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BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONSMEMBERS OF THE BOARD

1916— 1919R ev. f. F. BERG, D.D.R e v. W. P. BRUCE, D.D.R ev. EDWARD DAWSON R ev. WM. B. HILL, D.D.

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R ev. J. H. WHITEHEAD M r. JOHN BINGHAM T. G. HUIZINGA, M.D. M r. V. H. YOUNGMAN J. MACLEOD, D.D.

1917— 1920R ev. E. J. BLEKKINK, D.D. R ev. E. G. READ, D.D.R ev. W. H. S. DEMAREST, D.D. R ev. C. H. STEWART, D.D. R ev. LEWIS FRANCIS, D.D. M r. WM. L. BROWER R ev. T. H. MACKENZIE, D.D. M r. CORNELIUS DOSKER

R ev. J. P. SEARLE, D.D.1918— 1921

R ev. HENRY E. COBB, D.D. M r. A. P. COBB R ev. J. ADDISON JONES, D.D. M r. W. E. FOSTER R ev. JOHN ENGELSMAN M r. A. H. MOORER ev. H. J. VELDMAN M r. E. E. OLCOTT

R ev. A. VENNEMA, D.D.OFFICERS OF THE BOARD

R ev. HENRY E. COBB, D.D., PresidentR ev. J. P. SEARLE, D.D., Rice PresidentR ev. J. H. WHITEHEAD, Recording SecretaryR ev. W. I. CHAMBERLAIN, P h .D., Foreign SecretaryM r. F. M. POTTER, Associate SecretaryR ev. W. J. VAN KERSEN. Holland, Mich., District SecretaryM r. HOWELL S. BENNET, TreasurerR ev. J. L. AMERMAN, D.D., Assistant Treasurer, Emeritus

EXECUTIVE c o m:mitteeR ev. T. H. MACKENZIE, D.D., Chairman M r. JOHN BINGHAM R ev. J. F. BERG, D.D. M r. A. P. COBBR ev. W. H. S. DEMAREST, D.D. M r. W. E. FOSTERR ev. WM. B. HILL, D.D. M r. A. H. MOORER ev. J. H. WHITEHEAD M r. E. E. OLCOTT

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ARABIAN MISSION TRUSTEESR ev. H. E. COBB, D.D., President R ev. J. P. SEARLE, D.D.R ev. LEWIS FRANCIS, D.D. R ev. J. H. WHITEHEADR ev. T. H. MACKENZIE, D.D. M r. JOHN BINGHAM

M r. E. E. OLCOTTMEDICAL ADVISERS

CONDICT W. CUTLER, M.D., 13S West 76th Street, New York CHARLES N. DOWD, M.D., 127 West 72nd Street, New York LILIAN K. P. FARRAR, M.D., 40 West 96th Street, New York C. OTTO STUMPF. M.D., Queens, Long Island, N. Y..T. G. HUIZINGA, M.D., Zeeland, Michigan

The Rev. H enry E. Cobb, D.D.President of the Board of Foreign Missions

Eighty-sixth Annual Report of the

Board of Foreign Missionsof the Reformed Church in America

T h e Sixty-first Year of Separate Action Organized, 1832 Independent, 1857 Incorporated, 1860-

M I S S I O N S Amo y, China, 1842 Arcot, India, 1853

Japan, 1859 Arabia, 1894

Presented to the General Synod at Asbury Park, N . J. June, 1918

T H E R E F O R M E D C H U R C H P R O G R E S S C A M P A I G N

Since the printing of the report of the Board of Foreign Missions, Synod has met and passed u p o n the unusually import­ant recommendations laid before it this year. T h e step most far- reaching in its consequences, not only to the Foreign Board but to the activity of the individual church, was the adoption of the Five-Year Program for the Reformed Church Progress Campaign, which was proposed to the churches through Synod in a most impressive memorial. That w e m a y have this ob­jective continually before us in our work, special attention is called to the recommendations of the Board on pp. X L V I I and X L V I I I which delineate the relationship of the Foreign Board to this great Forward Movement, and which were adopted in toto by Synod. There is also given here in full the report of Synod’s Committee on the Memorial, the adoption of which by General Synod has committed all of us to this great progressive effort during these coming five years.

REPORT OF SYNOD’S COMMITTEETo the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America. Fathers and Brethren:

You r Committee to act upon the Memorial presented by our six boards relative to a Five-Year 'Denominational Program, is impressed by this spectacle of the whole Denomination stepping forward to be counted into the vast enterprises of an aroused world.

W e have had forward movements of m a n y sorts in recent years, but never have wte had a united and correlated movement of all our boards and agencies based op a wide Denominational Program. So natural does this plan seem today that w e wonder w h y it has not crystallized before. W e note that other de­nominations are n o w taking this step or are hard at work pro-

secuting such plans. T he sacrificial spirit of the hour demands unified effort and unified control. T he President of the United States, through the Federal Council of Churches, has called every church to raise its power to the very utmost efficiency as a war measure. If w e are heedless to this call w e shall become very seriously embarrassed and possibly submerged in the surge of high causes which mark the present hour. Should not en­thusiasm for our task, as the Reformed Church I N A M E R I C A . be equal to that displayed by the R ed Cross or the Y. M. C. A. ? Both of these agencies in large degree look to the Christian Church as their mother.

Shall w e seem to live in spite of the war or in the war? Secretary of W a r Baker’s slogan ought to apply with us, “In it to win it.” W e are called to make our contribution as a de­nomination. It is a most real challenge. Leave it unanswered in this General Synod and w e shall not contribute much. W e shall discover ourselves “dwelling apart in the peace of our self-content” in the very midst of a threatened world.

W e are, therefore, proud when our splendid secretaries re­act as one m a n to such a world situation and then unite to tell us that w e as a denomination are drafted into the c o m m o n cause. Believing in our church w e would answer as eager volunteers.

W e would, therefore, respectfully r e c o m m e n d :1. That this plan to promulgate a Five-Year Denominational

Program be approved with a cheer.2. That the several boards concerned be requested to

organize a Joint Committee for five years to prosecute this plan.3. That this Joint Committee be empowered to employ an

Executive Secretary if such a course be deemed wise at any time during the five years.

4. A s a concrete expression of what ought to be achieved on the financial side, that General Synod declare its purpose to advance year by year its financial support of its boards and funds concerned in this Program, so that by 1923, it shall amount to $1,000,000.

5. That w e e mp ow er the Joint Committee to adopt some scheme of awarding a suitable service flag or other distinguish­ing marks in the printed reports of the individual church’s work so that the progress of this Program m a y be adequately visual­ized for our people and our children.

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The Committee further suggested the following ten lines of development as necessary for the individual church in carrying out this p ro gr am : ' . .

1. T o endeavor to double its communicant membership.2. T o secure at least one candidate for the ministry.3. T o provide efficient training for Bible School Teachers.4. T o organize Y o u n g People’s Societies into Training

Classes for Christian Service.5. T o see that every m e m b e r is a subscriber or regular

reader of some Reformed Church periodical.6. T o organize an effective M e n ’s Missionary Committee.7. T o enlist every w o m a n of the Church in a W o m e n ’s Mis­

sionary Organization.8. T o adopt systematic and proportionate giving.9. T o contribute pro rata to all denominational Boards.

10. T o render effective community, national, and world service.

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ANNUAL REPORT, 1918T he Board of Foreign Missions respectfully presents to

General Synod its Eighty-sixth Annual Report and the Sixty-first of its separate and independent action. .

The year has been characterized by marked and unique events, all of these the more conspicuous because of the wide background of the Great World W a r in which, during the year, the United States has become an active participant and to which, during the same twelve months, all the countries in Asia, where our missionaries live and labor, have become even more closely related.

F r o m every point of view this has been an eventful year. Judging by its activities and responsibilities toward the foreign missionary enterprise of the Christian Church, the Reformed Church in America has stood loyally by its obligations in the midst of turmoil and conflicting claims maintaining m e n and w o m e n in the various fields and providing means necessary to the task undertaken. It has not only been an eventful year; it has been a great year in the history of the Board’s relation’ to the Church at h o m e and the Churches in Asia growing up under its nourishing care. It has been a year in which m e n ’s souls have been tried and their judgments tested. A policy of abridge­ment has been urged in' the interests of the advancement of the great National task that is n o w clearly paramount. These have naturally been applied to interests and obligations most remote. Appeals of an imperative character have crowded in upon us and upon our Constituency.

In the midst of these commanding external events and of m a n y justifiable distractions from without, the internal Adminis­trative Agency of the Board has undergone a vital and critical transformation. W e still feel and shall long continue to feel the loss of the helpful companionship and fruitful cooperation of our late President, Dr. John G. Fagg. However, the prompt assumption of the duties of his office by his successor, our new

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President, his quick comprehension of its responsibilities and duties, his sympathetic understanding of our administrative relations to the Church at h o m e and to the missionaries abroad, his strong and effective cooperation and leadership, have mad e this transition an invigorating experience.

The Executive Agency of the Board has similarly under­gone an important change in the H o m e Secretaryship. After four years in this relationship, the Rev. E. W . Miller, D.D., felt constrained to withdraw from this service in October, 1917. M a n y expressions of sincere appreciation have reached the Board of Dr. Miller’s helpful and sympathetic relations to ministers and missionaries during his incumbency of this office. T h e following action was taken by the B o a r d :

R esolved. 1. That the Board deeply sympathizes with Dr. Miller in the impaired condition of his health and expresses its earnest and sincere hope for his complete restoration.

2. That the Board expresses hearty appreciation of all that Dr. Miller has been able to do in this important office for the promotion of the cause of Foreign Missions.Advantage was taken of the presence in this country on

furlough of the Rev. L. J. Shafer and he was invited to assume, temporarily, the position of H o m e Secretary. T h e Board records with gratitude its appreciation of the valuable character of Mr. Shafer’s cooperation during the year. Active and judicious in the carrying out of his tasks in the office and most responsive and diligent in his visits to Churches and Soceties, he has borne a large share in the unusual results of the year. H e will carry back with him, as he n o w returns to Japan, the confidence and the best wishes of the Board and of the Churches. Through this relationship the Mission in Japan will be brought still closer to us and w e to it as it enters upon its n e w reorganized life.

These events in the inner life of the Board, while of unusual importance were by no means the most eventful of the year. O u r representatives and colleagues on. the mission fields have had their unusual experiences. T h e Service Flag of the Board

bears upon its white field nineteen blue stars and upon its red field, one golden star. This golden star represents Mrs. Arthur K. Bennett. Commissioned as Dr. Christine Iverson in 1909 as a medical missionary to Arabia, she gave her life in March, 1916, in war service while attending upon Turkish prisoners of war, from w h o m she contracted typhus fever, the Hospital in Basrah being then in R ed Cross service under the Medical Department of the British Expeditionary Forces in Mesopotamia. O f the nineteen blue stars, two stand for members of the Board,— the President and Dr. J. Addison Jones, w h o have both been in war service in connection with the Y. M . C. A., one in a southern c am p in the United States and the other in France. O f the remaining sixteen blue stars, thirteen represent missionaries, in fact and in embryo, all of w h o m would be in the mission field at this time or in the near future had they not responded to the call of the great National task n o w so clearly paramount. O f this number, eight are physicians, thus bringing our medical work under peculiar strain. T h e Board does not complain of this drain upon the strength of our missionary forces already weakened .by other causes. It points out, however, that our missionaries are sharing in the service of our country in the time of its peril and this by voluntary service. 'Several of our appointees to ordained missionary service have waived their exemptions under the military service law and have thus volun­tarily m a d e themselves liable to such service. This is a noble record and one in .which the Board and the Church m a y well take pride. If and w h e n these m e n in the Providence of G o d are permitted to carry out their life purpose in the mission field, they will be enriched with an experience and with a consciousness of loyalty to the immediate duty that is bound to raise their ideals of missionary service and add great value to that service.

Turning n o w to the details of our administrative respon­sibility : •

W h e n the Board in October last confronted its annual task of making the. appropriations to the Missions, a task which always involves profound concern, but in this first war year particularly so,Rafter prolonged consideration it adopted a policy

of caution and yet of courage. It resolved to limit its appro­priations to the work of the Missions, and the maintenance of the status quo, denying all appeals for advance although grievous disappointment was involved in this limitation. It further re­solved to meet fully its obligations in the matter of missionary maintenance holding itself liable to increased charges on this account as the economic conditions caused by the war in China, India and Arabia might necessitate additional appropriations for the maintenance allowance of the missionaries. In the course of the year this has occurred adding considerably to the obliga­tions of the Board.

The Board furthermore resolved to'meet the extra expendi­tures occasioned by the war conditions, such as enhanced rates of exchange, of travel, and of freight transportation. While this policy was hardly more than one of simple honesty, it none the less required courage to undertake it in a year of such financial confusion and strain, more especially whe n the year began with a deficit balance of $29,500, the largest of m a n y years.

W h a t n o w is the story of the year ? •T he Board stood to its obligations. It sent out to the M is ­

sions thirteen n e w missionaries of the sixteen commissioned dur­ing the previous year, three having been detained, not by the Board, but by the call of the country to National service. It was aided in this undertaking by the generous cooperation of the Milton Stewart Evangelistic Fund, which met the expense .of the outfit and travel to the field.

T he Board further recognized its obligation to missionary maintenance on the fields by adding to the allowance of the mis­sionaries in India, China and Arabia because of the altered economic conditions in those countries, revealed not by the ap­peals of the missionaries, but by conditions laid bare to the inquiries of the Deputation of the Board whe n visiting the missionaries two years ago and confirmed by later investigations.

O n their part, the missionaries abroad report to the Church at h o m e clear evidences of Divine favor resting on their en­deavors. In each one of the mission fields there have been developments that have led to present achievements and give

promise of challenging opportunities in the future. These are set forth in the paragraph that follows upon the Mission Fields. Suffice it to record here in this S u m m a r y of the story of the year that, while the Missionary Forces and the associated Native Agency have remained about the same, there has been either steadiness or distinct progress in all the items that customarily indicate the year’s activities. In two, in particular, is there cause for especial gratification. T h e number received from these non-Christian environments on confession of faith into the Church of Christ increased in the year by 25% , while the contributions of the indigenous churches, as the outward expression of their n ew Christian allegiance, have increased about 40%.

W e measure our devotion to this phase of our Church’s life in good part by the financial outcome of the year at home. In order to meet in part the additional obligations of this year certain to rise ;put of war’s alarms, and as a further committal to our o w n spiritual purposes in the midst of m a n y and pressing National claims, the Board proposed, and secured the cordial cooperation of the Board of Domestic Missions, in a plan calling for an additional fund for Missions based upon O n e D a y ’s Income from every m e m b e r of the Reformed Church. W e ventured to anticipate about $15,000 from this source. S o m e of the most courageous a m o n g us hoped for $20,000. This plan was entered into heartily by the Church in general and our highest anticipa­tions have been well nigh doubled as the fund reports about $35,000 received during the year. This was apportioned a m o n g the four Boards of Domestic and Foreign Missions, our o w n separate share being $12,615.17.

T he gifts of the Churches this year through the usual chan­nels for the regular work of the Board are $184,523 as against $175,661 last year. T he receipts from legacies are $43,827 as against $18,281 last year. T h e gifts for Special Objects are somewhat less than those of last year, $23,1.34 against $27,910. T he receipts of the Arabian Mission have been very similar to those of last year, $35,795 against $35,725, while the contribu­tions for Special Objects in tTiis Mission have exceeded those of last year by about $5,000. Apart from legacies and interest

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on invested funds the contributions of the Churches for our regular work have arisen to $270,820, an increase of $11,497 above last year which recorded the best results then attained in our history. T he total receipts from all sources last year were $302,453. B y approval of General Synod w e set for ourselves the goal this year of $325,000 and w e have attained it in thereceipt of $325,292, a gain of $22,839 over last year and thehighest in our history by a considerable amount.

There are one or two corollories in this pleasing story thatadd to our gratification. '

T he per capita giving, which is always significant and in which w e hold such an honorable place of leadership a m o n g the Churches in America, has risen from $2.31 to $2.46 for all re­ceipts jind from $1.98 to $2.04 for the contributions of the Churches alone. Moreover, these gratifying results are accom­panied with the satisfactory condition that only about 7 % of the Board’s income has been expended on h o m e charges, which include the cultivation 6f missionary interest at h o m e and the administration of work abroad, .as against 9 % last year.' M a y w e n o w complete the story by pointing out the prac­tical effect of these unusual receipts upon our obligations?

1. W e have removed the staggering deficit of $29,500 with which w e began the year.

2. W e have met all our obligations to the maintenance of our regular work in China, India, Japan and Arabia.

3. W e have met the extra expense of the increased main­tenance allowances of our missionaries on all four fields.' .

4. W e have maintained the ante bellum rate of gold trans­mission to A m o y for the maintenance both of the work and of the missionaries at an added expenditure of approximately$7,500. .

5. W e have met all the cost of exchange in our transmis­sions to China thus far charged against us although there is a very probable liability of approximately $11,000 still to be met w he n the bills for exchange come in on account of borrowings from funds awaiting expenditure on the field w h e n these shall be returned.

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In other words, w e have met the obligations inherited from 1917 and all the obligations at present resting upon us both regular and special created by war conditions, both for the Board and the Arabian Mission, and our credit is unimpaired.

' In addition to this gratifying result to the financial aspects of the year, the two large funds undertaken by the Board during the year have practically been completed.

1. T he A m o y Commemoration and Fagg Memorial Fun d of $75,000 has been definitely subscribed to the amount of $50,000 while the balance is confidently expected from plans n o w clearly laid down.

2. T h e Basrah .Educational F u n d of $25,000 is likewise definitely subscribed to the amount of $15,000 and the balance is well assured.

Thus these extra funds amounting in all to $100,000 have been secured within this year.

T H E M I S S I O N F I E L D SB y a striking coincidence that can be nothing less than a

challenging Providence, each one of our Missions records events and developments in the past year that point to a future bright with promise though it m a y call for strength and courage to meet it.Japa n. .

T he Mission in Japan is looking forward with eagerness to the developments of its plans of concentration in evangelistic work growing out of its reorganization as one Mission and the transfer of the fields to the north to the G e r m a n Reformed Mission &nd the Church of Christ in Japan making possible a more organized, definite and clear prosecution of its work, both educational and evangelistic, in more concentrated fields.C hina. -

T h e oldest Mission of our Board at A m o y , China, is con­fronting the enlarged responsibility for the evangelization of the North River District by means of the Commemoration and

Memorial F un d and points to this important opportunity for enlarging its work.India.

„ The evangelistic opportunity in India also is one that has greatly stirred the Arcot Mission. This is, in great part, the result of the M as s M o v e m e n t in India. The Indian Church Board, upon which the Mission has devolved largely the respon­sibility for evangelistic work, has divided into the various Circles of this Board responsibility for a definite number of additions to the South India United Church within the present calendar year arid there is fair prospect that there will be an addition of 7,500 to this Church as the result of the special evangelistic campaign of this year. -A rabia.

T he opportunities of the work inland, both to the north and the west of our stations along the Persian Gulf, are so striking as to be accounted for only as answers to the prayers of our mis­sionaries for three decades as they have labored in earnestness and expectancy for the opening of the interior. T h e fruitful valleys of the Tigris and the Euphrates in the region of M e s o ­potamia to the'north of Basrah, the wide territory of the great Sheikh of Riadh to the best of Bahrein would seefn n o w by varying circumstances to be open to the advance of Christian propaganda and the hearts of our missionaries in these stations are deeply stirred at the prospect of the great opportunity long delayed.

T H E M I S S I O N S A T W O R K .A m o y.

T he Seventy-fifth Anniversary year of the founding of the A m o y Mission has been one of normal growth on the field. T w o experiences of the year stand out in the report of the A m o y Station: the one, the disastrous typhoon that swept across A m o y on September the 12th; the other, the visit of the evan-

gelistic party under the leadership of Mr. Buchman. T he typhoon took its toll of life a m o n g the Chinese and did consid­erable damage to Mission property, which in some cases it took three months to repair, but it taught valued lessons in renewed dependence and consecration to missionaries and to Chinese as well. O n e Christian from one of the A m o y churches, in grati­tude for his almost miraculous escape, has decided to give his life to the Christian ministry. In answer to his non-Christian parents’ objection, he proposed telling them that their son died in the storm and that, therefore, he owed his life to the Lord w h o had rescued it. T he other striking experience of the year mentioned in the report is the visit of the evangelistic party to A m o y . T he emphasis was put upon individual work, and, in the churches, in the Girls’ School— where at one meeting sixty or more promised to do personal work— in the W o m e n ’s School and in the Hospital there was a real quickening of the Spirit and more definite effort to win others to Christ resulted.

T h e Tong-an report calls attention to the political back­ground of the year, which was not without its effect upon the work. T h e early part of the year was colored by the crusade against the cultivation of the poppy for opium, which seems to have been entirely successful with the result that, in a District formerly famous for the amount of its poppy acreage, no opium was produced last year. During the latter part of the year, because of the national unrest, several of the best members of the Tong-an Church were compelled to leave their families and their business to escape frony unfounded and false charges which were mad e against them. T he year, also, has been one of busi­ness depression, which has, to some extent, limited the extension work of the church. ,

A m o n g the churches there were'the inevitable lawsuits and discouragements due to the lack of a resident Pastor, but, on the whole, the year was one of normal growth, 141 n e w members having been added during the year. A n e w n a m e was added to the roll of churches in the Tong-an District by the organiza­tion of the three Chapels in An-khoe County into a separate church. A step forward has also been taken on Kolongsu—

the island opposite A mo y, where Mission and community resi­dences are— by the agreement that A m o y pastors alternate living on the island for a year each, to look after 'the families connected with A m o y churches that are living there. Fifteen n e w Chapels have been opened during the year.

T he usual effort was m a d e to. reach the great mass of non- Christians in the out-stations. At one Chapel two weeks of special effort resulted in meetings averaging 120 in attendance with 300 present at tffe largest meeting. In several places preach­ing bands were organized from the membership of the church

- to visit outlying villages. The Classes of the Tong-an District decided upon a program for the improvement of conditions in the local churches, comprising an effort (1) to rid the church of those imperfections that n o w m a r it, such as quarrels, lax Sunday observance, business in forbidden drugs, disobedience to church rules about buying daughters-in-law, and inter-marriage with heathen; (2) to secure the church’s revenue by adopting a plan of regular weekly offerings; (3) to teach every m e m b e r to read the Bible and not to admit any n e w m e m b e r w h o cannot read unless there is some valid excuse. A feature of the year’s work at Chiang-chiu \Vas a Bible Conference with 30 preachers in attendance. *

In primary educational work, the report reflects the prob­lem arising from the gradual establishment of Government schools. The case of the Kolongsu Boys’ School, where the falling off in attendance was partly due to the organization of a large Government school in the neighborhood, is quite typical of the general situation where the Government schools have been established. In these schools the instruction is free and, in some cases, poor families are paid to, send their girls to the school, while tuition is charged in the Mission schools. There is, however, still a large field in primary education because of the general inefficiency of the Government schools and because the worship of Confucius is m a d e a requirement.

O n the whole, however, the year in the parochial schools has been a good one. The report of the Kolongsu School e m ­phasizes the need of the introduction of vocational work to meet

the demand that school education be better adapted to the needs of actual life. Chiang-chiu reports over 100 pupils and a n ew departure in a series of graduation exercises: one session given to singing and recitation by the graduates; one given to the graduation exercises proper; and one day given to manual work exhibit, drill and athletics. This innovation proved so success­ful that it will probably become a yearly affair hereafter. T he Livingston Easter School enrolled over 200 and found great satisfaction in its n e w dining and dormitory building where 160 to 200 boys were fed each noon. • In this school, a dozen boyr are working their w a y through, which is considered to be quite unusual. '

In reading the report, one is struck with the prominence given to athletics in the Chinese schools. T he Chiang-chiu Boys’ School again w o n the championship race open to twelve primary schools in the city. At the Athletic Meet of the South Fukien Association, in November, Talmage College w o n several firsts and scored a total of 26 points. T he winning school secured 34 while the next lowest had but 6 points.

At the Union Theological Seminary progress was m a d e in giving the students experience in practical Christian work. In addition to teaching in a Sunday School and conducting services, the students go once a week in turn to the Kolongsu Prison, where, by permission of the Municipal Council, they are allowed to preach the Gospel to the prisoners.

Talmage College had a year of marked progress. T he year opened with the largest attendance and the largest entering class in the history of the school, and it closed with 101 students, which also establishes a record. During the year, the curriculum was revised, a n e w Board of Trustees was created, and the policy of offering three courses was adopted. The n e w Board of Trustees consists of an equal representation of Chinese and Americans and is designed to bring the institution into still closer touch with the church. T he Board has had several meet­ings and has already m a d e some definite contributions. O n e of the decisions of the Board is to grant regular Middle School diplomas at the close of a four years’ course, with the definite

understanding that, henceforth, only Certificates of W o r k will be issued to those w h o have failed in any subjects. This n ew regulation is certain to m a k e for better scholarship. .

Perhaps the most important change brought about by the n e w Board of Trustees, is the institution of three courses of study: an English Course, the regular Middle School Classics Course, and the Normal Course. This will mea n additional teachers and added expense, but it will mak e for greater effi­ciency and will enable the College to prepare m e n for the Foochow University with sufficient English to carry on the work of the entering class. T he Normal Course is designed to provide a better equipped teaching force for the lower primary school, but the Board of Trustees is aware of the fact that a higher Normal Course must soon be added to provide the gentry and the Government schools with a better grade of teachers that will, at the same time, be Christian.

T h e A m o y Children’s H o m e completed its thirtieth year with 156 children enrolled. T h e chief event of the year was the division of the institution into two smaller homes, one under the control of our Mission, and the other under- that of the English Presbyterian Church. A house has been purchased ad­joining the Girls’ and W o m e n ’s schools and it is hoped that this change will make for the better care of the children. ■

T he Girls’ Schools have had a very successful year. The attendance of 64 at the Sio-khe School was the largest in its history. These schools accomplish a very important work in Christianizing the girls themselves and in their indirect influence upon the homes from which they come. T he W o m e n ’s Schools, also, report a year full of blessings. A s a result of their work, the w o m e n of the neighborhood are taught to read the Bible. In Sio-khe, at the present time, there are nearly 200 such women, w h o have learned to read the Bible through the work of our School. This work is carried on with little expense to the h o m e 1 Board, the School at Amoy, for example, costing the W o m a n ’s Board only $303 Mexican last year.

T he other branches of W o m e n ’s work have been carried on with commendable energy. At Chiang-chiu, at the time of

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the Chinese N e w Year, m a n y of the w o m e n of the church were induced to go with the missionaries and Bi'ble W o m e n in groups of two and threes to the homes of their non-Christian friends and neighbors to witness for Christ.

Medical work at the H o p e and Wilhelmina Hospital has been somewhat curtailed, owing to the fact that the hospital was open only about six months of the year. Great pleasure is expressed in the n e w outfit for the operating and sterilizing rooms and the electric lighting equipment. T h e Neerbosch Hospital has introduced six nurses into the Hospital to the great benefit %f the work. T he Town-Lambert treatment for opium addicts has also been introduced with excellent results, attracting the atten­tion of the local official,,who visited the Hospital and issued a mandate advising all opium addicts to go there to be cured. This has resulted in gaining the confidence of the people and of the native physicians.

A rcot. ^T he report that comes from the Arcot Mission is one of

usual interest and significance. It is by no means an easy under­taking to bring into a few paragraphs the review of the work so old, so well established, so multifarious in its m a n y develop­ments as that in the Aroot Mission. All this work set in the background of the Great W a r in which India is so deeply in­volved lends a significance to the work of Christian Missions going steadily on in that country.

T h e report makes grateful mention of the reinforcements that have come to the mission agency during the year. While there have been five withdrawals, some temporary and some per­manent, there have been ten additions, six of these n e w members added during the year to the Mission. This circumstance is one of peculiar significance and encouragement in view of the deple­tions of recent years, especially a m o n g the old and more experi­enced missionaries owing to the sad circumstance of death. D u r ­ing the year, the 'Mission was also gladdened by the visit of a deputation of ladies, members of the W o m a n ’s Board,— Mrs. DeWitt Knox, and the Misses V a n Sanford and Olcott.

While this is the fourth year of the Great War, in which India has been involved almost from the beginning, and whole large numbers of Hindus and M u h a m m a d a n s from the country have joined the military forces of the Empire and these have been accompanied by not a few missionaries, this contribution on the part of India has been somewhat localized in the north so that the country as a, whole has not felt the strain of the war. During the year under review, however, an agitation for H o m e Rule sprang up very suddenly and was somewhat artificially fastered by those whose motives were very far from being the highest. This agitation received a large part of its support from the immature student class. Its later developments have been somewhat in the line of an interracial development of the country owing to the fear on the part of the non-Brahman castes that the dominance of the B r a h m a n would lead, to a condition far less desirable than the more direct control of the British. This development, like the usual movements in India w h e n not prop­erly fostered, has led to a cessation of the agitation. O n e Hindu ■in a long article published in a Madras daily paper under Hindu management, closed his statements with the words, “India would be ready for H o m e Rule only w he n the people all became Chris­tians.” During the year the British Cabinet sent to India for the purpose of studying conditions upon the ground the Secretary of State for India and his visit will doubtless result in pro­posals looking to a larger participation of the people of India in the Government of their country in the future. It has been wisely said that the greatest test of the power of the British people to build' up governments will come in the period i m m e ­diately following the war when, in India particularly, some large recognition must be given to the loyalty of the people of that country in this time of strain to the Empire.

T he important large evangelistic work of the Mission has been carried on through recent years by the Indian Church Board which has n o w completed its first Sabbatical year. In 1910 the Mission passed over to this Board, composed both of Ameri­cans and Indians, the latter being in the majority, all the evan­gelistic work and the funds for the maintenance of the same.

T he careful study of the conditions resulting from this experience of seven years indicate that the Mission mad e no1 mistake w h e n it thus called in the advice and cooperation of the Indian brethren.^ The report of the year upon the operations of the Indian Church Board is a very satisfactory one. A study of the statis­tical tables give abundant cause for thankfulness. Never before has the Mission reported a larger growth, nor one that has included so m a n y of the items of the usual statistical tables. There are ten n e w villages. T he gain in the number of n ew families is 431. O n confession of faith’366 have been received, a gain of 143. T he communicants n o w number 3,593, a gain of 170. Never before have so m a n y baptisms been reported, the actual number being 1,133, a gain of 339. T he total baptized^ community has thus grown from 7,431 to 8,094, a gain of 658, while the total Christian community n o w numbers 15,671, a gain during the year of 1,622. N e w Sunday schools, eight in number, with an attendance of 569 pupils, are also reported. T he gain in contributions amounting to Rs. 1,920 Is also very substantial.

These figures show that the Churches are m u c h stronger than in the previous year. These gains are largely credited to the Evangelistic Campaign of which this is the third' year, gaining in force and m o m e n t u m as the years have passed. Grateful mention is m a d e of the following significant comparative re­sults : The gain in the number of Christians for the three years is 3,524 or a yearly average of 1,175. For the three vears previous to this period, the total gain was 1,000 or a gain of 334. The total gains of the previous sixteen years are less than the gains for the last three years by 145. These are assuredly encouraging indications of the growth of the Church under the fostering care of an organization so largely Indian.

Along with the growth in the life and activity of the Church there has been a parallel development in the increase of the use­fulness of the institutions of the Mission, notably the Arcot Theo­logical Seminary at Vellore, which has this yea'r taken a long step forward. T he number of students has reached the m a x i m u m in the life of the Institution. These are distributed a m o n g sev­eral Missions that are uniting in the benefits and, in part, in the

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maintenance of this Seminary. Five m e n and two.women students are thus from other Missions. The United Free Church of Scotland, the L o n d o n Mission, the Danish Lutheran Mission, and the Australian Presbyterian Mission all have representatives a m o n g the students. T h e year has, therefore, been notable for a large increase in the number of students; the admission of a large class of better educated men, and the admission of a large number of students from other Missions.

Voorhees College at Vellore has also had a year of distinct progress. T he withdrawal of M r . F. M . Potter on account of serious illness and after a period of singular effectiveness as principal left an unexpected and unusual responsibility upon a n e w m e m b e r of the Mission, the Rev. L. Hekhuis. H e has, however, w o n the respect of his students and the confidence of the Mission in his wise and effective discharge of his respon­sible duties. T he attendance at this institution has n o w risen to about 1,100 students. T h e success of this work as recorded by examinations conducted by the University of Madras, has been very gratifying. T he appointment to the Vice-Principalship of a former student of the College, w h o w he n a lad left his ancestral B ra hm an fold and became a Christian, Mr. V. P. Adishehiah, M.A.,.L.T., is a unique event. Mr. Hekhuis bears good testimony to the unity and good will that has marked the year both on the part of the staff and the students.

T he M a r y Tabor Schell Hospital at Vellore has continued its history of real usefulness and great power and is confronting, under Dr. Ida S. Scudder, a period of still larger usefulness in its association with the proposed Union Mission' Medical College for W o m e n in South India which is about to be organized atthat station.

The two High Schools at Tindivanam and Madanapalle have been laboring under some disadvantages, the former because of wholly inadequate accommodation. It is very m u c h to be desired that a n e w building be added to m a k e suitable a c c o m m o ­dation for the m a n y students in this well established H i g h School.

H o p e High School at Madanapalle has weathered a very severe storm in the opposition of the Theosophical College. The

disaffiliation of this College by the Madras University and the withdrawal of recognition by the Educational Department has brought about a collapse of this opposition and" increased greatly the opportunity for usefulness of this institution. Mr. John D. Muyskens of H o p e College, as principal of this High School, has shown both strength and judgment in his leadership during this crisis.

T he work of the w o m e n of this Mission is very abundant and has been carried on through the year through their usual agencies of Bible and Zenana work and their schools both for Christian and for Hindu girls. The Girls’ School at Ranipettai has m o v e d steadily forward in its standard and is rapidly devel­oping into a High School. T he Hindu Girls’ Schools are con­tinuing their ministry of enlightenment and usefulness. The Mission desires that the three schools in Vellore be brought to­gether in a strong single school to form a social and uplifting center for the Hindu w o m e n of that large station. .

The Mission has entered upon <a most careful examination of its evangelistic opportunity and has adopted a policy for the promotion of its evangelistic work involving m u c h consideration and large vision. Five principles have been adopted as a basis for this policy:

(1) The development of evangelistic work is dependent upon the adequate development'of the Mission work as a whole.

(2) The evangelistic work is at once both the foundation and the end of all other elements in our Mission work.

(3) Evangelistic work requires a complete and well trained staff of foreign missionaries, especially devoted to this work.

(4) A statement, of policy must be comprehensive enough to allow an ample margin.

(5) T he program must m a k e full allowance for the in­creasing share which the Indian must have in the w or k n o w car­ried on by the Mission.

In the application of these principles, the Mission has m a d e a study as to its evangelistic staff and finds that an addition to the adequate development of its evangelistic work, in view of

the present opportunity, calls for the addition of not less than nine m e n and eleven w o m e n to the staff of the Mission. Certain financial conditions naturally attach to this plan. A s an aim to be entered upon at once, the field has been divided in accord­ance with the four Circles constituting' the territory of the Indian Church Board, these Circles having definitely set before themselves the aim of winning before the close of the year 7,500 souls for the K i n g d o m of Christ. A n appeal is mad e to the Board for the immediate special appropriation of Rs. 5,000 for the reception and instruction of the villages n o w being received as a result of this effort into the Christian Community. This is a bold plan, but 'who shall say that it is not born of the Spiritof G o d ? ’

Japan. 1The report calls attention to the changes brought about by

the W a r in Japan. H o w e v e r m u c h or little Japan has taken part in the conflict, she has been able to raise herself from a debtor to a creditor nation. This increase of wealth, however, has not been evenly distributed and has brought problems of great social seriousness. It is pointed out that Japan is not realizing, in any complete way, the moral issues of the W a r and that the social and moral blessings that m a y accrue to other nations' are not likely to be shared by Japan. T h e year has brought great improvement in the relations of Japan and America by the Ishii-Lansing Agreement and by the visits to America of various commissions, educational and political.

T h e report of this year is the first of the united Missions of the North and South Japan and the consummation of this union with the resulting changes is given >a large place. T he two Missions were united January, 1917, after twenty-eight years of separation, and with this union the whole work of our Church in Japan came under one direction. Along with this union a plan of concentration was worked out, and the Morioka- Aomori Field w as transferred to the Japan Mission of the R e ­formed Church in the United States and the Shinshiu Field to the H o m e Mission Board of the Japanese church. _

I he year has been one of steady progress in evangelistic work, 158 baptisms being reported. T he largest number of bap­tisms in the K u r u m e Station are reported at Shimabara., where the Christians m a d e their last stand in the great persecution over three hundred years ago. The Oita Station had the largest number of baptisms in its history and the church at Morioka, under the faithful leadership of Pastor Ito, is in a flourishing condition. There is, also, encouragement in the fact that the contributions from the Christians in Oita Prefecture passed nine hundred yen. I he average increase per year having been one hundred yen for five or six- years.

A s has been pointed out several times in recent reports, it must be remembered that evangelistic work, so far as it is carried on by the Missions in Japan, is entirely in the field of building up n e w churches. This accounts for the comparatively small number of members reported, for, as soon as a church becomes strong enough to take care of itself, it is transferred to the independent Church of Christ in Japan. O n e such church was transferred this year, the church at Sasebo in Kyushu. Before the organi-. zation of the church there were thirteen baptisms, which are included in the report of the Mission..

The year was marked by special evangelistic effort in Kyushu by Evangelist Kanamori. Meetings were largely attended, but the actual result in baptisms was disappointing.

The usual difficulties, due to changes of evangelists, are reported. In some places, too, the public schools have shown strong opposition. In Kurume, the Dean of the dormitory of the local girls’ school refused to allow the girls to attend Mrs. V a n Strien’s very successful singing classes in her home, because they sang Christian songs while doing their domestic work and this proved embarrassing to the Dean. H e also maintained that singing while doing work about the house might prove detri­mental to a girl’s hopes of a successful marriage. After some persuasion, however, the girls were allowed to come if they received the permission of their parents, but singing in the dor­mitory was forbidden. In other places, on the contrary, the schools have proven very friendly. At Yanagawa, Mr. V a n Bronkhorst has started a remarkable class a m o n g the Middle

School students with an average attendance for two months of over eighty-five. Mr. V a n Strien has an English Bible Class a m o n g the teachers of the same school. At Ichinoseki, in the northern field, also, “the work has continued to receive the good will of teachers in the schools.” .

Sunday School work has been carried on with the usual vigor, but, in several places, the active opposition of the Buddhist priests has been encountered, and has resulted in decreased at­tendance, and in one case, in the discontinuance of the school altogether. T h e total number of scholars reported in the schools of the Mission was 3,439. This is 606 less than last year, but this decrease is due, in addition to the reason mentioned above, to the adoption of a n e w rule by the Mission, “according to which the figures for the ‘number of Sunday School scholars’ are to be based upon the actual average attendance and not upon the enroll­ment, or on the highest average for any one month, as hitherto.”

O u r missionaries have m ad e the usual use of English Bible Classes during the year. Several baptisms have resulted from these classes and one splendid young m a n in one of Miss W i n n ’s classes has about decided to enter the ministry after he finishes Middle School.

In addition to the Sunday Schools, English Bible Classes, Singing Classes and other W o m a n ’s W o r k already mentioned, factory work, w o m e n ’s meetings and visits in the homes are reported. At Kagoshima, over three hundred and fifty calls were m a d e upon w o m e n in their homes. Monthly evangelistic meet­ings were also held at a factory where about seventy girls with their matron met for the singing of hym ns and an evangelistic address. At Aomori, Miss 'Winn visited three hospitals and always found a welcome by the doctors and nurses. Miss Hos- pers found a splendid opening, for work a m o n g the students of the Girls’ H ig h School, and has met fully sixty of them twice a month.

T h e use of the printed page continues to be a conspicuous part of the work of the Japan Mission. With regard to his newspaper/advertising, M r. Pieters reports the following:

“T h e number of applications for literature is considerably smaller than in 1916, being 961 to 1,351 in that year, but it is

larger than in 1915. The book sales show an increase, reaching more than two hundred and fifty yen.

“The reading club has continued its good work, and the amount of fees paid in by members for the privilege of borrow­ing and reading Christian books was Y e n 107, as against Y e n 87 the previous year, although the number of books .sent out on request w as only 779, to 910 in 1916.”

This work has developed this year into a system of corre­spondence instruction iu Christian truth. Persons desiringto be baptized, sign a form of application, binding themselves faithfully to take whatever course of instruc­tion is laid d o w n for them. Then they receive a copy of a cate­chism and the first few weeks of the printed lessons in the Correspondence Course. A t the end of each week the student sends in answers to certain examination questions, which are corrected, graded, and returned to him, with further work to be done. The entire course requires honest work for twenty to thirty minutes every day for seventeen weeks.

Thirty-four students K were registered in this course during the year. T h e catechjsm used is a revision of an older one, with considerable n e w material, prepared by Mr. Pieters and published by a Tokyo publishing house. Three editions of 1,000 copies each have been printed and 2,450 copies were sold during the year. 1

Last year Mr. Pieters reported another important n e w de­parture in the organization of Branch Societies in remote places, which were furnished with literature of such a character as to enable them 'to hold regular church services without the presence of a minister. T he year began with two such societies and two more were organized during the current year. Altogether the aggegate number of persons attending Sunday services with the aid of the sermons sent out by Mr. Pieters, and w h o would other­wise have no opportunity of enjoying church privileges, is re­ported as thirty-five each Sunday. Mr. Pieters feels that this method contains a partial solution of the problem of supplying isolated communities with the regular preaching of the Gospel. Mr. Hoekje* has, also, advertised in the newspapers and Mr.

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Ryder and Miss Couch have published monthly papers. Mr. Ryder has, also, opened an .office in the town with a reading room, which is well patronized. ■

T he educational work of the Mission comprises two, boys’ schools, Steele A c a d e m y at Nagasaki and the Meiji Gakuin at Tokyo, the latter including, also, a College Department and a Theological School, and two girls’ schools, the Ferris Seminary at Y o k o h a m a and the Sturges Seminary at ShimOnoseki.

T he report of Ferris Seminary speaks of the Institution’s great loss in the death of Mrs. E. S. Booth and of the tender tributes of love and respect” brought by alumnae, teachers and pupils as “testimonials to the life of faithful and loving service Mrs. Booth had for thirty-six years devoted to Ferris Seminary. T he school year opened with 255 pupils, an increase of 23 over the preceding year. The spirit of the students has been admirable throughout the year. O f 'their o w n initiative, the older girls in the dormitory hold monthly meetings for consultation as to ways and means of making the dormitory an ideal h o m e for all. In addition to the neighborhood Sunday schools, which reached. an averagfe attendance of 240, the girls collected twenty yen at a concert with which rice tickets were ffought and distributed to the destitute in the city. T h e girls, also, made-up material furnished by a local newspaper into children’s kimonos for dis­tribution at the N e w Year season, and one evening a week was devoted to war relief work.

Sturges Seminary reports 185 students, 3 3 % of w h o m are Christians. T he street Sunday Schools average 130 each Sunday. T h e Christian Endeavor Society w a s able to give one hundred and .fifty yen at the dedication services of the n ew church build­ing in the city. T h e Christmas service took the form of the White Christmas. T he girls brought^ together their free-will offerings, amounting to about fifty-eight dollars. This s u m was divided between the Board of Domestic Missions of the Japanese Church, the work a mo ng lepers, the poor of the city, and the orphan asylum.

Steele A c a d e m y reports a very successful year. There are three private schools in the city, and keen competition, but all the students that could be accommodated were obtained, and

during the month of April the enrollment reached 386, which was the highest enrollment in the history of the school. T h e last year marked the completion of the second dormitory at a cost of about Y e n 6,000. Another improvement of the year was the tearing d o w n and erection of the exercise shed on another site. This makes room for a tennis court, which has been greatly needed by the boys. T he spiritual life of the school is in a healthy condition, 14 boys having united with the church last year. There has also been a growing interest in the Sunday School with an increased attendance, the enrollment having reached 137. .

T he event of the year in Meiji Gakuin was the celebration of the Fortieth Anniversary with appropriate exercises. “THe forenoon was taken up, with a ceremony held in the Chapel and which was attended hy a goodly number of friends and repre­sentatives from the Government, Christian institutions and other Christian bodies. Near the close of the program a special recog­nition was extended to the eight m e n w h o had served the institu­tion fifteen years or more.

‘‘At noon, luncheon was served to the guests, and early in the afternoon began an interesting program of field sports which continued until sunset and which was attended by over 2,000 visitors. In the evening, an Alumni banquet was held at the Shiba Sanentei at which about eighty were present. At this meeting plans were laid which look towards a more effective co-operation between the alumni and the school authorities for the extension of the usefulness of the Meiji Gakuin.”

The Middle Department has had the largest attendance in its history, the number reaching 473. T h e College Department has added an English Normal Course. T w o gifts ,were received duing the year: one of $150 from the father of a student w h o died during the year and through whose consecration the whole family had become interested in Christianity; the other of $1,000 from a neighbor of the school in m e m o r y of his wife. A n enthusiastic teacher has aroused encouraging activity along musical lines, two very creditable performances having been given in the Chapel. During the flood caused by the typhoon and tidal wave in November, College and Seminary students were dismissed

from their classes to help in the relief work, which was acknowl­edged by a handsome certificate of appreciation from the G o v ­ernor of Tokyo-fu. 'A rabia. *

It not infrequently occurs that the preparation of the Annual Report of a Mission is assigned to one of its members w h o h as ' recently returned from furlough in America during which period he has had contacts with Chistian life and activities in this coun­try which serve as a vivid background for the recording of ob­servations of the work of his Mission when he returns to- the field. A n instance of this circumstance appears in the Annual Report of the Arabian Mission for 1917. This was prepared by Dr. Paul W . Harrison, who, while recently in America on his furlough, enjoyed multiplied and close contacts with American life in general and the sources of Christian activity in Churches and colleges in particular. T h e report prepared by him reflects, possibly unconsciously, this recent contact with conditions in America as he comments upon the conditions in his Mission field as he finds them on his return after a brief absence. W e cannot do better, therefore, than draw largely from these ob­servations in this review of our Missions for the year which w e present to our o w n Constituency.

O f all our mission fields that in Arabia has come closest to the Great W a r and has been most affected by it. Basrah, our oldest and largest station, has been the base for the whole Mesopotamian Expedition carried on by the British Forces. It could not be, therefore, otherwise that not only this northern part of our field but that the whole Persian Gulf should also be seriously affected by the presence of large armed forces and the changes affected by their presence in the territory which has' been so long familiar to us as a portion of our Arabian Mission. T h e report calls especial attention to these conditions.

It has been a year of war, a campaign which has lasted three years and has engaged hundreds of thousands of m e n and is only n o w being carried to a successful conclusion. There has been a profound change in all Arabia but Mesopotamia, the seat of actual hostilities, has been utterly transformed. The

external transformation is startling enough. O n e seems to be exploring a n e w country which is a curious mixture of people from India, England and Arabia. T he interior transformation is more marked and, for those w h o have eyes to see, even more remarkable. M e n walk nearly as fast in Basrah n o w as in N e w York. ‘There is a restless energy in breaking a w a y from old and time-honored habits, a willingness to accept the n e w that is quite a revolution in itself. There are other results larger in scope. A spirit of commercialism fills the atmosprere. T h e grip of Islam on m e n ’s hearts is paralyzed in the face of it and the same must be said of Oriental Christianity. There is a thirst for amusement and luxury quite foreign to the spirit of the East which in its intensity could hardly be surpassed in N e w York itself.

Unfortunately, this shattering impact of the W e s t upon the East is bound to be no temporary thing. S o m e of the more glaring excesses incidental to the period of transition will doubt­less disappear within a few years but, if h u m a n judgment can be trusted at all, w e must recognize that there has been a funda­mental and permanent change in the character of our task. In the Future w e will no longer work in a Social Order which is purely Arabic. T he work is to be complicated and the difficul­ties increased by a conflict of Eastern and Western ideas in things religious, political and economic. Mesopotamia doubtless will be the most completely transformed, but unquestionably the whole of Arabia will be very .profoundly affected.

S o m e surprising results are already evident. T he Arab is more tolerant than before. This result so .contrary to what was anticipated seems to be due to two things. In the first place his interest in the next world is fading, and as it fades his reasons for intolerance disappear. In the second place the war has shown him that after all, Christians.and Moslems are m u c h alike. M u h a m m a d a m intolerance is due in no small degree to an uncomfortable conviction d o w n in the bottom of his heart that in Christ he faces a better Prophet and in Christianity a better faith than his own. T h e present war has m a d e him believe that the differences he has seen are only superficial; that fundamentally m e n are m u c h alike, no matter what their re-

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ligion m a y be. Both what he has heard from Europe and what he has seen at h o m e have gone far to convince him that all re­ligions are equally futile and equally powerless in the face of the passions and selfishness of men.

