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The Missionary Herald

Volume CVIII OCTOBER 1912 Number 10

The prospects for the Annual Meet-
ing are excellent. A year of great work
abroad and of successful finan-
Prol'^ts ciering at home, a program of
unusual scope, variety, and in-
terest, and a charming city to meet in —
what more could we ask? Not less
than twenty missionaries, fresh from
their fields, will bring inspiring visions
of their work. In view of national con-
ditions in China and Turkey, several
missionaries have been asked to deal
at some length with certain funda-
mental aspects of world politics in de-
scribing conditions on their fields. The
Board is fortunate in having at home
at this time missionaries of such broad
vision that they can interpret their
work in the largest terms.

Wednesday evening is to be devoted
to the continent of Africa, with ad-
dresses by Prof. Harlan P.
SMs/ons Beach, of Yale, who will have
returned at that time from an
eight months’ trip in the Dark Conti-
nent, where he has paid especial atten-
tion to the grave problem of the Mo-
hammedan invasion ; by Dr. George A.
Wilder, who has spent thirty years in
the heart of Africa ; and by Secretary
Patton. There is to be a great program
on Thursday evening, when President
Capen will give his annual address, his
theme this year being “Foreign Mis-
sions and World Peace.” On tbe same
evening it is expected that two distin-
guished English gentlemen, one of them
Rev. J. H. Ritson, of London, secretary
of the British and Foreign Bible So-
ciety, who are in this country repre-
senting the Continuation Committee of
the Edinburgh Conference, will speak.
There will be a meeting for women on

Thursday afternoon, with a strong pro-
gram of missionaries representing the
American Board and the Woman’s
Board ; also a young people’s rally on
one of the evenings in the Williston
Church, where the Christian Endeavor
Movement was started.

A NEW feature of the program will
be the giving of demonstrations of a
semi-dramatic character
Novel Features relating to missionary
work in China. The par-
ish house of the Williston Church,
where the meetings are to be held,
lends itself finely, not only to general
convention arrangements, but also to
exhibition purposes. There will be va-
rious exhibits from foreign lands, which
will be explained by specially trained
stewards. The program will be prac-
tical as well as inspirational, a section
of Thursday afternoon being devoted
to what is called “ A Missionary Lab-
oratory,” in which effective methods
for promoting missions in the home
churches will be set forth in a vivid
way.

The American Board men’s quartet,
which has been sucb a delightful fea-
ture of recent meetings, will be on
hand, and the sessions will be inter-
spersed with their renderings of Chris-
tian hymns and anthems.

We look for a large attendance, not
only of corporate members, but of pas-
tors and laymen from New England.
Judging from the letters already re-
ceived from friends in the West, we
feel assured of a goodly attendance
outside of the New England District.
The conditions for an old-time, enthu-
siastic missionary meeting at Portland
would seem to be ideal, and we urge

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every friend of the Board who can
possibly come to do so.

The political situation is no less tense
than last month in those lands where
the Board’s work has all the
of confronting con-

ditions of war and revolu-
tion. In Mexico President Madero
seems unable yet to quell the guerrilla
warfare of scattered bands of insur-
gents and to re-establish order and
safety through the land. There are
fresh rumors of intervention by the
United States and a depressing sense
of uncertainty that delays the reopen-
ing of missionary work, as it does of
all lines of lawful activity.

From Turkey comes some news and
all sorts of rumors. It is known that
several members of the new ministry
have resigned or refused to serve, and it
is said a new election has been ordered ;
how it will be conducted, if at all, is in
doubt. As we go to press the news dis-
patches report that war is practically
declared between Turkey and Bulgaria.
Intimations that steps are being taken
to stop the war with Italy are becoming
clearer. And that is the necessary course
if Turkey is to recover even a normal
measure of prosperity. Apprehensions
and disturbances of the war have
brought on a ruinous stagnation of in-
dustry. The insurgency in Albania has
been temporarily arrested, but if war
comes with Bulgaria it is likely to set all
the Balkan country aflame.

China’s fate still seems to hang on the
question of the foreign loans. It was
affirmed, but is now disproved, that
overtures from private bankers have
fallen through ; once more negotiations
are being resumed with the represent-
atives of the six nations. An out-
break at 'Tungchow, August 25, while
occasioning alarm and heavy loss locally,
proved to have no national significance,
save as to the government’s heavy task
of preserving peace, order, and har-
mony. Despite the scare heads in the
public press. Dr. Sun Yat Sen does not
seem to have broken with President
Yuan Shih Kai, and there is no clear evi-

dence that the split between the differ-
ent groups of revolutionists is more
serious than between different parties
in other lands.

In the midst of all the tumult and
uncertainties in these fields, while mis-
sionary work cannot but suffer to some
extent and especially in some places,
on the whole it is remarkable how it
advances. Letters in this month’s num-
ber from Albania, Asia Minor, and
China indicate the constancy and effec-
tiveness of missionary effort in the midst
of alarms.

The fixed policy of the American
Board has been to develop resources in
the countries in which it is
Ind!,“ent Carrying on work which ulti-
mately should be sufficient
to provide for all needs. These re-
sources consist of trained men and
women for leadership and funds for
support. We are familiar with the long
and honorable lists of native Christian
leaders in all of our missions, and the
annual reports show the large sums in
the aggregate given by the Christians
for the support of the work. There is
now coming to the front a not incon-
siderable number of men, children of
the mission field, who, successful in
business, are expressing their confidence
in the work the missionaries are doing
by making substantial contributions.

Two brothers in New York, well-
known, successful business men, whose
names we are not now at liberty to dis-
close, have pledged $50,000 for a spe-
cial work in their own city in Turkey,
to be under the care of the missionaries
and in full accord with the work of the
Board. This is not their first gift for
such work, and they assure us it will
not be their last.

When Rev. John X. Miller came home
from India upon his furlough a little
over a year ago, he was accompanied by
a wealthy Indian gentleman, who was
upon his way to the coronation in Lon-
don. Mr. Miller was able to be very
helpful to the Indian, who was visiting
the West for the first time. Upon Mr.
Miller’s recent return to his work, this

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gentleman called upon him and offered
3,500 rupees for one-half the cost of a
dormitory at Pasumalai, besides an-
other special gift, the amount not
named, for Madura College. He also
asked Mr. Miller to aid him in the use
of 20,000 rupees for the betterment of
the condition of all classes in the . Indian
community.

Those who are so sure that the work
of the missionaries is not appreciated
by the people themselves would do well
to study these and a large number of
similar cases that might be named.

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Smith on
their way back to North China stopped
for brief visits in the
K'o'S." Philippines and at Can-
ton, in both of which
fields of the American Board they were
greatly impressed with the urgency of
the missionary situation. Dr. Smith
quotes a Presbyterian missionary in
whose home they were entertained at
Manila, Dr. James B. Rodgers, as affirm-
ing that the strain upon Mr. Black dur-
ing most of the years since he has been
in Davao has been greater than any
man ought to be called upon to bear, and
that he has often been at the breaking
point. Dr. Smith adds that so far as he
can see there is absolutely no escape
from the conclusion that the Board
ought to man this work in the Philip-
pines decently or else give it over to
somebody that can do it properly.

At Canton, also, the impression was
that, in view of the present hopeful and
large opportunities for missionary serv-
ice, the Board’s occupation at that
center should be made more effective.
Dr. Smith feels, as he wrote to the Pru-
dential Committee, that if the real
emergency existing there were brought
home to consecrated young men of
America some of them would surely
recognize the call of the Lord to engage
in this work.

While professing himself unable yet
to comprehend the extremely intricate
conditions at present in China, the keen-
eyed doctor declares that nothing which
the American Board can have heard as

to the importance of the new openings
and the enlarging of the old ones is
likely to be exaggerated.

Thus out of the mouth of two compe-
tent witnesses the letters from Mrs.
Black and Mr. Nelson in this issue of the
Herald are abundantly substantiated.

Another Keen-
Eyed Judgrment

A LETTER from Dr. Albert E. Dunning
to one of the Board’s secretaries, shortly
after returning from his
tour in the East, contains
a paragraph which we
trust that he, as an expert in editorial
values, will excuse us for printing. It
will be welcome reading to the Board’s
constituency : —

“ I have no criticisms to make on the
work or the missionaries of our Board.
The harmony between our missionaries
and those of other boards, their appre-
ciation of the religious aspirations of the
peoples among whom they work and
their sympathy with them, their friendly
relations with the governments under
which they live, their courage and hope
in the presence of adverse surroundings,
their skillful adaptation of their gospel
to social conditions, have constantly
roused my admiration. I have a higher
esteem than ever for the educational and
medical as well as the evangelistic work,
not only of our Board, but of others. I
believe I can help some persons at least
to see these things as I have seen them.”

The Lucknow Missionary Confer-
ence Continuation Committee and the
World’s Evangelical Alliance
october*i6 United in issuing a call to

the Christian world to mark
the centenary of the death of Henry
Martyn at Tocat on October 16, 1812,
as a day of special prayer for the Mos-
lem world. The story of Henry Martyn,
it is to be feared, is not as familiar as
it once was, even among the friends of
foreign missions. The record of the
vast and varied service of this remark-
able missionary deserves to be brought
to mind and to be emphasized anew.
Moreover, there is special reason for
earnest and united prayer for the Mos-
lem world today, in view of the many

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upheavals in Moslem lands and the
new influences at work upon Moslem
thought. The following topics for
prayer are suggested in the call : —

(1) For Moslem governments and for
Christian rulers in Moslem lands.

(2) For the wider circulation of the
Word of God and Christian literature
among Moslems.

(3) For those engaged in the ministry
of healing in all hospitals and dispen-
saries throughout the Mohammedan
world.

(4) For all preachers and evangelists
among Moslems, and for their message
of reconciliation. For converts.

(5) For the arrest of Mohammedan
progress in Africa ; the success of mis-
sions on the border-marches of Islam ;
and that all Christian societies in these
regions may realize the need of work-
ing also for Moslems.

Additional incentives to this league
of prayer may be found in the fact that
the Nile Mission Press, the special
agency for publishing and dispensing
Christian literature among all Moslem
peoples, is just now, at the close of
the first seven years of its existence,
planning greatly to enlarge its work
and extend its influence. Moreover,
Dr. Zwemer has been loaned by the
Dutch Reformed Board, under whose
appointment he has been laboring in
Arabia, to the service of the United
Presbyterian Board in its mission in
North Africa; and he is to make his
new headquarters at Cairo the center
of a still more vigorous, systematic, and
far-reaching propaganda for missions
to the Moslems, not only in Egypt and
North Africa, but in all lands where
Islam is intrenched.

The World
in Baltimore

Another missionary exposition is
about to open its doors. The World in
Baltimore will be drawing
its crowds from October 25
to November 30. Its man-
agement is in competent hands : Dr . John
T. Stone is president. Rev. A. M. Gardner
is general secretary. Dr. J. Ross Steven-
son, captain of stewards. Dr. Bernard
C. Steiner, chairman of the Publicity

Department, with Frank W. Harold as
publicity secretary. Congregationalists
are not most numerous in the vicinity of
Baltimore, but we trust that all within
reasonable traveling distance of that city
will make sure to see this elaborate and
effective demonstration of what Chris-
tian missions are doing.

Mobilizing Missions
in South Africa

The jubilee celebration of the Ameri-
can Board in its South Africa field last
year seems to have
marked the beginning
of a new era for all
missionary work in that region. Fresh
zeal among the missionaries of all boards
and a new respect for missionary work
on the part of the public are abiding
results of that event. It is not surpris-
ing that the general missionary con-
ference of all South Africa missions,
held in Cape Town, July 2-9, should be
a “ history-making occasion.” So Rev.
Walter Foss writes of it after attend-
ance as he was returning to the field ;
the South Africa papers reporting the
event reflect the same judgment.

The work of this conference was done
chiefly through the discussion of reports
of previously appointed commissions,
one presenting the results of a care-
ful survey of fields with the view of
suggesting better co-operation and re-
adjustment for the more efficient evan-
gelizing of the whole region. Other
important subjects were the persistence
of heathenism within the mission field,
the social problems involved in the new
industrial conditions, and the flocking
of the natives to the city.

Aside from these important discus-
sions were the more popular features.
A missionary exhibition held in the Drill
Hall effectively displayed the native
handicrafts in both heathen and Chris-
tian communities. The cleverness of
manufacture manifested in the exhibits,
and particularly of those who had been
trained in mission schools, made strong
impression on all present.

Numerous addresses on native life
were given during the days, and in the
evening mass meetings were addressed
by distinguished officials and visitors.

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among the latter notably by Prof. Har-
lan P. Beach, of Yale. The devotional
hour each day was conducted by Dr.
Andrew Murray.

Perhaps no single feature was more
enjoyed than the music of the native
choirs and of the Lovedale Institute
brass band. In this conference were
joined representatives of missions from
all parts of Africa south of the Zambesi
and Cunene Rivers, and the good in-
fluence of the demonstration upon co-
operative missionary work is beyond
reckoning.

From that restful vacation lodge
which the late Dr. Dowkontt established
in the hill country beyond
L^Tndeid" Northampton, Mass., Dr.

George F. Herrick sends this
word of appreciation : —

“It is with pleasure that, in the in-
terest of missionaries on furlough, I
recommend ‘ Mountain Rest ’ at Lithia,
Mass., on the border of the Berkshire
Hills, as an ideal place to pass the sum-
mer. The vivid green of forest and
field, the thoughtful care, the almost
unexampled facility for Christian fel-
lowship with missionaries and others
from every part of the world — in all
this my family and myself have grate-
fully shared the past summer.

“The permanent address of the
‘ Rest ’ is, care of Mrs. L. W. Cleaveland,
Room 531, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York
City.”

The Marathi Mission is already well
along in plans to celebrate the centen-
ary of the American Board’s
work in West India during
November, 1913. A bulle-
tin, printed partly in English and partly
in Marathi, is to be published monthly
till the date of the event, that the Board’s
constituency in India and the United
States may be fully aroused and in-

formed concerning this jubilee in the
first of its missions. The meetings are
to be held in Bombay, starting point of
the founders. Hall and Nott, and also at
Ahmednagar in the Deccan, where the
work has spread widely. A delegation
representing the Board and the home
churches will join with the missionaries
and the Indian brethren in making the
exercises worthy of the historic occasion.

One of the striking features of the
program will be the presentation of
thank offerings from the Indian Chris-
tians. The standard set for these gifts
is far higher than is usual in this coun-
try on similar occasions; for instance,
a pledge is asked from each member of
the Bombay church amounting to at
least a month’s salary; and this besides
a half dozen other methods of collection.

For Medical
Work in Shansi

Friends of the work in China will
appreciate a promise of $5,000 for a
hospital building at Fen-
chow, recently made by a
friend whose identity we
are not permitted at present to reveal,
and gifts by two friends of $4,000 for
the same purpose at Taiku. These sums
will not meet in full the ultimate med-
ical needs of these two great, populous
centers in the Shansi Mission, while
the men’s hospital at Pangchwang still
awaits its initial substantial gift.

Few particular requests are more
frequently repeated from the mission
fields than the one for disused
Sunday school picture cards
and lesson rolls. Always there
are missionaries looking for such aids.
An inquiry addressed to J. G. Hosmer,
14 Beacon Street, Boston, will bring
the name and address of a missionary
to whom such material can be sent di-
rectly by mail (printed matter rates),
at a saving of time and expense over
forwarding to the Board for reshipment.

MISSIONS IN COUNCIL

By Miss KATE G. LAMSON, Foreign Secretary of the
Woman’s Board of Missions

Like “chance and change” in the
hymn, the individual missiona-
ries who compose a mission are
“busy ever.” It is not of them in the
multitudinous activities of their sta-
tions that we think as we speak of the
mission, but rather of the body of
workers who at rare intervals gather
in some central place to discuss the
problems of their entire field, bringing
the weight of united judgment to bear
upon individual questions and upon
general movements alike. The fre-
quency with which these mission meet-
ings can be held, depending as it does
upon territorial conditions, varies
greatly ; sometimes the annual meet-
ing is the only possible rallying time.
Whenever and wherever the mission
meets, the occasion is full of impor-
tance and interest for all who partici-
pate. To a visitor fresh from the home
base of the work, such a meeting is in-
spiring and illuminating.

During ten months of recent travel
among the missions of the Board it was
our privilege to be present at several
of these gatherings. Two were called
because of our being on the field, one
was a social gathering on Thanksgiving
Day, and one was the regular annual
meeting of the mission.

Our first occasion of the kind was in
Ceylon, where the compactness of the
mission makes it possible for the mem-
bers to gather somewhat frequently
for council or for services of prayer.
All day we continued in session. The
living room in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Giles Brown at Vaddukkoddai held
a large circle of men and \<fomen whose
earnest faces were eloquent of high
purposes resolutely carried out. Wom-
an’s work was given the right of way
in deference to the presence of officers
of the Woman’s Board. The vital in-
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of the mission was gratifying proof of
the unity of the missionary body.

The chief speaker was in every case
a lady not directly concerned in the line
of work to be presented. Our large
boarding school for girls at Uduvil was
thus set forth by Mrs. Scott, whose spe-
cial work lies with that of her physician
husband at Manepay, a mile and a half
away from Uduvil, while our school at
Uduppiddi received the same intelligent
and sympathetic handling from Mrs.
Brown, wife of the president of Jaffna
College. The absolute and immediate
necessity of giving English education
to the young people of Ceylon, the
hopeless inadequacy of the present
teaching force, equipment, and build-
ings, the great openings for the gath-
ering in of Sivite girls at Uduppiddi,
if accommodation can be provided, and
the supreme importance of maintaining
a higher standard of equipment for
our village schools were the problems
brought before us for our understand-
ing— our solution, if that should be pos-
sible. Alas for the questions that have
to be thrown back upon the missions,
as the Board finds itself powerless to
provide the help for which they call !
Alas for the devoted band of workers
to whom repeated denial of requests
comes with a baffling, sickening sense
of discouragement ! May God forbid
that such responses should go to the
Ceylon Mission regarding their present
problems 1

It was our privilege to gather with
the Madura Mission on Thanksgiving
Day, on an occasion altogether of a so-
cial nature and not for the purposes of
transacting mission business. Perhaps
for that reason it has no place under
the heading of this article, but we can-
not pass it by with no mention of the
earnest prayer service which voiced the
gratitude of those present for many

THE HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT MADURA
Where Dr. Harriet E. Parker presides

mercies, or of the good cheer of the two
large dinner tables stretched to their
utmost capacity in Dr. Parker’s elastic
home. Forty people, approximately,
were seated under the waving punkahs
to partake of real turkey and equally
real cranberry sauce and mince pie,
which little short-of a conjurer’s wand
could be thought capable of producing
in that land of cocoanut palms and plan-
tains and guavas.

A shifting of the scene ! Many leagues

of tropical waters are traversed ; the
Southern Cross has dropped below the
horizon, the line of the Tropic of
Cancer is crossed, and in the midst of
a vegetation suggestive of the per-
petual summer left behind, but in an
atmosphere with a penetrating bite and
cbill, we find ourselves sitting in session
with the Foochow Mission. It was an
unusual opportunity to see so many of
them together, these friends whose
work lies partly in stations several days

FOOCHOW ROOFS FROM DR. KINNEAR’S HOUSE
Suggesting the density of population in China

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distant by roads and water ways. Rev-
olutionary uprising’s had swept them
into the central city of Foochow, not
so much by their own threatenings of
evil as by the positive command of the
Vice-Consul, on whom rested the re-
sponsibility for the lives and safety of
American residents in his district. A
few members of the mission were away
on furlough ; one or two gentlemen
were venturing to work their way back
to their stations for a brief inspection
of mission interests and a sympathetic
word with “ the people ” ; the rest were
all assembled in Foochow. A half day’s
session sufficed to bring out in new
form the old problem of scarcity of
workers and large fields barely touched
upon. Here the problem takes an acute
form, owing to the fact that the great
district of the lower Min is, by common
consent of the various boards at work
in that part of China, left to us of the
Congregational fold to operate.

Another change of scene, and we
come to the last of our gatherings with
a mission body. In some important
ways this was the greatest occasion of
them all, since it was an annual meet-
ing at which the general business of
the mission was discussed, and it con-
tinued in session for a full week. Japan
was now the field to claim our atten-
tion. The missionaries came from all
over the empire. In some countries
where travel is arduous, involving days
on horseback or in wagon and nights
in unfriendly surroundings, represen-
tation at mission meeting is only by
delegates from the various stations. In
Japan it is the custom for every indi-
vidual, old or young, to attend unless
positively prevented. The children count
the months, the weeks, and the days
till their great good time of the year
shall come around again ; and in adult
life they entertain their successors with
stories of “ what we used to do at mis-
sion meeting when we were children.”
Thus the Japan Mission becomes one
large, united family, rejoicing in one
another’s happiness or success, sympa-
thizing in difficulty and sorrow. A mis-
sion church has taken shape, into whose

watch-care the children are received,
one of the ordained members being
made pastor by general election. Whit-
man Newell was this year received into
the membership of this church.

The place of meeting for the mission
last May, as for several years past, was
Arima, a place of mineral springs in
the hills not far from Kobe. Later in
the season summer visitors fill all avail-
able places of accommodation at Arima,
but in May a hotel, part Japanese and
part foreign in its appointments, can
be reserved at very low cost for the
mission. Here, behind sliding paper
walls and doors, we slept and ate, and
followed up the path of a noisy brook

ON THE WAY TO ARIMA

a few minutes to the little church where
the sessions of the meeting were usually
held. Few wasted moments could be
found among the adult portion of the
little community gathered there during
all those days of the meeting.

To the fun business sessions of the
mission, which met morning and after-
noon, various committees gave their
reports and decisions. Sometimes these
passed without question by the mission ;
sometimes they gave rise’ to long dis-
cussion. The labor of the committees
was done in long evening sessions and
before and after the regular meetings
of the mission, at which the work of
the various stations was considered in
turn.

