The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-05
TR|ENN|AL. REPORT
OF MISSION BOARD
Offerings Of Church During Past
Year Amounted to
$2,386877.43.
MORE WORKERS ARE NEEDED.
VALUABLE Assistance Rendered BY
Woman's Auxiliary and Sun
day-School Auxiliary.

froDaDl inc most important report
to be made before the General Con
yention was read yesterday by the
Bishop OF Albany at the joint session
OF the House OF Bishops and the House
Of Deputies on the occasion of the
NAL report OF the Board OF Missions,
showing the work done by the board
since the last General Convention "a t.
Boston. The document Is nearly $50
printed. pages.
Within the last three years tho Of
ferings OF the church In trust to tho
Board OF Missions amounted to So
3S6.s77.43. although to- this amount
should be added the offerings that
have been made for various diocesan,
missions.
Wants More missionaries.
Within the United States during the
three years just closed the board has
made appropriation for the entire or
partial support Of nineteen bishops
working in forty dioceses and nine--,
teen missionary districts. The total.
amount Of these appropriations is ST.
277,329.23.
the board has made appropriations for
the support OF ten bishops. sixty-six
foreign clergy, twenty-five foreign
layworkers. 657 native workers, clergy,
other helpers. The figures. given do
not include the wives of missionaries,
though the church will know that no
members Of any mission staff render.
more devoted service than these. APP
preparations for the foreign work for
three years amounted to s1,314.023.10.
Since the last meeting OF the Gem
eral Convention ninety seven new mis-.
sionarles have been added to the staff
OF the bishops in the foreign lands.
They are distributed as follows: AZ
RIGA 1. China 3, Japan 6. Haiti4. Cuba
6, Mexico s. Porto. Rico q. Honolulu
I1O, Philippine Islands s., Alaska 10 and
Panama !. The report makes q strong
demand to the members Of the church
| to provide more missionaries for work
| in the foreign field, and states that
within the last three years the society
| has not been obliged to decline the
olfer OF single worker who has de-
sired to become missionary.
In discussing the question OF en-
larged opportunities the report saws:
ut might be we'll to call the church's
attention to the large opportunity now
presented to those who may desire to
Invest money in considerable amounts
for the benefit Of other people; The
growth OF tho colleges In Toxic and
| Shanghai and wuchang has been so
rapid as to make the present equip
ment altogether INADEQUATE, while their
| very growth indicates the increasing
consciousness on the part Of the people
| Of the value these institutions are to
| the nations. Additional land for proper
| buildings requires large amounts, each
| one of these colleges needing ut least
$4,000, and It Is to be ques.ione &c,
| spent In any part OF the work would
be more certain to be of lasting bless
ing to the peoples on whose behalf inc
Of these should 1t be supposed that
4 the board would ignore demands for
/ lesser amounts to establish the church
4 in centres from which may radiate
the Influences that make for Christian
4 civilization and for the spiritual bless
4 ing OF the people"
is mourned as distinct loss, and ms
i work in China is compared with the
work that Wycliffe performed for the
English speaking people.
New missionary Districts.
]. The report touches on the creation
4 OF a missionary district OF Mexico
as we'll as Cuba and Panama. II
81 san = FRANCISCO ran during the earth
i nuake period. Under the head of mis-
4 sionary work report IS made OF the the
A ,work done among the negroes. ana the ne
i belief is expressed that this work Will
g Eanort states that probably the most
Il Important single event during the l tla
j three years Is the transfer ~ me n..
CHURCH Mi ama Rrazl TO ths
Roard OF Missions. 1t was stated that
a 11oa the conference Of the Anglican
Il bishops In Shanghai this year II wa, was
j f,nally decided that the american
j bishops had prior claim to 1urlsdlc-
ton over that see
Financial Matters.
4 ro,+,nuinr the report sets out that
the Total total amount Of s1.s01 ,22s.ss passed
! through thr ugh the hands Of the treasurer re
last last Year, and that the cost of Of adj o.
ministrating this enormous p nmo cent =
4 The appropriations for current work
] during the fiscal year amounted to
ss So In addition, deficits ] r =
PREVIOUS years, amounting IN Y, gross T .ss,n e
s,,,tbe reserve deposits, made the full
amount unit required for the year s1,o225.-
The The income. especially with refer,
! 5ence to the apportionment pan, e. :
best be shown by the tolloWlns 'ap'o
! zee .s.I.s