 South Side...... 32 Lutnsden Hill...... 30 Prairie Plains...... 10,Tunica...... 34 Manchester...... 25 Springs...... 15 Webb...... 32 1 8 9 8 .] English-Speaking Conferences. 355 Indianola...... $40 Nickolsville...... $00 A xtell...... $00 Holly Springs District 130 Pennington Gap...... CO Atlanta...... 00 Batesville...... 30 Russell...... 55Arrapaboe...... 60 Oxford Circuit...... 20 Clinch port...... 00 Bartley...... CO Grenada Circuit...... 35 Tazewell...... 55 Beaver City...... 60 Senatobia...... (¡0 Washington : ...... 50Benkleman...... 60 Sardis...... 40 Alexandria District 100 Bloomington. 80 Water Valley...... 230!B erryville...... 110 Box Elder...... 60 Hickory Flat ...... 25 Claremont...... 90 Culbertson...... 60 Victoria...... 40F airfax...... 90 Danbury...... 60 T a y lo r...... 30 Falls Church...... 50!Franklin...... 70 Bellefontaine...... 30 Falmouth...... 67 Haigler...... 40 Cedar BlutI...... 20:Herndon...... 75 Hayes Center...... 60 French Camp...... 20!Lincoinia...... 40 Henelley...... ! ___ 60 Kilmichael...... 20 Manassas...... 84 Hildreth & Border Chapel. 60 Matheson...... 35 Greenbrier District 144 Holbrook...... 60 Mt. Nebo...... S0!Augusta and Rockingham 50 Indianola...... 60 Pheba Blue Sulphur...... 50 Imperial. 60 Sturgis...... 30 Forest Hill...... GO Norman...... 60 Armory Circuit...... 25 Paint Bank...... 60,Orleans...... 60 B elle...... 40 Pendleton and Circleville. co|oxford...... 80 Corinth Circuit...... 35 Pocahontas...... 24! Palisade...... 60 Cotton Plant...... 30 Rich Patch...... 50 Republican City. 60 New Albany...... 20 Ronceverte...... 100 Riverton...... 60 Pontotoc Circuit...... 20!Roanoke District...... 320 M ax...... 60 Ripley Circuit...... S0i Auburn...... 80 South McCook 00 Shannon. 30 Eagle Rock. 90 Trenton...... so Missions, 53 ; Money, $3,480. Franklin...... 60 Upland and Campbell. 60 G rayson...... 86 Wauneta...... 60 R adford...... 100 Wilsonville...... 80 Vermont. Roanoke...... 23.' Loomis...... 80 Athens. 5'~'- ...... Roanoke Circuit ...... 90 Kearney District ISO Bethel...... o0 Rockbridge...... 90,Anslev!...... 70 Brookline . 3o Wythe...... 90!Arcadia...... 80 Cuttingsville...... 50 Missions, 43; Money, $3,400. Arnold — ...... 60 G aysville...... 40 IBurwell and A inton bo Hartland...... 30 iGallaway...... 85 Norwich...... 25 Washington. jGibbon. 60 Putney...... 90 Alexandria District SI 90 Gothenburg. 60 Wardsboro...... 30; Ash Grove. 30 Kearney: Trinity. 140 Weston — 40 90 Cambridge Motley...... ¡jo.Litchfleld. 00 ElmoreT . V ® MT,«,',...... ov Richmond: Leigh Street.. CO Loup City.. . . — 80 Isle Ld Mottc...... ~->| ¿g bu ry...... 20 Merna Circuit — 80 Middlesex .., r.ivStewartsviile...... 28 New Hope...... 50 Montgomery or Fincastle...... 50; North Loup...... 75 North Hero. "'’¡Charlottesville...... 20 Overton. 70 Johnson, Hyde Park, and ,.. (I(111vs!)ure .. 40iPleasant Hill. 80 W aterville...... ^¡Harrisburg . ! ...... 25 Ravenn;i...... 80 West Enosburg ...... ^¡E iberTytow n 2 5 !Riugold. 50 Wolcott...... 1x Jefferson 30 Sargent...... 70 70 c 'n ra trv 1"...... 10 Mt' Zion and Cauton 70 ilumner and Miller- Dayton...... 30,Walnut Grove 60 East Elm ore...... 20'Staunton District.. 85 Westerville...... 75 East Charleston.. 3Suruciiiuii 20 North Platte District... .. 400 Evansville...... Lowmoor... 40 Bayard...... ion Glover...... j New Market 25 Big Springs...... Guildhall...... 20!Talcott 35 Brady Island...... 95 JNewDuryiS lrv center...... 'Ä r:rd Snrin„s lied sulphur . 4 5'Elwood...... «0 North Danville...... 30! n Jksville ...... °0 Farnam and Moorefleld... 1(H) T r'i1'*' ...... viciory...... S S ffl- .::::::::::::;::' »¿tiÄii'waiiMe":::::; no W alden...... Simpson 50 Harrisburg...... 100 West Concord ...... 30 Te.Viiallv-'to'wn...... " Kimball...... 9s Wt»tTopsham ...... ^¡Wheeling District.. ' 2S8!Lodsre Pole and Chappell.. 100 Woodbury...... Buckhannon ...... SOjLewelleu 100 Missions, 30: Money, $1,310. ¡Moorfleld...... 21 Maywood...... IOO . . . Point Pleasant...... 31 North Platte Circuit. loO Virginia. ¡Montgomery...... 21 Ogallalla...... 80 Abingdon District...... $150|Warren...... 21 Paxton and Sutherland.. 1«U Coeburn...... ftfiFrostburg...... ~1 Reddington...... 100 ...... 50jMorgantown ...... 20 Sidney. 12(1 Elk Garden...... Stockville...... Gladeville...... 45 Missions, 35 ; Money, $1,700. Greendale...... 50 Somerset...... Lee...... 35 Wallace Circuit. Men dota...... 65 West Nebraska. Marion...... 55 Holdrege District...... Missions, 79 ; Money, 80,500. New Garden...... 50'Alma 80 356 Missionary Report. [ 1 8 9 8 . West Texas. West Virginia. Cranesville...... £60 Etain...... 50 Austin District...... J192 Barbour...... $40 Parsons...... 45 Austin Circuit ...... 3( Clevelaud...... 30 Rowlesburg...... 35 5( ... 50 Horton...... 160 Burnet, Liberty Hill, Oat Cullipsville...... 25 Grantsville...... 20 meal, and Round Rock.. 31 East Buckhannon...... 50 Terra Alta Circuit...... 80 Ader Creek and Pleasant Fiat woods...... 30 Parkersburg and Church.. 75 R id g e...... 35 M ingo...... 70 Cairo...... 50 Davilla and Cook’s Chapel 4( Montrose...... Pennsboro...... 50 Georgetown and Baily— 20 Monroe...... 25 South Parkersburg...... 125 Lockhart and Bright’s Newton...... 35 Newark...... 30 Chapel...... 30 Aruoldsburg...... 30 North Parkersburg...... 30 Manor and Littig...... 35 Bowman...... 70 Pursley...... 25 Giddings and Lexington.. 40 Cleudeuuin...... 40 Pleasants...... 25 San Marcos, Kyle, and Goldtown...... 25 McMeeben...... 30 New Braunfel...... 40 Graham Miues...... 35 Fulton...... 36 Temple and Troy...... 50 Leon...... Taylor, Granger, and M alden...... 40 Missions, 95; Money, $4,440. B rushy...... 45 Raymond City...... 40 Winchester...... 30 Elmwood...... 40 West Wisconsin. Salado and Hogisland...... 17 Ravens wood...... 50 West Point, Sinithville, and R eedy...... 50 Washburn...... $75 Bastrop...... 40! Riverside...... Phillips...... 175 Columbus District...... 102iSpencer...... 50 Medford...... 150 Allevton and Eagle Lake.. 38 j W alton...... 30 Colby...... 50 Columbus Circuit...... 28 West Charleston...... 40 Cameron...... 50 Fayetteville and Industry. 38j Cicerone...... 20 Hurley...... 50 Edna and M orales...... 4S;Barnesville...... I ll Stanley...... 50 Flatoniaand Shulenburg. 48 M arion...... 45 Cadott...... 125 Hallettsville and Adam’s Shinnston...... 50 Downing...... 50 Branch ...... 30 Sm ithton...... 50 Cumberland...... 50 LaGrange and Ellinger.,. 38 W yatt...... 60 Marsh Held...... 100 LaGrange Circuit...... 48 A shton...... 30 St. Croix Falls...... 50 Sublime Mission...... — 48 Cassville...... 25 Cartwright...... 50 Weimar and Dry Branch.. 50 Dingess...... 100 Prairie Farm ...... 50 Wharton and Canev...... 67 Dunton...... 50 Rice Lake...... 200 Yoakum and Sweet Home. 57 East Hamliti...... 30 Chili ...... 50 Dallas District...... 356 Egypt...... 50 P ittsville...... 50 Blooming Grove & Antioch 411 Hamlin ...... 40 Grantsburg...... 225 Corsicana, Dawson, and Handley— ...... Weyerhaueser...... 50 Hubbard...... 08, Henderson...... Superior, Fifty-ninth St... 50 Denison...... 801 Hurricane...... 50 Osceola...... 50 Fort W orth...... lOOiKanawha C ity ...... 40 Itasca...... 50 Gatesville & Valley Mills.. 52 Kenowa...... Odanah...... 50 Lancaster Ennis and South Milton...... 60 B rooklyn...... 50 Dallas...... 25 Pideon Creek...... 50 Kllbourn...... 50 Milford, Italy, and South Peytona...... 30 Coloma...... 50 P ron g...... 48! Ruth...... 50 McFarland...... 60 Pilot Point and Denton... 57jSt. Albans...... 50 Madison: First Church Sherman and Vanalston... 74 Sheridan ...... 30 Mission...... 00 San Antonio District...... 102 Thacker...... 1 0 0 Mazomania...... 60 Belmont...... 4()j Williamson...... 100 Monroe C ircuit...... -in Gonzales and Shiner...... 351 Winfield...... 20 Spring Green...... 00 Gonzales Circuit...... 45|Arnettsville...... 40 Westfield...... 50 Seeuin and Olmus...... 6O1 Littleton ...... 96 Lone Rock...... ,. 00 San Antonio Mission...... 07 Mason tow n...... 50 Del ton...... 60 Pleasanton and Rossviile.. 50 Tunnelton...... 40 Altoona...... 50 Hondo and Del R io ...... 50 A thens...... 40 Arcadia...... 60 Floresviile and Riddleville 40 Brick Rive»1...... 40 Arkansaw ...... 40 Goliad, Beeville, aud Cor Boone...... 40 Ellsworth...... 70 pus Christ!...... 30 Blue field...... 50 Eau Claire Circuit...... 50 Mission Valley and Ira— 50 Brooklyn...... 44 Knapp...... 60 Kerrville & Fredricksburg. 80!Cedar Grove...... Lucas...... 40 Waco District...... 102; Claremont...... 50 Maiden Rock...... 50 Bremond, Reagan, and C lay...... 40! Modena...... 50 Long Branch...... lOlFlat Top...... 40; Pepin...... 40 East Waco aud Spring Hill 48 G ilbert...... 24; Humbird and Alm a 50 38 ... 4(1: Woodville...... 40 Groesbeck...... Hewitt...... Baraboo: Second Church. 100 Hillsboro, Acquilla, and Montgomery...... 40 Ross...... 48 Logan...... 40! New Lisbon...... 50 Lampases and San Saba... 80 Nicholas...... 40 ska...... 50 Mooresville...... 24 Norwood...... 50 Stoddard...... 50 Maysfleld, Cameron, and Raleigh...... 50 Valley Junction...... 50 45 Kendall...... 50 St. L uke...... 8pringdale...... 40 West Salem...... 50 Mexia Circuit...... Tate Creek...... 40 Norwalk and Milton 40 Waco, Andrews, New Zion, New River District — ... 60 4:> L eon ...... 40 and M ajors...... Albrights...... Strong’s P ra irie ...... 40 W aco: Mt. Zion...... 90 A u ro ra...... 20 Wonewoc...... 40 Missions, 62 ; Money, $3,750. Brandonville...... 85 Newton...... 40 1898.] English-Speaking Conferences. 357 Boscobel Circuit...... $50 Oshkosh: Second Church.$100Wittenberg...... ft25 Cassville...... 5(1 Plover...... 30; Cotton Street...... 94 Excelsior...... 60 Poysippi...... 501 Campbell sp ort...... 03 Mt. Sterling...... 60 Waupaca Circuit...... 42 Fond du Lac Circuit...... 18 Prairie du Chien...... 50 Winneconne...... 50 Green Bush...... 67 Dodgeville Circuit...... 80 Wautoma...... 100:Fox Lake...... 38 75 54 Algoma...... 60 Montello...... MO Wilmington. Bear Creek...... 85 Juneau and Lowell...... IS Dancy...... 50 Sheboygan Falls...... 54 Cape Charles...... $175 Dunbar...... Ml Watertown...... »0 1fi5 50 90 New Church and Exmore. 50 Hazelhurst...... 50 Milwaukee: Epworth__ 100 Salem Circuit...... 100 Jacksonport...... 50 Kingsley...... 100 Lakesville...... 90 Marion and Hunting...... , 50 Park Place...... 100 Zoar...... 30 Manawa...... till Port Washington...... 100 Missions, 6 ; Money SCIO. Mattoon...... »Ml Sherman Street...... 100 Oconto...... 100 Simpson...... 100 Shawano...... Ml Racine : Second Church.. . 200 Wisconsin. Suamico...... 45 South Milwaukee...... 150 K0 Waterford and Caldwell. . 64 Eureka...... 40 Tomahawk...... 100 New London...... __ 100-Washington Island...... 150; Missions, 47 ; Money, *3,562. Foreign Missions. Summary of the Domestic Missions. Summary of the 4 s' 1 1 1 1 g = ’J E s t u t e . 1 & ” «2 ! ! j .1 ! t/- ! MISSIONS. J ■5 •1 ! 3. 1 J ¿2/ 1 - m £■ £ e on Real c: : 1 E 1 Ì. i 1 „ 1 cc ® 5 ^ ! i 6 •= 3 1 c. c. ir D e b t •a t£D K % £ r. C % Ó-5 V- S c ô 5 1 1. £ -i 0 i 1 $20,850: 8 $5,300 $1,320 1 $178 $21* $2,153' $1,200 $574 1 American Indians...... 26 201 1 .41;; 216 31 8ii 21 1,216 Ì 21 2 29,500 1 800 15,000 80! 79 ! 1,125! 300 24* 16! 6 264 ;; 600 q.v 4* 2 W e ls h ...... 4 3 305 52 ! ? 1,974; 115 22(i t> r 194; 26 ” 3 Q 5 275 1 4 1,743,821 i*5 218,280 70,600 15.2ÎÔ1 9,462 129,212| 62.174 61,205 3 F r e n c h ...... 309 802,244 64 4 Germ an...... 214 30,246 fi.* 12 46 3,212; 521 ! 21,524 5 126,412 180,640, 10,198; 4,573 48,193: 1*,293 8,2"2 15,142 1,248; 39 1.428| 182 9,864 162 6 330^50 58 73,750 60^25: 3,5*3' 1,709 23,380, 12,416 3,769 5 S w e d is h ...... 12a 132i 7 *; Norwegian and Danish ...... 9« 741 7,516 517! 8« 1,056 115 5,291! 110 37,200 1 8,000 16,810! 822; 712 6,295! 3,*73 3,725 7 Chinese and Japanese ...... 17 12; 423; 276 17 17! 647 5 8 52.500 1 4,000 7,*00 695! 70« 3,262 t\270 1,007 rt 107 14 6 9 12,000 3,100 38; 63 1,568 1,820 230 * I’ ohem ian...... 64 18: 3^34 in !i Ita lia n ...... 6 2, 7 Ì*1 309| 9 6 6 473 1 i " 1(1 Portuguese...... 1 10(1 1 78 i r 73,700 'iô 18,250 12,735 85(lj ' ' 338 10,508! ’ Y.*m'i 1,872 11 A rizona...... 18 5! 674 " i t 1 " i i ” 39 22 1,481 ‘ Ì6 12 10,800 4 2,075 1,019 113! 14 1,332! 1,220 145 12 Atlantic Mission...... 19 13! 1,354 212! 132 24 22 1,140 18 13 19,000 2 1,650 2,210 163; 236 ' 4,0j 5! 7,439 630 12 67,400i 23 13 G ulf Mission...... 21 24! 1,456 202 89 113 27 1,332 14 18,900 2,183 1,123 398 17,H)1 ! 3,672' 1,073 22 <1; 1,016 181! 79 76 42 2,227 35 15: 39,200 8 12,900 6.949 713| 300 7,008 i 1,399! 1,437 14 N e v a d a...... I 15 New Mexico English...... 12 5 719| 66; 22 62 13 1,159 13 16 33,400 24 23,800 1,950 373 749 U 12 469 37 7 1,820! 693 95 2ii 36 979 28 1 7 i 38.350 14 17,990 4,445 571! 493 8,452! ' 5,424 ]ii New M exico Sp an ish...... 8.619 17 North M ontana...... 18 8 693 104 12 77 31 1,579 17 18 129,100 5 8,550 740; 250 6,950! 1.200 1« I'ta li...... 24 8! 1,142 177 24 1,913 23 19 64,37a 7 8,700 10,301 548 306 9,605: 4,074 ' ì ;*84 lit, Wyoming...... 19 4 841 122 " 3 3 ” 57 30 1,684 17 $3,504,890 415 $549,357 $406,006 $36.099 $20,656 $283,9451 $132,769 $87,699 Total...... 75(! 54? 67,051 11,506 982! 6,368 1 1.142! 56,490! 799 I 3,462,568 376 518,710 363,7611 34,838 19,813 270,939' 118,775 85.2*2 745 5S(^ 63,995 10,748 ! 595' 6,622' 1,129' 54,904 1 776 L a s t y e a r. receive any missionary appropriation, however little, and to tabulate all the statistics of the churches served Notb.—It has been customary to enter in tliif- summary all the ministers in the English-spoalting Conferences who contributions of churches which receive a few dollars of missionary aid; and, on the other baud, when bv them. This, however, is misleading ; for, on the one Iminl, it is not t.'ur to claim all the members an. a 1 t ie result of missionary labor. W e therefore cease to insert them in this summary. churches become self-supporting, they drop out of the table, with their statistics, although they may be entirely the RECEIPTS FROM THE BEGINNING. Special D ates. Legacies. Bible Total. G ifts . Society. April 5,1819-April 18,18201 $823 04 “ 14, 1820- “ 80,1821! 2,328 76 Mav 1,1821-May 81,1822; 2,547 39 June 1,1822- “ 81, 1828 j 5,427 14 “• 1, 1828- u 11, 1824! 3,589 92 May 12, 1824- “ 4.182öS 4,140 16 “ 5, 1S25- *“ 11, 1S2CÌ 4.964 11 12, 1826-April 25, 18271 6,812 49 A pr. 26, 1S27 10,1828 6,245 17 4‘ 11, 1828- “ 30, 1829 14,176 11 Mav 1, 1829- “ 80, 1S30 13,128 63 •*' 1, 1830- “ 80, 1831 9,950 57 “ 1,18 3 1- “ 30, 1S32 11,379 66 “ 1, 1832- “ 22, 1S33 17.097 05 Apr. 23, 1833- “ 30, 1S34 35,700 15 May 1, 1S34- “ 30, 1835 30,492 21 " 1, 1885- “ 15, 1836 59,517 16 Apr. 16,1836- “ 16, 1837 57,096 05 “ 17, 1837- 9, 1838 96,0S7 36 “ 10,1838- “ 9, 1839 132,480 29 “ 10, 1889- “ 19, 1840 136.410 87 “ 20, 1840- “ 19, 1841 139,905 76 “ 20, 1841- “ 19,1842 $2,8 139,473 25 “ 20, 1S42- “ 19. 1843 146.452 17 “ 20, 1843- “ 19. 1844Ì 146.578 78 “ 20, 1844- “ 80.1845 94,562 27 May 1, 1845- “ 80, 1846 89.52S 26 “ 1, 1S46- “ 80, 1847 78.932 73 “ 1, 1847- “ 30, 1848 81.600 84 “ 1, 1848- “ 30, 1849 200 00 84.245 15 “ 1, 1849- “ 30,1850 1,000 00 105.579 54 1, 1S50- “ 80, 1851 500 00 126,971 81 “ 1, 1851- “ 80, 1852 $138,284 42 12.8114 (V $9.393 38 2,000 00 152.452 48 “ 1 , 1852- Dw. 81, 185:3 298,473 39 21.202 03 16.232 97 2,100 00 338,068 39 Jan. 1, 1854- 18541 211,952 01 4.930 74 6,529 30 3.000 00 226,412 05 1855- “ 1855 204.464 86 6.924 17 6.815 01 1,100 00 219,304 04 1856- 1856 199.996 59 7.7 »4 81 29,660 52 1.000 00 238,441 92 1857- 1857 247.753 13 8.544 96 12.592 89 8.300 00 272,190 -48 185S- 1 858 220.987 04 ¿ S 13 55 25,423 42 3.000 00 255.224 61 1859- “ 185!) 243.863 44 8.824 64 12.479 11 5.500 00 270.667 19 1860- 1560 286.2(>9 21 10.109 97 10,343 59 6.000 00 262.722 77 1861- 1561 222.709 2s 10,051 44 13-364 21 4,250 00 250.374 93 1S02- 1862 241.247 29 12,874 7S 11,026 64 17.375 00 272.523 71 1863- 1 » (io 388.109 ls 16,941 24 11.743 38 2.975 00 429.765 75 1864-- 1864 497,867 17 22.172 93 29,953 16 19.000 00 558.993 26 1865 1865- 587.569 41 12.765 76 31.405 50 1,000 00 642.740 67 18Ct*- 1S66 041.45U 32 10.636 79 27,293 19 4.000 00 6S6.3S0 30 1»67- 1867 558,520 35 28.532 17 20.468 44 5.500 00 (¡13.020 96 1 »(¡8- 1868 575.624 90 11,909 36 10.627 43 8.500 00 606,661 69 “ 18(59- 18*;;* 576.397 48 27,618 21 14.210 92 16,477 50 634.704 11 1870- Oct. 31, 1870 576.774 10 12.194 45 5.775 22 8.207 50 602.951 27 Nov. 1, 1870 1871 603.421 70 11,456 41 S.5»l 14 6,462 50 629.921 75 1871- 1 ^72 ...... 627.646 60 10,859 16 23.05(1 «4 5,270 00 666.326 60 “ 1872- 1873 ...... 647,103 76 15.817 38 17,915 50 9,680 00 690.516 64 1873- ¡8 7 4 ...... 618,004 99 47,603 37 9,471 96 12,640 00 687,720 32 1874- 1875 ...... 