American Baptist Foreign Mission 1921 ONE - HUNDRED - SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT Presented by the Board of Managers at the Annual Meeting held in Des Moines, Iowa, June 22-28, 1921 Foreign Mission Headquarters 276 Fifth Avenue New York / W t CONTENTS PAGE P R E F A C E ................................................................................................................................. 5 B Y -L A W S ................................................................................................................................. 7 O F F IC E R S A N D B O A R D O F M A N A G E R S .............................................. 9 GENERAL REPRESENTATIVES: STATE DIRECTORS ............ 10 GENERAL REVIEW OF THE YEAR ..................................................... 11-80 I ntroduction ......................................................................................................................... 13 International S it u a t io n a n d t h e M is s io n a r y E n t e r p r i s e ............. 13 Service of C ommissioner C h ar les A . B rooks ........................................... 15 T h e L ondon C o n f e r e n c e .............................................................................................. 15 F r aternal V is it to E urope ...................................................................................... 17 Relief W o rk i n E urope .............................................................................................. 17 Service of D r. Jacob H e in r ic h s in A lsac e -L orraine ....................... 19 V isit of R ev. R obert D ubar ry .............................................................................. 19 Special . W orkers i n E urope ................................................................................... 20 E uropean S tu d e n ts i n A m er ic a ....................................................................... 21 V isitors from E n g l a n d .........................................- . ............................................. 21 Progress A m o n g B a p t ist s in S c a n d in a v ia ................................................ 22 T h e C losed D oor to R u s s ia ............................ ............................................. 23 Y ear of U p h e a v a l i n I n d ia .................................................................. ............. 23 P olitical D evelopments .............................................................................. .......... 23 D evelopments a t Ju d so n C ollege ................................. ................................. 27 Problem of Il liter acy i n I n d ia ............................................................................ 28 T ransfer of R esponsibility to L ocal C h r is t ia n s .................................... 29 Progress a t t h e T h ree N e w S t a t io n s .......................................................... 30 B u r m a B a p t ist C o n v e n t io n ................................................................................. 32 Ev a n g el ism t h e F u n d a m e n t a l A i m ............................................................... 32 Political D isturbances i n C h i n a .................................................................... 34 C h in a F a m i n e .............................. ..................................................................................... 35 ' Six t ie t h A n n iv e r s a r y of t h e S o u t h C h i n a M is s io n ......................... 35 V isit of P rofessor H e n r y B. R o b in s to t h e F a r E a s t ' .................... 36 O r ie n ta l B a p t is t S t u d e n t s in A m e r ic a ........................................................ 37 W orld S u n d a y S chool C o n v e n t io n i n T o k y o ........................................... 37 P rogress a t t h e M a b ie M e m o r ia l B o y s ’ S c h o o l ................................... 37 A n I n d u s t r ia l C o m m is s io n i n A f r i c a ............................................................. 38 Conference o n W ork in B elg ia n C ongo ................................................ 39 A dministrative R esponsibility for B elg ian C ongo .............................. 39 Secretarial V is it a t io n of M is s io n F ields ................................................... 40 International M is s io n a r y C o m m it t e e ............................................................. 41 In terc h u rch W orld M o v e m e n t .............................................................................. 41 Interdenominational R elationships ................................................................. 43 M issio n a r y E d u catio n .................................................................................................. 43 Cooperation w i t h S o u t h e r n B ap tists a n d C a n a d ia n B a p tists . 44 W o m a n ’s S ociety Ju bilee ........................................................................................... 45 T he G en eral B oard of P r o m o t io n .................. ................................................. 46 G eneral R epresentatives a n d S ta t e P rom otion D irectors ............. 47 Regional M is s io n a r y C o nferences ..................................................................... 48 M is s io n a r y E x p o sit io n ................................................................................................ 48 Field S ervice of M issionaries a t H o m e o n F u r lo ug h .......................... 49 3 L iter atu r e D e p a r t m e n t ................................................................................................ 50 A n n u a l R eport .................................................................................................................. 50 M is s io n a r y M a g a z in e ................................................................................................... 51 P reserving t h e H e a l t h of t h e M issionaries ............................................. 51 • N e w M issionaries ............................................................................................................ 5? S c a r city of S t a t io n M issionaries ....................................................................... 54 N eed a n d t h e S u p p ly of M edical M issionaries ...................................... 54 P l a n n i n g a F u t u r e H arvest of M is s io n a r y V o lu n teer s ............... 55 N eeds of B r it is h I n d ia ................................................................................................ 55 « S u m m o n e d to H igh er S ervice ................................................................................. 56 • C ommissioning N e w M issionaries .................................................................... 60 P e r so n al C o n ta c t w i t h t h e M is s io n F ields ............................................. 60 B oard of M a n a g e r s .......................................................................................................... 61 B oard M eetin g s a t B u f f a l o , B o sto n , a n d P ittsbu r g h ...................... 62 C o m m it t e e on R e v ie w ...................................................................................... ............ 62 S ecretarial S t a f f ............................................................................................................ 63 H o m e s for M issionaries ............................................................................................. 64 H o m e s for t h e C h il d r e n of M issionaries ..................................................... 64 F ir st Y ear i n t h e N e w H eadquarters .......................................................... 65 N e w W orld M o v e m e n t F in a n c ia l C a m p a ig n ............................................. 66 O peratin g B udget for t h e P a s t Y ear ...................................... ..................... 67 Y ear of A n x i e t y ............................................................................................................... 68 F i n a n c i a l O u t c o m e ....................................................................................................... 71 S pecial G if t A g r eem en ts w i t h L if e A n n u i t y R e t u r n s ................. 71 R eceipts from L egacies ................................................................................................ 73 Jo h n D . R ockefeller F u n d .........................................i .......................................... 73 R ise a n d F a ll of I nternational E x c h a n g e ............................................. 7' N eed for N e w E q u ip m e n t ........................................................................................ 76 S u m m a r y of R e v e n u e A cco u n t ............................................................................ 76 R eceipts from t h e N e w W ort.d M o v e m e n t ................................................ 78 B udget E xpenditures for 1920-1921 a n d O u tlook for 1921-1922 .. 79 T h e S pir it u al E m p h a s is ........................................................................................... 80 SUMMARY OF REPORTS FROM THE MISSIONS .................... 83- ■157 T h e B u r m a M i s s i o n ....................................................................................................... 83 T h e A s s a m M i s s i o n .......................................................................................................