Another change of great significance is the definite abandon­ment of all political aspirations. T he dreams of Pan-Islamism have died hard but they are dead. T h e campaign in M e s op o ­tamia with the tremendous forces involved, the heavy guns, the aeroplanes, wireless apparatus, and m a n y other modern ap­pliances of war have shown the Arab that his wildest dreams of military operations are mere child’s play. . A s one Arab said, with a touch of Oriental exaggeration, “W e came d o w n from Bagdad to Basrah (500 miles). In the river, steamer touched steamer and on shore tent touched tent for the whole distance.” W h a t the Arab desires n o w is the protection of a European power and most of them prefer England to any other.

A painful result of the war has been the collapse of the Protestant Christians, so largely composed of old Oriental and corrupt Christian communities. These m e n came from the Christian community of the Mardin District in Turkey and in Basrah quite a little Church of this type has grown up. This Protestant community is the result of missionary work of the American Board. Originally a most corrupt Oriental Church, it has been quite transformed and m e n from it have carried a very large part of the burden of our evangelistic work in Arabia. The work of Bible distribution especially has been largely in their hands. The external temptations of these days have proved too m u c h for m a n y of them. M a n y assistants drawn so largely from this class are demanding large increases in their salaries if they are to remain in their present positions. M a n y have left. T he little Protestant Church of Basrah has almost disappeared. After the war there will probably be 'a partial recovery, but with their old country placed for the first time after long and weary centuries under a just and staple government, it is doubt­ful if m a n y will want to -live and work in Arabia. For the future w e are trusting that H e whose work it is will supply what is needed and guide the Mission in its use.

■ However, in spite of wars and rumors of wars, of multi-

plied temptations and increased difficulties, G o d has seen fit to show his power in Arabia as never before in the Mission’s his­tory. T he prayers of m a n y years are being answered in the opening of . the inland country to the Gospel. This progress centers, as might be expected, around the medical work. Every­where the ministries of the doctor are softening hard hearts and making friends. Everywhere the^volume of medical work is increasing and patients from far away are taking back reports that open n e w doors. Dr. H o s m o n reports from Maskat that, in spite of unsettled conditions in O m a n , the w o m e n continue to come from that district although in smaller numbers. In both Maskat and Kuweit approximately 1,500 n ew w o m e n have been seen and treated while in each place the total treatments have amounted to about 5,000. Dr. Mylrea in Kuweit ha’s treated 2,789 m e n and has had a total of 5,693 treatments, an increase over last year of 30%. In Bahrein the numbers were larger still.

For m a n y years it has been the hope and the prayer of those w h o have the evangelization of Arabia on their hearts that by means of this ministry of healing, the great untouched interior country would be opened and G o d is beginning to give us the answer. Dr. Harrison was invited by the powerful Sheikh of Riadh to visit him .at his inland capital during the past summer. H e reports a most interesting and satisfactory time with every prospect for further and more extended trips. Riadh is more than the capital of central Arabia. In a certain sense, it is the capital of the whole Empire of Islam and perhaps the most important city strategically in the entire peninsula. Even on this first trip it was possible to open the clinics with a brief prayer service. It is confidently expected that other similar invitations to visit the interior of Hassa and beyond will follow in the near future.

T he tragedy of the medical situation in the Mission lies in the circumstance that the largest Hospital and the one most closely related to the war, the Lansing Memorial Hospital at Basrah, is closed because of the inability of the Mission to place a physician there. Since the withdrawal of Dr. Bennett and Dr. V a n Vlack. it has been impossible to strengthen the medical

staff of the Mission for the simple but sufficient reason that physicians within the military age are required for National service. N o less than five physicians, w h o in the ordinary course of events would n o w be available for service in Arabia, have been prevented from taking up medical work in that field be­cause of conditions of the war. Obviously the present conditions and future prospects in Arabia call for a large increase a m o n g the forces. Central Arabia cannot be occupied and held without m e n and especially medical men. T he long, difficult tedious task of establishing the Gospel in that barren desert country can hardly be done by anyone else.

G o d is opening the country to the Gospel and H e is using the Mission to dissipate the fogs of ignorance and to melt the hard stony unbelief that bars the w a y to the truth. T h e schools organized by the Mission in all its stations’ and carried by prayer and sacrifice through years of opposition and hatred are at last coming into their own. T he Basrah school enrolled 100 last year. This year it begins with an enrollment of 130. The Girls’ School in this station has an enrollment of 50. A visit to those schools is enough to take the pessimism out of any­body. Their reputation has traveled hundreds of miles and is a reinforcement to hard-pressed missionaries to the very limits of the field. Every pupil studies the Bible and gets a. view of Christ’s teaching and of Christian character which must m ak e his whole outlook different and* help to m ak e him a worthy builder of the Social Order that is to be in Arabia. These schools in Basrah have already contributed to the general educational situation. Rev. John V a n Ess, the Principal, has published an Arabic G r a m m a r which has already passed through two edi­tions and is entering upon a third, while an Advanced G r a m m a r is also called for. Rev. James M oe rd yk has revised a Text Book for Beginners in English. T he whole tremendous problem in Mesopotamia is being, grappled with and one of the major functions of the Basrah School is the furnishing of- teachers for elementary schools throughout the country. Indeed, Mr. V a n Ess has been practically put in charge of the development of educational plans for the n e w British Government n o w estab­lished in southern Mesopotamia. .• .

The same thirst for education is beginning to be felt in other •stations. The school is Bahrein starts the n ew year with two teachers instead of one. T he attendance this year numbered thirty and there is every reason to expect a m u c h larger attend­ance. T he schools in Kuweit reached twenty-three in attendance. The Maskat school has had a successful year. Altogether the Mission rejoices that at last a thirst for truth and advancement is beginnning to appear. It is weak as yet and has in it m u c h that is unworthy and undesirable, but it means progress and con­stitutes a great opportunity. A long, weary road is ahead and it will require m e n and m on ey and hard work and patience to meet the situation. But our missionaries in Arabia are thanking G o d and taking courage that even there the march for better' things has begun.

Above all, the Mission is grateful to G o d that He' is drawing m e n and w o m e n to Himself. There are perhaps three stages in the progress of the M u h a m m a d a n heart toward Christ. W h e n m e n listen to the Gospel. with respect and interest instead of insult and reviling, w e recognize that the first stage has been passed. W h e n they, come to hear the Gospel voluntarily and often with great effort, the second stage has been gained, and w h e n m e n personally study and seek, they are approaching Christ Himself. In all the stations of the Mission the time of reviling and insult has passed.. In Hospitals w e hear of sincere and respectful interest. Even a determined and long continued Anti­Christian campaign on the part of the religious leaders in Kuweit was without serious effect on the work. Everywhere in the Mission, the stage of respectful interest has been reached.

Almost everywhere, 'also, in the field the attendance of M o s ­lems at the Arabic services is increasing. T he Kuweit services are one of the brightest spots on the whole Mission horizon. During the uffiole year, the attendance has been above fifty and often approaching or even exceeding one hundred. Such inter­est is a n e w thing in the Mission history and its significance is increased whe n it is remembered that this attendance remained practically unaffected by a bitter and long continued campaign against the whole Mission and all its activities. "While nowhere else have the audiences reached such a figure as in Bahrein and

Kuweit, the interest has been exceedingly good. Only in Basrah has this advance not been in evidence and that is accounted for . in good part by the confusion that prevails owing to the pre­ponderant presence of the military forces and to the-fact that the' chapel is located within the Mission property some distance from the road. '

Bible sales during the year have been large in Basrah where the soldiers bought m a n y Scriptures. Over 3,000 were sold. Kuweit reports a sale of nearly 900. Bahrein, because of a crippled force, sold only 493. Especially encouraging reports come the Bible shops in A m a r a and Nasarieh, out-stations far to the north of Basrah, where there has been a large amount of direct, personal work both with the Arabs and in connection with the Y. M . C. A . ; also with the British Forces.

Tlhe report concludes with these impressive w o r d s : O u rsupreme object is to bring Christ to m e n and to bring m e n to Christ. W e m a y have to work and pray for the opening of closed doors and m u c h of our effort m a y be spent in removing obstacles. A missionary’s work in Arabia', as elsewhere, is for the one object of winning men. It is because w e see Christ drawing m e n and w o m e n to Himself that hardships become trifles and difficulties privileges. Flis work in m e n ’s hearts has been especially evident a m o n g the w o m e n of Bahrein and among, the m e n of Kuweit. A m o n g these there are several w h o are apparently sincere in their faith, though none of them has been baptized as yet. Their very lives are far from safe. They are passing through deep waters. T h e fires of evil desires in their o w n hearts and the forces of evil outside conspire to draw them back, but through it all Christ’s strength has been equal for them. These and others like them need the prayer of every m a n and every w o m a n w h o longs for the coming of the K i n gd om in Arabia, for as weak and as ignorant and as imperfect as they are, the honor' of Christ’s n am e and the establishment of his Church depend on them.

T he year behind us has been one of blessing. M a y the one before us be one of faith. W e never faced such difficulties nor such opportunities. H u m a n reinforcements of prayer and m e n never seemed so necessary and all h u m a n resolutions never

before have been so obviously and so utterly inadequate. “A n d w h o is sufficient for these things? Qur sufficiency is from G od w h o also has mad e us sufficient.” '

- T H E H O M E D E P A R T M E N T .T he work of this Department is carried on by two Secre­

taries, the H o m e Secretary, whose field work is practically con­fined to the three Eastern Synods, and the District Secretary, w h o is concerned with the Synod of Chicago. T he members of the Board from the latter Synod are organized into a District Committee with w h o m the District Secretary co-operates in this work. T he report for .this year, therefore, will be given in two sections, the one for the Eastern, and the other for the Western District. .

Home Secretary’s Report.D eputation W ork. •

Itineraries were arranged for the Rev. A. L. Warnshuis, D.D., the Rev. H. V. S. Peeke, D.D., and the Rev. John V a n Ess. In addition, special requests for missionary speakers have been responded to by the Rev. Fred J. Barney, Mr. F. M . Potter, and the Secretaries. A special church card has been prepared for keeping the office informed of the progress-of the missionary in­terest in each local church, and one feature of this card is the space given to the recording of such missionary visits. It is felt that, in this way, the deputation w or k of the missionary m a y be more intelligently and systematically conducted. W e again acknowledge the great assistance given by the Classical Agents in the several classes in making arrangements for missionary speakers. ■O ne D ay’s Income Fu n d.

!------- oA t the beginning of the present year, the Boards of Foreign and Domestic Missions faced a real emergency brought on by the W a r and the resulting increase of the cost of the work at h o m e and abroad. In China alone, for example, a'dollar had only 6 0 % of the purchasing power which it had before the War.

This and other abnormal conditions, mad e an unusual strain upon the financial resources of the Boards. A special commis­sion, therefore, was appointed by the Boards of H o m e and Foreign Missions to secure the co-operation of the members and adherents of the church in the O n e D a y ’s Income .plan. Suitable literature explaining the plan was prepared, and by letters, by advertisement— for which considerable space was contributed by the Christian Intelligencer— and by addresses, the matter was kept before the people of the church. F r o m October 1st, 1917, to April 30th, 1918, more than thirty-four thousand dollars were contributed. This s u m was divided1 in the pro­portion of the budget of 1917-1918, adopted by General Synod. Inasmuch as the conditions that m a d e this O n e D a y ’s Income plan necessary have not changed the Commission has decided to recommend that the plan be continued for another year.

Foreign M issions Sund ay.T h e last Sunday of February was again celebrated as Foreign

Missions Sunday throughout the denomination. About 15,000 copies of a special Sunday School Program were used, and “T h e Reformed Church in the East,” “O u r W o r k in Four Asiatic Lands,” and a special leaflet on “The W a r and the Missionary W o r k of the Reformed Church in America,” were circulated in large numbers. ' -M issionary Literature.

In addition to the special literature for Foreign Missions Sunday, a.new leaflet, entitled, “W h y Japan,” has been issued. Material is also being gathered for 'a booklet of information and suggestion for missionaries on furlough. Other literature on our shelves has been used by the churches and Sunday Schools, but not to a satisfactory extent. W e would urge the various organizations in the churche* to mak e frequent requests for literature for general circulation. .• Special N ews B ulletin.

This is a brief bulletin of items of special interest, which is mailed to a list of laymen furnished by the pastors of our

churches. T he Bulletin has been issued three times during the year, and it is proposed hereafter to give it a regular standing a m o n g the publications of the Board, with one issue in the fall, another at mid-winter, and another in the spring. T h e pastors have been put on the regular mailing list, and about one thous'ahd other names have been added during the year. A card, catalogue of these names has also been made.

T he M ission F ield. .

. T he usual work of editing the foreign missions material for the Mission Field has been carried on during the year, and special correspondence was addressed to the missionaries soliciting m a ­terial. With the issue of May, 1918, the Mission Field enters upon a n e w era, the Gleaner and the Mission Field having been combined into one publication. With this n e w magazine, a n ew cover design has been adopted, and other n e w features are under consideration. The subscription price has been raised, for clubs, from 25c to 35c, but its circulation is gradually increasing. O n e could wish that this valuable magazine were in every hom e in the denomination.

N eglected A rabia.This Quarterly, issued by the Trustees of the Arabian Mis­

sion for free distribution a m o n g those w h o have indicated their especial interest in Arabia, has always been of unusual interest. Because of the rapid changes going on in Mesopotamia it is even more valuable today. T he mailing list has been revised during the past year. If there are any w h o have failed to re­ceive the publication on this account, but w h o do not wish it to be discontinued, the office will be glad to get their names and addresses. T h e circulation of this valuable quarterly could well be m u c h larger than it is.

Parish L etters.

There are at present seventeen parishes on our records. During the year nine different parish letters have been prepared.

and, with the exception of the Arabian parishes, every supporting church and society has been covered at least once during the year. It is to be hoped that those w h o receive these letters will send their words of appreciation to the missionary w h o was responsible for the material in the letter. Their value lies in the personal contact that is established between the supporting societies' and the missionary and that relationship should be mutual if it is to accomplish the desired end.

Correspondence.

In addition to the routine correspondence of the office m a n y letters of acknowledgment have been written, particularly to Sunday Schools and individual givers. T he opportunity thus afforded for personal touch has been greatly appreciated.

M issionary E ducation._ ’

T he Board has continued its co-operation with the Joint- Committee on Missionary Education which is composed of repre­sentatives of the four mission boards and the Board of Publica­tion and Bible School Work. T h e report of the Joint-Committee, m a d e by its Chairman, Mr. W . T. Demarest, is as follows:

“T he Committee on Missionary Education has carried for­ward the plans announced to the boards a year ago, and takes pleasure in n o w reporting the publication, about January 1st,. 1918, of two missionary story books for Primary and Junior grades in the Bible School. These two books, both written by Miss Margaret T. Applegarth under the direction of this Committee, have been received with the warmest commendation, not only in our o w n churches, but by those interested in Mis­sionary Education in other denominations. T h e books were published at the expense of this Committee by the Board of Education and Bible School Work, and already about one-half of the first Edition has been sold. It is conceded by leaders of missionary education in most of the denominations that no better method of presenting missionary fundamentals to little children

has ever been presented than is found in these books. The Reformed Church, through them, has taken a place of leadership in this endeavor. Everyone of our'churches and Bible Schools should be glad to use this exceptional opportunity of teaching missions to children in the school and in the home.

The Committee regrets that the course of twenty-four Mis­sionary Travelogues, constituting its series of lessons for Inter­mediate grades in the Bible School is not yet published. M u c h of the work of preparation has been done, and it is expected that this course will be available for the use of schools by the early fall. Each of these travelogues will be illustrated by an attractive poster in colors, for wall display, and suitable for permanent adornment of the school or class room. •

It is expected that the two mission study books for senior and adult grades, one on denominational H o m e Missions and one on Foreign, will be written during the coming s u m m e r and be published not later than January 1st, 1919.

T he planning and preparation of this Mission Study m a ­terial has occupied a great deal of the time of the Committee, whose members all occupy places of responsibility wjth their several boards. Und er the circumstances the work could not have been pushed to completion in the time originally contem­plated. T he matter is too important for haste, and it is “be­lieved that the Church will patiently 'await the completion of what the Committee sincerely believes will be recognized as a model system of graded missionary instruction.” ‘ ..

Western District.Rev. W. J. Van Kersen, Secretary..

D istrict Committee.The District Committee consists of the members of the

Board residing within the bounds of the Particular Synod of Chicago. During the past seven years it. has consisted of six members. This Committee has held regular meetings during the past year at which careful attention was given to its special duties, viz..: the arrangements and supervision of the work of the H o m e Base within the bounds of the Particular. Synod of Chicago. Its council in connection with the work of the District Secretary has been of great value. Matters referred to it by the Executive Committee were handled with great fidelity.

All w h o are connected with the Western District organiza­tion very m u c h regret that the resignation of Dr. A. V e n n e m a as President of H o p e College and his return to the pastorate in the East will terminate his special connection with the work of the Western District in which his effective co-operation has been most highly appreciated. ,

The^ Board and the District Committee sustained another great loss by the sudden death of the Rev. M. Kolyn, D.D., of Holland, Mich., w h o passed away very suddenly on the 13th of May. His deep interest in the extension of the Kingdom, his ready, cheerful and loyal co-operation in all things pertaining to the advancement of its interests and his wise counsel made him a most valuable m e m b e r of the Board and of the District Committee. ■ i

M ission Fests. '

These s u m m e r missionary gatherings, held in “G o d ’s great out-rof-doors,” constitute a striking characteristic of the activities of the churches and communities of this District at a time when m a n y of the activities of the churches are suspended during the s u m m e r months. These gatherings‘have been growing in number, interest and attendance, and are a very happy combination of a s u m m e r holiday with the consideration of the vital themes of

the extension of the Kingdom. They afford a splendid oppor­tunity for the dissemination from the platform of missionary information and inspiration.

All except three of the 39 G e r m a n churches of the Classes of Germania and Pleasant Prairie and several of the Dutch churches of other Classes held congregational mission-fests In localities where groups of our churches are found near enough to one another to m a k e it possible for them to meet at some convenient and centrally located place union mission-fests are held. M o r e than a dozen of them were held during the past year with an attendance aggregating several thousand and offer­ings of such proportions as to give considerable relief to: depleted missionary treasuries during the “lean months” of the year.

O ne D ay’s Income Plan.This plan, suggested by the Mission Boards of our Church

was received with considerable favor by a goodly number of the churches of this District. T he campaign was launched in Chicago at a joint-conference of the agents of the Domestic and Foreign Mission Boards led by the Field Secretary of the Board of Domestic Missions and the District Secretary. At this meet­ing the plan wa§ discussed and the fullest co-operation was pledged. T he campaign was conducted along lines that seemed to be best adapted to the churches of this District. T he re­turns show that these efforts were crowned with a large measure of success.

Classical A gents. .T h e Classical Agents met in special conference in Chicago

in connection with the joint-conference mentioned above. T he great distances m a k e it impossible to have a full attendance. But those that found it possible to come spent a very profitable forenoon in the discussion of matters of vital importance to building up interest in foreign missions in the churches. The service of several of these m e n has been of considerable value and their reports to their Classes have added m u c h to the strength of the Board’s appeal.

M issionary D eputation W ork.T he District Secretary has received valuable assistance in

the presentation of our foreign mission work from missionaries on furlough, residing within the bounds of the Particular Synod of Chicago. T h e service of these men, always ready to do what­ever they can, has been very effective and has contributed m u c h to the increase of interest in the work on the foreign field.

Financial Goal A dvanced.A s evidence of the fact that the churches of this District

realize the necessity of adopting a bigger financial program it is interesting to notice that at the recent meeting of the Particu­lar Synod of Chicago a resolution setting the goal for foreign missions at $100,000 was passed without a dissenting vote.

M I S S I O N A R I E S A N D T H E I R M O V E M E N T S .

T/he number of missionaries in the service of the Board at the end of 1917 is 138. O f these, 36 are ordained and 14 un­ordained m e n ; 42 married and 46 unmarried.

R eturned to the F ield.

‘ T he following missionaries returned to their fields of labor after furloughs in this country: T o China, Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Warnshuis, Miss L. Vander Linden, Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Stride; to India, Mr. and Mrs. W . H. Farrar, Miss A. E. Hancock, Miss D. M . Houghton; to Japan, Rev. E. 5. Booth, Miss S. M . Couch, Miss H. M . Lansing, Mr. and Mrs. W . E. Hoffsommer; to Arabia, Miss J. A. Scardefield, Miss Fanny Button, Rev. G. J. Pennings, Dr. and Mrs. Paul W . Harrison, Rev. and Mrs. G. D. V a n Peursem.

R eturned H o m e on F urlough.

F r o m China, Mr. H e r m a n Renskers; from India, the Misses J. and S. TeWinkel, Miss H. W . Drury; from Japan, Rev. and Mrs. H. V. S. Peeke, Miss J. A. Pieters, Rev. H. Kuyper; from Arabia, Rev. F. J. Barny, Rev. and Mrs. John V a n Ess.

N e w M issionaries. -T h e following n e w missionaries entered upon service in

the course of the year: In China, Rev. and Mrs. H. M . Veen- schoten, Mr. I. J. Lubbers (under appointment but detained by. a call to National service) ; in India, Rev. and Mrs. H. E. V a n Vranken, Rev. and Mrs. John C. V a n W y k , Miss Wilhelmina Noordyk, Mr. C. R. Wierenga; in lapan, Rev. and Mrs.,H. V. E. Stegeman; in Arabia, Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Bilkert, Miss M . C. V a n Pelt. '

N e w A ppointments. ■

■The following n e w appointments have been made: T oChina, Rev. Harvey I. Todd, Rev. and Mrs. Henry Poppen

(appointed last year; will enter upon service this year); to India, Rev. James H. Potter and his fiancee, Miss Helen Beards- lee, Miss Clara M . Coburn, Miss M a u d e S. Scudder and Mr. E. Paul M c L e a n ; to Japan, Miss M a y B. Dejnarest (wh o returns to Japan after several years of residence in America); Miss A n n a M . Fleming'; to Arabia, Mrs. Sharon J. Thoms, (who returns to Arabia after several years of residence in America), Dr. ^ouis P. D a m e and his fiancee, Miss Elizabeth Purdie, and Dr, Walter N o r m a n Leak (a graduate of Cambridge University, w h o has been in A r m y Service in Egypt).

It is a gratification to be able t6 record that m a n y of these missionaries n o w under appointment have already become at­tached to some individual Church or group as the representative on the field and supported in this relationship.

O fficers a nd M embers of the Board.T he terms of the following members of the Board expire

with this session of the General S y n o d :

Just as the year closed, the Board learned of its serious loss in the death on M a y 13, 1918, of the Rev. Matthew Kolyn, D.D., a m e m b e r of the Board since 1900. A substitution will, there­fore, need to be m a d e in the class of 1917-20.

Rev. Henry E. Cobb, D.D. Rev. J. Addison Jones, D.D. Rev. John E ng el sm an Rev. H. J. V e l d m a n

Rev. A. Vennema, D.D.

Mr. A. P. C o b b Mr. W . E. Foster Mr. J. J. J a n e w a y Mr. E. E. Olcott

James H. Potter Amsterdam, N. Y.U n i o n College '12

Har t f o r d Theological S e minary'\$

H elen Bearihlke Newbury, N. H. M t. H o l y o k e ’18

TO JOIN THE ARCOT MISSION

Louis P. Dame Chicago, HI.

M e d i c a l College, University of III. *1/

Elizabeth Purdis Chicago, 111.

Chicago N o r m a l College ’08 M o o d y Bible Institute

TO JOIN THE ARABIAN MISSIONMr. Potter and Dr. Dame have both responded to the call of country and are

in the national service, so that the departure of the above lor their chosen fields is delayed. Dr. Leak is also still detained in the service of the British Army.

Edwin Paul M cLean Holland, Mich.

A m h e r s t College University of Chicago

H o p e College ’18To succeed Mr. Muyskens as

principal of Hope High School, Madanapalle.

Clara M. Coburn Hudsonville, Mich.H o p e College *18

To engage in educational work in India,

M aude S. Scudder Moss Landing, Cal.

S a n Jose State N o r m a l College ’17 To engage in educational

work in India. Departure for the field postponed.

M ay B. D emarest Roxbury, N. Y.

M t . H o l y o k e ’07

Miss Demarest served in the Japan Mission from 1912-14, being connected with Ferris Semi­nary 1913-14. She returns now to her original field.

A nna M. Fleming Toronto, Canada

Toro n t o Bible College ’18

Miss Fleming will take up the secretarial work of the Japan Mission.

M es. Siiaeon J. T homs Indianapolis, Ind.

College of Missions ’17 K e n n e d y School of Missions ’18

Mrs. Thoms returned to America on the death of her husband in 1913, and now courageously returns to her work in Arabia.

H arvey I. Todd Hyde Park, N. Y.

R u t g e r s ’15N e w B r u n s w i c k S e m i n a r y ’18

Mr. Todd is to engage in evangelistic work in China.

F I N A N C E S .R eceipts, Board of Foreign M issions.

The receipts of the Board for its regular work were $246,­396.05, of which $184,523.20 were from collections, $43,827.25 from legacies, $9,593.28 from the O n e D a y ’s Income Fund, and $8,452.32 from interest on invested funds. There were, also, received for Special Objects outside of the appropriations $23,­134.79 and a further s u m of $1,000 from the Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in the United States as a first instalment in settlement of property adjustments owing to the transfer of the field of the North Japan ’Mission to that Board making a total of funds received for the regular work Oif the Board of $269,530.84.

A m o n g the largest of these gifts to Special Objects were $5,729.63 from the W o m a n ’s Board, $4,141.85 for the A m o y D i a mo nd Jubilee F u n d $2,292.31 for Newspaper Evangelization in Japan, $1,010 for Additional Building for Steele Academy, and $2,383.92 for the A m o y Hospital Fund.

A n addition of $2,426.27 was m a d e to the Scudder MemorialFund. _ /

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R eceipts, A rabian M ission.

F r o m collections there wfere received $35,795.37, from lega­cies, $394.87, and from interest <on invested funds, $796.85. There were also contributed to Special Objects outside of appro­priations the s u m of $5,825.99. T h e portion which came to this Mission from the O n e D a y ’s Income F u n d was $3,021.89. The total is, therefore, $45,834.97, an advance of nearly $7,000 upon the receipts of the previous year;

T otals. ■T he combined receipts of the Board and of the Arabian

Mission were $325,292.08, being $22,839.06 more than the total amount received last year. A table presenting summaries of the above figures appears on the following page.

R E C E I P T S .For the R egular W ork of the Board.F r o m Collections:

Churches, S. S., Y. P. S ........ $108,277.96W o m a n ’s Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,584.97Individual Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,660.27

$184,523.20Legacies, n e t ................. $43,827.25O n e D a y ’s Income F u n d ........ 9,593.28Interest on Funds ............. 8,452.32 $246,396.05

Special Objects outside the appropria­tions .................... $23,134.79 ,

Sale of North Japan Buildings.... 1,000.00Additions to Funds ........... 8,926.27 33,061.06

For the A rabian. M ission.Collections ................... $35,795.37Interest on Funds ........... 796.85x

$36,592.22Special Objects outside appropriations $5,825.99O n e D a y ’s Income F u n d ......... 3,021.89

. Legacies ................ 394.87 45,834.97

Total Receipts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $325,292.08Deducting:

Legacies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i ■ $44,222.12Interest on F u n d s ....... '...... 9,249.17Sale of North Japan Buildings.... 1,000.00 54,471.29

Total of all contributions— 1918. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $270,820.79Total of all contributions— 1917. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259,323.52

Gain in contributions, 1918 ................... $11,497.27Gain in total receipts, 1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,839.06

H o m e E xpenses and Per Capita G ifts.

T h e H o m e Expenses, which include the cultivation of mis­sionary interest at h o m e and the administration of the work abroad, as, also, the collection and disbursement of all the moneys received, amount to about 7 % of the Board’s income which is nearly 2 % less than that of the previous year.

T he total receipts are $325,292.08 if divided by 132,172, the membership of our Church iafthe beginning of the year, indicate that the average per capita contribution is $2.46. If from the above total w e deduct the legacies received from the dead and interest derived from invested funds, it would appear that gifts from the living average $2.04 per member. These averages are distinctly in advance of those of the previous year which were respectfully $2.31 and $1.98. •

E xpenditures, Board of Foreign M issions.

T h e amount expended by the Board for its regular work on the field was $204,478.98 distributed as follows: A m o y , $49,­635.20; Arcot, $78,292.45; Japan, $76,551.33. The interest paid upon monies borrowed by the Board was $2,037.88; H o m e E x ­penses for promotion, collection and administration were $21,­770.05.

E xpenditures, A rabian M ission.

T h e amount expended for the regular w ork of this Mission was $38,294.85 while its share of H o m e Expenses was $4,429.91 and the payment on account of interest for borrowed money $262.25.

A detailed statement of the “Revenue and Expenditures” of the Board and of the Arabian Mission appears on the latter pages of this report. .

W O M A N ’S B O A R DT he receipts of the W o m a n ’s Board from all sources were

$98,611.20. O f this amount, $10,499 was contributed for the A m o y Commemoration and Fagg Memorial F u n d and $1,210.26 were receipts from legacies. There was received from the O n e D a y ’s Income Fund, also included in this amount, $5,183.11.

T he W o m a n ’s Board paid during the past year into the treasury of Synod’s Board for work in China, India and Japan $68,753.88, of which $7,923.91 were for items outside the appro­priations for the .regular work. It also m a d e contributions to the Arabian Mission in the s u m of $4,599.84. '

T he Board deeply appreciates the fellowship and counsel and service which it enjoys with the W o m a n ’s Board through whose efforts so large an amount is secured annually for the maintenance of our work abroad.

C O N C L U S I O N .R ecommendations of the Board.

T h e Board makes the following recommendations.:1. That in view of the satisfactory experience of the past

w e renew the recommendation that the last Sunday in February be designated for the special presentation of the cause of Foreign Missions in our Churches and in their Sunday Schools.

2. That w e continue our approval and recommendation of the Every M e m b e r Canvass n o w in successful use in a large number of our Churches as the best method for enlisting the financial assistance of the entire constituency of our Churches in support of the local Church and the denominational agencies.

3. That in view of the continuance of the conditions and the evident attitude of the Church, the O n e D a y ’s Income F un d for Missions be continued another year.

4. That as a concrete expression of our resolve and our faith in its achievement w e as a Board and as a Church definitely and purposefully undertake to m ov e forward our financial goal

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from $325,000 where it has stood since 1914 to $350,000 as our fair obligation and attainable objective for the coming year.

5. That in view of the response of the Church during the first year of the war and of the plans being adopted by the lead­ing denominations in America looking to a distinct and adequate development of Christian service in our country and in non- Christian lands, w e accept for ourselves our part in a general denominational Forward M o v e m e n t Program for the next five years involving the Board of Foreign Missions in the following:

a. The increase of the workers so that each Mission shall be brought up to its full previous strength as soon as possible and that within the next five years the actual n u m ­ber of missionaries on the field be increased by 10%, involving an estimated average addition of 12 a year.

b. T he greater efficiency of our work and the en­couragement of the features in each field calling at this time for special effort. * •

1. Ja p a n . Concentration and evangelization.2. C h i n a . T he evangelization of the North River

. District Extension.3. India. T he support of the Mass M o v e m e n t

looking to the evangelization and education of the people in the. villages of our Arcot District.

4. A rabia. T h e n e w Mesopotamia to the north and the open door to the interior to the west.

■ c. T he better equipment of the institutional work and care of our missionaries by the 'active support of an approved property list. '

d. T he adequate maintenance and equipment of the Missions.

1. The adoption of the principle of increasing the

' appropriations for work during the next five years at least 1 0 % a year on each previous year.

2. T h e definite, progressive increase of the annual budget each year.

3. T h e aim to be an annual budget of $500,000 in .■ 1923.

In behalf of the Board,W m . I. Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary. L. J. Shafer, Acting H o m e Secretary.

Approved by the Board,M a y 17, 1918. '

THE A M O Y MISSION, CHINA. .Founded 1842. : ;..

A rea occupied 6,000 square miles. Population 3,000,000. 'Missionaries.— A m o y : Mrs. L. W. Kipp, Miss K. M. Talmage Miss M. E. Talmage, Miss L. N. Duryee, Miss B. M. Ogsbury, Miss E. C. Boynton, Miss W. Murman, Rev. H. P. Boot, Rev. H. P. DePree, Dr. J. H. Snoke, Dr. E. J. Strick, Mr. F. J. Weersing. Tong-an: Miss K. R. Green, Miss E. K. Beekman, Rev. Frank Eckerson, Rev. L. A. Talman. Chiang-chiu: Miss M. C. Morrison, Miss Maude Norling, Rev. Steward Day. Sio-khe: Miss Nellie Zwemer, Miss Ieona Van der Linden, Rev. H. j. Voskuil, Rev. H. M. Veenschoten, Dr.' T. Bosch. Shanghai: Rev. and Mrs. A. L. WarnShuis.Associate Missionaries.— Mrs. H. P. Boot, Mrs. H. J. Voskuil. Mrs. H. P. DePree, Mrs. E. J. Strick, Mrs. Steward Day, Mrs. J. H. Snoke, Mrs. T. Bosch, Mrs. F. J. Weersing, Mrs. L. A. Talman, Mrs. H. M. Veen­schoten.In America.— Mr. H. Renskers.STATISTICAL R E P O R T OF T H E C H U R C H E S — A M O Y MISSION— 1917—

Names of Churches.

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Received on Confession.

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issions.

Native Contributions Exclusive

pf Contributions for Schools.

Sin-koe .............. 1 1 22 4 1 3 3 0 0 2 S’! 18 60 213 $80 $3,008Tek-chhiu-kha ........ 1 1 11 6 19 3 8 u 0 355 11 50 253 113 l’879Aw-kang ............ 1 4 3 2 2 3*5

0 0 135 10 16 108 28 729Khoe-hoa ............ 1 1 9 1 0 2 0 0 82 9 45 59 50 6,260Knm-un-hoe .......... 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 49 2 29 17 27 901Chioh-be ............ 1 2 10 0 5 3 9 u 0 135 3 20 93 29 580Chiang Chiu ......... 1 3 8 0 2 4 11 1 0 211 12 40 160 54 1,291Sio Khe ............ 1 2 10 1 2 1 7 1 0 78 4 35 55 15 449Thian-po............. 1 2 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 54 . 8 10 47 18 444Lam-sin ............. 1 1 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 104 17 30 106 20 364Poa-a ............... 1 4 IS 2 3 5 4 3 0 142 0 63 34 35 862Ho-san .............. 1 3 7 0 0 4 6 1 0 57 n 50 75 12 587Soa-sia .............. 1 5 7 0 0 2 3 0 0 56 ii 20 47 26 614Leng-soa ............Bi-kong-hoe ..........

1 3 2 0 0 2 6 0 0 58 3 20 37 35 4650 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 19 3 25 19 4 80Tong-an ............. 1 4 12 5 58 3 14 0 1 170 3 100 117 38 1,058Hong-san ............ 1 4 10 3 0 4 5 0 0 122 6 60 81 30 1,148Chheng-khe .......... 1 3 3 58 0 0 2 0 0 61 0 75 44 10 358

Totals ............. 16 48 141I83I92I43I88I 6j 11213911311748115651' $624 $21,077

REPORT FOR 1917

A M O Y D I S T R I C T .This is the seventy-fifth year since the Gospel first c a m e

to A m o y . O n e would long to report a year of striking prog­ress, but all that can be said is that there has been gradual growth. T w o experiences stand out strikingly as one looks back over the year. T h e first is the typhoon that visited A m o y , September 12th, and left ruin and death behind it. Tho se w h o were on Kolongsu at the time passed a very a nx­ious night, not k no wi ng w h a t the next m o m e n t might bring, as houses crashed and crumbled before the storm. B ut our lives were mercifully spared and im m a n y w a y s the protection of Providence w a s realized. It had its valuable lessons, not only for the missionaries, but to some' Chinese Christians it also brought n e w consecration. W i t h the sight of corpses washed ashore, the unavailing search of boat people for miss­ing m e m b e r s of the family or crew, and the wrecked launches and junks in the harbor, there c a m e a sense of the special favor G o d had s h o w n that one w a s not a m o n g the missing or mourning ones. O n e Christian, an attendant at one of our A m o y churches, w h o w a s on one of the cargo boats in the harbor that night, w a s w as he d off b y the storm into the raging sea. H e caught the boat, clung to it, w a s again was he d off, and again caught hold of a boat. T h r o u g h vari­ous dangers, he finally got ashore. H e c a m e to the pastor and said, “I a m going h o m e to tell m y parents I shall do the L o r d ’s w o r k and prepare to be a preacher. T h e y are heathen and object, but I shall tell the m that their son died in the storm. M y life has 'been, brought back out of death and I o w e it to the Lord w h o rescued me.

T h e loss to Mission property w a s heavy and the d a m ­aged houses and schools, surrounded by debris, were a sad- looking sight w h e n daylight dawned, after the storm had passed. It w a s three m on th s before s o m e of the houses were

again repaired, although several contractors began working at once on houses and schools. T h e B oa rd ’s kind response to our appeal for a special repair fund has m a d e it possible to restore the damage.

T h e second experience that stands out in the year’s w o r k is the visit of the evangelistic party, headed by Mr. B uc hm an , that brought inspiration and n e w ideals of service to all w h o were privileged to attend their meetings. Outside of the groups in schools, there were eight for m e n and w o m e n with about twenty persons in each group. N o group m et mor e than four times, and yet, in spite of the limited n u m b e r of meetings and limited attendance, their influence has been great. T h e y have brought a m o r e spiritual tone in our work. For a n u m b e r of workers it has meant the putting aside of sin that w a s hindering the winning of souls, the keener realiza­tion that m e n are m o r e important' than things, the convic­tion that w e need to labor m o r e for the individual and depend ■ less on speaking to crowds, and the witnessing of miracles of grace. So, in regard to the special evangelistic campaign which Mr. E d d y is to conduct here, there is a spirit of hope and expectancy because people in the churches are giving themselves mor e largely to personal work.

Evangelistic W o r kSin K oe Church.

T h e w o r k m the Sin K o e Church has suffered because of the poor health of the pastor, which m a d e it necessary at the close of the year for him to lay his pastoral w o r k aside for a short time. H e w en t on a trip to Singapore to rest and to try to raise m o n e y for the debt that they have on their school buildings. T h e w o r k they began at a place on the mainland called Sin-oa has been continued. Afternoons, after the service, a band of from eight to twelve goes out street preaching, and at night they report on the w o r k at the evening prayer meeting, and prayer is offered for this evangelistic effort. T w e nt y- tw o n e w m e m b e r s were added during the year.

T ek C hhiu K ha Church.T h e T e k Chhiu K h a Church had as an assistant to the

pastor a y o u n g m a n w h o graduated from Nanking Theological Seminary. During the summer, illness, m a d e it necessary to give h im three or four months of rest, and so s o m e of the church activities have suffered.’ During the first half of the year there w a s a group of workers w h o w en t out weekly, t wo and two, and had a meeting on Sun da y mornings to discuss their problems and to report; but after the s u m m e r this w o r k w a s not resumed. After the afternoon service, s o m e of the m e m ­bers go out street preaching. Eleven n e w m e m b e r s were re­ceived during the year, all but one having to be baptized.

K hoe H oa Church.T h e K h o e H o a Church has experienced steady growth,

adding nine m e m b e r s during the year.. A n e w school building w a s completed. A t the close of the year the pastor felt, that, after serving the church six years, he should resign. Classis felt it best to dissolve the relationship, urging h im to stay until a successor w a s secured. T h e church has set about calling another pastor at once, and it is hoped that the former pastor m a y soon receive a call so as to continue in the work.

O K ang Church.T h e O K a n g Church continues in a rather w e a k condi­

tion, being still without a pastor. A t one of the stations, Na-au, it seems as if the h a r m o n y between the members, that w a s broken several years ago, is being restored; yet w h e n s o m e still refuse to contribute to the church finances it is evident that there is still w o r k to be done to unite t h e m m o r e fully. A t a second station, Kio-thau, the leaders are old and the church sadly needs younger m e n ; at Kang-thau they have younger m e n but they need purified lives and m o r e consecra­tion if they are to be of use. T h e church has decided to call a pastor, and if the right m a n is chosen there m a y be m o r e hope for the future. •

P hai-bo and C he-chiu C hurches.T h e t wo stations supported and m a n a g e d by the Sin K o e

and T e k Chhiu K h a churches both have had trials. During the first part of the year, thieves broke into the house of the school teacher, adjoining the Phai-bo Church, and not only took a w a y m a n y things but bruised the teacher about the head so that he w a s in the hospital for s o m e time. A t the other station, Che-chiu, a church m e m b e r w h o had had a wedding for his son w a s threatened because he would not comply with the village custom of giving a heathen theatre for the people on the occasion. T h e official w a s asked to post a proclamation asserting liberty of religion, and soon the threatenings ceased and the fears of the church were dispelled.

K olongsu Ch u r c h.

A step forward this year has been the securing of a pastor to look after the families connected with A m o y churches that are living on Kolongsu. After mon th s of discussion/a plan agreed to b y all the churches w a s finally reached and the arrangement m a d e to have A m o y pastors alternate in living on Kolongsu for a year each, to take charge of this work, lu Hoai-tek, the pastor of the E - m n g K a n g Church (English Presbyterian) w a s the first to carry out. the plan and he has done faithful work.

Educational W o r kU nion T heological College.

Mr. DeP re e has represented^the Mission on the teaching staff of the U n i o n Theological College on Kolongsu. T h e foreign m e m b e r s of the faculty during the year have been Rev. A. J. Hutchinson of the L o n d o n Mission, Rev. H. P. D e P re e of the American Reformed Mission, and Rev. H. W . O l d h a m of the English Presbyterian Mission. T h e Rev. C. K. T a n of the London-Mission church on Kolongsu has con­

tinued to give valuable help in teaching'and in the oversight of the work.

T w o n e w students have entered the College, one coming from T a l m a g e College and the other being the son of the pastor of the W e s t Street Church in Chinchew. Three stu­dents were graduated and at the graduation service w e were fortunate in having the Rev. J. Campbell Gibson, D.D., of Swatow, give the address. . .

During the second term an interesting experiment w a s m a d e in devoting an hour a w e e k to a discussion of matters connected with the war. Progress has been m a d e during the year in giving the students experience in practical Christian work. In addition to teaching in a S u n da y School and con­ducting services, the students go once a w e e k in turn to the Kolongsu prison where by permission of the Municipal Council they are allowed to preach the Gospel to the prisoners. T h e College Y. M . C. A. has held fortnightly meetings and has had the benefit of a n u m b e r of addresses from various speakers, both Chinese and foreign. T h e Sports Committee has organ­ized volley-ball and tennis. Three students were appointed as delegates to the Students’ S u m m e r Conference held in A m o y in August.

Talmage College. •

T h e report for T a l m a g e College is m a d e by the Rev. H. P. Boot. T h e year 1917 has been a remarkable one in the history of this institution. T h e revision of the curriculum, the creation of a Board of Trustees, the adoption of three courses of study, special religious meetings held in A m o y , and even the typhoon devastation, each and all have a share in m a k i n g 1917 a banner year in T a l m a g e Memorial’s career.

T h e ( year opened with 112 students in attendance, an entrance class of 46 students, both items unheard of in our school’s history. T h e year closed with 101 students in attend­ance, which also establishes a n e w record. Yet rigid enforce­m e n t of the rules of the institution caused the withdrawal

of seven in the first term and four the second term. O n e case of stealing caused an upheaval, otherwise the withdrawals were due to an unwillingness to abide by decisions that meant dropping back a year due to failure in obtaining the passing marks. Aside from the usual run of minor ailments, the school has been comparatively free from contagious disease and has enjoyed a healthful condition of students and teach­ers. Just at the close there were a few cases of smallpox in a mild form, but the w o r k continued uninterruptedly.

In c o m m o n with the c o m m u n i t y in general, our institu­tion suffered great d am ag es from the typhoon which struck this region September 12th. W i t h the main building prac­tically unroofed and the roofs of the second building and of the head teacher’s residence damaged, c o m p o u n d walls d o w n and interior walls of the memorial building d o w n just a w e e k before the time school w a s to open its second term, it looked as if w e might have to postpone opening day for a m o n t h or m o r e and several so counseled. W e counted on the goo d ­will of the Chinese students and teachers to be willing to put up with a great deal of inconvenience at the start and were not put to shame. T o add to our discomfort during the year, the big c o m p o u n d wall, put up the previous year at an ex­pense of nearly $1,000 Mex., w a s so seriously undermined by previous typhoons as to m a k e it necessary to take two- thirds of it d o w n in addition to w h a t had already fallen. W i t h a broader foundation and rebuilt in a different way, though at an added cost of $400, w e trust it is n o w up to stay. T h e typhoon d a m a g e to college buildings necessitated an addi­tional expense of almost $1,000 Mex., and six weeks of dis­comfort. It w as a blessing that the institution w a s not in session w h e n the typhoon occurred, ^or w e might have to chronicle the loss of m a n y lives.

T h e creation of a Board of Trustees with equal represen­tation of Chinese and Americans, will, w e trust, prove a step in the right direction and bring the institution still closer to the church at large. W i t h the election of the Board and cer­tain of its powers subject to the Mission, no fears as to the

character of the institution need arise. T h e m e n chosen to represent the Chinese on this Board are: the Chinese H e a d Master of the College, Mr. L a w ; Dr. T a n Thian-un, a leading physician,, philanthropist, and elder of the Second Church, A m o y ; and the Rev. T a n Chiu-kheng, pastor of the local L o n ­don Mission Church. Whi le our institution is no longer a union school, the L o n d o n Mission has no school of that grade and at present they have 22 students in our institution. It is, therefore, quite fitting they should be represented' on the Board of Trustes, the m o r e so as this leaves the door ajar for a possible union with t he m later in an institution the character of which they have helped shape through the pastor’s helpful suggestions. T h e Board has had several meetings and has m a d e s o m e definite contributions to the future welfare of the school. C o m i n g from a joint Board, these will, w e believe, have a salutary efifect upon all concerned.

O n e of the decisions of the T a l m a g e Board is to grant regular Middle .School diplomas at the close of a four years’ course with the definite understanding-that henceforth only certificates of w o r k done will be issued to all such as have failed in' any subjects. Judging from the n u m b e r of students w h o have asked for permission to m a k e up back w o r k by re-examination, even at the price of $1.00 per subject, the Boa rd ’s decision to publicly announce at c o m m e n c e m e n t night . w h o receive a diploma and w h o receive a certificate of w o r k done, is bou nd to m a k e for better scholarship and m o r e real diplomas. T h e awakening of China d e m a n d s such action. Onl y well-equipped w o r k m a n should be placed on the market henceforth. T h e day is fortunately soon at hand, and w e are already using this fact as a lever, w h e n the Church and the public can have a choice of the best m e n for work.

Another decision which the Board of Trustees adopted and has carried into effect is the institution of three courses of study. This will m e a n additional teaching force, and hence added expense; but it will m a k e for proficiency and enable our school to prepare m e n for the F o o c h o w University with sufficient English to carry on the w o r k of their entering class.

T h e courses adopted are: an English Course, the regular Middle School Classics Course, and the N o r m a l Course. That there is need of m e n with N o r m a l Course training can be seen from the fact that even the gentry as well as the government emphasize this to such an extent as to run rival schools and bring every inducement to bear upon students. O n e such N o r m a l school with a capacity for 300 students is just n o w being added in this vicinity, and tuition, board, and books are offered free— even room, light, and bedding. W e are not afraid of competition. W e w e l c o m e it, and hope w e m a y simply be urged on thereby to do even better. W h i l e our present N o r m a l course is intended to provide us with a better equipped teaching force, for the lower primary schools only, the Board of Trustees is alive to the fact that w e mus t very soon add a higher normal course, open to Middle School graduates only. O u r aim should be not only to provide an adequate teaching force for all church schools in our region, but to provide the gentry and government schools with a better grade of teachers, w h o are Christians. In the present N o r m a l course no English is taught; in the Middle School, or Classics course, English is taught as a subject one hour per day; in the English course sixteen hours per w e e k are given to English and s o m e subjects are taught in English. T h e entering class of 46 students had 12 each in the English and N o r m a l courses the last term. A poster had been p u b ­lished and scattered far and wide, informing the public of T a l m a g e Memorial courses, and w e look for an increase of students next term.

A t the Annual Athletic M e e t of the South Fukien Ass o ­ciation, in November, T a l m a g e College w o n several firsts and scored a total of 26 points, while T u n g W e n Institute, the victor, secured 34; and the Y. M . C. A. and Seventh D a y schools each had 6 points to their credit.

Financially, the year 1917 is also a banner year. T h e budget, calling for an expenditure of over $10,000 Mex., is the largest in our history. In fees alone v/e had $4,205, while from the Board w e had $4,390, plus the- typhoon damages.

However, w e would call attention to the fact that the adoption of three courses instead of one course of study will, for the next three years to come, m e a n additional teaching staff, class room, and equipment.

