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PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. 



The Domestic and Foreign Missionary So- 

 ciety of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the 

 United States. This society is composed of all 

 members of the Episcopal Church. It is repre- 

 sented in TJie Board of Missions, which meets tri- 

 ennially, and is composed of both Houses of the 

 General Convention and the Board of Managers. 

 The Missionary Council meets annually, and is 

 composed of all the bishops and an equal num- 

 ber of presbyters and an equal number of lay- 

 men. The Board of Managers, of which the 

 presiding bishop is president, consists of elected 

 members, 15 bishops, 15 presbyters, and 15 lay- 

 men, together with ex officio members, all the 

 other bishops, and the two secretaries of the Mis- 

 sionary Society. This board holds its meetings 

 monthly. 



Domestic Missions. Sept. 1, 1889, to Sept. 

 1, ,1890: Missionaries (13 missionary jurisdic- 

 tions and 32 dioceses), bishops, 12 ; other clergy 

 (white, colored, Indian), 490 ; teachers, other 

 helpers, etc., about 100 ; total, 602. The finan- 

 cial condition was as follows : 



Balance in hand, Sept 1, 1889 $50,050 20 



Offerings 113,676 78 



Legacies 84,478 12 



Specials 43,347 67 



Total... $301,552 77 



Expenditures (13 missionary jurisdictions and 



32 dioceses, including Indians, etc.) $219,997 84 



Specials 41,446 23 



Office and other expenses 17,201 85 



Overdraft (from other funds), Sept. 1, 1890 22,906 85 



Total $801,552 77 



Foreign Missions. Sept. 1, 1889, to Sept. 1, 

 1890 : Missionary bishops, 4 ; other clergy (for- 

 eign and native), 80 ; teachers, helpers, etc., 205 ; 

 total, 285. The financial condition was as fol- 

 lows: 



Balance in hand, Sept. 1, 1889 $35,819 09 



Offerings (including some special contributions 



and legacies) 93,019 13 



General fund for foreign missions 75,734 02 



Specials 20,651 73 



Total. 



$225,223 97 



Expenditures on missionary work in Africa, 



China, Japan, Greece, Hayti, Mexico $179.344 23 



Specials , 14,612 94 



Salaries, printing, etc 17,523 09 



Balance at credit, Sept. 1, 1890 13,743 71 



Total $225,223 97 



The Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of 

 Missions renders aid in all the departments by 

 means of parochial, city, country, and diocesan 

 associations of ladies, formed for the purpose of 

 raising money, forwarding boxes to missionaries 

 and missionary stations, etc. A junior branch 

 of the Auxiliary has been established, and train- 

 ing houses for women as missionaries are well 

 under way, with bright prospects of usefulness. 



Money raised for domestic, foreign. Indian, freed- 



men, and other missions, 1S89, 1890 $144.816 27 



Boxes for the same (3.793 in number), value 197,381 32 



Total, in money and boxes $342,197 59 



The American Church Missionary Society 



(also auxiliary to the Board of Missions) has em- 

 ployed during the year, in 25 dioceses and mis- 

 sionary jurisdictions, 52 missionaries. Of these, 

 13 have resigned, leaving the number at date 39. 

 It has also in the foreign field 2 clergymen and 



2 lay helpers in Cuba, and 2 clergymen and 2 

 lay helpers in Brazil. 



Receipts for domestic missions $13.708 31 



Receipts for foreign missions 6,481 49 



Total $20,189 80 



Specials 



Balance, Sept. 1, 1889 



$19,520 78 

 45,717 02 



Total $85,427 



Balance, Sept. 1, 1890 $26,374 80 



The society has also in securities, property, etc.. $154,400 00 



The American Church Building Fund 

 Commission, established ten years ago, contin- 

 ues to do, on a somewhat increased scale, good 

 and efficient work. All the bishops are ex of- 

 ficio members of the commission. There are 

 20 commissioners at large, 12 clergymen, and 8 

 laymen. There are also two diocesan commis- 

 sioners in every diocese. Under the act of in- 

 corporation, 17 trustees were elected to serve for 

 three years, viz., 2 bishops, 8 clergymen, and 7 

 laymen. The trustees keep steadily in view the 

 raising of the fund to $1,000,000, as originally 

 proposed, so as to enable the commission to aid 

 in furthering the extension of the Church by 

 means of loans and gifts to struggling parishes 

 and congregations. From various causes not 

 easy to define the fund has increased but slow- 

 ly. It now stands at $190,175.49. During the 

 year 1890 loans have been made to 21 churches, 

 in different parts of the United States, in sums 

 from $300 to $1,000, with several as large as $2,- 

 000 and $3,000, amounting in all to over $21,000. 

 The trustees are working bravely on, and urge 

 with much force upon the rich men and women 

 of the Church that " there is no other money, 

 given for any other religious or benevolent pur- 

 pose, which is even expected to do the repeated 

 and never-ending work which is the blessed mis- 

 sion of this permanent fund. It will go out and 

 return, and go out and return, so long as the 

 Gospel is to be preached; and its active work 

 will only cease when time shall be no more." 



The Society for Prompting Christianity 

 among the Jews (also auxiliary to the Board of 

 Missions) makes its twelfth annual report in en- 

 couraging terms. The work is purely of a spir- 

 itual kind, no temporal aid or help being made. 

 It is difficult work, but experience has furnished 

 the lessons needed to insure success. The so- 

 ciety has now a missionary house of its own, and 

 in financial matters the strictest economy is 

 practiced. The society's missionaries are at work 

 in ten of the large cities. There are four mis- 

 sionary schools, four industrial schools, and three 

 night schools. The parochial clergy co-operate 

 with the society's effort in every diocese. Of 

 publications, 46,500 copies were issued during 

 1890 ; and Bibles, Testaments, Scripture portions, 

 and Prayer Books were circulated in English, 

 Hebrew, German, and other languages. 



Sept. 1, 1890, balance from old account $8,296 01 



Sunday contributions, church and Sunday-school 



offerings (including specials) 11,144 81 



Total... 



$19,440 



Expenditures for schools, salaries, publications, 



etc $12,713 82 



Real-estate account 1,4*5 7<> 



Balance to new account. ... 5,241 80 



Total. 



$19,440 82 



