The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-04
Several Addresses Made, Including One
by Rev. Or. Behrends, in Behalf
Of Extending the Work.

Union Congregational church. Vice
President James in the chair. The
church was densely packed. every seat
both in the auditorium and galleries
being occupied, while chairs were placed
in every available inch Of room. The
days proceedings opened with general
devotional exercises, after which the
regular business OF the meeting was
taken up.
The first thing Of Importance was the
annual survey OF the work Of the board
by the foreign secretaries, Rev. Judson
Smith. ID. d., and the Rev James
L. Barton, ID. D.. both of Boston. Sec
retary Barton read the report OF the
European Turkey and the Eastern
Turkey missions: Marathi Madura and
Ceylon missions In india; Japan. Aus
tria Spain and Mexico. In the sub
stance the report was as follows;
MISSIONS HAMPERED.
Two OF the stations Of the European
Turkey mission. SamOkovand and Phil
ippopolis. are in Bulgaria: and three,
Monastir, Salonica and Constantine, are
under Turkish rule. The stations in
Bulgaria have 10 contend with the
strongly entrenched orthodox Bulga-
rian church. and its antagonistic eccle-
Siastics, while the Turkish stations are
hampered by that misrule and bad gov
ernment which characterizes the en-
tire empire.
The Marathi mission Is the oldest
mission of the board. In the city OF
Poona from 100 10 300 are dying daily.
VIII lie the infected people in terror are
fleeing to other cities Ahmednagar and
tlfst la aF Trr -,
third year in succession. The Madura
mission has a colleges a theolog cal sem
mary. three high schools, two training
institutions, n y bic -wuman's training
school, an industrial school, nine sta.
ton oarding schools 164 day and vii
lage schools and l6 II ndu girls schools
in which 1859 students are studying;
with 3 hospitals and two dispensaries.
THE OLDEST MISSION.
In area Ceylon is our smallest mission
while IL is next TO the oldest In order or
occupancy It's educational work Is IN
some respects unique II has about TO-
600 pupils i'm the schools which are un-
der the direct superntendence OF the
missionaries. Our Japan mission, from
It's twelve centres including the largest
and most important cities of the coun-
try. Is exerting every effort by means
of Christian literature. education, oral
instruction and right living. 30 present
TO the Japanese the truths Of our Chris
tian belief. and 10 help them put these
truths into practice IN their customs
laws and life. The work in Austria
grows in spite OF every hindrance Since
the war the missionaries In Spain have
Travelled freely and have carried on
their work as before without the slight
est word or look upon the part or any
one thst any ill-will was entertained:
while in some nlaces In has been made
most evident that the people were es-
pecially eager TO greet and honor Am
ericans. In at least four places in our
Mexican mission new evangelical
church buildings have been complete
during tho year or are I'm process or
and that too. with almost
no aid from the board. The report was
ordered received.
Addressg were then made by Rev NJ.
y. Gordon. ID. D., of Japan; RevIienry
Fairbank, India. and Rev. T. Miya-
gawa. Osaka. Japan pastor of ono ot
The largest Of the Eumi1i churches,
who spoke through an interpreter
OTHER MISSION FIELDS
Rev. Judson Smith. y. D., Of Boston,
49,