0A* MISSIONS ^ r a r ^ . A n n u a l RTe x f o k t -O F T H E - Board of Foreign Missions -O F TH E— UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH —OF '— NORTH AM ERICA 1 9 1 5 . Containing The 56th Annual Report of the Board, Presented to the General Assembly at Loveland, Colo., May 26, 1915. Report of the Women’s Board to the General Assembly. The 60th Annual Report of the Mission in Egypt ; The 59th Annual Report of the Mission in India ; The 14th Annual Report of the Sudan Mission; General Statement of Receipts and Payments; &c., &c., PHILADELPHIA : Mr s . Hind a m m u n . The Woman Historian of Egypt. Sec p. i2i. CONTENTS. PAGE The Board of Foreign M issions,...................................................................... 4~5 Post Office Addresses of Missionaries, ...........................................................6-8 Statistics—E gyp t, ............................................................................................... 9 “ India, ................................................................................................ 10 “ The Sudan............................ n General Summary of the Entire Foreign W ork,....................................... 12 Historical Sketch, .... 13 General Information............................................................................................. 14 The Board’s Annual Report to the General Assembly,..................... 15 Report of the General Assembly’s Committee, • • 5° Appropriations of General Assembly,................................................. 52 Report of Women’s Board,................................................................... 55 Report of the Mission in Egypt,........................................................ 63 Report oi the Mission in In d ia ,............................................................153 Report oi the Mission in the Sudan,.................................................... 243 Alphabetical List of Missionaries, . 271 Treasurer’s R ep ort,.............................................................................................279 Act of Incorporation............................................................................................... 319 Outlines for Missionary Sermons,...................................................................... 320 TOPICAL INDEX .................................................................................................... ILLUSTRATIONS. FACING PAGE Mrs. Hind Ammun, The Woman Historian of Egypt, . frontispiece i A Bedouin at Prayer in the D esert,.....................................................................63 Faculty and Students Cairo Theological S em inary,....................................109 Arab Boys, Upper Egypt, . ................................................................... 124 Laboratory, Assiut College....................................................................................124 Mrs. Ralph Erskine Ayers, ........................................... 155 Prof. W. E. N ico ll, ....................................................................................... 156 Miss Emma Martha M inger,....................................................................... 157 Snap-shots from In dia,....................................... 183 An Indian Wood S e l l e r , .......................................................................................200 A Hindu Bazaar,...................................................................................................... 212 Boys’ Industrial Home, Gujranwala,...............................................................212 Glimpses of Sudanese Life.................................................................................... 245 The Doctor at Work in the S u d an ,.................... 261 Map of Egypt, .................................................................................................. 60 “ “ India................................................................................. 150 “ “ Sudan, ...................................................................................................... 240 BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS. Members. ( REV. M. G. KYLE, D.D., LL.D. IQIWQ16 < “ CHAS- S- CLBLAND, D.D. 9 3 19 ° / “ W. M. ANDERSON, D.D. v- MR. GEO. INNES. (REV. S. G. FITZGERALD. 1914-1917^ MR. ROBERT L. LATIMER. (M R . FR ED . O. SH AN E. R E V . T. B. TURN BULL, D.D. MR. JOHN R. MCLEAN. 