The prayer spirit of the whole meet-
ing was deep and manifest, an under-

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current that appeared frequently upon
the surface, and to which everything
gave place at a stated hour for a devo-
tional service. One afternoon was given
in part to an inspiring address by Pas-
tor Tsunashima, of Tokyo, who told in
simple, unvarnished form the story of
his remarkable work for the mentally
depressed and those contemplating sui-
cide. Saturday evening was given to a
social occasion, to whose program of
entertainment many contributed and
into the enjoyment of which all entered
heartily. Sunday held for us in the
morning a preaching service, in the af-
ternoon a children’s meeting, and in the
evening a memorial service for two
members of the mission who during
the year had passed from the activities
of the earthly to those of the heavenly
sphere. Miss Eliza Talcott and Mrs.
William L. Curtis.

Two things made special impression
on the guests from the Woman’s Board,
who had the privilege of being counted
a part of the Japan Mission for the time
being, and so found a welcome in pub-
lic sessions and committee meetings
alike. One was the serious, unbiased

thought given the work and problems
of each station by all the rest of the
missionary body. The second was the
difficulty of manning the stations al-
ready for many years an integral part
of the mission, and the spirit of self-
surrender with which discussions were
participated in, although they involved
the possible pulling of roots struck deep
into a loved soil and tbe transplanting
of family and work to a new and un-
tried environment. No one seemed to
weigh the advantages of city or coun-
try life over against each other ; no one
dwelt upon the difficulties of removing
young children to a place where there
would be no educational advantages
for them and where old and young
would find no companionship of their
kind. If the work called and a certain
worker was adapted to meet the need,
that was sufficient cause for setting
aside every personal issue. Not alone in
Japan was manifest the spirit of “ Here
am I, send me.” From Ceylon to Ja-
pan we found it. It is the missionary
spirit, the spirit of those who are called
and chosen, and faithful to their
trust.

A CLUB THAT REACHES TURKS

By Rev. ARTHUR C. RYAN, of Cesarea

Occasional references to this Young Men’s Club
have appeared in the Missionary Herald from time to
time in letters from other missionaries at Cesarea ;
from Messrs. Irwin, Fowle, and Holbrook. Its unique
character and marked success warrant this fuller de-
scription and estimate of its work by one who observes
it as a newcomer, yet with the sympathetic eyes of a
co-worker. — The Editor.

IN the city of Cesarea in Asiatic Tur-
key, there is a work for Moslems
that really works. I would not im-
ply that this is the only effort for Mos-
lems that is successful, but so far as
I am aware there is nowhere else any-
thing just like it.

Cesarea is a city of between fifty and
fifty-five thousand people, about two-
thirds of whom are Moslems of pro-
nouncedly radical type. In the fall of
1908 Rev. H. M. Irwin started a Young
Men’s Club in a khan in this city. The

khan has four rooms, one of which is
used for a reading room, with table,
benches, a number of papers and mag-
azines, and a few books. The largest of
the four rooms contains gymnastic ap-
paratus : two sets of rings, two trapezes,
a horizontal bar, parallel bars, a ladder,
a tug-of-war rope, and some floor mats.
The third room is used for private con-
versations and special engagements, and
the fourth for night classes and as a
storeroom. On Sunday evenings the
large gymnasium is turned into an audi-
ence room, where public meetings are
held, with music from the phonograph
and addresses or talks illustrated with
the stereopticon. A young Armenian
college graduate takes care of the work

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A Club that Reaches Turks

October

in the reading room and helps in the
Sunday evening services, and a middle-
aged Turk acts as janitor and peace-
keeper, or peacemaker, (at first rather
the latter, by means of physical force)
in the gymnasium.

From the outset it was hoped that all
classes might attend the Club, but no
special inducements were offered to any
class. The rooms are open from 1 p.m,
to 9 P.M. The daily attendance, aver-
aging perhaps 100, is about equally
divided between Christians and Mos-
lems ; but from the beginning the Sun-
day evening audiences of from 150 to
500, and which average 250, have been
almost wholly Moslem. These evening
services are distinctly religious in char-
acter, although certain related subjects
are sometimes considered. Often native
pastors and teachers, as well as visiting
missionaries, give addresses at these
services. One of the Moslem teachers
from the Turkish High School has
already addressed the Club and another
has offered to do so.

The audiences are composed mainly
of men from the middle and lower
classes among the Turks. At first they
were a rather wild, untutored lot of
men for a Sunday evening assembly,
but after a comparatively short time
they became accustomed to the situ-
ation, and now present a very favorable
appearance for any speaker with a mes-
sage. Usually after the service is over
some men gather near the platform to
ask questions about the pictures or con-
cerning some point in the address.
These “ after meetings ” often prove to
be specially valuable, as well as do the
private conversations that follow re-
garding something that was said or
done at the Club meeting. In this way
opportunities are given for vital, per-
sonal work with the Moslems.

The Club is now known far and wide
in the region of Cesarea, and many
people coming to the city from the vil-
lages make special efforts to pay it a
visit. In a four weeks’ tour through
the villages of the Cesarea field, I found
one of the things most often inquired

about was the Club. The opinion of the
upper class Turks may be understood
by the expressions of two of their num-
ber ; one, a teacher in the Turkish High
School, said, “Every time I pass that
building,” meaning the club rooms, “I
am thankful for what is being done
there for our young men ” ; the other,
an army official, after speaking of the
value of the Club to Cesarea, classed it
with the army as one of the two “best
institutions for breaking down the ani-
mosity that exists between the peoples
of Turkey,” and declared his desire
for more such organizations.

The results of the work so far may
be summarized thus : —

(1) The Club has broken down preju-
dice in many specific instances and in
the city at large. A general Moslem
tolerance is given to missionaries and
missionary work that was not known
before the Club was started.

(2) In not a few cases it has been the
means of gaining the friendship and
confidence of Moslems who could not
have been reached in other ways. Ad-
vice from the missionary is now often
sought by these people regarding im-
portant matters.

(3) Through the reading room and
the evening meetings the Club has
aroused interest in many subjects re-
garding which there was formerly utter
ignorance; especially is this true re-
garding the life and customs of other
peoples. Above all, it has been the means
of arousing interest in religious and
moral topics, particularly in the Bible
and in temperance.

(4) It has drawn the attention of the
Moslems to the missionary and his work
as factors to be tolerated, if not desired,
rather than as objects to be hated. They
are much better understood and more
appreciated by many Moslems than they
could have been without the medium of
the Club.

(5) The Club makes personal contact
easy and gives abundant opportunity to
the missionary for private and public
instruction to Moslems in matters fun-
damentally moral and religious.

INTO NEW PATHS

MR. REED

The Chronicle again this month con-
tains a notable list of missionaries
returning to their fields and of
new appointees now on their way.

Rev. Cass A. Reed is to join the West-
ern Turkey Mission. He was born at
Port Huron, Mich.,
the son of Arthur
L. and Anna V.
Reed, both of whom
were graduated
from Olivet Col-
lege. These parents
belonged to the
families which orig-
inally settled Ober-
lin and afterward
Olivet, removing to
Whittier, Cal., in
1900. Their son was graduated from
the high school ; thence passing to
Pomona College he was graduated
therefrom in 1906. He then went to
Japan under the Young Men’s Chris-
tian Association and taught for two
years in the Yamaguchi government
schools. Returning to the United States
in 1908, he entered Union Theological
Seminary, taking the regular course,
and serving also as pastor’s assistant to
Dr. George Alexander in the University
Place Presbyterian Church in New York.
During all his student life he was active
in Christian work and was always inter-
ested in missions, but special thought
in this line was developed in college and
intensified by his residence in mission
lands.

Mr. Reed is still a member of the
church in Whittier, but has been brought
into special connection with the church
in Port Huron, Mich., where he was
baptized by the late Dr. A. Hastings
Ross. This church plans to adopt him
as its missionary representative as he
goes to Turkey to be connected with
the International Institute at Smyrna.

Miss Emily V. Moore, of Antioch,
Cal., was born in St. Louis, Mo., and is

a true daughter of the South, her father
being a Mississippian and her mother a
Kentuckian. Her
girlhood was spent
in Missouri, where
she became a mem-
ber of tbe Methodist
Episcopal Church
South when nine
years old. As a stu-
dent at the State
Normal School at
Warrensburg, Mo.,
Miss Moore secured
a second-grade cer-
tificate, and soon after her family
moved to California. Here, after a
year in the University of California,
Miss Moore completed her studies at
the State Normal School, San Fran-
cisco, from which institution she holds
a life diploma as a teacher.

Miss Moore goes out under the Wom-
an’s Board for a term of three years as
a teacher in the Institute for Girls in
Smyrna, for which post, both by train-
ing and experience, she seems abun-
dantly prepared.

MISS MOORE

Miss Margarita Wright is a daughter
of Rev. Alfred C. and Mrs. Annie C.
Wright, of our Mex-
ican Mission. Miss
Wright was born in
Chihuahua, living
there with her par-
ents and later at El
Paso and Guadala-
jara.

Coming to the
United States, she
took a four years’
course in three
years at Northfield
Seminary, and then entered Mt. Holyoke
College and was graduated in the class of
1912. She brings excellent testimonials
from instructors and associates as to her
character and abilities. Tbe missionary
purpose has been in her heart for years,

447

MISS WRIGHT

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Into New Paths

October

and she has desired to return to her
parents in the land where she was born.
But the time for work in Mexico is not
at present propitious and there is a
loud call for help at Barcelona, Spain,
specially in view of the recent death
of Miss Page ; as Miss Wright has.been
from childhood in use of the Span-
ish language and is familiar also with
French and German, she gladly accepts
an engagement for three years in the
Woman’s Board school at Barcelona,
leaving the question of her permanent
location to be decided later.

In view of the special needs of the
Ahmednagar High School and of his
peculiar fitness to
meet these require-
ments, Mr. Wilbur
S. Deming has been
engaged as a teacher
in that school for
the term of three
years, sailing for In-
dia September 17.
Mr. Deming is a son
of the Rev. M. R.
Deming, a Baptist
minister well known
in Boston and vicinity. Mr. Deming had
two years in Boston University and is a
graduate of Brown University of the
class of 1912. He has had unusual expe-
rience as a teacher of Bible classes, par-
ticularly with boys, and has had marked
success as a leader in boys’ camps and
clubs.

Miss Louise Emma Miske, whose par-
ents were Prussians, was born in Ionia,
Mich. She was bap-
tized and confirmed
in the German Lu-
theranChurch. Miss
Miske was gradu-
ated from the high
school in that place
in 1906 ; she entered
the University of
Michigan, Ann Ar-
bor, and passed
through that insti-
tution, supporting

herself, completing the course in 1909.
She had spent three years successfully
in teaching in classical and other courses
in Howard City and Ontonagon, Mich.

Miss Miske’s missionary interest be-
gan when in college, and she then be-
came a Student Volunteer. Her first
interest was in India, but latterly her
choice has been China, and she has been
designated to the North China Mission ;
the Woman’s Board of the Interior has
gladly adopted her, and she will doubt-
less be assigned to the educational work.

Among the large plans that have been
in contemplation for China is that of a
Union Christian University at Foochow,
to meet the needs not only of. that city,
but of the province of Fukien and of
that portion of the nation. There has
also been much correspondence between
the missionaries of the American Board,
particularly those allied with the Wom-
an’s Board of the Pacific, and the repre-
sentatives of other missions in Foochow
as to the great need of some well-organ-
ized plan for establishing and supervis-
ing primary education, specially along
kindergarten lines. It has been pro-
posed to establish an institution, which
may eventually become related to the
projected Union Christian University,
that shall have charge of the kinder-
garten work, in which the several mis-
sions may co-operate.

With these plans for advance in mind,
the Woman’s Board of the Pacific has
been asked to find a teacher fitted to
superintend this Kindergarten Train-
ing School, and Miss Mary A. Ledyard,
of Los Angeles, Cal., has consented to
enter upon this service. Miss Ledyard
(the lack of her picture is regretted)
has had exceptional opportunities for
study and training in the organization
and supervision of elementary educa-
tional work, having taken full courses
in a young ladies’ seminary, the Cal-
ifornia Kindergarten Training School
at San Francisco, and in the Chicago
Kindergarten College, and also having
enjoyed three years of study in Europe
and the Orient. She became director
of kindergartens in the city of San Jose,

MR. DEMING

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On Indifference

449

and now for thirteen years has been
supervisor of kindergartens and manual
work in the public schools of Los An-
geles, Cal. Under her charge at pres-
ent are seventy-six kindergartens, with
160 teachers. She is highly appreciated
and earnestly requested to remain at
her present post; but she recognizes,
as do others, that this call to take in
hand the elementary educational work
in this central section of China, a work
which will have vast influence at this
most strategic point and this critical
hour, is of paramount importance. And
the American Board and the Woman’s
Board of the Pacific gladly unite in
commissioning Miss Ledyard to this
broad service to which she is glad to
give her life.

Definite plans in connection with this
new work, which it is believed will
mark a great step in advance, will be
announced in due time.

Miss A. Eleanor Franzen was born in
Worthington, Minn., her father being a
Swedish Lutheran
minister. Her early
education was re-
ceived at Hartford,

Conn. ; after pass-
ing through the
high school she took
a year of post-grad-
uate study and then
entered Wellesley
College, from which
she was graduated
in 1911. Since grad"-
uation she has been teaching grammar
and high school subjects in a private

MISS FRANZEN

school in St. Joseph, Mo. She has also
had some experience in the manage-
ment of domestic affairs both at Fiske
Hall, Wellesley College, and in settle-
ment work. During her courses as a
student she has been active in Christian
work, notably as a Student Volunteer.

Miss Franzen has now been appointed
a missionary of the American Board,
designated to the Marathi Mission, with
the understanding that she will be ma-
tron and teacher in the Little Boys’
Home at Bombay, her support to be
provided by generous friends of that
institution.

Charles Lupton Gillette, M.D., was
born at Des Moines, lo., his mother still
living in. that city.

Having spent four
years at Cornell, two
in the academic and
two in the college
department, he en-
tered the North-
western M e ’d i c a 1
College, Chicago,
taking a full course
of four years, with
diploma. He has
also spent one year
in the hospital. Though never having
planned to enter the ministry, he has
desired to make his medical profession
efficient in evangelistic lines.

Dr. Gillette, who gives promise of
efficiency in his chosen work, goes to
the Foochow Mission, where it is ex-
pected , he will be associated with Dr.
^innear at the hospital in Foochow
City.

ON INDIFFERENCE

A Doctor’s View of It

By J. J. THOMAS, M.D., of Youngstown, Ohio

INDIFFERENCE to foreign missions
is one of the stigmata of defective
development in the Christian life.
It is not a disease in itself, but is, as I
am saying, but the external sign or

token of a condition of wrongness
within. It is both preventable and cur-
able. It has its nutritional relations,
and frequently yields to a properly
selected course of dieting. The cure

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On Indifference

October

sometimes comes about with incredible
quickness. Myself having suffered with
this malady for a period of twenty-five
years, I was cured in as many minutes,
and by the reading of an article by Dr.
Judson Smith which appeared in the
North American Review some six-
teen years or more ago, entitled, “ For-
eign Missions in the Light of Fact.”

The foregoing sounds like the begin-
nings of a medical essay, doesn’t it?
Well, inasmuch as Fm a medical man,
and cannot help it, perhaps the Editor
will let it pass. In my case the cure
was radical and permanent. Some-
time or other, when I can spare the
money, it is my purpose to have a re-
print made of that very convincing
article of Dr. Smith’s, and to give it
wide circulation.

There is more being done nowadays
than formerly for the cure of the
malady in question. What magnificent
service, for example, has already been
performed by the Laymen’s Missionary
Movement !

But during that period of a quarter
of a century I had listened to a very
considerable number of missionary ad-
dresses, not one of which ever pene-
trated my spiritual epidermis. Because
of its impenetrability or impervious-
ness? Not so, as I assure you, but for
the lack of point in the discourse.
These addresses were invariably inter-
esting and enlightening. They should
have been — could have been — inspir-
ing. I remained indifferent for the rea-
son that no preacher or other speaker
upon missionary topics to whom it be-
came my privilege to listen ever spoke
with anything like pointedness upon the
theme. I never heard one of them de-
clare that indifference meant blank
disobedience to the command of the
One in all authority, that the command
to “Go” was addressed to myself as
much as to any one, that it was not
optional with a church member whether
he take part in this work or not, that
the indifference of the humblest was an

occasion of grief to the Holy Spirit,
and that it was simply impossible for
me to stand right in the sight of Jesus
Christ while indifferent to the matter
of the wider extension of his kingdom.

As I now recall those years it seems
to me that there never was a time when
some straight talk of that sort would
not have made indifference upon my
part a thing of the past. Church mem-
bers do not think on these things.
Strange enough it is that they do not.
Pity it is that the reading of the Word
is not sufficient. The human dynamic
appears to be the element that is lack-
ing, and my appeal to speakers on mis-
sionary themes is that while making it
interesting they make it also quicken-
ing to the conscience, clarifying to the
spiritual vision, and stimulating to the
motor impulses. (There I am again, ex-
pressing myself after the manner of a
medicine man. Will the Editor again
kindly excuse?)

It is a grave mistake for a speaker to
assume that any very considerable num-
ber of the people composing his audi-
ence are already alive and awake to
these things. It is difficult to ade-
quately cover the ground in an address
of thirty or forty minutes’ duration, but
he will do well to spend considerable
time on things elemental and funda-
mental ; to find occasion to say that
foreign missionary effort is a paramount
duty of church life and that it is im-
possible fully to please God without
being especially interested in the ex-
tension of the kingdom of his Son
throughout the world at large. I verily
believe that if some good man had be-
spoken me in that strain years and
years ago I would myself be in the for-
eign field at this time. To my view
many thousands of church members are
in the same receptive mood. Straight
talk is what they stand in need of ; and
if offered in the spirit of love the out-
come will assuredly redound to the
good of the kingdom. Let our preachers
speak out !

THE SITUATION IN ALBANIA

By Rev. PHINEAS B. KENNEDY, of Kortcha

CONDITIONS in Albania are chang-
ing rapidly. We must remember
that the Albanians with great sac-
rifices took an important part in win-
ning the constitution in Turkey four
years ago. With the adoption of the
constitution they expected to have re-
ligious liberty and to receive such na-
tional recognition as do the Bulgarians,
the Greeks, the Servians, the Rouma-
nians, and other races in the empire.
The days immediately following the
proclamation of the constitution seemed
filled with promise. Albanian clubs, as
centers of educational influence, were
opened in many cities, and in a short
time sixteen newspapers were being
published in the Albanian language.
Very soon, however, it was discovered
that the policy of the government was
really opposed to the liberal spirit of
the constitution ; the Albanian clubs,
the printing presses and schools, were
actually closed by order of the gov-
ernment.

This explains the continued unrest on
the part of the Albanians. The revolu-
tionists under Hassan Bey, of Prishtina,,
a former member of the Turkish par-
liament, with others in the neighbor-
hood of Avlona and Scutari, number
probably 100,000. Two of their de-
mands, the fall of the cabinet and the
dissolution of the Parliament, have been
obtained, and it now looks as though a
brighter day were dawning. As we
know in our American history, many
steps in political advancement have been
taken at great sacrifice. May God deal
mercifully with this virile Albanian peo-
ple, now thoroughly awake to the jus-
tice of their demands for an education
in their own language !

This revolt on the part of the Alba-
nians has encouraged that section of
the army which is opposing the Young
Turks to come out into the open and to
join with the Albanian party in de-

manding reforms. Since, in accordance
with the usual method of the Amer-
ican Board, we are working among
these people in their vernacular, this
fact in itself associates us more or less
with this movement.

The practical question of the hour for
us is, “ How shall the American Board
keep in the van of this wonderful na-
tional movement? ” So far the method
of the Board in reaching this nation for
Christ has been along the lines of Chris-
tian education. As a people they are
natural leaders, and are holding many
important positions, more or less politi-
cal and military, throughout the em-
pire. Therefore whatever is done for
them must be strongly done . It is nearly
five years since the Board began direct
work in this field. The plans laid out
then were suited to the opportunities
existing under the old regime. The
situation is changed. Albania will soon
have its own institutions of learning, in
which, we have reason to believe, on
account of the two main religious divi-
sions of the population, Moslem and
Christian, religion will probably be
omitted from the courses of study.

Upon our arrival among this people,
we were greeted with enthusiasm, and
great confidence was expressed in the
work we were undertaking. This was
in the days of Abdul Hamid II, when
the Albanians wer^ under constant sus-
picion if they manifested any special
interest in their own written language.
When the granting of the constitution
dispelled this cloud of fear and sus-
picion, the people still looked to the
Board’s representatives for guidance in
their effort to seize the opportunity
for educational advancement. Unfor-
tunately, both in Elbasan and here in
Kortcha we have been seriously hindered
in fulfilling these expectations ; the re-
sult is that some who approve of our
principles, and who realize that they

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452

THE BOARDING SCHOOL FOR THE GIRLS OP ALBANIA
Mr. Dako (left) and Mr. Kennedy (right) are standing on the ends, halfway up the stairs

1912

The Situation in Albania

453

need assistance from the mission until
they can stand alone, are beginning- to
grow discouraged and almost impatient,
while others, who are indifferent, feel •
that they do not need us, and still others
(happily they are but few in number)
are antagonistic and are questioning
whether it is best to countenance any
Protestant work in their midst. And
this is without taking into account the
Hellenized Albanians, or Grukomans,
who not only despise us but also their
own language and their brother Alba-
nians, the Nationalists.

In view of the fact that the vast ma-
jority of the population are Moslems
and that our work in Albania has a most
important bearing upon the whole prob-
lem of winning the Moslem,
world for Christ, will not
you, dear Christians of
America, seize this rich op-
portunity and assist the
Board and us by your ear-
nest prayers, wise counsel,
and large gifts ? And if our
Lord and Master should ask
you to come in person may
he give you the grace to say
from your heart, “ Here am
I : send me.”

Mrs. Kennedy and I are
now located here at Kortcha
and are encouraged to con-
tinue a practical interest in
the boys and young men in
the way of teaching them as
private pupils or possibly of
opening a boarding home for
a few of the most promising
ones. It seems to us that
there is a splendid opportu-
nity here to open a good,
strong Preparatory School
for Boys to prepare them
for Robert College or Bei-
rut College, or later for our
college at Elbasan.

