EIGHTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT O F T H E AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. PRESENTED AT THB MEETING HELD AT WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, OCTOBER 10-13, *8 9 3 - PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD, I SOMERSET STREET, BOSTON. PRESS OF SAMUEL USHER, BOSTON, MASS. MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING. T h e American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions commenced its Eighty- fourth Annual Meeting in Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Mass., October 10, 1893, at three o’clock in the afternoon. CORPORATE MEMBERS PRESENT Cyrus Hamlin, D.D., LL.D., Lexington. Elnathan E. Strong, D.D., Auburndale. Maine. Albert H. Plumb, d .d ., Boston Highlands. Joseph S. Wheelwright, Esq., Bangor. Judson Smith, D .D ., Boston. Jona. L. Jenkins, D .D., Portland. Franklin Carter, LL .D ., Williamstown. William H. Fenn, D.D., Portland. Hon. James White, Williamstown. Rev. William P. Fisher, Brunswick. Michael Burnham, D.D., Springfield. Galen C. Moses, Esq., Bath. John Lincoln Barry, Esq., Dorchester. George H. Eaton, Esq., Calais. G. Henry Whitcomb, Esq., Worcester. New Hampshire. Edward A. Studley, Esq., Boston. Arthur Little, D.D., Dorchester. Samuel C. Bartlett, d .d ., l l .d ., Hanover. Rev. George A. Tewksbury, Concord. Hon. John W . Noyes, Chester. Alexander McKenzie, D .D ., Cambridge. Alonzo H. Quint, D.D., Dover. Rev. Payson W . Lyman, Fall River. E. P. Kimball, Esq., Portsmouth. Charles C. Creegan, D.D., Boston. Vermont. Albert E. Dunning, D.D., Jamaica Plain. Charles F. Thompson, Esq., Brattleborough. Lyman S. Rowland, D .D ., Lee. Edward Hawes, D.D., Burlington. Rev. David N. Beach, Cambridge. Matthew H. Buckham, D.D., Burlington. Hon. J. M. W . Hall, Cambridge. Rev. H. Fairbanks, PH .D ., St. Johnsbury. Henry D. Hyde, Esq., Boston. William S. Smart, D.D., Brandon. Rev. John R. Thurston, Whitinsville. George W . Phillips, D.D., Rutland. John D. Kingsbury, D .D ., Bradford. Hon. Franklin Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury. Edwin H. Baker, Esq., Ware. Charles W . Osgood, Esq., Bellows Falls. Thomas Weston, Esq., Newton. Ezra A. Stevens, Esq., Malden. Massachusetts. Rev. W . W. Jordan, Clinton. Augustus C. Thompson, D.D., Boston. Samuel E. Herrick, D .D ., Boston. Nathaniel George Clark, D.D., Boston. Henry M. Moore, Esq., Somerville. Langdon S. Ward, Esq., Boston. J. E. Tuttle, D .D ., Amherst. Daniel T . Fiske, D.D., Newburvport Wm. F. Day, Esq., Boston. Joshua W . Wellman, D.D., Malden. Edmund K. Alden, D.D., Boston. Rhode Island. Edwin B. Webb, D.D., Wellesley. Hon. Amos C. Barstow, Providence. Theron H. Hawkes, D.D., Springfield. Thomas Laurie, D.D., Providence. Thomas P. Field, D .D ., Amherst. James G. Vose, D.D., Providence. A. E. P. Perkins, D.D., Worcester. Royal C. Taft, Esq., Providence. Daniel L. Furber, D.D., Newton Centre. Francis W . Carpenter, Esq., Providence. Richard H. Stearns, Esq., Boston. Samuel Johnson, Esq., Boston. Connecticut. Egbert C. Smyth, D.D., Andover. Charles R. Palmer, D.D., Bridgeport. Rev. John W . Harding, Longmeadow. Hon. Nathaniel Shipman, Hartford. Samuel D. Smith, Esq., West Roxbury. Rev. Joseph W. Backus, Plainville. A. Lyman Williston, Esq., Northampton. Jonathan N. Harris, Esq., New