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Presented to the General Assembly, May 28t h , 1890.

PHILADELPHIA: Edward Patteson, Steam Power Printer, 18 S. Third St, 1890. THE BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.

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OFFICERS. P r e s id e n t,

R e v . W. W. BARR, D.D., 1425 Christian St., Philadelphia, Pa. •

Recording Secretary,

R e v . D. W. COLLINS, D.D., 1522 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Corresponding Secretary,

R ev. J. B. DALES, D ’D., 136 North 18th St., Philadelphia, Pa.

T r e a s u r e r ,

JOS. D. M cKEE, Howard and Harrison Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.

MEMBERS.

R e v . W. W. BARR, D.D., « JAMES CROW E, “ D. W. COLLINS, D.D., “ M. G. KYLE, “ W. M. GIBSON, D.D., JOS. D. McKEE, THOMAS STINSON, WM. NEELEY, ROBERT T. ELLIOTT.

Stated meeting on the Second Monday of each month, at 2 p. m. MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES. EGYPT R e v . S. C. E w in g , D.D., j- A l e x a n d r ia . M iss Mary A. Frazier, R ev. Gulian Lansing, D.D.,* ‘ ‘ A n d r e w W a t s o n , D . D . , * “ William Harvey, “ J . 0 . A s h e n h u r s t , “ E . M . G i f f e n , s C a ir o . “ J o h n G i f f e n , M iss A n n a Y. T h o m p so n , “ Marg’t A. Smith, “ H a r r ie t M . C o n n e r , “ A de l l a A. B r o w n , r R e v . T h o m a s J . F in n e y , “ W . M . N ic h o l , 1 M o n so o r a . M is s M a t il d a S t r a n g ,

R e v . J . R . A l e x a n d e r , “ J . K . G i f f e n , “ Hope W. Hogg, “ J. Kruidenier, > A s s io o t . M is s M . J . M c K o w n , “ E l l a O . K y l e , “ J e s s ie J . H o g g ,

R e v . C . M u r c h , }L u x o r . INDIA Mrss Elizabeth G. Gordon, “ Elizabeth McCahon, Rev. R. Stewart, D.D., “ D. S . L y t l e , S ia l k o t . “ J. H. Martin, “ T . F. C u m m ings, M aria W hite, M.D., R e v . J. P. M c K e e , “ G . W . M o r r is o n , Miss Rosa A. M cCullough,* )■ Gujranwala. “ Josephine L. W hite, “ V . J . M c G a h e y ,

R e v . A . B . C a l d w e l l , “ T . E . H o l l id a y , j- G u r d a s p u r . M is s C y n t h ia E . W il s o n , “ R o sa T . W il s o n , Rev. James S. Barr, D.D., Miss Mary J. Campbell, 1 Z a f a r w a l . “ K a t e M. C o r b e t t ,

R e v . T h e o d o r e L . S c o t t , “ E . E. F i f e , M is s E m m a D . A n d e r s o n , ^ J h e l u m . “ A n n ie F. G iv e n , M r s S . E . J o h n so n , M .D .,-

Rev. Samuel M artin, D.D., ^ P a s r u r .

* Now in this country. ACT OF INCORPORATION.

A n A c t t o I n c o r p o r a t e t h e B o a r d o f F o r e ig n M is s io n s o f t h e

U n it e d P resbyterian C h u r c h o f N o r t h A m e r ic a .

W h e r e a s , The General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America have a Board of Foreign Missions composed of ministers and layman, members of the said church, the design of which is the establishing and conducting Christian Missions among the unevan­ gelized or pagan nations, and the general diffusion of Christianity: And W hereas, The aforesaid Board of Foreign Missions labors under serious disadvantages as to receiving donations and bequests, and as to the management of funds entrusted to them for the purpose designated in their Constitution, and in accordance with the benevolent intentions of those from whom such bequests and donations are received; there­ fore, Section i. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­ tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same: That James Presjley, John B. I)ales, Francis Church, Thomas H. Hanna, Samuel C. Huey, William Getty, Thomas Stinscn and William W. Barr, citizens of the United States and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and their successors, are hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic and corporate, which shall henceforth be known by the name of the B oard of F oreign M issions of th e U n ited P resby- tfrian C hurch of N orth A merica, and as such shall have perpetual suc­ cession, and be able to sue and be sued in all courts of record and else­ where, and to purchase and receive, take and hold to them and their suc­ cessors forever, lands, tenements, hereditaments, money, goods and chat­ tels and all kinds of estate which may be devised, bequeathed or given to them, and the same to sell, alien, demise and convey, also to make and use a common Seal, and the same to alter and renew at their pleasure, and also to make such rules, by laws, and ordinances as may be needful for the government of the said Corporation, and not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this State. Provided always, that the clear and annual income of the real and personal estate held by this Corporation shall not at any time exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars. The Corporation or persons above named shall hold their officers for three years from the date of this act, and until their suc­ cessors are duly qualified to take their places, who shall be chosen at such times and in such way and planner as shall be prescribed by the said General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America. The said Board hereby incorporated and their successors shall be subject to the direction of said General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, have full power to manage the funds and property committed to their care in such manner as shall be most advan­ tageous, not being contrary to law. Ja m e s R. K e l l y , Speaker of the House of Representatives. D. F le m in g , Speaker of the Senate. Approved the Twelfth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. A. G. C u r t in . T h ir t y -fir st A n n u a l R epor t

O F T H E BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.

OTHING is more evident than that our Lord Jesus Christ, who is “ the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world,” will have His gospel preached in all the world and to every creature. His word commands this. His spirit moves it. His love constrains it. His Providence opens the way for it. His enriching blessing upon efforts for it incontes- tibly shows it in that He never lets labor for it be in vain in the Lord. Signally has all this been manifested in the history and work of our United Presbyterian Church on behalf of Foreign Missions— and scarcely ever in any single year more than during the past one. Almost every department of the work has enjoyed marked tokens of the Divine favor. A gratifying interest in it, and a disposition to sustain it have been shown in almost all parts of our church and among all classes and conditions of our people. Very fully it is felt will all this appear in the Annual Report which now, for the Thirty-first time, the Board presents and earnestly commends to the attention of the Assembly and of all the members of our church, with the urgent suggestion also that grateful thanksgivings will be offered to God for all the favors vouchsafed us in manifold ways throughout the year. 6 Board of Foreign Missions,

STATISTICS, DEC. 31, 1889.

M issions. E g y p t . ' I n d ia . S ta tio n s ,...... 85 Ordained Foreign Missionaries, ...... 14 *12 Female “ “ ...... 21 23 Female Physicians,...... 2 Total Foreign Missionaries,...... • • 35 3 3 Native Ordained M inisters,...... 11 Other Native W orkers,...... 244 192 Total of all Foreign and Native,...... 238 Native Churches,...... 10 Communicants,...... 2971 6 5 9 7 Net increase,...... • • 34 7 409 Baptism s,...... 1989 S c h o o ls ,...... 168 S ch o lars,...... ■ • 6304 4 3 8 3 Sabbath-schools,...... • • 44 2 7 2824

GENERAL SUMMARY.

Missions, ...... 2 Stations...... 185 Ordained Foreign M issionaries,...... Female Missionaries— married, 22; single (including two physicians) 22, . . . . 44

Total Foreign Missionaries,...... 7 ° Native Ordained Ministers, . . . *...... • • 23 Other Native Workers, ...... 4 3 6 Total of all Foreign and Native,...... Churches, . , ...... Communicants, ...... 9568 Net increase,...... Baptisms, ...... 1 .. .i ...... ; . 2339 S c h o o ls ,...... v : ...... 268 Scholars, ......

Sabbath-school scholars,...... • • • ...... 7 2 5 1 FUNDS. The following is a summary of Receipts and Expenditures for the year ending April 30th, 1890.

T o Receipts from Presbyteries, ...... • $4 9 , *3 7 70 “ “ “ Individuals, ...... ’ “ “ “ Bequests,...... , “ “ “ Women’s Auxiliary Board, ..... “ “ Sabbath-schools,...... “ “ “ Gibson Trust Fund, ...... “ “ “ Societies, ...... “ “ “ Interest, ......

$109,539 36

^Including re-enforcements added in beginning of 1890. (Jnited Presbyterian Church. 7

By payments to Egypt, . . , . . . . V . ¿542,000 00 ** “ India, ...... 42,000 00 “ Specially designated for Egypt and India, . 3 ,7 5 7 79 “ Children in this country,...... 1,016 67 “ Salaries “ “ ...... 1,799 92 “ Interest,...... 567 21 “ Traveling of new and returning missionaries, 5,948 88 “ Expenses...... “ 3 05 “ Printing and M ailin g,...... 1,033 89 “ O u tfits,...... 1,800 00 “ Legal Expenses, ...... 230 19 “ Freights,...... 271 76 $ 100,539 36

As the last General Assembly appropriated $112,000 and but $100,539.36 was received from all sources and by a refusal on the part of the Board to again ’go into debt, the work was proportion­ ately curtailed, and as all fixed charges, such as salaries of mission­ aries traveling to and from fields, etc., have had to be paid, this curtailment means crippling „ of the work, and a failure on the churches part to properly extend it. The receipts from Presbyteries have been less than one-half of what the last Assembly appropriated and have even fallen off from last year some $3,000. Legacies also show a falling off of $6,000. Providentially, however, the various churches and organizations sup­ porting our new missionaries (classed as individuals) have come to our aid and swelled the list of individual contributors, a gain for the year of some $6,000. The Women’s Auxiliary Board and Ladies’ Societies have also added nearly $1,000 advance to last years report. As the Board is thoroughly convinced that it is useless to ask the Assembly for a sum which will be misleading and which the church will not pay, they have agreed after revising the estimates from Egypt and India and cutting them down to ask the Assembly to appropriate the sum of $ 110,000 for the current year. Every dollar of this we shall expect the church to pay if the work is to be maintained. This sum is made up as follows : for Egypt, $46,000; for India, $46,000; salaries of missionaries, etc., now in this country, $3,500; children in this country, $1,300; printing and mailing, $1,200; traveling of missionaries, $1,200; interest, $500; contin­ gent, $1,000; extension of the work, $9,300. Total, $110,000. The Treasurer’s accounts have been audited carefully and found correct. 8 Board of Foreign Missions,

THE MISSIONS. The wisdom of concentrating, as was done several years ago, the Foreign work of our church upon two fields and directing all our energies to the proper occupying of them has been well seen. These two fields are Egypt and India, and each presents an inter­ esting record: •

E g y p t .— In this field with a population that in the latest census amounted to 6,781,368, the mission has now eight districts or pro­ vinces, viz.: East Delta, West Delta, Cairo, The Fayoom, Minyah and Beni-souef, Assioot (North), Assioot (South), and Esneh and Kenneh. In these districts,- after the 35 years of being in the field, the mission has now 29 organized churches and 83 stations— in all 112 places that are more or less centres of Gospel light in the midst of the surrounding Moslem, Coptic, Jewish, and other forms of darkness. There are 39 church buildings, an average attendance upon Divine worship in 96 of the stations of 5,654 persons every Sabbath, and a communicant membership of the native churches of 2,971 persons, 464 of whom professed their faith in Christ last year, making a growth of about 17^2 per cent. In the several congregations 12 have settled pastors and some of these are nearly or quite self-sustaining, and the contributions for church work amounted to $6,495 or about two dollars and a half for each member. In this mission the work is well organized in its various depart- tments. In the 100 schools there are 6,304 pupils who have more or less instruction in the Bible every day. There are 33 Zenana workers whose duty it is to visit the native women in their own houses and .make the Gospel known to them. There are four well organized Missionary societies with 159 members and raising during the year $273 for the work of Christ. In the year, 31,067 books were disposed of, 10,184 of which were copies of the scriptures in whole or in part. The amount o f. money raised by the natives under the care of the mission is very marked, viz.: for church pur­ poses, $6,495 ; Sabbath-schools, $329; Women’s Missionary Socie­ ties, $27.3; schools, $13,872 ; books, $6,384; total, $27,353. In d ia.— In this the 35th year of its operations this mission shows a very marked work. In the midst of a population of nearly or quite 5,000,000 of people it has seven well defined districts, viz.: Sialkot, Pasrur, East Gujranwala, West Gujranwala, Gurdaspur and Pathankot, Jhelum, and Zafarwal. In each the mission work United Presbyterian Church. 9 is efficiently carried on. Most signally was the blessing seen again during the past year. The large number of 1258 persons professed their faith in Christ, 1230 adults received Christian baptism, 762 persons united with the church on certificate, and thus there was a total of 2020 additions. During the year, however, the mission has had its trials. With a characteristic most unscrupulous spirit and course the emissaries of the church of Rome made an invasion upon various parts of the mission field, and by false pretences and fair words and ensnaring gifts and many most unchristian acts and practices sought to alienate and draw off to their false system the native converts whom our brethren had so laboriously gathered in. In the simplicity of the people and their ignorance of the church and the ways of Rome numbers were seriously affected and were made to turn back from the professions they had made. It is hoped, however, all this is only for a time. Already numbers are returning. Quite a change also was made in this mission during the year by a readjustment of its bounds, which was made with the church of Scotland’s mission, and by which numbers of our members who were in places ceded to that mission were removed from us, while others who were of their mission and in bounds ceded to us became members of our churches. Altogether thus this mission has suffered changes in the member­ ship, so that while it received very large accessions, it also suffered the loss of 1611. It has, however, still the large number of 6,597 converts in its communion. In this mission the work is everywhere thoroughly arranged. In its 168 schools where the Scriptures are read and taught every day there are 4,383 scholars. In the Hospital at Sialkot which is under the efficient management of Miss Maria White, M.D., a very important and useful work is going on. In the Training Institute there are many students, numbers of whom it is hoped will in due time enter the ministry of the Gospel. In the Girls’ schools daily training is being given to many in all that may lift up the benighted women of India to spheres of comfort and usefulness in life. In the missionary tout's throughout the bounds of the mission much of the word of Life is scattered broad cast and the most happy results may be anti­ cipated from it. 10 Board of Foreign Missions, MISSIONARIES. The past year has been an eventful one in regard to our laborers, In several cases brethren have been enfeebled by sickness or infir­ mities from their long devotion to the missionary service, and have been more or less for the time laid aside. One, the Rev. Andrew Watson, D.D., of Egypt, with his wife, has had under the direction of his physician and the advice of the mission to return to this country for a season. He is already benefitted, and it is expected will resume his work early in the ensuing autumn. Only one of all the laborers has fallen by death:—- MRS. SARAH B. LANSING departed this life at her residence in the Mission House in Cairo, Egypt, on November 26th, 1889, in the 70th year of her age and the 36th of her foreign mission life and service. Early consecrating herself as she did under the constraining love of Christ and in the inmost purpose and desire of her heart to do good in this great work she lived to labor long and well for Christ and the sadly needy, first in Damascus, Syria— then in Alexandria, Egypt, and finally and much the largest part of her life in Cairo. She loved this work— was never more alive to all real happiness and joy than when engaged in it— and to her latest breath prayed and planned to have it carried on. Her dust is mingling with that of the people among whom she lived and for whom she had labored and wept and prayed that they might be saved. Who will follow her ?*

RETURNING AND NEW MISSIONARIES. Of these there have been more than in any year in the history of our foreign work. In September last, Rev. John Giffen and family returned to Egypt, and for the time he has been located at Cairo.’ Miss Elizabeth G. Gordon embarked a few weeks later for India and has resumed her work at Sialkot. The list of new ijiissionaries is of special interest. It consisted of Rev’ds Thos. E. Holliday, Elmer Fife and Thos. F. Cum­ mings and their wives, with Miss Vina J. McGarey for India; and R ev’ds E. M. Giffen, W. M. Nichol and Jeremiah Kruidenier and

* After this Report was prepared word was received that on the 7th of April, Mrs. Edna (Patton) Morrison, wife of Rev. Geo. W . Morrison, departed this life (and their infant child on the 8th), at Gujranwala, India. In this death one of the most valued and promising of the India Mission has been early called to rest from her labors. Sorrow for this is deeply and widely felt. United Presbyterian Church. 11

their wives for Egypt. Mr. Holliday embarked at New York, Sep­ tember 28th, last, the rest of the party from the same city on the 16th of October. The whole company safely reached their fields and have been more or less permanently located. Mrs. Sophia E. Johnson, M.D., sailed January 1, 1890, for the good and needed service of a medical missionary in our India mission, and is for the present assigned to Jhelum. Thus three missionaries have returned to their work and fourteen new ones have been added to it This is a noble company, every one of the new ones is an offering of love to this great work made by individuals, churches or societies, which have pledged themselves as mentioned in our last report to provide their salaries and at the same time make all their usual contributions to meet the constant and necessary current expenses of the whole work, MISSION WORK. In this, the .first and main thing is preaching— or making the gospel known, and it is always done as opportunity in any way offers by the Foreign Missionary in the village native church-—and among the people wherever any of them may be gathered together— and not unfrequently in the bazars and in the open air, and by the way side. Often too the work is effectually done by the devoted female missionary, as in the hareems or private houses of the native women or as they gather around her in their little circles anywhere and listen with not unfrequently the deepest attention as she tells them in her soft and persuasive voice and manner the great story of the love and work of Christ, and strives to lead them to Him as the one only all sufficient and loving Saviour who can take away sin and save sinners forever more. This making, the gospel known is the work of every missionary, and good as other labors are this is ever felt to be the first and the chiefest concern— the one to which all other work is made subservi­ ent— and that is most signally owned in bringing souls to Christ and thence be led in the way of saving light and life.

SCHOOLS. Next to preaching and thereby chiefly seeking to evangelize the people, constant efforts are. made to educate them. For this the mo$t watchful care is always had to have the Bible be t h e book o f every school, and its teachings a part of every system or branch of education. In this way there is now an aggregate of 268 schools, 12 Board of Foreign Missions, ranging from the Primary grade up to the College and the Theo­ logical School. It is gratifying also to see how the prejudices that are always found in heathen and unevangelized communities against the education of women are weakening in the presence of our mis­ sions, so that the privileges and benefits of the schools are being extended to them. Thus of the 10,687 pupils in our mission schools, while 7,887 are males, 2,797 are females— a vast dispropor­ tion indeed, but far less than it was and every year it is growing less. It is pleasant also to see how largely the different religion­ ists of the East are gradually coming to seek to enjoy our Protestant mission schools with all their daily Bible teachings. In Egypt, of the 6,304 scholars in the schools 3,601 are Copts, 811 Mohamme­ dans, 51 Roman Catholics, 89 of the Greek Church and 149 are Jews and Jewesses— a large mass of young minds of both males and females which would probably never have had any knowledge of the Bible and of true Christianity but for our mission schools. No one can estimate the value of the Training Schools or Insti­ tutes and Girls’ Boarding Schools at Assioot and Sialkot in bring­ ing forward as they so efficiently are, both men and women that will be important leaders of their people yet in all the blessings of Christian civilization and experience. In this connection the IJoard cannot refrain from asking special attention to the great good which has been already accomplished by the Training Schools which have been helped by so many of our Sabbath-schools. Many young men and young women have learned much of all they have ever known of the way to the Saviour in these schools and have thence gone out to be the means of great good among their poor benighted and unhappy heathen people. In one of these schools which has been largely helped by the children of our Sabbath-schools here at home over eighty persons have been trained to be useful teachers, and over twenty more have become pastors and useful workers in native churches.

CONTRIBUTORS.

These have been various. The main reliance for the help that is so much needed for our work must always be upon the c h u r c h e s — and if all the members will only ghe as the Lord has prospered them there will never be any lack. It was gratifying to see that during the year ending at the meeting of the Assembly last year 700 out of the 869 congregations had contributed to this cause. United Presbyterian Church. 13

For the year since it is fondly hoped it will be found every congre­ gation and every communicant in it has made an offering for Christ and for this great mission work— a work without which in the ages gone by we would not ourselves probably have been brought to enjoy the manifold spiritual blessings that now so largely cheer and enrich us. The Sabbath-schools too have done great good service in this cause. Most timely and useful have been the offerings which they have made, especially for the educational work in both of our mis­ sions. There are numerous native men in India and Egypt now preaching and teaching the word of life to these people, and many Christian native women teaching the schools or filling the places of Christian wives in happy homes, or doing useful Zenana work who would probably never have been in such situations if they had not enjoyed at Sialkot and Gujranwala, and at Assioot and Cairo the training of the mission schools which the children of our churches here at home did so much by their contributions to sustain. Only let the Foreign mission work be explained to the children and opportunities be given them to contribute to it and no one can estimate the good that may result. Most deeply also have the Board felt the work which so many of the wom en of our church are so fittingly and usefully doing for this cause. Alm ost all the foreign unmarried female laborers in our mis­ sions are sustained by the women’s societies and bands here at home. How appropriate is this! Women here have been signally blessed by the gospel and now they seek to have their benighted, ignorant, degraded sex in lands without the gospel to enjoy its benefits also ! How richly too every year is it becoming more and more manifest that their efforts and their prayers are not in vain on this behalf. . Most important also has been the help received from the B e q u e s ts which thoughtful Christian men and women have made for this cause. Freely they have received of the Lord’s bounties, freely have many felt they should make provision in their last Wills for His cause, and most timely has such help often been. Fittingly thus is there a way opened for the friends of Christ to continue doing good after their present life is closed. 14 Board of Foreign Missions, OTHER SOCIETIES AND FRIENDS.. Much encouragement has been continued to be given to us by- societies and individuals from other associations and church con­ nections who have cheered us by their words and helped us' with their contributions. The American, and British and Foreign Bible Societies, the American Tract Society, The London Religious Tract Society, the Turkish Missions Aid Society, Sir Evelyn Baring, British Agent Consular General and Minister Plenipotentiary, to Egypt, Messrs. Thos. Cook & Sons, Peter McKennon, Esq., Scotland, D. Peoples, Esq., Liverpool, John Duncan Sons, New York, and various government officials, travellers and other friends abroad have done much by grants and gifts to aid us, and with the happiest results. Thanks are specially due to God and the various helpers he ,has thus raised up in the time of the needs of our work. t

OTHER MISSIONARIES. For some time the Board has deeply felt that a limit has probably been reached as to the number of persons that for a time at least we should employ in our foreign work. At present we have in the two missions, 70 foreign missionaries, 26 men and 44 women. W ith these we have 459 native workers— and thus a total of 529 employ­ ees in this service. Would that there were a thousand more. But is it likely the churches will for a time furnish the means of sustain­ ing more ? , Most seriously are the Board perplexed in this matter. Just now some promising and desirable new missionaries are offered us with the means to support them. One of these is a case of quite long standing, in which a single family have generously proposed to support as a memorial of a sainted mother, a new female missionary in Egypt. Miss Mary E. Work has been found qualified for. the service and is commended by the Board to the Assembly for appointment. Another, Miss Mame R. Martin, daughter of one of our missionaries is taken up by two Presbyterial Societies, and having been satisfactorily examined she is also recommended to the Assem bly for appointment to India. But beyond this the Board are exceedingly doubtful whether we should go for the present. All the guarantees that have(been made to support new missionaries are happily being kept up— but con­ tingencies may arise in regard to them and even if this promised support should not fail, yet it may be difficult to keep up all the contributions which are required for the current expenses of the United Presbyterian Church. 15

work at large, and in addition to what is raised for the particular missionary which an .individual or congregation may have in hand. Besides the salaries, the outfits and traveling expenses of new missionaries there is also involved a considerable expense in open­ ing new stations, in securing residences, and in various other neces­ sary ways. As things are, ought new liabilities be incurred at least for a time ? MISSIONARY ASSOCIATIONS. In each of the missions there has been for many years and accom­ plishing much good a formal Association made up of all the Foreign missionaries and having in charge all the work of the missions be­ sides that of a Presbyterial or a spiritual character. It has seemed proper that the female members of our missions should have a place in these Associations, and therefore the Board recommend to . the Assembly that the Rules of the Manual be so amended as to allow the unmarried female missionaries and all the married female missionaries who assume all the responsibilities of missionaries to sit as members in the Associations, to advise and to vote in matters pertaining to their work.

THE WOMEN’S AUXILIARY BOARD. T he Board refers with gratitude to the work this important Board of our church is doing for the cause of Christ, and are especially thankful that in common with what is believed to be very largely the spirit of the women of our whole church, its sympathies and efforts are happily drawn out in a good degree to the evangelization and well-being of the heathen women in our mission fields. In accordance with the direction of the last Assembly an earnest effort has been made “ to give the management of the Medical work into the hands of the Women’s Board.” A committee was appointed to meet with a corresponding committee of the Auxiliary Board and “ to formulate rules and regulations for the management of the medical work.” Unfortunately the action of the Assembly was not clear as to the exact relation which the two Boards should sus­ tain to the work and to each other, and as to the powers intended to be confered or reserved. The Manual too adopted by the Assembly for the guidance of the Foreign Board could not be violated in its provisions. The joint committee of the Boards met, had a long conference in relation to the proper regulations, and much correspondence was 16 Board of Foreign Missions, conducted between the Boards. When an understanding could not be reached in relation to some of the questions involved it was deemed best by the Foreign Board, as the missions were deeply concerned in the whole matter, to submit to their judgment the several propositions which had been considered in the joint com­ mittee or adopted by the Boards respectively. This was accordingly done and the views of the missions, or missionaries, as obtained are transmitted with this report for any use the Assembly may be pleased to make of them. In view of the difficulties involved, and the importance of the whole matter to the happy working of the two Boards, and the har­ mony and well-being of the missions this Board would respectfully recommend that the Assembly appoint a committee to confer with the two Boards and if deemed necessary to correspond with the missionaries, and after such conference and correspondence to define the relations of the two Boards and formulate rules and regulations for the management of the medical work— said com­ mittee to report to the next Assembly.

THE ANNUAL REPORT. The importance of having information given fully to our people in reference to the work of this Board is more and more deeply felt every year. An edition of 6,000 copies of the Annual Report was issued last year, and the effort has been made to have them reach every congregation and be put in circulation among all the people. Thus they may become acquainted with the extent and character and needs of the fields, the names and locations of the missionaries, the schools and all the various methods and modes of missionary operations. Surely such reading ought to be in the hands of all our people when we have such a good and great work to do.

MAPS. Very earnest inquiry has been made in various quarters for Maps of our missions. They would doubtless be of great assistance where pastors or teachers or parents would be interested in calling attention to them. Some years ago maps of each mission were pre­ pared at an expense of several hundred dollars— but the demand for them was so small that the attempt to circulate them was abandoned. Would the effort be more successful now and the advantage justify the expense ? United Presbyterian Church. 17

Finally. As an Old year of blessing closes and a New one of pro­ mise opens upon us what shall be done ? Shall there not be earnest thanks given for the past— and renewed consecration, resolution and effort, for the future ? Brought as we have been, not of ourselves, but in the leading and favor of God to such a time as this and with such a gratifying state of the mission work in our hands, shall we hesitate or falter or in any way withhold from it ? or shall we not now with new spirit and zeal go forward— not, for the present enlarging our work and thus increasing our liabilities— but thor­ oughly sustaining it as it is, that there be no hindering or curtail­ ing of it— ever watching and laboring for the ability to enter still more the fields so white for the harvest in the bounds of our missions and where so many millions of heathen souls are perishing for the Gospel, which as things now are, they must receive at our hands or in all sad probability never have it at all. W ill not all feel the solemn pressure of the case ? W. W. B a r r , President. J . B. D a l e s , Cor. Sec'y. Philadelphia, May 22d, 1890. 18 Board of Foreign Missions,

T h e E g y p t ia n M is sio n .

Introductory by the Rev. Hope W. H o g g .