In things spiritual, which is the test of a Mission institu­tion, w e are able to report glad news. T h e Y. M . C. A. has been strengthened in numbers and in w o r k done. During the first term three voluntary Bible Study classes m e t on' S u n d a y mornings, under the leadership of one native teacher and five students, w h o in turn m e t with the Principal on Friday evenings as a N o r m a l Bible class; over fifty students ■ entered these Bible classes and studied the Acts of the Apostles. Last term the Principal himself had the voluntary Bible class of twenty men. Fourteen m e n asked for admission to church membership. T w o groups of our students attended B u c h m a n meetings, at the close of which w e had a special meeting of all the students, inviting to remain for an after meeting any w h o had received benefit, w h o wished to con­fess to sins in their lives, and w h o desired to do personal work. Forty-four y o u n g m e n attended this special m ee ti ng ; twenty-four confessed to various sins in their lives, and twenty- eight determined to do s o m e personal w o r k a m o n g fellow students. A better spirit reigns now. H a r m o n y between stu­dents and teachers is manifest in class r o o m and on the field. T h e Preaching B a n d still goes on its mission every Sabbath, while several y o u n g m e n assist in local church S u n da y school work, and two of the graduates, have determined to enter the Seminary. O f the nineteen graduates, seven expect to con­tinue studies in Talmage.C hu r c h Primary Schools.

At« the beginning of the year the A m o y churches discon-, tinued their higher primary w o r k and sent their pupils to the U ni on School at the Y. M . C. A\ in which they united. T h e school started under several disadvantages, and all the w o r k has not fulfilled the hopes of those w h o participated, but a good start has been.made on a union effort which is

greatly needed. T h e great inequality in grade of the students from the various schools that are brought into this higher primary will decrease, and the standard of teaching in the school improve.

T h e churches have continued their lower primary w o r k as before. So also have the churches on A m o y Island. Alto­gether, there are 424 students in primary schools and 26 in higher primary.G irls’ School. •

Miss Duryee reports for- the Girls’ School. Again w e record our gratitude to G o d for His goodness to us as a school during the past year. T w o hundred and eighty-seven pupils were enrolled the first term, 104 boarding and 183 day pupils; and 91 boarding and 135 day pupils the second term. There has been no serious illness in the school, but one of the day pupils died at her home.

O u r school year ends in the s u m m e r and a class of 24 w as graduated, all but t wo of w h o m were professing Christians: one, a day pupil from a well-to-do non-Christian family, and one the daughter of a Christian widow. O n e of the gradu­ates, a daughter of Rev. lap, othe first Chinese pastor in the A m o y District, is n o w in the United States studying at North- field Seminary. Another is continuing her studies in Foochow. T w o girls sent to us through one of the ladies of the L o n d o n Missionary Society have taught in L. M . S. schools. Twe lv e have this a u t u m n taught in schools connected with our o w n Mission, both boarding and day schools. O n e taught in a village day school which is supported by a wealthy A m o y Christian.

For .various reasons five of our teachers left us in the summer. O n e wen t to N a n k i n g to continue her studies, the other four taught elsewhere. Their places were taken by our s u m m e r graduates._ Miss P ax so n ’s and Mr. B u c h a n a n ’s meetings in the a u t u m n greatly stirred both teachers and pupils to the impor­tance of every Christian becoming a winner of souls. T h e

meetings held by these workers were limited to groups, so only a few were able to attend. O n e of our teachers, a girl w h o graduated t wo years ago and w h o had never before given very clear evidence of being a Christian, at a meeting of the whole school, held to hear reports' of Miss P a x so n ’s meetings from those w h o were able to attend, quite openly declared herself a Christian. She comes from a family greatly opposed to Christianity. Before the close of the term, one pupil, about fifteen years old, told us that she and her three sisters held “family prayers” every day, although no one else would attend. T h e y belong to a rich non-Christian family with business in Java. She also said her mother scolded because she would not worship the idols and she said, “I told her I would obey her in other things but not in this.” O n e of the missionaries asked all those w h o had- lately bec om e Christians to meet with her, and about fifty responded to the invitation, while at another meeting sixty or m or e promised to do personal work.

Just at the beginning of 1918 G o d called to Himself an old teacher of the school, Mrs. Sia, at the age of seventy-nine. A fuller record of her life will be given elsewhere, but w e would record here, as well, our appreciation of the m a n y years of faithful service she gave to the school. Since leaving the school she had been living in her o w n h o m e on Kolongsu. T h e funeral w a s attended by very m a n y old pupils, every one of w h o m could, w e believe, bear record that she had never heard Mrs. Sia tell an untruth nor k n o w her to take a “squeeze” out of any Mission m o n e y that passed through her hands. For such as her w e thank G o d and take courage.

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W o m e n ’s School.Miss K. M . T a l m a g e reports for the Charlotte Duryee

Bible School for W o m e n . T h e year has been full of bless­ings. G o d by His Spirit has been in our midst and w e have seen changed lives in m a n y of our pupils.

During the year w e have had m o r e than seventy pupils; s o m e for the year, s o m e for a term, and s o m e who, for family reasons, were with us only a few weeks. Other pupils have

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been m e m b e r s of the school for t wo or three years. M a n y c o m e from heathen families, brought by s o m e Christian rel­ative or friend. W e receive these heathen w o m e n , kno wi ng that the “Gospel is the p o w e r of. G o d unto salvation” and w e have proved it to be so, for m a n y w h o c a m e to us as heathen have left us professing their faith in Christ. O n e w h o w a s with us this a u t u m n 'made great progress in reading, and later took part in our prayer meetings, praying for her hus­band. H e w as opposed to Christianity and asked wha t m e d ­icine w a s given her that she became so c h a n g e d !

T h e visit to A m o y of the B u c h m a n party had a wide influ­ence, though only the teacher and one of the w o m e n were able to attend any of the meetings. Reports of the meetings were given at the school and several of the w o m e n resolved to do personal work. T h e y found the opportunity for doing it a m o n g their companions. Thirteen of the w o m e n took other thirteen w o m e n to w o r k and pray for. T h e w o r k has be“en m u c h blessed to the workers as well as to those for w h o m "they worked. Often going about the school I found s o m e r o o m locked, and w a s informed that w o m e n were meeting for prayer together. So groups here and there m et to plead with G o d for themselves and others.

This school has cost the W o m a n ’s Board $303 Mexican, and w h e n w e consider the seventy w o m e n and girls w h o have been taught the w a y of life through Chirst, w e feel that the m o n e y has been well spent. 'C hildren’s H o m e.

A s the Children’s H o m e w a s opened in 1887, this year completes its thirtieth birthday. O n e hundred and fifty-six children have been enrolled during these years. This year one n e w child w a s received. She is seven years old, the daughter of a coolie w h o w a s unable to care for his child after his wife died and w a s about to sell her.

T w o of the girls, nineteen and twenty years of age, c o m ­pleted their course of study in the “Developing Character” Girls’ School and received their diplomas last June. After

C o m m e n c e m e n t exercises, each one sent in a letter of thanks and appreciation to the effect that the Lord had so greatly loved the m as to open the hearts of the. missionary ladies to love t h e m too, not only in providing a “H o m e ” for their care and comfort, but also in opening the w a y for an educa- • tion so that year by year they had been permitted to study in school until they were that day enabled to graduate. For these two great blessings they could never express their grati­tude, and with very happy hearts they could only say “a great big ‘thank you,’ ” and hope by useful lives to s h o w their grati­tude to G o d and to the missionaries. Both of these girls have, been teaching this fall term.

During the year t wo of the girls- were married; one to a Christian business m a n in A m o y . T h e other w a s received into the H o m e in 1898, w h e n only a few mon th s old, her mother and brothers having died of plague. She w a s m a r ­ried to a preacher in the country, and has written since, tell­ing h o w happy she is in her n e w h o m e and of the kindness she has received from her n e w relatives.

T h e chief event of the year w a s the dividing of the H o m e (which has been connected with both Missions, the English Presbyterian and ours) into two smaller H o m e s . There has been a growing feeling for several years that the children could be better taken care of if the H o m e w a s divided and our half nearer to our house and school. This year this w as accomplished through the offering for sale b y its o wn er of a house adjoining our girls’ and w o m e n ’s schools. T h e fear of its being sold to disagreeable neighbors, as well as the desire of dividing the H o m e , led to its purchase. According to the agreement, the o w n e r w a s allowed to stay in the house t e m ­porarily and in the m eantime the children, fourteen in all, are being housed in one of our school dormitories where they are happy and contented.B ov s ’ Primary School.

T h e Kolongsu B o y s ’ Primary School is still getting along in poor and inadequate, but expensive, rented quarters. A n

effort w a s m a d e during the year to obtain another m u c h better house, but w e were not successful. O u r efforts to move, however, had the good effect of prevailing upon our landlord to reduce the rent. O u r attendance has fallen off somewhat, partly because a n e w mandarin organized a large government school close to ours and partly because w e were obliged to raise the fees in order to avoid a deficit. O u r enrollment the first semester w a s 150, the second 135. Fifteen were gradu­ated from the higher primary, 28 from the lower. Eight of the' higher primary graduates will enter T a l m a g e College.

Next to n e w quarters our greatest need is the introduc­tion of vocational work. W e cannot neglect this m u c h longer if w e are going to keep ahead of the better government schools and occupy the place that w e should in the n e w reconstructed China. There is a d e m a n d that school education be better adapted to the needs of actual l.ife. M a n y w a y s have been suggested by which w e m a y accomplish this, in A m o y , but unfortunately they all involve at least a m o n e y guarantee to cover possible losses, and s o m e would require an immediate, considerable outlay.

Medical WorkH ope and W ilhelmina H ospitals.

A t the outset w e should point out that this is not an annual report but a report of six mon th s only. T h e hos­pitals were opened M a y 1st, closed again July 15th for the s u m m e r months and reopened September 15th.•• '

Perhaps the first thing which strikes one w h e n looking over the statistics and report in general is the few people treated, for such large and well-equipped institutions. There are several factors which have brought this abo ut : first, the hospitals were open only six months; second, for the most of this time they were not fully opened on account of the limited staff, only the first floor being open to patients until

October 15th, unless they were either first or second class; third, the hospitals had been closed for nearly t wo years; fourth, the fees have been raised.

W e are greatly pleased with our n e w outfit for the oper­ating and sterilizing rooms. T h e equipment gives eminent satisfaction. T h e equipment of the hospitals consists of: hot and cold running water, a flushing system, and a thirty horsepower steam boiler which furnishes steam for cooking, running p u m p and washing machine, for sterilizing, and for heating operating room. W e have a Scanlan-Morris ‘ W h i t e Line” sterilizing system. W e have also recently installed an entirely n e w operating r o o m set also with “W h i t e Line” goods, and the hospitals are lighted b y electricity.

After having been closed for about t wo years, Wilhelmina Hospital, which is largely under the direction of Miss M u r - man, w a s opened on the first of M a y without any special ceremony. F r o m that time until n o w there have not been as m a n y patients as w e expected would come. Perhaps one of the reasons for this is that each patient is subjected to a bath at the time of entrance! M a n y Chinese w o m e n consider this anything but pleasant. T h e lower floor of the hospital, which is intended for general and charity cases, has been gen­erally filled. O n the second floor, which is set aside for private patients, w e have not had as m a n y as w e could have wished. T o all these persons, without exception, the Gospel has been preached by our Biblewoman, Kung-ka, w h o has been active in this capacity for the last six years.

Seven children were born in the hospital— m o r e than is usual.. T h e Chinese w o m e n , especially the younger genera­tion, seem td’desire m o r e and m o r e to secure competent nurs­ing.E vangelistic W ork. •

This is under the direction of Mrs. Snoke. Throughout the year the w o r k of- evangelism has been carried steadily on. T h e blind preacher, P oe hia, w h o has worked so long and faithfully in H o p e Hospital, and Pastor L i m Po-tek, w h o is

H O P E A N D W I L H E L M I N A H O S P I T A LLooking east over the harbor to Amoy City. Engine room, laundry, and kitchen are seen here.

S T A F F O F T H E N E E R B O S C H HOSPITAL, SIO-KHE, A M O Y

SIGNING T H E D E E D F O R T H E AK-SIA P R O P E R T Y . — See page 34

A P A S T O R A N D HIS FLOCK, C H K O A - C H H U - C H E

n o w in charge of evangelistic w o r k in the hospital, have faith­fully preached the Gospel in the wards and b y the beds. T h e pastor has preached to the out-patients on all dispensary days and has conducted services for all the in-patients in the large Bonthius Memorial Chapel every S u n d a y morning and W e d n e s d a y evening.- Tho se w h o could read Chinese char­acters have been helped and encouraged to read the Bible and h y m n book. ■

T h e B i b l e w o m a n in Wilhelmina Hospital, Khng-ko, has done faithful, efficient w o r k and her example has been in accord with her precepts. W h e n the burden of nursing has been heavy, a goodly share of it has fallen upon the shoulders of our Biblewoman, she being Miss M u r m a n ’s most expe­rienced helper. Emphasis is laid on Christian exercises. T h e Gospel is preached daily in the small chapel by Mrs. Snoke, the Biblewoman, or s o m e visiting sister. After the B u c h m a n meetings a personal workers’ group of eight m e m b e r s w a s formed.

C H I A N G - C H I U D I S T R I C T .Evangelistic W o r k

T h e Chiang-chiu District comprises five organized churches and eight chapels or out-stations. In this report each church with its out-stations or associated chapels will be taken up separately.C hioh-be Ch u r c h.

T h e Chioh-be church has had the sam e pastor as form­erly, A n g K h e k Chhiong, w h o is one of the most experienced leaders of the A m o y • churches.

Chiang-chiu C h u r c h. ,

During the s u m m e r m o n th s the pastor of the Chiang-chiu church left for the Straits Settlements and is not intending to return, so that church is n o w temporarily served by a

preacher until it can arrange for another pastor, not a very easy matter in our section of China.

O ut-stations. -T h e t wo out-stations of this church, Sin-tng and K a w - a w ,

have had preachers and Sin-tung has s h o w n signs of growth in the n u m b e r of attendants at services. Associated with the church at Thian-po is the chapel of E-gaw. T w o weeks of special effort were given to this church in co-operation with the pastor, three preachers and a Biblewoman. T h e highest attendance at the meetings w a s over 300; the average for the evening meetings w a s 120. T h e meetings for w o m e n were held during the afternoon. There are three out-stations con­nected with the Soa Sia church, and each year they hold at each center a few days of special evangelistic meetings, de­signed to reach the surrounding villages which, so far as possible, are visited during that time. In these efforts the pastor of the church, the preachers of the chapels, a n u m b e r of office bearers and the missionary w o r k together, sometimes dividing into three separate preaching bands and going out into the villages during the day to preach, in the evening holding a meeting in the church or in one of thd villages. •The L e n g Soa church has just lost their pastor, w h o has resigned. H e has been in that church for about twelve years and has m a d e it one of the most exemplary churches in the whole synod. Special meetings held for eight days at E-lang, the out-station, were very successful in helping the church and in adding to the n u m b e r of inquirers. Mr. D a y has given as large proportion of his time as possible to these special evangelistic efforts. Besides these, a Bible conference w a s held in October in Chiang-chiu for the preachers of this dis­trict and the Sio-khe district. A t this conference six mis­sionaries took part and,’including the preachers of the L o n ­don Mission, it w a s attended b y over thirty preachers. It w a s indeed a conference worth while, helpful to the missionaries and Chinese alike.

W o m e n ’s W ork.In connection with the general evangelistic m o v e m e n t at

the Chinese N e w Year, special w o r k for non-Christian w o m e n w a s done by the missionaries, Biblewomen, and a n u m b e r of the Christian w o m e n of the church. It w a s decided not to hold public meetings as, for several days following the Chinese N e w Year, w o m e n are not supposed to walk abroad, so w e went to them, going t wo or three together to the h o m e s of friends, neighbors or relatives, and to different villages, to take the message of the Gospel. In this w a y m a n y w o m e n were reached and our church w o m e n , in working for others, were themselves m a d e m o r e earnest and faithful. A n u m b e r of them signed their names, promising to give an afternoon a w e e k to going out to w o r k for others. W h i l e s o m e have grad­ually lost interest in it, others have been faithful and m a n y calls have been m a d e to witness for the Master. After the fifth of the N e w Year, the small chapel of the church w as open daily for s o m e days.

T h e attendance of the w o m e n at church has been good throughout the year and several have learned to read the Bible in the colloquial— a decided help to those w h o would g r o w in grace and the knowledge of Christ. Several w o m e n have been received into the church and fifteen babies, children of former school girls, have been baptized.

T h e t wo city B i b le wo me n have again done faithful work. T h e y both attended a conference held in A m o y for Bible­w o m e n last s u m m e r and received m u c h help from the Bible • classes and Christian fellowship they there enjoyed. Miss Morrison has given m u c h time to calls in the city and nearer villages, realizing m o r e and m o r e the great importance of this part of the work._ _ A s one travels through the cities and towns of China one is impressed a n e w with the magnitude of the undertaking of Jesus Christ, i. e., to save the world. H er e are millions of people w h o have not yet so m u c h as heard of His n am e; millions sick in body and min d and no one to help them; millions w h o cannot even read or write and w h o live and die

in sin and dirt and ignorance. H er e in one village is a w o m a n dying of a tumor because the hospital is too far a w a y from her home. H e r e is a m a n ill and miserable with a loath­s o m e skin disease because he does not k n o w enough to bathe. Here are children becoming addicted to smoking and g a m ­bling and worse, because they have nothing better to do. A n d here and there and everywhere are souls dying because they have not Jesus Christ. But, in spite of all this, in spite of the perseverance of Satan and lack of Christian workers, the K i n g d o m is surely if slowly growing.: There are, at the pres­ent time, thirteen chapels in the Chiang-chiu District, outside the city, where thirteen preachers or pastors are at w o r k pro­claiming the Gospel. There are m a n y staunch church m e m ­bers also doing their utmost to win souls for Christ. .

During the past year, several of the w o m e n have become interested and -are attending the meetings regularly, s o m e of t he m having to walk from six to ten miles to church. A t Tiu-ka' about sixty w o m e n publicly expressed their desire to k n o w Christ.

Educational W o r k _ '

T h e establishing of government schools throughout the m o r e important centers of our district, though in itself a splendid m o v e m e n t toward the education and enlightenment of China, has had a deterring effect upon our Mission schools, in m a n y cases m a k i n g it all but impossible to get pupils and to finance the schools. U p o n first thought, one k n o w ­ing schools as they are at h o m e would say, “T h e n let the scholars go to the government schools.” But there are two great objections to this policy; as things are at present, m a n y government schools are inefficient, and in all they require the worship of Confucius, t h e . Chinese “god bf education and learning.”

A t Sin-tng one n e w school has been organized this year by the preacher and the former* pastor of the Chiang-chiu church. T h e first term they had over forty pupils and had

a kindergarten or beginners’ grade connected with the school. It is composed almost entirely of heathen boys' but has had a very helpful influence upon the church and community. This year the w o r k was, though with difficulty, financed by the church and its friends, and received no aid from the Mission.

T h e school at Thian-po has had the s a m e teacher and has g r o w n in numbers and efficiency. It is also a decidedly evangelistic force. Sundays it invites non-Christian boys to attend its S u n d a y school period.

A t Chioh Be, the large school has had a good year. T h e pastor of the church gives m u c h of his time to its super­vision and has a good staff of teachers to help him. This school compares very well with the district boarding schools of Tong-an, A m o y , Chiang-chiu, and Sio-khe.

T h e Chiang-chiu B o y s ’ L o w e r and Higher Primary School has had a very successful year, enrolling over a h u n ­dred pupils. Last year the'head teacher w a s changed to other w o r k in A m o y and a n e w one chosen. This had been the first step in advance. Since then the whole spirit and w o r k of teachers and pupils has greatly improved. T h e year w a s brightened by our' school again winning the championship race open to twelve primary schools in the city— this being also our second such victory in succession. W e closed the year with a series of graduation exercises, one session being given to singing and recitations by the graduates, one given to the graduation exercises proper, and one day to manual w o r k exhibit, drill, and athletics. T h e experiment w a s so successful that it will probably bec om e a yearly affair.G irls’ School. '

T h e total enrollment for the year has been 102 pupils,, the largest n u m b e r the school has had. T h e teachers have all done faithful w o r k and will, w e trust, all continue with us another year. Three of our students w h o later studied in A m o y are n o w teaching, one in our primary grade and two in kindergartens. T w o others are n o w studying in A m o y .

F ou r times a w e e k the pupils have had calisthenics and m u c h improvement can be seen in the walk and carriage of the older pupils. T h e general health of the pupils has been good. T h e a u t u m n opening of school w a s saddened by the death of a day pupil w h o w a s burned by the over­turning of a lamp. She w a s from a non-Christian family and had studied but one term; but she had learned to pray and sing a few h y m n s and in dying she told her mother not to be sorrowful for G o d would save her. A s a result her mother and grandmother have been attending church arid have put a w a y their idols. Three girls, daughters of minor mandarins, w h o have read for several terms, have c o m e to believe; as a result, one has been forbidden to return. T w o pupils have been received into the church and t wo or threfe m o r e are ready to take that step.K indergarten.

W o r k m a y sometimes be discouraging, people m a y s o m e ­times be disappointing, but the w o r k in the kindergarten is always interesting, and the children most responsive. W e had 97 children on the roll the first term and 90 during the last term— too many, really, for our crowded quarters. All of t h e m have done well in their studies and, in so far as w e have been able to judge, they have all learned to k n o w and to love Jesus. Their bright eyes are all aflame with love w h e n they tell His story or sing that beautiful h y m n of Luther’s, “A w a y in a Manger.”

O n e little girl w a s called h o m e last summer. She w as very ill with fever and w h e n her mother asked her if she thought she would get better, she said she- did not k n o w but thought she w a s going to be with Jesus. She w a s only six, but died happy in the gift of that wonderful faith. T h e kindergarten had to be closed several weeks earlier than usual the last term, as m a n y of the children had smallpox and measles and the old caretaker w a s taken with leprosy. M a n y of the dear little faces are n o w badly pock-marked and scarred and all because of the lack of proper treatment.

S I O - K H E D I S T R I C T .Evangelistic W o r k

A hopeful attitude has characterized the Sio-khe church during the past year,’ for, although they called a pastor and their invitation w a s not accepted at that time, they had reason to believe that a subsequent call would be favored b y him. This has since been made. A n organized S u n d a y school has been maintained throughout the year and that has done m u c h to m a k e up for the lack of a pastor. T h e preaching hall has not done m u c h this year. T h e m a n in charge is little m o r e than a janitor so not m u c h could be expected of him. All the other Chinese workers of the place were m or e than busy and the missionary has been prevented partly by lack of health and partly b y reason of w o r k in other places from maintaining any regular w o r k in the preaching hall.

Echay, the only out-station of ,the church, has also done well. A t the beginning of the year t wo m e m b e r s were received and during the year several n e w hearers have been added. In the a u t u m n a series of meetings were held, our first attempt at anything of this kind. O u r aim w a s to get a heathen audience to meet in the sam e place for m or e than t w o weeks, to preach to t he m the Gospel and the truths of the Bible, so that those w h o c a m e for nearly all the meetings would begin to have s o m e conception of w h a t the Christian teaching is.

Poa-a.In Poa-a also there w a s a good deal of activity in church

politics. T h e pastor w h o has been resigning for s o m e years so far succeeded that the church w a s allowed to call another pastor in his' place. O n e out-station, Toa-ke, has bought land during the year, thereby deciding for the present the location of their church building which m o v e d twice in the last eight years. This w a s possible through the n e w preacher w h o w a s appointed last year. ■

T h e H a w - s a n church has been steadily gaining- since the building w a s removed to the n e w place. S o m e of the efforts of

the last preacher have been well followed up by the pastor w h o has been there n o w for a year and a half. H e shows an increase in the membership this year. N o t only have regular expenses been properly .met but the church Has enter­tained the classis. Mr. Voskuil w a s church examiner this year and the church gave as good a report of itself as any he has examined in China. T h e progress is not large but it is of the substantial kind which counts in church life and which does not easily suffer reaction. In the t wo out-stations they have had only one preacher, partly because the one is small and not far distant from the other. For preacher they had a very able though uneducated elder of the h o m e church, w h o is very diligent and especially capable in getting on with the people. H e has been a help to the pastor as well as a good preacher for the out-station. H e said he had been preacher, elder and deacon to the two chapels. A school w a s m a i n ­tained by the local church which w a s attended b y several of the boys from one of the chapels. T h e teacher is a cousin of the pastor, who. is n o w asking for admission to the Bible School so as to b e c om e a preacher too. "

W o m e n ’s W ork.W e are thankful to report that as a result of the schools

for w o m e n and girls started by Mrs. K ip and Mrs. V a n Dyck, there are nearly 200 w o m e n in the district able to read the Bible. But few of t h e m k n o w h o w to study it and to find its hidden treasures, therefore in February w e had a class for Bible study, on the Korean plan, hoping to keep it up every year. W e invited only w o m e n w h o could read and w h o could m a n a g e to leave their small children at home. T h e n because of a long drought the river w a s too low for boats to reach t w o of our larger stations and the w o m e n oould not afford to c om e in sedan chairs. For t wo years the w o m e n w h o c a m e to the N e w Y ea r ’s meetings were the guests of the Mission, but w e decided it w a s best to let the w o m e n ' s h o w their appreciation of the class by paying their o w n expenses. This explains w h y our class w a s small, but all were in earnest

and m a d e real study of the first part of Genesis and of Mat- them. Before the class closed Mrs. Sites from F o o c h o w c a m e and w a s a great inspiration to us all. •

Educational WorkBoys’ School.T h e boys’ school has had a good year, with a record

enrollment— 72 for the first term and 62 for the second. T h e teaching staff w a s changed during the year as one of the old teachers w a s compromising us and the school so badly he had to be removed. In the higher primary w e had no gradu­ating class, as the only candidate dropped out of school in the middle of the fall term. T h e boarding department has been running better this year than at any time before, due to the fact that one of the teachers w as willing to take over responsibility for it.G irls’ School.

During the spring term w e had the largest enrollment w e have ever had— 64 girls. O u r school building needed an entire n e w roof and other extensive repairs and changes; and w e extend our heartiest thanks to the W o m a n ’s Board of so promptly sending us the money. T h e w o r k w a s begun in October and for the fall term w e received only 36 girls, since w e could use only half of the building at a time. Nex t term our school will have an additional dormitory, a far better assembly room, kitchen and dining-room, and will be in every w a y better equipped and mor e attractive.

W o m e n ’s School.This school, too, had the largest enrollment in its history-

19 the first term and 8 the second. Every one of the w o m e n m a d e good progress and m a n y of t he m have, w e trust, through faith in Christ, entered His Kin gd om . T h e Chinese teachers in both schools have had the most difficult part of the w o r k and w e feel the success of the w o r k is largely due to their love and tact and faithfulness.

W e were glad to w e l c o m e Miss Boynton last March, but at the July Mission meeting it w a s decided that she w a s more needed in A m o y . In her place Miss V a n d e r Linden w a s appointed. She arrived just before Thanksgiving and has since done m o r e than her share of all the w o r k in the district.

Medical W o r kN eerbosch H ospital.

Looking back over the m a n y busy /days and nights w e feel that this hospital is gaining in the confidence of the people and also of the native physicians. Moreover, amid all the natives, the hospital tries to uphold the standard of the Cross, having led several to Christ. Although the hospital is placed in a village of only a few thousand inhabitants, in 1916 w e had an attendance of 2,808, and this year of 3,895, including the m a n y patients seen in their homes. T h e hospital preacher is the busiest m a n of all. Before the early chapel service he talks with the patients and at seven o’clock at night he is often at the bedsides speaking words of comfort and help. Converts of this m a n tell h o w m u c h they o w e to his patience, endurance and prayer.

O n e of the outstanding features this year w a s the intro­duction of nurses in our hospital. It w a s a n e w experiment and so far has proved satisfactory. . A t present w e have six girls, all eager to serve their people and eager to learn n e w methods of caring for the sick. These girls are Christians and exert a profound influence upon the patients.

Dr. Bosch introduced the T o w n - L a m b e r t treatment for o p i u m addicts and has had excellent results. It drew the atten­tion of the local official, w h o visited the hospital and issued a mandate advising all o pi um addicts to go to the hospital to be cured. T h e official himself is very friendly, toward Mission hospitals, since once he w a s found wounded, and cared for b y a foreign physician. H e invited the missionaries to his h o m e ; it so happened that the official of Peng-ho, the capital city, w a s also present. T w e n t y years ago the Mission wanted to introduce the Gospel there, but were violently

prevented. That night the official invited t h e m to com e to Peng-ho, offering to furnish a hall for preaching, a place to see patients, sleeping-place for assistants and servants, and besides is willing to pay all their traveling expenses. T h e y are seriously considering accepting the invitation.

W e wish to make'special mention of the course in Chris­tian Ethics that Mrs. Voskuil is teaching the nurses and the instruction she is giving the hospital servants. Looking back­w a r d at the year 1917, w e can be thankful for the progress; looking sideward, w e receive the gratitude of scores of Chinese friends; but w e mus t look u p w a r d also to H i m “W h o healeth all our diseases.” T h e n if w e look forward to 1918 w e feel that w e m us t progress, that w e m us t go o n w ar d and forward with H i m , for Him .

T O N G - A N D I S T R I C T .Political.

Politics affect missions m o r e quickly than missions affect politics. Politics affect the people for w h o m missions exist so intimately that it becomes a factor not negligible. In the Tong-an District the political background for the w o r k of the first term w a s filled with the crusade against the cultivation of the p op py for opium. T h e government seems to have been successful and the District, formerly famous for the a m o u n t of its pop py acreage, produced no o p i u m this season. It re­quired soldiers and heavy punishment but the feat w a s a c c o m ­plished. In the second term w e felt the national unrest and several of our best m e m b e r s and friends had to flee to places under British jurisdiction because they were charged with aiding and abetting the “Southern Rebels.” T h o u g h the charges were unfounded and false in every case, yet there w a s no chance for a just trial and the m e n had to forsake business, families, and church, and hide. This has seriously affected the church finances in s o m e places. Tong-an County also has had six mon th s of the most shamelessly avaricious and

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flagrantly purchaseable magistrate that it has k n o w n in a generation.

B usiness D epression.

T h r o u g h the whole year the effect of the W o r l d W a r has m a d e itself m o r e and mor e bitterly felt. A very large part of local c o m m e r c e has c o m e to be in foreign goods. It has been a year of poor crops in s o m e sections, but An-khoe had one of its best rice, crops within m e m o r y . T hr oughout the District it has been one of the worst years for business that the merchants have ever suffered. Business depression has had two immediate effects in our work. It has put families into sorrow and trouble, showing them the uncertainties of this world, giving us an opportunity to present the gospel of a Savior’s help and comfort. In limiting the extension work of the church it has produced an unfortunate reaction on those w h o have worked and prayed for opportunities and openings and w h e n they appear find the church unable to go ahead and take advantage of such results. O u r preachers feel the rising cost of living as m u c h as w e do. It'seems that there is not an evangelistic worker in our District w h o is living within his salary, and probably only three are not running into debt. f

September’s great storm left a w a k e of havoc through the Tong-an District also. It destroyed about four-fifths of the crop of “dragon’s eye,” and one-half of the sugar cane. F e w houses escaped d a m a g e and m a n y were ruined.

Evangelistic W o r kH ong-san C h u r c h.

A renegade m e m b e r w h o lately joined the R o m a n Cath­olics m a d e m u c h trouble for Hong-san by instituting t wo lawsuits on unfounded charges against a m e m b e r and m e m ­bers of the consistory. These legal matters d e m a n d e d so m u c h of the pastor’s time at the county seat that in one

stretch he w a s out of his o w n pulpit seven Sundays. For several months this church carried on a regular week-day preaching service for a large group of villages within their territory and secured a regular attendance of about ten at their nearest chapels. O f that ten only one or two still c o m e (the court matters stopped the week-day services), but they have arranged to have one of our Christian teachers in charge of their school next year.

A bo ut fifteen years ago this church had a chapel at Chin-be and n o w they are planning to reopen it. T h e urgency of the opportunity lies in the establishment there of four schools, all under one management, built and supported b y a m a n of that village, w h o has b e c om e wealthy in business abroad. T h e y have a boys’ primary, a girls’ primary, and a boys’ middle school, already enrolling over 200 pupils, and in 1918 they will open a normal school. T h e y plan to a c c o m ­modate a thousand pupils in all. S o m e departments are free and in others the charges are l o w ; poor families are (pa*d a dollar a m o n t h for sending their girls to school. T h e influ­ence of and addition of so m a n y educated m e n and w o m e n to the’ c o m m u n i t y as the faculties of these schools include, is assurance of intellectual enlightenment and constitutes a great call to the church to carry in the real Light. T h e neces­sity of reducing our expenses for evangelistic w o r k in 1918 seems unbearable here. ■

T h e Ang-tng-thau chapel is one of the oldest in the Mission, but is in a dilapidated village. It requires special grace to dwell and w o r k in such a stagnant spot, yet the old couple w h o gave up business a few years ago to go there have done splendidly. T h e church only raises about a hundred dollars a year and this year they had a heavy repair bill. Also one family that contributes $20 m o v e d a w a y and the $20 con­tributed by a m e m b e r living in A m o y w a s lost in transit. Yet w h e n they heard of the flood disasters in North China they said they m us t do something to help their o w n country­m e n in distress, and out of their o w n poverty and need they collected and forwarded $12. *

Eng-te-thau is the pastoral residence and has the main strength of the church. If the proposed transfer of L o n ­don Mission stations to our Mission is made, Hong-san will double its territory.

%Tong-an C h u r c h.

T h e Tong-an Church reports m a n y encouraging things, none m o r e so than the improvement in its pastor which began about the middle of December. T h e main event in Siang- chun-thau, the church at which he resides, w a s the meeting of Classis there in December. There w a s a fine spiritual tone to the meeting and its main emphasis w a s on things vitally connected with the highest interests of the church. T h e y decided to m a k e the effort to (1) rid the church of those i m ­perfections that n o w m a r it,— such as quarrels, lax Sunday observance, business in forbidden drugs, disobedience to church rules about buying daughters-in-law and inter­marriage with heathen; (2) secure the church’s revenue by adopting a plan of regular weekly offerings; (3) teach every m e m b e r to read the Bible and not to admit any n e w m e m b e r w h o cannot read unless there is s o m e valid excuse. .

Chioh-jim has had a ■'most encouraging growth in the n u m b e r of m e n in its congregations. A wealthy business m a n of that village but lately residing in A m o y bec am e converted and offered m o n e y to build a n e w church. That w a s a great encouragement for n o w w e have to pay a high rent for a poorly situated building and it gave the church a startling recommendation to the village. While w e were selecting the site the wealthy friend died suddenly and his family decline to carry out his wishes for the church.

T h e brightest, busiest spot in the whole Tong-an church is at Au-ho-a. O n February 24th, the 75th anniversary of the arrival of Dr. Abeel in A m o y , the Tong-an Consistory and the two American pastors were invited to dine together and celebrate the occasion by planning s o m e church advance. It w a s decided to open a chapel at Au-ho-a, just outside the W e s t Gate of Tong-an City, in the business center, a stone’s

throw from the place first rented as a Gospel Hall in Tong-an fifty years ago. It is hoped that this chapel m a y rapidly b ec om e self-supporting. A reading roonj has been a valuable feature in this work.

CiniExc-KHE C h u r c h. ,This year a n e w n a m e is added to the roll of churches.

T h e organization of the three chapels in An-khoe County into a separate church has been completed and n a m e d the Chheng-khe Church. T h e Preachers’ F u n d appointed four preachers to this church for the year and they have been travelling about investigating the claims of several villages for the distinction of opening the first additional chapel. T h e official, act of separation w a s performed in the spring at the Siang-chun-thau chapel w h e n the Tong-an Church dismissed 55 m e m b e r s to form Chheng-khe. T h e first business meeting of the n e w organization w a s held in September at Chhoa- chhu-che. It w a s m a d e a three days’ convention and Pastor L i m Bun-khiok gave a splendid series of addresses on “T h e Church.” .

A t the Poa-nia chapel the year began with a r o w d y attack by m e m b e r s of an idol’s procession from Au-keh. T h e building w a s damaged, furniture broken and the teacher beaten. A lawsuit developed and w h e n things looked worst for us the Lord sent a heathen m a n w h o had a reputation as an e n e m y of the church to compel Au-keh to m a k e peace with us. Abo ut ten miles from Poa-nia is the village of Ng-peh. A Ng-peh m a n n o w in business in F o r m o s a w a s converted there and on his return h o m e this year did such fine personal w o r k tha.t m e n from three families have bec om e regular attendants on the S u n da y services.

Colporteurs. "T h e value of our colporteurs has been emphasized by their

accomplishments. Largely as a result of their w o r k one more village is ready to open a chapel. One, Brother Pa, has given

several mon th s of his w o r k to the region centering at Po-be and has preached in m a n y villages never before visited. H e and his wife have taught about twenty people to read the R om an iz ed colloquial. H e has been especially successful in getting good audiences for meetings held each evening in dif­ferent houses. T h e other colporteur has improved both in his faithfulness and .effectiveness. H e works mostly in the m a r ­ket towns of An-khoe County. T h e w o r k of a traveling medicine merchant has been very encouraging and shows w h a t could be done in using such m e n if there were a fund to provide t h e m with books. This m a n is a Christian w h o covers a big region in his travels. H e takes advantage of daily opportunities to preach tfye Gospel and has found nothing better for his use than Christian books. T h e y m a y form the excuse for opening a religious conversation and they always continue the impressions if left with the m a n ap­proached. T h e revival at O-chi is due largely to his efforts.

Educational WorkAn- attempt to maintain closer relations between all the

schools of the District has resulted in our winning the consent of all our schools to carry no pupils beyond the fourth year, but to send those w h o can study further to the Livingstone Easter School. T h e principal of that school has done valuable w o r k in assisting the missionaries in supervising the out- station day schools, especially in insisting o n uniformity of curriculum and arranging the daily schedules.

“C h h o a-c h h u -che. .T h e Chhoa-chhu-che boys’ school w a s taught by a y o u n g

m a n w h o wanted another trial after he had been unsatisfactory as a student in T a l m a g e College. H e proved incompetent and w as dismissed at the close of the first term. This is our only out-station that has a girls’ school. T h e preacher’s wife again saved the school by taking charge of it, for which she received no pay. In the second term w e were able to send

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them a graduate of the Kolongsu girls’ school and they ar­ranged to have the smaller pupils from the boys’ school attend also.Chioh-jim. '

/T h e principal resigned in mid-year to accept an attractive

business offer. T h e t w o other teachers sho we d a splendid spirit and determined to “carry on.”

A ng-tng. • '

T h e primary school has done fairly well but in the second term slipped back from the fine w o r k of the first term. T h e development of the Agricultural-Industrial course there has been one of the big features of our year. T h e m a n in charge is ingenious and enthusiastic and a wide interest has been aroused. A m o r e permanent organization has been planned and most encouraging promises of local support secured. L a c k of proper school and dormitory r o o m m a d e it unwise to increase the enrollment of pupils, but for next year ample accommodations have been m a d e available.Livingstone E aster School.

In January w e graduated a class of six boys, all of w h o m entered T a l m a g e College, second year. O u r enrollment this year has been over 200 and each noon w e fed from 160 to 200 boys in our n e w dining room. This progress has stirred up our R o m a n Catholic neighbors to advertise a free school and they have tried in m a n y w a y s to involve us in trouble. T h e Seventh D a y Adventists also opened an opposition school. M o s t visitors at the school have remarked with pleasure the fact that pupils do all the w o r k there that boys can do. T h e t wo large buildings are kept clean, about 400 meals are served each day, and yet the only hired help is a cook and one coolie. A dozen boys are working their w a y through, and that is remarkable for China. Another remarkable advance is the pupils’ attitude toward physical exercise. T w o of our teachers

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are quite athletic and like to play with the boys. During the second term w e secured the free help of a graduate of the provincial military school. T h e boys enjoy their marching drill.

A m o n g the visitors w h o have spoken at the school and been ” especially helpful were Consul and Mrs. C. E. Gauss and Mr. T. M . Elliott, Y. M . C. A. Secretary.

G irls’ School.After years of waiting, the Ak-sia property w a s finally

secured and our last N e w Yea r ’s vacation w a s spent in getting the absolutely necessary cleaning and repairs done so that it might be used as an Annex. During the spring term w e had 82 n a m e s on the roll and 55 during the fall term. T h e girls c a m e from 14 different chapels and their influence ought to be widespread over the district. In June five girls gradu­ated from our school and w e n t d o w n to A m o y to study fur­ther. During the spring term w e had two serious cases of pneumonia which caused us a good deal of anxiety. W e feel m o r e and m o r e that the care of a school is a great task and a great responsibility, but a great opportunity, too, to m o u l d the lives of these girls for Christ. This school is in charge of Miss Beekman.

W o m e n ’s School.T h e W o m e n ’s School, which is in charge of Miss Green,

opened with a good enrollment. So m a n y w o m e n wished to read that w e begged the use of t wo of the rooms of the n e w annex of the girls’ school for extra sleeping quarters for the w o m e n . T h u s w e were able to house 30 w o m e n , whereas our o w n building accommodates only 24. O u r good Mrs. Li con­tinues to be the head of the school. W i t h but one exception there has been a blessed feeling of good-will a m o n g the pupils, for Mrs. Li is a true peace-maker and the w o m e n listen to her gladly. O n e w o m a n c a m e for, t wo weeks in order to learn to write, so that she might correspond with her children.

In the spring, because of a shortage of funds, w e dismissed school a m o n t h early, and so w e hope to keep within our abbreviated appropriations for the year. For the fall term w e were unable to borrow again the two rooms of the annex so w e used a small native house for our overflow sleeping quarters. T h e first of the year w e started s o m e children’s meetings in the village and have had volunteer helpers for the m from the w o m e n ’s school pupils; the w o m e n have also gone out with us or by themselves on preaching visits to the h o m e s of their heathen friends.

T h e w o r k of the W o m e n ’s School is purely evangelistic, but "apart from that there is steady and constant visitation and teaching done both a m o n g the w o m e n of the church and a m o n g the heathen w o m e n . There have been four full-time Bible W o m e n and one w o m a n giving part time. These w o m e n have paid lengthy visits to the various chapels and, starting out from them as a center, have wor ke d in the surrounding villages. T h e w o m e n of the churches have themselves done considerable w o r k for their less favored sisters and s o m e of them have taught others to read and s o m e of the m do indiv­idual w o r k for the Master. E v e n though s o m e of the Chris­tian w o m e n do not m a k e the effort to tell of the G o o d News, still at the N e w Year time they‘are all eager to preach; and so, last year, as our custom is, w e m a d e a rather complete canvass of the villages within range of Tong-an and several n e w people were touched and have since then c o m e to church. There are endless possibilities in this w o r k and no hindrance to the universal preaching of the Gospel t in any of our villages about here. T h e greatest difficulty about this out-of-door work, however, lies in the lack of workers. T h e harvest is ripe but where are the laborers?

THE ARGOT MISSION, INDIA.

T h e Mission occupies: .Sq. Popula-

. Miles. tion.Jn the Chittoor District, 5 Taluqs (Counties) and parts of 2 others 4,104 805,991" North Arcot District, 7 “ “ ** part of 1 other 2,816 1,289,935" South Arcot District, 2 “ 4< “ “ “ 1 “ 1,017 529,669" M y sore State, 1 “ ** '* “ '* 1 '* 340 75,788

Total.......... 15 Taluqs (Counties) 5 8,277 2,701,383

Languages.— 1,600,700, Tamil; 950,000, Telugu; 150,600, Hindustani; Kanarese, etc.

Missionaries.— Arni: Mr. W. H. Farrar. Chittoor: Mrs. J. A. Beattie, Miss E. W. Conlin, Rev. H. E. Van Vranken. Katpadi: Rev. B. Rott- schaefer. Madanapalle: Dr. L. H. Hart, Rev. J. H. Warnshuis, Rev. J. C. Van Wyk, Miss W. Noordyk. Palmaner: No missionary resident. Punganur: No missionary resident. Ranipettai: Rev. E. C. Scudder,Miss J. C. Scudder, Miss A. B. VanDoren, Mrs. H. Honegger, Dr B. W. Roy. Tindivanam: Rev. W. T. Scudder. Vellore: Rev. L. R. Scudder, Miss Ida ‘S. Scudder, M.D., Miss Gertrude Dodd, Miss A. E. Hancock, Mrs. S. W. Scudder, Miss D. M. Houghton, Rev. L. Hekhuis. Mr. C. R. Wierenga, Miss C. Durick. Madras: Mrs. J. H. Wyckoff, Miss C. C. Wyckoff.

Associate Missionaries— Mrs.’L. R. Scudder, Mrs. E. C. Scudder, Mrs. W. T. Scudder, M.D.. Mrs. W. H. Farrar, Mrs. B. Rottschaefer, Mrs. B. W. Roy, Mrs. J. H. Warnshuis, Mrs. L. Hekhuis, Mrs. J. C. Van Wyk, Mrs. H. E. Van Vranken. ‘

In America.— Miss J. V. TeWinkel, Miss S. TeWinkel,' Miss H. W. Drury.

Native Helpers.— Ordained Ministers, 19. Other helpers: men, 366; women, 221. Total, 606.

Boarding Schools.— Boys’, 9, Scholars, 493; Girls’, 4, 'Scholars, 364; Theological School, 1. Students, 37; Day Schools, 209, Scholars, 10,348. Total -Schools, 223; Scholars, 11,242.Hospitals and Dispensaries, 11. Patients treated, 84,630.

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htadanapalll 637 137.466 Walajapet 396 216.796Vayalpad 831 126.676 Arkonam X n o 64.500Punganur Z 648 107,061 Vellore^ 432 222.329Palmaner- 439 50.619 Arni 180 108.944Chendra^iri X 366 78.300 Cheyar 328 148.366Chittoor 793 232.850 Polur 686 169.667Karvetnaffar Z. 190 73,100 Wandiwaah 340 162,620Chmtamani 272 62.077 Cingee 410 199.470Mulbagal X 68 13.71 1 Tindivanam 447 217.329jGudiyatlam 446 206,836 Villupuram x 160 112.870| • Total 14690 J .088,814 Total 3387 1.612.769\ X = « portion ,only Grand Total 8277 2.701.383

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REPORT FOR 1917' I N T R O D U C T I O N .

In introducing the w o r k of the American Arcot Mission for 1917 to the reader w e shall m a k e a few references to the, districts occupied, together with s o m e of the physical and political conditions, before entering into the detailed narrative.

R ou gh ly speaking, the territory occupied by the Mission extends from the sea, a little north of Pondicherry, in a north­westerly direction for about 225 miles, having a m a x i m u m width of s o m e 75. In the south the land is low-lying, where rice, ground nuts or peanuts, cotton, other small grains, sugar-cane, cocoanuts, etc., are grown. T h e variation in temperature is comparatively small, while the average rainfall in normal years is between 40 and 50 inches. T h e farther north one 1 goes the elevation is higher, rising to a plateau; the air is cooler and m o r e bracing, while the rainfall beyond Vellore gradually decreases. In this section w h e n the fields cannot be irrigated from streams or wells, the population depends upon other grains which g r o w in rainy season. T h e popula­tion within districts occupied by the Mission, roughly speak­ing, amounts to about 2,500,000, composed chiefly of Hindus and M oh am me da ns . T he languages spoken are Tamil, Telugu and Hindustani. There are several places of historical importance in the Mission, such as Arcot, Vellore, W a n d i w a s h , and Gingee, places well worth while visiting.

Whi le traveling northward on the railway, a visitor would pass through the railway junction Villupuram, s o m e 100 miles to the southwest of Madras. Four miles to the north of this place will be found one of the largest village churches of our Mission in this section— Orathur. T w e n t y odd miles to the northeast lies Tindivanam, the center of our w o r k in South Arcot. Rev. and Mrs. W . T. Scudder are located here. Besides the Church, will be found the H i g h School, Christian Hostel and other schools, and the Dispensary for W o m e n and Children. .

T h e evangelistic w o r k of the Mission has been divided into four circles. In this, the Southern Circle, there are four pastorates, each with an ordained minister, having a combined Church c o m m u n i t y of 2,908 individuals, while there are 1,205 students in tow n and village schools. There are m o r e Cath­olics in this division than any other of the Mission. Their

’ w o r k dates back to s o m e 400 years. Although they have constructed m a n y fine churches and have a large following they do but little for the education and uplift of their c o m ­munity. Their presence creates m a n y difficulties.

T o gain a comprehensive view of the Mission work, the . visitor would best leave the railway at Tindivanam and jour­ney by motor. T h e main roads are generally stone laid and well maintained by the Government. O n either side will be found fruit or shade trees. Their branches in places meet over the middle of the road breaking the glare of the sun and giv­ing coolness and shade. T h e scenes in a country village with the thatched or tiled houses and the cocoanut trees g r o w ­ing near by, are always fraught with m u c h interest. There are no sidewalks. T h e cattle, sheep, buffaloes, chickens and dogs wander leisurely along, and are as m u c h of the town as the people and children. T h e crude oil mills with their monotonous music d r a w n by lazy walking oxen, the thrashers of grain, the group of w o m e n in their gaily colored clothes walking erect with their brass water vessels on their heads, returning from the well, chattering cheerfully, never fail to en­list one’s attention. A t times the road will pass over the e m ­ban km en t of an artificial lake or tank where water is e mp ound- ed for irrigation purposes. A lo ng this will be seen the grace­fully drooping and delicate leaved b a m b o o s waving in the breezes, and the cocoanut and palmyra trees. T h e hills in the distance will be reflected in the waters which with the green fields, especially towards sunset, m a k e as pretty a pic­ture as the m i n d can imagine or the eye desire to see.

