Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31
Million8 fQr Mi88i0n8
Spent in Last Twelve Months to Spread Christianity,
According to Reports at London May
Meetings Results Encouraging.

class more than four. which would allow
of more individual instruction.
The London city mission this year
reached It's seventy-third anniversary. ana.
like most of the other organizations es-
tablished for charitable work. spent mora
than it received because of the unusual
demands upon it. Its bills for the year
totaled over slS6. 600. or nearly 5000 more
than its income. The 400 missionaries in
active service are unanimous in their dec
laration that they find drunkenness no
more prevalent among the men in the
slums than II used to be, but vice among
the women is increasing with alarming
rapidity One agent found eighteen in
toxicated women outside one public house
in a single afternoon The excuse is
found in the lack of other entertainment
furnished for those who toll as does one
woman who Was found to be working
eighteen hours a day finishing boys
trousers for d compensation of about 10
cents a day. The prevalent restitution
has all gone to make the society's work
particularly hard the past year.
The Church Association has devoted it
self TO such efforts as its name indicates.
Its aim is to keep up the traditions OF
the Church of England. and 1t does not
hesitate to take hand in crushing any
liberalism. At its meeting this year 1t
severely censured the primate of England
for his patronage of the Mirheld monas-
terry and declared that it was from the
bishops that the church had the most
to fear. Its colporteurs. with eight vans.
visited 661 villages and made 1.1.4 ad-
dresses besides giving away nearly lW.ooO
publications and selling about $4,000. Its
expenses were 10000 an amount OF
which the laity complained because 1t
might have been much less If the bishops
haI fJ,a them.
one Of the most interesting Of organiza-
tons is the Church Missionary Society.
whose work extends over the whole world,
the sun never setting on its stations. as
1t goes farther even than the British nag
March II of this year 1t had az work in
the field 1.391 persons at J45 stations. Its
work has been greatly hampered by lack
OF money. for its deficiency now totals
over 100000, which is considered poor
showing for a society that has reached
it's seyenty-eighth year. 1t hopes, how
ever to avert a terrible tragedy in India,
as it has become more apparent than ever
before that the troops cannot he depended
upon to crush the rising tide of rebellion.
but that the spirit of the movement for
Christianity may be able to accomplish
what force of arms will never bring
about The effect of the work In At
RIGA or particularly the kongo section. is
being carefully watched. while China and
Japan are regarded as fields OF wonder
ful promise. lnere are .S'D ndtlNe Ci-ISH
connected with the society besides 1863
native teachers. Other interesting sta
tistics show 244. 1fD native Christian adj
herents. $500 native communicates. 3.
1,S baptisms during the year. 2.4l1 schools
with 144.a;3 pupils, 1854 hospital beds
and 1902 in-patients with 1.G31.i12 visits
to out-patients.
The Sunday School Union reported that
the Sabbath schools of Great Britain
support 10 missionaries. and that there
exist on the continent 2s0Oh schools with
900 teachers and 2.0OOO6O scholars. In
Livonia alone there are 10 teachers and
u Coo pupils.
The Church Army has at work some
26a evangelists. ~; mission sisters. 131
van captains and cadets. prison and
workhouse missioners. I pioneer mission
ers and 81 social officers. 1t was the one
very successful organization Of the year
so far finances were concerned. having
received nearly S1.2i0O0D. Ten years ago
its income was S15O.R0 less than that.
Among other gatherings were those of
the Waits and Strays Society. the Cor
poration of the Sons of the Clergy. the
London Society for Promoting Christian
Association. the Protestant Evangelical
Mission. the China Inland Mission. the
Evangelical Alliance. the Open-air Mis-
sion. the Additional Curates Society and
the Zenana Bible and Medical Mission.