Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-01
The Religious World.

The A.. b. c. f. NJ, or the American
Board. as the ~well-known Foreign ms
sionary organization is usually caheu,
makes a good showing in regard 10 the
expenditure of funds intrusted 10 IT, OuI
of each 500 received, 1913 goes 10 the
three missions in Africa; Sl.o2 goes 10
the four Turkish missions; Sill Keeps
alive the two Indian and Ceylon missions;
Sl4O6 is used in support or the TOUR Cnina
missions; $40. 40 is assigned 10 the japan
mission: IS cents is devoted 10 the Sdhu-
wich Islands work; 1858 is expended upon
Micronesia and the Morning star anu
SSl2 is the apportionment ior the ,nIee
missions in papal lands-Mexico, Spain
and Austria. These figures make up
500 AZ of each 500 expended. what OF
the remaining 1874? 1t is thus divided;
For agencies in New York, Chicago san
Francisco. with expenses Of missionaries
and others in visiting churches, assocla-
tions. etc. 81. 43; for publications OF an
kinds. reports. sketches, maps, tracts,
etc. sf.A: for salaries or oincers anu
clerks i'm the secretarial and treasury de-
partments. postage, rent, ana All othei
items coming under expenses or admin
istration, 1881. From the reports OF more
than a score of the principal IIe-lhsu-
rance companies Of the United states loI
1896. il appears that only two OF 'hem
report the ratio OF management EXPENSES
10 income at less than Il per cent III
most eases the expenses were from 10
10 On nor cent. and in some instances II
was even higher. The constant scatter
ING of information, the collection Oh
funds and the correspondence necessary
I'm sending out and maintaining o5 mis-
sionarias in foreign lands, are all attended
RI under this small percentage. More
over. should the friends OF the Doaru
conclude 10 swell its annual revenue 10 a
round million Of dollars, the cost or ad-
ministration would be but slightly IN
creased. while the percentage of expendi-
ture would be materially reduced. Inc
showing is a most gratifying on~ me
management of the boards ahalrs - d
conspicuous illustration OF the possible
combination of efficiency and economy IN
religious work.
The editor Of the Missionary Herald"
Of the American Board, Rev. +. e
Strong. D.. D., has just compiled the
statistics of Protestant missions in this
and other lands for the past year as
follows: The number Of stations of the
American Board is: Out-stations, l,l26;
American laborers, d3; native laborers'
1856; churches, 47o; communicates, 1905;
number added last year, 1913; schools OF
all grades. 1,lS1; total number under IN
struction. a.6l5; native contributions for
all purposes, $l13,039; cost Of missions
1886. 2g9. The sforeign missionary societies
of Great Britain and Ireland comprise
3lSf stations, S,i39 out-stations, 5,2S1 Eu-
ropean missionaries, %. D4 native labor
ers. 4 .7S5 communicates, $3.50 Of whom
we're added last year. The number OF
pupils under instruction was &l'olo' ana
lnr income IN Great Britain was 20 ,lV",os5.
The grand total income Of British Foreign
missionary and kindred societies was 49,
U5l 100. me tnirty-three foreign mission
arv societies of the evangelical churches
OF the United States report l,O8 principa
stations. 6.247 o~ut-stations, 1854 American
missionaries. 1854 native laborers, 1856
churches with $50, 265 communicates. Of
whom 1850 were added last year; 232, 563
pupils under instruction. and a total in
come of 1888 GIL. The foreign missionary
societies in Canada report 80 principal
stations. 227 out-stations, 22 Canadian
missionaries. 500 native laborers. III
churches. with 9.1n communicates, OF
whom loo were added last year. The ma
tive contributions were &2,3 39, and the
contributions in Canada, $2S3, 75. The mis-
siOnary societies Of the United states.
Canada. Great Britain, Continental Eu-
rope. Asia, Africa, and Australia number
29. with 1924 stations and 300 out-sta-
tlons. There are 1853 missionaries, 64,299
native laborers, and l,l2l. $50 commune
cants. There are 9l3.47S persons under in
%struction. and the income In all these
countries is 81. 9sS ,6S.
one by one the churches In missionary
lands are taking on their perfect organi-
cation. The General Assembly OF the
Presbyterian Church in South Africa
was formed at Durham. September lIth.
twenty congregations belonging TO vari-
Gus branches OF the Presbyterian
family did not favor the union, but II Is
expected that some OF these at least will
soon fall into line. 4 new spirit Of self
help is already manifested as the result
II the union. The assembly resolved
upon an earnest effort 10 raise $1,000
within two years for church extension.
While the public mind is turned to
Hawaii, the figures which show the re-
llgious condition OF the islands are OF
special interest. The Hawaiian Evangeli-
cal Association is composed Of represen-
tatives from al the churches. native and
,oreign. This association was originally
organized in 1898. and was recognized
In 1863. Its thirty-fourth consecutive an
nual session. recently held. included
fourteen delegates from Hawaii. twelve
from the Presbytery OF Molokai and
Maui. ten from Oahu. and ten from ka-
nal The sessions continued for five days
and were filed with business. The re-
mort shows 4.627 native communicates and
i.f25 foreign. making a total of 6.o52. Tn
total contributions OF the native churches
were siLi5s.s6. and OF the foreign. $it.-
6sS.Ii. making aa aggregate OF S.9.li2.65
Nearly the whoke of this amount Is ex-