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T ZEE IE FIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT

0!P T H E B04RD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS

OF TH E REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA,

PRESENTED TO THE ' GENERAL SYNOD,

CATSKILL, N. Y., JUNE, 1887. THE archives

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A c t i o n o f t h e G e n e r a l S y n o d , a t C a t s k i l l , IT. Y., j g ^ JuNE. 1887.

^Resolved, 1. That the missionary work of the Reformed Church has no w reached a stage of progress which demands a larger outlay than ever before, in order that advantage ma y he taken of the opportunities which past efforts have secured, to push the work of evangelizing the heathen toward an as­ sured and comparatively speedy success.

2. That it is our duty, and entirely within our ability, to raise 8100,000 for this purpose during the current year, and that we will use our best endeavors to reach this amount, realizing that in so doing we are simply obeying the Master’s call to follow where H e leads.

3. That the system of apportionment be again co m m e n d e d to the several Classes, and that the Board be directed to ar­ range this apportionment in consultation with the several missionary agents of the Classes, w h o are hereby requested to meet with the Board for this purpose at the regular meet­ ing in November.

4. That the action taken by the last General Synod, look­ ing toward the establishment of a theological school in con­ nection with the Arc^j .M^icma cb e ^ e ^ r M c M I l|hd that this Synod regards it as aYftmer o f " t h a t the s u m of 150,000, ne^feHlry^ III 4he^r^nJnt eMjMjment of such theologicd|^^J^Q|hJ|^ig@J^iiy^,6@^^ffe, by the date of Dr. Chamberlain’s return to India in September; and that Dr. Chamberlain is hereby heartily c o m m e n d e d to the liberality of our churches, and of individual Christians, in his efforts to gather the much-needed funds.

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FIFTY-FIFTH AHHUAL.REPORT

OF T H E ' B o w d of Foieip llissions

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REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA,-

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THIRTIETH OF SEPARATE ACTION,

W I T H T HE

Treasurer’s Tabular and Summary Report of Receipts

For the Year Ending, April 30th, 1887.

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REPORT

T h e Board of Tbreign Missions respectfully presents to the General Synod the following report of its operations for the fifty-fifth year of its organization, and thirtieth of inde-. pendent action. T o the facts and statements herein e m ­ bodied, it earnestly invites the most serious attention and prayerful consideration. • Never before has the Board felt more solemnly impressed with the greatness of the work committed to it and to the ■Church, nor with the absolute need of wisdom from above, and the loftiest spirit of consecration to the service of the Lord, if His work is to be done with credit to ourselves, with anything like justice to the claims it makes upon us, and with the honor due His name.

' STATE OF THE MISSIONS.

T h e reports from all the Missions, herewith presented, s ho w a degree of progress that is in India and China, on the whole, encouraging, and in Japan, surprising. Briefly told, the record runs as follows : A m o y .^— T o five of the eight churches connected with this Mission, fifty-eight souls have been added on confession, forty-seven of w h o m were baptized. Twenty-five of these were received to the church at Sio-Khe. At this point, a ■church building was erected a year ago, by means of the gifts of the children in our Sunday schools. Thus early has their •offering been owned and blessed. During the last year a house has been built for a preacher, with additional accom­ modations for a missionary family. T h e foundation is thus laid for the he w interior station, for which the Mission has been so long praying. Land has also been purchased for a church at Tong An, with sufficient guarantees for secure possession, at a cost of $ 1,620. 5 Notwithstanding the n u m b e r of'accessions, the faith of the brethren has been sorely tried by the necessity of excom­ municating twelve church members, and by the death of twenty-eight. T h e net gain in the nu m b e r of communicants is only thirteen, and the total membership 802. These ex­ periences should not discourage. Light and shadow, gain and loss, are mingled in the-history of every church, and the wise exercise of Christian discipline is one'of the best proofs of true spiritual life, and surest guarantees of healthy growth. T h e contributions of the church members amounted to $2,076.29, being $2.59 per member, almost exactly. Th e Mission has long urged the necessity of more vigorous measures, looking to the provision of trained m e n for the native ministry,-and a more efficient oversight of the pa­ rochial schools. For this educational work they have set apart the,Rev. P. W. Pitcher, w h o has entered upcjp it with commendable zeal and efficiency. T h e schools already show signs of improvement under his influence and direction. A r c o x .— T he Arcot Mission reports the addition of ninety- five to ,the churches upon confession of faith, and the acces­ sion of several'new villages, embracing twenty-eight families and 103 souls. T h e changes that have taken place within the bounds of certain churches, where the num ber of re­ movals from various causes has been great, reduce the net gain of communicants to fifty-nine. T h e whole n um ber is n o w 1,669. T he n um ber of adherents, is increased by 118. A further increase in the num ber of native helpers of twenty- four makes the whole num ber reported 186. T h e contribu­ tions of the native Christians, for all purposes, amounted to rupees 1,789.14.10, or about $760.75. T h e amount of evangelistic labor reported, in addition to the maintenance of the regular religious services at stations and out-stations, presents these surprising figures : Preach­ ing, 12,964 times, in 6,009 places, and to audiences nu m b e r ­ ing 436,835 people, accompanied by the sale or free distribu­ tion of more than 12,000 books, tracts, leaflets and Scriptures or Scripture portions. So wide a seed-sowing needs only the watering of the Spirit of G o d to produce a most abundant and glorious harvest. For this the Church should unceas­ ingly pray. ' ' T he removal of the Arcot Seminary from Chittoor to Ranipet— a suburb of Arcot— was made necessary by the unhealthfulness of Chittoor. So far as the seminary is con­ cerned, the step has proved in every way judicious, though it has left Chittoor without a resident missionary. ,The health of the scholars has improved, the num ber has been in­ creased— seventy-seven being in attendance— and the work of the school prosecuted with comfort and success. In accordance with the suggestion of the General Synod, m a d e in 1886, the Mission -has taken steps toward a separa­ tion of the Theological department from the Arcot Seminary, and the establishment of a distinct institution for theological instruction. Rev. W m . W . Scudder has been unanimously appointed and set apart by the Mission for this work, so soon as it is practicable to begin it. N o better or wiser selection could have been made, nor has the Mission any greater need at this time than that full facilities should be given it at once, for the successful prosecution of this wise design. T h e en­ dowment of 850,000, approved and recommended by the Synod, is not too mu c h for such a purpose. It has yet, ho w ­ ever, in great part, to be obtained. O ne permanent scholar­ ship, in the s u m of 82,000, has been founded, and the income of two others pledged for a series of years. Dr. Chamberlain has been charged by the Board with the work of securing the whole amount.' H a d not the state of.his health prevented, it is reasonable to suppose that m u c h more would have been- accomplished. His plan— approved by the Board— embraces the establishment of two native professorships at a cost of 810,000 each and fifteen scholarships of 82,000 each— the title of each chair or - scholarship to be given by the donor. It is believed that no worthier object— or one offering larger spir­ itual results— could be presented to the sympathies and,benev- olence of those a m o n g us to w h o m the Lord has given the requisite means. It is therefore— with its earnest-hearted advocate— c o m m e n d e d anew to the Synqd and the church. T h e re-opening of the Arcot Dispensary, under the care of Dr. Hekhuis— as reported last year— has restored to the Mission an efficient agency for reaching the people with the Gospel message. More than 7,000 patients have been treated in hospital, etc., and have thus not only received relief from bodily ills, but come, also, under the influence of Christian teaching and example. T h e work of all the schools has been prosecuted as usual,, and with good success. Opposition to the Caste girls’ schools- at Vellore— instituted by Brahmins, in the shape of heathen schools in the immediate vicinity of our ow n — has completely failed of its object. In other stations beside Vellore, Zen­ ana work is reported. This most interesting and effective- method of introducing the Gospel into heathen homes, and a m o n g their ignorant and spiritually degraded women, must- henceforth be recognized as a m o n g the regular and import­ ant agencies employed by the Mission. T h e extent of its- application is necessarily limited by the want of suitable^ agents, and the means to carry it on. ' -n

'Ja p a u .— -The growth of the Union Church of Christ, in Japan, during the past year, and the openings for further- efforts, have been simply marvellous. T o have had so large a share in promoting it is a privilege and an honor, for which our most grateful thanksgiving is due to the Lord wh o has- wrought so wondrously through His servants. , T h e Report of the Council of United Missions (now increased to five by the addition of the Missions of the Presbyterian Church (South) of the United States, and the G e r m a n Re- , formed Church), supplemented by later statistics, shows 55 churches, of which 25 are self-supporting, connected with the- Dai K w a i (Synod), organized in 5 Chiu-Kwai (Classes or Presbyteries). T h e n um ber of adult members is 4,682, a n increase of 1,454, or about 45 per cent., during the year. T h e num ber of adults baptized was 1,118, of children 215. T h e reported contributions were Ye n 9,811,225, the equiva­ lent of about $7,930, U. S. gold. T he -work of the Missions has been efficiently furthered and supplemented by the activity of the newly organized Board of Home Missions' of the Union Church. The organization and activity of this Board are a marked token of the vigorous and independent life of this rising Church. T h e map which accompanies the Report shows-the number of places occupied by. the Missions composing the Council, and the Board of H o m e Missions. It was prepared in Japan, under the careful supervision of Rev. J. L. A m e r m a n , by w ho m, also, a sufficient number of copies (3,000) was presented to the Board, to allow of its presentation at this time, to the Synod and the churches. According to letters since received, six places not indicated in the map, in the neighborhood of Osaka and Nagasaki, should be added, as occupied by the Union Church ; four of them on the Island of Kiu-Shiu. T h e m a p and the figures given furnish striking indications, of the remarkable success attending missionary efforts in this Empire. Yet they only slightly indicate, and very "imper­ fectly, the still more remarkable interest in Christianity that prevails throughout Japan. Calls come to the Missions, “ from far and near, from people wh o wish to have the Gos­ pel preached to them.” Missionaries and native preachers, oit extended tours, receive everywhere an attentive hearing— often in theatres— from audiences numbering hundreds and even thousands. T h e people willingly sit for hours listening to Gospel sermons or lectures upon Christian topics. T h e newly awakened, and wide-spread desire for instruction in English, and for female education under Christian influ­ ences, are further indications pointing in the same direction. It is felt and publicly stated, to be dangerous to commit the- daughters of the people to other than Christian hands and Christian influences for their instruction. M e n of influence and wealth, or communities, are seeking teachers, whose sal­ aries they are willing to pay, for schools which they are ready to support, preferriug Christians and missionaries, to w h o m the privilege of teaching Ohristhyiity will be freely ac­ corded. Such opportunities, it is safe to say, have never before been offered to the Christian Church by any'people- Our relation to them demands the .most careful thought, and the deepest spirit of loyal devotion to the cause of Christ our Lord. T h e year has witnessed the union of the Theological School and the Union College, at Tokyo, under one administration^ with the title of Meiji G a k u In (The .College of the Era of Good Government). Land has been purchased in an eligi­ ble location in the native city, and buildings are in process of erection. This Board, through the liberality of a Christian lady, a m e m b e r of the Reformed Church in this city, w h o has furnished $5,000 for the purpose, in m e m o r y of a beloved son, no w deceased, is enabled to contribute to the united in­ stitution a building to be called Sa n d h a m Hall. It will be used exclusively for recitation and lecture rooms. A dormi- tory building will be supplied by the Presbyterian Mission, to be kn o w n as Westminster Hall. Other buildings will, no doubt, be added as the institution grows. T h e Theological Department has numbered twenty-five students, of wh o m eleven graduated at the close of the last year. T h e num ber of students in the College is 193 of wh o m fifty-four are Christians. T h e necessary funds have been furnished for the erection of the Jonathan Sturges Seminary for Girls, and the Wm . H. Steele, Jr., Memorial School for Boys and Yo u n g Men, at Nagasaki. T h e buildings are in process of completion, and will probably be ready for occupation and use at the opening of the next school year in the coming fall. F r o m this time forth these schools will take their place a m o n g the cherished institutions of the Church in foreign lands. T h e Steele Memorial already numbered, at the close of the year, twenty- one students, of wh o m seven were Christian young men. U p to April 9th, 1887, twenty-two new pupils had been received, “ coming to us wiilwid the least solicitation on our part.” In view of this rapid increase, and the near prospect of 'a still greater influx w h e n the n ew building is completed, Mr. Oltmans, in behalf of the station, makes a most earnest plea for another teacher to be sent to them at once. T h e Isaac Ferris Seminary at Y o k o h a m a looks forward to an expansion of its usefulness. T h e remarkable success of the school, testified to on every hand, makes further enlarge­ ment desirable. The ground upon which the Seminary stands— hitherto leased— has been purchased, together with additional land adjoining, on which it is proposed to erect n e w buildings affording accomodations for more than double the present num ber of pupils. For these purposes the su m of 88,239,31 has been secured, together with pledges for $1,100 more, by the indefatigable efforts of Rev. E. S. Booth. '

MEMBERS AXD OFEICERS OF THE BOARD.

T h e members appointed by the General Synod, in June, 1886, were duly elected at the next succeeding meeting of the Board. In co m m o n with the whole Church, the Board has suffered serious loss in the removal, by death, of the Rev. John For- syfch, I).D. Dr. Forsyth was for several years Vice President of the Board, and for ma n y years an active, interested and influential member. T h e Board has placed on permanent record a minute expressing its high sense of his personal character, his wide arid varied scholarship, his large-hearted liberality, his wise counsels, fervent missionary spirit and his valued services. T h e vacancy thus occasioned has been filled hy the election of Rev. W m . H. Clark, of Philadelphia. T h e Rev. A. V. V. R a y m o n d having removed beyond the bounds of the Reformed Church, Rev. M. H. Hutton, of N e w Brunswick, was chosen to succeed him for the\remainder of his unexpired term. J Mr. A. A. Raven, being unable to attend the meetings of the Board, resigned his membership, and Mr. James A. Seward, of the Classis of Poughkeepsie, was elected in his place. ’ Dr. James Anderson, was, for m a n y years, one of the ex­ amining physicians of the Board, and as such has rendered it a nd its missionaries valuable and gratuitous service. His death has created a vacancy which was filled by the election of Dr. E. G. Janeway of N e w York, w h o has signified his acceptance of the position. , • T h e action, reported last year, by which the Honorary and Corresponding Secretaries were ma d e ex-officio members of the Board and the Executive Committee, was reconsidered and rescinded. This was done at the request of the secretaries, for reasons which co m m e n d e d themselves to the judgment of the Board. . N o other change has occurred. T h e term of office of the following members of the Board ■expires with this session of the General Synod : Rev. W m . H. Steele, D.D., Rev. Charles H. Pool, f* A. R. Thompson, D.D., Hon. H. W . Bookstaver, “ Lewis Francis, A. V. W . Va n Vechten, Esq., “ W m . R. Duryea, D.D., Mr. A. S. Whiton.

AGENCIES EMPLOYED. . In obedience to the direction of the last General Synod,and under the guidance of its Committee, a joint conference, in the interest of Foreign and Domestic Missions, was held in the Twelfth Street Reformed Church. Brooklyn, N. Y., in. October, 1886. T h e afternoon and evening of the first day were devoted to Foreign. Missions. T h e interest awakened, by means of these General Conferences has been marked and influential. They have unquestionably helped to elevate and intensify missionary spirit throughout the Church. T h e question of continuing them is referred to and deserves the careful consideration of the Synod. A few District or Classical Conferences have been held dur­ ing the year, but by no means so m a n y or so generally, as the importance of the cause demands or its interest would warrant. It is believed that they might, with great profit, be held in every Classis. It would be of great service, if, by any action of the Synod, such a result could be secured. T h e Board is more than ever convinced of the value of the: present system of Classical Missionary Agency. With few exceptions the brethren chosen have entered upon the work, with hearty zeal and performed it with intelligence and good effect: T h e Board would express its earnest desire for a, larger and more frequent attendance at its meetings, on the part of these Classical Agents, believing that the cause would be served thereby. . - T h e Rev. J. H. Wyckoff continued his labors a m o n g the- churches up to December. Dr. Chamberlain began, in Sep­ tember, with great vigor and earnestness, a series of visits- intended to continue through the winter. T h£ failure of his- strength, however, forced hi m to desist from such active efforts early in November. T he Rev. W m . I. C h a m ­ berlain in the West, and Rev. E. S. Booth in the East, have been actively and earnestly engaged. _ Rev. Lewis R. Scudder has also visited several churches. B y these brethren and the Corresponding Secretary, more than 200 churches have been visited during the year, and more than 300 addresses ma d e in the interest of Foreign Missions. > T h e press, also, has been actively and effectively e m ­ ployed. Of the Addresses and Papers of the Brooklyn Co n ­ ference. an edition of 5,000 copies was issued, by request of the Conference. Of Dr. Chamberlain’s address before the General Synod at N e w Brunswick, entitled, H o w H i n d u Christians Give,”' 3,000 copies, and of his address at the Brooklyn Conference^ ‘■'The Lord’s W a r Waxes Hot,” 6,500 copies have been issued and distributed. Both of these addresses in full have had also the wide circulation, the former, of the Soiver and Mi s ­ sion Monthly, and the latter of the Christian Intelligencer. A sketch of the Arcot Mission, prepared by Rev. J. H. Wyckoff, has been published by the Board, and also a trans­ lation of the same into Dutch by Rev. T. J. Kom mers . It is proposed to issue similar sketches of the A m o y and Japan Missions as soon as practicable. Of the folded leaflet “ Our Wor k,” No. 4, for .1886, 5,000 copies have been printed, and most of them distributed am o n g the churches. . T h e Christian Intelligencer has opened its columns freely to missionary intelligence, and they have been more largely used, perhaps, than ever. T h e pages of the Soiver accorded to the Board have been regularly employed for the diffusion of the latest intelligence from the Missions. A special organ for the diffusion of missionary intelligence has seemed to the Board to be very desirable. But, directed by the Synod to discontinue such publication, merging it.with the’ Soiver, the Board has not felt at liberty to renew it without the sanction of the Synod. • Calls for missionary boxes have been met to the nu m b e r of 2.041. The whole number issued from the beginning is 15.041.

’ THE' WOMAN’S BOARD.

This valued and indispensable auxiliary has had a‘year of great (prosperity, and has contributed with increased liberal­ ity to the Treasury of this Board. Its influence in the churches, in the awakening of interest and the development of resources, cannot be too highly estimated. T h e nu m b e r of new auxiliaries organized during the year is twenty-seven, and the whole n um ber n o w in existence 217. Its receipts were $17,340.87. Its payments into the Treasury of this Board, $16,981.11, or about $1;600 more than in the previous year. Its pledge to support the Girls’ Schools, ma d e in 1880, has been m u c h more than redeemed every succeeding year, though their cost has been largely increased. T h e future of- the work' abroad, for heathen girls and • women, in which it takes so deep an interest, is bright with promise. T h e Ferris Seminary has eminently justified the hopes entertained concerning it. T h e Sturges Seminary at Nagasaki, after long and wearying delay, is an accomplished fact, with an open and inviting field before it. T h e long search for a medical lady for Am o y has been crowned at last with success. These tokens of the favor of G o d resting on their work, will 'no doubt encourage the W o m a n ’s Board to still nobler efforts, and prove the harbinger of still greater achievements. It is to be regretted that the Mission Gnawer, issued bi­ monthly by the W o m a n ’s Board, at the low price of 25 cents a year, has not attained a larger circulation.

RE-INTORCEMENTS.

T h e Rev. Albert Oltmans and Mrs. Alice (Yoorhorst) Olt­ mans joined the Nagasaki Station of the Japan Mission in October, 1886. Mr. Oltmans was immediately put in charge of the Steele Memorial School. In his labors he has been efficiently and heartily assisted by Mrs. Oltmans. Mrs. Daniel Rapalje, after an absence'of two years in the United States, rejoined her husband, with their children, in A m o y , in December, 1886.

MOVEMENTS, ETC., OF MISSIONARIES.

T h e return of Dr. Chamberlain to India is still delayed. A further period of absolute rest was deemed essentia,! to the recovery of his health. H e is not without hope that he ma y be able to go out in the fall, accompanied by his son. Rev. Wm. I. Chamberlain. • T h e Rev. J. H. Wyckoff has been temporarily released from the service of the Board, the state of Mrs. Wyckoff’s health being such as to m a k e a longer stay in this country desirable. Mr. Wyckoff expects to labor for a year in Florida, in connection with the Presbyterian Board of Ho m e Missions (North), and hopes, at the expiration of that time, to be able to return with his family to India.- T he Rev. E, S. Booth arrived in the United States, with his family, in May, 1886. His time and strength have been largely devoted to the work of securing funds for the en­ largement of the Isaac Ferris Seminary, of which he is Principal. In this he has been greatly and deservedly suc­ cessful. H e expects to return to Japan in June, by which time it is hoped that the desired fund of SI 2,000 will be complete. Miss L. H. Winn, of the Ferris Seminary, was married, February 19th, 1887, to Mr. James Walter, of Yokohama, and her connection with the Board terminated. T h e Semi­ nary and the Board are thus deprived of the services of one w h o has been associated with the work of Christian educa­ tion in Japan from the beginning. Of the value of those services hearty acknowledgment is made.

APPLICATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.

\ Miss Annie De F. Thompson of Readington, N. J., has been appointed as teacher in the Isaac Ferris Seminary, and will proceed to her destination in company with Mr. and Mrs. Booth. Miss Rebecca L. Irvine, of Greenville, Pa., has been ac­ cepted and appointed as a teacher in the Jonathan Sturges Seminary, Nagasaki. Miss Irvine is a teacher of large and varied experience, with the highest testimonials. She comes to us from the Reformed Church (German) in the United ’ States. Miss Y. Ma y King, M.D., has been accepted and appointed as a medical missionary to A m o y , China. Miss Kin g is a native of China, but brought up, from the age of two years, in the family of D. Bethune McCartee, M.D., for ma n y years a medical missionary in China. T h e first w o m a n of her nation, so far as known; to obtain a medical education in this country, and attaining the first honors of the institutions ' at which she has pursued her studies, Dr. K i n g ’s prospects for usefulness are exceptional. T h e peculiar circumstances of her case specially co m m e n d her to the interest and prayers of our Christian people. She will leave in June for her ap­ pointed field and work. » , T h e Rev. John G. Fagg, whose application was accepted two years ago, has been appointed and requested to proceed to China in the fall, the term having expired for which he was released to the Church of Lawyersville, N. Y. Mr. Fagg has accepted the call, and resigned the pastorate in which his ministry has been signally blessed. lie will prob­ ably go to his ne w field of duty in September. Dr. John A. Otte., with the consent of the Board, has pur­ sued'a special course of study, theological and medical, in the Netherlands. His presence there, and his addresses, have served to awaken an interest in the'Missions of our Church. It is expected that he will return to the United States in the summer, and join the A m o y Mission in the fall. These additions to the force are all needed. They are, with one exception, the tardy answer to years of earnest pleading and expectation on the part of those already in the field. Not one of them can be dispensed with if the work of the Missions is to be done as it ought to be.

/ FINANCES.

T h e financial results of the year are not what the Board desired and hoped. Yet, on the other hand, they are not, or ought not to. be, discouraging. The total of Receipts from all sources, and for all purposes, is $86,787.02, being $1,400.47 more than last year. This amount m a y be classified as follows : from churches, $38,­ 244.59 ; from Sunday Schools, $9,785.56 ; from individuals through the churches, $17,380.62 ; from individuals, not through churches, $3,862.40 ; from miscellaneous sources, (including $10,011.30 in gross sums from the Treasurer of the W o m a n ’s Board) $16,493.85; from legacies, $1,020. Of the whole amount, $8,249.31 are specially contributed for the enlargement of the Ferris Seminary, $1,750 for the build­ ing of Sa n d h a m Hall, and $4,976.30 for the Sturges_Semi- nary. None, of these sums can be used for any other purpose. They amount together to $14,965.61, leaving $70,821.41 as the contribution of the church through all channels, for the regular work of the Missions. This is $9,565.14 less than the amount received for like uses last year. Nearly half of this deficiency, $4,285.89, is due to the falling off in the amount of legacies, which were last year, $5,385.89, and'this year only $1,020. T h e decline in gifts for general purposes is thus shown to be $5,279.25. It must not be forgotten, however, that the whole s um of §86,787.02, with the exception of 81,020 from legacies, and §500 each from the American Bible and Tract Societies, is the gift of the Church for the work of her Lord in foreign lands. As such, it is comparatively no unworthy or discred­ itable gift, even though it does not meet the full extent of need, or complete the full measure of the long sought and desired 8100,000. Only twice before has the Church given so m u c h for its Foreign Mission work. It is worthy of note, also, in this connection, that while from 1867 to 1883 the average receipts of the Board were, with considerable uni­ formity, about 865,000, for the last four years they have risen-to 884,566.96, an increase of nearly 820,000 in four years, with no corresponding increase in membership. The entire expenditures of the year have been 893,881.97, Beside the Steele Memorial Fu n d of 85,000, which has been remitted intact to Nagasaki. T h e balance in the treasury is 8518. These expenditures have been, in part, for the special objects na m e d above and from the funds contributed therefor. They were distributed as follows : For the A m o y Mission, 815,973.66 ; for the Arcot Mission, 824,506.92 ; for the Japan Mission, 845,387.94; for interest on loans, 81,­ 067.43 ; pr e m i u m on exchange of bonds, 8282.57 ; for other h o m e expenses, covering the entire cost of administration, printing, traveling, etc., 86,662.45. T h e excess of .expendi­ tures over the receipts has resulted in the addition of 87,000 to the debt, which n o w amounts to 817,500. This was pre­ cisely the amount of the Board’s indebtedness three years ago, when the Synod met at Grand Rapids. That it has not been wiped out is certainly unfortunate, but not necessarily discouraging. That it ought to be removed as speedily as possible is plain. ' A detailed statement of expenditures for the calendar year 1886 is appended to the Treasurer’s Report. The appropriations for the current year, exclusive of mo n e y for school buildings, are as follows : For the A m o v Mission...... 815,610 “ “ Arcot ...... 31,390 “ “ Japan “ ...... 40,734 “ H o m e expenses... ..'...... 5,500 Total...... 893,234 T h o u g h this su m seems large,, it is about $10,000 less than the estimates furnished by the Missions. T o bring it d o w n even to this amount was not an easy thing. T o do it m a n y reasonable requests had to be denied ; m a n y sums deemed important, if not essential, had to be cut off. As an e x a m ­ ple, the entire increase asked for by the Arcot Mission, for the enlargement of their work a m o n g the villages, was re­ fused, and the appropriation limited to the su m granted last year. But, whatever reasons might be urged for further in­ crease, no such course was possible. T h e Board is deeply conscious that, in making the appropriations aibove stated, it m a y seem to ma n y to have overstepped the limits of discre­ tion. Yet, on this side also, no other course was possible. It1 is believed, indeed, that could the Synod listen, as the Board is compelled to listen, to the appeals that come from every quarter— could it see, as the Board sees, the openings and the needs presented to our brethren in the field, and. by them to us, its utterance would be : “ T h e appropriations are too small. Let them be increased/-’ In justification of the large expenditures required two considerations are pre­ sented— the complex nature of the work and the necessities of .growth. O

THE COMPLEX NATUKE OF THE WORK.

T h e work committed to the Board and carried on by the Missions is in no sense that of simple evangelism— the pro­ clamation of the Gospel by the individual missionary. Such simplicity of labor is only possible, if ever, in the earliest stages of missionary effort. So soon as converts are made, churches organized, communities gathered or brought under the influence of the truth, other needs arise. Schools, both of lower and higher grade, must be established and main­ tained ; teachers and preachers trained, located, directed and supported; church buildings must be provided. Scriptures and other books translated and circulated, and to all these is added, in some fields, as the surest way to reach the’hearts of the people, the work of the hospital and dispensary. For all these varied forms of benevolent activity various agencies exist in Christian lands. In heathen lands they are all co m ­ prehended in the work of the Mission. So that a Board of Foreign Missions, so far from being, a simple evangelizing: agency, becomes in time, and comprehends within the sphere of its activity the appropriate duties of, a Board of Missions j a Board of Church Erection and Extension ; a Board of E d ­ ucation in all its different branches, secular and religious, c o m m o n and village schools, boarding school, high schools and theological seminaries ; a Board of Publication and Bible and Tract Translation and Distribution. It is impossible te begin a Mission anywhere, and carry it on with any degree of efficiency and success, without becoming involved in all these different lines of labor. Our ow n Missions furnish ex­ amples of them all.

THE NECESSITIES OF GROWTH.

It is no less impossible to keep a growing work, in constantly- expanding fields, within the limits of fixed appropriations or expenditures. T o take up any one of these ma n y lines of labor involves expenditure. A school can not be established without a teacher, and a teacher costs. A church must have a preacher, and a preacher costs. More schools, more churches require more teachers and more preachers and a larger cost. A boarding school must have appropriate buildings. Yet te erect the buildings and not supply the necessary teachers, suitable furniture and facilities for teaching, because they cost too much, makes the previous investment useless or only- half effective— is not economy but waste. T o suffer mission­ aries to go out and preach in the dark wastes of heathenism the everlasting Gospel, and w h e n some poor villagers, on whose blinded eyes some faint scattered rays of heavenly light have fallen, seek for a teacher wh o will come and dwell a m o n g them and explain to them the way of life more per- - fectly, to deny hi m to their prayer and hope because it costs too mu c h — surely this is not Christian. ’ T h e point need not be argued. T h e simple fact, before which we stand perplexed, if not- confounded, is that the work committed to the Board has grown beyond the possibility of longer maintenance with the resources furnished by the Church. It has so grown, not only in the natural order, but also ini direct answer to our o w n prayer— the prayer of multitudes for years. . “ G o d answers sharp an d sudden on so m e prayers, A n d thrusts the thing we asked for in our faces,— ,. A gauntlet rvith a gift in’t.” " N o t sharp nor sudden, perhaps, nor altogether unexpected, but none the less God's gift and challenge, has come the an­ swer to those prayers. -

W H A T SHALL WE' HO WITH IT ? T h e Board has ma d e no secret, hitherto, of its conviction that such a time as this must come. It has cherished the hope that whe n it game the Church would be prepared for it. Yet the situation taxes its faith and judgment to the utmost. T w o courses, and only two, are open. T h e means afforded to carry on this work must be largely increased, or the fields' occupied by our Missions must be reduced either in num ber or extent, in order that what we do m a y be well done. T h e latter alternative the Church, in Synod and Confer­ ence, has repeatedly negatived. The'other alone remains. O n e hundred thousand dollars has been, for three years, pro­ posed as the goal of effort. H o w ever important and desirable this ma y have been hitherto, it is no w become absolutely indis­ pensable. Nothing less will suffice. W e ought to raise it, .and we can. A n increase of about sixteen per cent, upon the contributions of this year will accomplish it. T h e .agencies for its accomplishment are in our hands. 1. The Churches. In the general advance every church ■ought to share. Merely standing still— keeping up to the standard of past years, does hot meet the case. A large number of churches have maintained a steady advance dur­ ing the last six years. Yet there are not a few— some of t h e m counted liberal— that have m ad e no advance at all— or none of any importance— for ten years and more. A larger n u m b e r still can hardly, as yet, be said to have any share in' .the work. A formal collection— unprepared for— in simple compliance with custom or Synodical requirement, averaging too often less than ten or even five cents a member, is all that they contribute, whe n ten or even twenty times the amount would hardly suffice to put them abreast of sister churches, of no greater numbers or ability. It is believed that no church a m o n g us, and no interest of any church, has yet suffered hy reason of its liberality in this direction. 2. The Sabbath Schools. While nearly $10,000 ($9,785.56) were contributed by the Sabbath schools of the Church last year, it is perfectly safe to say that this agency is, as yet, practically undeveloped am o n g us. In.one Classis not a sin­ gle school contributed, in another only one, in five others only two, while in only‘three— two of them Western Classes — did the proportion of those contributing rise to the n u m ­ ber of one-half. Out of 079 schools, donations from only 210 are reported. Yet, in more than a score of instances, schools that do contribute have given more than the churches with which they are connected— some of them ma n y times as much. 3.. Auxiliaries of the W o m a n ’s Board. The number of ' auxiliaries no w organized is 217. T h e noble results of their activity have already been set forth. It is believed that in every church where an auxiliary exists, the total of mission­ ary offerings has been largely increased. If their num ber could be doubled, a large advance might be expected. Yet doubling the num ber would still leave 120 churches without such organization. • N o w all these agencies are lafgely in the hands and at the disposal of the pastors of our churches. So far as they are themselves active, and in earnest in the line of missionary effort— stimulating, suggesting, encouraging, supplying in- iormation, w e m a y expect to see these various forms of ac­ tivity brought into efficient, fruitful service. Without this it will be almost impossible. Upon the pastors, then— their intelligent zeal and earnest purpose— everything, under God, ' depends. W h a t m a y be done by me n of God, in earnest 'to have their people alive to G o d ’s work and taking an ever larger share in it, m a y best be shown by what has been done. Four instances are taken, all of them country churches. T h e record goes back six years— that of the first is, omitting fractions of a dollar, for the first year 0, the second $9, the third $23, the fourth $42, the fifth $67, the sixth $92. They ma y be tabulated thus : a ) o, $9, $23, $42, $67, $92. (2) * $19* 25, 25, 109, 87. (3) 73, 101, 53, 73, 110, 175. (4) 80, 83, 113, ■ 116, 176, 219. T h e instances of similar progress might be multiplied almost indefinitely. It is a satisfaction and a ground of con­ fidence to kn o w that, in constantly increasing numbers, the pastors of our churches bear this cause on their hearts and work for it with might and soul. W er e all animated by the same spirit, the limit of $100,000 would sooii be left behind.