613,927 12 35,123 15 13.435 62 10,536 00 673,021 89 1870 1876 ...... 533,594 45 51,338 09 ! 9.255 84 6.500 00 600.688 88 1876- 187 7 ...... 566.765 66 39 G16 74 ! 22.594 85 8,709 00 637,686 25 1877- 187 8...... 477,166 15 41,652 12 32.546 78, 6.000 00 557.365 05 1878- 187!»; ...... 480,42» MI 88.818 55 ! 32.611 95! 1,800 (IO 553! 159 30 1879- 18801 ...... 500.182 46 34,710 27 22.478 41 2,000 00 559,371 14 1S80- 1881 ! ...... 570,965 77 33,865 26 20,832 86 4.300 00 629,963 S9 “ 1881— 1882 ...... 621.361 08 48.605 09 21.679 841 4.100 00 695.766 01 1882- 18S3Ì ...... 650,772 54 78.091 32 22.606 04 j 2,200 00 753,669 90 1»83- 1884| ...... 652,138 99 49,970 02 28.966 85 4.100 00 735.225 86 1884- 1S85 ...... 694,034 95 101,901 83 30.891 58 4.200 00 8? 1,028 86 1885- 1880 ...... 836,592 37183.95S 21 14,752 89 6,825 00 992,12S 47 “ 1886- 1887 ...... 932,208 91 35.-843 78 71,818 22 5,425 00 1,044.795 91 18^7- 1888 ...... 928,596 38 41.983 67 23,476 19 6,525 00 1,000,5S1 24 18S8- 1889: ...... 1,014,082 09 92,125 25 19,080 46 4,850 00 1.130,137 80 1889- i89o; ...... 1,051.642 04 58 681 26 20,748 52 4.200 00 1,135,271 82 ìsiio- 1891 $22,169 23 1,078,541 81 117,515 44 28,6S0 79 4,150 00 1.251,057 27 1891- 1892 12,110 12 1,119,S86 36 122,678 46 10,458 10 4.350 00 1,269,483 04 1892- 1893, 85,060 28 1,109,457 65 74,486 87 10.139 75 4,575 00 1,281,669 00 1893- 18941 46,801 60 1,088,1S6 96 35,107 28 10,318 62 4.200 00 1,184,109 86 1894- 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 SO 25,482 81 2,420 00 1,264,66S 53 1896- 1897 44,629 05 1,067,134 90 50,189 48 14,416 29 200 00 1,176,569 72 1897- 1898 60,838 00 1,110,639 08j 57.120 97 14,029 28 200 00 1,242,827 38 T otal...... 332,623 S3 ¡29.285,454 42 1,835.286 61 895.806 78 259.428 39 84~48a2T7 99 FINANCES OF THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY, \M-\898. “ Special Gifts ” «re included in the Receipts, Disbursements, Surplus, and Debt. Members Disburse Y e a r . and Pro Receipts. Surplus. Debt. *Av. bationers. ments. April 5, 1819, to April 13, 1830.. 240,924 $823.04 $85.76 $737.28 $ ...... 003 April 13,1830, to May 1,1831... 256,881 2,328.76 500.00 2,566.04 .009 May 1, 1821, to June 1, 1822__ 281,146 2,547.39 1,689.28 3,424.15 .009 June 1, 1822, to June 1,182;!— 297,632 5,437.14 3,740.22 5,111.07 .018 June 1, 1823, to May 12, 1824... 313,540 3,589.92 4,996.14 3,704.85 .011 May 12, 1834, to May 5, 1825.... 328.523 4.140.16 4,704.22 3,138.79! ...... 012 May 5 ,1825, to May 12, 1826.... 341,144 4,964.11 5,510.85 2,592.05; ...... 014 May 12,1826, to April 26, 1827.. 360,800 6,812.49 7,379.42 2,025.12 .019 April 26,1827, to April 11, 1838. 381,997 6.245.17 8,103.18 167.11 .016 April 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 9,950.5 11,497.28 6,146.36 ...... 029 May 1,1831, to May 1,1832...... 513,114 11,379.66 12,658.99 4,867.03 ...... 023 May 1, 1833, to April 23,1833... 548,593 17.097.05 ; 0,356.57 1,607.51 ...... 031 April 33, 1833, to May 1, 1884... 599,736 85.700.15 31,061.89 6,245.77 .059 May 1,1834, to May 1, 1835...... 638,784 30,493.21 38,535.62 1,797.64 .048 May 1, 1835, to April 16, 1836... 652,528 59.517.16 52,067.56 5,651.96 * .091 April 16, 1836, to April 37, 1837. 653,032 57.096.05 66,536.85 3,788.84 .087 April 17,1837, to April 10, 1838. 658.157 96,087.36 89,257.97 3,040 55 .146 April 10, 1838, to April 10,1839. 696,549 132.480.29 103,661.58 33,859.26 .19 April 10, 1839, to April 20, 1840. 740,459 1.36,410.8 153,507.02 15,763.11 .184 April 20, 1840, to April 20, 1841. 795,445 139.905.76 158,698.05 3,029.18 .176 April 20, 1841, to April 20, 1843. 853,918 139.473.25 145,092.73 8,648.66 .163 April 20, 1842, to April 20, 1843. 913,901 146.482.1 139,306.51 1,473.10 .16 April 20, 1813, to April 20, 1814. 1,068,535 146,578.78 155,020.36 9,904.68 .137 April 20, 1844, to May 1, 1845... 1,171,356 94,562.2 85,729.55 1,071.94 .08 May 1, 1845, to May 1,1846...... 1,139,587 89,528.26 64,373.60 24,083.72 .078 May 1, 1846, to May 1, 1847...... 644,299 78,932.73 76,634.13 26,382.32 122 May 1, 1847, to May 1, 1848...... 631,558 81,600.34 86,835.50 21,147.16 il29 May 1, 1848, to May 1, 1849...... 639,066 81,345.15 102,939.82 2,452.49 .132 May 1, 1849, to May 1, 1850...... 663,315 105,579.54 100,889.71 7,142.32 .159 May 1,1850, to May 1, 1851...... 689,682 136,971.31 131,663.40 2,450.33 .184 May 1,1851, to May 1, 1852...... +721,804 151.983.48 157,G06.07 3,173.34 .211 May 1, 1852—Dec. 31, 1853...... 752,636 338,068.39 284,329.87 50,565!Í8 .451 Jan. 1, 1854—Dec. 31, 1854...... 783.358 336,413.05 241,694.06 35,283.17 .289 Jan. 1, 1855—Dec. 31,1855. 799,431 219.304.04 218,667.05 35,920.16 .274 Jan. 1, 1856-Dec. 31, 1856...... 800,327 238,441.9; 275,182.49 830.41 .297 Jan. 1, 1857—Dec. 31, 1857...... 830,519 272.190.48 270,273.17 Í",Ó97!9Ó .332 Jan. 1, 1858—Dec. 31,1858...... 958,555 258,224.61 254,600.88 4,711.63 .269 Jan. 1, 1859—Dec. 31,1859...... 974,345 270,667.19 257,617.03 17,761.79 .277 Jan. 1, 1860—Dec. 31, 1860...... 994,447 262.732.77 276,701.27 3,783.29 .264 Jan. 1,1861—Dec. 31. 1861...... 988.523 250,374.93 253,331.09 837.13 .253 Jan. 1, 1862—Dec. 31, 1862...... 942,908 272,533.71 243,684.64 29,676.20 .288 Jan. 1, 1863—Dec. 31, 1863.... 923,394 429.768.75 294,577.81 164,867.14 .465 Jan. 1, 1864—Dec. 31, 1864...... 938,330 558.993.26 456,568.10 267,292.30 .602 Jan. 1, 1865—Dec. 31, 1865...... 929.359 642,740.67 534,338.90 385,694.07 .692 Jan. 1, 1866—Dec. 31, 1866------1,032,184 686.380.30 906,476.44 165,597.93 .665 Jan. 1, 1867—Dec. 31, 1867...... 1,146,081 613,020.96 811,203.17 32,584 28 .531 Jan. 1, 1868—Dec. 31, 1808...... 1,255,115 606.661.69 658,273.03 84,195.62 .483 Jan. 1, 1869—Dec. 31, 1869...... 1,298,938 634,704.11 640,298.45 89,789.96 .489 Jan. 1, 1870—Oct. 31, 1870...... 1,370,134 603.951.27 524,103.82 10,942.51 .44 Nov. 1, 1870 -Oct. 31,1871...... 1,421,333 629.931.75 594,991.36 23,987 ! 88 .444 Nov. 1, 1871-Oct. 31,1872...... 1,458,441 666,326.60 603,917.63 86,396.85 .457 Nov. 1, 1872—Oct. 31, 1873...... 1,464,027 690,516.64 734,849.69 42,063.80 472 Nov. 1, 1873—Oct. 31, 1874...... «87.720.32 716,495.26 13,288.86 Í439 Nov. 1, 1874—Oct. 31, 1875...... 673.021.89 733,341.34 46,030 ! 59 .426 Nov. 1, 1875—Oct. 31, 1876...... 1,651,512 600,688.38 706,404.35 151,746.56 .364 Nov. 1, 1876—Oct. 31, 1877...... 1,671,608 637,686.25 568,764.40 82,824.71 .381 Nov. 1, 1877—Oct. 31, 1878...... 1,698,383 557.365.05 517,169.90 42,629.56 .328 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...... 1,743,922 559,371.14 578,335.69 82,001.71 .321 Nov. 1, 1880—Oct. 31, 1881...... 1,713,104 629.963.89 652,384.82 104,422.64 .367 Nov. 1,1881—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...... 1,987,376 992,128.47 826,998.41 124,444.48 .499 Nov. 1, 1886—Oct. 31, 1887...... 2,093,935 1,044,795.91 1,008,230.19 161,010.20 .498 Nov. 1, 1837—Oct. 31, 1888...... 2,156.119 1,000,581.34 1,163,171.08 l',579!64 .464 Nov. 1,1888—Oct. 31, 1889...... 2,236,463 1,130,137.80 1,164,812.42 36,254.26 .505 Nov. 1, 1889—Oct. 31, 1890...... 2,283,953 1,135,271 82 1,167,938.92 68,921.36 .497 NOV. 1,1890—Oct. 31, 1891...... 2,386,549 1,251,057.27 1,150,858.39 31,277 52 .524 Nov. 1, 189 L—Oct. 31, 1892...... 2,442,62 1,269,483.04 1,245.361.52 55,399.04 .519 Nov. 1, 1892—Oct. 31, 1893...... 2,524,053 1,231,669.00 1,385,618.28 98,550! 24 .488 Nov. 1, 1893—Oct. 31, 1894...... 2,690,060 1,184,109.36 1,245,717.80 160,158.68 .44 Nov. 1, 1894—Oct. 31, 1895...... 2,766,656 1,242.659.73 1.303135.19 220,634.14 .449 Nov. 1, 1895—Oct. 31,1896...... 2,831,7871 1,264,668.53 1,313,006.19 168,971.80 .446 Nov. 1, 1896—Oct. 31,1897...... 2,851,525! 1,176,569. 1,179,675.27 172,077.35 .412 Nov. 1,1897—Oct. 31.1898.. 2,886,389! 1,242,627.33 1,253,218.11 97,801 18 .436 * Average contribution per member. 1 728,700 members and probationers in 1852. 362 Missionary Report. [1898. DIRECTORY OF FOREIGN MISSIONARIES. The Board of Managers adopted the following October 16,1894: “ The term Foreign Mis sionary shall mean a nativo of the United States working as a missionary in a foreign field under the authority of the Hoard 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 approved by the Missionary Society, but received into Conferences on the field. M issionary. P ost Office A i» Abbott, Miss Effie L...... Kiukiang, China. Albright, Wilbur F ...... Serena, C hili.... Upper Iowa. Albright, Mrs. Zephine... Alexander, Robert P...... Iiirosaki, Japan.. N. E. Southern. Allen, Floyd C...... Iquique, Chili... Allen, M. H...... Monrovia, Liberia. (Layman.) Allen, Mrs...... *Amery, Arthur J ...... Penang, Straits Settlements. . Malaysia. Amery, Mrs...... 18 S4 Appenzeller, Henry G..... Seoul, Korea...... Philadelphia. Appenzeller, Mrs. Ella D. 1885 Arms, Goodsil F...... Concepcion, Chili...... Vermont. Arms, Mrs. Ida A. T ...... 1898 Arms, Miss Jessie...... Cape Palmas, Liberia 1899 Arndt, Mrs. Anna J ...... Umtali, Rhodesia ... 1 S94 Ashe, William WT. (M .D.) Pauri, India...... Holston. Ashe, Mrs. Christine C. .. 1894 Banks, John E ...... Singapore, Straits Settlements. (Layman.) 1S79 Bare, Charles L ...... Bareilly, India ...... Des Moines. Bare, Mrs. Susan W...... 1897 Bassett, Harry A...... Mexico City, Mexico. Upper Iowa. Bassett, Mrs. Jennie S .... 1895 * Batstone.W. H. L .{M.D.) Hyderabad, India... Batstone, Mrs...... 1SS4 Beebe, Robert C. (jll.D.). . Nanking, China...... North Ohio. Beebe, Mrs. Harriet L.... 1893 Benedict, George B...... Concepcion, Chili... . Indiana. Benedict. Mrs. Alice Q . . . 1879 Bishop, Charles...... Sapporo, Japan ...... North Indiana. Bishop, Mrs. Olive W.... Evanston, 111...... 1875 Blackstock, John...... Shahjahanpur, India...... N. W. Indiana. Blackstock, Mrs. Lydia D. 1891 Borton, Francis S ...... Puebla, Mexico. New England. Borton, Mrs. Helen P .... 1892 Bosworth, Miss Sarah M.. Fond-du-lac, Wisconsin. 1897 Bowen, Arthur J ...... N anking, C hina...... Puget Sound. Bowen, Mrs...... 1899 Brewster, S. Elson...... Melange, Angola...... East Ohio. 1888 Brewster, William N...... Hinghua, China (via Foochow). Cincinnati. Brewster, Mrs. Elizabeth F. 1897 Brooks, Arthur M...... Seoul, Korea ...... Atlanta. Brooks, Mrs. Fannie I. ... 1886 Brown, Frederick...... Tientsin, China...... Ohio. Brown, Mrs. Agnes B .... 1880 Bruere, William W...... Poona, India ...... South India. Bruere, Mrs. Carrie P .... 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... 1898.] Directory of Foreign Missionaries. 363 D at k M issio nary. P ost Office A ddress. A pp't. 1897 Buckwalter, A. L ...... Inhambane, S. E. Africa (Layman.) Buckwalter, Mrs. Lizzie M. Inhambane, S. E. A fric a .... 1896 Burch, Miss Adelaide G... Concepcion, Chili...... 1886 Burt, William ...... 3 8 Via Firenzi, Rome, Italy . . N. Y. East. Burt, Mrs. Helen Graves. 1885 Butcher, J. C. (M.D .) .... NainiTal, India...... Butcher, Mrs...... 1874 Butler, John W ...... City of Mexico, P. O. Box 2 9 1..; New England. Butler, Mrs. Sara A ...... * Butterfield, H. W ...... Igatpuri, India...... 1 Bombay. Butterfield, Mrs...... 18 Buttvick, John B...... Bowringpet, Mysore, India... . South India. Buttrick, Mrs. Mary J .... 1886 Byers, W illiam P ...... Asansol, India...... ! Bengal. Byers, Mrs. Charlotte M . . 1886 Cady, H. O lin ...... Chentu, China...... J Wisconsin. Cady, Mrs. Hattie Yates.. 1893 Campbell, Buel O...... Concepcion, Chili...... IN. Hampshire. Campbell, Mrs. Esther L.. 1896 Camphor, Alexander P .... Monrovia, Liberia...... ¡Delaware. Camphor, Mrs. Mamie A.. 1891 Canright, Harry L. {M.D.) Chentu, China...... (Layman.) Canright,Mrs. Margaret M. 1898 Carpenter, Miss Jeannette. Iquique, Chili...... ig Cartwright, Ira C ...... Xochiapulco, Mexico...... Rock River. Cartwright,M rs. M.C .{M.D) Tokyo, Japan ...... japan. Chappell, Mrs. Mary H.. . 1892 Chew, Benjamin J ...... Calcutta, India...... iWest Virginia. 1 S9S ¡Clancy, D. C ...... Allahabad, India...... 1 SS3 ¡Clancy, Rockwell...... “ “ ...... Michigan. Clancy, Mrs. Charlotte F. 1 SS9 Clark, N. W allin; 3S Via Firenzi, Rome, Italy.. . N ewark. Clark, Mrs. Felicia Buttz. 1884 1887 Cleveland, Joseph G...... Yokohama, J apan...... M ississippi. Cleveland, Mrs. Mary T .. 1897 Cobb, George C ...... Nebraska. Cobb, Mrs. H. M ...... Collins, Miss Susan...... Pungo Andongo, Africa...... 1884 Constantine, Trico ...... Rustcliuk, Bulgaria...... M innesota. Constantine, Mrs.Theodora 1892 Cook, Albert E ...... Bidar, India...... Detroit. *1 “ Cook, Mrs. Edith M ...... 1889 Core, Lewis A ...... Moradabad, India...... South India. Core, Mrs. M ary Kennedy. Philadelphia. 1873 Correll, Irvin H ...... Philadelphia, Ta...... Correll, Mrs. Jennie L ... . 1899 Cowen, James L ...... Toyko, Japan ...... (Layman.) Cowen, M rs...... Iowa. 1875 Craver, Samuel P...... Asuncion, Paraguay...... Craver, Mrs. Laura G ...... *C\ilshaw, Joseph...... Calcutta, India...... Bengal-Burma. Culshaw, Mrs...... West China. 1894 Curnow, Jam es O ...... Chungking, China...... Curnow, Mrs. Jennie E ... 1898 Santiago, Chili...... (Layman.) 364 Missionary Report. [1-898. P o s t O f f i c e A n t> R E 8 8. F k OM WHAT C o NFEB' ENCS. 1887 Curtiss, Wm. H. (M.D.) Peking, China...... (Layman.) Curtiss, Mrs. Lulu Hale. 1870 Davis, George R. Tientsin, China...... Detroit. Davis, Mrs. Maria Brown. 1898 Davis, Joe A ...... Monrovia, Liberia...... (Layman.) Davis, Miss Amanda. U 14 1873 Davison, John C Nagasaki, Japan...... Newark. Davison, Mrs. Lizzie S 1880 Dease, Stephen S. {M.D.) Bareilly, India...... Pittsburg. Dease, Mrs. Jennie D, 1890 Denning, John O .. Narsinghpur, India...... Illinois. Denning, Mrs. Margaret B. 1898 Denyes, John R Singapore, Straits Settlements Denyes, Mrs...... 1881 De Souza, Charles W ...... Bangalore, India...... South India. De Souza, Mrs. Ellen G... 1899 DeVVitt, J. L ...... Umtali, Africa...... Ohio. DeWitt, Mrs...... Dodson, William P...... Pungo Andongo, Africa...... Dodson, Mrs...... -1880 Draper, Gideon F ...... Hakodate, Japan...... Central N. Y. Draper, Mrs. Mira E ...... 1874 Drees, Charles W ...... Buenos Ayres, Argentina. N. E. Southern. Drees, Mrs. Adaline M ... Xenia, O ...... 1896 Egland,Christopher(^i/.Z>.) Ipoh, Straits Settlements. (Lay man.) Ehnes, M. W ...... Umtali, Rhodesia, Africa. Ehnes, M rs...... * Ekdahl, E d w a rd S ...... India...... Bengal-Burma. Ekdahl, Mrs...... 1882 Ernsberger, David O...... Gulbarga, India. South India. Ernsberger, Mrs. Mary H. 1894 Felt, Frank R. (M.D .)... Kandhwa, India. Detroit. Felt, Mrs. Elizabeth D ... 1898 Fields, Miss Harriet L .... Santiago, Chili...... 1899 Finney, Miss May E ...... Iquique, Chili...... 1893 Fisher, Miss Alice H ...... Concepcion, Chili 1895 Fisher, Thomas P...... Camp Baroda, India. East Ohio. 1898 Fisher, Mrs. Helen H .... 1895 Foil well, Douglas (M.D.). Pyeng Yang, Korea. (Layman.) Follwell, Mrs. Mary H. .. 1872 Fox, Daniel O ...... Poona, India...... North Ohio. Fox, Mrs. Ellen W arner.. 1887 Frease, Edwin F ...... Ahmedabad, India.. East Ohio. Frease, Mrs...... tl 4« <« 1887 Fulkerson, Epperson R ... Nagasaki, Japan... Nebraska. Fulkerson, Mrs. Kate J... 1881 Gamewell, Frank D ...... Peking, China...... Newark. Gamewell, Mrs. Mary P... 1884 Garden, Joseph H ...... Vikarabad, India. .. Kentucky. Garden, Mrs. Frances E .. 1874 Gilder, George K ...... Raipur, India. South India. 1871 Gill, Joseph H ...... Pauri. India.. Rock River. Gill, Mrs. Mary E ...... Gordon, C. W ...... Malange, Africa...... 1880 Greenman, Almon W .... Buenos Ayres, Argentina. North Indiana. Greenman.Mrs.Marinda R. * Grenon, W . H ...... Jabalpur, India...... Bombay. Grenon, Mrs...... 189! Directory of Foreign Missionaries. 365 D ate of P ost Office A h Fkom what Confer* A p p ’t, 1899 Hall, Osman F. (M.D.) .. Chungking, China. Rock River. 1897 Hanna, Mrs. Jessie A .. . . Santiago, Chili... 1891 Hanzlik, Miss Laura C.... Nanking, China.. 1895 Harrington, Francis M.... Iquique, Chili... . S. America. Harrington, Mrs. Mary R. Harrow, John...... Cape Palmas, Liberia. 1895 Hart, Edgerton H. (A/.L).). Wuhu, China...... (Layman.) Hart, Mrs. Rose E...... 1893 Hayner, J. Frederick...... Peking, China...... New York. Hayner, Mrs. Mabel S.... 1898 Haywood, B. S ...... Pachuca, Mexico...... Haywood, Mrs...... 1892 Headland, Isaac T ...... Peking, China...... Pittsburg. Headland,Mrs.M.S. (A/.D.) * Henderson, George S... Calcutta, India...... Bengal-Burma. Henderson, Mrs...... (l i i 1898 Henry, C. B...... Seoul, Korea...... Wyoming. Henry, Mrs...... 1 Sgi Hewes, George C...... Budaon, India...... Illinois. Hew es, Mrs. Annie B .... 1897 Hill, Charles Baylis...... Rangoon, Burma.. .. Northern N.Y. i Hill, Mrs. Glenora G .... 1882:Hobart, William T ...... Tientsin, China...... Minnesota. Hobart, Mrs. Emily H ... 