St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-01-23
Annual Report of American Board.

The nnetieth annual report OF the
American Board of Foreign Missions
was published recently. 1t says in part:
There is evidence on every side OF the
awakening Of ewintellectual, social po-
lltical and religious lie in India The edu-
cational system and mission schools are
changing the very methods of thought Of
the present generation. AS schools for
girls are opened and their influence is feet
all ideas regarding the relations existing
between husband and wife are changed
and exalted. The growth of female edu
cation in one purely native state, that Of
Baroda, in Western India, is shown by
the fact that in that state twenty i've
years ago there were only two girls
schools, with twenty two pupils, Ten
years later there were eighteen schools,
with l ,40S pupils, while now there are
10S schools, with 9 ISL pupils, and be.
sides these nearly six thousand girls are
attending boys schools The move
ments necessitate markt social changes
both in practice and in ideas about caste.
The old lines are disregarded in many
respects.
Lin-Ching station suff, red in common
with Pang-C huang, in the province OF
Shantung, North Cni'a, though in a less
degree, from the prosecutions BY Boxers
which began IN September OF 1899. The
first outbreak came in November, and
from that time on until we'll into March
Of 1900 1t was unsafe to travel and no
touring was done About one-thrd OF
the Christians connected with this sta
l. ,faraI 10 lo..
other. Fortunately there was but little
personal violence. The missionaries took
an estimate OF mission and personal pro.
psrty early in the outbreak and sent this
estimate to the official with a plain in
timation that he would be expected to
make the loss good if anything should
befall them. The result justified this pre-
cautlonary measure, as both the civil
and military officials were active and
watchul.. The effect of the prosecutions
upon the Christians varied. Some com
Piled with the demands of their friends
and put up their kitchen gods and said
they were no longer Chistians some
made their escape to distant parts, while
others stood firm in the midst of the
storm, among them all OF those who
have been baptized. During the persecu-
ton several came forward to be received
into the church. On May 6, 1900, %
were thus received. The work outside
the city suffered most.
By the operation Of the new treaties,
missionaries can reside in all parts of the
empire of Japan, and all cla,s OF Japan.
csc are becoming more and more accessi
BILE. The students OF the empire are in.
curing. and thought is turning to the
great peasant class. The call for new
Christian literature is loud and persist
ent. The missionaries of the board. a:
we'll as OF other boards, are feeling the in
spiration OF these new conditions anc
are urging that they be reinforced anc
strengthened for the work. Ten year.
ago there were SO missionaries of Thu.
board in Japan, OF whom 26 were or
dained and 80 were single women, repre-
senting the three women's boards. Their
are now only twenty ordained mission
aries and 25 single women, decrease O
IL. The last ordained missionary sen
to the mission was appointed in 1890
The mission calls tor three new iamllie
at once to occupy vacant places. Unless re
Inducements are sent, instead of an ad
vance movement the mission must bepi
a retreat. The number of Japanese i
the Hawaiian islands has increased T.
60 900, among whom there are but |
evangelists and one woman Bible reader
The exceedingly rapid change of locatio
OF the japanese of the Hawaiian Island.