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The following is the general summary of the firmed success. Four Indian agents were still 



statistics of the missions for the year : appointed by the Association. Among the Chi- 



Number of missions IT nese 180 had abandoned idol-worship, against 



Number of stations 75 137 in the previous year ; and 127 had given 



^ r roJo U ^ 68> e y idence of conversion against 84 in the pre- 



ing physicians) 156 vious year. The Mendi mission in Western 



Number of physicians not ordained 6 Africa was now manned by colored missiona- 



SS^;fCale ra 8 Ste ton ^\\\\\\'::::: 246 8 *<*, but a white superintendent was needed. 



Whole number of laborers sent from the It was declared to be demonstrated that colored 



United States. 416 men cou j^ endure the climate of the country. 



Number of native pastors 145s m , , . . . , r . , -7 /? u 



Number of native preachers and catechists.. 425 The fourth triennial National Council of the 



Number of native school-teachers 528 Congregational Churches of the United States 



Number of other native helpers 174^ met It St. Louis, Missouri, November llth. The 



Whole number of laborers connected with Kev. H. M. Dexter, D. D., was chosen moder- 



Pages ^nSt fcr as "reported '(turkish; " W ?tor. A statistical report was presented show- 



japan. North China, and Zooloo missiona mg that a net gam had accrued to the clenomi- 



oniy) 20 ' 606 '^ nation, during the three years past, of 165 



Nur2f f Sumembers-a 8 nearfyas-can ' churches and 17,325 members. A committee 



beieamed 17,165 appointed by the previous Council to consider 



A l d a e rned U vvifh ^dVtS^S^sTy and report upon ministerial responsibility and 



ported. 2,485 standing and the means of maintaining them, 



EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT. presented a report reviewing the usages of the 



Number of training and theological schools, Congregational churches on the subject and 



and station classes 29 proposing a system ot measures consistent with 



Number of pupils in the above 1,051 those usages, to be submitted to the churches 



gSb15of f pu^boiffgShtttor^lB 1,361 and adopted by them, if approved by them. 



Number of common schools 709 As amended and agreed to by the Council, the 



Nm whole number n o? OI uTs n SCh 1S 25 ' 374 28 098 proposed plan provides : " 1. That a pro re rata 



council is the origin of ministerial standing in 



The thirty-fourth anniversary of the Ameri- our fellowship, and the last resort in all cases 

 can Missionary Association was held at Nor- of question. 2. That the continued certification 

 wich, Connecticut, October 12th. The receipts of ministerial standing can well be left to min- 

 ofthe Association for the year had been $187,- isterial associations or the organizations of 

 480, and its expenditures $188,172, of which churches. 3. That the body of churches in 

 $12,000 were appropriated to the mission in any locality have an inalienable right of ex- 

 Africa. The following is a summary of the sta- tending ministerial fellowship or withholding 

 tiatics of the missionary work of the Associa- it from any person within its bounds, no mat- 

 tion : ter what his relations may be in church-mem- 



Missionaries. Among the freedmen in the bership or ecclesiastical affiliations, the pro- 

 South, 84; among the Indians, 1 ; in Africa, 8 ; ceedings to be commenced by any church, and 

 total, 93. due regard being had to equity in the method 



Teachers. In the South. 180; among the of proceedings." It further recommends that 



Chinese, 22; among the Indians, 6 ; native help- the name be indicated in the minutes of the 



ers in Africa, 5; total, 213: matrons, 11 ; per- State Associations of the local organization to 



sons employed in the business department, 13 ; which each associated minister may belong, and 



whole number of workers, 330. that this information be added, together with a 



Churches. In the South, 73; among the In- list of the names of the scribes or registrars of 



dians, 1 ; in Africa, 2 ; total, 76. the said organizations, to the lists heretofore 



Church - members. In the South, 4,961; given in the u Year-Book," and suggests a course 



among the Indians, 36; in Africa, 87; total, of proceedings to be adopted in reference to 



5,084. Whole number of Sunday-school schol- ministers charged with heresy or immorality, 



ars, 8,073. The subject of proposing a statement of articles 



Schools. In the South, 51 ; among the Chi- of belief was brought before the Council in me- 



nese, 12 ; among the Indians, 5 ; in Africa, 3 ; morials from State Associations and Confer- 



total, 71. ences, in an elaborate paper reviewing the whole 



Pupils. In the South, 8,052; among the subject by Professor H. Mead, and in a favorable 



Chinese, 1,556 ; among the Indians, 233; in report of a committee to which the subject was 



Africa, 179 ; total, 10,020. referred. It was generally agreed that a creed 



The high-schools at Atlanta, Georgia, and could not be imposed on the churches by any 

 Tongaloo, Mississippi, were aided by the States kind of authority, but that the object of the 

 within whose territories they are situated. Six- proposed statement should be to obtain a doc- 

 teen young ministers from Howard University trinal declaration which all the churches might 

 had gone South to labor among the freedmen. judge worthy of adoption. The Council decided 

 The experiment of educating Indian youth at to appoint a committee of seven persons, who 

 the schools at Hampton, Virginia, and Carlisle should as soon as practicable select twenty-five 

 Barracks, Pennsylvania, was pronounced a con- persons of ability and piety, representing all 