Taking leave of Tindivanam, he would journey north­ward, passing through W a n d i w a s h , a growing center of evan­gelistic work, and arrive at Arni, one of the three original sta-

tions occupied by the Mission. H e r e is located a large B o y s ’ Complete Elementary School besides the Church and three other schools. There is no resident Missionary, the w o r k being under the care of Rev. E. C. Scudder, w h o lives in Ranipettai, and Mihs E. W . Conklin, w h o s e h o m e is in Chit- toor. O w i n g to lack of workers, no other arrangement is pos­sible. T h e Evangelistic w o r k about here falls within the boundary of the Eastern Circle. Turning northeast, the next place of visitation wou ld be Ranipettai, the headquarters of the Eastern Circle, with its four pastorates, comprising a Christian c o m m u n i t y of 5,321 and 2,550 in all schools. T h e w o r k is under the care of Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Scudder. Her e also will be found the large General Hospital with Dr. and Mrs. B. W . R o y in charge; the Girls’ H i g h School super­vised by Miss A. B. V a n D o r e n ; the Lace Class under Miss J. C. Scudder, w h o divides her time between here and Palmaner, and the H i n d u Girls’ Schools and Bible W o m e n w o r k under the supervision of Mrs. L. M . Honegger. •

Traveling n o w to the west, the visitor w ou ld arrive at Vellore the largest t ow n within our borders, the natural center of the Mission. H e r & are located the Theological Seminary, and the U ni on Training School for Men , both under the supervision of the Rev. L. R. Scudder, w h o is also the Chairman of the Indian Church Board and of the Western Circle; the Voorhees College, Rev. L. Hekhuis, Principal, temporarily assisted by Mr. C. R. W e i r e n g a ; the Schell Hospital, Dr. I. S. Scudder, the Physician in Charge; European nurses, Miss D. M . H o u g h t o n and Miss C. Durick. Mrs. S. W . Scudder, Mrs. L. R. Scudder, Miss A. E. H a n c o c k and Mrs. L. Hekhuis are entrusted with other phases of M i s ­sion work, while Miss Gertrude D o d d is the Treasurer of the Mission. T h e plans for a development of a W o m e n ’s M e d ­ical College in Vellore are well under w a y and classes are to be opened in July, 1918. .

Within the boundary of the Wes te rn Circle, the largest in the Mission, are included the Gudiyattam, Serkadu, Chit- toor and Katpadi groups. T h e growth of the Christian com-

munity in this Circle last year w a s most encouraging. This n o w amounts to 5,906, while there are 4,133 students in both village and town schools. ,

N o w turning north on his journey, the traveler would pass through Katpadi, the residence of Rev. and Mrs. B. Rottschaefer, where the Industrial School is located. F r o m n o w on Telugu comes to be m o r e and m o r e the language of the people. Chit- toor would next be passed, where will be found the Training and Girls’ Elementary Schools. Mrs. M . D. Beattie and Miss Conklin live and w o r k here. Palmaner, located to the west, will next be in order of visitation. T h e country is consider­ably higher and less thickly populated. T h e w o r k of this station is mainly evangelistic and m a n n e d by half a w o m a n — Miss J. C. Scudder, w h o s e energies are divided beUyeen Pal­m a n e r and the Lace Class at Ranipettai. .

Turning northwest, P u n g a n u r will be visited. Her e are located the Church, M a r y Isabel Allen Hospital and schools. T h e large bungalow still remains vacant— a pathetic sight. This station is not m a n n e d by even half a w o m a n . There is not a residential Missionary. Faithful Indian workers under the supervision of Rev. J. H. Warnshuis care for the work.

T h e last stage of the trip' would take the visitor to M a d a - napalle, the center of the Telugu w o r k and Northern Circle. O n the outskirts will be found the Uni on Tuberculosis Sanata- rium, over which Dr. L. H. Hart presides. Within the t ow n are the Lott Lyles Hospital for W o m e n , supervised by Mrs. J. H. Warnshuis; the Girls’ Incomplete Secondary School, who se interests are cared for by Rev. J. H. Warnshuis, since Miss D r u r y ’s departure for America and the B o y s ’ H i g h School and Hostel, the interests of which are entrusted to the care of Mr. J. D. Muyskens. T h e Christian c o m m u n i t y con­nected with the Northern Circle numbers 1,536, while 1,600 students are found in all the schools.

In the above resume all important institutions have by no m e a n s been mentioned. Further, should one desire to visit every school and church where the w o r k for winning India

for Christ is being undertaken, a journey of hundreds of miles over country roads and jungle paths w ould be necessary.

India probably has felt the ill-effects of the w a r less than any country within the British Dominions. T h e people in m a n y w a y s are loyal, apart from a certain class of agitators. A s the months have passed, the ill-effects have been mor e keenly felt. T h e railways, because of shortage of coal, have greatly reduced their train services besides increasing rates. Coal formerly transported by steamers is n o w sent by railway from the north to the south. Traffic has been greatly' con­gested and it is with difficulty that “goods or freight” can be sent or received. T h e price of all cloth has doubled and in s o m e cases trebled, entailing m a n y hardships, especially on the poor, the cost of building material, paper, iron, books, and all important articles having risen accordingly.

In the bazaars, Japanese articles of inferior quality have largely replaced those of British and G e r m a n make. Stores and hardware are being largely imported from America. E x ­ports not necessary for w a r purposes suffer severely. O w i n g to the lack of steamers for transporting grain over-seas, the prices of foodstuffs fortunately have not fluctuated much, a fact for which w e are profoundly thankful.T he Vyar.

O n e of the most serious problems n o w facing charitable institutions which receive m o n e y s from western countries is the matter of exchange. O w i n g to the falling off of trade there is but little d e m a n d for foreign money. Heretofore w e were receiving over Rs. 3 to every dollar, whereas for several mon th s the a m o u n t has been considerably less. Unless conditions improve w e will have to face serious problems.D epartures.

T he following workers left on furlough during the year, thereby throwing greater responsibilities upon those w h o remain. T h e Misses J. V. :and S. TeWinkel and Miss M . Rottschaefer. T he latter is planning to continue her studies in America, so

will not return in the near future. O w i n g to health conditions, Mr. F. M . Potter was forced to give up the work in the college and left with his family early in the year. Mr. M a s o n Olcott and Dr. C. F. Stube, w h o had taken up educational work for a short time, also sailed for America. Miss H. W . Drury, under orders from physicians, reluctantly left India. T h e failing health of Mrs. Wyckoff has necessitated her remaining on the hills. In order to be with her mother, Miss Charlotte Wyckoff has taken up a post temporarily in the Kodaikanal School for Missionary’s children.

A rrivals. 'It is with pleasure that w e announce the return from fur­

lough of Misses D. M . Houghton, A. E. Hancock and Mr. and Mrs. W . H. Farrar; also the arrival of Mr. C. R. Wierenga w h o has come out for educational work, of Rev. and Mrs. John C. V a n W y k , w h o will take up the study of the Telugu language; of Rev. and Mrs. H. E. V a n V r a n k e n and Miss Noordyk, w h o will wrestle with the Tamil. W e extend our hearty thanks to the Board for sending these brethren and sisters in these times' of stress and financial difficulties. W o u l d that the number had been larger for others should be in training .to fill the vacant places, not to mention the taking up of n e w work. O u r ranks are sadly depleted with an ever-growing work. N o r must w e fail to mention the c oming of a very important.personage, al­though done up in a small package (capable of growth) of a son and heir in the h o m e of Rev. and Mrs. L. Hekhius.

D eputation.W e had the great pleasure of welcoming a deputation of

ladies from America early in the year. Mrs. K n o x and the Misses V a n Santford Olcott, and Camp. T h e only regret was that they were unable to remain longer. Their coming stimulated us and left a sweet fragrance which remained throughout the year. A w a r m welcome will ever be afforded them again, should their travels lead them to India again or to others of our Church and nation.

P O L I T I C A L C O N D I T I O N .H o m e R ule.

Politics in India have never been as interesting as this last year. T he educated classes chiefly the Brahmans have been demanding with an ever stronger voice, a larger share in the Government affairs— the Extremists state that they will be satis­fied only with complete H o m e Rule. A n Indian gentleman worded his aspirations with these well-chosen words: “W h a tIndia wants is her place amongst the nations of the World; India wishes to share in the great m ovement of h u m a n progress to offer her treasures of sweetness, reverence, and knowledge to the commonwealth of. nations which meet under the British Flag.” .

N o one can condemn such aspirations. T h e only cause w e have for regret is the method, the time, and the leaders selected by the agitators for H o m e Rule. T h e methods adopted have often militated against peace. All well wishers for India cannot but regret that the demands have been pressed w h e n England has had to concentrate all her thoughts and energy on the prose­cution of the world war. H a d leaders been selected w h o had clearly formulated their claims stating that India was reasonable in her demands and expected greater privileges after the close of the war, m u c h unfortunate agitation and trouble would have been averted.

Early in the year conditions throughout India continued to g r o w worse. Several of the provinces prohibited Mrs. Annie Besant, the head of the Theosophical Society and the ■ foremost H o m e Rule agitator, w h o has a large following in India, from entering their territory. Later the M a d ra s G o v ­ernment interned Mrs. Besant with t wo of her lieutenants, one an Englishman. This added fuel to the fire. Agitation and d e m a n d s for their release were heard everywhere. Because of these the S u p r e m e Government, with the approval of the H o m e Secretary, released the three. T h e British Govern­m e n t has d e e me d it best to send to India the Right H o n o r ­able E. S. Montague, M.P., the Secretary of State for India, w h o is n o w personally studying conditions. Intimations have

been m a d e that certain concessions and privileges would be granted Indians in the near future.

Naturally these events have very greatly stirred India. There are two views held, the Moderate and Extremist. A m o n g the latter fortunately are found a very small body of Indian Chris­tians. T he majority m a y be classed a m o n g the moderates. T o show the attitude of the Christian body within our Mission vve quote the following resolutions passed at a meeting held recently at Vellore: ■

“Resolved— 1: That w e join our voice with every true pa­triot and lover of India in desiring that India should become a self-governing nation within the British Empire and take the position a m o n g the great nations of the world that is warranted by hef numbers and intellectual greatness, and w e pledge our­selves to do all that w e can to hasten the time w he n this ideal shall become a fact. .

2: That while w e express this our ultimate aim, w e desire to enter our most emphatic protest against the dem an d for H o m e Rule as inopportune and mischievous at a time when the E m ­pire is engaged in a life and death struggle, as it would tend to distract attention from the supreme efforts to win the war.

3: That w e express it as our opinion that India is not at present prepared for H o m e Rule, until illiteracy has been ban­ished and the masses have been educated, until caste distinction and all divisive influences have been removed, until the people have been prepared for self-government by the gradual develop­ment of responsibility on them. W e would most emphatically oppose all hasty steps to grant H o m e Rule at present. W e feel that British Rule is needed for a long time to come to hold in check factions which even n o w often clash and to deal out even handed justice to all.

4: That in view of the high educational progress mad e bythe Christian community the Government m a y be requested to admit them to a large share in the administration of the country and sufficiently safeguard their interests by making provision for their adequate representation on the local administrative bodies and the Councils of the Empire.”

T he number of tributes paid in the papers to Mission work, to the pant Christianity has played in the development of the people and in preparing India for the present demands, have in m a n y ways, been' remarkable.

T ributes to Cristianity.

O n e Hindu in a long article published in a Madras Daily under Hindu management, closed with the words that India would be ready for H o m e Rule only whe n the people all became Christians.

The intensity of the.agitation has somewhat abated. There has also been reaction a m o n g certain classes. M a n y of the less educated state that they enjoy ample peace and prosperity under the present Government and do not desire a change.

O n e of the causes for the reaction is that the non-Brahmans, w h o are more backward in education, realize that, should H o m e Rule be granted the majority of the Government offices would be filled with Brahmans, also that Indians are m u c h surer of ' receiving fair play and impartial judgment from a Britisher than from an Indian.

A question naturally arises, “H a s this agitation had any detrimental influences on Mission work especially in the edu­cational centers, Tindivanam, Vellore or Madanapalle? T he reply is, practically none, in the t wo former. W e quote from Mr. Warnshuis’s report with reference to the latter:

“T h e most encouraging feature of the year has been the activity of our enemies. O n e does not hesitate to designate the Theosophists as such even though a s ho w of friendship is more or less maintained. Theosophy, Mrs. Besant, and H o m e Rule have loomed large against the horizon and claimed m u c h of our attention. Their opposition has been and was openly manifested by their disciples. Early in the year our Girls’ Hostel was

„ nightly bombarded with stones and this caused m u c h distress and alarm amongst the inmates— so m u c h so that two of our teachers wanted to leave and some parents wished to remove their children. In June a mass meeting was held to urge parents not to send their children to our schools. Rival Elementary

schools were opened near our o w n village schools. Their dis­ciples entered our Christian villages and preached against us. and used 'threats to coerce those w h o were friendly. H o m e Rule pro­cessions marched round our compound, threats were publicly m a d e that they were going to drive out the Mission. O u r meet­ings were attended by rowdy students w h o m a d e a great deal of noise and interrupted the speakers with questions. O u r policy in the face of this has been to keep quiet and allow- circumstances and natural laws to take their course. A s the year closes w e learn the Government has withdrawn its recognition and grants from both their High School and College. T h e y intend to maintain a school independent of Government but this w e be­lieve will be a very feeble effort doomed to inevitable failure. T h o ug h w e have experienced evil ait their hands bur sentiment toward them is one of pity, that their obviously sincere aspir­ations towards better things should so be misguided and vain. S o m e of their party have openly confessed to us that they are sorry they ever looked to Mrs. Besant to re-establish their school. A n d as for the town in general I a m told that a great- sigh of relief would go up should the Theosophists’ College leave the place.”

E vangelistic Campaign.

In the following pages frequent references are mad e to the “Campaign” or the “W e e k of Evangelism.” A w or d of explana­tion m a y be helpful. T he Churches of the Arcot Mission have united with the' Churches of several other Missions and are k n o w n as members of the South India United Church. For the past three years, energetic efforts have been put-forth to enlist ■every Church m e m b e r in the work of leading others to Christ. In order to do this, not only is suitable literature published and people urged to “witness” for the Master, but a “W e e k ” is also set apart w he n every one is asked to m a k e “witnessing for Christ” the one and supreme effort.

I N D I A N C H U R C H B O A R D .0

• With this year the Indian Church Board has completed its first sabbatical year. In October, 1910, the Mission passed over to Ithe Board, composed of both Americans and Indians— the latter being in the majority— all the Evangelistic work and funds for the maintenance thereof. A careful study of some of the conditions resulting indicate ;that the Mission m a d e no mistake whe n it thus called in the assistance and advice of the Indian brethren.

In the Councils of the Board w e find the members striving to place greater responsibilities on the Indian brethren, whereas they hesitate to accept them. T h e Indian brother has grown very materially, is relieving the Missionary of m u c h of his work, is taking a more active interest in winning souls for Christ; one is the Vice-Chairman of the Western Circle and renders incalculable assistance to the Chairman. In 1910 there were 10,751 in our Christian community whereas the present returns show 15,671 or nearly a 5 0 % increase. These figures are most significant. Fur­ther in the last year the percentage of increase was ithe highest tabulated for m a n y a year, and this at a time when the number of Missionaries devoting their labor to purely evangelistic efforts was at a minimum. W a r conditions and agitations for H o m e Rule with m a n y an effort to discountenance Christianity seem to have had a beneficial effect upon ithe wqrk for Christ. F r o m the report of the Chairman w e present the following facts.

A careful study of the statistical tables for the last year gives us abundanit cause for thanking G o d for the success that has attended our work. I believe w e have never before reported a larger growth nor one that has included so m a n y of the items ol our statistical tables. W e have ten p ew villages. T he gain in the number of families is 431; 366 have been received on confession, a gain of 143. O u r communicamts n o w number 3,593, a gain of 170. Never before have w e reported so m a n y baptisms. The actual number is 1,133, a gain of 339. O u r total baptized c o m ­munity has grown from 7,431 to 8,094, a gain of 658. O u r total Christian community n o w number 15,671, a gain during the year of 1,622. W e report 8 n e w Sunday schools and 569 more

pupils. O u r Ohrisitian Endeavor Societies show on the whole a very slight gain. W e have m a d e ' a very substantial gain of R s 1,920 under contributions. '

These statements show that our Churches are m u c h stronger than they were last year. These gains are largely' due to the Evangelistic Campaign. This is the third year of the Campaign. That our Mission has m a d e a larger gain than it ever has before, shows that the Campaign is gaining in force and m om entum. If this is true w e m a y look for m u c h larger results in the year to come. .

W estern Circle. '

T he Western Circle has m a d e the largest gains which are little less than phenomenal. B y this w e do not m e a n to claim that these results were .wholly due to our efforts alone. Far from that, the end aimed at was so greatly beyond what seemed possible that w e were driven to a constant and deep dependence on the Holy Spirit to achieve it. But what is true and significant is that the results gained were at the beginning of the year placed before the Circle as our definite aim. A n d all through the year, in de­pendence on God, w e were using the best methods w e could devise to bring about these results. Without this I do not be­lieve it would have been possible to accomplish what has been done nor do w e mea n to belittle the preparation that has been m a d e throughout the year of the Campaign. A n e w spirit had been awakened, a n e w determination had taken possession of m a n y hearts to. m ak e the winning of souls the supreme purpose in life. T he insistence on Bible study and prayer had quickened into n e w life and activity m a n y of G o d ’s children. There had been a distinct change of purpose in m a n y lives.

Early in the year the agents of the Western Circle after careful consideration and m u c h prayer determined to attempt to win 1,000 souls for Christ, chiefly in the occupied-villages, so as to keep d o w n as far as possible the expenses.

A healthy rivalry between the pastorates arose and also .between villages as well. T h e pastors took up the wor k and organized to win men. Villages were visited. Conventions

held. Prayer and Bible study circles were kept up. M e n and w o m e n worked for their relatives. O n e m a n held a special prayer meeting in his home, to which he invited his non-Christian relatives and told them of his deep longing to have them come to Christ. Several decided then and there to accept Christ. Great efforts were m a d e to persuade m a n y ito com e out and receive baptism at the Harvest Festivals.

These results have encouraged the Circle to place before itself a m u c h larger aim for the coming year. W e have deter­mined to try to win 2,000 from our occupied villages, 500 from n e w villages and to m a k e a beginning in direct efforts to win caste Hindus by aiming at winning 50. This programme has been taken up with enthusiasm. Even the Vellore Church, which did not take a very active part in the 1,000 soul campaign, has come into .line. B y action of the Session after careful, consider­ation they have determined to try to win 300 souls as their share of 2,500. M a n y college masters and teachers are faking up the work with enthusiasm. The y sho w a deep personal interest in the villages assigned to them, calling it their o w n village. In m a n y cases their wives also have joined them in the work.

T h e definite' effort to win the caste Hindus is a most interesting and significant part of their Campaign for the n e w year. It is a small and modest beginning. But I believe it is fraught with tremendous results. G o d will certainly give us converts from a m o n g these caste peioplelf w e seek them earnestly and in the right way.

It has paid to concentrate our efforts so largely on our Christian villages. T he average strength of the congregations in the Western Circle has been brought up to 91 by last year’s gains. T he figure for the Eastern Circle is 82, for the Northern Circle 73, and for the Southern just under 50.

T h e Circle in winning 1,077 converts has m a d e a gain of 22.3 per cent, over last year. Its share of ithe gain in total Christian community for the whole Mission is 64.4 per/cent.

The Eastern Circle stands next to the Western Circle in its growth. The total Christian community has increased by 430. This makes an increase' of 8.76 per cent. Very special

efforts were m a d e to present a large number of converts at Ponnai Harvest Festival for baptism. A very large proportion of those w h o were baptized this year ait' festivals were from the Eastern Circle. In the same w a y the pastorates of Rani­pettai and Y e h a m u r organized their campaign work not on the idea of O n e W e e k of Evangelism, but on the thought of work­ing for the full year. W o r k has been begun in six n e w villages. W e rejoice in the accession of these.

E astern Circle.

O n e of the outstanding features of the Campaign work in the Eastern Circle was the so-called rural Campaign in the town of Ranipettai, in which the effort was m a d e to especially reach the middle class Hindus. This was carried out under the enthu­siastic leadership of Mrs. Honegger. Preparatory-meetings were held for several months to interest ithe people and establish friendly relationships with them. T h e whole town was dividea into wards. Each ward was placed in the charge of a special band of workers w h o were to get acquainted with the people, keep them informed of all the meetings, and strive to bring them to meetings. A fund was raised to meet the expenses of the Campaign to which all the Christians contributed liberally. A spacious pandal was erected for the final meetings and every effort was m a d e ito secure success. Rev. F. Kingsbury gave the closing address of the Campaign with great power, w h e n Christ was directly presented to the people and they were urged to accept H i m as their Saviour. T h e meetings were remarkably welt attended. A very deep impression was evidently made. There have been inquiries. But none have yet confessed Christ. T h e Campaign was a fine piece of w or k carefully planned and’carried out. , .

In the Southern Circle adverse conditions have m a d e thework difficult. T h e terrible cyclone of N ov em be r breached m a n y tanks, destroyed or damaged most of the houses, killed over 1,500 people, ithousands of sheep and cattle, and greatly impov­erished the inhabitants; the ground nut crop brought a low price; clothing has greatly increased in price; the people have

had a very hard struggle to live. It has been difficult to main­tain schools, and the wor k has suffered, but work has been done, and s o m e results have been achieved. Three n e w villages were received, 87 joined the Church on Confession; 242 were bap­tized, of w h o m 78 were adults; 345 n o w adherents were received, but the net increase of the Christian C o m m u n i t y w as only 85. This is partly due to the fact that two villages with 118 people in the Tindivanam pastorate were dropped, as they had proven unsatisfactory. This loss m a d e the net gain for the year only 3 per cent. But the real gain is about 7 per cent. In Tindivanam meetings were held during the week of evangelism.

Southern Circle.

’ T he Southern Circle carefully considered the advisability of making an attempt to win a definite number for Christ this coming year. T he Committee to which the matter was entrusted suggested 500. T h e matter was then taken up and prayerfully considered for an entire day. T h e report as finally adopted in­cludes not the figure 500, but 1,000. There are m a n y doubting Thomases, but if all enter into the work with boldness and faith in ithe presence of the Holy Spirit, the task can be accomplished.

N orthern Circle.

T h e Campaign in the Northern Circle looked at from the standpoint of statistics alone would seem to have been a rather dismal failure, for the share it has had in the General advance recorded this year is very small indeed. Forty-seven c o m m u n i ­cants were received on confession of their faith; 30 n ew families are recorded. There were 54 baptisms, 16 of w h o m were adults. Fifty-six non-baptized adherents Were received during the year. T he gain in total Christian community was 30, making a total of 1,536. These statistics are not encouraging. In ithis year of advance the Northern Circle share is just under 2 % . T h e Circle Chairman refuses to be discouraged and feels that the year has been of great importance for the C a m p a i g n in preparing the w a y for a vigorous advance in the n e w year. T he

Chairman states: '.'A glance at the surface of things is far from encouraging. But w e hasten to disclaim such a condition. T he net results are poor owing to losses from natural causes and it would not be fair to conclude that things were at a standstill. But even when all is said that can be said, it must be admitted that progress this past year has fallen below that of the previous years and below our expectations. In explanation of this con­dition it m a y be pointed out, in the first place, that the year has been devoted more to a preparation for evangelism than to the Evangelism itself. T o spread the idea and spirit of the Campaign in all our scattered villages has taken m u c h of our time and efforts. But w e are highly satisfied with the manner in which the Campaign has been placed before the people and begin to see results accumulating even now.

“W e note, as the most marked gain mad e this year, the increasing m o m e n t u m which the Campaign is acquiring. W e began this by sending a deputation of our most enthusiastic and experienced m e n to visit every village. Volunteers for special work were called for and the responses were encouraging. O n one occasion when all raised 'their hands promising to enlist in this service a warning was given that no promise should be • m ad e without intention to keep them. A simple old villager replied: ‘Sir, though I were to lose everything and all-my family and friends and the Mission forsake me, yet I would have to do this work for m y God.’

“T he monthly meetings of the helpers were also conducted in a n e w manner so as to provide a time for special Bible study and a carefully prepared address each month. Classes for the helpers have been running for several months and in every vil­lage and town Church practically every Christian is enrolled for special study in this course. In addition to this, a Personal Workers Band has been organized in the Madanapalle Church consisting only of those w h o are actually working with the definite individuals.

“With great deliberation and with a magnificent act of faith the Circle has placed before its Churches a goal of 1.000 converts to be gained in the coming year. T h e work wias begun at once and this ideal is being constantly kept before the people. Its

apparent impossibility has been our inspiration as w e realize that w e can only gain this end by faith and prayer.”

So far the Board report has been taken up with the E v a n ­gelistic Campaign and its bearing on our success and on our failures.

E ducational W ork.

A situdy of the Table pf the Educational work under the Indian Church Board shows that there are 4 higher and 175 lower elementary schools, one less than last year, with 5,693 pupils, an increase of 106. T h e Christian pupils have increased by 249 while non-Christians have declined by 198. W e have n o w 1,592 Christians and 3,501 non-Christians. O u r total income from grants and fees is Rs. 12,896, an increase of Rs. 1,119.

A small beginning has been m a d e in starting Credit C o ­operative Societies in our Mission. Three villages have been carefully surveyed and for one, Yehamur, the application for registration and grant with the endorsement of the Government Official has been sent in. W e trust that the s a m e m a y soon be done for a few other villages.

In concluding this report, w e would once again thank G o d for the success H e has granted us. “H e has done great things for us, whereof w e are glad.” W e rejoice even more in the prospect of an even greater forward movement during the year the first fruits of which w e have already harvested. In conclu­sion the Board Chairman says:

‘T believe that under the guidance of the Holy Spirit w e can m a k e an advance of four thousand this year. I a m sorely tempted to say five thousand. Will not the Board set this as the aim for the year? If w e are ready to pay the price I believe G o d will give us this and even more.”

T h e w o r k referred to in the several stations is chiefly that connected with the Institutions as the Evangelistic work of the Mission has been reported on by the Indian Church Board.

’ T I N D I V A N A M . ■T he R ev. a nd M rs. W . T. Scudder— I. C. B. Work, Crane

Elementary School, Dispensary, T w o Hindu Girls’ Schools, and Zenana Work.D r. C. F. Stube— High School and Hostel for Christian Boys.

E ducation.

In the month of April there occurred an event which w e feared would produce dangerous opposition to our educational work in Tindivanam.

For some years a number of our Hindu people in town, w h o were maintaining a complete Elementary school, have' been asking the Theosophists to take over the school and place it under their Educational Trust. Only after one of the merchants had mad e over a considerable s u m of m o n e y and property to the school did the Theosophists consider the request and assume charge. At the opening of the school in June they planned to have a grand function. Mrs. Besant was to come. There was to be a procession gotten up in the grandest colors and the school w a s to open with a blast of trumpets. H a d this really occurred, the natural tendency would have been for m a n y of the boys to leave the Crane and L o w e r classes of the H i g h school, and join the H i n d u school. Mrs. Besant and t wo of her lieutenants were interned by the orders of the G overnment during the vacation months. T h e excitement attending the internment, the agitation which followed, and. later the exulta­tion resulting over her release seemed to have eclipsed all their plans. W e have m e t with less opposition this year than any heretofore; for which w e are thankful.

O n e would naturally believe that because this Hindu school was brought under the control of the Theosophists that Tindi­v a n a m would have become a hot bed for the H o m e Rule agi- taition. Several meetings were held in the town,''the H o m e Rule flag flown, temples lighted, but as to having any, effect upon our schools or arousing the student population, w e have seen nothing.

Dr. C. F. Stube, after having spent a little more than a year as Principal of the High School left for America in the middle of April. T h e warmth of the farewell reception given him by the staff and students testified of their appreciation of his work with them.H igh School. ‘

This institution has continued to maintain its usefulness and efficiency in the community. T h e results of the Government examination compared favorably with those throughout the Presidency. T he grants received from the Government have been considerably larger. Even in spite of the hard times the strength of the school is greater and the income better than last year.

T he great need of this school is a n e w building. High Schools are springing up in m a n y centers and unless w e are able to erect a suitable building for the laboratory and High School classes w e will be left faV behind, students going to other institutions. This object has been placed before the Board for a n u m b e r of years, but to date w e have received no w o r d of cheer or assurance that the need will be met.Crane E lementary School.

This school located in the center of the town has had a very successful year. T h e number of students mostly non-Christian has been about the same, but the quality of the work done by the staff has been of a very m u c h higher standard. This school keeps us in very close touch with the town’s people and w e confidently believe that streams of influences for good are going out into m a n y a home. T h e S u n da y School conducted in this building is one of ithe most successful. At the Annual Sunday School Anniversary the students secured the banner for the best exercises, winning it a w a y from the S u n d a y School, composed entirely of Christian students.

Christian H ostel for Boys.T he number of Boarders is about 100. In June m a n y of

the older boys left us for other institutions while at the reopening

w e had a flood of newcomers. Dr. Stube gave the boys con­siderable personal attention in tutoring which w e have not been able to continue. The- private tutoring work by teachers is maintained with good results.

O n Easter 18 boys, after having been carefully instructea by Dr. Stube and the Pastor, joined the Church on confession of their faith for which w e render praise to God. M a n y of the boys have rendered earnest assistance in the Evangelistic and S u n da y School work. .

W o m e n ’s W ork.Amidst agitations in India, and in spite of the war, our

Mission work has been carried on without detriment of any kind. T h e friendliness of the patients w h o have been helped in the dispensary is on th'e increase and this spirit is as necessary for the progress of our work as a calm' atmosphere is claimed to be necessary for the adjustment of the political situation.' T he Hindu Girls’ School has had a prosperous year. Their part in the Annual Sunday School Rally was carried out most creditably. Their singing at the regular sessions of the Sunday School w a s well done and, by giving t he m a variety of songs to learn, w e feel that there are absorbing truths which will stick. T h e Tamil Department of the school has five teachers, all Christians. T h e strength remains about the same.

T he W andiwash School. * 'With 75 on the rolls under the charge of the Pastor, Rev.

J. Solomon, the headmaster and the staff have done excellent work. A very successful prize-giving was held when the girls sang and acted in a very attractive way, m u c h to the delight of the parents and townspeople. .D ispensary. .

Although the treatments in the Dispensary did- not quite come up to last year’s record, one dozen of those w h o came, were from distant places, an average of thirteen miles, which not only proves that the Dispensary is meeting a necessity, but that

it affords an opportunity for spreading the Gospel in places where there m a y not be any other w a y of reaching people. W e are slowly getting more in-patients to stay in the Dispensary, but it is lonely for them unless they have relatives w h o can remain with them especially at night, as the nurse lives in her o w n home. O u r ideal is a dispensary with quarters upstairs for nurse and nearer to town. T h e 'Bible W o m a n w h o is always present in the • treatment room, talks- informally with the patients— gives them tracts when they can read. O n e morning the head constable sat for an hour outside the' door reading. H e seems to be particu­larly interested in our institutions. O n e S unday evening he was at one of the Sunday Schools. Another time he came and sat a m o n g the helpers at one of their meetings on the Veranda.

There are -two Bible W o m e n working in the town, one of w h o m gives half her time to teaching Bible to the Telugu pupils in the Girls’ School as both the teachers in the Telugu depart­ment are'Hindus.

A weekly prayer circle of the Dispensary workers with the Bible W o m e n is held to ask for G o d ’s blessing in the work of the dispensary and the B i b le wo ma n in the zenanas. O n e goes as far as he can in reaching the Soul of the patient, ithen, w e feel that w e must give place to workings of the Holy Spirit. For instance, there is a patient w h o has bought our little book of hym ns and sings them while working around her h o m e — her husband fells m e she is “m y child.” If I went further what would banish m y child from her h o m e more quickly than an open confession? Y o u can understand our need of wisdom. Thus w e always need your prayers.

’ A R N I .This Station has been without a married Missionary and

wife over two years, but ithe work has been ably carried by Miss M . Rottschaefer, w h o left on furlough early in the year. Since that time Rev. E. C. Scudder has had the charge of the station work, although his permanent residence is in Ranipettai. The traveling back and forward has been done, not in a motor car which would cover the distance in a little more than an hour, but in a “mule jutka” of uncertain speed.

The most important institution under his charge apart from the three Hin du Girls’ Schools, two in Arni and one in Polur, 20 miles away, is the Boys’ Elementary School for Christian lads with its boarding department where there are 90 boys in attend­ance. T h e students w h o are incapable of English education are sent here where the larger part of their training is in the Vernacular. After passing through this school they will be qualified with further training for teachers in the villages. This school is filling a most important place in the Mission plan and is worthy of every encouragement.

This station should have a full time Missionary w h o would not only be entrusted with outside Evangelistc work, but espe- cally with the care of 'the 90 boys in w h o m are wonderful possi­bilities. ' - ,

Possibly the spirit of opposition to Mission institutions en­gendered by the H o m e Rule agitators has been as keenly felt in some of the Hindu Girls’ Schools as anywhere else. Influences have been brought to bear especially upon the parents not to send their girls to Mission schools. For some time the rivalry has been especially keen in Arni where m u c h effort has been put forth to undermine our educational work. Mr. Scudder was c o m ­pelled to "expend a considerable s um of m o n e y on prizes in order to keep the girls happy and to discourage the desire of seeking admittance in the other schools. Mr. Scudder reports that the schools are in good condition, thus indicating the faithful and earnest work put forth by the staff. Arnipalayam has 110 pupils on its roll; Kosapalayam, 120, and Polur, 125.Zenana W ork. . „

T h e six Bible W o m e n have been under the charge of Miss E. W.. Conklin, w h o makes frequent visits to the place. She goes to the homes with the Bible W o m e n besides encouraging and guiding them in conference and prayer meetings. T h e distance between Arni and Chittoor is not so very great, but the railway connections are unsatisfactory.' Then with a ride of seven miles in the country jutka, m u c h of one’s valuable time is practically lost, but as stated above no other satisfactory arrangement could he mad e than to have Miss Conklin with Mrs. Beattie in Chittoor.

R A N I P E T T A I .R ev. and M rs. E. C. Scudder— Eastern Circle, I. C. B.Miss J. C. Scudder — Lace Class.Miss A. B. V a n D oren— Girls’ Secondary Boarding School

and Zenana Work.D r. and M rs. B. W . R oy— General Hospital.M rs. H enry HoNEGGER^-Four Hindu Girls’ Schools and

Zenana Work. _

R anipettai H ospital.O w i n g to the outbreak of plague in the towns about Rani­

pettai and especially in Arcot situated on the main road, m a n y people from beyond were timid and hesitated to come to the. Hospital for treatment. For this reason the number of out­patients was reduced for a number of months by 50 per cent. T h e second cause of the decrease was the non-receipt of the spare parts for the motor car. Because of this, the touring was stopped for six months which, not only from the medical but from the evangelistic point of view, is very important. Although w e m a y not be able to affect m a n y cures while touring the fact that the people have an opportunity of getting acquainted with the doctor helps dispel the exaggerated stories the natives spread about the white m a n ’s desire to cut them up'into pieces, and induces the m to come for treatment where they hear the Gospel preached daily. "

Early in the year Dr. Taylor, w h o 1 started out so promis­ingly, had to resign, and six months later he died from Kalazar." Brought up in a Christian home, his father being a minister, he possessed m a n y of the traits one would like to find in all Indian Christians. A s an example of his willingness he gave a voluntary demonstration of anatomy at the Girls’ High School one day w h e n he had a fever of 103°.

Financially this has been one of the most successful years in the history of the Hospital. Local receipts have been large. T he m o n e y has come principally from the inpatients for operative work. T he private rooms have been full nearly all the time.

The hospital neither stocks, sells, nor encourages the use of patent medicines or nostrums. T h e native doctors live by h u m ­bugging the people, and there is enough fraud in India without distributing nerve tonics, strength builders, or blood purifiers. Several patients have run a w a y before they were fit to be dis­charged. It was probably due to the restlessness found in these people such as is found in children. This is apt to happen a m o n g the free patients w h o do not appreciate the value of the treat­ment because they are of such low intelligence that they cannot be m a d e to understand the necessity for further treatment. It is very discouraging and disappointing after one has spent a long time in applying a plaster cast to a fractured leg, to find the patient missing on the following morning. O n e w o m a n w h o had had a radical operation for a cancer ran a w a y as soon as she could travel. A young Christian boy, w h o had passed through rather a serious operation and bad just begun to show signs of recovery, was removed by his father to his h o m e forty miles away in a springless ox cart and, surprising to say, he lived! •

Obstetrical w or k has occupied m u c h attention. Several inv provements have been m a d e on the building. O n one occasion the ward was visited by m a n y because of the advent of triplets all of who m, strange to say, survived. They were far. from welcome as the mother had not only five other children, but had been deserted by her husband. A number of M u h a m m a d a n women, w h o are 'usually very strict about having their faces seen by strange men, came to the hospital and were treated by Dr. Roy. W h o can say that the East, with all its superstitions and useless customs, will not succumb to Western civilization! Aside 'from the Christianizing) influence the good Hvrought in this department alone would be sufficient reason for maintaining the hospital. T w o Bible W o m e n and a Catechist have preached the Gospel faithfully and earnestly throughout the year.

Miss V a n Doren writes: “T h e year just closing has been one of changes and perplexities, and yet one in which w e can thanlk G o d for real progress achieved. With the opening of a Fourth F o r m iri June, the need for two American teachers on the staff became imperative, and Miss Charlotte Wyckoff was appointed to that position. O u r disappointment was great when

she was prevented from coming to us on account of her mother’s health. W e were most fortunate in finding a substitute in Miss Edith Hacker, of Travancore, w h o served as Vice-Principal for two months and a half. H e r services in every departmernt of the school life were invaluable, and her departure to assist in her mother’s work, was m u c h regretted.

“T he next interval of six weeks was filled by a Syrian Chris­tian student of the W o m e n ’s Christian College, Madras. H e r influence and example were also most wholesome.

“W e had expected Miss C. Durick to c o m e to us w h e n re­lieved of her duties in the Schell Hospital. But her broken health m a d e that impossible, when, in November, I too was laid aside. Miss Hacker again came to the rescue, and together with Mrs. Honegger, w h o gave up some of her o w n work, is carrying on the school work to the end of the year.

“T he additions and alterations to our buildings are almost completed. W e have a line of new kitchen and store-rooms and an “open-air” dining-room over which w e hope to have a roof w h e n funds permit. T h e rooms in the vacated'building have been remodelled into a Teachers’ Dormitory. A sick room has been added and additional bath-rooms have m a d e the prob­lems of cleanliness easier. A tiny .prayer room affords a place to which any girl w h o wants a quiet time for prayer and Bible study m a y retire. Miss Hacker writes of dedication of this room, when the girls after the Sunday afternoon C. E. meeting marched out singing “Sweet H o u r of Prayer” and held a single service of consecration in the n e w room.

“B y utilizing special gifts from America doubled by Govern­ment grant w e have been enabled to purchase a small nucleus of High School equipment. In spite of difficulties of war condi-' tions w e have got together enough simple Science apparatus to offer elementary courses in Physics and Chemistry. W e also rejoice in a small library of books for the use of teachers and students and have been m u c h gratified by the w a y in which it has been appreciated, especially by the students. T o induce our Indian students to read merely for the love of reading is a great achievement.

“The Fourth Form, which is still our highest class, has con­sisted of ten students, and of this our first High School class, w e have been proud. W e are grateful that they have been worthy both in quality of school work, and in growth in Christian char- ‘ acter, to set the tone of those w h o shall come after. .

“O u r n e w little Kindergarten has transformed our uninter­esting Infant class into an ideal spot where the babies play and learn without knowing it. T h e play spirit has begun to per­meate the whole school. A recent visitor on tour through Mission stations, remarked that nowhere else in India had he seen girls really playing with the western vim and abandon.”

H indu G irls’ Schools: R anipet, W allajah and K averipauk.Mrs. Honegger writes of encouraging progress in these

schools. In the recent prize distribution interesting programmes were gone through which showed careful training. The Ranipet School, still crowded into an inadequate building, is developing n e w lines of work. The teaching of English is an additional attraction. Since the Evangelistic Campaign some of the parents of the children w h o attend this school are becoming uneasy be­cause too m u c h religious instruction is being given. .

In the Wallajah School earnest and faithful work has been done and the conservative people of the place are beginning to appreciate the benefits of education.

Zenana W ork. 'Opposition to our Mission School still continues at Kaveri­

pauk, but because of the energy of the teachers, w e are enabled to maintain our position. T he influences for good exerted by the school and the zenana work are undoubtedly far reaching. S u n ­day schools are regularly carried on in each of the above schools. W e have gained a fresh interest and impulse by coming into closer touch with the work of our Christian women, and con­fidence in the power of the Gospel over the lives of the Indian w o m e n has been strengthened. During the Evangelistic C a m ­paign special lectures were arranged for Hindu w o m e n ; these have been helpful in widening the vision of w o m e n ’s sphere of

usefulness in the world. O u r aim has been to show these Hindu w o m e n something of the beauty of the Saviour’s Life. T h e four Bible w o m e n w h o w o r k in and around Ranipettai are not able to emter all the open doors. It is interesting to note the influence of the education work in the zenanas. M a n y of the younger mothers were former pupils of our Hindu Girls’ Schools. S o m e would like to confess Christ openly. Often w e must seek and encourage an earnest seeker to a quiet adherence to the Christ life looking to the Holy Spirit for guidance. Results are slow in appearing in zenana work. It is a wor k of uplifting and en­lightening until ignorance and superstition are abolished.L ace Class— R anipet.

Miss J. C. Scudder, speaking of the Lace Class, says:— W e cannot report any increase in the number of pupils as w e have as m a n y as w e can accommodate. This year has been unevent­ful and the health of the pupils good. Three pupils in the Elementary and one in the Intermediate class were sent to Madras for examination. The y say they did well, but the re­sults to date have not been announced. T h e two teachers have done excellent work. W e have great cause for thankfulness that five girls openly confessed Christ and became m em be rs of the Church, also that all the older girls took an active interest in' the campaign work, visiting the houses in the town working for the evangelization of their Hindu sisters. Several of the older pupils teach in the Sunday schools.

V E L L O R E .

R ev. and M rs. L. R. Scudder— Chairman Indian School Board and Western Circle, Theological Seminary, Zenana Work.

Miss A. E. H ancock— Zenana Work, Hindu Girls’ Schools; Mr. T. Harris, B.A., Lt, Manager.M rs. S. W . Scudder, M r. Ida S. Scudder, M iss D. H.

H oughton— M a r y Taber Schell Hospital.M is s G. D odd— Mission Treasurer.R ev. and M rs. L. H ekhuis— Voorhees College.

T heological Seminary.

T h e Theological Seminary this year has taken a long for­ward step, says Rev. L. R. Scudder. So far as numbers under instruction are concerned this is one of the record years. W e

'' n o w have thirty-four m e n and three w o m e n as students. The Junior class of eleven is m a d e up of m e n of better qualifica­tion, most of w h o m have appeared for the School final examination. Consequently some of the class work will be con- duoted in English. For the first time also in several years w e have had three classes for the regular courses and a Lay or Bible class of eight. This has meant heavy wor k for.the staff, especially as I have not been able to take more than seven periods a week.

In the senior class of four, three passed creditably and • were given their diplomas. O n e w h o fell below the pass mark was informed that he would have to pass in those subjects in which he failed to secure the fixed m i n i m u m before he would be given his diploma. O f the nine students of the Middle class seven were promoted, and two w h o were found unequal to the task of completing their course, were dropped. O f the Junior class

. of nine all but one were promoted, and he was dropped.It was also decided to start a L a y class for students below

the Higher Elementary Grade. This w e are making a Bible study course for one year. T h e eight students will receive an elementary course in Theology in Christian evidences, and in the religions of India.

Special efforts have been m a d e to develop the spiritual life of the students and to awaken in them an earnest longing to win m e n for Christ. All lessons were laid aside for one day and staff and students spent the whole day in studying the Evangelistic ideal and striving through prayer to catch Christ’s spirit in work­ing for men. T he students immediately afterwards divided themselves into three bands under the lead of the members of the staff and have been trying to learn h o w to do effective per­sonal work. Each band has taken a village in which to work and are hoping before the close of the year to have the jov of winning some to openly accept Christ. W e have found that there

is nothing that so stimulates our spiritual lives as this effort to bring individual m e n and w o m e n to Christ.

It is interesting to note that five m e n and two w o m e n stu­dents are from other Missions. This I think is the largest n u m ­ber that w e have had at any one time from other Missions. The Australian Presbyterian Mission has sent two and the United Free Church of Scotland Mission, the Lon do n Mission, and Danish Lutheran Mission one each. W e rejoice in this exten­sion of influence of the Seminary beyond the bounds of the Arcot Mission.

F r o m this brief review of the work of the Seminary it will be seen that this w or k year is notable for three things:

1. A large increase in the n umber of students.2. T he admission of a strong class of better educated men.3. T h e admission of a larger number front other Missions. It only remains to record that the General Synod of the

Reformed Church in America has on the nomination of the Arcot Mission elected the acting Principal Rev. L. R. Scudder to be Principal and Synod, Professor of Theology.

V oorhees College.

This, the largest and most important educational institution connected with the Mission, has witnessed a number of changes in its staff. T h e health of the principal, F. M . Potter, Esq., was not robust enough to stand the climate. U n d e r the orders of the doctors he and his family left for America early in the year. His departure was deeply regretted by the Mission, the College staff and students. This was m a d e all the keener because but little hope could be held out for his return.

Mr. M a s o n Olcott, connected with the College staff, w h o had come out for a short period also left for America. H e had w o n the affections of the student body w h o showed their esteem by tending to him an impressive and hearty farewell reception, wishing for his early return to India.

Rev. L. Hekhius, w h o reached the Mission only some three months before and w h o had been set apart for Language study with the object of taking up Evangelistic work, w as asked to

assume the office of Principal, not an easy task for a young m a n w h o had been so short a time in India.

T he Mission with the approval of the Board took a most im­portant step by entrusting larger responsibilities to an Indian Christian of approved worth and ability— a m a n whose scholastic abilities have been recognized by Government, Mr. V. P. Adis- heshaih, M . A. L. T. H e has been appointed the Vice Principal of the College, a position w e are confident he will fill with energy and ability.

W e quote the following words from Mr. Hekhius’ report: W e have great reason to be thankful for the unity and good will that has marked the year’s wor k both on the part of the staff and of the studentry. A m i d these times w h e n there has been m u c h political agitation in m a n y institutions and troubles have broken out, the students of Voorhees College have shown their loyalty to the good nam e of the institution and have given their attention to the tasks in hand. T h e members of the staff are earnestly co-operating in the work of the institution and the results last year in the public examination compare favorably with those of preceding years the average of passes both in the High School and in the Intermediate examinations being above the average of the Presidency. Wit h the .opening of the year in June w e found our accommodations overcrowded with a total of 1,098 students. W e are anxiously awaiting the comple­tion of the Cobb Memorial Hall as that will relieve the strain of 1 crowding and enable us to do better w o r k in the college as well as in the lower classes. T h e w or k on this building has been somewhat delayed because of lack of railway traffic facilities and war conditions. W e expect to have everything in readiness for a public opening of the Hall early in June, 1918.

T he Provident F un d for teachers, tvhich was introduced in January, has proven a boon to the members of the staff, and the ready response on the part of the persons taking advantage of its benefits reveals that it is satisfying a long felt want. It has m a d e for more conscientious wor k and has established a closer bond between the institution and the individual instructors.

O n e of the most interesting features’of the year has been the Scripture classes, where the students, though obliged to study

INDIAN CHILDREN IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS OF VELLORE

IN THE GROUNDS OF SCHELL HOSPITALMiss D ukick, D r. Pollard, M rs. John Scudder, D r. Ida Scudder

A VELLORE STREET SCENE

the Bible, take a very lively interest in .questions of personal relation to Christ and to His teachings. Scarcely an hour, passes without earnest inquiry relative to some phase of Christ’s teach­ing and its relation to every-day life. While there have not been open decisions for Christ, w e k n o w that these boys cannot think and study about His life and then go a w a y untouched. W e have icndeavored to lift up Christ, claiming his promise of “D r a w ­ing unto Himself.” A n d frequently questions which the stu­dents refrain from asking before their classmates they bring to their instructors in private interviews. O n e of the teachers has a class of boys whose avowed purpose is to k n o w more of Christ and w h o meet each week outside the school hours. Several of the instructors likewise are taking an interest in the Bible read­ing and w e pray that the spirit of G o d m a y touch their hearts and claim them for His own.