Many readers are acquainted with our
girls’ boarding school here in Kortcha,
which was founded in 1891 by Rev.
Gerasim Kyrias and his sister, Sevasti
(now Mrs. Dako). Its increasingly
hopeful growth and the offer to pass

over the title to the property, hitherto
only nominally owned by Mr. Kyrias’
son, Stephen (now in Oberlin College),
who has just come of age, has encour-
aged our European Turkey Mission to
take over its management with a view
to retaining it in Kortcha and making
it the principal American girls’ school
(and in time, college) of Albania. It is
urged that an American principal be
appointed at once. When Mrs. Dako
was married two years ago, her sister,
Parashkevia, took her place as principal
of the school. She and her brother-in-
law, our preacher and also a teacher in
the school, are about to sail for America,
where they -will take a year of post-
graduate study at Oberlin College, Ohio.

They will be ready on their return to
co-operate with the principal whom
the Woman’s Board of Missions of the
Interior may appoint in building up
this school to an increasingly higher
grade.

THE EUROPEAN TURKEY MISSION
At Annual Meeting, Sofia, Bulgaria, April, 1912

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I

This is the opportune time for the
friends of our work here in Albania to
co-operate with us in finding- a suitable
location for this school. Its present
quarters are very much crowded. We

THE GRADUATING CLASS

are united on a suitable location, which
we hear we can buy for some £3,000
(Turkish), or about $13,000. Pray with
us that large gifts may be forthcoming
without delay.

The recent commencement exercises
of this school were exceedingly grati-
fying. The attendance was very large.

taxing our small quarters to their ut-
most capacity. Many Moslem boys and
some representatives of the local gov-
ernment were present. Both the girls
who graduated, Theodora Ciko, the
taller of the two, and Marianthy Petro,
hope to enter our American college at
Constantinople or take the nurses’
course at Beirut College.

The acting governor of the city, who
was present, said : “ I have -visited many
schools, but never before witnessed ex-
ercises which have shown such real prog-
ress. What the girls get here is made
part of their lives, and is shown in
their behavior and in these exercises.
Congratulate for me those who are back
of this work and the teachers and the
scholars. Also please congratulate the
fortunate parents who have their
daughters in this school.”

The address which the writer gave in
Albanian at the commencement, telling
of the recent action of our mission and
our desire to gain their co-operation in
building up this school to a higher grade,
was very kindly received and printed in
the local Albanian national paper. We
cannot advertise our proposed purchase
of property ; but if friends in America
will help us get the project started, we
feel very hopeful that friends here will
co-operate. With these rapid changes
in the political life of Albania, the
molding work expected of us requires
the upholding of this educational plant
and also a practical preparatory educa-
tional work for boys. We are also de-
sirous of pushing out along the lines of
publication and evangelism.

HOME DEPARTMENT

A FINANCIAL VICTORY

We were kept on the anxious seat up
to the very last day of the Board year.
On the Saturday when the books closed,
it looked like a debt of from $10,000 to
$15,000. Receipts for the last week had
been running about $1,500 per day, far
below what was necessary to bring us
through successfully. Then the clouds
broke. The Saturday mails brought us
something over $14,000, and we closed
the books with a small credit balance.
The total expenditures of the Board
were $1,062,088.50 and the total receipts

$1,062,442.98, leaving a surplus of
$354.48.

We are indeed grateful to God for
this outcome ; and we wish to congrat-
ulate all the thousands of persons who
have sent gifts through their churches
or direct to the treasury of the Board.
Now we can rejoice together at Port-
land. We urge a careful examination
of the tabular statement below cover-
ing the receipts for August and for the
year. The comparisons with last year
under each heading are instructive.

THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR AUGUST

Receipts Available for Regular Appropriations

From

Churches

From

Individuals

From
S. S. and
Y. P. S.
C. E.

From
Twentieth
Century Fund
and Legacies

From

Matured

Conditional

Gifts

Income
from General
Permanent
Fund

Totals

1911

$43,107.20

$27,381.99

$1,244.76

$8,207.23

$2,241.22

$1,796.87

$83,979.27

1912

31,560.15

16,666.57

557.44

19,153.54

200.00

1,859.52

69,997.22

Gain

Loss

$11,547.05

$10,715.42

$687.32

$10,946.31

$2,041.22

$62.65

$13,982.05

For Twelve Months to August 31

1911

$278,185.48

$100,899.72

$15,416.09

$116,655.88

$8,691.22

$21,.550.48

$541,398.87

;912

260,226.24

71,873.23

12,681.03

128,955.10

40,766.00

22,064.99

536,566.59

Gain

$12,299.22

$32,074.78

$514.51

Loss

$17,959.24

$29,026.49

$2,735.06

$4,832.28

Receipts Available for Work of Woman’s Boards and Other Objects
For Twelve Months to August 31

From

Woman’s

Boards

For Special
Objects

Income from
Sundry Funds
and

Miscellaneous

Totals

1911

$297,869.40

$112,806.53

$77,697.78

$488,373.71

1912

284,801.69

147,707.04

81,709.70

514,218.43

Gain

Loss

$13,067.71

$34,900.51

$4,011.92

$25,844.72

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A CLOSER LOOK INTO RECEIPTS

We regret that the success of the
year has been achieved in the face of a
rather serious falling off of donations
from the living, the churches dropping
below last year’s figures by $17,959.24
and individuals by $29,026.49 — a total
of $46,985.73. The young people also
have fallen below last year by $2,735.06.
The day was saved by conditional gifts
maturing to an unusual extent and by
a gain of $12,299.22 in legacies. There is
food for serious thought in this situa-
tion. But whatever the cause, the fail-
ure of some to respond should not lead
us to overlook the multitudes who
have given with true liberality and self-
sacrifice. Some large and notable gifts,
covered up in the totals of the year, are
not forgotten by those who know, and
the last month brought not a little en-
couragement of this kind.

The same devotion characterized a
much larger number who could give
only small amounts. The one and
two dollar people were right at the
front in the last days of our year, and
their letters were brimful of cheer.
One sent a birthday present of one
dollar, “wishing it were one hundred.’’
Another said: “Only $1.00 last year?
Well, here goes $2.00 for this July.
Perhaps next year I can make it $4.00.’’
May that life long continue and this
geometrical ratio of giving last as long !
It would bring us a gift of $543,888
twenty years hence.

CONSIDERATIONS FOR
BUSINESS MEN

About the first question a business
man asks as to any enterprise is, “ Does
it pay? ’’ This is a perfectly proper in-
quiry and goes straight to the root of
the subject. Every foreign missionary
advocate should meet the challenge of
this searching question in regard to his
own enterprise, and he should have no
difficulty in doing so.

For one of the great outstanding
facts of our times is the rapid spread
of Christianity in non-Christian lands.
After a hundred years of foundation

laying and experimentation on the part
of the boards, the church is not only
firmly established in mission lands, but
it is growing at a highly satisfactory
rate. In India, where modern missions
began, there are today nearly 4,000,000
Christians, and the rate of increase dur-
ing the past ten years was 33 per cent.
In China, with its 400,000,000 people, un-
til recently an inert mass, the progress
is remarkable. As many converts were
made during the ten years following
the Boxer uprising as were secured
during the one hundred years preced-
ing. There are now about 200,000
church members. In Japan the influ-
ence of the Christians is perhaps more
remarkable than their numbers, al-
though good authorities place the Chris-
tian population at 1,000,000. Korea is
a wonderland for missions. Starting as
late as 1884, Christianity has spread
with great rapidity, the church mem-
bers numbering today 300,000 and the
Christian population passing far beyond
that mark. Congregationalists are es-
pecially interested in Turkey on account
of the prominence of the American
Board in that land. Here statistics ut-
terly fail to indicate the amazing trans-
formation, although it is something to
know of a thousand centers of Chris-
tian influence and of streams of Chris-
tian students pouring out every year
from the eight American colleges. God
certainly is back of this movement.
Who can doubt it? The world vision of
Christ is being fulfilled under our very
eyes. Surely business men who appre-
ciate the value of facts need have no
fear as to whether or not foreign mis-
sions pay. The question comes very
near to asking, “Does Jesus Christ
pay ? ’’

But there is another question, “ Does
every dollar count?’’ Here again is
keen business instinct. Pages might be
written in reply, but take a single in-
dication. The Central Turkey Mission
of the American Board has just held
its annual meeting. Great advance in
the work, but great needs, especially
for buildings ; all the old buildings out-
grown. The mission sends a list of im-

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perative wants : mission residences for
Aintab and Oorfa ; preparatory depart-
ment for Marash Girls’ College, also a
music hall ; new site for Adana Sem-
inary, with new buildings; reception
hall for Aintab Seminary ; a building
for Oorfa High School. The report
apologizes for such a list; it says,
“These needs in themselves are stag-
gering, the estimates totaling about ’’ —
(What immense figure do you suppose
they name? $200,000? $300,000?) —
“the estimates totaling about $26,000 ” !
To us the figures, considering the items
covered, seem absurd rather than stag-
gering. There, however, you have the
evidence of how money counts in this
work. The cheapness of the enterprise,
pecuniarily considered, amazes all who
look into it. The fact is, the American
Board’s annual expenditure for its 600
missionaries, its 82 hospitals and dispen-
saries, its 17 colleges, its 1,400 schools,
and its 600 churches, scattered through
its 20 missions, is less than the annual
budget of any one of our larger uni-
versities in the United States When a
man asks, “ Does every dollar count? ’’
we reply, “Every dollar counts for
about ten, as compared with corre-
sponding work in our own country.’’

If by the question is meant how
much of the money reaches the field,
we can but refer to the statements
made repeatedly in our publications,
that the amount spent for working up
interest in the churches, collecting
funds, issuing the Board publications,
and administering the missions, is usu-
ally under 9 per cent, last year’s figures
being 8f per cent. That is, of every
dollar which comes into our treasury,
91i cents go directly to the field.

Still another question, “ Is this a big
thing?’’ That breathes the modern
spirit, the splendid enterprise of these
great days. We are living in a world
age when undertakings of vast extent
abound on every side. Every important
line of business is pushing itself around
the globe. In such an atmosphere of
greatness, does the Church dare to lift
her head? The answer is, “Foreign
missions.” Three men in history have

dared to seek world dominion — Alex-
ander, Napoleon, and Jesus Christ.
Two of them, relying upon brute force,
and working from selfish motives, mis-
erably failed. The other, working by
and for love, is marching on to victory.
No political or commercial dream can
ever equal the sublime vision of Christ
when he commanded his disciples to go
out and conquer the world in his name
and power. The enterpr'se is majestic
in purpose and scope. Nothing greater
is conceivable. And its speedy consum-
mation waits only on a believing and
heroic Church at home.

THE COURTESIES OF GIVING

It is a remarkable fact that in our
very extended correspondence with
givers and those we hope will become
givers, we have so few letters which
are discourteous either in contents or in
spirit. We are dealing with people of
all classes and moods and we are plead-
ing for a cause which is not popular in
every quarter. It would not be surpris-
ing if some ugly things were said. Prob-
ably a good many to whom we write
think or say to themselves uncompli-
mentary things, but few ever put such
sentiments upon paper. In an experi-
ence of eight years we can recall only
two or three unpleasant letters of this
kind.

In the matter, however, of securing
personal interviews with those whom
we desire to have help the work of the
Board, the record is not so satisfactory.
Missionaries and secretaries sometimes
have to “beard the lion in his den,”
and he now and then proves to be the
real article. A certain missionary, au-
thorized by the Prudential Committee
to solicit gifts for an important line of
work which was not likely to appeal to all
classes of givers, wrote of some of the
trying experiences he had in calling on
constituents of the Board. He said : “ I
wish you could read between the lines
of the rebuffs and disappointments and
almost insults that have been my por-
tion in this money raising. I haven’t
spoken of them. Many of them hurt

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and stung for many a day. ” This mis-
sionary was eminently successful in his
quest and he did not take these rebuffs
seriously to heart, considering them all
a part of the day’s work, as the saying
is. At the same time his experience was
somewhat typical. Not only mission-
aries but heads of important institutions
and even college presidents, have suf-
fered in like manner. Were they to
speak out they could a tale unfold of
treatment which no self-respecting man
should be called upon to endure. Where
no cruel words are spoken they often
meet with an air of coldness and dis-
tance which is nearly as bad as a rebuff.
The listener seems to say, “What a
nuisance it is to have these missionaries
always asking for money ’ ’ ; and when
the back of the missionary is turned he
is apt to hear subdued mutterings which
sound like “ Beggars, beggars, beggars
all the time.’’

This harsh treatment on the part of
those from whom gifts are solicited
arises from the unfortunate multiplicity
of appeals and because benevolent peo-
ple have suffered many things through
the discourtesy of some who solicit gifts.
We have alluded to this situation in a
previous article, entitled “The Embar-
rassment of Riches,’’ in which we spoke
of the outrageous and sometimes insult-
ing manner in which appeals are made.
We confess to a large degree of sympa-
thy toward those who are beset behind
and before by financial agents, secreta-
ries, missionaries, and others who are
desiring help for their pet institutions.
At the same time we must consider that
the man of fair and kind disposition will
desire to rise above the inevitably try-
ing circumstances incident to possessing
means for giving.

True courtesy in this matter of giving
would seem to demand three things : —

(1) Discrimination between good,
bad, and indifferent appeals.

It is hardly fair to lump together all
who ask for help, and to label them
beggars or nuisances. Unfortunately
no way has been found for classifying
appeals except by painstaking attention

to each one as it comes. This takes time,
and it often means serious interruption
to other work ; but does not courtesy
demand such a course?

(2) An attitude of respect toward
worthy solicitors.

These persons are engaged in a good
business, presumably in the best of all
businesses. In welcoming them you
may be receiving the Lord’s own mes-
sengers. If refusal is necessary, it
should not be given in a manner calcu-
lated to injure self-respect or to cause
discouragement.

(3) A system for dealing courteously
as well as effectively with applicants.

If one cannot see solicitors in person,
then an opportunity through a gentle-
manly representative or a chance to
state the case in writing, with the as-
surance that the writing will be read
and conscientiously considered, would
seem to be in order. Letters of appeal
should be acknowledged even if re-
quests cannot be granted. These come
rather frequently, it is true, and if one
has no stenographer it is a real burden
to reply to them all. Our own rule is
to acknowledge all proper requests
which are not mere circulars, that is,
those which are addressed personally,
indicating that the reception or non-
reception of a reply will be noted.

Surely giving, of all things, should
be conducted in a courteous way. It
loses half its beauty and value if it is
not accompanied by a kindly and cheer-
ful spirit. We gladly testify that it is
the exception rather than the rule for
the canons of politeness in beneficence
to be violated.

The basic principle of courtesy is
found in the attitude of Christ, who
claims as his own all worthy efforts to
help mankind and who identifies himself
with his needy brethren everywhere.
“ Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of . . .
these, my brethren, ye did it unto me.’’
If we remember that we may be deal-
ing with Christ himself when these ap-
peals come, we will be in no danger of
acting discourteously toward any of
his servants.

FOREIGN DEPARTMENT

FIELD NOTES

A Zeal for Service

{Marathi Field)

Dr. R. A. Hume notes marked signs
of increasing spiritual life at the Ah-
mednagar station. Sympathy and co-
operation among all the missionaries
at that important center are very
manifest. Early on Sunday mornings a
large company of Indians and Christians
meet for prayer. New and vigorous
efforts are being made to influence non-
Christians. Six lines of service are
designated, and more persons than for-
merly are regularly taking part in
these lines of work. One Indian Chris-
tian and Dr. Hume are associated in
arranging for public worship once a
week in different places of the city,
these services being attended by both
Christians and non-Christians ; this in-
volves the appointing of persons to lead
such meetings in thirteen places. Rev.
Alden Clark has been active in develop-
ing these plans, as the result of which
a spiritual quickening is anticipated.

Enlightening the Blind

(Marathi Field)

Among the variety of mission activi-
ties at the important center of Bombay,
it will not do to overlook the modest
enterprise of the Blind School conducted
by Miss Anna Millard. Forty-one pupils
were enrolled last year, who were given
a general education by the Braille sys-
tem, being taught both English and
Marathi. Special attention also was
given to music, the pupils being in
great demand for singing on special
occasions. Various appropriate indus-
tries are taught them, such as basket
making, chair caning, and bead work.
So proflcient are they in these trades
that a recent large order for seating

chairs for a church could be satisfac-
torily filled. At the time of the imperial
visit, two dozen dining room chairs were
specially caned for the Queen’s camp.

Before After

A BLIND SCHOOL PUPIL

The school and its appealing ministry
to the most helpless children of India
wins the commendation of all who see
it, including the foreign residents of
Bombay.

Leading: Future Leaders

(North China Field)

According to Miss Miner, the recent
Young Men’s Christian Association Stu-
dent Conference at Peking was a de-
cided advance on the first one held last
year. Thirteen institutions were repre-
sented, with forty-nine delegates, lec-
turers and visitors, bringing the total

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number in attendance to nearly ninety.
As in the case of the earlier reported
conference at Foochow, the percentage
of Christian students in attendance
from government schools was notably
large, about twenty, while the attitude
of the others towards Christianity was so
much more friendly than in the past
that direct discussion of Christian
themes could be introduced earlier
and more freely than in last year’s
conference.

The program was skillfully arranged :
good citizenship, duties to society, the
fatherhood of God and the brotherhood
of man, all leading to the thought of
the necessity of personal regeneration
and the need of divine strength for the
individual. The testimonies from Chris-
tian students in Chang Po Ling’s school
and the Ch’ing Hua Academy (Ameri-
can Indemnity Schpol) were most in-
spiring ; one of the chief reasons given
^or accepting Christ was the felt need
of strength for personal regeneration
and for work for others.

Of the twenty-nine non-Christians,
nine signed cards stating that they had
decided for Christ during the confer-
ence and fifteen others indicated that
they wished to study Christianity and
to join Bible classes. Some from the
Government University, which is not
far from the American Board Mission
in Peking, have arranged to form a
Bible class with Mr. Wilder next Sep-
tember.

Chang Po Ling, C. T. Wang (formerly
acting president of the Board of Works) ,
C. C. Wang, director of the Peking-
Mukden Railroad, and Fei Chi Hao, all
gave earnest addresses. The last named
acted both as president and secretary,
and did it well. He has found his
proper place in the Young Men’s Chris-
tian Association ; and with the fine
building now going up, to be ready in
December, and all the increasing work
in this great capital, it is no small place.

An Unusual Honeymoon

{Micronesia Field)

A letter from Rev. F. J. Woodward
to a personal friend in this country.

describing the wedding at Ocean Island,
March 28, when at the home of the
Cannons he was married to Miss Wells,
who had preceded him to Micronesia,
contains a brief postscript, dated Ta-
rawa, May 20, and announcing that they
had fortunately been able to get to their
field much earlier than was expected.
A call from the government steamer,
Togulau, had enabled them to take pas-
sage as far as Tarawa, where they ex-
pected to remain till a chance steamer
might take them on to Apaiang.

Meanwhile they were living in a na-
tive house, in the midst of the people,
on perhaps the most heathen island on
the Tarawa lagoon. The spectacle of
the life about them was sad and even
depressing. Each day as they came
into closer contact with the natives,
their degradation was more appalling.
There was no privacy in any homes, if
huts with open sides could be called
homes, where both old and young dwell
together, lacking every vestige of moral
restraint. But the young missionaries
were valiantly settling to their task,
holding meetings, planning to visit
other islands in the lagoon with the
gospel message, and filled with grati-
tude that they were at last permitted
to put their strength into the work in
their own field.

A Change of Wind
(Japan Field)

Dr. James H. Pettee saw one indi-
cation of the improved condition for
Christian work in Japan in a recent
Sunday visit to a country church out-
side Okayama. For a year and a half
there had not been a baptism in that
church, mainly because one of its mem-
bers was suspected of being an anarchist
at the time of the scare nearly two
years ago. Buddhist priests and others
have utilized that suspicion to bring
Christianity under a social ban. On this
visit Dr. Pettee baptized two young
men and also received into the church
by letter two others, a man and a wo-
man. The interest warranted arrange-
ments for a public preaching service to
be held in that place later in the week.

SOME OF THE HOSPITAL’S FAITHFUL SERVANTS, SUCH AS THE COOK,
THE DOORKEEPER, ETC.

The Reach of the Mission Hospital

{Central Turkey Field)

The compact and businesslike report
of the Azariah Smith Memorial Hospi-
tal at Aintab for 1911-12 reveals a story
of service rendered that is worthy of a
more glowing recital. It is amazing
how much one such institution accom-
plishes in a land like Turkey. To be
sure, it has a considerable staff : two
American physicians, Drs. Shepard and
Hamilton, three Armenian physicians,
a superintendent and head nurse. Miss
Bewer, various native assistants, such
as a dispenser, a chaplain, six nurses, a
cook, doorkeepers and other servants,
not to mention the voluntary aid of
other members of the mission circle.
Even with so large a staff, it is impres-
sive to see what a huge burden each one
carries. The dispenser, for example,
put up 20,000 prescriptions last year,
meeting, it is recorded, the 20,000 peo-
ple and their friends with whom he had
to deal with unvarying kindness and
courtesy. The total number of outpa-
tients was 5,492, of whom only one-
fourth were paying patients. Combin-
ing the visits made by the physicians to
the patients at their homes with the
calls of patients at the hospital makes
a grand total of 54,208 that were treated

during the year. An average of over
250 people visited the hospital each day.
Eleven nationalities were represented
among the patients ; most of them were
either Turks or Armenians, but there
was a considerable sprinkling of Greeks,
Jews, Arabs, etc.

The religious work of the hospital,
under the care of the Armenian chap-
lain, was not the least of its benefits.
Services for the patients were held be-
fore each day’s clinic and daily in the
wards, with special preaching services
on Sunday. Christian young men from
the city were invited to address the pa-
tients and Christian women came to
talk with the women in the waiting
room. The chaplain sought to meet the
large number of strangers coming from
far and near to Dr. Shepard and also
to reach friends waiting in the hospital
yard. Many Turks whom he thus met
were sympathetic, inviting him to their
homes to talk at greater length. The
chaplain is enthusiastic over his field,
and reports that the opportunities are
boundless for reaching men of all classes
and creeds.