"The following statements contain the results, so far as they can be rep­ resented numerically, of a year’s work on the part of the Evangelical Church of Egypt and its missionary helpers, classed under the usual five departments of Congregational and Evangelistic, Sabbath-schools, Hareem work, Educational and Book distribution. They contain also the comments of some of those who have studied the results after helping to achieve them. The work described, has been possible, because of thirty-four preced­ ing years of toil. The harvest of these 35 years includes an Egyptian church of 29 organized congregations, besides 67 mission stations more or less completely occupied, and 16 other places that contain a nucleus of church members, or a school, or some such source of Christian influence, in all 112 centres of Christian light. The average attendance at Sabbath morning service, held at the 96 centres first mentioned, has been 5,654. The church contained on December 31st, 1889, 2,971 members in full communion, ministered to by 12 Egyptian pastors, 22 Licentiates and other evangelists, 14 Theological students, and 33 special Zenana workers. It possessed 39 church buildings, and had contributed for all church pur­ poses during the year $6,495. These facts just mentioned, viewed as general results of thirty-five years of work, are no small thing; and the year 18S9 has contributed its share, it has added 8 theological students, 1 licentiate, 3 pastors, 3 congrega­ tions, 9 mission stations, 8 of the centres called additional stations in the general statistical summary preceding the special reports, and 464 mem­ bers by profession, this last being a growth of 17 ^ pqr cent., or fully one for every six of the members reported'at the end of the year 1888. United Presbyterian Church. 19

The most thorough test of the results of the year is an examination of the statistical details found on page 72. The items given are 35. In 25 of them there is a clear advance in the right direction. In one, viz., the number of shopmen and Colporteurs, there has been no change at all. In the remaining nine there is shown a decrease, although some of it is only nominal. The decrease is in two departments. The first of these is membership, where it appears in four items, although in the most import­ ant element, viz., accessions by profession of faith, there is not only a greater addition than during the previous year, but a higher rate of growth. The four items, however, are accessions by certificate, by resto­ ration, and by baptism, adult and infant. The first two of these relate to matters that are in their way important enough, but slight variations from year to year spring from such various sources, being even sometimes e. g. merely a correction of a preceding statistical error, that they can scarcely be taken to mean much. The fact is that 1889 brought an improvement in regard to discipline. O f the remaining two, adult baptisms represent the accessions from Mohammedanism and are therefore important. The number reported for 1888 was exceptionally large, and there has been a return to the previous average of two or three; but there are signs of pro­ gress of a different kind. The number of Mohammedan children in the schools has risen to 831, an increase of fully 7 per cent., and there has been in a district a little north of Assioot a marked desire on the part of a good many Mohammedans to possess copies of the Bible. The one real decrease is in the contributions of the people, where it appears in five items, and constitutes a feature of the present position that calls for serious consideration. In contributions, indeed, there is advance only in school fees, and in Sabbatli-school contributions by $61, while in regard to every item classified under the heading church contributions, there is a decrease, amounting for all church purposes to #479, or nearly 7 per cent. The decrease, indeed, is really greater, for there is lost in it an altogether exceptional increase of $309 in moneys raised for building purposes. This decrease, moreover, has occurred in spite of a net increase of mem­ bership of 347, and we cannot truthfully say that the Egyptian church has realized the seriousness of this fact as bearing on the future of the church. We would have friends at home, in their supplications on behalf of Egypt, to bear this in mind, while at the same time they give thanks for the manifest progress in every other respect, that has marked the year 1889. The details regarding the special fruits of this year follow in their place. Yet let us note one or two things of importance, not all of which have found mention elsewhere. The Egyptian Presbytery, which now contains 41 Egyptian members and 14 missionaries, was organized on April- 16th, i860, after the mission had been in existence five years and five months, and has for now nearly twenty years been conducting its deliberations and keeping its records in the Arabic language. It meets twice a year for four or five days, to arrange all matters coming under the first two of the following reports, except the missionary work of the missionaries. The year 1889 has witnessed several new growths. A scheme for supervision of village schools, drawn up with much care by a special committee, is now lying on the table— the great difficulty in the way of its adoption being the absence of such power as the possession of an annual fund of even #500 would give, for securing the enforcement of the scheme. A 20 Board of Foreign Missions,

special committee is now preparing a scheme of Presbyterial visitation and oversight of congregations; and a scheme in aid of superannuated preachers is being brought into operation. There can probably be traced another beginning of corporate extra-congregational enterprise, in the fact that Presbytery is assuming responsibility in regard to special work amongst the women, and contributions for this object are reaching it from various centres. One of the most encouraging departments of work, indeed, is that last mentioned. It is stated in one of the reports, that the number of women and girls reached in one way or another by the gospel, is about 4,557. The number of men and boys is not less than 7,037, or, taking averages instead of totals, 5,816. The gospel has thus been regularly reaching more than ten thousands of people, in addition to much of such less systematic work as that of Colporteurs and others. Very encouraging, too, is the prospect in regard to applicants for the ministry. The theological classes contain fourteen students, and six others will apply in February 1890. If we turn our attention from the mission harvest-field to the missionary reapers, we see that here also. there is change, increase and decrease. Death has again entered the mission circle, and Mrs. Lansing is no more. Her missionary career, first at Damascus and, since 1857 in Egypt, has been long, nearly forty years. She lived a noble life. She rested on November 27th, 1889. She was ready to go and be with Christ, which is far better. Wet watched a while, and then we resumed our reaping. But some of those who sowed with her, are weary with .the burdens and heat of the day. The Lord of the harvest is very watchful. He has sent us six young brothers and sisters to swell our ranks. Rev. E. M. GifFen, Rev. W. M. Nichol and Rev. J. Kruidenier with their wives, have safely reached their field of labor and are now in Cairo, Monsoora and Assioot respectively, fitting themselves by the study of the Arabic language and otherwise, for their future work. Rev. John Giffen and his family have returned from the United States, while Rev. A. Watson, D. D., and his wife are taking a much needed furlough. Having thus inspected some of the more important land marks and called the roll, we resume once more our sowing and reaping, leaving these reports to speak for themselves, merely prefixing the following instruc­ tive facts in tabular form.

COMPARISON.

1859. 1869. 1879. 1889. Number of Stations, ...... 3 8 43 112 Number of Congregations, ...... 0 2 11 29 Number of Pastors,...... 0 i 5 12 Number of Communicants,...... 4 180 985 2971 Attendance at Sabbath Morning Service, 100 (67 x ?) 438 2083 5654 Contributions for all Church Purposes, . #566 $4726 $ 6495 Number of Sabbath-schools,...... 2 (?) 5 (?) 39 98 “ “ Pupils in Sabbath-schools, . . 20 (?) 118 1575 4427 Number of Day Schools,...... 4 (3 * ?) 14 (10 X ?)1 44 100 “ “ Pupils E nrolled ,...... 100 (71 x ?) 633 2218 6304 “ “ Boys “ ...... 55 (26 x ?) 352 1537 4386 “ “ Girls “ ...... 45 281 681 1918 Tuition Fees (and boarding)...... #596 $2723 $13872 United Presbyterian Church. 21

MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS AND GENERAL SUMMARY. EGYPT.

F or t h e Y e a r E n d in g D ecem ber 31st, 1889.

W O R K E R S . *

1. F o r eig n .— N umber of Ordained Missionaries, 1 in U. S. A., . . . 14 “ Unmarried Female Missionaries,.... 9 “ Married “ “ 1 in U. S. A ., 12 “ Physicians, ...... T o t a l N um ber o f F o reig n W o r k e r s, ...... 35 2. N a t iv e .— Pa s to r s ,...... 12 Licentiates,...... 7 Theologues,...... 14 Other Employees of Presbytery,...... 15 Shopmen and Colporteurs, (24th is a Theological Student), 23 Zenana W orkers,...... ,. 33 School Teachers, Males,...... 117 “ “ Females,...... 35 T o t a l N um ber o f N a t iv e W o r k e r s , ...... 256

Total Laborers, Foreign and N a tiv e ,...... 391

CONGREGATIONAL.

Number of Students licensed during the y e a r ,...... 1 “ Ministers Ordained “ “ 3 “ Congregations organized during the year,...... 3 “ New Stations occupied “ “ ...... ' 9 Total Number of organized Congregations,...... 29 Number of unorganized Mission S t a t io n s ,...... 96 “ Additional Stations (e. g. with only s c h o o ls ),...... 16 “ Congregations self-supporting,...... 1 “ “ having Pastors,...... 15 “ New members received on profession during year, . . . . . 464 Total Number of membership on December 31st, . . - -...... 29 7 r Number of Church buildings, ...... 29 Amount of Contributions for all Church purposes during the y e a r , ...... $6,495

SCHOOLS.

Number of Schools for M a l e s , ...... 79 “ “ Females,...... 21 Total Number of Schools,...... 100 Number of Pupils in all schools, M a l e s ...... 43^6 “ “ “ “ Females,...... 1918 Total Number of Pupils in all schools, ...... — 6304 Number of Mission Training Schools (under direct control of Miss’nrs, 11 “ Congregational Village Schools, . . 89 “ Schools self-supporting...... 89 “ Teachers in schools, M a l e s , ...... 1 1 7 ’ “ “ “ Females,...... 35 Total Number of Teachers, ...... 152 Number of Training Colleges,...... 1 “ Pupils in Training C o ll e g e s ,...... 250 “ “ boarding in Training C o ll e g e s ,...... 141 “ Boys’ Day and Boarding Schools,...... 1 “ Pupils in Boys’ Day and Boarding Schools ... 408 “ Boarders in “ “ “ “ ...... 7 “ Girls’ “ “ “ ...... 2 “ Pupils in “ “ “ ...... 370 “ Boarders in “ “ “ ...... 127 Amount contributed by Natives for all School purposes during the year, . . . $13,872 Board of Foreign Missions,

SABBATH SCHOOLS.

Number of Sabbath-schools,...... 98 “ Pupils in Sabbath-schools, Adults, ...... 2713 “ “ “ “ Children,...... *7 * 4 Total Number of Pupils in Sabbath-schools, ...... 4427 Number of Teachers “ “ • . 225 Amount contributed by “ “ ...... • $329 00

BOOK DEPARTMENT.

Number of Volumes published during the yea r,...... Number of Volumes sold, v iz : ...... £ . fB. & F. B. Soc. Vols., . . 463 $ 158 90 Scriptures, I goc „ 1424 37 m whole or in part, j MiscellaneouS} „ _ . | „ 2 7 5 79 Religious Books, & c ., ...... 6231 850 83 Educational and Miscellaneous, . . ; ...... 14652 3233 91 Stationery,...... 440 5 4 Total sales for the y e a r ,...... 31067 3,384 3 4

HAREEM WORK.— 1 S p e c ia l (at 45 Stations.)

Hareem Teaching.— Number of Teach ers,...... 33 “ P u p ils,...... 814 “ Hearers only ...... 856— 1670 Prayer Meetings.— Special, for women and g i r l s , ...... 58 Attendance :— W om en , ...... 597 G ir ls,...... 451— 1048 Missionaries S o c ie tie s ,...... 4 Members— W om en,...... 36 G i r l s ', ...... 123— 159 Contributions, ...... $ 273

2. G E N E R A L W O R K .

Church Attendance— Women,...... 1503 Girls, ...... • . • ’ 5 3 9 — 2 0 4 2 Number of Women Communicants,...... 1156 Other Religious Meetings (both sexes), Attendance— Women,...... 488 G ir ls ,...... 109— 597 Schools— Day Schools and Boarding Schools, Girls e n r o lle d ,...... 1918 Sabbath-schools,...... Attendance— W om en,...... • 901 G i r l s , ...... 558— 1459 3 Total women and girls reached by all agencies,...... — 4 5 5 7 Total amount paid by Natives for all purposes: Church, $6,495 5 Sabbath- school, $329; Women’s Missionary Societies, $273; Schools, $13,872. Books, $6,384 ...... ' ...... $27,353 United Presbyterian Church. 23 I. EVANGELISTIC AND CONGREGATIONAL WOflK.

By th e R ev. C h auncey M urch.

STATISTICS.

S tatio n s. L a b o re rs. Membership. Miss’ry & Presbyterial. 'I M is s’ry . N a tiv e . j

DISTRICTS. C h u rch es. F em ale. P a sto rs . Evangelists. M ale. T o ta l. Contributions. M ale. F em ale. Net In cre a se . T o ta l. 1 T1 o ta l. Esneh and K enneh, ...... 11 4 1 1 2 4 8 158 130 288 29 $1787 Girgeh and Assioot (South),...... 24 9 4 6 3 9 22 521 327 848 135 1584 Assioot (N orth),...... 33 9 4 9 13 547 243 790 125 Ï0 6 6 Minyah and Beni Sooef,...... 22 2 1 9 10 302 22 ô 527 41 671 F a y o o m , ...... 7 2 2 1 3 93 59 152 6 541 Cairo and D istrict, ...... 10 2 6 9 2 17 133 115 248 575 East Delta, Monsoora, e tc ., ...... 3 2 3 1 6 IS 21 39, 9 154 West Delta, Alexandria, etc., . 2 i 1 2 3 43 36 79 2 114 T o ta l, ...... 11« 9.9 14 2 1 12 35 82 1815 1156 2971 317 £6495

In presenting a review of the evangelistic operations of the mission during the year 1889, it becomes us gratefully to recognize the divine guidance and blessing which have been manifested, as in former years. Acknowledging ourselves as ever in the hands of the great head of. the church, we are glad to labor, and to rely for success only on His blessing. For all the good we are enabled to accomplish from year to year, we would gratefully give God the praise.

Death. For the third time death has entered the ranks of the pastorate of the Evangelical church of Egypt. The Rev. Ibraheem Yoosuf was one of the first fruits of the mission. When an attempt was made to opes a school in Assioot, he was left in charge of it, before the first missionary was in 1865 formally sent to occupy the field. After serving in other spheres he was ordained in November, 1879, pastor of the Assioot con­ gregation, where he labored till his death in April 1889. He had gifts which he used to the advancement of the work. His place will be hard to fill.

S t a t i o n s O c c u p i e d . The progress in regard to stations occupied is of two kinds or degrees : fuller occupation of stations already entered, and opening of entirely new stations. There are first, however, some cases of apparent retrogression. Tenda no longer appears as a station, its one member being included with Mellawi since there are no meetings in Tenda. Three places, (Sidfa, Boorgain and Fam el Bahr), reported last year as having only day schools, perhaps do not all have them now. The Madeena school also is not men­ tioned, as it and Suft el Khammar, which last had in addition to a school, a service, have sent no report. These five places are therefore doubtful; while three places, (Nezlet Aboo Hinnis, Aboo Goorg and Tanbadi) coxv- tinue to report only a day school. 24 Board of Foreign Missions,

On the other hand, three places (Edfou, Beni Alaig and Beni Koorra) which had only a day school last year, now report each a religious service and a Sabbath-school, and amongst them fourteen members by profes­ sion ; three places (El Mataina, Erment and EshrShameeyya) which re­ ported last year only resident church members, now report a religious ser­ vice, and the latter two also a Sabbath-school ; while one place (Deir el Bérsha) which reported only religious services, reports now twelve mem­ bers by profession, and a Sabbath-school. Let Edfou be a specimen of these places. Towards the close of the year 1888, a small school was operated there. The teacher who went to take charge of the school, was a member of the church at Luxor. Soon after the beginning of 1889 a communion was held and two most worthy men were received into the church. Through the energetic efforts of the teacher, some twenty women are receiving instruction that will enable them to read the Bible. The teacher requires the boys of his school to teach their mothers. So much for the development of the work in stations previously partly occupied. As for new places— whoever compares the statistical table appended to the Egyptian report with that of last year, will find seven­ teen new names. In nine of these places there are day schools, and in four of them (Itfa, En-Nezlet el Mustagidda, Kurkaris and El Idwa) only day schools. In nine of them there are services every Sabbath, and in another, meeting every night, although on Sabbath the people attend at a neighboring village. Ten of them report Sabbath-schools. O f the ninety-six mission stations, therefore, mentioned in the intro­ ductory statement as more or less completely occupied, nine have been added during the year 1889, while the other eight new names belong to the sixteen described as additional stations.

INCREA8E OF MEMBERSHIP. The addition to the membership through these new stations has taken place at 6 of them, and amounts to 36, 28 being by profession of faith. Including these, there have been added, during the year 1889, to the general membership of the church 547, 464 being by profession ; while by deaths and otherwise this number has been reduced by 200. With the net increase of 347» the membership is now 2,971. A great number of thé accessions come, as will be seen from the table at the head of this re­ port, from the districts surrounding Assioot, where the ground is being strongly worked, and where the population is now well under the influ­ ence of our work. 350 baptisms were reported during the year.

N e w P a s t o r a t e s . About the 1st of March Rev. Awaida Abd esh-Shaheed was ordained and installed over the united charge of Luxor and Koorneh congrega­ tions. At about the same time Rev. Benyameen Fam was ordained and installed over the congregation of Abouteeg. And about September 1st, Rev. Tadrus Hanna was ordained and installed as pastor of the congre­ gation at Mellawi. These are three very promising young men. All of them being endowed with more than average ability, we shall expect much from them. United Presbyterian Church. 25

We trust that He from whom their talents are, may use them for the advancement of his cause.

C ontributions . The amount contributed for all purposes was #6,495, or an average of $2.18 per member. Last year’s average having been #2.65 per member, we must acknowledge that there has been a serious falling off in the amount contributed to church work. This falling off has been almost universal throughout the country. The only exceptions áre the district furthest north and the district furthest south. In one of these there was a very large advance over last year’s contributions. This will be accounted for by the fact that the church at Koos, on account of faulty construc­ tion, had to be repaired at a large cost. One reason for the general fall­ ing off may be found in the general state of financial depression caused by two bad Niles in succession.

V i s i t a t i o n o f M is s io n S t a t i o n s b y M issionaries . In addition to the regular visits of the missionaries to the places within their districts, Rev. J. K . Giffen, during the early part of the year, visited all the stations from Assioot southwards to Assouan, using the mis­ sion Dahabieh. The writer also, leaving Luxor in May and returning in October, spent a considerable time in visiting a number of the stations between that place and Cairo. On the return voyage we were accompanied by Miss Smith, who worked most zealously among the women wherever we stopped. It is exceedingly advantageous to a missionary to be able to visit, from time to time, among the stations outside his own district. Unless one knows the whole field, he often has to do with stations with which he is unacquainted. In making reports we include the whole field, but still we do not know it. We meet at Presbytery representatives of nearly all of our stations; but it is only after visiting each place and becoming acquainted with the people as an organization, that we really have an in­ terest in the places founded on knowledge. It is also a matter of considerable importance to the people, especially among our smaller stations, whether or not each of the missionaries has ever visited them; and it is a matter of greater importance that every missionary should have, as far as possible, a personal knowledge of the whole field, in order to be able to act intelligently in matters that pertain to the various church organizations. In view then of the mission’s successes during the past year, and viewing too the discouragements that constantly meet us, let us not fail to under­ stand that through both success and discouragement, God in his provi­ dence is urging us forward. Wide doors are open to us; the word of God is in our hands; we are prepared to put it wherever it will meet with acceptance; the goodly number of preaching stations already organized, furnishes a foundation for much greater achievements in the near future; our educational institutions also are firmly established, and being popular with the people, never fail to work a silent revolution in our aid. All these combine to urge us to raise high our standard, and to intensify our zeal; and if we press forward with the glory of our master and leader 26 Board of Foreign Missions,

ever in our minds, we shall never falter nor weary, “ till the kingdom of Egypt has become a kingdom of our Lord.”

“ Kingdoms wide that sit in darkness, Grant them, Lord, thy glorious light. And from eastern coast to western May the morning chase the n ight: A n d redemption Freely purchased, win the day.

Fly abroad, eternal gospel, Win and conquer, never cease: May thy lasting wide dominions Multiply and still increase : May thy sceptre Sway the enlightened world around.”

II. SABBATH SCHOOL WORK.

B y t h e R e v . H o p e W . H o g g .

1889. 1888. 1887. Number of Sabbath-schools,...... 98 78 82 “ Attendance, ...... 4427 4285 4338 “ Teachers and Classes, ...... 255 243 240 Amount Contributed,...... $ 329 $ 270 $ 239 Number of lesson papers distributed, ...... 156,000 165,000 120,000 Cost of Printing, ...... $ 261 $ 265 $ 154

These statistics bring up the history of the Sabbath-school department to 31st of December, 1889. They indicate an advance in each detail as compared with the highest point previously attained, whether that was in the preceding year, or in the year before that. The attendance of 4.427, with an analysis of the attendance at the Sabbath morning services placed below it, is made up as follows :

M e n . W o m e n . B o y s . G i r l s . Sabbath-schools,...... 1812 901 1156 ' 558 Morning Service,...... 2749 *503 863 539

An examination of these figures reveals both encouraging and dis­ couraging facts. The Sabbath-school attendance bears to the morning service; attendance the relation of 78 per cent. Ten years ago the relation was 75 per cent. : twenty years ago, 27 per cent. This improvement, along with the very large increase in the number of Sabbath-schools re­ ported as in existence, seems to show that the traditional practice of attending in the sanctuary only once on Sabbath, is being overcome. But further investigation shows that the attendance of adults at Sabba.th-school is only 63 per cent, o f that at the morning service. There is therefore still very much room for progress. On the other hand the attendance of children at Sabbath-school, bears to that at the morning service, the rela­ tion of 122 per cent. We have here, therefore, the special schools in charge of the missionaries, whose existence depends on the day schools, teaching the gospel to a large number of children that would never be reached by church work. And yet here also we must face the matter United Presbyterian Church. 27

boldly and state the case fully. While there are, 1.714 children in the Sabbath-schools, there are 6,304 in the day . schools— but then these day schools are Bible schools, and so there have been during 1889, more than six thousand children regularly studying the Bible. The attendance at Sabbath-schools has grown in twenty years thirty- seven fold; but those interested in Sabbath-schools in particular, must remember that many of what are reported here as Sabbath-schools, are in reality only ordinary preaching services where the lesson of the day according to the International scheme is made the subject of address. Probably a good many of the forty schools that report only one teacher, are in this condition. There remain however fifty-eight reporting at least two teachers, of which twenty-two report four or more teachers.* It is hoped that gradually the idea of a real Sabbath-school will make its way. At the centre with which the writer is familiar, there is a Sab­ bath-school with twelve classes, conducted as nearly as possible as a Sab- bath-school should be conducted, and it is hoped that the pupils in such schools, as they find their way afterwards to their homes, and in particu­ lar, those of them that will become teachers and preachers, may carry with them the ideas and methods they have gained. O f the difficulties to be contended with, one of the greatest is, what is not altogether unknown at home— the prevalent idea that the duties of Sabbath-school work begin and end at the church door. Indeed, among the last things learned in the church of Egypt, is the importance of what we Westerns are always insisting on— preparation. It is pleasing to see that the pupils that come under the influence of the missionaries, learn somewhat to appreciate preparation, and to . feel the need of it. The printed leaflet of notes on the Sabbath school lessons, of which the weekly issue is about 3.000 copies, although, in probably a jnajority of the places, it is used not as an aid, but as a substitute for study, must eventually work in the same direction. Another influence having the same tendency, is the weekly meeting of teachers for prayer and study, of which there seem to exist three, two in Cairo and one at Assioot. Sometimes a monthly paper is also read bn some question connected with Sabbath-school work. Another difficulty is that of securing regularity of attendance. An effort is of course made to get all who attend the day school to attend the Sabbath-school. The difficulty is much greater at some of the stations than at others. In the case of Mohammedans or Jews it is especially hard to persuade parents to allow their children to attend; and even if they let them begin, they are very apt to take them away soon, especially if the children seem to be becoming interested. Different methods have been used to try to secure regularity. In some schools monthly maga­ zines have been given to all who have attended every Sabbath during the month. In the Monsoora school, prizes were given in the same way to twenty-three girls, most of them Mohammedans or Jewsesses, and eighteen boys, out of an average attendance of forty-five. In the Ezbekeeyya school (Cairo), to which Rev. W. Harvey has devoted a great deal of care, nine boys and five girls were present from fifty-one to fifty-two Sabbaths during the year.

*For future comparison we give the full analysis of schools:— one teacher, 40; two teachers, 24; three teachers, 12; four teachers, 10; five teachers, 5; six teachers, 2 ; seven teachers, 1 ; eight teachers, 2 ; twelve teachers, 1 ; nineteen teachers, 1. 28 Board of Foreign Missions,

Some few of the schools are organized in a systematic way, and go through their work methodically. The school in Cairo already referred to, with an average attendance of 125 boys and men, has twelve classes, one of them being a Bible class for men. The girls’ school connected with it, has six classes conducted in Arabic, and three in English. In some cases there are special difficulties in the way of having a Sabbath- school at all. The Cairo Boolac school e. g. suffers a good deal, Miss Conner says, from having to be held too late in the day. The Alexandria school, again, has been hurt through the closing of the Boys’ Day School; but some of the boys who were in attendance, having now gone to the Day School, of the Scottish Mission, attend there on Sabbath also. A decided want in most of the congregations is a Bible class such as those to which a large number of people at home can traee so many beneficial lessons. Hardly yet can this be said to exist anywhere here. The Sabbath-school is thus scarcely yet an institution really in opera­ tion in Egypt, in spite of these successive annual reports; and after all it is not to be wondered at, that the church has not yet become convinced, indeed it has hardly dawned even on the most advanced in it, that the Sabbath-school really is one of the very most powerful agencies that can be used. Still the Presbytery’s Sabbath-School Committee is trying to insist on this fact, and the missionaries feel that here, as at home, much of the encouragement of the pastor must have its spring in the Sabbath- school.

III. HAREEM WORK.

B y M is s H o g g . • Special W ork at 45 stations. 1. Hareem Teaching— Number of Teachers,...... 33 Number reached 1, Pupils (275 beginners) Protestants, 135 Copts, . . 575 < Muslem s,. 36 Others, . 68— 814 2. Hearers o n ly ,...... 856 1670 2. Prayer Meetings— Special, for women and girls, . 58 Attendance at them women, . . . . . 597 Girls, ...... 451— 1048 3. Missionary Societies— 4. Members— W o m e n ,...... 36 G i r l s , ...... 123— 159 Contributions, .... . $273 General Work influencing women and girls. 1. Church— Attendance— W omen,...... 1503 Girls, ...... 5 3 9 - 204 2 Number of women communicants, . . . 1156 2. Other Religious meetings (for both sexes), .... Attendance o f women, . 488 Girls, . . 109— 59 7 3. Schools— 1 D ay Schools— A Girls’ Schools, . . 21 Teachers, 35 Pupils, . . .1 7 6 4 b Mixed Schools, ...... 27 Attendance of .girls, . 154— 1918 II Sabbath-schools— Attendance of women, . 901 . Girls, . . 558— 1459 Total of women and girls reached by all agen cies,...... 4 5 5 7 United Presbyterian Church. 29

Hareem work in its narrowest sense, may mean such mission work as is conducted in the courts of Egyptian homes. In a broader sense, and that in which I propose to treat it, it embraces all the mission agencies whose aim it is, to influence the dwellers in hareems. We believe that, during the past year, the number of women and girls .that have at least read or heard the word of God more or less regularly, has been 4,557. This is only an estimate, but is founded so closely on known facts, that it is probably below the truth. That an extensive work of this kind is going on in Egypt, is an undeniable fact. That it is rapidly progressing, appears from a comparison of last year’s statistics with those given above. There is an increase of 186 in the number of women communicants, and of 241 in the number of those who hear the word through hareem-work­ ers, although the largeness of the apparent increase in the latter is prob­ ably partly due to previous incomplete reporting. The women and girls of Egypt are reached chiefly through five agencies, about each of which something will be said, those usually classed under the title of Hareem work being dwelt on at more length.

I. T h e S c h o o l s .— These, both Sabbath and Day Schools; both those exclusively for girls, and the twenty-seven Boys’ schools attended also by girls, are doing a sure and steady good work.

II. S a b b a t h S e r v i c e s .— The average attendance of women and girls at these, is 2,042, which is an increase of 345 on the previous year. It is noticeable that in the villages the bulk of the attendance is made up of women (not girls) as the people are conservative in regard to allowing freedom to their girls; whereas in the large mission centres, where there is a strong hold on the young by means of schools, etc., the proportion of girls is very large. The pastor of Minyah tells of the earnestness of some women in Zawiyet-al-Amwata, a village which lies across the river from his town. When communion is held in Minyah, the women take a boat and cross the water in order to be present at the services, thus put­ ting some of their more highly favored, .but less zealous sisters, to shame.

