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CONGREGATIOXALISTS. 



lookin" to a closer union between the body large as the entire field of six years ago : the iram- 



which he represented and the Congregational ^S^^K^^lSK &%> ^^ 



churches. He also presented the leading fea- i 000< of g eate ' r and more hopeful BignaToanoe is 



tures in the doctrines and polity of the two the fact that nearly 1,000 communicants have been 



churches in a light indicating a more near re- added to the churches on profession of faith during 



semblance than had generally been supposed to the P u ast year in several fields more than double the 



. , number ever reported before in any one year. 



The Council consisted of 277 regular dele- The following is the general summary of the 



gates; 10 honorary members, and 3 corre- missions for January, 1872 : 

 sponding members (two from the Congrega- 



tional Union of Ontario and Quebec, and one Nnmbcr of mige i n 8 ... 14 



from the Lutheran General Synod) in all, 290 Number of stations ........................ ... 



members. Number of out-stations ....................... 



Until recently the Congregational churches LABORERS EMPLOYED. 



have cooperated with the American and For- Nu ^ l r cia n f g - ) orda ' lned mi8Bionaries ( 4 bein s 



eign Christian Union in the prosecution of Nifmbe^oTpiiyeYcians not ordained '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 



missionary work in Roman Catholic countries. Number of other male assistants ............. 



Ttvn>inn> fVio loaf onmrnpr srpni WAVA f alrATi tn Number of female assistants ................... 165 



Daring the last summer, steps were taken to Whole number O f laborers sent from this coun- 



organize a similar work to be carried on ex- try .......................................... 284 



closively by Congregation a li3ts. A "Pro- * r -^PS 



visional Committee ot foreign Evangeliza- Number of school-teachers ................. ... 411 



tion " was formed, to consider the Sllbiect, to Number of other native helpers ............... 159 



take the opinion of the churches upon it, and ^SSSSf^^^f^. J^?????. .T. Uh . U .'? 934 



present it to the American Board, at their an- 



nual meeting in October. That Society adopt- THE pREop 



ed the following resolution, approving the Page s printed (so far as reported) ............. 12,538,422 



scheme, and accepting it : 



Betolved, That hereafter the American Board -will THE CHURCHES. 



be ready to enlarge its operations by extending its 3gKffEStiXX (so'far as reported) 8 JS 



work in nominally Christian lands, and will form Added during the ar (go fa ^ as report eii). . . . . 978 



missions in Europe, South America, or other ioreign 



lands, as God in His providence may open the way ; EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT. 



and that the Prudential Committee are requested to Number of trainms and theological schools. . . 10 



conduct such missions on the same general princi- Number of boarding-schools for girls .......... 14 



pies as they have acted upon in past years. Number of common schools ........ . .......... 417 



Number of pupils in common schools ......... 18,583 



In accordance with this resolution, four Number of pupils in training and theological 



missionaries are under appointment to Spain. N S J Jf^p^to^ta^^tof^rii: m 



The prosecution of this work m Italy, France, other adults under instruction ................ 1,248 



Austria, and Hungary, is also contemplated. 



During the year, the arrangements previous- Jg^*^ of the Amcrican Board were 



ly made, for a division of the former mission- $42iy,S44.yb : , . ,, . . . 



ary work of the American Board of Commis- . The . ceipts of *^J American Missionary 



sioners for Foreign Missions between the Pros- Assocl ^ n JL ere $ 36b > 825 > and the expendi- 



byterian Board of Foreign Missions and the ? res * 4 * 8 ' 6 6 - , The ? 80 *,?*} on ha f Unde J 



American Board as it has been constituted .its care M churches with 2,744 members, of 



since the withdrawal of the Presbyterians, ^ hom 4 , 64 ; were added during the year; 7 



were fully caried out. Of the results to the chartered institutions of learning; 18 graded 



missions in consequence of these changes, and 2 nd normal sch ols ? and 65 .. con j, mo * 8ch ols : 



of other events of the year, the Board say, in The number of pupils enrolled for the school 



their report- } Tear was 1 '' 15 ; tne value of the school 



tian institutions well established, and the transfer of 

 five fields to the Presbyterian Board Syria, Persia, 

 the Gaboon, and two of the smaller Indian tribes 



including two young men in North China, and two 

 under appointment in this country, with 162 native 

 preachers and teachers, 19 churches, having a mem- 



The reports present the follow- 

 ing epitome of ten years' work : The amount 

 expended in money and clothing is nearly two 



? nd a r?? e , r r. m ? i( ;' ol l ars; ."^"T 



Tt> een established m 343^068 in the South, 

 including most of the chief cities and centres 

 O f population. The whole number of com- 



with five seminaries, including those for both sexes, 

 and 89 schools, containing 2,281 pupils. The ex- 

 penditure of the Board on these fields for the year, 

 given in the last Annual Keport, was $48,201.10. 

 JJespite these changes, it is an interesting lact, as il- 

 ustrative of the healthful progress of the work, that 

 the field actually occupied to-day, counting the towns 

 and cities in which the Gospel is preached, is as 



- 



the ten y ears 1S 3 ' 47 and tbe P u P ll 

 321,099. Thirty-five churches have been 

 formed, or remodelled on a better basis, and 

 some O f them aided in building houses of wor- 

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Th e Congregational Quarterly for January, 



1872, reports the statistics of Congregation- 



