EIGHTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. PRESENTED AT THE MEETING HELD AT NEW HAVEN, CONN., OCTOBER 12-15, 1897. PUBLISHED BY THF BOARD, C ongregational H o u se, BOSTON. Tale Divinity L!br*t| New Haven ConfU PRESS OF SAMUEL USHER, BOSTON, MASS. MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING. T h e American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions commenced its Eighty- eighth Annual Meeting in the Hyperion Opera House, New Haven, Conn., October 12, 1897, at three o’clock in the afternoon. CORPORATE MEMBERS PRESENT. Edward A. Studley, Esq., Boston. Arthur Little, D.D., Dorchester. Maine. Rev. George A. Tewksbury, Concord. Rev. William P. Fisher, Brunswick. Francis EU Clark, D.D., Aubumdale. Jonathan L. Jenkins, D.D., Portland. Rev. Payson W. Lyman, Fall River. George H. Eaton, Esq., Calais. Lyman S. Rowland, D.D., Lee. Hon. Egerton R. Burpee, Bangor. Hon. J. M. W . Hall, Cambridge. Rev. John R. Thurston, Whitinsville. New Hampshire. Thomas Weston, Esq., Newton. Samuel C. Bartlett, d .d ., l l .d ., Hanover. Ezra A. Stevens, Esq., Malden. Franklin D. Ayer, D.D., Concord. Rev. William W . Jordan, Clinton. T. Eaton Clapp, D.D., Manchester. Samuel E. Herrick, D.D., Boston. Elisha R. Brown, Dover. Charles H. Daniels, d .d ., Newton. Cyrus Richardson, D.D., Nashua. Smith Baker, D.D., East Boston. Rev. George E. Lovejoy, Pittsfield. William H. Davis, D.D., Newton. Henry M. Moore, Esq., Somerville. Vermont. William F. Day, Esq., Boston. Charles F. Thompson, Esq., Brattleborough. Elijah Horr, D.D., Brookline. Gen. Oliver O. Howard, Burlington. James L. Barton, D.D., Newton Centre. Matthew H. Buckham, D.D., Burlington. DeWitt S. Clark, D.D., Salem. Rev. Henry Fairbanks, PH.D., St. Johnsbury. Charles A. Hopkins, Brookline. George W . Phillips, D.D., Rutland. Rev. John H. Lockwood, Westfield. Charles W. Osgood, Esq., Bellows Falls. Edward F. Morris, Monson. Albert H. Heath, D.D., St. Johnsbury. Hon. Edward W. Chapin, Holyoke. Gilbert M. Sykes, Dorset. William F. Whittemore, Boston. Frank H. Wiggin, Boston. Massachusetts. Rev. Charles M. Southgate, Aubumdale. Joshua W . Wellman, D.D., Malden. Rev. William H. Woodwell, Sandwich. Edwin B. Webb, D.D., Wellesley. Rev. Frank L. Goodspeed, Springfield. A. E. P. Perkins, D.D., Worcester. Thomas Todd, Esq., Concord. Daniel L. Furber, D.D., Newton Centre. George A . Gordon, D.D., Boston. Richard H. Steams, Esq.. Boston. Arcturus Z. Conrad, D.D., Worcester. Samuel Johnson, Esq., Boston. Rev. Charles EU Jefferson, Chelsea. Egbert C. Smyth, D.D., Andover. Edward A. Reed, D.D., Holyoke. A. Lyman Williston, Esq., Northampton. Samuel Usher, Cambridge. Charles C. Burr, Esq., Aubumdale. Charles J. Holmes, Fall River. Elbridge Torrey, Esq., Boston. Samuel.B. Shapleigh, Allston. Thomas J. Borden, Esq., Fall River. Rev. Edward C. Ewing, Danvers. Cyrus Hamlin, D.D., LL.D., Lexington. Hon. William B. Plunkett, Adams. Elnathan E. Strong, D.D., Aubumdale. Rev. William E. Wolcott, Lawrence. Albert H. Plumb, d .d ., Boston Highlands. Rev. John A. McColl, New Bedford, Judson Smith, D.D., Boston. Charles N. Prouiy, Spencer. Franklin Carter, LL.D ., Williamstown. Rev. Samuel V. Cole, Norton. Samuel B. Capen, Esq., Boston. Charles E. Swett, Winchester. Hon. William