The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-08-30
Monthly Review of Missions.

We have intelligence from Campinas to the
3Oth of June, and from Pernambuco to the 18th
of the same. Mr. Wardlaw, after a somewhat
prolonged but otherwise pleasant voyage, had
reached Pernambuco on the 14th of June. and
found his family, as we'll as the other members
OF the mission in good health At Campinas.
Miss Henderson had been good deal Frustrated
from intermittent fever, but was better at the
date of our letter, and hoped to be able soon To
resume her labors. Mention is made of an sd
dition to the Campinas church Mr.. Dabnev
had gone to Mogy- Mirim to unite with Mr..
Boyle IN ordaining Senior Texiero to the work
OF the ministry. A letter from Rev. A. I.
Blackford, missionary to the Northern Pres
byterlan Board located at Bahia, one who has
always been interested IN our missionary work
IN Brazil, strongly urges our Committee to es
tabllsh mission at Maranhao, as a branch of
the Pernambuco mission This measure. as our
readers know, Mr. Smith had repeatedly recon
mended The Committee are concerning meas
ures for carrying this measure into effect, which
they hope may be successful
Our latest from Brownsville is a telegram of
the I'd, stating that quarantine had been estab
llshed against Matamoras, in consequence of the
prevalence of yellow fever there None of our
missionary friends were in Matamoras at the
time, and it is hoped that they will avoid all
needless exposure to the disease.
From Greece we have short letter as late rs
18th of July. So far as informed, missionary
work was going on as usual. An accounted mis-
Slonary tour by Mr.. Sampson, published in our
present issue, will be read with interest.
We have letter from Miss Stafford. of the
Soochow mission to the Oath of June. She
mentions her disappointment in a Chinese
woman who at one time gave signs of being IN
der the influence of the gospel, but mentions
another that gave more satisfactory. evidence of
being a serious inquirer
FGEANoE.-The receipts for July are So. 7s9
81, which Is less by S2757 20 than were received
In the same month of last year. !, In the month
OF July of last year, however, as much as S4 023
were received from legacies and special Gifts
When this amount is deducted, it will be seem
that the receipts of the last month from the or
binary resources, instead of falling off. have AID
vanced as much as 81 ,265.77 This Is an corra,
ing, and would be much more so if it. had n00t
been for the heavy Deficiencies of the rst t,ro
months of the ecclesiastical year. Dnrins N
hrst four months Of the last ecclesiastical wear
something more than $4,000 were received in
leegacles and special gifts, and only ST 600 from
Ine same sources In the same months of this wear
This puts the receipts of last year. M To The 1sf
OF August about $4,000 ahead of what tbev
are at the present time. We need scarcely saw
that this state Of things is the occasion of mncI
anxiety. We can only express the hone tbat
the friends of missions viii give serions con
alteration to the matter, and will do ali thew
can not only to retrieve the loss. but IN do
great deal more even than hat.-THe, Mission.
arg far September.