CONCLUSION.’

A year ago it was said in this Report, “ It is manifest that we are on the eve of mightier movements of the Church and of the Spirit of G o d than the world has yet seen.” T o two striking manifestations of this movement, making direct and- forcible appeal to us as a Church— one at our very doors, nay, in the midst of us, and the other from across the Sea— it is proper that the attention of the Church and the Synod should, at this time, be called. T h e first, is the missionary interest and mov emen t am o n g the students of the colleges and theological seminaries of our land. More than 1,800 had, at last accounts, pledged the m­ selves to Eoreign Mission work. Twenty-two of these are in our ow n institutions in N e w Brunswick, and ttuo, at least, are kn o w n to cherish similar desires at H o p e College. N o m a n can tell to h o w m a n y of these ardent spirits the Lord will open the way and give the privilege to preach His Gospel a m o n g the heathen. But this at least is plain, that we must be prepared to hear, in numbers as yet un k n o w n to us, the voices of our ow n consecrated sons— surveying the ripening fields afar— saying, “ Here are w e — send us.” Will their voice be anything else or less to us than the voice of the Lord Himself ? A n d now, in His wise and wonderful Providence, there comes from Japan the stirring calk .for a host of laborers such as these, to enter and take immediate possession of the “ Sunrise Ki n g d o m ” for the Ki n g of kings. It comes from the Council of United Missions. It is signed by every one of the missionaries, our o w n and others, and is, by direction of the Board, hereto appended and laid before the Synod as apart of this Report. Before such tokens of the purpose and working of the Lord we gladly serve— whose Gospel it is our joy and privilege to proclaim— it surely does not he- come us to hesitate, turn back or falter. Such indications of His will and the working of His mighty power, should fire the whole Church with n e w zeal, and stimulate to ne w en­ deavors and sacrifices for the' enlargement of His Kingdom, and the glory of His name. Approved and adopted by the Board.

N e w Y o r k , M a y 11th, 1887. HEN RY N. OOBB, Corresponding Secretary.

APPEAL OE THE COUETCIL OE UNITED MISSIONS.

At a meeting of the Council of the Missions connected- with the United Church of C-hrist in Japan held in January, a committee was appointed to prepare a statement setting forth the call of Providence to special effort in Japan during the remainder of the century. T h e statement prepared by the committee and adopted by the Council at its meeting in March, is as follows :

" T o k y o , M a r c h 28th. 1887. To the Boards of Foreign Missions of the seveml Churches represented in the United Church of Christ in Japan Dear Brethren : There seem to. us to be good reasons w h y we should put forth ' extraordinary efforts in Japan during the remaining years of this century. I. U n t o this are w e called. Japan is n o w in the midst of a great crisis in her history ; a n d everything goes to sh o w that the nation is in a marvelously receptive mood. ■ After tw o centuries of seclusion, the country is suddenly open to the world. T h e Sh o g u n is gone, the M i k a d o restored to p o w e r ; and, with the suppression of the Sa t s u m a revolt, the integrity of the empire estab­ lished. W i t h the reception of foreigners a he w type of civilization has been welcomed. The telegraph stretches from one end of the land to the other. T h e mail service is admirable. Railways cross the country in various directions, a n d fleets of steamers ply fr o m port to port u p a n d d o w n the coast. Banks an d hospitals have been established. Daily newspapers abound. There is an excellent system of education culmin­ ating in a University. T h e ar m y a n d navy are organized after foreign models. A new code of laws based upon those of Europe has been adopted. T h e recent proclamation issued in the n a m e of the Em p r e s s r e c o m m e n d s the adoption of foreign dress by the w o m e n of the country. In the year 1890 there is to be a Parliament. Certainly'a nation that has seen such things as these accomplished during the last quarter of a. century m a y see great things done by the year 1900. But the movement n o w witnessed in Japan is not confined to such particulars as these. It includes also the question of religion. T h e r e can be no vigorous national life without s o m e religion : B r a h m a n i s m and Mohammedanism are out of the question : Buddhism is condemned already: there remains only Christianity. T h a t is the c o m m o n position assumed by the press. A n d what the press encourages the Government allows. T e n years ago it wa s a question whether it wo u l d be permitted to build a church on a public street in the City of T o k y o ; churches are n o w found in every direction. Once, it w a s with the greatest difficulty that a Japanese could be f o u n d to print a translation of one of the Gospels : now, large printing houses compete for the wo r k of the Bible a n d Tract Societies ; treatises on theology are printed a n d b o u n d at the G o v e r n m e n t establishment; a n d the Scriptures, a n d Christian books, magazines and newspapers go everywhere freely. More than this : there are m e n n o w living wh o confessed Christ at the peril of their lives ; a n d these s a m e m e n are to-day preaching Christ in public halls a n d _ theatres to audiences that are glad to hear them. T h e tone of Bu d d h i s m is a tone of defeat; Christianity is confident of victory. This, however, is not all. M o t only is Christianity a c o m m o n t h e m e — proclaimed upon the platform, discussed on the railway, queried about in the country inns : not only is it encouraged openly by the press and tacitly b y the G o v e r n m e n t ; it is rapidly crystalizing into churches. At the close of the last year (1886), there were connected with the United Church fifty-five organized churches;'twenty-five of w h i c h are wholly self-supporting. There w a s a m e m b e r s h i p of 5,472. T h e ministers n u m b e r e d twenty-eight, and the theological students forty-three. T h e contributions for the year am o u n t e d to mo r e than ten thousand (Mexican) dollars. This is the report of the United Churclr • alone ; a n d others are doing likewise. T h e B o ard of H o m e Missions, connected with the Synod, is simply overwhelmed with applications. It is not rash to say that rightly directed labor in almost an y to w n in the empire would end before long in an organized church. This then is our opportunity : such an opportunity as the Modern Church has never had vouchsafed to it. A century ago was heard once m o r e a divine voice saying, G o teach all nations. A n d m e n asked, Whither shall we go ? To-day a m a n stands upon the shore of Japan crying, C o m e over into Asia an d help us. A n d w e mu s t go now. This is reason : There is a tide in the affairs of me n an d of nations. It is Scripture also : W h e n the apostles heard that Samaria ha d received the w o r d of God, they sent Peter an d John. W h e n tidings c a m e f r o m Antioch, the C h u r c h sent forth the So n of Exhortation. There is a time to reap. A n d it is into the harvest field above all places that our Lo r d bids us to pray that the laborers m a y be sent. Other nations m a y wait, but this nation can not wait. F o r H e is not dealing so with an y other nation. IL Not only is such effort in Japan our duty; it is true wisdom— wise warfare. ■ First: This course will go far towards ending our wo r k in the empire. B y this it is not me a n t that the close of'the century will see all kn o w i n g the Lord, f r o m the least to the greatest. B u t it does me a n that there is g o o d reason to ho p e that a vigorous aggressive church m a y then b e planted in all parts of the land. It me a n s that foreign missions m a y then give w a y to h o m e missions. It m e a n s that so far as w e are c o n ­ cerned, the Gospel of the Ki n g d o m will have been preached as a witness in Japan. A n d wh e n that is done the C h u r c h at h o m e will be free to g o elsewhere. Secondly : This course will yield us a n early friend in Asia. T h e C h u r c h in the S a n d w i c h Islands has done excellent service in' the Pacific ; but the S a n d w i c h Islands are as nothing to Japan. F o r Ja p a n is alive, energetic, eager— a nation with a destiny. A n d a C h u r c h of Christ in Japan would be throughout all Eastern Asia an ally that w ould be invaluable. Granted that the a m o u n t of effort needed to accomplish the task presented might (or might not) result in an equal n u m b e r of individual believers scattered here a n d there over the world still, as an ally in the near future, these w o u l d be but we a k in compari­ son with a vigorous church in Japan. W e do not forget that the field is the world. T h e question is merely one of method. N o one church can preach the Gospel to the whole creation. E v e n the apostle to the Gentiles m a d e a choice a m o n g the Gentiles; a n d so m u s t we. W e m u s t choose between nations a n d individuals in different nations. In doing this it m a y be that w e mu s t needs pass by Bithynia ; but even so, let us go into Macedonia. W h a t .we press is Japan to-day in order to China to-morrow. III. S u c h a course will appeal to the churches at home. T h e cause of Christ lags for lack of interest. This will kindle enthusi­ asm. T h e facts to proclaim are these : T h ere is the sound of abundance of rain. W o r k don e n o w is sure to e n d in a great harvest. N o r is the work to go on forever. The husbandman w h o plants m a y himself sea the grain gathered into the granary. , T o such an appeal as this the churches will respond. It is one thing to say : There is needed another house, another missionary, in order to maintain a long labor. It is quite a different thing to say that there is a very true sense in w h ich n o w at last the isles are waiting for his law.. W h a t is asked m a y be great, but the sacrifice will be m a d e ; for it is a. d e m a n d that will nerve to effort. It will co m e moreover with the force of a definite c o m m a n d : Launch out into the deep and let d o w n your nets for a draught. A n d it will meet with the ready response : Master, w e have toiled all night and taken nothing. Nevertheless at thy c o m ­ m a n d , w e will let d o w n the net. Instead therefore of adding debt to debt, this m a y be the secret of no debt. A n d n o w in conclusion to be m o r e particular. ' If the signs of the times speak to yo u as they do to us, can y o u not agree to ma k e special effort in Ja p a n for the next fe w years a part of your general policy ? The end proposed of course presupposes various means. Present •centres of w o r k m u s t be maintained a n d in most cases strengthened. Present plans for education mu s t be carried on a n d broadened. Great •opportunities are no w afforded in the preference of officials connected with the.Department of Education, for missionaries to give instruction in the advanced schools throughout the country : and this suggests a ischeme for supplying t h e m with teachers. In particular, n e w centres of w o r k — stations m a n n e d b y foreigners— require to be established at ^trategtic points as yet unoccupied. As- a matter of course, it is to be clearly understood that an y n e w plan whatever must be considered by itself, and can be carried out •only wh e n it approves itself to your judgment. But can you not agree .to co m m i t yourselves before the churches to special effort to establish ■the United Church of Christ throughout Japan during the remainder of •this nineteenth Ct ntury of our Lord ? W e pray you to consider the jnatter with all due deliberation, and to let us k n o w your mind. Mimon of the Presbyterian Church (North). James C. H epburn. T. C. W inn. D avid Thompson. J. B. Porter. W illiam Imbrie. James M acCauley. John C. Ballagh. A. V. Bryan. G eo. W illiam K nox. T. M. M acN air T. T. A lexander. C. M. Eisher. J. P. H earst. Mission of the Reformed (Dutch) Church. G. F. V erbeck. M. N. W yckopf. J. H. Ballagh. E. S. Booth. H enry Stout. H oward H arris. E. Rothesay M iller. N. H. D emarest. James L. A me rm an. A. Oltmans. Mission of United Presbyterian Church (of Scotland). R obert D avidson. H ugh W addell. Thos. Lindsay. Mission of the Presbyterian Church (South). R. Bryan G rinnan. R. E. M acA lpine. Msssion of the Reformed (German) Church. A. C. Gring. J. P. M oore. W . E. H oy. R E P O R T S FROM THE MISSIONS.

THE A M O Y MISSION, CHINA. O R O A NIZED IN 1884: ^ L The Mission occupies the following cities.; Amoy, population 200,000; Chioh-be, 450,000: Chiang-Chiu. 100,000; and Tong-an, 60,000. The territory assigned to the Mission, being about 80 miles from East to West, and 50 miles from North to South, has a population of more than three million souls, including that of the cities al- M^ssionaries.— Revs. J. V. N. Talmage, D.D., Daniel Rapalje, L. W. Kip, D.D., A. S. Van Dyck and P. W. Pitcher. t*** u Assistant Missionaries.— Mrs. Talmage, Mrs. Rapalje, Mrs. Kip, Mrs. Pitcher, Mrs. Van Dyck, Miss C. M. Talmage, Miss M. E. Talmage. _ __ Native Pastors— Revs. Ung Ho-Seng. of the 1st Church, Amoy; lap Han*Chiong, •of the Church at Sio-ke; Chhoa Thian-Khit, of the Church at Cbiang-Chiu; and Ti- Peng, of the 2d Church at Amoy. Licentiates.— 2. Li Kiche, Lim Khiok. Other Native Preachers.— 16. „ . . , ,, Regulary nini Preachingj. j .Places.— iw,18, and one ^ \(“The — Douglass Memorial Church,1 TColongsu),ngsu), shared by the two Missions. . . . , , Theoieological School.— 1. with 7 students, connected with our churches. Middleddle School.— 1, under the care o£ both Missions. Pupils connected without churches 11 Woman's School.— 1. “ The Charlotte W. Duryee Home.” Total number of women in attendance during the year, 87. Largest number at one time, 15; small­ est. 7. Girls' School— 1, with 84 pupils. Parochial Schools.— 6, with 91 pupils. . , ^ , , Christian Teachers.-S. Of these, 3 are also students in the Theological School. In the following Tabular Statement we give as usual the “ Totals " of the Mission of the English Presbyterian Church, making a summary for the whole Tai-hoey, or

T a b u l a r S t a t e m e n t o f t h e A m o y M is si on f o r 1886.

A M O Y T A I - H O E Y , 1886. r6

CHURCHES. year. 5 . . Dismissed. || Total Contributions. Received on Certificate. Receivedon Certificate. || Receivedon Confession. M e m b eof r Year. s hclose i at p Membership at beginning of | | Excommunicated | | | Infants baptized. || Suspended. Adultsbaptized. || || || First A m o y ...... 90 4 5 i 3 2 93 3 i $285 82 Second A m o y ...... 146 14 2 8 4 150 5 6 6 670'44 *71 2 3 (>6 5 2 157 48 O - K a n g (6)...... 96 7 1 5 2 97 4 1 7 145 26 Hong-San (c)...... 58 4 2 60 5 127 90 Cliiang Chiu (d)...... 134 8 3 3 6 2 134 8 7 8 306 60 Tong-An (e)...... 42 2 4 1 1 38 4 2 86 64 :Sio-ke (/)...... 146 25 5 .2 164 8 18 25 296 15

Total...... *783 58 17 16 28 13 802 42 36 47 $2,076 29 Native Hak-ka Missions__ 12 3 15 3 5 40 !Eng. Pres. Missions..... *772 50 is 13 14 7 803 56 25 40 1,371 88

Total Tai-hoey...... 1567 111 32 29 42 19 1620 98 61 90 $3,453 57

* Corrected list, (a.) Has - one out-station ; KUnih. (6 .) Composed of two congregations; Kang-tau and Kio-tau. fc.) Composed of two congregations; Te^soa and Ang-tung-tau. ld. Has two ) out-stations; Thian-po and Soa-sia. le. ) Has one out-station; Poa-fau. t (/•) Has four out-stations; Lam-sin, Poa-a, Po-a-hi and Toa-ke. T h e report of the Mission is as follows : During the year Dr. Talmage was absent for a few days to attend a. regular meeting of the Swatow Presbytery, English Presbyterian Church. H e we n t as a delegate of our A m o y Tai-Hoey. O n e of our native pas­ tors wa s also a delegate, a n d we n t with Dr. Talmage. Miss C. M. Talmage was absent about seven weeks on a health trip to Foo-Chow. ' Mr. Rapalje was absent about a we e k in 1886 and a few days in 1887,. on a trip to Hong-Kong to meet his family on their return from the United States. ' " T h e health of the Mission was, on the whole, good ; though Mr. V a n D y c k ha d a severe attack of typhoid fever in N o v e m b e r a n d December. W h e n strong enough for the journey the doctor ordered him to H o n g ­ K o n g , and the change proved beneficial to his health. W e are thankful for his recovery, a n d rejoice that he has been spared to the work. W e still deplore the wa n t of a trained teacher fr o m h o m e to look after our educational work. W e preachers can not attend to it without ne­ glecting our proper w o r k of preaching. There is a standing committee^ of Tai-Hoey to visit an d examine the Parochial Schools, but this kind of supervision is not sufficient. Still there has been a marked improve­ m e n t in our Parochial Schools of late. This is especially true of the t w o A m o y schools, which have been carefully looked after b y Mr. V a n D y c k arid Mr. Pitcher. The Middle School, which was in charge of Mr. V a n D y c k during the- year, gives an. excellent training to the lads w h o attend its classes. To- this school w e look for school teachers a n d theological students. T h e lads have to pass an entrance examination, and the standard has recently been raised. T h e pupils are expected to pa y their ow n w a y in part or in. whole. ‘ , Dr. T a l m a g e is still able to devote a part of his time to the TheoloyicaV School, wh i c h is cared for by the t w o Missions. Rev. W m . McGregor, of the English Presbyterian Mission, has special charge of the school. H e is a mo s t efficient teacher. W e wish there were m o r e students, b u t w e mu s t not urge yo u n g me n to join the school unless w e believe they have been called of God. Y o u n g m e n that se e m to have such a call are- gladly received. W e need the graduates to fill the thinned ranks of o u r preaching force. One,of our preachers, lately in charge at Ang-tuiig-taw, was very ill, during the year, an d has since died. T h o u g h not as well educated as- s o m e of his fellow-workers, he wa s a go o d preacher, a n d explained with, clearness the doctrines of grace. W e m o u r n his loss. The preacher Lim Khiok wa s examined for licensure at the autumn, meeting of Tai-Hoey. H e passed creditably. H e is temporarily in charge of the church at Chioh-be. • W e report no n e w out-stations. Stations m i ght have been opened, h a d there been evangelists to take charge of them. Since the beginning- of the ne w year we have ventured to rent a ne w place in a town in the Chiang-Chiu district, about fifteen miles N. W . of Thian-po. T h e name; of the place is-Leng-soa. Dr. Kip is well acquainted with the neighbor­ hood, a n d both he an d the pative assistants report m a n y ready listeners to the truth. Only five of our eight organized churches report additions on con­ fession. W e are thankful for those w h o have been gathered in, but w e long for a greater increase. It sometimes seems as if w e are making almost no impression on the heathen. A n d yet ma n y of these darkened souls have heard and remember much about the Lord Jesus Christ. M a y the Ho l y Spirit lead th e m to H i m . ‘ Negotiations for improved church accommodations at Kang-tau, on A m o y Island, an d at Tmig-an have been pending for months. A t the former place w e have secured a site for a ne w church building, although it is possible that the opposition manifested all along m a y still prevent the carrying out of our plans. A t Tong-an w e have not been able to close the bargain for the house which the Board' authorized us to buy. T h e local magistrate does not help us, but, on the contrary, has shielded the parties w h o oiler opposi­ tion, a n d w h o tried to burn us out. T h e place for wh ich w e have been negotiating is the one which w e have rented for a nu m b e r of years past, a n d wh i c h w e still occupy. (It has since been purchased.) T h e n e w house at Sio-ke, authorized b y the B o a r d as a temporary h o m e for an y of us wh o m a y be doing Mission w o r k in that district, is nearly completed. D o w n stairs there is a reception room, a store room, a servants’ room and a bath 'room. T h e up-stairs rooms are a sitting room, two bed rooms and a bath room. The house is substantially built-with stone an d brick. There is a n a r r o w veranda in front. W e hope to find the n e w house a comfortable resting-place, especially after long journeys over rough country roads. There are tw o hospitals for Chinese patients at Am o y . O n e of these hospitals is supported by the foreign c o m m u n i t y of the P o r t ; the other by the English Presbyterian Church. In both of them evangelistic w o r k is carried on, and our Mission have a share in it. ' T h e ladies of the Mission report as usual to the W o m a n ’s Board. It is, therefore, unnecessary to speak particularly of their w o r k here. In the schools, in meetings for the wo m e n , in the hospital, in visits fr o m house to house, an d in visits to the out-stations, they have manifested the spirit, and taught the truths of the Gospel of Christ. A t the late meeting of Tai Hoey (Classis) one of the native pastors pre­ sided, a n d both native pastors an d elders joined actively in the discus­ sions. A young m a n connected with one of the churches under the care of the English Presbyterian Mission w a s licensed to preach the G ospel. , I n - m a n y things'the Native Ch u r c h can n o w take care of itself, but the Ch u r c h at ho m e should not, on this account,- relax its efforts for the conversion of this nation. W e need all the help w e can get, and w e need it at once. THE ARGOT MISSION, INDIA.

O R G A N I Z E D I N 1854.

The Mission occupies: * The North Arcot District.— 5,017 square miles; population, 1,787,134 by last census. The South Arcot District.— Area., 4,076 square miles;'population, 1,261,846. The force engaged consists of— Missionaries.— 'Revs. J. W. Scudder, M.D., Vellore; Wm . W. Scudder, D.D., Mad- anapaHeJohn Scudder, M.D., Tindivanam ; John W. Conklin and L. Hekhuis, M.D., Arcot; E. C. Scudder, Jr., Ami. In this country, Rev. J. Chamberlain, M.D., D.D., and Rev. J. H. Wyckoff. Assistant Missionaries.— Mrs. J. W. Scudder, Mrs. Wm . W. Scudder, Mrs. John W. Conklin, Mrs. John Scudder, Miss J. C. Scudder, and Miss M. K. Scudder. In this country, Mrs. Chamberlain and Mrs. Wyckoff. Native Pastors.— 'Revs. Moses Nathaniel, Arcot; Abraham William, Kattupadi; Paul Bailey, Orattur. ‘ Native Helpers.— Ca,techists, 22; Assistant Catechists, 14; Masters in Anglo-Ver­ nacular Schools, 25; Readers and Schoolmasters, 44; Schoolmasters, 22; School­ mistresses, 30; Colporteurs, 13; Female Bible Readers, 13. Total, 186. STATISTICAL TABLE FOR 1880.

a .S' s 0 ej I STATIONS £ v . AND 0 it1* OUT-STATIONS. Families. 1 0 r municants.

Catechumens. *0 ■s

Baptized Children. Baptized 1

Communicants in 1885. in Communicants 1886. in Communicants o Contributions of Churches. of Contributions Baptized Adults not Co m ­ not Adults Baptized Children of Catechumens. of Children

| | Out-Stations. | I Schools. ] Numberof I R. A. P. ♦Arcot ...... 3 47 45 70 1-58 +82 4 137 129 210 133 8 10 . *Yehamur.... 5 120 59 57 +109 +327 6 *150 584 493 .23 6 10 A r n i ...... 2 30 38 42 ,15 70 9 9 4 158 115 145 125 3 7 ' Alliendal...... 2 19 29 36 6 42 6 2 24 87 90 15 4 8 Gnanodiam __ e 67 77 87 29 111 27 30 6 62 304 m 41 5 7 Marutuvambadi.. 20 23 28 ' 10 47 5 8 1 24 91 m 15 2 7 Vellambi. ___ _ 2 27 41 40 4 32 11 8 4 90 105 95 21 12 6 Chittoor...... 35 76 51 22 36 2 2 140 205 111 152 4 8 *" 'Kottanalli.... 9 86 81 78 35 69 75 66 10 177 275 323 53 2 3 COONOOR...... 65 97 100 21 118 11 4 2 95 227 254 162 2 6 ♦Madanapalle .... 8 105 74 74 +34 +399 5 +194 397 507 204 9 2 ♦Palmanair. .... 6 6 11 +8 +11 1 +21 19 25 17 7 6 T indivanam...... 16 28 28 . 7 50 1 1 3 199 91 87 88 2 3 Orattur...... 2 69 94 88 17 as 42 51 3 63 283 281 47 4 o Vellaripattu... .. 4 55 62 62 6 80 37 51 4 54 219 236 35 8 2 Narasingauur.-... 3 47 67 78 6 66 10 12 4 92 163 172 40 5 7 Kolapakam...... 4 48 55 78 15 71 12 18 3 56 194 194 35 12 5 Varikkal..... 3 40 40 39 21 53 - 25 28 3 5S 161 166 27 2 10 Sattambadi.... 8 67 104 102 16 127 20 41 7 99 297 306 71 4 0 V ellore.....•.... S 78 128 127 23 107 6 1(1 5 322 287 273 321 5 3 , Kattupadi .... 8 127 m 164 38 147 63 58 9 184 484 476 107 3 9 Kandipattur... 4 107 lit 124 3 126 71 87 5 96 399 411 33 9 3 Sekadu...... 2 91 103 105 7 86 55 69 2 47 321 322 17.14 6 Total...... 83 1372 1610 1669 505 1521 1301 557 952531 5437 5553 1789 14 10

♦The statistics of these stations are taken from the report of Classis. tlncludes children. tLast year’s report.. T h e Rev. J. H. Wyckoff has kindly prepared the follow­ ing introductory statement :< T h e past year m a y be called a prosperous one for the Arcot Mission.' There has been an advance in every department of our work. Eighty- five persons have been, received into the churches on confession of faith. T h e nu m b e r of adherents is greater b y 116 than last year. T w o h u n ­ dred an d eighteen niore scholars are attending our schools. T h e contri­ butions of most of the native churches likewise sh o w a ma r k e d advance. S o m e of the stations have had larger additions than usual. T i n d i v a n a m records the reception of thirty-four persons to its churches on confession of faith. Madanapalle reports 110 m o r e adherents than the previous year. Kottapalli has been considerably strengthened by accessions fr o m heathenism. Arcot, Vellore and Arni have received fifteen, twenty and eleven new members to full communion respectively. O n the other h a n d there are so m e losses to record. Y e h a m u r reports ninety-one less adherents. Vellore has suffered depletion b y the removal of several families. Orattur an d Kattupadi sh o w a decline in membership.

NATIVE ASSISTANTS.

Alth o u g h the missionaries and their families have been preserved in goo d health, w e have to record the death of s o m e valuable native helpers. Rev. A n d r e w Sawyer, our oldest native pastor, after long years of faithful service, has been called, home. S a m u e l Zechariah, one of our best junior catechists, a m a n of superior intellectual gifts and of deep piety, after a' protracted illness, has been released f r o m his suffer­ ings an d entered into rest. N o r m u s t w e omit to mention one, who, although he occupied an hu m b l e r position, will be greatly missed. W e refer to Elder Ab r a h a m , of Orattur. O n e of the very first converts in South Arcot, he wa s for twenty-five years a strong pillar in the Orattur Church, and continued faithful to the end to the Saviour for w h o m he h a d suffered so mu c h . W i t h reference to the death of Pastor Sawyer, the Classis of Arcot adopted the following minute : “ Since our last meeting, one of our beloved members, Rev. A n d r e w ■ Sawyer, has fallen asleep in Jesus. Classis desires to record its sense of its heavy loss in this dispensation of Providence, its appreciation of the long an d faithful labors of h i m wh o s e place is vacant, a n d its sy m p a t h y with those wh o mo u r n the departure of a husband and father. W e have reason to rejoice and thank God, because this holjr a n d useful life w a s , spared so long for labor in Christ’s Ki n g d o m . ‘ ‘ An d r e w Sa w y e r wa s the first native pastor ordained by the Classis of ’ Arcot. H e was a m e m b e r of it from its organization more than thirty years ago. His reports to it, year by year, s h o w that he has received and baptized hundreds of converts and their children. H e has broken the . bread of life to tens of thousands in all parts of our district. M o r e than this he wa l k e d before m e n holily an d consistently in the footsteps of Christ, a n d the e xample he has left to his fellow workers an d the w h ole Ch u r c h is a lasting treasure. H e preached the whole counsel of G o d an d lived as he preached. “ Classis desires that this expression of its appreciation an d s y m p a t h y be co m m u n i c a t e d to the sorrowing w i d o w and children, and published to the Church here and in America.” , HINDU Gntr.S’ SCHOOLS. O u r educational institutions,' especially those for high caste girls, are in a prosperous state. T h e schools at Yellore, despite the organized at­ tempts of the heathen to destroy them, have a larger attendance than ever before. T h e Madanapalle school exhibits a gratifying advance, having fifty-eightpupils on the roll, with an average attendance of between forty an d fifty. T h e sa m e success has attended the schools at Chittoor and A r n i ; and plans are n o w being considered fof organizing similar institutions in Arcot and Wallajapett. In this connection it becomes us to speak of the favorable openings for ZENANA WOKE in nearly all the large to wns of the Mission. Mention w a s ma d e in our last report of. the inauguration of this wo r k at Vellore. Since then sim­ ilar efforts in Wallajapett an d Arni have me t with encouraging success. W e cannot emphasize too strongly the importance of taking immediate advantage of these offerings. A l t h o u g h the schools accomplish mu c h — a n d indeed it is through th e m that Ze n a n a wo r k has been m a d e possible — yet wh ere the pupils leave so young, w e cannot hope for positive re­ sults unless the girls are followed to their h o m e s and the instruction continued there. W c commend this great work to the wo m e n of our 'Church, a n d pray that they will enable us to organize it on a larger scale at each of our stations. . , EVANGELISTIC EFFORTS. T h e Gospel has been mo r e widely and systematically proclaimed than for m a n y a year. In addition to tours in the district a n d visits to the great festivals, thousands have been reached b y means of the free read­ ing ro o m s in the to w n s ; while the resumption of the hospital wo r k at Arcot has afforded unlimited opportunities for disseminating the Gospel. Dr. Hek h u i s reports 7,000 patients treated during 1886. T h e influence of the institution in allaying prejudice and winning the confidence of the natives cannot be overestimated. o STATISTICAL TABLE.

13 og a §2 STATIONS., oS • U n gf <£>>• 5 0, I £ p 1S IP3

A r c o t ...... 1,574 16,864 250 13,310 7,000 , A r n i ...... 2,1G9 2,988 93,226 4,342 2,772 . Chittoor...... 435 1,028 16.991 3,000 8,940 . Coonoor r...... 220 440 2,640 Madanapalle ...... 341 1,287 24,241 5,422 P a l m a n a i r ...... 32 191 2,'133 T i n d i v a n a m ...... 1,946 111,836 3,588 5,864 . Vellore...... 650 5,173 92,811 16,822 . G u d i y a t a m ...... 116 283 7,093 A r c o t Se m i n a r y Pupils... 160 8,270 * i‘,666!

T o t a l ...... 6,069 12,964 376,705 12,180 47,708 * 7,000 5,422 G r a n d total hearers.. 436,835 'TIIEOLOGICAT. SEMINARY. Hitherto our theological class has been kept in connection with the Arcot Seminary, w h i c h has given both secular a n d theological instruc­ tion. A t the July meeting, the Mission, on recommendation of the Ge n ­ eral Synod, resolved to separate the theological department f r o m the ..Seminary, and place it under charge of a missionary w h o can devote himself exclusively to theological instruction. ' Eev. Dr. 'W. W . S c u d ­ der wa s chosen to this important office, a n d will enter up o n his duties as .soon as he is relieved of his wo r k at Madanapalle. T h e Sy n o d likewise r e c o m m e n d e d that an en d o w m e n t of $50,000 be raised for the Theologi­ cal Seminary, a n d the Bo a r d has commissioned Dr. Chamberlain to se­ cure the amount. With the Seminary and its Endo w m e n t Fu n d in such .able hands, w e d o not hesitate to predict a bright future for our theo­ logical school. CONCLUSION. W e begin a n e w year with grateful a n d encouraged hearts. T e n _years ago, three men, one of w h o m w a s unordained, constituted the working force of our Mission ; wliile the whole missionary corps n u m ­ bered but five men, with their wives and one unmarried lady. To-day w e have six ordained missionaries in the field, and t w o unmarried lady missionaries ; besides tw o missionaries and their wives in America, a n d .another ma n under appointment. That our beloved Church has been able to do so m u c h for us, in addition to her w o r k in other heathen -countries, is truly a just cause for thanksgiving.

