American 13aptisst fltpfggionat;!? 2Jnfon SEVENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT W I T H T H E Pr o ceed in g s o f t h e A n n u a l M eetin g HELD IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. MAY 27 and 28, 1887 BOSTON MISSIONARY R O O M S , TREMONT TEMPLE 1887 ■Rand Auery Company, Printers, Boston CONTENTS. Proceedings or t h e S e v e n t y -th ir d A n n u al M e e t in g of t h e A m erican B a p t ist M issio n a r y U nio n ...................... 3 Address of Rev. Edward Judson, D .D ., President....................................................................................................................... 3 Presentation of the Annual R e p o rt.................................................................................................................................................. 7 Appointment of Committees................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Report of Committee on Bible-work................................................................................................................................................ 7 Report of Committee on Obituaries.......................................: ......................................................................................................... 10 Report of Committee on Missions in Burma................................................................................................................................... 13 Report of Committee on Missions in A ssam ................................................................................................................................... 15 Report of Committee on European Missions........................................................................................... ...................................... 16 Report of Committee on Telugu Mission........................................................................................................................................ 19 Report of Committee on Missions to the Chinese........................................................................................................................... 20 Report of Committee on Missions in Ja p a n ................................................................................................................................... 23 Election of Officers............................................................................................................................................................................. 24 Report of Committee on Missions in A frica ............................................................ ..................................................................... 25 Report of Delegation to the General Missionary Convention..................................................................................................... 27 Appointment of Committees for Next Year.................................................................................................................................... 28 Action on the Mission to the Armenians in T u r k e y ..................................................................................................................... 29 Report of Committee on Finance...................................................................................................................................................... 29 Report of Committee on Place and Preacher................................................................................................................................. 31 Report of Committee on Enrolment................................................................................................................................................. 31 Seventy-third A n n u al M ee t in g of t h e B oard of M a n a g e r s ................................................................................................. 36 Correspondence regard ing C h a n g es in D r. J udson’s B urman B i b l e .................................................................................. 40 Seventy-third A n n u al R eport of t h e E x ec u tiv e C o m m it te e ................................................................................................. 47 Home Department. Organization of the Committee ; Movements of Missionaries ; The Treasury ; Collection D istricts.............................. 47 Foreign Department. Bible-w o r k .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 58 Missions in B u rm a .... ....................................................... 59 Mission to the Telugus ( Concluded). Tavoy................................................................................. 60 Vinukonda....................................................................... 107 Moulmein......................................................................... 61 Nursaravapetta............................................................... 107 Thatone ........................................................................... 64 B ap atla............................................................................. 107 Chiengmai, No. Siam..................................................... 64 Kurnool ........................................................................... 108 Rangoon........................................................................... 64 Secunderabad................................................................... 109 Maubin............................................................................. 70 Palmur ............................................................................. 110 Thongze........................................................................... 70 Hanamaconda................................................................. 1x2 Shwaygyin....................................................................... 71 M is s io n s t o t h e C h i n e s e ............................................................. 113 Toungoo.......................................................................... 72 Bangkok, Siam ............................................................... 113 Henzada........................................................................... 76 Sw atow ............................................................................. 113 Zeegone............................................................................. 80 Mun keu Liang............................................................... 116 Prome................................................................................ 81 N in gp o............................................................................. 116 Bassein............................................................................. 82 Shaohing........................................................................... 118 Mandalay......................................................................... 85 H angchow ....................................................................... 119 Bhamo ............................................................................. 86 Kinhw a............................................................................. 120 Missions in A ssam ................................................................ 87 M is s io n s i n J a p a n ................................................................................ 121 Letter from Jubilee Conference................................... 87 Yokohama ....................................................................... 122 Tura ................................................................................ 92 T o k y o ............................................................................... 124 Gauhati............................................................................. 93 Send ai............................................................................... 125 Nowgong......................................................................... 94 Kobe................................................................................... 126 Sibsagor............................................................................ 94. Shimonoseki .................................................. 127 Molung............................................................................. 95 Kohima............................................................................. 96 M is s io n s in A f r ic a .............................................................................. 128 Wokha.............................................................................. 96 The Bassa Mission, Liberia......................................... 128 Mission to th e T e lu g u s ..................................................... 97 The Congo M ission....................................................... 128 Madras. 97 E u r o p e a n M i s s io n s ............................................................................. 129 Nellore. 99 France............................................................................... 129 Udayagiri............................................................................100 German M ission............................................................. 135 Ram apatam .............................................................................102 Sweden ...........................................................................