C hristian H ostel.

Apart from. 22 students in the Hindu Hostel, there are n o w 74 students living together here. Their health and spirit have been good. The classroom work done by them has been a slight improvement over last year. Several of the boys have taken part in the evangelistic work in neighboring villages; besides m a n y have volunteered their service as teachers in the night school which is being conducted by the College students for the benefit of town lads w h o are employed during the day.

Schell H ospital. ,

Early in 1917 w e had the pleasure in the M a r y Taber Schell hospital of having a visit from the deputation of ladies from America and were refreshed and cheered by their stay with us. Their enthusiasm in the work, their encouragement and help m a d e a splendid start for the n ew year, but, best of all, they left Aliss D o d d with us to become a m e m b e r of Schell staff as Treasurer. •

There have been various changes in our staff during this year. Dr. H. Pollard left us in M ar ch to open up a n e w work in the London Mission and we rejoice with her in the success

which is attending her in her efforts in the Erode Hospital, where the need for a doctor was great.

Mrs. MacDonald, a graduate of the Madras Medical School, w h o has lived in Vellore for some years, came to help us in May. 1

• .Miss Catherine Durick remained with us until Miss H o u g h ­ton’s return, when she, amidst m a n y regrets, left those w h o had become warmly attached to her.

' October was indeed a happy month, for it brought back to our midst Miss Houghton and Miss Hancock,- and it did one’s heart good to see the warmth and love of the welcome given to both. Miss Houghton took a special course while at h o m e in hospital administration and has come back full of n ew ideas.

T he work has been steadily increasing. W e have had 128 more in-patients than last year, 3,432 more out-patients, and over 500 more operations, of which 294 were major. T h e in­come from fees, on which w e depend very largely for the run­ning expenses of the hospital, has also increased by nearly Rs. 3,000. W e have been trying to impress upon the people the necessity of helping us with the upkeep of the institution.

The dispensary is always a busy place, often thronged espe­cially with M u h a m m a d a n w o m e n w h o fill the waiting hall: w o m e n whose lives are so shut in that coming to the hosoital on some pretext of sickness is a real outing and recreation. M a n y return to their villages ready and glad to welcome the preaching bands of w o m e n w h o are constantly going out to tell others of the Master’s love. It is in the wards that we, of course, get into closer touch with the women. T he Bible w o m e n and nurses alike have spent m u c h more time with the patients talking with them about Christ, and m a n y a w o m a n has left the hospital with the consciousness of the love of the Master. Several, especially those of the higher castes, have bold us that thev longed to be baptized, but their homes and children held them. O n e Brahaman w o m a n left us filled with the determination of winning her hus­band to Christ so that they might come together. She m a d e a significant remark: “Y o u must m a k e w a r m friends of the people ' if you want to win them to Christ.” T he non-Christian w o m e n are showing m u c h more confidence in us. .

G udiyattam D ispensary.

During the early months of the year w e were fortunate in having Miss Backiam, a graduate of Ludhiana, in charge of the Gudiyattam Dispensary, which lies 23 miles west of Vellore, but, unfortunately, she has had to give up the work, and for a time Dr. Ida Scudder had to close the dispensary, excepting her weekly visit. She is hoping to place another apothecary later there. -

T he Roadside Dispensaries have been very satisfactory dur­ing this year, and this w or k grows more interesting all the time. Dr. Ida Scudder and Miss D o d d m a k e a weekly trip on W e d n e s ­day, accompanied by two nurses and Mrs. Cornelius, our Vellore pastor’s wife. Mrs. Cornelius speaks Tamil and Telugu well and she preaches to the people while w e are treating the sick. It is wonderful to watch her surrounded by forty or fifty, and sometimes more, men, w o m e n and children eagerly listening to" tihe Gospel message. T h e singing attracts the people; also the children have learned verses and some can sing a verse of a hymn. A s soon as Mrs. Cornelius has finished the lesson and has answered the m a n y questions asked, she goes quietly to one side and has m a n y a quiet heart to heart talk with individuals. Surely ere long w e will see a great awakening on that roadside, the fruits of these messages from G o d ’s word.

There are m a n y touching incidents in the roadside work. O n e day w e s a w a w o m a n leading three m e n across the fields, and w h e n they arrived w e s a w at a glance they were all hope­lessly blind. It w a s hard indeed to.tell the m this, because someone told them that a doctor c a m e in a motor w h o could give them sight and they had walked for miles and miles to get there in time. “Are you sure you can do nothing? W e have very little m o n e y ; w e are very poor, but w e will give all w e have if you will only help us,” said one. It w a s so hard to repeat again— “I can do nothing”— and to see the sad helplessness settle d o w n on these faces as they turned a w a y saying, “W e c a m e so far, but she can do nothing.”

T h e thing that has brought most joy to us during the past year has been the Bible class for the English-speaking

w o m e n of our congregation. W e took up the study of Acts early in the year and felt w e mus t begin and w o r k as the Apostles of old worked and therefore w e organized into bands, and have been going into m a n y of the surrounding villages preaching and teaching. W e have rejoiced to see the spiritual growth a m o n g the' w o m e n and the enthusiasm of the nurses is infectious.

Miss Durick writes of the Nursing Department of the Schell Hospital: During the year, w e received five girls asprobationers. T h e y m a d e a splendid class, as all speak E n g ­lish quite well. O n e in the senior class passed her final e x a m ­ination successfully. W e received, too, a married w o m a n w h o wishes to study nursing so she will be able to take better care of her children. She is so quiet and such a faithful worker that she will have a good influence upon the younger girls. It is 2 joy to see signs of spiritual growth a m o n g the nurses and to k n o w that s o m e have a real concern for the spiritual welfare of their patients. .

T h e nurses have taken a keen interest in the Evangelistic Campaign. Before this began, several bands were formed of the m e m b e r s of Dr. I. S. Sc'udder’s.Bible class. T o each band w a s assigned a village. Every w e e k each band visited its village and held meetings. Reports were given at the Bible class. S o m e m et with opposition, and special prayer w a s m a d e for them. It w a s inspiring, to hear of the answers to our prayers. W h e n the C a m p a i g n began, these bands were ready to do their part. T h e m e m b e r s prepared lessons which they taught in the villages. S o m e did remarkably well. It w a s not possible for all the nurses to be in these bands, but w e were glad all wanted to serve and asked to be allowed to help, if only for one day. W e hope this interest will continue to g r o w and that every one of the nurses will become an ardent worker in the cause of our Lord and Master.•Hindu G irls’ Schools., Mr. T h o m a s Harris of Voorhees College has had the charge of the three H i n d u Girls’ Schools and he reports thus:

T h e Girls’ Schools Arasamaram, Circarmundi and Vellapadi completed another year of useful work. There have been very few changes in the staff. T h e strength of the schools is: Arasamaram, 170; Circarmundi, 173, and Velappadi, 100. Government increased its ordinary grant appreciably this year. Velappadi earned also a special grant of Rs. 115 for furniture.

A t the beginning of the year almost all the mistresses attended the Kindergarten Training Class held for them at Ranipet by Miss Cornelia Wyckoff. This short training has been of s o m e help to them. But a m o r e extended and sys­tematic training in this line of w o r k is very desirable for i m ­proving ,the method of teaching in all our Girls’ Schools.

It is a great pity that the Hindu girls w h o are so eager to learn do not remain long in school. T h e y are snatched a w a y by their parents at the most profitable part of their course. T i m e alone can change this injurious practice.

It is only a year since gardening w a s started in all the schools. T h e girls take m u c h delight in the work. Arasa­m a r a m and Circarmundi can boast of flourishing gardens. Velappadi is m u c h handicapped in this line of w o r k by having no space for a garden. In spite of this drawback it has m a d e a brave attempt to convert its backyard into a small garden. These gardens, are expected to have great influence upon the moral character of the children on account of the pure delight they afford and the love of nature they create in the y o u n g minds.

Zenana W ork,Mrs. L. R. Scudder, w h o has had the charge of the Bible-

w o m e n ’s work writes: Bible w o m e n ’s work has been carriedon in and about Vellore during 1917 by all w o m e n w h o have access to over 400 houses. Their monthly reports tell of inter­esting conversations with the w o m e n in their h o m e s and in most sections, of a decided spirit not only of tolerance but of open-mindedness and inquiry.

Following up the Evangelistic C a m p a i g n w o r k of last year these Bible wo me n have been teaching a selected line of

lessons from the Old and N e w Testaments, Christian lyrics, and short, simple prayers in an increasing n u m b e r of homes. T h e y have comforted those w h o have been in trouble, and m i n ­istered to the sick and dying; six of the latter have expressed their belief in Christ. S o m e of the w o m e n read the Bible for themselves and do not worship idols. Other do not observe their festive days and ceremonies.

In addition to their w o r k in the t o w n of Vellore the B i b le wo me n go every w e e k to the neighboring villages and preach to the P a n c h a m a s and caste people of the 30 villages in which w e have been w o r k i n g ; w e have been obliged to give 16 villages to the special Evangelistic bands of the Vellore Church. T h e villagers hear us gladly; w e are securing their confidence and friendship.

K A T P A D I .

T he R ev. and M rs. B. Rottschaefer— T he Industrial School, Building Operations, and Hostel.

T h e w o r k of the Katpadi station centers around the Indus­trial School. T h e school itself has enjoyed the busiest year of its history and today has w o r k ahead for the next six months.

T h e Industrial School has prospered, says Mr. Rotts­chaefer, especially in the w o o d working and blacksmith depart­ments. In the. latter w e were kept very busy by making in addition to regular work, eleven large steel trusses for the C o b b Memorial. W h e n w e consider that w e have no up-to- date appliance for rapid and good work, all of which has to be done by hand, w e feel that satisfactory w o r k has been accomplished. T w o boys were sent up for the G o v er nm en t technical examination. Last year one passed first class. In the blacksmithing department there is ample scope for devel­opment, and w e hope that w e m a y receive encouragement to enable us to equip this department properly for better and m o r e efficient work.

T w o of our pupils left school to join the a r m y and m or e were encouraged to do so, but did not care to leave. T h e first

roller top desk w a s successfully made. W e believe that the time is near w h e n it will no longer be necessary for our Board to pay ocean freight for articles of furniture to be shipped to India. T o meet the increasing d e m a n d s of the cabinet car­pentry department w e were forced to enlarge the school. It w a s found impossible to continue working with the primitive method of sawing timber, so a sawmill w as installed. W it h a grant-in-aid from G o v er nm en t and the generosity of a friend w e have been enabled to put in this m u c h needed improve­ment. W e have added about 2,500 square feet of covered area and about ten times that m u c h of enclosed area. All our machines are running for the first time since the school’s removal from Arni. A dry kiln for properly seasoning timber is being fitted up. There is n o w space enough to allow for a healthy growth of the school along present lines. O u r hope for the future is a course of agriculture run in connection with a demonstration farm and in introducing a better system of weaving, a m o n g our Christian community. T h e hostel, though smaller than usual, connected with the school has had an uneventful year. T h e health of the boys has been good and a healthy Christian atmosphere prevails. M o s t of the boys “did their bit” during the w e e k of Evangelism in trying to m a k e others acquainted with the Saviour. O u r night school has continued to instruct the boys in the rudimentary branches of knowledge. ■

C H I T T O O R .

M rs. J. A. B eattie— Girls’ Higher Elementary Boarding School and Normal Training School for Mistresses. .

Miss E. W . Conklin— Zenana W o r k and Hin du Girls’ Schools.Mrs. Beattie writes of the Boarding and Normal Training

School-work at Chittoor: Shut doors, silent schoolrooms and a very quiet compound give evidence that our schools are closed for the Christmas holidays. It is a great relief to have the girls under the care of their friends for a while, for, even though everything is going smoothly, one has always a sense of responsi-

bility until the holidays begin. ■ A few days ago the Boarding School girls, with bright faces, all ready to start for the station, came to the veranda to say salaam before they-went. “Are you glad to go hom e? I asked. T h e response was a very hearty “yes.” Will you be glad to return to school after the holidays are over? “Yes,” they quickly replied. A n d I believe they spoke sincerely. I think they are all quite glad to come back to school when the holidays end. T he size of our boarding school family is limited by our accommodations. With 83 pupils and seven teachers in the hostel, w e have been full this year. These seven young girl teachers include those w h o are employed in the Hindu Girls’ School and the Church School. T he health of the school has been excellent. '

O u r girls again had a share in the Evangelistic Campaign. Every evening they divided into groups and prayed for G o d ’s blessing on the seed that had been sown during the day, and for all w h o had been sowing.NIormal T raining School a nd M odel School.

T he enlargement of the Training School building has m ad e some changes necessary. A s the building will be unfit for occupa­tion while the alterations are going on, the Mission decided not to admit a junior training class this year, as there will be no room for two classes. F r o m July there has been only the senior class of ten students. T he class which graduated in Mar ch recovered their record and again gained 100 per cent, pass in the Government examination. Since July the wor k has been carried on single handed. ■ O n e of our students gained a second prize from Lad y Pentland, the wife of the Governor, for work sent to an exhibition held recently in Madras. Exhibits were asked from all the training schools in the Presidency.

In the M odel School there are 65 pupils. About 30 of that number are boarders. T he remainder come from our nearest Christian village. The Inspectress of Schools at her visit in July again emphasized the necessity for a trained kindergartner for the Training School, and hinted that Government recogni­tion might be withdrawn unless the recommendation of Govern­ment were complied with.

„ P A L M A N E R .

Miss J. C. Scudder— Hin du Girls’ Schools and Zenana Work.Miss E. Br o w n— Assistant.

Miss J. C. Scudder writes: There has come a change a m o n g the Hindus of Palmaner. Formerly they tolerated us, but kept aloof and had little to do with us. N o w they listen with interest. Not only do they seem to be pleased w h e n w e visit their homes, but they also invite us to return. ■

For the first time Palmaner has been visited by a famous Indian Christian singer, w h o truly is a gifted m a n and sings the Gospel message with no uncertain sound. H e sang for the w o m e n in the Hindu Girls’ School and drew a remarkably large audience of Hindu women. W e trust m u c h good has been done and that a great blessing will follow. O n e w o m a n has been baptized and another has joined the church.

a »H indu G irls’ Schools. •

This school has had a sad history during 1917, owing to the loss of the headmaster and the failure to find a satisfactory substitute until September. Plague closed the school for three months, later cholera and smallpox reduced the attendance. A satisfactory headmaster was found, one w h o has been trained in a model school, and w e are hoping he will m a k e a model school out of this one. '

T he E lementary School.Formerly connected with the Indian Church Board, was

transferred to m y charge in February. It labored under the difficulty of an incompetent headmaster for three-quarters of the year, w h e n w e finally secured another m a n to fill that posi­tion. The school is well equipped with apparatus and with the n e w teacher w e trust will take a forward step. There are n o w about 80 pupils. T h e y did fairly well in the Gover nm en t e x a m ­ination and very well at the Bible examination.

W eaving W ork.

T he weaving department 'has been working steadily. There are at present six workers. T h e various steps of instruction are, weaving towels, cloth, bed sheets, checks, and sarees.' O n e boy is in the first stage, two have risen to the third, and two weave very good, strong sarees. T h e sixth weaver is a recent convert w h o has just commenced to do piece work. H e has a wife and child.

Zena na W ork.

Miss B r o w n has continued her work in the Zenanas this year. T w o B i b le wo me n were under her direction for the first four months of the year. A s plague was prevalent in April, the people were ordered to leave their homes, and so the visit to the Zena'nas had to be temporarily discontinued. In M a y one of the Biblewomen h ad to give up, as her husband was trans­ferred to another station. T h e other Biblewoman with Miss B r o w n has carried on the work and the seed has been faithfully sown.

W o m e n ’s M eetings.

These meetings have been well attended. T h e w o m e n are largely illiterate and have had hardly any advantages along edu­cational lines, but they are happy Christians. They did good work during campaign week and are keeping it up by going out o n e . day of each week to carry the Gospel message to others. •

v M A D A N A P A L L E .

T he R ev. and M rs. J. H. W arnshuis— Girls’ Incomplete Secondary Boarding School, Northern Circle, I. C. B., and T w o Hindu Girls’ Schools.M rs. G. G n a n a m a n i — Assistant Missionary and Zenana

W o r k . ■

M r. Jo h n D. M uyskens— High School and Hostel for Chris­tian Boys.

This station seriously feels the loss of Miss J. V. TeWinke.l and Miss H. W . Drury, whose places have not been filled. T h e return of Dr. L. H. Hart, which has been looked for with eager expectations, is still pending. She is in charge of the Union Tuberculosis Sanatarium, kept there because the Government edict forbids her successor, w h o is in England, to travel by sea. In speaking of the great stress of work last year, Rev. J. H. Warnshuis says: “W h e n I speak of the stress of the last year, I have m y mind on the steady and persistent wor k that goes on from day to day. O f the campaign w or k in the town and vil­lages, w e live in an atmosphere of hope. T h e issue seems at hand in the near future. Old institutions are being undermined and India’s artificial social system and its mass of superstition, though it still preserves an intact appearance, is nevertheless doomed. Old rites and customs are passing away, both in town and villages. I have in m i n d a few individuals, one a Brahmin, one a Reddi, w h o told m e they were secret Christians; another, a merchant w h o was showing m e through one of theif festivals, laughed at'the rites and said: ‘O f course it is all nonsense.’ And. so here and there, bit by bit, Christianity’s hold on India is Strengthening and our responsibilities increasing, for with every tearing d o w n there must be a building up, else black ruin will swallow up .these people and m a k e their state worse than before. There have been m a n y distractions. It is in this respect that w e feel most discouraged. It is not overwork that w e can c o m ­plain of, but too m u c h variety. W e are able to hold u p only the matters that force themselves upon us. N o sooner do w e m a k e progress in one respect than w e are compelled to drop it and turn to something else. M o n e y and workers are spread out too thinly. W e must eiither shorten our line or have mora adequate means. W e cannot bring ourselves to the former, and our plea is that w e m a y be granted the latter. There is a m a g ­nificent work and magnificent opportunities. O u r only excuse in persisting in them is that the day is bound to com e w h e n the Church both in India and America will hear the call that goes up from the thousands groping toward the light.

H ope H igh School.

Early in the year the students of H o p e College, Holland, Mich., decided to assume the support of the Principal J. D. Muyskens, Esq., of the H i g h School. T h e department of education upon request from h i m recognized the school under the n e w name. H e values greatly the n e w relationship which links the H i g h School n o w entering on a n e w phase of use­fulness and service to an institution at h o m e k n o w n for its Christian atmosphere and Missionary zeal.

Never have the prospects for the school seemed as bright as they do now. O w i n g to continued disloyal teachings and dangerous doctrines the Department of Public Instruc­tion has decided to withdraw recognition from the rival institu­tion, the Theosophical School, from the 1st of January, after which this will be the only affiliated H i g h School in the town. In the H i g h School department especially, the growth has already been phenomenal, and n o w with, the n e w conditions the time has c o m e w h e n admissions can be restricted to only those w h o are worthy of the opportunity. This will tend'

/ to higher efficiency.During the year, athletics, literary w o r k and dramatics

have received a n e w impulse. Student activities are greater and m or e varied than ever. Plans are under w a y for opening an Hon or s Club for those w h o not only are the best scholars but also take the largest share in outside activities. For the fourth year in succession the Shield for the district sports w a s w o n by the school.

In the hostel the spirit has been splendid. T h e y o u n g m a n w h o assumed the superintendentship, one of the first graduates of the H i g h School, has infused a n e w spirit of Christian service which it does one good to see. T h e boys are taking a larger share in the actual m a n a g e m e n t of the hostel. T h e y have organized a volunteer Christian B a n d which has already done s o m e noble work. “It w a s m y pleas­ure,” Mr. M u y s k e n s says, “to a cc om pa ny five of the large boys to a Telugu Students’ C a m p at Vellore, where w e all received

a n e w inspiration and a clearer vision of Christ’s claim on the lives of the Christian y o u n g m e n of India for Christian service.G irls’ Boarding School.

Mrs. Warnshuis writes: T h e Madanapalle Girls’ Boarding School c a m e under m y m a n a g e m e n t w h e n Miss Dru ry left ^for America in M a y . T h a nk s to her diligent efforts a strong staff of teachers had been secured and it is probable that w e have never before been so well off in this respect. Great credit reflects upon the former headmaster, Mr. Ezekiel B e d ­ford, w h o has rejoined us this year, for the conduct of the school is- almost entirely in his hands.

It is not for the classroom w o r k that w e are anxious, difficult as it is to keep this up to the standard, but it is in. the hostel that the almost total absence of responsible feminine m a n a g e m e n t is felt. Certain it is that the tone of the school and its power as a Christian force have greatly suffered in the absence of Miss Drury.

T h e Madanapalle H i n d u Girls’ School has likewise de­pended upon the headmaster m o r e than its m a n ag er for its wants.V ayalpad H indu G irls’ School.■ Mrs. G n a n a m a n i writes: Since Miss Dru ry left India, I have had charge of this school. T h e headmaster is working very hard for the improvement of the school. In spite of opposition and rival schools, this school is really doing well. T he os op hy is trying to get a foothold there, but o wi ng to the kindly feeling existing between the Missionaries and the Reddies our school has not suffered much.

Vayalpad Zenana w o r k has also been under Mrs. Gnana- m a n i ’s care, w h o tells the story of the year’s work. T h e Bible­w o m a n is doing good w o r k a m o n g the w o m e n . She has taught them a good m a n y lyrics and Bible stories. She is also working a m o n g the higher class of townspeople. In connec­tion with this, it will-be interesting to k n o w that recently

an Anti-Brahmin Committee has been started, by which the m e m b e r s bind themselves to interdine regardless of caste or creed. This sounds very hopeful, does it not?

Zena na W ork.T h e Church expects about 300 converts this year, and w e

have been thinking deeply as to h o w m u c h the B i b le wo me n can do to help on this work. Instead of scattering our energies* w e are trying to concentrate and to get m o r e in touch with those w o m e n w h o really seem interested in the Gospel. O n c e or twice a w e e k w e all join together and visit villages nearby so that w h e n time for the regular campaiign comes, the people’s hearts m a y be prepared. In going to thebe H i n d u and M u h a m m a d a n houses one cannot help noticing the dif­ference Christianity m ak es in the lives of the people; for example, the utter misery and despair of the w o m e n w h o have lost their husbands or children. T h e y cannot look beyond the grave, while, thank God, w e Christians can. Also their h o m e life is m a d e miserable, because a m a n can be disloyal and untrue to his wife and no one would consider it in the least wrong. T h e stories w e often hear from the w o m e n m a k e our hearts ache and w e long for the day w h e n India will be Christ’s. '

P U N G A N U R .

R ev. and M rs. J. H. W arnshuis in charge. •M rs. G. G n a n a m a n i— ;Hindu Girls’ Schools, M u h a m m a d a n

Girls’ School and Zenana Work.M rs. Jo h n H. W arnshuis— General Interests and M a r y

Isabel Allen Dispensary.Mrs. G n a n a m a n i has charge of the w o r k for w o m e n and

children. There is only one B i b l e w o m a n working at Punga- nur, and she is doing good work. I have not had m u c h opportunity of going into the h o m e s with her, as m y visits to P un ga nu r have to be m o r e or less hurried.

H indu G irls’ School. •Plague and cholera have both visited P un ga nu r this

past year. This necessitated closing the school for s o m e time, consequently our school did not do as well as usual in the annual inspection. Poor Parvathi, the headmistress, actually shed tears because the school never fared so badly before. T h e teachers had been working very hard and in their leisure time they had been doing things for the improvement of the school. T h e Inspectress w a s particularly pleased with s o m e charts and m a p s one of the teachers had drawn. In connection with this school S u n d a y classes are held. ■ .

M u h a m m a d a n G irls’ School.T h e Inspectress w a s greatly pleased with this school and

said that it w a s the best in her Circle. All credit is due to the only Christian trained teacher there. Because of her good work, she has been m a d e headmistress, as the former headmaster, a M u h a m m a d a n , is too old to do m u c h work. S o m e of the oldest girls have left school and m a n y of the m have married. T h e oldest students at present are not m o r e than twelve. These little girls are very clever and quick to catch and retain ideas. It is a great pleasure to teach them.

M ary Lott L yles H ospital. •Mrs. W ar nshuis says that it is not an easy matter to write

a report for M a r y Lott Lyles Hospital. T h e little institution has been struggling against odds ever since its beginning s o m e four years ago, and w e w o n de r if the day will ever c o m e w h e n it can boast of a full-time doctor as its head again.

For the first six mon th s of the past year Mrs. Witney, M.B., formerly of the L o n d o n Mission, w a s in charge, and for the first three months of that time she w a s assisted b y Miss J. V. T e W i n k e l w h o s e furlough fell due in March. Mrs. W i t n e y kindly stayed on during the hot season that I might have a chance of a holiday before taking on the responsibility of the w o r k in July since which time I. have been assisted by

an Anglo-Indian apothecary w h o has superintended the dis­pensary and the out work, calling m e in consultation w h e n she felt it necessary.

In numbers w e stand m u c h as w e did last year. W e can­not claim any great step forward, but w e are glad w e have been able to hold our own. I have not been able to give anything like m y full attention to hospital work, because of there being a Girls’ School to oversee, a dispensary in P u n ­ganur to manage, and a thousand and one things to do in the station, but the sick and the needy have not been turned a w a y from our doors, and n o w with a prospect of the help of a nursing superintendent once again our hearts are filled with hope that 1918 will be a better year than 1917.

O u r nursing staff has been depleted for various reasons, but w e have "intentionally kept our numbers low until such time as w e could feel sure of help in the training of them. W e have three seniors graduating, w e hope, in March, all of t h e m girls w h o m w e are proud to send forth as the product of our hospital. India needs such Christian w o m e n to care for their sick.

Christian services have been held twice daily in the hos­pital in the wards. S o m e of the nurses spend their leisure time on S u n da y afternoons in teaching the children in. the S u n da y school. .

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Missionaries.— Tokyo: Mrs. M. N. Wyckoff, Rev. A. Oilmans, D.D., Rev. D. C. ,Ruigh, Mr. W. E. Hoffsommer, Rev. H. V. E. Stegeman. y o k o h a m a : Miss Julia Moulton, Miss Jennie M. Kuyper, Miss Janet Oilmans, Rev. J. H. Ballagh, D.D., Rev. E. S. Booth, D.D. Morioka: Rev. W. G. Hoekje. Aomori: Miss M. Leila Winn. Nagasaki: Miss Sar- M. Couch, Mr. Anthony Walvoord. Kagoshima: Rev. S. W. Ryder. Saga: Miss H. E. Hospers. Oita: Rev. Albertus Pieters. Shimonoseki: Miss Jeane Noordhoff, Miss Evelyn Oilmans. K u r u m e : Rev. David Van Strien, Rev. Alex. Van Bronkhorst. Fukuoka: Miss H. M. Lansing.Associate Missionaries.— Mrs. A. Oilmans, Mrs. A. Pieters, Mrs. D. C. Ruigh, Mrs. A. Walvoord, Mrs. W. E. Hoffsommer, Mrs. W. G. Hoekje, Mrs. David Van Strien, Mrs. S. W. Ryder, Mrs. Alex. Van Bronkhorst, Mra. H. V. E. Stegeman.In America.— Miss .Jennie A. Pieters, Miss May Demarest, Dr. and Mrs. H. V. S. Peeke, Rev. Hubert Kuyper, Rev. and Mrs. L- J. Shafer.Non-commissioned Associate Missionary. — Nagasaki: Miss MinnieTaylor. .

S U M M A R Y OF E D U C A T I O N A L STATISTICAL REPORTS* _____________ FOR T H E Y E A R 1917. '

N A M E OF S C H O O L

Teachers

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Students

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Ass'tPupils

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Students

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Ferris Seminary . ... 5 1 9 15 34 23 17 185 259 31 257 60Tozan Gakuin ....fMeiji Gakuin.... '... 14 5 19 18 39 45 280 382 4 26 63(Theo. Dept.) .... 4 4 13fBaiko Jo Gakuin.... 2 'A 5 7'A 25 12 8 49 94 13 79 "45(Middle Dept.) ... 9 9'A 8 8 21 200 237(College Dept.) ... 5 5 11 4 1 16 14 202 12Totals .......... 39 7 14 60 109 82 95 715 1.001 75 73!>|86110.>\

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Teachers

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311

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Money Expended

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Fees Gifts

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$6,396.009,332.165.638.003.500.003.022.003.500.00

$1.200.00 $.M 388 16fUnion 2 Share.#The usual station report was omitted this year.

REPORT FOR 1917A s all countries in the world have been changing on

account of the world war, so has Japan. H o w e v e r m u c h or little Japan has taken part in the conflict, she has been able to raise herself in' an economic w a y to a position of quite c o m m a n d i n g influence. ' It is even said that she is changing from a ’ debtor nation to a creditor nation. This increase of wealth has- not been evenly distributed and the newly rich as well as the crushed poor have b e c om e problems of great social seriousness.

It is, moreover, the opinion of a large group of thinking m e n that Japan is failing to realize the issues involved in the war, or if they are.being realized they are not being m a d e the m o v i n g force of any righteous m o v e m e n t such as w e believe w e are engaged in iri prosecuting the war. It is prob­able that the blessings that the people of the United States will derive in' a social and moral w a y from the w a r will not be realized b y the people of Japan.

General satisfaction w a s expressed in all circles upon the completion of the Ishii-Lansing papers. Other commissions to America, educational and political, have returned and their reports have m a d e a' better setting in the minds of the Jap­anese for appeals of American missionaries to get a respect­ful hearing. .

Co-operative M ovements oe the M ission.T h e co-operation with the Presbyterian Mission in the

Meiji Gakuin in T o k y o and the Sturges Seminary in S h i m o n o ­seki has continued as usual. Likewise w e have m e t for dis­cussion with the Presbyterian and Reformed bodies in the Council of Missions, and with practically all the other mis­sionary bodies in the Council of Federated Missions. O u r regular contributions have been m a d e to the Tsukiji School for Foreign Children in Tokyo, the Christian Literature Society

and the W o m a n ’s Christian University, which is expected to open its doors in April of 1918. •

During the year the complete translation of' the N e w Testament in a revised form has been published. Although this revised version has m e t with s o m e criticism, yet there seems to be a unanimity of opinion that it has m a n y points of superior merit to the one that has been in use so far, and that the appeal of the Bible will be stronger and will cover a wider range because of it. . “ 'First Y ear of the R e-united M ission.

T h e missionaries on the field, as well as the Church at home, will have* to get used to considering Japan as one field instead of two, arid of speaking of the Mission as one Mission, with one Council determining affairs in reference to the whole country that w e occupy. W e are still separated into a northern and southern part as far as our w o r k is con­cerned— the southern part concentrated in the Island of Kyushu, and the northern part about the cities of T o k y o and Y o k o h a m a . T h e southern is largely evangelistic, and the northern is chiefly educational.

E V A N G E L I S T I C W O R K 'Preaching the W ord.

In K y u s h u our Mission joined with workers of other .denominations in special evangelistic services held under the auspices of Evangelist Kanamori. In Saga, w e united three nights with the Lutheran Church, which shares the Saga Pre­fecture w o r k with us. Meetings were prepared for b y generous giving and sjjecial prayer and advertising and personal work, and the audiences which Mr. K a n a m o r i faced with his message of the essentials of the Christian Gospel in the largest theatre of the city were unprecedented. So w a s the n u m b e r of deci­sions recorded. Seventy of t h e m b e c am e our share of the fruits. M o s t of these have s h o w n little tendency to ripen. O n e per­

son has m a d e definite application for baptism, a half dozen s h o w m o r e or less zeal in attending meetings and continuing study, and perhaps a score s h o w s o m e remaining interest in the church and its teachings. A t Karatsu the meeting in the theatre netted sixty-eight decisions; of these several were a m o n g the fourteen w h o m a d e confession of their faith during the year, thirteen of w h o m were baptized. For the first m o n t h after the meetings in Oita the regular church meetings sho we d a gain of from fifty to one hundred per cent.; but those w h o had been interested through Mr. K a n a m o r i ’s meetings gradu­ally fell off, and by the end of the year it w a s exceptional to find one of t h e m still attending church, unless he had been already in touch with the church before the K a n a m o r i m o v e ­m e n t took' place. Yet in all of the above places follow-up w o r k w a s conducted earnestly.

Preaching w o r k has been done in m a n y w a y s and has m e t with varying success. Mr. V a n Strien and Mr. V a n Bronkhorst have stood in the street the past fall, where it is usually crowded and by handing out tracts and inviting the passers-by to enter have m a n a g e d to fairly fill the c o m ­paratively r o o m y preaching place. In addition, as the weather does not always permit this work, a song service just before the evening evangelistic sermon has been attractive to a n u m ­ber of y o u n g people. In Y an ag aw a, one of the out-stations from K u r u m e , w h e n Mr. K a n a m o r i carried on work, the prin­cipal of the Middle School forbade his students attending the meetings; but with a change c a m e a change in the attitude of the school toward Christianity.

In a small village called Mizota, near K u r u m e , w o r k centers about a physician w h o has not yet been baptized, but w h o seems to be very m u c h interested. Shimabara, the scene of the last stand of the Christians over three hundred years ago, and for that reason considered an exceptionally hard place in which to work, has the record of the K u r u m e station for the n u m b e r of baptisms, the n u m b e r reported being five.

A t Kashima, the teachers and principal of the Middle School are very friendly to the missionary, and on each visit

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of his have invited him to speak, in English, to a large group of boys. Proper interpretation is provided, and no limita­tion of subject is even hinted at.

Imari (please r e m e m b e r w h e n y ou handle your blue and white fine Imari china) does not respond to public preaching services, however organized. Mr. K o s e and his wife are doing almost as m u c h b y their presence in the city as in any other way. A t first they were* not welcomed; efforts were m a d e b y neighbors to have their landlord cancel his lease. F e w newspapers are read in the city, and B u d d h i s m claims large contributions from the shop people. It might be good to try the influence of a little quiet bookshop and reading-room, open to all at stated hours daily, under the charge of the evangelist.

A t Tashiro, Rev. F u k u n a g a has continued to labor faith­fully a m o n g the Sakurajima volcano refugees in this isolated mountainous region. If measured by baptized converts, his w o r k shows no results this year, but if measured b y the influence his persevering Christian ministrations m u s t have upon these poor and ignorant people, w e k n o w that his w o r k

^is successful. A s these people get their farms cleared of w o o d and construct m o r e suitable dwellings and, in general, b ec om e m o r e prosperous in material things, the intellectual and spirit­ual outlook is also sure to broaden as their prejudices vanish and the seed s o w n patiently during these first years of struggle and privation to get a n e w start will produce a harvest.

W o m a n ’s W ork.A m o n g the younger w o m e n Mrs. V a n Strien and Mrs.

V a n Bronkhorst are carrying on singing w o r k with most inter­esting results. O n e of the singing classes is composed of girls of the girls’ high school of K u r u m e . Meeting at the h o m e of Mrs. V a n Strien twice and sometimes three times a w e e k the girls prepared for and sang at a Christmas service the cantata entitled, “T h e Birth of Christ in Song,” c om posed by Mrs. Mennegar. For a short time it looked as if the efforts exerted were at least temporarily in vain for the D e a n of the girls’ dormitory refused to allow the girls to attend, and the reasons

given were three: first, the girls in the dormitory sang while doing their domestic work, and Christian songs proceeding from the dormitory of a public school proved embarrassing to the D e a n ; second, to a girl w h o had s o m e ambitions of m a r ­riage singing while doing w o r k about the house might prove detrimental to her hopes; third, the fact that s o m e of the girls were being influenced toward Christian thinking w a s already s h o w n by a composition which very m u c h disturbed the equanimity of the composition teacher, w h o happens to be a zealous Shintoist. After s o m e consultation, it w a s concluded that no longer any interference would take place on the part of the school authorities if the girls received permission from their parents, but no longer would the girls be permitted to sing while working about the dormitory.

A t K a g o s h i m a the w o m a n ’s w o r k of the city consists chiefly of a semi-monthly meeting of w o m e n at the missionary residence for a Bible address and a social time, and about a dozen w o m e n being taught the Bible in weekly lessons, indiv­idually or in small groups, at their homes. During the year over three hundred and fifty calls have been m a d e on women'*' at their homes. M on th ly evangelistic meetings are also held at a factory in the suburbs of the city where about seventy girls with their matron have assembled for the singing of h y m n s and an evangelistic address.

A t A o m o r i Miss W i n n visits three hospitals and is always w el co me d by the doctors and the nurses. Recently two patients sent her cards requesting her to c o m e and tell, them about the Bible and Jesus Christ. ■

Miss Hospers found a splendid opening for w o r k a m o n g the students of the Girls’ H i g h School, and has m e t fully sixty of t he m twice a month.

A t Sesebo the Japanese worker has opened her h o m e to sailors w h o seek a. place to stop over night, and tries to m a k e this count evangelistically. But her chief w o r k remains call­ing and teaching in the h o m e s of the officers connected with this naval port, w h o s e wives are frequently left alone for weeks at a time, and w h o w e l co me her visits.

B ible Classes. '

Bible class w o r k m a y be distinguished from S u n da y School w o r k chiefly by the fact that the students in Bible classes are usually those of high school age or above. Nearly all of the missionaries have one of these, either in Japanese or in E n g ­lish. Mrs. W y c k o f f has had three with an average attend­ance of about nine. Mr. V a n Bronkhorst conducted one in the Post-office and one in the S u n d a y school, these averag­ing about ten; besides this both Mr. and Mrs. V a n Bronkhorst taught a little in the Y o u n g M e n ’s Christian Association. A remarkable class has been started b y Mr. V a n Bronkhorst in Y a n a g a w a a m o n g the Middle School students, with an average attendance the last t wo mon th s of the year of over eighty-five. After the Bible lesson, singing is taught, and if they are not reached through the English Bible some of them m a y tie reached and touched by the singing of the h y m n s in Japanese. It will at least present an opening for later work. Until recently it w a s impossible to enter this school, but n o w it looks very encouraging.

A m o r e difficult situation seems to be encountered b y Mr. V a n Strien in K u r u m e , where the English Bible class is c o m ­posed of ten boys, all of w h o m are natives of K u r u m e , but only one of w h o m seems to take any serious interest in the meetings .at the church. But at Y a n a g a w a he received an invitation to teach English Bible to the teachers of the school. In the Bible class is one Christian w h o has had American training, the principal, w h o is a graduate of the T o k y o Higher N o r m a l School, and seems to be very sympathetic toward the Christian teaching and also very m u c h interested in the Bible; one Buddhist priest, w h o is a graduate of the Imperial Univer­sity in Tokyo, and w h o had read m a n y anti-Christian books but had never read the Bible nor any Christian literature; and several others w h o seem to be very m u c h interested in the teaching of the Bible itself as well as in the English.

A t Saga the class for girls has been encouraging. T h e average weekly attendance for the year has been fourteen.

One-girl of this class has been baptized and several others are awaiting baptism.

Miss W i n n has a few night classes with y o u n g men, but she teaches only those w h o will go to church, and this, of course, keeps her classes small. O n e splendid y o u n g m a n has about decided to enter the ministry after he has finished the Middle School; he is very promising and seems to have a future before him. Miss W i n n always holds out the high call­ing of the ministry to a ny promising y o u n g m a n she teaches.

Mr. Hoekje m ak es sure that the students w h o c o m e to him get the m ea ni ng too, for in every case he gives a lesson in the Bible in Japanese; one of the groups consists of recent graduates of the Middle Schools chiefly, and the other of students of the prefectural normal school, and all of them have attended voluntarily s o m e of the church services, or a class for singing Gospel h y m n s on Saturday evenings. Miss Hospers has an unusually large Bible class of girls, fine ones, at Takeo. ■

O n e of the most important pieces of w o r k done by Mrs. Pieters has been the holding of a teachers’ meeting in the Oita Church, at which the lessons for the following S u n d a y are carefully gone over. T h e establishment of such a normal class has been repeatedly undertaken, but without success, and the fact that it is n o w well established under her leader­ship constitutes one of the notable triumphs in Oita during the year.Sunday Schools.

T o get a complete view of the S u n d a y School work, ref­erence should also be m a d e to that done in connection with Educational Institutions.

Mrs. W y c k o f f seems to be having her difficulties in start­ing up S u n d a y School w o r k in Tokyo. In M a t s u m o t o she had had eleven with an average attendance of about fifty-five; in T o k y o the priest told the children of the No. 1 S u n d a y School that they m us t not go to her, but that they must c o m e to him, for he would open a S u n da y School at the s a m e hour in the

temple just above and teach them writing. That school w as opened and her attendance dropped from 22 to 8. M o r e ­over, one of the teachers of the elementary school heard of Mrs. W y c k o f f ’s school and she, too, told the children that they mus t not go there, promising to open a S u n d a y School in her o w n house where they would have a good time. Mrs. W y c k o f f fears she mus t use the English bait, and change the n a m e of the school; at the end of the year she had t wo schools run­ning, having averaged 36 in attendance.

Miss Lansing w a s fortunate in starting her w o r k off with an attendance of 120. A t Fukushima, a t o w n noted for its shrines, opposition has been of such nature that the evan­gelist under Mr. V a n Strien has found it expedient to m a k e a temporary cessation of S u n da y School activities; but not far a w a y another evangelist has been able to hold 35 children in the face of most primitive heathenism. .

A t K a g o s h i m a the T ue sd ay S u n d a y School is held in a private house in the poorest part of the city, and the children are very difficult to m a n a g e — it is the most discouraging part of the Bible W o m a n ’s work. A s long as the older people of the c o m m u n i t y seem to appreciate the workers having it there and claim that their children are better behaved because of it, the w o r k seems to be worth while; the average here has been 38; in the T hu rsday S u n d a y School it has been 90. T h e S u n d a y “S u n d a y School” had an average weekly attend­ance of 108 throughout the year; a kind of club has been formed of the boys of the oldest class, which has' resulted in m a k i n g the m better acquainted with one another and in fostering a fine class spirit. A n u m b e r of stereopticon lectures with slides showing scenes from the life of Christ and temper­ance subjects have been given throughout the year. A n occa­sion of m u c h interest to all the children'of the S u n d a y Schools w a s the Field Day. A b o u t 260 took part in the events.

T w o S u n d a y Schools were kept up by Miss C o u c h ’s helper during Miss C o u c h ’s absence, but the attendance w a s less than the previous year. Miss W i n n has six neighborhood schools and gives the Gospel to about 400 children weekly.

T h e Arita S u n da y School w a s the climax for disorder, but has b ec om e better, n o w that Miss Hospers and her helper have taken charge. There are about 60 regular attendants now, but it is still a S u n da y School in the raw. •

W i t h the help she has Mrs. Pieters conducts four S u n d a y Schools for which she is wholly responsible, while she is very

1 active also in the one in the Oita church. All of these enter­prises were in a flourishing condition at the end of the year. A t Usuki the place is crowded every S u n d a y ; parents beg to have their children taken in, a request with which it is often difficult to comply, simply because every inch of floor space is already taken. A t Sayeki the attendance decreased from 117 in 1916 to 13 in 1917, due to the removal of the former preacher at the end of 1916 and to the fact that the place had no resident evangelist for the greater part of last year. In no other form of Christian w o r k is the personal element so important, and its reasonable continuity is essential to success. T h e total attendance record of Oita is 438.

Comparison with the statistics of a year ago shows a decrease in attendance in s o m e places. This is due in part ■ to the adoption of a n e w rule by the Mission, according to which the figures for the “n u m b e r of S u n d a y School scholars.” are to be based upon the actual average attendance and not on the enrollment, or on the highest average for any one month, as hitherto.

A t the end of January a well-attended, enthusiastic, and in every w a y successful S u n d a y School Teachers’ Institute'was held at Oita, in conjunction with the Methodist and Episcopal churches. N o doubt the effect on the quality of the teaching w o r k done during the year w a s excellent, even though the figures reported do not indicate any resulting prosperity.

N ew sp ap er W o r k and Results.

T h e w o r k which Mr. Pieters started a few years ago in the w a y of advertising iri the newspapers the essentials of Christian truth has developed into a correspondence course

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and- into branch societies. Concerning these Mr. Pieters re­ports as follows: '

“T h e w o r k of newspaper evangelization has been carried on along the sam e general lines as hitherto. It is attracting m o r e and mor e attention from students of missionary methods, and t wo or three other enterprises, modelled upon the s am e 'basis, have already been started in different parts of the Empire. Others are in contemplation.

“T h e n u m b e r of applications for literature is considerably smaller than in 1916, being 961 to 1,351 in that year, but it is larger than in 1915. T h e book sales s h o w an increase, reaching m o r e than t wo hundred and fifty yen. Including the literature given free of charge, the total a m o u n t of litera­ture distributed and sold in our Oita K e n w o r k during 1917 is Y e n 916.77. •

“T h e reading club has continued its good work, and the a m o u n t of fees paid in by m e m b e r s for the privilege of borrow­ing and reading Christian books w a s Y e n 107, as against Y e n 87 the previous year, although the n u m b e r of books sent out on request w a s only 779, to 910 in 1916.”

T he Correspondence Course. . .

T h e establishment of a system of correspondence instruc­tion in Christian truth is an important item of the year’s work. Such w o r k w a s done m o r e or less in previous years, but it w a s not until the year under review that it w a s fully organized and proceeded in a systematic and satisfactory manner. T h e m et ho d is this: Persons desiring to be baptized sign a form of application, binding themselves faithfully to take whatever course of instruction is laid d o w n for them. Thereupon they receive a copy of a catechism and the first few weeks of the printed lessons in the Correspondence Course. This requires t h e m to memorize a portion of the catechism daily and to look up the indicated Scripture references. In cases of special difficulty explanatory notes are added. A t the end of each w e e k the student sends in answers to certain examination

✓t

questions, which are corrected, graded, and returned to him, with further w o r k to be done. T h e entire course requires honest w o r k for twenty to thirty minutes every day for sev­enteen weeks.

Thirty-four students registered in this course during the. year, of w h o m one left the country w h e n only half through, ten graduated, eleven withdrew, and the rest were pursuing' their studies at the end of the’year. M o s t of the students are candidates for baptism, but two or three cases have occurred of earnest Christian m e n and w o m e n .becoming interested and registering themselves as students in this course in order to get a clearer and m o r e systematic knowledge of Christian truth.

T h e catechism used is entitled, “A Catechism for Candi­dates for Baptism.” T h e original w a s a liftle catechism for children, published at Richmond, Virginia, in 1840, translated into Japanese in the early days of our-Mission and found very useful. It w a s thoroughly revised, and about one third n e w matter w a s added. It w a s published b y the Keiseisha Publish­ing C o m p a n y , in Tokyo. T h e c o m p a n y has printed three edi­tions of one thousand copies each, and has sold 2,450 copies during the year. '

Such insistence upon thorough preparation for baptism has, of course, had the effect of reducing the n u m b e r reported as received upon confession of faith. T h e missionary in charge received during the year twenty-one formal applications for baptism, but only eleven of these- applicants were baptized.B ranch Society W ork.

T h e report of this Station for 1916 stated that a beginning had been m a d e with a very important n e w departure in the form of little groups of people supplied with literature which enables them to hold regular church services without the pres­ence of a minister.

T h e year began with t wo societies of this kind: one at Mori,- in K u s u County, and the other at Inukai, in O h n o County. T h e third society w a s organized on September 27th,

at Takada, in Nishi Kunizaki County, and the fourth on Octo­ber 14th, at Miyato, in Naoiri County. T h u s four of the twelve counties in this prefecture are n o w supplied with our societies.

T h e Branch at Miyato has not prospered, owi ng to the early removal of the most earnest member, the extreme age of the leader (79), and the scattered condition of the m e m b e r ­ship. Nevertheless, there were t wo baptisms during the year a m o n g the people of that group, and at the close of the year three others, candidates for baptism, were taking the Corre­spondence Course. F r o m October 14th, w h e n the Branch w a s organized, until the end of the year, they held nine meetings, with an average attendance of three and two-thirds.

T h e Branch at T a k ad a has a very different constituency, containing several old (and cold!) Christians. This society reports nine meetings held from September 27th to the close of the year, with an average attendance of seven. This place is m o r e accessible than Miyato, and hence this Branch has been frequently visited by the itinerating evangelist. T h e w o r k is small, and s o m e of the elements are unpromising, but the place is an important one, and on the whole, the pros­pects here are good.

T h e Branch at Inukai has not done well. Until the middle of M a r c h the average attendance w a s eight, but after that it fell to three, the said three being invariably the leader, his wife, and one other faithful member. These, however, kept up the meetings with admirable perseverance, and the record shows fifty meetings held during the year, so that they missed but t wo Sundays. This place is also easily reached from Oita by rail, and hence has enjoyed m o r e help.

In the latter part of the year a-Sunday school w a s estab­lished at Inukai under the supervision of Mrs. Pieters, and the pastor of the Oita Church has undertaken to visit the place twice a month, so-that it is n o w an out-post, of Oita Church. A s this d^>es not supply a S u n da y service, however, the meet­ings on that day by the aid of the Branch Society organization are kept up. Three persons were baptized in connection with this w o r k in December.