STATION REPORTS, ARCOT. Rev. L. Hekhuis, M.D., Missionary; G. Paramanandam, Reader; Arivanantham, Munshi; Mary, School Mistress. , At the Out-Stations.— John Abraham, Catechist; C. Aaron, Assistant Catechist; Elias Isaiah, Jonas Moses. T. Benjamin, S. V. Devabaranam, Readers; John Jacob, -C. Solomon, Venkata Ran, Schooipeon, Job, School Masters; Elizabeth, School Mistress. Dr. Hekhuis reports for this station : Arcot Church.— There are three villages connected with the Arcot -Church, namely, Manimutu, Avarakara and Walajah. It has been a pleasant an d profitable year for this church. Several c a m e in with cer- -fificates fr o m other churches, wliile thirteen Arcot Seminary lads joined o n confession, thus increasing our n u m b e r b y thirty-six c o m m u n i ­ cants, notwithstanding that six were dismissed with certificates to other • churches. A t the beginning of the year the Arcot Seminary was moved ' fr o m Chittoor to Arcot. This added greatly to the interest of the station, a n d largely increased our number, giving us an increase of -eighty-one adherents. T h e Su n d a y services were well attended, an d often • every available seat w a s occupied. T h e S u n d a y school has been a .marked feature in our church work. The Seminary and Day school teachers, together with so m e of the church members, have taken great interest in the school, a n d m u c h credit is due to t h e m for its success­ ful working. During the month of August, Rev. Moses Nathaniel, pastor of the Arcot and Y e h a m u r churches, w a s by action of Classis temporarily transferred to the Chittoor church. T h e churches lose mu c h b y this transfer, as he is a faithful pastor; an d m u c h beloved by the con­ gregations under his charge. '

Reading Room.— M u c h of the interest in this station is centered in the work going on in Walajah. The Reading Ro o m there has been kept up during the year. Its table has been supplied with English and vernacu­ lar literature, both secular and religious. A large nu m b e r of tracts a n d pamphlets were sold and handbills were given away. T h e Gospel w a s preached to all w h o visited the place an d w e trust the Lor d will bless the work. T h e attendance wa s not as large as last year’s, ow i n g to an opposition reading room opened by the natives. Generally such reading rooms are short-lived an d die out as soon as the excitement ceases. There are ma n y educated an d well-to-do Hindoos in the place w h o could easily support a good reading room, if they could only agree among themselves. W e w o u l d be greatly pleased to have t h e m establish one for the benefit of the community. .

Sunday School.— Sunday school opened last year in connection with the reading ro o m has been successfully kept up. T h e attendance has been fair. Three of the Arcot Seminary lads volunteered to go to Wal a j a h every Su n d a y afternoon to teach the scholars. A t the close of each mo n t h the children wer e exami n e d in Scripture. A t the close of the year a Christuias entertainment wa s given t h e m by the teachers, the parents of the children and b y so m e influential natives. T h e evening w a s a very pleasant one to the children, an d also to the large audience that honored the occasion with their presence.

Primary School.— In August of this year the Mission gave us permis­ sion to open a boys’ school in Walajah. It started with thirty-five boys, divided into four classes. A small mo n t h l y fee is charged. So far it is fairly successful. T h e Bible is taught in the school one hour every day.

Zenana Work.— A t the beginning of the year the Ladies’ Missionary Society, of .Holland, Mich., sent us s o m e m o n e y for zenana w o r k in Walajah. Immediately a wo m a n was engaged for that work. At first she met with opposition that discouraged her greatly, but after a f e w w e e k s patient working several high-caste families opened their houses to her, an d since then several others have followed their example. N o w she goes every day to those houses, talks to the w o m e n an d reads to th e m fr o m the Bible. In so m e instances she also teaches th e m to read, sew and do fancy work. So far the work Iqoks very encouraging, al­ though no direct results are as yet visible. In connection with this w e hope soon to open a caste girls’ school in the place. T h e above m e n ­ tioned Society kindly sent out funds to purchase a house and lot for this purpose, as also to partly support the school. W e were very fortunate in procuring ag o o d site almost in the centre of the town, hut the place will not be available till the middle of next year. Yehamur Church.— This church, wh i c h has five villages connected with it, s h ows a decrease of ninety-one adherents. T w o were received on confession, while tw o were dismissed to other churches, a n d six died. T h e Lo r d ’s Supper wa s administered three times, fourteen children we r e baptized an d three marriages solemnized. T h e large falling off is du e to a stricter counting of adherents. In the early years of this Ch u r c h a n u m b e r of families c a m e a n d gave their n a m e s in as adherents ; partly fr o m true motives, but as the result proves, m o r e for the “ loaves a n d fishes.” A s they wer e disappointed in this respect, s o m e of t h e m we n t back to heathenism, others left for parts un- ' k n o w n , while by far the larger nu m b e r are still in the villages. S o m e of these still call themselves Christians, but their conduct and neglect of religious worship an d instructions are such that they/lo not deserve the name. In spite of repeated remonstrances ma n y of them have not co m e near a place of worship for years. These me n and wo m e n were kept on b y m y predecessors and b y myself, in the hope that they w o u l d c o m e back, but so far they have s h o w n n o inclination to do so. Only the worst cases have been dropped this year, while so m e are still kept o n trial, but, unless they sh o w s signs of improvement, these will probably be dropped next year. Evangelistic Work.— Preaching the Gospel to the heathen has been at­ tended to as usual. All the-heathen villages have been visited again an d again. Besides preaching to the heathen, the helpers w o r k e d hard in their respective villages by preaching and conducting Su n d a y schools on Sundays, and by holding prayer meetings and teaching day schools on w e e k days. I a m ha p p y to say that, with one exception only, the help­ ers have been faithful in their -work. Medical Work.— In our last report it wa s stated that the Local F u n d Board had agreed to pass the Ranipett Dispensary over to the charge of the Mission. This wa s done in February of this year (1886). J u d g i n g f r o m the nu m b e r of patients, w e have been fairly successful. W e will not trouble the reader with a long list of diseases and their treatment, but de e m it sufficient to state that over 7,000 patients were treated, that being nearly 1,000 mo r e than for the sa m e period last year. T o nearly, all these the Gospel was presented by preaching, personal conversation^ tracts and handbills. T h u s the seed wa s so w n in ma n y hearts disciplined' b y affliction, an d at times wh en, mo r e than at an y other, me n are inclined, to think seriously about the things pertaining to their spiritual welfare.

" THE ARCOT SEMINARY. Rev. J. W. Conklin, Principal; Mr. J. D. Solomon, Instructor in Theological Der partmeut. and Head Master ; Mr, S. Daniel, Master of Middle School Class; Mr. C. Raghara Chari,"Master of Sixth Standard Class ; Mr.'S. Francis, Master of Fifth Standard Class. • Mr. Conklin reports : This has been a good year for this institution, and the future looks brighter. It is be c o m i n g possible to write with enthusiasm as w e look^ forward. The Theological Department has been distinct fro m the other for three _ years, a n d in that time about twenty students, including those wh o finish their course this year, have been sent out from it to their wo r k in the field. N o w another forward step is to be taken, and this department is to be transferred to another station and to receive the undivided attention of a missionary. Its standard will be raised, and its course lengthened. A n earnest effort is being ma d e in Am e r i c a to raise an en d o w m e n t fund of $50,000 to place this institution on a permanent basis. ' T h e Seminary will be under the charge of Rev. W . W . Scudder, D.D., w h o will give himself wholly to it. T h e little wo r k I have been able to do in this de­ partment has given m e great pleasure, but I shall be ha p p y to deliver the charge into such competent h a nds w h e n they are ready to receive it, which will probably be about the middle of 1887. W h a t we have longed for seems near at hand. Our Synod and Board at hom e gladden us by their expressed determination to encourage to the utmost our endeavors to better equip our native laborers in the vineyard. W e pray for the success of the en d o w m e n t fund a n d cannot believe it will fail. The sending of students to the Church of Scotland High School in Yellore was warmly approved at home, and the three w h o have been studying there this year will be joined by three mo r e at the opening of •next year. ' T h e removal fr o m Chittoor to Ranipett has justified itself in the greatly improved health of the students. Three were taken from us by death in the early part of the year, but tw o of these died fr o m the effects of Chit­ toor fever. T h o s e wh o s e places are vacant were S. Sa m s o n of the Th e o ­ logical Class, S o l o m o n of the Middle School Glass, a n d Daniel of the Rif th Standard. T h e y were all goo d boys, a n d we feel their loss. T w o ■of t h e m h a d confessed, their faith in Christ before men, a n d the third, t h o u g h a small boy, seemed to have the beginning of a fine Christian character within him. ■ T h e health of the other boys has been uniformly good. T h e close of the year shows seventy-seven students in attendance. Seven are in the first Theological Class, and five in the second ; t w o in the Arcot No r m a l School, an d the rest in the three classes of our Middle School. T h e ne w head-master, Mr. Solomon, has had the care of the boys out of school hours, and, though ne w to the w o r k , has done it creditably. T h e other teachers have been very faithful. V e r y f e w boys have needed serious discipline. T w e l v e united with the Arcot Ch u r c h on con­ fession of their faith. T h e students of the first Theological Class ac c o m ­ panied me on several tours, helping greatly in the singing and preaching. T h e y also preached in the we e k l y market in Ranipett, w h ich is attended b y thousands of people. It is estimated that they preached 160 times to 8,270 people and dis­ tributed 1,000 tracts. I append the report of the Mission Examination Committee which gives a su m m a r y of the sacred subjects studied: “ Th e Co m m ittee on Arcot Seminary respectfully report that they ex­ amined the Theological Department on the 14th December, 1886. The first class has seven students, and the second five. T h e y wer e examined in the following subjects : the Scripture books of Jeremiah a n d Gala­ tians, Evidences of Christianity, Heidelberg Catechism, Didactic Theol­ ogy, Homiletics, C h u r c h History, an d Test of Religions. ‘ ‘ Yo u r Co m m ittee are pleased to testify to the proficiency of the pupils in all the lessons studied during the year. T h e recitations in the Old Testament, Theology, and Evidences of Christianity, wer e particularly good an d gave full proof of the diligence and faithfulness both of teach­ ers and taught. T h e recitations in the N e w Testament and Test of R e ­ ligions wer e nearly but not quite so go o d as those mentioned above. In Homiletics, Church History, and Heidelberg Catechism, the students were, in the opinion of the Committee, entitled to at least seventy-five out of a m a x i m u m of 100 marks. O n the whole, the examination was very creditable to all concerned. / “ Other classes were also examined, as follows: Middle School Class— The books of Judges and Ma r k in English ; Sixth Standard— In Tamil, Judges, a part of I. Corinthians, a n d twenty-six pages of the Heidelberg Catechism ; Fifth Standard— Genesis, Matthew, an d twenty-six pages of the Catechism. These examinations were well sustained. All the classes did well, the Fifth Standard bearing oil the palm. “ Th e Co m m ittee heartily congratulate the teachers an d the pupils on the results of their year’s wo r k in branches of study which, being out­ side the secular curriculum, are in m a n y schools too easily relegated to a secondary place.” (Signed) J. W. S C U D D E R , JOHN SCUDDER.

The-Graduating Exercises of the class of ’86 were held in the Arcot Church on the morning of the 13th of January, 3887. Seven students received, diplomas certifying to their attainments a n d g o o d conduct. T h e order of exercises wa s as follows, singing being freely interspersed :

P r a y e r...... Rev. W . W . Scudder, D. D . Address in Ta m i l... '...... Joseph Alexander. Address in Te l u g u...... John David. Valedictory in English...... C. Assirvatham. Presentation of Diplomas by the Principal. Address to the Graduating Class__ Rev. Moses Nathaniel/ D o x o l o g y an d Benediction.

A b o u t sixty former graduates sat d o w n with these n e w ones to a dinner, and this w a s followed b y a meeting of the Graduates’ Ass o ­ ciation. ■ Five of the class of ’86 are to be married and stationed as soon as pos­ sible, the other tw o taking a year’s course in the Arcot No r m a l School. ATINL Rev. E. C. Scudder, Jr., M. A., Missionary in Charge. Abram Muni, Catechist in Charge; P. Nithian, Catechist; Cephas Whitehead, Head Master Primary Department Arcot Seminary; Edward Bedford, Second Master; Gnanamuthu, Samson, Readers; Isaac Souriappen, Teacher; Gnanam, Aroickam, Bible-women; Naomi, Sexoing Mistress Hindu Girls' School. At the Out-Stations.— Simon, Joseph Paul, H. P. Joseph, Catechists; Souriappen, Cornelius, Subu David, Assistant Catechists; Isaac Aaron, Po Isaac, Tychicus, Sadanandan, M. Daniel, Crispus, C. Daniel, Readers and Teachers; Magdalene, Caroline, Antonia!, Rachel, Gnanammal, School Mistresses; David, Francis, Colporteurs. v , Mr. Scudder writes : Although nothing ne w or startling occurred during the past year in this station, it is pleasant to report progress. There has been a quiet increase in all the churches except one, an d in ten out of the sixteen villages, one remaining unchanged: T h e loss in three places is large, but is almost entirely that of unbaptized adherents wh o no longer co m e to an y religious services. So it wa s thought best to drop th e m fr o m the lists, rather than to have a showing of those who, having once given their na m e s as adherents, n o w care nothing whatever for Christianity. There have been ten deaths. : t w o adults and eight children. No t w i t h ­ standing all this the gain in the field is ten. Eleven persons have been received into full c o m m u n i o n on confession of their faith, and nineteen on certificates from other churches ; four have been dismissed to other churches, and one m e m b e r has died, leaving a net increase of twenty- five in church membership. Contributions, too, have increased. T h e total a m o u n t given w a s Rs. 220-12-8, of w hich s u m Rs. 119-14-3 wa s for Congregational pur­ poses, a n d Rs. 100-14-5 for various religious an d benevolent objects. Preaching has been faithfully attended to both in the station and district. T h e Helpers report that they have been uniformly well treated a n d respectfully listened to everywhere. In the Reading R o o m also in Arni the Catechist has spoken personally to 2,772 people. This r o o m has been fairly popular during the year, and w e think go o d has been done. 1 " In October a Bible-woman was engaged who, for two months, has been doing faithful wo r k in the fe w Zenanas wh i c h she has been able to visit. She says she was welcomed wherever she Went, and the outlook for this branch of the wo r k in Arni is encouraging. D u r i n g the last half of the year there have been twenty-five boys in the Primary Department of the Arcot Seminary, s o m e having been sent a w a y for various reasons in the middle of the year. T h e health of the school lias been on the whole good. T h e following is the Report of the Mission C o m m i t t e e (Rev. Messrs. Conklin and Hekhuis) upon the Scripture examination : “ Your Committee examined the Arni School on the 5th of December, 1886, and submits the following report: In the Third Standard eleven boys came up for examination. The class was prepared on two books of the Bible— Genesis and Matthew— and three Lord’s Days of the Heidelberg Catechism. They were well posted in the lessons assigned ‘ them, and almost without exception answered readily. The study of the Heidelberg Catechism was faithfully attended to and both answers a n d proof texts were recited without an y hesitation. “ In the Fourth Standard fourteen boys came up for examination. T h e parts of Scripture studied by this class were Genesis and E x o d u s in the Old, and Matthew and Luke in the N e w Testament. Besides this they had committed to memory six Lord’s Days of the Heidelberg Catechism, together with the proof texts. This class was not so well posted in the Scripture lessons as the Third Standard. T h e reason wa s not that the Bible studies h a d been neglected, but because they ha d undertaken too much. * * * They were, however, well prepared on the Heidelberg Catechism. “ Yo u r Committee wa s pleased to note that the Scripture portions had been faithfully studied, a n d that the boys have a fair kn o w l e d g e of the historical parts of the portions assigned.” The Hindu Girls’ School has been kept up well, a n d the teachers have do n e their wo r k faithfully. T w o Christian teachers are empl o y e d in the school, a n d the Bible regularly taught. T h e n u m b e r on the rolls has been up to seventy ; the year closed with sixty-five, and the aver­ age attendance wa s about fifty. A school was opened in the Suriakulam last year. T h e children are all from the lowest classes, and the w o r k is hard and discouraging to both teachers and manager. But w e trust some good is being done to the forty or fifty boys w h o co m e with such painful irregularity. The Chetpet School has done poorly, o w i n g to the fault of the teach­ ers. W e hop e for im p r o v e m e n t in the future. T h e nu m b e r on the rolls on De c e m b e r 31st wa s seventy-one. The Sanganapuraru School has done well. Fifty-two boys a n d three girls are o n the rolls a n d c o m e regularly. T h e teacher has been faithful in his work, a n d the school sh o w s the effect of it. ■ Schools have been kept up in all the other villages except Sevur, wh ere the Catechist, for the m o s t part of the year, has been too ill to teach. S o m e of these schools are flourishing ; others are small and weak, a n d it seems hardly wo r t h while to keep th e m going, or even to keep a helper in the village, but we k n o w not “ whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.” T h e wo r k of the year has been, w e can feel, a w o r k of advance and encouragement. Tabulated results are not the only signs. Although there are cold an d lu k e w a r m Christians, although there have been dis­ sensions perhaps and discouragements of various kinds— and what mis­ sionary has th e m not in his field— there have been also, w e believe, firmer resolves to be better m e n a n d w o m e n ; there have been encouraging confessions of faith ; there has been the death of one wh o s e latest breath w a s used to testify in quiet content that all wa s well with his soul, and there are, without doubt, growths under the surface which in due time will sh o w themselves to the glory of God. CHITTOOR. ^ Rev. J. W. Conklin, Missionary. - Mrs. Conklin, Assistant Missionary. Rev. Moses Nathaniel, Acting Pastor. F. Samuel, Reader and Teacher in Hindu Girls' School. R. David, J. Pakyanathan, School Masters. Salome, Sewing . Teacher. . At the Out-Stations.— 3. Raji, Cathechist. Zechariah Appavoo, S. Isaiah, John Zechariah, Asssistant Catechists. P. David, Reader and School Master. S. An­ drew, Satthiavasagam, R. Nathaniel, School Masters. R. Martha, S. Sarah, A. Re­ becca, J. Arokiam, P. Santhai, Carolina, School Mistresses. Alexander, Colporteur. Mr. Conklin writes : M y former reports of this church have always been supplemented b y those of Pastor Sawyer. H e can no mo r e report to Mission or Classis or Synod, but only to his Heavenly Master and to the “ General Assembly a n d C h u r c h of the First Born.” T h e church of Chittoor w h ich he loved, guarded and labored to build up, is'sorely stricken b y his re­ moval. The missionary has lost from his side a support on which he leaned much, and which never proved untrustworthy. T h e removal of the Seminary, principal, teachers and students dir minished the congregation by about 100 and the membership by twenty- five. B u t as the loss to this church is a gain to that in Arcot, w e need not deeply mourn. Four were received into full communion on confes­ sion and four by certificate. Four have been removed by death and twenty-nine dismissed to' other churches. The present membership is- fifty-one. T h e total of the congregation has fallen fro m 205 to 108. T h e church has given for pastor’s support, Rs. 104-11-2, a n d for other purposes Rs. 47-9-6, m a k i n g a total of Rs. 152-4-8. A part of the con­ tributions of the boys of the Arcot Seminary is included in this sum. Rev. M o s e s Nathaniel has been the acting pastor of the church since September 1st. ^ D u r i n g the interval after Pastor S a w y e r ’s death in April, the Chittoor teachers ministered to the church for the most part, and deserve m e n ­ tion for their zealous endeavors to keep up the work. Pastor A b r a h a m William kindly visited the church while I was on the Hills. There are still thirty-five families in the congregation, and the Sabbath services a n d prayer meetings are well attended. T h e Su n d a y school has an at­ tendance of about fifty. Pastor M oses will continue to act therefor a time longer, a n d w e hope to see gr owth the c o m i n g year. The Church of Kottwpalli.— This is m a d e u p of Christians f r o m ten villages. I administered the co m m u n i o n in March, July , and December, a n d visited the villages. Three have been received into m e m b e r s h i p on confession and three by certificate. One was dismissed to another church, two died, and three were suspended for walking disorderly. T h u s the nu m b e r of actual co m m u n i c a n t s is seventy-eight, the sa m e as 1 ast year. T h o s e suspended were Christians of long standing w h o had b e c o m e stumbling blocks, and we hope the discipline will have a salutary effect up o n others as well as up o n them. T h e nu m b e r of adherents has i ncreased from 275 to 328, a gain of forty-nine. ■ Several families have c o m e out f r o m heathenism, a n d I think the church is in a more healthy condition than last year. Another evidence of this is the increase in the a m o u n t given to the Lord. Last year the contributions of the church were Rs. 40-2. This year they are Rs. 52-2-3. A gain of one-fourth in one of our poor “ country” churches means m uch. T h e village congregation of Bo m m a s a m u n d r a m bears the pa l m in giv­ ing. T h e ne w village of Paramasattu has' m a d e a go o d beginning, Rs. 10-3 having been received fr o m its people. Three infants have been baptized, and four marriages solemnized during the year. These villages are so scattered that it is difficult to get all the church m e m b e r s together for the co m m u n i o n . In March, however, w h e n Revs. J. W. Scudder and Mo ses Nathaniel visited it, as a Committee of Classis, c o m m u n i c a n t s were present fr o m all the villages, a n d fifty-six sat d o w n at the Lo r d ’s Table. S o m e of th e m journeyed fifteen miles, an d I cannot ask th e m to do it often. Work among non-OkriMians.— T h e Chittoor and village Helpers have done a considerable am o u n t of outside preaching during the year. Their custom is to hold school morning and evening, and preach in other vil­ lages at mid-day, w h e n the cultivators co m e in fr o m their fields for food and rest. Their records s h o w that they have preached 1,028 times; in 435 places, to 16,991 people, a n d distributed over 3,000 tracts an d ha n d ­ bills. ". The Beading Boom is useful in this sa m e direction. There have been 8,940 visitors, a n d the hooks and papers s h o w signs of m u c h handling. T h e sales f r o m it, b y the aid of a village colporteur, have been 498 Christian school books and 1,355 tracts. Primary Scfowfs.— There are twelve of these under m y charge. T w o are in Chittoor and ten in villages. O f the former, one is a School for Hindu O-irls. It wa s opened in January with seventeen pupils, a n d has been steadily increasing until in D e c e m b e r there wer e 106 on the roll, and ninety were present w h e n I last visited it. That the school was needed is s h o w n b y the fact that before it wa s opened only about 120 irirls were under instruction in Chittoor, whereas n o w there are about 200. S o m e of the E u r o p e a n ladies of the station have kindly visited the school and given it the benefit of their oversight an d advice. T h e girls are studying Christian books a n d being taught -hymns a n d Bible verses. This school is entirely supported by friends in America, outside of our o w n Church, a n d w e k n o w that it has earnest prayers offered specially in its behalf. ' ■ . The Mixed School in the C h u r c h c o m p o u n d is pretty well kept iip. W h e n I have examined it, the children have recited well. It is a school for the poor, and about thirty-five are in attendance. . Village Schools are better than last year. T h e y report twenty-five m o r e pupils and m o r e regular attendance. T h e teachers have hard work. T h e y m u s t usually go out literally after the children “ into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in.” . Generous Help.— Again, this year, m u c h aid has been given to our >work by residents of Chittoor. Besides subscribing to the Station Fu n d they gave m o n e y to b u y a goodly am o u n t of rice a n d other provisions ;for all the Christian poor at Christmas time. T h e y have our hearty thanks. ‘