III. R e l i g i o u s M e e t i n g s . — O f those exclusively designed for women and girls, the number is fifty-eight; and the attendance at them 1,048, whereas, at those open to both sexes the attendance of women and girls is 597. This illustrates a fact evident to every worker in Egypt, that until customs are radically changed here, the women cannot freely be reached through agencies other than those exclusively devoted to them. O f the ‘meetings coming under the present head, the large majority are of the prayer-meeting type, but a few in the central stations may be teachers' preparation meetings or

M i s s i o n a r y S o c i e t i e s .—O f these there are yet only four entering into this years’ statistics, and these exist at mission centres where there are those who can help to keep alive and foster them, by their presence and gifts, and their help in gathering or translating into Arabic, missionary intelligence. Where these aids did not exist, the meeting is apt to be­ come an ordinary prayer meeting, in which money is collected by the members for no distinctly defined purpose. There is no doubt that the missionary societies must be resulting in good, and there is sometimes 30 Board of Foreign Missions,

considerable enthusiasm evinced by their members in the hearing of mis­ sionary intelligence or the raising of funds. Miss Smith writes of the observance by .the society -in Haret-es-Sakkaeen, Cairo, of the day appointed by the ladies of America for the presentation of thank-offer­ ings. The proposal in regard to its observance was not known of by the members of the society until a very short time before the meeting, and only seven were present. The Lord, however, was there, and His spirit stirred their hearts not only to gratitude, as they review the many spe­ cial blessings of the past year, but to a liberality, which, with the help of a few frienids, resulted in a thank-offering amounting to $ 2 3 ' In some of the societies a small sum of money was entrusted to several of the mem­ bers that they might trade with it, and in the Boolac and Assioot societies the gains accruing, from the few cents given out, were in both cases about $15. The total contributions of the missionary societies of Egypt, amount for the year to $ 2 7 3 .

IV. House-Visitation /.

V. Village Visitation by Ladv Missionaries.— This is a part of woman’s work which perhaps hardly gets as much attention as it needs. Bound as most of the unmarried missionary ladies’ are to schools, espe­ cially if they be Boarding-schools, it is difficult (we shall not call it im­ possible) for them to absent themselves from their assigned part of labor United Presbyterian Church. 31

by undertaking these voluntary visitations. Yet there is no denying that an important part of woman’s work is being neglected as long as things remain as they, are. One or two of the missionaries and notably Miss Smith of Cairo, have given attention to this department. Miss Smith and Mrs. J. K. Giffen have visited most of the stations between Cairo and Luxor, and are both deeply impressed with the importance of this work. Miss Smith suggests: “ Would it not be a good idea for the unmarried ladies to take in turn village-visiting, say a month each, and so keep one at this work all the time without injuring very much their special work?” Miss Strang has begun work in two little villages near Monsoora, and Miss Conner visits a little village behind the Mokattam hills, inhabited by stone quarriers. There is also weekly visitation in a village near Assioot. Miss Brown in an interesting visit to Maidoom, met a little Muslerr, girl who “ almost knows the New Testament” and seems to have accepted its teachings. She is very much grieved that she cannot go to school. Her people'say her very blood is Christian, and that her face shows the fact.” Workers (i) Foreign.— The missionary ladies, married and unmarried, have more or less superintendence of most of the forms of Women’s Work. In some cases this work consists in regular school superintend­ ence, house visitation (social, or of a missionary character,) or conduct­ ing of meetings; in others it is less formal, and frequently it is of such a nature as never to find its way into the Annual Report. Some of the ladies who are bound neither by Boarding-schools, nor by family cares, are able to devote a large portion of their time to strict hareem-visita- tion; while others, for the reasons hinted at, find a regular system of visitation impracticable. In Cairo the hareem-visitation is being carried on more extensively than elsewhere, under the superintendence of Misses Smith, Conner and Brown, who have under them thirteen teachers and 499 pupils. In Assioot a committee of the lady missionaries of the sta­ tion superintends the work in a general way, but Miss Kyle and the writer have been unable on account of the multiplying forms of mission work under their charge, to follow up the committee’s supervision with the close oversight which such an important branch of work needs. The number of teachers at this station is three, and the total pupils, seventy- six. In Monsoora Miss Strang is rejoicing over having procured her first hareem-worker, who has begun with nineteen pupils. In Alexradria'the work is extensive and is conducted by three hareem-workers under the superintendence of Mrs. Ewing. The number of pupils is eighty. (2) Native.— The pastors and preachers, the school-teachers (male and female)., and the blind men and other hareem-teachers, may be regarded as the chief native workers for the women. In the support of some of these workers last mentioned, the mission has been indebted during the past two or three years to the British and Foreign Bible Society for help given on the principle that the work of these agents will tend to increase the sale of Scriptures. Centres of Work.— O f the 112 places that are in one way or another centres of missionary influence, fchere are forty-five in which there is special work for women, either by means of a women’s prayer meeting, or through a hareem-worker; but as many as seventy-nine contain women communicants. Thus there are gospel influences at work on women, even where there is no direct work for them. 32 Board of Foreign Missions,

Difficulties.— One of the greatest of these is the scarcity of special workers for women. This often arises from lack of funds or from inabil­ ity to secure a suitable person, Hareem-workers must be either women or girls, or blind men whose misfortune makes it possible for them to enter the harem, a thing not allowed, save exceptionally, to other men. The difficulty of finding elderly women free from household cares, is great in a country like E gypt; while custom, prejudice, and prevailing wickedness, make the using of young girls as hareem teachers a difficult and dangerous thing. The work is also hindered by the prevailing cus­ toms of secluding women while young, after marriage, and in time of mourning, and by the want of system about the conducting of housework and in the fulfilling of family and social duties. If opposition is made by the men, the women frequently lack the wisdom, moral courage, and perseverance, that might overcome the hindrance. Encouragements.— Want of space forbids enlargement on a theme well worthy of it. Progress is visible not only in all the statistics of women’s work, but also in many matters which cannot be included in such a form. There seems to be a gradual dying away of conservatism on the part of men and women, in regard to the observance of foolish superstitions or wicked customs, while an increased attention on the part of pastors, fathers and husbands, to women and girls, is in every case followed by successful results, which will, we trust, continue to increase from year to year, until the goal is reached and the women of Egypt are Christianized. GIRLS. BOYS. A . T ra in in g S ch oo ls, ls, oo ch S g in in ra T . A 0 nor Day, . . . . . , . y a D , ria d y a D lexan A 11. onsoora M 10 Alxndra , . y a . D ria d , y a lexan D A . 5 onsoora M e, . 4 lleg o C g in in ra T 2. “ Hae-sSa en Day a D aeen k ak aret-es-S H , .) g, I in . “ oard M B . and (P y . a B D . & 8 airo C D . 7 ssioot A . 6 Car y n Bor ng, in oard B . and . ay D . , airo ary C in . em 3 S ical eolog h T . 1 . oa Day, y a D oolac B 9. Vilg ad n e to al, ation reg ong C and illage V . B ad , l a t o T rand G al ai ng Sc ol, . ls, oo ch S g in in ra T l ta o T . S L O O H C S ......

lwe~j,Average 7■i:,434 »510*12758'$13872i 3848 57i■li’:,,Q4 5916 85j26S2:3152 :W 4 J4 88 8918 18 im 18 11888 1889 m i 1889 1888 1889 18*8 :> W 2 252 408; 4(i5' 301 4 251 249 109 143 121 4 1 71 115 140 59ti 75 61 olment. n e llm ro n E 5! . 250, 274 235 42 98 In a ! j o-.thly M 5, 210 25S, 12S' 145 I 14 " 9 58 f.0' 82j 5 i " i B V EDUCATI . K R O W L A N IO T A C U D E IV. 5 929 147 359 0 97 107 2458 185 3 97 53! go 70, 15'" y Boarding B ; :

he th 24K) 212 313 125 158 13 R ev . J. K. K. J. G iffen pt ad pendiur pe Pupil. p u P er p s re itu d n e xp E and ts ip e c e R

. ntd rsyein hrh / Church. Presbyterian United i 34 Board of Foreign Missions, The statistical tables accompanying this report show that there were on December 31st, 1889, 100 schools, with an average attendance of 4,310 pupils. During the year there had been an enrollment of 6,304, of whom fully 4,000 were in class B., or Native Protestant Schools. It will be seen also that the people have contributed in tuition fees $8,363. And for all educational purposes, $13,872. It is worthy of notice likewise, that only about one-fifth of all these pupils are Protestant. The remaining four-fifths are chiefly from the Copts and Moslems. What a tremendous influence they are having in removing prejudice and in moulding and influencing the present and coming generation ! It is repeatedly affirmed by a certain class of people, that there is noth­ ing being done for the Muslem, no effort put forth that reaches into his guarded home. But I learn from the tables, that during the year 1889, 831 of their youth have come in contact with Christianity, and are under religious instruction and influence in the Protestant Christian schools of Egypt. These 831 children represent a number of homes that would sum up an aggregate of thousands of souls. Do these figures not testify that at least in some hundreds of homes, the prejudice against and hatred of the name and religion of Jesus Christ, are being broken or softened by gospel light and love ? And does it not point to the possibility of a greater and deeper influence of the gospel in the near future ? Again these tables show that there are fifteen village schools for girls, with 19 teachers and 744 pupils. Add to this the six schools for girls conducted by the missionaries, and we have 2 1 schools, with a teaching staff numbering 35, and an enrollment of 1918; or a number nearly equal to the number of all the pupils in both boys' and girls' schools in 1879 ; and about 400 or one-fifth of these girls are from Moslem families. Again, let us note that in twenty-seven of the village schools for boys, .some girls attend. In all, about 130 girls attend these mixed schools. This is another evidence of the breaking down of old customs, and also that the people do appreciate the advantages of schools, even fo r girls. Following in the line of previous reports we classify our schools as A. Training Schools, B. Congregational and Village Schools. We shall speak of the latter first.

B . C ongregational a n d V i l l a g e S c h o o l s .

In this class, as will be found by referring again to the statistical table, the number of schools has increased during the year 1889 by three, the number of pupils by 601, and the amount of fees, by £400. These facts are very surprising, as we had every reason to expect a falling off in both the enrollment and the income. In consequence of flood and drought, and general stagnation of busi­ ness, the prices of all kinds of produce are very inconsiderable as com­ pared with those of former years; but still quite too much for poor people who are compelled to buy bread and pay money for it. Tuition and boarding fees mean money paid down, and it is surprising indeed, that there has been any increase of receipts. There is no part of mission work, that is deserving of more attention than these village schools, and none more neglected. Their great need is of systematic inspection and over-sight, especially ia regard to the United Presbyterian Church. 35 employment of teachers and the arranging of studies and text-books. An effort was made to bring all protestant schools under systematic control, and a carefully constructed scheme having this for its object, was pre­ sented to Presbytery at its annual meeting in Koos in 1889; ^ut 110 action has yet been taken on it. The people, even pastors and preach­ ers, do not understand its necessity or importance, or what an influence for good it might have, were it once in operation. The schools, however, with all their mismanagement, are very much better than any other schools of the same class in Egypt, and there is no other force in operation in the country, that has an equal reformatory influence, if properly conducted, as they combine the teaching of the gospel with the imparting of secular knowledge. But these-schools are just now threatened with what may be their destruction, unless something can be done to rescue them. As the condi­ tion of the peasantry is such, that it is most difficult for them to pay money for anything they are not able to give ‘ a living salary’ to their teachers. And the result is that many truly good young men, who are in every way prepared to teach, are being driven into other kinds of employ­ ment. This is very natural, but certainly very detrimental to these vil­ lage schools. For the result will be, that teachers will be employed that are wholly unfit to teach, who accept the salary offered because it is equal to what they might obtain in other employment. It is much to be feared that if this state of things continue long, it will greatly impair the useful­ ness of the village schools as reforming and evangelical Christian agencies. It is certainly a pity that something cannot be done to preserve them from retrogression, and to insure them their place as agencies in the evan­ gelization of Egypt.

A. TRAINING SCHOOLS.

I. B o y s ’ S c h o o l s .

I. T h e o l o g i c a l S e m i n a r y . Rev. Wm. Harvey says : — There were fourteen students in the course of the year L889. Eight of them entered as first year students in March, while all continued their studies until May 28th. Two students completed the course required, viz. : Sawairis Mikhaeel and Boolus Mikhaeel. The latter was licensed at the summer meeting of Presbytery, and is now filling the vacancy made by the death of the pastor of the Assioot congregation. His services have been very acceptable there, as indeed wherever he has been preach­ ing. A call has been presented to him from Hoor, which he will prob­ ably accept at the first opportunity. The other who finished his course, has been laboring in the Delta, but has not yet been licensed. On November 6th, the second year students returned again to their studies; but owing to the great and pressing need of evangelists, the third and fourth year classes were appointed, under direction of Presby­ tery, to spend a year in preaching. Dr. Watson conducted his classes in the Greek language and in Exege­ sis and Systematic Theology, until he left for America in May. Dr. Lansing taught Hebrew and Exegesis; Rev. Wm. Harvey, Church History, Pastoral Theology and Homiletics; and Rev. Tadrus Hanna, 36 Board of Foreign Missions,

who is now pastor of Mellawi congregation, rendered valuable assistance in teaching the Greek and Hebrew languages. Essays were written by the students, each of whom also prepared and delivered a sermon on a text assigned.

II. T r a i n i n g C o l l e g e , A s s i o o t .

Missionaries in charge. Revs. J. R. Alexander and H. W. Hogg.

Total enrollment 250; Boarders 14 1; Average enrollment 185 ; Total enrollment since the beginning of 1868,1,315 ; Total number of graduates 75' Mr. Hogg writes as follows : The year 1889 has not been devoid of incident. Satisfactory pro­ gress is visible, and is testified to by the absence of any great change call­ ing for record. Perhaps the departments of the Arabic and English languages, may be specified as giving evidence of improvement. Sundry repairs caused an unusually heavy miscellaneous expenditure, and the temporary employment of two additional teachers added to the cost of instruction. That a permanent decrease in the enrollment has gradually taken place, is probably true. For the rise in the number of village schools, of which there are eighty-nine, and the growth of some of them, must de­ tain a number of the younger boys at home, and intercept such as are content with a medium education. At the same time the great demand for village teachers, which was a means of feeding the ranks of this school, has been pretty fully supplied ; while the desire for exemption from public works by enrollment at school, has also passed away with the system that gave rise to it, and the payment o f a reduced exemption fee as a possible alternative to school attendance, to secure escape from the army con­ scription, has worked in the same way. On the other hand, while there is a superaburfdance of second rate teachers, tending to lower the rate of salaries and drive the superior youths into other employments, some of the village schools have suffered from inefficiency, and not unlikely there will be a growing demand for really equipped teachers, which will give increasing importance to the academic department of the college. Here probably then, is the true stand point for viewing the work of the year. And the view is encouraging. The graduating class was larger than it has ever been, and its progress during the last two years, and especially the last year, was very marked. Five are applying to be received as Theological students, and the other seven have either been employed as teachers, or probably will be employed within a few weeks. One new study was, in view of this, introduced this year, viz. : a course of discussion on the principles of education; and the students manifested considerable interest in the subject. Two years ago, only one member of the class was in church member­ ship, and a large proportion of them were decidedly opposed to the prin­ ciples of our evangelical Christianity. All are now convinced of the truth of our religious teaching, and all save three, are now members of the evangelical church in full communion. Eight of them, indeed, were received into membership during the course of this last year. The whole United Presbyterian Church. 37

school, in fact, seemed to pass through a time when the spiritual and eternal verities made an impression on the mind not lightly to be thrown off, and special efforts were made to bring home, and urge a settling of the great questions of revealed religion. Death too visited us, carrying away a poor Soodanese boy, on the same day as the beloved Dr. Bliss, of Constantinople, passed to his reward, and their resting places are not far apart, under the evening shadow of the Libyan hills. Not long afterwards a little girl in the girls’ school was taken away, and then Rev. Ibraheem Yoosuf the native pastor, ended a life of considerable suffering. These visitations made a power­ ful impression and it was felt that it should not pass unheeded. It was with interest, it might almost be said, with a strange and solemn excite­ ment, that One watched, first one and then another of the older pupils boldly come out and declare that hence forth he would regard Christ as his master. Eighteen of them were received into church fellowship. The fear that the pressure of school duties, with all their interest and anxiety, might give the impulse an untimely check led a score or more of the boys to meet together every evening before supper, for prayer and mutual stimulus. Eighteen volunteered to do such evangelistic work as the Assioot Missionary Society might think it wise to give them, and regular visits were made by them to three villages, and a Sabbath-school was conducted in one. Thus substantial prosperity has attended this col­ lege’s nineteenth year.

III. C a ir o B o y s ’ B o a r d i n g a n d D a y S c h o o l . Rev. Wm. Harvey reports thus: The entire enrollment during 1889, amounted to 408, and the average attendance to 240. 222 were Copts; 106 Moslems; 59 Jews and others. The number of pupils that paid no fees, was 98, and the number of those that paid, 310. The fees received, $182 per month, were more than in any former year, which is regarded as a proof of the efficiency of the school, in the midst of many others recently opened. It is claimed that this school has advantages over most of those in the city ; First, because of the facilities it affords for acquiring a knowledge of tKe English language, and second, because of the wholesome moral and religious influence on the pupils, of its Bible study and the Christian example of its teachers.' It is generally known that the word of God has an import­ ant place in the school, and yet very seldom are any objections made to this by parents of the pupils, Coptic, Jewish 01 Moslem. Experience has proved, that giving religion its proper place in the school, neither hinders the school’s efficiency, nor lessens its popularity. On the other hand, it leads the pupils to entertain correct views of life and duty, and in some cases leads to the attainment of the wisdom, the begining of which is “ the fear of the Lord.

I V . M o n s o o r a B o y s ’ D a y S c h o o l . Rev. T. J. Finney, says: Eighteen more names have been enrolled during the year 1889 than were enrolled during 1888; but the average attendance has not been 'so good. O f the 143 pupils enrolled, 136 were Egyptians, and seven were 38 Board of Foreign Missions,

Europeans. The school is thus carrying out its purpose in that it educates the native Egyptians. This purpose is ever kept in mind by the teachers and the missionary in charge. 103 of the pupils were Copts, and while the Coptic community had a school of their own most of the year, their teachcrs were unable to keep up an interest and satisfy the demand of their people for thorough train­ ing. Their school was open for about four years, with frequent eruptions of ill feeling between the teachers, and even among the prominent Copts themselves. Had they the spirit of Christ to give unity to their efforts and purity to their motives, they would be abundantly able to maintain a school. They have, however, made a sad failure in closing the school about two months ago. Eighteen of their boys came to us, others went to the Syrian Catholic school, while the rest went to the government school, or are out of the school altogether. We are unable to secure the patronage of many Moslems because of the Government school, which is however doing good educational work. It has lately added a technical department, a thing very much needed in this country, at which boys may learn some useful trade. There are eight schools in Monsoora, though none of them is of a high order, and since our school must be limited to two teachers, it is with the greatest effort that we are able to keep up a proper standard, so as to enlist the patronage of the people. The wonder to me is that we have as many as 143 pupils enrolled. Our teachers are faithful or we could not so carry on the school. In itself the school is thoroughly evangelical, with the same order of religious instruction as last year. We have, as in the case of the last class of large boys who went into various professions two years ago, eight or ten boys whose interest in religious studies has been regular and hearty. Several of these, we believe, will devote themselves to teaching in the villages, when they have finished their studies.

V . A l e x a n d r i a B o y s ’ D a y S c h o o l . Rev. S. C. Ewing, D .D ., writes thus; This school was reopened on October 1st, 1889. The limited estimate made for the expenses of it, prevented us from renting a house in the part of the city in which the school would have been most likely to prosper, and to have such an influence as a mission school should have in a city like this. We had lost our prestige by closing the school the previous year, and had shaken the confidence of even our friends; and worse still, we had given to those who are opposed to our work, the best possible opportunity to exert their influence against us. Under such conditions we could not hope for much success. Only five pupils came at first, and at the close oi the year the number enrolled was only forty*two. It is humbling to us, and ought to be humbling also to those by whom our work should be supported, to know that after our mission has been in operation in this city for more than thirty years, it has to do in this part of our work, just what it had to do at the out set, and that is to attempt to build up a good school for boys. The difficulties in our way too, are much greater now than they were thirty years ago. The success of the school in the future, will depend United Presbyterian Church. 39

very much on the pecuniary provision that will be made for it. Schools are very numerous in this city, and every sect has schools in which pupils are admitted free. We require tuition fees from all who are able to pay them; and still the sum we collect in this way is small in comparison with the expenses that we have to incur. This state of things makes it impos­ sible for us to carry on our school without a good deal of cost to the mis­ sion. This would not seem strange if we would keep in mind the fact that but few schools in any country can be carried on efficiently without subsidies that are large in proportion to the actual proceeds of the schools. We are happy to be able to report that much of the depression in other departments of our work, that was caused by the closing of the school, has been removed by the reopening of it. The statistics of the station will show that all the pupils are daily under religious instruction, and that a large proportion of them also attend our other religious services. It will also appear from the statistics, that the school offers very fair advantages in the way of secular education.

II. GIRLS’ SCHOOLS.

A s s i o o t G i r l s ’ B o a r d i n g a n d D a y S c h o o l .

I. P r e s s l y M e m o r ia l In s t i t u t e . Enrollment 96; boarders 90; average enrollment 66. Misses Kyle and Hogg in charge. Miss Kyle gives the following report: In reviewing the work of the year 1889 in our school, we have reason to be encouraged and thankful that the Lord has led us in pleasant paths and prospered His work through our means. We have had the largest enrollment during the year that is past, that we have had since we came three years ago into this building, and also the largest number of boarders. During 1888 we had twenty-two different villages represented and this last year we have had an increase of five, making in all twenty-seven villages. This large representation goes to prove that the appreciation of educa­ tion is spreading among the people, but it is due principally to the untir­ ing efforts of Rev. J. K . Giffen while visiting the villages, in influencing the parents to send their girls to our school. In 1888 we sent out two girls to teach during the afternoons in the “ hareems’ ’ in town. They received their support from the Women’s Missionary Society of Assioot; but this last year we could secure the services of only one girl. There was no actual retrogression, however, for this one girl was able to do the work previously done by two. The weekly prayer-meetings were kept up during the year with unabat- ing interest. In the forepart of the year one of our little girls sickened and died. Strange to say, this death is the first on our school record, during a period of thirteen years. Miss Hogg and I feared that this death would alarm the parents of our girls and consequently injure the school; but we are thankful to report that no injury has been felt. Our labors have not been fruitless during the past year, for five of our girls have united with the church. All of them are of Protestant families, except one who was a Copt. 40 Board of Foreign Missions,

Also two of our large girls, who were in school during the first term o f the year, have opened girls’-schools, one in her own and the other in a neighboring village. These schools are in a prosperous state. One had an enrollment of thirty-four girls, and the other of thirty. There are five schools in neighboring villages, that are fruits of this one. The two girls’ day schools in the city of Assioot ol which Miss Hogg and I have charge, are in a flourishing condition. We wish to acknowledge a gift of sewing materials for the school, and aid in furnishing the girls’ study-room, from friends in the churches of Pittsburgh and Allegheny. We feel a high appreciation of this gift, for we were needing furniture for the girls’ study. We wish to acknowledge also the following donations from individuals and societies. Mr. Nichol, $2.50; Mr. Caut, #5.00; Mrs. Dyke, $2.00; Lady V ic­ toria Freke, $5.00; Mary J. Holmes, $5.00; Miss Rowland Smith, $25.00; Miss McKown, $2.50; Mr. Black, $15.00; Miss Candnise, $1.00; Mrs. Greenwood, 75 cts.; Mrs. Ruth Murray, 5 cts.; Otolal, $64.25; Hopewell, S. C., $50.00; L. L. Wally, $50.00; L. M. F. S. First Allegheny, $125.00; Walton, Kansas, $25.00; Y. W. M. S. First Pitts., $50.00; “ Willing Workers,” Third Pittsburgh, $5.00; for Library, $5.00; Miss Kennedy, $36.00.

II. E z b e k e e y a G i r l s ’ B o a r d i n g a n d D a y S c h o o l , C a i r o . Misses Thompson and Brown in charge. Total enrollment 274; average enrollment 159 ; average enrollment of boarders 28.

Miss Thompson writes as follows: We desire to thank God for continued health in the school and for the many blessings enjoyed during the year 1889. Our principal teachers remain the same as formerly, and they have established a reputation for carefulness in work, which has helped our school to overcome the strong prejudice in the minds of many against Protestantism. A literary society in connection with the school was established in the beginning of the year, under the presidency of our head teacher. One of our boarders is the daughter of a Mohammedan Pasha; and her brother, a physician, has since October been giving lectures once a week in anatomy, to our two highest classes of girls: Four of our boarders joined the church during the year, besides two of our Abyssinian freed slaves, who were baptized on March 3rd; and the same week one of these along with another of our boarders, an older Abyssinian, left here for Aden, to teach in the Keith-Falconer mission at Sheikh Othman. They have been teaching in a school for freed slave girls, and the missionaries there report that they have given good satisfaction. One of our boarders was taken to Minyah in July to assist our native pastor’s wife in the school there. A former pupil was asked to go in July to Madeenet-el-Fayoom to open a new school for Copts, and she succeeded well, until she was obliged to give up her work because of fever. Four of our boarders go still to teach the women in their houses in the afternoons, and these are superintended by Miss Brown. United Presbyterian Church. 41

The two weekly prayer meetings for the boarders have been continued, and also the one on Thursday for the day-scholars, and we have reason to believe that they have done good, while the girls have appeared to enjoy taking part in them. Some of the boarders have recently commenced one among themselves. The missionary society met twice a month during the ten months of the school year, and collected $33.80 besides $31.41 earned (or collected) by the members, from a five cent piece which was given to each of them by Miss Brown, at the beginning of the year. This latter sum was mostly devoted to the work of teaching the women in the villages. The regular subscriptions, which included one pound sterling contributed by Mrs. F. G. Carpenter of Washington, D. C., were spent in paying one dollar each to the four members who teach the women in this district. We are thankful to the individuals and societies that have continued to give for the support of this school, and also to the friends who have kindly given the following donations. One-half of Mr. Peter McKennon’s yearly donation, ^25.00; Mrs. George S. Fraser, New York, jQ 20; besides ^ 3 given for work among the women ; Mrs. M. E. Munroe, Cleveland, O., -£8; “ Friend of Mis­ sions,” Detroit, Mich., ^ io .2 s ; Miss S. C. Paterson, Brooklyn, ^ 5 10s; Mrs. C. H. Doran, Worthing, Eng., ^ 1 0 ; Mr. George Cowan and sister, Edinburgh, Scotland, ¿ 6 - , Mrs. R. G. Craig, Edinburgh, Scot­ land, ^ 3 ; Mrs. M. A. Hayslip, Granville, Ills., ^ 5 ; Mrs. Richard Sharp, Wilkesbarre, Pa., £ 2; Miss Sharp, 10s; Mr. Cant, Buffalo, N. Y . , ^ i ; Mr. and Miss Everet, London, jQ 1.2s; Dr. J. A. S. Grant, Cairo, £ 1.1 os; Dr. A. Watson, ^ 1 ; Rev. J. O. Ashen hurst, ^ 2 ; Miss M. J. McKown, 10s; Mr. E. D. Bryan, 10s; Miss Thurburn, 1.0s; Major H. Haleath, £ 2.

III. H a r e t - e s -S a k k a e e n G ir l s ’ D a y S c h o o l , C a i r o .

Miss Smith in charge. Total enrollment 347 ; average attendance 147 ; Mohammedans 184; Copts 152; others 11.

