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EVAETS, WILLIAM M. 



vided liberty of worship for Christians in that 

 country; and the Khedive had been induced 

 to give a plot of ground to the Protestants of 

 Koos, on which to erect a chapel. It had made 

 efforts to secure a better observance of the 

 Lord's day in Switzerland, which, it was said, 

 were not so chimerical as some people in Great 

 Britain might imagine. The invitation that 

 the Alliance had received from the mightiest 

 of the crowned heads of Europe (the Empe- 

 ror of Germany), to hold its next general con- 

 ference in his capital, showed that its repute 

 and influence abroad were considerable. It 

 wai stated that the Count von Moltke was 

 president of the Prussian branch of the Al- 

 liance. A larger number of members were re- 

 ported to have joined the Alliance during the 

 past 12 months than in any previous year. 



EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION. The 

 following is a summary of the statistics of the 

 Evangelical Association, as given in the Chris- 

 tian Family Almanac for 1878 : 



The increase of members over the number 

 reported in the previous year was 4,893. Num- 

 ber of Sunday-schools, 1,741}; of officers and 

 teachers in the same, 19,295; of Sunday- 

 school scholars, 106,314 ; of catechetical class- 

 es, 537; of catechumens, 6,960; number of 

 children baptized during the year, 7,511 ; num- 

 ber of adults baptized, 1,824; probable value 

 of the churches, $3,233,971 ; number of par- 

 sonages, 388; probable value of the same, 

 $414,970; amount of conference contribu- 

 tions, $4,393.82 ; of missionary contributions, 

 $67,448.17; of contributions to the Sunday- 

 school and Tract Union, $2,084.22. The high- 

 schools of the denomination are the North- 

 western College, at Naperville, 111. ; the Union 

 Biblical Institute, Naperville, HI.; and Union 

 Seminary, New Berlin, Pa. The Ebenezer 

 Orphan Institution, at FlatrBock, Ohio, has a 

 school and manual labor department con- 

 nected with it. The periodical publications 



* Statistics of lost year. t Statistics not fully reported. 



of the Association comprise a monthly reli- 

 gious magazine, a general denominational 

 weekly newspaper, and four periodicals for 

 Sunday-schools and children, in the English 

 language ; one weekly newspaper, one monthly 

 magazine for the Sunday-school and family, 

 three papers for Sunday-schools, in German, 

 published in the United States ; and one weekly 

 newspaper and one paper for Sunday-schools, 

 published in Germany. 



The 38th annual meeting of the Mission- 

 ary Society and the meeting of the Board of 

 Missions were held at Eacine, Wis., October 

 12th and 13th. The treasurer of the Mission- 

 ary Society reported that the receipts to the 

 principal treasury for the past year had been 

 $13,119.24, of which sum $7,618.35 had come 

 in the shape of contributions and bequests for 

 home missions, and $3,538.65 for missions in 

 Europe. The total expenditures had been 

 $36,496.32, showing a deficit of $23,377.08. 

 The sum of $49,353.14 had also been received 

 into the conference treasuries, and $61,658.69 

 had been expended from them. The receipts 

 on account of the Heathen Mission Fund had 

 been $5,291.24, and the expenditures on the 

 same account $6,256.11, leaving $26,603.50 in 

 the treasury at the end of the year. The total 

 amount of the standing fund was $53,416.01. 

 The total amount of receipts for the year had 

 been $67,771.90, and the total amount of ex- 

 penditures had been $83,651.69, showing an 

 increase of $3,196. 37 in receipts and $1,376.59 

 in expenditures over those of the previous 

 year. Favorable reports were made of the 

 condition of the missions of the Society in Eu- ' 

 rope and in Japan. 



The Japanese mission had completed the 

 first year of its operations, and had received 

 its first convert. The Executive Committee 

 were advised to send another missionary to 

 Japan, who should be the superintendent of 

 the mission. Every member of the church 

 was invited to make a special gift on Christmas- 

 day for the reduction of the debt of the Soci- 

 ety, which now amounted to $25,000. 



The annual meeting of the Board of Pub- 

 lication was held at Cleveland, Ohio, October 

 16th. The book-agent reported that his gross 

 receipts had been $138,247.11, and his gross 

 expenditures $111,443.12, showing a net profit 

 for the year of $26,803.99. The resources of 

 the establishment were estimated at $366,- 

 224.58, and its liabilities at $9,573.68. Addi- 

 tions had been made to the machinery and 

 stock of the publishing-house to the value of 

 $15,067. The 16 periodicals published at the 

 establishment had an aggregate circulation of 

 171,803 copies. The publication of a " Bible 

 History," and the erection of an additional 

 building, were determined upon. 



EVAETS, WILLIAM MAXWELL, WAS born in 

 Boston, February 6, 1818. He was the son of 

 Jeremiah Evarts, who was born in Sunderland, 

 Vt., February 3, 1781, and died in Charleston, 

 S. C., May 10, 1831. The latter graduated at 