COONOOK. Rev. John Scudder, M. D., Missionary in Charge. " C. David, Catechist; Isaac Abraham, Elder; T. N. Ponoosawmi Pillai, Acting Head Master ; Methuselah Solomon, 2d Teacher, T. Gamaliel, M Teacher, Boys' School; Christiana David, Head Mistress, Mary Paul Isaac, 2d Teacher, Girls' School. . Dr. John Scudder reports : * Rev. J. W . Scudder, M. D., spent three mo n t h s in this station, during which time he kindly administered to the wants of the church. There has been an increase of twenty-seven souls in the congregation during the year. Seven children and one adult wer e baptized; t w o were received on confession of their faith, and eight on certificate. Seven were dismissed to" other churches, leaving the present numb e r of c o m ­ municants one hundred, being three mo r e than last year. • - T h e Sabbath services are very well attended, but s o m e are prevented f r o m being present every Sabbath, as they live at a distance f r o m the church. A prayer meeting is held during the week, and one also for the women. The Sabbath School is held before the morning service. T h e Catechist also holds prayers with the servants of s o m e of the English residents, and preaches to the heathen. H e has preached dur­ ing the year 440 times in 220 places to 2,040 persons. T h e contributions for benevolent purposes a m o u n t to Rs. 162-2-6, w h i c h is Rs. 22-3-0 mo r e than last year. Rs. 117-2-0 of this wa s given for the support of the ministry. . The Boys’ School.— The Head Master resigned in July, and w e have not been able to supply his place. T h e 2d Master has been acting in his place. T h e school is smaller than before. There we r e fifty na m e s on the roll at the end of the year. T h e school is under the charge of J. G. Clarkson, Esq., to w h o m , a n d also to those w h o contribute towards its support, w e are deeply grateful for their interest in the school. The Girls’ Sc/tooJ.— This school is smaller than last year. T h e present number is forty-five, being a decrease of five. Miss J. C. Scudder visited the school a number of times while she was in Coonoor. The school is under the management of Mrs, Clarkson. "We tender our thanks to her and to the other ladies w h o are interested in the school and who have contributed towards its support. ' MADANAPALDE. Rev. W„ W. Scudder, D.D., Missionary in Charge. Mrs. W. IV. Scudder, in charge of the Boys' Boarding School. Miss M. K. Scudder, in charge of the Girls' Boarding School and the Hindu Girls' School. P. Souri, John Souri, Catechists: James Haydayetallah, Head Master of the Boys' Boarding School; P. Timothy. 2d Master; Elijah John, 3cZ Master; Joseph John, Head Master of the Girls' Boarding School; Papaya Sastri, Telugu Munshi; Esther Jula, Mary Teruvengalam, School 'Mistresses; Esther Sawyer, Matron of the Girls' Boarding School; Rebecca Souri, Selvam Souri, Rebecca Hill, Bible Readers; Samuel Kanniah, Colporteur of the American Bible Society. At the Out-Stations.— 3. Anthony Chinnaya, Assistant Catechist; Lazar Mariam Eleazer Anthony, Jonas Chinnappa, James Neal, Timothy Neal, Samuel Seth, Mark Eaccheus,. Readers ; Marial Rayal, Bible Reader, supported by friends in England ; Abraham, supported by Madanapalle church. Report by Dr. W. W. Scudder : D u r i n g the past year six persons we r e received to the church on con­ fession of their faith, a n d tw o on certificate ; seven co m m u n i c a n t s were dismissed, a n d one died. T h e nu m b e r of commu n i c a n t s remains there­ fore the sa m e as last year, 74; five infants and one adult were baptized. W h i l e the nu m b e r of co m m u n i c a n t s is the sa m e as last year, the station pCongregation has risen fr o m 147 to 197, showing a net increase of 50. T w o Sabbath services and two weekly prayer meetings have been maintained throughout the year; and our three S u n d a y schools have continued their w o r k of instruction a n d usefulness. A b r a h a m , the M a h o m m e d a n convert, has continued in the em p l o y m e n t of the church, a n d has faithfully performed his duties as an Evangelist. A part of his salary has been paid during the past year b y friends in Australia, a n d they have kindly intimated their desire to assume his entire support for the current year. T h e contributions for benevolent purposes are Rs. 204-9-2. This su m falls short of last year’s contribution by Rs. 28-8-9. This is greatly to be regretted, for the charities of a church generally keep pace with its spirituality, and a falling off in its contributions almost always indicates a decline of religion in the hearts of its members. T h e spirit of Christ is the spirit of benevolence, and in proportion to the possession of that spirit by a church will be its outflow of charity. W e trust that the church m a y be led to a proper apprehension of this great truth, a n d that the current year m a y s h o w a large increase in their contributions to benevolent objects. Boys' Boarding School.— Mrs. Scudder, w h o has charge of this school, writes as follows : . O u r school closes this year with twenty-five boarders a n d nineteen day-scholars. Three boys have been received during the year, a n d one has left us. T h e latter wa s a caste bo y w h o begged to be taken into the school; voluntarily broke his caste, a n d w a s at first very anxious to learn to read. T h e restraints of school life, however, probably be c a m e irksome to hi m after a while, for he suddenly disappeared, having per­ suaded Isaac, a lad w ho had joined us from Mohammedanism, to go with him. After many weeks of wandering Isaac returned, like the “ Prodigal,” having stealthily left his c o m p a n i o n w h o tried to induce h i m to go with him to Madras and take passage to the Mauritius. W e have heard nothing since of the wandering one, a n d can only pray that he m a y yet be led into the fold of the G o o d Shepherd. It is a.great joy to us that five of our boys have been received into the church during the year. T h e health of the school has been uniformly good, and the boys have made commendable progress in their studies. The boys passed a good examination at the close of the year in Bible study, in wh i c h they were examined by Dr. Hekhuis and Rev. E. 0. Scudder. They also greatly enjoyed a Christmas tree, for wh i c h pleasure w e sincerely thank our kind friends in America. Girls’ Boarding School and Hindu Girlg School.— Miss M. K. Scudder, w h o has charge of these schools, writes as follows : T h e health of the Boarding School has been unusually go o d during the year. O f twenty-nine na m e s entered on the roll, twenty were those of boarding pupils. O n e of the orphan girls wa s married to a helper in a village near by. . A great loss has befallen us .in the death of S a m u e l Zachariah, the 2d Teacher in the school. H e wa s an earnest Christian an d Bible student. W i t h grief w e w atched his increasing suffering, k n o w i n g that no earthly help could save him to us. Although weakened by consump­ tion, he tried to meet his classes until within t w o m o n t h s of his death. W h e n too feeble to hold his Bible, he h a d it placed, in a rack on the cot, beside him, w h ere he could read a few wo rds at a time. Quietly he passed a w a y at the last, and w e feel sure that he n o w rejoices in the presence of his Lord, w h o s e wo r d he so dearly loved. T h e year closed happily for the children, o w i n g to kind friends in A l b a n y an d Philadelphia wh o s e abundant a n d beautiful gifts ma d e gay our Christmas tree. If they could have seen the joy they had caused they wo u l d k n o w h o w sincere are our thanks. The Hindu Girls’ School has closed with fifty-eight n a m e s on the roll, a n d an attendance of between forty an d fifty. T w o of our brighest little girls (Brahmin sisters) died during the su m m e r , after long we e k s of suffering f r o m fever. A n u m b e r of the children were attacked with small-pox, t w o fatally. T h e classes in Catechism an d Bible studies an ­ swered well at their annual examination. T h e older girls often ask for ' the stories to read for themselves. The Anglo- Vernacular School.— This school, wh i c h is in Vayalpad, has been continued throughout the year, and has been doing its important, w o r k of instruction; chiefly am o n g the upper classes of society. T h e attendance, o w i n g to various causes, has not been quite as large as last year. T h e Bible is taught one hour daily in each class by a Christian teacher, w h o also has a S u n d a y School attended by about sixty of the scholars. P. Souri, catechist, visits the school fr o m time to time, and examines the pupils in their Biblical studies. A t the request of the inhabitants of Yaya l p a d I have opened a, Reading Room in the place ; the people promising to contribute Rs. 60 a year towards its expenses.' Evangelistic Work.— This important wo r k has been carried on as usual, as the statistical table will show. ■ W h a t will be the final out c o m e of these evangelistic labors w e cannot tell. W e have, however, the promise that “ the wo r d which goethforth f r o m the mouthjof G o d shall not return unto H i m void, but shall ac c o m ­ plish that wliich H e pleases an d shall prosper in the thing whereunto H e sends it.” Trusting in this promise we look forward to an abundant harvest to be gathered, in G o d ’s o w n appointed time. In connection with this wo r k I a m glad to report that the Manadapalle Free Beading Boom is still carried on ; and' that the Go s ­ pel, through its instrumentality, is m a d e k n o w n to multitudes. I a m taking measures whiclt I hope m a y m a k e it still m o r e efficient for good. Out-Stations.— I mentioned in the report of 1885 that, in the vicinity of Angallu, fifteen families n u m b e r i n g sixty-three souls h a d placed themselves under our care, giving us their pledge to renounce heathen­ ism an d to wa l k as Christians. W i s h i n g to test their sincerity, I did not include th e m a m o n g our adherents. M o s t of t h e m have continued to express their determination to wa l k as Christians, a n d though not fully satisfied in regard to th e m I have entered t h e m in the report for 1886. A plain building has been erected, serving the double purpose of a prayer ro o m and schoolhouse, and a small school has been opened. T h e people w h o thus join us are very ignorant an d superstitious, but past experience has taught us that the Gospel has great po w e r in enlight­ ening and reforming them. W e co m m e n d this new congregation to the prayers of G o d ’s people, that they m a y be kept f r o m backsliding, and m a y be established in the Gospel faith. T here is nothing of interest to report fro m the other Out-Stations. ' Th e w o r k is carried on steadily, and, including the ne w adherents, there is a net increase of sixty. A d d ­ ing this to the increase at the Station, w e have a net increase of 110 souls. PALAMANAIB. " Rev. W. W. Scudder, D.D., Missionary in, Charge; P. Moses, Catechist; Moses Abel, Teacher; Ruth Abel, School Mistress. Dr. Scudder writes : , O f the six co m m u n i c a n t s reported last year t w o we r e dismissed, and seven m e m b e r s wer e received, m a k i n g the present nu m b e r of c o m m u n i ­ cants eleven. T w o services have been held in the church each Sabbath, and the Lord’s Supper wa s administered three times. T h e Gospel has been systematically preached by the Catechist in the t o w n an d adjacent villages. T h e school closes with twenty-one na m e s on the roll. T h e contributions m a d e to benevolent purposes were Rs. 17-7-6. O . TINDIVANAM. ’ Rev. John Scudder, M.D., Missionary. Mrs. John Scudder, Assistant Missionary. . S. A. Sebastian, Catechist and Head Master* Anglo-Vernacular School; Samson Samuel, Assistant Catechist; Joseph Paul Bailey, Reader and Head Teacher* Feeder School; C.Iyakan, Reader and Teacher, Hindu Girls' School; Rukkumani Ammal, Saving Mistress; Non-Christian School Masters, Boys1 School 6, Girls’ School 1; Mrs. Caroline Sawyer, Bible Reader; C. R. Chimappen, Colporteur, Tract Society; A. Mathalaimuttu, Colporteur, Madras Bible Society. At the Out-Stations.— Rev. Paul Bailey, Native Pastor, Orattur ; A. Daniel, John Peter, Prakasam Malliappen, Catechists; Yesadian Israel, Assistant Catechist; Christian Daniel, T. Shadrach, C. Jacob,'John David, Francis Jacob, A. Joseph, C. Ephraim, John Matthew, Moses Joshua, B. John, A. Francis, J. Masillamini, A. Isaac, Readers ; T. James, S. Zachariah, P. Daniel, P. Abraham, Aaron K. Zacha­ riah, Kanakaryan, Peter Malliappen, Teachers; Mary, Asenath, Emini, Diavai. Joanna, Animal, Sattiam, School M i s t r e s s e s Elizabeth, Martha, Bible Readers; Silas, Village Colporteur. T he Rev. John Scudder writes : ■ T h e past year has been one of steady and persistent work. T h e seed has been sown extensively, some useless and noxious weeds removed, and the field well cultivated. T h e harvest reaped has not m e t our ex­ pectations, still w e are thankful for the fruit w h i c h the L o r d has gra­ ciously given us. . A s usual, there has been an increase in s o m e villages a n d a decrease in others, still the adherents n u m b e r thirty-four m o r e than last year. This increase is ow i n g to tw o n e w villages which have joined us during the year. In one, nine families n u m b e r i n g twenty-seven souls, a n d in the other, four families n u m b e r i n g thirteen souls, have placed t h e m ­ selves under Christian instruction, a n d are anxious to have a helper lo­ cated am o n g them. This has not yet been done. They have worshipped with the congregation nearest to them, a n d have been visited fr o m time to time by a Catechist. In the first village, the people have ’themselves erected a small building in order that divine service m a y be conducted a m o n g them. In the other village, there were, a fe w years ago, a n u m ­ ber of adherents, but they all relapsed except one family, w h o have re­ m a i n e d firm, and have no w persuaded three others to join them. There are hopes that others will also be added to their number. T w o villages have been without a resident Helper.. All were provided for at the beginning of the year, but as w e were compelled to dismiss t w o m e n for misconduct, a n d have not been able to supply their places, the t w o villages have remained vacant. O n e of the m e n dismissed re­ turned to his o w n village, wh e r e there is a small'Christian congregation, and did all he could for some time to break up the school and congrega­ tion. H e succeeded in breaking u p the school, but the people still re­ m a i n faithful. H e seems to have repented of his course, as, towards the end of the year, he sent us a letter confessing his sins, and asked for pardon. I a m sorry to add, that shortly after that, he wa s taken sick and died, leaving a family in destitute circumstances. T h e c o mmunicants n u m b e r twenty-five m o r e than last year, thirty- four have been received on confession of their faith, and thirteen on cer­ tificate. T e n have been dismissed to other churches, nine 'have been suspended for disorderly conduct, and one has died, leaving the present n u m b e r 475. Twenty-nine adults an d sixty children have been baptized. T w e n t y - t w o of these— eleven adults an d eleven children— belong to the village of Pudupoliam, wh e r e w e spent a we e k in April, wo r k i n g am o n g the heathen, and instructing the people. T h e y were very anxious for baptism, a n d as w e k n e w of no objection it wa s decided, after a thor­ ough examination of their knowledge and faith, to administer the rite to them. In the congregation of Tindivanam itself, the communicants remain the sa m e as last year, but there has been a loss of four in the total. This is ow ing to the departure of one of our helpers, who, together with his wife, had been educated by the Mission at a great expense, and wh o w a s induced by the offer of a higher salary to leave us an d seek em p l o y ­ m e n t in another mission. T h e contributions of the native congregations for benevolent purposes . amounted to Rs. 345-7-5, an advance of nearly twenty per cent, over the gifts of last year. Rs. 184-1-8 of this a m o u n t w a s given for the support of the ministry. T h e Rev. Paul Bailey has been faithful in the discharge of his duties to the congregations under his charge, a n d has spent considerable time in touring am o n g the heathen. His church in Orattur has met with a great loss in the death of Elder Ab r a h a m , through w h o s e influence his village wa s led to c o m e over to Christianity. Although he m e t with persecution an d trouble, he never wav e r e d in his faith, but wa s firm an d zealous to the last. H e wa s ill for s o m e mo n t h s before his death, and, t h ough he kn e w that the time of his departure w a s near at hand, w a s cheerful an d resigned, and expressed his willingness to go w h e n the L o r d called. W e trust he has gone to me e t his reward. Middle School— The attendance has not been as large as in former years.' T h e year closed with ninety-two na m e s on the roll. T h e large fees required by the Government have prevented ma n y from attending w h o wo u l d have done so at the old rates. T h e am o u n t of fees received has also fallen off nearly Rs. 100. A s yet no grant has been received. Feeder School.— This school is in a m u c h better condition than last year. A change of teachers wa s made, a n d it has improved in every way. T h e attendance has been better, the a m o u n t of fees ^received* larger, and the grant earned considerably more. T h e year closed with sixty-six na m e s on the roll. • ' The Hindu Girls’ School— There were forty-three girls in attendance at the end of the year, w h i c h N o n e less than last year. T h e school has done fairly well, but we ho p e d for greater improvement. It is with the greatest difficulty we can get the parents to send their children regularly. Their frequent absences are deleterious to the scholars a n d to the con­ dition of the school. Mrs. Scudder visits the school several times a week, a n d examines the scholars in their studies. The Preparandi School— Four boys fr o m this school we r e sent to the Arcot Seminary and two to the school in Arni. There have been twenty- nine scholars during the year. M o s t of th e m have conducted themselves well, a n d have ma d e fair progress in their studies. A s ma n y of th e m are deficient in English, Mrs. Scudder has instructed th e m in this study. Village Schools.— S o m e of th e m are in a better condition than last year, but there is ro o m for a vast improvement. It is with the greatest diffi­ culty that w e can keep th e m up. If the Go v e r n m e n t realized this diffi­ culty, they wo u l d be mo r e liberal in their support an d not be so particu­ lar about the nu m b e r in each class an d the nu m b e r of days each scholar attended. The Reading Room.— This has been kept open during the year and has been visited b y 5.864 persons. Tracts and school books are kept for sale. T h e sales are as follows: C. Y. E. S. books, 386 ; G o v e r n m e n t school books, 340 ; religious books and tracts, 146. Total a m o u n t of sales, Rs. 133-8-3. Besides these the Tract Colporteur has sold books and tracts amounting to over Rs. 87, and the Bible Society Colporteur Bibles and portions amoun t i n g to Rs. 52-3-3. ■ Evangelistic Work.— I have been engaged nearly 100 days in district work. Fifty days were spent touring among the heathen. Another tour wa s planned, but had to be abandoned on account of sickness. A n u m b e r of the native assistants, together with Rev. Paul Bailej', visited Canjeepuram and Milam during the feasts held at these places, and preached- the Gospel to the multitudes assembled there. T h e y have also visited the villages surrounding their stations. M o r e than 1,946 villages have been reached, a n d the truth proclaimed to 111;836 persons, a n d 3,716 books a n d tracts distributed, besides m a n y handbills .which were 'given a w a y freely. T h e remaining portion of the 100 days wa s spent in visiting the Chris­ tian congregations and administering to their wants. Mrs. Scudder accompanied m e on these tours, an d relieved m e of part of the wo r k by examining the schools at the different places. . Rev. Paul Bailey writes: ■ , . B y the blessings of G o d the congregations committed to m y care have g r o w n in k n o w ledge an d grace, and are b e c o m i n g m o r e civilized and orderly in their conduct. S o m e of the Christians preach the Gospel a m o n g the heathen as they have the opportunity. T h e helpers an d I have continually preached to the heathen in the sur­ rounding villages, and s o m e of the villagers have said that they wo u l d c o m e over to Christianity. N i n e families, aggregating forty-three per­ sons, in S alamur have already joined usr S o m e of the Christians have m a d e special gifts during the year. O n e person in Narasinganur gave a sheep he ha d raised. Silas gave a collection bag, and Joseph a la m p for the C h u r c h in Orattur. M a t t h e w gave a ma t for the pastor’s cart. M y wife holds prayers every morning with the w o m e n and teaches t h e m the Catechism. Prayers are also held for the m e n in the evening. I have me t with a great loss in the death of Elder Ab r a h a m . In 1868, w h e n stationed in Nungatoor, he sent for m e to visit his village, w h i c h I did as soon as possible. H e then promised to renounce heathenism and join us. In a short time he persuaded fourteen families.to c o m e with him. T h e y promised to give us so m e land for a church building, and would have done so, had not a heathen w h o owned a share in it ob­ jected. W e could have got another piece, but Ab r a h a m wa s determined that w e should have that, as it ha d been promised, a n d for three years he w o r k e d unceasingly for it, having had to go to court a nu m b e r of times. A t last the Collector ca m e to the village an d gave the desired bit of land. A b r a h a m wa s always faithful an d zealous, a n d a great aid to m e in in­ structing the people a n d urging t h e m to w a l k as Christians. F o r t w o years he wa s ill, but his faith never wavered, an d he died expressing his trust in his Saviour. His death is a great sorrow and loss to me, as I have no one to take his place. 1 visit the Christian congregations under m y care every m o n t h and administer the co m m u n i o n every third month. T w i c e a year Rev. Joh n Scudder and Mrs. Scudder accompany m e on these visits and examine the schools and aid m e in the administration of the sacraments.-

VELLORE. Rev. J. W. Scudder, M.A., M.D., Missionary. . . Mrs. J. W. Scudder, in Charge of Female Seminary. Miss J. C. Scudder, in Charge of Hindu Girls' Schools. Teaching Staff of Female Seminary.— Ebenezer Yesudian, Head Master ; Joseph Packianadan, Second Teacher; David Muni, Third Teacher; Jacob Lazarus, Fourth Teacher : Anna, Fifth Teacher; Mrs. A. White, Matron ;■ A. Massillamony. P. Jaganadan, V. Thomas, Catechists ; Isaac Henry, Catechist and Bible Teacher in Hindu Girls' Schools; N. Gideon, Teacher of Elementary School; Appow, San- drasegaran, Colporteurs; Gnanatipam, Bible Woman; Philipina, Zenana Teacher. Atthe Out-Stations.— Rev. Abraham William, Native Pastor at Kattupadi; Mrs. A. William, R/We Reader ,• Isaac Lazarus, Christian Samuel, Israel Andrew, John Abraham, Catechists; S. Vedamonickam, M. Joshua, S. Treadwell, L. Bashyam, Assistant Catechists; David Daniel, David Vareed, lyavu David, Daniel Lazar, K. Solomon, Readers and School Masters; Philip, M. Paramanandam, John Moses, Zavier Lazar, A. Daniel, School Masters; A. Mary, L. Lazarus, School Mistresses; Shadrach, Colporteur. Nineteen persons wer e received into this church during 1S86, thirteen of th e m on confession of faith and six b y certificate. Seventeen were dismissed to other churches an d three died. A t the close of last year I reported one hundred and twenty-eight communicants. The communi­ cants at the close of the present year nu m b e r e d one hundred an d twenty- seven, sh o w i n g a net decrease of one. W h ile the addition to the church this year wa s not small, the depletion both of church a n d congregation w a s unusually large. This is ow i n g partly to the permanent removal of the native regiment fr o m Vellore an d partly to the migration of five fami­ lies, aggregating twenty-six souls, w h o had been connected with us for m a n y years. O f the commun i c a n t s dismissed, eight were c o m m e n d e d to churches of our o w n Mission, and, therefore, are not lost to us. T h e remaining nine have passed altogether be y o n d our bounds. T w o adults a n d nineteen infants we r e baptiz.ed, a n d seven marriages were solem- jtized. T h e congregation, all told, no w nu m b e r s tw o hundred and thirty- seven. Three general prajmr meetings, one especially for w o m e n , are held every week, the latter by the missionary ladies here. T h e Sa b ­ bath schools continue their useful work. Attendance -on divine service has been fair, and, so far as we kn o w , the conduct of our people good a n d consistent. T h e contributions of the church during 188(5 we r e Rs. 321-5-3. T h e aggregate gain this year over last amounts to Rs. 36-2-4. R e m e m b e r i n g the decrease in the strength of the congregation, this re­ sult is creditable. Female Seminary.— Mrs. J. W. Scudder, who has charge of this institution, writes as follows : - “ I a m h a p p y to say that in reviewing the occurrences of the year in connection with the F e m a l e Seminary, I find but very fe w things to cause either regret for the past, or anxiety for the future. T h e health of the girls has been unusually good. W e have not been visited by death or b y serious illness, a n d t hough tw o accidents occurred— one of a child falling into a well, and another of a girl scalded b y breaking a pot of hot water w h i c h she w a s carrying— in both instances serious results were averted by our loving Heavenly Father. Eight of the pupils have, within the year, m a d e a public profession of religion, and commemorated the dying love of the Saviour by partaking of the holy Sacrament. Five girls were given away in marriage, and have accom­ panied their husbands to various parts of our Mission field. In Ma r c h last w e were fortunate enough to secure the services of a good matron w h o looks carefully after the temporal welfare of the scholars and exerts a g o o d influence on them. In conclusion I wish to thank those friends at ho m e w h o have contributed to the support of m a n y of the girls, and have sent t h e m encouraging letters f r o m time to time. I have also to acknowledge m a n y little gifts to the pupils fro m kind friends, for wh i c h w e return our grateful thanks. I will only a d d that the girls of the Seminary have this year contributed from their little savings-Rs. 20 to the Ma d r a s Bible Society, an d Rs. 20 towards the support of a pastor. Hindu Girls’ Schools.— T h e A r a s a m a r a m Street school, with a wo r k ­ ing staff of four teachers, one sewing mistress an d t w o peons, has on its roll 127 pupils; the average daily attendance w a s ninety. • T h e Circar • M a n d y Street school has four teachers, one sewing mistress, and t w o peons. T h e nu m b e r of scholars on its roll is 105, and its'average daily attendance wa s seventy-eight. ' In Au g u s t last a “ Co m m i t t e e ” of Hi n d u gentlemen started an op p o ­ sition girls’ school almost within a stone’s throw of our Arasamaram street institution, with the avowed purpose of breaking up the “ mis­ sionary’s school.” In a courteous letter I requested the patrons of the n e w enterprize to open it in so m e place sufficiently re m o v e d fro m us to prevent a clashing of interests. T h e request wa s refused, a n d vigorous efforts, s o m e of t h e m of a questionable a n d offensive nature, wer e m a d e to capture our pupils and injure our school. These, I a m glad to say, were, in the main, frustrated by the firm, yet always courteous activity of our teachers. A f e w of our advanced scholars, w h o are daughters-or relatives of the members of the “ committee,” have beeno transferred to the n e w school; but, b e y o n d this, w e have suffered no damage. O n the contrary, our attendance has increased since the rival institution was.established. W e hope that its patrons will soon profit by experience and remove it to some other place where it will stand a better chance of continued life an d prosperity than it does in its blunder­ ing an d ill-starred juxtaposition to the Am e r i c a n Mission school. T h e annual prize distribution took place in January. M a n y of the ' girls w h o have wealthy parents appeared elegantly dressed, and, as is the Hindu custom, profusely decked with costly jewels. Heads, ears, noses, necks, waists, ankles, an d even toes glittered with gold a n d silver a n d precious stones. AVhile a cultivated taste might, perhaps, reflect u p o n so lavish a decoration of individuals, the-general effect produced b y a large assemblage of y o u n g girls thus embellished is certainly brilliant and not unpleasing to the eye. So, judging fr o m the gratified expression of their faces, thought the assembled parents a n d friends of the pupils. After a brief recitation of lessons interspersed with the singing of Tamil an d Te l u g u lyrics, the prizes were given to the chil­ dren. and the}7 went home, pressing dolls, workboxes, and books to delighted hearts. T h ese schools are in the charge_of Miss Scudder, w h o visits th e m daily, and gives m u c h time an d effort to the instruction of the pupils. I a m sure the ladies of our W o m a n ' s B o a r d w h o support these institutions, w o u l d feel abundantly repaid, could they hear these yo u n g Hi n d u girls reciting their catechism and fluently repeating the sweet stories of the Bible. Teachers an d scholars have w o r k e d diligently throughout the year, and have, as they deserve, our commendation. Zenana Work.— This wo r k which, as I mentioned in m y last report, w a s partially interrupted at the close of 1885 b y the removal of our trained assistant, w a s fully resumed on her return in Ma r c h of this year. It is a most important agency, and might be amplified to almost any ex­ tent in this city. B u t we cannot do mu c h with the limited me a n s at our disposal. A few hundred rupees a year would enable us to employ sev­ eral qualified w o m e n in this work, a n d scores of secluded zenanas might be illumined with Gospel light. T h e chief, not to say the only, hin­ drance, is the wa n t of funds. It will give us pleasure to press this wo r k on just as fast an d as far as me a n s m a y be furnished for its prosecution. Mrs. Isaac He n r y has, w e are glad to say, continued to give her volun­ tary services in this department this year. Heading Boom.— The reading room has been open almost every week d a y throughout the year. A s s h o w n b y the record, the average daily n u m b e r of visitors wa s fifty-six, giving an aggregate of 16,822 for the twelvemonth. M a n y of these, doubtless, are attracted m a i n l y by the secular newspapers and magazines spread on the tables of the room. But, from whatever motive they come, all have the Gospel preached to them, a n d all are invited to read the Scriptures an d other Christian books that o c c u p y places alongside of the worldly literature. Bibles an d tracts are also kept on sale, a n d are purchased to so m e extent by visitors. Religi­ ous publications to the value of six or seven rupees are thus put in circu­ lation every month. W e heartily thank F. Wilkinson, Esq., w h o has kindly continued his liberal contribution towTards the expenses of this reading room. Out-Stations.— The changes at m y Out-Stations have been so trifling that I have little or nothing to report concerning them. T h e usual pas­ toral, educational, an d evangelistic wo r k has been steadily an d earnestly carried on throughout the period under review. W e are encouraged, as w e see in s o m e of the villages sure indications, f r o m year to year, of social an d spiritual advancement. In s o m e places the change for the better is too plain to escape even a cursory observation ; in others, w e are forced to admit that the im p r o v e m e n t is mo r e tardy, as it is less conspic­ uous. But, on the.whole, the movement is unquestionably onward and upward. W e have ha d no accessions fr o m a m o n g the heathen this year. There is talk in so m e villages of co m i n g over to Christianity, but the talk still waits on courage. Probably w e m a y count on these talkers joining us after a while. A s always, s o m e of the village schools have done creditably, while others afford us but scant comfort. In several places conscientious and energetic native assistants, seconded by parents moderately appreciative of their children’s interests, s h o w us schools that we are not as h a m e d of ; in others our best efforts do not very noticeably succeed in energizing either teachers or parents. Yet, viewed f r o m a general standpoint, there is progress in this department also. W h a t we have to do is to press on perseveringly in the path of duty, faint sometimes, like Gideon, yet, like him, pursuing. The Out-Station churches under m y pastoral care, viz, those of Sekadu and Kandipputtur, have, respectively. 105 and 124 members in c o m m u n i o n . T o the former three persons were added by certificate this year, a n d one co m m u n i c a n t wa s removed by death. • Into the latter I ha d the pleasure, in No v e m b e r last, of receiving seven persons on confession of their faith. O n e of these wa s baptized in infancy, the remaining six had the rite administered to them as adult converts from heathenism. Ninety-four commun i c a n t s sat d o w n on that da y at the table of the Lord, a n d thjs in a place wh e r e twenty-five years ago the na m e itself of Christ was unknown. T h e church in Kandipputtur was organized in 1866. Evangelistic Work.— Daily preaching of the Gospel to the heathen has been steadily kept u p throughout the year, both in Yellore a n d at the ■Out-Stations. In November, accompanied by Dr. John Scudder, and for part of the time by Mr. Conklin, I visited Gudiyatam, a large to w n twenty miles west of Vellore. W e spent mo r e than a fortnight there pro­ claiming the Wo r d in all its streets, an d in the adjoining villages as well. O n this tour w e preached 233 times, in 116 places, to 7,193 people. A d d i n g these to the above, inclusive of reading ro o m audiences, a n d the totals are: Times, 5,406 ; places, 766 ; audiences, 116,726. . T H E JAPAN MISSION.

ORGANIZED IN 1859.

This Mission has two principal stations, the Nagasaki and the Tokyo-Yokohnma Stations. , Missionaries— 'Nagasaki Station— Revs. Henry Stout, N. H. Demarest and A. Olt- mans. Tokyo-Yokohama Station— Revs. G. F. Verbeck, D.D., James H. Ballagh, E. Rothesay Miller, James L. Amerman, D.D., Howard Harris and Prof. 31. N. Wyckoff. tn America, Rev. E. S. Booth. Assistant Missionaries— Nagasaki Station— Mrs. Stout, Mrs. Demarest. Mrs. Olt- mans and Miss 31. E. Brokaw. Tokyo-Yokohama Station— Mrs: Verbeck, Mrs. Bal- laglvMrs. Miller, Mrs. Amerman, Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Wyckoff, Miss H. L. Winn, Miss 31. Leila Winn and 31iss AnnaH. Ballagh. In America, Mrs. Booth. Connected with the Nagasaki Station are two organized churches, with a baptized membership of one hundred and twenty-nine, of wh o m forty-five are children. The churches connected with Tokyo and Yokohama are so intimately associated with those of the other 3Iissions in the Union Church, that no special report is made of them by the 31ission. t The tables which accompany this report are those of the Council of United 3Iis- sions, for 1886. The Council is composed of the Five 3Iissions of the Reformed Church, the Presbyterian Churches (North and South), and the German Reformed Church of the United States, and the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland. According to the tables, there are fifty churches on the roll of the United Church. Of these, the Kaigan Church, of Yokohama, is the oldest, having been organized in 3Iarch 11th, 1872, with only eleven members. The total church membership reported at the meeting of Synod in November, 1885. was 3,808. Of these, 3,228 were adults. The number determined from material sent in by the late October Presbyteries, reaches 5,115, or, not counting children, 4,356. This shows a gain in adult membership of 1,128, or nearly thirty-five per cent. Of the adult membership, the proportion of men to women is as fifty-nine to forty-one. These figures differ slightly from those of last year, which were sixty- one and thirty-nine. Two of the churches have each over three hundred members ; three have between two hundred and three hundred each ; sixteen more have over one hundred, and several of these nearly or quite reached two hundred in the last days of the year after the Presbyteries met, e.

Statistical Table, 1886., || Present in Increase in De­ October 1886. crease. 1886.

Baptisms. „ ||

Presbyteries or Classes and Churches. i £

1 Adults. Total number on the roll in 1885. in roll the on number Total Total. | Total. Total. | Contributions for all purposes. all for Contributions | Number. | Children. | letter. | by Dismissed | | Died. | me from m b ’shipl Excluded | Adults. j Children. | Baptism. Suspended. | for | Candidates | Households. I | [j Scholars. S. S. '

D aiichi Tokyo : Y en. Kaigan...... 1 309 91 4 95 7 45 5 3 335 24 359 19 151 120 645.940 Shinsakae..... 2 210 41 6 47 5 9 2 2 234 16 250 4 61 100 711.075 Sumiyoslii Cho.. 3 120 23 2 25 6 4 117 29 146 2 9 61 140 334.069 Hoden...... 4 65 6 6 .... 2 .. 54 15 69 1 4 20 14 52.603 Sukiyabashi... 5 140 22 3 25■3 7 2 3 140 15 155 3 52 40 280.146 Shinagawa.... 6 60 20 1 21 1 15 1 5 35 7 4!J 4 13 42 109.129 Kojimachi.... 7 101 19 7 26 6 6 1 2 110 14 124 9 23 37 135.676 Saicura...... 8 59 17 6 23 3 63 17 80 3 3 38 24 122.66? 9 32 12 2 14 4 0 42 3 45 26 Daimachi.... % 10 100 6 4 10 12 • 5 1 79 35 114 2 90 304.293 Mishima...... 11 112 37 6 43 1 136 18 154 12 45 50 230.014 Kuiukuri..... 12 80 28 18 46 1 2 .. 92 31 123 7 9 16 75 113.140 Shiba...... 13 222 45 22 67 2 13 4 28 172 40 212 8 73 135 417.872 Shimbashi.... 14 76 43 1 44 10 14 2 4 103 10 113 .., 7 44 31 156.301 Nishi Shiba.... 15 60 19 2 21 5 5 2 60 17 77 7 40 35 114.640 Akasaka..... 16 22 9 6 15 0 2 i 21 13 34 9 15 30.060 17 142 35 177 18 33 3 36 9 30 19 22

Totals.... 19 1768 438 90 528 61 12529 53 1990 342 2332 45 103681 10283917.680

D aini Tokyo : , 1 78 1 1 2 68 g 76 2 24 2 0 20 Asakusa...... 3 276 70 17 8T 2 14 9 26 261 56 317 8 110 93 596.389 Ushigomi.... 4 209 35 13 48 6 18 4 1 204 34 238 46 105 397.450 Ryogoku ..... 5 143 27 1 28 1 2 6 1 144 21 165 6 78 50 365.924 Kongo ...... 6 112 22 3 25 15 9 6 109 21 130 2 8 30 72 250.149 W a d o ...... 7 74 11 1 12 1 75 10 85 2 33 32 614.751 Kiriu...... 8 148 2 2 i 2 16 73 24 97 "2 18 28 82.606 Shitaya...... 9 106 24 24 13 1 3 6 129 1 130 3 45 51 272.589 Nihombashi... 10 99 24 4 28 9 1 4 17 90 20 110 i 3 33 60 212.630 11 56 5 8 13 2 52 15 Honjo...... 12 30 13 1 14 6 1 0 39 6 45 3 20 37 134.290 Utsunomiya..... 13 3 3 6 3 27 13 40 flo non ______Totals.... 13 1355 238 51 289 53 48 42 79 1291 235 1526 12 31 459 649 8309.789

Chinzei : Nagasaki..... 1 08 23 9 32 13 1 5 69 80 104 2 13 48 37 86.710 Yanagawa.... 2 71 60 21 81 2 9 :. 113 35 148 7 59 90 74.730 Akamagaseki.... 3 32 3 3 7 4 30 5 35 7 3 16 6 25.160 4 24 4 i 5 1 Yamaguchi... 5 60 9 5 14 3 11 1 51 18 69 7 29 45 140.150 Toyonoura .... 6 34 14 2 16 2 7 2 1 25 11 36 17 23 22.860 Hiroshima.... 7 26 15 2 17 7 2 1 30 2 32 4 8 23 14 206.350 —— — — Totals.... 7 315 128 40 16808 39 9 8 333 116 449 20 41201 283 573.550

p THE UNION CHURCH OF CHRIST IN JAPAN.

S t a t i s t i c a l T a b l e , 1886.— Continued.

