The Portland daily press., 1895-10-16
THE AMERICAN BOARD.


END aVor are making increased demands
fo1 the most telling facts touching the
work OF evangalization in the foreign
Held. In one day seven reporters came
to the New York offioe; during the same
week thirty called for the latest news
from China.
FINANCIAL.
The legacies have greatly fallen off, es-
pecially in New York, Pennsylvania, and
New Jersey, where there has been a loss
of more than $22, 600. The Endeavor So
cieties and Sunday schools have made an
advance. The Woman's Board shows a
gain of 81, 479. 80 over the previous year.
There has been slight gain in the num-
Der of contributing churches over 1898
and 1894
The district of the interior extends
from Indiana amt Michigan to the Rocky
Mounta MS. Rev. A. N. Hitchcock. Phi.
d., District Secretary. reports as follows ::
The work of the American Board seems
to have risen somewhat higher among the
Western churches than ever before.
In the single matter of railroad fares
for miss onaries and representatives of
th1 Board the secretary has saved the
treasury during the year not far from
So, 600 There has been a gain for he In
terror District of nearly SIT, 900 of whic
nearly S12, 900 is from legaeies. The adj
vance in donations has been in both con-
tributions from the churches and in gifts
through the Woman's Board. Gfat ful
mention is made of a further gift of So
600 from Mrs ID. K. Pearsons of~Chicago.
This liberal donation is to be perma-
nent fund whose income only can be used
for tae support of professorships III
Anatolis College. There has been a
Lo .I,,,,. ofo
tributing churches. Five years ago the
number was l, 026, last year 1,274 and this
year ,312 The whole number of church
es taking public collections directly for
the work of 1.-the Board for the Interior
District is IT'S, gain of SO, over last y ar.
In more u Ian 1,490 churches no public
Sunday offering is AIKEN.
Ind natl MS from the Christian En-
deavor Societies the Woman's Board
shows marked gain of 3d. 02S. AZ, exceed
ing in fact. the increase from the Woman's
Societies. The contributions from En-
deavor Societies to the American Board,
directly show falling off of nearly $500.
There has been shrinkage of large gifts
accompanied by marked increase in. the
number and aggregate of small ones.
Rev. Walter Froar, General Agent of
the Pacific Coast, reports as follows:
"The Pacific Coast Agency is largely
a business agency. San Francisco is the
main depot of supplies for the missions of
China, Japan, and Micronesia. In July
plans and specifications were prepared
and the contract let for the building of
a schooner to take the place Of the lost
Robert w. Logan. The scho ner is built
and equipped without drawing on the
resources of the Board beyond the insur-
anoe received. The territory covered by
this agency, reaching from the Rockies
to the sea, is extensive The churches
over m ost of it are scattering, small aud
poor. In California the number of
Board directly is larger by about twenty
five per cent. Quite number of our
smaller churches do all their giving for
foreign missions through the Woman s
Beard of Missions for the Pacific Coast.
PUBLISHING AND PURCHASING
DEPARTMENT.
Mr.. Charles r. SWEET, the purchasing
and business agent of the Board, reports
as follows:
There have been sent out of the rooms
sixty-nine different shipments to eighteen
ports, aggregating LIZA packages valued
at S56 292. the charges upon which for
freight and insurance amounted to
81, 347. 90. Of these shipments eight have
been sent to ConstantinOple, three to
Smyrna, four to .Adana, six to Alexan
dria, one to Salonica, one to Prague, five
to West Africa, four to Natal, four TO
East Africa, three TO Ceylon, four to
Madura, five to Bombay, four to Japan,
four to North China, three to Shansi,
three to Foochow, five to Hawaiian Is
lands, two to Micronesia.
There have been provided recently sets
of magic lantern slides illustrating mis-
sion work These are loaned to pastors
for N
churches throughout the country.
COOPERATING SOCIETIES.
From the American Bible Society,
through it's secretary, Rev. Edward W.
Gilman, D. D., we have the following re-
port:
"Fron the Bible House, during the last
twelve months we have sent 5553 vol
aries in South Africa and the Pacific,
and have supplied funds to the amount
of ST. 1884, IL for the purchase and circula-
ton of Scriptures through your mission
aries in Spain, Austria and India
The Board acknowledges a total dire ct
benefit from the American Bible Society
of IS, OBS. 49,
The secretary of the American Tract
Society, Rev. DR.. Rice reports cash to
missions exclusively under the care of
the American Board 1925, to missions
partly under the care of the Board ST. 500,
In grants of publications and other assis-
tance $47S-a total of 81, 5l2, so.
During the past year this app al has
been made for an offering from every Con
gregational church and every one of the
mem bers We're every church to give to
foreign missions through every one of the
members, there would be no empty
Treasury About 5000 churches made a
contribution to foreign missions last y5ar
either as churches Or through soLne
agency in the church. More than 2, 800
made no offering.
The regular donations from the churches
and individuals were s423, 1878 la gain
over the previous year of $3S, 232. 81. Of
this amount $l64. 796. 566 came from the
Woman's Boards. sn.ap
Special donations-that is gifts received
and expended according to the will Of the
donor-were $45 555. OLA loss from the
previous year $14, 62S. IA. Of this sum
S21, 741. 38 was received from lheWoman's
Boards.
The receipts from legac es were $780,,
455. ia loss from the previous year of
$50. 1873. 35-and with the exception of one
year were the smallest from this source
for five years.