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ulty of B and an attendance OF about 20. |
They have a college with professors
and rs students, in addition to u number
of schools of a lower grade; their period
icals number Is and their contributions
to church purposes are about 100000
francs annually. The Free church (Chi-
esa Liberia Italiana) number 81 congre-
cations, IS stations, 38 churches, 10
evangelists and 1900 communicates.
Its school at Rome has a faculty of four
men, but only dozen or more students.
These two are the native Italian
Evangelical churches. The proposed
union between them was frustrated by
the unwillingness Of the Waldensians
to give up their historic name and
adopt the proposed one, Evangelical
Church of Italy," In addition to these,
foreign Christians have been doing Cos
pei work in Italy also. The Free Chris
tian church. or the Plymouth Brethren,
have 16 congregations and preach at
about SO other places; the Presbyterians
have Sc congregations and stations, "a
pastors, 13 evangelists, 400 and more
communicates; the Methodist Episcopal
communion has 10 congregations, sta
tons, 10 pastors and 700 communicates;
the English Baptists have Congregations,
IS pastors, $50 members; the American
Baptists, 10 congregations, - stations, IL
pastors and $50 members. All these con-
gregations maintain well attended Chris
tan schools. The Bible societies main
tain 81 colporteurs. The grand total for
Italy is 10 Evangelical congregations,
iii stations. 5000 members. It is calcu-
lated that about $4,000 Italians annually
hear these Gospel messengers. The
methods adopted by the Roman Catholic
authorities to counterfeit these influences
are noteworthy. All attendants at Prot
estant worship are put under the ban.
In Naples, for instance, which glories in
being 1.-The most Catholic city on the
globe" and to contain 10000 priests and
nuns, five committees have been organized
to watch such attendants and bring them
back to their old church. An organiza-
ton composed of Roman Catholic mer-
chants Systematically outbids Professionals
in buying or renting places for public
worship. Thus building rented some
time ago by the Baptists was bought up
by the archbishop for $4,000 francs and
the contract thus annulled.
SPAIN.
In Spain the work of evangelization
began only twenty years ago. Now,
about 100 Protestant missionaries are at
work, and sixty or seventy congrega-
tirns have been organized, with men,
rership of 1900. 1t is estimated that
so. 900 Spaniards each year attend these
services In all thirty-two churches and
chapels have been erected-six in Madrid
three in Seville. two in Barcelona. Since
1882 there has been a Protestant gym
nasillm or college in Madrid. with an
average attendance of about two dozen
One of its graduates is now studying
theology in Germany, to return for gos-
pei work in his native land. The Prot
estants have also an orphans home.
with fifty inmates, hospital and a
book concern. The best known of the
Protestant workers in Spain, Fritz
Fliedner. the son of the reviver Of the
deaconesses' cause. is working on a new
translation of the Bible into Spanish.
| Pastor Fliedner is laboring under the
direction of Il German society. and has
at his side representatives of the Presby-
fNh,,c,h Of V,.aln nd mud thn &c
tablished Church of England. There are
also number of independent churches,
The majority of the Protestant churches
in 1886 united as 1.-The Evangelical
Church of SPAIN" In the last sixteen
years 100000 copies of the Bible, 10000
of the New Testament and more thar
million copies of the four gospels have
been distributed over Spain. The worl
is carried on also among the many
Spaniards of Al,iers. with Oran as thu
headquarters.
PORTUGAL.
In Portugal there are Protestant con
gregations at Lisbon, OportO and severa
other places Fliedner and others &C
quainted with the problem pronounce
the prospects for evangelization on tn
Spanish peninsula as very encouraging
In France the Societe Centrale Protest
ante labors chiefly under the auspices o
the Reformed church. Since its organi
cation in lS48 this society has formed a
congregations. erected about 80 house
of worship. established SO schools ant
sent out 100 pastors. Its annual budget
for which it receives contributions iron
abroad also, is 200, 900 francs. Itoperate
at 800 places, and has under its direction
$50 pastors. colportenrs and agents. a
also a theological preparatory school
The Bible wagon OF the French Bibl
society has since 1871 sold more thai
100000 Bibles and New Testaments, an,
has given away 62l 500 copies Of tn
Gospels. OF late the system Of distrit
uting New Testaments, tracts, etc., ha
been carried on in Is Of the larger cities
The grand success Of the McAll missio
is well known. In Paris there are no,
"a evangelical stations, and in the imme
date neighborhood 8 more. McAlls tota
Is now 90 stations The annual bulge