SEVENTY-FIFTH . ANNUAL REPORT O F T H E AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. PRESENTED AT THE MEETING HELD AT BOSTON, MASS. OCTOBER 13-16, 1885. BOSTON: PRESS OF STANLEY AND USHER, 1 7 1 DEVONSHIRE STREET. 1885. ANNUAL MEETING. T h e American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions commenced its Seventy-sixth Annual Meeting in Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass., Tuesday, October 13, 1885, at three o’clock in the afternoon. CORPORATE MEMBERS PRESENT. Hon. Charles T. Russell, Cambridge. John N. Denison, Esq., Boston. Maine. Hon. William B. Washburn, LL.D., Greenfield. Joseph S. Wheelwright, Esq., Bangor. George R. Chapman, Esq., Boston. Hon. Joseph Titcomb, Kennebunk. Joseph C. Tyler, Esq., Boston. Hon. James W. Bradbury, Augusta. Edward S. Atwood, d .d ., Salem. Rev. William P. Fisher, Brunswick. A . E . P. Perkins, D.D., Worcester. Daniel L. Furber, D.D., Newton Centre. New Hainpshire. Richard H. Stearns, Esq., Boston. Samuel C. Bartlett, D.D., LL.D., Hanover. Philip L . Moen, Esq., Worcester. Hon. John W . Noyes, Chester. Samuel Johnson, Esq., Boston. D.D., Alonzo H . Quint, d .d ., Dover. Egbert C. Smyth, Andover. Josiah G. Davis, D.D., Amherst. Rev. John W. Harding, Longmeadow. Rev. Franklin D. Ayer, Concord. Hon. Arthur W . Tufts, Boston Highlands. Samuel D. Smith, Esq., West Roxbury. Vermont. Julius H. Seelye, D.D., LL.D., Amherst. Charles C. Burr, Esq., Auburndale. Hon. John B. Page, Rutland. Elbridge Torrey, Esq., Boston. Charles F. Thompson, Esq., Brattleborough. Rev. E. N. Packard, Dorchester. Edward Hawes, D.D. Henry A. Stimson, D.D., Worcester. Hon. Frederick Billings, Woodstock. William H. Willcox, d .d ., Malden. Rev. H. Fairbanks, PH.D., St. Johnsbury. Rev. Jonathan L . Jenkins, Pittsfield. Calvin B. Hulbert, D.D., Lvndonville. Sewall G. Mack, Esq., Lowell. Hon. Horace Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury'. Thomas J . Borden, Esq., P’all River. Massachusetts. David Whitcomb, Esq., Worcester. Cyrus Hamlin, D.D., LL.D., Lexington. Mark Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., Williamstown. Elnathan E. Strong, D.D., Auburndale. Augustus C. Thompson, D.D., Boston. Samuel D. Warren, Esq., Boston. John W . Chickering, D.D., Wakefield. John L. Withrow, D.D., Boston. James M. Gordon, Esq., Auburndale. Henry M. Dexter, D.D., New Bedford. Hon. Alpheus Hardy, Boston. William O. Grover, Esq., Boston. Hon. William Hyde, Ware. Albert H. Plumb, D.D., Boston Highlands. Edwards A. Park, D.D., Andover. Judson Smith, D.D., Boston. Nathaniel George Clark, D.D., Boston. Hon. Robert R. Bishop, Newton Centre. Langdon S. Ward, Esq., Boston. Hon. James White, Boston. Samuel L. Lane, Esq., Southbridge. Samuel B. Capen, Esq., Boston. Joshua W . Wellman, D.D., Malden. Hon. William P. Ellison, Newton. Ezra Farnsworth, Esq., Boston. Hon. William H. Haile, Springfield. Edmund K. Alden, D.D., Boston. William E. Merriman, D.D., Somerville. Rhode Island. Eleazar Porter, Esq., Hadley. Hon. Joseph S. Ropes, Boston. Hon. Amos C. Barstow, Providence. Samuel G. Buckingham, D.D., Springfield. Thomas Laurie, D.D., Providence. Edwin B. W ebb, D.D., Boston. James G. Vose, D.D., Providence. Ebenezer Cutler, d .d ., Worcester. Hon. W . W . Hoppin, Providence. iv Annual Meeting of the Board. Connecticut. Michigan. Hon. Samuel Miller, New Haven. Hon. Philo