Present in De­ Increase in October, n 1886. crease. 1886. to sa Baptisms. I =5 P resbyteries or £ Classes and Churches. P .2 fJ3

N aniwa : Kanazawa.... 1 76 34 5 39 8 6 3 93 113 189 255.173 2 66 25 4 29 .2 13 5 77 1 86 45 46.976 Kita r...... 3 31 51 5 56 10 6 1 87 8 95 110 371.673 4 21 95 16 111 1 1 6 i 113 15 128 75 188.447 Minami ...... 5 20 17 4 21 2 1 35 7 42 40 72.784

Totals.... 6 214 222 34 256 23 15 17 405 59 464 83 146 459 935.053

M iyagi 1 162 34 34 194 2 196 529.114 2 52 4£ 4 52 436.559 s 22 15 15 37 37 113.730 20 5 5 25 25 35.750 14 7 7 2C 1 21 60.000 Other Baptisms 13 13 . 12 13 — — — — Totals.... 5 270 74 74 337 7 344 1175.153

Su m m a r y . Daiichi, Toky 191768 438 90 528 62 125 29 53 1990 342 2332 45 113681 1028 3917.680 Daini “ 13 1355 238 51 289 53 48 4279 1291235 1526 12 31 459 649 3309.789 Chinzei... 7 315 128 40 ins 28 39 9 3 333 116 449 20 41 199 233 573.550 Naniwa.... 6 214 222 34 256 23 15 17 9 405 59 464 5 33 146 459 935.053 Miyagi.... 270 337 7 344 1175.153 111 ______Grand Totals 50 3922 1100 215 1315 4356 759 5115 9911,225

N ote.— In the absence of a full statement from the Miyagi Presbytery (Classis) a complete table of statistics cannot be given. The above, however, indicates with sufficient accuracy the state of the Church as a whole.

i KEPOllT OF THE MISSION. In reviewing the past year w e are struck not only by the great pro­ gress which has been m a d e in all departments of our work, but also by the changed aspect of the Japanese in certain relations wh i c h they bear1 to it. This change has been gradual, and yet it has manifested itself m o r e prominently this year than hitherto. ' Last year w e called attention to the rapid g r o w t h of the “ R o m a j i K w a i ” (R o m a n Letter Society). N o w w e wish to emphasize the fact that the Japanese, through all grades of society, are pursuing the study of English with passionate enthusiasm. Schools to teach ho w to speak English, in distinction fro m the reading of English books, are springing up all over the country. T h e de m a n d for competent teachers is so great that it is an important question h o w this wa n t can be supplied. Applications have been m a d e to several of the missions, asking that m e n be sent to the different prominent to wns throughout the Em p i r e to teach in such schools wh e r e they will have full liberty to preach Christianity. Married missionaries are generally preferred to'other teachers on account of the moral influence they can exert, and because their wives can benefit socially the ladies of the towns w h e r e they m a y live. T h e salaries offered in these schools range fr o m 50 to 150 yen a month. Onevery urgent call has co m e from Yamaguchi, w h e r e the people offer 150 yen an d promise to give a contract for three years to be renewed if mutually agreeable; they promise also to build a house for the teacher, w h o mu s t be a graduate of a college.. Y a m a g u c h i is a city of 6,000 houses, the capital of the prefecture of the sa m e na m e in the country of Ghoshu. T h e Choshu clan was one of the three great clans at the time of the revolution. Its leaders have been and are still prominent in the Government. T h e Minister President of State, Count Ito, and the Mi n ­ ister of State for Foreign Affairs, C o u n t Inoue, and m a n y other p r omi­ nent officials, are Ch o s h u men.. T h e officers and people of influence in the t o w n of Nakaisu., of the Oita Prefecture, w h e r e the Nagasaki Station have carried o n w o r k for s o m e time past (kno w i n g that our Mission could not c o m p l y with their request), applied to the Methodist Mission for a teacher for an English school. T h e ne w school is started under the patronage of the former D a i m y o of the place, w h o has promised to give 1,500 yen for three years. The Revs. Messrs. Tomegawa and Segawa are from this town. The latter ca m e to the Capital not long ago to see Mr. F u k u z a w a , w h o is also a native of Nakatsu, and interest hi m in the school. Mr. Hattori, an officer in the educational department, and a graduate of Rutgers, has interested himself in this matter of asking the mission­ aries to go to teach in such schools in the interior. H e urges it as a plan which promises go o d for both parties. T h e schools will obtain reliable teachers in the missionaries, a n d they will have advantageous opportun­ ities, throughout the country, to preach the Gospel an d gain an influence with the scholars of the next generation, with very small expense c o m ­ paratively to the Boards. ’ This de m a n d for teachers has to be me t in so m e way, and the burning tquestion for us n o w is, w h a t part w e shall take in this educational problem which is confronting us. Especially is this important in regard to the education of girls. T h e nation seems to be thoroughly aroused in behalf of the education of women. The papers are full of it. M a g a ­ zines have been started in its interest. N e w schools have been opened by the Japanese, and, besides the cry for wo m e n to teach in these schools, all the Mission schools are full to overflowing. T h e number of their pupils is only limited by the extent of their accommodations. Attention is called to the report of the ‘ ‘ Isaac Ferris Seminary ” a n d to the urgent necessity that the Ch u r c h at ho m e see to it that this and the “ Jonathan Sturges Seminary ” at Nagasaki arc fully equipped and maintained in efficient wo r k i n g order. T h e Mission feels that this is such an important subject that, in con­ nection with others w h o are in the Council of the United Missions, they have appointed a Committee to draw up a paper which m ay be pre­ sented to the different Boards, so that the churches m a y see that our earnest demand for more workers is based on the measure of success w hich has attended our efforts during the past year. Statistics.— T h e present number of churches on the roll of the United C h u r c h is fifty (50), w h i c h is a gain of eleven (11) since the last tables were ma d e out. O f these, the churches in and near Sendai joined at the meeting of the Daikwai, but were not on the roll; a n d of the rest the only ones that were newly organized during the year were the Tonamachi church in Kanazawa, organized on the 8th of October, with twenty believers, and the Yokosuka church, which was organized on the 15th of July, with thirty-four members. This church is entirely self-supporting, and h a d g r o w n to a me m b e r s h i p of over fifty by the end of the year. T h e y have contributed 80 yen for all purposes during the year. The Motodaikucho church joined the Union from the German Re- • formed Mission, with a me m b e r s h i p of 177, m a n y of w h o m are living in the country towns where the Mission has work. Another church of this Mission expects to join the Second To k y o Chukwai at its spring meet­ ing. ' T h e me m b e r s h i p of these eleven churches is 681. Membership.— T h e present nu m b e r of baptized Christians is 2,554 men, 1,802 w o m e n and 759 children— in all, 5,115. T h e total reported last year wa s 3,922, w h i c h is a gain of 1,193. T h e n u m b e r of baptisms re: ported is 1,100 adults an d 215 children, or a total of 1,315. . Contributions.— T h e whole amount contributed by the native churches w a s 9,911,215, while that for last year w a s 8,859,927, w h i c h m a k e s a gain of 1,051,298 }ren. , Comparison with other Churches— Thz statistics for the Evangelical Alliance, of all the Protestant churches in Japan, are just published, and, being ma d e out to the end of the year,, are so m e w h a t larger than the figures given above. T a k i n g fr o m this table the statistics for the United Church, the Churches under the A. B. C. F. M., all the Methodist churches and all the Episcopal churches w e have the follow­ ing : Self-supporting Baptisms, Contributions, Churches. Churches. l8$0. Members. Yen. United Church... . 55 25 1,335 5,472 10,392.02 American Board... 31 26 965 4,017 10,269.33 Methodist...... 66 ■ 2 970 2,798 '2,637.98 Episcopal ...... 19 465 1,209 1,408.39 F r o m this table it will be seen that the United C h u r c h s h o w s larger gains during the year, a larger m e m b e r s h i p than a n y other b o d y and larger contributions, but that of the churches of the A. B. C. F. M . a larger nu m b e r are self-supporting. F o r the whole of Japan the n u m b e r of churches is 193, the baptisms for the year are 4,269, the m e m b e r s h i p is 14,815 an d the total contribu­ tions are, yen 26,866.01, w h i c h sh o w s a gain of 25 churches, 3,137 m e m ­ bers, and yen 2,721.81 in contributions over last year. The Growth of the United Church.— The United Church has grown not only in numbers', but also in strength a n d self-reliance. T h e believers are wor k i n g together an d individually, and the prayer-meetings, as well as the Bible classes an d regular church services, are well attended. T h e business of the Ch u k w a i an d Dai k w a i is carried on almost entirely b y the native ministers. T h e examinations for both licensure a n d ordi­ nation have been ma d e m u c h stricter, so that the intellectual standard of the ministry will be raised, as there is an expressed desire for well-edu­ cated pastors on the part of the churches. T h e nu m b e r of the theolog­ ical students is increasing, at the s a m e time that their general ability seems to be improving. T h e spirit of self-support seems to be increasing, though m a n y of the old churches have not grown strong enough to be entirely independent of Mission aid. W e hope the day will soon come when the whole C h u r c h will be self-supporting, and, as looking toward this end, the ' ne w churches organized are generally expected to help themselves. • O f the churches which are still receiving help f r o m the Mission— ex­ cept those in K i u s h u — the Kojimachi, the M i s h i m a a n d the N a g o y a churches are the only ones w h o s e acting pastors receive their salaries f r o m the Mission. O f these, both Mr. Ogimi, at Kojimachi, a n d Mr. Banno, at Nagoya, do other wo r k besides supplying the pulpits of those churches. All three of these churches p a y all their current expenses outside of the pastors’ salaries. Further, the Kokimachi church is con­ sidering the matter of calling a regular pastor. Mishima.— \N(i hope that the Rev. Mr. O k u n o ’s labors for the Mishi­ m a church, w h e r e he has been under the direction of the Mission since the 1st of November, will result in great'good. The example which they have am o n g them, of the large gift of one of their ow n number, should rouse th e m to large efforts toward self-support. Mr. H a n a j i m a wa s a large "sake” merchant. Having come under the influence of Christianity, he, with his family, began the observance of the iSabbath, but wa s not baptized because he could not see his wa y clear to give up the business. His younger brother retired fr o m the business entirely, a n d w a s received into the Church. Afterwards Mr. H a n a j i m a stopped the further manufactory of "sake,” but h o had a large stock on hand. Mr. Ballagh told hi m of the case of the President of one of the English Te m p e r a n c e Societies w h o ha d emptied his wi n e cellar into the gutter so as to get rid of it without doing ha r m to others, a n d he wa s so m u c h impressed by the example that the next day he sent in his license to sell to the Government, and with his family and dependents, sixteen in all, received baptism. Subsequently, u p o n the advice of his brethren, he offered his large storehouse and the gr o u n d o n wh ich it stood, which •were valued at 6,000 yen for the liquor business, for a chapel an d a girls’ school. F o r these latter purposes it is valued at 3,000 yen, a n d will re­ quire about 500 or 600 yen mo r e to m a k e the necessary alterations. T h e people are so excited over the idea of having a girls’ school that they can hardly think of anything else, a n d are holding meetings for prayer that the request for a lady teacher f r o m Am e r i c a m a y be granted. Quite a n u m b e r of girls are already waiting for the opening of the school wh i c h they confidently expect. Early in February preparations were m a d e for a three days preaching a n d lecture meeting at Mishima, but, just as the lecturers were about to start fr o m Tokyo, w o r d c a m e that the local police h a d forbidden the holding of the meeting. Immediate steps were taken to ascertain if this wa s in compliance with instructions fr o m Tokyo, as the police in Mishima gave the Christians to understand. T h e Secretary of the Min- <■ ister of State for Foreign Affairs said that he wa s sure that no such order had been issued from the Foreign Office. "When the Chief of Police un ­ derstood the matter he said that the lectures might go on, a n d that he w o u l d issue instructions b y telegraph to the police in Mi s h i m a not to in­ terfere ; that the missionaries might not only preach as m u c h as they liked, but might even lecture on political subjects, if they complied with the regulations issued on the subject. * n On Sunday, the 21st of February, the opening services were held in the chapel, w h e n the Rev. Mr. O g i m i preached a sermon on the “ Heir­ ship of Christians.” After the s ermon Mr. Ballagh administered the L o r d ’s Su pper an d baptized seven persons. In the afternoon various meetings we r e held an d different persons visited. A m o n g others, Dr. Verbeck and Mr. Ballagh called on a school teacher w h o lived about three miles out of town. This m a n h a d for­ merly been a Buddhist priest. Three years ago he had been found by these sa m e missionaries, in true hermit style, sitting in a little open hut o n the margin of a miniature lake in the rear of the town, ma k i n g merit for himself an d his patrons by daily beating a go n g fr o m sunrise to m i d ­ night. T h e y reasoned with h i m on the vanity of his pounding that gong, directed hi m to a mo r e excellent wray a n d gave h i m s o m e tracts a n d portions of the Scriptures. H e soon after gave u p his vain performances and became a school teacher in the village where they called on hi m that afternoon. H e is not a believer, but continues read­ ing. and sometimes attends the preaching of the Gospel. H e attended the evening meetings of the following days. O n Sunday evening the Rev. Mr. Miura, one of the Tokyo pastors,, preached, and also Dr. Verbeck. Both the morning and evening meet­ ings lasted fully tw o hours, yet, at the close of the meetings, the people looked as if they w o u l d willingly listen for an hour or tw o longer. M o n d a y , the 22d, w a s a cold, rainy day, but the lectures were ar­ ranged for the evenings, as at that time the people are at leisure. A l ­ though the night wa s so stormy the audience which c a m e xvas the largest of the kind ever got together in Mishima. T h e next day Dr. Verbeck baptised a school teacher, w h o promises to be a zealous worker. In the evening, again, a large audience wa s gath­ ered in spite of the cold. ■ F r o m the experience and results of these three days meetings it is clear that a great change has co m e over the people of this region. M i s h i m a contains several large and popular temples, a n d has been considered a stronghold of Bu d d hism. In former years, attacks on colporteurs a n d Bible carts, as well as riots threatening evangelists and Christians, had. not been un k n o w n , nor wa s it easy to get the m o r e respectable of the residents to attend the meetings. T h e seed wh i c h ha d been so diligently- sown by Mr. Ito, and later by Mr. Hayashi, was, indeed, springing up, a n d promises an abundant harvest. E v e r y forenoon of the days of the lectures the Christians held a_ special prayer meeting for the divine blessing to rest upon the meeting which wa s to be held in the evening.' Numazu.— After the meetings in Mishima were over Dr. Verbeck, Mr. Miura and Mr. Hayashi went to the town of Numazu, about four miles west of Mishima. This is an important out-station of the Canadian Methodist Mission, w h i c h has always been very friendly with ours, so that w h e n o p p o r ­ tunity offers brotherly co-operation is freely rendered. Preliminaries having been made on the evening of the 24th, a crowded house was waiting the advent of the lecturers. Just before the lecture began a curious altercation took place between the leader of the meeting a n d a. y o u n g ma n in the audience who, with others like him, seemed inclined for a disturbance. H e wished to k n o w if they were to listen to ser m o n s or lectures. If the former, they were willing to remain quiet as h a d been requested by the leader of the meeting, but if, on the other hand, they we r e to be only lectures, he a n d others with h i m w o u l d certainly claim the right of expressing their assent or dissent in the usual- wa y — which is often disturbing enough. It was explained that, though the w o r d lecture might have been used in giving out the notices, Christian lectures were about the sa m e as sermons, a n d so he wo u l d in all proba­ bility regard them. H e w a s satisfied, and promised that, in that case, he wo u l d keep quiet, w h i c h he did, except in one or tw o instances, w h e n he called out that the Japanese speakers were wandering f r o m their subjects and lecturing instead of preaching. It w a s an agreeable sur­ prise to see h o w ready he wa s to m a k e a distinction between preaching- a n d lecturing, an d to recognize the fact that the Gospel should be lis­ tened to with respect. T h e meeting passed off very quietly an d satisfac­ torily. Wado.— T h e W a d o church is certainly developing the abilities of its elders in a most wonderful manner, though they have not yet called a pastor. They, however, invite so m e of the T o k y o pastors to c o m e out and preach for them once or twice a month, paying their expenses. T h e y have a ne w chapel at Senji'contiguous to the to w n of Sugila, about two miles from the little village which gives the n a m e to the church. This chapel was built by the believers, m a n y of w h o m are workmen, one of the elders being head carpenter. T h e funds were contributed largely by a gentleman in the United States, supplemented b y the gifts. of the Christians. It is large, c o m m o d i o u s a n d the m o s t church-like looking chapel that w e have except the building in Yokohama. The dedication was held on Saturday, the 15th of May, when Dr. Verbeck, Mr.. Ballagh an d Mr. Miller w e r e present. Appropriate services were held, with a cro w d e d house, and on the next day, Sunday, the Lo r d ’s S upper w a s celebrated in the morning, a n d sermons preached. O n M o n d a y a n d Tuesday following, lectures wer e given in t w o of the neighboring towns by Dr. Verbeck, Mr. Miller and Mr. Miura, w h o had c o m e out for the purpose.

THE BOARD OF MISSIONS. '

A prominent feature of our report last year w a s the account of the B o ard of Missions of the Daikwai, a n d great hopes we r e entertained of its success. W e have n o w to report the first year of its work, a n d are only sorry that, as the time of meeting of the Daikwai is the same as that of our General Synod, w e can not, at this time, give as complete a report of the wo r k done during the year as w e could wish. The Board consists of twenty members, ten of w h o m are foreigners. This Bo a r d decides all estimates of the different C h u k w a i committees, a n d has fixed the salaries of evangelists within, certain limits, but nearly all the wo r k is left to the different committees of the Chukwai, one-half of w h o m are foreigners. It is further provided that an y of the Ch u k w a i can unite in their Mission w o r k if they wish, and in accordance with this permission the First a n d Second T o k y o C h u k w a i have united and have one committee, c o m p o s e d of ten foreigners an d ten Japanese. T h e appropriations ma d e to the different Chukwai, according to the estimates sent to the Board, w e r e as follows : First a n d Second Tokio, 200 yen a month, but the committee has never drawn the full a m o u n t ; Miyagi Chukwai, 140 yen a month ; the Chinzei Chukwai, 150 yen a month, and the Naniwa Chukwai 90 yen. T h e salaries determined by the Board were from 7 yen to 20 per mo n t h for unordained evangelists, a n d f r o m 12 to 30 for ordained evangelists. T h e receipts an d expenditures of the Bo a r d to the e n d of February, 1887, for thirteen mo n t h s were as follows : Beceipts f r o m native sources (one-fourth), ye n 1,325.93; f r o m the Missions (three-fourths), 3,977.79 ; total, yen 5,303.72. T h e payments were, yen 4,908.89 ; balance, yen 394.83. , T h e receipts fr o m mo s t of the churches w e r e larger at the beginning of the year, but so m e fe w of the growing churches are giving mo r e largely n o w than ever before. T h e receipts are, as a general rule, sent in monthly. . [Space will not permit the reproduction here of the detailed and vo l u m ­ inous reports from the Missionary Committees of the different C hukwai (Classes) wh i c h ac c o m p a n y the report of the Mission. T h e y sh o w a vast amount of labor performed with an encouraging degree of success. The following extracts mus t suffice, as illustrating the nature of the wo r k an d the character of the opportunities that offer. Hiroshima is a large city of 19,000 houses a n d 76,000 persons. It is the capital of the Prefecture of the sa m e name, an d lies on the northern shore of the Inland Sea, about one-third of the w a y between K o b e and the Straits of Shimonoseki. It is the largest to w n west of Osaka, and contains a court, the Prefectorial offices, a garrison, a n d lately a n e w naval station has been established about fifteen miles f r o m the city, so that the nu m b e r of officials of all grades, both military an d civil, is very large. Hiroshima, however, bears a bad name for its notorious im m o ­ rality. T h e towns-people'also are not so enterprising, nor the neighbor­ ing farmers so well off as those in so m e of the near provinces. ■ There is a church of thirty-two members, and the Rev. Mr. S. Hat- tori is settled here as evangelist. Since the s u m m e r Mr. Otani, one of the graduates of the Theological School, has also been w o r k i n g here. There is a chapel built by the church m e m b e r s last May . A s our Mission was expecting to hold its annual meeting at Nagasaki, Dr. Yerbeckand Mr. Miller were requested to stop at Hiroshima either on their w a y thither or returning. T h e y left T o k y o near the beginning of December, reaching Hiroshima the 10th, and remained there an d in the vicinity till the 21st. _ D u r i n g their stay of eleven days, preaching services wer e held almost every da y in the church, and, as soon as a theatre could be procured, lectures were given on three afternoons to audiences of 300 or 400 per­ sons. T h e last night of the stay one of the large theatres w a s engaged and lectures given to an audience of nearly 1,200. T h e proprietor of the small theatre wa s at first afraid to let it at night. S o m e time before, some Buddhist lectures were the cause of such a disturbance that he thought there might be the sa m e opposition raised to Christian meetings, and so his property would be in danger. When, however, he saw the respectful ma n n e r in wh i c h the lectures were listened to, he changed his m i n d and offered to rent the theatre in the evening, but by that time ar­ rangements ha d been m a d e to hold one lecture in the large theatre. All the audiences were very attentive, an d did not seem in the least inclined to m a k e a disturbance. T h e meetings in the church wer e not so fully attended as had been hoped, yet those w h o came evidently wished to hear, a n d it mus t be re m e m b e r e d that these meetings in the church were strictly preaching services and not popular lectures. Besides the meetings held at Hiroshima, there was one at the little village of Funakoshi, s o m e five miles fr o m the city, w h e r e a service had been undertaken by Mr. Hattori at the request of so m e of the officials of the district office, w h i c h w a s located there. T h o s e w h o c a m e to the meetings were entirely government officers, w h o had requested Mr. Hattori to continue the meetings should the district office be removed, as w a s contemplated, to' the ne w naval station of Kure. Mr. Hattori hopes that go o d will co m e of this meeting. A t present there are one or t w o Christians a m o n g the nu m b e r of those w h o attend. After a we e k of meetings at Hiroshima, Dr. Verbeck and Mr. Miller, accompanied by Mr. Hattori, we n t to the to w n of Iwakuni, some twenty- five miles fr o m Hiroshima, in the precincts of the Y a m a g u c h i pre­ fecture.' Here preparations had been made for their coming. There were held t w o public meetings, at w h i c h lectures were given, w h ere the people were very attentive, an d afterwards requested that the gentle­ m e n w o u l d stay over another night that they plight have a meeting- in the evening at, which they could ask questions. T h e y consented, a n d .about twenty-five of the prominent m e n of the place ca m e together and asked questions, principally on the future life. O n this trip of thirteen days spent at Hiroshima and its neighborhood there were twenty meetings held, at which twenty-three lectures and thirteen sermons were delivered. O f these, t w o lectures we r e given in the village of Fu n a k o s h i ; fifteen lectures and thirteen sermons in Hiro­ s h ima : four lectures in Iwakuni, a n d tw o lectures in Shimonoseki. Tosa.— A long trip w a s m a d e b y Mr. a n d Mrs; Miller, of three months, in company with Messrs. Grinnan and MacAlpine, of the Pres­ byterian Ch u r c h (South). T h e y reached K o c h i on the 25th of January, 1886. Messrs. Grinnan a n d M a c A l p i n e decided to stay for a year at least. They immediately began work by teaching an hour each, daily, in the Kyoritsu school, besides taking a conversation class of the m o r e advanced scholars an d 1 teachers for an hour a day. This wa s given u p after the su m m e r vacation. T h e y also began a Bible class in the S u n ­ d a y school, w hich students fro m other schools in the city attend. B e ­ sides, thej' have classes at their house and m a n y opportunities to teach the truths of Christianity to those wh o co m e to them. T h e Rev. Mr. Y a m a m o t o , w h o ha d been ordained as an evangelist for Tosa, has been in Ko c h i since the au t u m n of 1885, acting as the pastor of the church a n d working in the vicinity, as he has the time. Mr. Oshikawa, the pastor of the Sendai Church, was there from January, for over a month, a n d did a great deal of go o d in arousing an interest in those w h o had not heard anything of Christianity. H e also urged on the people the need of beco m i n g self-supporting, an d fr o m the first of M a r c h they undertook the entire support of their pastor, having paid al­ ready, from the time of the organization of the church, all their current expenses. Mrs. Miller took charge of the wo m e n ’s meetings, which were well attended. A s they were held at the houses of believers in different parts of the town, n e w faces were constantly seen. M a n y thus be c a m e inter­ ested w h o afterwards ca m e to the meetings held in the preaching place. Since the return of Mrs. Miller, Mr. Yamamoto was married and brought his wife to Kochi, a n d she has helped greatly to increase and carry forward the interest already awakened a m o n g the women. Since the.autumn the wo r k has been carried on efficiently b y Mrs. Grinnan. After Mr. and Mrs. Miller’s arrival the different meetings were in­ creased somewhat. Some young men, w h o m Rev. Mr. Oshikawa had gathered fr o m those w h o were interested in his lectures, wer e f o rmed into a class for inquiry into the truths of Christianity, an d afterwards taught by Mr. Miller as a Bible class in the Gospel of John. A n ew preaching place was opened in another part of the town ; and just be­ fore Mr. O s h i k a w a left, there w a s a large lecture meeting held in the theatre at wh ich the following themes were treated ; “ Th e Relation of Christianity to the Country a n d the F a m i l y ; ” “ T h e Bible;” “ T h e P o w e r of the Bible;” “ T h e Necessity of Christianity for the Present Time, fro m the State of Morality, the Relations of the Sexes, the Ne e d of a Religion,” etc. D u r i n g the stay of Mr. O s h i k a w a trips h a d been taken to several towns an d villages in the neighborhood, w h e r e wo r k ha d been started be­ fore, the different officers of the church ac c o m p a n y i n g hi m as they were able. O n e of these villages is Akij/ama, about nine miles to the south- "west of Kochi, the h o m e of Mr. Hosokawa, one of the officers of the church, w h o had resigned his position in the Provincial As s e m b l y so as to have more time to devote to the preaching of the Word. The meet­ ings were held in his house and were largely attended, as he has consid­ erable influence in the neighborhood. His wife and mother are earnest Christians. Besides tours to places in the immediate vicinity of Kochi, a longer tour w a s taken by Mr. Miller a n d Mr. Y a m a m o t o d o w n the east coast of Jhe province, towards the C a p e of Misaki. Some gentlemen wh o lived in the towns of that part of the province h a d been to K o c h i and heard s o m e of the lectures, and, beco m i n g interested, h a d asked that lec­ tures might be given in their neighborhood. It was to comply with their request that this tour wa s undertaken. T h e y were specially anxious that the' lectures should be given at that time, because a priest ha d been lecturing against Christianity and so roused the interest of the people that they were very desirous of kn o w i n g wh a t Christianity wa s that ha d been t so m u c h abused. This priest had been formerly a me m b e r of the Greek Church, an d so wa s supposed to k n o w all about Christianity. H e h a d adopted the tactics of s o m e other Buddhist lecturers, in preaching the tenets of esoteric Bu d d h i s m , a n d ha d not me t with m u c h favor with the country people, w h e n he told th e m that Heaven, Hell, Angels, D e m o n s , etc., were not real, but only “ pious frauds ” to catch the fancies of the ignorant. T h e y could not understand the philosophy after all the reli­ gion ha d been taken out. A.mong the better classes his lectures ha d at tirst so m e influence. But, in speaking of Buddhism, in Kochi, he h a d made so ma n y misstatements that he had been refuted by a young ma n w h o was not a Christian, and, though at first he had professed to be ready to receive all w h o wished to ask questions, after he s a w that he could not answer th e m satisfactorily he refused to me e t an y mo r e ques­ tioners. T h e police tried to put obstacles in the wa y of holding lectures b y their interpretation of a law promulgated at headquarters; but although they gave so m e trouble, the only real effect wa s to effectually advertise the lectures. Meetings wer e held in three or four large towns and villages, and an interest excited wh ich will bear fruit hereafter. These various places, a n d also others wh ere lately the people have been desirous to kn o w of Christianity, have been visited, an d the ne w s lately received fr o m Kochi seems almost startling in the grand results which, have gr o w n fr o m the seed s o w n with so m u c h care. In one village all the people co m e to the meetings, which are held every night, and before very long we m a y expect to see a whole village of Christian homes. D uring the stay of Mr. Miller there were thirty-four persons baptized, and by the end of the year there were on the roll of the church 157, of w h o m seventy-four were men, sixty-six wo m e n , and seventeen children. There wa s also, at that time, a class of nearly fifty candidates for b a p ­ tism, so that, before long, there will be over 200 church members. This will be in less than tw o years from the time that the church wa s organ­ ized with only twenty-two persons. D uring a tour of forty days in February and March, m a d e b y Mr. Ballagh, to Boshu and back, and then on to Mishima and so to Nagoya, fifty persons were baptized. T h e Rev. Mr. K . B a n n o is the acting pastor of the church in Nagoya, as well as the evangelist for all that region except the villages of Mi z u n o and Seto. H e is entirely' supported b y the Mission, but the believers pay the rent of the preaching place and supply the lights a n d fuel. T h e believers at Okazaki, a large t o w n twenty-five miles f r o m Nagoya, on the road; to Tokyo, have kept u p services am o n g themselves, being occasionally visited b y Mr. B a n n o or Mr. Kato. Lectures have also been held there in which Mr. Ballagh took part. , • ' There has been a ma r k e d advance in the attention paid to the preach­ ing of the Gospel in all that region. Lectures have been well attended a n d attentively listened to, although spiritual topics have been discussed. A t a lecture meeting in Ts u s h i m a there were .from 600 to 800 the first night, and fr o m 1.000 to 1,200 the second night. A t these lectures idol­ atry, so ril'd in the t o w n a n d province, w a s unsparingly attacked, a n d the attack seemingly approved of ] Besides the evangelistic work, w h i c h is under the direction of the ■ Bo a r d of Missions of the Daikwai (Synod), there has been wo r k carried o n by the different Missions separately. A s yet the Bo a r d has not suf­ ficient funds to take over all the evangelistic wo r k of the United Church. S o m e of the old w o r k is thus left on the hands of the Mission. Mr. Ballagh has m a d e frequent visits to Boshu, the peninsula on the other side of Ye d o bay, wh ere Mr. Yoshioka has been working for so m e time past. H e is licensed, but not ordained. These visits were m a d e in the middle of February, and also in M a y and October. ■ M r . Ballagh also m a d e a visit to Shinahu, and baptized eleven believers at the village of Kasuga. Since that time a request has c o m e in for s o m e one to go to baptize the recent candidates wh o have been waiting for so m e time. Th e Japanese helpers no w wholly under the care of the Mission are Mr. Banno and Mr. Kato in the Naniwa Chukwai ; Mr. Okuno at Mi­ shima ; M r . Maki, who has been unable to do any work for over a year except some preaching; Mr.Ogimi, w h o is still acting pastor of the Kojimachi church an d lecturing in the Theological School. T h e Rev. Mr. K. K i m u r a left the employ of the Mission in February, 1886, a n d has been carrying on a school for girls an d w o m e n called the Meiji-Jo-Gakko, w h i c h is situated in the K a n d a district of the city. Mrs. Harris is helping him by teaching English in the school four days in the week, and Mrs. Wyckoff has a class in sewing once a week. The school has at present about ninety scholars. Since last autumn Mr. K i m u r a has been teaching in one of the large private schools in the city called the Kyoritsu Gakko.

BIBLE TRANSLATION. • Dr. Ve r b e c k has given three hours daily to the translation an d revision of the Ol d Testament. T h e first draft of the translation is n o w finished. T h e r e were published during the' year, under the auspices of the P e r m a ­ nent Committee, Daniel, Amos, Obadiah, Micah, Nahum, liabakkuk, Zechariah, Hosea and Joel. , , T h o s e translated were nearly the whole of Job, Lamentations, the S o n g of Solomon, Esther an d Isaiah. A t present the Revision Co m m ittee are at w o r k up o n I an d II Ch r o n ­ icles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms, Song of Solomon and La­ mentations. . . T h e whole Bible will probably be published next summer.

PUBLICATION. There have been circulated by sale and donation, through the A m e r i ­ c a n Tract Society, tracts and booksj prepared by the m e m b e r s of the Mis­ sion: Tracts, 13,485 copies ; books, 884 copies. The American Tract Society’s Committee for North Japan have printed during the year 1,588 copies of t w o books a n d 72,000 copies of fifteen tracts. . Sales an d donations of books an d tracts during the year have been 82,560 copies, being 1,356.494 pages. O n this Committee are Dr. A m e r m a n and Mr. Wyckoff, w h o are obliged to devote a large share of time a n d attention to the wo r k of the C o m m i t tee. Mrs. Miller continues to edit the “ Glad Tidings,” w h ich has a monthly circulation of 3,300, and a Leaflet for very y o u n g children of 2,000 copies, a n d w h i c h has been increased for the ensuing year to 2,500 copies. She has tw o Bible classes, for w o m e n weekly, a n d with M rs. W y c k o f f meets a class of ladies for reading a n d sewing. R E P O R T O N

II.

KAGASAKI STATION. D u r i n g the year the forces at this station have been increased by the addition of Rev. and Mrs. A . Oilmans, w h o arrived in Nagasaki Oct. 16, 1886. W e are still anxiously awaiting the arrival of a lady w h o will share the duties and pleasures of the Girls’ School with Miss Br o k a w . Our work ma y be divided into two general classes: 1.— School Wo r k ; 2.— Evangelistic Work.

. SCHOOL WOKK. Theological Instruction.— There are n o w six students of theology at Nagasaki, beside three m e n who'are attending the theological classes. Three of the students will complete the entire course of study next June, and w e hope that they will then be licensed as preachers b y Chiu Kai. Mr. Stout has given instruction in C h u r c h History an d Homiletics, a n d Mr. S e g a w a in Systematic Theology. Instruction has also been given in the critical study of J o h n ’s Gospel b y Mr. Stout, a n d in the Epistles, Philippians, Colossians, Titus, a n d Jude, b y Mr. Segawa. T h e students have diligently applied themselves throughout the year, a n d their examinations in July wer e very satisfactory evidence of their faithful study, a n d of their understanding of the parts gone over. Besides instruction in Theology, Mr. S e g a w a an d Mr. Stout are sever­ ally responsible for the mo r n i n g an d evening services each'Sunday in our Nagasaki church. Mr. Segawa is the pastor of this church, and conducts the weekly prayer-meeting. D u r i n g the past year Mr. Stout has translated Yol. II. of Dr. 'Wood- bridge’s Church History. It is no w almost through the press, and c o m ­ pletes the books necessary for our instruction in. History. Mr. S e g a w a has completed his translation of Dr. W o o d b r i d g e ’s Theology, a n d uses it in connection with his instruction. Win. II. Steele, Jr., Memorial.— T\\nre. are n o w twenty-one students in this school, of w h o m eight are Christians. O f the others, seven are children of Christian parents. T h e various branches of Japanese study which are taught in the pri­ m a r y schools throughout Ja pan are taught in Steele A c a d e m y , by Mr. S. A. Iwamatsu, w h o has been a member of our Nagasaki Church more than tw o years. T h e classes in translation are taught by Mr. M . Saito, w h o is also a m e m b e r of our church here. H e l m s been a Christian sev­ eral years, a n d wa s formerly connected with one of our churches in Tokyo. T h u s all the students are under Christian influence during their entire course of study. T h e various classes in English were taught b y Mr. Demarest until N o v e m b e r 1, wh e n Mr. Oilmans took charge.- Mrs. O ilmans also teaches, in this school for one hour a n d a half each morning. Several students are advanced enough to prepare recitations in such books as Swin- ton’s Outlines of History, and W a y l a n d ’s Moral Philosophy. T h e older pupils attend the daily Bible classes, w h i c h are considered a part of the curriculum. Their wo r k has been faithfully done by all the students, a n d the year has been a very satisfactory one to us all. T h e examinations in April and July were successfully sustained by°the students, both in the English a n d Japanese Departments. D u r i n g the year one of our older pupils has been led to Christ. Jonathan Sturges Seminary.— T h e n a m e of our Girls’ School is to be “ Jonathan Sturges Seminary.” Not having any one to asssist Miss Brokaw, and without suitable accommodations, we could make no efforts to obtain pupils for a school. There are, however, seven girls w h o have co m e to Miss Br o k a w during the year, a n d they are taught by her in the mornings. O n e of these girls is a Christian. Miss Brokaw has also spent several hours each day in the study of Japanese, and twice a wee k has had Bible lessons with the ladies con­ nected with the Mission. '

. EVANGELISTIC WORK. This has nominally been under the care of Mr. Demarest, but, until N o v e m b e r 1st, his duties in the Bo y s ’ School prevented an y active super­ vision except during vacations. Both Mr. Stout and Mr. Segawa have m a d e trips into the country, the latter spending his s u m m e r laboring atHitoyoshi. H e also spent several we e k s there in No v e m b e r . H e r e in the South w c are associated with the Southern Japan Mission of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., w h o s e wo r k centres at Osaka, but our fields are yet quite distinct. Connected with this Station are t w o organized churches situated at Kagoshima and Nagasaki. . T h e Out-Station of Kagoshima is Tarumidzu. The Out-Stations of Nagasaki are Eukahori, Isahaya, Omura, Kar- atsu, Saga, Kurume, Nakatsu. and Hitoyoshi. o Kagoshima and Tarumidzu.— T h e wo r k at Ka g o s h i m a goes on quietly. T h e wo m e n have been organized into Bible classes by Mrs. Yoshidomi. T h o u g h only one me m b e r has been added to the church on confession of faith, the church is in good condition. T h ere is in Ka g o s h i m a an appli­ cant for admission, w h o was formerly a preacher of the Greek Churcfi i at Hitoyoshi. Mr. Y o s h i d o m i has gone several times each m o n t h to T a r u m i d z u wh e r e there are no w a fe w candidates for baptism. Nagasaki.— Nagasaki is still a very difficult field. T h e people are mainly tradesmen and take little interest in anything which does not immediately relate to their daily work. There is m u c h encouragement in the fact that the audiences throughout the year have been large. O u r church is often filled with listeners, and several have b e c o m e quite regular attendants. Our students are members of the Nagasaki Y. M. C. A. During, the year this Association has held several lectures u p o n various subjects relating to Christianity, and our students have taken an active part in these. T h e lectures have always d r a w n large audiences, w h o have listened attentively an d with evident interest. > Our young men have continued' to visit Fukahori, Isahaya, and Omura, a n d report go o d audiences, hut there are n o candidates for baptism yet in these places. * Saga.— The work in Saga is very encouraging. Th e people seem n o w to be rather favorably inclined toward Christianity, and the w a y seems opening for mo r e extended work. T h e Christians greatly desire to have a church building, an d have been m a k i n g a subscription for‘this p u r ­ pose. All things s e e m to indicate that the time has c o m e for us to establish our wo r k in Saga on a mo r e permanent footing, an d with the kind assistance offered by m e m b e r s of the church at F o r d h a m and others w e hope to have a church-home for our people there.