1 SS7 Hollister, W. H ...... Kolar, India...... Wisconsin. Hollister, Mrs...... 1889 Hoover, Willis C. (Jlf.D.) Iquique, Chili...... Cincinnati. ÍHoover, Mrs. Mary L ... . t < 4 I 1886 Hopkins, N. S. (A/.D)... Tientsin, China...... (Layman.) Hopkins, Mrs. Fannie H .. 1 ; i i * Horley, William E ...... Ipoh, Perak...... Horley, Mrs...... 1867 Hoskins, Robert...... Cawnpore, India...... Troy. Hoskins, Mrs. Charlotte. . * Hudson, T. M...... Baroda, India...... Hudson, Mrs...... 1897 Huett, Charles W...... Sendai, Japan...... Idaho. Huett, Mis. Emma A...... 1894 Humphrey, Jas. L. (A/.D.) Naini Tal, India...... Northern N. Y. Humphrey, Mrs. Nancy B. Hunt, Mrs. Jennie...... Listowel, Ont. Canada. iS S6 ¡Hyde, George B. (A/.D.). Silao, Mexico Vermont. i Hyde, Mrs. Alettha IL ... 1 S60 Jackson, Henry...... Mazafarpur, India. New York. Jackson, Mrs. Helen M... << 4* 1 S76;Jackson, James...... Kiukiang, China... New York. Jackson, Mrs. Jane C .... 18961 James, Edward...... Nanking, China... North Indiana. Iames, M rs. Mary E ...... 1889 Jellison, Ernest R. (A/.D.) Kiukiang, China... Foochow. Jellison, Mrs. Rosa B...... 1899 Jenness, J. F...... Rosario, Argentina. Colorado. 1887 Johnson, Herbert B...... Fukuoka, Japan... Wyoming. Tohnson, Mrs. Clara E .... 1862 Johnson/Thomas S. (A/.D.) Jabalpur, India... No. Indiana. johnson, Mrs. Amanda R. 18 S7 Jones, George Heber...... Chemulpo, Korea. Northern N.Y. tones, Mrs. Margaret B.. , 3 66 Missionary Report. [1898. F r o m w h a t C o n f e r P o s t O f f i c e A d d r e s s . e n c e . 1890 Kensett, Win. T. (M .D .). Kuala Lumpur, Straits Sett’s.. Bengal. Kensett.Mrs. Elizabeth B. 1894 King, Harry E ...... Peking, China...... North China. K ing, M rs...... 1888 King, William L ...... King, Mrs. Sara J ...... 1880 Kinsman, Miss Rosina A. Temuco, Chili...... 1858 Knowles, Samuel...... Naini Tal, India...... North India. Knowles, M rs...... 1881 Kupfer, Charles F ...... Chinkiang, China...... Cent. German. Kupfer, Mrs. Lydia Knill. 1887 Lacy. William H ...... Foochow, China...... Wisconsin. Lacy, Mrs. EmmaNind... 1878 La Fetra, Ira H ...... Santiago, Chili...... Cincinnati. La Fetra, Mrs. Adelaide.. 1882 La Fetra, T. Wolcott...... “ ...... (Layman.) La Fetra, Mrs. Lulu H ... Larson, Miss H ild a...... Malange, Africa...... 18 S0 Lawson, James C ...... Aligarh, India...... W. Wisconsin. Lawson, Mrs. Ella H oy... 1896 Lawson, Luther...... Iowa. 1894 * Lee, David H ...... Calcutta, India...... East Ohio. Lee, Mrs. Ada...... 1883 Leonard, Albert T ...... Leonard, Mrs. Minnie J ... 1881 Lewis, Spencer...... Chungking, China...... Michigan. Lewis, Esther B ...... *Lieden, Frank E ...... Asansol, India...... Bengal-Burma. Lieden, Mrs...... 1886 Little, Edward S ...... Yangchow, China...... Little, Mrs. Carrie...... 1884 Longden, Wilbur C ...... Peking, China...... Wisconsin. Longden, Mrs. Gertrude K. 1894 Lowry, Edward K ...... l - ...... (Layman.) 1897 Lowry, Mrs. Katharine M. 1894 Lowry, Geo. D. N. (M.D)...... (Layman.) Lowry, Mrs. Cora C ...... 1 S67 Lowry, Hiram H ...... “ ...... Ohio. Lowry, Mrs. Parthena N .. 1889 Luering, Henry L. E ...... Singapore, Straits Settlements. Germany. Luering, Mrs. Violet M ... 1879 Lyon, James...... Rurki, India...... Delaware. Lyon, Mrs. Lilias G...... 1898 M aclean, R obert E ...... Kiukiang, China...... Kansas. Maclean, M rs...... * Madden, R. H ...... Sironcha, C. P. India...... South India. Madden, Mrs...... 1888 * Madsen, Neils...... Calcutta, India...... Bengal. 1896 Main, William A ...... Foochow, China...... Des Moines. Main, Mrs. Emma...... Mair, Miss Rachel...... Cape Palmas, Africa...... 1892 Manly, W . E dw ard...... Chungking, China...... Upper Iowa. Manly, Mrs, Florence B .. 1862 Mansell, Henry...... Mussoorie, India...... Pittsburg. M ansell, Mrs. N. M .(M.D.) 1889 Mansell, William A ...... Sitapur, India...... Ohio. Mansell, Mrs. Florence P. 1898 Marsh, Ben H...... Foochow, China...... (Layman.) i 89¿ Directory of Foreign Missionaries. Date of 1'ost Office A ddress. App’t. McAllister, Miss Agnes.. . Cape Palmas, Liberia. 1890 McCartney, Jas. H. (M.D.) Chungking, China.... McCartney, Mrs. Sarah K. 1889 McGill, William B. (M.D.) At home on leave...... McGill, Mrs. Lizzie J ...... 1892 McLaughlin, William P.. . Buenos Ayres, Argentina. McLaughlin, Mrs. Mary R. Mead, Samuel J ...... Montpelier, Vt...... Mead, Mrs...... 1881 Meik, James P...... Pakur, India...... Meik, Mrs. Isabella...... i 860 Messmore, James H...... Bijnour, India...... Messmore, Mrs. E. H ... . Moravia, N. Y ...... 1892 Milks, Miss M. A ...... Concepcion, Chili...... Miller, William S ...... Pungo Anclongo, Africa. 1891 Miner, George S ...... Foochow, China...... Miner, Mrs. Marie...... * Moore, W. A...... Basim, India...... Moore, Mrs...... 1894 Morgan, Fred H...... Singapore, Straits Settlements. Morgan, Mrs. Gusta M ... 1893 Myers, Quincy A ...... Chungking, China...... Myers, Mrs. Cora L ...... 1 8 So Neeld, Frank L ...... Alleghany Pa...... Neeld, Mrs. Emma A ... . *Nelson, Justus H...... Para, Brazil . 1895 Newman, Jesse F ...... Wuhu, China. Newman, Mrs. LucyE... 1887 Nichols, Don W ...... Kiukiang, China...... Nichols, Mrs. Anna R... . 1892 Noble, W. Arthur...... Pyeng Yang, Korea...... Noble, Mrs. Mattie L ...... 1870 Ohlinger, Franklin...... Foochow, China. . Ohlinger, Mrs. Bertha S. . Ann Arbor, Mich. 1874 Osborne, Dennis...... Poona, India...... Osborne, Mrs. Grace...... Osborne, D. E ...... Cape Palmas, Liberi Osborne, Mrs...... 1895 Owen, Thomas B...... Ilinghun, China (via Foochow). 1892 * Park, George W ...... Nadiad, India...... Park, Mrs. Eugenia W .... 1859 Parker, Edwin Wallace... Lucknow, India. Parker, Mrs. Lois S...... 1892 Peat, Jacob F ...... Chentu, China.. . Peat, Mrs. Emily M...... 1882 * Plomer, Claudius H ...... Ajmere, India.. . Plomer, Mrs. Ella G...... 1 S70 Plumb, Nathan J ...... Foochow, China. Plumb, Mrs. Julia Wailing. 1 S99 Pusey, M. J ...... Callao, Feru. .. . Pusey, Mrs...... * Pykett, George P...... Penang, Straits Settlements.. Pyke, James H...... Tientsin, China...... Pyke, Mrs. Arabella G .. .. Reeder, John L ...... Iquique, Chili...... Rice, William F...... Lomas de Zamora, Argentina. Rice, Mrs...... Richard, Miss Dorothy M. Concepcion, Chili. 368 Missionary Report. [1898. D a t e OF P o s t O f f i c e A d d r e s s . A p p ' t . 1896 Richards, Erwin II...... Inhambane, S. E. Africa. Liberia. Richards, Mrs. Carrie D.. 1872 Robbins, William E...... Kalyan, India...... Indiana. Robbins, Mrs. Alice E .... 1895 Roberts, Ellis...... Lingsugur, Deccan, India. Rock River. Robertson, J. B...... Sinoe, Liberia...... Robertson, Mrs...... * Robertson, J. T...... Cawnpore, India...... North India. Robertson, Mrs...... 1874 Robinson, John E...... Calcutta, India...... Cent. Illinois. Robinson, Mrs. Retta T... 1892 Robinson, John W...... Lucknow, India...... Des Moines. Robinson, Mrs. Elizabeth F. 1884 Rockey, Noble L...... Dwarahat, Kumaon, India.. Colorado. Rockey, Mrs. Nettie M... 1898 Rowe, Harry F ...... Nanking, China...... Northern N. V. Rowe, Mrs...... 1884 Rudisill, Abraham W Vepery, Madras, India...... Baltimore. Rudisill, Mrs. Bessie T ... 1890 Rugg, Miss Estella...... Santiago, Chili... 1895 Russell, Miss Kate L...... Concepcion, Chili. 1896 Russell, Miss Margaret .. 1885 Salmans, Levi B. (M.D )... Guanajuato, Mexico...... Newark. Salmans, Mrs. Sara J .... 1873 Scott, Jefferson E ...... Muttra, India...... Nevada. Scott, Mrs. Emma Moore. 1862 Scott, Thomas Jefferson... Bareilly, India...... Pittsburg. Scott, Mrs. Elizabeth J . ... 1884 Scranton, William B .(M.D.) Lausanne, Switzerland...... N. Y. East. Scranton, Mrs. Loulie A .. * Shaw, F. E. N ...... Secunderabad, India...... South India. Shaw, Mrs...... 1897 Sherman, Harry C. (M.D.) Seoul, Korea...... (Layman.) Sherman, Mrs.Florence M. 1890 Shellabear, William G... . Singapore, Straits Settlements. Bengal. Shellabear, Mrs. Emma E. 1898 Sherrill, J. C...... Monrovia, Liberia...... Sherrill, M rs...... Shields, Robert...... Pungo Andongo, Africa...... Shields, Mrs...... Shuett, Miss Mary B...... Malange, Africa. 1897 Skinner, J. E. (M. D ).... Foochow, China. (Layman.) Skinner, Mrs. (M.D.)...... 1896 Simester, James...... Foochow, China.. Newark. Simester, Mrs. Winifred.. Simpson, J. A ...... Monrovia, Liberia Atlanta. Simpson, Mrs...... Smart, William G...... Funchal, Madeira. Smart, Mrs...... 1897 Smith, Miss Florence B... Santiago, Chili... 1890 Smith, Julius...... Rangoon, Burma. St. Louis., Smith, Mrs. Mary E ...... 1882 Smyth, George B...... Foochow, China. Newark. Smyth, Mrs. Alice H...... 1873 Soper, Julius...... Tokyo, Japan .. Baltimore. Soper, Mrs. Mary Frances. Baltimore, Md.. 1883 Spencer, David S...... Nagoya, Japan. Wyoming. Spencer, Mrs. Mary P.... 1 898.] Directory of Foreign Missionaries. 369 D a t e M i s s i o n a r y . P o s t O f f i c e A d d r e s s . A p p ’ t . Spencer, John O ...... ,Lynn, Pa...... : Wyoming. Spencer, Mrs. A. R ...... 1897 Spencer, William Sawyer. Puebla, Mexico. Vermont. Spencer, Mrs. Florence G. 1880 Stephens, William H ...... Bombay, India. South India. Stephens, Mrs. Anna T. . . 1879 Stone, George I...... Titusville, Pa.. Ohio. Stone, Mrs. Marilla M .... Stuart, George A. (AI.D.).. Nanking, China. Des Moines. Stuart, Mrs. Anna G...... Swartz, Herbert W. (M.L).) St. Helena, Cai. N. Y. East. Swartz, Mrs. Lola M ...... Swearer, Wrilbur C ...... Seoul, Korea.. 1880 Taft, Marcus L ...... Peking, China. Austin. Taft, Mrs. Louise K ...... Tate, John G...... Cape Palmas, Liberia. Tate, M rs...... 1894 Terrell, Miss Alice ...... Peking, China... 1893 Thoburn, David Lyle...... Lucknow, India. Central Ohio. 1859 Thoburn, Bishop J. M .... Bombay, India.. Central Ohio. Thoburn, Mrs. A. J 1888 Thomas, Jam es B ...... Agra, India. Indiana. Thomas, Mrs . Elizabeth . . 1866 Thomson, John F ...... Montevideo, Uruguay. Central Ohio. Thomson, Mrs. Helen G .. *Tindale, Matthew ...... Madras, India. South India. Tindale, Mrs...... *Toussaint, T. R ...... Bangalore, India. South India. Toussaint, Mrs ...... 1879 Vail, Milton S ...... Nagasaki, Japan. Maine. Vail. Mrs. Emma C ...... 1879! Vail, Miss Jennie S ...... Tokyo, Japan...... x 8931 Verity, George W ...... Lake Mills, Wisconsin...... Wisconsin. i Verity, Mrs. Frances W ... i 8g4 |Vimont, Miss Charlotte C . Concepcion, Chili...... I 1889 Wadman, John W North Cambridge, Mass...... Montana. Wadman, Mrs. Mame H.. 1899 Waite, Thomas...... Malange, Africa...... W aite, M rs...... Valley Stream, L. I... N. Y. East. W alker, U. L ...... Cape Palmas, Liberia. Walker, Mrs...... 1873 Walker, Wilbur F ...... Greencastle, Ind...... North Indiana. Walker, Mrs. Florence----- * W aller, W illiam D ...... Karachi, India, Bombay. Waller, Mrs...... 1896 W alley, M r s . Louise...... Kiukiang, China. * W ard, C. B ...... Yellandu, India.. W ard, M rs...... Warne, Frank W ...... Calcutta, India Rock River. Warne, Mrs. Marguaretta E. u ‘ * 1859 Waugh, James Walter. .. . Delaware, O--- S. Illinois. Waugh, Mrs. Jane Tinsley.! “ “ ...... 1887 West, Benjamin F. (M.D.) Penang, Straits Settlements.. Bengal. West, Mrs. Letty L 1892 West, John N ...... Lucknow, India...... North Ohio. Wrest, M rs ...... Rock River. 1881 Wrilcox, Myron C...... Foochow, China. Wilcox, Mrs. Hattie C. 24 3 70 Missionary Report. [1898. F k o m w h a t C on few M i s s i o n a r y . P o s t O f f i c e A d d r e s s . ENCK. 1894 Wilson, Edward E ...... Angol, Chili. Colorado. Wilson, Mrs. Mary Webb. Wilson, Mrs. Helen J .... Naini Tal, India. 1896 Wilson, Miss Mary F...... Wuhu, China.... Wilson, Wilbur F ...... Nanking, China . (Layman.) 1890 Winans, Charles S ...... Iquique, Chili__ (Layman.) Winans, Mrs. Emma K... Wines, Miss Elma...... Withey, Amos E ...... Pungo Andongo, Africa. Withey, Mrs...... Withey, H. E ...... 1869 Wood, Thomas B...... Lima, Peru...... N.W. Indiana. Wood, Mrs. Ellen Dow. . . 1886 Worden, Whiting S.(M.D.) Tokyo, Japan...... N.Wr. Indiana. Worden, Mrs. Hattie May. it 4 < 1882 Worley, James H...... Foochow, China...... Nebraska. Worley, Mrs. Imogene A.; 1889 Wright, Amzi C...... Kiukiang, China...... St. Louis. Wright, Mrs. Hattie W... MISSIONARIES OF THE WOMAN’S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. D a t e o f P o s t O f f i c e A d d r e s s . F k o m w h a t B r a n c h . A p p ?t . 1887 Abrams, Miss Minnie F... Poona, India...... Minneapolis. i8d8 Allen, Miss Belle J ...... Clifton Springs, N. Y ...... Cincinnati. 1894 Allen, Miss Mable...... Foochow, China...... Des Moines. 1894 Ailing, Miss Harriet S.. .. Tokyo, Japan...... Northwestern. 1886 Ayres, Miss Harriet L. ... Mexico City, Mexico...... Cincinnati. 1895 Barrow, M rs. Mary Tientsin, China...... New York. i88g|Baucus, Miss Georgiana. Yokohama, Japan...... New York. 1889 Bender, Miss Elizabeth R Nagoya, Japan...... Baltimore. 1890 Benn.MissRachel R.(M.D.) Tientsin, China...... Philadelphia. 1896 Benthein, Miss Elizabeth. Poona, India...... Northwestern. 1888 Bing, Miss Anna L...... Nagasaki, Japan...... Cincinnati. 1892 Blackburn, Miss Kate B .. Loftcha, Bulgaria...... Northwestern. 1872 Blackmar, Miss Louise E. Sironcha, India...... Des Moines. 1887 Blackmore, Miss Sophia.. Singapore, Straits Settlements. Minneapolis. 1889 Blackstock, Miss Ella.... Tokyo, Japan...... Minneapolis. 1888 Blair, Miss Kate A...... Calcutta, India...... Cincinnati. 1897 Bobenhouse, Miss Laura.. Cawnpore, India...... Des Moines. 1888 Bonafield, Miss Julia A ... Foochow, China...... Cincinnati. 1897 Boss, Miss Harriet...... Poona, India...... Northwestern. 1888 Bowen, Miss Mary E ...... Montevideo, Uruguay...... New England. 1897 Bowne, Miss Ida M...... Rome, Italy...... Northwestern. 1891 Bryan,Miss MaryE. (M.D.) Ogden sburg, N. Y ...... New York. 1880 Budden, Miss Annie N ... Pithoragarh, India...... New York. 1898 Burman, Miss Matilda C. Muttra, India...... Northwestern. 1887 Carleton, Miss M.E.(M.D.) Foochow, China...... New’ York. 1898 Carver, Miss Margaret B .. Naini Tal, India...... Cincinnati. 1895 Collier, Miss Clara J - Chungking, China...... New England. 1894 Collins, Miss Ruth H ..... Lucknow, India...... Des Moines. 1892 Craig, Miss Frances...... Calcutta, India...... Northwestern. 1895 Croucher, Miss Miranda... Tientsin, China...... New England. 1895 Curts, Miss Kate O...... Naini Tal, India...... New York. 1898.J Directory of Foreign Missionaries. 371 P o s t O f f i c e A d d r e s s . F k o m w u a t B r a n c h . 1892 Cutler,Miss Mary M.(M.D.) Seoul, Korea...... 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 ...... Evanston, 111...... Northwestern. 1888 Dickerson, Miss Augusta.. Hakodate, Japan ...... Philadelphia. 1893 Diem, Miss Lydia...... Loftcha, Bulgaria...... Northwestern. 1894 Donahue, Miss Julia(Af.Z>.) Pueblo, Colo...... Cincinnati. 1884 Dunmore, Miss Effie M . .. Guanajuato, Mexico...... Philadelphia. 1894 Easton, Miss Celesta...... Sitapur, India...... Pacific. 1878 Easton, Miss Sarah A ...... Naini Tal, India...... Cincinnati. 1894 Elicker, Miss Anna R. . . . Muscatine, la ...... Des Moines. 1897 Elliott, Miss M artelle.... Poona, India...... New York. 1884 English, Miss Fannie M.. . Bareilly, India ...... New York. 1888 Ernsberger, Miss 1 .{M.D.). Gulbarga, India...... Cincinnati. 1895 Evans, Miss Alice A ...... Haidarabad, India...... Des Moines. 1 595 Files, Miss M. E s te lle ----- Darjeeling, India...... New York. 1896 Fisher, Miss Fannie S .. .. Kolar, India...... Northwestern. 1898 Forster, Miss Miriam ...... Asansol, India...... North western. 1890 Frey, Miss Cecelia M...... Canton, O - ...... Cincinnati. 1893 Frey, Miss Lulu E ...... Seoul, Korea...... Cincinnati. 1898 Fuller, Miss Delia A ...... Lucknow, India...... Topeka. 1887 Gallimore, Miss Anna...... Aligarh, India...... Baltimore. 1894 Galloway, Miss Helen R... Chungking, China...... Des Moines. 1879 Gheer. Miss Jennie M. . . . Fukuoka, Japan...... New York. 1 596 Gilman, Miss Gertrude...... Peking, China...... New England. 1898 Glenk, Miss E. Marguerite Foochow, China...... New York. 1885 Gloss, Miss Anna D.(J/.Z>.) Peking, China...... Northwestern. 1892 Glover, Miss Ella J ...... Cambridgeport, Mass...... New England. 1894 Greene. Miss Lily D ...... Budaon, India...... Northwestern. 18 S9 Griffiths, INI iss M ary B . . . . Omaha, N eb...... I)es Moines. ] S85 H all, M iss Emma M . . . . . Rome, Italy...... N orthwestern. ]890 Hall, Mrs. R. S. {M.D.).. Pyeng Vang, Korea...... N ew York. 1 S92 Hammond, Miss Rebecca J. Asuncion, Paraguay...... Cincinnati. 1 S81 Hampton, Miss Minnie S. Hakodate, Japan ...... New York. 1 S95 Hardie, Miss Eva M ...... Lucknow, India...... Cincinnati. 1897 Harris, Miss Lillian {M.D.) Seoul, Korea...... Cincinnati. 1887 H artford, Mi^s Mabel C .. Foochow, China...... New England. 