CO\(JKK(!ATK)XALISTS. 



197 



serving 8,270 congregations and 

 . di-iricl-. of whom :> had been coin- 

 to congregations of colored people, 



I'.M had preached in foreign languages, 



:) to Welsh congregations, 88 to Ger- 



~ mdinavian, 24 to Bohemian, 8 to 



. ' to Indian-;. 8 to French, 8 to Mexicans, 



to Italians. Two hundred and ninety-two 



Sunday schools had been organ i/.ed during 

 the year: and the whole number of Sunday 



is under the special care of the missionaries 



i, in which were 154.722 pupils. The 



additions on cmife-Mon of faith numbered 7,244. 



iiindivd and twelve churches had been or- 



d. and .">(! mission churches had become 

 I'portinu' : 171 houses of worship had been 



ted. and 25 were in course of erection; 12 

 chapels had been built, and 72 parsonages pro- 

 vided ; and 145 men connected with the mission 



lie* were preparing for the ministry. The 

 women's auxiliary societies had contributed $41,- 

 the treasury of the society. Besides the 

 receipt and expenditure of money, the society 

 had distributed $66,964 worth of supplies to 

 missionaries in the field. A new constitution, 

 prepared and recommended bv the executive 

 committee, was amended and adopted. Resolu- 

 tions were adopted emphasizing the importance 

 of mission work in cities, in view of the fact 

 that the frontier was rapidly moving "frpm Min- 

 nexota to Massachusetts "; advising the establish- 

 ment of a woman's society in every church; urg- 

 ing that Christian Endeavor Societies and Sun- 



iiools be trained to bear their part in aid 



.ingelization ; and requesting the commis- 

 sioners thereof to close the doors of the Colum- 

 bian Kxhibition on Sunday. 



American Board. The eighty-first annual 

 meeting of the American Board of Commission- 



>r Foreign Missions was held in Pittsiield, 

 Ma-s., Oct. 13. The total receipts of the society 

 for the year had been $824,812, while the direct 

 expenditures in the mission fields had been 



;:!'.'. Of the receipts, $484,463, or $66,542 

 more than in the preceding year, had been de- 

 rived from donations, $184,844 from the three 

 Woman's Boards, and $206,458 from legacies; 

 the advance in the contributions through the 

 Woman's Boards having been $15,638, and in the 

 amount received from legacies $6,656 over those 

 of the preceding year. Of the Swett bequest, 

 M-.'.OOO had been spent to meet special calls in 

 lapan and China; of the Otis bequest for new 

 missions, $80,908 had been been spent in Africa, 

 China. .Japan, and Mexico. 

 The following is the general summary of the 



ts from the missions: Number of missions, 

 21: of stations, 97; of out - stations, 1,136; 

 places for stated preaching, 1,287; average con- 



'ions, 70,329: number of ordained mission- 

 aries ill beiiiLT physicians), 182; whole number 

 of laborers sent from this country, 538; number 

 of native pastors. 204; total of native laborers, 

 .'.'''I s : total of American and native laborers, 

 3. 1st! ; number of churches, 410; of church mem- 

 ber-. 38,226 ; added during the year, 8,554; whole 

 number from the first , as nearly as can be learned. 



17; number of theological seminaries and 

 station das-es. 20; of colleges and high schools. 

 <>'-' : number of boarding schools for girls, 54; 

 of common schools, 980; of pupils in common 





schools, 87,750; whole number under instruction. 

 46,408; amount of native contributions, BO far 

 as reported, $111 



The board wa.- in control of permanent funds 

 to the amount of $372,655. A committee wa 

 appointed at the meeting to obtain increased 

 subscription- to the missionary funds to the 

 amount of $100,000, and $50,000 were pledged 

 to that purpose before adjournment. A com- 

 mittee was appointed to urge upon the Govern- 

 ment the claims of the mission churches iii cer- 

 tain of the Pacific islands for restitution for 

 outrages committed against them by the Spanish 

 authorities. A resolution was adopted favoring 

 the closing of the Columbian Exhibition at Chi- 

 cago on Sunday. A letter was received from the 

 president of the board, the Rev. R. S. Storrs, D. D., 

 expressing his desire not to be continued longer 

 in that office. He said that he had served in it 

 for four years in obedience to the successive 

 commands of the board, but it now seemed to 

 him that it was his clear right to ask to be re- 

 lieved from the duties of the office. The year 

 just closing had been "one of uninterrupted 

 harmony in the councils of the board and of its 

 Prudential Committee ; of the largest contribu- 

 tions ever made to its treasury in the customary 

 annual donations and legacies; of inspiring 

 progress in its foreign work. So far as I can 

 see, no threatening cloud appears in its sky. 

 The progress steadily made in recent years 

 along definite and accepted lines of administra- 

 tion offers, in my judgment, a sure guarantee of 

 future prosperity. It is therefore a fitting time 

 for me to ask, and for you to consent, to have 

 another name substituted for mine in connection 

 with the public leadership of this great institu- 

 tion." Dr. Storrs was, nevertheless, unanimous- 

 ly re-elected, and accepted the result as repre- 

 senting the cordial feeling of the whole board 

 that he had been entirely fair, candid, and cour- 

 teous in his treatment of its members. The 

 other officers of the board were re-elected. 



American Mixxnmary Association. The forty- 

 fifth annual meeting of the American Mission- 

 ary Association was held in Cleveland, Ohio, be- 

 ginning Oct. 22. The executive committee" re- 

 ported that the total receipts of the society for 

 the year had been $430,974 and the expenditures 

 $430.355, in addition to which an income had 

 been received from the Daniel Hand fund of 

 $53,534. The extended and increasing work ac- 

 complished by this fund had Ix ncfited thoi; 

 of the needy people for whom it was given, and 

 was opening new channels of usefulness to those 

 who in their turn were thus enabled to elevate 

 their race. The year had been one of general 

 religious interest, and had been remarkable in 

 the thoroughness of the educational work that 

 had been done. The churches, though among 

 the poor, had raised $28,858 toward their own 

 support, and had contributed $8,465 to mission- 

 ary purposes. The educational work in the 

 South included 6 chartered institutions, 28 nor- 

 mal and graded schools, and 51 common schools 

 80 schools in all with 873 instructors and 

 13,845 pupils. A new school had Wen under- 

 taken at Cappahosic, Va., and a large educa- 

 tional institution was beginning at Orange Park. 

 Fla, The " mountain work " was growing more 

 rapidly than means were afforded for its sup- 