Karatsu.— From Saga, Mr. Kawasaki has gone to Karatsu once a month, and wh e n returning has visited Ogi and two other villages be­ t w e e n Karatsu and Saga. In t w o villages there are Christian families whose homes are used by Mr. Kawasaki as preaching places. M a n y neighbors an d friends of the Christians have b e c o m e interested in the truth. There are n o w ten adult Christians in the vicinity of Karatsu (besides a candidate for baptism. There has been persecution in Karatsu •during the year, an d m u c h opposition is still m a d e by the Kiukai, but •our Christians are united a n d very ha p p y in their faith. T h o u g h not wealthy, they fo r m a substantial beginning for a self-supporting church. Kwrume.— The Kev. I. Tomegawa is in charge of our work in Kurume, and it is beginning to be very encouraging. During the past year there have been four adults baptized. T w o m e m b e r s of the Ya n a ­ g a w a church, a n d also tw o Christian ladies of other churches, live in the neighborhood ■ of Kurume, and regularly meet with the Kurume •believers, so that there is n o w a congregation of eight persons worship­ i n g in that^lace. O u r entire wo r k has me t with a severe loss in the death, last October, ■of Mrs. I. T o m e g a w a . W h e n young, she first received a knowledge of •Christ in the girls’ school at Osaka, but wa s led to a personal knowledge and confession of her Savior in our Nagasaki church. After some months of study in Ferris.Seminary she became the wife of the Rev. I. T o m e g a w a , the wed d i n g service being performed b y Mr., Stout. S h e ■was always a very active Christian, b y her loving, consistent character causing all w h o k n e w her to respect her. She wa s always an efficient helper to her husband, and b y her “ falling asleep ” he has lost mu c h Sight an d joy fr o m his life. She served her Master faithfully, a n d H e has called her “ ho m e . ” ' Nakatsu.— D u r i n g the year Mr. S e g a w a has m a d e several visits to Nakatsu. Mr. Hirayama, one of our theological students, spent the sum m e r laboring there. The people seem very desirous of knowing about Christ, and there are several candidates for baptism. Hitoyoshi.— Hitoyoshi is a town am o n g the mountains north of K a g o ­ shima,'and about half way to Kumamoto. The work there was begun by a young ma n named Minoda wh o had been a member of one of our churches in Tokyo. U p o n his request the place wa s visited, and the various circumstances seemed to indicate that w e were the proper ones to undertake wo r k there. O n e of our students spent, a few we eks there in the winter of 1885-80, a n d Mr. Stout spent several days there last April. D u r i n g Mr. Stout’s stay he baptized’tw o yo u n g m e n w h o m Mr. M i n o d a ha d led to Christ. Mr. S e g a w a spent the su m m e r at Hitoyoshi, and h a d daily Bible classes, besides various public services during the week. G o d has greatly blessed our eSorts, a n d there are no w eleven Christians in Hitoyoshi an d a fe w candidates for baptism. T h e people of the place are quite intelligent an d s e e m very desirous to understand the Gospel. In all our stations a n d out-statioris . there are Sabbath schools and weekly prayer meetings. The prayer meetings at Nagasaki have been very interesting a n d helpful. M o r e than forty persons assemble every Saturday night, a n d the earnestness of the prayers a n d occasional addresses, indeed the whole tone of the meetings, have evidenced the fulfillment of our Savior’s promise to be in the midst of those w h o assemble in His name. During the past year the prevalence of cholera throughout Japan has somewhat hindered the work in some of our out-stations. Persecution has also been experienced by so m e of our brethren. B u t notwithstand­ ing these, and the sad fact that tw o me m b e r s of the Nagasaki church have been guilty of gross immorality a n d h a d to be disciplined, the L o r d has greatly blessed us. M a n y have been added unto the church, a n d there are still seventeen candidates for baptism. The members of this station are very thankful to those w h o have given, so liberally, the funds necessary to establish the much-needed schools for boys an d girls. T h e contract for the girls’ school has been made, a n d the grounds will be ready for the foundation about January 1, 1887. W e hop e that the Jonathan Sturges Seminary, a n d the W m . H. Steele Memorial will both be ready for occupancy by the begin­ ning of the fall term, September 1887.

III.

T H E MEIJI GAKU-IN.* T h e past year has been a n eventful one in the history of the t w o institutions, the Un ion Theological School an d the Un i o n College, which, b y the combination finally effected"in June, b e c a m e one under the n a m e of the M eiji G a k u -i n . T he plan of union embodies : 1. A general directorship, w h i c h is lodged in a board c o m p o s e d of seven Japanese representing the Synod of the Church and seven foreigners, the former being, furthermore, a Bo a r d of Trustees to answer to the requirements of Japanese law, but to act only in accordance with the direction of the whole Board. * * This title signifies the College of the Era of Good Government. r II. A division of the institution into a Japanese Theological Depart­ ment, an Academic Department, and a higher department with the na m e Special, w h i c h is designed to provide special instruction for academic graduate students wh o ma y elect to remain in the institution. A t present this higher instruction is confined to the teaching of Theology in English — its first distinctive feature. It is expected to ad d to this beginning in other lines of study as rapidly as m a y he de e m e d practicable. III. A Faculty, to consist of all the professors in the institution as appointed by the Bo ard of Directors, with officers elected annually fro m its o w n number. W h i l e the Faculty as thus constituted has the detailed direction of the institution as a. whole, practically the affairs of theseveral departments are regulated b y three faculty committees called, (») the Academic Faculty, (p) the Japanese Theological Faculty, and (c) the Faculty of the Special Department. T h e first an d second are co m p o s e d respectively of the several professors actively connected with each. T h e third is simply a combination of the other two. T h e ai m of the institution is to provide a thorough Christian educa­ tion, with the ho p e of securing the large and widespread influence at­ tendant thereon, a n d there is the especial purpose to thoroughly train y o u n g me n for the ministry of the Church. It was, moreover, an objective of no small moment, though of secondary importance, to ma k e the Meiji Gaku-in conform, as nearly as wa s possible and wise, to the prevailing national system of education. T h ere’wer e certain changes m a d e by the Japanese Government during the year in accordance with which the several Ko t o chiu ga k k o (‘ ‘ higher middle schools ”) establishments in the larger cities of the Em p i r e are to prepare students for the Imperial Un i ­ versity in Tokyo, the latter advancing to a higher plane of worth than formerly, comparing favorably in plan with the Ger m a n Universities, the middle schools becoming its gymnasia. This arrangement was favor­ able to our Mission college work, inasmuch as, with no sacrifice of princi­ ple, with in fact the modification of but a fe w unimportant details, the Ac a ­ demic Department was ma d e so to conform its course of instruction to that of the Go v e r n m e n t middle schools that its graduates could enter the highest class in such schools, an d thence secure speedy entrance into the University. Provision is m a d e in the Special De p a rtment to give A c a ­ demic Department graduates further training, such as to thoroughly fit t h e m for direct entrance to the University in at least the Departments of Literature an d La w . T h e Meiji Gaku-in is, therefore, a Christian College, having for its models the best A m e r i c a n colleges; a n d at the s a m e time, because of the recent G o v e r n m e n t changes, holding a natural position in the educational system of the country, w h i c h goes far towards securing for it a permanent place in this land. T o secure its recognition b y the Ch u r c h — an event so requisite to its permanence a n d to its use­ fulness, both n o w an d in the future, w h e n missionaries shall be no longer necessary to its continuance— was.a first cause of the establishment of .the Meiji Gaku-in on the present basis— of the,making it, as one whole, the College of the Un i o n Ch u r c h of Christ in Japan. Following are the detailed reports of the several departments of the institution : First-T ub Japanese T heological D epartment (the T enth A nnual R eport of the U nion Theological School). ‘ The number of students composing the last graduating class was eleven. A t present there are twenty-five in attendance. O f these nine are Seniors, nine are Middlers, a n d seven are Juniors. O f their diligence, their order, a n d their general goo d conduct it gives us great pleasure to speak. During the su m m e r most of them were at wo r k under the direction of the several Presbyterial H o m e Mission C o m m i t ­ tees, a n d tlie reports of their labors at the au t u m n meeting of C h u k w a i (Presbytery) were listened to with evident interest. It is gratifying to k n o w that the me m b e r s of the last graduating class are now, without ex­ ception, regularly at wo r k at various points throughput the Empire, from Hakodate in the North to Kochi and Toyonoura in the South, and Ka n a ­ z a w a on the We s t coast. “ W e have great pleasure in stating that the Scotch Mission is once m o r e represented in the school, nor is it necessary to say that Mr. Waddell is welcome on every account. For a year or more to come • Mr. K n o x ’s absence fr o m the country will deprive the institution of his counsels an d labors. O n his return, however, w e shall enjoy the benefit of his presence once more. During his absence Dr. Yerbeck most kindly agrees to meet the classes in Homiletics. F r o m the beginning of the present term Mr. I b u k a has occupied the position of full professor. W e are confident that the Council will recognize this advancement as only due to Mr. Ibuka an d for the greater go o d of the institution. . “ Asa result of the ne w organization of the Meiji Gaku-in, the A c a ­ demic and Japanese Theological Departments united last June to hold c o m m e n c e m e n t exercises. T h e exercises were held in the Koseikwan, in the presence of a large audience. It is expected that Co m m e n c e m e n t D a y will hereafter be a da y always to be observed. “ Th e yearly grant by the several B&ards of Foreign Missions of fifty dollars ($50) each (gold) to the Library has been expended with, great care, and w e wish once more to express our thanks for these grants. T h e books purchased have been of the greatest service to ourselves, to those engaged in translating the Scriptures, to the missionary co m m u n i t y generally and to m a n y of the Japanese pastors. The Report of the Treasurer sh o w s that the expenses of the school for the year, including the salary of Mr. Ibuka and the painting an d repairs of the building, a m o u n t in all to ye n 1,118,905. “ Wi t h this w e conclude. W e are grateful for the past a n d hopeful for the future- For what has been done we thank God, and to H i m w e c o m m i t ourselves for the w a y that is still before us.”

Second.—The A cademic D epartment. ' T h e wo r k of the year has had the usual success, and is marked by im­ provements incident to the absorption of the U n i o n College into the Meiji Gaku-in, a n d the larger plans an d hopes m a d e practicable b y the change. W e look with confidence to the future to confirm the wisdom of the mo v e m e n t . For a year or two it had been evident to the Faculty that mor e time a n d labor should be given, especially during the first four years of the course, to the teaching of English, so as to adapt the training as a w hole to the larger de m a n d s in that line of the present over those of for­ m e r years. Consequently, at the opening of thei present college year special arrangements we r e ma d e for the accomplishment of this end. Since reorganizing the college S u n d a y school, m a k i n g attendance op ­ tional, following indeed the usual ho m e plan, it has gr o w n in popularity. M o s t of the boarders attend an d ma n y of the day scholars, s o m e co m i n g even fr o m a distance. ■ . T h e boarders in the college, numbering forty, attend as usual the S u n d a y evening services an d the Bible classes on three evenings of the week. T h e Su n d a y evening services are conducted by the foreign professors in turn, as are also the services during the week. T h e students,>hold their weekly prayer meeting on Wednesday evening, and also spend in prayer fifteen minutes at the close of each of the three week-day « services. Friday evening is occupied b y the Literary societies. T h e benefit the students derive fr o m these exercises is apparent. Their interest in them, and the zeal with which they avail themselves of the opportunity thus offered, have steadily increased from the first. A professor is usually present, at their request, to offer criticism. M u c h attention is given in . the regular college course to speaking a n d composition. A n especial impetus is given to the Juniors, in this direction, by the recent establish­ m e n t of a Junior Orator contest for t w o prizes, of ten and five yen respectively. T h e first contest will be a feature of the next C o m - ' m e n c e m e n t occasion. In June last, certificates of graduation, were given to four young men. O n e of these is n o w a student of Theology in the Special Depart­ m e n t ; another, b y extreme ill-health, is deterred fr o m pursuing the s a m e course. T h e remaining t w o have b e c o m e assistant teachers in the Yobiko (Preparatory Department). - T h e total nu m b e r of students attending during the school year closing with June, 1886, is as follows : |

Classes. W hole Mo. hristians Baptisms duking C . THE YEAK.

Senior (Graduated).... 4 4 Junior...... 5 5 S o p h o m o r e ...... 15 7 F r e s h m a n ...... 42 * 13 ' • 3 2d year Preparatory... 67 13 8 1st “ “ ... 60 10

Total...... 193 , 52 11 " T h e whole nu m b e r n o w in attendance is as follows : 4 Baptisms during Classes. W hole N o . Christians. THE YEAR.

OLD. >’E\V. Seniors...... 3 3 Juniors...... 13 7 S o p h o m o r e s...... 32 1 14 F r e s h m a n .... ;... 31 11 2d year Preparatory... 32 28 12 1st “ , ••• 39 G 3 Total...... 193 54

It is noteworthy that while the total nu m b e r of students is the sa m e m both the above statements, viz, 193, yet there is a m a r k e d increase m the higher classes enumerated in the second. This is due, in part, to the increased n u m b e r of applicants for admission to the m o r e advanced classes, and, in part, to the fact that fewer students have left these classes than heretofore, to enter government institutions. All the classes, wi t h one exception, the Senior, are n o w larger than at this time m an y P revi­ ous year. This is very gratifying, especially to those w h o have labored in the institution fr o m its beginning. It is also gratifying to see, as w e have already done in m o r e cases than one, those w h o have left us for some o-overnment institution return and apply in the ordinary w a y for readmission. W h i l e the position of ' ‘ stepping stone ” to the Government. University m a y comport with a proper ideal for a Mission college. iC being necessary for a student to reach a degree of nuitunty therefor quite compatible with the reception of a du e am o u n t of Christian influ­ ence in order to his conversion, it becomes on the otter h a n d so m e w h a t tryin- to e xpend that earlier effort connected with the beginnings of English study, which to ma n y is only needful drudgery, and then lose the student to the Agricultural College, or so m e other mi nor Go v e r n m e n t school -just as he c o m e s fairly within the range of one’s personality. . This will explain the feeling of gratification at the stability of o u r students. W e hop e to see yet greater gains in this respect. It is to be reported that certain of our undergraduates, in all eight, have yielded to the attractions of Am e r i c a n Colleges. W i t h o u t hesita­ tion do w e c o m m e n d the i m m i n e n t departure of a..graduate of the class of 188o, w h o s e ai m is to spend s o m e years at Princeton, an d also the similar intentions of a student about to be graduated. T h e college military exercise has already given ample returns for the trouble involved in its organization a n d equipment, in the greatly i m ­ proved health of the students. T h e presence of Mr. Uchida, w h o s e former connection with the Japanese ar m y fully fitted hi m for the posi­ tion he occupies, besides contributing to the excellence of the drill a n d gymnastic exercises, secures an orderliness in the college wh i c h heightens to professors the comfort a n d pleasure of connection with it, a n d is. S o S v ^ T 18 Sir e n ’ fr° m m 0 n t h t0 ra0nth’ of the Co,l«Se Missionary Socety,* show that not a little good work has been done. Members of tl e Soc.ety have hlled the pulpits of several of the city churches, on inp- ^ i -1 ”l°lniI1SS.during t,ieyear’ and on almost every Sabbath even­ ing, religious meetings of a less formal character have been held either

• b e r s ^ T .1118 Sta-10nS,°r m the PriVat° h0USeS ° r certain church m e m - Residpa ,le.S0Clety lms held f0,lr Public meetings (Enzetsu Kwai). esides, lectures on va n o u s subjects have been delivered in Y o k o h a m a w o 'k nf H 11003 t0 rg<: audiences- M o r e details might be given of the w ^kofUusorgamz.tmn, but the above will suffice to show its con­ tinued activity and usefulness, both in the college an d in the church. nte first ed.t.on of Prof. W y c k o t f s “ English Composition for Begin- edUion also d,SP0Sed °f’ and “ considerable portion of the second

rJ V. do n “tion ° f books to the a m o u n t of $100 U. S. gold has been recetved from the Presbyterian B o a r d of Publication, also a full set of ,U e publications of the s a m e B o ard of the R e f o r m e d (Dutch) church.

" i r r aPPr0Priati°n °f $10° U ' S‘ g°ld ($50 each) from the I D m e h pi ST D ?°arf ° the f>re‘sb.y^crian (North) and Reformed Dutch) churclies, for the purpose of buying books for the library of the Academic Department, began with the year 1886. Purchases on the basis of this grant are no w making. agent °,f the America“ Bible Society presented several volumes of the Society’s publications in the Japanese language, a n d for several important books of reference the college is indebted to Rev. H Loomis and to Prof. MacNair. Further, a gift of two hundred and one copies of Spiritual Songs for Social W o r s h i p ” has been received fr o m Dr. C. S. Robinson of N e w York. This book is peculiarly well suited to the needs of the college singing, as the experience of its use for .some time past has shown. T w e l v e copies of the “ Th e Story of the Bible, fr o m the author and publisher; Mr. Foster of Philadelphia aid as text-books in the Bible study of the Junior class. T h e su m of w e n t y c ollars U. S. gold ($20). wh i c h w a s received late in 1885 from the Mission B a n d of the Rev. T. C. Beattie’s church in Chester N Y w a s expended early in the year for philosophical instruments’, w h ich have since afforded valuable assistance in the teaching of physics. The Treasurer of the Academic Department reports an expenditure for the year ending August 31st. of Yen 1,743.70. This amount includes all expenses except the salaries of foreign professors. T i miD. In the Special Department, instruction is at present afforded -J«°USh th.er, mc d u "u of the English language, in Natural Theology’ Ethics and Systematic Theology. It was decided to defer the arrange­ m e n t of a detailed schedule for this d epartment, until the plan as out- r . T 6 meml’e,'shiP is not confllled to imdereraduate academic students The " lined in the Constitution of the Meiji Gaku-in could be m o r e readily followed out in the actual presence of a varied class of students.

FACULTY.

, JAPANESE THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. Rev. James L. Amerman, D.D., President of the Faculty and Prof, of Biblical a n d Systematic T h e o l o g y ; Rev.'Geo. W m . K n o x , A . M . (absent), Prof, of Apologetics, Pastoral Theology and Homiletics; Rev. H u g h Waddell, A.M., Prof, of Ol d Testament History and Literature ; Rev. W m . Imbrie, D.D., Prof, of N e w Testament Exegesis ; Rev. K. Ibuka, Prof, of Church History and the Life of Christ; Rev. E. R. Miller, A.M., Lecturer on N e w Testament Exegesis ; Rev. M. Oghimi, Lecturer o n Biblical G e o g r a p h y a n d Antiquities, a n d C h u r c h G o v e r n ­ m e n t ; Rev. G. F. Yerbeck, D.D., Lecturer on Homiletics.

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. .

John C. Ballagh, Prof, of Mathematics and Bookkeeping ; M. N. Wyckoff, A.M., Prof, of Chemistry and Physics ; Rev. J a m e s M . M c ­ Cauley, A . M . Prof, of History and Ethics ; Rev. Ho w a r d Harris, A. M . , Prof, of English La n g u a g e an d Literature ; Rev. Theo d o r e M. MacNair, A.M., Prof, of Psychology, Logic and Political Ec o n o m y ; S. Ishimoto, Prof, of English La n g u a g e and Physiology ; A. Hattori, Kanji (Japan­ ese Superintendent) and Prof, of English ; Y. Suzuki, Assistant Kanji a n d Instmctor in English ; T. Hashimoto, Instructor in English ; Y. H. Iwamoto, Instructor in Chinese and Japanese Literature; Miss A. P. Ballagh, Instructor in English ; Mrs. J. C: Ballagh, Instructor in Instru­ mental Mu s i c ; A. Uchida, Drill and Gymnastic Master an d Proctor.

SPECIAL DEPARTMENT.

Rev. W m . Imbrie, D.D., Prof, of Natural Theology, Ethics and Sys­ tematic Theology. Tobetter meet the growing requirements of the institution as a whole, it w a s decided to procure a site for its permanent establishment in so m e mo r e desirable part of To k y o than Tsukiji. After m u c h seeking an d delay, a lot of ground, containing about eight acres w a s obtained at a cost of Ye n 9,500. It is beautifully an d healthfully situated in the suburb kn o w n as Shirokane-mura. T h e lot has been cleared of its former buildings, an d of the trees an d plants wh i c h covered it, a n d is n o w ready for the erection of the various college halls for wh ich plans are preparing. A recitation building, to be called S a n d h a m Hall, a n d a dormitory for at least one hundred students, together with a refectory a n d several profes­ sors’ houses, will be the first buildings to receive attention. W i t h a larger fund than is n o w available, other necessary buildings, e. g., a chapel, one or m o r e additional dormitories, a Theological hall, will be added to the number. It is expected that suffleient progress will be m a d e to permit the opening of the next school year in this n e w environ­ ment. ' W e take pleasure in recording the receipt of $3,000 U. S. gold f r o m a gentleman in Philadelphia, Pa., w h i c h has been used for the purchase of the land for the Meiji Gaku-in ; also a gift of $2,000 (Mexican cur­ rency) fr o m Dr. J. C. H e p b u r n towards the erection, of buildings. T h e fund for land purchase was augmented by about Jl,000(Mex.) received on account of services rendered b y Rev. Geo. W m . K n o x during the past au t u m n in the Imperial University. A su m of mo n e y ($5,000 U. S. gold) given by Mrs. S. A. S a n d h a m 1 of N e w York has been for some time awaiting the choice of permanent location. It is n o w to be used as above.

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T H E ISAAC FERRIS SEMINARY. ' Eleventh Annual Report, by Miss M. L.s Wi n n : ' N e v e r in the history of this school has there been a mo r e successful year than the one drawing to a close. Ferris Seminary, together with almost every other Mission Girls’ School in Japan, is full to overflowing. W e now have one hundred and five pupils. Excepting five day- pupils, all of this n u m b e r are boarders. Scarcely has a we e k passed since September that w e have not had to refuse applications for admis­ sion into the school for wa n t of accommodations. E v e n n o w I fear w e are trespassing up o n the laws of hygiene by crowding too mu c h . During Mr. Booth’s absence Dr. J. L. A m e r m a n kindly consented to be nominally principal of the institution, that he might aid us so far as his duties in T o k y o wo u l d permit. H e has co m e d o w n to the Se m i n a r y once or twice a month, and even oftener. W e have found his sound a n d practical j u d g m e n t a n d goo d advice very helpful indeed, a n d feel that w e could not have done without him. Miss L. H. W i n n reports the following : “ Another year of wo r k is drawing to a close, an d I can only say in every respect it has been a, most satisfactory one. I have enjoyed m y wo r k mo r e than ever before. In the school-room m y pupils have endeared themselves to m e by their faithful labors a n d docile manners. Since Mr. Booth departed for America, m y duties outside of the schoolroom have been so m a n y an d varied that it is impossible to speak of t h e m all. A m o n g other things I have devoted two evenings in the we e k to reading with the pupils. T h e older ones have been reading Lord’s “ Beacon Lights of History;” the less advanced have confined themselves to more simple things. I have greatly enjoyed a prayer meeting held every evening after the wo r k of the day is over. This is conducted by. the older Christian pupils, and' the object is especially to ask for guidance and help in the ma n a g e m e n t d a y by day, and for the success of Mr. B o o t h ’s plans for enlarging the school.” ‘ After Mr. Booth left, Miss An n a H. Ballagh, w h o had until then resided with her parents, m o v e d over to the Seminary. H e r report is this: “ It has been a great pleasure to have passed another year wo r k ­ ing for the welfare of the dear girls in the institution. T h e wo r k itself has been m u c h the sa m e as last year, teaching English all the mo r n i n g v a n d music in the afternoon. B u t since mo v i n g over to the Seminary­ building there has been such a nu m b e r of m i nor duties to occupy spare minutes that very little time has been left to be devoted to the study of the Japanese language. I have g r o w n daily m o r e interested in the various classes under m y charge, and the work given them has been faithfully performed. Since taking up m y residence here I have been d r a w n mo r e closely to the girls an d they to me. I trust that this mutual feeling of trust an d respect will result .in m u c h good to us both. I have been m u c h gratified to find on a closer acquaintance with the pupils h o w deep an interest the older Christian girls take in the n e w ones. T h e y see m to realize that these n e w pupils m a y be with us for only a short time an d that it is of the utmost importance for t h e m to get a clear understanding of the Christian religion. S o m e of these girls live such noble, self-sacrificing lives that there can be no doubt that the truths of tha Christian religion are living realities to them.” F o r myself, I m a y say that I have been teaching for four and a half hours a day, and given what time I could get to the study of the Japan­ ese language. I spend m y Saturdays at Yokosuka, a town across the bay. I teach a class of w o m e n there, m a n y of w h o m are the wives of naval officers. There are about forty in the class, but the average at­ tendance is about twenty-five. S o m e one of the Christian girls fr o m the school always accompanies me. W e have reason to believe that our humble efforts to ma k e kn o w n the Gospel of Jesus Christ have not been in vain. W e have twenty-eight Christian girls in the school, five of w h o m have received baptism during this year. T h ere are at present four w h o aie candidates for baptism. E v e r y pupil in the school has daily so m e lesson in the Scriptures besides the Sabbath school lessons on Sundays. T h e nu m b e r of classes daily taught is as follows: Six Bible classes (all in the Japanese language), twenty-six English classes, and nineteen classes in Japanese a n d Chinese literature. Besides the three foreign teachers w e have tw o graduates, namely, Miss Kashi Sh i m a d a a n d Miss Y a s u Sakayori, to assist in teaching-English. W e have an excellent elderly Japanese gentleman to teach the Chinese literature, also a Ja p a n ­ ese drawing teacher. Besides these there are several pupil teachers, w h o by teaching several hours earn their board and tuition. W e feel that mu c h of the success of our school is due to our Japanese matron, Mrs. Katay a m a , S h e is an excellent Christian wo m a n , quick to detect anything like deceit in the pupils, a n d ever ready to enforce the rules of the school. She has the love a n d respect of both teachers an d pupils, and w e wish Japan was full of such noble women. Special Providences.— T h e past su m m e r was a very trying and anxious one. T h e heat wa s intense. O u r water supply failed long before the summer vacation began, and we had to imy water all summer. That fearful disease, cholera, raged throughout Japan, hurrying thousands upon thousands into eternity. W e were anxious about our pupils scat­ tered here and there taking their vacation. W e feared s o m e of the m might be snatched from us, but a kind Providence returned all to us to­ gether with m a n y n e w ones. Just wh e n w e were feeling safely freed f r o m this terrible disease, Miss L. H. W i n n wa s violently attacked by it. For some time her condition was critical in the. extreme. It was an anxious time indeed. W e wore not only troubled about her, but also for the m a n y pupils in the building, w hose lives w e felt responsible for. W e ha d to keep ourselves aloof fr o m them, an d forbade an y one of the m entering our part of the building. E v e r y precaution w a s used to prevent the disease fro m spreading, so thateven a servantwas not allowed to enter the sick room. Again, through the kindness of a loving Father, our prayers were answered. Miss Wi n n wa s restored to her usual health, a n d the disease spread no further. ’ On November 8 the house on the adjoining lot was burned to the ground. This house wa s so near that the destruction of Ferris Se m i n ­ ary seemed inevitable. W e felt so sure that our building wo u l d be de­ stroyed that we were ma k i n g preparations to abandon it, and had already sent the pupils to the house of a neighbor, w h e n the wi n d changed, car- ry m g the sparks an d d a m e s in the opposite direction a n d leaving the Seminary standing untouched and almost unharmed. This deliverance s e e m e d almost a miracle. W e n o w look up o n this fire as a blessing in disguise, as this is one of the lots we are desiring to purchase. T h e ow n e r refused to sell, it without the buildings, a n d these were not desirable. T h e lot can be ha d n o w at a cheaper rate. And, now, has the Isaac Ferris Seminary reached the limits of its use­ fulness ? W e hope not.' A wide door of usefulness is open before us. Will not those w h o love Christ an d his cause allow us to enter it ? W e trust that this successful year is but the beginning of still better things. O h ! it is so hard to turn a w a y pupils wh e n for years past it has been so difficult to get th e m to come. W e feel perfectly confident in asserting that had we the enlarged accommodations we could get twice the nvmber of pupils, a n d our constant prayer is that these m a y be given us. W e feel that now is the time. ' G E N E R A L S U M M A R Y , 1886-7.

1 C h i n a . In d i a . Ja p a n .T o t a l .

Stations...... 1 8 2 11 Out-stations an d preaching places.. 18 83 ^ if* ** 101 Missionaries, ordained...... 5 8 9 22 Missionaries, unordained...... 1 1 .Assistant Missionaries, married... 5 6 10 21 Assistant Missionaries, single.... 2 2 4 8 Under appointment, ordained Mis- sionaries...... 1 1 2 Under appointment, unordained Mis­ sionaries...... 1 U n d e r appointment, single assistant Missionaries...... 1 2 3 Native ordained Ministers...... 4 3 ** 7 Other Native Helpers, male...... 21 151 ** 172 Other Native Helpers, female.... 35 ** 35 C h u r ches...... 8 23 ** 31 Communicants...... 802 1669 ** 2471 Seminaries, male ...... 1 4 6 Seminaries, male pupils...... 11 163 **21 195 Seminaries, female...... 1 2 2 5 Seminaries, female pupils...... 34 90 112 236 Theological Schools or Classes... 1 1 3 Theological Schools— Students... 7 *12 **9 28 Day Schools...... 6 95 101 Day Schools— Scholars...... 91 2531 2622 Contributions of Native Churches.. $2076.29 $760.75 **

* T h e whole nu m b e r of helpers in India are under theological instruc­ tion. - ** T h e nu m b e r of ordained ministers a n d other helpers in Japan, of churches an d communicants, a n d their contributions, cannot be reported separately as they are included in the statistics a n d w o r k of the U n i o n C h u r c h an d the Council of United Missions. T h e Steele Memorial Se m ­ inary at Nagasaki is not so included, an d ha d 21 scholars— since increased to 42. T h e Theological Class at Nagasaki ha d 6 students. F o r statistics of the Union Church reference is ma d e to the Report of the Japan Mis­ sion. TABULAR VIEW OF RECEIPTS. The first four columns contain all sums received directly into the Treasury of the Board, those coming through the Wo m a n ’s Board forming a part of the amounts in the third column. Other donations to the Wo m a n ’s Board, legacies, etc., are added, to make the fifth column, thus including everything given for Foreign Mis­ sions.

