Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-10
FAVORABLE REPORT READ.
By Foreign Secretary at American
 Board of Foreign Missions.

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 Hartford. Conn, Oct 1O.-The report of the committee on missions prepared by Rev James L. Barlow, DID,, foreign secretary, was a feature of this fore noon's session of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions. It was presented by the chairman, Rev c. H. Patton, DID,, of St Louis, and was summarized as follows:
 Mexico-A good year, with large gains in membership, with increased contributions. Sharp opposition. in certain quarters, but wide open doors on every side
 Austria Steady progress.
 Superiority of our schools acknowledged on every side. A new political spirit of liberty taking posses sion of the Spanish people.
 European Progress not withstanding political disturbances and bad crops. Immediate outlook un- certain. Miss Stones abduction sym tomatic of grave conditions.
 Eastern Turkey in Asia-C Conditions exceedingly hard Bitter poverty, crushing taxation. No touring al- lowed by the government Massacres still in mind and threatening Large migrations of Christians to United States. Armenian pastors inclined to commercialism, but the work goes on heroically. Orphanages now gradu- ate boys into various trades and girls into good homes.
 Japan-A good year in the cities; not so good in the country. Large acces- sion to the churches Growing signs of Christian unity and increase of evangelical thought
 Marathi, India-G Grand year. Large increase of members and contributions Churches and schools reaping the fruit of famine relief Three thousand famined children thrown on the mis- sions
 Madura, India-Increase in all lines except in conversion. Falling off there. Work splendidly organized and complete. Satisfactory results may be expected.
 Ceylon-No striking features but a fruitful year in all lines of work.
 Summing up the entire field, cover ing one-half of the American board work, We would say that it has been a typical missionary year, not without discouragements in some fields and sharp difficulties in others. but steady pushing forward, while at least two fields show marked advance.
 The Rev Charles E. Ewing of Pekin, who was in the siege of that city, ad- dressed the board at the morning ses- sion, saying that the problems of China are for the Christians of the Occident to face and to aid in settling-not for diplomats and statesmen, nor for con- suls and commercial agents. He de clared the five things needed in China are new type of manhood, new idea of the family, integrity in official cir cles, a vital ethical system and true religion. Christian missions, he ad- .ded, present the only adequate solu- tion of the problems that yex China
 The Rev k. A. Noble of Chicago, who will retire from the modera torship of the National Congregational council at the meeting in Portland, Me, next week. conducted the devotional exer- cises which preceded the business lACSllHS. AL tie ldlleF H0CIlQS dC- tion was deferred until afternoon on the recommendation made by the CO operative committee for the interior district, which was presented by the Rev William E. Thorpe, DID,, of Chi cago. This recommendation has ref erence to the methods of electing cor porate members of the board In the past the members of the board have been elected for life but the district of the interior, which includes the churches of the middle west, desires to have the corporate members elect ed for fixed period of years. The proposal is practically 8 revolution in the methods of election that have pre- vailed in the board.
 Addresses by the Rev J. W. Brad shaw of Oberlin college and the Rev 5. B. l.. .Penrose of Walla Wal1a col lege concluded the morning session.