The Portland daily press., 1895-10-16

meet the expectations of the Christian
| world, it is not easy to forecast what fresh
complications or serious dangers or
calamities might befall this happy
growth of three quarters of a century.
In more than 1900 centres Eforce OF
3,679 laborers, foreign and native, is
preaching the gospel in 26 different Ian
guages and conducting great evangelis-
tic iand educational enterprise. In 46l
churches there Is gathered a total mem
bership of A, 413, OF whom 3,266 have
made confession of their faith this year.
In sixteen theological schools 205 students
are in direct training for the ministry.
In 124 colleges and high schools S,064
picked youths of both sexes are gathered
and trained under the most favorable con-
ditions for share in the work, and AZ, :
5S3 pupils are under Christian instruc-
tion in l, 025 common schools. 1.-The medi-
cal SERVICE so valuable in it's direct and
indirect influence upon the evangelisic
work, enlarges yearly.
The general summary is as follows!
MISSIONS.
Number of missions, 20: nninSer of
stations, 1903; number of, out-staSiAns.
l. 1888; places for station preaching, l. 4S1 ;
average congregational h72, GOO.
LABORERS EMPLOYED.
Number of ordained missionaries GIG
being physioians), 1877; number of male
physicians not ordained (5esides II
women), 13; number of other male assis-
tants, 5; number of women I'll of them
physicians) wives 1877, unmarried 1907,
367; whole number of labOrers sent from
this country, 572; number of native pas
tors, 242; number of native preachers and
catechists, 500; number of native school
teachers, l, 734; number of other native
laborers, 613; total of native laborers,
g. 107; total of American and native
laborers, 8, 679.
THE CHURCHES.
Number of churches, 461; number of
church members, A, 413; added during
the year, 1896: whole number from the
first, as nearly as can be learned, 13l, 914.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
Number of Theological Semi naries and
Station Glasses, 16; pupils in the above,
205; colleges and high schools for males,
ga; number of pupils in the above, 4,474
number of boarding schoo's for girls, 60;
number of pupils in boarding schools for
girls, 8, $780, number of common schools.
1,025; number of pupils in common
schools, AZ, $50; whole number under in
SUruCUIOn, Oo,OlO, uhtIVo CouUflUutlOuS-
so far as reported, $780, SOB. (.
HOME DEPARTMENT.
The report of the Home Department
was read by it's secretary the Rev.
Charles H. Daniels D. D., of Boston:
Death has taken eleven corporate mem
bers Their names are as follows:
Douglas Putnam, Marietta, Ohio,
elected in 1858; Langdon S. Ward, New
ton, Mass, elected in 1865; Henry N.
Storrs, D. D., Orange, N. j., elected in
1867; George r. Chapman, Boston. Mass,
elected in 1871; William NJ. Taylor, D.
D., New York, elected in 1878; Henry NJ.
Scudder, d. D., Winchester, Mass,
elected in 1871; Julian H. Seelye, D. D. !,
Amherst, Mass, elected in 1876; Robbins
Battell, Norfolk, Conn.,, elected in 1877
William O. Grover, Boston, Mass. elect
ed in 1884, Hon. James White, Williams
town Mass, elected in 1859; Hon.
Franklin Fairbanks, ST. Johnsbury, VT,
elected in 1889.
We make special mention of the death
of our late treasurer, Langdon S. Ward.
who gave more than forty years to the
American Board, thirty of them as its
treasurer
ID w Ml0S1ON AMIN
Fifteen,new missionaries have been sent
to the field during this year, of whom
four were men, five the wives of mis-
sionaires, and six single ladies' including
two physicians. We add their names and
the fields to which they have been desig-
mated:
Western Turkey-Miss Cora A. Mason.
Eastern saa Tnrkey-Rey Turk sr,,ns !Ralph B. Lar
Marathi-Miss Julia Bissell, M. D..
Miss Mary S. Moulton.
Madara-Miss Harriet e. Parker, M. d.
Zulu-uiss Laura M. Mellen.
West Central Africa-Miss Margaret w.
Melville.
Foochow-Rov. Willard L. Beard, Mrs
Ellen L. Beard, Rev. Dwight Goddard.
North China-Mrs. Myrtle S. Ingram.
Hawaiian Islands-Rev. John Leading
ham, Mrs. Anna r. Leadingham.
Mexico-Mrs. Della McCord Wagner.
Seven of these have been appointed dur
ing the year just past. Eight more ap
pointed but not sent during the previous
year. One year ago we reported forty
| four new missionaries sent to their work.
Missionaries and assistants missionaries
twenty eight in number, have returned
to their several missions after season OF
rest in this country.
| The question has been raised as to the
number of missionaries tarrying in the
United States, and whether there is not
more frequent coming, and in larger
numbers, than formerly. A careful conn.,
pilation was recently made covering ter
years past. 1t was found that about
eleven per cent had been at home, on the
average, each year during this time. Fol
the first five years Of the decade the aver
age was nearly twelve per cent. while fol
the other five years it was less than eleven
per cent. Remembering that there must
be aged missionaries and few in Ill
health, this is but reasonable number
to be at home at any one time.
COOPERATING COMMITTEES.
A welcome and effective agency this
wear have been the Cooperating Com
mittees. -Four in number, they are locat-
ed at Boston, New York, Chicago and
San Francisco, and operate in the district
which have these cities as their centres.
The report from the Middle Distri t,
including Connecticut, Ohio, the Middle
and South Atlantic States, by Rev. G.
C. Creegan, D. D District Secretary, is
as follows:
Special note should be made Of the