Miss Smith, says: We have it to record that the Haret-es-Sakkaeen school has made some progress during the year 1889, notwithstanding the loss of one of our teachers. I was obliged to use all the larger girls as teachers; but they have done better than I expected. I was absent for seven weeks during the fall, visiting villages; but Mrs. Harvey kindly visited the school daily, teaching one or two classes, and giving the teachers encouragement by her presence. One of the girls, a pupil teacher, joined the church during the year, and gives good evidence of being one of Christ’s little ones, by faithfully performing her work and setting a good example to others, and also by her liberality in giving to the Lord’s cause. Most of the teachers have been faithful in performing their duties. The entire enrollment for the year was 347, and the average monthly attendance 147; of these enrolled 9 were Protestants, 152 Copts, 184 Moslems and 2 Catholics. Most of them attended the Sabbath-school. The daily prayer meeting has, I think, done good to some of our girls. 42 Board of Foreign Missions,

I V . B o o l a c G ir l s ’ D a y S c h o o l , C a i r o . Miss H. M. Conner in charge. Total enrollment 251 ; average enrollment 107 ; Mohammedans 132; Copts 107; Protestants 12. Miss Conner reports thus : During all the year 1889 there has been a full school, and we have been thankful to be able to keep so many of our grown up pupils, both Coptic and Mohammedan. We entertained fears each term that many of these would be removed, as having according to Eastern reckoning grown up; but most of them attended school all the year, and manifested much interest in their work and studies, regularly taking part in the prayer meetings held in the school building, and also in our missionary society. Our tuition fees have yielded considerably more than during any pre­ vious year. Our teachers have been faithful. Last June our head Coptic teacher left us, but the others have continued and are doing good work. We feel that we have much cause for thankfulness and many reasons for encouragement in our work this year.

V . M o n s o o r a G ir l s ’ D a y S c h o o l .

Miss Tillie Strang in charge. Total enrollment 98 ; average enrollment 53. . Miss Strang writes : It must be chiefly owing to the removal of our school to new quarters, that the attendance has gradually increased for the last few months, until now in our two rooms, one large and one small, we can scarcely find seats enough for our girls, and it is positively necessary to refuse charity pupils. Not that we see much improvement in the change we have made. Indeed the ventilation is far worse than before; but, as the parents remark in bringing their children, the house will not come down on their heads. As I believe has always been the case in our Monsoora school, we have had during 1889 representatives from all grades of people; but of late our accessions are chiefly from respectable and well to do Moslem families. We still require each new pupil to pay for three months’ tuition in advance. Great credit is due to our Syrian teacher Efdookeeyya, who with her teacher’s enthusiasm, her love for children, and a real devotion to the cause, held the school together quite single-handed, during the summer months. Although severe, she is thoroughly beloved by her pupils, and with praise-worthy persistence has created in almost hope.less dullards a fondness for study. We are hoping to have our old friend Saloma back again in the new year. She has been away for the last half year “ marry­ ing her daughter,” and we think it about time for her to return. I have begun making the rounds of all the houses. In looking over the roll I see that I have visited more than, forty of the girls. Nearly every­ where I find that my sister’s gentle influence has entered before me, and my welcome is warmer because of her. The parents are pleased with the United Presbyterian Church. 43

attention, and in this way I often find new pupils. Often I speak to strange children on the street about the school, and have interested a few in this way. The attendance has been unusually regular for sometime past, and I have sometimes been astonished at the amount of rough weather some “ little tots” will brave. They came out strongly to Sabbath school also. A large number of girls took prizes for good attendance at our annual treat. It was considered a great hardship when some of them were sent home with the “ mumps.” Some of these, although others laughed at their swollen faces, had to be sent home twice. There are not a few cheering evidences of the religious influence of the school. I do think that a number of girls, large and small, are learning to love Jesus. I am particularly hopeful of one of the Moslem girls who has been in school for several years. She is quiet and rather set in her way ; but her man­ ner and some of her remarks of late, testify to a growing conviction of Christ’s truth. A Greek Catholic, a sweet industrious girl, is evidently very deeply interested and seriously so. Efdookeeyya gives a half hour’s Bible lesson in so.attractive a manner that all of the school, except the weest things, pay close attention, and their questions and answers show them to be'well versed in gospel love. They are also well drilled in the catechism at their weekly prayer meeting. Each of the large girls takes her turn at leading in prayer. The subject of each meeting is announced the week before, and appropriate passages are committed to memory. The collections have been voted to buying calico, of which the girls intend making little garments to give to the poor.

VI. A l e x a n d r i a G i r l s ’ D a y S c h o o l . Miss Fraser in charge. Total enrollment 145 ; average enrollment 77 ; Jews 103 ; others 42. Miss Fraser says: We have only one teacher employed all d ay; but two others teach more than half the time. Some of our larger pupils, of their own free will, have taken a class or two of the younger pupils, that the work of the school might be helped on. Two pupils from our school united with the church at our last communion. One of them a Greek Catholic, has been in our school since she was four or five years of age, and am sure that but few United Presbyterians born in the church, know the shorter Catechism better than she. She teaches a part of each day and we hope that she will make a very good teacher after a little more training, as she is natu­ rally a very bright girl, and has made good use of her opportunities in the school. She and her mother supported a brother and an invalid father for years, during which time she could only come to school for two hours every morning, while the rest of her time had to be given to sewing articles for the Arab tailor. Her mother is still in. the Greek Catholic church, and the poor girl feared that the priests would visit their anger at her for confessing Protestantism, upon her mother. The attendance in the school has improved very slowly, as people com­ plain, that, to have the advantage of our school, they have to bring their children to such a muddy quarter of the town, when every other part is paved. TABULAR EXHIBIT OF THE EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF THE U. P. MISSION, EGYPT, 1889. (A). Schools Under Direct Control and Supervision of the Missionaries—Training Schools.

STAFF. mOLLUENT, Etc. ESLIGIOÏÏS. -TATI0NALIT7 STUDIES. BECEIPTS, expendituees .

SCHOOLS.

d ° I ä ■3 « ¡3 PR *3o o*3 ».rt aM p I à p| < M

Theological Seminary 15 15 $ 22 $328 84$ 272$ 148 ta Training College,...... 2 185 141 2 129 46 41 18636 955 1180 485 1706 2180Ì~ 1870 836 Cairo B. & D. School, 5 3 240 i 7 81 2 183 17' 101 1879 734 681 2119 807 472 p i Monsoora Day School, 2 ... 7 6 |...... 10 4 9 8 ...... 200 410 550' 60 Alexandria Day Sch'l, 3.. :W... 3 1 2 20 17 l !...... 31 27 121 187 Total Boy*' 858 54U16': 695 453134 16 770 31 427i64|l4.,|284!i86 30 j5 3288 6054 2449 1708

Assioot P. M. Ins ...... 66 90 32 5 96;... I 4 370 348 671 413 786 325 Cairo D. & B. Sahool, 274 1591 37 105| 4S23 60 7 5 ... 1027 1098 630 1591 606 " Haret-es-Sakkaeen 347 147!...... 152 184 59:... 490 1S6...... 456 “ Boolac D S., ...... 251 IO?;.. 107,132 64'... 341 262'...... 222 Monsoora Day School, 98 6 3 ’...... 47 21 10 1 1 ... 212 2--.0...... 52 Alexandria D. S , . 145 77|...... 13 4 ... 201 0 3 3 6 ... 1202 825!...... 544

Total Girls’ 91211 6 0 9 1 2 7 1 0 3 4 45 j '3!)7 :i0!59133 1018 87 69 37 1196 109311.'! 341 1180 1397 1014 256Ü 2377Î 2205

Total Boys’ & Girls’ Ill 34'l5j2069|ll58j290,1779Ì 895,1174.133li 738* 3u7 909;531!5189149 3 3 1788|118|107 5611871 1757Ì17U5 531 768:6414.Ì446 190 54 4245 .¡51lj 119 7302 7G2o! 4 8 -6 ' 3908 B. Schools under complete control of Native Christians, Entirely self-supporting, Taught by Teachers trained in Mission Schools. Boys, ...... 741 86i... 3491|2625' , 3491;3491 2778i 7131...... f ..... t ...... '$...... $...... ê ...... %...... G irls,...... 15 19 ... 744] 527.....j-744]...... ”744 4S2| 2Ü21015 2809^00.!! :::::ï i i 4154 "4Ö"Ï3 28 295s| * *937{4Ì35 Ì27óJ"'ïiŸiiïÂïi "¿3 4118 2198...... 5K40...... i 4e6 1 Total,...... 4235|3152 .....¡4235]3491 744 326o[ 975|1015 2809300... 4154 40 13 28 2958 937.4235:127u! 473’l777'25 3433 53 4118 2198 58401...... 1 436 ...... im ! 1 1 I Grand Total...... 100113915 6304!4310|290 6014l4386!1918 4591'1713‘1322Ì3718:83lÌ51 S9 149144 5942 158 120 84 4829 2694'6030:1832Ì1004 2545 89 1451879 24 3 5 4 8363 3311 110 1161 2414 7302 134t>(1 4826 4394 V. REPORT OF THE BOOK DEPARTMENT OF THE AMERICAN MISSION, EGYPT, FOR THE YEAR 1889.

Prepared by the Rev. S. C . E w i n g , D. D. OIF1 S A L E S .

SC H IP x-cr^E s . >> fa «Î O§.s o DISTRICTS. o a

a a Church. Presbyterian United Sw .2“- « a ■ fi E« u «Q fflS T!*3 o PQ ffl_ w H__ fa Vols , Arm. Vols [Ä m i. ¡Vols Amt. Vois'i Anit. Vois A m t. Vols A m t Vols A m t. A m t. A m t.

A l e x a n d r i a District, 361 52 41 • • 1$ 38 10 8? 399 * 63 24 m j 51 75 1484$ 349 96 2077 $ 464 95 $ 10 11 $ 4 75 06 M o n s o o r a “ 3J2Ì 1(;0 89 571 21 00 53 12 7/ 452 134 66 389 89 24 12841 257 67 2125 481 57 481 57 C a i r o " 242 i, 352 81 274 81 05 142 55 68 2844! 489 54 1902 290 75 65301 1564 48 11276 2344 77 130 51 2475 28 A s s i o o t “ 45371 779 2 104 42 34 444 163 9 50Ì-5 985 3035 308 92 3773! 712 89 11893 2007 40 173 12 2180 52 L u x o r " 12421 13S 98 28 14 51 134 32 54 1404 lSii 03 711 1 1 0 1 1581; 348 91 3696 645 11 126 8 0 771 91

Grand to ta ls, . 8910*142 4* 37 463j$ 158 90j 811 $ 275 79 10184$1859 03 6231$ 850 83 14652^328391 31067 $5943 80 $ 440 54$6384 24

Sum m ary of S ales in 1888, . 91)81 51849 11 053 < 237 58j 1139 # 284 1011773j$2370 79 7764$1217 27 16054 53604 59 35591 $7192 65 $ 407 75x7600 40

Summary of Sales in 1887, . 8617 $1950 28 703:$ 296 55t 949 $ 249 6o|l 0269 $2496 49 6 9 2 9 $ 955 17 16411 $3978 5ô|33609'*7430 21 S 3*4 89*7*1^ 10 The following is a condensed summary of the Sales reported for the year i!

Scriptures of the American Bible Society,...... Vols. 8,910 Receipts, $ 1,424.37. of the British and Foreign Society, 463 “ 15890 of Miscellaneous, ...... “ 811 275.79 10,104 $ 1,859.06 Religious Publications, 6,231 850.83 Educational “ 14,652 3.23391 20,883 $ 4.084.74 Stationery, 440.54

Grand Total. 31,067 $ 6,384.34 O r 46 Board of Foreign. Missions,

From the tabular view here given, it will appear that the sales reported for 1889, are less than thos.e reported for either of the two preceding years. To prevent a misunderstanding in regard to this, it should be stated, that the amounts for 1889 were closed on the 30th of November, at nearly all our centers of dissemination, and consequently the sales re­ ported were mostly effected in the eleven months that ended at the date mentioned. The sales reported for each of the preceding years, were the sales for the whole year. Hereafter our annual book accounts will all be closed on the 30th of November. This arrangement will enable us to complete our accounts with the Bible societies before the end of each year, and it will also allow us more time for the preparation of reports that should be submitted to our Missionary Association at each annual meeting. While our book work is an important evangelizing agency, it is also an extensive financial concern, and it draws heavily on the time and the energies of those who have the control of it. It might not be improper to state, that we have been gratified to learn, that those most competent to judge of our work in this department, highly commend it, both on account of the suitable­ ness of its organization, and the efficiency with which it is carried on. As this work has a large share of the business element in it, some may think that it should be self-supporting. This might be effected, if we would confine our operations to the cities and the large towns, as men would do if their chief object was trade. Our object, however, is to have the Scriptures and good books sold in every city, and town, and hamlet in the whole country, and at a moderate and uniform price. In addition to this, every book shop that we have is intended to be like Paul’s school of Tyrannus, and every Colporteur is expected to be also an evangelist. The cost of work, carried on in this way, must necessarily be heavy as com­ pared Vith its pecuniary proceeds. Some may suppose that mission work can be carried on more economi­ cally by other agencies than by this one, but it would be hard to prove that such is the case. We cannot tell how much the Lord accomplishes through our instrumentality, and how much he accomplishes through another. We cannot draw lines’between the results of the operations of the different agencies of the church of Christ; nor should we set limits to the results of any work that is carried on in the name, and by the authority, and with the presence of Him who has all power in heaven and in earth, and who has set before His church an open door, that no man can shut. From the reports submitted by the superintendents of the dif­ ferent districts, into which our territory is divided, it is evident, that in addition to what has been effected through this agency in the dissemina­ tion of scriptures, and useful books, a good deal of pioneering mission work has been done during the year. The light has dawned on many who were sitting in darkness. In some places an interest in spiritual things has been awakened, and we hope that nuclei of congregations have been formed. The Rev. C. Murch has the superintendence of the work in the southern district. Luxor is his center, and he has a book shop in that town, that is patronized not only by the residents of the place, and of surrounding towns, but also by* Nile travelers and traffickers. He employs two Col­ porteurs. His sales during the year were greatly in excess of those of former years. United Presbyterian Church. 47

The Rev.' J. K . Giffen has the superintendence of the work in the next district, of which Assioot is the center, and in which he has a book shop. He employs six Colporteurs. He spent a large part of the year in itiner­ ating, and had a favorable opportunity for personal oversight of his Col­ porteurs, and for seeing the results of their work, and he has „given favor­ able reports. ' Cairo is the center of the next district, and the Rev. J. O. Ashenhurst has had the superintendence of the work, since Dr. Watson went to America. He is taking hold of the work with energy, and we hope for good results. He has three book shops in his district, one at Cairo, one at Zakazeek, and one at Tanta. He employs six Colporteurs. The Rev. T. J. Finney superintends the work in the north eastern por­ tion of Lower Egypt. His center is at Monsoora, where he has a book­ shop. He employs one Colporteur, and he adds greatly to the efficiency and success of the Colporteur by accompanying him, as often as he can, to places of special interest, and engaging in direct evangelistic work. Alexandria is the center for the remaining district and also for the general book department. One Colporteur labors in this district, and there are two book shops in it, one at Alexandria, and the other at Damanhoor. The one in Alexandria is also the depot, from which the other centers receive nearly all their supplies. The men who have charge of the book shops in Zakazeek, Tanta and Damanhoor, are the only agents employed by the mission in these places, and much of their time is given to evangelistic work. From these statements it will appear that our agencies in this depart­ ment, are sixteen Colporteurs, eight book shops, and five superintendents. It may interest those who will read this report to know, lhat if the popu­ lation of Egypt was equally divided among our five districts there would be about 1,200,000 souls in each. And who is sufficient for these things? The American Bible Society continues to do its work entirely through our mission, and it bears a large share of the expenses of our book work. The following items were granted this year.

Discount allowed on purchases of Scriptures,...... $19131 Sum allowed for the General Book Departm ent,...... 172 62 “ “ “ Book shops,...... 908 80 “ “ “ Colporteurs,...... 1296 31 “ “ “ Supervision of the work by the missionaries,...... 436 03

$3005 07 The British and Foreign Bible Society has its own agencies in Alexandria and Cairo, and in the towns on the Suez Canal. In all othel parts of Egypt, its Scriptures are disseminated by our agencies. The grants made by this society in cash, and by discount allowed on pur­ chases, during the year, amount to $511.15.

P u b l i s h i n g D e p a r t m e n t . The work completed in this department, during the year was as follows: An Edition, 5,000 Copies of an Arabic-English Reader, ...... 320,000 Pages International Sabbath-school lessons in A r a b i c , ...... 312,600 “

Total p ages ...... * . . 632,600 We have another book in press that will be noticed in the next annual report. 48 Board of Foreign > Missions,

T h e In d ia M is sio n .

FOREIGN MISSIONARIES.

S i a i .k o t M is s io n D is t r i c t .

Missionaries.— The Rev. R. Stewart and Mrs. Stewart; the Rev. D. S. Lyile and Mrs. L ytle; the Rev. T . F. Cummings and Mrs. Cummings*; Miss E. G. Gordon; Miss L. McCahan and Miss Maria White, M. D.

P a s r u r M is s io n D i s t r i c t .

Missionary.— The Rev. S. Martin.

E a s t G u j r a n w a l a M is s io n D i s t r i c t . Missionaries.— The Rev. Jas. P. M cKee and Mrs. M c K e e ; and Miss Rosa A . McCullough.

W e s t G u j r a n w a l a M is s io n D i s t r i c t . Missionaries.— The Rev. G. W. Morrison and Mrs. Morrison and Miss Josie White.

G u r d a s p u r a n d P a t h a n k o t M is s io n D is t r i c t s . Missionaries.— The Rev. A . B. Caldwell and Mrs. Caldwell; the Rev. Thomas E. Holliday and Mrs. H o lliday*; Misses C. E. and R . T . Wilson.

J h e l u m M is s io n D i s t r i c t .

Missionaries.— The Rev. T . L. Scott and Mrs. Scott; the Rev. E. E. Fife and Mrs. F ife*; the Rev. J. H. Martin and Mrs. Martin; Miss E. D. Anderson and Miss A F. Given. Z a f a r w a l M issio n D i s t r i c t . Missionaries.— Rev. J. S. Barr and Mrs. Barr ; Miss M. J. Cam pbell; Miss Kate Corbett and Miss Vina J. M cGarey.*

T h e o l o g i c a l S e m i n a r y a n d T r a in in g I n s t i t u t e .

Rev. R. Stewart— Principal— Sialkot.

G i r l s ’ B o a r d i n g S c h o o l .

Miss L. McCahan;— Principal— Sialkot.

W o m e n ’s M e m o r ia l H o s p i t a l .

Miss M. White, M. D., Resident Physician, Sialkot.

P r e s id e n t o f M is s io n .

Rev. G. W . Morrison— Gujranwala.

G e n e r a l T r e a s u r e r a n d C orresponding S e c r e t a r y .

The Rev. S. Martin— Pasrur. ■

♦Arrived December, 1889. United Presbyterian Church. 49

REPORT OF THE SIALKOT MISSION FOR THE YEAR 1889. This Report, like the one published last year, is compiled from the per­ sonal reports of the missionaries. It shows a varied experience in the different districts of our mission field. There has been much to encour­ age and stimulate the workers, and the work has been generally prosper­ ous. There have also been some very trying features. In Gujranwala district, the cholera of last year, was followed by a very severe epidemic of fever, which carried off thousands and among them many Christians. In the early part of the hot season the Roman Catholics commenced work in Sialkot mission district. As they developed their method of work, it was soon evident, their object was not the conversion of non- Christians, but to lead away by strong wordly inducements the Christians in the villages. By means of a large expenditure of money, they suc­ ceeded to some extent and secured nominal control in certain villages. It was soon apparent, however, that the force of this first aggression was spent. No doubt they have come to stay; yet we have no fear of the final result, and renewed attempts on their part will be met by the whole united Protestant mission force of the Punjab. The negotiations with the Church Missionary Society and Established Church Society Missions in regard to redistribution of territory, was by mutual agreement completed iri the early months of the year. This re­ quired concession on part of each mission, and sacrifices were made, but good results have followed of which not the least is community of inter­ est in meeting a common foe. Our mission force has largely increased during the year. The Rev’ds T. F. Cummings, E. E. Fife and T. E. Holliday, with their wives and Miss Vina J. McGarey, new missionaries, joined the mission in December. Misses E. G. Gordon and E. D. Anderson returned at the same time from America. The health of the missionaries with one exception has been good. The Rev. J. P. McKee, suffered during the hot season and it was thought would be compelled to take a furlough to America, but the improvement in his health, gives promise of his being able to remain for some time to come. Those contributing funds for the erection of the Women s M emorial Hospital at Sialkot— in addition to Dr. White’s report— will be interested in some items taken from Dr. Stewart’s special report to the mission : In the fall of 1888 the writer was appointed to superintend the erection of. the Women’s* Memorial Hospital at Sialkot and shortly afterwards, was made a member of the committee on its location. Naturally the latter work came first and the primary duty of the com­ mittee was to advance, and if possible complete it. This was found to be a difficult task. In time, however, by the purchase of two contiguous lots, the grant of another from the Government, and the acquisition of a small section by exchange, a site was secured well situated on the corner of two streets and easil> accessible. Before this task was fully accomplished, it was thought best to begin the work, but this was again delayed by the necessity of changing the plans already prepared so as fir s t to secure accommodation for the resident physician and secondly to adapt the plans to the site. This change having been effected through the consent of the mission work was virtually begun on .the first of March and by the first of November was so far advanced, 50 Board of Foreign Missions, that Dr. White moved into the dispensary and commenced work, and by December 30, was in such a state of completion, that she was enabled to have a formal opening. Two main buildings, the dispensary (in which is the physicians resi­ dence) and the hospital proper (for indoor patients) and various small buildings have been put up at an aggregate cost of about Rs. 17,800.

The Report is given under the following general divisions: 1. Evangelistic. 2. Educational. 3. Sabbath-schools. 4. Zenana work. 5. Statistics.

SUMMARY OF WORKERS.

( 1 ) F o re ig n .— Ordained Missionaries...... 12 .Female Missionaries, m a r r i e d ,...... II “ “ unmarried, 11 “ Medical Missionary, u n m a r r ie d ,...... 1 T o t a l F o r eig n W o r k e r s , ...... 35 (2) Native.— Pastors and E v a n g e lis t s ,...... II Licentiates,...... 2 Theological Students, ...... 3 Other Workers...... 176 T o t a l N a t iv e W o r k e r s ...... 192

Total of all laborers, Foreign and Native, ...... 227

E vangelistic . Work among non-Christians. (1). Villages. Sialkot.— I have made some effort this past year to present the Gospel to the non-Christians in-the villages. 1st. By schools. In some of these schools there are more non-Christian than Christian boys, and through these we have access to the Hindus and Mohammedans of the villages invaded by the Roman Catholics. While visiting these schools this winter, I had in some places, good opportuni­ ties of speaking to the parents who were present at the examinations. and. By preaching. In two villages especially, where'we were detained by rain, much interest was shown by the Mohammedans, and preaching was kept up pretty much fo r several days from 10 a . m. till 10 p. m . In one place, at least, there is hope of visible results among the Mohamme­ dans, one of whom, acknowledging the truth of the Bible, said he was only waiting an opportunity to profess his faith in Christ. Pasrur.— Our Christians being distributed over nearly the whole terri­ tory, in our work among them, we are constantly brought into it with others. While therefore it is hard to give a separate estimate of work done among non-Christians, we see that the truth is kept constantly before them and so presented that it cannot be over-looked or forgotten. We aim to present the truth without reference to caste or condition, but where so much of our time must be given to the care of those already received into the church, work among those outside is necessarily cur­ tailed. United Presbyterian Church. 51

A great deal of interest is shown in some places and there are inquirers among both Mohammedans and Hindus, but the fear of the world is too strong for them as yet. The time is still to come when we may expect large accessions from these classes, but there are indications that it will not be long deferred. East Gujranwala.— During the year under review, evangelistic work was pushed forward both in the villages and city with all the force at com­ mand. The native brethren did most of this kind of work for whatever time I spent out in the villages was largely devoted to the Christians, to instructing them and confirming them in the faith. I preached to non-Christians in almost every village I visited, but it was because they came where I was preaching to the Christians. On very few occasions did I preach to an entirely heathen audience. The evangelistic work has been carried on during the year with a great deal of success. A larger number of adults have been baptized and I am glad to be able to report that greater care has been taken properly to in­ struct the converts before they were brought into the church. This feature is very marked in the work of some of our native ministers and I hope it will hereafter be so of all, for it would be not only a disgrace, but it would be ruinous to the native church to have a great mass of unin­ structed Christians brought into it. This, I am afraid, has been done in a few villages. On the whole, I must say I am fairly well satisfied with the work done by our native evangelists. But some have labored with greater diligence to instruct inquirers and have exercised greater care and watchfulness in admitting professed converts into the church than have some others ; and their labor, care and watchfulness are rewarded by a more intelligent faith and higher degree of piety and religious zeal. West Gujranwala.— Those who love the name of Christian were found in a state of ignorance so deplorable that most of the effort during the year was put forth in endeavoring to show them the way of God more perfectly. Yet more or less preaching to the heathen was done in every village visited. A crowd would usually gather when we went into a vil­ lage. Some listened quietly and with good attention, while others came with apparently the sole purpose of raising a disturbance. I noticed among the native helpers a disinclination to go tq the higher classes in the villages. They seemed to consider their whole duty done when they had visited the sweeper’s portion of the village. Gurdaspur and Pathankot.— After a visit among our Christians we re­ sumed our tour, about the end of February, among the heathen of Pathan­ kot Tahsil. We found that those people living on the banks of the Chukki river, worship the same idols and believe in the same superstitions as those we met last year among the hills bordering on the Chamba Rajas territory. The Chura caste is not found in this neighborhood, the Doms and Chumars being the lowest. Even the Mohammedans are not a little impregnated with the strange beliefs of the Hindus. With few excep­ tions the Gospel message was listened to with attention even in the village where a Mahunt (or high priest) lives and receives the homage of hundreds of the ignorant. In this man’s place we found a few boys who could read the Hindi language fluently and we took the opportunity of leaving some tracts to break their faith in idols and sinful incarnations and “ declare the only living and true God and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent.” Jhelum .— Two new centers have been opened, one in the Jhelum, and 52 Board of Foreign Missions,

the other in the Shahpur district. Although we have gathered but little fruit we shall continue to sow in faith expecting an abundant harvest when the time for reaping comes. Zafarw al.— The main feature of our work among the non-Christian people, was a tour made in the early part of the year in the northern part of the mission district. We first went out to a point on the border near the Deg-river, and spent sometime working in the surrounding villages. The people listened very well but few showed any sign of being influenced. As the weather was threatening, we returned home for a few days and then went out directly north from Zafarwal, then turned east going as far as Dailra. Thence we went north again to the Cashmere and then along the border to a point opposite our home. This gave us an excellent opportunity of preaching to a people, many of whom had never been visited. As usual in all this region, the Brahmins and Pundits were much disturbed. A good beginning has now been made at Shakrgarh. When Gundu returned from the seminary he was sent there to begin work and worked in the villages more immediately around that place. In August he was called to the help of others in the western part of our district where the Roman Catholic agents were at work. In December he returned to the seminary. Another will carry on his work during his absence. This field is very promising. There are a number of inquirers. All classes seem to be losing their fear of Christians and are much more accessible. I have no doubt this will increase if we are faithful.and much fruit be gathered. In our visits to Christian villages our opportunities for work among are many and are widening year by year. Wherever we go the fields are ripe, the harvest ready.

