The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-25
MISSIONARIES WORK
WHAT THE PILOTS OF CIVILIZATION
HAVE DONE IN A YEAR.
Reports Submitted TO the Forty
American Missionary Association.

LOWELL. Mass, Oct. A.-The attendance
of the delegates to the forty-eighth annual
meeting Of the American Missionary AsSo-
citation was largely augmented by the ar
rival Of a number of clergymen and dele
gates from the West and Southwest to-day.
After the opening religious service by
President Gates, the greetings from the
national benevolent societies were received
Rev. w. f. Barton, of Boston, responded
for the colleges. and gave an address on the
work of the colleges. Rev. DR.. Stokes, of
New York, spoke on 'The Home Mission
Work. Rev. DIR. Cobb, of New York, on
Church Building and DR.. Judson Slith,
of Boston, addressed the delegates on
Liquor"
All reports were of a highly encouraging
nature and were received with much salts
faction by the delegates. The report of the
executive committee for the year ending
Sept. 90, 1894. was presented by President
Gates, of Amherst College. 1t related
mainly to the work among the negroes of
the South. the Southern mountain whites
or American highlanders, the Indians and
the Chinese. The field of the association
extends from the Atlantic TO the Pacific,
and from Florida to Alaska, and includes
in the South the negroes and the whites.
anu especially III Tile nOuuldluS, III lilc
West, the Indians; on the Pacific coast, the
Chinese and Japanese, and in Alaska the
Eskimos. Through its pupils it reaches Az
RIGA, China, Japan, Cuba and Mexico. In
the South there are ninety-two common
schools, mostly located in rural districts.
The educational work in the mountains has
kept equal pace with that of lowlandS of
the South. The summary of educational
work in the South Is as follows; Chartered
institutions a.. normal and graded SCHOOLS.
36; common schools, AZ; instructors, 400;
pupils. II, GOA. The statistics of church work
year. 1918; added by profession of faith, Loss;
scholars in church and mission Sunday
schools, 1885. Work among the Alaskan
Indians is progressing favorably. There
are now IA churches, 249 church members,
II schools, Sc missionaries and teachers. All
the Pacific coast there are q Chinese
schools, with "a teachers and 1,201 pupils,
while l97 of the heather have been turned
from idolatry. Tn society has now under
it's charge 10 schools and 14,222 pupils, SAC
missionaries, 10 churches, 1927 church
The receipts for the current year were
$240, GAO. so and expenditures 1851, 500. sc, a def
icit of s21,Sa2.Ss making the present in
debtedness of the society 66,360.97. AS a
whole the report is considered encouraging.
Rev. Dwight NJ. Pratt. of Portland. Me-,
reported from the COMMITTEE on Indian
work. He said that the churches in more
civilized communities could find inspiration
in the rapid growth in membership of the
Indian churches of Nebraska and the Da-
kotas. He held that the association made
no mistake in refusing government aid for
it's schools, as Christian enterprise cannot
be hampered by alliance with the State or
by being in any way subject to political
patronage. The report closes with an APP
peal for liberal contributions.
Rev. A. b. Dunning. ID. D., reported on
Chinese missions on the Pacific coast. He
spoke of the encouraging growth of Chris
tan belief among the Chinese in this coun-
| try and asserted that they are sincere and
| do not join the church from selfish and
worldly motives. The number of Chinese
In this country. he said. was steadily de-
creasing until now there are not 100000 in
| the United States.
Rev. Dwight NJ. Pratt made an address
on mission work. in which he said that
Christianity is to-day proving the Indian
to be a man capable Of grand expansion
and achievement. He declared that the re-
demption of the Indian race, as a whole.
must begin with the children and that the
Indian schools must have enlarged and
adequate support. He closed by saying: Let
| no one despise the Indian any more, for he
has given us an Eliot. a Brainard. a Nor
gan and a Riggs. These apostles to the
! red men stand as the noblest representa-
tives of Christian zeal and conservation"