5MR. ROBERT KILLOUGH. MR. JAS. H. KERR. OMcers. P r e s i d e n t . R e v . M. G. KYLE, D.D., IX. D., 1132 A rrott St., F rankford, Philadelphia, Pa. R e c o r d i n g S e c r e t a r y . R e v . C. S. CLBI/AND, D.D., 802 North 17th St., Philadelphia, Pa. C orresponding S e c r e t a r y . Re v . CHARLES R. WATSON, D.D., 200 North Fifteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. A s s o c i a t e S e c r e t a r y . R e v . W. B. ANDERSON, D. D., 200 North Fifteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. A s s o c i a t e S e c r e t a r y . R e v . NEAL McCLANAHAN, 200 North Fifteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. T r e a s u r e r . ROBERT L. LATIMER, E sq ., 24 North Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Stated meeting at 1.30 o’clock p. m ., Second Tuesday in each month in the Second United Presbyterian Church, Race Street, near 16th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. OFFICERS OF THE BOARD SINCE ORGANIZATION. P r e s id e n t s . 1859-71 Rev. Jos. T. Cooper, D. D. 1871-93 “ W . W . Barr, D. D. 1893- “ M. G. Kyle, D. D. C orresponding S e c r e t a r ie s . 1859-93 Rev. J.* B. Dales, D. D. 1893-02 “ W. W. Barr, D. D. 1902- “ Chas. R. Watson, D. D. R e c o r d in g S e c r e t a r ie s . 1859-66 Rev. F. Church. 1866-68 “ T. H. Hanna, D. D. 1868-71 “ F. Church. 1871-74 S. C. Huey. 1874-76 Rev. J. C. Wilson. 1879-78 Joseph D. McKee. 1878-80 Rev. J. B. Whitten. 1880-82 “ R. Stewart, D. D. 1882-96 “ D. W. Collins, D. D. 1896- “ C. S. Cleland. D. D. T r e a s u r e r s . 1859-74 Thos. B. Rich. 1874-79 W illiam Getty. 1879-93 Joseph D. McKee. 1893- Robert L. Latimer MEMBERS SINCE ORGANIZATION. 1859-61 Rev. J. T. Pressly, D. D. 1876-03 Rev. James Crowe, D. D. 1859-74 J. T. Cooper, D. D. 1878-93 Mr. Robert T. Elliott. i 859-75t U J. B. Dales, D. D. 1880-82 Rev. R. Stewart, D. D. 1859-63 “ G. C. Arnold. 1882-99 D. W. Collins, D. D. « 1859-80 F. Church. 1883-89 I. T. Wright. 1859-60 H. H. Blair. 1889- M. G. Kyle, D. D. 1859-66 Mr. T. D. Anderson. 1890-93 W . M. Gibson, D. D. 1859-76 u S. C. Huey. 1890-04 Mr. W*n. Neely. u 1859-64 T. B. Rich. 1893* Robert H. Ferguson. 1860-61 Rev. T. H. Beveridge. 1893- Rev. S. G. Fitzgerald. u i 86i-94f W . W . Barr, D. D. 1893- Mr. Robert L. Latimer. it 1861-66 James Prestly, D. D. 1894-03 Ci Samuel Walker. 1863-68 Mr. J. M. Wallace. 1894- Rev. Chas. S. Cleland, D. D. n 1864-95 Thos. Stinson. 1895* Mr. Jas. A. Elliott. 1864-80 a Wm. H. Getty. 1896-03 “ Wm. A. Brown. 1866-68 Rev. T. H. Hanna, D. D. 1899- Rev. W. M. Anderson, D. D. 1868-76 a W . C. Jackson. 1903- T. B. Turnbull, D. D. 1868-90 Mr. John Alexander. 1903- Hr. John R. McLean. (Í 1869-75 Rev. J. M. Hutchinson. 1903-07 James S. McCracken. 1874-76 “ J. C. Wilson, D. D. 1904* U Robt. H. Ferguson. 1875-90 “ S. G. Fitzgerald. 1905- a F. 0 . Shane. i( 1876-93 Mr. Jos. D. McKee. 1907- Robert Killough. a 1876-83 Rev. J. B. Whitten. 1914- Geo. Innes. 1914- James H. Kerr. ♦Elected but did not serve. fBecame Corresponding Secretary of the Board. 6 Annual Report— Post 0 if ice Addresses. POST-OFFICE ADDRESSES OF MISSIONARIES FOR 1915-16 * EGYPT. Rev. J. Willard Acheson, . Cairo, Egypt. “ C. C. Adams........................ New Wilmington, Pa. “ J. R. Alexander, D.D., . Cairo, Egypt. “ J. W . B a i r d , ........................... Monsurah, Egypt. Mr. Chas. S. Bell.............................. Alexandria, Egypt. Rev. J. Howard B o y d , .................... Tanta, Egypt. “ R. W. Caldwell,.................... Cairo, Egypt. “ Wm. R. Coventry,................ Tanta, Egypt. “ Earl E. Elder, ........................ Cairo, Egypt. Dr. H. L. F in ley, ........................... Tarkio, Mo. Rev. Dalton Galloway,.................... Medinet el Faiyum, Egypt. (American Mission should be added to each foreign address.) “ John Giffen, D .D .,.................... Cairo, Egypt. “ W. P. Gilmor,............................ Alexandria, Egypt. Dr. A. F. G r a n t,................................ Tanta, Egypt. Rev. Sam’l. G. H art,........................ Zakazik, Egypt. Rev. F. D. Henderson,.................... Beni Suef, Egypt. Dr. L. M. Henrv, .................... Assiut, Egypt. Prof. W. W. Hickman...................... Indianola, Iowa. Mr. F. S. Hoyman, ....................... Assiut, Egypt. Rev. James G. Hunt, D.D., .... Cairo, Egypt, (44 Faggala S t.) “ J. Kruidenier, D.D., . Cairo, Egypt, (27 Tewfik St.) “ Neal McClanahan, . 200 N. 15th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Prof. Robt. S. McClenahan, .... Assiut, Egypt. Rev. Wm. L. McClenahan, .... Cairo, Egypt, (Lotus St., Heliopolis.) “ Ralph G. M c G ill,.................... Cairo, Egypt. Dr. W. T. M oore,............................ Assiut, Egypt. Prof. C. A. O w e n ,............................ Assiut, Egypt. Rev. H. E. Philips, Ph.D., .... Luxor, Egypt. Dr. A. W. Pollock, ........................ Assiut, Egypt. Rev. W. H. Reed, ................ Assiut, Egypt. “ Mark S. R o y , ........................ Alexandria, Egypt. Prof. Chas. P. Russell,.................... Assiut, Egypt. Rev. A. A. Thompson,.................... Beni Suef, Egypt. “ F. S. Thompson........................ Assiut, Egypt. “ R. W. W alker,........................ Benha, Egypt. “ Andrew Watson, D. D., LL.D., . Cairo, Egypt. Rev. S. A. Work, . ... Monsurah, Egypt. “ S. M.