II. B a z a r a n d C i t y . Sialkot.— During the summer the catechists and boys of the Christian Training School experienced some opposition from the Mohammedans, who became so violent that the police were asked to interfere. I began the bazar preaching with the hope of regular work there during the summer, but the Roman Catholic attack drew away my attention. However, the work has been carried on regularly by the native workers. The Mohammedans failing to relieve the preacher by rudeness, have set up a preaching stand near by and try to attract hearers from us. A Maulvi expounds the Koran to the faithful and tries to blind their eyes to the truth. East Gujranwala.— There is nothing new to report in this branch of evangelistic work. From year to year the work is carried on in much the same way and with much the same results. In the hot season bazar preaching was kept up with more or less regularity and weekly services in the church were regularly maintained throughout the year for the benefit of the non- Christians. We think good was done by both these departments of work, but the latter especially. West Gujranwala.— There being no station as yet in the district there has been no bazar and city work regularly carried on. On the first tour of the district three of the most important cities were visited and during our stay in each preaching was kept up regularly in the bazar. No trouble was experienced in gathering a crowd, especially when the mis­ United Presbyterian Church. 53

sionary went out, as he could be looked at if he could not preach. The seed was sown beside all waters. There were those who listened, aston­ ished, to the proclamation of the new religion. Others were eager to push themselves forward and preach reform of the old religion in opposi­ tion to the idea of leaving it for a new one. Many were ready to admit that the things spoken were very good, but were equally ready to give reason for not accepting them for themselves. It was a common reply, your religion is good for you, and ours is good for us. Let every one follow the path that his fathers trod. Some would stop to listen but a moment and then pass on while others would follow us to camp to talk or argue further about what they had heard. It was discouraging to have the message often rejected, yet the work among the heathen was by no means void of encouragements or results. In one of the cities visited, a teacher from the government school came by night, Nicodemus like, seeking in sincerity as it seemed, to know the truth. When an audience of thirty or forty came to the camp of their own accord and listened attentively to the singing and preaching of the gospel till nearly midnight, I could not but feel much encouraged. Gurdaspur and Pathankot.— There has been less preaching done in the bazars this year than formerly. In Gurdaspur we have had more opposi­ tion from one who was formerly an enquirer than from any one else. Though he took a Bible promising payment, the book has evidently been used to no good purpose. Whenever we hold services in the city church we are favored with the presence of quite a number of the heathen, who, however, seem more attracted by the singing than by the preaching. We have noticed this year, at least one idolater, who has been more regular in his attendance than several professed Christians. Seed has been sown in his heart. May it by God’s blessing bring forth fruit.

W o r k A m o n g C h r i s t i a n s . Sialkot.— This year has been one of peculiar experience. Roman Catholic corruption and fraud broke out during the hot season and for a time priests and curates swarmed. They and their agents offered every kind of wordly inducement to draw the poor into their net. The priests drank and gave to drink. They gave the Christians money and enter­ tained all who would come to visit them. Much of this corruption was carried on with borrowed capital, and carried to such an extent that the bishop refused to furnish the money to continue it. This foolish use of money and free entertainment was a novelty to many, and numbers went to see and taste the dainties of the great mother of corruption. As an instance of their work of proselyting I will give one case. In a village there were some boys receiving six rupees per month from me to support them while studying in the school. The priests went to the village and, hiring several Christians, promised them forty or more rupees per month if they would become Roman Catholics. So shameless were they in the work that during a service in the Sialkot church, spies entered and called out two boys, when the priests who were waiting a short distance away, took the boys into their carriage and drove them away. A few villages have gone entirely with the Roman Catholics, but in other places where they have entered, there are some who still hold out. 54 Board of Foreign Missions,

Some are leaving them and returning to us, being more firmly established in the Protestant faith from-seeing the follies of Romanism. A few have become discouraged and have returned to heathenism and some remain paid Romanists. Although the work of the Papists has in many ways had a very demor­ alizing effect, yet, by the blessing of God, it may be a means of strength­ ening and establishing the church. Their success at first was not that the Christians were persuaded of the truth of their creed. By no means. This kind of persuasion was not used. It was only the attraction of the money. When it is known that many of these poor people scarcely know one day what they are to eat the next, neither are they certain of receiv­ ing the harvest wages promised them, but are very likely to be defrauded of at least a part of their just dues, it will not be surprising if they are led astray by the cunning craft of an enemy who comes in the garb of a friend and brings the sign of the cross without its reality. Although this attack of the Roman Catholics has spent itself, we are by no means rid of them. They are quietly and secretly working, planning and plotting, trying to establish themselves in a few places in the hope of future success. They are making an effort ‘ to hold a part of what they have taken, and we may expect them to trouble us for some time to come. P a sru r.— The past year has been marked by more changes and disturb­ ances than usual. During the early part of the year the arrangement was effected for the establishment of the boundary lines between our mission and that of the C. M. S., on the one hand and the Scotch mission on the other. The agreement involved the transfer from this mission district of seventy-five villages and one thousand two hundred and eighty-three Christians to the former and the reception of thirty-three villages and four hundred and ninety-seven Christians from the latter. This change has taken up a great deal of time and involved us in some extra expense, but it was hoped that the result would be beneficial in freeing our people from the demoralizing influence of the strife that often arose among the workers in the different missions. Scarcely had we completed these arrangements when a new element of trouble arose. The Roman Catholics commenced work in our midst. Availing themselves of the help of some discontented Christians, they gained an entrance into several of our villages, and for a time threatened to work considerable damage. It is but fair to the Christians to say that they were ignorant of the peculiar teachings and practices of the Romanists and only knew of them as another body of Christians. Still there are some among them with whom the hope of worldly gain has more influ­ ence than the truth, and no matter how well such persons are taught, no reliance can be placed upon them. A few of those whom we had em­ ployed to instruct the more ignorant were the first to turn. Then they used the influence of their position as teachers to carry over these more ignorant ones in the hope that they could thus secure a more lucrative position. As a rule our workers were faithful and d id . good service in opposing the inroads of the enemy. The Roman Catholics have with­ drawn for the present, but they may return at any time, so that in the future this new enemy must always be taken into consideration. As far as I can see their influence extended only to those who were taken into employ. None ever professed to believe their doctrine; they declared their sole object in joining them was to obtain employment. It will readily be seen that redistribution of the territory among the United Presbyterian Church. 55

Christian missions and the necessity of opposing the Roman Catholics has hindered us in our regular work, but notwithstanding all these diffi­ culties much advance work has been done. We have grouped the villages and assigned workers to each group, and arranged so that as far as possi­ ble all the villages containing Christians shall be regularly visited. East Gujranwala.— Every year the work among village Christians be­ comes more interesting and encouraging. There is in most places a steady growth in grace and Christian knowledge and I am glad to be able to report that Christian life and work are becoming more apparent in those villages where Christians have been living for some length of time. There is one respect, however, in which there is not the progress I would like to see; that is, progress toward a self-supporting, self-propagating church. In this direction I fear there is very little progress, but feel free to say that circumstances and methods are more to blame than the Chris­ tians. In certain quarters a system of appointing what are called Lam - bardars was started; that is a system of paying men a salary not because they could do much Christian work, but because they had influence in a village or community and could make work easier for those who were doing it. Hence it has come to pass that every man of any influence in a community instead of trying to support the church - wishes the church to support him, and thus I fear a self-sustaining church is set back far in the future. The greatest trouble I have as I go from village to village, preaching to the Christians is the constant demand that I appoint a 1am- bardar in their village, and when I absolutely refuse to do so the poor people think that I am treating them unjustly and depriving them of a very evident right. This system I consider an unmixed evil and utterly vicious. I believe it was the lambardar system that made it possible for the Papists to establish themselves in our mission field, as it was in vil­ lages where lambardars had been employed that the Papists got their first hold. If it was not for this system effecting our work all the time the future would be to me full of hope. It may be that I take an exagerated view of the evil and I hope I do. I know that I blame it and not the people for all the trouble and difficulties that I meet in the work except those that are common to all mission work. The people, taking into con­ sideration the many stumbling stones that have been placed in their path and the many hardships of their lives are doing well and making good progress. West Gujranwala.— In many respects the work among the heathen was more encouraging than that among the Christians. When working among the heathen indifference to arid rejection of the truth were to be largely expected, and when met with caused no great disappointment. Some­ thing better was expected from those who bore the name of Christian and when in some cases colder indifference and more careless rejection were found, it was very disappointing. Living so far from the field was a great drawback to the work, the nearest point being twelve miles from home. This made it necessary that the superintendence of the work be made either in camp, which o f course was practicable only in the colder months, or else at too great a distance to be effective. Indeed I was not able to be in my field at all during the summer months. A mission sta­ tion in the field is a necessity before the work can be done satisfactorily. As soon as possible after appointment to the field, camp life was begun and was continued until the increasing heat made it impossible to live . under canvas. Two wide circuits covered most of the field in which work 56 Board of Foreign Missions,

has been begun. In the fall after returning from the hills two short trips were made before I was transferred and handed the work over to my successor. The greater part of the villages in which there are converts were visited at least once by the missionary personally, and a number that were more important and convenient of access were visited several times. Owing to imperfect knowledge ot the language I was able to do but very little personally either in the way of talking or preaching to the people. But I endeavored as far as possible in each village visited to have all the Christians called together and examined in my presence. In some places it appears as if the underworkers had led the people to submit to baptism by holding out unworthy motives to them. They had been led to expect temporary help from the mission and when they did not receive it they turned back in disgust. (These were they who followed for the loaves and fishes) and they would soon deny being Christians. Some degree of allowance must be made for the facts that the employers often hinder their coming, and that I was a stranger, of whom the people were usually very shy. But there was also encouragement in the work among the Christians. In a goodly number of villages, the people, while very ignorant seem to have some true conception of what the Christian life is and a sincere de­ sire to conform themselves to the standard as they learn it. Even where the people were in the most discouraging state, it was largely due to the lack of instruction. When we consider the low condition out of which most of the converts come and the low condition in which most of them must remain, and especially the great difficulty in obtaining efficient instructors for them, no matter what are the discouragements, we have abundant reason to thank God and take courage. When men who had worked from sunrise to sunset under the Indian sun in the harvest field sit gladly till almost midnight to listen to the Gospel it gave strength for meeting many dis­ couragements. Gurdaspur and Pathankot.— The Rev. Clement states that for a time a few Hindus in Liber village were bent on creating a disturbance with the Christians but through the influence of the worker there and his wife, quiet was restored. Many of the Christians seem to be in a careless, in­ different state, but we trust that where the worker performs the duty pointed out to him, there will be a greater interest in religious matters. Some c f the Christians of Sidhran III, having heard of the Roman Catholic movement in Sialkot District became somewhat irregular in their attendance on services. When reproved they asked, “ what help have you ever given us?” From whom are we to learn? You do not even save us from compulsory labor.” But since the comparative failure of the Roman Catholics we get no more hints for aid. The Christians in Barnala and Dhariwal, new stations, are delighted in seeking religious instruction, while those in Khaira I,' a long established place, have made little progress in knowledge and less in Christian life, owing to strife and wrangling. Zafarwal and Sidhran II are making some progress in religious matters. They are often required to give the reason of the hope that is in them. In Khaira H and Padhal the children as well as the adults, have improved in attendance and have a desire to learn the Scriptures. Of all the Christians in Rev. Abdullah’s charge, those of Sidhra IV are said to be the farthest advanced in knowledge and conduct. United Presbyterian Church. 57 Rev. Clement baptized three converts in Pathankot some time ago, but he says that these have already turned to their old superstitions and have given him a lesson respecting hasty baptisms. Jhelum .— The mission work in both city and district has been carried on as usual. A goodly amount of interest has been shown and we hope that many have been strengthened in the faith and led to live more in conformity to the Divine will. Many are willing to confess their faith in Christ, but few are able or even willing to take up their cross and follow him. Zafarw al.— The villages in which Christians are living have all been visited during the year. There are now eighty on the list. Those near the station were visited frequently. Early in October when it was still hot for tent life, we remained for a time in Dhamtal Gov’t Bungalow, and spent the days in the surrounding villages. During the heat of the day we selected some convenient shade tree, where we rested and took our breakfast. Our principal object was to strengthen and instruct our Christians who were then much troubled by the agents of Romanism. In this we were entirely successful. Up to this time we have not lost any. This is no doubt largely owing to the fact that we had time to pre­ pare the Christians before the attack came. Had they come among us as in Sialkot, without warning, the result might have been far different. I am glad to be able to report a better spirit among these village Christians than ever before. There is -now a greater desire for instruction in the principles of religion witnessed among them. Formerly those desiring instruction were very few. Now, in nearly every village numbers are memorizing questions and portions of Scripture and many are eager to know more of Christ. It is particularly encouraging to see this spirit in the villages where most labor has been expended. Their instruction is a special and important work, and our constant thought should be how to use the means at hand most efficiently. These people need just such in­ struction as would be given to children. They get very little good from the preaching style of teaching adopted by many of our native helpers. They do get good when any one sits down and patiently teaches them as he would an untaught little child. While the physical form may be that of an adult, or even of an old person, yet the mind is childlike, without, however, the quick perception of the young mind. It must be “ line upon line,” and again “ line upon line” if we would leave anything be­ hind. I am glad suitable catechisms are preparing. The attendance at services on Sabbath appears to be less than last year. It has really been greater. The helpers were ordered to keep a strict record and not report at random as was certainly their custom in former years. Hence an apparent decrease; while all say more attend now and there is more movement from home villages to others to attend service.

C ongregations . Sialkot.— I hoped to have been able to report the organization of another congregation this year, but it was hindered and will now be de­ layed for a time. However some progress has been made in this direc­ tion. The pastor of the city congregation, Rev. I. D. Shahbaz, reports, “ there are two preaching services held every Sabbath and a Thursday prayer meeting. Two Sabbath schools, one for the heathen boys, and one for all the Christians. The attendance at the latter is about two 58 Board of Foreign Missions, hundred and fifty. The teachers enter heartily into the work and arrangements have been made for a bi-monthly teachers’ meeting. The congregation has made good progress in liberality and Christian work. A woman’s missionary society holds monthly meetings, while our young men’s association holds preaching services in the bazar every Saturday evening. Three elders and three deacons were elected the past year. The pastor spent some of his time in the summer preaching in the villages, to the Christians and heathen, and baptized some in the villages. There have also been other baptisms and admissions to the city church. P a sru r.— There are now three congregations in this district: Marali, Pasrur and Jhulki. In making the transfer to the Christian Missionary Society a considerable number were dismissed from Marali congregation, so that the number reported is less. The attendance is good and progress has been made, but not much has been done toward the support of a pastor, nor does it appear that we can soon have pastoral settlements in any of the village congregations; not until we can get persons qualified as pastors who are willing to live on much less than our present ordained native ministers receive. The Pasrur congregation was organized on August 2nd. Regular ser­ vices have been kept up and the attendance is good, but the Roman Catholic disturbance prevented any progress toward a pastoral settlement. Jhulki was organized by the Scotch Mission and came to us in the transfer on March 27th. It appears to be in good condition, the attend­ ance being good, and the people taking an interest, but no prospect as yet for the settlement of a pastor. East Gujranwala.— Last year’s report might be repeated in regard to the congregation in the city of Gujranwala so little change has occurred in it. There has been a great change for the better in the congregation at Boboki. I thought for some time that it would have to be disorganized but there has been a great revival of religion in the congregation and it is in a more healthy and hopeful state than ever before. I dispensed the Lord’s supper there a few days ago and it was truly a refreshing season and a season of joy to me and the ladies who accompanied me. West Gujranwala has no station work nor any organized congregation. Gurdaspur and Pathankot.— The congregation of Gurdaspur city is very small, consisting of about four families and some school boys. Ser­ vices have been held regularly twice on Sabbath and once on Wednesday. The conduct of the members is fair and comparatively peaceable. We have some adherents of another denomination who occasionally attend the evening service. There have been two infant baptisms during the year. No deaths. Arankha and Dinanagar.— The pastor Rev. Aziz al-Aaqq reports: There has been freedom from persecution, though on account of removals and death there has been a decrease, yet the increase counter-balances it. Services have been held twice every Sabbath and the spiritual state of the people is a progressive one. There were sixteen baptisms, nine of them adults. Six were added by certificate. Zafarw al,— In the villages which make up the membership of this con­ gregation there has been most movement in the village of Jhandaran. Two adults were baptized from this village, and two men, who, though baptized some years ago, had never identified themselves with the church for fear of reproach, came out publicly and are now earnest, efficient members of the congregation. There is also quite a revival of interest in United Presbyterian Church. 59 religious matters among the people, so that a number are almost ready for baptism. In Kot Zafarwal, the Sauri (thieves’) village, three boys through the influence of the teacher of the Sauri school, have openly professed their faith. Their position in their village is very trying, as all their relatives belong to a criminal class. We hope they may be faithful. The liberal­ ity of the people has been commendable. One member had died.

C ontributions . Sialkot mission district superintendent writes : At the beginning of the year a society, consisting of the native helpers and as many native Chris­ tians as wished to join, was formed. Its object was to promote a spirit of liberality among the people. This was also interfered with. Its meet­ ings were suspended for several months, so that only about fifteen rupees were collected during the year. Its monthly meetings have again begun. Gurdaspur.— The contributions in the villages as well as elsewhere are gathered every Sabbath. Those who are too poor to give money bring offerings of different kinds of grain and produce at harvest times. When compared with the past year the liberality of the Christians has increased. RESULTS.

G e n e r a l P r o g r e s s .

SUMMARY.

Number of Mission Districts,...... 8 “ Organized Congregations, ...... 10 “ Unorganized Stations,...... 51 “ Villages Containing Christians,...... 511 Total Christian P o p u latio n ,...... 9942 “ Adult Members,...... 6597 Number of Adults B aptized,...... 1230 “ Children “ 759 Net Increase,...... 409 Sialkot.— If results be looked for in the page of statistics, and if results mean only increased members, I will not be able to show much this year. Some have been added, others dismissed to other churches, and some have gone to the Roman Catholic church, so that instead of increase in membership there is decrease. In places where faithful teaching has been done there have been some results, but such places are few, so that results are small this year. Pasrur.— It is difficult at this time to estimate results of the year’s work and changes. Whether we have acted wisely in all our changes and plans only time can tell. We have had a harder task than ever before, and often being compelled to act without time to consider. Mistakes may have been made. On the whole the outlook is encouraging. Notwith­ standing the large number dismissed we are in much the same position as to members that we were last year. Good progress has been made in those places where regular services have been kept up during the year. The people come together more readily for services and are more atten­ tive. It is too soon to estimate the work done by the Roman Catholics. Apparently no permanent impression has been made, while on the other 60 Board of Foreign Missions, hand the people being excited by the controversy appear to show more desire to learn than ever before. It seems to be the case that the people are more susceptible to religious influence when under excitement, and we should recognize this move fully. They have been so long in a state of degredation that it requires something unusual to arouse their minds and set them thinking of their condition. They are now being thor­ oughly awakened, and we trust from year to year success will be more marked- Much yet remains to be done. To provide for their proper instruction is a difficult task. Little progress as yet has been made in raising up suitable teachers. The native assistants who come to us from other places prove to be mere hirelings and do more harm than good, and it often happens that those who have received an education are unfitted for village life. We have found some good workers of a low grade among the people themselves, but the practice of taking them into our employ as paid helpers tends to create a spirit of covetousness. It is evident the time has come when more direct efforts should be made to develop a spirit of independence. The Christians must be taught to support those who work among them, and this should be our aim rather than the rapid extension of the work. To do this teaching less expensive methods must be adopted. If we had a good system of catechetical instruction, our low grade workers could be made more effective, but until the people are will­ ing to bear the expense of supporting the Gospel ordinances among them­ selves we cannot expect to advance much beyond our present limits. Further, the experience of the past year shows that it is too often the case with Christians, who are supported by mission funds, that their attachment ceased when the support is withdrawn. East Gujranwala.— The results of the past year considering all the trouble, sickness and death that have occurred in the district, have been encouraging. There have been baptized 499 adults and 214 infants. A great

EDUCATIONAL.

T h e S i a l k o t T h e o l o g i c a l S e m i n a r y . No change has taken place in the personnel of this institution during the past year— both professors and students remaining the same as before. As usual applicants for admission as pupils appeared before Presbytery, but, lacking the qualifications required, were refused the privilege they sought. Presbytery appears determined, and wisely too we think, to insist on at least a middle school standard, or its equivalent, and on thoroughly tested religious principle as indispensable requisites for ministerial candidature. One session of the seminaay closed in March when all the students stood a good examination. Another opened December ist and will close May ist— the time of the session having been changed to suit all the par­ ties concerned. The usual course of study pursued heretofore was followed during the last year and no reason has yet appeared for proposing a change. The Bible as a basi§— studied in the original tongues as well as in the vernacu­ lar— Biblical Introduction, Systematic Theology, Church History, Homi­ letics and practice in preaching, form its chief features. An effort, too, is made to centre everything on practical work so that our students when they go out may not be required to pass through a second training in order to serve well a Christian church. It was gratifying to discover that all our pupils during vacation continued as far as possible their reading of the Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament and thus helped to confirm our position that the study of these tongues, so far from being abandoned by them in subsequent life, is likely to render them permanent benefit.

T h e C h r i s t i a n T r a in in g I n s t i t u t e . The work of erecting the main building of this school was continued by the superintendent after the first of January, 1889, without interrup­ tion, until its virtual completion at the end of March, although some fin­ ishing touches were given to it in the summer and fall. The structures have been found to be as convenient and as well adapted to the end for which they were intended as their appearance is attractive. They have been so built, moreover, that.without great expense additional accommo­ dation for students can be furnished whenever necessity requires. The whole cost of these improvements has been about twenty-five thousand rupees. This has been borne by the Archibald Stewart fund— the same fund which supplied the means for purchasing the Institute lot and put­ ting up other buildings on it some years ago. During the past year 134 names have been on the rolls of the Institute in all its various departments— 2 in the Middle, 91 in the Upper Primary, 10 in the Lower Primary which has been started as a model school for the Normal Class, and 22 in the Women’s and Girls’ School; and at the close of the year there were in all 125 students, of whom 37 were married and 98 unmarried. Shortly after the beginning of the year, the superintendent opened a small normal class which completed its studies and lessons in practical teaching in June, when its members were dismissed to commence labor in the region whence they came. Another normal class consisting of seven 62 Board of Foreign Missions, pupils was also organized in October and is expected to finish its studies in the spring. It is hoped that this new feature of the Institute will prove of great advantage in preparing for successful village school work men who cannot be expected to enter the ranks of the Christian ministry. Mrs. Stewart reports the women’s school part of the Institute in an im­ proved condition notwithstanding thé discouraging circumstances con­ nected with its management. Although some of the pupils make little progress in their studies and take little interest in them others do the best they can with their family cares and give promise of usefulness after they return to their villages. The introduction of the reading of the Panjabi gospels into the school, which was effected during the past year, is thought to be a great improvement on the previous course. The health of the students has also been fair ; but two severe cases of fever occurred in the fall and one of the boys attacked, a promising lad from Pasrur tahsil, Jhanda by name, was on October 28th, carried away by death. The Roman Catholic movement which began in July affectëd the Insti­ tute as well as our other work in Sialkot District and only by vigorous, energetic management was it prevented from doing great harm. Provi­ dentially, however, only two of our boys went over to the Roman Catholic schools, and both of these subsequently returned to us. It is hoped that our pupils will hereafter become so well grounded in the catechism and in evangelical doctrine that no danger will ever be experienced of their em­ bracing the tenets of Rome. As a means to this as well as other ends, the Institute library, which for some time had fallen into disuse, has been re-opened and will be generously replenished with books. If possible, also, some special instruction on controverted points will be given to students before leaving school, so that they may be better equipped to meet our opponents.

G i r l s ’ B o a r d i n g S c h o o l . The number of pupils has been larger than ever before, and some were refused admittance for want of room. The highest number in attend­ ance has been 48, and the average 41. Several assistants had to be dismissed during the year. Their’ places could not be filled in some instances, as suitable persons could not be found, thus the burden of work has been heavier than usual, especially during the latter half of the year. An effort has been made for some time past to give practical instruction in teaching. This was not a new feature this year, but has been over­ looked in former reports. Nine girls have taught regularly, each having charge of her class, as its regular teacher in that particular branch. It was thought this was better, both for the class and the teacher than chang­ ing frequently, as is often done in normal teaching. In some instances where the class was large, it was divided and given in sections, to several girls, as the pupils were only beginners and it was difficult to manage so many at one time. Three of these teachers are in the third primary and the other six in the fourth, fifth primary, and fifth middle. The interest in studies and other duties, was not encouraging during the later months of the year. Two of the girls were sent out of the school, for lack of attention, in these matters. Some cases of illness occurred, the most severe being an attack of pleurisy, which it was feared United Presbyterian Church. 63 would end fatally, but under Dr. White’s skillful treatment the patient is now almost well. The school has had the benefit of the Drs. treatment in a number of instances, both in the school and in the hospital. Hav­ ing no suitable room for a sick person in the school building, we find it a relief to be able to send our sick ones, where they w ill be well cared for. It lightens the burden not a little. We hope to have some place in the new building where the sick can be cared for with some degree of com­ fort to themselves and those attending them. It is hoped by next year we can report the new building well begun, if not finished. The mission— now that the government has built a strong dyke between us and the river, which will prevent our compound from being flooded during the rainy season— has decided to leave the school in its present location. The present buildings will be utilized, as far as pos­ sible and quite an item of expense be avoided. There have been two examinations of the school during the year and the result has been satisfactory. The interest in religious matters has not been such as to attract any special remark. At the same time there is no reason to feel particularly discouraged on this point.

C h r i s t i a n P r im a r y S c h o o l s .

Sialkot Mission District.— The number of schools is 16 and the pupils 390. Owing to pressure in other matters, as much time as was desirable, could not be given to these schools. They are, however, in a fair condition. East Gujranwala.— There has been a decided improvement in some of the schools during the year, but there is still much to be done before it can be said that they are at all in a satisfactory state. These, of course must be kept up no matter what other schools have to be closed, but I do not even hope for satisfactory results from them until we get trained Christian teachers from the “ Institute” and such are still in the womb of the future. West Gujranwala.— The number of schools varied a good deal, but I think that on the average there were ten open during the whole year. It is hard to get the people to see the advantage of educating their children and often after a school has been started, it would have to be closed for want of scholars. Some five or six of the schools were in operation all the year and did fairly efficient work. In one, very good progress was made, considering the disadvantage under which the work was done. Only three had regular rooms in which to meet. The others were gath­ ered for work under the shade of some tree, or on the sunny side of a wall, according to the season of the year. The teachers need constant oversight, if faithful work is to be obtained. Many of the boys— they don’t include the girls in such foolishness as learning yet— have to be out in the fields quite often helping, and so cannot make the advancement they should, but when one looks at all the circumstances, there is much room for encouragement. Gurdaspur and Pathankot.— We have nineteen boys’ schools in both mission districts. Three of these, because of indifference and poor work have been closed. In the majority of the rest the progress has been very good, in secular, and especially so in religious subjects. Many of the teachers have been faithful in their work and deserve credit. We have also three village girls’ schools. They are quite small, only containing twenty-seven pupils in all, and not as yet very far advanced. Board of Foreign Missions,

They are nearly all in the first primary, a few read Gurmukki and Hindi. We have twelve women and fi-ve girls reading who are not in any school. We find it very hard to get suitable teachers. Girls’ village schools will not prove a success until we can secure efficient women teachers. Pasrur Mission District.— The whole number of schools reported is 38. The number of scholars 622, of whom 526 are boys and 96 girls. The number is not as large as it was. last year, and generally the schools are hardly in as good condition. The changes made during the year have caused this. Some of the best schools were given over or suspended, and it requires some time to bring the new ones opened in their stead, to the same degree of efficiency. There is no lack of interest and the propor­ tion of Christians is perhaps greater than before. Many of our people desire to educate their children, but cannot afford to lose their help where they are large enough to work. For this reason when the children are beginning to learn readily they are withdrawn from the school. We can­ not afford to give many scholarships, nor is it desirable to do so. If we can succeed in getting the greater part of the children taught to read and write a little, and at the same time have them educated in the fundamen­ tal doctrines of the Gospel, one important object, in establishing these schools will be obtained. Twenty boys were sent to the Training Insti­ tute in Sialkot. Zafarwal Mission District — We have twenty-six schools. The number of boys is 416, and girls 43. Fourteen were sent to the'Training Insti­ tute in Sialkot during the year. All passed their entrance examination successfully. These schools have been examined frequently by the mis­ sionary and regularly by the helper who has special charge of them. The general progress has been good, and in the department of religious in­ struction very good. There seems to be increased interest in education among the people. In one school we have three adult pupils who have learned to read quite well in about one year.