>. T h e Branch at Mori has had an admirable record, and goes , far to prove the complete success of the m e t ho d as such, where earnest and faithful people undertake to use it., T h e place

. is so remote from Oita and the m e a n s of communication are so imperfect that visits by missionaries or evangelists can year, missing four Sundays, with an average attendance of take place only occasionally. Five such visits are recorded during the year. This society held 48 meetings during the eight. Three persons were baptized here.

It has seemed worth while to pay so m u c h attention to the matter of these Branch Societies because this m e t ho d contains the possibility of a partial solution of the problem of supplying isolated communities with the regular preach­

' ing of the Gospel. Hitherto the only way- in which w o r k could be begun in a place w a s by the residence there of an evangelist, or, at least, by regular visits from such a worker, but it would be evidently impossible to supply the entire

• country with such visits. In the above places excellent results have been obtained without these helps. T h e baptisms re­ported from these little groups stand in happy contrast to the record of s o m e places where w e have had resident evan­gelists for years, such as Hiji, Usa, and Sayeki. In these places it has often happened that a year has passed, sometimes t wo or three years have passed, without a single conversion.

In addition to the places thus organized, the weekly ser­m o n s are used also in a few other places by Christian m e n in their o w n homes, inviting the m e m b e r s of their families and their neighbors to join them. T h e most remarkable case of this kind is in K a g o s h i m a Prefecture, in an island county called Ohshima. F r o m this place w e have reports of three meetings during December, with an average attendance of eighteen.

Altogether, .the reports of this kind of w o r k s h o w that on the average the aggregate n u m b e r of persons attending S u n d a y service with the aid of these sermons, w h o would otherwise have no opportunity of enjoying church privileges, is upwards of thirty-five each L o r d ’s Day. This is a larger

n u m b e r than assemble in the ordinary S u n d a y morning serv­ice in the most prosperous of our Oita K e n congregations.O ther W ork U sing the Printed Page.

Mr. Hoekje, by m e a n s of brief advertisements inserted in three papers for ten times in each during M a r c h or M ay , got into touch with above two hundred people w h o indicated, their desire to study Christianity. A n effort w a s m a d e to introduce all of t h e m to the nearest evangelist, and a few of t h e m are attending services regularly. M a n y are too far from churches to do that, and others are engaged in occupa­tions which allow t he m no leisure.

Mr. Ryd er has kept in touch with his inquirers by corre­spondence and especially by sending regularly every m o n t h about one hundred copies of the little monthly Christian paper, the “Truthseeker,” which he has published especially for this country work. A special Christmas edition for the chil­dren w a s printed and a copy given to each of the children in his S u n d a y School work, as well as to the adults.

“A n additional feature of our work,” he says, “has been the opening of an evangelistic office in the busy part of the city. In connection with this office there is a Christian reading-room open to the public and a loan library of Chris­tian books. F r o m this office tracts are sent to country peo­ple and here conferences are held with people w h o are often reluctant to c o m e to one’s house. If funds were available for advertising in the city papers which have a large circulation a m o n g the country people of this prefecture, doubtless a large following of inquirers would soon result. T h e reading- r o o m is well patronized and several have expressed their appreciation of it. Christians bring friends w h o m they wish to interest in Christianity, and b y giving t hem suitable tracts or lending t he m books from the loan library, their interest is aroused. People passing along the street stop and read the tracts, changed from time to time, which are displayed in a glass sign and c o m e in and find something to interest them.

A list of the books in the loan library is circulated1 a m o n g

the country people, and they, too, borrow books, paying a small monthly fee towards postage, etc.”

Miss Cou ch and Miss T o m e g a w a during their stay in America, were able to keep up the publication of their little monthly paper by sending manuscript for it. It w a s a great pleasure to thus keep in touch with those they were trying, to help back in Japan. T h e contributions from Japanese for the two mon th s after their return a mo unted to m o r e than for the previous ten months of the year.

G E N E R A L C O N D I T I O N O F T H E C H U R C H E S .

, W e have no real churches as yet, for the Church of Christ in Japan, the Japanese b ody with w h o m w e w o r k and toward which our efforts tend, will not allow any congregation to be organized* as a “church” until it is entirely self-supporting, but w e call our provisional organizations “churches” for the lack of a better term.

In Oita station the best thing to report for 1917 is that forty-six persons were received during the year on confession of faith, the largest n u m b e r hitherto received in a single year being thirty-three. The- t(Dtal enrolled membership has risen from 196 at the close of 1916 to 232, but very remarkably the n u m b e r reported for “resident m e m b e r s ” is precisely the same as the year before. This is due in part to removals, and in part to the increasing influence of the newspaper evangeliza­tion work, as a result of which p°eople b e c om e Christians and receive baptism even in places remote from the churches. Such converts are registered as m e m b e r s of the nearest church, but that m a y be m a n y miles away. For the sam e reason the church attendance shows but a six per cent, in­crease. O f the seven churches, t wo m a y be called in good condition, one fair, and the others poor, if not lamentable. T h e favorable showing in Oita is due, under the blessing of God, to the comparatively large n u m b e r of Mission workers and superior equipment concentrated there. It is encourag­ing to find that such concentration of effort is not in vain.

A very encouraging fact in the year’s record is that the Mission has been able to pay off twenty-five hundred yen on the Oita church property, leaving only a trifle over four hundred yen to be paid. W h e n this is done w e shall be in full ownership of a very desirable property, the first to be acquired in Oita Prefecture. T h e s a m e need exists elsewhere, and it is our duty in this report.to call attention as every year hitherto, to this as one of the great heeds of the hour. T h e total contributions for the year in Oita Prefecture, in our work, passed nine hundred yen for the first time. T h e aver­age increase per year in this respect for the last five or six years has been one hundred yen, which supplies us with courage to hope that w e are after all m a k i n g solid, if slow progress. T h e a m o u n t contributed by the churches amounts n o w to about fifteen per cent, of the entire cost of the local church work. •

Mr. V a n Strien has had the privilege of baptizing several since he wen t d o w n South. O n e of those is a blind teacher in the School for the Blind, and he shows his newly found joy by bringing a n u m b e r of his blind students to the services with him.

T h e church at Sasebo passed during the year from the care of the Mission to the ranks of the churches called self­supporting. There were thirteen baptisms in Sasebo before the organization of the church, and these m a y therefore be counted in the statistics for the year as direct fruit of the w o r k of the Mission. In connection with the church’s advance toward self-support, an arrangement w a s m a d e with their pastor for the carrying on of evangelistic w o r k in the neigh­boring islands, for which he is to receive from the Mission a suitable fee. This arrangement has been continued since the organization of the church, with the .consent of its officers, w h o grant their pastor the necessary time to engage in this work. This church is paying its pastor thirty-eight yen, which is the s a m e as he had been getting from the Mission.

Farewell to the N orthern Fields.

Mr. Hoekje writes from M o r i o k a : “T h e evangelisticw o r k of the Mission in Iwate and A o m o r i prefectures c a m e from January 1st, 1918, under the care of the Japan Mission of the Reformed Church in the United States. This Mission has, like our own, long been one of the Missions co-operating with the Church of Christ in Japan. It has developed a strong educational w o r k at Sendai, m i d w a y between T o k y o and Aomori, including schools for girls, boys, students in theology, and Bible W o m e n . A b o u t this city as a center, with its graduates as workers, it has organized an expanding evan­gelistic work. Another era of expansion for this w o r k is n o w at hand. .

“W h e n , our Missions in Japan were united, w e looked for- Vvard to developing intensively our evangelistic field in Kyushu. W e expected to retain our other fields, at least until w e found others willing to receive them, and able to give them at least as good care as they had enjoyed with us. Knowing, however, of our sister Mission’s hope for expansion of territory, negotiations were entered upon early in the year, looking forward to the transfer of our northernmost fields to her hands. Discussion and conference gradually s h o we d that this w a s the direction in which the best interests of both Missions led; and ere long the Boards were petitioned for approval of the plan. Their approval of the terms, of transfer c a m e during the s ummer, with the stipulation that the actual trans­fer should have effect from January 1st, 1918.

“A m o n g the conditions of transfer were, the remaining on the field of the evangelists in our employ ; the gift of the properties used b y the churches to the receiving Mission; the purchase b y the Board of the receiving Mission of the mis­sionary residences in Morioka and Aomori; the promise of the receiving Mission to keep a male missionary in the evan­gelistic wtirk of this' field; and the promise of the transferring Mission to loan a fully equipped missionary for the- over­sight of the w o r k for t wo full years, in order to allow the

receiving Board to secure the reinforcement needed. T h e receiving Board on its part gladly undertakes to finance the w o r k in the field from January 1st.

“Mr. K u y p e r w a s in charge of this district until his depar­ture on furlough in October. From.that time Mr. H oekje w a s placed in charge, continuing to reside in Saga, however, until the beginning of the n e w year, which coincides with the begin­ning of the n e w relations of the field. Since the missionary in charge has not been resident on the field during the year, except that he enjoyed an- itinerary of ten days in S e p te m ­ber, it is not possible to give a detailed report of the con­ditions in the various outstations. However, there have with­out exception been baptisms; and though the usual special meetings were impossible in most of the places, the regular services and S u n da y schools have been faithfully conducted by the evangelists in charge.

Iwate Prefecture-Morioka Station.“Ichinoseki has enjoyed another year under the devoted

leadership of Rev. and Mrs. S. Sato. A n interesting feature is the holding of four prosperous S u n d a y School meetings for children on weekdays in towns and villages near at hand. In this w o r k Mr. Kur ok aw a, a recent graduate of the Meiji Gakuin, assisted during the summer. T h e w o r k has continued to receive the good will of teachers in the schools, and to attract students.

“Miyako, also on the Pacific, can n o w be reached in one day, during the s u m m e r and fall months, by automobile from Morioka. Mr. Sasaki has in his isolation held the usual serv­ices, and had two. flourishing weekly meetings for children, besides occasional meetings for children and adults in other places.

“H i z u m e has, at the close of the year, once m or e bec om e an outpost of the Morioka pastor. During the early months of the year, Mr. Ishikawa served here. Audiences were small. For the fall months, M r . ' K u r o k a w a served the place, holding three weekly meetings for the children in as m a n y places.

H e also prepared one y o u n g w o m a n for baptism. U p o n his entering the barracks, the field w a s looked after, from Morioka, with children’s meeting every week, and preaching twice a month. G o o d audiences were reported.

“Pastor Ito has spent his ninth year at Morioka. T h e church progresses little by little toward self-support. It is encouraging to see the large n u m b e r of men, y o u n g and older, w h o assemble in the S u n d a y morning congregation. Miss Ueno, w h o assists in the excellent S u n d a y School, with five other teachers, holds three other meetings for children regularly as well.

“Mr. Igarashi has been able to hold the fort in conserva­tive, disapproving Fukuoka.' H e visits Ichinohe and Kintaichi regularly, and finds Christians and inquirers in each place, w h o need encouragement and reminders of G o d ’s grace. It is gratifying to have in this tow n a rented preaching place in a location that helps'to call attention to the fact that Christianity has c o m e to stay.

A omori Prefecture-Aomori Station.“Hirosaki is a Methodist stronghold in the north, but

being a city and a military and educational center, offers an interesting field to other denominations as well. Mr. Y a m a ­m o t o had an excellent foothold, and a n u m b e r of interesting inquirers. Since his departure, iMr. O w a 'malkes weekly visits from Aomori, and reports audiences of sixteen or eigh­teen, with a resident membership of three or four.

“There is nothing to discourage in the conditions or prospects of these fields. Mr. K u y p e r is to be congratulated not only upon the statesmanlike m a n n e r in which he began to w o r k out his plans for the occupation of the territory, but also for the loyalty to the Mission which he w a s able to inspire in the workers associated with him. There are rich opportu­nities for service here, for the missionary and the Japanese worker w h o are willing to w o r k hard, pray through, stay by the stuff, and endure physical hardship if . need d e m a n d

for the Gospel’s sake. T h e story of our Mission’s relations to these fields has not been one of failure, except as to occu­pation of the land. M a y it be the privilege of the succeed­ing Mission to enter m o r e completely into possession of the opportunities and gathering of the fruit.”

Miss W i n n ’s w o r k in this field has already been' noted elsewhere in this report.

Farewell to the Shinshu F ield.T h e Shinshu field has been transferred to the Church of

Christ in Japan. .Dr. Oltmans reports regarding the w o r k : “T h e w o r k at

N a g a n o w a s considerably hampered by the dissatisfaction „ of a n u m b e r of church people with the evangelist in charge.

T h e party spirit w a s aroused and ran high, so that s o m e m e m b e r s even left the church. It w a s d e e m e d best to detach the evangelist from the place and as the Mission had no other place for h im he w a s asked to resign, which he did in the autumn. Since then the church has been without a pastor.

“K a m i S u w a has continued in charge of evangelist Nishi- yama, and has well maintained itself in the dififerent branches of work. Mr. Nishiyama has gone with the w o r k into the service of the Domestic Board of Missions of the Church of Christ in Japan. •

“It is sincerely hoped that the giving up of so m u c h of our w o r k here in North Japan in order to concentrate our evangelistic efforts in K y u s h u m a y truly prove a wise step and for the good of the w o r k of the K i n g d o m in Japan as a whole, but the giving up is not done without a sigh.”

Dr. Ballagh writes: “M y report m a y be condensed into a few sentences. Chiefly prayer, correspondence and solicitude for the spiritual welfare of professed believers, and for the success of the evangelistic workers. T h e agitations caused by the transference of t wo of our oldest and most advanced fields to other caretakers has been a trying experiment to both the missionaries and workers engaged therein.”

Izu Field.T h e Izu field, apart from the cities of T o k y o and Y o k o ­

hama, is the only evangelistic field left iri the northern part of Japan. Dr. Oltmans says of the w o r k in I z u :

'Tn K a s h i w a k u b o Mr. Kurihara has remained in charge of the w o r k and has labored with his accustomed zeal, not­withstanding his physical drawbacks. A s always he has been scrupulous in the discharge of his duties, but the visible results have been meagre. T h e continuance of the w o r k under such limitations is a serious question for consideration.

“A t Mishima. the church has had the continued serv­ices of the Rev. Inagaki, n o w perhaps the oldest Protestant pastor in active service in Japan, i. e., as far as years of serv­ice is concerned. H e has fully earned honorable retirement with a pension, but as yet the Mission has no provision for that sort of thing, though w e are hoping to get it soon:

“A t G o t e m b a the Rev. Sonobe has continued to do good w o r k both in the t ow n itself and in the surrounding district, both at the regular church and at the evangelistic hall near the railroad. T h e latter is especially used for tens of thou­sands of pilgrims w h o climb Fuji mountain in the m on th s of July and August.”

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received, even if working in our o w n schools. During the year one y o u n g m a n w h o had received such training entered upon his duties in Steele A ca de my , and has given excellent satisfaction. T w o of the y o u n g w o m e n also completed their courses, and are doing splendid w o r k as Bible W o m e n .

F r o m the assisted pupils at Ferris Seminary a nd Sturges Seminary the Mission secures m a n y of its assistants in the w o r k for w o m e n and children conducted by its lady mission­aries. There were four or five such cases during the year. Assistance to girls in;schools of this grade is not only with the preparation of workers in view, however. Rather, since even in Japan of today y o u n g w o m e n are given far less oppor­tunity for education than y o u n g -men receive, the effort has been to contribute something, by selection of worthy candi­dates, to the cause of w o m e n ’s education, and the develop­m e n t of an intelligent Christian w o m a n h o o d for the sake of a strong Christian church. O u r share in this has been thirty girls in Ferris and thirteen in Sturges during the year

There are no supported students in the Middle Depart­m e n t of the Meiji Gakuin, and only four in Steele A ca demy, one of w h o m is preparing himself for the ministry, and wished first to complete his Middle School course. W e expect hence­forth to limit student support in Steele to those special cases of y o u n g men, seriously intending to enter the ministry; w h o are unable to complete the last year or t w o of this grade of~study without assistance. •

Nineteen students in the higher and Theological depart­ments of the Meiji Gakuin received support during the year as students for the ministry. T w o were graduated in June, one of w h o m is in service as an evangelist in Kyushu, and the- other of w h o m has begun a t wo years’ term of military service. T w o others committed so serious moral indiscre­tions during the year that they were asked to discontinue their studies. Such cases are disappointing^ but they s h o w also the great need of s ym pa th y and prayer for these y o u n g men, preparing themselves for Christian service, surrounded b y temptations, and bound b y social conditions which do not

further the m in their purpose. Another of our students, in another school, left us at the close of the year because he had lost faith in the conservative theology of the Apostles Creed. Japan has temptations intellectual as well as physical.

F erris Seminary.

Dr. Booth writes: “A n absence of a year and a half from the scenes of one’s normal activities puts one out of touch with the rapid m o v i n g of things Japanese, for in Galileo’s / historic phrase, ‘T h e world does move,’ even in the Orient. T h e furlough-existence followed in the homeland has, u n ­doubtedly, recuperative and recreational advantages for the tired schoolmaster, and he returns to the old routine life with renewed zeal and hopeful courage to attack again the unsolved problems of his vocation. His horizon has been broadened by contact and fellowship with leaders of Christian w o r k in the h o m e land, the inspirational value of which cannot be overrated, and he is m a d e to feel, that after all he is at least a ‘cog’ in the wonderful, divinely appointed m ec ha ni sm which has for its purpose the uplifting of mankind, and that the efficiency of its working depends, relatively upon h o w he functions at the place where he is put.

“Returning to Japan on the 6th day of November, 1917, without the companionship of her, w h o had, heretofore, always accompanied me, and .who, for nearly t wo score years had been m y inspiration, m y faithful co-worker, m y joy and comfort, m y feelings can be better imagined than described. However, the m e m b e r s of the Mission, old friends and ac­quaintances proved to be most kind and considerate and in m a n y w a y s helpful. Especially the wide circle of Japanese, w h o k n e w and loved Mrs/Booth, has m a d e it evident to m e that they sincerely share with m e the great sorrow that has entered into m y . life, and I a m truly grateful for the h u m a n s ym pa th y that has been so kindly bestowed upon me.

“A n expression of deep appreciation is due Miss K u y p e r and her associates, w h o have had to shoulder the extra burden

in our absence, and have carried on the w o r k here so success­fully. T h e loyalty, fidelity, and earnestness of the m e m b e r s of the Japanese staff, have been all that could be desired.

“T h e W o r k of the School: T h e apparent interest of the pupils is in a degree satisfactory., In a school, however, as in a living organism, there is always r o o m for improvement and growth, and our w at ch wo rd is F O R W A R D to the attain­m e n t of the best things in all departments of our endeavor. A b o v e all w e long for the awakening of a keener sense of the spiritual life in ourselves, our associates and in our pupils, that shall bring forth, in abundance, the fruits of the Spirit.”

Miss Kuyper, w h o acted as principal during the absence of Dr. Booth, reports the following: “T h e year in Ferris Seminary, while uneventful and with but little besides the regular routine w o r k to report, has been overshadowed by the sorrow that has c o m e to us in the passing a w a y of Mrs. Booth. T h e W e l c o m e meeting, for which already early and eager preparations had been made, gave place to a Memorial Meeting. F r o m m e m b e r s of the Alumnae, teachers and pupils were brought the most tender tributes of love and respect as testimonials to the life of faithful and loving service Mrs. Booth had for thirty-six years devoted to Ferris S e m ­inary.

“Dr. Boo th ’s return and resuming his w o r k in N o v e m b e r w as a matter of great satisfaction to all. Miss Hayashi, re­turning from her year’s visit in America, found a m ost hearty wel co me awaiting her.

“W i t h the exception of the science teacher, all the teach­ers are Christians. '

“T h e school year closed in M a r c h ; four were graduated from the Higher Course, three of w h o m , being supported pupils, became assistants to missionaries in evangelistic work. Three graduating from the English N o r m a l Course, entered the Higher Course in April. Seventeen graduated from the G r a m m a r Course.

“T h e school year opened in April with seventy n e w pupils, bringing the enrollment up to 255, an increase of 23 over the

preceding year. This increase in attendance has had a pro­portionately favorable effect upon the income of the school in increasing the a m o u n t of tuition fees.

“T h e advance in prices of food supplies, fuel and Idbor has m a d e -a raise in the price of board necessary; a further raise will soon have to be added. This, however, has not caused us the loss of a single dormitory pupil.

“There has been an admirable spirit in the dormitory life. This w a s especially seen in the sense of responsibility felt by the older girls which led t h e m to hold monthly meetings, of their o w n initiative, for consultation as to w a y s and mea.ns of m a k in g the dormitory an ideal h o m e for all. T h e y adopted s o m e excellent rules for their o w n conduct.

“In October the most severe typhoon experienced in m a n y years struck the east coast of Japan and with its great­est fury the T o k y o - Y o k o h a m a region, and with the tidal w a v e accompanying it did m u c h d a m a g e everywhere. O n the school compound, too, trees, fences and roofs suffered consider­able damage. After m u c h delay, due to scarcity of labor, all w a s repaired. T h e painting of the buildings n o w going on and soon to -be finished is giving the school a m u c h improved appearance.

“Eight neighborhood S u n d a y schools have been carried on, with an average attendance of 240. These children m et to­gether for the Christmas celebration in our school chapel on D e c e m b e r 22nd. A program given by the children and a talk b y one of the teachers led up to .what w a s for the children the climax of interest— the distribution of oranges and pres­ents and of special rewards for those w h o had been faithful in attendance throughout the year. T h e entire cost of the fruit and gifts w a s covered by voluntary contributions from pupils and teachers in the school.

“In November, the girls gave a little concert in the School, to which no one from outside w a s invited, and at which a collection w a s taken up for the S u n d a y School Christ­m a s expenses and for city charity work. A s the S u n d a y School expenses were largely m e t from personal gifts a m o n g

the girls, there remained twenty yen for charity work. W i t h this rice tickets were bought which the girls distributed to­gether with tracts a m o n g s o m e of the most destitute in the city.

“T h e leading Japanese newspaper in the city, following its usual custom of doing something special for the poor of the city at N e w Yea r ’s time and asking schoolgirls to assist, this year gave material for 300 children’s k i m o n o s ; these were all m a d e by the schoolgirls of the city, our girls m a k i n g thirty of them.

“O n e evening a w e e k has'been devoted by the domitory pupils to w a r relief w o r k — s o m e rolling bandages, others s e w ­ing or knitting. This has totalled considerable w o r k a c c o m ­plished.

“T h e s u m m e r conference of the Y o u n g W o m e n ’s Chris­tian Association m et in t wo sections last s u m m e r ; one at K o b e and the other at Sendai, at both of which our branch had a total representation of nine. All gave enthusiastic reports of the help and inspiration the meetings had been to them.

“During the year nine have received baptism and several others have expressed their decision to be Christians but have been hindered for various reasons from m a k i n g public con­fession of their faith.”

Miss Moulton, our music teacher, writes: “During the past year the pupils in m y Bible, .composition, and reading classes have s h o w n m u c h interest in their studies. T h e music pupils, of w h o m there are forty, have, for the most part, done faithful work, and consequently are m a k i n g good prog­ress.

“A t the beginning of the school year their voices were nat­urally untrained and not particularly musical, but with patience and perseverance on the part of their teachers wonders were wrought on the n e w pupils and m u c h to their delight they were able to join in the choruses at the Christmas exercises.

“O u r S u n da y School has an average attendance of thirty- five, four of w h o m professed their faith in Christ and were baptized the S u n d a y before Christmas. Six of the pupils were presented with medals by the Japanese S u n d a y School

Association for regular attendance. In the appeals for help that c a m e to the S u n d a y School at Christmas time, they, with one accord, responded gladly and sei]t a contribution of fif-

teen yen from their weekly collections taken during the year.”Miss Jeannette Oltmans writes: “I have been pleased

to note a great improvement in the application of several of m y pupils in their class w o r k and in others, through personal conversations, a spiritual enthusiasm and a desire to live daily an humble, helpful, Christian life. .

“T h e senior class, graduating last spring, had four m e m - ■ bers. O f these girls, t wo are n o w in evangelistic work; the

third, a girl w h o has always been excellent in class work, has been kept in school as one of the teachers; and the fourth returned to the school this fall in the capacity of personal

- teacher for Miss Kuypter and myself.“T h e three normal course graduates of last spring have

returned and are enrolled as, regular m e m b e r s of the Middle Class in the Higher Department. T h e class to graduate from the regular department this spring has a membership of nine­teen girls. It is a class w h o s e record has been good, several of its m e m b e r s having done specially praiseworthy work. T h e class, as a whole, has been mar ke d by a spirit of earnest attention to its lessons and an endeavor to improve all English branches. .

“Last spring I began visiting neighborhood S u n da y Schools with s o m e of the«schoolgirls. T h e children w h o c o m e

p to these schools are of the poorer class, little ragamuffins, with babies on their backs and small brothers and sisters follow-

^ ning in their wake. T h e y are rather unruly, but sing the h y m n swith enthusiasm and listen to the Bible stories with apparent attention, as s o m e answer the questions put to the m intel­ligently. M a y these small beginnings have big results!”

Sturges Seminary. .Miss Noordhoff, our senior missionary at Sturges, reports

the following: “O u r school has enjoyed a' year of blessing

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and growth by the grace of God. T h e n u m b e r of students has increased to 185 in the past year and about 33 per cent, of these are Christians. T h o u g h this is the actual enrollment the average attendance is m u c h smaller, as there are a large n u m b e r of Sewing, Cooking, and Music pupils w h o do not attend regularly. These are the ones w h o are hard to reach, hence our percentage of Christians is greatly reduced. All the teachers in the school are Christians, except one.

“All the foreign ladies teach in the S u n d a y School held in the school chapel. A s there is a large class of Sturges students and a few also from the G o v er nm en t school, Miss Noordhoff has taken a class in the church S u n d a y School. There are three street S u n d a y Schools under the supervision of the missionaries, and in these and in the church Sun da y School fourteen students of the school are teaching regularly. T h e street S u n d a y Schools average about 130. ’

“W e have been called upon to m o u r n the loss of one of our pupils. She w a s baptized in the Spring and m a d e a beautiful confession of faith both by w o r d of m o u t h and by the life of faith and patience she s h o w e d during the months she spent on her sick bed, and her classmates and friends will not easily forget w h a t belief- in our Lord and Saviour did for their friend. ‘T h o u g h dead she still speaketh’ to t he m as to her family. .

“T h e Christian Endeavor Society continues to be' the strong Christianizing factor in the school, giving the girls practical evidences of w h a t the Lord has done for its m e m ­bers. A year ago they formed a w o r k society with the object of earning s o m e m o n e y to help the church in this city, and last fall at the dedication services they were able to give Y e n 150.00 toward the n e w building. A t the Christmas giv­ing service, they gave another Y e n 25.00 for the.same purpose, m a k i n g a very neat little s u m for such a small society to raise in such a short time. „

' “T h e Christmas service this year took the form of the W h i t e Christmas. After the pageant and the other exercises of the program, the girls brought forward their free-will offer-

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ings and w e were surprised to find that the totM s u m of all gifts w a s Y e n 115.67 or about $58.00. These were, all gifts offered freely as classes or individuals for different purposes, such as the w o r k of the Board of Domestic Missions, w o r k a m o n g lepers, the poor of this city, and the orphan asylum. T h e offering of the audience w en t to the w o m e n and children in war-stricken countries. It has only been these past t w o years that our principal has had the courage to ask the audience to take part in giving something to those more, unfortunate than themselves, such as the Belgians and Armenians, and perhaps rightly so, as the large proportion of the audience were not Christians and s o m e of the m were present for the first time at a Christian gathering, but w h e n w e think that this year w e as a school were able to give to the Lord for various lines of w o r k the above s u m s certainly w e have a right to be thankful to G o d for His grace in teaching thesepeople h o w to give. .

“Another interesting meeting held at Sturges this year w a s the observance of Luther’s anniversary. This w a s in charge of the fifth-year class and they certainly did well, each one in turn giving a short talk on s o m e phase of his life and work. This class studies Bible history in its course in Bible and they s h o we d that they understood well w h a t Luther had done for the world. Especially sweet w a s the singing of Luther’s Cradle S o n g as a solo b y one of the girls at the close of her talk on the h o m e life of Luther.

“W e close the year with thankful hearts to H i m w h o has helped us in the difficulties that c a m e to us, and pray for further strength to go on, asking the prayers of all those w h o love the Lord and His work that w e m a y go on to greater and better results in His work.

“A s in former years I have had the pleasure of conferring with the school girls in their requests for material with which to do s u m m e r work, such as S u n d a y Schools in their h o m e towns. T h e responses have been as usual, s o m e were dis­appointed, s o m e were rejoiced at the outcome. O n e of the girls w h o w a s most discouraged at her first effort a year ago

c a m e back and said that the Buddhist schools which had opposed her so m u c h the year before that she had to give up were all closed this year and that her pupils c a m e back and she had a flourishing. S u n d a y School of about' thirty-five every week. Another w h o held hers in the Buddhist temple yard the year before c a m e back hap py because so m a n y of the s a m e children returned to her school to hear m o r e of the Gospel. N o t only that, but her father w h o had been a drinking m a n had stopped his wine and w a s trying to con­vert his old cronies to the s a m e thing. U p o n being asked whether h e r ' father had ever spoken of receiving baptism, she said, ‘Yes, but it is a good m a n y miles to a t o w n where there is a worker or an evangelist, so he has not yet gone to any church.’ T h e seed is s o w n in m a n y places but no one is there to reap. ‘H o w shall they hear?’

“T h u s w e have a n u m b e r of things to be thankful for this year and w e go on gladly into the n e w year, k no wi ng that H e w h o helped us to the end of our tasks this year and all former years will again help and bless. W e sincerely ask the prayers of all the church at h o m e upon this w o r k and these workers that w e m a y g o on to greater things for the Lord.”

Miss Evelyn Oltmans reports: “I find the school has a splendid religious atmosphere— the girls seem always willing and glad to lead and take part in any of the meetings. Every M o n d a y the- Y o u n g W o m e n ’s Christian Association has its meeting. T h e attendance is voluntary. A b o u t two-thirds of the pupils are members, and all others are urged tov attend. O n Thursday morning is the weekly school prayer meeting, led by the teachers and the girls. This meeting all the pupils are urged to attend, which they generally do.

O n S u n d a y morning the girls in the dormitory, about sixty in all, meet for S u n d a y School services in the chapel. T h e classes are. all taught by the matron in the dormitory and the foreign teachers. M y class is the third year and these girls I teach in Japanese. T h e fourth and fifth year pupils are taught in English. O n S u n d a y morning is the regular

church service, to which the girls march in a body. T h e girls are often asked to sing a h y m n during the service, and their sweet, y o u n g voices are always a pleasure to listen to.

“S u n da y evenings the dormitory girls meet in one of the large class rooms for a quiet service. These meetings are led by the foreign teachers, w h o take turn about. A n d once a m o n t h w e have a missionary topic, which the girls always seem to enjoy very much.

“Miss Noordhoff and I each have a street S u n d a y School which is held S u n d a y afternoons. T h e girls do the teaching, arid w e simply supervise and see that order is maintained, and things run smoothly. Both street S u n d a y Schools m et at the school on the 22nd of D e c e m b e r for their Christmas program. T h e children took part in songs and speeches, and a talk w a s given by one of our lady teachers— the one w h o so ably translated ‘Pollyanna’ into Japanese. T h e n inex­pensive toys and cakes were given each child.”

Steele A cademy. '

Steele A c a d e m y reports a very successful year. There are three private schools in the city, and keen competition, but all the students that could be a cc om mo da te d were obtained, and during the m o n t h of April the enrollment reached 386, which w a s the highest enrollment in the histoty of the school. T h e last year m a r ke d the completion of the second dormitory at a cost of about Y e n 6,000, which w a s collected during Mr. W a l v o o r d ’s furlough in 1912. Another improvement of the year w a s the tearing d o w n and erection on another site of the exercise shed. This m ak es r o o m for a tennis court, which has been greatly needed by the boys. T h e spiritual life of the A c a d e m y is in a healthy condition, 14 boys having united with the church last year. There has also been a growing interest in the Sun da y School, with an increased attendance, the enrollment having reached 137.

J A P A N M I S S I O N 117M eiji G akuin.

T h e following account of the Fortieth Anniversary ap­peared in the ‘JaPan Evangelist’ for December, 1917: “O n N o v e m b e r third, F ou nd er ’s D a y of Meiji Gakuin, the institu­tion celebrated its fortieth anniversary. Strictly speaking, Meiji Gakuin, as such, is only thirty-one years old, for it w a s in 1886. that the present organization w a s accomplished by the merging of t wo older institutions. These were the U ni on Theological School, formerly located in Tsukiji, Tokyo, and founded in 1877, and the T o k y o Uni on College, founded in 1883, and also located in Tsukiji. T h e T o k y o U ni on Col­lege w a s itself an institution formed by the merging of t wo schools. These were a school founded by Mr. Jno. Ballagh in 1875 a n d ‘located at first in Y o k o h a m a and later in Tokyo, and the Sen Shi G a k k o founded by Dr. Wyckofif in Y o k o h a m a in 1881. It should also be said that while the U ni on T h e o ­logical School, which has b e c om e the Theological Depart­m e n t of Meiji Gakuin, w a s not founded as such until 1877, the first body of students that entered this institution had been receiving instruction in classes field in the h o m e of Dr. S. R. B r o w n ever since 1872. In fact, these classes though not organized as a school, were to all intents and purposes a real school having three or four regular teachers. Judged by the results they were m o r e productive than m a n y regular schools of today, for they had enrolled such m e n as Drs. U e m u r a and Ibuka and a n u m b e r of nobles w h o later m a d e their n am es as leading statesmen of the Meiji era. T h u s in a very real sense Meiji Gakuin Fortieth Anniversary should have been called the Forty-fifth Anniversary.

T h e forenoon w a s taken up with a ceremony held in the chapel and which w a s attended b y a goodly n u m b e r of friends and representatives from the Government, Christian institutions and other Christian bodies. Nea r the close of the p rogram a special recognition w a s extended to eight m e n w h o had served the institution fifteen years or more. These were Mr. John Ballagh, Dr. W m . Imbrie,' Dr. Ibuka, Mr.

Landis, Mr. K u m a n o , Mr. Kasai, Mr. Okami, and Mr. Miyachi: O f these Mr. Ballagh had served the longest, having been' connected with the institution from its beginning and having been the founder of one of the schools that were m e r ge d w h e n Meiji Gakuin w a s organized on its present basis.

“A t noon luncheon w a s served to the guests, and early in the afternoon began an interesting program of field sports which continued until sunset and which w a s attended b y over 2,000 visitors. In the evening an A l u m n i banquet w a s held at the Shiba Sanentei at which about eighty were present. A t this .meeting plans were laid which look towards a m o r e effective co-operation between the alumni and the school authorities for the extension of the usefulness of the MeijiGakuin.” ( • < '

T h e Middle Department (corresponding roughly to the "•High School in the United States) has.had the largest attend­ance in its history, the n u m b e r reaching 473. T h e College Department, which has largely been a preparatory school for the Theological Seminary, has added this year an English N o r m a l Course. T h e w o r k pf the Seminary has been w e a k ­ened by the loss by sickness of one of the regular instructors w h o has fallen a victim, as so m a n y of our trained m e n do, to the dread disease of tuberculosis. O n e of the students died during the year, but his life on his sick bed w a s of such strength that the whole family are n o w earnest students of Christianity and the mother has already been baptized. T h e father of one of the students w h o had died sent in Y e n 300.00 in m e m o r y of his son. A neighbor has given in m e m o r y of

' his former wife the s u m of Y e n 2,000.00 to be used for athletic purposes.

A n encouraging activity in musical lines has been aroused b y an enthusiastic teacher, and the College and Seminary students have given t wo very creditable public performances, assisted b y outside talent. T h e y filled the chapel both times with paid admissions. T h e flood caused b y the typhoon and tidal w a v e of N o v e m b e r caused so m u c h distress in the' out­skirts of T o k y o that our College and Seminary students were

dismissed from classes to help in- the relief work. This w a s acknowledged b y a h a n d s o m e certificate of appreciation which reads as follows:

T o the Student B o d y of Meiji Gakuin:In November, 1917, y ou graciously and without stint

helped in relief w o r k m a d e necessary by the typhoon and rain, and in grateful recognition of this w e present you with this parchment. ■

. Signed and Sealed by the Governor of T o k y o Fu.

T h e impression the writer has gotten in compiling this report and in meeting m a n y of the m e n and w o m e n w h o have written the .different sections of it is one of encourage­ment. T h e intensive w o r k being started, and which is well under w a y in Kyushu, promises to bring to fruition the hopes of the workers in concentrating there on the evangelistic work. In the schools m o r e intensive w o r k is being done likewise, and m o r e thought is being put into the solution of the educa­tional and spiritual problems facing the workers. T h e church in America m a y feel confident that their workers in Japan are using every dollar given t h e m and every ounce of energy in the most careful and prayerful way, for as American citizens -and citizens of the K i n g d o m of G o d they realize with those in the h o m e land the great struggles that are going, on in the world today.' .

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H N A

ARABIA

THE ARABIAN MISSION.Founded 1889. Incorporated 1894. A dopted by R. C. A. 1894.

Missionaries.— Basrah: Rev. James Cantine, Rev. J. E. Moerdyk, Miss C. B. Kellien. Bahrein: Rev. D. Dykstra, Rev. G. J. Pennings, Dr. P. W. Harrison, Rev. H. A. Bilkert, Miss J. A. Scardefield, Miss M. C. Van Pelt. Maskat and Matrah: Rev. G. D. Van Peursem, Miss Fanny Button, Dr. Sarah L. Hosmon. Kuweit: Dr. C. S. G. Mylrea, Rev. E. E. Calverley, Miss G. Shafheklin. ' i

Associate Missionaries.— Mrs. James Cantine, Mrs. D. Dykstra, Mrs. C. S. G. Mylrea, Mrs. E. E. Galverley, Mrs. P. W. Harrison, Mrs. G. D. Van Peursem, 'Mrs. H. A. Bilkert.In Cairo, Egypt.— Rev. and Mrs. S. M. Zwemer.In America.— Rev. and Mrs. F. J. Barny, Rev. and Mrs. J. Van Ess.

REPORT OF THE ARABIAN MISSION FOR THE . YEAR ENDING N O V E M B E R 1, 1917.

■ It has been a year of war. A campaign which has lasted for three years and has engaged hundreds of thousands of men, is only n o w being driven to a successful conclusion. All of Arabia is being profoundly changed, but Mesopotamia, the seat of actual hostilities, has been utterly transformed. T h e external transformation is startling enough. O n e seems to be exploring a n e w country which is a curious mixture of elements frctai India, England, and Arabia. T h e internal transformation is m o r e important, and to those w h o have eyes to see, even m o r e remarkable. M e n walk nearly as fast in Busrah, as in America. There is a restless energy, a break­ing a w a y from old and time-honored habits, a willingness to accept the new, that is quite a revolution in itself. There are other results less happy. A spirit of commercialism fills the atmosphere. T h e grip of Islam on m e n ’s hearts is paralyzed in the face of it, and the s a m e m u s t be said of Oriental Chris­tianity. There is a thirst for a m u s e m e n t and luxury quite foreign to the spirit of the East, which in its intensity could hardly be surpassed in N e w Y o r k Uself. M e n no longer rec-

ognize the bonds of religion, and it is not surprising that i m ­morality flourishes. ■

/ Unfortunately this shattering impact of the W e s t upon the Eakt, is bound to be no temporary thing. S o m e of the m o r e glaring excesses incident to the period of transition will doubtless disappear within a few years, but if h u m a n judgment can be trusted at all, w e mus t recognize that there has been a fundamental and permanent change in the char- acteij of our task. In the future w e will no longer w o r k in a social order which is • purely Arabic. T h e w o r k is to be complicated, and the difficulties increased b y a conflict of Eastern and Wes te rn ideals in things religious, political and economic. Mesopotamia doubtless will be the most c o m ­pletely transformed, but unquestionably the whole of Arabia will be profoundly affected.

S o m e surprising results are already evident. T h e Ara b is mor e tolerant than before. This result so contrary to w ha t w a s anticipated, seems to be due to t wo things. In the first place his interest in the next world is fading, and as it fades his reasons for intolerance disappear. In the second place, the w a r has s h o w n h im that after all, so-called Christians and M o s l e m s are m u c h alike-. M o h a m m e d a n intolerance is due, in no small degree, to an uncomfortable conviction d o w n in the bottom of his heart, that in Christ he faces a better prophet and in Christianity a better faith, than his own. T h e present w a r has m a d e h im believe that the differences he has seen are • only superficial; that fundamentally m e n are m u c h alike no matter w h a t their religion m a y be. Both w h a t he has heard from Europe and w ha t he has seen at home, have gone far to convince h im that all religions are equally futile and equally powerless, in the face of the passions and the selfishness of men. .

Another change of great significance is the definite aban­d o n m e n t of all political aspirations. T h e dreams of Pan- Islamism have died hard, but they are dead. T h e campaign in Mesopotamia with the tremendous forces involved, the heavy guns, the aeroplanes, wireless apparatus, etc., have

s h o w n the A r a b that his wildest dreams of military operations are mere child’s play. A s one A ra b said with a touch of Oriental exaggeration, “W e c a m e d o w n from B a g d a d to Bas­rah. In the river steamer touched steamer, and on shore tent touched tent, for the whole distance.” W h a t the Ara b desires n o w is the protection of a European Power, and most of the m prefer'England to any other.

A painful result of the w a r and all that the w a r has brought, has been the collapse of the Protestant Christians. These m e n c o m e from the Protestant Christian c o m m u n i t y of the Mardin district in Turkey, and in Busrah .quite a little church of this type has g r o w n up. This Protestant c o m m u ­nity is the result of missionary w o r k of the American Board. Originally a most corrupt Oriental church, it has been quite transformed, and m e n from it have carried a very large part of the burden of our Evangelistic w o r k in Arabia. T h e w o r k of Bible distribution especially has been largely in theirhands. '

T h e extraordinary temptations of these days have proved too m u c h for them, and hardly a m a n is unaffected. Helpers n o w employed are d em an di ng large increases in their salaries if they are to remain in their present positions. M a n y have left already. T h e Protestant Church of Busrah has almost disappeared. After the w a r there will probably be a partial recovery, but with their o w n country under a just and stable government it is doubtful if m a n y will w a n t to w o r k in Arabia. O u r hospital w o r k is being largely carried on with M o s l e m helpers, and increasing use is being m a d e of m e n and w o m e n from India. S o m e few of the Mardin m e n are still with us. For the future w e are trusting that H e w h o s e w o r k it is, will supply w h a t is needed and guide us in its use.

T o all the other (difficulties of the w o r k m u s t be added the shortage of workers, especially of Doctors. W e have only two m e n doctors left, and of our t wo w o m e n doctors, one goes h o m e on furlough this spring. T h e situation is so serious that the Mission passed the following resolution. .

“Resolved that w e reiterate to the Board of Trustees the

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great need of Arabia for medical m e n and w o m e n . Our. finest hospital is standing e m p t y and unused, and opportunities that are the answer to the prayers of thirty years, .we are powerless to meet.” '

However, in spite of wars and rumors of wars, of multi­plied temptations, and increased difficulties, G o d has seen fit to s h o w His pow er in Arabia as never before in the Mission’s history. T h e prayers of m a n y years are being answered in the opening of the inland country .to the Gospel. This prog­ress centers, as might be expected, around the medical work. Everywhere the ministrations of the doctor are softening hard hearts, and m a k i n g friends. Everywhere the volume of m e d ­ical w o r k is increasing and patients from far a w a y taking back reports that open n e w doors. Dr. H o s m o n reports from Muscat that in spite of unsettled conditions in O m a n the w o m e n continue to c o m e from those districts, although in smaller numbers. In K u w ei t -the n u m b e r of patients is in­creasing steadily. In both Muscat and K uweit approximately 1,500 n e w w o m e n have been seen and treated, while in each place the total treatments have a mo un te d to about 5,000. Dr. Mylrea in K u w ei t has treated '2,789 m e n and had a total of 5,693 treatments, an increase over last year of 30 per cent. In Bahrein the numbers were larger still.

T h e significance of these figures is not simply in the a m o u n t of physical suffering which has been alleviated. For m a n y years it has been the hope and the prayer of those w h o have the evangelization of Arabia on, their hearts, that by m e a n s of this ministry of kindness, the great untouched inte­rior country might be opened, and G o d is beginning to give us the answer. Dr. Harrison w a s invited to Riadh for a stay of twenty days, this past S u m m e r , and reports a most interesting and satisfactory time, with ejvery prospect for fur­ther and m o r e extended trips. Riadh is m or e than the capital of Central Arabia. In a real sense, it is the capital of the whole empire of Islam, and perhaps the most important city strategically in the entire peninsula. E v e n on this first trip, it w a s possible to open the clinics with a brief prayer service.

Hassa will probably send a similar invitation in the near future. Kuttar has already done so. Kateef and Dareen were visited during the year and were as cordial as ever. It looks as if the long struggle for a foothold in the interior is to be crowned, b y G o d ’s power, with success.

Obviously this will call for a large increase in our forces, in the near future. Central Arabia cannot be occupied and held without men, and especially medical men. T h e long, difficult, tedious task of establishing the Gospel in that bar­ren desert country can hardly be done b y anyone else. N o t m a n y posts can be found as hard and as unattractive. T h e country is a weary, barren, sun-baked wilderness, and the hearts of its people are formed after the s a m e pattern. T h e strength and the hardness and the barrenness of the desert seem to have entered into their lives. T h e pleasant things of this world they k n o w little about. Their hopes for political pow er they have been compelled to abandon, but their spirit is as proud and their devotion to their o w n faith as intense as ever. T h e increased tolerance of the Mesopotamian Ara b finds no echo in their hearts. T h e first words spoken to the missionary doctor as he entered that city were not the custom­ary “Peace be upon, you,’\but “D o you testify that there is no G o d but G o d ? ”

These m e n are the real backbone of Islam. Elsewhere Eastern superstition or W es te rn science m a y rule m e n ’s hearts, but here m e n give undivided allegiance to the M o s l e m G o d in his solitary and overwhelming omnipotence. T h e great ideas which give Islam its p ow er have their fountain-head in Central Arabia, and the opportunity of taking Christ to m e n such as these is a privilege G o d gives to few. There are not m a n y posts as important. T h e campaign for the M o s ­lem heart, from the Philippine Islands to Russia, and from China to W e s t Africa, will be affected b y it.

G o d is opening the country to the Gospel, and H e is using the Mission to dissipate the fogs of ignorance, and to melt the hard stony prejudice which bars the progress of His truth like a concrete wall. T h e schools organized by the

„ Mission in all of its stations and carried -by .prayer and sacri- . fice through years of opposition and hatred, are at last coming into their- own. T h e Busrah School for boys enrolled one hundred last year. This year it begins with an enrollment of one hundred and thirty. T h e Girls’ School has an enroll­m e n t of nearly fifty. A. visit to those schools is enough to take the pessimism out of anybody. Their reputation has travelled hundreds of miles, and is a reinforcement to hard­-pressed missionaries to the very limits of our field. Every pupil studies the Bible, and gets a view of Christ’s teaching, and of Christian character, which mus t m a k e his whole out­look different, and help m a k e h im a worthy builder of the Social Order that is to be in this land.

T h e school is already contributing to the general educa­tional situation. Mr. V a n Ess has published an Arabic G r a m ­mar, and Mr. M o e r d y k has revised a text for beginners in English. T h e whole tremendous problem of education in Mesopotamia is being grappled with, and one of the major functions of our school is the furnishing of teachers for elementary schools throughout the country. 1

T h e sam e thirst for education is beginning to be felt in the other stations. T h e school in Bahrein starts the n e w year with t wo teachers instead of one, and with a budget m o r e than doubled. There are t wo schools besides our o w n in Bahrein, and the situation while exceedingly difficult, is full, of p r o m ­ise. T h e attendance this year approached thirty, and there is every reason to expect a m u c h larger attendance n o w that a Persian teacher is possible. There is also a d e m a n d for education from outlying districts such as Dareen and Kateef. T h e School in K u w ei t reached twenty-three in attendance and in the face of determined and long-continued opposition w a s reduced to ten. It still flourishes. T h e Muscat School has had a successful year. .

Altogether w e can rejoice that at last a thirst for truth and advancement is beginning to appear. It is w e a k as yet, and has in it m u c h that is unworthy and undesirable, but it m e a n s progress and constitutes a great opportunity for us.

TYPICAL BEDOUIN

MUSCAT

THE OLD REGIME IN MESOPOTAMIA

A PRIMITIVE BRIDGE AT A M A R A

A long, wea ry road is ahead, and it will require m e n and m o n e y and hard w o r k and patience to meet the situation, but w e can afford to thank G o d and take courage that even in Arabia the m a r c h for better things has begun. . ,

A b o v e all, w e thank G o d that H e is drawing m e n to H i m ­self. There are perhaps three stages, in the progress of the M o h a m m e d a n heart toward Christ. W h e n m e n listen to the Gospel with respect and interest, instead of insults and revil­ing, w e recognize that the first stage has been passed. W h e n m e n c o m e to hear the Gospel voluntarily and often with great effort, w e have gained the second stage, and w h e n m e n per­sonally study and seek, they are approaching Christ h i m ­self. In all of our stations w e have passed the time of revil­ing and insult. In hospitals w e hear of sincere and respect­ful interest. Mrs. Calverley writes from K u w e i t that not a w o r d of opposition to the Gospel message w a s heard during the year. Mr. M o e r d y k tells of Bible lessons being willingly accepted in the school in Busrah. Dr. H o s m o n reports real interest on the part of her patients in Muscat. E v e n a deter­mined and long-continued anti-Christian campaign on the part of the religious leaders in K u w ei t w a s without serious effect on the work. It apparently evoked little or no popular response. Everywhere w e have reached the stage of respect­ful interest.

