

al use of tools, and scientific farming in addition to 

 i IK- usual academic courses, and voung women \\ho 

 had been taug . washing, sewing, dress- 



inakini;. Mursini;. and hou* ke, j "'^ 



mountain school* niulud. .1 in the total of ?? 

 school*) returned an enrollment ..f ;.M!.~> pupils. 

 Them schools, besides their direct results, were ex- 



ug a healthy influence in creating a desire fr 

 a better education and larger intellectual growth, 

 and in promoting a higher sUndanl of Instruction. 



>mnge Park School. Florida, was now ft. . 



the troubles from which it wns suffering in 

 the previous year (see "Annual Cyclopaedia M for 

 1888. article OOMMGOATIONAI Phe church 



in the South included i:i:t ministers ami mis- 

 sionaries an i J-.M churches with II. -17 memb.-rs. 

 One thousand had btto added 



f faith. and lrt.li.Vi pupi 



turned in church. mi ion. and Sundax schools. In 

 all. 18 new churches had been organi/.c<l. of which 

 12 were colored chun IH-S. -1 in tin- .Southern moun- 

 tain*, and '2 in the Indian Held. I Miring (h- 

 five rears l',M new churches had I.een added, of 

 which 81 were colored churches. :J5 were chu 

 in the mountains ami ~> in tin- Indian fields. These 

 churches had come into being independent <.f any 

 direction or suggestion from the association. The 

 55 mountain churches had 1.61U memi 

 local Congregational associat ions organ i/i -d within 

 .ist few years among the mountain churches 

 the Cunibcrland Plateau Associat ion. in Tennessee, 

 and the Cumberland Valley Association, in Ken- 

 -wen- maintaining "a vignrou- 

 ecu churches were sustained among the In- 

 dians, and returned !?! members 1,1 H pupils in 

 .iy schools, and $2,4'J? of benevolent collec- 

 . There were also connected with the Indian 

 missions 26 missionary out stations, su missionaries 

 and teachers, 87 of whom were Indians, and -j:j 

 schools with 592 pupils. The Indian missions were 

 divided among tne departinenis of NYbra-ka and 

 tin- Oakotas in which the :J central training >-hools 

 were situated Montana frFort Custeri. Washington 



M. and Ala>ka d a|-e i'rinc.- of \\ 

 The churches, of which 2 had been added during 

 the yrar, were mostly >ervcd ly native pastors who 

 went iut from the Christian Mhootf. while 4 uhite 

 general missionaries superintended the work of the 

 re pastors in the out stations. The Chinese 

 missions comprised 20 schools, with o2 teachers, 7 of 

 whom were Chinese, and 1,084 pupils, while 60 per- 

 sons had made profession of faith during the \< ar. 

 The Chinese brethren, since the organ i/at ion of their 

 Chinese Missionary Society, in l s '. had < -out rilni'ed 

 more than $15,000 to missions in china. The? 

 were carrying on missionary work at Canton, with 

 a property worth $4,000. "at Hong-Kong, where 

 they had j.rojH-rty valued at nearly $10,000, and 

 rganizcd an aggressive work fn>m their chapel 

 atCi-Nuni;. Ibitides sustain ing their three mi-ions 

 1 the American l;.,ard in China to 

 start a number <>f chapolsand free schools, and had 

 1 largely t. the Mjpport of them. Their 

 Christian Knd -.. v in Sjin Francisco ranked 



Mine third in the United States in contributions 

 to foreign missions. 



The American Board. The eighty-eighth an- 

 nual meeting of the An f Commis- 

 sioners for Foreign Missions was held at \. .v I la- 

 ven. Conn., in October. 



The treasurer's* report showed that the total ex- 

 -ture for the year had been $888.414. of which 

 $636,299 represented the cost of missions, and that 

 the board had been left > 

 manent fund amounted to ^-Jl" 



The general survey gives the following num- 

 bers : Of missions, 20 ; of stations, 101 ; of out sto- 



1.120; of plan 1 preaching, 1.501; 



I.'.'lil. 



