The Portland daily press., 1895-10-16

mittee of New EnSiauu. There remains
about $40, 900 available LOT use, of the Otis
and SWEET legacies.
EXPENDITURES.
The total expenditures for the wear
have Teen sis, 1899 which sum is less
than that expended last year by s17, $40. "a
No new enterpri es have been attempted
of anv kind. Many calls, seemingly for
the very necessi les of the work and the
afetv of the workers, have been hesitat-
inglv declined. AT every point economy
bas baen exercised The missionaries in
many notable ways have shared in these
VIII With total receipts ut SIG, s37. II and
total Disbursements at Sis, 231 90. we
bava a balance of 81, sos. IS, which leaves
our obligation August 81, 1885,, S114,
632 80.
last wear our rcce Its for the debt were
s37. 0OO and our debt was increased by
S93 000 In other words we lacked sos, COO
fo meat onr expenses. This year we have
received for the debt SAT, 900 and reduced
orr exIenses along hard lines by SIS, 600
We aoain lack $685. 900 of meeting legiti-
Not n week has rassed that choice
voung men and women have not asked to
he sent to the fields. Hour excellent
Young men are III the home missionary
work to-day because they cannot be sent
Ia the work of their choice. The applica-
tiops of eight have been presented to the
committed and the candidates have re-
ceiyed unanimous approval, still they
await the bidding of the churches. From
Turkey. india, China and Africa the ap-
peals are urgent for achievements.
There are evidences Of mighty revolu-
ton in human thought and in the organ
ization of society. There is a Providence
of God in events transplrlng IN turkey,
in great movements in India, in the mar
yelous strides of Japan, and in the awak-
ening of China.
ANNUAL SURVEY.
The annual survey of the American
Board. Secretary Barton's Depart
ment, was read by the Rev. Nehe-
miah Boynton, D. D., of Boston.
The missions presented in this part of
the Annual Survey are nine in number.
The mission in Papal lands, Eastern and
European Turkey, India and Japan rep
resent 265 missionaries and assistant mis-
sionaries, and a,O27 native helpers.
PAPAL LANDS.
The three missions in Papal lands are
Austria, Spain and Mexico. These three
missions are now exhibiting the fruits Of
years of labor and waiting.
AUSTRIA.
Austria has had a fascinating growth.
A few years ago the Bible could not be
publicly distributed. The past year one
missionary has been the means of scat
tering among the people more than 15,
600 entire copies, or portions of the Scrip
small church, today there are twelve in
the mission, with 7S2 members, 102 hav-
ing been added during the year.
Owing to a manifest call from Hun
gary the mission has felt compelled to
begin work in that field. A choice young
man has been sent there and he has the
assistance Of two Slavs converted in
America. Their support comes from the
people for whom he works and from Slays
in this country. Wise students of Bohe-
milan history, who are apart from the
missionary force, read in the trend of
this years events a prophecy OF marked
changes in the near future. The perse-
cutions aroused by the occupation of
Husenitz, the birthplace of John Huss,
so far from being discouragement, are
special evidence of progress.
SPAIN.
Ii a line should be drawn from Santan-
der to Madrid and thence to Barcelo ma,
we should have a general outline of our
Spanish field, with it's population of
300, 600 people, Here Rev. VIM. H. Gu
lick and the lady assistants have con-
Quoted work. 1t is believed that even
b etter results would be secured if an
other missionary could be sent to devote
h imself wholly to evangelistic labors.
Admirable work has been done by ma
tive pastors and evangelists.
The International Institute for Girls
has closed year of marked success. The
quality of its work is attracting the at
tention of the faculty of the National
University in Madrid, from which two
of it's students have received the highest
honors after a competitive examination.
Christian education for girls of that land
would cause to sweep over 1t d great
wave of social reform. Common schools
where the Bible is taught are most i'm
portant agency in permeating Spain with
the Gospel. We have eleven such schools,
in which 1,O31 children are under in
struction.
In MMXlCO.
In Mexico some petty annoyances have
arisen in a number of the more fanatical
centres. In one or two places it is we'll
nigh impossible to hold public services,
but the quiet visitations of missionaries
are welcomed. There have been Access
sions to all the churches to the number
of sixtv-five, and in the out stations sew
eral candidates for church membership
are reported Some of the most interest
ing features of church life have been the
special services at the mother church in
chihuahua.
EUROPEAN TURKEY.
The spiritual condition of the Bulgari-
ans, as u whole is at low ebb. In
Philipopolis, the chief city in this field,
there is an average congregation of $50 at
the church service each Sunday. In
many places there is q larger attendance
upon the Protestant church from twenty
homes than upon the National Church
from homes twenty times that number.
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