B o y s ’ A i d e d M is s io n S c h o o l s .

Sialkot City.— There is not much change to report in regard to this school during the year. The number is about the same. Mr. McMullen is still its efficient Head-Master. The teachers have generally been faith­ ful. The superintendent has personally devoted much time to the school. The Bible teachers have worked earnestly. Gujranwala City■—The schools in the City of Gujranwala have been even more successful, in almost every respect, during the past year, than usual. More boys from these schools passed the Departmental and Uni­ versity examinations, than in any former year. The upper classes are much larger than in past years, and the income from the schools has largely increased. The actual income was Rs 610 more than the actual expenditure, so the mission gained financially by their existence. I do not say anything about these schools as an evangelizing agency. Opinions differ so widely on that subject, that I do not care to give mine; but I know that there was no department of my work, that I enjoyed so much, and I believe that there are many unbaptized believers who are the fruit of mission schools. United Presbyterian Church. 65

G ir l s ’ A id e d M is s io n S c h o o l s . Gujranwala City.— Miss Mookerjee conducted these schools as ably as in former years, but her work during the past year was attended with a good deal more trouble than formerly. The troubles arose from causes outside of the control of the mission, so there was nôthing could be done except work away and repair the damage. This Miss Mookerjee did with great zeal, admirable patience, and a good degree of success. She had the sympathy of all in her troubles and difficulties in the schools, but we could give her little help, as they arose from heathen ideas and supersti­ tions, and the only thing was to live and work them down. Notwith­ standing the difficulties the schools are at present in a very prosperous condition and do great credit to their teacher. Jhelum City.— The work in the central girls’ school presents nothing unusual during the year. Two branch schools— one for Hindus and one for Mohammedans have been opened. One girl from the central school was baptized. We have special reason for thankfulness, that although this baptism occasioned a great deal of bitter feelings and indignation among her relations, yet the work has not been broken up, neither schools nor Zenanas have been closed. On account of unfaithfulness on part of the teachers it was necessary to close the Mohammedan school in Sangoi, but a school is still open for Hindus in which the girls are making very good progress in religious knowledge. S a b b a t h -S c h o o l s . Sialkot City.— The Sabbath-school in connection with the city boys’ school has been well attended during the year. The boys in addition to the regular lesson, recite a verse of Scripture which they have memorized and at the close of the school a brief lecture is given on the subject oi the lesson. The Sabbath-school in connection with the congregation has been well attended and is carefully looked after by the pastor. Gujranwala City.— The congregational Sabbath-school has done well and been well attended. I have nothing special to report in regard to it. Gurdaspur City.— This school has not increased in number when com­ pared with last year. We studied the “ International Sunday-school Les­ sons” for 1.888, with no little interest. The children were taught some questions from Brown’s Shorter Catechism. Zafarw al.— Congregational Sabbath-school has been regularly every Sabbath during the year. All the boys of the Sansi school are now in attendance. The teachers are the missionaries when in the station, elders and members. All are in the school as teachers or scholars.

V i l l a g e S a b b a t h -S c h o o l ç . In East Gujranwala Mission District, Sabbath-schools for the Christians have been established in all villages where it is practical to do so, and so •far as I am aware are fairly well attended and doing good work, but I can say little about them from actual experience, as I spent very few Sabbaths in those villages where there are such schools. The lack of suitable teachers prevents us from establishing them in many places. Pasrur Mission District reports 1349 scholars in the Sabbath-schools. They are very important as 9- means of reaching many of the village Christians. 66 Board of Foreign Missions,

The village Sabbath-schools in Gurdaspur Mission District have been composed mostly of all the Christians, old and young. The subjects taught were for the most part the miracles and parables of Chrits and Mudge’s Bible questions for children. We have reason to believe that such instruction has been profitable to many, for the influence of the Holy Spirit has been manifested. . The schools in Zafarwal Mission District are hard to number. As the teachers are so few they vary with the place in the circle, where the helper has service on Sabbath. If he has time he may visit other villages and have religious service and Sabbath-school. The number of scholars varies very much. Those comparatively regular in attendance number 509. ZENANA WORK.

I. W o r k A m o n g N o n -C h r i s t i a n W o m e n .

A . C i t y W o r k . Sialkot City.— We have the same two zenana workers in the city, namely : Mary Anna and Munnee. Mary Anna says all classes generally receive her well. She reports 290 houses open to visitation of which 160 were opened during the past year; in these she had many hearers. One Hindoo woman said : “ the day will no doubt come when all will become Christians, but we do not like to see Brahmins who become Christians marry low-caste wives. Mary Anna replied : “ In God’s sight we are all of one caste.” The woman answered: “ Yes, at first the people were all one in God’s sight, but now we are not the same in the sight of men.” Munnee has been laboring in the city since March. The women gener­ ally listen well to the reading of the Bible. She reports having made several hundred visits and had many hearers. Gujranwala City.— Although there are but few Hindu houses in the city where we would not be welcome only fifty were visited with any­ thing like regularity. Many hundred Hindu women either heard or read God’s word during the year. One day when visiting a Hindu widow who had been blind for several years, she said ; “ There is noth­ ing I so much desire as forgiveness of sin and salvation.” I then told her of Jesus and his love for sinners, she listened eagerly and asked how she should ask Jesus to pardon her sins. I taught her a little prayer which she quickly memorized and kept repeating in a low voice while I read to others. The last time I visited her I found a sister-in-law present who is an Arya. She is an intelligent woman and had talked to the old lady until she was quite bewildered. All I could do was to repeat the Gospel message and leave her. The Mohammedan Zenana had to be left during the winter with no one to work among them except occasional visits when we were in from the District, yet the numb'er of houses was not diminished and when I last visited them the work was in a good condition. Mrs. Munnee assisted me faithfully in this visitation. Gurduspar City.— We personally have not worked much in the city during the past year, our time has been chiefly spent in the villages. Our Bible women Jane and Dabadi have been the principal workers. Jane reports that she has been kindly received among the heathen women and has made a large nvmber of. visits and taught many women. Dabadi re­ ports good attention to the reading and explanation of the word generally. Her visits have been many, and many have heard the truth. United Presbyterian Church. 67

In the summer a Mohammedan Maulvi preached publicly at our stated house of worship on Sabbaths and Wednesdays, and forbade the Moham­ medan women listening to the Bible women read the Bible. He said, when she tells her to sing and talk about wordly things, we told them to take their Bibles with them, and also prepare some parts of the Scriptures and tell as a story, and they could still give them its message and if they would not listen to that, then go to others who would listen gladly. The meetings of the Maulvi have been abandoned, but he still lives near the workers and occasionally follows them around and frightens the women so that they fear to listen in his presence, otherwise they do not offer opposition to the word. Jhelum City.— About twenty-five houses are open in Jhelum City. Mrs. James teaches in the majority of these Zenanas. She labors faithfully and well. We have also one other worker. But little opposition is shown to this work among the people. The women in the city generally hear the word gladly. The Bhera Zenanas are open as^ formerly. The worker at Miani has been removed from that place so that nothing has been done among the women there.

B . V i l l a g e W o r k . Sialkot.— Mary Anna visited the non-Christian women in twenty-five villages. She reports having made seventy-two visits and had many hearers. East Gujranwala.— The Hindu and Mohammedan women in great numbers listened eagerly to the teaching of the Gospel. I have been sur­ prised at the eagerness with which Mohammedan women have listened to the history of Christ and that He is the only Saviour of sinners without getting angry and they have requested us to give them as much time as possible. West Gujranwala.— During the year a number of villages containing Christians to which I had never gone before were visited. We went into the houses of both the high and the low and talked with many in the streets and lanes of the towns and villages. When we visit a place for the first time we are always surrounded by crowds of people who usually, as we tell the way to heaven, listen very well. Many villages which I had visited last year were also visited this year. Generally when teaching the Christian women there are both heathen and Mohammedan women present as we usually sit in an open court. Gurdaspur.— This work has been carried on in connection with the teaching of Chris ians and by visiting them in their own homes and read­ ing the word and telling them the way of salvation or by singing the Gospel as found in bhajans. There have been some bhajans lately pub­ lished in the simple Panjabi dialect for the benefit of the women. One of these comprises the ten commandments. A Sikh woman who could read was so much pleased with it that she asked to have it written off for her. Another who had heard us sing it in a neighbor’s house would not let us off until we had sung it in her house. Once after singing the Ten Commandments a Sikh remarked, “ our guru taught at least nine of these.” We then enquired if he had taught the fourth one. The answer was in the negative. We then spoke of the benefits both temporal and spiritual resulting from keeping the Sabbath holy. This he confessed true and said it removed all refuge for that oft repeated excuse “ no time to think of or worship God.” We remember one Sikh woman, who was a great 68 Board of Foreign Missions,

sufferer. After we had sung to her, saying with tears in her eyes “ I have made a pilgrimage to the City of Amritsar twice and bathed in its holy tanks and have several times given large alms to the poor but received no benefit, now I believe that Jesus is the only Saviour. The 23rd, 34th and 115th Psalms are much liked when sung as bhajans. When we go to a village for the first time we are generally surrounded by great crowds of curious spectators, and we try to give them some thought to carry home with them. Our audiences vary very much, rang­ ing from one to fifty. Our record shows about 578 visits made and we had a large number of hearers. We have added forty-nine new villages to our list during the year. f Jhelum .— As I was alone it was impossible for me to go out in the dis­ trict last year, workers however, have been stationed at Kala a few miles distant. At Sangoi the work among the women goes on as before. Much interest in the gospel is displayed by the people in this locality, and I trust the time is not far distant when very encouraging results shall be reported. Zafarw al.— The greater part of our time is spent among our Christians, but scarcely a lesson is given in any of their houses that there are not more or less heathen women present, and wherever there is time and opportunity a lesson is given especially for them. Last spring during February and a part of March we made a tour through the northern part of the district along the Cashmere border where there are no Christians and where in many of the villages the peo­ ple had never seen a white woman or heard of the Saviour’s love. We had no trouble in obtaining an audience without going into the villages so great was the curiosity to see us and know why we had come. The women came sometimes one or two, and sometimes in parties of fifty or more. I especially remember one Sabbath afternoon when we were encamped at Purdachak about a mile from the Cashmere border where the women came in crowds all the afternoon from three or four miles around— some came from Cashmere territory and all listened nicely. This is the stronghold of Hinduism in this district and the people are indeed like their gods, yet from the interest shown we feel that if we had the time to spend among them they would not be altogether indifferent to our message. During the hot season we visit the villages within a radius of five miles from our home. In many of these villages there are no Christians but the people receive us kindly and in most places gladly. The women of one house in a village near have come to fear us— or rather our religion— so much that we think best to discontinue our visits for a time. We have now a new center at Shalt argash, sixteen miles east of Zafar­ wal, where Sjpzi from the Girls’ Boarding School who was married in the early autumn is living and working in the village near. The women also come to her and generally now show a very friendly spirit; when we first went there they ran at sight of us walking along the road. Women often come to our house to see the wonders of an English dwelling or for, medicine, and thus we have an opportunity to talk with them. They frequently invite us to their villages and thus another is added to our list. Mrs. Barr by her kindness has won the hearts of many of the women throughout the district "who came to her foj* medicine for themselves or » United Presbyterian Church. 69

children, and in this way the work is made much easier and pleasanter for us in many villages.

C . M e d i c a l W o r k .

M e m o r i a l H o s p i t a l . S i a l k o t C i t y . The work in the hospital has varied but little from last year. The doors have been open except on Sabbath every day. The number of patients as compared with last year has greatly increased. At the dis­ pensary alone 5205 patients have been treated. The indoor patients have been 102, although it was thought best not to receive patients for the last two months on account of the necessity of removing to the new hospital. 724 major and minor operations were performed during the year. Many visits have also been made to the homes of those who were unable to come to the hospital. In this way 1,090 visits were made by myself and some were made by the medical students. During the last cold season an attempt was made to visit some of the villages within ten or twelve miles of Sialkot. In this way medicine was dispensed and the Gospel preached to many villages, but as the hospital required increased attention this work had for the time to be given up. My assistant was dismissed in July and since that time I have had no assistance except what the medical students with their limited knowledge could give me. In July the class in special studies was closed and only those students taking the full course in medicine kept on the list. Two more students have been added to the number. There are four students taking the full course. Three of these live in the hospital and draw scholarship from the Local Government. They aid in caring for the indoor patients and assist in the dispensary; the Chris­ tian students teach the Bible. The fourth draws her scholarship .from the hospital fund and lives outside with her husband. In regard to the religious work connected with the hospital I can only say that every effort is made to have every one who receives medicine hear the Gospel. In dispensary, hospital, homes and villages it is taught with good results. Every door open to receive the doctor it is understood must also be open to receive religious instruction. During the latter part of the year two Bible women have been added to the list of Bible workers in the Zenanas. This year seventy houses have been visited. There have been five inquirers; three desired bap­ tism, one was baptized at her earnest desire after escaping from her home a second time, two have been advised to continue living with their hus­ bands and try to win them to Christ. “ The Memorial Hospital’ ’ has bj*en completed and was publicly de­ clared open by Major J. L. Montgomery, C. S. Deputy Commissioner on December 30. The opening exercises consisted of report d i work, dedi­ catory prayer and address by the Chairman, Major J. L. Montgomery. At this time the following donations were generously made to the hospital: Major J. L. Montgomery, C. S., D. C., Rs. 50 ; Mrs. Dunlop Smith Rs. 50. I have also received during the year Rs. 25, from J. W. Gardiner, C. S. Dept. Com. Rawal Pindi; Munshi Dewan Chand, Rs. 50 and also Rs. 50 as a thank offering. To all I am very grateful for their kind remem­ brance of my work for women. It is a pleasure to be able to say that the difficulties arising out of my being obliged to live at a distance from the work and having to carry it on in a native house have now been re­ % 70 Board of Foreign Missions, moved. I wish to express my gratitude to Government Officials, Munici­ pal and District Boards, U. P. Mission and especially to the kind ladies of our church in America who have worked so earnestly to this end. It is with sincere pleasure that I especially mention Major J. L Montgom­ ery, C. S , who as Dept. Com. o f Sialkot District has rendered efficient aid in the work. My thanks are due also to W. E. Hennesy, C. E , Mr. J. Greenwood, Esq., Secretary of the M. and D. Boards, and Munshi Dewan Chand for the help they gave in securing the ground for the hos­ pital and for the interest they have taken in its proper establishment.

II. W o r k A m o n g C h r i s t i a n W o m e n . Sialkot District.— Mary Anna has visited fifteen villages in which there are Christians. In her work among the women, though some seemed in­ different and had little desire to receive instruction, yet in other places she found many who had made some progress and showed a desire to learn more. They often said, “ if you would live among us and be our teacher we would gladly learn from you, but what can we learn in two or three days twice a year. East Gujranwala 7- 1 have visited and worked in fifty villages during the year just closed. We have many villages in which a large number of women have been baptized and they are all anxious for regular instruc­ tion. We have found the women this year more ready to hear and learn what their duties as Christians are than formerly. We have only one woman who is receiving a salary working in the district, Thalian Bibi, who has been working in Badoki and vicinity the past year with good results. There have been 98 baptism of women this year, making the number of baptized women in East Gujranwala 4x8. We have two sweeper.villages containing Christians connected with Gujranwala City. Ellen worked in the smaller one throughout the year. The monthly average of women and girls taught by her was twenty-three. Seven girls were sent from this to the Girls’ Boarding School at Sialkot. The attend­ ance at Sabbath-school by the daughters of non-Christian parents has been large. A Bible woman named Jane worked in the larger of these two villages up to near the end of the year. She was an energetic worker. Two weekly prayer meetings have been kept up throughout the year. Mrs. Morrison has looked after these meetings when we have been in the dis­ trict and in many other ways given us help in the work. West Gujranwala.— As far as possible I have visited the villages where we have baptized women. In some cases I felt much encouraged, but in others I could not see much advancement. I am particularly pleased with the state of affairs in Chahoi, a village in which a large number of low caste persons who were some years since baptized and who after­ wards apostatized. When i first came to the district they did not want us to come to their village, but now they are very respectful and willing to learn and they improve so rapidly that it is a pleasure to teach them. We have as yet no native female Christian assistants in;the district. Gurdaspur.— Our Christian women are scattered over the district in twenty-four villages. The distance from one extreme to the other is about thirty-five miles, and there are often sandy and rough roads to travel over in getting to them. We have made 243 visits and taught them many United Presbyterian Church. 1 1 lessons. They come to us in groups and we teach them different subjects according to their ability to understand. We meet them in their own houses, at our tent, and when we are at home they come to us there. Teaching must often be done in the boiling sun seated on a very uncom­ fortable charpai with umbrella in hand unless one is so fortunate as to secure the shelter of a high wall or friendly shade tree. While with some, labor often seems to be in vain and but little progress is made yet in many places, we note slow but steady progress not only in knowledge but in conformity to God’s will. This year, besides telling them of Christ and trying to teach them how to serve Him we have found it our duty to warn them against those who would bribe them to forsake Him and trust to His mother as intercessor. We are thankful to be able to report that none have forsaken Him. We have thought their best safe­ guard was a thorough knowledge of Christ and the way of salvation through Him, and this we have endeavored to give them by dwelling par­ ticularly on the circumstances of his birth and the purpose of his suffer­ ings, and death and resurrection. Several of our Christian women who had not before understood the fact of the resurrection, when the hope was born within them that they too were to rise from the dead, and they could meet their loved ones again they shed tears of joy. We have no native assistants to go with us in this work. We go out alone, but we have two women working locally, in the villages. Egama labored in Khaira and reports having taught a large number of women. Indhi is working in Barnola. and besides teaching the small school gives Scripture lessons to the Christian women. Zafarw al.— In reviewing the events connected with our work among the Christians during the past year, we note that great progress has been made in knowledge of the Divine word as well as growth in grace. The cry has been “ come and teach us God’s word that we may know how to live Christian lives,” instead of “ why don’t you give us food and cloth­ ing” as has been said to us so often in past days. With but few ¿excep­ tions all the women in our eighty villages containing Christians are under instruction. During the year eight women have completed Brown’s Short Catechism in Panjabi; six of them committed the catechism in just eight months. When we remember that’ these women are from the lowest caste, having all the servile work of the village to do, with minds not only untutored but filled with evil, we feel that such a marked change could only have been wrought by the Holy Spirit. We can see even now the good influence these women are exerting in their homes. In one village where we so much feared for a time that the Roman Catholics would effect an entrance the women were the first to say, “ we will never go over to that idolatrous church.” “ What will you do if your fathers, husbands and brothers go, ’ ’ was once asked, then with one accord they replied, “ We must do something to keep them from selling us like slaves into the power of this church. ’ ’ They plead with us to come often in these days of temptation and help to strengthen them to withstand the snares of this wily enemy. The men of that village now show no signs of going to the Roman Catholics. The simple child-like faith manifested by some is very touching. An old mother once expressed a desire that she might have a Christian burial, but thinking she might die sometime when we were too far away to be called she said to us, “ never mind what becomes of this poor old body, I know Jesus will save my soul. ’ ’ /

Statistics of Foreign Missions for the Year Ending December 3l, 188§. EGYPT. EGYPT,

N. B — The Section “ Schools ” includes Boarding and Training Schools and Theological Seminary, but does not include Sabbath Schools.

WORKERS. CHURCHES. SCH O O LS. [ Church Funds and Property. Native Prestoyterial. : Other Native INCBEASE. DECEBASE. (Baptisms !S. Sch’ls. SCHOLABS. Tuitions, kc CONTBIBUTIONS. •o t* Workers. C« GO ~ I = jo ■si DISTRICTS AND STATIONS. 'S ¡«m I ph &o to <; fe HI 'S |o « u ■ti tO Z o í >¿>|s ! Í Q c S 2 S<Ü'b2&.S !» ; 2 '5 ¡j E :S 0:0.! « ¿3 1 z H H ,« ,ome«,y) |’w) ! H !

Provinces op E s n h h and K.bnneh Assouan 1 . . 42 34, 8 4 . . ; . . ; 1 . . 41 $ 2 2 131 6, 1 1 7 $ 2 4 0 $ 37'$ 539 1 25$ 4 Ù 6 0 5 ;$ 500 Edfoo . 2 . . 6 6 fi. 6 1 42 7 ! 49! 72 5; 12 • * ¡ 1: 13 125 A zaim a 3 1885| 65 50 ! 5 . 3 •’ • 1 : : ! ' 2 ' , 56, . > 1• • 1 • . . j . • • 12] • ' 1 2 ;. Esneh ...... 4 i . . 22' 1 . . . . 5 . . 1. 1 2 18; . . V ' 70 ' 8 78 77 . . ! . 9¡ 9: ’2OO Mataina and Marees 5 . . 6 4 . . ‘ 1 E r m e n t ...... 6 . 5: 4 ' ; ' 5 ; ; ; i ; ■ t L u x o r * ...... 7 18821 51! 21 . : ! ! 1 ’ ’3 . !' ! 33 . . 1 ' 50 ' 20 70* ' * 95i ! ! I ' *6 85' ‘ IO! 101' ' 1500 Koorneh ...... «¡1882: 80 27 10 . 1 : i 30 . . i 1 22 4| 26 33' . . ! 5 15 1 2 1:. K o o i * ...... 9 1882, 178 125, 33 . . ' *1■ ’ 2, ' 25; ! ! ! 65! 5: 1! 75 15 90; 120 9; 673 ; 219 104 994 5000 K o s s a i r ...... 10 . . I . . i 12! . . 1 . K enneh 11 . . j 44 18' 1 . V 28! 2 55 20 9 23' 32 . P rovinces of Girg eh & Assioot (South) Girgeh i s , . . \ i4 . . :. . j. K'ome Bcddar 13: . . ! 35' 9 9 . 37 3: 31 5 4 . . ! Roowaihib 14 . . ; 35 . . I . . , . 25 Ekkm eem J5;l8S2i 93' 49: 16! . 78 2 70 HO, ' 57! ‘ 6 ’ 10 10 * 37 ’ 80Ò' Itfa (only a school) 16 . I . i: 24 24: 341 . T s t h t a ...... 1 7 4 M ishta ...... 8' . ' 78 ■ j- l« 1 8 8 l! 73 49 1' 31, . . 31 ’ 34 . 2 ’l! 4 , r ' 500 T im a ...... 1 9 48, 23 3 . 61 II 42: 6 48; 441 2! 5¡ 3! l! 7: . D a ir el G an ad ila . . » 0 1889 53 20 4' . 39 li 241 2 26 111 6| 17! 33 3! 3 3 . Ed-Duwa: 21 79 57 24: 76 2 70¡ 35 i 105, 44} li 79! 36 1 : 116 3 00 Rome Isfaht 22 28 12 5 . 24 1, 35¡ 3i 38| 32! 4' 2' 3! . . ! 5, . N u k h a ila * . . . 2 3 1871! 136 135! 11 60 1' 115' 115' 103 21 1 157 31! 169 1000 El Badari . 2 4 108 731 29 77 1' 39! 391 47 . . I 2; 25 300 Ez-Zarabi . . . 2 5 1882 58, 18! 1 42! 1 50' 50| 2 2 ’ 3; 10 3! 40! 300 Abooteeg* . . . 2 6 144 61i 17 117 1, 65' 65 76! 22 61! 161 107! £1 Masaovdi 2 7 42| 171 12 30 4' 2 8: Nezlet el Mulk 2 8 72; 27 . 41 1; 26, 2 28 7; 2 24: 200 Esh Shameeyya 2 9 13 5¡ 1: 4i| 3' . . ¡ 3: En Nezlet el Mustagidda (only a school) SO v ’ 25: ; ! ¡ * 25. 10 B agoré* 3 1 1878 51 23 1 it ’ 5 1 1' 30 . . ; 30 11 . 8; 58! 1 67, 800 Moteeah* 3 2 1871 '¡ 70j 4 . . 3 j i(■ ' ! 8 123' 2 55 15 70; 9 69,: 2, 80 1000 Kurkaris (only a school) 3 3 ! ! . 1' 25| . . ; 25: 20! . . D r o n k a ...... 3 4 25 1 . . Ü0 1 45) 44 15 Assioot and College 3 5 ! 196; ' 30 ! ' 1 I 'ci 17 323 i l l I 333 867! 4878, 187 46S; 252 132 852, 60000 Province op Assioot (North). ! 1 Boosra 3 6 . . ¡ lfi »!.. 12 ! 12 li­ *200 El W asta...... 3 7 7 2 10 1 . . 20 35 200 El M aasara...... 3 8 ! 22. ' 2 ! ; 6 . . ! 3, 41 5 4 9 , 25 j 200 Beni A la ig ...... 3 9 1 1!.. 28 16 30! ; , E l Hammam ...... 4 0 3 18 25: 5! li 1, 100 A b n o a b *...... 4 1 1880 27 3' ' 2 40 ' 4 8 76; 107; 73' 4! 84, 500 Beni Mohammad . . . 4 2 8 . . I 8 E l A zzeey y a...... 4 3 1880 40 2 . . 2 8 . ' 12 1 • • 50 41! 20, 3 27, 600 Misraa 4 4 4 1 . . ’’ 1 2 45' 40! 1 E l Ja w ily * ...... • 4 5 1879 77 4: . . 5 8 1 11 72 36 l! 1 18: 1; 20, 1000 Ncga Lebw ...... 4 6 ! 3, 4;. . : 1 24! 15| j El Hawatika...... 4 7 40; 12!. . ! 2 11 80 41; 2: 15' 17 5: 37 250 B en i A di* 4 8 1883 76| 18i . . 5 7 6 56 28 2 3 42; 3 48, 400 Menfaloot . 4 9 24| 2 . .1 1 1 5 . . 42! 105 10! 7' 29 ‘ 6! 42 1000 Beni Shukair 5 0 9 9!. .1 4 . . ! l! 2: Beni Koorra . . 5 1 8; 7! I 1 22 55' 5! 19 . . ! l1 20' , M a ir ...... 5 2 1883 63; 12 . . ! 2 5 1 6 2 ' 20 77! 100! 101 26, 24, 9 59, , El Koseeyya . . 5 3 14! . 1 . . : ‘ 2 l 1 22' '8j 30; 2 l] 28 5; 2 35 200 Es Sarakina . . 5 4 16] . 1 . . ! 6 4! 3 5 . i 6!. Nezlet Kulaib . 5 5 3l! 3 . . ! ! l! l! 13 ' 13, ’ ' 35 ' 36! 35: 1 4 20j 150 S a n a b o o ...... £6,1889 52 16! . . j ■ • 1 l j " I 5: 2! 40 8 48 65 . . 1 30' 28; 5: .63: 800 E l Koodia . . . 5 7 17! ll 3 28 48! . 2 11! li 14| 100 Q' 4 ‘ • 1 1 • i Dashloot...... 68 24 y¡ • - j 2 5 : 41, . : ! 100 Deiroot . 5 9 10 ! ! ‘ 10 • ' 1 . . ' 4 6 10 . . . M ellaw i* and Tenda 6 0 1876 43 3. . j 5 5j 2 1 ! !" 6! ' 73 ' 100 ' 8 392 63! 51' 500 1500 I T o t a l , ...... 736 320 23: 25 52, c s i 9,' 200, 22654 141: 60,2553! 611Í31C4, 7288 392 24621429 4754366: 79825 Statistics of|Foreign Missions for the Year Ending December 31, 1889. EGYPT. EGYPT,

N. B — The Section “ Schools " deludes Boarding and Training Schools and Theological Seminary, but does not include Sabbath Schools.

