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American Baptist Foreign Mission Society One Hundredth Annual Report AMERICAN BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETY The Judson Centennial 1914 Presented by the Board of Managers at the Annual Meeting held in Boston, Massachusetts June 17-25, 1914 FOREIGN MISSION ROOMS, FORD BUILDING BOSTON ¿Ü* ¿4# MASSACHUSETTS Stye 3fmt ifitll presa SAMUEL USHER BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS CONTENTS PAGE P R E F A C E ....................................................................................................................... 7 B Y -L A W S ....................................................................................................................... 9 O F F IC E R S . ............................................................................ i i B O A R D O F M A N A G E R S ...................................................................................... u D I S T R I C T S E C R E T A R I E S ................................................................................. u G E N E R A L C O M M I T T E E ................................................................................. 12 GENERAL REVIEW OF THE CENTURY ...................................... 13 GENERAL REVIEW OF THE YEAR . ................................. 33 SUMMARY OF REPORTS FROM THE MISSIONS T h e B u rm a M i s s i o n ............................. ................................................ 7 1 T h e A ssam M i s s i o n ............................................................................................... 90 T h e S outh I n d ia M issio n . .............................10 1 T h e B e n g a l -Or is s a M issio n . ............................. 1 1 5 T h e C h in a M i s s i o n s ......................................................... 120 South China . ......................................................................................12 1 E a st C h i n a ..............................................................................................................125 W:est C h i n a ............................. ................................................................... 130 Central C h i n a ............................................................................................... 13 5 T h e J a pa n M i s s i o n ............................................................................................... 138 T h e C ongo M i s s i o n ............................................................................................... 145 T h e P h il ip p in e I sla n d s M i s s i o n ...................................................................15 1 T h e E u r o pea n M i s s i o n s ......................................................................................155 F r a n c e ................................................................................. 156 Germ any . ............................................................................ 157 S w e d e n ................... ..................................................... 159 S p a i n ................................................ ..............................................................160 Russia . ............................................................................................... 160 Finland .... .......................................................................................... 16 1 D e n m a r k .................................................................................................................. 162 N o r w a y ....................................................................................................................... 162 FINANCIAL C e r t if ic a t e of A udito rs .................................................................................16 5 R epo r t of t h e T r e a s u r e r .............................................................. 166 B a la n c e S h e e t ........................................... .................................................... 168 R e c e ip t s b y D ist r ic t s and S t a t e s ..............................................................180 R e c e ip t s from S u n d a y Schools . ............................. 187 B ud g et of t h e S o c i e t y ....................................................................... 188 MISCELLANEOUS F ie l d s and S tatio n s (with missionaries in e a c h ) ................................. 193 S t a t ist ic a l T a b l e s ............................................................................................... 204 P o lic y of th e S o c i e t y ...................................................................................... 223 MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING M in u t e s of On e H u n d red th A n n u a l M e e t i n g ................................. 241 I N D E X ........................ ...................................................................En d of volum e 5 PREFACE JN the early part of the last century the position of Baptists in America was not one of great prominence. With little organization, they were widely scattered, and without facilities in those days for easy communication among themselves. The formation of the English Baptist Missionary Society, which had taken place in 1792, and the early efforts of the pioneer mission­ aries in India had, however, aroused a deep interest in this country, so that considerable money was raised and sent to their aid. The interest thus awakened and fostered was accentuated also by the reading of letters from Dr. William Carey, which appeared from time to time in the Massachusetts Baptist Mission­ ary Magazine. When in the early part of 1812 a company of five young men was set apart for service in foreign lands, and sailed from our shores, a deep impression was made upon our Baptist people, although the young volunteers were of another denomination. One of these young men, Adoniram Judson, read his New Testament with great thoroughness during his journey to India, and as a result accepted the Baptist view of baptism and wrote a letter which was received in Boston January 19, 1813, in which he said: “ Should there be formed a Baptist Society for the support of missions in these parts, I should be ready to consider myself their missionary.” This challenge profoundly stirred the Baptists, so that they began at once to make plans to undertake this work. Luther Rice, having ex­ perienced a like change in belief, returned to America to plead the cause of missions among the Baptists, the direct result of his efforts being the organization at Philadelphia, M ay 21,* 1814, of “ The General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States of America for Foreign Missions,” popularly known as the Triennial Convention. It is a significant fact that the call to engage in foreign missionary work was the first thing that led to organization and unity among the Baptists in the country. In 1845 the southern * The delegates assembled on May 18, a fact which has led to the erroneous statement fre­ quently made, that the Convention was organized on that date. 8 AMERICAN BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETY [Report Baptists withdrew because of a difference of opinion on the slavery question, and in 1846 the name of the society was changed to The American Baptist Missionary Union. The name was again altered in 1910, becoming American Baptist Foreign Mis­ sion Society. The headquarters were established at Boston, Mass., in 1826. The American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, in accordance with action taken at the annua) meeting in 1908, has become a cooperating society of the Northern Baptist Convention, agreeing (a) to regulate its expenditures in accordance with the budget annually approved by the Northern Baptist Con­ vention on recommendation of its finance committee; (b) to solicit funds only on approval by the • Convention or the finance committee; (c) to incur no indebtedness without the approval of the Convention or the said committee; (d) to open its books and accounts to inspection by the finance committee and to make such financial reports as the said committee shall request. The Convention, on the other hand, agrees to aid through its executive and finance committees in raising the funds needed by the Society. This aid has been rendered during the past year through the General Apportionment Committee of the Convention. BY-LAWS 9 BY-LAWS As Adopted at Annual Meeting, 1910 A m e r ic a n B a p t i s t F o r e ig n M is s io n S o c ie t y P r e a m b l e This corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the states of Pennsylvania, Massa­ chusetts and New York, for the purpose of diffusing the knowledge of the religion of Jesus Christ by means of missions throughout the world, has, pursuant to the power bestowed on it by the several states of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New York, adopted the following by-laws: A R T IC L E I M e m b e r s h i p S e c t io n i . The membership of the Society shall be composed as follows: (a) Of all persons who are now life members or honorary life members. (b) Of annual members appointed by Baptist churches. Any church may appoint one delegate, and one additional delegate for every 100 members, but no church shall be entitled to appoint more than ten delegates. (c) Of all missionaries of the Society during their terms of service. (d) Of all accredited delegates to each annual meeting of the Northern Baptist Convention. S e c . 2. No member shall be entitled to more than one vote. ARTICLE II O f f i c e r s S e c . i . The officers o f the Society shall b e a President, a First Vice-President, a Second Vice-President, a Third
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