Laborer* /. NumlK-r <<f ordained mis- 



I::IM- - i"i I '.:,_ \>\\\ - ians . I ; l : o( ph\-iciaus 



not ordained (besiues 10 worn. ilu-r male 



assistants, 4 : of \\..mcn. Klof them phx-ician-.. \\i\j-s 



17J. unma: whiih- nnmf>er of hiliorera 



he t'niled States. .")}:{ : numlier o| i 

 pastors. 284; of na :..-r- and 



548; of native school-teachers. 1,651 : of oth.r na- 

 tive laborers, .Vj: : i-ial ..f native | a l.,,i 

 total of American and native lalNif. 



-.- -Number of clui' 



hurch members. 4 1.IMM5 ; adiled during the year, 

 :;.!!! : whole number from the liM.as nearlx B 



///i' ;*/. Number of theo logfafl 



seininarie- and station rla-r>. 1?. \\ilh 1 ?.i |>ii|iils; 

 and high schools for\<.iin^ men. ."?. with 

 8,888 |>upil ; ,,| boarding self K. fl. with 



3,608 pupils; of e,, m m,.n schools. i.ni:i. u,th 48JH 

 pupils; whole number under instruct: 

 Amount of Dative Contribution! so far;. 



$118,0 



n\\ing ti> incomplete returns from \V- 

 rn Turkey, the items from those im^i- 

 pee to churches and native agencies were ' 

 from pi-evioiis reports. In European Turkey, not- 

 withstanding the war and the disturbances at Sa- 

 loiiica and Mona-t ir. and much hindrance to gedl 

 eral travel, the mission work had held its ,,\\n. In 

 Eastern Turkey it had been more interrupted, and 

 the care of orphans. 2,000 of whom ha 

 protection, had laid heavy burdens on the mission, 

 aries. Yet the schools and churches had 

 thronged, and many places hitherto closed had been 

 seeking spiritual 'help. The \\estr, n and central 

 missions in Turkey had held meeting- for th- 

 time in iln The colleges at Constantinople, 



van. and Aintab and the hi^'h si-ho, 

 ported ; . Micci-sful year. In Bulgaria the work had 

 considerably broadened : it had been very su 

 ful in Austria. Spain, and M- xico, and the growl li 

 of the Christian Kndeavor societies in Sj.ain and 

 Mexico liail been very noticeable. In India the 

 were ojpen on every hand. < I real changes 

 shown in Japan, which was open everywhere. The 

 Mast Central African Mi ioii.now in it'- foiirtl; 

 had founded its HIM church, with 1? membe; 

 revival i.f great power ami extent had marked tin- 

 progress of the Xulu mission. In Micronesia tin- 

 situation was much improved, the i 

 visited 1'i.nape by special invitation of tin- Spanish 

 governor, and visits had been paid to tli 

 and Marshall islands. A rapidly and wide! 

 tending interest in Christianity was manifest in 

 China; and in the Foochow mission, whic! 

 celebrated its jubilee, there had been more than 

 2,000 inquirers, while the 548 additi- 

 churches were almost .",o per cent, of the nuinl 

 ported in the previous year, and more than th- 

 number in the mission live years preceding. 



The Rev. R. '!>. !>.. president of the 



:. having expressed a desire to retire from that 

 on account of his age, a committ 

 pointed to nominate a candidate to be in 

 The committee unanimoi, 



name of t i . I>. !>.. of I la; 



Conn., and he was unanimously elected president 

 of the board. A special paper was present- 

 the Prudential Committee railing attention t 

 stringency in the financial affairs of the mission* 

 ami the failure of the churches to contribute 

 quatcly to the needs of the work, and a-king advice 

 as to how the emergency should be met. Should 

 is to papal lands be given up '. Should 

 some of the older missions be left to take care "f 