London. M. McG. Dana, D.D., Lowell. Robbins Battell, Esq., Norfolk. Charles C. Burr, Esq., Auburndale. George L. Walker, D.D., Hartford. Elbridge Torrey, Esq., Boston. Lewis A. Hyde, Esq., Norwich. William H. Wilcox, D.D., Malden. Azel VV. Hazen, D.D., Middletown. Sewall G. Mack, Esq., Lowell. Elbert B. Monroe, Esq., Southport. Thomas J. Borden, Esq., Fall River. James W . Cooper, D .D ., New Britain. iv Minutes of the Annual Meeting. George P. Fisher, D.D., New Haven. Michigan. Rev. Edward M. Williams, Groton. Hon. Byron M. Cutcheon, Grand Rapids. Rowland Swift, Esq., Hartford. W . H. Davis, D.D., Detroit. Hon. Chester Holcombe, Hartford. S. LeRov Blake, D .D., New London. Wisconsin. S. H . Howe, D.D., Norwich. Elijah Swift, Esq., Eau Claire. Rev. Joseph H. Twichell, Hartford. Edward D. Eaton, D.D., Beloit. Hon. Charles E. Mitchell, New Britain. E. D. Smith, Esq., Menasha. Waterman R. Burnham, Esq., Norwich. Minnesota. Justin E. Twitchell, D.D., New Haven. James W . Strong, D.D., Northfield. New York. Smith Baker, D.D., Minneapolis. Richard S. Storrs D.D., LL.D., Brooklyn. Iowa. Zebuion S. Ely, Esq., New York City. George F. Magoun, D.D., Grinnell. L. Henry Cobb, D.D., New York City. Henry A. Stimson, D .D., New York City. Missouri. E. N. Packard, D.D., Syracuse. Henry Hopkins, D.D ., Kansas City. A. J. F. Behrends, D .D ., Brooklyn, Augustus W . Benedict, Esq., St. Louis. Frank Russell, D .n ., New York City. Oregon. Jas. P. Wallace, Esq., Brooklyn. John F. Anderson, J r., Esq., Brooklyn. Rev. T . Eaton Clapp, Portland. John H. Washburn, Esq., New York City. Canada. William E. Park, D .D ., Gloversville. William M. Barbour, D.D., Montreal. Frank P. Woodbury, D.D., New York City. John D. Cutter, Esq., Brooklyn. S. H. Virgin, D.D., New York City. MALE HONORARY MEMBERS REPORTED Joseph E. Brown, Esq., Brooklyn. Charles H. Daniels, D.D., New York City. AS PRESENT. New Jersey. Maine. Henry M. Storrs, D .D., Orange. Rev. J. S. Williamson, Augusta. Samuel Holmes, Esq., Montclair. Rev. O. W . Folsom, Bath. A . H. Bradford, D J)., Montclair. Rev. Geo. W . Reynolds, Gorham. Rev. Jas. Richmond, Litchfield Comer. Pennsylvania Rev. C. D . Crane, Newcastle. George L. Weed, Esq., Philadelphia. Daniel Choate, Portland. Cyrus Nowell, Portland. District o f Columbia. Rev. D. M. Pratt, Portland. E. Whittlesey, D.D., Washington. Warren Sparrow, Portland. J. E. Rankin, D.D., Washington. New Hampshire. Ohio. Rev. E. G. Parsons, Derry. Calvin B. Hulbert, D .D ., Adams Mills. Rev. B. F. Parsons, Derry. James Brand, d .d ., Oberlin. Rev. George E. Hall, Dover. Charles F. Thwing, D.D., Cleveland. Edward Robie, D.D., Greenland. George R. Leavitt, D .D ., Cleveland. S. P. Leeds, D .D ., Hanover. Washington Gladden, d .d ., Columbus. Rev. W . W . Livingston, Jaffrey. Rev. G. H. DeBevoise, Keene. Illinois. Rev. M. J. Allen, Littleton. George N. Boardman, d .d ., Chicago. Rev. C. E. Gordon, Lyme. Edward P. Goodwin, D .D ., Chicago. Rev. M. P. Dickey, Milton. E. W . Blatchford, Esq., Chicago. R. W . Emerson, Nashua. Simon J. Humphrey, D .D ., Chicago. Geo. G. Williams, Rindge. Rev. Moses Smith, Glencoe. Rev. G. L . Bard, Walpole. Charles H. Case, Esq., Chicago. Rev. W . E. Locke, Westmoreland. James G. Johnson, D.D., Chicago. Franklin W . Fisk, D .D., Chicago. Vermont. J. K . Scarborough, Esq., Payson. Rev. Henry M. Perkins, Derby. G . S. F. Savage, D .D ., Chicago. Rev. John C. Houghton, Middlebury. J. M. Sturtevant, D.D., Galesburg. Rev. Chas. S. Smith, Montpelier. E. H. Pitkin, Esq., Ridgeland. Henry D. Hall, North Bennington. Rev. A. N. Hitchcock, PH .D ., Chicago. C. M. Lamson, D.D., St. Johnsbmy. Minutes of the Annual Meeting. v Massachusetts. Rev. Geo. W . Osgood, Newburyport. Rev. Geo. A. Hood, Newton. Rev. F. L. Goodspeed, Amherst. E. H. Byington, D.D., Newton. Rev. F. J. Fairbanks, Amherst. Rev. J. J. Blair, Andover. Rev. J. M. Dutton, Newtonville. Asa Adams, North Amherst. George Harris, D.D., Andover. Rev. G. E. Fisher, North Amherst. W . F. Draper, Andover. Rev. J. H. Childs, Northbridge. Rev. S. C. Bushnell, Arlington. C. W . Nutting, North Brookfield. Rev. C. M. Pierce, Auburn. Rev. N. Lincoln, North Carver. Rev. Wm. S. Smith, Aubumdale. Rev. H. H. Hamilton, North Lexington. H. A. Hazen, D .D ., Aubumdale. Rev. E. W . Shurtleff, Plymouth. Geo. M. Adams, D.D., Aubumdale. Rev. G. A. Hall, Peabody. Rev. Calvin Cutter, Aubumdale. Geo. F. Osborne, Peabody. Rev. Edwin Smith, Bedford. Rev. Chas. A . White, Princeton. O. T . Lanphear, D.D., Beverly. Rev. F. S. Adams, Reading. Rev. William E. Strong, Beverly. Rev. Israel Ainsworth, Rockport. Rev. L. M. Pierce, Blackstone. B. F. Hamilton, D.D., Roxbury. Rev. Wm. E. Barton, Boston. DeWitt C. Clark, D.D., Salem. Benj. F. Dewing, Boston. Rev. C. L. Noyes, Somerville. A . P. Foster, D.D., Boston. Rev. Wm. Carr, Springfield. Geo. A. Gordon. D.D., Boston. Rev. F. B. Makepeace, Springfield. S. E. Herrick, D.D., Boston. Rev. H. P. Beach, Springfield. S. B. Pratt, Boston. Rev. L. H. Cone, Springfield. George P. Smith, Boston. Rev. Geo. H. Griffin, Springfield. Rev. D. W . Waldron, Boston. Rev. P. T . Farwell, Stockbridge. Rev. A. B. Peabody, Boxboro. Rev. Geo. E. Lovejoy, Stoneham. Rev. J. W. Kingsbury, Braintree. F. J. Stevens, South Framingham. Rev. I. C. White, Bridgewater. Rev. Edwin R. Hodgman, South Framingham. Rev. Charles Olmstead, Cambridge. Rev. John Colby, South Natick. H. Porter Smith, Cambridge. Rev. J. C. Hall, Sutton. Marshall Pease, Chicopee. B. M. Fullerton, D.D., Waltham. Rev. E. C. Ewing, Danvers. Rev. D. O. Clark, Warren. Rev. J. B. Seabury, Dedham. Rev. Jonathan Edwards, Wellesley. Rev. Hiram Houston, Dorchester. Rev. Daniel Shurtleff, Westfield. Rev. A. B. PefFers, Douglas. J. E. Hitchcock, Webster. Lyman Whiting, D.D., East Charlemont. Rev. H. A. Blake, Webster. L. D. Lyman, Easthampton. E. L. Spalding, Webster. Rev. Sumner G. Wood, Easthampton. S. H. Reed, West Brookfield. Rev. Albert Watson, Everett. Rev. H. W . Stebbins, West Medford. Wm. B. Kimball, Enfield. H. J. Patrick, D.D., West Newton. Rev. C. S. Brooks, Fitchburg. Chas. E. Swett, Winchester. George W . Bigelow, Framingham. Rev. D. A. Newton, Winchester. Rev. R. M. Woods, Hatfield. Rev. G. R. Hewitt, West Springfield. Rev. C. C. Torrey, Harvard. Rev. T . S. Robie, West Granville. Rev. C. M. Clark, Haverhill. Henry H. Smith, West Gardner. Rev. O. Bissell, Holland. Dr. J. Abbott, Winchendon. Rev. Sylvanus Hayward, Globe Village. Davis Foster, D.D., Winchendon. Rev. R. P. Hibbard, Gloucester. Rev. Wm. Slade, Williamstown. Rev. B. A. Robie, Grafton. Rev. Elijah Harmon, Wilmington. Rev. E. P. Blodgett, Greenwich. Wm. H. Bell, Worcester. Caleb T. Symmes, Lancaster. H. T. Cheever, D.D., Worcester.