.«JO WORKERS. Church Fuads and Property. Missionary, j Native Prertyteri&l. Other Native o' Worièrfl. c3 • a 1 j o ! 53 DISTRICTS AND STATIONS. § bjo: ►v Wi £ ! £ * § Û { u K <* Si'll s 1 « 1/Î I W I cs ÿ ° \ ï v\vi *3 g l I! ca ! d j *S g s ”o ElSl & J* ’ ° i l a s £& S cn jo N m ------JEGTBX—Continued . T 1 ”

j ! Dair M a w a s ...... 1889 . . 1 • ■ 1. . . ! 1 Bayadeeyya* ...... ! E l . 1879 . . . j 1 1 ; 2 ; . Dair Aboo Hennis ...... 188 . . 1 J •! 1 3 Dair el Bersha ...... 188 . . j j ! . . i 4 R o d a ...... 188« . . i • . ... ! 5 H o o r ...... 188Î . . û » 1 1! 3 ! 6 Beshada (only a school) . . . . L88f . . i ll 1 7 Nezlet Rooman ...... 1886 . . 1 1! 8 OVINCKS OF MlNYAH AND B eNI SOUEJ A b o o k e rk a s...... ' 188-3 . . 1 9 M en h a ri...... ; 188S ' 1 1 1 0 Nezlet en Nakhi ...... 1887 1 1 Nezlet Hamzawi (school) . . . 1889 . ] 1: 1 1 2 Zawiet el A m w at...... 1885 2 1 3 . Nezlet Sultan Basha ..... 188S 1 4 M in y a h * ...... 1880 j 1 • • 2 4 1 5 Suft el Leban ...... 1885 1 . 1 1 6 Nezlet Abou Hennis (school) . 1888 . . ! • * 1 D akoof ...... 1 1 7 1887 11 • 1 1 8 H .lw a ...... 1889 ! . 1 9 Kome Matai (school) ...... 1889 . . ! • 1 1 2 0 E s k S h a r o n a ...... 1884 l\ . . . 1 2 1 El Gerabeea ...... 1886 ■ . . 2 2 E l Kome el A khdar...... 1881 1 2 2 3 Safaneeyya...... 1887 . . 1 2 4 Atf Haidar ...... 18871 . . . 1 2 5 Aboo Goorg (s c h o o l)...... 1888 1 1 2 6 1889 1 t . 2 7 Tanbadi (only a school)...... 1887 1 1 2 8 E l Feshn ...... 1886 3 2 9 Beni S o u e f...... 1889 . 1 3 0 P rovince of t h e Fayoom. S tH tto r is * ...... 1868 1 1 : 3 3 3 1 EIMadeena ...... 1866 3 2 Tameeyya ...... 1881 •> S 3 Furkus ...... 1883 3 4 Roda ...... ’. _ ; 187.3 li Ì 3 5 S a n h o o r * ...... ; . ; 1875 . j ’ i! 1 3 6 1889 , Fiddimeem...... 3 7 Cairo and Dis t r ic t . Suft M aidoom ...... i 1873 . i . J i ! 2 3 8 . \ 1 Maidoom (school) . . . . ; ; . . . 1888 ii ll 2 3 9 Cairo, Ezbekeeyya ' ...... „ 1854 6< 5' 4! 1 1 5: 181 40 _ 4 0 Haret cs Sakkaeen ...... 1854, .1 1 4' 8 4 1 . 1 1 3 i B o o la c ...... 1877 5 4! 9 4 2 Kafir Bilmisht ...... 4 ! 1 1885 • i 1 1 4 3 Teh el Barood ...... 1888 . j # 1 '• . . 1 1 4 4 Z a k a z e e k ...... 1885 • *1 * ! 1 l; 1; 2! 5 4 5 I 1 1 Sh ibleng...... 1889: lj 1 4 6 Tanta ...... T ...... 1880 ■ ;. 1 1 1 2| 4 7 E a st D klta. ~ j Monsoora ...... 1866; 2 2 i: 1 i ( i! 4! ! 4 8 Meet G h a m r...... 1885, . . 1 . . ll *• 1 1 4 9 E l M ahalla...... 1885 • . j lj 1, 5 0 W est Dalta. ’ 1 A le x a n d r ia ...... ' . . 1857 1 1 l 1 2 3 6 5 1 Damanhoor ...... 1884 • ; 1 • I > 1 5 2 Grand1 T otal,. , 113 141 i »1. 12 71131 151 47 8 16| 33 152 2911 5 3 * Churches with pastors. Statistics of Foreign Missions for the Year Ending December 31, 1889. INDIA. INDIA,

WORKERS. CHURCHES. SCHOOLS. Fundi and Property. Missionary. I . . Na t iv e . ! ■ ■■ ::__ I n c r e a s e . Sab. Scb’ls

n •Ì3 4> DISTRICTS AND STATIONS. rt 2 -g I .a ■sc

•E ¡6 s ys IJi&IJL. SlALKOT. ! 7 $25000 Sialkot congregation ...... ;1885 . ic it; 18' 16 38 325 8; 1 2; 327; 1 11856 234 101; 10 Siawal and six villages ...... 18811 . i1 i 47 l 1 2 42 63 . i : . •! 1 10___ 2 20 12 . . 12 Sabzkot and four v illa g e s ...... 1882 . i l 10 28, 2 431 1 1 3 30 - 30 Chawinda and four v illa g e s ...... 11883 . 3: 31 4 20 54 1 83| . ïi ’. ! ' 2 Rajwi and nine v illa g e s ...... 1886 . 1 3 114 .. .. 30 . . 30 5 30 72 i| • • 2i 65 Sioki and three v illa g e s ...... 1889 . Ì II 15; 34 ; ‘ 3 4 50 . 3! 65 . . Ten villages not grouped...... 3 3- 6 25: . . 25 7 2 0 : 58, ' 14 12 ‘ 29' ioo| 14 ‘ 14 ! ! 2! Gartal and six villages (transferred.) . . . . 8 1 29 P asruk. Pasrur and sixteen villages...... 1870 . 20 82; 53 19; 30 1700 5i 9 9 1 889; 214' 130 6i ; 5, 1 s: 32 61: Kalalwala and seven villages...... 4] 385, 71 96 70 54; 61 10 1 0 . 2 4 'i 2311 9o; 3 - 'i Ratta. Jhataol and fourteen villages...... ■ 3| 206 25 24! 55! 27' 30 11 11 . . ! 126! 118: 24 44 • -i Jhulki and six villages ...... a! j j 1 86 • ■ 153 - 8! 9, 57, 12, . 12 1 2 1887 102, 95 9 15 Satrah and six villages...... 2j 13 5 0 1 24, 7\ 171 50 4 7; 32 15 • 13 . 22 ■ 22 Dalleki and ten v illa g e s ...... 21 14 121 i 114 20; 84' 169, 12 20, 51 14 . ! 70 31 . 31' Bann Bajwuh and eleven villages...... 2' IS 15 \. \ 106 93 9 22' 143 10 9 ! Dhoda and twelve villages ...... 4 16 10 ~3; 3 247 12 ; 10 53 33, 3 36: 16 ! . . 156 159 16 Mohauwali and ten v illa g e s ...... 3 17 12 1 10 7: . • ! 188 11 IO! 43 12 4 • I ■ • I • ‘ • • . i 81; 34 3; 37 Chaudarkc and ten v illa g e s ...... 1 IS 17\. 109 23 2, 166 9 23 26 18 . . IOO: 45 28 16i ! Baddomalti and eleven villages ...... 3 19 109 175: 26 4 279 14 26 44 19'. . ! 165 34! 22 56' Marali and eight villages...... - 3 20 2 0 235: 145 19, 1 274 15, 19! Shahabdike and twelve villages . . 6; HI 329 72 841 208! 62! lu 72 21 225; I 881 84, • -,l 41 Gaugor and thirteen villages ...... -:„ . 2 22 206 219; 491 3: 4 357, 42 49! 200 39: 2 22 136 4 i: 4 45 Qila Sobha Sing and nine villages . . . . . 4 23 140 150 14; 54; 1, 250; 7; 14 23 106 26 3 29 Noonar and four villages...... i; 24 24 180 179 7; 317 8; 7; Seventy-four villages transferred to C. N. S. ■ \ 25 825. E ast Gujranwala. 1 2 3: 25 . . ; i 14 916; 415 1331 50' 9000 Gujranwala Congregation...... 4 26 258 363' 19 39 26 ¡1864; 39! I3: 79 ll 15 15' Baddoke Congregation ...... 1; 27 15 1 0 . • 210: 3' 15 27 1883' 181 97I . Gakkhar c ircle ...... 9 28 251 319! 30, 62] 6 97 . . 28 62 • 1521 . Trigri circle ...... 12' 29 1S5 25; 238 545 57 185! 9: 152 • 29 410 361 . Goudlanwala c i r c l e ...... 2 30 129 4 6 1 44; . . ; 178 10 46 2' 36' 30 16; . Maraliwala c irc le ...... 1 31 94 23 . . 108; 12 27 1 16 • • 31 of ! 29! . Terozwala circle...... 1 32 100 113 5 18 2 27 • • 32 18, 15 - ... 107 . Wadala circle ...... r...... 6 9 5 : 59 b0 359 78 95 5 107 • • 33 33 270 13 . Emnabad circle ...... 21 34 34 43 2 • • ; i 1 46 2 I 1 > • • Kamoke circle...... ! 3S 22: 19i . 26 35 3; ' ' 9 2 • Miani circle ...... 2 36 3t> 170j 9j 84| 301 185 9 f ' 9'2 -' Jhang C ircle ...... 2 37 8 7 W est Gujranwala. 1 2 4 37 35; • • 35 Nowshera circle, fourteen villages ...... 2! 38 38 2971 325! 1 15 3' Dhundhianwala circle, live villages...... h 39 60 85! 13 ■ *20; 3i 32 • •! 32 39 S . 2i li 27; • •!.. 27 Hafizabad circle, five v illa g e s ...... 3j 40 26; 7! 38; 2 ! 7; 2 Badpke circle, six villages...... 40 5 1 52 • •K li 41 38; 9; ,j 50 ! a! ! 3 52 Qila Didar Sing circle, seventeen villages . . 3! 41 1 8 1 4 81 ■ • 81 42 42 227; 389^ Vi Nine villages transferred to East Gujranwala 43 43 52 Gurdaspuk. 1 3 4 4 4 92 4 28 6; 34; 6186 Gurdaspur and four villages ...... ¡1872 • 1 7| 44 122 Sii 9 6 141 20. 10 44 1881 106; 24 ! 24' Khaira and twelve villages ...... 1879 • , 1 5 6 6 45 79! 9 IO! 120 s; 4 7 3, ! 45 1*0 2 ; 46' 2 20, 20' Khunda Zafarwal and Sidhara I I ...... 1883 • 1 1 ■'11 46 34; 4 56 4 2 46 ! . 41 21' 37i NannNangal and six villages . - - 1887 1 . . 3 3 ’S, ■43* 1 3, 6 8 | 11 , 9 3 ;si. 3 10. 47 47 I . 30 25 2 19: Tibar and Sidham III ...... 1886 ■ i • • 2 2 2 48 40: 5, 4! ; ; 19. 48 1 . 35 «1|. ■; ’ 7 12, D h a riw a l...... ¡1889, • 1 ; 1 1 49 24! 25! l! 3«; 14, 2 5 1 T! 17. 2 5; Dula Nangal and two villages 1 1 49 \ 3! 28; ■ ! . . . 1889 • 1 50 5 0 ! 2S| 19; 9 44 li; 19. Pathankot. . 1 2 19 60Ì : 60, Pathankot and two villages ...... ’1880^ • • i . . 3 3 3 51 36 14 3l 3; 24 3 3 Awankha and Dinanagar . . ' 1 1 2 51 4; 182 34, 36; 1 8 8 0 ; 2 52 1884 60 115! 9: 6, IS; 175. 9i •4; 70 J helum; !. 2 4 6 52 5 . 200^ 200 Jhelum congregation ...... " . |l873j • ! • 6; 6 53 35 46; I3; 11 10; 10 1 Sangoi ...... 4 4! 53 ! 4 0 : : . 11884..- )... 4! 54 54 4 41 Chakwal and Rohtas ...... 1885 - 2 2 I 55 55 2 2 Bhera ...... ; ...... 1884 •r - i- 4 : 4 56 56 4 4- M ia n i...... 1885! - 1 ■ * • 2, -2 57 ■57 4 Kala, Dorn el i and Malakwal...... 1889| 4 4' 58 58 5 Ì\ Zafarwal. . . 1 • 1 3 i 1 1 I < : 6 441 . . . . i 3000 Zafarwal and eight villages . . . ’. . . . 1866,' • ’ ^ I! 1 8; 1241 16 6 2 107 3: 75 81: ’ ' 59 59 1872 144! lis! 5, .1 •-*]• • • Luhan and nine villages ...... 1884 • li 1 60 112 5 9 2 110 4 ; 65 70, . 60 . 148 12Ü 101 15: 116 ! • • 1 . . . Jaistiwala and fifteen villages ...... 1 8 8 4 !. 1 1 1 61’ 159! 161 ' i 17 2: 5' 1 61 , 1 52 11 13 3 161. Fathawal and three villages ...... ¡1882: • . . 1 1 1 62 33; 41 ; ; 1. 1, 1 62 . . 71] 5' 76 4 8 0 ;. . . . . • j • • • Fathapur and sixteen villages ...... :iS83, . i . . i . • . 137 1 4 . 14 14 2 63 63 . . 140 1 60 64! • Doda and ten villages ...... ¡1885 • l! 1 64 93 107j ! 7 2. 4 7 4 4| 64 . . I 7| 42! 4, 27! 32; . Jarmizan and twelve villages ...... il883| • • •: 4 4 65 178; 8' ’ ; 2 8 2; 65 . . 1U7; 6I 1 ' I 3361 336 350 50886 T o ta l...... 9' 18: i 28 11 176; i 1230 74Ì 2824' 168! 3504! 879' 4383' 4; 191 66 4117Ì 6597] 9942; 759 -4 00 JOS. D. McKEE, TREASURER, IN ACC’T WITH BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA, FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 30, 1890. C r . D r . By payments to E gypt,...... $ T o Receipts from P resbyieries,...... $49>*37 7 ° 42,000 00 “ “ I n d i a , ...... “ “ “ Individuals, ...... *9»546 °S 42,000 00 “ “ “ Bequests,...... 11,841 69 “ Specially designated for Egypt and India,.... 3,75? 79 “ “ “ Women’s Auxiliary Board, .... 10,642 19 “ Children in this country...... 1,016 67 “ “ “ Sabbath-schools,...... 5*^40 *3 “ Salaries “ “ 1,799 92 « « “ Gibson Trust Fund,...... *>5°° 00 “ Interest,...... 5^7 2 * issions, M Foreign of Board “ Traveling of new and returning missionaries, . . . 5»948 88 “ “ “ Societies,...... M 4 9 *6 “ “ “ Interest...... 1,082 44 “ Expenses,...... 113 °S “ Printing and Mailing, : " ...... 1>°33 '^9 $ 100,539 36 “ O u tfits,...... *»800 00 “ Legal Expenses, ...... 230 19 “ Freights,...... 271 76

$ 100,539 36

SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES, ETC., IN POSSESSION OF THE BOARD. Thos. A. Graham’s Promissory N o te ,...... 100 00 U. S. Registered 4 *^ % Bonds, ...... $ 8,200 00 W . P. Pressly, Promissory N o te ,...... 5,000 00 Mortgage T. McKinstry E state, ...... 4,000 00 « Cook “ 475 00 A. M. Stewart’s “ “ ...... 7,500 00 W. F. Miller, “ “ ...... 300 00 “ Lyon Co., Kansas,...... 960 00

We, the Auditors appointed by the Board of Foreign Missions of the United Presbyterian Church of North America to audit the books and accounts of Jos. D. M cK ee, Treasurer, for the year ending April 30th, 1890, do hereby certify that we have attended to our duties and find all correct and satisfactory. Vouchers for all payments are full and complete. W e have also examined the securities above mentioned and find all in the Board’s name and in possession of the Board. (Signed,) S. C. Fitzgerald,

Philadelphia, M ay 15th, 1890. TH0MAS S tin s'>'‘ - United Presbyterian Church. 79

DETAILED STATEMENT OF TREASURER.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPTS.

Fram May ist, i 88g to April 30th, i 8go.

PRESBYTERIES.

A l b a n y ...... $ 769 L e C l a i r ...... $ 384 43 A lle g h e n y ...... 5502 L o s A n g e le s : . 95 22 A r g y le ...... 1893 M an sfield ...... 560 63 Arkansas "Valley .... . 193 M e r c e r ...... 1328 55 Beaver Valley ...... 724 M in n e s o ta ...... 6 00 Big Spring ...... 659 Missouri Western ...... 40 00 B o s t o n ...... 467 M o n m o u t h ...... 155a 34 B r o o k v i ll e ...... r. . 360 M onongahela ...... 3574 89 B u t l e r ...... 2268 M u s k e e a n ...... 930 41 C a le d o n ia ...... 1220 N e w Y o r k ...... , ; . 1095 06 Cedar Rapids ...... 518 Iowa North W estern ...... 40 00 C h a r t i e r s ...... 2684 O h i o ...... 579 51 C h i c a g o ...... ' ...... 819 O m a h a ...... 565 28 Chillicothe ...... 231 O r e g o n ...... 163 56 C l e v e l a n d ...... 131 P a w n e e ...... 417 14 College Sprin gs ...... 758 Philadelphia ...... 2319 37 C o lo rad o ...... 427 P r i n c e t o n ...... 226 34 C o n c o r d ia ...... 181 Rock Island ...... 470 27 Conemaugh . 701 San Francisco ...... 393 00 D e la w a re . ,x ...... 1001 S i d n e y ...... ' . 304 79 D e s M o i n e s ...... 594 S t a m f o r d ...... 312 50 D e t r o i t ...... 133 Stubenville ...... 1561 66 F r a n k f o r d ...... 1009 T e n n e s s e e ...... 114 60 G a r n e t ...... 310 V e r m o n t ...... 91 58 Illinois C en tral ...... 484 Westmoreland ...... 1135 96 Illinois Southern . .... 766 W h e e l i n g ...... 1159 25 In d ia n a ...... 382 W is c o n s in ...... 192 40 Indiana Northern ...... 150 X e n i a ...... 1527 32 Kansas C ity ...... 823 K e o k u k ...... 1310 $4 9,137 7° L a k e ...... 1014

INDIVIDUALS.

Eva E. Stew art ...... ■ ■ $ 3 00 Mrs. Blaikie . . . $ 8 00 Mr. and Mrs. A F. Ashton . . • • x9 00 M rs. C r a i g ...... 5 00 X . Y . Z ...... • 5° ° 00 A F r i e n d ...... J ..... ■ 30 00 M a rg a re t M . M c C le n a h a n . . . 00 Mary E. R obb ...... 16 00 A . M . S t e w a r t ...... 00 Mrs. M cDim on ...... a 00 A F r i e n d ...... 00 Robert K id d ...... 400 00. Mrs. Sarah S n o w ...... 00 Mrs. M. J. Fleissner ...... 100 00 Mis. Mary M. F oster ...... • • 3 00 C . T . M c C a u g h a n ...... 5 00 R. H. Johnson ...... So John McNaugher, T reas ...... 200 00 Mrs. Nelson H a ll ...... 5° 00 Mrs. A. M. B. Sherrard . . '. . . . 15 00 Margaret H am ilton ...... 00 Dr. S. B. Clark ...... 50 00 John McNaugher, Treas .... 00 W. S. H eade ...... 5 00 Rev. J. D. Whitham and wife . . . 10 00 M rs. T. W . G rie r ...... 600 00. Margaret P. Given ...... 00 J. C. McClelland ...... 100 00 Andrew Mann F arm ...... 260 00 A. M. Stewart ...... 1300 00 Mrs. Mary Stew art ...... 00 Alexander Patterson ...... 5 00 M . S ...... • • 5 7S E . D i c k ...... 50 00 John Johnson ...... 00 Rev. J C. Bigham ...... 1 0 0 0 A F r i e n d ...... 00 Phoebe Cam pbell...... *.... 5 0 0 0 Andrew McCartney ...... 15 00 E liz a C o o p e r ...... v . . . - 5 0 0 L L. W aller ...... so 00 L. B. D ickey ...... 40 00 Elizabeth M cElhany ...... 00 M . E . C o i r ...... 20 00 M. P. Calvert ...... • • 5 00 Andrew M cCartney ...... 10 00 Miss Margaret Turnbull ...... 5°00 Mrs. M. A. Simpson ...... 10 00 T.. Elliott Patterson ...... 10 00 Jennie Hunser ...... 1 00 Matthew Nickle .... v » .-.. . . . 100 00 Rev. J. A Shankl&nd ...... 2 50 William Scouller ...... 00 A F rie n d ...... 10 00 AW ...... ,. . . £2 22 Mr». Mary S tew ait ...... ; . 100 00 Thomas M onteith ...... 00 John McNaugher, Treas ...... 300 00 Sarah W . Andrew ...... i 00 J. G. Armstrong ...... 40 00 A F r i e n d ...... 00 William D. Thompson Treas .... 700 00 Thomas M onteith ...... 00 Mr. and Mrs. George Brokam . . . 40 00 80 Board of Foreign Missions,

S. McCartney ...... $ 250 00 Rev. and Mrs. Joseph McKee . . . $ 12 OO Individual Union ...... 10 0 0 0 A Friend and Newburgh . • • 50 OO A F r i e n d ...... 9 00 Member of West Union . . . . • • =5 OO Bessie H oyt ...... 9 02 I . X . L ...... 200 OO Agnes Stew art ...... 10 00 Andrew Mann Farm ...... OO G ilb e rt N ew m a n . ¡. . . . . oa 50 y J esse A n d r e w .: . : ...... I OO A Friend of Missions ' 50 00 M. M. Revroad ...... OO Rev. J. M. Adair ...... 5P _ o o..... Mrs Mary W right ...... OO Mrs. M ary Cashdollar ...... 20 00 Sixth Pittsburgh ...... 100 OO Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Whitham . . . 5 .00 Robert B arryford ...... • • 5 OO C h ild ren o f M ilto n , O n ta r io , . . . 84 00 Third Pittsburgh ...... 3°°OO A F rien d ...... 5 00 S ix th “ ...... OO James A rcher ...... 10 00 First Allegheny ...... OO Jesse O ldham ...... 2 00 Third Pittsburgh ...... CO Rev. A. Watson, D D ...... T 18 56 Second A llegheny ...... 600 00 J a m e s P a u l ...... 10.99,... Rev. J. W . Morehead, Treas. - • 1350 00 Robert Sterrit ...... ' 50' 00 Rev. Hugh Forsyth ...... 00 Joseph McNaugher, Treas ...... 300 00 Fairview, Kan...... • -5 00 James Norcross and wife ..... 2 00 Sixth Pittsburgh •. , . . . IOO 00 R. J. and Annie M cC oy ...... 10 00 J. P. Finney and wife . . . . 00 A Friend of M ission ...... 500 00 Third Pittsburgh ...... 00 T . D . A ...... 20 00 First Allegheny ...... 00 George T. L a tta ...... j 00 Sixth Pittsburgh ...... IOO 00 Mrs. William Garvin . . . 200 T h ir d “ ...... 00 Mary M cCorm ick ...... 5 00 First Allegheny ...... 00 E . D i c k ...... 50 00 Charles Arbuthurst ...... 00 American Tract Society ...... 100 00 Rev. William Galbraith ...... 5 00 #19.546 05

SABBATH SCHOOLS.

