L( 



.utrnttL 



to the step the 



MM r.r,,:,.t. 



fully reaHiing the im^m- 





 ' M psoffe of what*** Cfctunoh or deoom- 



. ' u . 



' nrcorpo- 



the aarUeat practicable period: un:inu 

 mined resistance to all nttrmpts i> M-ctm 

 board ch illm^' upon the advocates 



iffious eouality to taxe st i -i-.lit- 



catiimal w. - ! <>f tin- 



M..II a-* would seonn ih.- 

 of a HOUM' <>f < 'linn, ii- j.l.-ii-.-.l to pnniioto the 



NontabliHhmiMit. 



Xfmtlona' tlea, 'nail 



aouroes for 1&4 of tho Sot-i. -iv f..r tin- I'ropaga- 

 "... ,] .:. I :,,_,; larta wa* LT-. 





nnd im- 



hhishop or 

 rwnt clear and mtM 



to th 

 Churvh 



In another re*>- 

 i- 



the Council of tb Na- 

 Otamh Union Aoald eoorite 



hsnedCharcaofthc 

 the first Pi a rat Book 



n int.. tin- Kstab- 

 ntid practices of 

 mr VI. which have 

 ..vfiil null, 



! 



made to promote n- union 



*mee<Jiigo?The Society for the Lil>- 

 ofrUligioa from the Control 



- . . . v. : . : 



Mavl. The report of the committee dwelt on the 

 atlvtoc* of Welsh disestablishment since 1892 ; 



I. ' i! .. .': ' " .". 



hdbra Parliament. m a whole, whil- 



I'-'.rr. ..I--.' ; 



of UM Seottish disnstihlishmstif question tin- 

 ' 



x ....... fr '..:: 



mas to qaieken the action of the Oovenin..nr 

 -. * . 



vonld ha made to 4fffrnl iHssetaliHiliiiianl can- 

 at the nett election. Other measures in 

 of -piecemeal diseetabli^hn 

 npon,taaeducationaJ work of the 



*1 that tnere was 



\-- 

 well as at the 



: ! 

 lit 

 Ml* ft! 



of ohUit.u.'. 



MorsthaU 



"* There was 



appealing to Bnftiish noneon' 

 ista to be tSTto a^^Sndples with the 

 of WH<4i diseetahtChn^exiiressing 

 JOB thai the Scottish DisesteMkhmecS 

 poshed forward at 



, :.- than the gross total for 



1881. In the 1. ty, the 



ug committee had reorganised n- -ul- 

 oommittee on home or. .ln<h\v 



a large bod> in wlm-h >-\<r\ diocese wa> 

 santetl luty would be to deal with tliu 



society^ home work thr..u^li..ut th.-.-.-u: 



organising secretaries, to h<>! 1 

 with t horn officers from time to tin i< in ilu-prog- 

 ress of their work, to consider nil matter* r.-iat- 

 ingtodepo! unnit- 



tees in tne several dioceses as to or 

 to take measures for encouraging 



.HITS for missi' r. >.! -n. united 



. n.-s with a \i.-w 



to the Icsseriinjr <>f deputation expmses and the 

 d and other niiionary as- 



ns. The London Missjonan 



n. in eoiin.'etion with the soeietv, had 



Cm an impetus to the society's work in the 

 don districts, and had led to the multipli- 

 of Hinilar a^ociatioiis throughout the 

 eoinitry in jrn-at center- of popalauon. The 

 Board of Kxaminers had during the year con-id- 



iie applications of 11 oiergTmen and *j! 

 laymen for work altnmd. and had" recoimiiend- 

 exl 9 cler^yiiM-n and *j:j laymen to the >o<-irty. 



"f these were for Africa, 11 for A \ 

 and the Went Indies, 5 for Asia, and -1 f 

 tralia. The number of ordained minion;,- 



. in-ludin^ hishojis, was 719, 

 of whora 233 were in A -in. 17:J in Africa, is in 

 Australia and the Pacific, 209 in North America, 

 'W in the West Indies, and 39 chaplains in Ku- 

 rope. Of these, 125 were natives working in 

 Asia and 45 in Africa, There were also in the 

 various missions about 2.900 lay tea- 

 stiidents in the wK-iety's colleges, and 38,000 

 hildren in tin- mission M-ho,,N in A-iti and 

 Africa. The sj.iritual side of the society's work 

 presented details of difficult i.s mid progress, 

 of fears and hopes. It had been m;iny 

 since wars had filled so large a space in tne story 

 is in the past year. In China, Japan, 

 Korea, Madagascar, and' a- I., i-nbo. in East 

 there had been all the anxieties connect- 

 1 with wars and rumors of war-, hut no word 

 of quail from any ..f the mi-ionaries. 

 were also brighter scene- in the ission 



field. Mashonaland and Matabeleland were in 

 the enjoyment of a peacefulness su-h si 

 had probably never kn..wn under tlieir ol.l r..ndi- 

 tlon. In Basutoland, KafTraria. and Xulul.-md, 

 theChurr-li had taken root, and there were signs 

 of growth. In Ntal there was the happy draw- 

 ing together of brethren long parted. Progress 

 was recorded in other states of India. Of the 

 18 native .clergv in the diocese of Lai 

 convert* from Mohammedanism. 

 The report of the Melanesian mission showed 