1891 Heafer, Miss Louisa...... Khandira, India...... Philadelphia. 1893 Heaton, Miss Carrie A ... M oore’s Hill, Ind...... Northwestern. 1 S98 Hemingway, Miss Edith A. Singapore, Straits Settlements. New England. 1 S86 Hewitt, Miss Lizzie...... Montevideo, Uruguay...... N orthwestern. Philadelphia. 18 S4 Hewitt, Miss Ella J ...... Hirosaki, Japan...... 1 S72 Hoag, Miss L. H. {M.D.). Chinkiang, China...... New York. Philadelphia. 1 S95 H odge,Miss E. H. (M.D.). Baroda, India...... Cincinnati. 1892 Hoge, Miss Elizabeth...... Gonda, India...... Northwestern. 1 S72 Howe, Miss Gertrude...... Kiukiang, China...... Philadelphia. 1895 Hu, Miss King Eng {M.D.) Foochow, China...... Jabalpur, India...... Des Moines. 1894 Hyde, Miss Nettie M . . . . Philadelphia. 1 898 Illingsworth,MissCharlotte Rangoon, Burma...... Tokyo, Japan ...... T opeka. 1889 Imhoff, Miss Louisa...... Minneapolis. 1898 Ingram, Miss Helen...... Bareilly, India...... Cincinnati. 1884 Jew ell, Miss Carrie I ...... Foochow, China...... New York. 1 SS3 Jewell, Mrs. Charlotte M.. Peking, China...... Northwestern. 1896 Kahn, Miss Ida (Af.D .). ■ Kiukiang, China...... Cincinnati. 1892 Keeler, Miss Anna C ...... Rangoon, Burma...... Cincinnati. 1888 Ketring, Miss Mary...... 12 1 E. 45th St., New York city Cincinnati. 1894 Kidwell, Miss Lola M .. . Nagasaki, Japan ...... Darjeeling, India...... New England. 1881 Knowles, Miss Emma L .. Philadelphia, 1 885'Kyle, Miss Theresa J. . . t ¡Pauri, India...... 372 Missionary Report. [1898. P o s t O f p i c b A d d r e s s . F r o m w h a t B r a n c h . 1897 Lamb. Miss Emma L...... Calcutta, India ...... Northwestern. 1B92 Lauck, Miss Ada J ...... Cawnpore, India...... Des Moines. 1885 Lawson, Miss Anna E .. .. Meerut, India...... Des Moines. 1892 Lawson, Miss Christina H . Bombay, India...... New York. 1 S97 Lebeus, Miss Martha...... Foochow, China...... Cincinnati. 1894 Lee, Miss Irene E ...... Nagasaki, Japan...... New England. • 1884 Le Huray, Miss Eleanora . Buenos Ayres, Argentina New York. 1898 Lewis, Miss Amy G ...... Tokyo, Japan...... Baltimore. 1891 Lewis, Miss Ella A ...... Seoul, Korea...... New York. 1897 Lilly, Miss May B...... Singapore, Straits Settlements. Minn.&Col.R. 1891 Limberger, Miss Anna R.. Puebla, Mexico...... Philadelphia. 1895 Linam, Miss Alice...... Foochow, China...... New York. 1897 Livermore, Miss Melva A.. Meerut, India...... T opeka. 1898 Longstreet, Miss Isabel D. Foochow. China...... Northwestern. 1898 Loper, Miss Ida Grace.... Bareilly, India...... New York. 1884 Loyd, Miss Mary DeF.... City of Mexico, Mexico...... Philadelphia. 1890 Lyon, Miss Ella (M.D.)... Foochow, China...... Northwestern. 1894 Marks, Miss Lillian E .... Ajmere, India...... Pacific. 1897 Martin, Miss Clara...... Penang, Straits Settlements... . Minneapolis. 1888: Maxey, Miss Elizabeth... . Calcutta, India...... New York. 1898 Means, Miss Alice...... Moradabad, India...... Cincinnati. 1896 Means, Miss Mary...... Moradabad, India...... Cincinnati. 1897 Melton, Miss Mary E...... Nagasaki, Japan...... Northwestern. 1896 Merrill, Miss Clara E ...... Kiukiang, China...... Northwestern. 1894 Meyer, Miss Fannie E. ... Chungking, China...... Des Moines. Mitchell, Miss Emma E .. Wuliu, China...... New York. Newton, Miss Marian.... Lucknow, India...... Northwestern. 1896 Nichols, Miss Elizabeth... Bombay, India...... New York. 1894 Nichols, Miss Florence L.. Lucknow, India...... New England. 1891 Ogborn, Miss Kate L. .. . Kiukiang, China...... Des Moines. 1894 Otto, Miss Alice M...... Hirosaki, Japan...... Des Moines. 1892 Paine, Miss Josephine O.. Seoul, Korea...... New England. 1889 Parker, Miss Theda A .... West Alden, N. Y ...... New York. 1890 Perkins, Miss Fannie A... Rangoon, Burma...... Des Moines. 1894 Peters, Miss Mary...... Foochow, China...... Northwestern. 1888 Peters, Miss Sarah...... Nanking, China...... Northwestern. 1889 Phelps, Miss Frances E . .. Sendai, Japan...... Des Moines. 1897 Pierce, Miss Nellie...... Seoul, Korea...... Philadelphia. 1896 Porter, Miss Charlotte J ... Bombay, India...... Northwestern. 1895 Purdy, Miss Carrie M...... Puebla, Mexico...... Philadelphia. 1884 Reed, Miss Mary...... Pithoragarh, India...... Cincinnati. 1884 Robinson, Miss Mary C ... Chinkiang, China...... Northwestern. 1887 Rothweiler, Miss Louisa C. Seoul, Korea...... Cincinnati. 1893 Rouse, Miss Wilma H...... Foochow, China...... Minneapolis. 1879 Russell, Miss Elizabeth. .. Delaware, O...... Cincinnati. 1895 Russell, Miss Martha A... Elizabeth, N. J...... Pacific. 1896 Scott, Miss Emma (M.D.) Brindaban, India...... Cincinnati. 1889 Scott, Miss Fannie A...... Gonda, India...... Cincinnati. 1884 Scranton, Mrs. M. F . Lausanne, Switzerland...... 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...... Nanking, China ...... Northwestern. 1888 Sheldon,Miss M. A. (M.D.) Pithoragarh, India...... New England. 18961 Shockley, Miss Mary E ... Tsunhua, China...... Cincinnati. 1894 Singer, Miss Florence E .. Hakodate, Japan...... Philadelphia. 1885 Smith, Miss Lida B...... Fukuoka, Japan...... New York. 1896 Spear, Miss Katharine A .. Baroda, India...... Philadelphia. 1896 Spencer, Miss Clarissa E .. Tokyo, Japan...... Philadelphia. 1870 Spencer, Miss Matilda A .. Bala, Pa, ...... Philadelphia. I898.J Patrons. 373 M is s i o n a r y . P o s t O f f i c e A d d h k s s . F b o m w h a t B r a n c h . 1892 Stahl, Miss Josephine. . . . Calcutta, India...... Northwestern. 1892 Stanton, Miss Alice M .... Saranac, N. Y ...... New York. 1889 Steere, Miss Anna E ...... Peking, China...... Northwestern. 1891 Stephens. Miss Grace...... Madras, India...... Baltimore. 1890 Stevenson,Miss M.I.(M.D.) Tientsin, China ...... Topeka. 1896 Stone, Miss Mary (A I. D . ) . . Kiukiang, China...... Des Moines. 1896 Suderstrom, Miss A nna.. . Calcutta, India...... New York. 1888 Sullivan, Miss Lucy W . .. Muttra, India...... Cincinnati. 1891 Swaney, Miss Mary F ... . Rosario, Argentina...... T opeka. 1895¡Taft,Miss Gertrude ( A l . D . ) Chinkiang, China...... Pacific. IÖÖ7 Terry, Miss Edna Q.(A1.D.) Tientsin, China...... New England. 1869 Thoburn, Miss Isabella. . . Lucknow, India...... Cincinnati. 1895 Todd, Miss Althea M ...... Hinghua, China (via Foochow^ New England. 1897 Todd, Miss Grace B...... Chentu, China...... Northwestern. X889 Trimble, Miss Lydia A ... Foochow, China...... Des Moines. I895 Tryon, Miss Elizabeth V.. Ajmere, India...... Des Moines. 1891 Van Dorsten, Miss Amelia Pachuca, Mexico...... Northwestern. 1881 Van Petten, Mrs. Carrie W. Yokohama, Japan...... Northwestern. Varney, Miss Elizabeth E . Foochow, China...... Topeka. Vickery, Miss Martha E. . Rome, Italy...... Northwestern. 1896 Waidman, Miss Isabel.... Montevideo, Uruguay...... New York. 1883 Watson, Miss Rebecca J . Tokyo, Japan ...... Topeka. 1895 Wells, Miss Phebe C ...... Foochow, China...... New York. 1891 White, Miss Laura M...... Chinkiang, China...... Philadelphia. 1896 Widdifield, Miss Flora M . Calcutta, India...... Cincinnati. 1892 Wilkinson, Miss Lydia A. Foochow, China...... Northwestern. 1896 Wilson, Miss Frances G. . Tokyo, Japan ...... Cincinnati. 1889 Wilson, Miss Frances O .. Tientsin, China...... Des Moines. 1894 Wilson, Miss Mary E ...... Bareilly, India...... Northwestern. 1892 Wilson, Miss Minnie E ... Foochow, C hina...... Northwestern. 1885 Wisner, Miss Julia E ...... Berea, O ...... Cincinnati. 1892 Wood, Miss Catharine... . Haidarabad, India...... Des Moines. 1889 Wood, Miss Elsie...... Callao, Peru...... New York. 1895 Wright, Miss Laura S .. .. Muttra, India...... Northwestern. 1892 Young, Miss Effie G ...... Peking, China...... New England. 1897 Young, Miss Mariana...... Nagasaki, Japan...... Cincinnati. Zentmire, Miss Cora...... Malange, Angola...... Northwestern. Patrons. Constituted by the payment of five hundred dollars or more at one time. Rev. Bishop Andrews Andrews, S. AY. Barnum, N. K. Rev. Bishop FitzGerald Andrews. Mrs. S. W. Beers, Nathan T. Rev. Bishop Foss Andrus, John E. Bennett, Lyman Rev. Bishop Foster ( 2) Archbold, John D. Bennett, Mrs. P. L. Rev. Bishop Fowler (2) Armstrong, R. W. Bentley, John H. Rev. Bishop Goodsell Ashton, Mary Booth, Joseph W . Rev. Bishop Hurst Ayres, Mrs. D. Bradstreet, H. Rev. Bishop Mallalieu Bachman, Rev. Chas. Brady, D.D., James Boyd Rev. Bishop Newman Baker, D.D., Henry Bristol, D.D., F. M. Rev. Bishop Thoburn Baker, Mrs. Wm. H. Brown, Amos W. Abbott, Mary Delia Baker, William Brown, James N. Acker, E. M. Baldwin, D.D., S. L. Brown, Levi D. Adams, D.D., B. M. Banks, D.D., Louis A. Brvson, James H. Adams, William Banner, John J. Buckley, D.D., J. M. Albritton, Rev. J. L. Barker, Joseph S. Bunnell, Mrs. Maria Allen, Josiah Barnes, Rev. John W. F. Burch, Rev. Thomas H. 374 Missionary Report. [1898. Burson, Hon. John W. Gamble, James N. Judd, Mrs. O. Butler, D.D., William Gedney, Silvanus Kain, Mrs. R. J. Calvert, Jos. Gillespie, Mrs. Cath. J. Keith, George Carpenter, Mrs. P. W. Gillespie, Samuel W. Keith, Martha B. Cartwright, William Goff, R. W. P. Keith, Sarah Chadwick, Elihu Goodenough, Rev. A. H. Keith, Sophia P. Chadwick, Isabel Gooding, Julia A. Kelley, D.D., Wm. V. Chadwick, D.D., J. S. Gooding, Mrs. M. Kendig, D.D., A. B. Chapman, D.D., J. A. M. Goodnow, E. A. Kent, James Chapman, Rev. W. H. Gouldy, Francis Kimble, Aaron R. Clark, Rev. George Green, Edward King, John Clark, Rev. James C. Gregory, M.D., N. Kirwan, Edgar F. Clark, D.D., W. R. Griffith, Rev. T. M. Klein, Rev. J. A. Clarke, Andrew Guyer, Rev. A. W. Kline, Isaac Cleveland, Rev. H. A. Gwinnell, John M. Knight, Henry W. Collins, T. D. Hagany, Mrs. William S. Lafone, Esq., Samuel Corbit, M. Emma Hallett, Henry W. Lamb, Simeon Cornell, Helen M. Hamilton, George J. Lansdale, R. H. Cornell, Mrs. J. B. Hard, Bradley R. Lavery, Richard Cornell, Mrs. J. M. Harkness, William Lawrence, Mary C. Cornell, Miss M. L. Iiarrinton, Thomas L. Leech, D.D., S. V. Cowen, Mrs. B. R. Harrison, J. Orlando Leffingwell, Mrs. C. R. Crocker, Thomas Harrower, D.D., C. S. Leonard, Mrs. A. B. Crook, Isaac Harvey, Mrs. Mary Lippincott, D.D., B. C. Crydenwise, Rev. H. M. Heacock, D.D.,H. B. Lockwood, R. M. Darby, Benjamin Hedden, Charles B. Long, James Darwood, D.D., W. M’K. Heisler, D.D., John S. Lounsbury, Phineas C. Davis, D.D., W. R. Hendershot, John Lowe, Mrs. Anita S. N. Davison, Robert G. Henderson, Isaac Lowe, Nicholas Dayton, Wm. B. Henry, Robert Lowe, William E. Dean, Mrs. G. F. Hewitt, George C. Lowry, D.D., H. H. Dean, Rev. J. J. Higgins, Charles W. Maclay, D.D., R. S. Delanoy, Jr., J. A. Hill, Charles E. Madison, loseph Detmar, Joseph F. Hill, Mrs. W. J. Maillar, William H. Dickinson, Rev. John Hills, Martin B. Manning, Rev. E. A. Dill, Isaac O. Hiscox, S. E. Mansur, James Donohoe, Richard Holcomb, Charles M. Manwaring, W. H. Dorlew, E. W. Hollis, Rev. George Mark, Rev. Banner Duffell, Dr. C. L. Houghton, D.D., R. C. Marshall, Prof. j. W. Dunlap, Charles W. Howell, Carl S. Marshall, William B. Dunton, Rev. Louis M. Hubbard, George D. Martin, George C. Eakins, Rev. Wm. Huffman, Mrs. Sallie J. Martin, John T. Eggleston, Rev. A. C. Hughes, Rev. Bruce Martin, William R. Espenchied, J. M. Huking, Leonard J. Matthews, William Fay, Henry G. Huston, Rev. J. M. Maugan, S. S. Fay, John G. Hyde, Mr. and Mrs. E. M’Chesney, D.D., E. Ferguson, Rev. W. G. Irving, Charles M’Clintock, Mrs. C. W. Ferguson, Mrs. Rev. W. G. Janes, Miss Elizabeth M’Donald, D.D., Wm. Ferry, George J. Jayne, F. A. M’Grew, D.D., Geo. H. Filbard, Rev. W. Jayne, Mrs. F. A. Mead, Rev. A. H. Fisher, M.D., John Jeremiah, T. F. Mead, Edwin Fiske, D.D.. L. R. Johnson, B. Burchstead Mead, Melville E. FitzGerald, Kirke B. Johnson, Mrs. B. B. Mead, Ralph Fleming, James H. Johnson, Mr. & Mrs. E. H. Meais, John Fletcher, Hon. Thos. C. Johnson, M.D., Rev. T. S. Meredith, D.D., R. R. Fradenburgh. D.D., J. N. Johnston, R. S. Merrill, Wm. Fowler, Jonathan O. Johnston, Miss Sue Merritt, Hiram Fox, Rev. R. C. Johnston, Will H. Merritt, Rev. Stephen Frey, Hedley J. Jones, E. H. Milnes, John Frost, Mrs. Juliet K. Jones, Levin Monroe, Mrs. T. H. W. Frost, D.D.,Rev.S. Milton Jones, Thos. L. Morgan, William I898.J Honorary Life Managers. Morgan, William T. Rudisill, Mrs. M. A. Sutherland, Rev. Wm. H. Morris, Josiah Rumberger, C. C. Sweet, Abigail H. Morrow, Thomas J. Russell, Samuel Taft, James H. Mussina, Mrs. Jerusha P. Sanford, D.D., A. K. 1 aylor, Rev. George Neal, Rev. Jonathan Sanford, Watson Taylor, Mrs. Rev. George Nelson, Abram Sanford, Mrs. Ellen M. Terhune, Miss Francena Nickey, J. F. Santee, Rev. J. B. I hirdSt.Ch..Camden.N.J. Nimocks, Chester. Sappington, Samuel Thomas, D.D., D. W. Norris, \V. S. Scott, William Thomas. Mrs. Mary A. Nostrand, Lewis P. Searles. Rev. William N. Tiffany, Mrs. Eliza 15. Odell, Mrs. S. U. F. Secor, J. A. Tipple, Ph.D., E. S. O’Neal, David Seney, Mrs. Jane A. Todd, Rev. Charles W. Parker, D.I)., Lindsay Sessions, J. H. Trevaskis, Henry Parkin, Rev. F. T. Sewell, Moses B. Trimble, Sarah A. Palton, Mrs. John Shaurman, George A. Trimble, Sarah A. P. Patton, Mrs. Susanna ( 2) Shaurman. Milton Trinity M. E. C.. Jer. City Payne, D .D ., C. 11. Shaver, Mrs. J. B. Upham, 13.1)., Samuel F Peacey, William Shaver, Rev. Joseph B. Utter, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Peters, Lucy A. Shepherd, Rev. C. W. Vail, Rev. Adee Phillips, Daniel B. Shields, Rev. David H. Yannote, Rev. Jonathan Pike, Rev. J. Sigler, David S. Van Schoick, Rev. R. W. Pilcher, M.D., Lewis S. Sinex, Thomas H. Wan cl ell, B. C. Pine, Walter Slate, George Ward, P. G. W. Platt, Mrs. Slattery, Rev. P. J. \\ ardell, Rev. William Platt, Rev. S. Ii. Slayback, John I). Waters, Mrs. Matilda Pool, William D. Sloat, Mrs. Harriet A. Weatherbv, Rev. Sam. S. Preston, W. I. Sloat, T. L. Weeks, W. H. Price, Mary H. Smith, Irani Welch, P. A. Purdy, Miss Martha Smith, Isaac W elch, W illiam Quackinbush, T. S. Smith, Isaac T. Westerfield, William Quimby, Jr., D. S. Smith, D.D., J. C. Whitaker, James Ralph, Mrs. Emily H. Smith, Joseph E. White, Miss Helen M. Ralph, Jr., H. D. Smith, Nathaniel Whitney, D. D. Ramsay, C.B., Major H. Spear, Ann Willis, Rev. J. S. Reast, Esq., F. G. Speare, Alden Wilson, Mrs. Marie E. Reed, D.l>., George E. Speare, Mrs. Alden Wilson, S. P. Rex, Jacob Smith, D.D., Young C. Winfield, H. B. Rex, Mrs. Spellmeyer, D.D., Ii. Woods, D.D., Frederic Rice, William Spencer, Charles Woods, Mrs. Frederic Rinehart, Egbert Starr, George Woolf, Rev. S. P. Ritchie, Mrs. Kate L. Stephenson, M.D., T. Worne, Edward II. Roake, J. C. Stiles, W illiam H. Wright, George Roe, Rev. J. L. Stimson, Sandford J. Wright, John W. Rogers, Mrs. MadelaineS. Strickland, Francis L. Wright, Mrs. Mary Roiph, Henry D. Strong, Christiana Young, Rev. J. W. Romer, John Strout, Geraldine G. Youngs, D. A. Ross, Mrs. D. L. Sucklev. Thomas H. 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. E. L. Fancher Rev. J. F. Goucher, D.D. W. L. Boswell Hon. T. S. Fay Rev. D. W. Thomas.D.D. Honorary Life Managers. Constituted by the payment of one hundred and fifty dollars or more at one time. [N ote.