From From From Total. Grand CLASSES AND CHURCHES. Churches S.Schools Individ’ls Total. \

Classis of Albany, First, Albany...... 510 95 - 20 921 50 1,452 45 1,553 95 Clarksville...... 5 43 5 43 5 43 Onisquethavv.... :.... 2 o 2 Holland, Albany ...... 79 33 79 33 79 33 Madison Avenue, Albany.. 936 608 1,544 1,652 50 Uoeymans...... 92 35 92 35 92 35 New Baltimore...... , 50 80 48 51 99 31 99 31 Third Church, Albany... ' 17 5 22 56 40 First, Bethlehem-...... 10 10 10 Second, Bethlehem..... 33 11 25 62 16 74 73 107 84 Jerusalem...... 3 3 3 Fourth, Albany...... 40 40 40 K n o x ...... 10 10 10 Second, Berne...... 7 7 Westerlo...... 7 46 Union ville...... New Salem...... ■ Classis of Bergen. First, Hoboken...... 12 63 12 63 12 63 Grove, New Durham...... 177 50 30 207 50 237 50 Second, Hackensack...... 25 50 125 200 200 First, Hackensack...... \. 238 79 50 390 678 79 788 79 North Bergen ...... 50 50 Schraalenburgh...... 95 06 ie so 60 171 86 201 86 Central Avenue, Jersey City.... 13 14 27 27 Park, Jersey^City...... 101 81 57 68 159 49 159 49 Third, Hackensack...... 1 1 1 English Neighborhood...... 37 37 37 Cherry Hill...... 27 8 05 35 05 35 05 Closter...... 22 70 22 70 22 70 German Evangelical, Hoboken.. Palisades ...... Guttenburgh...... Spring Valley...... Secaucus...... Westwood— ......

S. Classis of Bergen- South Bergen...... G 65 27 41 42 41 42 Bergen— ...... 76 33 62 20 435 51 628 92 First Jersey City...... 19 50 19 50 Bergen Point...... 483 44 546 10 Lafayette...... 139 68 117 50 638 76 809 26 Second, Jersey City.... ".... 80 95 55 246 31 246 31 Second, Hudson City...... 10 40 64 40 64 Greenville...... 4 61 4 61 216 63 First, Bayonne...... 37 05 25 74 136 05 136 05 Free. Jersey City...... Third, Bayonne ...... First, German Evan., Jersey City St. John’sGer. Evan., Bergen.. From From From Total. Grand 0 CLASSES AND CHURCHES. Churches S.Schools Individ’ls Total. °

- Classis of Cayuga- Syracuse ...... 202 25 403 605 25 605 25 West Leyden...... 14 14 14 Utica...... 71 76 416 76 523 01 O wasco...... 8 8 8 Point Rock...... 4 4 4 Chittenango ...... 11 37 37 Naumberg...... 1 45 1 45 1 '45 New Bremen...... 75 75 75 Owasco Outlet...... 5 Thousand Isles...... 23 50 Canastota...... Cicero......

Classis of Geneva. Tyre...... 10 20 35 57 45 77 45 77 Lodi...... 63 66 63 66 73 66 East Williamson.... 2 2 Pultney ville...... 45 65 45 65 45 65 Dunkirk...... 2 2 Mina...... 5 20 5 20 I 20 Arcadia ...... 1 00 1 90 1 90 Farmer Village..... 13 29 13 29 48 56 First Rochester .... 140 30 120 271 30 301 30 Abbe Church, Clymer 18 60 16 50 35 10 35 10 Marion...... 13 15 13 15 13 15 Clymer...... 30 50 47 50 47 50 Classis of Geneva... 8 89 8 89 8 89 Caroline__ ,...... Ontario ......

Classis of Grand River. Second, Grand Haven...... 94 77 94 77 94 77 First. Kalamazoo...... 42 12 50 56 205 297 68 361 68 Fourth, Grand Rapids..... 99 70- 6 20 175 20 175 20 Coopersville...... 15 75 15 75 15 75 Second, Grand Rapids...... 51 40 163 35 160 374 75 374 75 Muskegon...... 117 194 85 311 85 311 85 Third, Grand Rapids...... 59 78 27 25 87 03 87 03 Soring Lake...... 39 45 38 77 45 77 45 Fifth, Grand Rapids... v... 16 02 16 02 16 02 First, Grand Haven...... 19 21 73 25 92 46 92 46 Twin Lakes...... 25 20 6 10 31 30 31 30 South Haven...... 2 50 2 50 2 50 Fremont...... 7 60 7 60 7 60 Grandville ...... 32 32 Detroit......

Classis of Greene. Second, Coxsackie... . 199 56 25 10 234 56 319 56 Catskill...... •250 65 75 40 365 65 493 65 First, Coxsackie...... • 31 67 10 41 67 78 67 Kiskatom...... 15 14 14 04 29 18 46 60 First, Athens...... 100 100 100 Leeds...... 13 13 20 50 Second, Athens...... 5 5 5

Classis of Holland. Jamestown...... 124 58 1 21 23 51 149 30 149 30 Ebenezer...... 63 80 63 80 63 80 Thirst, ,Holland...... 36 41 152 96 189 37 189 37 Vriesland...... 118 50 13 10 181 60 181 60 Cleveland...... 13 15 13 15 13 15 O From From From Total. Grand CLASSES AND CHURCHES. Churches S.Schools Individ’Js Total.

Classis of Holland- (■c o n t i n u e d .) Zeeland...... 237 278,73 10 525 73 650 73 North Holland...... 35 60 14 9C 13' 63 50 63 50 Graafschap ...... 50 50 •50 Third, Holland...... 16 25 147 35 3 30 166 90 166 90 Rotterdam, Kansas...... 21 40 21 40 21 40 Overisel...... 68 64 102 74 198 38 292 17 Beayerdam...... 13 90 17 90 31 80 31 80 First and Third, Holland... 73 70 73 70 73 70 South Blendon...... 5 5 Three Oaks...... 12 25 12 25 12 25 Young Ladies’ Soc., Holland. 25 25 Auxiliary, 3 Churches..... 64 85 Zabriskie...... Drenthe..?...... East Overisel...... Fynaart......

Classis of Hudson. Hudson...... 382 61 117 40 268 768 01 874 60 Second, Claverack. 82 15 16 75 98 90 98 90 First, Claverack... 118 47 46 10 10 174 57 174 57 Greenport...... 30 12 10 89 79 11 120 12 152 37 Upper Red Hook.. 68 38 40 90 196 40 206 40 Germantown.... 6 14 44 20 44 20 44 West Copake... 51 48 51 48 51 48 Gallatin...... 20 20 20 Linlithgo...... 31 84 1 32 33 16 51 16

Classis of Illinois. Second, Pella. 27 07 135 162 07 208 29 Fairview.... 85 09 60 145 09 166 09 Second, Pekin. 19 20 19 20 19 20 Norris..... 10 10 10 10 10 10 Irving Park1... 35 90 123 10 159 159 Havana.... 8 8 8 Spring Lake and Manito...... 10 10 10 Raritan...... 35 70 51 86 70 86 70 Norwood Park. 5 85 10 4 65 20 20 First, Pekin ... 16 ' 16 16 Bushnell.... 43 36 Bethel Otley

Classis of Iowa. First, Pella...... 199 30 54 .12 45 265 75 265 75 Parkersburgh...... $ 8 8 Third, Pella...... 12 12 12 North Orange...... 13 28 60 73 28 73 28 Harrison...... 3t 50 5 78 .40 28 40 28 West Branch...... 119 57 ‘26 53 37 183 10 183 10 American, Orange City. 11 33 30 41 33 41 33 Alton...... 89 7 70 86 50 183 20 183 20 Sioux Falls...... 4 34 4 34 4 34 Maurice...... 5 95 5 95 5 95 First, Orange City...... 59 15 59 15 59 15 Centreville, Dakota...... 1 49 8 58 8 58 Grandview, Dakota...... 3 12 3 12 Washington...... 15 15 Young Ladies Soc., Orange City. 30 Dorcas Vereeniging, Orange City 107 Belmond— Charles Mix Free Grace. CLASSES AND CHURCHES. From From From Grand Churches S.Schools Individ’ls Total. Total.

Classis of Iowa. i . (c o n t i n u e d .) Hope...... Hospers...... Le Mars...... Lennox...... Marion Junction...... Monroe...... ' Pattersonville...... j Salem...... Turner...... > ....

Classis of Kingston. Marbletown.. .*...... 44 50 12 60 116 50 116 50» North Marbletown...... 17 09 18 66 5 40 75 40 75­ Fair St., Kingston...... 44 21 53 8C 5 103 01 177 00 N ew Paltz...... 136 46 10 05 146 51 240 80 Bloomingdale...... ! 11 07 11 07 ii or Hurley...... 66 37 55 06 St. R e m y ...... ’ 121 43 121 43 4 25 4 2 5 4 25 Guilford...... 5 10 15 15 Clove...... 32 95 45 89 40 118 84 . Dash ville Falls...... 178 84 Kr u m ville...... Lyons ville...... Rochester...... Rosendale......

N. Classis of L. Island, First, L o n g Island City...... 17 39 4 44 2 25 24 08 24 OS J a m a i c a ...... 16 45 101 46 187 02 225 2® German Evan., Jamaica ...... 10 50 10 50 10 5 0 G e r m a n Evan., St. Peters..... 34 34 34 Second, Astoria, G e r m a n ...... • 24 20 44 44 First. Astoria...... 82 17 59 56 141 73 194 9S Q u e e n ’s ...... ‘.... 24 50 147 35 171 85 171 85 F l u s h i n g...... 77*68 40 117 68 137 6S Locust valley...... !.. 15 15 College Point...... 125 73 125 73 125 73 Oyster Bay .... :...... 29 27 60 89 27 104 27 North Hempstead ...... 10 46 3 42 io 23 88 23 8S S a y ville...... 2 40 2 40 2 40 South Bush wick ...... ’ * 37 78 37 78 77 7S Williamsburgh ...... 60 70 30 185 275 70 275 TO East Williamsburgh ...... 25 20 45 45 Gr e e n p o i n t...... 286 36 75 361 36 361 3® N e w t o w n ...... 100 43 10 153’ Jericho...... 153 ■ Hicksville...... !! B u s h wi c k ......

S. Classis of L. Island. First, Flatbush...... 997 07 791 1,788 07 1,966 35? Bedford...... 71 20 35 03 105 23 105 23 New Utrecht...... 239 03 110 349 03 571 37 New Lots...... 185 185 185 First. Brooklyn...... 80 24 80 24 80 24­ New Brooklyn...... 54 9 63 63 Flatlands...... 47 50 55 152 152 Gravesend...... 64 82 05 119 25 265 30 266 07 Twelfth Street, Brooklyn 116 05 116 05 176 05 South Brooklyn. 21 13 49 70 13 70 13 Middle Brooklyn 21 38 21 38 21 3S On the Heights...... 2,103 59 25 400 2,528 59 2,579 08> Bethany Chapel...... 80 80 80 On the Heights and 1st Church. 36 89 36 89 36 88> Grand From From From Total. CLASSES AND CHURCHES. Churches S.Schools Individ’ls Total.

S. Classis of L.,Island. (c o n t i n u e d .) Canarsie...... 0 50 6 50 6 50 East New York...... 1 75 1 75 1 75 Second, Flatbush...... Ocean Hill ...... St. Thomas, W. I...^.....

Classis of Michigan. First, Grand Rapids...... 109 30 109 30 109 30 Constantine...... 38 68 68 Second, Kalamazoo...... 29 15 29 15 29 15 Centreville...... 20 78 20 78 52 85 South Macon ...... 5 * 5 5 Hope; Holland ...... 29 GO 57 50 87 16 87 16 South Be n d ...... 6 25 6 25 6 25 De Spelder...... Porter...... Macon......

Classis of Monmouth. Spotswood...... 30 30 30 30 30 30 Middletown...... 15 116 35 131 35 131 35 Second, Freehold...... 110 45 37 35 70 217 60 217 80 Holmdel...... 102 11 102 11 152 11 Colts Neck....'...... 28 28 , 58 First, Freehold...... 20 68 14 94 35 62 35 62 Keyport...... 15 15 . 35 Asbury Park...... Highlands...... XongBranch......

Classis of Montgomery. Glen...... 99 07 20 1 *120 07 120 07 Fonda...... '216 31 247 284 18 Auriesville...... 30 30 30 Currytown...... 39 10 39 10 39 10 Mapletown...... •... 16 30 16 30 16 30 Columbia...... 6 97 12 70 5 34 67 24 67 Herkimer...... 63 66 33 57 14 64 111 87 111 87 St. Johnsville ....1...... 16 10 1 26 26 Hagaman’s Mills...... 38 95 38 95 38 95 Port Jackson ...... 41 71 40 66 82 39 118 24 M o h a w k ...... 25 87 2 37 87 27 87 Florida..;...... 35 8 8S 25 68 88 68 88 Fort Plain...... 89 86 31 CS 121 49 121 49 Fultonville...... 46 90 39 9C 86 80 86 80 Canajoharie...... 44 79 36 80 79 80 79 Canastota...... Ephratah...... Fort Herkimer...... Manheim...... t...... Spraker’s Basin...... Stone Arabia......

Classis of Newark. First, Newark ...... 89 32 85 1 25 175 57 175 57 Stone House Plains...... 40 96 8 68 49 64 49 64 Linden...... 15 15 15 Woodside...... 19 19' 19 1,975 767 2,742! 3,272 North Newark...... 214 39 Belleville ...... 64 94 1 76 107 173 70 East Newark...... 20 20 20 West Newark...... 9 9 9 CLASSES AND CHURCHES. From From From Grand Churches S.Schools Individ’ls Total. Total.

Classis of Newark. (c o n t i n u e d .) Second, Newark...... 15 87 45 132 65 132 65 First, Orange...... 480 55 220 700 55 750 55 Clinton Ave., Newark.... 152 23 35 127 09 314 32 406 09 Irvington...... 11 11 11 Plainfield...... 233 07 233 07 243 57 Classis of New Brunswick.

Second, New Brunswick..... 411 83 500 911 83 1,019 23 Suydam St...... 51 50 20 71 50 98 65 First, New Brunswick...... 278 12 242 670 12 724 12 Third, New Brunswick...... 40 63' Griggstown...... 50 * 81 76 137 08 East Millstone...... 47 09 47 09 47 09 Bound Brook...... 15 10 50 25 50 25 50 Hillsboro ...... 70 58 50 120 58 120 58 Franklin Park...... 390 29 435 825 29 967 18 Metuchen...... 24 24 82 35 106 59 106 59 Middlebush...... 150 77 25 45 176 22 191 22 Classis of New York.

South...... 789 23 100 250 1,139 23 1,139 23 Manor Chapel.. 29 91 50 79 91 79 91 Collegiate.. 3,177 15 225 68 1,600 5,002 as 5,363 08 Knox Memorial.. 43 12 90 42 175 12 175 12 De Witt Chapel.. 120-22 120 22 120 22 Grace...... 20 35 55 . 67 50 Port Richmond.. 53 10 100 20 173 10 273 10 Brighton Heights 128 76 125 5 258 76 333 76 Norfolk Street .. 55 71 3 75 , 59 46 59 46 Fourth, German. 80 30 80 30 80 30 Prospect Hill...... 80 115 210 277 81 German Ev., Houston Street 200 50 250 250 Harlem, Collegiate...... 325 24 50 20 395 24 603 74 St. Paul’s, Mott Haven..... 32 11 80 112 11 112 11 Thirty-fourth Street...... 40 50 128 89 Union, Sixth Avenue...... 13 84 170 183 84 285 84 Madison Avenue.. 588 47 275 863 47 1,013 47 65 . 65 160 75 48 58 48 58 134 83 7 7 Avenue B. 20 20 Huguenots__ ao7 Holland...... Kreischerville.

Classis of Orange.

Fallsburgh...... *■...... 34 29 49 29 Minnisink...... 66 53 5 50 5 50 5 50 Montgomery...... 617 85 617 85 617 85 New Prospect...... 67 75 67 75 67 75 Ellenville...... 68 54 59 70 143 24 Kerhonkson...... 159 28 50 50 50 Shawangunk...... 36 50 53 10 3 92 60 Wallkill...... 92 60 29 29 29 Lower Walpack...... 41 32 41 32 Wawarsing ...... 41 32 3 85 3 85 3 85 Upper Walpack...... 12 12 12 Newburgh...... 73 83 17 258 66 419 83 Deer Park...... !. 499 83 79 34 25 140 244 34 244 34; Berea...... 51 17 68 Walden...... 68 106 75 168 75 216 93 Mamakating...... 9 9 N ew Hurley...... 9 73 52 78 52 87 20 Grand From From From otal. CLASSES AND CHURCHES. Churches S.Schools Individ’ls ' Total.

Classis cf Orange. ^ (c o n t i n u e d .) 10 Callicoon...... 10 10 Bloomingburgh...... 15 48 15 48 15 48 Cuddebackville...... 32 07 32 07 32 07 Clara ville...... Grahamsville...... Unionville......

Classis of Faramus. 270 37 Warwick...... 196 37 20 54 270 37 Acquackanonck...... 306 300 260 866 866 115 04 69 32 260 444 36 752 36 Nyack...... 10 Second, Lodi...... 10 10 30 43 28 12 58 55 91 07 Piermont...... 47 53 Pascack...... 40 68 6 85 47 53 105 50 50 47 155 97 155 97 Broadway, Paterson...... 202 11 Spring Valley...... 37 77 72 70 38 148 47 54 147 55 60 261 55 261 55 North Passaic...... 67 24 M a h w a h ...... 11 50 11 50 13 13 13 Holland, Wortendyke... .. 118 76 Paramus...... 71 30 47 46 118 76 9 9 9 Holland, Lodi...... 100 79 Clarkstown...... 50 79 100 7fl 27 38 27 36 27 38 West New Hempstead.... 240 67 Second, Totowa...... 141 62 72 73 . 214 35 26 23 26 23 26 23 First Holland, Paterson--- 20 Ridgewood...... 20 20 17 27 17 27 17 27 Saddle River...... 41 33 Tappan ...... 6 70 10 34 7C 18 35 29 16 47 51 47 51 First Holland, Passaic... 167 55 Centreville...... 154 30 154 30 Ramseys...... ••••

Classis of Passaic. 177 70 Pompton...... 107 70 177 70 49 15 4 35 53 50 53 50 Ponds__ ...... 66 66 Fairfield...... 66 15 30 24 30 50 30 Wyckoff...... 950 45 50 45 50 Union...... 36 27 50 27 50 „ 66 02 First, Totowa...... 0 343 55 Pompton Plains...... 150 55 44 138 11 343 55 9 9 9 Preakness...... 43 80 Sixth Holland, Paterson.... 11 10 32 70 43 80 33 33 33 Little Falls...... 100 • 100 Montville...... 15 85 3 25 4 7 25 7 25 Franklin Furnace...... 42 42 Boonton...... 35 18 6 82 Boardville...... :•••

Classis of Philadelphia. 64 07 64 07 Blawenburg...... 135 116 50 329 26 539 62 First, Philadelphia— 561 82 561 82 Second, Philadelphia.. 100 35 ...... 13 50 21 18 21 18 Addisville ...... 226 09 N. andS.Hampton.... ) 43 91 105 68 226 09 10 23 33 40 16 66 83 Clover Hill...... 185 185 Fourth, Philadelphia. 185 76 54 30 160 160 Neshanic....A .... 58 51 58 51 Stanton...... 4 69 ) 4 50 9 30 30 Three Bridges 60 60 Fifth, Philadelphia.... } 8 40 29 78 29 73 Harlingen...... 39 04 39 04 Rocky Hill ...’ ..... 1 ...... Y o m CLASSES AND CHURCHES. From From Total. Grand urches S.Schools Individ’ls Total.

Classis of Poughkeepsie.

Fishkill...... 73 82 72 145 82 145 82 Rhinebeck.... 121 04 43 60 164 64 164 04 Hopewell..... 6 3 S3 20 83 83 156 73 Fisnkill Landing. 122 74 50 172 74 172 74 N ew Hackensack 42 25 42 25 Hyde Park...... 23 27 5 28 27 28 27 Second, Poughkeepsie 112 34 112 34 1R3 ftl Glenham...... 5 70 26 75 32 45 32 45 First, Poughkeepsie... 536 93 590 1,126 93 1,236 93 Cold Spring...... 12 50 12 50 Millbrook...... 10 10 20 38 72 • ...

Classis of Raritan.

Peapack...... 13 37 39 50 39 50 39 Clinton Station...... 34 35 10 53 15 28 60 16 60 16 Second, Raritan...... 125 84 50 175 84 275 84 Third, Raritan...... 112 73 122 73 7 50 242 96 377 96 Rockaway ...... 40 15 12 81 52 96 552 96 First, Raritan...... 174 16 24 47 20 218 63 298 68 North Branch...... 142 30 172 252 Branchville...... 64 66 23 70 88 36 88 36 Lebanon ...... 24 26 24 26 High Bridge...... 20 45 20 45 Bedminster...... 93 50 75 218 218 Readington...... 33 30 43 69 10 86 99 210 79 Pottersville...... 12 50 12 50 19! 50 Easton...... 58 35 100 158 35 185 10 Fourth, Raritan......

Classis of Rensselaer.

Stuyvesant...... 71 32 10 69 57 25 139 26 139 26 Schodack Landing...... 94 60 110 15 219 60 219 60 Nassau ...... 65 60 125 163 64 Greenbush ...... 149 46 149 46 170 46 Kinderhook...... 825 76 224 88 1,050 64 1,050 64 First Ghent...... 95 45 75 215 260 Castleton...... 18 13 18 13 18 13- Schodack...... 132 76 42 24 175 175 0 Blooming Grove...... 10 12 53 22 53 22 53 Second Ghent...... 8 8 8 Chatham...... 100 100 200 270 New Concord...... 10 10 10

Classis of Saratoga.

Fort Millen...... 35 35 35 West Troy, South...... 35 35 35 Saratoga...... 100 100 100 Cohoes...... 150 150 215 50 Boght...... 6 6 17 West Troy, North...... 109 46 10 119 46 119 46 Northumberland...... 10 10 47 Wynantskill...... 50 10 50 10 50 10 Union Village...... 45 45 45 Buskirk’s...... 41 50 41 50 57 50 Scaghticoke...... 26 90 . 26 90 26 90 Easton...... Gansevoort...... Rensselaer...... :... From F r o m ' From Total. [Grand CLASSES AND CHURCHES. Churches S.Schools Individ’ls Total.

Classis of Schenectady. Lisha’s Kill...... 77 25 30 107 25 107 25 First, Glenville.... 31 75 19 32 60 18 111 25 111 25 Second, Glenville. .. 20 20 20 Second, Schenectady 129 79 129 79 151 36 Niskayuna...... 138 75 39 7 50 185 25 215 25 First Rotterdam... 50 62 . 30 80 62 80 62 First Schenectady__ 493 39 60 206 . 759 39 853 39 Helderberg...... 50 50 68 Second Rotterdam... 15 10 50 25 50 25 50 Amity...... 14 87 8 63 23 50 48 50 Princetown...... 10 20 30 30

Classis of Schoharie. Schoharie...... 26 70 44 35 20 91 05 91 05 Middleburgh..... 12 41 55 67 41 67 41 Lawyersville.... . 32 32 32 Beaverdam...... 12 49 12 49 12 49 Berne ...... 21 51 21 51 . 29 01 Sharon...... 6 5 11 11 Central Bridge...... 5 5 5 Gilboa...... 100 100 100 North Blenheim__ _ 7 17 7 17 7 17 Breakabin______8 78 8 78 8 78 Schoharie Mountain. 8 50 8 50 8 50 Cobleskill...... Gallupville...... Moresville.... . Prattsville ...... South Gilboa.....

Classis of Ulster.

Saugerties... 153 65 65 62 50 281 15 293 52 Esopus..... 20 5 40 10 85.40 60 40 Caatsban.... 218 78 218 78 388 78 First, Kingston 356 61 33 78 382 65 773 04 773 04 Flatbush.... 26 97 17 80 15 59 77 79 04 Port Ewen __ 70 38 6 32 76 70 70 70 Wiltwyck.... 72 21 72 21 72 21 Plattekill.... 20 20 20 Roxbury .... 24 40 24 40 24 40 Woodstock__ 4 4 4 Blue Mountain. Shandaken — l Shokan...... Stewartville__ West Hurley ..

Classis of Westchester.

Bronxville...... 51 91 9 40 65 ,126 31 126 31 Mt. Vernon...... 210 57 192 41 70 473 06 548 03 Fordham...... 45 270 315 315 Peekskill...... 26 31 61 . 45 102 61 102 61 Yonkers...... 50 70 100 165 315 70 325 70 Hastings...... 29 15 44 44 West Farms...... 10 10 10 First. Tarry town... 40 10 50 65 Cortland town... 8 24 8 24 16 24 Second, Tarry town 60 . 95 155 155 Greenville...... 23 < 23 23 Melrose...... 15 15 15 Greenburgh..... Unionville...... From From From Total. Grand CL’LASSES AND CHURCHES. Churches S.Schools Individ’ls Total.

Classis of Wisconsin. 30 25 10 40 25 40 25 84 34 34 11 37 11 37 11 37 37 90 37 90 37 90 250 80 250 80 250 80 102 62 120 222 62 222 62 10 8 68 18 68 18 68 35 50 4 39 50 39 50 20 20 5 25 20 25 20 51 96 65 52 117 48 139 08 7 04 30 30 67 04 ■102 04 Alto...... 102 61 76 64 95 90 275 15 275 15 Pella, Ne b ...... 10 05 10 05 10 05 64 15 160 224 15 224 15 Gibbsville ...... 43 74 67 36 80 191 10 191 10 201 201 201 7 14 21 21 400 400 400 40 250 10 300 300 4 12 4 12 4 12

Sheboygan Falls ...... PEOM INDIVIDUALS, NOT THROUGH CHURCHES.

. “ A ” ...... $40 M. C. Morristown...... ’ $2 Special Gifts for Debt: Mrs. S. R. Brown...’...... 65 , Cash...... l 25 P. C. Pitsford, Mich...... 10 o .Rev. J. Whitbeek...... 3 In Memoriam S. 0.... 50 “ S. M. Woodbridge, D.D. ii5 Rev. W. H. Steele, D.D...... 500' W. W. Rand, D.D..... 10 Mrs. S., for Church in India___ 100 “ F. N. Zabriskie, D.D.... 2 E. C. D., Montclair, Fla...... : 8 A n invalid Pastor...... 1 A Presbyterian Lady...... 5 Rev. J. H. Kershow...... 1 Randolph..^...... °__ ___ 5 For Ministers’Fund...... 10 Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Lansing, Al­ Rev. F. M. Kip, D.D...... 2 25 bany...... 50 ^ “ H. F. Schnellendreussler 1 MissDouw, Albany...... 25 “ J. E. Bernart...... 2 Cash, Albany...... 125 41 C. W. Higgins...... 1 Miss Ann R. Seward, Fishkill... 15 “ Jno. Forsyth, D.D._____ 5 A. S. V. S...... 5 For Sandham Hall, Tokyo.... 1750 K. V. S. O ...... \ .... 5 Rev. F. N. Zabriskie, D.D...... 10 Mrs. Isaac Ferris...... 10 Cash from “ R ”... 8 65 Miss Caroline Storm...... 5 K H ...... 2 Miss Letitia Gibson...... 5 K. B. J., Brooklyn...... '... 3 Rev. Chas. R. Ross...... 25 Cash from a Friend...... 5 Peter Fagg, Madison, Wis.. ... 5 James E. Hedges...... 100 Peter Fagg’s Children...... 50 F. R. M...... 30 Gold, R., Mass...... 5 J. M. A ...... 1 50 Rev. J. Knieskern...... 5 Rev. E. Nevius...... 5 J. H. Collins, Jr...... 25 M. M. L ...... 5 ‘*J. A.,” Thank-Offering.... 3 C. S., Brooklyn...... 5 Mrs. Mary Becker..!...... 25 D. T. Lennon, Palenville...... 10 Rev. C. N. Waldron...... 100 A m y Dosker’s Bank...... 5 “ N. Merwin, Trumbull, Conn. 5 Rev. J. E. Bernart ...... 5 “ J. Chamberlain, D.D.... 20 Rev. E. Miller...... /...... 5 “ G. H. Mandeville, D.D... 15 Mrs. Andrew Wright...... 10 L. R. S...... 1 E. J. Gillies ...... 5 Rev. A. M. Mann, D.D...... 12 50 ‘‘Unknown,” through Dr. West. 110 # A Friend, Albany, N. Y ...... 7 For Catechist, India ...... 90 Privilege...... 6 Cash, M. K. S.... '...... 10 Rev. J. N. Jansen...... 25 E. E. Olcott...... 100 Abrm. Delamater, Weedsport, Mrs. Lizzie Wabeke...... 5 N. Y ...... 4 75 Rev. A. J. Hageman__ ‘...... 10 Mrs. Isaac Brinkerhoff...... 4 A member R. D. Church...... 5 Rev. J. M. Wagner...... 4 In Memoriam Chas. Van Wyck... 25 Rev. Wm . Brush...... ;. 10 S. L. C...... 5 W. Howard Brown, Albany___ 5 A Friend, Toledo, O ...... 100 Mrs. Kate V. D. Searle...... 20 Total...... $3,862 40 From Miscellaneous Sources. Premium from Exchange of Bonds...... $214 25 Returned by Rev. Eugene S. Booth...... 511 05 Interest on Bonds, Security Fund...... 1,629 50 Cash from various sources...... 42 Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, N. J...... 10 Rutger’s Grammar School, New Brunswick, N. J ...... 2 50 Mission Circle, Hertzog Hall, New Brunswick, N. J...... 16 Society of Inquiry, Union Theol. Sem., New York...... 6 ■Woman’s Board...... 10,01130 For Freight to India, etc...... ’ 18 30 For half printing for Conference, from Board Dom. Missions...... 8 Infant Class Tompkins Ave. Congregational Church, Brooklyn...... 30 S. S. Presbyterian Church, Parsipanny, N. J...... 35 % Dorcas Vereeniging, Orange City, low’a ..... •...... 107 For Tracts...... 2 75 Collection at Ordination of Rev. A. Oltmans...... 30 33 S. S. Presbyterian Church, Pine Plains, N. Y ...... 30 Broome Street Tabernacle, New York...... 20 Congregational Cfiurcli, Trumbull, Conn...... 33 34 M. E. Church, Long Hill, Conn...... 10 27 “ “ Nichols, Conn...... 7 97 Cash for Mite Boxes...... 1 ' New Centre, N. J., Missionary Society...... 65 American Bible Society...... !...... -...... •...... 500 American Tract Society...... 500 Union S. S., South Columbia, N. Y ...... *...... 16 22 For Ferris Seminary enlargement...... 2,500 Young Ladies’ Seminary, Philadelphia, Pa...... 25 Ladies’ Society, Orangeburgh, S. C...... 1 FourHopers...... 60 Bright Hope Mission Band, Unionville, N. J...... 20 «Young Ladies’ Missionary Society, Orange City, Iowa...... 30 Total...... $16,493 85 From Legacies. Estate of Eleanor We b b ...... $15 Mrs. Jane Crawford, Newark, N. J...... 50 Estate of Elsie Manton...... 20 Esther Hagaman, Hagaman's Mills...... 285 Robert Burhans, Saugerties...... 100 Anna Hertz, Philadelphia, Pa...... ’..... 50 Fanny Traphagen, White House, N. J...... 500 Total ...... $1,020 RECEIPTS FROM CLASSES.

CLASSES OF SYNOD From From OP From Total. Grand N e w York. Churches S.Schools Individ’ls Total.

Hudson $790 07 $245 30 $*147 11 $1,483 08 $1,649 92 Kingston...... 361 90 195 46 120 677 36 905 70 North Long Island. 1,017 05 444 22 398 71 1.859 98 2,026 47 South Long Island 4,069 08 356 83 1,423 25 5,849 16 6,361 02 New York-...... 5,917 74 950 68 2,480 75 9,349 17 10.635 62 Orange...... 1,360 70 193 27 588 36 2,148 39 2,323 33 Poughkeepsie... 1,124 42 75 35 742 1.941 77 2,212 89 Westchester.... 469 42 448 50 720 i;637 92 1,745 92 Total 15,117 04 2,909 61 6,920 18 24,946 83 27,860 87

.. Albany.

Albany.... 1,704 64 . 137 95 1,599 01 3,441 60 3,726 57 Cayuga.... 313 21 56 718 1,087 21 1,221 96 Geneva ___ 353 45 189 07 12 89 555 41 630 68 Greene.... 615 02 100 74 04 789 06 1,063 98 Montgomery 810 18 187 68 124 82 1,122 18 1,195 21 Rensselaer.. 1,580 03 545 34 207 25 2,332 62 2,507 26 Saratoga__ 608 96 10 618 96 748 46 Schenectady. 981 42 126 95 ‘ 414 18 1,522 55 1.711 12 Schoharie__ 135 56 44 35 185 364 91 372 41 Ulster.... . 894 79 200 51 470 15 1,565 45 1,792 09 Total 7,997 26 1,587 85 3,814 84 13,399 95 14,969 74

N ew Brunswick.