With all that is being accomplished,
greater things are desired : another
American trained nurse, whose coming,
it is hoped, will enable the physicians

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to do some touring in the more than
2,000 villages within reach ; a nurses’
training school, which is to be opened
this autumn ; a larger endowment for
charity work — though about three-
fourths of the current expenses are
already earned, the securing of the re-
mainder is a heavy strain ; additional
equipment of various sorts: a small
house for contagious diseases ; a mod-
ern operating room and accessories;
further medical and surgical apparatus,
etc.

This is but one of the ten American
Board hospitals in the land of Turkey,
and somewhat the same story could be
told of them all. A late report from
the Anatolia College Hospital at Mar-
sovan in Western Turkey states that
the number of important operations
has risen to 900 a year, while the pa-
tients treated in their homes are almost
uncounted. During the scare of cholera
last summer, not only did the doctors
save many lives, but, co-operating with
government authority, helped in abat-
ing the worst features of the customs
that tend to spread the disease.

To Locate a New OutBtation

{Rhodesian Field)

A note from 'Mf. Silinda last month
reporting an impending famine both of

food and water, in consequence of a
long drought, mentioned the fact that
Dr. Lawrence and Mr. Dysart were off
on a tour across the Sabi River. The
special inspiration of this tour was a gift
of $800 from a friend of the mission in
Boston to establish a new outstation,
with resident native evangelist, in the
low-lying but densely populated coun-
try across the Sabi River from the high-
lands of the Chikore station.

Dr. Lawrence now reports that the
distance covered in the three weeks’
tour was about 183 miles. The advance
was by slow stages, to allow of making
acquaintance with the people among
whom they passed and of preaching the
gospel to them. Everywhere they were
found busy. At one kraal some were
making salt and others baskets or mats
preparatory for a trip into the moun-
tains to trade these articles for grain.
Elsewhere the people were scattered
among their gardens in the daytime,
returning to the kraals at nightfall.

Meetings were therefore held in the
evening, the missionaries and their
two native evangelists, Mapangisana
and Hlatywayo, dividing their forces,
especially on Sundays, so as to reach
several kraals at one time. By rising
between four and five o’clock in the
morning, they were sometimes able to

A MARSOVAN AMBULAMCE AND ITS PASSENGER

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463

reach another kraal for service before
the people had gone away for the day.
The march was then resumed, a new
camp was made, and the evening and
its crowd awaited. During the tour a
total attendance of more than 1,100
was thus secured. With but one or two
exceptions the people were quite ready
to assemble, when called, and gave re-
spectful attention to the message ; in
many cases they invited the party to
come again.

Special attention was given to Ziki’s
kraal. Ziki is the chief of the whole
region traversed. His kraal is fifty-
seven miles from Chikore and forty
miles from the Sabi River, and he rules
over from 4,000 to 5,000 people. His
visitors found him gracious ; he granted
them an interview and said he was
quite willing that services siiould be
held in his kraal if the native com-
missioner would give permission. He
seemed particularly concerned as to the
present that might be made him, declar-
ing that he was accustomed to receive
such tokens from his visitors, but th^
missionaries on their visits had never
brought him anything. Spying Dr.
Lawrence’s pistols, he greatly admired
them, but was quite dismayed as well
as impressed to find that while Dr.
Lawrence could hit the paper fastened
to a tree, he could not even locate
the tree, but was himself hit in the nose
by the rebound of the pistol. The
injury, fortunately, did not disturb his
good nature. A visit to the native
commissioner showed him to be hos-
pitable ; he expressed his willingness
that Mapangisana should return by
himself, in July, for the holding of
services.

Explorations were made along both
banks of the Mukore and Mjiji Rivers
with a view to selecting a good location
for the projected outstation. The coun-
try is low and mosquitoes were found
everywhere. Dr. Lawrence himself had
a sharp attack of fever after his return
from the tour. From a health stand-
point the land does not compare with
that of the Chikore district, but Dr.
Lawrence thinks it will be possible to

carry on work there and keep in fair
health.

A place was at length found upon the
Mukore River, just east of the reserve
boundary, where a farm could be chosen
that would be fairly healthful, the land
being fertile and lying well. The native

ZIKI AWAITING HIS VISITORS

This paramount chief is the third in the line from
the reader’s left

reserves in this British domain corre-
spond somewhat to the Indian reserva-
tions in the United States. As it is
not likely that a location could be
secured upon the reserve, it appeared
that this adjoining land, within seven or
eight miles of Ziki’s kraal, near also to
two other chiefs north of Chikore and
only forty-eight miles from it, would
prove an advantageous site. The time
seems opportune for beginning a per-
manent work there. When the coun-
try is open for occupation the •’ew good
farms will be snapped up and now is
the time to locate.

Dr. Wilder, now in this country,
thinks this is the very site fixed upon
in 1906 by a party, of which he was
one, sent to choose a suitable location
across the Sabi ; but the advance could
not then be made. Let us hope it may
now be possible !

A VILLAGE DANCE AT GAMBA
Dr. Hollenbeck is the figure in white at the left center

LETTERS FROM THE MISSIONS

WEST CENTRAL AFRICA MISSION

FOOTBALL AS MISSIONARY TRAINING

Dr. H. S. Hollenbeck, of Kamun-
dongo, was famous as a football captain
in his college days. In a letter re-
ceived August 19 he refers half humor-
ously to the disciplinary value of that
branch of his education : — ,

‘ ‘ I find in the course of events here
that my football experience stands me
in good stead in various ways. For in-
stance, it is worth something to know
how to fall. Just the other day I was
coming back from Olutu over a fair path
and on coming to a clear place which
looked especially good I speeded up my
bicycle a bit with a view to getting home
in time for dinner. The pedal struck a
partly concealed stump, and I promptly
took to the air line and as promptly left
it, automatically finding a way of light-
ing without serious consequence.

“Another pointer from football
worth remembering here is that the
game is sometimes won in the last
minute of play. Here, too, we have to
take ‘ dirty work ’ without returning it.
I might enumerate other commonplaces
with reference to football but will re-

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frain ; the main thing is to be ‘ in the
game ’ from start to finish. The fellow
who was most ‘ in the game ’ was in-
clined to be most often at the bottom of
the heap.

Even the Bicycle Is Outstripped

“The work at the outstations is fairly
prosperous. At Olutu during the past
three weeks there have been fifteen pro-
fessions of faith. At Gamba they have
been having professions pretty regu-
larly since the first of the year. Do not
know just the present status, as it has
been some time since we had word from
there ; neither do I know what the
total is for the past six months. The
work is spreading faster than we can
develop the converts or train leaders to
do it, and they surely need far more
developing than they get.”

MISSION TO THE PHILIPPINES

AN UNDEVELOPED FIELD

A Field Note in the August Herald
reflected Mr. Black’s impression of the
need and opportunity in Northern Min-
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Surigao. Mrs. Black, who accompanied
her husband on the trip, puts the case
even more intensely in a letter written
after reflection and during a short stay
at Manila, where they were the guests
of Presbyterian missionaries. Dr. and
Mrs. Rodgers: —

“ I have visited many of the flelds of
the other missions here, but I never
have seen one riper for evangelical
work than our own North Mindanao,
and I appreciate as I never could before
the disappointment Mr, Black feels in
not being able to man this field.

“ What is the trouble with the Amer-
ican Board ? Any of the other denom-
inations would be glad of such an
opportunity ; would send men immedi-
ately to open up dormitories and Bible
schools.

“Why cannot the American Board
find young men as easily as the other
boards represented here? In the ten
years Mr. Black has been here the
Presbyterians have increased their force
from sixteen to nearly fifty ; the Meth-
odists come next, and the Baptists man
their field ; while we, with perhaps the
largest field and some of the finest op-
portunities, have only five workers, and
three of these belong to the medical
work, which is sustained by a small
group of individuals.

The Reachable Students

‘ ‘ All of the fine, large towns we visited
have good intermediate and high schools.
This means that they are ‘centers of
learning ’ and opportunity for the large
student body of this part of the country.
Boys and girls come sometimes over a
hundred miles to reap the advantages
of these higher schools. Most of them
are without friends and must board
wherever they can. Think what it would
mean for these young men and women
if we could open up a good, clean dor-
mitory for them, with a fine Christian
man or woman in charge. Everywhere
throughout the islands this dormitory
work is given an important place by all
denominations.

“Both in Surigao and Cagayan the
students come faithfully to our Bible

study classes and to our meetings.
Sometimes there were two hundred
interested listeners at our out-of-doors
meetings.

Suffering Hardship with the Gospel

“ I wish you could have heard the re-
ports of missionary work done by our
handful of believers at Surigao. They
go out into all the surrounding barrios
by boat, on horse or on foot, preaching
and teaching the gospel. They have
been stoned, been spit upon, reviled for
their religion. Foremost among their
persecutors are the Belgian .priests who
have lately come out. They leave no
stone unturned which will hinder our
people there in spreading the Light.
Everywhere along the north coast there
are hundreds who have broken away
from the Romish Church and who call
themselves ‘ Protestantes.’ With pa-
tient, careful, prayerful teaching, we
would soon have a splendid following
for our Lord in all of these large towns.

“ It is imperative, for the good of the
work, to have one .missionary for Surigao
immediately, and one for Cagayan be-
fore the end of this year.

“0 that we could open a dormitory
in Surigao when school begins in June!

Outgrowing Babyhood

“Please tell that good Prudential
Committee that their baby mission is a
baby no longer ; that it has long ago
outgrown its swaddling clothes; that
it must live henceforth on something
more substantial than promises; that
means must be allowed for its natural
growth and development ; that it should
be permitted to take its place among
the sister missions here and elsewhere :
that it must have one missionary now
and another by the first of the year,”

SOUTH CHINA MISSION

A PROMISING OUTSTATION

The news from Canton in the public
press is mostly of political revolts, plots,
disorder, robbery on the land, piracy
on the water, and general lawlessness.

Canton and the pearl river

Showing the new Bund and the modern river craft and storehouses

That something else is going on in that
region, and something good to hear
about, appears in a recent letter from
Rev. C. A. Nelson, in which, after
brushing aside the elements of dis-
turbance and danger in the situation,
he describes a recent tour of Mr. John-
son and himself to several outstations,
and in particular to one at Hoi Hau
Fau : —

‘ ‘ This place has been open about ten
years and the outlook is very fine. The
building is small, but the prospect is
that we shall have a new and large
church, as the Christians are securing
money from their more fortunate
brethren in the States. The building is
wretchedly poor, but we spent the Sab-
bath there instead of going farther to
more comfortable quarters, and we
were well repaid.

“On Saturday evening Mr. Johnson
and I addressed the business people of
the place, and had a comfortably filled
house. On the Sabbath, at communion
service, the scene was unprecedented.
There were eight schools for girls rep-
resented and two for boys, each with
Christian teachers, and all self-support-
ing. These pupils, together with the
church members and visitors, literally
filled the church from floor to ceiling.

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The little loft over the door was crowded
with the boys from our own school.
The loft back of the pulpit was filled
with schoolgirls, some of whom had
come six miles. The schoolroom at the
rear was filled with men and women,
while the main audience room was lit-
erally packed with people, so that there
was no standing room. The atmosphere
was dense, as the day was hot.

“An old man, a converted geomancer
eighty-four years old, was in my chair on
the platform, and the young man to be
baptized with him stood on the plat-
form ; here they were baptized and
received into the church.

“The wife of the old man, also his
sons, have been church members a long
time, but the father has resisted till
lately, when he arose in prayer meeting
and confessed his sins and his new-found
Saviour. We left three on probation,
among them a school teacher.

Christian Service in an Idol Temple

‘ ‘ In the afternoon four representa-
tive men of the place called on us. They
were not Christians, but they were in-
terested and asked us to speak in the
large temple in front of the market in
the evening. This was a call not to be
slighted. Accordingly, at 7 P.M. we

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went there, to find seats ready, lamps
burning, and an audience waiting for
us. The room was large, yet the seats
were not sufficient, and for two hours
people stood and listened to Mr. John-
son and to me, also to three Christian
Chinese. The chairman was not a Chris-
tian, but I am persuaded that not only
he but others are not far from the
Kingdom. Let me say that we preached
the gospel, and though it was in a tem-
ple where there were idols, no one took
offense.”

SHANSI MISSION

A TEMPORARY BACKSET

A letter to Rev. Wynn C. Fairfield,
of Taiku, asking for pictures reflecting
the new times and conditions which the
revolution had brought about in that
interior province of China, drew out
the confession that all the desired
scenes were not easily secured ; that
indeed, in some respects, the immediate
results of the overturn had been re-
actionary and hindering ; some signs of
China’s advance were, for the present,
less in evidence than aforetime : —

“ Fundamentally, the trouble is that
because of the revolution Shansi is not
yet on the highroad to prosperity,
spiritual or otherwise. In Taiyuanfu,
they are just commencing to rebuild
the buildings burned last winter, and
to recover somewhat from the effects
of the looting. Formerly the most im-
portant city in the southern part of the
province, it is now little more than a
lodge in a cucumber patch. Once it
was a big city, with a history reaching
back through the centuries, but it had
not yet recovered from the destruction
of T’ai P’ing times, and now it has been
looted and relooted until, at last reports,
it was not possible to buy enough cotton
cloth in it for a hospital bandage. All
the soldiers there have been disbanded,
and it is hoped that with nothing left
to loot, it may settle down to peace;
but the missionary from there, with
whom I talked last Wednesday, seems
to think that it has only a past.

“You asked for wheat fields, where
the poppy used to grow, and I might
have found some, but it was easier this
spring to find poppy growing where
there was nothing but wheat last year.
You asked for pictures of mills and
factories taking the place of examina-
tion halls and temples, but here in one

WU LU CHEN, FORMER GOVERNOR OF
♦SHANSI

Assassinated by Imperial order for joining the
revolutionary party. The plot in which he
was implicated, if it had been success-
ful, would have given Peking into
the hands of the revolutionists
last November

of the capitalistic centers of China I
could show you only a railroad that
was within two or three months of
completion when the revolution broke,
which is now slowly decomposing in the
summer rains because every man is
afraid to invest his capital for fear lest
it may go where millions of dollars’
worth of property owned in this city
alone (I do not exaggerate when I say
millions) has gone in the last twelve
months, from Mongolia to Canton,
wherever there have been riots. You
ask for pictures of school boys and girls
marching out and in, but the city girls’
school has not yet reopened, and the
schools for boys are greatly reduced in
attendance.

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October

To Cut or Not to Cut

“I’d like to send you some pictures
of the crazy headdressings that have
been substituted for the queue in some
of the other cities, for here in Taiku
there is hardly any one who has yet
gone so far as to cut his queue ; in the
other cities it was only under the com-
pulsion of a squad of soldiers from the
provincial capital that the queues came
off, while grown-up men sat beside the
road hugging their disconnected queues,
and blubbering, ‘They’ve cut off my
queue.’ The country people around
these cities refused to come in with
their market produce for fear of hav-
ing their tails cut, and there was quite
a shortage for a time. Here, in Taiku,
sixty pairs of scissors have been issued
to the police for more than a week, but
thus far no results are visible. People
are waiting as long as they can to see
how this whole business is going to turn
out, and don’t like to take so decisively
patriotic a step as parting with their
queues.

’Tis Dogged as Does It

“This letter sounds pessimistic, I
suppose, but it isn’t that. I am simply
trying to give you a fair view of the
situation as it exists. I am optimistic
over the ultimate outcome, but neither
the millennium nor the Kingdom is likely
to come fully in China this year. We
need patience with the people and with
the government, and there are not lack-
ing a good many who feel that there is
a good way yet to go before things can
be called safe. All the British mission-
aries in this province — and there are a
good many of them — are in here with-
out any passports from their consuls,
because they would not issue any. If
we had waited for actual permission
from the Legation, I suppose we should
still be at the coast. I believe the think-
ing leaders of the Chinese have gone so
far that any restoration of the Imperial
power is out of the question, but no
one knows how long it will take for the
Republic to get out of a state of de-
pendence on a small group of men, or
whether the present administration can

weather the storm when they try to
establish a permanent government next
winter.

“All we can do is to go forward in
hope and prepare as well as we can for
the future when things do get settled
down. So far as any of us have been
able to discover, there is no anti-foreign
or anti-Christian feeling in any of the
districts around here, and throughout
all the mess, foreigners have uniformly
been protected and respected. In our
outstation schools, there have been
some who were afraid to be connected
with any institution that might, by
any possibility, get into trouble, and
attendance is smaller ; but in our acad-
emy here we had a larger attendance
last term than the year before.

The Academy’s Outreach

‘ ‘ Speaking of the academy, perhaps
you would like to know more about the
evangelistic band, whose picture I am
sending. It is organized by the mission-
ary committee of the Academy Young
Men’s Christian Association to go out
on Sundays and preach in the places
where we have no organized work. Its
radius extends about five miles from the
academy, and they have planned to
cover that district pretty thoroughly.
The banners are a new feature this year,
to add to the impression and to give
standing in the communities to which
they go. The forty boys enrolled in
this band, and the more than sixty
boys in voluntary Bible class work, seem
to me the most promising feature of
the religious life of the academy.’’

NORTH CHINA MISSION

THE MISSIONARY SERVING TABLES

The senior missionary at Lintsing-
chow, Rev. E. W. Ellis, being on furlough
in this country. Rev. Vinton P. Eastman,
the one man now on the ground, finds
himself confronted with a host of ab-
sorbing duties. He writes to friends : —
“ When I say that I have now become
bishop of all I survey and have been
busy getting broken into the harness, I

EVANGELISTIC BAND OF OBERLIN-SHANSI ACADEMY, TAIKUHSIEN

hope you have enough of an idea what a
mission station is like so that you can
imagine some of the things I have been
busy about without my taking time here
to tell you in detail.

Keeping Books

“ Keeping the books is no small task ;
not because we handle so many thou-
sands of dollars every year, but rather
because we handle so many thousands
of cash, the small, round coins with the
square hole in them, a thousand (nom-
inally) on a string making the equiva-
lent of about twenty cents American
money. Here in our region there are
only about 490 real pieces of money, on
a string, that counts as a thousand. In
some localities, Shansi, I think, there are
actually a thousand pieces on the string,
but this is made up for by the string
being worth almost if not quite as much
as the Mexican dollar, while our string
(or tiao, as it is called) is worth only
half a dollar.

“The exchanging of all our gold first
into taels (a silver value which doesn’t
actually exist in money form, the so-
called tael money being in silver lumps
of various weights, say two taels in
weight, or fifty taels, etc.) and then later
into Mexican dollars or into tiao as we

may want to use it, makes it practically
necessary to keep three sets of books :
in gold to report to the home board,
in taels to report to Mrs. Wilder, the
mission treasurer, and in dollars and tiao
as the money we actually handle.

Making Repairs

“ We have a compound nearly as large
as some college campuses (fully twice as
large, I should say, as the central block
that makes up the Oberlin College cam-
pus) and in this are located the boys’ and
girls’ schools, three residences, a church,
stables, Chinese houses for residence
purposes and Chinese buildings for
station classes, a hospital, etc. On these
one must keep a constant oversight ; the
mud roofs and mud walls of the Chinese
buildings need repairing every year ;
repairs need to be looked after also in
the foreign buildings, and the unused
part of the large compound must be
sowed to alfalfa or some other crop.

Surveying the Field

“Besides all these interests that cen-
ter here, there is the whole great field
of territory round about us stretching
off for nearly a hundred miles in some
directions and a half or a quarter that
far in others, for the evangelization

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of which we are directly responsible.
’Tis of course the real work of preach-
ing and teaching here in the central sta-
tion and in the outstations that should
demand and receive the most of my time,
but as an actual fact my time for the
next year will not be fully given to this

as much as to the detaiis of supervision
mentioned above. If only some of you
who read this letter would come out
here to help us we would be able to
divide up the work so that every part
would get more nearly the attention it
deserves.”

THE WIDE FIELD

HERE AND THERE

According to the Dnyanodaya, no coun-
try in the world so civilized as India has so
large a population of professional crimi-
nals ; where ‘ ‘ recognized groups in the com-
munity are regularly, openly, unshamedly,
and uncontrollably addicted to the depra- ^
dation of the public.” Various tribes and
castes wander about ostensibly as beggars,
singers, and dancers, but are really de-
voted to extortion, plunder, cattle-lifting,
and general violence, terrorizing peaceful
farmers and burdening the police. Fifty
thousand such people are in the various
■jails of the country at one time. Efforts of
the government to restrain them have so
far been unavailing. Their numbers in some
places seem actually to increase. The Sal-
vation Army has been the first religious
organization to take up on any extensive
scale the task of reclaiming these criminal
tribes. By means of settlements, industrial
schools, and other agencies pervaded with
faith in God and in the recoverability of
human nature, it has already made inroads
upon this menace of India, and has won the

commendation of the governors of both the
United Provinces and the Punjab.

The blue ribbon of Cambridge University
was last year for the first time given to an
East Indian, Mr. K. Chenda Sen, of Trinity
Hall, a graduate of Calcutta University.
Mr. Sen’s prize essay was upon “The Art
of Biography’’ ; there were several Eng-
lish competitors for the prize.

A presidential mandate issued in China
in April recommends marriage between the
five races included in the republic and urges
the abolition of foot binding. Social ad-
vance is thus linked with political.

A religious census of the Imperial Uni-
versity at Tokyo shows eight Shintoists,
fifty Buddhists, sixty Christians, 1,500
Atheists, and 3,000 Agnostics. The sub-
stantial correctness of these figures is ad-
mitted. No wonder that Japan’s leaders
are alarmed over the situation or that they
felt compelled to call a conference of re-
ligions to see if something could not be
done to safeguard patriotism, morals, and
good order.

THE PORTFOLIO

An American Banker’s View of It

Today there are five great foreign
forces at work in China, each of them
in its own way having great influence
on her development. I give them in
order of efficiency in organization.

