n 



i: \1T1V1S. 



preparing fr the n 



, . . 



f 



iios* for both rang * 

 i puiils and $ 



i > 



Indiana, wilh 4J*H pupils and $ 



dag. m all 159 institutions, with 

 ITS. 1IJ887 pupil*. 8,7 1. ' "f hom 



- 



r the property of these in-t - 

 is in the form of ground* 

 and buttdiagsaod $15.519.579 in ei. 

 The schools having the most valuable p' 

 if are th* TnirmitT of Chicago, $5,tt< 



i 



$IJH078: aw! Colombia t'nivenutv. > 

 Mbrth America, ootaide 

 ithrfiim th.- British i.roviiu^ M 

 . t ,. Jamaioa. other West India islands, 

 and Oeatral America. are returned 1,066 chun li- 

 es, tTS ministers. 131.316 members, and 8,4*1 

 hsytlmn during the rear; in South An 

 (Algentiai Republic, Brazil, and Patagoi. 



If ministers. *48 members, and i.v.i 

 in Kurope (Austria-Hungary. 



1 France, Germany, Great Britain 

 olland. Italy. Norway. Koumania 

 ami littl|faria,Ru4aan 1 Poland. Spain. Sweden, 

 Ms48witxrrland).S355 church^. :t.Ul ministers, 

 4MJM memban. and 94,756 bai.t>M,,s: i,, 

 (Asssvm, Burmah, Ceylon, China. India 



the Telugw. Japan. Orissa, and Palestine), 

 ehirehsa. 56S ministers, 111,010 members, and 

 5.705 baptisnii; in Africa. 65 churches, 86 minis- 



II members, and 469 baptisms; in 



909 churches. 15S minister* 



158 ministers. 17.92H m< m- 

 bm, and 1J804 baotisms; total for th, w,, r |.l. 

 44j098diarchea. 81.700 ministers. 4,848,854 n. in 



. . .:-.:<. .: -.-. .: , , ... . . ,-, 



frooi UM ptvrioos fear of 1.8 ministers. 1>). 

 .147 members, and HOT baptisms 



during the 



in Wi 



iu 





fi . ,,--., /;,,',,' c,,,,- 

 lUpt^t met 



li . HayS n Ber.Jona- 

 wae unanimously re-elected presi- 



N: 



Board reports! that 

 $185,417, of whid, 



.. 



mouat the churches had contributed 

 a bnprMm than ever before, and that 'the debt 



ad W rsdnead to fSOjDOO. Six missionaries 

 bad bn sent out during the year, but th- 

 muabrr wa* not sufficient to replace those who 



.-.' ,. N, . r ., 

 .- . 



v mold not be accepted for want of 

 omppnrt them. The report* from tlu- 

 faUi Aowed that in O.iim 



80 out 4*t i.n. 41 missionariet, 85 

 *, and 1.131 m<-mt> 



had bam baplin.1 during t ho ynar : in Japan, 

 1 church, 8 out stations. 6 missionaries. 5 native 

 worker* 40 member*, and 9 baptism* 

 4 rhurrbea. 7 roimonarir*. 6 nat 

 mrmb^r*. and 67 baptisms: in 

 ohorchat. 80 missionaries. 1.180 members, and 



996 baptisms; in Brazil. 14 churrhe*. 14 mi~ 

 eionaries. 610 members, and 188 baptism*: and 



in Italy, with principal star i.-n< in K'.'nir ami 

 FlorrinV. 18 churchea, 46 out statinnv. ;{ m. 



. and -js 

 baptisms. Sondar schooli ami <la\ M')I>. 



OODOaoted With all these nn--i..ii.. The cnntn- 



thr nntivi- -hurrhi^ aiimiint, ,1 to 



{6,458. an avi-racc f ncnrly $ l.SMl p.-r nifinlii-r. 



, in.- Mi-- had n-crivi-d during 



. -.:.-.:. r $15319 mow than in the 



previous Vcat. It had IM-^IUI the year* it h a 



debt of $6.7;::. and had inrt all 



paid $.470 ui a house of worship in N 



Una, had reduced ti,, d.ht t.. *I.KK. and had 



a small halanre in th. i h had ein- 



pluyed -rj'i iiii--iniaries an [nonoM nf -M. under 



whose labors 178 churches ha<l I :!iite<l. 



uws of wor-hip built. 7.WJ Mibl. - and 



menfci and 584,988 tracts ili>tril.uted. and 



(Arsons bapti/ed. Sevmty-tivr n 



airiat had been at work in the Indian Territory 



and Oklahoma. Institutes had I n held n"i 



Georgia and Alabama at which colored pastors 

 had been given instruction. Progress was re- 

 ported of work annul;: the (n-rinans. Tin- re- 

 portf from Cabft WWI meau'er and not definite. 

 I'he report of the hoard contained the rell 

 that "notwithstanding all that has been done 

 by our churches and mi ion boards since 1845, 

 and the tfrcat success that has attended our 

 efforts, kM liaptists having increased from 

 450,000 U> -J.;^.i;i (including the colored 

 churches) in this Southern land, then- are more 

 unregenerate persons within the limits of this 

 convention than there wen- fifty year- 

 The Sun. lay-school Board had received fr- 

 ag against $48,539 the year before. Itsbencvoi, nt 

 work included pits in money to or^ani/at ions 



and to the Foreign Mission i 

 for Bible schools in foreign field", amounting in 

 all to $4,375; gift* of literature amounting to 

 *l.l'.K) to needy schools, and full sets of j.ul.li<a- 



to all the missionaries of the Foreign 

 Board and some of the Home Board ; and gifts 

 of Bibles to the needy, for which $351 were ex- 

 pended. A report urging the introduction by 

 the churches of the tithing system for raising 

 money was adopted. The report of a confer- 

 enee held at Fort n-s Monroe with the American 

 BaptiM Iloni,- Mi ionary Society with reference 

 to oo-oparatioti in the work among the colored 

 people was adopted. A committee was appoint- 

 ed to devise plans for reaching the masses of 

 the Southern Bapti-t* in the interest of mis- 

 sions. A n-port respecting young peoplft'i 

 ings recommend^ that rach charcoal as wi-h to 

 have young people's meetings shoald do ao f bat 

 that each church should keep entire ,-,,nt rol of 

 the meeting, and pastors shou Id keep the 

 ties in clow; sympathy with the Southern Baptist 



ration, Mr. Alberto .1. hi;,/, the n, 

 ary of the convention in < 'uba. has under his 

 c-hargr. in different part- of the M ; ,nd. '^7 

 churches and statior ..ined mini-ters 



(besides manv unordaim-,1 lab. | -Mnday 



M-h.K.N with L/228 teachers and pupils, and 2,600 

 church members. 



Mi ionary I'nion returned re- 

 sources amounting to $24,088, including $5,000 

 raised to oay off the debt. 



nee in the interest of the Young 

 People's Societies was held in Washington pro- 



