The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-24
FOREIGN MISSIONS FIGURES
CENTENNIAL STATISTICS PRESENTED
BY REV. JAMES DENNIS.
Interesting Address by Rev. DIR. Bar
ton on the Work i'm Turkey-Top-
les of other Speakers.

$3.50 o'clock to-day in Carnegie Hall and the
Central Presbyterian Church. Walter B.
Sloan, secretary of the inland mission OF
China, led the devotional exercises in Car
negie Hall, and the Rev. James Cunning
ham, NJ. A. of the Memorial Presbyterian
Church, of Wansworth London. conducted
exercises at the Central Presbyterian
Church.
At Carnegie Hall the Rev. DR.. Augustus
III. Strong, president of Rochester Theo-
logical Seminary. delivered an address on
the Authority and Purpose of Foreign
Missions" At the conclusion OF DR..
Strong's address the Rev. ]. Hudson Tay-
lor, founder OF the China inland mission,
spoke on 1.-The Source and Power in For
eign Missions" Robert z. Speer. secretary
Of the Board of Foreign Missions of the
Presbyterian Church of the United States.
spoke on 1.-THE Supreme and Determining
Factor in Foreign Missions" He denied
that foreign missions are designed TO over
turn existing governments. He took the
position that the establishing of schools
and hospitals, while good and civilizing
agencies. are liable to subvert the re-
ligious aim. "Our work is not a phlan-
thropic, political or secular movement he
said. II would rather plant one germ OF
the life of Christ beneath the crust Of
heathenism than to cover their lands with
rev social institutions"
CENTENNIAL STATISTICS.
The centennial statistics were presented
by the Rev. James Dennis. d. D.. of New
York. The report showed that there are
fifty-one societies in-the United States di-
sions, exclusive OF the woman's societies:
that there are thirty-nine women's So
cieties, most of which auxiliary. but
some of which are independent: that there
are sixteen societies in the United States
indirectly cooperating or aiding foreign
missions. There are twenty-seven United
States societies or institutions independ-
emily engaged in specialized effort in vari-
Gus departments Of foreign missions. The
evangelistic statistics of the income. stan
and evangelistic returns of missionary So
cieties throughout the world show that 249
societies report an income of s17. 10, 092, the
employment OF 1858 missionaries. 42l men
and 203 women as physicians. 1.244 lay mis-
sionarfes not physicians (men). $3.50 mar
ried women not physicians, 3.119 unmarried
women not physicians, a total Of 1907 for
eign missionaries; 4,029 ordained native
preachers, $500 unordained natives,
preachers. teachers, Bible women and
other helpers, a total of 73,615 ordained and
unordained native helpers There are SOB
principal mission stations, 1886 outsta-
tions. 1898 organized churches, 1,2SS. 29S
communicates. There were $685. addi-
tons during last year. There are 1890
Sunday schools, 764.es4 Sunday school
scholars. The total Of native contributions
is 1,SS3, 9S1. The total of the native Chris
tan community, including, beside COM
municants, noncommunicants of all ages,
Is 4 327 2S3
The combined totals of societies engaged
In conducting foreign missions, societies
indirectly cooperating or aiding In foreign
missions and societies or institutions inde-
pendently engaged in specialized effort in
various departments of foreign missions
shows an income from home and foreign
sources OF s1s.126,12o. the employment OF
5,063 ordained missionaries, asa men and 2l8
women as physicians, lao lay missionaries
not physicians (men), 5.567 married women
not physicians, 3,403 unmarried women not
physicians. total OF 1880 foreign mission
aries There are 4053 ordained. 72,se unor-
dained natives, 1888 ordained and un0r-
dained native helpers. SSH principal sta
lions, 26,2F outstations, 11,03e organized
churches, 1,Sl7,6a communicates. There
were S4.1S6 additions last year. There are
1902 Sunday schools. ,92s Sunday school
scholars. The total Of native contribu-
tions is $1,s41. 757. The total of the native
Christian community, including, besides
communicates. noncommunicants OF all
ages. is 4,414.236.
WOMEN'S WORK.
The summary of woman's work repre-
sents all the societies Independent and
auxiliary conducted by women. OF the
number Q2O) given. 30 are included I'm the
total (449 reported for the world; the re-
naming IS are auxiliary. and IL added TO
the total for the world would make the
complete list of all societies dncluding not
only principal and independent organiza-
tions. but auxiliaries in primary and d.
rect relationship 537. The income and all
other data of the women's societies are In
cluded in the totals given for the world.
There are ninety-three foreign missions
airy universities and colleges. containing
49, 139 male, 2.275 female students, total OF
354l4 students. There are 35S theological
and training schools. containing s.3s7 male
and 1858 female students, a total OF 1906
students. There are l34 Industrial training
institutions and classes having 4;szz male
anu 1,687 female students, a total OF 6,49
students. There are sixty-three medical
and nurses schools and classes. containing
$40 male and PIG female students, a total OF
$50 students. There are l27 kindergartens
containing 4.502 pupils. There are 1912
elementary or village day schools. contain
ing 616,722 male and 267, 40 female pupils, a
total of 9O4.442 pupils.
The summary OF educational statistics OF
elementary, academic, medical and indus
trial instruction includes 20.374 institutions.
containing 1892 male and 3s2 COZ female
pupils, total OF 10i6.309 pupils. The Bible
has been translated into 421 languages or
dialects. The Bible societies OF Christen-
dom, chiefly the American. the British and
Foreign and the National Society OF Scot
land have many agencies In the foreign
mission field, and circulate annually. In CO.
operation with foreign missions. ar i'm
mense number OF the Holy Scriptures.
either entire or I'm portions. The number
of Bibles thus circulated each year is 81, 76l.
the number of Testaments z2s.741 and the
number of separate portions 2.2l6.s64 maxi
ing a grand total of 2.5S5. $50. The grand
total OF volume and tracts distributed by
all the various agencies amounts 10 an an
nual circulation OF IA. 1910
There are las mission publishing houses
and printing presses. issuing anEuaily To-
S., an copies. and 4.aoi. 500 pages. There
are 366 magazines and papers in foreign
missionary lands. having circulation OF
2g7 4S5. There are 355 hospitals. 753 dispen-
saries, 49, 05 in-patients. 2579 COL out-pa-
tients. giving 6.6i7.Si0 treatments
There are 213 orphanages. founding asy-
lums and homes for infants. caring for
13, 039 children. There are 5los lepers I'm
ninety leper hospitals and asylums and
homes for the untainted children. About
1000 inmates OF institutions for lepers are
Christians.
Temperance societies. bands and homes
have been organized at many mission sta
lions throughout the world. The Worlds
Woman's Christian Temperance Union has
affiliated national branches liz twenfy-slx
foreign mission countries The Ang Io-Tn-
oian Temperance Association In India h1s