Almost everywhere in our field the attendance of M o s l e m s at the Arabic services is increasing. T h e K u w e i t services are one of the brightest spots o n the whole Mission horizon. Throughout the year the attendance has been above fifty and often approaching or even exceeding one hundred. Such in­terest is a n e w thing in our Mission history, and its significance is incerased w h e n w e r e m e m b e r that this attendance remained practically unaffected by a bitter and long-continued campaign against the whole Mission and all its activities. N o w h e r e else have the audiences reached such a figure, but in Bahrein, and in Muscat, the interest has been exceedingly good. O nl y in Busrah have w e failed to see this advance, and that perhaps because of the unfortunate location of the chapel.

Bible sales during the year have been large. In Busrah, s where the soldiers bought many, over 3,000 were sold. Kuweit

reports a sale of nearly nine hundred. Bahrein, because of h crippled force, sold only 473. Especially encouraging reports c o m e from the Bible shops of A m a r a and Nasarieh, where there has been a large a m o u n t of direct personal w o r k both with the Arabs and in connection with the Y. M . C. A., also with the British forces.

O u r supreme object is to bring Christ to men, and to bring m e n to Christ. W e m a y have to w o r k and pray for .the opening of closed doors, and m u c h of our-effort m a y be spent in removing obstacles, but missionaries w o r k in Arabia as elsewhere, for the one object of winning men. It is because w e see Christ drawing m e n and w o m e n to himself, that hard­ships are trifles, and difficulties privileges. His w o r k in m e n ’s hearts has been especially evident a m o n g the w o m e n of Bahrein, and a m o n g the m e n of Kuweit. Makkieh, the one baptized A r a b w o m a n in Bahrein, has continued to g r o w in Grace. H e r testimony is sincere in season and out of reason, and is being m u c h used. She is less persecuted than form­erly. Besides M a k k i e h there are three other w o m e n , all apparently sincere in their faith, though none of the m has been baptized as yet. These w o m e n are passing through deep waters. T h e fires of evil desire in their o w n hearts, and forces of evil outside, conspire to drag t he m back. T h e y are “sometimes up an’ sometimes down.” O n e of the m especially has been such a care as to nearly wear Mrs. Dykfsra out. But through it all Christ’s- strength has been sufficient for them. T h e y need the prayer of every m a n , a n d every w o m a n w h o longs for the c o m in g of the K i n g d o m in Arabia, for as w e a k

' and as ignorant, and as imperfect as they are, the honor of Christ’s name, and the establishment of His church depend on them. .

There are three y o u n g m e n in Kuw ei t of w h o m m u c h the sam e is to be said. All the forces of the world and the flesh and the devil, are against these men, in that bigoted and fanatical city. T h e y face difficulties that it is impossible for

us to understand, m u c h less to carry' for them. Their very lives are far from safe, but G o d w h o has cared for the m thus far, can bring t he m out into a clear Christian experience, and consecrated Christian service.

T h e year behind us has been one of blessing. M a y the one before us be one of faith. W e never faced such difficulties, nor such opportunities. H u m a n reinforcements of prayer and m e n never seemed so necessary, although all h u m a n resources never before have been so obviously and so utterly inadequate. “A n d w h o is sufficient for these things? O u r sufficiency is from God, w h o also has m a d e us sufficient.”

G E N E R A L S U M M A R Y , 1917-1918

Stations occupied .................Out-stations and Preaching Places....Missionaries, men, ordained ........Missionaries, men, not ordained .....Associate Missionaries, married women..Missionaries, unmarried women.......Native ordained ministers ..........Other native helpers, men...........Native helpers, women..............Churches .......................Communicants ... _..............Received on Confession, 1916........Boarding Schools, Boys* ............Scholars ....... ................Boarding Schools, Girls* ............Scholars ........................Theological Schools ..............Theological Students ..............Sunday Schools ..............Scholars ........................Day Schools.....................Scholars ....................... .Hospitals and Dispensaries.........Patients Treated .... ............ .Native Contributions, Silver........ .Native Contributions, U. S. Gold.....

4 48851212

823763816

11781221113ID

4■3104

. 11 ' 5

273663614424645

105*66*

' 366221

251530

249

52031164

2,229136*5*

573*603*

1*

3,5933669

493

1,290158

2 7,114660

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123

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364 1,32045* 83

328519*

1,286*

2268,605209

863,439

3638

31812,392

23610,34811

224 11,85810 25

7,229t$36,425*$18,212*

84,630Rs.11,310

$3,77036,801 128,660

Y.25,683$12,842

Rs 1630$543 $35,367

* The figures of 1916-17.t Hope and Wilhelmina Hospitals open only six months. X Union institutions.

C O M P A R A T I V E S U M M A R Y , 1858-1918

Jl858 1868 1878 1888 1898 1908 1918

6 „ 10 11 11 23 29 27Out-stations and Preaching Places... 2

81814

4916

12328

24136

26841

36650

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6112 14

7219

3120

3333

4246

4 ‘ 6 26 30 37 4522 76 86 173 211 367 520

2 10 47 41 146 3117 13 31 47 47 42 64

297 816 1,563 4,559 - 5,564 5,282 7,1142 i 7 10 9 16%55 40 308 517 1,004 1,7241 3 5 10 11 uya

46 97 300 450 766 1,3207 19 32 61 80 83

6 17 44 106 201 195 23687 413 1,341 2,612 6,059 8,245 11,858

1 1 4 8 2515,507$1,134

9,673 18,046 107,571 128,660Native Contributions ........... $1,500 $8,325 $10,758 $24,500 $35,367

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727 6842 50 100 0065 00 70 9443 40 6 0011 81

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2019 66 2038 26 57 24 105 00

' 133 32116 94 71 36 6 00 15 3125 30 155 5711 7626 00

Albany, Madison Ave.... Albany, Third ....... 50 00 1195 5814 74Albany, Fourth ...... 5 00

15 0023 32 30 00

30 00Albany, Sixth ....... 5 00 11 00Bethlehem, First ..... 27 96Berne, Second ....... ,Clarksville ......... 3 50

9 00 ' 17 52

i6 30 77 2937 51

6 00 25 00

23 25 2 76Delmar, Unionville ....

Jerusalem ........... 3 001 00Knox .............

New Baltimore ...... 21 60 20 60 2 50

4 97 29 75 10 00 56 32

38 89 2 50

8 29Onesquethaw .......Union, Feura Bush ....

10 25 2 66 2-75 5 00 10 00

20'00 10 00 26 54W. M. Union ....... 26 54

Totals .......... 2190 79 136 30 8 00 2355 33 25 74 219 81 4935 97

CLASSIS OF BERGEN281 50 30 00 125 0031 99 10 00 78 5010 95 15 00179 93 200 008 00 "s 66Hackensack, Italian ....82 66 7 50 47 0010 00 18 74 22 00

12 00106 87 81 68 18 58 56 5058 70 44 58 67 RQ

Hasbrouck Heights .... Highwood ..........

20 00 25 00 45 0016 20 15 00 7 06

40 97 114 6557 00 15 76W. M. Union ....... 21 95

Totals .......... 888 57 208 70 18 58 816 25 "36 20 234 88 2203 18

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Jersey City, Bergen....Bayonne^ First ......Jersey City, First VanVorst ..... °......

Jersey City, Park ....Bayonne, Fifth St.....Hudson City, Second .. Jersey City, Lafayette.. Jersey City, Greenville. .Bayonne, Third ......Jersey City, First Ger.Evang..............

St. John’s Ger. Evang...Jersey City, Faith ....W. M. Union ........

Totals .......CLASSIS OF CASCADES

529 54 158 00

180 22

256 86

243 70 24 80 5 00

58 20

.| 1456 32

Big Timber, Hope ....Lynden .............Monarch ............Alderson, Alta, New Hol­land ..............

North Yakima........Oak Harbor .........San Francisco, Cal....

Totals

Im-CLASSIS OF CHICAGOChicago, First ...Chicago, Westsidemanuel .........

Danforth ........DeMott ..... ....Morrison, Ebenezer Englewood, First ..Fulton, First ....Fulton, Second ....Chicago, Gano ...Indianapolis .....Lafayette ........Lansing .........Mt. Greenwood ....Newton, Ziori ....Roseland. First

112 29 13 50

12 52 95 00 53 36

29 7330 00

43 06

34 93

59 6i

197 33

7 00

20 00

3 85

23 85

217 94 66 0073 22 13 00

119 03

35 00 15 00

9 40 105 36 16 32

670 27

3 70

50 00

286 *67

490 00

South Holland ....Spring Valley, UstickSymmit ...........Wichert ...........W. M. Union .....

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20 00

10 00

18 00

6 75 10 00

44 75

35 00 24 00 17 00

79 70

143 00

30 00 50 00

78 00 35 00 77 20 30 00 10 002530486430

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52 00

10 50

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20 00 14 78

34 78

150 00

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70 10 16

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479 65

793 00

208 88 196 394 367 564 556 105 80 15 00 67

438 86 180

2246 32 1619 41

71 30 70 75

113 89 65 00

33202035 71 7336

27305037

Totals 8248 79

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CLASSIS OF D A K O T A Aurora ....:......... 89 00

78 93 50 42 5 00 50 00 231 00

35 00 124 00 96 20 68 67 25 00 57 00

440 70 22 55 7 00 60 32 63 87 385 77 158 91 1838' 41 563 25 12 00 3 95

698 88 40 03

Castlewood .......... 10 27 3 25 7 00

15 00 5 00 7 00 28 30

Charles Mix .........Corsica ............. . 15 00Grand View, Armour . ,. Harrison ............ 25 00 156 40

5 00 ‘ 7 00

Hull, American ...... 15 00 2 55Lake View ..........Litchville ............ 55 32

58 87 113 60 98 14

1660-91 321 91 12 00

5 00Maurice, American ... 5 00 33 25 9 11 25 00 143 20

Monroe, Sandham Meml. North Marion ....... 100 00 26 68 112 24

51 66Orange City, American.. Springfield ........... 15 00 137 5026- 00 . 72 14Tyndall ..............Twin Brooks......... 3 95

144 93300 05 120 89 25 00 108 01 40 03W. M. Union ........

3125 15 285 41 55 00 582 00

10 00

166 73 452 22 4666 51

10 00 5 00 57 00 60 00 50 00 10 00 106 21 7 12 5 00

212 00 36 60 40 00 18 19 137 05 29 90 67*92

CLASSIS OF G E R M A N I A

Bethany .............Bethel .............. 5 00

37 00 60 00 35 00

Chancellor .......... 20 00Cromwell Center .....Davis ............... 5 00

10 00 . 10 00Delaware ............Dempster............. 82 15

7 12 5 00

200 00 10 00 40 00 18 19 88 00 29 90 52 92

14 06 10 00Herman .... ........ .Hope ...............Lennox, Second ..... 12 00Logan .............. 16 60 10 00Monroe, S. D .........North Sibley ........Salem— Little Rock ... 29 05 20 00Scotland ............Strasburg, N. D ....... 5 66 10 00

Totals ........... 670 28

2 50 17 44 15 14 4 00 29 25 833 25 15 00 217 59 8 21

104 53 268 00 1420 00 84 00

59 71\

9 28 5 10 21 33

40 00 82 00 851 99

11 78 52 29 54 78 4 00

194 12 1305 42 28 00 378 45 11 33

° 198 97 862 15 1830 12 550 00

CLASSIS O F G R A N D RIVER

Ada ................Atwood ............. 17 00 12 75

18 31Beverly Mission .....Brand Mission, S. D. . . Byron Center ........ 75 00

217 62 17 33 69 50 6 00 37 50

72 54 141 05 7 00 70 00

44 00. . tDecatur .............Detroit .............. 53 36

3 12 60 84 307 18 197 24 170 00

East Paris ..........Fremont ............. 28 35

135 00 144 38 85 00

■ 5 25 92 97 42 50 111 00

Grand Haven, hirst .... Grand Rapids, Third ... Grand Rapids, Fourth ...

35 00 7 00

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(Continued)Grand Rapids, Fifth ... Grand Rapids, Sixth ... Grand Rapids, Seventh Grand Rapids, Eighth . Grand Rapids, Ninth ..Grandville ..........Allendale, Mich..... 'Grant .... .........Kalamazoo, First*....Kalamazoo, Third ....Kalamazoo, Fourth ....Falmouth ...........Lament .............Moddersville ........Fruitport M. Fest....Muskegon, First ....Muskegon, Third ....New Era ...........Plainfield ..........Portage ............Rehoboth, Lucas.....South Barnard ......Spring Lake ........Twin Lakes .........Gr: Rapids M. Fest...W. M. Union........Allegan Mission .....

Totals

730 00 100 00 75 00 31 00 27 80 180 72 25 72 49 22213 58 26 00 14 10 20 356657181006633233 11112518 00

5070 28

4072013019075139

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115 3728 32 14 961 60 00

'97 48 47 50

2522 22

15 00 25 00 7 50 5 00

11 67

9 00

50 00

209 17

182 42 13 33 70 00 25 00 18 00 44 358 30

127 32 15 00 25 00

65 00 11 00 20 0014 00|15 00 10 0023 00 23 0024 97

1274 75

32 50

100 00 • 75 00 131 591 60 7 00

30 00

520 69

115 5357 29 75 12 98 00 35 59

20 00 30 00 14 00

25 00 45 00 6 00 8 005 00

62 90 16 00 17 12 28 99

1232 91

1468 17 148 67 357 79 428 75 298 80 532 08 25 70 154 313 94 14 20

72793258001035

91282351563414342333749868538

10830 02CLASSIS OF G R E E N EAthens .......Catskill .......Coxsackie, First . Coxsackie, SecondKiskatom .....Leeds .........W. M. Union. .. .

40 0029 04 109 9814 25

6 85 10 005 00

23 00 50 50 47 00 57 0014 60 23 0015 00

40 0010 00 603 37 5 60 11 235 00

75 00 700 72 91 64 183 2114 60 42 2515 00

Totals 193 27 16 85 5 00 232 10 40 00 635 20 1122 42CLASSIS OF H O L L A N D

.Beaverdam .....Cleveland, First .. Cleveland, Calvary Dunningville . .. .. East Overisel .....Ebenezer .....Graafschap....Hamilton .....Harlem ........Holland, first . . Holland, Third .. Holland, Fourth .

81 90254 83 24 91 45 12 40 53 61 13 105 04 11 95 239 67 825 001 103 30

Hudsonville . .. ........|.......|

68 5823 11 36 07 60 33

25 05iio’oo

5 00 11 37 62 70

20 00 40 95T25 66 15 005 70

290 22 13 00480 51 130 0C58 88 6 758 61

92 5070 50 219 82 39 12

141 00 128 00

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145 13 6 60

528 941 82 001 81 82] .... I

111 95 79 95 447 53 46 02 81 19 161 81 61 13 482 67 24 25

1283 33 1865 33 289 87 8 61

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CLASSIS OF1

H O L L A N D(Continued) 4*n no 203 16 113 02 21 25 797 43

76 50 143 85 597 38* nn 7 50 12 00 24 50

iifi no 63 00 10 00 72 00 162 96 423 9670S 01 250 00 15 60 184 89 705 00 1860 50

63 18 7 50 32 00 39 09 141 7787 50 15 00 136 42

52 00 128 47 4 00 69 00 59 00 312 47170 86 246 01 140 00 610 00 65 00 1231 87

Zeeland, Second...... 729 32 408 22 25 00 197 81 230 00 230 00 1820 35Colonial M. Fest,

150 00 37 07 187 0724 97 28 99 53 96

Totals ........... 4587 52 2606 55 234 35 1534 18 1109 00 2461 72 12533 32CLASSIS O F H U D S O N

23 38 11 25 2 50 147 18 10 00 194 312 95 4 52 23 96

105 60 15 97 6 00 16 50 5 00 149 0735 00 35 00

i? nn 12 00309 76 20 00 30 84 25 00 385 6087 05 20 00 3 21 21 00 5 30 136 56in nn 10 0091 00 34 83 17 60 32 70 176 13iss no 50 25 126 50 531 84in 7? in 47 21 19

9 39 9 391021 09 145 72 31 71 408 53 78 00 1685 05

CLASSIS OFILLINOIS

Bethany, 2nd Roseland.. 722 15 127 85 10 00 89 00 46 66 32 00 1027 6625 00 112 50 39 57 35 00 50 00 262 07203 45 37 65 50 00 5 00 10 00 306 1025 00 30 00 10 00 55 00 120 007 00 10 00 ■ 2 00 19 00

15 00 15 0010 00 3 75 13 75

Spring Lake, 111....... 25 25 73 83

5 00 83 09

2 00 2 50 23 35

1 00 27 02

- 35 75207 29

Totals ........... 1081 68 421 09 12 00 224 42 86 66 180 77 2006 62

CLASSIS OF I O W A \674 78 164 13 74 40 50 00 963 3161 00 25 00 31 00 10 00 127 00291 06 40 00 103 00 434 06836 61 588 47 85 00 50 00 1560 08207 65 66 75 50 00 28 12 352 52220 00 15 00 12 00 20 04 267 04

Churchville, Pipestone .. Clara City ...........

15 00 85 00 4 64

5 00 10 05 20 00

30 05 109 64

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CLASSIS OF I O W A(Continued)

20 42 25 71 14 27 60 4085 00 14 14 100 00 95 05 294 19

Free Grace, Middleburg.. 35 00 50 00 21 00 140 00 99 50 345 50Holland, Neb.......... 585 25 140 73 198 50 372 90 1297 38

185 00 220 00 15 00 25 00 50 00 495 00Hull, First........... 1810 84 178 10 10 00 85 00 25 00 2108 94

94 29 52 25 2 59 43 00 192 1310 95 23 66 4 00 38 61

8 97 5 00 9 75 23 7260 70 20 00 35 00 29 61 145 31

Maurice, First........ 239 82 128 36 34 00 115 00 10 00 20 00 547 1812 50 3 25 15 756 62 16 31 22 93

1253 76 230 00 75 00 15 00 135 00 1708 76Orange City, First.... 1139 69 358 65 23 84 157 85 266 50 730 59 2677 12

89 00 25 00 55 99 70 07 240 0629 50 132 00 56 00 96 93 314 4313 40 15 00 13 88 , 42 2838 80 100 00 110 00 97 95 346 7575 77 55 00 43 80 174 5717 77 5 54 11 58 8 00 42 8914 05 65 17 10 00 12 32 101 54

9 05 9 0515 50 4 75 20 25

Sheldon ............. 80 00 * 20 00 15 00 95 00 5 75

10 00 220 00 5 75

36 30 233 30Sioux Center, First .... 1782 95 227 85 20 00 208 25 190 00 132 75 2561 80Sioux Center, Cent..... 364 42 50 00 225 00 160 97 256 14 1056 53

11 15106 00 40 00 40 00 56 92 242 92

3 an 3 8010 50 25 00 • 35 50

4 20 4 202896 48 2896 48

40 02 40 02

Totals ........... 10768 07 2968 94 216 43 2202 05 677 47 | 5589 58 22422 54CL-'SStS n r .

■ KINGSTON114 00 5 00 36 39 5 00 160 39

6 83 6 8311 27 19 37 50 00 13 00 93 6434 00 15 00 8 30 24 50 81 8047 55 22 50 6 00 60 50 23 00 159 551.11 =14 130 63 42 70 304 87

? nn 2 50 4 507. sn 5 00 7 50

16 86 45 00 87 86593 47 66 53 10 00 670 001 si 75 00 2 50 79 03i as 1 00 2 82

11 50 ‘ 11 503 98 16 22 6 60 26 80

18 00 18 003 00 3 00

Totals | 969 66| 63 70| 19 30| 512 631 | 152 80| 1718 09

CLASSES A N D CHURCHES.

N O R T H CLASSIS OF L O N G ISLAND

Jamaica, First ......Newtown, Elmhurst ...Oyster Bay .........North Hempstead ....Williamsburgh ......Astoria, First .......Flushing ...........Brooklyn, Kept St....So. Bushwick .......Astoria, Second .....Queens .............Ger. Evang. St. Petri ..Sayville ............Locust Valley ......College Point .......Long Island City ....Steinway ...........New Hyde Park.....Sunnyside ..........Winfield ............W. M. Union........

TotalsS O U T H CLASSIS OF

L O N G ISLANDBrooklyn, First .......Flatbush, First ......Grace ..............New Utrecht ........Gravesend, First.....Flatlands ...........Forest Park.........So. Brooklyn ........Brooklyn, Twelfth St...Brooklyn, Bethany...Church on Heights...New Brooklyn ......Canarsie ............Ocean Hill ..........Edgewood ..........Ridgewood . ........ .Greenwood Heights .. ..Bay Ridge ..........Woodlawn...........W. M. Union........

Totals .........Cr a s s t s orMICHI G A N

Hamilton, American .. Grand Rapids, Bethany Kalamazoo, Bethany .. Grand Rapids, Bethel . Grand Rapids, Calvary

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39 49 119 00 30 00 3 75 25 00

145 51 1018 34 399 20 68 75 155 07

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CLASSIS OFMICHIGAN(Continued)

Grand Rapids, Grace ... 165 00 140 00 59 00 100 00 102 00 566 00Grand Haven, Second .. 137 45 28 07 76 54 57 00 33 54 332 60Grand Rapids, First .... 187 69 58 60 45 50 40 00 265 15 596 941080 85 55 00 213 75 186 69872 28 111 77 198 92 77*S onGrand Rapids, Zion ... 20 75

700 00 131 50 152 00 7 81 20 751 14 3170 00 25 00 48 62 60 00 2n.3 67!15 00 13 nn

Muskegon', Second *.... 49 72 29 57 25 00 121 93 50 00 15 55 291 77Kalamazoo, North Park.. 67 35 95 69 . 7 00 34 50 51 51 256 05Holland, Trinity ..... 51 80 73 00

170 00 25 00

40 00 4 00

78 83 65 00 405 63 102 00

50 00 nn3 00 3 nn

24 96 78 90 33 03Totals ........... 4178 49 957 47 67 00 1376 73 1006 58 1578 48 9164 75CLASSIS OFM O N M O U T H

41 73 5 00 88 f>f>25 72 o 7 00 29 5020 36 75 20 18 8125 00 132 93 2 50 145 00 77 1 *27 00 9 00 18 00

5 55 13 00 18 3323 00 2 00 35 00 10 00 7n nn11 37 24 47 7 15 42 9912 00 15 00 4n nn

W. M. Union......... 16 99 16 99286 18 161 48 460 82 194 25 1105 23

CLASSIS OF2 50|

M O N T G O M E R Y39 30 25 40 55 01 14 32 134 0336 42 101-75 6 75 144 924 00 4 0055 00 39 12 5 00 30 00 129 122 00 2 00

8 15 8 1 346 00 18 43 62 25 20 00 146 6846 81 10 00 54 00 10 00 120 8147 69 93 50 10 00 151 1940 00 13 00 6 00 15 00 74 0013 00 10 00 23 0068 13 23 18 75 30 28 38 194 9978 47 88 40 8 72 175 596 39 6 3926 55 6 22 46 00 78 77

Lodi ................ 50 00 15 46 75 50 10 00 150 964 50 4 50

5 35 5 35Naumburg ........... ■ 10 00 10 00

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19 18 15 00 1 80 qr12 50 12 5035 00 21 00 5 00 61 006 08 1 20 47 21 54 49149 00 in nn isq nn50 00 15 00 15 00 80 008 50 12 50 21 00119 58 46 00 14 00 1 79 5815 00 15 00 6 00 36 0043 00 43 0019 00 19 00825 10 182 01 20 00 in7R Q?1 _ 1 SQ f)7\ 2266 00

CLASSIS O F N E W A R K61 18 7 22 18 59 23 00 109 99100 00 60 00 20 00 180 0020 00 20 0011 54 11 543 58 • 8 69 20 00 32 27100 00 36 95 50 00 186 951480 06 n 75 1633 32 15 00 3140 1312 00 6 00 2 00 20 00570 73 345 00 36 05 951 7831 63 20 00 3 35 54 9844 93 15 00 6 25 14 37 80 554 16 46 05 5 00 55 217 34 8 23 15 5725 30 14 23 622 70 45 00 707 2357 00 700 00 757 00185 00 89 00 35 00 309 0067 14 50 86 17 91 135 914 12 4 125 00 5 00106 00 106 00

Totals ........... 2713 71| 102 94 14 23| 3090 67 3 35 958 33 6883 23

CLASSIS OFN E W B R U N S W I C K

192 00 120 00 100 00 412 00Belle Mead, N. J., Pleas- 50 00 50 00453 21 15 84 108 30 53 25 630 6034 22 14 52 161 30 39 41 249 4549 59 33 00 12 00 94 5928 56 166 15 10 00 204 71NewwBrunswick, Second . 800 00 89 80 110 00 10 00 125 00 1134 8057 2$ 30 3C 5 32 92 9017 13 34 68 10 00 61 81367 68 8 52 46 67 422 87270 62 30 00 610 29 15 00 • 925 91Highland Park........ 12 00 10 00 68 10 90 10

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Rocky Hill ..........Spotswood ..........Perth Amboy, St. Paul.. W. M. Union........

Totals

CLASSIS OF N E W Y O R K

New York Collegiate.Thirty-fourth St....Knox Memorial....Vermilye Chapel....Fort Washington ... . Harlem, Lenox Ave. . Elmendorf Chapel ... Port Richmond, S. I.Fordham Manor ....Sixty-Eighth St. Ger..Manor Chapel .....Zion, Ger. Evang...West Farms.......Mott Haven ......Melrose, German ....Fourth, German ....Brighton Heights .... Union Highbridge ...Grace ............Hamilton Grange ... . Anderson Memorial . ComforterBethany Memorial .. Mariner’s Harbor ...McKee, Ky........Columbian Memorial Vermilye Memorial . Clove Valley Chapel.

30 10 25 00 3 00

13 00 4 00

21 00 20 0042 35

2340 39| 355 68J...... | 1552 14‘ I I I

8800 22481 24

179 55 39 67 56 7540133017925

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25 00 75 00 75 00

7 00

21*8820 0040 00 50 005 40 7 50 50 00 20 1910 6810 00

10 00

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25 00 7 63 13 00

10 00

8310116361511070491586332 55 20 0017510

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89 50 5 00

5 00 10 00 3 00

10 00

464 00

15 00

287 981

I1526 76 40 00 10 00 40 00

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11 00

2572073232535 88 25 00 52 80

25 00 5 00 5 00

Totals ...........(11039I

CLASSIS OF ORANGEICuddybackville ....... 1Port Jervis, Deerpark. .. .Ellenville ...... . iWoodbourne .........Grahamsville .........Wurtsboro, Mamakating..Montgomery .........Newburgh. American ....New Hurley .........New Prospect........Shawangunk .........Unionville ...........

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19272 46 191 00 566 29 70 00 110 63 884 55 302 24 329 75 63 75 65 00 60 39 70 00 24 97 164 13 13 00 91 00 811 54 346 69 150 00 317 88 40 23 79 94 279 50 40 19 5 00 35 68 18 50 10 00

24414 31

12 70 338 59 358 75 35 00 10 00 47 50 264 00 494 54 78 50 104 42 67 42 7 50

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CLASSIS OF O R A N G E (Continued)

Walden .............. 30 00 107 00

585 00 615 00 207 28 5 50 11 00 18 00 17 00

Wallkill ............. 60 28 20 00 5 50

20 00Walpack, Lower ...... iWarwarsing .......... 5 00

8 00 6 00 5 00 17 00

Port Jervis, West End. .. W. M. Union......... 5 66

.......Totals ...........CLASSIS OF PALISADES |

• 1New Durham, Grove....

1241 021

750 00 6 00 40 00 20 00 7 59 15 00 187 11 800 00

146 50l:

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798 00| l

100 0030 00 60 00

140 00 35 00Hoboken, Ger. Evang. .. .2 27 20 0024 9525 00 60 00 15 60

3 00 32 63

12 50 36 00 10 00 44 50 10 00 75 82

Jersey City, Cent. Ave... West Hoboken, First.'.. . 10 00

■ 167 70

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800 00 200 00 1405 00 191 0048 26 21 99 10 00 75 15

23 77 6 00211 16 11 00 32 01 5 on20 00 ‘ 15 00 5 00 5 006 00

18 3780 00 11 00 12 2029 36 5 0060 07 36 5115 00 10 009 62

101 44 87 51 104 66 13 2599 00 50 00 1 86 51 00 5 00

Passaic, First Holland. .. . 700 00 125 00 25 00 110 00 118 95700 00 97 95 49 47535 20 115 40 10 0043 16 2 10 30 47 50 0010 00 20 0098 82 60 00 89 00 10 0015 00 34 00 5 0063 44 72 35 6 33

205 00 60 00 120 10 530 0045 0311 63 5 00 6 0061 11 50 00 154 9023 00 95 88 2 00

2 00Warwick ............. 229 351 64 60 93 83 42 71

2692 70

1060 77 6 00 245 00 80 00 9 86 50 50 280 69 845 00 104 50 193 30 75 82

2951 44

2596 00 155 4029 77 259 1745 00 6 00 18 37 103 20 34 36 96 58 25 00 9 62

306 86 206 86 1078 95 847 42 660 60 125 7330 00 257 8254 00 142 12 915 10 45 03 22 63 266 01 120 88 •2 00 430 49

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Wortendyke, First Holl..15 00 13 48 • 4 24

12 00 44 50 11 00

27 00 73 2214 00 20 00W. M. Union......... 57 73 57 71•

Totals ........... 4243 13 861 32 11 861 2763 89j 192 011 1010 7l'| 9082 92CLASSIS .OF PASSAICBoonton ............. 16 70 7 50 [ 10 00 9* nnFairfield ............. 2 30Little Falls, First..... 135 05 33 02 4 96 52 00 44 56 269 59Little Falls, Second.... 51 00 ii nn 64 00

45 00 22 00 m nn 77 onPaterson, People’s Park.. 50 00 13 00 33 65 96 65Pompton ............. 69 79 4 67 98 15 172 61

147 78 30 36 9.1 12 25 nn 296 2613 13 11 00 24 1147 78 19 22 15 40 82 40800 00 655 00 inn nn 1555 00650 00 100 00 25 00 775 0042 00 168 00 10 00 75 00 295 on10 00 10 00

26 00 in on 16 onW. M. Union......... 17 01 17 ni

Totals ........... 2080 53 297 10 19 63 973 70 100 00 361 21 3832 17CLASSIS OF PELLA . .

17 92 24 52 7 78 5n 226 23 50 00 5 16

116 83 76 18 111 50 n n 65 41 5 1637 00 18 75 5 00 60 753 50 10 00 1.1 5n

Killduff ............. 41 15 19 20 60 155 10 4 00 3 00 3 00 45 80 60 9025 31 12 50 25 00 12 nn 74 81

Otley ............... 200 71 52 14 60 00 n n nn 442 85Pella,' First .......... 775 00 64 73 152 00 6 00 1017 71

5 00 25 00 664 00Pella Third ......... 250 00 100 00 815 00 17 50 5n on

32 55 30 35 20 00 11 95 94 85Sully ___............ 6 40 12 07 17 25 15 72

100 00 25 nn 125 on398 32 99 59

W. M. Union......... 16 50 ii no

Totals ........... 1898 10 394 09 28 00 2070 27 69 30 592 38 5052 14

CLASSIS OF 'PHILADELPHIA

134 91 35 62 5 92109 69 32 50 41 8088 75 5 00 72 50 29 04

Philadelphia, First .... 23 98 45 50 142 57 212 05

CLASSES A N D CHURCHES.

Churches and Societies.

Sunday Schools.

Youn

g People's

Societies.

Woma

n's

Board.

Special.

Arabian Mission.

Total.

CLASSIS O V11

PHILADELPHIA(Continued)

Philadelphia, Fourth . .. . 83 72 83 73 9 60

50 00 217 45 . 9 60

42 40 7 56 19 00 68 9612 00 . 2 00 5 00 19 006 00 5 65 16 00 4 00 31 65

Philadelphia Fifth .... 45 00 20 00 65 0046 80 27 70 3 50 25 00 15 60 118 6010 00 5 00 44 20 10 00 69 20138 20 10 00 50 00 198 20

97 00 97 00741 45 171 21 34 15 422 621...... 293 01 1662 44

CLASSIS OF• i I •P L E A S A N T PRAIRIE 1

91 53 5 00 10 00 106 53117 50 15 00 42 00 15 00 189 5050 00 6 00 15 00 71 0063 00 5 00 17 00 85 0090 00 9 00 5 60 104 6025 00 IS 00 5 00 45 00131 85 17 55 30 00 179 4030 00 4 00 5 00 5 00 8 00 52 0028 30 28 30237 25 60 40 10 00 50 00 357 6587 38 87 38207 19 40 00 20 00 25 00 292 197 00 7 00

173 00 173 003 00 3 00

28 41 5 23 5 00 5 00 20 58 64 22152 21 152 21265 00 46 15 85 00 396’ 15195 25 18 37 22 11 5 74 241 4790 00 16 00 106 0050 00 20 00 70 00119 20 10 00 12 00 141 20

Totals ........... 2239 07 229 70 10 00 233 11 6 00 234 92 2952 80CLASSIS OF

P O U G H K E E P S I E239 42 60 00 548 83 80 40 928 65

Fishfcill ............. 51 38 27 50 13 29 92 1794 65 20 00 114 6586 84 9 30 25 65 10 00 1.11 7055 00 40 00 126 20 12 00 233 20Fishkill-on-Hudson (Bea-189 44 25 00 27 00 86 00 127 4412 10 5 83 17 93

Millbrook .......... . 86 86 33 0012 00 12 On

70 46 55 00 125 46Totals ........... 886 IS 140 13| 27 00| 934 18j...... 115 69| 2103 15

/

CLASSES A N D CHURCHES.

Churches and

(■Societies. ' 1 li

Sunday Schools.

|

Youn

g People’s

1Societies.

Woma

n’s Board.

Special.

IArabian

Mission.

Total.

CLASSIS OF RARITANiii

311 7.1 45 21 115 50 69 50 541 4839 85 28 45 5 00 61 79 14 00 149 09160 99 26 37 125 35 101 75 414 46123 09 28 66 74 57 35 27 261 5915 21 20 00 12 75 47 9650 86 5 00 129 95 25 52 211 33

206 57 643 34 849 9116 00 13 35 21 00 50 35

66 00 19 65 18 00 6 00 109 6557 75 44 38 65 00 20 50 187 63

5 20 IS 00 20 204 =in 33 85 10 50 48 856 37 6 37 12 74

254 13 254 13835 89 279 14 18 35 1095 111...... 930 88 3159 37

CLASSIS OF I •• fREN S S E L A E R

12 no 28 40 3 50 43 90120 00 5 00 125 0039 00 61 00 31 50 131 507 51 5 31 44, 74 3 00 60 5642 80 66 63 11 84 121 27

2 00 2 0030 00 15 00 85 50 5 00 135 50219 07 150 00 35 00 46 76 46 78 497 6127 90 10 10 5 00 69 00 20 65 132 65

2 00 2 0013 2S 22 81 36 06

30 19 2 50 32 695 00 5 00

9 45 1 43 10 88De Forestville (Blooming 13 15 13 15W. M. Union......... 18 50 18 50

Totals ...........J 520 98] 180 41 55 15J 478 53J.I I

CLASSIS OF R O C H E S T E R

Clymer, Abbe .... Newark, ArcadiaBrighton ......Buffalo .......ClymerhiU ....East Williamson . Marion, First ... Marion, Second ..Ontario .......Palmyra #......Pultneyville ...Rochester, First .

140 0064 17 10 00 88 80 98 232569386756183

135 00 15 34 54 4438 9360 00 71 39 32 0075 00 107 00

35 006 00 *5 66

12 00

5 00 10 00

5017282021684406520253228

133 20) 1368 27

200 00 15 33 10 1519 20 34 32 52 50 37 66 3 5050 01 10 00

56047163301738161772559492218338

006756000355505020505465

CLASSES A N D CHURCHES.

CLASSIS 01' R O C H E S T E R (Continued)

Rochester, SecondSodus ........Tyre .........

255 26 97 90| 83 82 436 9825 72 33 0869 00 45 00 114 00Williamson-.............., 36 00Cl. of Rochester M. 150 001W. M. Union......... ......

26 30 10 00; 80 00 13 19 165 49150 00127 00 127 00

Totals ........... 1307 991 684 40 83 00 1381 821...... J 537 041 3994 25

CLASSIS OF S A R A T O G A

5 00 20 00 130 00 14 58 1 20

173 86

l

5 00 5 00

17 01 17 7565 00 5 0019 0066 5046 67

5 00

i

2 00 20 00

34 01 62 75 395 0019 58 22 15240 3651 67 28 95

.146 4120 00 10 005 00

Buskirks .... :.......200 00Fort Miller ..........

1 95Greenwich ...........Northumberland (Bacon Hill) .............. 5 00

6 80 19 93

22 15 45 90 80 58

20 00 10 00 5.00

Wynantskill ..........W. M. Union.........Schaghticoke .........

412 69 10 00 205 00 55 68 1035 88

CLASSIS OFS C H E N E C T A D Y

Altamont ............ 39 94 71 nnVischer’s Ferry ...... 9 02 21 00

9 00 70 00 8 0021 36 42Lisha’s Kill .......... 58 00Niskayuna ........... 86 00 18 00 7 50 117 ‘inPrincetown .......... 7 92 3 78 44 00Rotterdam, First...... 25 00 106 59Rotterdam, Second.... 19 85

92 42 12 00 245 76Schenectady, Second .... 160 00 59 25 190 50217 58 40 18 . 316 11 598 55Hope Chapel S. S......

45 00 118 74165 00 08 17

Woodlawn ........... 10 23 3 00 5 00 16 5263 20

Totals ...........| 888 47 136 21 12 50| 1599 11| 1 00| 126 68| 2763 97

CLASSES A N D and Societies.

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Societies.

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a’£09s

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CLASSIS OF S C H OHARIE

Berne ................ 26 00 40 25 10 00 76 25 -.7 00 73 06 2 75

West Berne..........Cobleskill ............

7 00 42 08 2 75

19 29 11 69

Grand Gorge ......... 21 28 9 5021 28 19 50

Howes Cave, Second ... 23 00 5 00 48 0039 39 75 60

7 31 17 28 17 09 82 685 00 5 00

Schoharie ............Sharon ..............

37 20 18 83

25 00 10 00 15 00 87 20 18 83 10 70

262 35 25 00 7 31 174 41L-------

58 78 527 85

CLASSIS OF ULSTER28 38 , 5 00 . 7 35 21 00 5 00 66 738 00 9 30 17 30

7 35 9 25 2 00 18 604 ?3 2 65 6 88

Roxbury, Jay Gould M e m ­orial .............. 24 91

27 80 163 27

22 99 47 90* 38 35Katsbaan.............

Kingston, First ...... 45 00 176 18 15 00 7 31

384 45 36 80

10 00 8 04 18 04 180 95 24 00Saucerties ...........

Shokan .............80 00 18 00

20 00 6 00West Hurley......... 7 00

15 00 1 OC 16 00• 2 84 2 84

401 08 77 35 17 .90 346 55 . 22 96 865 84

CLASSIS OF W E S T C H E S T E R65 49 3 75 433 76 974 25

123 81 3 00 126 81Elmsford, Greenburg--- 125 00 n 60

30 0( ...... 20 0( 175 0023 00 ..... 3 0( 39 60

io no 20 00141*37 36 65 115 00 6 85 21 60 321 37

Yonkers, Mile Square--- 4 0( ...... 12 0( 31 00130 70 25 20 ...... 184 00 ...... 27 26 367 16500 62 18 64 192 3( ...... 23 85 735 41

11 10 ...... 7 5( 18 60164 60 199 30 ..... 67 7( 431 60

14 00 94 50 ...... 5 0( 158 60Hawthorne, Unionville .. 8 27

75 0821 0C ...... 2 4( 31 67106 00 ...... 22 0( 203 0820 63 15 63 36 26

Totals .......... | 1308 34 190 881..... | 1499 64 6’ 85| 664 7C | 3670 41

CLASSES A N D CHURCHES.

Churches and Societies.

Sunday Schools.

Youn

g People's

Societies.

Woma

n's

Board.

Special.

. . ’

Arabian Mission.

Total.

CLASSIS OF ‘!

WISCONSINAlto ................ 590 71 181 87 123 87 216 10 82 00 700 00 1894 55

130 00 .17 on 19A no 7! on 88 15 451 15386 00 10 00 84 98 25 35 119 00 62.5 118 47 5 80 14 27

326 58 90 75 in on 109 on 11* 95 67.1 28279 37 73 04 40 00 85 48 477 89117 81 10 00 118 55 53 40 299 7625 50 36 82 15 60 25 75 9 55 111 2?117 68 80 00 210 00 111 35 519 0365 50 17 80 77 30 32 00 192 6n85 10 85 10261 38 91 79 46 00 199 1711 20 14 in 25 in90 00 24 16 114 165 22 5 22

Waupun ............. 337 49 181 29 20 00 141 17 5 00 197 19 882 14132 42 i 29 43 161 85......

1| 41 19 41 191 ...... |

Totals ........... 2970 43 698 57 209 47j 1351 83 114 35 1632 76 6977 41

RECEIPTS OF CLASSES

CLASSES A N D CHURCHES.

‘ Churches and Societies.

Sunday Schools.

Youn

g People’s

Societies.

Woma

n’s Board.

Special.

Arabian Mission.

Total.

P A R TICULAR S Y N O DOF A L B A N Y

2190 7$ 136 3C 8 0C 2355 33 25 74 219 81 4935 97193 27 16 85 5 00 232 10 40 00 .635 20| 1122 42825 10 182 01 •20 00 1078 92 159 97 2266 00520 98 180 41 55 15 478 53 133 20 1368 271307 99 684 40 83 00 1381 82 537 04 3994 25412 69 10 00 352 51 205 00 55 68 1035 88

Schenectady ......... 888 47 262 35

136 21 25 00

12 50 7 31

1599 11 174 41

1 00 126 68 58 78

2763 97 527 85

Ulster .............. 401 08 77 35 17 90 346 55 22 96 865 84

TotalsPARTICULAR S Y N O D

O F CHICAGOCascades .............Chicago ..............Dakota ..............Germania ............Grand River..........Holland .............Illinois ..............Iowa ...............Michigan ............Pella ...............Pleasant Prairie ......Wisconsin ...........

TotalsPARTICULAR S Y N O D OF N E W B R U N S W I C KBergen ..............So. Cl. of Bergen......Monmouth ...........Newark ..............New Brunswick ......Palisades . . .........Paramus ............Passaic ..............Philadelphia ..........Raritan ..............

TotalsPARTICULAR S Y N O D

OF N E W Y O R KHudson .............Kingston .............No. Cl. of Long Island.. So. Cl. of Long Island..New York .......... ^Orange ..............Poughkeepsie .........Westchester ..........

7002 72 1448 53 208 86 7999 28 271 74 1949 32

286 67 57 00 20 00 79 70 1 50 34 783833 05 1176 41 44 75 856 45 2338 133125 15 285 41 55 00 582 00 166 73 452 22

28 <;q 71 40 00 82 005070 28 2522 22 209 17 1274 75 520 69 1232 914587 52 2606 55 234 35 1534 18 1109 00 2461 721081 68 421 09 12 00 224 42 86 66 180 7710768 07 2968 94 216 43 2202 05 677 47 5589 584178 49 957 47 67 00 1376 73 1006 58 1578 481898 10 394 09 28 00 2070 27 69 30 592 382239 07 229 70 10 00 233 11 6 00 234 922970 43 698 57 209 47 1351 83 114 35 1632 7640708 79 12377 16 1106 17 11825 49 3758 28 16410 65

888 57 208 70 18 58 816 25 36 20 234 881456 32 197 33 23 85 670 27 25 00 201 64286 18 161 48 2 50 460 82 194 252713 71 102 94 14 23 3090 67 3 35 958 332340 39 355 68 1552 14 10 00 287 981993 40 125 63 478 82 70 77 282 824243 13 861 32 11 86 2763 89 192 01 1010 712080 53 297 10 19 63 973 70 100 00 361 21741 45 171 21 34 15 422 62 293 01835 89 279 14 18 35 1095 11 930 88

17579 57 2760 53 143 15 12324 29 437 33 ■4755 71

1021 09 145 72 31 71 . 408 53 78 00,969 66 63 70 19 30 512 63 152 801296 48 363 22 36 00 1147 72 1406 664130 42 532 81 10 00 2419 32 66 00 909 6211039 30 652 43 115 63 9493 37 490 00 2623 581241 02 146 50 24 so . 482 68 798 00886 15 140 13 27 00 934 18 115 691308 34 190 88 1499 64 6 85 .664 70

18880 45-

. 4798248 4666 ’ 851 10830 12533 2006 22422 9164 5052 2952 6977

65:79­5199­0232:62:54­7514­80.41

86186 54-

2203257411056883454629519082383216623159

18. 41 23 . 23 19­44­92 17 44­37

38000 58.

1685 05 .1718 09­4250 08 8068 17 24414 31 2692 70­2103 15 3670 41

Totals ....Grand Totals.

121892 46| 2235 39| 264 14|16898 07| 562 85| 6749 05| 48601 96­187183 54|l882r61| 172212149047 13| 5030 20129864 73| 191669 53,

FROM INDIVIDUALS"A Friend” ............. $1,000“A Friend” ........... . 30“A Friend from Cleveland1'. 25“A Friend of Missions”... 500“A member, First Ref. Ch.,Rochester, N. Y.” ... 25

Bahler, Rev. P. G ..... 5Bakker, Mr. and Mrs. D.... 25Basman, J. W ........ 2Bekkens, Anthony ........ 2Beltman, John .......... 2Bennett, Frank .......... 2Bogardus, Rev. Francis M... 12Bolks, Miss Josephine.... 5Boom, E............. 5Bruin, D. K .......... 10Bungerz, K ........... 2Carpenter, George W., Jr... 20“Cash” ... ;............ 10“Cash” ................ 5“Cash” ................ 5“Cash, March 31st” ... 200Chicago Missionary Committee 75Chrestensen, Rev. D. H ... 7Cleveland, George, Estate of 188Cleveland, O., Christian Ref.