—Any persons examining this list, and noticing therein the names of any persons who have deceased, are requested to notify the Missionary Secretaries, 150 Fifth Avenue, New \ ork.] Rev. Bishop Bowman Rev. Bishop Foster Abbott, Asher Miner Rev. Bishop Cranston Rev. Bishop Hurst Abbott, Mrs. Delia Rev. Bishop Foss Rev. Bishop Vincent Abbott, Stephen H. 376 Missionary Report. [1898. Abercrombie, David Avery, Lyman R. Bidwell, Ira Ackerly, Rev. John W. Ayres, Carlton Blackledge, Rev. James Ackerman, C. W .. Ayres, M.D., Chauncey Blackledge, Mrs. K ittie T. Ackerman, W. B. Ayres, L. S. Blackmar, C. P. Adams, Annie M. Ayres,SamuelL.P.,U.S.N. Blake, John Adams, Miss Fanny Baird, Rev. Isaac N. Blyth, Elijah K. Adams, Russell W. Baker, Mrs. Minnie C. Boardman, Hannah E. Adams, Thomas M. Baker, Samuel W. Bolton, John Adams, W. W. Baldwin, Annie Bond, Charles W. Adams, Mrs. W. W. Baldwin, Gertrude P. (2) Bonnell, Charles F. Aiken, R ev. A. P. Baldwin, Summerfield Bonnell, Nathaniel Aitken, Benjamin Baldwin, William H. Bonnett, Miss Mary June Albritton, Rev. J. L. Balker, William Bonney, Nathaniel Albro, Sarah A. Ballard, D.D., A. E. Bontecou, Francis Alday, Rev. T- H. Banner, John J. Boorman, Hon. A. J. Alder, William D. Barber, Rev. Cicero Booth, Ezra Aldridge, Rev. S. H. Barber, Mrs. E. A. Boston, John E. H. Alford, Rev. James Barber, George E. Botsford, J. K. Allaire, Philip Embury Bardall, John C. Bourne, William O. E. Allen, Oliver Barker, Mrs. Mary A. Bourne, C. Clayton Allen, Solomon Barker, William L. Bowdish, Jennie C. Allison, Michael S. Barndollar, Amy S. Bowdish, D.D., W. W. Ames, Rev. A. H. Barnes, Benjamin H. Bowen, David H. Ames, Herbert T. Barnes, Rev. H. N. Bowles, Mary Andaver, John S. Barnes, Rev. John W. F. Bowman, John Anderson, Augustus B. Bames, Samuel S. Bowman, Rev. J. Anderson, Mrs. George W. Barnice, John J. Boyce, James Anderson, Rev. Samuel Bartlett, Miss Martha M. Boyd, David Andrew, Miss Annie Barton, James Boyd, Jr., Samuel Andrew, Rev. Joseph F. Bates, D.D., L. B. Boynton, Anthony Andrews, Samuel W. Bates, Miss Sarah Bradford, Henry E. Antrim, Benajah Bates, Samuel D. Bradley, Frank Antrim , Minnie B. Battie, Richard R. Bradner, William B. Apgar, W. Holt Baynon, Eugene F. (2) Bradon, Frank Applegarth, Nathaniel Beacham, Mrs. H. Bradstreet, Henry Appold, George I. Beadenkopf, George Brainerd, B. C. Arbuckle, Mrs. Alexander Beattie, John Brakeley, H. W. Archer, Mrs. G. D. Beattie, Mrs. John Brandon, James Archer, Harry Mortimer Beatty, Miss Mary E. Brands, Janies Archer, Mary Beaver, Peter Bray, Rev.WT. M’Kendree Archer, Nellie Louisa Beek, Samuel Breckinridge, D.D., J. S. Archer, O. H. P. Beers, Lizzie Breon, Jacob Armstrong, Edward V. Beers, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Bresee, Rev. P. F. Armstrong, Clark Belmont, Miss Emma Brewer, Nixon Armstrong, Francis Belt, Washington Bridges, Charles Armstrong, Francis A. Benedict, Charles A. Briggs, D.D., M. C. Armstrong, Joseph Bennett, Edwin Brooks, Rev. Asa Armstrong, Mrs. M. Bennett, Mrs. Eliza Bross, Joseph Armstrong, Thomas Benny worth, John Brown, Amos W\ Arnold, George W. Bentley, Charles Brown, Mrs. J. D. Arnold, J. M. Bentley, Charles W. Brown, Rev. James H. Arnold, Samuel. Bentley. Georgia Brown, R. O. Arthur, Richard Bentley, John H. Browne, H enry B. Atkins, Isaiah Bernsee, C. Dollner Brownfield, John Atkinson, Mrs. John Bernsee, Frederick Browning, Rev. W. G. Atterbury, William Berry, Eliza Bruner, Henry F. Atwater, Wilbur O. Bettleheim, Mrs. B. J. Brush, William A. Austin, Rev. H. F. Bettleheim, Bernard J. G. Bryan, D.D., James R. Auten, Mrs. Eliza M. Bettleheim, Miss V. R. Bryant, Charles E. Auten, James W. Beyea, J. L. Buck, D.D., C. H. A very, C. A . Bicknell, Becker Buckalew, Sarah F. 1898.] Honorary Life Managers. Buckley, Sarah Clark, Rev. Daniel Coulter, H. Buell, L. H. Clark, Miss Emma Coûtant, Rev. Lewis J. Bulley, Mrs. Anna M. Clark, Francis M. Cowan, William D. Bulley, George F. Clark, Mary S. Cowles, Mrs. O. J. Burch, Rev. Thomas H. Clark, Miles Hebee Cox, Abram Burnham, W. R. Clark, Richard B. Cox, Charles Burns, James Clark, William D. Coxe, D.D., J. C. W. Burrows, Lemuel Clark, Rev. W. W. Crane, Theodore A. Butler, Charles Clark, Mrs. Rev. W. W. Cranmer, Emeline Butterfield, Frederic Clawson, J. M. Craske, Harry Buttrick, George M. Clement, Rev. Elbert Crawford, Hanford Byrne, William W. Clements, Jr., S. Crawford, J. G. L. Caldwell, Samuel C. Cloke, Mrs. H. Virginia Crawford, Dr. J. S. Campbell, Celinda Cobb, Mrs. Helen W. Creighton, Rev. Samuel Cameron, Mrs. Charles A. Cobb, J. H. Creshall, Mrs. Sarah E. Cameron, Cornelius Cobb, Mrs. Mary A. Criswell, Miss Jennie E. Camp, B. F. Cobb, Samuel Crocker, Thomas Carey, Isaac Cochrane, Charles Cronhan, John Carey, Mrs. P. E. Coddington, George F. Crook, J. D. Kurtz Carlton, Henry Coffin, Mrs. Caroline Croxford, Ira Carlton, William J. Coffin, Eliza J. Cubberly, D. P. Carman, Mary T. Coffin, William J. Culgin, James Carmichel, Jr., A. Coffman, Daniel Culver, Tuttle Carpenter, James M. Coggeshall, William S. Curry, Amos G. Carpenter, Nathan Colesbury, John Curry, William H. Carr, D.D., J. M. Coleston, Charles E; Cushing, G. B. Carr, Lizzie Colgate, Bowles Custer, I. S. Carr, Mary E. Colgate, Mrs. B. Cutter, Miss Julia Carroll, Rev. J. M. Collins, Joseph W. Cutting, Mrs. Martha B. Carson, Charles L. Collins, T. D. Cutting, William G. Carson, Mrs. D. Collord, D.D., G. W. Dail, Daniel Carson, William Cone, John A. Dale, John W. Carter, Duras Conklin, Benjamin Y. Dallas, Israel Cartwright, William M. Conklin, J. L. Dailey, Rev. Joseph W. Cary, Benjamin H. Connolly, Nettie Daniels, Rev. J. R. Cary, Mrs. Contrell, Mrs. Lizzie Daniels, Sabin A. Case, Rev. Watson Cook, Ephraim Darling, Daniel S. Cassard, Howard Cookman, Mary Darwood, D.D., W. M’K. Cassatt, Rev. J. W. Cooley, Emma F Darwood, Mrs. W. M'K. Cassidy, James Coombs, W. Dashiell, Mary J. Chadwick, D.D., Jas. S. Cooper, George W. Dashiell, Mrs. Robert L. Chaffee, Herbert W. Cooper, Mrs. Lavinia Davenport, Benjamin Chamberline, Mrs. O. B. Cooper, D.D., V. A. Davidson, Mrs. Ann Jane Champion, Hiram J. Cope, Thomas P. Davis, Calvin Chapman, D.D., J. A. M. Copeland, George Davis, Edgar Chapman, Myra H. Copeland, George M. Davis, Ira Chapman, Rev. W. H. Corbit, Mrs. Rev. W. P. Davis, Janies L. Chapman, William H. Corkran, Benjamin W. Davis, Thomas Charlier, Elie Corkran, William Dayis, D.D., W. R. Chattin, Rev. Samuel Cornell, Helen H. Day, Elizabeth Cheney, D.D., N. G. Cornell, Henry M. Day, D.D., James R. Chesnut, John A. Cornel], James E. Day, John H. Childs, B. F. Cornell, Mrs. J. B. Day, Rev. Rufus Choate, Warren Cornell, Miss M. L. Dayton, Rev. D. W. Chubbuck.M.D., Hollis S. Cornish,' John Dayton, Mrs. D. W. Chumar, Esq., John A. Cornwell, Abram Deal, George H. Church, Rev. A. J Cornwell, Timothy Dean, Clement R., Clapp, Frederick A. Corrington, John Wesley Dean, David J. Clapp, Mrs. Sarah Corse, A. E. Dean, William Clark, Anna Coryell, Dr. William Dease, M.D., Stephen S. Clark, Mrs. Benjamin F. Cosgrove, Joseph Dederick, Mrs.George W. 378 Missionary Report. [1898. De Hass, Mrs. F. S. Falconer, Wm. H. Gardner, Aaron De La Cour, J. C. Farlee, William A. Gardner, David A. De Moyer, Rev. John A. Farley, J. P. Garrabrants, M rs. Wm. B. Dennis, Mrs. Benjamin F. Farmer, Silas Gascoigne, Jam es P. Dennis, Mrs. Emory Farmer, Mrs. Silas Gaskill, Rev. J. S. Denyse, Simon Fay, H enry Gates, D.D., M. L. De Puy, Alexander Fay, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Gedney, Sylvanus De U rq uiza, Gen. Don J 11 sto Fay, John G. Gehrett, Mrs. T. J. De Veau, Jos. M. Felton, Rev. Cyrus E. George, D.D., W m . P. De Wilde, John Ferguson, Rev. A. H. Geraghty, Miss Linda De Witt, Rev. M. F. Ferris, Frank Gerald, Miss Fannie Dibble, Elizabeth W. Fielding, George Gerard, Miss Fannie M. Dickenson, John Fielding, Mrs. Matilda Gibb, Samuel Dickinson, Rev.George F. Finch, Mrs. Eunice C. Gibson, D .D ., A. E. Dickinson, Martha Finley, Thomas Gibson, Mrs. A. E. Dickinson, Mary E. First M.E. S. S., Erie, Pa. Gibson, Charles Dickson, Lucius Fisbeck, Mary F. Gibson, Jane Diggs, Laura Fisher, N. D. Gibson, John Dikeman, John Fisk, Mrs. Gen. C. B. Gibson, Josiah Dilks, Chester Fisk, Rev. N. B. Gibson, Mrs. Tillie Disney, Wesley Fite, Conrad Gill, Rev. Joseph IL Dobbins, D.D., J. Y. Fitzgerald, Cornelia Gillies, Wright Dodge, Rev. David S. Fitzgerald, Janies 1!. Gillingham, Rebecca A. Dodge. Jr., William E. Fitzwilliam, F. J. Gilmore, Frank B. Dollner, Samuel L. Fleming, Rev. C. K. Givan, Mrs. Margaret Douglas, Mrs. Ophelia M. Flinn, Jr., Wm. R. Glacken, Raymond M. Douglass, J.. of Scotland Flint, John D. Gladwin, Rev. W. J. Downey, Rev. David G. Folger, Mrs. Ella Glass, James Drake, Elkanah Foot, Norman B. Glover, Mrs. Charles E. Drakely, George Foote, R ev. John B. Glover, John F. Drown, Mrs. Emma H. Forrester, Frederick Glenn, David Drown, Samuel R. Forshay, Wilbur F. Godwin, J. Dryden, Joshua Foster, James V. Goldsmith, Louise Dulaney, H. S. Foster, Joseph A. Goodwin, A. S. W. Dunham, George B. Foster, Miss Libbie Goodwin, Mrs. S. C. Dunlap, William H. Foster, Rev. Milton K. Goss, O liver S. Dunlop, John S. Fowler, Anderson Gouldy, N. E. Dunn, E. W. Fowler, Cornelia W. Gracey, D.D., J. T. Dwight, Samuel L. Fowler, J. N. Grant, Richard Eager, Jr., M.D., W. B. Fowler, Jonathan O. Grape, George S. Eaton, Mrs. Harriet E. S. Fowler, Jr., J. O. Graves, IL A. Edmonds, J. A. Fowler, Olive E. Graveson, William Edwards, Nellie Fowler, Hon. Oscar F. Graveson, Jr., W. Edwards, D.D., W . B. Fowler, William Graw, D.D., J. B. Edwards, William H. Fox, Rev. R. C. Gray, Abraham Eggleston, Mrs. Elizabeth Fox, Robert S. Grazier, Mrs. Rebecca Elliott, George Freeman, Edward Greatsinger, Rev. C. Elliott, Thomas M. French, J. Milton Green, Amon Elliott, Rev. W. H. French, John Green, Benj. F. Ellis, Mrs. Lydia A. French, John Wesley Green, George E. Ellsworth, Henry French, Thomas R. Green, R. Granville Elmer, Nelson L. Frey, Edward S. Green, Stephen Erwin, Sr., Gideon L. Frey, Mrs. Hedley J. Greenewald, F. W. Evans, M.D., John Fried, F. G. Greenfield, A. Ii. Evans, G. W. Frost, Norman W. Greenfield, Aquila Evans, Rev. W. W. Fry, Hannah Greenwood, Elizabeth W. Excell, Rev. Benjamin Fullager, James Gregg, Samuel Fabyan, Dr. C. W . Fuller, Jesse Gregor)', Mrs. Dr. Fairbairn, Maggie Gable, Miss Julia E. Gregory, Miss Ella Fairchild, J. H. Gallien, Henry Gregory, Miss Elma C. Falconer, John Gallien, Mrs. Henry Greschall, Mrs. Sarah J. i 898.] Honorary Life Managers. 379 Griffen, John Havenner, Thomas Horton, D. P. Griffin, Lulu Hawley, D.D., Bostwick Horton, Henry M. Griffin, Rev. Thomas A. Hawthorne, Enoch Howard, George W. Griffing, Lester Hawthorne, Mrs. Mary Hoxsie, George W. Griffith, Mrs. A. E. Hayden, Mrs. Jerusha S. Hoyt, Philip Grinnell, Miss Anna Hays, James L. Hoyt, Professor B. F Grippen, Theodore E. Hayter, Samuel G. Hoyt, Wm. J. Groesbeck, E. A. Hayward, J. K. Hu, Miss King Eng . Grose, James Hazleton, Edward Hughes, C. C. Gross, Samuel Headley, Milton Huking, Leonard J. Guelfi, Cecelia Heald, William Ii. Hulbert, Lester Guest, Alonzo Heath, F. W. Hull, Mrs. Rev. C. F. Guibord, A. Heather, D.D., D. D. Hull, Henry M. Guile, Rev. Charles H. Ileiskell, Colson Humbert, Mrs. Theodore Gurlitz, A. T. Heislee, William H. Hunt, G. H. Haff, Uriah Heisler, D.D., J. S. Hunt, Mrs. Jane Hagell, Miss Fannie Hemmers, Thomas J. Huntley, Mrs. Amelia E. Hagell, Mrs. Hannah Henderson, D.D., H. Huntley, Mrs. Annie Haight, Joseph Henry, John Huntley, D.D., E. D. Haight, Samuel J. Herbert, William F Hurlburt, Rev. R. H. Haines, Benjamin F. Hermance, Rev. John P. Hurst, William R. Haines, Mrs. Benjamin F. Herrick, Rev. A. F. Hyatt, Charles E. Hall, Edward M. Herrick, Mrs. M. B. P. Hyde. Augustus L. H all, Joseph B. Hershey, Ephraim Hyde. Edwin Hall, Joseph F. Hershey, Leonard Hyde, Edwin Francis Hall, William H. Hester, Milton P. Hyland, James Haller, Rev. J. P. Heyniger, Lambert Iglehart, D.D., F. C. Hallett, Heniy W. Hick, Jonathan P Igleheart, William T. Halliday, Rebecca Hickman, Rev. J. W. Infant School of Broad Halsted, E. S. Hicks, Rev. Benjamin Street M. E. Church, Halsted, Emma Hicks, Harvey E. Newark, N. J. Ham, John Hill, Charles A. Irvin, Alexander Hamilton, George J. Hill, George W. Irving, Charles Hamlin, D.D., B. B. Hill, Rev. John Jacks, David Hamlin, D.L)., Cyrus Hill, Sarah V. Jacks, Mrs. Mary C. Hammond, Edwin R. Hill, Rev. W. T. Jacobus, William Hammond, Ezra Hillman, Samuel D. Jayne, F. A. Hance, Theo. F. Hinckley, M.D., J. W. Jeffery, Oscar Hand, Jacob Hinkle, Rev. Richard Jellison, George W : Hanford, John E. Hindes, Samuel lenkins, Miss Susan A. Hard, Bradlev R. Hiorns, Rev. Richard Johnson, Algernon K. Liard, D.D , Clark P. Hiss, Mr. and Mrs. P. Johnson, Charles T. Hardacre, William Hitchim, Owen Johnson, Eugene Harding, Rev. A. F. Hodges, Samuel R. Johnson, Mrs. Grace E. Harmon, C. W. Hodgkinson, Job Johnson, Robert Harris, M.D., Chapin A. Hodgman, F. D. Johnson, Samuel Harris, Mrs. Emma J. Holcomb, Mrs. Statira Iohnson, W illiam B. Harris, John M. Holden, Jr., B. F. Johnston, Rev. J. G. Harris, Mrs. N. Alin Hollis, Holman Johnston, W illiam Harris, William Hollis, Rev. George jones,Capt.C. D., 2 SRegt. Harrower, D.D., C. S. Hollister, Stephen D. Jones, Floy C. (2) Hart, Richard P. Holmes, Rev. D. J. Jones, Miss Ida Hartzell, Miss Alice Holmes, J. P. Jones, Joseph Harvey, G. H. Holmes, Jr., John F. Jones, Levin Haseltine, Miss Emily P. Holmes. William L. Jones, Raymond (2) Haslup, George G. Holt, William II. Jones. Rev. Thomas L. Haslup, Mrs. George II. Holt, W oodbury D. Jones, Jr., W'illiam Hatfield,Mrs.Elizabeth A. Holzapfel, John A. Jones, Zeanett Ilaughey, Theodore P. Hooly, Abraham Jordan, D.D., D. A. Haughwout, Rachel Hooper, W illiam E. Joy, Mrs. E. H. Havens, J. H. Hopkins, Miss Hetlie M. Ju d d ,Joh n B. 380 Missionary Report. [1898. Judd, Mrs. O. Leavitt, D.D., Dudley P. Manierre, A. L. Keeney, Timothy Leavitt, Samuel R. Mann, L. M. Kelley, Richard Le Count, H. M. Manny, Miss Kate Kelley, Warren S. Lee. Col. G. W. Mansfield, D.D., John H. Kellogg, Charles G. Lee, Miss Hannah Mapes, Mrs. S. S. Kelly, Rev. Thomas Leech, Abner Y. Maps, W. R. Kenney, Pardon T. Legg, John Mark, Sr., George »Kent, Luke Leidy, Rev. George Marlay, F. H. Kerr, Rev. G. S. Lenhart, Miss Lulla Marrinor, George Kerr, Thomas Lewis, Henry Marshal], Mrs. Mary E. Kessler, Miss Mary L. Libby, Mary S. Marshall, Thomas W. Keyes, John Liebe, Mary A. Marshall, William B. Keyes, Mrs. John Lindsay, D.D., J. W. Marston, Hannah Keyser, Abraham Lippincott, D.D., B. C. Martin, Rev. Alexander Keyser, John Little, Henry J. Martin, Ann H. Kiger, Col. James S. Little, James Martin, George C. Kilmer, Miss Emeline Little, Mrs. Sarah J. Martin, George W. Kimberly, Edward Little, William Mayo Martin, Nathan C. King, Annie Lloyd, John R. Martin, William S. King, Gamaliel Loane, Jabez W. Martin, W. R. King, George W. Locke, D.D., Rev. J. W. Martinnas, Susie King, John Lockwood, Henry Mason, John S. King, D.D., Joseph E. Lockwood, Henry T. Mason, Rev. Joseph King, D.D., J. M. Lockwood, Robert M. Mason, Perez Kinsey, Isaac P. Loder, Lewis B. Mason, R. W. Kirkland, Alexander Logan, Charles W. Mason, Miss Venie Kitching, William Logan, Miss Emma G. Mason, William Klein, Rev. John Logan, Henry Mason, William Henry Kline, Isaac A. Long, Mrs. Jane Matthews, Edward N. Kneen, Alice Longacre, D.D., A. Maynard, John Q. Kneil, Thomas Longacre, Orleans Maxwall, James Knight, Edward Longfellow, M.D., A. J. M’Cabe, Mrs. Charles C. Knight, Henry Longhurst, James S. M'Calmont, A. B. Knight, Theodore B. Loomis, Rev. B. B. M’Calmont, Mrs. Knox, Mrs. Mary P. M. Loomis, Rev. W. E. M’Canlis, Thomas Kodama, J. C. J. P. Lord, Benjamin M’Carty, D.D., J. H. Kuhns, William J. Lord, Joseph M’Cauley, George E. Kurtz, Clara H. Loud, Rev. Henry M. M’Cauley, Rev. James A. Kurtz, M. D. Lowden, Mrs. Elizabeth M’Clain. Damon R. Ladue, Nathan W. Lowden, George W. M’Clainj Mrs. O. I). Lamb, J. M. Lowe, William E. M’Conkey, Jr., James Lambden, Mrs. Annie Lowrie, D.D., D. R. M’Conkey, William Lambright, William Lucas, Mrs. Susan M’Cord, James Lanahan, D.D., John Luckey, Robert M’Cormick, J. M. Landis, Enos Y. Ludlam, E. Ferdinand M’Cormick, R. S. Lane, John Ludlum, George B. M’Cown, William B. Lane, Park H. Ludlum, M.D.. Jacob W. M’Cubbin, Miss Maggie Langham, L. Lynch, Rev. William M’Cullough, James Langstroth, Abbie Lyon, Stephen M’Curdy, Mrs. John Langstroth, Miss Belle Lyons, James D. M’Curdy, R. K. Langstroth, Mrs. Jane Lytle, W. H. M’Daniel, James L. Lavery, Mrs. Eliza MacKenzie, Joseph M’Dermond, Jennie Lavery, Miss Jane Maclay, D.D., R. S. M’Donald, Rev. William Lavery, John Young Maclay, R. V. M’Elhone, John Lavery, Mrs. Margaret Macniff, Lothian M’Farlane, George Lavery, Richard Macy, David M’Gee, Robert Lavery, Robert Macubbin, Samuel M’Gregor, David L. Law, Mrs. Sarah A. Madison, Rev. Joseph M’lntosh, James II. Lawrence, Henry Magee, John M’lntyre, James E. Lazenby, Cornelia A. Magill. C. W. M’Kenzie. Heman Bangs Leach, Charles Main, Mrs. O. Louise M’Kissock, Miss J. A. 1898.] Honorary Life Managers. 