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i ir liabilities had been $598369, showing 

 i/ainsi the treasury of $61,504 l-Yoni 



till' IllUsicIlS III tin- heathen there Were leturiled 



.i. .n- ,111,1 i. :;.',' oui-Matioiis. Including 08 

 iiaries win' were imw absent from their 

 Mure were 878 missionaries, of whom 11 

 !i\ sieians, i:5 laymen, 10T single women, and 

 'f missionaries. The European mis- 

 . -turned 965 preachers, 784 ehurche-.. Tii.o:; 1 .) 

 nl 0,354 persons baptized in 1890. In 

 all the missions there were 878 missionaries, 1,828 

 . rs. 1,415 churches, ir)2,(>42 members, 15,- 

 088 baptized in 1800, and 71^50 pupils in Sun- 

 day schools. The contributions from the mission 

 churches had been: From the heathen missions, 

 $:>l.o:;N : from the European missions, $186,158. 

 Tlic heal hen missions were the Burman, Karen, 

 Shan, Chin, Kachin. Telugu and Tamil, Assa- 

 me-e. (iaro Naga, Kohl, Chinese, Japanese, and 

 Conu'o missions. The European missions were 

 in Sweden, Germany, Russia, Denmark, France, 

 and Spain. The most conspicuous events of the 

 missionary work of the year had been the visit of 

 the Ke\ . Henry C. Mabie, one of the correspond- 

 ing secretaries to the missions in Asia, and the 

 great revival in the Tclugu mission. The growth 

 of that mission since its beginning has been re- 

 markable. In 1866 there were 1 station and 88 

 members. A second station was then founded, 

 and a rapid growth begun. At the end of 1877 

 there were 4,517 members. In 1878 there were 

 1 n.r.i > I baptisms, of which 2,222 were on July 2. 

 1 n t he report for 1890 the number of members was 

 given as 83,838. The complete statistics for the 

 past year gave the number of baptisms as more 

 than 6,000, and the whole number of church mem- 

 bers as more than 40,000. A good account was 

 given of the character and steadfastness of the 

 converts. The plan for the celebration of the cen- 

 tennial, in 1892, of Protestant foreign missions, or 

 the one hundredth anniversary of the beginning 

 of that work by William Carey, reported by the 

 committee and adopted by the meeting, contem- 

 plates services to be continued through the year, 

 and includes a commemorative discourse and oth- 

 er special services at the annual meeting of the 

 Union, in Philadelphia, in May; efforts to send 

 out one hundred new missionaries and raise a 

 memorial fund of one million dollars for the 

 universal work of the Union ; general meetings 

 to observe the four memorial days of the Carey 

 movement, to be held in different parts of the 

 country under the supervision of the Centennial 

 Committee ; and at least one memorial service to 

 be held in each church or group of churches in 

 commemoration of the instrumentality of Bap- 

 tists in promoting world-wide evangelization. 



Woman's Home Mission Societies. The 

 Woman's Baptist Home Mission Societies held a 

 joint meeting in connection with the anniver- 

 saries of the three preceding societies. The re- 

 ceipts of the Western society (Chicago) had been 

 r>?.<>s.">: expenditures. |4809, having a Udanee 

 of $8,876. The Eastern society (Boston) had re- 

 ceived $ 43,000, and supported 47 teachers, chiefly 

 among the negroes. 



An autumnal missionary conference was held 

 in Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 17, 18, and 19. the first ..f 

 a series of conferences projected l>y the Mission- 

 ary L'nion to be held apart from the anniversa- 

 ries, when more time can be given to the consid- 



cnition of the aims, spirit, and methods of future 

 mi ioiiarv operations. The features of the meet- 

 ing included the reading of papers on those sub- 



.uid di-ciissions of them. 



Baptist \oiiii- People's Union. A Young 

 People's Baptist I'nion of America was organized 

 at a convention held in Chicago, 111., July 7. Its 

 objects were declared in the constitution adopted 

 to lie : " The unification of Baptist young people ; 

 their increased spirituality ; their stimulation in 

 Christian service; edification in Scripture knowl- 

 edge; their instruction in Baptist history and 

 doctrine; and their enlistment in all missionary 

 activity through existing denominational organ- 

 izations." Mr. John II. Chapman, of Chicago, 

 was chosen president. Forms were adopted for 

 constitutions of State, association*.!, and local 

 organizations. 



Southern Baptist (Convention. The South- 

 ern Baptist Convention met in Birmingham, 

 Ala., May 8. The Hon. Jonathan Haralson 

 presided. The report of the Foreign Mission 

 Board showed that it had received from the 

 churches $113,322, and was indebted $4,206. 

 The missions were in China. Japan, Africa, Italy, 

 Brazil, and Mexico, and returned 88 main sta- 

 tions, 147 out-stations, 86 American missionaries, 

 23 ordained and 53 unordained native assistants, 

 67 organized churches, 2,377 members, 361 bap- 

 tisms during the year, and 22 schools, with 823 

 pupils. The mission in Japan had been estab- 

 lished during the year. The Home Mission 

 Board had received $67,188 ; in addition to 

 which the State Conventions and District Asso- 

 ciations raised not less than $100,000 for State 

 and district missions. The board had employed 

 406 missionaries, against 371 in the previous 

 year: of whom 81 had labored among foreign 

 populations, including Indians, 22 in Cuba, and 

 51 among the negroes. The work of the board 

 among the Indians was confined to the Indian 

 Territory. The Baptists of the South had been 

 at work among these people for half a century, 

 and this convention for nearly forty years ; and 

 the success attending efforts to evangelize them 

 had been remarkable. There were now in the 

 five civilized tribes as many baptized believers 

 and as many churches and native preachers, in 

 proportion to the population, as m any com- 

 munity on the globe. The Levering school would 

 after the present session be no longer under the 

 control or the board, the Creek nation, possess- 

 ing a very large school fund, having resolved to 

 terminate all existing educational contracts with 

 mission boards, and assume the entire respon- 

 sibility of educating its people. The work among 

 the colored people had not reached the impor- 

 tance it demanded, and the report of the board 

 dwelt upon the need of enlarging it. The work 

 in Cuba continued with unabated interest. A 

 large church had been dedicated in Havana on 

 Feb. 15. Mr. Diaz, the missionary, reported that 

 there were 7 churches, with 1,917 members and 

 210 baptisms during the year ; 7 Sunday schools. 

 with an average attendance of 679 pupils; and 

 3 church buildings. 



The Woman's .Missionary Union, which is 

 auxiliary to the convention, had received $38,- 

 980. Besides assisting in the maintenance of the 

 home missions and sending supplies t.> them, it 

 had contributed to the support of twenty-five girls 