. B o v in a , N . Y . . C o v e , P a ...... • ■$ 13 20 F a ir fa x , I o w a . . Tresus, C a l ...... IS Tenth Philadelphia 5 00 W est Forty-fourth Street, N. Y . ' . 25 00 A n d e s, N . Y . . . . 7 50 Newark, N. J ...... ,• • 3 SO ' Olena, Ills. .... 9 5° Martin's Ferry, O hio ...... 50 G re en sb u rg , P a . . , 4 00 H ig h R i d g e ...... 35 Bethel, Pa. . . . 14 20 Buchanan H ill ...... 6 n Jamestown, Pa. . 7 58 Class Four, Dunbar, Neb . . . . • • 3 00 E a st U n i t y ...... 15 00 First East Liverpool ...... - ,, . 60 00 Bethel, P a , ...... 10 50 West N ew ton ...... • 3 as Wurtemburg, Pa...... 16 00 M o r e a ...... 2 66 Sixth Allegheny, Pa...... 72 60 P r i n c e t o n ...... 00 Brownsville, Ohio ...... 2 50 G e o r g e t o w n ...... • • 5 00 F lo r id a , N . Y ...... 22 00 First Des Moines ...... 3 72 Cochrantori, Pa ...... 22 00 T u s c o r o r a ...... =5 57 Oil City, P a ...... _ _ 2 so M a h o n e y ...... 20 Crawfordsville, P a ...... ‘ . . 45 87 New Brighton ...... 00 Mrs. Little's Class, Marina, Ills I 00 O a k l a n d ...... 37 First Monmouth, Ills ...... 50 00 Kingsville, W is ...... 65 S econd “ “ ...... 10 00 Tenth Philadelphia ...... 15 bo B lo o m fie ld ...... 9 50 Henderson, I l ls ...... • ■ 9 94 Pidgeon Creek, Pa ...... 18 63 South Henderson, Ills ...... ■ • *3 30 Peter’s Creek, P a ...... 39 00 E lliso n ...... , . 6 00 Tenth Philadelphia ...... 5 00 L a P ra ire ...... 7S Richmond, I n d ...... 9 06 S eco n d M o n m o u th . ; . . . . . ' 43 32 Hebron, N. Y ...... 23 20 K ir k w o o d ...... , . 10 00 Worthington ...... 5 33 Second Kansas City , . 10 86 Scotch H ill ...... 7 50 M ah o n in g ...... 10 00 M t. V arn u m ...... 8 88 S m y rn a ...... 67 Sugar Run, Ohio ...... 16 32 M a r is sa ...... 8 on F o u rth P h ila d e lp h ia . . . . . 72 76 D e n v e r ...... 00 Waterford. P a ...... 1 .:. 50 00 Loveland ...... 00 Adamsville, Pa 20 00 R o b in so n . . . „ 38 10 Jacksonville ...... 13 90 J o n ath an C re e k . . ; . . 6s H e s h b o n ...... 2 52 Londonderry ...... 61 SO A p ollo , P a ...... 15 95 W ilkiusberg ...... 17 2 S Lisbon, N. Y ...... 8 40 T h ir d P itts b u rg h ...... 48 10 Redding, Iowa ...... 9 03 N o b le sto w n ...... 10 77 Mission Creek ...... 20 OO O a k la n d ...... 32 79 Los Angeles, Cal...... v 20 OO U n i o n ...... 00 San Jose, Cal ...... 1 0 OO S a v a n n a h . . » ...... 19 00 Lawrence, K a n ...... 14 66 W o o s te r, O h io ...... 60 G reely, C ol ' ...... 11 47 R y e g a te , V t ...... J . . . 22 86 Clinton, P a ...... 8 00 W ild e m a r ...... 8 67 N o rth C o rtrig h t ...... 12 00 Second San Francisco ...... 19 65 Garretsville, N . Y ...... -a 6 40 Greenwood, Mo ...... J3 00 New Kingston, N. Y ...... 20 00 Third Philadelphia ...... 23 8s Andes, N. Y ...... 7 50 Aledo, Ills ...... 16 o t Ainsworth, Iow a ...... 5 ° 00 Sunbeam, Ills ... , . • • 7 33 B ir m in g h a m ...... 11 20 Cedar Creek ...... • Mr i t 12 W[infield ...... 5 00 F ir st C le v e la n d . n 41 OO Crawfordsville . . . 5 00 Northfield ...... • 15 OO United Presbyterian Church. 81

B e t h e l ...... $ 17 00 B a lt im o r e ...... $ 40 *0 N esh a n o ck ...... 23 50 Third A llegheny ...... 9 04 C e n t r e ...... 19 00 S e w i c k l e y ...... 16 06 Florida, N. Y ...... 28 00 H o lm e s t e a d ...... 8 00 F o u rth A l l e g h e n y ...... 600 00 D a v e n p o r t ...... 6 00 C o n c o rd 12 98 Fourth Allegheny ...... 300 00 G u i n s t o n ...... 12 92 Mechanicstown, O h io ...... w 20 00 R ich m o n d ...... 15 00 Yellow Creek, “ 15 00 Stubenville ...... 34 40 Scroggsfield. " 7 50 W ellsville ...... 41 98 Second Philadelphia ...... 30 00 Second Pittsburgh ...... 50 00 F ir s t “ 25 00 “ “ ...... 25 00 N o rth “ 20 00 Second Philadelphia ...... 173 27 Second X en ia ...... 63 92 F o u r th ’ “ ...... 100 00 Buffalo, Kan. . J ...... 10 00 ' Little York, Ills ...... 13 21 Crawfordsville, I o w a ...... 1 00 Rock Island ...... 20 00 First Washington, Io w a ...... 45 75 St. C lairsville ...... 17 70 A tw o o d , P a ...... 6 00 McMahon’s C reek ...... 1 00 Seventh Pittsburgh ...... 30 00 B elm ont ...... 14 52 C l a i r i n d a ...... 9 50 Roney’s P oint ...... 3 00 W i l l e m e t t e ...... 15 50 Hamilton, Ohio ...... 23 62 H o p e w e l l ...... , . . 7 35 D a y t o n ...... 12 56 Tenth Philadelphia ...... 31 35 M t. J a c k so n ...... 22 90 T w e lfth “ 5 00 W u r te m b u r g ...... 7 00 Sev en th “ 165 90 M t. A y r ...... 20 00 H o p e w e l l ...... 5 60 College Springs ...... 28 70 B ir m in g h a m ...... 5 00 H e b r o n ...... 53 69 Crawfordsville ...... 15 25 S a l e m ...... 25 00 Living Lake ...... 3 52 C a m b r i d g e ...... 23 75 B e th e l ...... 3 00 West Hebron ...... *6 94 Andes, N. Y ...... 7 50 East Greenwich ...... 30 82 Madison, M d ...... 3 00 Frankford Springs ...... 20 00 Salem. N. Y ...... 26 68 Crawfordsville ...... 5 00 Deer Creek, P a ...... 6 00 Miss Williams’ C lass ...... 12 00 S e w i c k l e y ...... 17 20 Burlington ...... 10 00 E a st U n i t y ...... 31 35 Living L ake ...... 19 36 F a i r v i e w ...... 21 46 B i g s v i lle ...... 18 75 W orthington ...... 4 35 E l v i r a ...... 10 00 R i d g e h i l l ...... 3 00 Scotch G ro ve ...... 9 98 C l i n t o n ...... 11 00 L e C la ir ...... 10 00 Mt. Chestnut ...... 11 08 S ta n w o o d ...... 5 77 Kbenezer . . 5 46 D e W i t t ...... 8 40 B a rn e t C e n tre . . n 00 B u t l e r ...... 10 00 Frankford Springs ...... 15 00 K itta n in g ...... 7 00 U n i t y ...... 10 00 F r e e p o r t ...... ■ 82 08 Newburgh, N Y ...... 153 38 White Oak Springs ...... 23 04 West Forty-fourth Street, N. Y . . 16 83 Slippery R ock ...... 5 68 Second B rooklyn ...... 1 7 0 0 Harlansburg ...... 7 00 First Jersey C it y ...... 25 00 Centreville ...... 17 69 Charles Street, N . Y ...... 68 co B e t h e l ...... 10 00 First Pittsburgh ...... 35 co f B u ffalo ...... 10 00 Third “ S3 35 U n io n ...... 32 22 West Alexander ...... 20 00 Sixth Allegheny ...... 30 00 H e s h b o n ...... •. 2 16 Robinson Run ...... 72 97 C o n e m au gh ...... 7 73 C a b in H i l l ...... 20 00 I n d i a n a ...... 22 17 W a l t o n ...... 14 55 Second New C a stle ...... i s 82 D e L a n c e y ...... 20 00 N e w M a r k e t ...... 12 00 A n d e s ...... 7 50 Salineville ...... 21 00 S t e l l o t a ...... 8 44 Steubenville ...... 80 36 E l d e r t o n ...... 10 00 Rock V alley ...... 6 0 0 Blairsvillc ... 4 62 C o lo n a . . . 1 00 O l i v e t ...... 9 00 D a v e n p o rt 20 69 M o u n t v i l l e ...... 8 00 Providence, R. I ...... 12 00 First New C a stle ...... 6 00 Charles Street, N. Y ...... 25 00 Third Philadelphia ...... 32 54 Second San Francisco ...... 5 00 T e n th “ . 10 00 $5640 13

SOCIETIES.

Bovina, N. Y ...... $ 30 00 Putnam W illing W orkers . . . . . $ is 00 Oak Grove, P a ...... 13 00 G a r r e t s v ill e ...... Bloomfield, O h io ...... 14 00 Pearl Gatherers, Keokuk . . Scroggsfield, “ ...... 33 00 St. Clairsville ...... 16 20 East Liverpool ...... *9 °5 Portland M ills ...... West H ebron ...... 20 50 Y . P . S . C . E., T o p e k a ...... 5 00 Hopewell, S. C ...... 50 00 First New Wilmington ...... 37 5 ° Y L. M. S., M orea ...... *3 83 Ryegate, V t ...... Ryegate, V t ...... 25 00 Rock Island ...... 16 00 Y . P . S . C . E . , F a ll R i v e r ...... 15 00 Pidgeon Creek, Pa ...... 138 5 ° Coila, N. Y ...... 50 00 West Middletown, Pa . . . 25 00 25 00 Hoopeston Band ...... 5 00 82 Board of Foreign Missions,

G r e e n w i c h ...... # 18 0 0 Mansfield # 15 00 Keokuk Pearl Gatherers ...... 15 00 R y e g a t e ...... 25 00 Young Gleaners, 2nd Monmouth 20 00 P ip e r C i t y ...... 26 00 Ryegate, Vt ...... 25 00 Andes, N. Y ...... 12 00 Garretsville ...... 9 40 West H ebron ...... 22 75 F le m in g ...... 10 00 Y. P. S. C. E , East Greenwich . . 4 85 Tarentum^...... 12 79 T a r e n t u m ...... 10 41 Girls Mission Band, Fleming .... 10 00 Y. P. S. C. E., Fall R iver ...... 17 00 Y. P. S. C. E., Hiawatha, Kan . . 7 00 H e b ro n , P a ...... 50 00 B e th e l ...... 33 55 W heeling Presbytery ...... 119 48 H o o p s t o n ...... 12 00 Salineville ...... 5 00 St. Clairsville ...... 26 85 Brownsville ... 9 00 $1149 19 Mission Band, 7th Philada ...... 10 00

BEQUESTS.

Mackey Estate . . , $2164 78 I Mary J. McCleaster Estate # 237 50 Nancy Ham ill Estate 240 00 : Andrew Parr 100 00 Joseph Martin “ 1000 00 H. H. McGranahan 150 00 Keziah Huston “ 95 00 j S c h ra d e r 1397 ?o M o rris “ 70 00 I R a ffe r ty 50 00 S p e e r “ 416 66 H u g h R e ed 100 00 Wilson S. Maybon Estat 50 00 j ¿no. McClellan 1128 93 James Madden Estate 25 92 I Ester Forrester 10 00 Mary Duff “ 600 00 i Andrew Mann 65 00 Mrs. M. J. Black “ 150 00 ! J. Madden 69 90 C h e r r y “ 35 00 ! Isabella Reed 100 00 Geo. Weddle “ 100 00 ! R a ffe r ty 50 00 Nancy Curry " 12 50 D. M c C a ll 50 00 S te w a rt 600 00 1 . Andrew Wiley 100 00 M ary Wells 100 00 1 Mrs. K. Johnston 25 00 J. R. Cherry “ 3 7 50 Mrs. Jane Patterson 100 00 M. J. K. Cherry “ ,154 02 Rebccca Fletcher 400 00 Mary Coulters “ 200 CO Robert Clements 12 00 Martha Vanhorn “ 272 00 Nancy Hamill 480 96 Jane Vanhorn " 348 00. W h itn e y 468 82 S a m ’ l S m ith “ 50-00 E llio tt “ 35 00 #11841 69

INTEREST.

G ro u n d R e n t ...... # 24 00 Ground Rent . . . .$ 22 80 Fidelity Co ...... 47 58 Jno. Gibson’s Note 32 00 On W. P. Pressly’s N o te ...... 350 00 J. C. Clarke, Agent 120 00 4J<4, B o n d s ...... 92 25 i'fib B o n d s .... 9 Z 25 " " 92 25Fidelity Co . . . . 37 06 M c K i n l e y ...... 80 00 B o n d s ...... 92 25 #1082 44

WOMEN'S AUXILIARY BOARD.

J u n e i , 1889 . . # 450 00 J a n u a r y 1 , 600 00 A u g u s t i , 814 00 “ 22, 190 00 September 1, 600 00 Febiuary 1, 656 00 O c to b e r 1, 4 8 6 49 M a r c h 1 , . 885 80 " *5, 29 40 A p r il i , 600 00 November 1, 701 28 " 30, • 3399 *2 December i , 630' 00 “ 17, . 300 00 #10642 19 3° . 300 00 GIBSON TRUST FUND.

_ 18, 1889 # 300 00 April 17, 1890,...... # 400 00 aNovember 4, “ 300 00 January 20, 1890 ...... 500 00 #1500 00 V hited Presbyterian Church.

R E C E IP T S FROM 1869 T O 1890. 1859 ...... $ 8,574 00 1875 1860 ...... 14,332 77 1876 1861 ...... 21,274 68 1877 1862 ...... 23,116 32 1878 1868 ...... 25,888 35 1879 1864 ...... 37,880 37 1880 1865 ...... 78,109 49 1881 1866 ...... 55,738 10 1882 1867 ...... 61,252 78 1883 1868 ...... 71,669 76 1884 1869 ...... 50,624 62 1885 71,787 96 1870 ...... 51,866 59 1886 86,352 77 1871 ...... 47,620 74 1887 1872 ...... 51,694 89 1888 1873 ...... 50,646 60 1889 1874 ...... 59,460 98 1890

FOREIGN MISSIONS IN THE ASSEMBLY. The Annual Report of the Board of Foreign Missions was pre­ sented to the General Assembly and referred to the following com­ mittee : Revs. W. H. McFarland, D.D., W. M. Butler, J. W. Harsha, H. B. Turner, Elders Samuel Dyer, D. H. McCreary, Wm. Neeley. This Committee presented a report which was amended and adopted as follows: Your committee have had only the Report of the Board placed in their hands. From this we learn that prosperity has attended the efforts of our missionaries during the year. The net increase in Egypt is 347, and in India 409; total 756. The report shows that the people at home are taking an increased interest in the foreign field. The King at whose bidding our missionaries went out, has in His wisdom said to two of these devoted ones, “ come up to a higher, broader, holier, grander sphere of influence. “ Mrs. Sarah B. Lan­ sing, Cairo, Egypt, was called November 26th, 1889, after nearly thirty-six years of grandly successful work for Christ and humanity, and one hundred thousand hearts were sad when the tidings of her death came. Also Mrs. Edna Johnson of Gujranwala, India, re­ ceived the promotion, April 7th, 1890, although just in the begin- ing of her work. But while God is calling some away he is also drawing others to take their places to carry on the work so well begun. In view of all that is set before us we recommend for your adop­ tion the following resolutions: Resolved, 1st.— That devout gratitude is due to God for the con­ tinuance And enlargement of the work and that we recognize the hand of our God in overuling for good the efforts of Romanists to turn away converts from the faith. 84 Board of Foreign Misstons,

2. That the Annual Report of the Board be accepted and its work approved, and that the Board be authorized to publish and circulate it according to their own best judgment. 3. That Misses Mary E. Work and Marne R. Martin be appointed as recommended by the Board as missionaries, the former to Egypt and the latter to India, and that they be sent out as soon as practi­ cable and that more than this we should not undertake for the present. 4. That the sympathy of the Assembly is hereby extended to the relatives and friends of those who have been called .away by death. 5. That the hearty thanks of the Assembly be given to the Societies and individual friends of the cause outside of oiir church who have so generously assisted us, and that our foreign work be heartily commended to the sympathies, prayers, and generous con­ tributions of all our people. 6. That the Rules of the Manual be so amended as to allow the female missionaries who assume the responsibilities of missionaries to sit as members of the Missionary Associations, to advise and vote in all matters pertaining to tljeir work.

Later also the Assembly adopted from the Report of the Com­ mittee on Appropriations the following : That $ 110,000 be granted to the Board of Foreign Missions for the year, viz. : to Egypt, $46,000 ; to India, $46,000 ; missionaries in this country, $3,500; children in this country, $1,300; printing and mailing, ¿1,200; traveling of missionaries, $1,200; interest, $500; contingent, $1,000; extension of the work, $9,300. United. Presbyterian Church. 85

MISSIONARY ITEMS.

OUTFIT. — Each married missionary is allowed $300; each unmarried male mission­ ary $ 150, and each single female missionary $100 for procuring necessary things on their first setting out. SALARIES. — The salary of each married missionary in India is* $ 1,200 a year, each single missionary $900, and each single female missionary $500; in Egypt each mar­ ried missionary $ 1,400; each single male missionary $900, and each single female mis­ sionary $550. In both missions each child under eighteen years of age is allowed $100 a year. A returned missionary with a family is allowed $ 1,000 for one year, and noth­ ing more for children or other expenses; a single male missionary $500, and a single female missionary $350. PROPERTY. — As far as circumstances allow, buildings are erected in each Mission for the mission schools, church services, and missionary residences. The funds for these buildings have been obtained thus far from special grants by the Church and friends at home, gifts from the government, and contributions by natives, travelers, and friends abroad. SUMMARY. — Thf* whole number of missionaries, male and female, sent to the foreign field since the first sailed, July 14th, 1843, is 127. O f these seven were medical mis­ sionaries, v iz .: J. G. Paulding in 1845, Alexander Hattie in 1857, and Rev. J. F. Pat­ terson in 1872, to Syria; D. R. Johnston in 1868 and Elmer E. Lansing in 1884, to Egypt; Maria White in 1886, and Sophia E. Johnson in 1890 to India. The total deaths in the forty-seven years since, were in the field 13 ; after leaving it, 15 ; in all 28. O f those dying in the field, only three were ministerial missionaries, Rev. James A . Frazier, August 30, 1863; Rev. Ebenezer Currie, October 18, 1869, and Rev. John Hogg, D .D ., February 27, 1886. Eleven were women, v iz .: Mrs. James A. Frazier, died July 29, 18 51; Mrs. G. Lansing, July 5, 1865; Mrs. E. Currie, March 9, 1886; Mrs. J. C. Nevin, September 27, 1867; Mrs. Joseph M cKelvey, November 20, 1868; Miss Sarah Hart, June 28, 1869; Mrs. T. L . Scott, October 25, 1880; Mrs. John Giffen, October 16, 1881; Mrs. Samuel Martin, December 3, 1886; Mrs. Sarah B. Lansing, November 26, 1889: Mrs. George W. Morrison, April 7, 1890. The whole number that have retired from the Mission fields is 51. The whole number of foreign laborers now is: Missionaries, 26 ; their wives, 22; unmarried female missionaries, 22. Total, 70. Board of Foreign Missioni,

OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.

1859. Joseph T. Cooper, D.D. . . . Resigned 1871 1871. Rev. W. W. Barr, D.D. . . .

C orresponding S e c r e t a r y .

1859. Rev. J. B. Dales, D .D .

R e c o r d i n g S e c r e t a r i e s .

1869. Rev. F. C h u r c h ...... Resigned 1869 1866. “ Thos. H. Hanna . . . “ 1871 18J1. S. C. H u e y ...... “ 1874 1874. Rev. J. C. W i l s o n ...... “ 1877 1876. Joseph D . M c K e e ...... “ 1878 1878. Rev. J. B. W h itte n ...... “ 1880 188U. “ R. Stewart, D .D . . . . “ 1882 1882. “ D . W . Collins, D .D . . .

T r e a s u r e r s .

1859. Thos. B. R i c h ...... Died Feb. 22, 1874 1874. William G etty ...... Resigned 1879 1879. Joseph D. M cK ee . . .

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

1859. Rev. J. T . Pressly, D .D ., Died August 13,1870 J. T. Cooper, 22,1886 “ “ )• B. Dales, “ “ “ G. C. Arnold . . “ Nov. 30, 1863 “ “ F. Church . . . “ Feb. 21, 1890 “ H. H. Blair ., . “ January 7,18 77 “ T. D. Anderson . S. C. Huey . . “ Feb. 11, 1886 T . B. Rich . . “ Feb. 22, 1874 1860. T . H . Beveridge “ August 15,1860 1861. Rev. W7. W. Barr, D .D . “ “ James Prestley, “ ‘ April 1, 1885 1863. J. M. Wallace . 1864. Thos. Stinson . “ Wrm. Getty . . 1866. « T . H. Hanna . 1868. “ W .C . Jackson. Dec. 22, 1878 “ John Alexander 1869. “ J. M. Hutchinson, 1874. « J. C. Wilson, . . 1875. “ S. G. Fitzgerald . 1876. Jos. D. M cKee . “ “ J. B. Whitten . . “ “ James Crowe . . 1878. Robt. T. Elliott . 1880. “ R. Stewart, D .D . 1882. “ D . W . Collins, D .D . 1883. “ I. T. Wright . . 1889. « M . G. Kyle . . 1890. « W . M. Gibson, D .D . “ Wm. Neeley . . United Presbyterian Church. 87

MISSIONARIES.

Names. Places. Entered Retired Died.

Alexander, Rev. J. R. Assioot, Egypt. 1875 Alexander, Mrs. C. 1876 Andrew, Rev. W. H. Trinidad. ! 1851 1851 March 30, 1879. Andrew, Mrs. it | 1851 1851 Ashenhurst, Rev. J. O. Cairo, Egypt. ! 1887 Banks, Rev. Joseph Trinidad, i 1843 1853 Aprii 26, 1859. f Damascus, Syria. j 1846 1855 Barnett, Rev. James \ Cairo, Egypt. I 1854 1884 Oct. 2, 1884. Barnett, Mrs. Margaret L. i 1866 1875 Barr, Rev. James S. Sialkot, India. ! 3861 Barr, Mrs. Mary ft ii i 1861 Caldwell, Rev. A. B. Gurdaspur, India. 1881 Caldwell, Mrs. Amelia M. a u ; 1881 Crawford, Rev. John Damascus, Syria. : 1857 1878 Crawford, Mrs. Mary B. : 1857 1878 Cummings, Rev. T . F. Sialkot, India. i 1890 Cummings, Mrs. Anna A. ! 1890 Currie, Rev. Ebenezer Alexandria, Egypt. i 1865 Oct. 18, 18f>9- Currie, Mrs. Nettie it it | 1865 March 9, 1866. Ewing, Rev. S. C. u a ! 1860 Ewing, Mrs Catharine A. *< a : 1860 Fife, Rev. E. E. Jhelum, India. j. 1890 Fife, Mrs. Mary S. ! 1890 Finney, Rev. T . J. Monsoora, Egypt. ; 1882 Finney, Mrs. Nannie C( ii ; 1882 Frazier, Rev. James A. Damascus, Syria. | 1851 Aug. 30, 1863. Frazier, Mis. Elizabeth t( U ! 1851 July 29, 1851. Frazier, Mrs. Joanna a a ! 1854 1863 Gordon, Rev. Andrew Sialkot, India. I 1855 Aug. 13, 1887. Gordon, Mrs. • | 1855 18S8 Gordon, David Trinidad. I 1843 1844 Dec. 24,1841. Gordon, Mrs. I 1843 1844 Gordon, Mr. J. W. Sialkot, India. 1866 1871 Gordon, Mrs. Eleanor J. it it 1866 1871 Giffen, Rev. John Assioot, Egypt. 1875 Giffen, Mrs. E E. 1883 Giffen, Rev. J. K. 1881 Giffen, Mrs. Grace 1881 Giffen, Rev. E. M. Cairo, Egypt. 1890 Giffen, Mrs. Franc M. 1890 Hattie, M D., Alexander Damascus, Syria. 1857 I860 Harvey, Rev. William Cairo, Egypt. 1865 Harvey, Mrs. Henrietta M. ii << 1865 Hill, Rev. R. A. Sialkot, India. 1856 1863 Hill, Mrs. U ii 1856 June 10, 1875. Hogg, Rev. John Assioot, Egypt. 1860 Feb. 27, 1886. Hogg, Mrs. Bessie it it 1860 1888 Hogg, Rev. Hope W. (i ii 1887 Holliday, Rev. Thos. E. Gurdaspur, India. 1890 Holliday, Mrs. Edna Ml ii 1890 Johnston, M .D., D . R. Assioot, Egypt. 1868 1875 Johnston, Mrs. Maggie J. 1868 1875 Kerr, M. G. Trinidad. 1844 1845 1645. Kruidenier, Rev. J. Assioot, Egypt. 1890 Kruidenier, Mrs. Henrietta tC it 1890 ( Damascus, Syria. 1851 1857 Lansing, Rev. G. \ Cairo, Egypt. 1857 Damarcus, Syria. 1851 1857 Lansing, Mrs. Maria G. {Cairo, Egypt. 1857 July 5, 1865. Lansing, Mrs. Sarah B. 1866 Nov. 26, 1889. 88 Board of Foreign Missions,

MISSIONARIES— C o n t i n u e d .

Names. Places. Entered Retired Died.

Lansing, M.D., E. E. Assioot, Egypt. 1884 1888 Lansing, Mrs. « tt 1884 1888 Lytle, Rev. D. S. Sialkot, India. 1881 Lytle, Mrs. Isabella it U 1881 McCague, Rev. Thos. Cairo, Egypt. 1854 1861 McCague, Mrs. Henrietta U II 1854 1861 M cKee, Rev. J. P. Gujranwala, India. 1870 J M cKee, Mrs. Margaret

UNMARRIED FEMALE MISSIONARIES.

Names. Places. Entered Retired Died. .

Anderson, Miss Emma D. Jhelum, India. 1881 Beveridge, Miss Margaret A. Trinidad. 1843 1884 Brown, Miss Adella A. Cairo; Egypt. 1886 Campbell, Miss T. M. Alexandria, Egypt. 1870 1878 Calhoun, Miss Eliza Gujranwala, India. 1869 1884 Campbell, Miss Mary J. Zafarwal, India. 1884 Connery Miss Harriet M. Cairo, Egypt. 1880 Corbett, Miss Kate M. Zafarwal, India. 1886 United Presbyterian Church.

UNMARRIED FEMALE MISSIONARIES— C o n t i n u e d .

Names. Places. Entered Retired Died.

f Damascus, Syria. 1854 1860 Dales, Miss Sarah £. \ Cairo, Egypt. 1860 J Damascus, Syria. 1876 1877 Frazier, Miss Mary A . t Alexad’a, Egypt. 1878 Galbraith, Miss M. E. Canton, China. 1876 1876 Galloway, Miss M. E Egypt. 1876 Oct. 16, 1881. Gordon, Miss Elizabeth G. Sialkot, India. 1854 Gordon, Miss Euphemia E. Gurdaspur, India. 1881 Given, Miss Anna F. Jhelum, “ 1886 Hart, Miss Sarah Cairo, Egypt. 1861 June 28, 1869. H ogg, Miss Jessie J. Assioot, “ 1887 Johnston, Miss Eliza F. Cairo, Egypt. 1869 1881 K yle, Miss Ella O. Assioot, “ 1888 Lockhart, Miss Maggie G. it it 1874 1887 June 6 ,1882. McCahon, Miss Elizabeth Sialkot, India. 1875 McCall, Miss Trinidad. 1851 1851 McCullough, Miss Rosa A. Gujranwala, India. 1879 McGarey, Miss V. J. Gujranwala, “ 1889 McKown, Miss Martha J. Assioot, Egypt. 1861 Newlin, Miss Elizabeth E. a a 1880 Smith, Miss Margaret A. Cairo, Egypt. 1872 Strang, Miss Isabella Monsoora, “ 1878 1887 Strang, Miss Matilda “ “ 1886 Thompson, Miss Anna Y. Cairo, “ 1871 Welsh, Miss M. E. Sialkot, India. 1869 1872 White, Miss Josephine L. Gujranwala, “ 1884 Wilson, Miss Cynthia E. Gurdaspur, “ 1875 Wilson, Miss Rosa T . « “ 1886 White, Maria, M .D. Sialkot, “ 1886 90 Board of Foreign Missions,

POST OFFICE ADDRESS OF MISSIONARIES.

E g y p t .

Rev. J. R. Alexander, Assioot, Egypt. « J. O. Ashenhurst, Cairo, “ S. C. Ewing, D. D., Alexandria, Egypt. «« Thos. J. Finney, Monsoora, “ « E. M. Giffen, Cairo, “ « John Giffen, « J. Kelly Giffen, Assioot, , *■ Wm. Harvey,* Monmouth, Ills. <( Hope W. Hogg, Assioot, Egypt. “ J. Kruidenier, ct a " G. Lansing, D.D ,* Lishaskill, N. Y. “ C. Murch, Luxor, Egypt. « W. M. Nichol, Monsoora, “ u Andrew Watson, D.D.,* Sussie, Wis. Miss Adella A. Brown, Cairo, Egypt. Harriet M. Conner, « a « Mary A . Frazier, Alexandria, “ “ Jessie J. Hogg, Assioot, “ “ Ella O. Kyle, “ Martha J McKown, s* sc « Margaret A. Smith, Cairo, “ n Matilda Strang, Monsoora, “ “ Anna Y. Thompson,* Monmouth, Ills.

I n d i a .

Rev. Jas. S. Barr, D .D ., Zafarwal, Sialkot District, India. “ A. B. Caldwell, Gurdaspur, India. “ Thos. F. Cummings, Sialkot, •* “ Elmer E Fife, Jhelum, “ “ Thos. E. Holliday, Gurdaspur, “ “ D . S. Lytle, Sialkot, “ “ J. P. M cK ee,* N ew Wilmington, Pa. “ J. H. Martin, Zafarwal, India. “ Samuel Martin, D .D ., Pasrur, Sialkot District, India. “ George W. Morrison, Gujranwala, India. “ T . L. Scott, Jhelum, “ “ R. Stewart, D .D ., Sialkot, “ Miss Emma D. Anderson, Jhelum, “ “ Mary J. Campbell, Zafarwal, “ “ Kate M. Corbett, St SS “ Annie F. Given, Jhelum, “ “ Elizabeth G. Gordon, Sialkot, “ Mrs. S. E. Johnson, M. D., Jhelum, “ Miss Elizabeth McCahon, Sialkot, “ “ Yina J. McGarey, Gujranwala, “ “ Rosa McCullough,* Greenwood, Mo. “ Josephine L. White, Gujranwala, India. “ Maria White, M. D., Sialkot, ‘ “ Cynthia E. Wilson, Gurdaspur, “ “ Rosa T. Wilson,

* Now in this country. United Prtsbyterian Church. 91

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R es o l u tio n s o f t h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y .

Resolved, That every member of the Church should contribute weekly on the Lord’s day as God hath prospered. R esohed, That all the contributions of Churches, Sabbath Schools and * Societies shall be made through the Financial Agents of Presbyteries. Resolved, That the Financial Agents of Presbyteries be instructed to remit q u a r t e r l y any money in their hands for the different Boards of the Church.

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