381 M’Kown, Mrs. M. E. Mulford, Furman Payne, Mrs. Mary Eleanor M’Laren, Ida L. Mulliken, Edward C. Pearne, D.D., Thomas H. M’Lean, Rev. Alexander Mumford, Anna L. Pearsall, Treadwell M’Lean, Ann Munger, R. D. Peary, John M’Lean, John S. Murphey, Rev. T. C. Peck, Rev. George C. M’Lorrinan, Miss Maggie Murray, Laura V. Peck, Rev. J. L. M’Millan, John Myers, George E. Peckham, Reuben M’Murray, Miss Charlotte Myers, John N. Peirce, John M’Namara, Mrs. John W. Myrick, James R. Pepper, H. J. M’Nicholl, Rev. R. T. Nagai, J. Wesley Iwoski Perkins, John S. M'Nichols, H. M. Naylor, Henry R. Perkins, M. W. M’Pherson, Joseph Nelson, Mrs. Louise Perrin, Noah M’Roberts, William Nelson, Rev. W. C. Perry, Mrs. J. K. Mead, Ezra Nesbit, Rev. S. H. Perry, John B. Mead, Fanny E. Newell, Henry J. Pershing, D.D., Israel C. Mead, Melville E. Newman,Mrs. Angeline E. Peters, John Medary, Jacob II. Nichols, Lafayette Peters, Mrs. Mary Menson, L. W. Nicholson, Jacob C. Pettit, Foster Meredith, Rev. Richard Nicholson, Mrs. Pfaff, Mrs. Louisa M. E. Meredith, D.D., R. R. Norris, John Phelps, Willis Merrick, E. G. Norris, Mrs. Sarah M. Phillips, Daniel B. Merrill, Rev. C. A. North, Rev. C. J. Phillips, Mary V. Merrill, Jacob S. North, James Phillips, Robert Merritt, David F. North, Mrs. Mary E. Phipps, J. B. Merritt, Rev. Stephen Norton, Rev. J. D. Pilcher, M.D., Lewis S. Milbum, D.D., W. H. Nostrand, Mrs. Sarah E. Pilkington, Cordelia L. Miles, John Oakley, Rev. J. G. Pillsbury, Rev. C. D. Miles, Mrs. Mary Oats, John M. Place, Barker Miller, A. B. Ockerman, Rev. J. F. Place, Ephraim Miller, G. M. Olney, L. F. Place, Janies K. Miller, Gordon Onderdonk, Nicholas Platt, C. H. Miller, John Osbon, D.D., E. S. Ployd, Jacob Miller, John P. Osbon, Mrs. E. S. Pollard, Samuel L. Miller, R. T. Osborn, Mrs. Alice Pomeroy, Rev. F. T. Miller, D.D., W. G. Osborn, Rev. Thomas G. Pond, Lucius W. Milligan, W. C. Osmun, John W. Poole, Achish PI. Mills, John H. Ostrander, Amanda B. Poole, Robert Mintram, Alfred C. Ostrander, James S. Poppino, M.D., Seth Mitchell, J. H. Owen, D. R. Porter, Mrs. Jane T. Mittan, Erastus Owen, Rev. E. D. Porter, Rev. John Smith Monroe, Eliza Owen, Edward Porter, John V. Montrose, Newman E. Owen, John Post, Rev. Samuel E. Mooers, E. M. Oxtoby, Henry Povie, Frank Moore, F. D. Palmer, Rachel C. Powell, Mrs. A. Moore. George Palmer, William H. Powell, William Moore, D.D., James Palmer, William S. Pratt, Henry Moore, Joseph A. Pardington, D.D., R. S. Pratt, James W. Moore, Laura A. Pardoe, Rev. H. C. Pray, Matilda Moore, Samuel J. Pardoe, Jr., Hunter Prentiss, S. M. Moore, W. K. Parish, Ambrose Price, Rev. J. A. Morgan, Frank R. Parker, D.D., E. W. Price, S. W. Morgan, Wm. Truslow Parker, Rev. John Price, William Morris, Mrs. D. Parker, D.D., Lindsay Prickett, Edward Morrow, Thomas J. Parker, William A. Prosser, William H. Morse, Rev. Charles W. Parlett, Benjamin F. Pughe, Hon. Lewis Morton, J. D. Parmalee. Catharine E. Pught, Mrs. Daniel W. Morton, J. E. Patton, John Pullman, Mrs. John Moses, William J. Patton, Gen. William Purdy, M.D., A. E. M. Moss, Mrs. W. P. Paul, Rev. A. C. Pusey, William B. Mudge, D.D., James Paul. George W. Quin, Henry W. Mulford, Miss Emma Payne, D.D., C. H. Quinan, Henry E, 382 Missionary Report. [1898. Quincey, Charles E. Rushmore, Benjamin Slicer, Eli Ramsay, John F. Rushmore, Thomas I. Slicer, Mrs. Rev. Dr. Ramsdell, M.D.,Edwin D Rushmore, William C. Sloan, Charles Rand, Franklin Rusling, Gen. J. F. Sloan, Joseph Raymond, Aaron Russell, Henry Sloat, John L. Raymond, L. Loder Russell, S. L. Smedley, Joseph S. Raymond, William L. Russell, W. F. Smith, Addison M. Raynor, Fannie R. Rust, D.D., R. S. Smith, Bartlett Read, Thomas Ryland, Rev. William Smith, Emily L. Rector, Geoge Salter, Edon J. Smith, D.D., Eugene R. Reed, D.D., George E. Sampson, Mrs. David Smith, George G. Reed, Mrs. George E. Sampson, E. T. Smith, H. Morris Reed, Rev. H. W. Sampson, William Smith, Rev. Henry. Reed, Henry England Sanborn, Orlando Smith, Henry Peters Reed, Mrs. Seth Sandaver, John Smith, I ram Reeve, Tappin Sanders, George Smith, Rev. Isaac E. Reid, John Sands, Emanuel Smith, Mrs. J. Coventry Relyea, Rev. M. Sanford, D.D., A. K. Smith, J. Thomas Ressiguie, Rufus Sanford, Watson Smith, Job Reynolds, Frank Savin, M. D. Smith, Rev. John W. Reynolds, George G. Sawyer, John Smith, Hon. Joseph S. Reynolds, S. C. Saxe, Charles J. Smith, Julius D. Rice, Mrs. D. E. Sayre, Israel E. Smith, Mrs. Mary Rice, William Schaffer, Jacob Smith, M. H. Rich, Rev. Albert R. Schoeder. Annette Smith, P. R. Rich, Richard Schuyler, Capt. Thomas Smith, D.D., W. T. Richards, Joseph H. Schevdel, Annette Snively, Rev. William A. Richards, Rev. Thomas Scott, George Snodgrass, D.D., W. L. Richardson, Mrs. Eliza Seabury, Adam Snow, Ara Richardson, J. Smith Seaman, James A. Snyder, Rev. E. B. Richardson, Hon. Samuel Seaman, John Somers, D. H. Rigby, Philip A Searing, Ichabod Soper, Samuel J. Roach, Mr. Searles, John E. Southerland, Benj. D. L. Roath, Frederick Searles, Martha Spaulding, Erastus Roberts, John Searles, William Spear, Ann Roberts, Virgil Sellichie. George Spencer, Miss M. A. Roberts, W. C. Selmes, Reeves E. Spencer, P. A. Robertson, Lucy Sessions, W. E. Spencer, William Robinson, Mi's. Alanson Seymour, William D. Spencer, William G. Robinson, Mrs. J. Norris Sharpley, W. P. Spottswood, Rev. W. L. Robinson, Rev. R. H. Shaurman, George H. S. S. M. E. Ch.,Wash., Pa. Rockefeller, Jane E. Shaw, Charles R. Stagg, Charles W. Rogers, Robert Shelton, Aid. George Stahl, J. W. Roll, Eliza Ann Shelton, Willis C. Stainford, John Rome, Church in Shepherd, Mrs. G. B. Starr, Daniel Romer, Mrs. Jane R. Shepherd, Rev. Thos. B. Start, Joseph Root, R. T. Shepherd, Mrs. Thos B. Stebbins, Rev. L. D. Rose, Mary M. Shickney, Mrs. L. Steele, D.D., Daniel Ross, Daniel A. Shiels, Ella Steele, Rev. W. C. Ross, Miss Lucy Shillicom, John Stephens, A. J. Ross, Rev. Joseph A. Shoemaker, Miss M. Stewart, Daniel Rossiter, Hon. N. T. Silverthome, Rev. W. Stewart, Hiram Roth well, James Simmons, Ella Ste\Vart, William Rowden, George Simmons, Thomas S. Stewart, Rev. William F- Rowe, Mrs. A. Theresa Simpkinson, H. H. Stickney, George Rowe, Edward Sing, Mrs. C. B. Stickney, Leander Rowlee, J. W. Skeel, Rev. Harlow Still, Joseph B. Roy, Frank Skinner, Mrs. Eunice Stillwell, R. E. Rudisill, D.D., A. W. Skinner, James R. Stitt, Rev. Joseph B. Rujo, Edna Slayback, John D. Stockwell, George E. Rumberger, Rev. C. C. Slayback, W. Abbott Stokes, Whitall 1898.] Honorary Life Managers. 3S3 Stone, John T. Tostevin, Alfred Watkins, D.D., Wilbur F. Stone, Pardon M. Tower, Stephen A. Watters, J. Howard Stone, Miss Sabella Townsend, J. B. Watters, Mary F. Story, Jacob Travers, Samuel H. Watters, Mr. and Mrs. P. Stott, James Treadwell, M. H. Weatherby, Charles Stowell, F rank W. Tremain, Mary A. Webster, J. J. Stowell, George F. Trowbridge, F. E. Webster, Mrs. W m. R. Strang, H. L. Trowbridge, F. S. Weed, J. N. Sturgeon, M.D., Hon. D. Truslow, Mrs. Annie F. Weeks, F. G. Summers, E. W . Truslow, Miss Hester Weeks, Jotham Suppléé, J. Frank Truslow, Miss Jane Welch, Joseph Sutherland, William H. Tucker, Jennie Welch, Minnie L. Swetland, William Tudor, Mrs. H. C. Welch, N. W. Swett, John W. Tulleys, Lysander W. Welch, W. Abbott Swope, Frederick F. Turner, William Welling, Oscar B. Tackaberry, John A. Turner, William L. Wells, E. H. Taft, Azariah H. Turpin, Charles J. Wells, George N. Taft, Mrs. Caroline E. Turpin, Joseph B. Welsh. Mrs. H. Taft, James H. Turpin, Phoebe Anne Welsh, Mrs. Margaretta Talbot, D.D., Michael J. Tuttle, D.D., Alex. H. Wendell, Harvey Talmage,D.D.,T. DeWitt Tuttle, Mrs. Eliza J. Westcott, John B. Tappan, Thomas B. Tuttle. Ezra B. Westerfield, William Tarring, Rev. H enry Tuttle, Robert K. W estervelt, Mrs. H. R. Taylor, M.D.,Rev.Charles Twombly, Peter Wetherell, Jr., John Taylor, Mrs. Charlotte G. Tyson, H enry H. Whedon, Mrs. Eliza A. Taylor. Cyrus H. Underhill, Thomas B. Wheeler, Mrs. Eliza Taylor, Mrs. Eliza M. F. Urduch, Nicholas H. White, Edward Taylor, Forrester Utter, Samuel S. White, Mrs. Emily Taylor, D.D., G. L. Van Gilder, Abraham W hite, Lewis C. Taylor, John M. Vanhorne, D.D., R. White, W. W. Teale, Charles E. Van Ness, Miss Jennie Whittaker, D.D., Geo. Teller, Mrs. Charlotte Van Nostrand, Daniel Widerman, Rev. L. T. Terry, D.D., M. S. Van Pelt, Henry Widerman. Samuel B. Thatcher, Rufus L. Vansant, Rev. N. W ilbor, Rev. A. D. Thomas, Sterling Van Yelsor, Benjamin Wilbur, Thomas B. Thomas, Sr., Sterling Van Yelsor. Charles B. Wilcox, W. J. Thompson, H. B. Veitch, David S. Wildey, Joseph W. Thompson, Mrs. H. B. Viall, William Wiles. Robert P. Thompson, Horace Yoorlie, John Wilkes, Samuel Thompson, Rev. J. J. Vosburgh, Miss Minnie Wilkins, Mrs. Achsah Thompson. Rev. James L. Wade. Rev. R. T. Wilkinson, Charlotte Thompson, Rev. Jesse B. Walker, Thomas Wilkinson, Lottie Thompson, Mrs. Maiy P. Walker, Wm. J. Wilks, Mrs. Deborah Thomson. Edward O. Wall, Christie Willey. Ex-Senator W. T. Thomson, Frederick W. Walsh, Josiah Williams, Ann Thomson, Mrs. Helen W andell, B. C. Williams, John F. Thomson, Helen F. Wandell, Townsend W illiams, Philip H. Thomson, D.D., J. F. Wandle, Sarah Williams, W. M. Thomson, John F. Ward, Ella B. Williams, William A. Thomson, Louisa H. Wardle, M.D., Rev. J. K. Wilmer, John Thomson, M ary D. W are, Robert G. Wilson, Henry C. Thomson, Maude A. Ware, S. M. Wilson, Mrs. Luther Thorn, A bia B. Warfield, Dr. Jesse L. Wilson, D.D., Luther B. Thorpe, J. Mason Waring, Thomas Wilson, Mrs. M ary H. Throckmorton, Job Warner, Rev. F. M. Wilson, Rev. Sam’l A. (2) Thurber, Mrs. Ju lia A. Warren, Rev. George Wilson, Rev. William Thurston, F. A. W arriner, Rev. E. Wilson, William Tilley, Mary Washburn, Marcus H. Wilson, Prof. W . C. Tinker, D.D., Ezra Washburne, Cyrus Wiltberger, D. S. Tobey, Rev. R. Waters, F. G. Winchester, Augustus Todd, Rev. Robert W. W atkins, Joseph P. Winegardner, A. A. 3^4 Missionary Report. [1898. Winne, Walter Woodruff, Mary E. Wyckoff, Mrs. Ruth Winter, W. P. Woolen, George W. Wymen, Abraham Wolff, L. W. Woolton, Jr., Jonah Yei, Miss Matsumoto Wood, C. R. Wome, Edward H. Yerrington, Miss Mary Wood, Mrs. Charlotte Wray, Henry York, Rev. A. L. Wood, Mrs. D. M. Wright, Archibald Young, Rev. J. W. Wood, Ira W. Wright, D.D., A. A. Young, John Wood, J. A. Wright, Rev. Henry Young, Hon. Thomas Wood, James Wright, James S. Young, Townsend Wood, John Wright, Mary E. Young, Rev. William Wood, Levi Wright, Samuel Youngman, Rev. T. H. Wood, Maria H. Wright, W. S. Youngs, Joshua Wood, S. S. Wright, William Youngs, Mrs. Caroline A. Wood, Thomas W. Wyatt, Rev. A. H. Zurmehly, Peter N o t e .—Any person may hereafter be constituted a Patron or Honorary Life Manager more than once. The number of times will be indicated by a figure opposite the name. Life Members. Constituted in 1898 by the payment of twenty dollars at one time. Aldefer, Laura Gamble, Mrs. F. M. Morgan, Lorenzo Allaire, Mrs. Almira Garber, J. F. Mulroy, James Arnold, Mrs.Mary Adaline Garner, Henry Murray, H. W. Ault, C. A. Gibb, Alice Maud Newcomb, Mrs. Bessie Ayers, Mrs. Julia E. Gilmore, Miss Hattie Newton, Daniel Bayne, William M. Greiner, Anna \V. Oliver, Mrs. Ellen Berger, Albert C. Greiner, Mrs. Mary E. Park, Mrs. J. D. Bixler, J. H. Harrington, Mrs. Laura Poppino, Miss Anna M. Bolster, Andrew Heckman, Mrs. Cornelia Presley, Mrs. Susanna A. Braydon, Maiy J. Henry, Mrs. Sarah L. Putnam, Charles W. Brewster, Byron R. Herron, W. C. Putnam, Mrs. Maiy Ellen Broadwell, Hattie Holden, Mrs. Lizzie E. Quidort, Fred Brown, Anna L. Hough, Bertie Reifsnyder, Mrs. Eva Calhoun, F. L. Howgate, Cordelia Richards, Arthur E. Chambettaz, Mrs. Susan Hoxie, O. M. Rust, D.D., R. H. Chase, Daisy E. K. Hunter, Emma E. Santmyer, Bessie Clark, J. R. Inauye, Tomo Schener, John Cleveland, W. L. Jeffers, Nena Seltzer, Laura May Cole, Mrs. Nellie V. Johnson, Caroline Shaffer, David Collings, Clarence H. Johnson, Emma H. Shertel, Mrs. Annie Conklin, Mrs. Arabella M. Johnston, George B. Smith, Clifton Conklin, Norman C. Keim, Simeon Smith, I. J. Conn, Mrs. Harriet E. Ketchen, Arthur R. Smith, Miss Viola Cotton, John W. Laird, Rev. J. H. Spencer, Mrs. Electa Cowen, General B. R. Langham, Jessie B. Stevens, Mrs. Mary Decker, Mrs. Norman Lee, Sarah L. Stevenson, William J. Diamond, Jennie Lemmon, Miss Ida M. Stickler, William J. Diehl, J. M. Levake, Mrs. L. L. Stratton, Mrs. Maria Downe, Miss Emeline Lewis, Mrs. Anna C. Stryker, M.D., Franklin Dunn, Rev. Peter Lincoln, Miss Florence A. Swan, Augusta M. Durnbaugh, Grace Lippitt, Miss Lucy Thompson, Margaret A. Edgerly, Annie E. Loomis, Kate R. VanNorman,Dr.HoraceB. Elder, Mrs. Martha Lucas, Mrs. C. A. Wade, Frank C. Farnsworth, Mrs. Sarah Macer, Frederick W. Wells, Samuel Finch, Stanley W. Macer, Mrs. T. Matilda Whitaker, Mrs. Helen S. Fisher, Annie Wells Martin, Miss Ethel Olive Wimmer, John C. Foster, Miss Priscilla McCormalay, Hattie Wootton, Ella R. Gale, Mrs. Caroline Moore, Mrs. Anna Wunstall, Carrie iS98.J Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, The 29th session of the General Executive Committee of the Woman’s Foreien MM nnnrv ciety met in Indianapolis, Ind., October 27 to November 3,1898. The receipts of the v ra 'iiw «328,488.75, an increase of $14,550.89. Twelve missionaries had been sent out during the yea® Appropriations for 1899. North India...... $49,721 00 Foochow...... $24,940 00 N orway...... $50 00 Northwest India.... 29,874 00 North Japan ...... 10,158 00 North Germany. 225 00 South India...... 25,530 00jCentral Japan 25,419 00 South Germany. 125 00 Bom bay...... 26,403 00 South Japan ...... 14,040 00 Switzerland ...... 250 00 Bengal-Burma 14,741 00 Korea...... 10,239 00 M alaysia...... 7,223 00 Italy ...... 7,235 00 „„ T otal...... $339,593 00 North China...... 19,385 00 Bulgaria...... 3,500 00 B ’ldmgs Ac Contiug’t 20,195 00 Central C hina 14,120 00, South A m erica...... 18,353 00 W est C hina...... 3,938 OOiMexico...... 19,049 00 $359,788 00 H inghua...... 7,470 00! A fr ic a ...... 1,000 00 Treasurers’ Report, Showing Amount of Money Collected from October 1 , 1897, to October l, 1898, by Branches. New England...... $29,825 23 Topeka...... $13,767 54 New Y ork ...... 61,975 67 P ac ific...... 6,799 88 Philadelphia...... 33,832 92 Columbia River...... 3,069 80 B altim ore...... 12,374 30 C incinnati...... 44,700 59 Total...... $328,188 75 Northwestern ...... 79,892 97 Amount raised 18!i7. . 313,937 86 Des Moines ...... 31,029 50 Minneapolis ...... 11,220 35 Increase for 1898...... $14,550 89 S ubscriptions t o P ublications . W om an’s Children’s Frailen B r a n c h e s . M issionary Missionary Missions The Friend. Friend. Freund. Study. New England... 2,382 3,838 67 2,338 New Y o rk ...... 2,883 2,984 291 3,426 Philadelphia...... 2,076 1,998 55 2,926 B altim o re...... 829 685 45 735 C incinnati...... 2,465 2,234 217 3,018 Northwestern... 4,970 4,571 685 5 377 Des Moines...... 2,309 2,031 499 3,406 Minneapolis...... 588 1.169 565 591 Topeka...... 1,069 1,051 572 1,778 P ac ific ...... 483 391 91 457 Columbia River. 229 211 52 359 Scattering...... 349 187 30 12 Foreign...... 235 194 540 Total. 20,857 21,759 3,510 24,443 Increase for year. 1,832 2,249 121 2,774 Woman's Home Missionary Society. THE 17th annual meeting of the Woman’s Home Missionary Society was held in Minneap olis, Minn., October 19-26, 1898. The receipts of the Society for the year dosing July 31, 1898, were $130,229.84 in cash, and $64,287.80 in supplies ; a total of $200,517. Southern W ork ...... $19.,082 *7,420 U ta h ...... 860 180 Spanish W ork ...... 560 2,000 Indian W ork ...... 1,000 A la sk a ...... 12,000 Immigrant W ork ...... ,361 1.350 W atts de Peyster Home... ,500 1,600 E. E. M arcy Hom e...... ,629 2,700 Glenn Home...... 500 2,000 Mothers’ Jewels Home. .. 970 1.350 L. W . H. Training School. ,:S40 14.500 Sibley Hospital...... IKK) 1,000 Rest Home, Ocean Grove. 3,600 Deaconess W ork ...... 48,850 Oriental W ork ...... 1,550 Conference W ork ...... 3,300 Helena, Mont...... 250 250 General Expenses...... 1,975 T o t a l...... $104,650 Grand total. 177,517 Contributions of the Conferences for the Years 1889-1898. WITII TDK AVERAGE PEU MEMIiKR IN EACH CONFERENCE. S 1 i i — U ࣠i . 1 5, 1. C & 8. S a & CONFERENCES. I i «2 3 - | i Ss- 1 ¡ 1 | 5-2 1 S E ï i i H I 1 1 ¡ 1 l l < 5 1 < < 3 < 5 30.518 84 H5.4SS Newark...... 05.(179 29.547 70 -JS.il 5 02 Hl.sr,2 Ne«1 England...... 25.705' 20,194 72 29.949 60 14.4SI 54 10.OS9 14.507 641 13.007 14.819 New England Southern.. 12.7S7 9,120 61 S.790 54 S ,'5 4 ' New Hampshire...... 7.017; 7.902 60' 8,9-4 50 31.072 72 81,433! 31.03S 05 29.S19 New Je rse y ...... 29.417, 30,070 SS 45.373' 70 45.790 77 43.400 45,828 04 40,017 5(1,029 New Y o rk ...... 52,995 88 40,050 82 40.989 New York East...... 43,2151 47,4711 9 9 49 0-20 03 414 502 05 593 32(1 (13 355 North Carolina...... 414 1.075 30 2.oSI 44 3.074 2,3-20 2,940 86 ¡5,574 North Dakota...... 2.075 40 599, 39 ;-2.525 Northern German ---- 2,192 ‘2,413 ‘2,900 44 5.324 Northern Minnesota...... '50 14.ÓÓÌ' 4 1 1 14.3S4 Northern New York...... 13,859 ’52 13,4S9 "57 13,Ì59 06; 18,795, 57 14,467, 1.390 Northern Swedish...... 14,090 '3 2 15.019 28' 18,096 North Indiana...... 33 28! 4.323 37 3,327, North Nebraska...... 13,21S: 33 11.190 42 00 3.00-2 North Ohio...... 2 S22 Northwest German...... 79 43 10,074 44 14.517 42 10,199 Northwest Indiana...... 50, I3.4S5 5> 10,432! Olì 12,254' Northwest Iowa...... 2,0S9; 10! 2.105 Northwest Kansas...... 15 17l 475 Northwest Nebraska. . . . 8,379 00, 3.582 Norwegian and Danish.. ’ si 271 17,075 37 20,SOI Ohio...... (10! 103 Oklahoma...... 04 5,244 08 813.231 Oregon ...... 72 00.574 95 57.180 48, 27.290 Philadelphia...... 25,003, 531 25.843 51 3 0 1 2,915 35 45 Pittsburg...... 3,004' .r)(j 841 2,652 Puget. Sound...... 74 56 28.496 7" 32,443; 77 2i»,r>(U 20,239 Rock R iv e r...._...... 534 0(1 '(',55 02 705 60 608 Saint John's ltiver...... 73 40 9,540 44 10,508 41 7.609; Saint Louis...... 