First. The small but brainy coterie
of Britishers who, with the aid of cer-
tain British government representatives,
are working to nullify the popular anti-
opium movement and firmly to establish
again their nefarious traffic. In point
of ability displayed in their tactics and
in the money involved in the outcome.

no project in China is worthy to be
compared with it.

Second. The Standard Oil Interests.
They reach into every province, and
conduct their affairs in a most high toned
fashion. Their picked representatives
are considerate of the rights of others
and have won the respect of every one
in the East.

Third. The Hong Kong & Shanghai
Banking Corporation, which, for years,
in banking has stood in a class by itself
for intelligent management and fore-
sight.

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Fourth. The British-American To-
bacco Co. Cigarettes and cigarette
posters have flooded China. This com-
pany has displayed rare ability, push,
and insight into the wants and preju-
dices of its customers.

Fifth. The Great Missionary propa-
ganda. In number of force employed,
this leads them all, ten to one. In intel-
ligence it cannot be surpassed. But in
organization and management it is far,
far behind. . . .

To sum up, China has the greatest
undeveloped resources known in the
world. And she represents the largest
aggregation of able merchants, traders,
and bankers. These two factors taken
together spell tremendous commercial
potency. In the near future, with again
five and a half million square miles of
territory fully occupied and developed
by one thousand million brainy, pro-
gressive people, it will not be a ques-
tion of the six Powers helping China,
but of who can get her help abroad.
The Chinese, through deep gratitude to
America, have offered her, and from
their hearts still offer her, first choice
of position. Are we going to be satisfied

with selling the Chinese oil and ciga-
rettes, or are we going to climb right
up and sit with the driver ?

Extracts from Wei’s interview with War-
ner M., Van Norden, of New York.

Good Advice

Young men of China ! The future of
happiness and greatness of your vast
country is in your hands. Study. Obey
the laws dutifully. Learn English so
that you can read books which will teach
you many useful things. Do not listen
to wicked people who advise you to
break the laws and become rebellious.
Obey the wise teachings of your ancient
wise men, Confucius and Mencius.
Study diligently. Be patient. China
will regain her rightful place as the
chief of the nations of Asia. Help to
obtain the great and noble object by
just methods and by peaceful work.
Violence and bloodshed do no good to a
just cause. Obtain good by being and
doing good.

By so and so whose name is

No men.

Translation of poster found recently on a
city gate at Foochow.

CIGARETTE ADVERTISING IN CHINA

Such posters cover the walls of every village and town even in the interior province of Shansi

THE CHRONICLE

Arrivals in this Country
May 27. At New York, Miss Edith
Gates, of the Marathi Mission.

May 29. At San Francisco, Dr. Kate C.
Woodhull and Miss Hannah C. Woodhull,
of the Foochow Mission.

June 23. At Vancouver, Rev. and Mrs.
E. S. Cobb, of the Japan Mission.

July 18. At Seattle, Rev. and Mrs. Em-
ery W. Ellis and Miss Mabel Ellis, of the
North China Mission.

August 1. At New York, Rev. and Mrs.
Theodore A. Elmer, of the Western Turkey
Mission.

August 3. At Seattle, Rev. William L.
Curtis, of the Japan Mission.

August 7. At New York, Dr. and Mrs.
Charles W. Young, of the North China
Mission.

August 13. At New York, Dr. and Mrs.
Robert Chambers, of the Western Turkey
Mission ; also Mr. and Mrs. Lawson P.
Chambers.

August 22. At Boston, Miss Nellie J.
Arnott, of the West Central Africa Mission.

August 28. At Boston, Miss Alice S.
Browne, of the North China Mission.

August — . At New York, Rev. E. A.
Yarrow, of the Eastern Turkey Mission.

Arrivals on the Field
July 3. AtMt. Silinda, Rhodesia, Africa,
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fuller.

July 7. At Ndondi, West Central Africa
Mission, the Misses Margaret W. and
Helen J. Melville, Miss Elizabeth B. Camp-
bell, and Mr. L. Gordon Cattell.

July 13. At Durban, Natal, South Africa
Mission, Rev. and Mrs. Walter Foss.

August 6. At Satara, India, Mrs. T. S.
Lee.

August 6. At Ahmednagar, India, Drs.
Ruth P. Hume and M. Clara Proctor.

August 8. At Ahmednagar, India, Mrs.
R. A. Hume.

Departures

August 13. From New York, Rev. and
Mrs. Henry T. Perry, returning to the
Western Turkey Mission ; also Rev. and
Mrs. S. R. Harlow, to join the same mis-
sion. (See August iferaW.)

August 21. From New York, Miss Har-
riet C. Norton, returning to the Central
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Turkey Mission ; also Rev. Cass A. Reed
and Miss Emily Moore, to join the Western
Turkey Mission. (See page 447.)

August 23. From San Francisco, Rev.
and Mrs. Charles M. Warren, returning to
the Japan Mission; also Charles L. Gil-
lette, M.D., to join the Foochow Mission;
and Miss Louise E. Miske, to join the
North China Mission. (See page 448.)

August 31. From Boston, Rev. and Mrs.
W. H. Sanders, returning to the West Cen-
tral Africa Mission ; also Miss Margarita
Wright, for the Mission to Spain, and Miss
A. Eleanor Franzen, to join the Marathi
Mission. (See pages 447 and 449.)

September 7. From New York, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Kingsbury, returning to the
Western Turkey Mission. Mr. Kingsbury,
after a brief absence from Bardezag, takes
Mrs. Kingsbury back with him.

September 10. From New York, Rev.
and Mrs. W. P. Elwood, returning to the
Madura Mission.

September 14. From San Francisco,
Miss Mary A. Ledyard, for the Foochow
Mission. (See page 448.)

September 17. From Boston, Mr. W. S.
Doming, for the Marathi Mission (See
page 448. )

Marriages

August 24. At Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
Mr. Dean Rockwell Wickes and Miss Fanny
Rollinson Sweeny, under appointment to
the North China Mission.

September 10. At Constantinople, Mr.
Luther R. Fowle, of the Central Turkey
Mission, and Miss Helen Curtis, formerly
of the Western Turkey Mission.

Births

July 7. At Mt. Silinda, Rhodesia Branch
of South Africa Mission, a daughter to Mr.
and Mrs. Sidney F. Dart.

July 30. At Shaowu, China, a son to
Dr. and Mrs. Edward L. Bliss.

September 7. At Kyoto, Japan, a daugh-
ter to Prof, and Mrs. Frank A. Lombard.

Deaths

July 30. Arthur B. Galt, son of Rev.
and Mrs. Elmer W. Galt, of the North
China Mission.

August — . At Madura, India, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Guise.

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It seems inevitable that in so large a cir-
cle as that of the American Board’s mis-
sionaries there should always be some who
are sick and some who are in fresh sorrow.
The Chronicle of each month could make
mention of such cases newly reported.
That it does not do so is not because of
forgetfulness or indifference, but because,
with such long intervals as must transpire
between the event and the printed refer-
ence to it, the situation as it is may be
misreported. Moreover, missionaries, like
the rest of us, are often sensitive about
having their troubles put in print. The
fact that there is just now an unusually
large number of sufferers in our comrade-
ship prompts this general word of remem-
brance and sympathy, and a reminder that
in prayers for one another a petition for
those in adversity is always timely.

After reading Miss Lamson’s article on

“Missions in Council” and better appre-
ciating what annual mission meetings are,
there is added pleasure in seeing the like-
nesses of those who represented the East-
ern Turkey Mission at its last “roundup.”
And that happens to be one of the fields
where, for difficulty of transportation, it
is a big undertaking to get a meeting at
all.

Secretary Barton represented the Board
at a conference of workers among Moslem
peoples held at the home of Mr. E. E.
Olcott, of New York, September 6, which
was in effect a farewell to Dr. S. M.
Zwemer, about leaving for Cairo and his
new field of work there.

The meeting of the Continuation Com-
mittee of the Edinburgh Conference at
Lake Mohonk last month brought to the
United States a distinguished group of

DELEGATES TO ANNUAL MEETING OF EASTERN TURKEY MISSION HELD IN ERZROOM,

JULY, 1912

Top Row: Dr. Raynolds, of Van; Mr. Andrus, of Mardin; Miss Ely. of Bitlis ; Mr. Maynard, of Bitlis, with

Sibyl and Elinor Stapleton

MiddU’ Row : Mrs. Stapleton, of Erzroom ; Miss Mattoon, of Harpoot ; Miss Silliman, of Van ; Miss North, of

Mardin

Bottom Row : Miss Atkins, of Erzroom ; Mr. Ring's, of Harpoot ; Miss Bond, of Van ; Mr. Stapleton, of Erzroom

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Donations

October

missionary leaders from Great Britain and
the Continent. The officers of the Board
had the pleasure of brief visits at the
Rooms from Dr. Julius Richter, of Ger-
many, and Count von Moltke, of Denmark.
Dr. Richter brought word of the gratifi-
cation of the Colonial Office at Berlin over
the Board’s appointment of Mr. and Mrs.
Maas, both Germans, to the Marshall
Islands, now a German possession.

It is very good news that, with health
greatly improved. Dr. J. D. Eaton feels
able to return to Mexico, and that he and
Mrs. Eaton are therefore planning to go
back to Chihuahua as soon as the way is
open. Miss Prescott has already arrived at
Parral.

Apropos of the conferring of the degree
of D.D. on Rev. H. T. Perry, of Sivas, by
Williams College on the fiftieth anniversary
of his graduation from that institution last
June, Dr. Lyndon S. Crawford, of Trebi-
zond, relates the following incident, which
he says he got from Dr. Perry himself
seven years ago : —

“ His first visit to Williams College and
his first thought of becoming a missionary
was at the fiftieth anniversary of the ‘ Hay-
stack Prayer Meeting ’ in 1856. A Williams
senior had spent that winter in his (Mr.
Perry’s) home in Ashfield and taught the
village school. Deacon Perry, the father,
becoming somewhat anxious over seven-

teen-year-old Henry’s interest in the
teacher and fearing lest he would want to
leave the old home and church and the
‘ family village store, ’ fell in with a plan
of the teacher’s to take Henry over to
Williams for commencement. It was rather
supposed that that view of ‘ the wide, wide
world’ would satisfy the lad and that he
would return to Ashfield to become a good
citizen and pillar of the church there. It
rained on the Sunday afternoon, and the
Mission Park meeting had to be held in
the church. There was a crowd and hardly
standing room in the aisles, but the lad was
so fascinated that he pushed his way for-
ward and took in all that the speakers said.
He made his decision then and there ; the
good deacon consented to his going to
Williston Seminary that fall and to Wil-
liams in 1858. You know the rest.”

The eightieth birthday of Dr. George T.
Washburn, for forty years a member of
the Madura Mission, was celebrated, Sep-
tember 5, at Meriden, Conn., where for
the last twelve years he and his wife have
been living with their son. Among the fea-
tures of the birthday were a call from the
Meriden Ministers’ Association, calls and
remembrances from friends and neighbors
in the city, and congratulations from many
friends outside, including a cable dispatch
from Pasumalai, India, where Dr. Wash-
bum’s more distinguished missionary serv-
ice was rendered.

DONATIONS RECEIVED IN AUGUST

NEW ENGLAND DISTRICT

Maine

Alfred, Cong. ch. 3 90

Bangor, Miss Mary S. Porter, 2 00

Blue Hill, Cong. ch. 33 55

Boothbay Harbor, Miss Emily D. Thorpe, 10 00

Bridgton, G. W. Rounds, 2 00

Camden, 1st Cong, ch., 21.80 ; Mrs. Eliz-
abeth K. Montgomery, 5, 2(5 80

Ellsworth, Mrs. P. 2 00

Farmington, 1st Cong, ch., W. G. Mallett,

2; Mary F. Cushman, 1, 3 00

Fryeburg, 1st Cong, ch., Mrs. C. B. Rug-
gles, 3 00

Gorham, 1st Cong, ch., 65; E. M. Hib-
bard, 1, 56 00

Hampden, Friend, 15 00

Harrison, Cong, cn., W. L. Grover, I 00

Kenduskeag, Cong, ch., A. B. Packard, 2 00

Kennebunk, Union ch. of Christ, 50 00

Kennebunkport, 1st Cong, ch., toward
support Rev, J. C. Perkins, 320 ; South
Cong, ch., of which 40 from Ladies’

Miss. Soc., toward support Rev. J. C.

Perkins, 280.40, 600 40

Lewiston, Pine-st. Cong. ch. 23 (X)

Limington, Cong. ch. 6 00

Madison, Rev. Frederick H. Means, 25 00

Mechanic Falls, 1st Cong. ch. 10 00

New Gloucester, A. C. Chandler, 5 00

Norridgewock, In thanksgiving for a
friend, 10 00

North Bridgton, Cong. ch. 25 00

North Yarmouth, Cong, ch., 20; Rev.

A. J. McGown,5, 25 00

Orono, Cong. ch. 20 00

Portland, 2d Parish Cong, ch., toward
support Rev. J. P. Dysart, 300; do..

Member, 5; Woodfords Cong, ch.,

19.51; West Cong, ch., for Madura, 15;

Friend, 100; Friend, 25; Friend, 25, 489 51

Sanford, North Cong. ch. 30 00

Searsport, 1st Cong. ch. 31 50

South Eliot, Leander Brooks, 1 10

Standish, Cong. ch. 16 00

Washington, Cong. ch. 5 00

Waterford, 1st Cong, ch., 29; Susan H.

Wilkins, 3 , 32 00

, Friend, 25 00— .,589 76

Legacies. — New Gloucester, Solomon H.

Chandler, for missionary work, as speci-
fied in the will, 25,000 00

26,589 76

1912

Donations

475

New Hampshire

Acworth, Cong. ch. 12 00

Alton, Josephine Proctor, 1 00

Atkinson, Cong, ch., Mrs. Charles
Tenney, 10, 60 00

Bennington, Cong. ch. 10 00^

Campton, Cong. ch. 10 00

Candia, Ethel W. Forsaith, 25

Chester, Cong. ch. 6 50

Claremont, P'riend, 3 00

Colebrook, Cong. ch. 16 00

Concord, West Cong, ch., 15.24; South
Cong, ch.,20; 1st Cong, ch., of which 5
from Rev. Franklin D. Ayer and 2 from
O. W. Cromwell, 7; Mrs. P. W. Web-

ster, 5; Friend, 5, 52 24

Croydon, Cong. ch. 15 00

Derry, Mrs. Martha Day, 2 00

Dover, 1st Cong. ch. 50 00

Epping, Cong, ch., 75; Mrs. George S.

Thompson, 2, 77 00

Epsom, Sarah W. W. Holmes, 1 00

Exeter, F. E. Dalzell, 10 00

Francestown, Cong, ch., of which 12 from
Friend, 30 60

Gilmanton, Cong, ch., Ladies’ Circle, 10 00

Goffstown, Mrs. Laura E. Gerould, 4 00

Greenland, Cong. ch. 45 00

Hebron, Union Cong. ch. 10 00

Henniker, Cong. ch. 30 00

Hinsdale, Cong. ch. 5 00

Hooksett, Cong, ch.. Rev. J. N. Bliss, 2 00

Jaffrey, Center Cong, ch.,37 ; East Cong.

ch., 24.50, 61 50

Keene, 1st Cong, ch., for work in Tiru-
mangalam, 240 00

Laconia, Miss H. J. Busiel, 2 00

Lisbon, 1st Cong, ch., Mary R. Cum-
mings, 75 00

Manchester, Franklin-st. Cong, ch., Mrs.

A. W. Sanborn, 10; 1st Cong, ch., S.

S. Marden, 2; Arthur P. Senter, 5, 17 00

Ossipee, 1st Cong. ch. 16 (K)

Peterboro, Union Cong. ch. 27 00

Pittsfield, Cong. ch. 18 67

Portsmouth, North Cong, ch., Victoria E.
Vennard, 10; Rev. Lucius H. Thayer,

100, • 110 00

Stratham, Cong. ch. 18 50

Swanzey, Cong, ch.. Rev. G. A. Furness, 10 00
Temple, Cong. ch. 16 00

Warner, Lora E. B. Courser, 1 00

, Friend, 5 00—1,080 26

Legacies. — Littleton, Alwilda Poliina
Lane Farr, by John W. Farr, Adm’r, 100 00

Vermont

Barnet, Cong, ch., toward support Rev.

C. K. Tracy, 35 00

Barton, Cong. ch. 20 00

Benson, Cone. ch. 13 00

Bennington, 1st Cong. ch. 127 00

Brattleboro, Center Cong. ch. 100 00

Charlotte, Cong. ch. 25 26

Chester, Cong. ch. 50 00

Cornwall, 1st Cong. ch. 26 21

Dummerston, Adin A. Dutton, 5 00

East Corinth, Cong, ch., toward support
Dr. C. W. Young, 15 00

Fair Haven, 1st Cong, ch., toward support
Rev. E. A. Yarrow, 40 65

Fairlee, Federated Cong. ch. 5 00

Georgia, Cong. ch. 12 51

Greensboro, Cong. ch. 43 00

Hartford, Cong, ch., Friend, 5 00

Hubbardton, Cong. ch. 12 00

Island Pond, Cong. ch. 43 75

Jamaica, Cong. ch. 17 50

Johnson, Cong. ch. 10 00

Marshfield, Cong, ch., toward support
Rev. and Mrs. John X. Miller, 5 00

Newbury, 1st Cong, ch., toward support
Dr. C. W. Young, 90 00

North Bennington, Cong, ch, 66 59

Peacham, Cong. ch. 114 00

Pittsford, Cong, ch, 105 00

Rochester, Cong. ch. 25 50

Royalton, Cong. ch. 30 00

1,180 26

Roxbury, Cong, ch., toward support Rev,

John X. Miller, 5 00

Rutland, Cong, ch., Pierpont Fund, to-
ward support Rev. E. A. Yarrow, 70 00
St. Johnsbury, South Cong. ch. 268 24

Saxtons River, Mrs. Sarah Shattuck, 2 00

Shoreham, 1st Cong, ch., toward support
Rev. E. Partridge, 37 50

South Hero and Grand Isle, Cong, ch.,
toward support Rev. and Mrs. Wm.

Hazen, 28 00

Strafford, 1st Cong, ch., toward support
Dr. Chas. W. Young, 32 00

Warren, United Cong, ch., toward support
Rev. J. X. Miller, 20 80

Waterbury, Cong. ch. 35 00

Wells River, Cong. ch. .50 00

West Glover, Cong. ch. 10 00

Westminster, Mrs. C. B. Holmes, 2 00

West Rutland, Frank A. Morse, 100 00

Williamstown, Cong. ch. 20 07

Williston, Cong, ch., Mrs. H. C. Miller, 20 00

Woodstock, Cong. ch. 189 94

, Friend, 10 00—1,942 52

MassachusettB

Abington, 1st Cong. ch. 48 30

Amherst, North Cong, ch.,24.66; Friend,

20, 44 66

Andover, Walter Buck, 10; G. W. White,

5; J. M. Burr, 5; Agnes Park, 2;
Friend, 25, 47 00

Athol, Cong. ch. 29 65

Auburndale, Cong. ch.,for work in China,

100; do., Wm. H. Cooley, 5; Friend, 1, 106 00
Ballardvale, Union Cong, ch., of which
Rev. Geo. P. Byii^ton, 2, 40 78

Bedford, Emily M. Davis, 1 00

Belchertown, Cong. ch. 38 09

Berkley, Friends, 25 00

Bernardston, Goodale Mem. Cong. ch. 6 51

Beverly, 2d Cong, ch., 7.50; Dane-st,

Cong, ch., Sarah W. Clark, 25; Friend,

5, 37 50

Billerica, Cong, ch., 20 ; Friend, 10, 30 00

Boston, Central Cong. ch. (Jamaica Plain),
of which 50 from S. B. C., 20 from H.

W. C., 5 from M..W. C., 200; Union
Cong, ch.. Friend, 61.75 ; Phillips Cong,
ch. (South Boston), Old South

Cong, ch., 25; 2d Cong. ch. (Dorches-
ter), Rev. Arthur Little, 15; do., Go
Forth Band, Charles A. Ulford, in mem-
ory of'^Dudley H. Ufford, 6; Boylston
Cong. ch. (Jamaica Plain), 20.68 ; Baker
Cong. ch. (East Boston), 5.77; Arthur
Perry, 127.24; H. H. Proctor, 127.24;

Mrs. J. M. Bemis, 25 ; G. A. Fuller, 5 ;

John H. Soren,6; Fanny C. Guild, 5 ;
Louise J. Rice, 2 ; Friend, 3, 693 68

Boxford, 1st Cong. ch. 45 75

Braintree, 1st Cong, ch., Member, 10 00

Brockton, Porter Cong, ch., 600; South
Cong, ch., toward support Rev. S. R.
Harlow, 500; Lincoln Cong, ch.. Miss.

Soc., 2; 1st Cong, ch., Miss L. S.
Barnes, 1 ; Preston B. Keith, 100, 1,203 (JO

Brookline, Leyden Cong, ch., Wm. H.

Potter, 5; Rev. George A. Hall, 200, 205 OO
Cambridge, J. A. Sparrow, 10 ; Mrs. Har-
riet L. Burrage, 6 ; Frank Foxcroft, 5, 21 00

Chicopee, Friend, 25 00

Clinton, 1st Cong. ch. 69 65

Concord, Harriet J. Hubbard, 20 ; Helen
O. Hubbard, 20; B. M., 5, 45 00

Dalton, 1st Cong, ch., toward support
Rev. T. E. Elmer, 500 30

Danvers, Maple-st. Cong, ch., toward sup-
port Rev. E. Fairbank, 650 ; D. K. M.,

10, 660 00

Duxbury, Pilgrim Cong. ch. 2 37

Easthampton, Anna C. Edwards, 5 00

Enfield, Con^ ch. 40 00

Fall River, Fowler Cong, ch., of which
Harrison F. Lyman, 15, 53 65

Falmouth. Ruth A. Hall, 5 00

Feeding Hills, Cong. ch. 9 00

Fitchburg, Finnish Cong. ch. 6 00

Framingham, Plymouth Cong, ch., 100;

Mrs. Mary S. Stone, 50, 150 00

47G

Donations

October

2 00
10 00
1 00
5 00
1 00

3 00
10 00

4 44

Franklin, 1st Cong. ch. 23 40

Gardner, 1st Cong, ch., Friend, 10 00

Gloucester, Trin. Cong, ch.. Friend, 5 00

Granville, West Cong ch. 5 00

Granville Center, 1st Cong. ch. 5 00

Greenfield, 2d Cong, ch., toward support
Rev. H. T. Perry, 125 00

Hingham, Cong ch., of which 5 from Mrs.

