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to be Mil-supporting; consequently it seeks aid 

 from tin- Episcopal Church in tin- United iStates. 

 A i I'lumisMoii of the House of Bishops has it 

 in charge, and it receives help from t he Domestic 

 mid Foreign Missionary Society. Aid was ex- 

 tended during the year id I he amount of $8,959.- 

 ;>:;. Statistics: Bishop, 1 ; other clergy, 13: 

 teachers. lay readers, etc., '.'>'J. The estimated 

 value of mission property at Port au Prince is 

 *i;.J0; at Jereinie, $7,500: at Aux Cayes, $3,- 

 ::IMI : and at four smaller places, $2,450. Total, 

 $19,730. 



1'rotrslant Episcopal Churches in Europe, 

 under the charge of a bishop of the American 

 Church : In France. 2 ; in Germany, 1 ; in Italy, 

 2; in Switzerland, 3; clergy, 7; churches, 6; 

 rectories, '2: hospital, 1. The baptisms num- 

 bered 34; confirmations, 56; communicants, 

 !)7:>; marriages. 11 : burials, 27; Sabbath-school 

 teachers, 8 ; Sabbath-school pupils, 91 : contri- 

 butions, $26,605 ; estimated value of church 

 property, about $25,000. 



The Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of 

 Missions renders important and efficient aid 

 in all departments, by means of parochial, city, 

 county, and diocesan associations of ladies, 

 formed for the purpose of raising money, pre- 

 paring and forwarding boxes to missionaries 

 and mission stations, and in various other ways 

 giving help to the missions of the Church. 

 Money raised for domestic, foreign, Indian, 

 freedmen, and other missions, 1891-'92, $154,- 

 823.72 ; boxes for the same (4,255), value, $197,- 

 7 .'}. -Jl ; total in money and boxes, $352,047.93. 

 Entire work of the Woman's Auxiliary in money 

 and boxes for twenty-one years (1871-'92), 

 $3.623.505.60. 



The American Church Missionary Society 

 (also auxiliary to the Board of Missions) employs 

 missionaries in both the domestic and foreign 

 departments. It has 47 missionaries laboring 

 in 22 dioceses and missionary jurisdictions. 

 Since 1889 this society has been actively en- 

 L r ag |1( I in forwarding missionary work in Brazil 

 and Cuba. In the former are 16 laborers and 10 

 stations. In the latter, natives of the island do 

 the work, 2 being in orders received in the 

 I'nited States. Several schools have been opened 

 and are well attended. Altogether, the prospect 

 is very encouraging. The financial condition, 

 Sept. i, 1892, was as follows: Balance, Septem- 

 ber, 1S91, $10.007.40; received for domestic mis- 

 sions. $17,274.43; received for foreign missions, 

 * in. 75 7.47; specials. $708.23; balance, Septem- 

 ber, 1892, $22,402.43; total, $61,149.96. This 



soci.-tv has also in securities, property, etc., 

 1185,600. 



Church Work in Mexico. This is placed 

 under the direct supervision and control of the 

 presiding Bishop of the Protestant -Episcopal 

 Church, the constitution of the Mexican Kpis- 

 copal Church being temporarily in abeyance. 

 There is an advisory committee in the United 

 States to the presiding bishop, consisting of 

 3 bishops, 7 presbyters, and 9 laymen. The Rev. 

 W. B. Gordon, superintendent, has been suc- 

 ceeded by Rev. Henry Forrester, who is now the 

 priest in charge. Clergy. 6; churches and or- 

 ganized missions, 82 ; baptisms, 126; communi- 

 cants, 1,200; in mission schools, 400; value of 

 hurch property, $46,500. 



The American Church Building Fund 



Commission, established in l w s<>. continues to 

 do good and efficient work. The tin-: 

 charge keep steadily in view the raising the fund 

 to $1,000,000, as was propo-ed at the first. In 

 their report (September, 1892) the trustees say 

 as to this point: "While the accumulation of 

 the fund has been much less rapid than was 

 hoped in the beginning, yet we feel that we can 

 thank God and take courage. The great amount 

 of good which has been aecomplii-hed by the 

 means at command shows what could be done 

 by a fund of adequate extent, and should be an 

 incentive to generous donations." The fund has 

 increased to date to $225.960.89 ; in 1889 it stood 

 at a little less than $177,000. More than 200 

 loans have been made during the year (mostly 

 in small sums from $300 to $500), amounting to 

 $121,701.54. 



The Society for promoting Christianity 

 among the Jews (also auxiliary to the Board 

 of Missions) reports fair progress during 1892. 

 The attitude of the Jews toward the work in 

 hand is more encouraging. The society has 

 missionaries diligently occupied in the good 

 cause in six of the large cities. There are 4 

 missionary day schools, and 8 or 10 other schools. 

 New publications have been added to those for- 

 merly issued, and these, with the Holy Scrip- 

 tures and the Prayer Book, have been put into 

 circulation in English, Hebrew, German, and 

 other languages. Financial condition : Balance 

 in hand Sept. 1, 1891, $1,669.11 ; total receipts 

 for fiscal year (September, 1891, to September, 

 1892), $12,978.70 = $14.647.81. Disbursements 

 for the fiscal year, $11,638.51 ;. balance in hand, 

 $3,009.30; total, $14,647.81. 



General Condition of the Church's Affairs. 

 Since the General Convention of 1889. 5 of the 

 bishops have died, viz.: Bishop B. H. Paddock, 

 of Massachusetts; Bishop C. F. Knight, of Mil- 

 waukee ; Bishop W. J. Boone, of Shanghai ; 

 Bishop J. N. Galleher, of Louisiana ; and Bishop 

 G. T. Bedell, of Ohio. Eleven out of the ranks 

 of the presbyters have been consecrated bishops, 

 viz. : W. A. Leonard, D. D., Bishop of Ohio; T. 

 F. Davies, D. D., Bishop of Michigan; A. R. 

 Graves, D. D., Missionary Bishop of the Platte; 

 W. F. Nichols, D. D., Assistant Bishop of Cali- 

 fornia; E. R. Atwell, D. D., Bishop of West 

 Missouri ; H. M. Jackson. D. D., Assistant Bishop 

 of Alabama; Davis Sessums, D. D., Assistant 

 Bishop of Louisiana ; Phillips Brooks, I). D., 

 Bishop of Massachusetts; I. L. Nicholson, D. D., 

 Bishop of Milwaukee; C. K. Nelson, D. D., 

 Bishop of Georgia ; and C. R. Hale, D. D., As- 

 sistant Bishop of Springfield. The Committee 

 of the House of Deputies on the State of the 

 Church opens its report with gratulations on the 

 final adoption and publication of the new, re- 

 vised, amended, and enriched Prayer Book, and 

 urges upon both clergy and laity freely and 

 faithfully to use it. not only for personal ad- 

 vantage in spiritual things, but also as an ad- 

 mirable means of spreading abroad the truth of 

 God as this Church holds it As to Christian 

 unity, no marked results have been reached as 

 yet of efforts in this direction: but in the Pas- 

 toral Letter of the Bishops it is urged upon all 

 to be patient, to continue in steadfastness, and 

 to hold out loving hands to all men, so that the 