64 0,249 Oil 0’029 54 0.051 Saint Louis German----- 1.104 06 ’i l« 04 904 Savannah...... (17 10 8,224 09 2.451 j 00 1,827, South Carolina...... 0,120 5S 7.262 05 7.212 Southern California------00 80 1.571 83 1.454, 72 1.481 Southern German...... 33 10,045, 02 9.389 Southern Illinois...... 81 10,030 20 0,05s 5,444 23 5.528 South Kansas...... 25 5 0921 30 0,4121 22' 5.975, Southwest Kansas...... 00 '543! 06, 420 05 400, Tennessee ...... 12 1,232, 10 1,232 loi 1.327! 02| 26.147; Texas...... 55 22,640 55 24 2S2 55 23.037, Troy...... 55 20,283 59 21,760 71 20 029 73 : "8Ì813 00 1S.945; 03 045! Upper Iowa...... 03 42 S o:il 322 02 30 I1 Upper Mississippi ----- 47! 5.752; 5,460 40 5,340 47 j 5.S30 47 5.517, 09; 913 Verm ont...... 51 ’iti 8511 18 1.141 10, IT’ 1,145 15] 1 035 11 OS: 1,SS1! Virginia ...... OS, 2,380 09 [ 2.305 08 2,040j Washington...... OS 2,442 OS 9 1 : 511 Western Norw.-Danish 03! 1,540; . .1 V in o 1 09 4.941 Western Swedish...... '8(I 4.323 's i 4.75S 's o 3.809 West German...... 'è j 3, si 7' ■77 4,014 29 S 8.1 SO1 IS 1.480 P' 1.914 21, 1,854 23 S 1.300 1(V 1.217 West Nebraska...... 20 1,504 930 101 1.023 1.121 13' 1,887 2:; <130 10, 18 9.321 W est Texas...... H 10 Ì 0.912 4,93!), 18 6.948 V: 6 531 10' 0,839 83 0.939, West Virginia...... 181 4-2 9.319i! 50 7.040, 4 11 5,081 40 0.700 4: 0,599 60! 22.S14 West, Wisconsin...... 7I5 25,027 70 24.5E7' 64 24.858, 431 9,239 W ilm ington...... 82 24,517 80 21,010 , 8,909! 8,305' 58 8,444 51 8,690 51 8,074! 40 64 26,412 W isconsin...... 53: 1 j 24,578 7'0 25,518 70 26,235 62 26,409 W yom ing...... 07 i 21,951 64 * Signifies a “ Mission ” in the year thus marked. Appropriations to Missions and Conferences for the Years 1890- 1899. MISSIONS, I HIM). .18» I. 1 M»2. i 8 » s . I S!H . 1H »5. IH»«. I 8 » 7 . 1 8 i ) 8 . 1 8 9 » . T o ta l. A fric a : Liberia...... $7,800 $5,0(10 $5,400 $6,42l) $5,700 Congo...... $5, T00 $5,001 $14,TOO $10,000 $0,855 $75,676 South America...... 4,250 14.780 50,900 50,750 60,545 h’s’iéò ò i’ ò ii 19,080 Western South America., ...... 57,500 53,475 71,848 42,486 40,384 543,199 C/i ina : Foochow...... ’ 28,812 2L888 2Ï,883 25,000 2S',2Í¿ 25,4ÓÓ 29,280 58,048 H ingluia...... 27,oóó 26, i (*i) 27,ODO 20,000 21,886 244,4T5 Central Chinn...... ]' ’ 5,600 6,804 37,732 38,282 41,200 4î>*tîi»i> 4Ï, 844 43.000 40.()()(") 33.000 12,404 North China...... 43.399 48',81)9 82,990 34,776 88T.5T0 48,472 43,r>80 42.000 45.00(1 41,850 41,511 40.000 W est China...... 5,000 5,000 0,500 10,-4(15 41,S72 481.089 Germ any ...... 9,007 12,700 I0.8U ]2,500 12.000 29.910 30,Olili 35,000 82,100 27,Tini 13,416 Switzerland...... [. 27.000 25,222 30,350 80.264 36,575 811,321 9,340 9,500 9,500 10,(100 7,'.Ilio 8,400 7,812 7,500 N orway...... 15,000 15,000 14,000 15,Sfili 14.000 T.395 7,390 84,73T Sw ed en...... ” 25,008 25,008 1 4 .0 0 0 18,870 12,701) 1 2 .5 S I 12,421 188.9S2 25,000 22.500 10,5(10 10.000 17,420 10,724 Denmark...... '.!!!".! 8,302 8,302 8,570 '.1.(100 10,400 16 256 203,626 Finland and St. Petersburg. 8,000 8.500 T,905 7,580 T.483 7,490 81.261 5.074 8,<78 4,0110 4,220 4,650 4,585 I n d ia : North India...... 71,500 72,700 ’79.ÓÓÓ 0)0.(550 5,124 31,626 Northwest India...... 58,244 58,244 58.200 5S,80o 57,156 22.019 21,572 21.572 24.005 24,702 1 South India...... 2 ! ,800 21,01)0 22,000 1 0 ,(il ¡5 15,814 26,112 I Bom bay ...... ' 15,814 10.120 19,205 120,006 20,694 ¡-1,248,642 12,>85 12,400 1 7 , ISO Bengal-Burmn...... "I 20,300 12.409 17,059 22,664 20*300 22,Ì29 0,500 9.408 9.408 11,345 12,242 I Increase of salaries in India...... Union 16,260 M alaysia...... ’ 0.500 ' 7,250 ' ,imo 10,000 Bulgaria ...... 9 Vo'.óoó fi 8só 0,000 ’ 8.370 '9,378 0,100 18.120 19,370 22,000 20,888 ' 0,855 8T,342 Ita ly...... 18’. 250 10.05O 15.485 11,871 0,000 40,085 41,135 43,034 44,339 42,500 48.400 8,S6S 160,002 M exico...... 40,^00 41.000 40,488 40,511 423,908 53,403 53,203 50,000 (¡0,050 53.378 53.378 40,042 40,500 Jap an ...... 58.19S 61,000 06,000 6C,(|IÌ5 54,408 4S,015 49,275 528,844 South Japan...... 54,408 50,000 48,570 47,000 86,948 544,469 K o rea...... i 0,074 12,324 12,324 15.924 17,5¿2 18,555 15.907 15,00 7 'l4,èsÒ Î4.2S5 Lower California...... [[ [ ] 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 Olili 13,075 16,752 159.941 A laska...... Suo 5,T00 A rizona...... ’ 2,000 7,000 ' 6,943 7,500 ’ 7,500 ' O.ÓÒt ' 1* 970 8,9T0 A tlantic...... 0,1)1 IH 6,100 5,700 6.000 6,20S 66,21S ...... 825 850 Gulf Mission...... ’ 2,ÒÓo 1,81)11 ' V.óoo 1,183 2,858 Nevada ...... \ ’ 4,550 ' 1,6 00 1,520 1.520 1.500 11,540 ’ 4.5Ì3 5,050 5,350 8.000 4,300 4.000 4.000 4.000 New Mexico English...... ” ' 7,200 6,043 7 ,5 0 0 7.000 3.942 42,T05 New Mexico Spanish...... (1,000 5 ,8 0 0 5,5i IO 5.280 5,280 5,202 13,700 13.59(1 14.000 15,000 11.550 13,350 61,T05 North Montana...... ] 8,750 13,850 12,750 12,750 18,010 188,068 *North Pacific German...... 3.7511 3,750 4 .0 0 0 4.000 4,400 4,92S 4.500 4,404 5.000 G,1100 5,380 5 ,3 3 0 28,5T8 U tah...... ; ...... 23,S40 22.704 4 ,0 5 7 4.000 4.500 4,638 48,714 28,700 15.800 13,300 1 3 .0 0 0 12,000 10,000 10,500 +Western Norwegian-Danish...... 4.S32 5 280 0,800 15.20(1 12.000 12.000 11,332 155,676 W yom ing...... 5^441 5Ì455 0,500 11,100 9.000 7.000 6.89S 90 1T9 C.50Ü 5,77S 5.500 5 ,5 0 0 5.280 5.500 Wetsh M issions: Northern New York 300 397 400 300 300 5,714 5T,168 Philadelphia...... 3(10 8 0 0 800 800 820 505 600 500 445 445 8.21T Rock R iver...... Om) 505 4 1 4 397 400 894 4,190 COO 000 500 500 500 450 450 Wisconsin...... 400 198 250 200 345 5,140 Wyom ing ...... 200 14S 000 208 700 400 856 ' ' '350 1,396 Swedish Missions: Austin...... [ 2,05() 2.078 *3ÓÓ 200 200 295 8,899 2,700 2.000 1,700 1.500 1,395 1.340 1.840 California...... ” 2,000 1,780 1,500 3,800 2,900 2.500 1.821 18,924 Central Swedish...... 2 ,3 2 5 2 282 2,232 2.200 22,025 Colorado...... 3.489 4,000 4.000 3.'84(1 4.000 3 .9 4 2 500 400 500 501) 445 400 23,271 372 357 3 5 2 4.279 Columbia R iver...... 445 400 372 345 ; 2,057 East Maine...... 2.244 Louisiana...... 750 744 750 ! 1 i 890 Minnesota (Finnish) ...... 400 490 40,102 3.400 3,372 4.500 5 500 5 0Ó0 1 5,000 ! 5,000 4.800 4,800 4,730 New England...... 1,700 1,082 1,032 1,010 17,159 New England Southern...... 1,300 1,785 1.900 1.000 1,700 Í 2,000 1,000 930 893 900 8S7 9,602 New Y o r k ...... 1,000 992 1,000 1 000 1.000 ! 2.400 2,381 2.900 3,300 2,000 ! 3,000 3,00(1 8.350 3.350 3.450 80.031 New Y ork East...... 4,200 ; 5,200 5,300 5,30(1 5.100 5.421 30,521 Northern Swedish...... 42.922 Northwest Swedish...... ' 9,500 ’ 0,422 ii'.óoó 13,000 90-2 1.000 500 200 1 2,692 Philadelphia...... 3,000 2,400 ; 2,(100 2,000 1,000 1,577 19,064 Puget Sound...... ' ' ’ Sl’li'i 1,587 2.500 3.390 TOO 1,190 1.500 Southern California...... ’ 3,867 ; 4 350 i 4,700 4.512 ¡ 4,700 ' 4,632 26,761 Western Swedish...... 025 625 582 500 ¡ 400 394 8,426 W ilm ington...... ’ "3ÒÒ 3,831 Norwegian and Danish Missions: Cai 1,170 1,101 1.500 18,212 1,7(10 1,0)80 2,200 2,200 2,000 1,500 2,000 1,650 ' V,Ó¿0 ' i’èèè New York East...... 300 2n8 300 494 1,382 New England...... ' 8,850 ’ 8', 778 9.000 11,000 0,800 10,000 0.300 8,000 S 000 8,771 93,299 Norwegian and Danish...... 2 ’,O00 1,971 3,971 Utah...... _...... ’ 4,000 ’ 3>40 3.S40 3.7S5 44,290 German Missions: ^California German. ’ 4,075 ' 4,9(ïô ' 5,(>ÒÓ ' 5,<'i(’lÓ 4,445 ' 4,445 4,464 5.000 5 500 4.900 4 0(10 4,557 4.875 4,500 4,633 47.629 Central German...... 4,S00 3,772 3.911O 8,844 40,217 Chicago Germ an...... 3.850 3,472 4,250 4/250 4 225 4,225 8,029 7,000 0,230 0,280 5.794 5 502 5.000 5,518 60,1 SO East German...... 5,900 5,852 (i, 500 33,257 3,175 3,045 4.00(1 3,750 8,830 3,880 8.097 2,973 3.000 2,957 Northern German...... 3,556 3,448 3,450 8,400 37.354 Northwest German...... 3.800 4,205 4.000 4.000 3.555 3 855 4.000 3.775 3J775 3,511 8.371 3,375 3.827 37.053 Saint Louis German...... 3.850 3.810 4,250 3,850 8,795 4T.130 5.800 5.455 5.500 5.500 4.890 4 500 4,000 3 840 Southern German...... 7,000 0,828 0,555 0,000 5,912 66.359 West Gorman...... 0,050 0,804 7.000 7.000 0,220 700 700 French Missions: Central Illinois...... 700 051 625 "eòo 59Í 3.S6T Gulf Mission...... 700 5,589 1,350 1.380 1,700 1 ,201) Louisiana...... 300 837 soo ’ l',2Ó() ' 1*188 10.110 New England ...... 1.200 1,100 1,200 1 200 1,000 6.894 800 704 1,200 1.000 1,400 600 New England Southern...... 992 950 ' 1.250 ' 1,238 11,681 §New Hampshire...... 1,200 1.100 1,200 1,200 1,400 1,000 2.390 New Y o rk ...... 1,200 1.100 8.834 500 307 500 ’’'5dÓ 445 100 372 800 300 Northwest Indiana...... 1,500 1,500 1,280 1,300 1,280 12,539 Rock R iver...... 005 1,475 2,000 1,500 1.195 T roy...... ;• ...... ' ’ GÓO 505 6,004 090 ‘soo 800 ' ' '712 ’" 7Í2 003 '50Ó 'sst Portuguese Missions : New Eng.South 11 300 288 800 295 1.183 New England...... 7.820 7.0110 7.000 6,898 TT.095 Chinese Missions : California...... 7,500 7,737 ’ 8,9011 0,000 7.870 7,870 1.000 1.000 1,000 980 800 1.000 986 10.399 New Y o rk ...... 1,000 003 1,000 1.200 1,183 9.121 1,000 105 1,000 700 1,(100 800 828 825 Oregon .••••,...... 030 900 1.000 080 0.810 Southern California ...... 500 5no 1,000 1 000 59.207 4,700 ’ 4.900 5,000 0,400 0,400 0,400 O.ooo 0.500 0,500 0.107 Japanese, Missions : California...... 1,000 2,00(1 1,500 1,000 1,470 13.104 Hawaii...... 1,200 1,085 2,000 1,000 000 0.078 800 ' 1,000 900 000 020 883 700 Anwriean Indians : California...... 80(1 700 700 700 002 700 090 7.376 Cent. N. Y .. Onondagas & Oneida»... . 702 ' ' 892 80O 1,130 10.000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1.000 1.000 1,200 1 200 1,152 1,152 Columbia River...... 000 534 584 534 518 500 493 Detroit...... 624 020 000 434 5.047 400 793 500 500 500 500 500 4=0 440 Genesee...... 024 020 600 700 623 623 623 GOO 600 591 6 .2 0 4 Michigan...... 445 445 427 2,762 Minnesota...... 500 500 445 i Including Southern California (imimn until 1SMI. | Apiirojirintions for 1869 include New England find Troy. * Including Oregon Germini until IS1'!'. + Before lb93 Northwest Norwegian and Danish. APPROPRI ATIONS TO MISSIONS ANI) CONFERENCES.. .Continued. MISSIONS. 1 8 0 1 . 1 802. ISO«. 1804. 1805. 1 K O IÎ . 1807. 1808. 1 809. Total. American Indians—Continued : Northern Minnesota...... Navajo Mission ...... $ 4 0 0 $304 $794 2 ,5 0 0 (1,000 1,000 1,200 1 ,1 1 6 1,071 12,887 Northern New York...... (V_>4 til 9 600 OOO 5 3 4 5 3 4 534 513 North Montana ...... 513 " 506 5,5TT 500 1.250 1 ,2 5 0 1.200 1 00O 986 6,186 Oregon...... ’ so o 'Ó00 600 700 700 Puget Sound...... 672 672 663 5,40T 857 354 350 350 350 350 3 5 0 3 5 0 350 Wisconsin...... 200 345 8,506 297 300 900 SOO 5 0 0 400 3 S 4 Bohemian and Hungarian : Baltimore 3<4 378 4,543 m io 594 000 1,000 S90 Sflo S 28 S50 650 88T T,889 East Ohio...... 1,220 1.9>3 2,000 2 .5 0 0 2 ,2 2 3 2 .5 0 0 2 ,3 2 5 2 ,3 0 0 2.500 Philadelphia...... 2,465 22,016 500 500 45 0 4 5 0 1,900 Pittsburg...... 1/250 1,250 T .2 4 I ) 1 "350 1,110 1 .2 5 0 l,i(1 2 1 ,i 16 * 1 ,1 io ’ 1.479 12,223 Roek K iver...... i,r>oo 1 .9 S 3 3 ,0 0 0 3 .5 0 0 3 ,2 0 0 3 .5 0 0 3 ,5 0 0 3 .5 0 0 Upper Iowa...... 3.5011 3.450 30,633 S00 712 712 603 600 600 Italian Mission: Cincinnati...... 591 4,6TS 400 400 400 40(1 394 1,994 Louisiana...... Tuo 1 ,3 0 0 '1 ,3 0 0 T .Ì 5 Ó 1 ,0 0 0 1,200 1,200 1,200 New England...... 1,183 10,934 1 .0 0 0 S9o 1,200 1 .1 1 6 1.200 1 .5 0 0 8,5S2 New Y o rk ...... ‘ V,ooo 1,676 992 i.OiV) 1,000 S90 3 .5 0 0 3 .2 5 5 3 .2 5 5 4 ,0 0 0 3,942 22,834 Philadelphia...... 1.2S9 1 ,500 1 .5 0 0 1 ,3 3 5 1 .3 3 5 2 .1 3 5 2 ,1 3 5 3,501) Rock River...... 2,956 1T,685 950 1,100 1,000 1 ,1 0 0 1,023 1,023 1,024 Genesee...... 1.010 8,230 600 591 1.191 lYnnxt/lrania Dutch : Philadelphia...... ' l/ m i) ' 1',211ft ' ì;óòó Hrhrcio M issions: New Y o rk ...... 3,200 COO Soo S00 930 893 ' 400 4,423 Sj,anish Missions : New York East.. .. 500 700 600 600 Saint John's River...... 2.400 Southern California...... 591 1.191 295 Various Foreign Populations: Phila. o ,4 0 u 295 Deaf-Mute, M ission.: Rock liiver...... 3.400 '"¿9i 591 CONFERENCES. Alabam a...... 3.500 3 ,4T 2 .3.500 3 .5 0 0 3.110 3 .0 0 0 2 .7 9 0 2,640 2 ,7 0 0 2,760 Arkansas...... 80,9T2 6,,->00 5 .9 5 1 0,000 ¡ 6,000 5,335 5 .0 0 0 4 .6 5 0 4 .5 0 0 4 .6 5 0 4,681 53,26T Atlanta...... 1 ,1 3 4 A u stin ...... 1 ,1 3 5 1,118 3,88T ’ ii.OlV'l ' i,9 5 5 ' 5 ,0 0 0 ‘ 5.ÓÓÓ ' 4 .2 2 0 ’ j ’,Ò(Vi ' 3 ,7 2 0 3 .4 2 0 3 ,4 2 0 3,370 43,105 ISlack Hills...... (I 0 2 5 5 .9 5 1 (i,ou0 6 . 6(10 5 ,9 7 8 5 ,9 0 0 5 .5 0 0 5 .3 2 0 Blue Ridge...... 4 ,3 2 0 4,258 65,852 5 000 4 ,4 6 4 4/>00 4 .5 0 0 3 .7 8 0 3 .5 0 0 3 ,2 5 5 2 .4 6 5 2 ,4 6 5 2.725 California...... 4.r>oo 86,654 5 .4 5 5 >,000 8,000 7 ,1 1 2 7 ,1 1 2 6 ,1 1 5 5 871» 6 .8 7 0 6,769 Central Alabama...... 65,803 3 .4 0 0 3 ,3 7 0 3 ,4 0 0 3 .4 0 0 3 ,0 1 5 2,>50 2 .6 5 0 2>>4 1 2 .5 0 0 2,464 29,593 Central Missouri...... 3 ,1 5 0 3 ,1 2 4 3 ,soo 3 .5 0 0 3 .1 1 0 3 ,1 0 0 2 .8 8 3 2 768 2 .500 2,759 Central Tennessee...... 80,994 4.000 3 ,0 7 0 3 .7 0 0 4 .0 0 0 3 ,5 5 5 3 ,4 0 0 3 ,1 6 2 3 ,1 0 0 3^200 3.153 Colorado...... 9 .1 0 0 34,940 9 ,0 2 7 9 ,1 0 0 9.Ö00 9 ,5 0 0 9 .5 0 0 S .S 3 5 S,4<2 8 ,5 3 5 s s e s 90,74T Columbia River...... 5,5! 0 5 .4 5 5 6 .5 0 0 6 / ,0 0 6,000 6.500 6 ,5 4 5 7.500 7Ì750 Dakota...... Ù S 7 65,88T 1 0 .3 7 5 1 1 .2 8 3 1 0 .5 00 1 0 .5 00 9 ,3 3 4 12,000 11,000 9*600 9 ,6 0 0 S. 870 Delaware...... 108.062 >50 S43 1 ,250 1 ,8 5 0 1.640 1,600 1 .4 8 8 1 js7 5 1 ,4 0 0 1.379 Des Moines...... 18,675 992 1,000 S00 1 ,3 1 2 1,212 1 ,1 3 0 1 .0 8 5 1 .3 1 0 1,110 9,951 Detroit...... ’ 5 ,5 0 6 4 ,9 5 9 4 .5 0 0 5 .5 0 0 4 .S 9 0 4 . <90 4 ,5 4 8 4 ,3 6 6 4 ,3 6 6 4,304 East Maine...... 1 .5 0 0 4T,S23 1 ,9 8 4 2,0110 2.000 1 .8 0 0 1 800 1 .6 7 4 1 ,6 0 7 1.6 5 0 1.725 1T.T40 East Tennessee...... 3 .0 0 0 2 ,7 7 7 4.’ S0IJ 3 ,0()o 2 ,6 0 0 2 .5 0 0 2,000 1,920 1 ,9 2 0 1,971 26,548 2.100 2,100 2,070 22.280 2,100 2,130 2.100 2,100 2.500 I 2 3 SO 2 ,4 0 0 2.220 2,188 26.842 Florida...... 3.000 2,6 6 5 2 .500 2 ,3 2 5 2.220 3 .5 0 0 j 3 .2 2 4 3 .0 0 0 2 ,6 0 0 2,306 84,325 G eorsia...... 3.5 5 5 3 .1 0 0 2. S00 2 ,6 0 0 4 ,5 0 0 j 4 .3 6 4 4 ,5 0 0 4.000 4 ,3 5 0 4,435 48,007 H olston...... - 5,001) 5.0 0 0 4,650 4 .0 0 0 3 .6 0 0 [ 3 .1 7 2 8 ,5 0 0 5 .0 0 0 1,900 Idaho. ! ...... S00 500 600 ' V .ÌS2 14,86T Iowa ...... 1,400 1.400 ' V.3ÓÓ ’ Ï2Ô Ô ’ 1,200 ’ 1.80(1 'i',7 8 5 ' l ’.SÓÒ 1,800 4,138 4T.T64 K a n s a s ...... 4.700 4.700 4.371 4.200 4 ,2 0 0 5.O0O 5.455 5 .5 0 0 5.500 2 .5 0 0 2,365 28,656 K entu cky...... 2.9 0 0 2.60:i 2.413 2 .300 3.500 ! 3.273 3 .3 0 0 3 .5 0 0 2,>00 2.6011 2 .5 0 0 2 '5 0 0 2.464 Lexington...... 3 ,2 2 4 3 ,2 5 0 3 .2 5 0 2.800 3 ,2 5 0 4 000 3.720 3.5 7 0 3 ,7 0 0 3,647 45,'. Little Itock...... 5 .9 5 0 6,000 5 .0 0 0 4 .440 10,612 5 ,7 0 6 1,260 1.210 1,210 1.232 Louisiana...... 1 5 0 0 1.500 1.350 I.35O 41,795 4.4 0 0 4,100 3 .9 3 6 3 .6 0 0 8.550 Maine...... 4 .4 0 4 4 '5110 4 ,2 0 0 4 :4 4 5 6T,995 Michigan...... 4 .6 0 0 3.>50 3.5S0 3 .4 3 7 3,4:57 3.388 9.3 0 0 9 ,2 2 5 11 ,0 00 n ;o o o 9 .7 7 8 1.971 29,451 Minnesota...... 2.3 1 0 2 .100 2.000 1 .9 2 0 2 000 6 .0 0 0 5 950 2 .6 0 0 2 ,6 0 0 3Ì4O0 37,768 3 .S 9 0 3 020 3 .4 0 0 3,850 Mississippi...... 4 ,0 0 0 i 4 .2 5 0 3.8 9 0 4 ,0 0 0 3 96S 5.77S 5 .5 4 7 5 Slid 6,014 71,615 M issouri...... 1 0 .5 00 j 6 .5 0 0 5 .7 7 8 5.775 10 00 0 9 ,9 2 0 3.000 2 .1 5 0 2 J 5 0 2,11S 24,995 M ontana...... 2.soo 2 .5 0 0 2 .1 5 0 2.550 493 Nebraska...... 2 ,8 0 0 2 ,7 7 7 493 ...... 12,S04 New England Southern. ‘ 1.300 " Ì.2 ÌÓ T.ioi ' V.iei 1,282 1 ,1 9 0 1,500 ’ V .500 ’ Ï.35Ô 31,994 1 ,2 0 0 3 000 3.000 2 .9 5 0 2 ,9 5 0 2,907 New Hampshire...... 3 ,6 0 0 3 ,4 0 0 3 .0 1 5 96,01T North Carolina...... 3 .6 0 0 8 .572 9 .7 7 5 9.0 0 0 S. 640 8 ,6 4 0 8.514 10.375 1 0 ,2 92 1 0 ,0 00 11.000 9.7 7 8 55 280 5.000 5 .5 0 0 6,200 5.0(10 5 .0 0 0 4.927 North Dakota...... 5 ,7 5 3 6 ,0 0 0 5 ,8 0 0 5,420 26,T88 North Nebraska...... 5 ,8 0 0 5 .900 5 ,4 8 5 4 ,9 7 8 5 .0 0 0 1.072 1 ',072 9S5 12,185 Northern Minnesota... 1.5 0 0 ’ Ï.35Ô 1.200 1,116 1.2 0 0 ' l.is m ' 1,500 3 .5 0 0 3.450 86,1T0 Northern New York. .. 4 .0 0 0 3 .5 5 6 4 .0 0 0 3.720 3.571 3 ,6 0 0 3 .2 7 3 3 ,5 0 0 6 .7 0 0 6,604 68 547 Northwest Iowa ...... 7.000 6.600 7.000 7.000 6.700 7.000 0 ,9 4 3 7,000 3 .5 0 0 3.450 24,650 Northwest Kansas...... 3 J>00 3.2 0 0 3 .5 0 0 4.000 3 .5 0 0 1 4.000 1 4 .6 00 14,888 115,639 Northwest Nebraska .. 10 .0 0 0 15.000 1 4.000 1 4 .0 00 3 ,7 0 0 ' 5,951 10.000 4 .3 5 0 4 .5 0 0 4,436 81.580 Oklahoma...... 3 ,0 0 0 2.5 2 0 3.0 0 0 2 .7 9 0 2,000 1 .984 3,000 6,000 6.000 5,912 59.001 Oregon...... 6 000 6.8 0 0 6.000 5 ,5 8 0 33,825 5 .7 5 0 4.959 6,000 3 .200 3 .200 3 200 3,153 Puget Sound...... 