Kuen C. Pratt and 20 from Friend, 25 00
Holyoke, Grace Cong. ch. 3 60

Housatonic, Cong. ch. 28 57

Hubbardston, Evan. Cong. ch. 7 05

Interlaken, Cong. ch. 18 49

Lancaster, Miss E. F. Merrick, 5 00

Lawrence, Mabel E. Emerson, 5 00

Lee, Cong. ch. 240 15

Leicester, 1st Cong. ch. 100 00

Leominster, F. A. Whitney, 15; Mrs.

Sarah L. Lothrop, 5, 20 00

Lowell, Kirk-st. Cong, ch., Jacob Rogers,

200; Highland Cong, ch., G. Hovey, 5 ;

Mrs. Wm. G. Nichols, 30, 235 00

Lynn, Chestnut-st. Cong. ch. 6 OO

Malden, Arthur T. Tufts, 5 00

Marblehead, 1st Cong. ch. 69 00

Maynard, Friend, 1 00

Medford, Sidney K. B. Perkins, 1 00

Middleboro, Central Cong, ch., Miss W.

A. Harding, 1 ; do., C. S. Pickens, 1,
Middlefield, Cong. ch.

Millbury, 1st Cong, ch., Friend,

Millis, Chas. E. Enegren,

Milton, Howard T. Smith,

Monson, Cong, ch., toward support Rev.

H.J. Bennett, ' 359 00

New Bedford, North Cong, ch., W. I.

Tilton, 2 ; Annie W. Tilton, 1,

Newburvport, Clara A. Bliss,

New Salem, North Cong. ch.

Newton, Eliot Cong, ch., 745.52; North
Cong, ch., Mrs. Mary Galway, 2;
Atherton Clark, 25; Mrs. Mary M. Bill-
ings, 5 ; Mary Lewis Speare, 2, 779 52

Newton Highlands, Alberta J. Crombie, 5 00
Northampton, Rev. Henry M. Tyler, 5;

H. G. Maynard, 5, 10 00

North Attleboro, Oldtown Cong. ch. 10 00

Northboro, LucyM. Emmons, 5 00

Norwood, 1st Cong. ch. 300 00

Oak Bluffs, Mary A. French, 10; Bessie
M. French, 5, 15 00

Orange, D. M. Morse, 2 00

Palmer, 2d Cong. ch. 16 87

Paxton, Cong. 5 15

Petersham, A. D. M. 200 00

Pittsfield, 1st Cong, ch.. Friend, 10 ; South
Cong, ch., Mrs. Julia A. Sears, 3 ; Mrs.
Hannah C. Severance, 5, 18 00

Plymouth, ch. of the Pil^image, Carrie
L. Bachelder, 1 00

Quincy. R. D. C. 25 00

Randolph, John E. Bradley, 5 00

Readville, Blue Hill Evan. Soc. 6 58

Salem, Arthur H. Brown, 5 ; Friend, 1, 6 00

Sandwich, Cong. ch.

Sharon, D. \\L Pettee, 50; Walter A
Griffin, 1,

Sherborn, Pilgrim Cong. ch.

.Shirley, Cong. ch.

Shutesbury, Cong, ch., Miss K. L. Hunt-
ing, 2 00

Somerset, Cong. ch. 8 27

Southampton, Cong. ch. 100 00

South Ashburnham, Mrs. Bessie P. Need-
ham, 3 00

Southbridge, Elm-st. Cong, ch., 20.60;

Julia E. Hyde, 5, 25 60

South Deerfield, Cong. ch. 23 20

South Framingham, Grace Cong. ch.,Mrs.

A. A. Gage, 1 ; Cynthia A. Kendall, 15, 16 00
South Hadley, Cong, ch., 10; Louise F.

Cowles, 2, _ 12 00

South Lincoln, Friend, 5 00

South Royalston, Friend, 5 00

South Weymouth, Old South Cong. ch. 20 00

Spencer. Charles N. Prouty,

Stockbridge, Mary T. Galpin,

Sturbridge, Cong. ch.

Swampscott, 1st Cong, ch., 6.40; Mrs
Susan E. Barrows, 1,

19 25

51 00
15 00
25 00

25 00
1 00
11 00

7 40

Springfield, South Cong, ch.. Friend, 200;

Hope Cong, ch., toward support Rev,

B. V. Mathews, 62.33; Mrs. J. L. R.

Trask, 5; L. F. Giroux, 2; Lilia M.
Harmon, 1 ; Friend, 1, 271 33

Taunton, Trin. Cong, ch., 120; Union
Cong, ch., 5.17 ; Chas. M. Rhodes, 75;

Miss E. S. Shepard, 1, 201 17

Topsfield, Cong. ch. 100 00

Walpole, Cong. ch. 2 00

Waltham, Cornelia Warren, 250; Miss
M. F. Smith, 10; Mrs. Sarah B. War-
ren, 1, 261 00

Wareham, 1st Cong, ch, 65 00

Wayland, Cong. ch. 6 58

Wellesley, Lucy T. Winsor, 1 00

Wellesley Hills, Carolyn J. Peck, 5 00

Westboro, Evan. Cong. ch. 40 35

West Boxford, Friends, 5 00

West Boylston,lst Cong, ch., Mrs. Emily
W. Parker, 5; Mary Cleveland, 1, 6 00

West Brookfield, Cong, ch., 13.10;

Friend, 10, 23 10

Westford, Cong, ch., Sarah W. Loker, 2 00
Westhampton, Cong. ch. 30 00

West Medway, Rev. S. Knowlton, 10 00

West Newbury, 2d Cong, ch., Mrs.

Thomas C. Thurlow, 2 00

Whitinsville, Cong, ch., 2,454.87 ; Arthur
F. Whitin, ^0; Edward Whitin, 500;
estate of Wm. H. Whitin, 500, 3,954 87

Wilbraham, Anna A. Peck, 5 00

Williamsburg, Cong. ch. 40 00

Williamstown, Rev. Wm, R. Stocking, 2 :

Franklin Carter, 50, 52 00

Winchendon, North Cong. ch. 50 00

WinchendoD Center, 1st Cong, ch., estate
of George Cummings, 25 00

Winchester, Cong, ch., Mrs. N. W. C.

Holt, toward support Rev. A. W. Clark,

5; Henry C. Ordway, 10; Mrs. N. W.

C. Holt, for general work, 10, 26 00

Woburn, 1st Cong. ch. 400 00

Worcester, Plymouth Cong, ch,, 62.69

Old South Cong, ch., 8; Mem. Cong
ch., 6.60; Mrs. Martha L. Rice, 10
Chas. H. Williams, 10 ; M. J. Emerson
6 ; Mrs. Herbert O. Houghton, 1 ; E. P
S. and J. E. S., 5; Friend, 15; Friend
10, 132

, Essex Co. 50

, Cape Cod, 5

, Friend, 10

■ , Friend, 2

Legacies. — Boston, Hollis Moore, by
George E. Cornwall, Trustee, 10,000;

Sarah R. Sage, 6,000, 15.000

Salem, Joseph H. Towne, by Chas. W.
Richardson, Trustee, for work in
Papal Lands, 24,000

Springfield, James C. Atwater, by Da-
vid F. Atwater, Ex’r, 4,500

29

00

00

25

00-13,109 37

00

01)

00-43.500 00

56,609 37

Rhode Island

Bristol, 1st Cong, ch., 22.06 ; P. Skinner,

Jr., in memoriam, 60, 72 06

Central Falls, Cong. ch. 54 50

Newport, United Cong, ch., of which 22
from Horatio B. Wood, 12 from Samuel
McAdam, 2 from Pax, 36 00

Pawtucket, James G. Case, 50 00

Peace Dale, Cong, ch., 100 ; Mrs. George
Bushnell,5, 105 00

Providence, Central Cong, ch., toward
support Rev. P. L. Corbin, 1,309.26;
do., Friend, 200; Union Cong, ch.,

263.53; Plymouth Cong, ch., 100;

Beneficent Cong, ch., Friend, 10; F.

W. Carpenter, 100; Arthur W. Claflin,

25; John S. Paige, 1 ; Friend, 25;

Friend, 5, 2,038 79

Woonsocket, Globe Cong, ch., Mary E.

Taylor, 5 00—2,361 35

Young People’s Societies

Maine. — Upton, Y. P. S. C. E., for Mt. Si-
linda,

New Hampshire. — Candia, Y. P. S. C. E., for
Inghok,

1912

Donations

477

Vermont. — Bridgewater, Riverside Y. P. S.
C. E.,for Harpoot, 3; East Barnet, Y. P. S.
C. E., for school in India, 21; Newbury, 1st
Y. P. S. C. E., toward support Dr. C. W.
Young, 10,

Massachusetts. — Easthampton, 1st Jun. Y.
P. S. C. E., for Mt. Silinda, 5; Petersham,
Union Cong, and Bapt. Y. P. S. C. E.,10;
South Hadley, Y. P. S. C. E., for Sholapur,
15; West Boylston, 1st Y. P. S. C. E., for
Madura, 10; do., for Inghok, 5; Williamsburg,
V. P. S. C. E., 3,

Sunday Schools

Maine. — Alfred, Cong. Sab. sch., 6 ; Portland,
West Cong. Sab. sch., for Madura, 10,

New Hampshire. — Bennington, Cong. Sab.
sch., for Mt. Silinda,

Vermont. — Brattleboro, Center Cong. Sab.
sch., 18.50 ; East Corinth, Cong. Sab. sch., for
Mindanao, 15; North Bennington, Cong. Sab.
sch., of which 21.30 from Green Box Bank
Co., 26.30,

Massachusetts. — Boxford, 1st Cong. Sab.
sch., 20; Lynn, 1st Cong. Sab. sch., 5; South
Framingham, Grace Cong. Sab. sch., toward
support Rev. R. S. M. Emrich, 17.95 ; Spring-
field, Hope Cong. Sab. sch., toward support
Rev. B. V. Mathews, 5.88 ; Tyngsboro, Cong.
Sab. sch., 5.50; West Boylston, 1st Cong.
Sab. sch., for Inghok, 15 ; Winchendon, North
Cong. Sab. sch., for Adana, 15,

Rhode Island. — Providence, Central Cong.
Sab. sch.. Prim, class.

MIDDLE DISTRICT

Connecticut

Bolton, Cong. ch. 12 00

Branford, H. G. Harrison, 60 ; S. A. Gris-
wold, 10; Laura A. Wilford, 2, 62 00

Bridgeport, South Cong, ch., Mrs. Ed-
ward Sterling, 6; North Cong, ch.,
Friend, 10; Miss N. M. Wakeman, 2;

Mrs. S. M. Wakeman, 1, 18 00

Pristol, J. T. Chidsey, 5; Edward F.

Cowles, 5, 10 00

Brookfield, 1st Cong. ch. 100 00

Burlington, Cong. cn. 20 00

Canton Center, Cong. ch. 50 00

Colchester, Westchester Cong. ch. 1 00

Columbia, Joseph Hutchins, 2 00

Cornwall, 2d Cong, ch., of which 30 for
Pangchwang, 65 75

East Haddam, 1st ch. of Christ, 6 44

East Haven, Cong. ch. 15 00

East Litchfield, Friend, 15 25

East Lyme, Mrs. Ellen C. Gillette, 10 00

Ellington, Harriet N. Pease, 1 00

Ellsworth, Cong. ch. 27 00

Exeter, Leonard Bridge Cong. ch. 11 05

Farmington, Cong, ch., of wnich 250 from
Geo. G. Williams, 400 00

Foxon, Cong. ch. 15 00

Goshen, Lebanon Cong, ch., to const.,
with previous donations, William
Cady Thomas, H. M. 56 00

Greenwich, 2d Cong. ch. 366 00

Guilford, 1st Cong, ch., Kate M. Dudley, 2 00
Hampton, Cong. ch. 1 40

Hartford, 1st ch. of Christ, 389.09 ;
Wethersfield-av. Cong, ch., 25.62;
Asylum Hill Cong, ch., of which 100
from Mrs. S. T. Davison and 150 from
Mrs. Eliza T. Smith, 250, toward sup-
port Rev. G. A. Wilder; Rev. Edward
W. Capen, 10: A. R. Hillyer, 25;

Emma Bunce, 10; Mis. O. B. Colton,

10; Charlotte Tyler, 10, Mrs. H. L.
Olmsted, 5; Caroline E. Bartlett, 2, 736 71

Harwinton, Cong. ch. 13 25

Lebanon, Miss M. H. Dutton, 20 00

Litchfield, 1st Cong, ch., of which 1 from
Cornelia B. Smith, 17 47

Lyme, Cong. ch. 6 00

Madison, John J. Marsh, 1 00

34 00

48 00
88 00

16 00
10 00

59 80

84 33
10 00
180 13

Meriden, Center Cong, ch., 50 ; 1st Cong,
ch., of which 25 from W. H. Catlin and
25 irom Friend, 100 00

Middle Haddam, Cong. ch. 2 00

Milford, 1st Cong, ch., Rev. Henry G.

Marshall, 10 00

Mystic, Cong. ch. 41 50

New Britain, Lina Wilcox Lee, in mem-
ory of Mrs. Julia W. Hatch, 10 ; B. B.
Bassette, 2, 12 00

New Haven, Center Cong, ch., 208.85;
Dwight-pl. Cong, ch., 100; Rev. G.

A. Pelton, 1 ; Mrs. Edward P. Nettle-
ton, 5; Asher Sheldon, 2; George J.
Gutbrod, 1, 317 85

New London, Mrs. J. N. Harris, 2,000 00

Newington, Cong, ch., 26.92 ; Mrs. M. E.

Belden.5, 31 92

New Milford, 1st Cong, ch., Mrs. W. G.

Green, 10 00

New Preston, Cong. ch. 75 00

Newtown, Cong, ch., 50 ; S. J. and M. E.

Scudder,100, 150 00

Norfolk, Mrs. Dotha A. Woodward, 1 00

North Branford, Cong. ch. 30 00

North Haven, Cong. ch. 49 75

North Woodstock, Friends, 5 00

Norwich, Park Cong, ch., 236.49 ; Broad-
way Cong, ch., 222.85; Greeneville
Cong, ch., Caroline Gordon, 1; Lewis
A. Hyde, 5, 465 34

Oakville, Union Cong. ch. 16 50

Old Lyme, 1st Cong. ch. 142 00

Oxford, Cong. ch. 6 25

Pine Orchard, Mrs. F. C. Bradley, 5 00

Plainville, F. P. and H. A. Frisbie, 10;

Mrs. Christiana E. Calor, 5; Mr. and
Mrs. H. V. H.,5, 20

Plantsville, Mrs. Laura A. Beadle, 1

Ridgefield, 1st Cong. ch. 28

Rockville, John Symonds, 5

Salem, Cong. ch. 27

Shelton, Cong. ch. 16

Sherman, Mrs. P. W. Northrop, 1

Simsbury, W. Woods Chandler, 5

South Britain, Cong. ch. 40

South Norwalk, 1st Cong. ch. 15

South Windsor, 2d Cong. ch. 12

Stonington, 1st Cong. ch. 50

Stony Creek, ch. of Christ, 35

Stratford, 1st Cong, ch., of which 10 from
Friend, 58

Taftville, Rev. Donald S. Maclane, 5

Talcottville, Cong, ch., Mrs. Anna G.

Moore, 10 ; John G. Talcott, 20, 30

Terryville, Friend, 30

Thomaston, 1st Cong. ch. 15

Thompson, Susan S. Evans, 6

Torringford, Cong, ch., for Mindanao, 60
Union, Con^ ch. 6

Unionville, Frances A. Richards, 25

Wallingford, Almenzo K, Dixon, 5

Warren, Cong. ch. 16

Washington, Cong. ch. 75

Waterbury,3dCong. ch.,25 ; A. J. Blakes-
ley, 50, 75

Weatogue, William Clayton Mather, 7

Westford, Cong. ch. 5

West Hartford, 1st Cong, ch., of which 5
from Mrs. Susan F. Goodwin, 155

Westminster, Cong. ch. 5

West Stafford, Cong. ch. 15

Wilton, Cong, ch.. Rev. and Mrs. Rufus
S. Underwood, 10

Winchester, Cong, ch., of which Mrs. A.

A. Smith, 6, 26

Windsor, 1st Cong, ch., Friends, 100

Windsor Locks, Cong. ch. 81

Winsted, N. 5

, A friend, 200

New York

Albany, Mrs. Lorenzo Hale, 60 00

Angola, Miss A. H. Ames, , 1 50

Antwerp, 1st Cong. ch. 7 85

Auburn, E. W. Parmelee, 17 00

Bay Shore, 1st Cong. ch. 18 00

Binghamton, Mrs. Helen C. Osterhout, 60 00
Brooklyn, Albro J. Newton, 100 ; Marion
L. Roberts, for work in Spain, 10 ; Mrs.

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58

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76

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478

Donations

October

C. K. Kerr, 6 ; Mrs. Henrv C. Folger,

Jr., 5, ' 120 00

Buffalo, Plymouth Cong. ch.,for Aruppu-
kottai, 6 ; Marion Whittemore, G.OO, 12 00
Clifton Springs, Mrs. Andrew Peirce, 25 00
Clinton, Rev. A. H. Post, 2 (M)

Cortland, H. E. Ranney, of which 100 for
work in China and 100 for work in
Turkey, 200 00

Cragsmoor, Federated ch. 35

Danby, Cong. ch. 3 25

Fairport, Mrs. E. M. Chadwick, 20 00

Farmingville, Cong. ch. 6 00

Fishkill-on-Hudson, Minnie T. Kittredge, 50 00

Franklin, Cong. ch. 50 20

Madrid, Cong. ch. 5 00

Mount Kisco, Benjamin Durham, 8 00

Mount Sinai, Cong, ch. 32 00

^Iount Vernon, Rev. and Mrs. W. L.

Beard, 10 00

Newburgh, 1st Cong. ch. 14 00

New York, Broadway Tabernacle, Mrs.

George Parsons, 200 ; Manhattan Cong,
ch.. Rev. Win. A. Rice, 3; S. W.

Ryder, 1 ; Friend, 10. 214 00

Niagara Falls, 1st Cong. ch. 40 00

Norwich, 1st Cong. ch. 10 00

Ogdensburg, Mrs. W. B. Livingston, 1 00

Oswego, Cong. ch. 20 84

Perry Center, Allen Thompson, 1 00

Port Leyden, 1st Cong, ch., of which 1.50
from Rev. W. H. Leach and 50 from
A. J. Schroeder, 64 50

Poughkeepsie^ 1st Cong. ch. 150 00

Pulaski, Cong. ch. 47 50

Richford, Cong. ch. 4 75

Richville, 1st Cong, ch., 18; Welsh
Cong, ch., 5; 23 00

Riverhead, Sound-av. Cong. ch. 29 54

Rochester, Valentine F. Whitmore, 25 00

Salamanca, Cong. ch. 48 00

Saugerties, Cong. ch. 27 00

Shortsville, Rev. W. P. Sprague, 10 00

Troy, Paul Cook, 25 00

Warsaw, Cong, ch.. Member, 10 00

Watervliet, William H. Dabney, 15 00

West Bloomfield, Cong. ch. 14 38

Wliite Plains, Mrs. Emma R. Hubbard, 10 00

, Friend, 100 00

^ Friend in Central New York, 25 00

Friend, 15 00

, A deceased friend, 200 00-

Le^actes. — Binghamton, Sarah M. Mer-
sereau, by Lee Mersereau, Ex’r,

New Jersey

-1,851 26
4,511 11
6,362 37

Ohio

Atwater, Cong. ch. and Sab. sch., of which
7.05 toward support Rev. and Mrs, H.

A. Stick, 14 10

Aurora, Cong, ch., of which lOtowardsup-
port Rev. H. A. Stick, 14 26

Belpre, Cong. ch. 15 60

Cleveland, Euclid*av. Cong, ch., of which
75 toward support Rev. H. B. Newell,

85; Mrs. C. J. Parsons, 10; Henry W.
Tappe,l; E. H. Nicholl,!, 97 00

Cincinnati, A. Mitchell Warner, 15 ; Miss
M. E. Thalheimer, 5, 20 00

East Cleveland, Ernest J. Reece, toward
support Rev. A. B. DeHaan, 2 50

Elyria, Mrs. F. B. Haines, 5; Friend, 5, 10 00
Granville, Mrs. Wm. A. Stevens, 10 00

Hudson, F. M. Sprague, 1 00

Huntsburg, Mrs. Mary E. Millard, 5 00

Litchfield, Cong. ch. 7 56

Lucas, Cong. ch. 5 0(>

Mansfield, 1st Cong. ch. 50 0()

Marietta, Rev. Alfred T. Perry, 10 00

Oberlin, Mrs. John Safford, 4 00

Painesville, 1st Cong, ch., of which Rev.

E. Lee Howard, 6, and C. A. Camp, 25, 30 00
Pierpont, Cong. ch. 5 00

Tallmadge, O. S. Treat, 1 Ot)

Toledo, Washington-st. Cong, ch., of
which 50 from E. H. Rhoades, 80.86;

Birmingham Cong, ch., 10, 00 S6

Washington, Cong. ch. 6 50 399 38

Legacies, — Akron, Thomas Rhodes, by
Edith G. Hardie and A. E. Kling,

Ex’rs, 1,024 74

Toledo, Laura A. Parmelee, by Edward

H. Rhoades, Adm’r, 147 11—1,171 85

Delaware

1,571 23

Woodside, W. H. Warren,

1 77

District of Columbia

Washington, Ingram Mem. Cong, ch., 56 ;
Etta M. Eaton, 20; Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
H. Blodgett, 50; H. P. Gould, 2.50;
Sarah D. Baldwin, 1 ; C. R. B., 3,

132 50

North Carolina

, Friend,

2 00

Georgia

Thebes, Midway Cong. ch.