Bergen...... 778 79 226 53 597 70 1,603 02 1,773 02 South Bergen... 1,327 72 342 27 370'25 2.046 24 2,684 84 Monmouth.... 321 54 52 29 186 35 560 18 640 18 Newark...... 3,145 22 437 89 1,012 39 4,595 50 5,318 46 New Brunswick 1,530 05 197 71 1,349 35 3,077 11 3,477 87 Paramus..... 1,443 23 874 36 740 3,057 59 3.553 69 Passaic ..... 542 88 118 61 311 61 973 10 1,037 62 Philadelphia__ 1,121 35 360 50 333 01 1,814*86 2,051 89 Raritan...... 948 75 '481 62 151 48 1,581 85 2,627 45 Total 11,149 53 3,091 78 5,058 14 19,299 45 23,155 02

Chicago.

Grand River. 494 70 556 61 565 05 1,616 36 1,680 36 Holland... 872 03 747 04 151 81 1,770 88 2,054 52 Illinois.... 252 41 70 313 75 636 16 746 74 Iowa.. ... 581 63 125 50 195 95 903 08 1,040 08 Michigan__ 238 14 82 50 5 325 64 357 71 Wisconsin .. 1,460 19 636 32 394 90 2,491 41 2,548 01 Total 3,899 10 2,217 97 1,626 46 7,743 53 8^427 42

Grand Total 38,162 93 9,807 21 17,419 62 65,389 76 74,413 05- TREASURER’S ANNUAL REPORT. The Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in America in Account with JO H N M . F E R R I S , Treasurer. Dr. April 30, 1887. ar go t mission. To cash disbursements during year...... $24,506 92 • AMO Y MISSION. To cash disbursements during year...... 15,973 66 JAPAN MISSION. To cash disbursements during year...... 45,387 94 To cash paid Hon. Secretary for salary...... $300 “ Corresponding Secretary for salary...... 2,400 “ Bookkeeper for salary...... 500 “ Postage, Ho m e and Foreign...... 123 59 - “ Kent of office...... 640 “ Travelling expenses...... 497 32 “ On account of “ Mission Monthly ” ...... 225 95 “ Incidental expenses, moving office, etc...... 688 38 “ Printing, “Annual Report,” etc...... 885 34 “ Books, Magazines and Mite Boxes...... 357 87 * “ Care of office...... 44 • 6,662 45 “ • Loans due Bank...... 20,000 “ Interest on Loans...... 1,067 43 “ Premium, Exchange of Bonds...... 282 57 ------21,350 “ Balance in Treasury...... 518

$114,398 97 E. '& O. E. . : ' • Cr. April 30, 1886. By Balance in Treasury, last report...... $611 95 April 30, 1887. By Cash received from Churches...... $38,244 59 “ “ Sunday schools...... 9,785 56 “ “ Individuals through Churches...... 17^380 62 “ “ Individuals not through Churches...... 3,862 40 “ “ Miscellaneous sources...... 16,493 85 “ “ Legacies...... 1,020 ♦ ---- :-- 86,787 02 “ “ Borrowed from Bank during year..... 27,000 $114,398 97 Examined and found correct. • N e w Y ork, May 11th, 1887. JAMES A. WILLIAMSON, I ]nnance Committee D. JACKSON STEWARD, f committee. N. B.— Of the receipts reported above from miscellaneous sources, $10,011.30, and of the others $6,969.81, making a total of $16,981.11, were paid into the Treasury by Mrs. Peter Donald, Treasurer of the Wo m a n ’s Board. The Security Fund amounts to $39,600, against which due banks, April 30th, 1887, $17,500. The Treasurer also holds two bonds, of $1,000 each as the foundation of the Joel T. Simpson Scholar­ ship in the Theological Seminary, India. JOHN M. FERRIS, Treasurer. ANNUAL REPORT OF T H E , Treasurer of the W o m a n ’s Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in America.

, RECEIPTS. May 1st, 1886, Balance on1 hand...... $3,471 94 Acquackanonck, N. J. Auxiliary...... $200 Helen Aycrigg Mission Band...... 160 360 Albany, N. Y., First Reformed Auxiliary...... 125 01 “ “ “ Sunday school..... '...... 20 ‘1 “ 11 Golden Rule Band...... 57 50 “ ^ “ “ Miss Yan Schoonhoven..... 10 212 51 “ ** Madison Avenue Reformed Auxiliary...... 183 “ u Miss Van Woerts Class, same Church...... 3 50 “ “ Boys’Club, same Church...... 30 216 50 “ u Third Reformed Auxiliary...... , *. 39 40 Alexandria Bay, N. Y ...... 23 50 Athenia, N. J., Band of'Workers ...... 3 “ ■* Centreville Church...... 10 25 13 25 Amity, N. Y ...... ' 25 Astoria, L. I. Auxiliary...... ^...... 53 25 Bacon Hill Busy Bees...... 37 Belleville, N. J. Auxiliary...... 40 69 Bergen, South Auxiliary...... 27 Bergen Point Auxiliary...... 62 66 Bethlehem, Second ...... 33 11 • Bronxville Auxiliary, $20; Star of Hope Mission Band...... 20 40 Buskirks Bridge Mission Workers...... 16 Bushnell, 111. Auxiliary...... 26 26 “ Willing Workers...... 17 10 43 36 , Boght Reformed Church Auxiliary...... 11 Bushwick, South...... 40 Brooklyn, L. I. First Church, E. D., Auxiliary...... 125 “ “ “ “ Crystal Society .... 60 00 185 u u Church-on-the-Heights...... 250 50 “ “ South Ref ormed...... 49 “ “ Twelfth Street...... 60 Caatsban Auxiliary...... 105 “ Sunday School...... 65 170 Canajoharie, N. Y ...... 36 Catskill, N. Y ...... 128 Clarksville, N. Y...... Chatham, N. Y ...... 70 Claverack Mission Band, Willing Workers, First Church.... 5 Cedar Grove, Wis., Work and Praying Ba n d ...... !...... 65 Centreville, Mich...... 32 07 Closter, N. J. Auxiliary...... 22 70 Cohoes, N. Y. ^Auxiliary...... ;...... 65 50 Colt’s Neck, N. J. Auxiliary...... * 30 Clover Hill, N. J. Auxiliary...... 50 Coxsackie First Reformed Church Auxiliary...... 37 “ Second “ ^ “ ...... 85 Easton, Pa. Auxiliary...... > 26 75 Ellenville, N. Y. Auxiliary...... 75 74 Esopus Auxiliary...... 20 Fallsburgh, N. Y. Auxiliary...... 17 24 Flushing, L. I. Auxiliary...... 20^ Fonda, N. Y ...... 37 18 Farmers Village, N. Y .... *...... 35 27 Fairview, 111...... ;...... 21 Freehold, N. J., Second Church...... ’ 70 . Flatbush, Ulster Co., N. Y ...... 19 27 Flatbush, L. I...... ,...... 186 25 Franklin Park, N. J. Auxiliary...... 160 Mission Guild...... 7177 “ Taylor Mission Band...... 10 21 241 89’ Fishkill on the Hudson Auxiliary...... 50 Fishkill Auxiliary, $40; Sunday School...... 20 60 Fulton, 111...... >...... 2160 Gravesend, L. I...... 120 02 Greenbush, East., N. Y ...... 21 -Greenville, N. J ...... 212 OS Greenpoint, L. I...... 50 Greenport, Col. Co., N. Y. Auxiliary...... 32 25 . “ “ Red Hill Chapel...... 60 92 25 Griggstown, N. J. Auxiliary...... '*.... 37 82 “ ’ “ Self-denial Mission Band...... 37 50 75 32 Gibbsville, Wis...... *... ' 80 Ghent, N. Y ...... ,...... 45 Grand Rapids, Mich., Fourth Church, Little Children...... 7 Hackensack, N. J., First Reformed...... 200 Herkimer, N. Y ...... 27 86 High Falls, N. Y., Church of the Clove...... 100 Helderberg Auxiliary, $50 ; Scudder Band...... 18 68 High Bridge Union Reformed, N. Y ...... 86 25 Hopewell, N. Y., Auxiliary...... 70 90 u “ Three La d i e s ...... 20 90 90 0 Hampton, Pa., North and South...... 73 81 Holmdel, N. J ...... 50 Holland, Mich. Auxiliary, Three Churches...... 64 85 “ lt Young Ladies’Society..... ;...... 25 89 85 Hudson, N. Y. Auxiliary...... 127 19 41 “ Mission Band...... 17 40 144 59 Jamaica, L. I...... 38 21 Jersey City, Wayne Street Auxiliary, Second Reformed..... 95 55 “ Lafayette Church Auxiliary...... 108 u 44 Memorial Mission Band...... 62 50 1 70 50 44 Heights, Bergen Avenue Reformed Mission.... 227 41 44 44 Reformed, Nellie Amerman Circle.... 28 20 255 61 Kalamazoo, Mich...... 64 Kerhonkson, N. Y., Mission Band...... 50 Kingston, Fair Street Auxiliary...... 69 05 . • 44 Mrs. C. H. Stitt...... 5 74 05 kiskatom, N. Y ...... 31 46 Linlithgo, N. Y ...... :...... 18 Lisha’s Kill, N. Y ...... 30 Lodi, N.Y...’...... 10 Leeds, N. Y ...... 7 50 Mahwah, N. J ...... ’...... 55 74 Metuchen, N. J ...... 18 35 Mt. Vernon, N. Y ...... •...... 75 Montville„N. J ...... 60 * Mott Haven, N. Y., St. Paul’s...... 80 Middlebush, N. J.' ...... 15 Millbrook, N. Y...... 18 72 Nassau, N. Y. Auxiliary...... -68 64 # “ Sunbeam Mission Band...... 30 98 64 Niskayuna, N . Y ...... 30 Neshanic, N. J...... 30 Newburgh, N. Y ...... 220 N ew Baltimore, N. Y...... 48 51 New Durham, N. J., Grove Church Auxiliary...... * 30 New Hurley, N. Y ...... 13 50 N ew Paltz, N. Y., Auxiliary. *...... 89 29 . “ “ , Miss Esther Eltinge...... 5 94 29 New Utrecht, L. I., Auxiliary...... 184 94 “ • “ Young man, per Auxiliary ...... 37 40 222 34 Newark, N. J., First Reformed Sunday school...... 35 u “ Second Reformed, Ready Helpers...... 15 “ “ North Reformed Auxiliary...... 130 “ u “ Bible and Mission Class...... 52 “ “ Infant Class...... 60 . “ u Birthday Offerings...... 5 247 ‘ “ “ Clinton Avenue...... 118 86 New Brunswick, N. J., First Reformed Auxiliary...... 136 “ “ “ Young Ladies’ Mission Band...... 60 196 “ “ “ Second Reformed Auxiliary...... 162 74 “ “ Sunday school...... 109 66 “ u “ Primary Department...... 15 “ " “ Mrs. D.O. Vail...... 120 “ “ tl The Misses Pareck...... 20 427 40 “ “ “ Suydam Street Auxiliary...... 7 15 “ “ , “ “ “ Young Ladies’ Society.. 20 27 15 N ew York City, Fifth Ave. and Forty-eighth St. Auxiliary.... 435 80 “ “ In Memoriam... 20 “ “ Sunday school. 50 585 “ and Twenty-ninth St. Auxiliary... 419 Mrs. Jonathan Sturges...... 150 “ Miss Josephine Penfold...... 120 Miss Pryce Infant Class, Free-Will Offering... 1 25 690 25 Fourth Street Collegiate...... 103 Grace Reformed, Fifty-fourth Street...... 12 50 Madison Avenue Reformed Auxiliary...... 270 Sixth Avenue Reformed, Ferris Auxiliary.,..... 80 “ Faith Mission Band...... 62 142 South Reformed Auxiliary...... 100 Thirty-fourth Street Auxiliary...... 78 89 Prospect Hill Ref. Church, 87th St. Auxiliary. 67 31 Bloomingdale Auxiliary...... 95 75 Fordham Mission Band...... 60 First, Harlem...... 128 Second, Harlem...... 101 50 Norwich, East, L. I., C. L. S. C ...... 15 North Branch, N. J...,...... 50 “ “ Depot...... c 30 Nyack, N. Y., Girls’ Mission Circle...... 60 “ “ Auxiliary...... 308 368 Orange, N. J ...... 60 Overisel, Mich...... ® 93 70 Owasco Outlet, N. Y ...... ■...... 5 Paramus, N. J., Sunday School...... 17 35 Passaic, North, N. J...... " 60 Paterson, N. J., First Reformed Auxiliary, $15; Mission Band. 23 52 38 52 “ “ Second, Totowa...... 26 32 Peekskill, N. Y., Auxiliary, $10; Mission Band...... — 10 20 Pella, Iowa, Second Reformed Auxiliary...... 50 “ Band of Little Workers...... 126 22 176 22 Piermont, N. Y ...... -...... 32 52 Plainfield, N. J., Trinity Reformed Auxiliary...... 1050 Princetown, N. Y ...... 20 Port Jackson, N. Y ...... 35 85 Pompton, N. J ...... Philadelphia, Pa., First Church Auxiliary...... 210 36; ' “ “ Second Reformed Sunday School...... 100 “ “ “ Auxiliary...... ‘35 135 Poughkeepsie, N. Y., First Reformed Auxiliary...... 170 “ “ “ Young Ladies Society... 60 u “ Miss Alice Dockstader...... *.... 60 290 e “ u Second Reformed Auxiliary...... 7150 Raritan, N. J. Auxiliary...... 135 Raritan, 111. Auxiliary...... 51 Readington, N. J ...... ,.... 123 80 Rochester, N. Y ...... 30 Rotterdam, West, N. Y ...... 30 Saugerties, N. Y. Auxiliary, $62.37; Mission Band...... 10 72 37 Schenectady, N. Y., First Reformed Auxiliary...... 1 70 “ “ “ Griffis Band...... 124 194 “ “ Second Reformed Auxiliary...... 2157 Somerville, N. J., First Reformed...... 80 05 “ “ Second Reformed...... 100 Schoharie, N. Y ...... Stuyvesant, N. Y ...... Spring Valley, N. Yl Auxiliary.., Schraalenburgh, N.‘J. Auxiliary Staten Island, Port Richmond Auxiliary...... 115 “ Brighton Heights Auxiliary...... 75 Tappan, N. Y. Auxiliary, $24.63; Sunday School...... 10 34 63 Tarrytown, N. Y., First Reformed Auxiliary...... 55 “ “ Second Reformed Auxiliary...... (... # 05 Unionville, N. J., Bright Hope Mission Band...... 20 00 Utica. N. Y. Auxiliary...... 141 25 “ “ Christ Church Sunday School...... 30 “ “ A Lady...... 30 201 25 Upper Red Hook, N. Y., Scudder Memorial...... 40 “ lt “ Mrs. Eltinge...... 30 70 Verplancks, N. Y ...... 8 Warwick, N. Y ...... 6*1 Walden Auxiliary, $42.68 ; Willing Workers...... 5 50 48 18 Westerlo Auxiliary, $6 ; Sunday School...... 1 26 7 26 Wyckoff, N. J...... 26 Yonkers, N. Y. Auxiliary...... 130 “ “ Joy Bells...... *10 170 Zeeland, Mich. Auxiliary ...... 20 “ “ Married Wo m e n ’s Society...... 105 125 $17,997 30 i t

INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS. '

Mrs. Adams, per Miss Bergen...... $1 Miss Bergen...... 1 Freddie Woods1 Birthday Offering ...... 1 A Friend, for the Jonathan Sturges Seminary...... 2,200 A Friend, Montclair, Fla...... t...... 3 Mrs. Wm . B. Walker, in Memoriam, Little Martha...... 20 Rev. John L. Stillwell...... *>5 H. H ...... 5 Thank Offering, “J ” ..... 3 Editress Mission Gleaner...... $20 Receipts from subscriptions to Mission Gleaner...... 274 85 “ advertisements in Mission Gleaner...... 20 ' 314 85 Christmas Offering, Miss Am y Duryee...... 50 Miss Mary O. Duryee, in Memoriam...... 100 Miss A. Van Wagenen...... 10 A Friend from Albany...... 5 A ----...... 7 50 F. R. JI...... 30 Mrs. Mary C. Van .Brunt...... 5 Mrs. J. H. Van Doren...... 5 Mrs. Charles Van Wy c k ...... 5

$20,812 81 DISBURSEMENTS. Paid Rev. Henry Cobb, D.D., Cor. Sec ...... $16,858 15 * 14 “ John M. Ferris, D.D., Treas...... 71 29

Total Amount Paid to Synod’s Board...__ $16,929 44 June 22. “ Mr. R. Brinkerhoff, for Reports, etc...... ( $250 62 Nov. 24. 44 44 Stationery, Secretaries... 13 90 May 25. 44 Hatch Lithographic Co...... 1150 44 Rogers & Sherwood,Printers of Mission Gleaner. 240 “ Editress Mission Gleaner...... 100 “ Postage and Wrappers, Mission Gleaner..... 11 51 44 Agent’s Allowance...... 30 Nov. 16. 44 Rev. Eugene S. Booth, Organs, etc...... 350 44 Postage and Stationery, Treasurer...... 8 ------1,015 53

Total Disbursements...... $17,944 97 The undersigned has examined the foregoing accounts and* compared the vouchers, and finds the same correct. The balance in the Treasury, April 25th, is two thousand eight hundred and forty-seven 81-100 dollars, of which three hundred and sixty-seven 40-100 dollars is the Medical Missionary Fund. N ew York, May 9th, 1887. T A L B O T W. CHAMBERS. DETAILED STATEMENT OP EXPENDITURES,

FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR, 1886. {In compliance with the resolution of General Synod,- 1 ^ . )

FOR THE AMOY MISSION.

Salaries— Ytev. J. V. N. Talmage, D. D., 1 year, $1,100 gold... $1,375 Rev. L. W. Kip, D. D ...... M75 Rev. P. W. Pitcher...... i’375 Rev. D. Rapalje, $700 gold...... 875 Rev. A. S. Van Dyck...... • • • ■ • • 875 Miss K. M. Talmage, $600 gold...... " ■ • ■ • 750 . $7,375 Miss M. E. Talmage...... 750 Traveling Expenses-Dr. Talmage to and from Swatow.... 3322 72 Rev. and Mrs. Van Dyck to and from Hong Kong. 75 Rev. D. Rapalje to Hong Kong...... 25 Dr. and Mrs. Talmage from Hong Kong...... 50 172 72 Property— Balance for land at Sio Khe and Poa-a..... — 78 75 House erected...... —.----- 1,250 1,328 75 / Outfit of Mrs. Van Dyck, $300 gold...... • • ■ 375 Bible Women, $130, less deductions, $80...... 50 ^ 139 47 The “ Duryee Wo m a n ’s Ho m e ” ...... 80 47 Personal Teachers and Helpers...... ,185 50 350 20 244 95 258 63 Girls’ School, $457.41, less donations, WJ-oo..... 387 73 1,241 51 Gospel Boat— Expenses and repairs...... 288 37 Out Stations— Expenses of 13 Stations outside of Am o y .... 2,302 98 Traveling Expenses of Native Helpers...... 318 95 Current Picpenses— Public Worship...... 57 i Medical...... — 516 45 , Printing...... 71 13 ' 490 37 107 &5 ” 173 53 1,416 33

Mexican Dollars. 15,144 58 , U. S. Currency...... 12,941 Paid in America— Mrs. D. Rapalje. on account Salary.. 600 Children allowance...... 200 House rent...... 350 Traveling Expenses to California...... 150 Passage to China...... 580 Freight and insurance on goods...... 53 23 1,933 23 Total for the Am o y Mission. $14,874 23

FOR THE ARCOT MISSION. Rupees. Salaries— Rev. \V. W. Scudder, D.D., $1,200 gold...... 3,217 0 0 Rev. J. W. .Scudder, M.D...... 3,217 0 0 Rev. John Scudder, M.D...... 3,217 0 0 Rev. J. W. Conklin (2 children)...... 3,576 2 4 Rev. L. Hekhuis, M.D., $800 gold...... 2,145 0 0 ■' Rev. E. C. Scudder, Jr...... 2,145 0 4) , MUs M. K. Scudder, $650— ...... 0 ’0 aVliss J. C. Scudder...... ® ® 21,001 2 4 Native ^4s«i8/anlls— Salaries of Pastors, Catechists, Read- ' ers, etc...... i...... $8,609 8 1 Arcot Seminary— Teachers’ salaries, board, clothing, books, etc...... $6,223 10 5 Less fees, 551 4 0 ; gov. grant, 642 10 12 ; dona- • tions, 36 0 0...... 1,230 0 10 5,003 9 7 Female Seminary— Teachers’ salary, board, clothing, books, etc...... 2,896 8 1 Less fees, 416 8 0; gov. grant, 1,234 12 0... 1,651 '4 0 1,245 4 1 Vernacular Sc/ioois— Expended at Stations and Out-Sta­ tions, including Anglo-Vernacular Schools.. 9,850 1 11 Less Fees, 977 3 0; gov. grant, 1,266 8 2; sales books, 742 6 7...... 2,986 1 9 6,870 0 2 Hindu Girls' Schools— Teachers’ salaries and expenses of • sevenschools...... 3,100 3 11 J Less fees, 123 1 0; gov. grant, 164 10 0.... 287 11 0 2,812 8 11 Madanapalle Boys' School— Teachers’ salaries, board, clothing, books, etc...... 1,566 8 10 Less fees, 80 0 0 ; gov. grant,^149 8 0...... 229 8 0 1.337 0 10 Madanapalle Girls' School— Teachers’ salaries, board, ‘ ‘ t . clothing, books, etc...... 1,091 11 3 Less fees, 149 0 0 ; gov. grant, 161 0 0...... 310 0 0 781 11 3 Preparandi School— Teachers’ salaries, board, clothing, J books, etc... ■...... 886 9 9 Less fees...... 58 8 0 828 1 9 Building Department— Expended on Stations and Out-Sta­ tions...... 1,723 10 6 Rents and Repairs— Expended on Stations and Out-Sta­ tions...... 2,222 1 9 Touring and Traveling— Touring, among heathen, Visiting , •%., Hills, etc...... 2,968 12 8 Medical Department —Medicines, doctors’ fees, etc., for whole Mission ...... 500 0 0 Library .Fund— Annual grant to Mission Library...... 100 0 0 Miscellaneous— Cure of Churches and Cemeteries, 363 14 0j postage, 211 14 6; stationery, 43 13 3; print­ ing and mailing reports, 152 1 2; Tappal, 63 15 0;’ Communion Wine, 38 1 8; Mission 4 Meetings, 96 8 0; bank charges, 78 3 10; Al­ * mirah, 20 2 0; sundries, 24 11 6...... 1,093 4 11 Amounts contributed in America for special pur­ . poses outside the appropriations...... 231 5 4

Rupees ...... 57,328 2 2 The Rupee is equal to 37J4 centst therefore the the above amount is equivalent to U7 S. Cur­ rency ...... $21,366 68 Paid in America— Rev. Jacob Chamberlain, D.D., salary, rent, etc...... $1,560 Rev. J. H. Wyckoff, salary, rent, etc...... 1,860 33 Rev. W. I. Chamberlain...... '...... 60 , Lewis B. Chamberlain...... 125 Charles Chamberlain...... 75 Rev. Jared W. Scudder’s 1 son ...... 150 Rev. John Scudder’s 4 children ...... 500 JohnHeeren, orphan...... 150 Miss Fanny Scudder, expense to India...... 100 4,580,33 FOR THE .JAPAN 3IISSION. Salaries—-Rev. H. Stout...... $1,200 Rev. N. H. Demarest...... 1,200 Rev. A. Oltmans, 2^ months...... 250 Rev. G. F. Verbeck, D. D ...... 1,200 Rev. J. L. Amennan, D. D . t...... • 1,200 Rev. J. H. Ballagh, part in America...... 766 60 Rev. E. R. Miller...... 1,200 Rev. E. S. Booth, part in America...... 348 33 Rev. H. Harris...® ...... 1,200 Prof. M. N. Wyckoff...... 1,200 Miss A. H. Ballagh...... 600 MissH. L. Winn...... 600 MissM. L. Wi n n ...... 600 Miss M. E. Brokaw...... \...... 600 $12,159 99 Children's Allowances— Rev. H. Stout...... 200 Rev. N. H. Demarest...... 100 Rev. G. F. Verbeck, D. D ...... 600 Rev. J. L. Amerman, D. D ...®...... 224 43 Rev. E. S. Booth...... 57 22 Prof. M. N. Wyckoff...... 400 1,581 65 House Rents— For Messrs. Verbeck, Amerman, Harris, Wyckoff and Miller, $700 each...... 3,500 Teachers and Literary Assistants—Revs. Stout, Demarest and Oltmans...... 230 18 Dr. Verbeck, $148 56 ; Amerman, $157 50...... 306 06 Revs. Miller, $82 39 ; Booth, $25...... 107 39 Rev. Harris, $51 22 ; Prof. Wyckoff, $53 96.... 105 18 The Four Ladies...... - 220 14 968 95 Traveling JE^pen-ses— Tokyo-Yokohama Station...... 230 97, Nagasaki Station, Classis, Synod, etc...... ' 16183 392 80* Medical Riiis— Tokyo-Yokohama Station...... 186 Nagasaki Station...... • 57 54 243 54 Meiji Gaku-In— Japanese Theological Department— Students* support...... *...... 483 89 Rev. Ibuka (salary)...... '...... 214 87 Current expenses, one-third...... 832 65 1,031 41­ Sandham Hall— Balance between expenses and receipts...... 713 96 Theological C7cm— Nagasaki— r Students’support...... :.. 773 23 Rev. A. Segawa (salary)...... ;...... 221 46 994 69 Isaac Fends Seminary— Current expenses...... 4,095 70 Less tuition, etc...... •... 1,820 13 2,275 57 Jonathan Sturges Seminary— Land rent ...... 121 30 Current expenses...... 18 62 189 92 Wm. H. Steele, Jr., Memorial Academy— Land rent...... 152 07 Current expenses...... 340 87 492 94 Moving temporary school building...... 45 03 Mission Property— Nagasaki Chapel, land rent...... 46 27 Insurance, $12 96; repairs, $5 10...... 18 06 Sexton, $66 01; Current expenses, $5 24 ...... 71 25 135 58 Mr. Stout’s house, land rent ...... 62 69 Insurance, $23 33; repairs, $29 96 ...... 53 29 115 98 Mr. Demarest’s house, land rent...... 49 96 p Insurance, $19 50; repairs, $17 03...... 36 53 Interest on $1,000, silver loan...... 64 80 * 151 29 Mr. Oltmans’ House, land rent...... 106 92 Insurance, $7 87; exchange and re­ pairs...... 76 79 $84 66 $191 58 Church and House at Yokohama— Land rent, • $191 06 ; insurance, $177 ...... 368 06 Repairs— church, $385 13 ; house, $539 45...... 924 58 Current expenses, etc...... 123 59

I $1,416 23 Less rent of church, etc...... 64173

Mexican dollars, $774 50 equal to 587 26

Evangelistic Work— Tokyo-Yokohanm— Board of Domestic Missions...... $797 57 Rev. M. Ogimi’s salary...... 500 Rev. Maki’s salary...... 230 40 Traveling expenses of Mission­ aries ...... 109 60 Work at and about Nagoya, Mish- ima, Awa, etc..!...... \... 1,18-1 05 . ------2,821 62 Nagasaki, Kagoshima...... 289 22 Saga...... 106 63 * Kurume(5 months)...... 99 47 Out-Stations...... 38 32 Students’ summer work...... 36 59 Native Evangelistic Committee.... 204 32 . ------774 55 3,596 17 Sandham Hall Jh'operty Account— Expended on building, etc...... 3,681 55 Publication Committee— Allowance for year...... 300 Traveling Expenses of Mr. Booth and Miss E. B. Amerman « to America...... 1,650 ilttscettaneoMS— Tokyo-Yokohamastation, sundries..1.... 395 83 Nagasaki station...... 68 52 Deficiency in Nagasaki account last year..... 59 07 Union College Library grant...... 50 Balance of Mr. Oltmans’ outfit...... 189 60 763 02 $35,712 88 Paid in America— Rev. J. H. Ballagh, on account...... 550 Rev. E. S. Booth, salary, rent, etc...... 1,108 89 Rev. Mr. Oltmans, on acccount outfit... 410 60 u passage and expenses to Japan 806 “ freight and insurance on goods 28 08 2,903 07

Total for the Japan Mission...... $38,615 95

HOME EXPENSES.

Dr. Cobb’s salary...... $2,400 Dr. Ferris’s salary...... 300 Bookkeeper’s salary...!...... 60q Office expenses...... 299 Printing, $993 92 ; Mite Boxes, $250 ...... 1,243 92 Traveling expenses of Missionaries and Agents...... 362 67

L Rent, $656 25 ; interest, $830 75...... $1,487 Ourproportion, expense on “Sower’’...... 183 88 New safe (old one sent to Amoy)...... 240

. * $((,906 47

RECAPITULATION. Expended for Am o y Mission...... 14,874 23 u Arcot “ 25,947 01 “ Japan “ 38,615 95 “ H o m e office...... 6,966 47

Total in U. S. Currency...... $86,403 66 » ' •

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5. That the issuing of occasional leaflets on subjects of <’o current interest, in connection with the work, is highly ap­ proved, and that the Board be recommended to continue such issues from time to time.

6. That pastors and Consistories be affectionately urged to secure the training of the children and youth in the Su n ­ day schools in the habit of giving to this cause, thus culti­ vating in them the grace of benevolence, and, at the same time, securing an additional su m for the missionary treasury of the Church.

7. That it be recommended to all our churches to hold a monthly missionary meeting, devoting the time to the con­ sideration of missionary topics, and to prayer for the blessing of G od upon missionary effort.

8. That a Committee of Seven, of which the Secretaries of the Foreign Board, the Domestic Board, the W o m a n ' ,s Board of Foreign Missions, and the W o m a n ’s Executive Committee of Domestic Missions, shall be members, be ap­ pointed by the Synod to arrange for a joint missionary con­ vention, to be held in the au t u m n in N e w Brunswick, N. J., and also for a similar convention to be held in the West, if found advisable.

9. That the several Classes be requested to consider the advisability and practicability of holding local missionary conventions within their bounds, or in districts embracing more than one Classis, with a view to the dissemination of missionary intelligence and the arousing of missionary zeal in the churches.

10. That this Synod co m m e n d s the work of the W o m a n ’s Board to the Christian wo m e n of all our churches, and urges their co-operation in the formation of auxiliaries where they do not exist, and the hearty support of them where they have already been formed. ✓

BOARD OF- FOREIGH MISSIONS.

Members whose T e r m expires June, 1888. Eev. A. P. Va n Gieson, D.D., Eev. A. J. Hutton, “ C. L. Wells, D.D., Mr. D. Jackson Steward, “ M. H. Hutton, D.D., Hon. H. E. Graves, “ AV. K. Davis, D.D., Mr. Jas. A. Sev'ard.

Members ivhose T erm expires June, 1889. Eev. W m . H. Clark, D. D., Eev. J. H. Oerter, D.D., “ T. W. Chambers, D.D., Mr. James A. Williamson, “ W . J. E. Taylor, D.D., “ F. S. Douglas, “ T. S. Brown, “ J. Townsend Lansing.

Members whose Term expires June, 1890. Eev. W m . H. Steele, D.D., Eev. C. H. Poole, “ A. E. Thompson, D.D., Hon. H. AY. Bookstaver, “ Lewis Francis, Mr. Augustus S. Whiton, “ W m . E. Duryee, D.D., “ AYilliam L. Brower.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Eev. A. E. Thompson, D.D., Hon. H. W . Bookstaver, “ Lewis Francis, Mr. Jas. A. AVilljamson, “ C. L. Wells, D.D., D. Jackson Steward,

OFFICEBS F O E 1887-J8. Eev. AY. H. Steele, D.D., President. t “ W m . J. E. Taylor, D.D., Vice-President. “ C. L. AYells, D.D., Recording Secretary. “ John M. Ferris, D.D., Hon. Secretary. “ Henry N. Cobb, D.D., Cor. Sec., 26 Eeade St., N. Y. “ John M. Ferris, Treasurer, 85-91 E l m St., N. Y.

. MEDICAL ADVISEES. H en ry E. Baldwin, M.D., Y e w Brunswick. E. G. Janeway, M.D., N e w York.