THE NINETY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF TH E AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS Presented at the Meeting held at Minneapolis, Minnesota October 13 -15 , iqoq $ PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD CONGREGATIONAL HOUSE BOSTON CONTENTS T h e A n n u a l M eetin g Page Minutes ..................................................................................................................................... v Corporate Members Present.............................................................................................. v Male Honorary Members Reported as Present............................................................... vi Missionaries Present ........................................................................................................... vi Organization ............................................................................................................................ vi Committees Appointed ......................................................................................................... vi-vii Annual Sermon ...................................................................................................................... vii Place and Preacher for Next Meeting........................................................................... viii Resolutions ............................................................................................................................... viii-xiv Letters of Excuse ................................................................................................................. x-xi New Members ........................................................................................................................ xi-xii Election of Officers................................................................................................................ xiii Reports of Committees at the Annual Meeting............................................................. xv Report on the Home Department...................................................................................... x v Report on the Treasurer’s Report.................................................................................... xvi H ome D epar tm en t The Year Past and*the Year to Come........................................................................... 3 The Year Past........................................................................................................................ 3 Receipts for the Year................................................................................................... 5 Missionary Reënforcements ........................................................................................ 6 Missionary Appointments ............................................................................................ 7 Publications ...................................................................................................................... 8 Administration Matters ................................ io The Year to Come ..................................................\ ........................................................... 12 A Great Missionary Year .............................................................................................. 12 In Conclusion ............................................................................. 18 The Middle District (Dr. Creegan’s Report)................................................................ 20 The Interior District (Dr. Hitchcock’s Report)............................................................ 24 The Pacific Coast District (Dr. Tenney’s Report)........................................................ 30 T h e M iss io n s West Central African Mission............................................................................................ 33 South African Mission (Rhodesian Branch)................................................................ 37 South African Mission (Zulu Branch)........................................................................... 40 European Turkey Mission ................................................................................................... 46 Western Turkey M ission ................................................................................................ • 52 Central Turkey Mission......................................................................................................... 61 Eastern Turkey Mission ..................................................................................................... 7 * Marathi Mission .................................................................................................................... Madura M ission ................................................................. 9 1 Ceylon Mission ..........................................................................................................- .......... 100 Foochow Mission .................................................................................................................. I 0 7 iii iv Contents South China Mission........................................... I u North China Mission ........................................... Il4 Shansi Mission .............................................................................................................. I27 Japan Mission ................................................................................................................ 133 Micronesian Mission .................................................................................................... Mission to the Philippine Islands................................................................................ x g 0 Mexican Mission ................................................................. I5I Mission to S p ain ............................................................................................................ i g 7 Austrian Mission .......................................................................................................... i60 S t a t i s t i c s Tabular View of the Missions of the A. B. C. F. M. for the year 19 0 8-19 0 9... 163 Report of the Treasurer for the year ending August 31, 1909............................ • 164 Pecuniary Accounts ...................................................................................................... 167 Summary of Donations ................................................................................................ 173 Receipts of the Board.................................................................................................. 178 Places of Meeting and Preachers.............................................................................. 179 Missionaries of the Board................................... 181 Corporate Members of the Board................................................................................ 186 Officers of the Board...................................................................................................... 190 Honorary Members ...................................................................................................... 192 MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING T h e American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions commenced its One Hundredth Annual Meeting in the Plymouth Church, Minneapolis, Minn.. Wednesday, October 13, 1909, at 10.30 a .m . CORPORATE MEMBERS PRESENT N ew Jersey Rev. Charles H. Richards, Montclair. Maine Galen C. Moses, Bath. Ohio Rev. Leavitt H. Hallock, Lewiston. Rev. Washington Gladden, Columbus. William W. Mills, Marietta. New Hampshire Rev. John W. Bradshaw, Oberlin. Rev. Lucius H. Thayer, Portsmouth. Rev. Irving W. Metcalf, Oberlin. Edward H. Rhoades, Toledo. Vermont Pres. Alfred T. Perry, Marietta. Rev. Henry Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury. H. Clark Ford, Cleveland. Rev. Clifford H. Smith, Pittsford. Frank H. Brooks, St. Johnsbury. District of Columbia Rev. Christopher C. St. Clare, St. Johns­ John B. Sleman, Jr., Washington. bury. Massachusetts Illinois Samuel B. Capen, Boston. Ralph Emerson, Rockford. G. Henry Whitcomb, Worcester. Rev. Edward M. Williams, Oak Park. Rev. John R. Thurston, Whitinsville. Rev. E. F. Williams, Chicago. Rev. Charles H. Daniels, So. Framingham. Edward H. Pitkin, Oak Park. Rev. James L. Barton, Newton Center. Rev. A. N. Hitchcock, Chicago. Rev. DeWitt S. Clark, Salem. Rev. Clarence A. Beckwith, Chicago. Charles A. Hopkins, Brookline. David Fales, Lake Forest. Frank H. Wiggin, Boston. Rev. Frank N. White, Chicago. Henry H. Proctor, Boston. Pres. Thomas McClelland, Galesburg. Rev. Cornelius H. Patton, Newton. Thomas C. MacMillan, Chicago. Francis O. Winslow, Norwood. Frank Kimball, Oak Park. Rev. William E. Strong, Newtonville. Rev. John C. Myers, Gridley. Rev. Albert P. Fitch, Boston. Pres. Graham Taylor, Chicago. Rev. George A. Hall, Brookline. Alfred S. Hall, Winchester. Michigan Arthur Perry, Boston. George Parsons, Watervliet. Rev. Archibald Hadden, Muskegon. Connecticut George N. Stray, Ludington. Rev. Edward N. Packard, Stratford. C. B. Stowell, Hudson. John H. Perry, Southport. Rev. Carl S. Patton, Ann Arbor. Rev. William W. McLane, New Haven. Rev. James W. Bixler, New London. Wisconsin Rev. Frank D. Sargent, Putnam. Pres. Edward D. Eaton, Beloit. Rev. Henry C. Woodruff, Bridgeport. John M. Whitehead, Janesville. Rev. Eugene G. Updike, Madison. N ew York Orrin H. Ingram, Eau Claire. Rev. Henry A. Stimson, New York City. C. S. Kitchel, Milwaukee. Rev. Charles C. Creegan, New York City. Rev. Judson Titsworth, Milwaukee. Charles A.