P. Ellison, Newton. Hon. William H. Haile, Springfield. Rhode Island. John Lincoln Barry, Esq., Dorchester. James G. Vose, D.D., Providence, G. Henry Whitcomb, Esq., Worcester. Rev. James H. Lyon, Central Falls. iv Minutes of the Annual Meeting. Connecticut. Rev. William H. Hobbs, Warsaw. Guilford Dudley, Poughkeepsie. Charles R. Palmer, D.D., New Haven. C. Delano W ood, Esq., Brooklyn. Burdett Hart, D.D., New Haven. George N. Boardman, D.D., New York. Hon. Nathaniel Shipman, Hartford. Lewis A. Hyde, Esq., Norwich. New Jersey. Azel W . Hazen, D.D., Middletown. Am oiy H. Bradford, D.D., Montclair. Frank Russell, d .d ., Bridgeport. William Hayes Ward, D.D., Newark. James W . Cooper, D.D., New Britain. Fritz W . Baldwin, D.D., East Orange. George P. Fisher, D.D., New Haven. Lewellyn Pratt, D.D., Norwich. Pennsylvania. Chester D. Hartranft, D.D., Hartford. George L. W eed, Esq., Philadelphia. S. LeRoy Blake, D.D., New London. Hon. N. D. Sperry, New Haven. District o f Columbia. Samuel H. Howe, D.D., Norwich. David J. Brewer, LL.D., Washington. Rev. Joseph H. Twichell, Hartford. Waterman R. Burnham, Esq., Norwich. Louisiana. D.D., Justin E. Twitchell, New Haven. Henry L. Hubbell, d .d ., Lake Charles. John H. Perry, Esq., Southport. Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin, New Haven. Ohio. Hon. O. V. Coffin, Middletown. James Brand, D.D., Oberlin. John G. Davenport, D.D., Waterbury. John W . Simpson, D.D., Marietta. William W . McLane, D.D., New Haven. Henry M. Tenney, D.D., Oberlin. Rev. Asher Anderson, Meriden. W atson L. Phillips, d .d ., New Haven. Illinois. Russell T . Hall, D.D., Greenwich. Eliphalet W . Blatchford, Esq., Chicago. Edward W . Marsh, Esq., Bridgeport. Ralph Emerson, Esq., Rockford. Charles M. Lamson, D.D., Hartford. Charles H. Case, Esq., Chicago. Joseph Anderson, D.D., Waterbury. James G. Johnson, D.D., Chicago. James B. Williams, Glastonbury. Franklin W . Fisk, D.D., Chicago. George M. Woodruff, Litchfield. William E. Hale, Esq., Chicago. Lucian D. Warner, Naugatuck. G. S. F. Savage, D.D., Chicago. Rev. John DePeu, Bridgeport. Alexander R. Thain, D.D., Chicago. George B. Stevens, D.D., New Haven. Thomas D. Robertson, Esq., Rockford. Rev. A. N. Hitchcock, PH.D., Chicago. New York. Rev. Frederick S. Hayden, Jacksonville. Richard S. Storrs, D.D., LL.D., Brooklyn. David Fales, Lake Forest. Zebuion S. Ely, Esq., New York City. Willard Scott, D.D., Chicago. D. Willis James, Esq., New York City. L. Henry Cobb, d .d ., New York City. Michigan. Edward N. Packard, D.D., Syracuse. Nehemiah Boynton, d .d ., Detroit. Heniy A . Stimson, D.D., New York City. A. J. F. Behrends, D.D., Brooklyn. Wisconsin. M. E. Strieby, D.D., New York City. Edward D. Eaton, D.D., Beloit. Thomas B. M cLeod, D.D., Brooklyn. Eugene G. Updyke, d .d ., Madison. John F. Anderson, Jr., Esq., Brooklyn. Minnesota. John H. Washburn, Esq., New York City. William E. Park, D .D ., Gloversville. James W . Strong, D.D., Northfield. John D. Cutter, Esq., Brooklyn. George H. Rust, Esq., Minneapolis. Charles C. Creegan, D.D., New York City. George R. Merrill, D.D., Minneapolis. William A. Robinson, D.D., Middletown. Iowa. Samuel H. Virgin, D .D ., New York City. William W . Gist, D.D., Osage. Joseph E. Brown, Esq., Brooklyn. Charles