Parsons, Detroit. John N. Stickney, Esq., Rockville. Rev. Moses Smith, Detroit. Noah Porter, D.D., LL.D., New Haven. Rev. Samuel G. Willard, Colchester'. Wisconsin. Hon. Benjamin Douglas, Middletown. Aaron L. Chapin, D.D., Beloit. Rev. Charles Ray Palmer, Bridgeport. Hon. Samuel D. Hastings, Madison. John E. Todd, D.D., N ew Haven. Samuel W . Eaton, D.D., Lancaster. William Thompson, D.D., Hartford. Roland Mather, Esq., Hartford. Minnesota. Rev. Burdett Hart, New Haven. James W . Strong, D.D., Northfield. Rev. Joseph W . Backus, Plain ville. Jonathan N. Harris, Esq., New London. George L. Walker, D.D., Hartford. Iowa. William M. Barbour, D.D., New Haven. Alden B. Robbins, d .d ., Muscatine. Lewis A. Hyde, Esq., Norwich. Hon. Samuel Merrill, Des Moines. Samuel Harris, D.D., New Haven. George F. Magoun, D.D., Grinnell. Rev. Azel W . Hazen, Middletown. Rev. James W . Cooper, New Britain. MALE HONORARY MEMBERS PRESENT. N ew York. Maine. John Forsyth, D.D., W est Point. Richard S. Storrs, D.D., LL.D., Brooklyn. Rev. J. E. Pond, Alfred. Louis Chapin, Esq., Rochester. Rev. Arthur F. Skeele, Augusta. Alfred S. Barnes, Esq., Brooklyn. T. G. Stickney, Bangor. D. Willis James, Esq., New York City. Rev. Francis B. Denio, Bangor. L. Henry Cobb, D.D., New York City. E. F. Duren, Bangor. William M. Taylor, D.D., New York City. Rev. G. E. Adams, Bangor. William S. Smart, D.D., Albany. Galen C. Moses, Bath. A. J. F. Behrends, D.D., Brooklyn. Rev. O. W . Folsom, Bath. Rev. Henry L. Hubbell, Jamestown. Rev. David Garland, Bethel. James P. Wallace, Esq., Brooklyn. Rev. B. P. Snow, Biddeford. Rev. C. L. Nichols, Brownville. New Jersey. Rev. Wm. Forsyth, Bucksport. Rev. A. H. Tyler, Camden. Aaron Carter, Esq., Orange. Alfred F. Adams, Castine. Henry M . Storrs, D.D., Orange. Samuel Holmes, Esq., Montclair. Rev. John P. Cushman, Castine. Rev. J. T. Closson, Centre Lebanon, Pennsylvania. kev. E. M. Cousins, Cumberland Mills. Rev. T. S. Perry, Cumberland Centre. George L. Weed, Esq., Philadelphia. Rev. S. D. Towne, Ellsworth Falls. Rev. Chas. Dame, Falmouth. District of Columbia. Rev. H. C. Me Knight, Falmouth. William W . Patton, D.D., LL.D., Washington. Rev. Chas. H. Pope, Farmington. E. Whittlesey, D.D., Washington. Rev. H. S. Huntington, Gorham. Rev. John Dinsmore, Harpswell Centre. Alabama. Rev. John D. Emerson, Kennebunkport. Rev. C. H. Gates, Limington. Henry S. De Forest, D.D., Talladega. Rev. C. A. White, Mechanics Falls. Okio. Rev. J. E. Swallow, Mt. Desert. Rev. C. D. Crane, Newcastle. Israel W . Andrews, D.D., Marietta. Rev. N. Lincoln, North Bridgton. Rev. Frank Russell, Mansfield. Charles A . Brown, Portland. James Brand, D.D., Oberlin. Daniel Choate, Portland. Rev. Francis Southworth, Portland. Illinois, I. P. Warren, D.D., Portland. Gen. S. Lockwood Brown, Chicago. Rev. G. W . Christie, Presque Isle. E. W . Blatchford, Esq., Chicago. Rev. E. C. Ingalls, Saco. Simon J. Humphrey, D.D., Chicago. A. D. Colcord, Searsport. Franklin W . Fisk, D.D., Chicago. Rev. Geo. Lewis, South Berwick. Annual Meeting of the Board. Rev. Hiram Houston, Wells. S. W . Buffum, Winchester. Rev. H. O. Thayer, Woolworth. Rev. Sumner Clark, Wolfboro’. Rev. D. B. Sewall, York. Vertnont. New Hampshire. Rev. C. B. Moody, Barton. Rev. Geo. A. Beckwith, Alstead, East. Rev. M. A. Gates, Barton Landing. Edward Aiken, M.D., Amherst. Chas. W . Osgood, Bellows