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PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. 



that 3,586 public services were held in the year, 

 and nearly $28,000 contributed; more than 1,000 

 persons were baptized, and nearly 300 confirmed, 

 and the communicants number more than 8,000. 



For mission work among the Indians $54,158.- 

 89 was paid out by the board. 



In Liberia 4 priests young men of African 

 descent, educated in the mission schools were 

 ordained, 5 postulants and 2 candidates for holy 

 orders were admitted, 13 lay readers were li- 

 censed, and 3 additional catechists and teachers 

 were commissioned; the corner stones of 1 school 

 and of 2 church buildings were laid; 2 churches 

 were consecrated; 329 persons, many of whom 

 were adults, were baptized, and 184 confirmed; 

 the contributions were $2,538.24; and the number 

 of communicants was 1,647, of whom 975 were 

 aborigines. 



Spiritual progress, and material as well, marked 

 the course of the year in China until the out- 

 break of the disturbances there, after which time 

 all missionaries and native workers were with- 

 drawn from the mission stations. One native 

 deacon was advanced to the priesthood, and 1, a 

 graduate of the theological school, was admitted 

 to the order of deacon; 3 of the foreign clergy 

 also were advanced to the priesthood. The bap- 

 tisms of natives were 411; confirmations, 151; 

 communicants, 1,139; day-school pupils, 778; 

 boarding-school pupils, 448 (all these pupils have 

 lessons equivalent to Sunday-school work in the 

 United States); contributions, $2,799.02 (Mexi- 

 can dollars). Science Hall, St. John's College, 

 was completed and formally opened; the college 

 chapel was inclosed and made the pro-cathedral; 

 St. Hilda's school, at Wu-Chang, was erected and 

 opened for the work of female education; and at 

 several stations land was bought for chapels and 

 schoolhouses. The translation of the Bible was 

 continued, an abridgment of the Old Testament 

 published, a translation of Gwynne's Catechism 

 made, and the hymnal was revised and enlarged 

 by the translation of additional hymns. 



In Japan the most noteworthy event of the 

 year was the consecration of the Rev. Sidney 

 Catlin Partridge as Missionary Bishop of Kioto, 

 the missionary district set apart in 1898. Statis- 

 tics for the Japan mission give: Natives baptized, 

 260, of whom 173 were adults; confirmed, 207; 

 communicants, 1,757; day-school pupils, 1,561; 

 boarding-school pupils, 318; Sunday-school pu- 

 pils, 1,852; contributions, $7,518.02 (Mexican dol- 

 lars). Three native priests and 2 deacons were 

 ordained in Japan, and the missionary staff was 

 strengthened by the arrival of 4 missionaries. 

 Three churches were consecrated, and land for 

 mission buildings was bought. It has been made 

 clear that the intention of the rescript issued in 

 1899, which forbade any religious instruction in 

 any schools in Japan licensed by the Depart- 

 ment of Education, was to forbid religious in- 

 struction as part of the curriculum established 

 by the department, but that there was no inten- 

 tion of interfering with such instruction if given 

 either before or after the hours prescribed for 

 t lie regular curriculum. A bill for the regulation 

 of religions, aiming to bring all institutions, 

 secular and religious, under the control of the 

 Government, was introduced in the last Diet, but 

 because of the opposition of the principal Bud- 

 dhist sects it failed to receive a majority vote. 

 Many of the provisions of this bill are calculated 

 to hinder Christian work. 



The baptisms in Hayti during the year num- 

 bered 141, the confirmations 31, and the con- 

 tributions were $2,388.77. At Leogane, the 

 stronghold of Voodooism, a chapel was conse- 



crated, and the chief Voodoo priest, or sorcerer, 

 has become a convert. The bishop asserts that 

 the time now is fully come to put into effective 

 movement the auxiliary means of evangelization 

 for which preparation has been made during the 

 past twenty years medical missions and indus- 

 trial schools. 



The routine work of the Mexican Church con- 

 tinues to be carried on by 7 presbyters and 5 

 deacons, who, with lay readers, make up the 

 working force. The baptisms in the year were 

 83, and the confirmations 49; the offerings 

 amounted to $1,062; and the number of com- 

 municants was 727. The work in Mexico among 

 English-speaking people has not been as success- 

 ful as was anticipated. 



The statistics of the chaplaincies in Europe 

 show: Clergy, 14; organized chaplaincies, 9; bap- 

 tisms, 5; confirmations, 40; communicants, 1,400; 

 contributions, $15,025. 



On March 14, 1899, the Assyrian Mission Com- 

 mittee, which was organized in February, 1895, 

 was made an auxiliary to the Domestic and For- 

 eign Missionary Society. The amounts collected 

 for this mission since March, 1899, aggregating 

 $2,603.69, have been applied to their respective 

 purposes. 



The receipts of the American Church Mission- 

 ary Society amounted to $68,353; the cash on 

 hand Sept. 1, 1899, was $45,685.17; the expendi- 

 tures were $103,955.52. The cash balance Sept. 

 1, 1900 $10,282.65 with the special investments 

 of $26,362.50, gives $36,645.15 as the real amount 

 of available funds on hand for the society's gen- 

 eral work and the beneficiaries of its trusts. Of 

 this amount there is available and unappropri- 

 ated for the general work $3,162.20. The mission- 

 aries of the society in the domestic field number 

 20, who minister in 66 stations to 1,300 communi- 

 cants, of whom 95 have been added during the 

 year. The disbursements for Brazil for missions 

 were $14,115.55; for "specials," $2,200.43; for 

 church building, $7,000. The Brazilian mission 

 continues to develop, and from all established 

 points of Church work there has come pro- 

 nounced expression of acceptable result. During 

 the year a theological school has been opened, 

 and a new mission has been instituted; 101 per- 

 sons were baptized; 147 confirmed; the communi- 

 cants were 443; Sunday-school teachers, 27; 

 pupils, 378; and contributions, $4,991.32. 



For Cuba the disbursements were: For mis- 

 sions, $4,874.71; for "specials," $1,670; for Ma- 

 tanzas Orphanage, $3,337.07; for Havana Orphan- 

 age, $482.70; for Guantanamo Orphanage, $22; 

 for church building in Bolondron. $1,028.26; for 

 church building in Havana, $2.434.23; for Ma- 

 tanzas Cemetery certificate, $500. In spite of 

 the difficulties and small means good work has 

 been done in Cuba. Four presbyters labor there. 

 and a candidate for holy orders; these are 

 sisted by 2 laymen and 5 or 6 ladies. The 

 Bishop of Pennsylvania made a visitation to the 

 island and confirmed 118 persons. 



The Society for Promoting Christianity among 

 the Jews continues, though slowly, to make eon 

 verts; it is hampered by lack of means. The 

 amount at its disposal during the vear was $6,- 

 268.88, the expenditures were $5,827.41, ami a 

 cash balance of $441.47 remains in the treasury. 



The summary of work accomplished in the yea? 

 by the Woman's Auxiliary and its junior depart 

 ment, in which 3,408 parishes and missions took 

 part, shows: Contributions in money, $210,841.50: 

 and boxes valued at $191,434.96. " Of the total 

 of $402,276.51 the junior department gave moi 

 and boxes to the amount of $31,148.23. 



