THE ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEENTH Annual Report o f the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD Congregational House 1 4 B e a c o n S t r e e t B o sto n Contents Page T a b u l a r V ie w o p M is s i o n s ....................................................................................................... 3 M e d ic a l St a t i s t ic s ........................................................................................................................ 4 O rganization o f th e A m e r ic an B o a r d .................................................; ............................ 5 O rganization o f th e W om an’s B o a r d s ................................................................................. 6 C om m ittees Se r v in g in 1 9 2 5 ..................................................................................................... 6 M in u t e s of th e A n n u a l M e e t i n g ........................................ 7 Members Present............................................................................... 7 Committees Appointed .................................................................................................. io, 14, 21 Reports of Officers................................................................................................................... 11 Resolutions................................................... 16 Election of Officers...................................... 17 H om e D e pa r tm e n t Giving an Account of Ourselves...................................................................................... 22 Appropriations........................................................................................................................... 22 Financial Outcome ............................................................................................................... 22 Passing the $2,000,000 M a r k .............................................................................................. 24 Missionary Appointments..................................................................................................... 24 Administrative Problem s .................................................................................................. 25 Re-thinking Foreign Missions........................................................................................... 27 A p p o in tee s................................................................................................................................. 32 T h e F ield s Africa Missions .......................................................................................................... 34 The Near East Missions (Turkey and the Balkans)................................................... 55 India and Ceylon M issions.................................................................................................. 84 China Missions .................................. 123 Japan M ission .......................................................................................................................... 174 Missions in the Islands and Papal Lands........................................................................ 191 Philippines.......................................................................................................................... 192 M icronesia.......................................................................................................................... 199 M ex ico ................................................................................................................................ 202 S p a in ................................................................................................................... 208 Czechoslovakia ................................................................................................................ 212 T h e T r e a su r y T h e Treasurer’s R eport for the Y e a r E nding A ugust 3 1 ,1 9 2 4 ................................ 216 Auditors’ Certificate ............................................................................................................... 220 Pecuniary Accounts ...................................................................................................... 221 A ss e ts ............................................................................................................................................ 227 Liabilities.................................................................................................................................... 228 Investment of Trust Funds................................................................................................... 