Falls. Rev. S. L. Bowler, Berlin Mills. J. M. Read, Brattleboro’. Rev. Quincy Blakely, Campton. Rev. W m . Carr, Brookfield. Rev. A. B. Peabody, Candia. Rev. F . T . Perkins, Burlington. Edmund Hill, Candia. A. Kimball, Burlington. Rev. Chas. Tenney, Chester. Rev. G. P. Byington, Castleton. H. A. Melvin, Chester. Rev. W . N. Bacon, Coventry. Moses R. Emerson, Concord. Rev. L. D. Mears, Danby. Allen Folger, Concord. Rev. P. S. Pratt, Dorset. Rev. C. F. Roper, West Concord. G. M. Sykes, Dorset. Andrew S. Smith, Concord. Rev. C. W . Clark, Georgia. Rev. Lewis Goodrich, Danbury. Rev. E. J. Ward, Hyde Park. Rev. J. W . Kingsbury, Deerfield. Rev. O. G. Baker, Jamaica. George W . Barker, Derry. J. E. Cram, Middlebury. Rev. B. F. Parsons, Derry. Rev. O. Myrick, Middletown Springs. Rev. E . G. Parsons, Derry. Rev. C. S. Smith, Montpelier. Rev. Geo. E. Hall, Dover. Rev. S. L. Bates, Newbury. Rev. J. H. Steams, Epping. Rev. R. V . Hall, Newport. Rev. Israel T . Otis, Exeter. Rev. W . S. Hazen, Northfield. Rev. Geo. E. Street, Exeter. Rev. L. C. Partridge, North Bennington. Rev. John Colby, Fitzwilliam. Rev. C. S. Perry, Randolph. Amasa Downs, Francestown. David H . Nutting, Randolph. Rev. J. M. Dutton, Great Falls. Rev. Austin Hazen, Richmond. Rev. S. L. Gerould, Goffstown. Rev. S. W . Dike, Royalton. Rev. Edward Robie, Greenland. Rev. Geo. F. Chapin, Saxton’s River. Gyles Merrill, Haverhill. Rev. Henry Cummings, Strafford. Rev. H . H . Hamilton, Hinsdale. S. T. Brooks, M.D., St. Johnsbury. Rev. C. E. Harrington, Keene. Rev. E. T. Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury. S. D. Osborne, Keene. Franklin Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury. Rev. Philip Titcomb, Kensington. Hon. Thaddeus Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury. Rev. Henry C. Fay, Londonderry. L . D. Hazen, St. Johnsbury. Rev. E . P. Butler, Lyme. Theron M. Howard, St. Johnsbury. Rev. Chas. F. Carter, Manchester. Rev. Harry Brickett, Thetford. Rev. John L. Merrill, Marlboro’. Rev. S. F. French, Wallingford. Rev. Daniel Goodwin, Mason. Alfred Stevens, D.D., Westminster, W est. Rev. Benj. A. Dean, Meriden. Rev. James A. Bates, Williston. William Ramsdell, Milford. Rev. J. F. Whitney, Wolcott. Rev. G. W . Grover, Nashua. Massachusetts. Rev. I. C. White, Newmarket. Rev. C. N. Flanders, Newport. Rev. R. W . Haskins, Abington. Rev. T. V. Haines, N orthampton. John A. King, Abington. Rev. F. L. Small, Northwood Centre. Rev. James Fletcher, Acton. Rev. G. I. Bard, Orford. Rev. S. D. Hosmer, Auburn. Rev. A. W . Fiske, Penacook. James Bird, Aubumdale. Rev. C. E . Milliken, Penacook. Rev. M. D. Bisbee, Auburndale. Rev. G. E . Hill, Pittsfield. Rev. Calvin Cutler, Aburndale. Rev. W . A. McGinley, Portsmouth. Rev. H. A. Hazen, Aubumdale. Rev. M. T. Runnels, Sanbornton. Arthur WT. Kelley, Auburndale. Atwell C. Ellis, Sullivan, East. Rev. G. S. Dickerman, Amherst. Rev. B. Merrill, Swanzey. Rev. D. WT. Marsh, Amherst. Rev. J. H. Mellish, Temple. Jas. A. Abbott, Andover. Rev. Josiah Merrill, Troy. C. F. P. Bancroft, Andover. T . A . Bulwhistle, Troy. Rev. C. C. Carpenter, Andover. Rev. C. G. Burnham, Wilton. Edward Day, Andover. VI Annual Meeting of the Board. W . H. Draper, Andover. Rev. S. W . Hanks, Cambridge. W . H. Foster, Andover. Rev. E. R. Hodgman, Cambridge. Geo. Gould, Andover. Rev. John Lawrence, Cambridge. J . P. Gulliver, D.D., Andover.