A. Hull, Brooklyn. Missouri. Albert J. Lyman, D.D., Brooklyn., Michael Burnham, D.D., St. Louis. David A. Thompson, Esq., Albany. Robert R. Meredith, D.D., Brooklyn. South Dakota. J. J. McWilliams, Buffalo. Rev. Edward M. Williams, Yankton. William E. Griffis, D.D., Ithaca. Lyman Abbott, DJD., Brooklyn. North China. Rev. Charles H. Dickinson, Canandaigua. Henry Blodget, D.D., Peking. Minutes of the Annual Meeting. MALE HONORARY MEMBERS REPORTED Rev. F. B. Makepeace, Springfield. AS PRESENT. J. H. Barton, Springfield. Maine. Rev. J. A. Goodrich, Shelburne. Rev. H. A. Blake, Webster. Rev. J. S. Williamson, Augusta. Rev. E. H. Chandler, Wellesley. Rev. H. G. Mank, New Gloucester. Rev. P. T. Farwell, Wellesley Hills. New Hampshire. Samuel Smith, West Springfield. Rev. A. J. McGown, Amherst. Rev. R. A. Robinson, Williamstown. Rev. W. W . Livingston, Jaffrey. Rev. T. S. Robie, West Hawley. Rev. J. G. Robertson, Chester. Daniel Merriman, D.D., Worcester. Vermont. Rev. F. L. Bristol, Uxbridge. Rev. H. F. Barnard, Bradford. Rhode Island. Rev. W . N. Bacon, Bridport. Rev. A. L. Clark, Kingston. E. L. Ripley, Burlington. Connecticut. Rev. W . S. Hazen, Northfield. Rev. Augustus Alvord, Barkhamsted. Rev. William Hazen, Sherburne. Rev. H. C. Woodruff, Black Rock. Massachusetts. Rev. J. P. Hoyt, Cheshire. Rev. G. W . Christie, Amesbury. B. G. Northrop, I.L.D., Clinton. Paul T. B. Ward, Amherst. Rev. T. A. Emerson, Clinton. F. N. Peloubet, D.D., Auburndale. Rev. E. C. Ingalls, Colchester. Rev. A . B. Keith, Braintree. J. N. Adams, Colchester. Rev. J. F. Gaylord, Barre. Rev. H. S. Brown, Danielson. Rev. J. B. Seabury, Dedham. Rev. A. F. Pierce, Danbury. Rev. E. C. Webster, Dorchester. Rev. W . E. B. Moore, East Hartland. Rev. Hiram Houston, Dorchester. H. D. Chapman, East Haddam. Rev. E. G. Porter, Boston. Rev. S. J. Clark, East Haven. Rev. S. L. Loomis, Boston. Rev. W. F. English, East Windsor. Rev. M. H. Hitchcock, Boston. Rev. O. W . Means, Enfield. Rev. A. W . Archibald, Brockton. Rev. W. F. Arms, Essex. Reuen Thomas, D.D., Brookline. Rev. G. W . Banks, Guilford. Rev. J. W . Sneath, Cambridge. E. P. Parker, D.D., Hartford. Rev. E. F. Hunt, Conway. Rev. G. E. Sanbome, Hartford. Lyman Whiting, D.D., East Charlemont. Rev. J. S. Voorhees, Hartford. Rev. G. H. Hubbard, Enfield. Geo. B. Burrall, Lakeville. Rev. R. M. Woods, Hatfield. E. N. Hinckley, Lebanon. Rev. Edward Day, Lenox. E. W . Leete, Leete’s Island. Rev. G. R. W. Scott, Leominster. Rev. Q. M. Bosworth, Lisbon. Rev. S. G. Barnes, Longmeadow. S. B. Little, Meriden. James G. Buttrick, Lowell. Rev. J. W . Moulton, Middle Haddam. Rev. B. F. Leavitt, Melrose Highlands. Rev. F. W. Greene, Middletown. Thomas Sims, D.D., Melrose. L. S. Deming, Newington. Rev. A. M. Boulgourjoo, Melrose. T. H. Thorpe, North Haven. Rev. John Barstow, Medford. J. H. Wilcox, New London. Hon. Eleazer Boynton, Medford. E. S. Green, New Milford. H. N. Ackermann, Medford. Rev. F. H. Viets, North Woodstock. Rev. Webster Woodbury, Milford. T. T. Munger, D.D., New Haven. Rev. G. P. Eastman, Millbury. Rev. William H. Kingsbury, New Haven. T. P. Carlton, Middleboro. Samuel Harris, d .d ., New Haven. Rev. James Tufts, Monson. Rev. N. H. Whittersey, New Haven. Rev. C. E. Havens. Newton Highlands. Rev. J. R. Browne, New Haven.