The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-05-02
KOREA.

The work in Korea has been very encouraging.
Not only has a much larger number of additions
TO the Church been made than in any previous
year, but there have been urgent calls from every
part of the field for visits from missionaries
and bands of people anxious to hear the Gospel
have been found waiting for them wherever they
have gone.
The work in Cuba has been as prosperous as it
could be with so small force have had in
that mission to take advantage of the opportuni-
ties that have been opened before them. The COM
mittee has been unable to reinforce that mission
as we hoped to do at the beginning of the year.
MEXICO
The work in Mexico suffered an irreparable loss
in the death of Rev. A. T. Graybill who was in
a sense the father of Mexican Mission and
was so regarded by the native church.
BRAZIL.
1t feared that the work in Brazil would
be much hindered by the division in the church
which occurred two years ago On the whole
good progress has been made both in Northern
and Southern Brazil.
AFRICA.
The report from Africa indicates the continu-
ance OF the wonderful work of grace among the
people ministered to by our mission. The work
of the missionaries has been supplemented by the
work OF fortyeight native evangelists who have
been very carefully trained at Luebo and who
nave been effective helpers in the work. That
mission reports the admission to the Church nv
baptism of 1,1O2 members and Catechumen classes
aggregating 1900 in number The total number
OF additions reported by all the missions is 21SO
The refusal of the Congo State to grant conces
sions to Professionals is continued so that we have
only two stations, and unless some change in the
states policy in that matter be effected we
Will not be able to add to their number Land
concessions for establishing mission stations are
freely granted to the Roman Catholic Missions
ana there seems to be a systematic and determined
effort on the part of those missions backed bv the
favor OF the State, to occupy the territory in
winch our mission is operating The report of
the Kings commission of Inquiry, recently pub
Hshed, confirms all the charges brought by mis-
sionares and travellers of the atrocities nerno
trated on the natives by the agents of the State
and OF the trading companies under the protection
OF the State. At recent conference of mis-
slonaries, held at Kinchassa protest signed by
hfty-two Protestant missionaries was sent TO the
KING against the continued preparation of acts
OF oppression against the natives and against the
repeated refusal to sell sites for stations to Pro-
testant societies.
NATIVE AGENCY.
All of the missions are making strenuous Of
forts to develop the native arm of the work h.
ing convinced that the native agency pronerIv
trained and led furnishes the most effective
means for the propagation of the gospel
DoCTRINAL STANDARDS
The suggestion is made that our Assembly
should recommend, as a common doctrnaI stand
GIL 'Hui |HeS organized In mission lands
out OF the results of our work of the Joint work
Oh our Church and that of other Presbvterian
churches, the Westminster Shorter Catecbisno
written without the questions
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thirteen new missionaries were sent ont during
the year Arrangements have been made for
sending one medical missionary and one single
woman to Africa. The appeals of the other mis-
slons for achievements representing their mini
mum needs follows:
The MidChina Mission asks for five men and
Sin