(West Side) ........... 30Cobb, Miss E. P...... 20Colby, Dr. W. W ........ ' 10Cooper, Mrs. D ....... 8Craig, Rev. Horace P.. 18Cuff, William .......... 65Dangremond, Rev. G ... 5DeHeidenwereld Fund ... 98DeHoogh, D. J........ 5Deiseroth, Henry M ... 5DeKleine Family Syndicate. 300DeVries, Mr. and Mrs. C.,Jr................. 50

DeYoung, J........... 5“D. S. M.” ............. 35Dumont, Mrs. E. A .... 100“E. G. R.” ............. 25Einga, M. Ulle .......... 10“Family at Alto, Wis.”.... 350Fisher, Miss A. V. W ..... 150Fortmann, Albert..... 30Francis, Rev. L....... 50Frederick, Charles F... 5Friend ................. ■ 10“Friend, First Ref. Ch., .Rochester, N. Y.”... 50

T H R O U G H CHURCHE3Friend of Missions....... 100 00Friend of the Cause...... 10 00“From W.” ............ 100 00Glastonbury, Conn., First Ch.of Christ, S. S......... 19 75

Gubb, Francis ........... 5 00Gulick, Rev. George W .... * 5 00Harrington, Miss L. V .... 10 00Harris, S. G ............. 25 00Heibuit, W. D ........... 5 00Hoagland, Mrs. H. W .... 2 00Hoffman, John D ......... 1 00Holden, G. E............ 2 00Holland, Mich., Hope College 350 00Hollebrands, Wni......... 10 00Hollman, Edw............ 10 00Home Folks Syndicate.... 800 00Hoven, John ............ 12 50Hunter, Mrs. H. E....... 2 00Iben, R................ 5 00In Memory of Rev. J. M.Van Buren..... v..... 25 00

In Memory of W ......... 100 00In Memory of Wm. Walvoord 250 00Jansen, Frank ............ 1 00Keith, James D ....... '. .. 125 00“Kingston, N. Y.”....... 100 00Kooiker, G. J........ 35 00Kroodsma, Rev. Robert... 21 25Labagh, Miss M. B....... 10 00Labaw, Rev. George W .... 5 00Lake, Miss Agnes N ...... 60 00Lansing, Sidney 0 ........ 20 00Legters, J. J. and C ..... 210 00Lehwerzer, F............. 10 00“L. T. J.”-.............. 300 00MacNair, Rev. W ......... 19 10MacNair, W. L........... 1 00Madsen, Peter, Jr. . ....... 1 00Manton, Elsie, Estate of.... 20 00Mason, Rev. A. D e W ..... 25 00“Member of Alto, Wis.”.... 350 00Meury, Mrs. S........... 2 00Millspaugh, Mr. and Mrs. M.B.... ■..... \ ........ 7 00

Monroe, Mjss M. L....... 5 00Monthaan, Miss Sarah.... 5 00Mulford, Rev. H. D. B.. . 25 00Murray, Mrs. David...... , 20 00Myers, Rev. Henry V. S... 25 00New Brunswick, Theo. Sem.Stud.................. 51 50

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00

e -Newburgh, N. Y., AssociatedCh.................... 32 00

Nies, Miss Hattie........ ■ 2 54Noeekel, Miss Maria...... .50 00Obbink, Dirk J........... 22 50Oggel, Dr. H. D .......... 20 00Olcott, Alfred V. S....... 75 00Olcott, Charles T ......... 75 00Olcott,.Mrs. E. E......... 50 00Olcott, Mason ........... 75 00Olmsted, Miss C. J....... 50Pietenpol, Rev. and Mrs. H.J..................... 10 00

Porter, Miss Ina D ....... 2 00Post, Mr. and Mrs. W m __ 10 00Rapelje, Daniel ......... 15 00Read, Rev. Edw. G ....... 10 00Redeker, J. H ............ 5 00Reynhoudt, Hubert ...... 5 00Richardson, Miss Mabel J... 20 00Riemstra, J.............. 1 50Rietveld, Fred ........... 100 00Roorde, Gerrit 1.......... 5 00Rosedale, Mrs. S. E ...... 10 00Sanford, George 'A........ 10 00Schenck, M. Van Buren.... 5 00Schenck, Rev. F. S..... : . 20 00Schermer, Mrs. T ......... 200 00Schroder, H. E ........... 5 00Schoep, G. H ............ 500 00Shutts, Mrs. W ........... 5 00Sioux Center, la., L. V.Circle................ 35 00

Smart, John G ........... 10 00Smeyers, George ......... 150 00Smies, D. .............. 10 00Sprik, C................. 50 00Stager, H. J............ : 3 00Stillwell, John L .......... 10 00Strabbing, H. D .......... 1 00

Student of Princeton, N. J.. 5 00Swart, D ................ 1 00Tennyson, W. E.......... 25.00TeWinkel, Miss J. V ...... 54 16Thacher, R a y ............ 3 00Toussaint, Mrs. Simon...... 50 00Two Old Friends........ 7,500 00“Unknown Friend’* ...... 415 25Van Boven, Harry....... 2 00Van Bruggen, Wm. ..... 10 00Van Erden Re-union..... 5 00Vande Braak, E. V ....... 18 50Vande Kamp, J........... 5 00Van Keulen, W. J. G ..... 10 00Van Koekel, W m ......... 5 00Vanderbilt, Hiram ....... 5 00Vander Hart, W .......... 10 00Vander Molen; Mr. and Mrs.R..................... 9 00

Vande Roovaart, J. F.... 25 00Van Thoff, Wm. M ...... 5 00Van Wyk Missionary Syndi- cate .................. 375 00Varick, Miss Margaret L... 5 00Vedder, Arthur G......... 49 00Veenendaal, Henry ...... 10 00Voorhees, M. V. D ....... 5 00Voss, John .............. 10 00

' Vrooman, S. B...... 10 00Walvoord, Mrs. W m ..... 25 00Warner, George K ......... 1 00Western Theol. Sem. Students 43 87Wever, Henry .......... 5 00Williams, Miss K. L...... 3 00Wohlfarth, Miss Amelia.... 1 00Woodman, M. A .......... 2 00Woodruff, Mrs. W. A .... 2 00Zwiers, G ................ 10 00W. B. F. M ............ 15,335 78

$32,546 05

lTHE BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS, R.C.A.

LEGACIESThomas Edwards . .\........Elizabeth Van Schaik WinthropHiley Merselis ......... ?....Caroline Brundage ..........John Lemmenes.............Catharine Van Deusen ......K. Schaddelee .... ‘.........George W. Carpenter, Jr......James Lane ...............Roelof J. De Ring..........Hendrikus Hofs ..........

$23,670 00 2,500 00 2,977 10 100 00

13,367 79 369 86 17 50

400 00 100 00 25 00 300 00

$43,827 25

RECEIPTS OF THE BOARD SINCE 1857, IN PERIODS OF . FIVE YEARS, WITH TOTALS A N D AVERAGES,

Years. Becelpts. Totals for Five Years.

Average for Five Years. Increase. Decrease.

Total. 1858-1802.1863 ......1864 ......1865 ......1866 ......1867 ....1868 ......1869 ......1870 ......1871 .....1872 ......1873 ......1874 ......1875 ......1876 ...1877 ......1878 ......1879 ......1880 ......1881........... '.1882............1883 ......1884 ......1885 ......1886 ......1887 ......1888 ......1889 ......1890 ......1891 ......1892 ......1893 ......1894 .......1895 .......... :.........1890............1897 ......1898 ......1899.. ......1900 ......1901 ......1902 ......1903 ......1904 ......1905 ......1906 ......1907 ......1908.. ..:...1909.. ......1910 ......1911 ......1912.. ......1913 ......1914 ......1915 ......1910............1917 .....1918 .....

842,257 36 35,391 18 82,038 22 55,783 75 •63,030 8953,472 91 81,410 38 57,342 94 71,125 52 65,173 2683,948 61 55,352 95 54,249 95 64,342 91 58,152 5369,085 87 58,443 49 63,185 71 92,984 32 58,184 7165,284 58 76,955 23 88,131 04 86,386 55 88,787 02

7109,946 11 93,142 24 117,090 14 116,265 45 112,163 59

• 136,688 10 106,571 48 1111,288 00 154,139 42 111,111 89124,301 18 126,838 36 147,213 78 173,204 12 167,911 73158,894 94 142,474 79 150,239 94 174,464 74 179,232 60197,468 26 205,372 64 207,404 59 282,231 86 284,269 36

$134,055 49

278,501 40

328,525 01

316,046 65

341,884 10

403,544 42

548,607 53

619,798 89

736,469 17

805,307 01

255,838 47 321,942 58 300.752 51 309,419 S0| 302.453 02|325,292 0S|

1,176,746 71

$26,811 10

55,700 28

65,705 00

63,209 37

68,376 82

80,708 88

109,721 50

123,958 77

147,893 89

161,061 40

235,349 34

$28,899-18

10,004 72

$2,495 63

5,167 45

12,332 06

29,012 62

14,238 27

23,934 12

13467 51

74,287 94

• I I I1,490,406 441 29S.0S7 291 37,202 05|

•In addition $56,500 were given by Mr. Warren Ackerman to remove the debt resting on the Board.

tin addition $45,335.00 were given for the Endowment of the Theological Semi­nary in the Arcot Mission, through the efforts of Rev. .Jacob Chamberlain, D.D.

tFrom 1895. receipts of the Arabian Mission are included. The total amount re­ceived since 1857, for all Missions, is $7,011,020.20.

THE BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS, R.C.A.STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES

F O R T H E Y E A R M A Y 1, 1917, T O APRIL 30, 1918

EXHIBIT “A ”Revenue

Collections ..................................One Day’s Income............................Legacies— net .................... >...........Special Fund for New Missionaries’ Expenses....t.Income available for the Board from Invested Funds:

Security Fund ......................... $2,999 11John Neefus Educational Fund........... 319 00Isaac Brodhead Fund...,................ 52 50P. I. and M. K. Neefus Fund ......... 258 75General Funds .................... 4,243 03

Income from Funds held in Trust by Board of Direction...Gifts for Specific Purposes— Exhibit “C”.......... .Sale of North Japan Mission Buildings................

$184,523 20 9;593 28 43,827 25 12,070 00

7,872 39 579 93

14,237 15 1,000 00

Total Revenue $273,703 20

Mission Work: Amoy .... Arcot .... Japan ....

Expenditures.

$49,635 20 78,292 45 76,551 33

. . --------- $204,478 98Preliminary Expenses of New Missionaries 1,558 15 Expenditures on account of Specific Gifts—

Exhibit “C ” ..................... 15,034 48

General Expenditures:Expenses in re Conditional Gifts....... $ * 125.00Discount and Interest................. 2,037 88Legacy Expense ..................... 500.00Mission Conference ................ 26100Unsettled Shipping Expense............ 725 30Anglo-American Communities Committee.. 200 00

Home Expenditures: •Rent and Care of Office............... $ 1,377 71Salaries ............................ 10,525 65Account Books and Stationery.......... 365 05Stenographers and Typewriters......... 2,125 14Postage, Telegraph and Cables.......... 942 86Office Furniture and Repairs........... 574 84Auditing ........ 100 00Incidentals ........................ 213 04Books Purchased ..................... 29 28Publishing Annual Report.............. 638 34Pamphlets and Leaflets........ 1,233 17Illustrating Literature ................ 149 22“Mission Field” ........ 1,247 84Telephone .......................... 236 31“The Christian Intelligencer”.......... 214 25Circulars and Miscellaneous Printing.... 250 22Travel Among Churches............... 852 84Travel of Classical Missionary Agents.... 69 65Expenses of District Secretary .... 298 39Department of Missionary Education.... 326 25

$221,071 61

3,849 18

$ 21,770 05Total Expenditures $246,690 84Excess of Revenue over Expenditures for year $ 27,012 36

Sale of North Japan Mission Buildings— reserved...... $ 1,000 00Less: # _

» Excess of Remittances of Special Gifts over Re*ceipts for year— Exhibit “C”............... 797 33F --------- 202 67

Balance for the year credited to Surplus Account.... $ 26,809 69

Surplus Account

Balance (Deficit) May 1, 1917— per last Report.................... $ 29,395 84Surplus of Revenue for the year (as above)....................... 26,809 69

Balance (Deficit) April 30, 1918— Exhibit “B ”....... $ 2,586 15

STATEMENT OF ASSETS A N D LIABILITIESAPRIL 30, 1918 EXHIBIT “BM

AssetsCash for General Purposes............'......................... $ 10,267 05Securities and Special Deposits— Schedule No. 1:

Railroad Bonds ............... ’................. $ 83,859 19Stocks ........................ 6,837 50Bonds and Mortgages............................ 220,652 10U. S. Liberty Bonds............................. 2,500 00Real Estate— No. 236 West 62d Street, New York City. 17,177 22Union Trust Company— Trust Account............... 3,873 14Promissory Note ....... 100 00

$334,999 15Cash for special purposes......................... 32,228 37--------- 367,227 52

Advances to Missions for May and June, 1918...................... 9,390 45Amount due from Rev. John R. Duffield........................... 828 72Deferred Charges: *

Excess of Payments to Annuitants over Income from Investment of , “Conditional Gifts” .............. •..................... 946 71

Total Assets ....................................... $388,660 45Excess of Liabilities over Assets— Exhibit “A ”.................... 2,586 15

$391,246 60Liabilities

Funds— Schedule No. 2:Trust Funds ....................;....Conditional Gifts ......................Temporary Funds ....................Security Funds ................. . ■ ...

$244,233 52 29,611 79 8,241 10 65,153 83

Missionary’s Special Deposit ..................Moneys received for special transmission.......Moneys received for Japan College— Not transmittedEx*appropriation Gifts not remitted........ .'....Borrowed from Amoy Mission..................Missionary’s Salary ...........................Sale of North Japan Mission Buildings (Reserved). Income on Funds— To be remitted...............

$347,240 24 100 00 75 80

20,487 27 5,568 44 13,889 13

789 02 1,000 00 575 36

Deferred Credits: .Reserve of Rents received held for accrued expenses 1,521 34,

$391,246 60

T H E B O A R D O F F O R E I G N M I S S I O N S , R.C.A.

S T A T E M E N T O F R E C E I P T S A N D D I S B U R S E M E N T S O F D E S I G N A T E D G I F T S

' FOR T H E Y E A R E N D E D APRIL 30, 1918

' EXHIBIT “C” ‘Receipts

Gifts Ex-appropriation,'General:Specific Work (at discretion of Board);........................ $ 200 00

Salary of Missionary..................................... ; t-.... - 1,475 00Newspaper Evangelization in North Japan.......................... 100 00Newspaper Advertising in South Japan............................ 2,192 31Rebuilding Stations in India.................................... 722 7gAdditional Buildings for Steele Academy.......................... 1,010 00Netherlands Committee for Wilhelmina Hospital, Amoy.............. 310 00China Education Fund............................. ............ ‘ 12 00Tong An School.............#...... ........................... 10151Amoy Hospital ........................'...................... 2 383 92hrom the Woman’s Board for various purposes.................... 5,729 63

Total Receipts— Exhibit “A ”.............................. $ 14,237 15

Disbursements *

Gifts Ex-Appropriation, General: 1Salary of Missionary ............................... ^ 939 qqSalary of Missionary................................ 1,475 00Newspaper Evangelization in North Japan............. 100 00Newspaper Advertising in South Japan................ 2,192 31Rebuilding Stations in India.......................... 1,794 82Additional Buildings for Steele Academy............... 1,010 00 '

Netherlands Committee for Wilhelmina Hospital, Amoy... 310 00Amoy Hospital ..................................... 3,397 46For various purposes— from Woman’s Board............ 5,729 63

Total Disbursements ......................... $ 16,989 22Included in May and June Remittances................ 1,954 74

Net Disbursements for the* year.......................... 15,034 48Excess of Gifts remitted over Receipts— Exhibit “A ”........ $ 797 33

Balance unremitted— May 1, 1917........................... '.... 6,365 77Balance unremitted— April 30, 1918....................... $ 5,558 44

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F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S 155

THE BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS, R.C.A. LIST OF SECURITIES

EXHIBIT “B ” S C H E D U L E NO. 1

APRIL 30, 1918Railroad Bonds: ' '

29 Illinois Central 1st Mtg. 3j4s.................. $29,000 00 r6 Lehigh Valley Ry. 1st 4^s.................... 6,000 0012 West Shore 1st 4s....... ..................... 12,000 006 Central R. R. of N. J. Gen. 5s.................. 6,000 001 N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R- Gen. 4s................ 1,000 0014 Reading Gen. 4s............................. 13,915 443 Manhattan Ry. Con. 4s................... ,•*■•■ 3,000 0010 So. Pacific Ref. 4s........................... 8,437 505 So. Pacific 1st Ref. 4s........................ 4,506 25

Stocks: ^v 25 Shares U. S. Steel Pfd........................ $ 2,762 50

50 Shares Morris & Essex ....................... 4,075 00I ----------Bonds and Mortgages:

87 Ludlow Street, New York City................ $23,000 00292 East 7th Street, New York City................ 22,000 00333 East 152d Street, New York City.............. 4,500 0069 West 10th Street, New York City.............. 676 10531 West 144th Street, New York City...... ^..... 11,500 00340 Hart Street, Brooklyn, N. Y .................. 3,750 00

Brindon Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y .............. 4,000 001445 Minford Place, New York City............... 14,000 00

Western Mortgages ......................... 2,226 0076th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.................. 4,250 0014th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y .............,....5,500 0054th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y ................... 7#750 00176th Street, New York City.................. 29,500 00East 165th Street, New York City.............. 20,500 00West 136th Street, New York City............. 7,500 00West 152d Street, New York City.............. 45,000 00Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y ................ - 11,500 00Eighth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y ................ 3,500 00

Liberty Loan 4s......... ............................ $ 2,150 00Liberty Loan 4}4s................................... 350 00Real Estate:

236 West 62d Street, New York City Union Trust Company— Trust Account.. Promissory Note ...................Cash to Be Invested:

In Bank of Metropolis.......................... $31,228 37In Hackensack National Bank..................... 1,000.00

$ 83,859 19

6,837 50

220,652 10

2,500 00

17,177 22 3,873 14 100 00

32,228 37

Total Investment and Cash— Exhibit “B 1Total Funds— Schedule No. 2........Total General Income Invested.....'....

$367,227 52

THE BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS, R.C.A.• STATEMENT OF TRUST A N D SECURITY FUNDS

APRIL 30, 1918 0 EXHIBIT “B"

^ , S C H E D U L E NO. 2Endowment Funds:E. R. Voorhees College....... ...... ............ $12,890 83Arcot Industrial School.......................... 20,076 44Amoy Hospital ...................... ........... 2,709 58

Ranipettai Hospital:I. Brodhead ......................... $ 1,000 00Mrs. J. W. Broadhead ............... 1,308 54M. Schaddelee ... *.................. 785 00Scudder Memorial .................... 10,885 87

Ministerial Education in India:G. B. Walbridge Fund....... .Christiana Jansen Fund ......

' Joseph Scudder Fund ......... William R. Gordon Fund.....

Ministerial Education in Japan:John Neefus Fund .......... .

Support of Native Pastors in India:C. L. Wells Memorial.........

Support of Native Preachers in India: P. I. and Mary Neefus Fund....,

Held in Trust for Others:Susan Y. Lansing Fund for Woman’s Board....... $ 5,000 00Susan Y. Lansing Fund for'"Arabian Mission........ 2,500 00J. Penfold Fund for Women’s Board.............. 5,000 00

General Funds:A. J. Shaefer Fund............................. $ 194 25Alida Van Schaick Fund.......................... 30,000 00A. C. Van Raalte Fund.......... ............... 3,000 00In Memoriam Fund *........................... - 500 00Garret N. Hopper Fund.......................... 1,500 00John S. .Lyles Fund............................. 50,000 00Permanent Fund ............................... 14,550 00Cornelia M. Wallace Fund........................ 100 00J. H. Oerter Memorial Fund .................... 936 16Madison Avenue Reformed Church................ 15,000 00E. Diehl Memorial Fund.......................... 2,000 00

$35,676 85

13,979 41

$ 5,000 00 12,555 36 2,000 00 2,000 00

$ 49,656 26

21,555 36 9,379 86

15,316 54

18,045 09

12,500 00

117,780 41Total Trust Funds......

Conditional Gifts:Semelink Family Mission FundK. Schaddelee .............Dirk J. Obbink.............Mary C. Van Brunt........Mr. and Mrs. J. Visser......D. J. De Bey..............Miss Mary Voorhees .......Peter Cortelyou- ............A. B. Churchman ...........”

Temporary Funds:Blauvelt Memorial Hospital ... Cornelis Punt Memorial— China Amoy Diamond Jubilee Fund.'.

Security Funds ................

$244,233 52

$16,000 00 111 79 500 00

7.000 00 500 00

1.000 00 1,000 00 2.500 001,000 00 *

---------- 29,611 79$ 2,000 00 2,099 25 4,141 85

-------- 8,241 10......... 65,153 83

Total Funds— Exhibit “B 1 $347,240 24

Howell S. Bennet, Esq., Treasurer,The Board of Foreign Missions, R. C. A.,

New York City.

May 17, 1918.

Dear Sir: W e have completed the audit of the books, records and accounts of your office for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1918, which we submit, together with a letter embodying some comments, and the following statements:

exhibit • I“A ” S T A T E M E N T OF R E V E N U E A N D E X P E N D I T U R E S —

' FOR T H E Y E A R E N D E D APRIL 30, 1918.“B ” S T A T E M E N T OF ASSETS A N D LIABILITIES—• APRIL 30, 1918. •

Schedule

No. 1— Statement showing Investments and How Distributed.

No. 2— Statement of Trust and Security Funds."C" S T A T E M E N T OF RECEIPTS A N D D I S B U R S E M E N T S OF ‘

’ DES I G N A T E D GIFTS— F O R T H E Y E A R E N D E DAPRIL 30, 1918. ■

All revenue for the year as indicated by the books was properly accounted for. Expenditures were made by duly executed checks and the canceled checks returned by the bank were examined by us. The balance of cash on hand at April 30, 1918, was verified by actual count, and confirmations received from the various depositories.

Schedule No. 1 is a list of the Securities. Those which were in the Treasurer’s hands and the safe deposit box were examined by us and such a%' were in the pos­session of the Bank of Manhattan Company were confirmed by the Bank. As to the Mortgages, they are shown on this Schedule at their face value, although the Board is mortgagee in possession of the property 1445 Minford Place, and its value can only be determined when realized through sale. -

During the past year the Board did not remit to the Amoy Mission all the appro­priations made for its use. In lieu thereof the Mission was allowed to expend some moneys in its possession. The amount so borrowed is $13,889.13, which is shown as a liability. The fluctuations in exchange rates will probably make, it necessary to remit approximately $14,000 in order to settle the amount claimed by the Mission.

, Respectfully yours,LOOMIS, S U F F E R N & FERNALD,

Certified Public Accountants.

Board of Foreign Misssions, ■Reformed Church in America, .

25 East 22nd Street, .New York City. . *

Gentlemen: W e have examined the Bonds and Securities of the Board as noted in the Balance Sheet of May 1st, 1918, and set forth particularly in the Board's ledger, and find that they are correct.

W e report that thePar Value of the Stocks and Bonds is............... $93,500.00Their Value on our Books.......................... 93,196.70Market Value May 1, 1918.......................... 79,958.00

By reason of war conditions quotations for bonds are more or less nominal, few sales being made, and the prices do not adequately express values.

The mortgages are in hand and necessary adjustment requiring attention in the hands of Counsel for settlement.

Yours truly, • .‘ W. EDW. FOSTER,

Chairman Finance Committee.New York, May 15, 1918.

ARABIAN MISSION RECEIPTSM A Y 2, 1917, to M A Y 2, 1918 ■

As far as possible these amounts have been placed to the credit of the churches in the “Tabular View of Receipts.

F O R MISSIONARIES’1 SALARIES: .Alto, Wis.................................... .Brooklyn, N. Y., On-the-Heights .................•Chicago', III., First Roseland......................

‘ Holland, Mich., First ...........................Walden, N. Y ..................................•Flushing, N. Y .................................Kalamazoo, Mich., Second .......................Catskill, N. Y ..................................N. Y. C. Lenox Ave............................N. Y. C. St. Nicholas Collegiate...........;......Overisel, Mich..................................Orange City, la., First .........................Pella, la., Second ................. .............Plainfield, N. J., Trinity .................... 1In Memoriam ................................. t•Sioux County Churches, la.......................Ridgewood, N. J., First .........................Somerville, N. J., Second .......................Clymer, N. Y., Abbe ...........................Friend .......................................

$700 00 600 00

1,400 00 ' 528 94 575 00

1,200 00 500 00 557 37 600 00

' 500 00 660 00 700 00 600 00 700 00 900 00

2,896 48 500 00 633 34 200 00 350 00

SYNDICATES N O T I N C L U D E D ABOVE:Brooklyn, N. Y., First Flatbush ................................ 5 00Catskill, N. Y ................................................ 61 00Claverack, N. Y., First .... 15 00Little Neck, L. L, Harmony Circle, K. D .......................... 10 00Grand Rapids, Mich., Bethany ;........................... 2 00Maskat Bible Shop ....................................... 35 00High Falls, N. Y., Clove ..................................... 10 25Holland, Mich., Third ...... 39 00Holland, Neb................................................. 100 00Jamaica, N. Y.,.First ......................................... 2 00New Brunswick, N. J., Second .......... !..................... 110 00New Brunswick, N. J., Theol. Sem. Class of ’97............... 3 00N. Y. C., West End Collegiate.................................. 65 00North Holland, ^Uch................................... 152 96Oradell, N. J., ............ 53 00Philadelphia, Pa., First ...................................... 18 00Raritan, N. J., Third.......................................... ' 20 50Other Syndicates ............................................ 797 20

$16,800 04* Churches supporting two missionaries.

MISCELLANEOUS GIFTS“A. C.” ......... ....... 10 00“A Member, First Ref. Ch.tiRochester, N. Y.M ...... 25 00

Ashley, Miss Susan....... 1 00Bahler, Rev. P. G. M .... 2 50Baker, Mrs. Dirk......... 45 00Baldwin, Mrs. A. H ...... 5 00Bennink, H. H. ......... 50 00Brower, Miss Christine... 1 10Bussing, Miss Sarah A ... 10 00Campbell, Miss Carrie M.... 5 00“Cash" ................. 10 00Chicago, 111., Irving Park ^Pres. S. S............. 15 00

Chicago, 111., Moody Ch... 170 00Chicago Missionary Commit­tee .................. 30 00

Cobb, Miss E. P .......... 10 00De Heidenwereld Fund... 85 00Dubbink, Miss Jennie.... 5 00“Friend’* ............... 5 q0“Friend, First Ref. Ch.,Rochester, N. Y.'*...... 30 00

Friend of Missions....... 500 00Friesema, Harry......... 50 00Friesema, John ....... 50 00Gulick, Rev. George W .... 5 00Haig, Mrs. C. A ......... 23 75Hasbrouck, Miss M. L. B... 5 00Hills Brothers .......... 250 00Hyde, Mrs. E. Francis.... 50 00In Memory of C. B. T ... 50 00In Memory of William Wal-voord ................ 100 00

Ireland, H. G ............ 3 OuJenny, Mrs. A ........... 7 00MacNair, Rev. Wilmar... 10 00Markley, Mrs. E.......... 1 00Mason, Rev. A. D e W ..... 50 00

Mason, Dr. L. D .... . 50 00Miller, Miss Katherine... 2 43Moody Bible Institute..... 25 00Moody Church, Y. W. B. C.. 25 00Mouw, Peter ............ 1 00Mulder, Dr. C. D., and fam­ily .................. 20 00

Newark Bible Class...... 99 75Oakdale, Pa., First Presby­terian ................ 32 00

Rees, Miss G. L...... «■... 1 00Rice, Miss Laura Wade.... 2 00Rockwell, Miss Alice..... 1 00Rossiter, Mrs. M. F...... 1 00Smies, D ............'.... 10 00Smith, Miss Kate........ 1 00Smock, Mrs. J. C ......... 800 00Stager, H. J............. 1 00Strong, Rev. Wm. V. D --- 5 00Terry, Mrs. Wilson....... 1 00Thoms, Mrs. M. D. P..... • 20 00Toussaint, Mrs. Simon.... 35 00Two Friends ............ 200 00Two Friends per Miss E.Hobart............... 1 00

Two Old Friends......... 500 00Vandervelde, Miss Susie.... 20 00Van Houten, Miss J. F..C. . 10 00Van Roekel, Geurt ...... 250 00Vroom, A. H .......... 10 00Walvoord, Mrs. W m ...... 10 00Watson, Mrs. W. L....... 25 00Weber, Edw. R .......... 3 00Western Theol. Sem. Stu­dents ................ 14 63

Woodbridge, Mrs. S. M .... 50 00Woman’s Board ......... 309 07

$4,205 23

LEGACIESEliza C. Winslow................................................ $377 37K. Schaddelee .................................................. 17 50

$394 87

THE ARABIAN MISSIONSTATEMENT OF REVENUE A N D EXPENDITURES

FOR T H E Y E A R E N D E D APRIL 30, 1918EXHIBIT "A”

RevenueCollections: ,Salaries ................................. $15,222 89Syndicates ..................................... 1,508 91“One Day’s Income” ........................... 3,021 89Miscellaneous .................................. 19,063 57

Income from Trust Fund held by Board of Foreign Missions..........Income from Trust Fund held by Board of Direction................Income from Security Fund....... .... .........................Bahrien Hospital Endowment Fund Income........................Busrah Hospital Endowment Fund Income........................Legacies .....................................................Gifts for Specific Purposes:

University of Michigan— Students* Christian AssociationDr. Van Vlack ............................. $ 197 85

Hospital Work in Arabia ........................ 200 00

$38,817 26 125 00 71 50 277 50 231 95 90 90 394 87

397 85Total Revenue ..................../

ExpendituresRemittances to Arabia for Regular Work... $25,066 94Individual Accounts of Missionaries........ 13,227 91Special Salaries ... ....... ............. 1,741 63'

$40,406 83

Specific Work— Designated Gifts:Salary and Expenses of Dr. Van Vlack..

Home Expenses:Discount and Interest.................Rent and Care of Office..............Salaries ............................Account Books and Stationery.........Salary of Stenographers and Supplies...Postage, Telegrams and Cables.........Office Furniture and Repairs...........Incidentals ..........................Books purchased .....................Christian Intelligencer ...............Audit ..............................Telephone ..........................Publishing Annual Report..............Pamphlets and Leaflets ...............Illustrating Literature ................“Mission Field” .....................“Neglected Arabia” ..................Circulars and Miscellaneous Printing....Mission Conferences and Reports.......Expenses District Secretary ...........Classical Missionary Agent ............Missionary Education ........ \.......Shipping Expenses ...................Travel Among Churches ..............

$40,036 48 „ .197 85

-------- $40,234 33$ 262 25

203 56 1,602 64 •

55 01 ’349 07 152 92 93 24 65 753 58 •35 75 30 00 51 51 95 36 187 20 28 67 186 42 530 50 40 60 39 0053 53 ■10 4048 75 .741 11 566 45

-------- 5,433 27Total Expenditures ..................................... 45,667 60Excess of Expenditures over Revenue...................... $ 5,260 77

Add:Specific Gifts received not remitted..................... ...... $ 200 00

Deficit for the year— to Surplus Account $ 5,460 77

SURP L U S A C C O U N T

Ba,a ^.a^cJ9o£l c’« uppiropriated' now* transferred* foV cuV- $ 5,020 672,100 00

Adjusted Surplus ...............Deficit for the year— as above.............

Balance, April 30, 1918— Exhibit ‘ B'V

$ 7,120 6 5,460 77

$ 1,659 90

STATEMENT OF ASSETS A ND LIABILITIESAPRIL 30, 1918

. EXHIBIT “B ”Assets

Cash ...................................Kailroad Bonds ..... ...................U. S. Liberty Bonds (4%)...............Bonds and Mortgages.. • ■ . ...... . ■ .....Remittances to Arabia for May and June...*

Liabilities

Medical Work Fund.......Bahrein Hospital Endowment Busrah Hospital EndowmentSecurity Fund ...........Abbie J. Bell Fund.......Busrah School Fund ....

Gifts unremitted .... Surplus— Exhibit “A 1

$ 250 007.000 002.000 005,392 00200 00

5, 428 14

$ 1,548 20 8,400 00

50 00 7,000 00 5,293 84

$22,292 04

$20,270 14 362 00

1,659 90$22,292 04

May,17, 1918.Howell S. Bennet, Esq., Treasurer,

The Arabian Mission,New York City.

BXHIBII“A ” S T A T E M E N T o f r e v e n u e a n d e x p e n d i t u r e s —

S T A F O R T H E Y E A R E N D E D APRIL 30, 1918. S T A T E M E N T OF ASSETS A N D LIABILITIES

APRIL 30, 1918.The revenue was properly accountcd for a,j^cl e

^ „ kUS W e ;i:frteivyedt cUrrnPaT'oyn eo?the balance at the close of the year from

at April 30, 1918. Respectfully yours,’ LOOMIS S U F F E R N & FERNALD,J UUiViio, o Public Accountants.

John Bingham,Eben E. Olcott, p

Finance Committee.

as % x t i z m s s t e xtr «c ass--" "rApproved;

M I S S I O N A R I E S O F T H E B O A R D ___ _ (

The following' list contains the names of Missionaries n o w connected with their various Missions, whether in the field or at h o m e expecting to return, with their addresses, and also those under appointment.

Letter postage to all lands here named, five cents for the first ounce, three cents for each additional ounce or fraction.■ Postage on the printed matter, one cent for each two ounces, or fraction.

■ • A M O Y M I S S I O N 1Only Address— A m o y , China. w e n t o u t

Mrs. Leonard W . K i p ............................ 1865Miss Katharine M . T a l m a g e . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1874Miss M a r y E. Talmage . ........................ 1874Miss Nellie Z w e m e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1891Miss Margaret C. Morrison . . . . . . . . . . . ............ 1892Miss Lily N. Duryee ............................ 1894Rev. A. Livingston Warnshuis, D.D., Shanghai. . . . . . . . . .1900Mrs. A n n a D. Warnshuis, Shanghai ................. 1900Rev. Harry P. Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1903Mrs. A n n a H. Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1908'Rev. Frank Eckerson .... 1903Rev. Hen ry J. Voskuil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '....1907Mrs. M a r y W . Voskuil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1908Rev. Henry P. DePree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1907Mrs. Kate E. DePree ............. ;............. 1907Miss Katharine R. Green ........... ............ 1907Rev. Steward D a y .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1908-1914) 1916Mrs. Rachel S. D a y .................. (1908-1914) 191.6John H. Snoke, M . D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1908Mrs. M a r y E. S. Snoke .. ........................ 1908Miss Leona Vander Linden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1909Mr. H e r m a n R en sk er s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1910Miss Bessie M . Ogsbury-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1910

E d w a r d J. Strick, M . D ...................... 1911Mrs. Edith M . Strick.............. 1911Miss M a u d e Norling ............................ 1912Miss Willemina M u r m a n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1913Miss E d n a K. B e e k m a n ................ 1914Taeke Bosch, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1915Mrs. Margaret B. B o s c h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1915Mr. Fred J. Weersing ........................... 1915Mrs. Bata B. Weersing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1915Miss Edith C. Boynton ... .•.... 1915Rev. L y m a n A. Talmaai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1916Mrs. Rose E. Talman . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1916Rev. H. Michael Veenschoten .......... •. . . . . . . . . . 1917Mrs. Stella G. Veenschoten . ...................... 1917Rev. Henry Poppen .......... 1918Mrs. Dorothy T. Poppen ✓. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1918Rev. Harvey I. Todd, under appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1918Mr. Irwin J. Lubbers, under appointment. . . . . . . . . . 1917

A R C O T M I S S I O NGeneral Address— Madras Presidency, India. .

Mrs. John Scudder, Vellore ................ ,..... 1861Miss Julia C. Scudder, Ranipettai". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....1879Rev. Exekiel C. Scudder, Renipettai................ 1882Mrs. Mabel J. Scudder, Ranipettai....... ........... 1889Rev. Lewis R. Scudder, M.D., Vellore .... '. . . . . . . . . 1888Mrs. Ethel T. Scudder, Vellore .. .•. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1888Mrs. James A.. Beattie, Chittoor . . . . . . . . . .......... 1893Miss Louisa H. Hart, M.D., M ad anapalle............ 1895Mr. William H. Farrar, Katpadi ................... 1897Mrs. Elizabeth W . Farrar, Katpadi ................ 1897Rev. Walter T. Scudder, Tindivanam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1899Mrs. Ellen B. Scudder, M.D., Tindivanam ........... 1899Miss Ida S. Scudder, M.D., Vellore................ 1899Miss Annie E. Hancock, Vellore................... 1899Miss Alice B. V a n Doren, Ranipettai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1903

Miss Henrietta Wynkoop' Drury, N e w Brunswick, N. J... 1906Miss Delia M . Houghton, Vellore ................. 1908Rev. Bernard Rottschaefer, Holland, M i c h ........... 1909Mrs. Bernice M . Rottschaefer, Holland, Mich.......... 1910Miss Margaret Rottschaefer, Holland, M i c h .......... 1909Miss Sarella TeWinkel, Chittoor .......... ......... 1909Miss Josephine V. TeWinkel, M ad anapalle........... 1909Bert W . Roy, M.D., 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k ....... 1909Mrs. Nellie M . Roy, 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k ....... 1909Mrs. H e n r y Honegger, Ranipettai ..... ............ 1910Rev. John H. Warnshuis, Madanapalle.............. 1913Mrs.-Lilian C. Warnshuis, M.D., Madanapalle ..'....... 1913Miss Charlotte C. Wyckoff, Ranipettai . . . . . . . . . . . ... 1915Mr. John D. Muyskens, Madanapalle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1915Miss Elisabeth W . Conklin, 25 East 22nd St., N e w York. .1915Rev. Lambertus Hekhuis, Vellore .v................. 1916Mrs. Jennie J. Hekhuis, Vellore ................... 1916Rev. Herbert E. .Van Vranken, Chittoor-........... ...1917Mrs. Nellie S. V a n Vranken, Chittoor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1917Rev. John C. V a n W y k , Madanapalle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1917Mrs. Amelia M . V an W y k , Madanapalle............. 1917Miss Wilhelmina Noordyk, Madanapalle ............. 1917Mr. Cornelius R. Wierenga, T i n d i v a n a m ............. 1917Mr. E. Paul McLean, under-appointment............ 1918Miss Clara M . Coburn, under appointment............ 1918Miss M a u d e S. Scudder, under appointment ......... 1918

* < i J A P A N M I S S I O N

General Address— Japan. •Rev. James H. Ballagh, D.D., Y o k o h a m a .......... 1861Rev. Eugene S. Booth, D.D., 178 Bluff, Y o k o h a m a ..... 1879Mrs. M . N. Wyckoff, Tokyo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1881Miss M. Leila Winn, Aomori, Iwate K e n ............ 1882Rev. Albert Oilmans, D.D., Meiji Gakuin, T o k y o ...... 1886Mrs. Alice V. Oltmans, Meiji Gakuin, T o k y o . , . ....... 1886Miss Julia Moulton, 178 Bluff, Y o k o h a m a ......... ..1889Pev. Albertus Pieters, Oita ....................... 1891

Mrs. E m m a T. Pieters, O i t a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Miss. Sara M . Couch, Nagasaki .................Rev. H a r m a n V. S. Peeke, D.D., S ag a.... (1889-1892) 1893Mrs. Vesta O. Peeke, S a g e ............. . ......... *?'Miss Harriet M . Lansing, Fukuoka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ° ^Rev D . C. Ruigh, 25 East 22nd St, N e w Y o r k . . . . . . . . . 1901 .Mrs. Christine C. Ruigh, 25 East 22nd St., N e w York... .1904Miss Jennie A. Pieters, Shimonoseki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Miss- Jennie M . Kuyper, 178 Bluff, Y o k o h a m a ....... t .1905Mr. Anthony-Walvoord, Nagasaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1905Mrs. Edith Walvoord, Nagasaki ......... ......... 1905Mr. Walter E. Hoffsommer, Meiji Gakuin, T o k y o .. .'.1907Mrs..Grace P. Hoffsommer, Meiji Gakuin, T o k y o ... 1907Rev. Willis G. Hoekje, Morioka . .................. 1907Mrs. Annie N. Hoekje, Morioka ................... 191-Rev. Hubert Kuyper, Orange City, la............. iqiiMiss Jeane Noordhoff, Shimonoseki , .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1911Rev. David V a n Strien, K u r u m e ................... 19j2Rev. L u m a n J. Shafer, N a g a s a k i ................... 1912Mrs. A m y K. Shafer, N a g a s a k i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1912Miss M a y B. Demarest, Y o k o h a m a ............ '■.... 1912Rev. Stephen W . Ryder, K a g o s h i m a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1913Mrs. Reba C. Ryder, K a g o s h i m a ................... 1914

Miss Evelyn F. Oltmans, Shimonoseki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1914Miss Janet Oltmans, 178 Bluff, Y o k o h a m a .. .......... 1914Rev.,Alex. V a n Bronkhorst, K u r u m e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1916Mrs.'Helena de M . V a n Bronkhorst, K u r u m e ..... .... 191oRev. Henry V. E. Stegeman, Language Study, T o k y o . .. .1917 Mrs. Gertrude H. Stegeman, Language Study, T o k y o . ... 1917 Miss A n n a M . Fleming, under appointment .......... 1918

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General Address— Via Bombay.Rev. James Cantine, D.D., Basrah, Persian Gulf. Mrs. Elizabeth G. Cantine, Basrah, Persian Gulf

Rev. Samuel M . Zwemer, D.D., Cairo, Egypt . . . . . . . . . 1890Mrs. A m y W . Zwemer, Cairo, E g y p t ................ 1896Rev. Fred J. Barny, Basrah, Persian G u l f ............ 1897Mrs. Margaret R. Barny, Basrah, Persian Gulf....... rl898Rev. James E. Moerdyk, Basrah, Persian Gulf . ....... 1900Rev. John V a n Ess, Basrah, Persian Gulf ........... 1902Mrs. Dorothy F. V a n Ess, Basrah, Persian G u l f . . . . . . . . 1909Miss Jennie A. Scardefield, Bahrein, Persian Gulf...... 1903Miss Fanny Button, Maskat, Arabia . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 1904Rev. Dirk Dykstra, Bahrein, Persian G u l f ............ 1906Mrs. Minnie W . Dykstra, Bahrein, Persian G u l f ....... 1907C. Stanley G. Mylrea, M.D., Kuweit, Persian Gulf...... 1906Mrs. Bessie London Mylrea, Kuweit, Persian G u l f ...... 1906Rev. Gerrit J. Pennings, Bahrein, Persian G u l f . ....... 1908Rev. E d w i n E. Calverley, Kuweit, Persian Gulf ....... 1909Mrs. Eleanor J. Calverly, M.D., Kuweit, Persian Gulf.... 1909Paul W . Harrison, M.D., Bahrein, Persian Gulf. ....... 1909Mrs. Regina R. Harrison, Bahrein, Persian Gulf...... 1916Rev. Gerrit D. V a n Peursem, Bahrein, Persian Gulf.... 1910Mrs. Josephine E. V a n Peursem, Bahrein, Persian Gulf... 1910 Miss Sarah L. Hosmon, M.D., 25 East 22nd St., N e w York. 1911Miss Gertrud Schafheitlinj Canning, N o v a Scotia....... 1912Miss Charlotte B. Kellien, Basrah, Persian Gulf....... 1915Rev. Hen ry A. Bilkert, Language Study, Bahrein, P. G...1917 Mrs. A n n a M . Bilkert, Language Study, Bahrein, P. G . ...1917 Miss M a r y C. V a n Pelt, Language Study, Bahrein, P. G.. .1917 Mrs. Sharon J. Thoms, under appointment... (1906-1913) 1918Dr. Louis P. Dame, M.D., under appointment. . . . . . . . . .1918Miss Elizabeth Purdie, under appointment ........... 1918

INDEX

Advertising in Japan, Newspaper, 94. Amoy: Churches, xi, xii.Condensed report of, x-xv.Amoy Commemoration & Fagg Memorial

Ang-Tng Primary dcnooi, oo.Arabian Mission: condensed report ot,xxvi-xxxiii.Report, 121*129.Financial Statements, 158-161.

Appointments, new, xli.Arcot: Churches, xvii.Condensed report of, xv*xx.

* Report, 36-82. . .Arcot Theological Seminary, xvu, 64. Athletics, xiii, 9.

Fund, ix. Amoy District,

Basrah Educational Fund, ix. ’Bible Classes, xxii, 12, 66, 67, 91.Bible Sales in Arabia, xxxu, 128.Bible Women, xix, 17, 19, 57, 58, 80. Board of Foreign Missions: Members of, xlii. . .Report of, iii-xlviit.Boys' Schools: Amoy, 15, 21, 25, 29, 33. Arcot, 55, 58, 65-67, 72, 77.Arabia, 126.Japan, 107, 116-119.

Branch Society Work, xxiii, 96.

Educational Work:Amoy, xii-xiv, 5-15, 20-22, 32-35. Arabia, xxx, 126.Arcot, xvii, 53-82.Japan, xxiv, 106-119.

Evangelistic Work: *Amoy, xii, 3, 16, 23, 28-32. Arabia, xxviii, 124.Arcot, xvi, 38, 46-53. japan, xxi, 87.

Expenditures:Of Board, 152.Of Arabian Mission, 160. '

F.Ferris Seminary, xxiv, 108. Financial Goal, xl. a Financial Report, xliii.Financial Statements, 130-161. Foreign Missions Sunday, xxxiv. Funds, Trust & Security, 156.

• G.Gifts:Of Churches, vii..

Individual, 149. .Girls' Schools:

Amoy, xiv, 11, 21, 25.Arabia, 126.Arcot, xix, 58, 62, 75, 79, 81. Japan. 107-116.

Gudiyattam Dispensary, 69.H.

Hindu Girls* Schools, xix, 62, 70, 75, 79, 81. u ome Department, xxxiii. "Home Secretary, iv.Report of. xxxiii. •Hope High School, India, xviii, 78.Hope Hospital, xv, 15.Hospitals: -Hope Hosnital, xv, 15.

Lansing Memorial, xxxix.Mary Isabel Allen, 40. ■ 'Mary Lott Lvles. 40. 81.Mary Tabor Schell, xviii, 67. Neerbosch, 26.Panipettai, 59. ’Wilhelmina, xv, 15. '

Chiang;-chiu Boys* School, 21.Chiang-chiu District, 17.Chiang-chiu Girls’ School, 21.Chiang-chiu Kindergarten, 22.Children’s Home, Amoy, 13.Christian Hostels, 55, 67*Christian Endeavor, 113.Churches, American: ^

Contributions of, vii.#Per capita giving, viii.

Church, Native:Arabia, xxviii, 127.China, xi. 3, 4, 5, 17, 23, 29-32.India, xvii, 45, 47-52.Japan, xxii, 87, 100.

Church of Christ, Japan, 100.Classical Agents, xxxix.Colporteurs, 31. . . ,Committee on Education, Joint, xxxvi- J.Committee. Western District, xxxviii. Japan: Condensed report of, xx-xxvi.Condifions in Arabia since War. 121-129. Report of, 85*119. . .,Correspondence Course, Japan. 95-100. Joint Committee on Education, xxxvi-xxxvti. Crane Elementary School, Arcot, 55.

Indian Church Board, xvii, xx,- 47-53.

D.Deputation, xv, xl, 42.Dispensaries, 56, 69. ...District Committee, Western, xxxvm.

ace Class, 63.4 .>ansing Memorial Hospital, xxix. legacies, vii, 150. literature, xxxiv, 95, 96, 99. ivingstone Easter School, 33.

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Madanapalle Girls' School, 79.Maps; .Amoy Mission, 1, 'Arabian Mission, 120.Arcot, 36.Kiushiu, 84.North Japan, 83.

Mary Isabel Allen Hospital, 40.Mary Lott Lyles Hospital, 40, 81.Mary Tabor Schell Hospital, xviii, 67. Medical Work: .

Amoy Mission, xv; 15-16, 26. Arabian Mission, 124. f Arcot Mission, xviii, 56, 69.

Meiji Gakuin, xxv, 107, 117.Miller, Rev. E. W., retirement of, iv. Mission Fests, xxxix.Mission Fields, Special Opportunities in:

Arabia, x, xlvii,China, ix, xlvit.India, x, xlvii.

Japan, ix, xlvii.Mjssjons at Work, x-xxxiii.Missionaries: Movements of. xii.

Names of, 1, 36, 85, 121, 162-166. New, xli.Number, xli.On Furioush, xli, 41.Returning, 42.

“Mission Field." The, xxxv. Muhammadan Girls* School, $1.

Neerbosch Hospital, 26.“Nefflected Arabia," xxxv.Newspaper work in Japan, 94, 111. Normal Training School, Chittoor, 74.

Reuniting of Japan Missions, 102, 105. Revenue and Expenditure: statement of, ‘ 152.- s.

Securities, list of, 155.Service Flag, v.Shafer, Rev. L. J., iv.Sio-khe Boys* School, 25. 'Sio-khe District, 23. *Sio-khe Girls* School, 25.Special News Bulletin, xxxiv.Statistics: ' !

Comparative Summary, 130.General Summary, 130.Of Churches, xi, xii, xvii, xxii, 47, 49, 51. ^

Of Distribution of Literature, xxii, xxxti 95 96 99

Of Medical’Work, xv, xviii,.xxix,- 124, Of Educational Work, xii-xv, xvii, xviii, xxiv, 126. *

Steele Academy, xxiv, 107, 116. e Sturgis Seminary, xxiv. 112. ,Sunday-Schools, 23, 92-94, 97, 110-111,Sunday School Teachers’ Institute, 94.

. T.Talmage College, China, 6, 10. Tindivanam High School, 55. Tong-an Boys* School, 32. Tong-an District. 27.Tong-an Girls' School, 34. Travelogues, Missionary, xxxvi. Typhoon, xi, 110, 118.

O.One Day’s Income Fund, vii, xxxiii, x

P.Parish Letters, xxxv.Particular Synod of Chicago, xxxviii. Politics: Amoy, xi, 27.' Arabia, 122. .

Arcot, xvi, 43*46.Japan, 86. .

■ U. 'Union Theological College. China. 5-6, Union Tuberculosis Sanitarium, 40.

V.Vayalpad Hindu Girls’ School, 79. Voorhees College, xviii, 65.

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Ranipettai Girls* School, 62.Ranipettai Hospital, 59.Receipts: of the Board, vii, xliii, 151.

Of the Board since 1857, comparative table, 151.Of the Arabian Mission, 158.On the Field, 1, 36, 85.Tables by Classes and Churches, 131-147. Tables by Classes and Synods, 148.From Individuals, 149.Legacies. 150.

Receints and Expenditures of Board: Statement of. xliv. xlv, 152-154. Arabian Mission, xlv.

Recommendations of the Board, xlvi-xlviii.

Wandiwash School, 56.Wilhelmina Hospital, xv, 15. Woman*s Board, receipts of, xlvi. Women’s Work:

Amoy, xv. 12, 23, 25, 34. Arabia, 126.Arcot, 56, 76.Japan, 89, *107.

Y. M. C. A., 10, 85. ,Y. W. C. A., 6, 85, 111.

Zenana Work, xix, 58, 62, 71, 76, 8(7.