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PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. 



Number of dioceses 49 



Number of missionary jurisdictions (including 



Africa, China, and Japan) 17 



Bishops 68 



Candidates for orders 



Deacons ordained 



Priests ordained 100 



Priests and deacons 8,888 



Whole number of clergy 8,906 



Whole number of parishes (about) 8.200 



Baptisms, infant 41,903 



Baptisms, adult 9,979 



Baptisms, not specified 1,707 



Total 63,589 



Confirmed, number of 85,871 



Communicants 487,328 



Marriages 14,375 



Burials 28,158 



Sunday-school teachers ' 88,400 



Sunday-school scholars 349,500 



Contributions for church purposes $9,776,814 



Domestic and Foreign Missions. The Missionary 

 Council, as constituted by the General Con- 

 vention of 1886, consists of all the bishops, 

 an equal number of presbyters, and an equal 

 number of laymen. It meets annually (except 

 in the years when the Board of Missions 

 meets), and is charged with taking all necessary 

 action in regard to the missionary work of the 

 Church. The Council met in Philadelphia, 

 Oct. 25, 1887, and continued in session for two 

 days. It was largely attended by bishops, 

 clergy, and laity, and disposed of its work 

 with rapidity. The Annual Report of the 

 Board of Managers was received, with accom- 

 panying documents; also, the Report of the 

 Commission for Work among the Colored 

 People, the Report (informal) of the Work of 

 the Church Building Fund Commission, and 

 the Sixteenth Annual Report of the Woman's 

 Auxiliary. Appropriate action was discussed 

 and outlined, and was urgently pressed upon 

 the attention of the Church at large. The 

 Board of Missions divides its work between a 

 Domestic Committee and a Foreign Committee, 

 which have their headquarters in New York 

 city. 



Domestic Missions. Sept. 1, 1886 to Sept. 1, 

 1887. Missionaries (14 missionary jurisdic- 

 tions and 30 dioceses): bishops, 12; other 

 clergy (white, colored, Indian), 483 ; teachers, 

 other helpers, etc., 73 ; total, 556. The finan- 

 cial condition was as follows : 



Cash in hand (September, 18S6) 9 24,885 08 



Offerings, etc 159,394 12 



Legacies for domestic missions 21,244 00 



Legacies for investment 1,000 00 



Specials 47,996 40 



Total 1254,519 60 



Cash in hand (September, 1886) $20,789 51 



Offerings, legacies, etc 133,327 1 6 



Specials 21,781 79 



Total $175,848 46 



Expenditures (14 missionary jurisdictions and 32 



dioceses) $102,897 32 



Missions among Indians and colored people 69.247 40 



Specials 47,624 75 



OflBce and other expenses 19,281 21 



Balance in hand 25,46892 



Total $254,519 60 



Foreign Missions. From Sept. 1, 1886. to Sept. 

 1, 1887, the number of missionary bishops was 

 3 ; the number of other clergy (white and na- 

 tive), 49 ; teachers, physicians, helpers, etc., 

 165; total, 217. The financial condition was 

 as follows : 



Expenditures on account of missions, etc., In West 



Africa, China, and Japan $101,179 82 



Specials 11,413 05 



Salaries, rent, printing, etc 18,281 21 



Balance in hand 44,97488 



Total $175,843 46 



The mission property at foreign stations is 

 estimated to be worth, in Africa, $21,400; in 

 China (about), $170,000 ; in Japan (about), 

 $50,000 ; total, $241,400. 



The Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions 

 renders important and efficient aid in all the 

 departments by means of parochial, city, coun- 

 ty, and diocesan associations of ladies, formed 

 for the purpose of raising money, preparing 

 and forwarding boxes to missionaries and mis- 

 sion stations, and in various other ways giving 

 help to the missions of the Church. 



Money raised for domestic, foreign, and other 



mission work $97,840 8 > 



Boxes for the same (2,848 in number), value 154,362 55 



Total $251,702 90 



The American Chnrch Missionary Society (also 

 auxiliary to the Board of Missions) has em- 

 ployed during the year, in 13 dioceses and mis- 

 sionary jurisdictions, 28 missionaries. The 

 financial condition was as follows: 



Balance in treasury Sept. 1, 1886 $8,720 84 



Receipts from parishes, etc 9,055 44 



Receipts from foreign missions 799 95 



Balance in treasury Sept. 1, 1887 6,479 18 



Total $25.053 41 



A number of boxes of clothing was sent to the 



missionaries, in value $3,500 00 



The society has also in property, securities, etc . . 1U4.675 00 



Chnrch Work in Mexico was aided by the ap- 

 pointment of a presbyter (on nomination of 

 the presiding bishop) in March, 1887, to whom 

 was "assigned the duty of counseling and 

 guiding the work of those presbyters and read- 

 ers in Mexico who have asked for the fostering 

 care of this Church to be extended to them as 

 a mission." The clergyman appointed arrived 

 in the city of Mexico June 2, and entered at 

 once upon his work. An advisory committee 

 for the work in Mexico have in charge all 

 offerings for this field. " The Mexican League," 

 it may be noted, is still in existence, as an in- 

 dependent association, consisting of ladies, for 

 aid in missionary work in Mexico. It has no 

 further connection with the Board of Missions. 



The American Chnrch Building-Fund Commission, 

 established in 1880, is gradually enlarging its 

 usefulness. It hopes ere long to create a fund 

 of not less than $1,000,000, so as to be able to 

 give effective aid in all parts of the land to- 

 ward building new churches. The permanent 

 fund (Sept. 1, 1887) reached only the sum of 

 $81,875.93 ; but the attention of wealthy mem- 

 bers of the Church has been aroused, and the 

 prospect of raising the fund to its proposed 

 height grows brighter. During the year about 