229 Summary of Investments ..................................................................................................... 245 Trust Funds................................................................................................................................ 246 C o m pa r a tiv e R ecords Receipts of the Board ............................................................................................................ 254 Missionaries of the Board ..................................................................................................... 255 Roll of Honor — Retired M issionaries of the Board ................... 261 Necrology, 1924 — Missionaries and Corporate Members 262 Corporate Members of the Board ................................................................................. 263 Officers of the Board .........................................................................................................! . 270 Places of Meetings and Preachers .................................................................................... 272 N. B. The Comparative Records in bold-faced type are lists now printed for the first time in the Annual Report. TABULAR VIEW OF THE MISSIONS OF THE A. B. C. F. M. FOR THE YEAR 1923-24 M issionaries N a t i v e F o r c e C h u r c h St a t i s t i c s E d u c a t i o n a l St a t i s t i c s 1 -, ---- - J M i s s i o n s •Ì 1 schools other other schools ship schools Places Places of regular meeting Ordained Ordained preachers ] Total native laborers Primary, elementary and Pupils When When established Outstations Ordained Wives Single women Unordained Unordained preachers Teachers Other native laborers Total under instruction j Total missionaries Added last year Total constituency Sunday school member­ Theological and training ; Students Colleges Secondary or middle Native contributions Spedai workers Communicants ¡Sunday schools Students I Students -------------- I I Stations I Men not ordained South Africa: Zulu Branch......... 1835 23 207 11 5 16 9 41 6 16 80 193 482 771 371 26 6,837 640 26,520 60 2,554 2 128 10 446 164 5,027 6,338 »39,349 Rhodesia Branch 1893 3 1« 4 fi 9 fi 23 2 1 41 44 76 13 4 604 92 2,000 7 705 1 6 1 273 20 2,061 2,340 177 West Central Africa 188(1 7 213 11 6 12 13 42 0 265 185 73 523 258 0 1,986 375 t25,000 23 6,050 1 198 2 298 124 8,660 9,156 1,004 Bulgaria .................. 1871 3 38 7 I 6 8 22 2 16 4 1 8 29 35 22 1,125 44 3,226 30 1,258 2 289 2 95 384 4,500 F ooch ow *.................. 1847 3 71 10 7 15 16 4f 2 lfi 37 180 56 288 75 46 2,440 143 6,067 55 3,238 1 15 2 25 2 186 95 3,790 4,234 19,178 Shaow u *.................... 191Í: 2 35 4 2 6 9 21 3 5 34 91 31 161 52 37 1,079 113 2,500 32 1,689 2 59 49 1,494 1,553 5,176 North China............ 1801 7 205 32 14 45 49 141! 24 8 241 340 188 777 501 143 14,410 }2,810 36,725 48 4,098 8 407 1 36 11 1,165 165 6,121 7,729 46,349 Czechoslovakia* . 1872 1 110 1 1 20 10 3 33 140 31 3,418 387 20,000 (12 2,444 1 6 6 15,000 M arathi....................... 1818 » 146 13 2 15 21 ¡51 12 31 34 399 175 039 170 70 9,116 462 16,343 156 7,C43 5 112 8 914 188 6,245 7,271 8,918 M adu ra*.................... 1834 10 393 18 5 21 16 60 3 29 125 583 173 910 393 32 9,502 360 27,898 281 10,903 0 413 1 459 2 944 303 14,163 15,979 32,117 Ceylon .................... 1816 6 41 1 6 6 7 K 3 11 11 484 59 565 47 21 2,594 86 15,127 59 3,070 1 12 13 2,349 98 lv.493 12,545 30,611 J a p a n * ....................... 1869 12 46 19 2 21 29 71 4 82 35 17 134 263 80 24,237 1,000 30,000 245 19,287 3 93 2 1,905 10 5,410 17 ',923 8,291 180,184 M e x ic o ....................... 1872 4 12 5 1 6 6 If 5 10 7 30 1 48 29 16 733 106 2,0)0 20 1,141 3 81 5 342 423 17,583 M icronesia................ 1852 2 66 3 S 1 10 32 16 21 79 80 23 3,375 165 10,000 86 2,801 1 69 30 1,005 1,074 4,892 Philippines*.............. 1903 2 21 4 2 6 3 15 1 4 15 9 5 33 44 3 1,940 259 8,800 48 2,020 1 8 2 7 4 243 260 714 S p a in .......................... 1872 1 5 1 1 '2 2 4 1 18 23 0 6 257 6 2,500 5 450 1 65 6 713 778 1,093 T u r k e y ...................... 1820 16 68 32 14 43 49 138 25 16 35 177 58 286 71 27 2,515 285 16,986 45 4,732 1 26 5 209 18 1,312 47 3,135 4,682 47,974 Totals 1 .............. 112 1,728 1742 713 2294 244s 718« 100’ 280 1,031 2,794 1,361 5,460 2,588 614 89,848 7,333 252,740 1,282 66,706 29 1,412 12 2,648 86 13,867 1,317 64,510 83,043 8454,819 3outh China ........... 1 33 1 1 1 3 2 24 44 11 81 34 21 2,680 3,335 14 633 1 The totals include the statistics below for South China, 4 Of whom 5 are physicians. * Repeated from last year. no longer a mission. 5 Of whom 11 are physicians. t An estimate. 2 Of whom 2 are physicians. 6 Of whom 48 are physicians. } Net gain. 3 Of whom 30 are physicians. 7 Of whom 9 are physicians. MEDICAL STATISTICS FOR THE AMERICAN BOARD 1923-1924 £ Physicians Patients