3 13

Atlantic City, Emily L. Johnson, 1 00

East Orange, 1st Cong. ch.. toward sup-
port Dr. A. R. Hoover, 80.83 ; Trinity
Cong, ch., F. W. Van Wagenen, 25;

Mrs. Helen R. Adams and daughters, 1, 106 83
I.awrenceville, J. F. Stearns, 1 00

Little Ferry, Evan. Cong. ch. 2 00

Montclair, Christian Union Cong, ch.,

132 ; 1st Cong, ch., Friend, 15 ; Watch-
ung-av. Cong, ch.,5: Geo. Weston, for
work in China, 50, 202 00

Newark, Miss K. L. Hamilton, 5 00

Nutley, St. Paul’s Cong, ch., Rev. Henry
J. Condit, 3 50

Princeton, E. C. Richardson, 10 00

Rutherford, Cong. ch. 8 25

Trenton, John C. Smock, 50 00- 389 58

Pennsylvania

Allegheny, 1st Cong. ch. 17 00

Braddock, 1st Cong, ch., toward support
Rev. Frank J. Woodward, 10 10

Du Bois, Swed. Cong. ch. 4 00

Erie, Joseph F. Land, .. 5 00

Glenolden, Cong. ch. 12 00

Lakewood, Mary M. Foote, 5 00

Philadelphia, Central Cong, ch., of which
10 from J. Farrar Stone, 23 35

Pittston, West Cong. ch. 10 00

Scranton, Friend, 1 00

Wilkes-Barre, Emily Evans, for Aruppu-
kottai. 5 00 ■ ' 92 45

Florida

Daytona, Edgar M. Condit, toward sup-
port Rev. and Mrs. O. S. Johnson, 250 00

Young People’s Societies
Connecticut. — Middletown, North Y. P. S.

C. E., toward support George M. Newell,

25 ; New London, 2d Y. P. S. C. E., for Ing-
hok, 5; Torrington, Center Y. P. S. C. E.,
for Adana, 4; South Glastonbury, Y. P. S. C.

E., for Mt. Silinda, 15, 49 00

Sunday Schools

Connecticut. — Salisbury, ch. of Christ Sab.

sch. 3 00

New York. — Eldred,Cong. Sab. sch., 7; Maine,

Cong. Sab. sch., for Madura, 10, 17 00

Pennsylvania. — Plymouth, Elm Cong. Sab.

sch. 3 46

Ohio. — Cleveland, Cyril Cong. Sab. sch., 1 ;

Toledo, Birmingham Cong. Sab. sch., Prim.

Dept.,1, 2 00

25 46

INTERIOR DISTRICT

Kentucky

Berea, Rev. and Mrs. James W. Raine, 25 00

1912

Donations

479

Tennessee

, Friend, 10 00

Alabama

Anniston, 1st Cong, ch., Woman’s Miss.

Soc., 2 ; do., Rev. James Brown, 3, 5 00

Louisiana

Roseland, Cong, ch., Member, 50 00

Vinton, 1st Cong. ch. 5 00 .IS 00

Indiana

Indianapolis, Hattie C. Phillips,
Terre Haute, Plymouth Cong, ch.,
Shaowu,

5 00
for

15 00 ^20 00

Oklahoma

Pond Creek, Cong. ch.

12 00

Illinois

Abingdon, Rev. Chas. F. Sheldon, 2 00

f\lbion, 1st Cong, ch., J. W. Barber, 10 00

Alpha, Rev. C. F. Hawley, for Inghok, 5 00

Annawan, Cong. ch. 7 00

Batavia, Cong. ch. 12 00

Bowen, Cong. ch. 16 25

Canton, Mrs. A. R. Thain, 20 00

Chesterfield, Cong. ch. 25 00

Chicago, Kenwood Evan, ch., of which
250 for Ahmednagar, 326.06; 1st Cong,
ch., of which Mrs. Julia F. Parmelee,
10, and Ruth A. Parmelee, 5, 191.75;
South Cong, ch., 29; Windsor Park
Cong, ch., of which 5 from M. W. Mar-
tin, 10; Pilgrim Mayflower Cong, ch.,
4.55; David Fales, 100; J. H. Moore,
100 ; Rachel L. Rogers, 10 ; E. E. Mc-

Burney,5; Friend, 5, 781 36

Downer’s Grove, Cong, ch., Florence A.

Spohr, 5 00

Elgin, 1st Cong. ch. 100 00

Evanston, 1st Cong, ch., M. A. Dean, 100 00

Forrest, 1st Cong. ch. 11 70

Galesburg, Central Cong, ch., toward sup-
port Rev. Lawrence C. Powers, 150 00

Hinsdale, Cong. ch. 400 00

Huntley, Cong. ch. 12 00

Joy Prairie, Cong, ch., Lyman F. Joy, 10 00

Lombard, Mrs. C. Caverno, 10 00

Melville, Cong. ch. 5 00

Milburn, Cong. ch. 20 00

Morris, Mrs. Dana Sherrill, 10 00

Oak Park, 1st Cong, ch., of which 450

tow'ard support Dr. Robert Chambers
and 350 toward support Dr. W. A.
Hemingway, 800 ; 2d Cong, ch., 187.61 ;

3d Cong, ch., 42.04, 1,020 65

Oneida, A friend, ‘ 5 00

Oswego, Cong. ch. 12 00

Pecatonica, 1st Cong, ch. 15 00

Peoria, 1st Cong, ch., James T. Rogers, 63 00
Princeton, Friends, 5 00

Roseville, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Axtell, for
two native pastors, North China, 70 00

Springfield, 1st Cong, ch., 27.25 ; Miss J.

E. Chapin, 10, 37 25

Tonica, Cong, ch., Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 25 00

Waukegan, 1st Cong. ch. 2 70

Wheaton, Rev. John P. Barrett, 1 00

Wilmette, 1st Cong. ch. 44 22

Woodstock, Burton Wright, 1 00

Wyanet, Cong, ch, 10 00

Yorkville, Cong, ch., for Harpoot, 8 70 — 3

,041 83

Michigan

Allendale, Cong. ch. 6 00

Ann Arbor, Alma C. Childs, 1 00

Columbus, Cong. ch. 30 00

Constantine, Cong, ch., Rev. Wilmot E.

Stevens, 5 00

Detroit, 1st Cong, ch., toward support

Rev. J. H. Dickson, 250 00

Dundee, Rev. W. H. Skentelbury, 15 00

East Leroy, Mrs. E, D. Perkins, 5 00

Frankfort, Friend, 6 00

Freeland, Cong. ch. 6 00

Grand Blanc, Mrs. Julia M. Hannaford, 1 00
Grand Rapids, Park Cong, ch., Rev. and
Mrs. S. P. Rowland, 40; Plymouth
Cong, ch., 7 ; Rev. Otis D. Crawford,

2 ; F. A. Baldwin, 2, 51 00

Hancock, 1st Cong. ch. 43 00

Hilliards, Cong. ch. 15 00

Imlay City, Mr. and Mrs. Theo. C.

Williams, 2 00

Jefferson, Cong. ch. 4 25

Kalamazoo, 1st Cong, ch., toward support
Louis B. Fritts, 5; Jessie D. Russell, 5, 10 00
Linden, Rev. C. W. Greene, for Sivas, 5 ;

Mrs. Mae Langworthy, 1,

G 00

Ludington, Cong, ch.. Geo. N. Stray,

50 00

Merrill, Cong. cn.

8 85

Muskegon, Rev. Archibald Hadden,

10 00

Newaygo, Cong. ch.

2 00

Ransom, Cong. ch.

8 60

Reed City, Rev. C. E. Taggart,

5 00

Rockford, Cong. ch.

15 00

Romeo, Cong. ch.

15 00

Rushton, C. L. Ross,

1 00

St. Clair, Cong, ch., 43.33 ; Friend, 10,

53 33

Watervliet, Plymouth Cong. ch.

13 75 G3G 78

Wisconsin

Amery, Cong. ch.

18 81

Beloit, 1st Cong, ch.. Rev. and Mrs. Edw.
D. Eaton, toward support Rev. M. W.

Ennis, 60 ; Laura W. Perkins, 1,

51 OO

Berlin, Cong. ch. 6 50

Brodhead, Cong. ch. 60 00

Clinton, Cong. ch. 21 00

Delavan, Cong. ch. 12 00

Dousman, Immanuel Cong. ch. 12 24

Eau Claire, 2d Cong. ch. 3 00

Genoa Junction, Cong. ch. 14 50

Green Lake, 1st Cong. ch. 1145

Hartford, Cong. ch. 150 00

Janesville, 1st Cong. ch. 245 00

La Crosse, 1st Cong. ch. 150 00

Lake Geneva, 1st Cong. ch. 89 56

Lake Mills, Cong. ch. 10 00

Milton, Cong, ch., 9 ; Friend, 5, 14 00

Milwaukee, Grand-av. Cong, ch., 93;

Plymouth Cong, ch., 58.99, 151 99

Mukwonago, Cong. ch. 24 10

New Richmond, 1st Cong. ch. 44 00

Pewaukee, Cong. ch. 4 00

Plymouth, H. J. Bamford, for work in
China and to const. Mrs. H. J. Bam-
FORn, H. M. 100 00

Racine, Park-av. Cong. ch. 45 00

Ripon, Cong, ch., A. J. Morse, 2 00

River Falls, 1st Cong. ch. 35 79

Roberts, Cong.ch., of whichSfrom Mem-
ber,

Rochester, 1st Cong. ch.

Star Prairie, Cong. ch.

Stoughton, Cong. ch.

Sturgeon Bay, Hope Cong. ch.

Suring, Rev. J. H. Pedersen,

Waupun, Cong. ch.

Wauwatosa, Cong, ch., J. O. Myers,

Minnesota

Austin, F. R. McBride, 10 00

Biwabik, 1st Cong. ch. 7 00

Duluth, Pilgrim Cong, ch., toward sup-
port Rev. H. M. Irwin, 300 00

Fairmont, 1st Cong. ch. 14 00

Freeborn, Cong. ch. 10 00

Lake City, Swedish Cong. ch. 2 40

Mankato, 1st Cong. ch. 6 98

Marshall, 1st Cong. ch. 11 50

Matawan, Cong. ch. 4 60

Minneapolis, Lyndale Cong, ch., 79.50;

Fremont-av. Cong, ch., 18.43; Rev. C.

B. Fellows, 5 ; L. F. Melony, 25 ; E. A.

Strong, 10, 137 93

Morris, Cong. ch. 19 15

Northfield, 1st Cong, ch., toward support
Dr. Percy T. Watson, 250 ; Rev. Fred B.

Hill, toward support Rev. A. A. Mc-
Bride, 400 ; Frances G. Bishop, 1, 651 00

Princeton, G. A. Eaton, 2 00

St. Charles, 1st Cong. ch. H 29

Winona, Jennie E. Tearse, 3 00 — 1,189 85

65 50
10 00

4 00

5 00
30 00

3 00
25 00

5 00—1,423 44

480

Donations

October

Legacies. — St. Paul, Anson Blake, by
Charles T. Thompson, Ex’r, add‘1,

Iowa

700 00
1,889 85

Sioux Falls, 1st Cong. ch.
Sunbeam, Cong. ch.
Viewfield, Cong. ch.

Nebraska

23

35

3 no 189 40

AlexandeT, Cong. ch. 26 80

Allison, Cong, ch., of which 10 from Mr.

and Mrs. H. C. Brown, 22 00

Anamosa, Cong. ch. 32 50

Cass, Cong. ch. 12 00

Cedar Falls, Cong. ch. ' ^147 00

Cedar Rapids, 1st Cong, ch. * 49 20

Central City, Cong. ch. 5 00

Chester Center, Cong. ch. 6 45

Church, Mrs. Christine Bauman, toward
support Rev. C. H. Maas, 2 00

Cincinnati, J. C. McDonald, 1 00

Clinton, Cong. ch. 24 80

Davenport, Mrs. H. F. Gibbs, 1 00

Decorah, Cong. ch. 88 00

Denmark, Cone. ch. 20 00

Des Moines, Plymouth Cong.ch., 140.08 ;

Mrs. A. C. Parker, 1, 141 08

Eldon, Cong, ch, 9 90

Elkader, Cong. ch. 10 00

Farragut, Cong. ch. 25 19

Fort Atkinson, German Cong. ch. 12 00

Gilman, Cong. ch. 10 00

Iowa City, Rev. J. E. Jones, 1 ; D. A.

Reese, 5, 6 00

Jackson City, Cong. ch. 10 00

Kingsley, Cong. ch. 20 45

Lake View, Cong. ch. 17 65

Letts, Hy Lieberknecht, 10 00

Manchester, Cong. ch. 40 00

McGregor, J. H. Ellsworth, 25 00

Newtonville, Cong.ch. 5 76

Oakland, Cong. ch. 20 00

Ottumwa, 1st Cong, ch., Mrs. Malcolm
Dana, 3 00

Peterson, Cong. ch. 3 25

Quasqueton, Cong. ch. 6 00

.Salem, Cong. ch. 43 60

Shell Rock, Cong, ch., of which .50 from
Member, 3 00

Sioux City, 1st Cong, ch., 35.16 ; Mrs. C.

W. Stevenson, 5, 40 16

Sioux Rapids, Cong. ch. 8 84

Sloan, Cong. ch. 10 04

Stuart, Cong. ch. 50 00

Tabor, Cong. ch. 79 00

Templeton, Cong. ch. 3 00

Traer, Cong. ch. 184 00

Van Cleve, Cong. ch. 32 00

Washington, Pomeroy Mather, to const.,
with previous donations, himself and
Rev. H. W. Mercer, H. M’s, 120 00

Waterloo, Plymouth Cong. ch. 14 00

Westfield, Cong, ch., Ladies’ Aid, 15 00—1,415 67

Missouri

Bonne Terre, 1st Cong. ch.

Kansas City, Ivanhoe Park Cong, ch.,
19.60; F. L. Bidwell,25,

Kidder, 1st Cong. ch.

Meadville, A. L. Loomis,

St. Louis, 1st Cong. ch.

Springfield, 1st Cong. ch.

Webster Groves, 1st Cong. ch.

15 00

44 50
10 00
25 00
125 00
30 00

85 00 334 60

North Dakota

Dickinson, 1st Cong. ch.

Elbowoods, Cong. ch.

Mayville, Mrs. Ella A. Olson,

Mott, Cong. ch.

Williston, Cong. ch.

5 00
9 00
10 00
8 00

5 00 37 00

South Dakota

Centerville, Cong. ch. 10 00

Clark, Cong. ch. 30 00

Clear Lake, Cong. ch. 4 70

Elk Point, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Fink, 5 00
Mitchell, 1st Cong. ch. 40 92

New Underwood, Cong. ch. 4 33

Orient, Mrs. L. K. Robbins and Mrs.

Rose R. Gooder, 10 00

Pierre, Cong. ch. 58 10

Arborville, L. P. Ensign,

5 OO

Arlington, Cong. ch.

16 50

Bloomfield, Cong. ch.

25 50

Cambridge, Cong. ch.

25 45

Comstock, Westcott Cong. ch.

8 00

Creighton, Cong. ch.

24 00

Crete, Rev. L. E. Benton,

2 00

Curtis, Cong, ch.. Miss. Soc.

2 00

Fairmont, 1st Cong. ch.

55 00

Friend, Frank F. Hamilton,

2 00

Grand Island, Mrs. Hattie E. Clifford,

2 00

Harvard, Cong. ch.

19 03

Hastings, Thos. E. Davis,

2 00

Norfolk, 1st Cong, ch.

40 50

Omaha, Cherry Hill Cong. ch.

4 50

Rising City, Chas. Brunner,

5 00

Uehling, Cong. ch.

6 00

West Point, Cong. ch.

15 50

York, Cong. ch.

25 00—^284 98

Kansas

Gaylord, Cong. ch.

10 00

Kansas City, Central Cong. ch.

32 00

Lawrence, Plymouth Cong. ch.

60 00

Manhattan, 1st Cong, ch., of which 2 from
C. O. Swanson and 1 from Phoebe H.

McKeen,

43 00

Onaga, Cong. ch.

31 26

Tonganoxie, 1st Cong. ch.

6 80

Topeka. Hattie M. Halbert,

5 00

Wichita, College Hill Cong, ch.. Rev.

Geo. S. Ricker,

5 00

Wilson, Mrs. W. H. Waterman,

5 00 188 06

Montana

Helena, H. C. Arnold,

2 00

Wyoming

Aladdin, Cong. ch. and Sab. sch.

Big Horn, Cong. ch. and Sab. sch.
Cheyenne, Cong. ch. and Sab. sch.
Dayton, Cong. ch. and Sab. sch.

Douglas, Cong, ch.. Sab. sch., and Wom-
an's Miss. Soc.

Green River, Cong. ch. and Sab. sch.
Lusk, Cong. ch.

Pinedale, Cong. ch. and Sab. sch.

Rock Springs, Cong. ch. and Sab. sch.
Shoshone, Cong. ch. and Sab. sch.
Wheatland, Cong. ch. and Sab. sch.

2 24

1 84
14 50

8 00

18 04

2 72
1 60

3 00
3 00
1 10

Colorado

Colorado Springs, 1st Cong, ch., Mrs. W.

W. Ranney, 10 01)

Craig, 1st Cong. ch. 15 00

Julesburg, Cong. ch. 33 00

Windsor, German Cong. ch. 9 00 (»7 00

Young People’s Societies

Illinois. — Abingdon, Y. P. S. C. E., 3;
Cherry, Y. P. S. C. E., for Mt. Silinda, 25;
Chicago, Grand-av. Y. P. S. C. E., 6; Wau-

kegan, 1st Y. P. S. C. E., 5, 38 00

Wisconsin. — Roberts, Y. P. S. C. E. 11 00

Iowa. — Salem. Y. P. S. C. E. 10 00

Nebraska. — Scribner, Y. P. S. C. E., for
Pangchwang, 5 00

Colorado. — Craig, 1st Y. P. S. C. E. 1 OO

65 00

Sunday Schools

Alabama. — Anniston. 1st Cong. Sab. sch. 3 00

Louisiana. — Hammond, Central Cong. Sab.

sch., for Mindanao, 15 00

Indiana. — Culver, Cong. Sab. sch. 6 00

Oklahoma. — Waynoka, Cong. Sab. sch. 5 (K)

Illinois. — Huntley, Cong. Sab. sch. 2 00

Wisconsin. — Waupun, 1st Cong. Sab. sch. 10 00

Minnesota. — St. Charles, 1st Cong. Sab. srh. 11 03

Iowa. — Lake View, Cong. Sab. sch.,3 ; Salem,

Cong. Sab. sch., 5, 8 00

481

1912

Donations

Nebraska. — Norfolk, 1st Cong. Sab. sch., for

Shaowu, 60 00

Kansas. — Muscotah, Cong. Sab. sch. 5 00

Wyoming. — Bamum, Cong. Sab. sch., .85;

Boulder, Cong. Sab. sch., .38 ; Cassa, Cong.

Sab. sch., .40; Powder River, Cong. Sab.
sch., .39; Waltman, Cong. Sab. sch., .30, 2 32

Colorado. — Craig, 1st Cong. Sab. sch. 1 00

127 35

PACIFIC DISTRICT

Arizona

Prescott, Walter Hill, 100 00

Utah

Salt Lake City, Phillips Cong, ch., L. H.

Page, for native worker, Madura, 11 00

Santa Rosa, 1st Cong. ch. 8 50

Saratoga, Cong, ch., Sab. sch., and Y. P.

S. C. E. 72 00

Suisun, Rev. F. M. Washburn, 5 00

, chs. of Southern California, 1,403 95 — 6,575 26

Hawaii

Honolulu, Central Union Cong, ch., of
which 20 from Ernest T. Chase, 511.25 ;
chs. through Hawaiian Board, 167.35 ;

W. B. M. of Pacific Islands, of which 30
for Pangchwang and 30 for Mt. Silinda,

60, 738 60

Young People’s Societies

Washington. — Hillyard, Y. P, S. C. E. 3 00

Oregon. — Ashland, Y. P. S. C. E.,for Inghok, 10 00

Washington

Bellingham, 1st Cong. ch. 15 00

Rosalia, Carey Mem. ch. 3 00

Seattle, Plymouth Cong, ch., 1,500 ; Pil-
grim Cong, ch., of which 2.10 from Mrs.

F. C. Rockwell, 174.60 ; Edgewater
Cong, ch., 60; West Cong, cn., 25;

Prospect Cong, ch., 16 ; Brighton Cong.
ch.,3; M. H. Merriman, 1, 1,768 60

Tacoma, 1st Cong. ch. 86 00 — 1,871 60

Oregon

Forest Grove, Cong, ch.. Rev. Daniel T.
Thomas,

Gaston, Cong. ch.

Portland, Highland Cong. ch.

Salem, 1st Cong. ch.

10 00
17 00
44 00

49 00 120 00

California

Benicia, Cong. ch. 5 00

Berkeley, North Cong, ch., 35; Park
Cong, ch., 20; 1st Cong, ch., Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Kofoid, 7 ; L. J. and Miss

L. G. Barker, toward support Rev. F. F.

Goodsell, 144, 206 00

Campbell, Cong. ch. 54 00

Carmel, Josephine M. Culbertson, 2 00

Ceres, Cong. ch. 38 00

Claremont, Cong, ch., Rev. and Mrs. W.

C. Merritt, 40 00

Eureka, 1st Cong. ch. 30 00

Falls, Cong. ch. 3 50

Fields Landing, Cong. ch. 5 00

Los Angeles, 1st Cong^. ch.. Friend, x;

RosS A. Harris, for Shaowu, 25 ; Mrs.

