Dr. Heston with famine orphans and other missionaries in Western India
English: Identifier: reportsofmission1904pres (find matches) Title: Reports of the missionary and benevolent boards and committees to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Year: 1891 (1890s) Authors: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions. Annual report of the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions. Annual report of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Education. Annual report of the Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work. Annual report of the Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of the Church Erection Fund. Annual report of the Board of the Church Erection Fund of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbyterian Board of Relief for Disabled Ministers and the Widows and Orphans of Deceased Ministers. Annual report to the General Assembly Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen. Annual report of the Board of Missions for Freedmen of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Aid for Colleges and Academies. Annual report of the Board of Aid for Colleges and Academies of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Systematic Beneficence. Report of the General Assembly's Special Committee of the Presbyterian Church on Systematic Beneficence Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Permanent Committee on Temperance. Annual report of the General Assembly's Permanent Committee on Temperence for the year ending .. Subjects: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A Publisher: Philadelphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: v. A. W. Marshall and Mrs. Marshall, Miss Eliza-beth E. Scheurman, Miss Alice L. Giles, Dr. Winifred T. Heston (thelast three of Village Settlement). In this couxtrv: Dr. and Mrs. Wanless, Mrs. Tedford, Rev. E. M.Wilson and Mrs. Wilson. In Europe: Mrs. R. G. Wilder, Miss Grace V/ilder, Dr. Williamsonand Mrs. Williamson. Once again it must be reported that the field of the Mis-sion has been visited by the desolating- plagaie. In the pres-ence of the hundreds of famine orphans under the care andeducation of the Mission, there is a vivid permanent memo-rial of the last great famine. Dr. Williamson was married during the year to MissMackichan. the daughter of Principal Mackichan, of Bom-bay, but ill-health compelled the return of bodh of them toEurope. The Mission has been reinforced during the yearby Miss Sybel Brown, an experienced teacher in the Bostonpublic schools, who has gone out with particular referenceto the further industrial training of the children under theMissions care.1.56 Text Appearing After Image: WESTERN INDIA—KOLHAPUR. 157 KOLHAPUR STATION. The continued ill-health of Miss Wilder and her motherhas prolonged their stay in Europe. The plague raged very badly at Heria and carried away severalof our people there. David Hoapa, a very old man, the first con-vert of that place and a recognized leader of his community, died aiew months ago. He had to suffer a great deal of persecution fromthe hands of his people when he was the only Christian living amongthem, but he remained firm and thus became a nucleus of the smallChristian community at Herla. EVANGELISTIC.—There were twenty-four additions onprofession of faith to the Kolhapur church. The wholenumber of communicants is now 145. It has been foundvery difficult to hold all the converts gathered the past fewyears, as against the overpowering pressure brought tobear upon them to draw them back into Hinduism. Thereport of the pastor, Shivaram Masoji, says: It is very sad and discouraging to see so many of the new villageconverts d Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.