3 ,6 0 0 3 ,6 0 0 3.200 3.200 3 .5 0 0 3 ,4 7 2 4 .6 0 0 4 ,6 0 0 4,533 50,73S Saint .John's R iv e r...... 5 750 5.000 5.000 4 .8 0 0 5,51)0 5 .4 5 5 5 ,5 0 0 1,544 1 ,5 5 0 1 ,52S 26,498 Saint Louis...... 3 ,5 0 0 3 .5 0 0 3 .1 0 5 3.000 2 .7 9 0 40,65T 3 ,0 0 0 2 ,9 7 6 3 .7 2 0 3 523 3 .5 0 0 3.450 Savannah ...... 4 ,5 0 0 4 .5 0 0 4.0 0 0 4.000 5 ,0 0 0 4 404 4 .7 5 0 4 ,7 5 0 4.928 56,931 South Carolina...... 6 .5 0 0 5.778 5 .778 5.0 0 0 6 .5 0 0 0 ,4 4 7 6 ,5 0 0 1.410 1 .4 0 0 1.379 18.302 Southern California. . .. 2 ,2 5 0 2 ,2 5 0 1,900 1,700 1.500 2 ,2 5 0 2 ,2 3 3 5 .5 0 0 5 .5 0 0 5,715 58.166 South Kansas...... 6 000 5.500 6.000 6.000 5 951 6,000 1.9 5 0 2 000 1.971 2 3 ,3 1 2 Southwest Kansas...... 6.000 2.215 2 .1 0 0 1.950 3 ,150 2 ,9 7 6 2,500 2 .5 0 0 3 .5 0 0 3 .4 5 0 3 9 ,0 4 7 Tennessee...... 4 .001) 4,000 3.720 3,5 2 4 4 ,3 S 5 3 .9 0 8 4 ,0 0 0 4 .5 0 0 900 SS9 5 ,3 2 9 T exas...... 1.000 '900 S4o 800 ...... 2 .5 0 0 2 ,4 6 4 22 ,5 47 T ro y ...... 3 015 2 .7 5 0 2 .5 0 0 2.45S ’ 3',400 ' 3 ,4 0 0 1,210 1.232 1 3 .0 02 Upper Mississippi---- I .350 1,350 1.260 1,210 ' 1 .200 ' V .Ì90 1,5 0 0 1 .5 0 0 3.4 0 0 3 .4 0 0 3 350 3 9 .9 4 9 V erm ont...... 4 .5 0 0 4.000 3 .500 3.5 3 4 5.000 4 ,4 0 5 4 ,5 0 0 1 ,7 1 5 1.700 1 676 2 0 .4 4 6 Virginia...... 2 ,4 0 0 2 ,1 1 5 2,000 1.860 7 7 ,3 27 2 400 2.1 >0 2 ,4 0 0 6 500 G 500 6 .4 0 4 W ashington...... 7 000 6.500 7 500 5.000 4 0 ,9 7 9 9 50 ) 9 ,4 2 3 10,000 3 .7 5 0 3 '. 750 3 ,6 9 0 West Nebraska...... 4 .7 5 0 4 .2 1 5 4 .2 0 0 3 900 4 250 3 .9 6 8 4 ,5 0 0 4 ,4 4 S 4 .5 0 0 4 ,4 3 5 5 0 ,8 2 3 West Texas...... 6 000 5 .3 3 5 5 .0 0 0 4 .050 4 2 ,4 6 S 5 000 5 ,4 5 5 6 000 4 ,0 1 3 4 .0 0 0 3 ,9 4 0 West Virginia...... 5 ,0 0 0 4 .4 4 5 4 .5 0 0 4.1 SO 4 .1 5 0 4 ,1 1 5 4 ,1 2 5 600 600 591 8 ,8 8 0 West Wisconsin...... 700 700 500 1 ,6 0 0 1 ,2 8 9 1,000 soo 3 ,5 5 2 3,500 40,268 W ilm ington...... 4.0 0 0 4 .0 0 0 3 .7 0 0 3 ,5 5 2 4 ,5 0 0 4 .4 6 4 4 ,5 0 0 4 500 120.000 110,000 110,000 1,124,146 W isconsin...... I 1 0 2 ,45 5 1 1 9 ,00 0 119.000 1 1 9 .00 0 119 .00 0 Miscellaneous...... 99 ,0 91 106,000 $ 1 ,1 3 8 ,9 5 $ $ 1 ,1 3 9 .4 9 3 $1,129,910 $1,174,206 $11,696,768 1 $1,131,995 1 $1,227,367 $1,279,050 $1.159,540 $1.190.145 Grand Total. 1,1 2 6,0 9 9 392 Missionary Report. [1898. Religions of the World and Protestant Christianity. T h e population of the world is estimated at 1,512,000,000. The population is distributed : Oriental Christians are divided : North America. 88.500.000 Maronites. 150.000 South America. 35.500.000 Nestorians 250.000 Europe...... 360,000,000 Copts _ 600.000 Asia...... 860.000.000 Armenians. 3.000.000 Africa...... 163.000.000 Abyssinians 6.000.000 The Islands.... 5,000,000 Greek Church 102,000,000 These are divided religiously : The non-Christians are divided: Christians...... 500,000,000 J ew s ...... 8,000,000 N un-Christians. 1,012,000,000 Mohammedans 190.000.000 The Christians are divided : Heathen...... 814.000.000 Orientai Christians...... 112.000.000 The heathen are divided : Protestants...... 180.000.000 Buddhists, Taoists, Confu- Roman Catholics...... 208.000.000 cianists, Shintoists. 433.000.000 Less than one third of the human race Hindus...... 208.000.000 are nominal or active Christians, and but Sikhs, Jains, Farsees. 3,000,000 one in ten are Protestants. Pagans ...... 170,000,000 Protestant Christianity has a mission to the whole world. It sees Roman Catholicism and Oriental Christianity with forms and ceremonies that cultivate religion without morality, with a worship of images, shrines, and saints, exhibiting itself often as a godless Christianity or a baptized infidelity. It sees the Jews looking for the coming of their Messiah or rejecting the literal rendering of the prophecies that speak of his coming. It sees the Mohammedans, adherents of a faith that worships but one god, and that god one pleased with a devotion which has in it none of the spirit of Christianity, and pleased with a faith that wins adherents by the sword. It sees a heathendom, a many-headed monster formed from the restless imaginings of those who seek for excuses for sin or absolution from its penalties. Protestantism believes that it possesses the plan of salvation in its sim plicity, perfection, and power. In that plan there are personal salvation and active evangelism. He who hears “ Thy sins are forgiven ” also hears “ Tell others,” and that telling is to be to “ all the world.” The Protestant Church of Europe and America is raising yearly over $14,000,000 for foreign missions, and is supporting in heathen and Mo hammedan lands 11,000 male and female missionaries who are being aided in their work by 5,000 ordained native preachers and 45,000 other native laborers. These missionaries have gathered in their fields 850,000 communicants and 3,000,000 adherents, and have translated the Bible into 90 languages and partially into 230 others, making 320 languages through which Gospel truth is speeding its way to mind, conscience, and heart. The Gospel leaven is spreading everywhere, modifying heathen practices and bringing nearer the universal reign of our Christ.— Gospel in A ll Lands. 1898.] Act of Incorporation. 393 ACT OF INCORPORATION. AN A C T to Amend the Charter of the Missionary Society o f the Meth odist Episcopal Church. Passed A p ril 4, 1873. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem bly, do enact as follows : S ec t io n 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 c t; and the several provisions thereof, as thus amended and consolidated, are com prised in the following sections : S ec . 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. SEC. 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 of the Bishops of said Church, who shall be ex officio members of said 3 9 4 Missionary Report. Li 898. 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. Sec. 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. S e c . 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 W ills,” passed April thirteen, eighteen hundred am 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. Sec. 8. This Act shall take effect immediately. Act of incorporation. 39.) Part I , Chapter XVIII, Third Title of Art. 3. OF THE GENERAL POWERS, PRIVILEGES, AND LIABILITIES OF COR PORATIONS. S e ction 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 of the powers so enumerated and given. S ec . 4. N o 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. SEC. 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 396 Missionary Report. [1898. of business; and every decision of a majority of the persons duly assembled as a board shall be valid as a corporate act. S e c . 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. SEC. 8. The Chatter 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 ec . 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 holders of such Corporation to the extent of its property and effects tha/ shall come into their hands. 1898.] Act of Incorporation. 39 7 A n A ct TO AMEND CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE OF THE LAWS OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, EN TITLED “ AN ACT TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TO BE HELD BY CORPORATIONS ORGANIZED FOR OTHER THAN BUSINESS PURPOSES,” AND RELATING TO SUCH CORPO RATIONS. Approved by t h e G o v er n o r , J u n e .7, 1890. Pa s s e d , T h r e e F if t h s B e in g P r e s e n t . The People of tne State of New York, represented in Senate and A s sembly, do enact as follows : S e c t io n 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 e c t io n 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. SECTION 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 tio n 3. This Act shall take effect immediately. 3 9 8 Missionary Report. [1898. V o l. I, L aws of 1893, p. 1,077. Chap. 498. A n 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 il 29, 1893. Pa s s e d , T h r e e F if t h s B e in 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. Section 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. 1 8 9 8 .] Constitution. 399 CONSTITUTION OF THE Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, AS KEVISED BY THE GENERAL COXFEUENCK OF 1 8 9 0 . A R T IC L E I. NAME AND OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. T h e name of this association shall be “T h e M is sio n a r y So c ie ty o f 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 .” 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. m 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 treasüry 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 the 4 0 0 Missionary Report. [ 1898. 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 SECRETATUES. There shall be three Corresponding Secretaries appointed by the Gen eral Conference. They shall be subject to the direction and control of the Board of Man agers, by whom their salaries shail 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, resignation, 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. A R T IC L E V. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. At the regular meeting of the Board next succeeding the final ad journment 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. PRESIDING OFFICER. 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. 1 8 9 8 .] Constitution. 4 0 1 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. AUXILIARY SOCIETIES. 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 IC 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; provided 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. 26 402 Missionary Report. [1898. Said General Missionary Committee shall determine what fields shall be occupied 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 Conference, to which it shall make a full report of its doings. Any expenses incurred in the discharge of its duties shall be paid from the 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 Managers. 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 on a circuit, except as above provided. ARTICLE XIII. AMENDMENTS. This Constitution shall be subject to alteration or amendment only by the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. By-Laws. 403 B Y-LAWS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. I. DUTIES OF THE OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. P r e sid e n t a n d V ice-P r e sid 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 VI 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 pro tern. CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES. 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 4 0 4 Missionary Report. [1898. incidental expenses before they are presented to the Treasurer for pay ment. They shall also superintend all property interests of the Society, 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 au thorized 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. 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 Managers; shall execute for the Society conveyances of real estate when ever ordered by the Board. A s s is t a n t T r e a s u r e r . The Assistant Treasurer shall reside at Cincinnati, Ohio, 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 ac counts 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 ac counts, vouchers, and securities, to such auditors as may be appointed by the Board. R e co r d in 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. 1898.] By-Laws. 405 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. 406 Missionary Report. [1898. 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 is 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 in S o u t h A m e r i c a a n d M e x i c o , It shall 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. O n M is s io n s in C h i n a . 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. IV . O n M i s s i o n s in J a p a n a n d K o r e a . It shall be the duty of this Committee to consider and report on all matters relating to Missions in Japan and Korea which may be referred to it by the Board or the Corresponding Secretaries. V . O n S e l f -S u p p o r t in g M is s io 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. VI. On M issio n s in E u r o p e. 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 M issio n s in In d ia . It shall be the duty of this Committee to consider and report on all matters relating to Missions in India and Malaysia referred to it by the Board or the Corresponding Secretaries. V III. On D o m e st ic M issio n s. It shall be the duty of this Committee to consider and report on all 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. On F in 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 powerto 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. On L a n d s a n d L e g a c ie 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. XI. On P ublications . 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 II. On W o m a n ’s M issio 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. 408 Missionary Report. [1898. X III. On E s t im a t e s . 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 IV . On N o m in a t io n s a n d G e n e r a l R e feren ce . 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 . O n A pportionments. 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 it 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 pro tem. 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. 3. The Treasurer shall be ex officio a member, and the Corresponding Secretaries advisory members without a vote, of each of the standing l898'] By-Laws. 40g committees, except the Committees on Estimates and on Audits ; and the Bishop having charge of a Foreign Mission shall be an ex officio member of the respective committees having charge of the same. 4. When any matter is referred to a committee with power 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. Me e t in g s of 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 otherw ise 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. Or d e r o f B u sin e ss . 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 Treasurer. 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; India; Domestic; Publications; Woman’s Mission W ork; Estim ates; Nominations 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 mittee. 6. Reports of special committees. 7. Unfinished business. 8. Miscellaneous business. 4 io Missionary Report. [ 1 8 9 8 . 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. X I of the Constitution of the Missionary Society. III. R u l e s f o r t h e T r a n sa c t io n of B u s in 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 i t ; 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 auy 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. Each missionary shall report to his Superintendent once a quarter, in writing, the state and prospects of the special work in which he is en gaged. 1898.] By-Laws. 411 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. 412 Missionary Report. [1898. Order for Making Appropriations^ [Adopted by the General Missionary Committee of 1898.] I. —G e n e r a l A ppropriations . 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 I, 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.— O r d e r o f A ppropriations . 4. The foreign missions and the missions in the United States shall be divided into three divisions, respectively, as follows: A.—T he F o reig n M issio n s. D iv isio n i . Germany: North Germany, South Germany; Switzerland; Norway; Sweden; Denmark; Finland and St. Petersburg; Bulgaria; Italy; South America; Mexico: Mexico, Lower California; Africa. D iv isio n 2. Eastern Asia; China: Foochow, Central China, North China, West China; Japan; Korea. D IV IS IO N 3. Southern A sia; India: North India, Northwest India, South India; Bombay ; Bengal-Burma; Malaysia. B.— M issio n s in th e U n ite d S t a t e s . Division 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, 1898.] Order for Making Appropriations. 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 l 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 iv isio 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 for F oreign M issio 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 en d m en ts, 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 to 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. 414 Missionary Report. [1898. Order of Bu sin ess 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. Lands and Legacies. 3. Africa. 4. South America and Mexico. 5. China. 6. Japan and Korea. 7. Self-supporting Missions. 8. Europe. 9. India. 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. 9. Benediction and Adjournment.