Alex W. Bilgo.l, 27 00

Mills College, Luella C. Carson, 2 00

Mill Valley, Cong. ch. 14 00

Niles, Cong. ch. 20 00

Oakland, 1st Cong, ch., of which 2,500
from Mrs. S. T. Alexander and 500 from
W. M. Alexander, 3,994.55; Plymouth
Cong. ch., 82; Pilgrim Cong, ch., 23.40;

Olivet Cong, ch., 5,60; Mrs. S. H.
Griffin, 10, 4,115 45

Oakley, Cong. ch. 5 00

Oneonta Park, Cong. ch. 25 00

Ontario, Bethel Cong, ch., Ladies’ .4id
Soc. 30 00

Palo Alto, Mrs. Anna R. DeForest, 5 00

Paradise, Cong, ch., of which 17.50 from
Rev. L. W. Winslow, 32 50

Pasadena, 1st Cong, ch., of which 10 from

M. S. Croswell and 10 from D. ; Miss

S. R. Orton, 1, 21 00

Pescadero, Cong, ch, 5 00

Petaluma, 1st Cong, ch., 19.25 ; Catherine
Denman, 5, 24 25

Pinole, Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Elmore, 30 00

Redwood, 1st Cong. ch. 67 60

Sacramento, 1st Cong. ch. 25 00

San Diego, 1st Cong, ch,, S. E. T., 20;

M. T. Gilmore, 50, 70 00

San Francisco, Sunset Cong. ch. 10 00

San Jose, 1st Cong, ch., 125; Mrs. M. B.

Hills, 2,

San Lorenzo, Cong. ch.
San Mateo, 1st Cong. ch.
Santa Cruz, 1st Cong. ch.

127 00
10 00
4 (K>
32 50

13 00

Sunday Schools

Oregon. — Portland, Hassalo-st. Cong. Sab.

sch., Miss L. L. Packard’s class, for Sholapur, 1 00

California. — Los Angeles, Colegrove Cong.

Sab. sch. 8 50

MISCELLANEOUS ^

Porto Rico

Fajardo, 1st Cong. ch. 25 00

Netherlands

Amsterdam, Rev. D. A. Eckhof, 3 00

Elisha D. Smith Fund

Income to August 31, 1912, for salaries of teach-
ers in Foochow College, 1,215 39

Henry R. Adkins Fund

Income to August 31, 1912, 12 15

Allen Memorial Fund

Interest to August 31, 1912, for general work, 194 46

Atterbury Fund

Income for education of students in theological
seminary, Tungchow, 230 92

Clark Fund

Income to August 31, 1912, for native preacher
in India, 48 62

Herbert R. Coffin Fund

For support native helpers in India, 235 78

Susan B. Church Memorial Fund

From Cong, ch., Littleton, N. H., for Sholapur
station, 7 30

Charles E. Fowler Memorial Fund
Income to August 31, 1912, 24 31

Rogene T. Fulton Fund

For support of Bible-reader in India, 48 62

Glenbrook Missionary Society Fund

Union Memorial ch., Glenbrook, Conn., for two
native workers in India, 38 90

Orilla C. Kellogg Fund

Income to August 31, 1912, for support and
education of native children, 530 20

W. W. Penfield Fund

Income to August 31, 1912, 4 86

Albert Wentworth Fund

Income to August 31, 1912, 48 62

482

Donations

October

From Woman’s Medical Mission, Jaffna

Toward salary of Dr. Curr, and other expenses, 1,034 40

From Jaffna General Medical Mission

For expenses in part for Dr. T. B. Scott and
family, 122 20

Hollis Moore Memorial Fund

Income for Pasumalai Seminary, 300 00

Mission Scholarships

Income of Norton Hubbard scholarship, for
Ahmednagar Theological Seminary, 55 ; in-
come of Norman T. Leonard scholarship, for
student in Eastern Turkey, 60.50 ; income of
the J. S. Judd Doshisha Scholarship Fund,
for support of teachers in training pupils for
native ministry, 55; M. W, Thompson Fund,
for education of students in Turkey , 27.50 ; in-
come of Hugh Miller Scholarship, for Ahmed-
nagar Theological Seminary, 90.75, 288 75

Foochow College Profesaorahip Endowment

For salary and other expenses of Miss Wiley, 615 00

William White Smith Fund

Income for education of native preachers and
teachers in Africa, 1,458 00

Asa W. Kenney Fund

Income for support of missionary in active serv-
ice, 1 ,924 86

Income D. Willis James Foundation
For various higher educational institutions of
the Board to September 1, 1912, 23,023 90

Income Sarah R. Sage Funds
Income for salary of F. A. Lombard, 3 months’
int. on 15,000, 182.31, and for support of native
helper in Madura Mission, 3 months’ int. on
1,000, 12.15, m 46

Income William F. Merrill Memorial Fund

Part income to August 31, 1912, 435 00

FROM WOMAN’S BOARDS
From Woman’s Board op Missions
Miss Sarah Louise Day, Boston,

Treasurer

For sundry missions in part, 12,798 61

For allowances of missionaries in this
country, outfits, refits, and freight of
outgoing missionaries, to August 31,

1912, 13,544 99

For traveling expenses of missionaries and
supplementary appropriations, 8,571 54-34,915 14

From Woman’s Board of Missions op the Interior
Mrs. S. E. Hurlbut, Evanston, Illinois,

Treasurer 11 500 00

From Woman’s Board op Missions for the Pacific
Miss Henrietta F. Brewer, Oakland, California,

Treasurer 2,850 00

49,265 14

Work in the Philippines

For salaries of Rev. and Mrs. R. T. Black, 1,200 00

Jaffna General Medical Mission Endowment
For expenses in part for Dr. Scott and family, 378 12
Rev. George A. Gordon Fund
For special medical expenses of missionaries, 48 62

Albanian Work

Salary of Rev. P, B. Kennedy, 924; salary of
Rev. C. T. Erickson, 1,390; general work in
Albania to June 30, 1912, 2,200, 4,514 00

Mills Memorial

Income to August 31, 1912, 17 50

Alden Memorial Fund

For evangelistic and educational w'ork in Ma-
dura Mission, 497 59

Cutler Fund

Income to August 31, 1912, 24 31

Woman’s Medical Mission Endowment
Toward salary of Dr. Curr and expenses of Mc-
Leod Hospital, 52 26

Medical Fund

Income to provide for medical and surgical ex-
penses of missionaries, 459 65

D. Miner Rogers Memorial Fund

Income to August 31, 1912, 10 42

Elizabeth Richards Wood Memorial Fund
Income to August 31, 1912, 14 68

Jane P. Williams Trust Fund
Income to August 31, 1912, 825 00

Income Higher Educational Work Endowment

For various higher educational institutions of
the Board to September 1, 1912, 1,014 28

Additional Donations for Special Objects

New Hampshire. — Salem, Y. P. S. C. E., for
pupil, care Rev. J. X. Miller, 8 15

Vermont. — Barre, Friend, for Pasumalai Land

Fund, care Rev. J. X. Miller, 1 00

Massachusetts. — Andover, Rev. and Mrs.

Frank R. Shipman, for native worker, care
Rev. E. C. Partridge, 150; Auburndale, M.
for cot in hospital, care Dr. W. A. Heming
way, 1 ; Boston, Elbridge Torrey, for hospital,
care Dr. W. A. Hemingway, 1,000 ; do., H. H.

Proctor, for work, care Rev. J. K. Greene,

100; do., William Shaw, for do., care do.,

50; do., Arthur Perry, for do., care do.,

25; Braintree, Chas. S. Bates, for the Sarah
H. Bates Mem. Press, care Rev. W. H.

Sanders, 500; Brookline, Rev. G. A. Hall,
for work, care Rev. J. K. Greene, 100; do.,

Rev. H. G. Hale, for do., care do., 10;

Clinton, 1st Cong. Sab. sch., Chandler Club,
for pupil, care Rev. J. S. Chandler, 10; Mon-
tague, Mrs. Olive M. Sears, for pupil, care
Rev. Edw. P. Holton, 1; Newton, H. A.

Wilder, for work, care Rev. J. K. Greene,

100; Northampton, Clarke School, Summer
Normal Class, for King School, Marsovan,

29 ; Pittsfield, South Cong, ch., Mrs. Julia A.

Sears, for work, care Dr. H. N. Kinnear, 2 ;

Sheffield, Cong, ch., for high school, Mardin,

13; Whitinsville, Rev. J. R. Thurston, for
work, care Rev. J. K. Greene, 25, 2,116 00

Rhode Island. — Kingston, H. J. Wells, for
work, care Rev, J. K. Greene, 25 00

Connecticut. — Hartford, Center Cong. Sab.
sch., for work, care Rev. E. H. Smith, .60;
do., Mrs. Mary C. Stone, for work, care Dr.

H. N. Kinnear, 5; Hebron, Y. P. S. C. E.,

64, Cong. Sab. sch., 11, S. Ada Jagger, 10,

E. J. Vrilcox, 10, J. H. Jagger, 5, Howard
C. Porter, 5, Mrs. G. A. Little, 5, Mrs. P.

R. Strong, 5, F. A. Rathburn, 5, Ellen
Buell, 1, Ellen Gillett, 1, Marshall Porter,

I, Friend, 6, and Friend, 1, all for Jasper
Porter Mem. Hall and Y. M. C. A. buildings,
care Rev. J. S. Porter, 130; Middletown, 1st
Cong. Sab. sch., for work, care Dr. G. C.
Raynolds,25 ; New Haven, Williston Walker,
for work, care Rev. J. K. Greene, 25; New
London, Mrs. J. N. Harris, for work, care
Dr. C. C. Tracy, 1,000; Plainville, H. A.

Frisbie, for hospital, care Dr. H. N. Kinnear,

2; Waterbury, 2d Y. P. S. C. E., for Judson

1912

Donations

483

Smith Mem. Hospital, care Dr. W. A. Hem-
ingway, 25 ; West Haven, Y. P. S. C. E., for
native worker, care Rev. Geo. H. Hubbard,
24; Westville, Henry Horan, for memorial
church, care Mrs. J. H DeForest, 1,

New York. — Albany, Cong, ch., J. C. Laing,
for purchase of land, care Rev. J. X. Miller,
25; Angola, Miss A. H. Ames, for hospital,
care Dr. H. N. Kinnear, 1.50; Brooklyn,
Penny Aid Soc., for use of Mrs. Otis Cary,
21.50; do., Friend, for Muradchai ch.,
care Rev. J. P. McNaughton, 100; New
Brighton, Robert Scovil Loux Mem., for na-
tive helper, care Rev, L. S. Gates, 10; Port
Chester, Miss L. Simons, for pupil, care Dr.
T. D. Christie, 25,

New Jersey. — Collingswood, Jas. S. Thomas,
for use of Rev. E . H . Smith, 10 ; East Orange,
1st Cong, ch., for Bible-reader, care Dr. W. S.
Dodd, 10,

Pennsylvania. — Harrisburg, Fred Kelker, for
use of Mrs. E. S. Webb, 2 ; Milford, Rev. and
Mrs. C. A. White, for Arthur Church, care
Rev. F. E. Jeffery, 60; Montrose, Mrs. C.N.
Lyons, for hospital, care Dr. H. N. Kinnear,
5; Palm, Schwenkfelder ch., Ladies’ Aid Soc.,
for use of Miss Flora K. Heebner, 25,

Ohio. — Cleveland, T. M. Bates, for work, care
Rev. J. K. Greene, 25 ; Marietta, Rev. Alfred
T. Perry, for do., care do., 25 ; do.. Friend, for
do., care do., 100; Oberlin, The Oberlin-
Shansi Mem. Asso., for native helper, Shansi,
83.33 ; do., Rev. Chauncey Goodrich, for work,
care Rev. J. K. Greene, 5 ; do., L. C. Wattles,
for Monastir Girls’ School, care Miss M. L.
Matthews, 25; do., I. W. Metcalf, for work,
care Rev. J. K. Greene, 10; do., Lydia L.
Davis, for use of Miss F. K. Heebner, 6.52 ;
Ravenna, Mrs. A. W. Canfield, for work, care
Mrs. Mary P. Ament, 25; Shandon, Cong, ch..
Woman’s Union, for bed in hospital, care
Dr. W. A. Hemingway, 15; Toledo, E. H.
Rhoades, for work, care Rev. J. K. Greene,
25; Vaughnsville, Cong, ch., for use of Miss
A. M. Barker, 20.50,

iLLfiNois. — Chicago, M. J. Carpenter, 250.
J. H. Moore, 100, W. H. Tuthill, 25, and
Rev. A. N. Hitchcock, 10, all for work, care
Rev. J. K. Greene, 385 ; Elgin, 1st Cong. Sab.
sch., for student, care Dr. T. D. Christie, 10;
Evanston, 1st Cong, ch., J. B. Horton, for
boys’ school, care Rev. C. A. Nelson, 200 ; do.,
M. A. Dean, for work, care Rev. J. K. Greene,
50; Forreston, Henry Heeren, for hospital, care
Dr. H. N. Kinnear, 5 ; Highland Park, R. W.
Patton, for work, care Rev. J. K. Greene, 25 ;
Hinsdale, M. A. Myers, for work, care Rev.
J. K. Greene, 100; Kewanee, H. T. Lay, for
do., care do., 25 ; Oak Park, Rev. W. E. Bar-
ton, 25, Frank Kimball, 200; and E. H. Scott,
25, all for work, care Rev. J. K. Greene, 250 ;
Roscoe, Rev. J. L. Dowd, for do., care do.,
50; Roseville, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Axtell, of
which 95 for native helper, care Rev. H. G.
Bissell, and 20 for work, care Rev. A. W.
Clark, 115; Sumner, G. W. Cooper, for two
scholarships, care Rev. W. C. Cooper, 50 ;
, Friend, for work in Japan, 1,

Michigan. — Ludington, Geo. N. Stray, for
work, care Rev. J. K. Greene, 25 ; Muskegon,
Rev. Archibald Hadden, for do., care do., 5;
Three Oaks, E. K. Warren, 100, and P. C.
Warren, 25, both for work, care Rev-. J. K.
Greene, 125,

Wisconsin. — Appleton, F. J. Harwood, for
work, care Rev. J. K. Greene, 25; Beloit,
E. D. Eaton, for do., care do. ,25 ; Evansville,
A. S. Baker, for do., care do., 50 ; La Crosse,
Rev. Henry Faville, for do., care do., 25,

Minnesota. — Minneapolis, D. D. Webster,
for Dr. Webster Mem. Hospital, care Mrs.
M. M. Webster, 125; do., D. P. Jones, for
work, care Rev. J. K. Greene, 50 ; do., C. M.
Way, for do., care do., 25; Northfield, F. B.
Hill, for do., care do., 50; do., Friend, for
boys’ school, care Rev. H. K. Wingate, 45;
St. Cloud, Students of Normal School, 28. .50,
Gertrude Cambell, 20, and Bessie Cambell,
10, all for pupils, care Miss £. M. Atkins,
58.50,

1,237 60

183 00
20 00

92 00

365 35

1,266 00

155 00

125 00

353 50

Iowa. — Cedar Falls, Roger Leavitt, for work,
care Rev. J. K. Greene, 50 00

South Dakota. — Bryant, Union Y. P. S. C.

E., for native worker, care Rev. Watts O. Pye, 11 00
Kansas. — Topeka, Central Cong, ch., Women’s
Soc., 10, Y. P. S. C. E., 15, and Brotherhood,

9.10, all for work, care Mrs. W. H. Sanders, 34 10
Colorado. — Denver, 1st Cong. ch. (Ger.), for
work, care Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Maas, 10 15

Washington. — Seattle, A. H. Marsh, for pupil,
care Rev. W. B. Stelle, 10 00

California. — Ceres, Cong, ch., of which Mr.
and Mrs. E. B. Singer, 15, and Mr. and Mrs.

E. W. Persing, 15, both for scholarship, care
Rev. F. E. Jeffery, 30; San Jos^, 1st Cong,
ch., Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Blaney, for native
helper, care Rev. W. B. Stelle, 100, 130 00

Canada. — Montreal, Rev. E. M. Hill, for
work, care Rev. J. K. Greene, 10 00

Mexico. — Mexico, A friend of Africa, for work,
care A. J. Orner, 25 00

FROM WOMAN’S BOARDS
From Woman’s Board op Missions for the Pacific
Miss Henrietta F. Brewer, Oakland, California,

Treasurer

For use of Mrs. F. E. Jeffery, 25 00

Pasumalai Seminary Fund

Interest to August 31, 1912, 126 40

North China College Endowment
Income, 486 15

Williams Hospital Endowment
Income, 145 8.5

Gordon Theological Seminary, Tungchow, China
Income, 6G6 05

Arts and Crafts Fund

For industrial work, Bombay, 246 30

Deacon Gates Scholarship. Mardin High School,
Turkey

For work, care Rev. A. N. Andrus, 55 00

Andrews Scholarship

Income for pupil in Gordon Theol. Sem. 27 50

Montgomery Memorial Scholarship Fund

For Central Turkey College, care Miss E. M.

Blakely, 10 17

The Annie A. Gould Fund

Income for education of Chinese girls in Pao-
tingfu, 8.5 25

The Cornelia A. Allis Fund

Income for support of pupil in Madura, care
Rev. J. E. Tracy, 16 50

The Joanna Fisher White Scholarship

Income for scholarship in girls’ boarding school,

Marsovan, 35 75

Porter Scholarships

Income, 165 00

Ann E. Shorey Fund

For education of Ram Chundra Shorey, care
Mrs. M. L. Sibley, 34 37

Boys’ Academy Fund, Hadjin

Income to August 31, 1012, care Miss O. M.

Vaughan, 46 95

Marash Theological Seminary Fund

Income to August 31, 1912, 87 51

484

Donations

October, 1912

Marash Academy Endowment

Income to August 31, 1912, 108 25

S. B. Poor Memorial Fund
Income for Uduvil school for girls, care Rev.

James H. Dickson, 243 08

Alice Julia Rice Memorial Fund
Income to August 31, 1912, for maintenance of
study in Doshisha, care Rev. F. A. Lombard, 19 45

Satara Orphanage Fund
Income to August 31, 1912, for support of child
in orphanage, care Mrs. H. J. Bruce, 23 63

Benjamin Schneider Memorial Fund
Income for training preachers in Central Turkey, 95 37

Dewey Scholarship

Income to August 31, 1912, for support of pupil,
ca *c Mrs. S. S. Dewey, 14 58

C. F. Gates Mardin High School Scholarship
Income for scholarship in Mardin High School, 84 60

Albert Victor Hospital Endowment Fund

Income to be sent to India for running expenses
of hospital, 275 50

S. M. Bingham Memorial Fund

Income for sui^ort of Hawaiian or Gilbertese
catechists in Gilbert Islands, 48 62

Farrington Fund

Income for native helper, care Rev. C. S.

Vaughan, 61* 18

International Hospital Adana Fund
Income for hospital, 14u 85

Kodaikanal School Endowment
Income for school, 128 84

Ackley Endowment

Income for hospital, West Central Africa, 12 96

Blank Memorial Fund

Income for scholarship, Anatolia College, 60

Cyrus S. Richards Fund

rcome to August 31, 1912, toward salary of
president of Anatolia College, 140 85

Mrs. D. K. Pearsons Memorial Fund

For Anatolia College, 2,430 75

Atwater Memorial Fund

For support of school at Fenchow, 350 57

A. A. Leonard Fund

Income sent to Turkey, 97 36

Jeannie Grace Greenough Crawford Fund

Income for education of girls in Western Tur-
key, care Rev. L. S. Crawford, 55 00

Thornton Bigelow Penfield Scholarship

Income for students in Pasumalai Seminary,

India, 27 60

Turvanda Topalyan Scholarship

Income for education of poor village girls, care

Miss Virginia Billings, 110 00

Williams and Andrus Scholarship
Income for pupils at Mardin, Eastern Turkey, 77 42

Burril Fund

Income for medical work, care Dr. C. D. Ussher, 16 21

Dnyanodaya Endowment Fund

Income to August 31, 1912, 1 32

A. Lewis Hill Endowment

Income for bed in Foochow Hospital, 16 20

Income Higher Educational Work Endowment
Income for Ahmednagar Theological Seminary, 80 00
Income St. Paul’s Institute
Income for work in St. Paul’s Institute, .36 (K)

Marian Elwood Scholarship
Income for pupil, care Rev. W. P, Elwood, 18 33

Income Atherton Fund

Toward new building, care Rev. Arthur

H. Smith, 500 00

For uses in Tungchow College, care Rev.

D. Z. Sheffield, 200 00

For work, care Rev. C. A. Clark, 200 00

For work, care Dr. F. D. Shepard, 200 00

For work, care Rev. C. A. Nelson, 200 00

For work, care Rev. J. S. Chandler, 100 00

For work, care Rev. F. B. Bridgman, 100 00-

1,500 00

Capron Hall Ives Scholarship
For Capron Hall, care Miss M. T. Noyes, 110 00

American College, Madura Endowment

Income to August 31, 1912, for college, care Rev.

W. M. Zumbro, 24 31

15,168 93

Donations received in August, 154,511 26

Legacies received in August, 574,982.96, less
512,120.75 added to Twentieth Century Fund, 62,862 21

217,373 47

Marash Theological Seminary Library

Income to August 31, 1912, 72 92

Welch Scholarship Fund

Income for Pasumalai Seminary, 18 91

Washburn Scholarship Fund
Income for Pasumalai High School, 79 50

Jubilee Scholarship Fund

Income for Pasumalai High School, 78 12

Harriet Hazen Scholarship Fund
Income for Pasumalai Seminary, 19 45

Capron Scholarship Fund

Income for Pasumalai Seminary, 26 11

Total from September 1, 1911, to August 31, 1912.
Donations, . $869,764.93 ; Legacies. $171,075.85,
less $12,120.75 added to Twentieth Century Fund.
$158,955.10= $1,028,720.03.

Atwater Memorial Fund

Massachusetts. — Mt. Holyoke College, Ber-
tha Gault, 5 00

Ohio. — Oberlin, Mrs. C. N. Pond, 5; Wel-
lington, Hermon L. Wight, 2, 7 00

12

Woman’s Medical Mission, Jaffna
Connecticut. — Rockville, Union Cong. ch. 25 00

Pasumalai Seminary Fund
Massachusetts. , Friend, 10.000 00

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