PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHUECH IX THE UNITED STATES. 



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the Colored People ; also to the Woman's 

 Auxiliary, and to the important work of the 

 Church Building-Fund Commission. Appro- 

 priate action was freely discussed and toler- 

 ably clearly outlined, and the subject of in- 

 creasing the interest of Church people in behalf 

 of missions was urgently pressed upon all who 

 were present. The Board of Missions divides 

 its work between a domestic committee and a 

 foreign committee, which have headquarters in 

 New York city. 



Domestic Missions. From Sept. 1, 1887, to 

 Sept. 1, 1888, there were : Missionaries (16 mis- 

 sionary jurisdictions and 30 dioceses) : Bishops. 

 13 ; other clergy (white, colored, Indian), 490; 

 teachers, other helpers, etc., 75 ; total, 578. 

 The financial condition was as follows: Cash 

 in hand (September, 1887), $25,468.92; offer- 

 ings, etc.. $156.240 ; legacies for domestic mis- 

 sions. $51,009.43; legacies for investment, $53,- 

 500; legacy for endowment of missionary epis- 

 copate, $100,000; specials, $23,478.01. Total, 

 $409,691.36. Expenditures (16 missionary ju- 

 risdictions and 32 dioceses), $108,658.98; mis- 

 sions among Indians and colored people, $62,- 

 059.41; specials, $27,905.80; missionary epis- 

 copate endowment (paid over), $100,000; lega- 

 cies, etc. (paid over), $55.127.80: office and 

 other expenses, $17,732.23; balance in hand, 

 $38,207.14. Total, $409,691.36. 



Foreign Missions, From Sept. 1, 1887, to 

 Sept. 1, 1888, the number of missionary bish- 

 ops was 3 ; the number of other clergy (white 

 and native) 50 ; teachers, physicians, helpers, 

 etc., 173: total, 223. The financial condition 

 was as follows: Cash in hand (September, 

 1888), $44.974.38 ; offerings, legacies, general 

 fund. $163,519.45 ; legacy for investment, 

 $9,550 ; specials for China, Japan, etc.. $16,- 

 863.22 ; total, $234,907.05. Expenditures on 

 account of missions, etc., in West Africa, 

 China, and Japan (including Hayti and Mexi- 

 co), $132.795.12; legacies, etc. (paid over), 

 $10,169.63 ; specials, $21,209.99 ; salaries, rent, 

 printing, etc., $17.732.2-2: balance in hand. $53,- 

 001.09 ; total. $234,907.05. The mission prop- 

 erty at foreign stations is estimated to be 

 worth much the same as last year, viz., in 

 Africa (about), $22,000; in China (about), 

 $170,000 ; in Japan (about), $50,000; and oth- 

 ers making nearly half a million dollars. 



Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions 

 renders important and efficient aid in all the 

 departments by means of parochial, city, 

 county, and diocesan associations of ladies, 

 formed for the purpose of raising money, pre- 

 paring and forwarding boxes to missionaries 

 and mission stations, and in various other ways 

 giving help to the missionary work of the 

 Church. Money raised for domestic, foreign, 

 and other mission work, $100,985.33 ; boxes 

 for the same (3.246 in number), value, $175,- 

 168.77; total. $276.154.10. 



American (hnrch Missionary Society (also aux- 

 iliary to the Board of Missions) has employed 

 during the year in 17 dioceses and missionary 



jurisdictions 38 missionaries. The financial 

 condition was as follows: F<>r general work, 

 domestic missions, $33,456.91 ; for general 

 work, foreign missions, $680.05 ; specials, 

 $5,958.85; Ely professorship, Griswold Col- 

 lege, $7,000; balance to new account ($7,350 

 being trust fund not yet invested), $31,873.33; 

 total, $78,969.14. The society holds in securi- 

 ties, property, etc., $102,675. Boxes of cloth- 

 ing were sent to the missionaries, in value 

 about $4,000. 



Church Work in Mexico, Aid in this work was 

 continued by the reappointment for another 

 year of the presbyter sent out in 1687. His 

 duty remains the same, viz.. that of " counseling 

 and guiding presbyters and readers in Mexico 

 who have asked for the fostering care of this 

 Church to be extended to them as a mission." 

 An advisory committee for the work in Mexico 

 has in charge all offerings made through the 

 Board of Missions. ''The Mexican League" 

 is still actively at work as an independent 

 association, consisting of ladies, for aid in mis- 

 sionary work in Mexico. It has no further 

 connection with the Board of Missions. 



Church in Hayti. This Church, though inde- 

 pendent, is not strong, and seeks aid from the 

 Protestant Episcopal Church in the United 

 States. A commission of bishops has it in 

 charge, and it receives help from the Domestic 

 and Foreign Missionary Society. Aid was ex- 

 tendtd to the amount of $6.551.73. Statistics: 

 Bishop, 1; other clergy, 13; teachers. 2; cat- 

 echists, 16 ; mission stations. 23 ; baptisms. 58; 

 communicants, 370; day scholars. 552; Sun- 

 day-school scholars, 221; contributions, $647 : 

 mission property, estimated value, $17.470. 



Protestant Episcopal Churches in Europe, under 

 the charge of a bishop of the American Church : 

 In France, 2 ; in Germany, 1 ; in Italy, 2 ; in 

 Switzerland. 1. 



American Church Building-Fund Commission, es- 

 tablished in 1880, continues its very useful and 

 important work. It aims to create a fund of 

 not less than $1,000,000, so as to be enabled 

 to give effective aid in all parts of the United 

 States toward building chapels and new- 

 churches. Thus far the permanent fund has 

 reached to $103,408.83; but, as the matter be- 

 comes better understood, there is good reason 

 to expect that the fund will be raised to the 

 desired amount. During the year forty-seven 

 applications for aid were responded to and 

 loans were voted in sums from $200 to $3,000, 

 the average being about $1,000 to each church. 

 The total amount was $46.500. 



Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews 

 (auxiliary to the Board of Missions) reports 

 quiet and steady progress. The society has 

 missionaries in seven of the large cities as well 

 as in numerous large towns. There are five 

 missionary schools, five industrial schools, and 

 two branch schools, and 252 of the parochial 

 clergy kindly co-operate in local activities. 

 The entire work is such as to reach the Jews 

 in 254 cities and towns in the United States. 



