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THE BLUE BOOK OF MISSIONS 
 1907 
 
THE 
 
 Blue Book of Missions 
 
 FOR 1907 
 
 EDITED BY^- 
 
 REV. HENRY OTIS D WIGHT, LL.D. 
 
 for the Bureau of Missions 
 
 FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY 
 
 New York and London 
 
 1907 
 
Copyright 1907 
 
 By 
 
 FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY 
 
 [Printed in the United States of America] 
 
 Published, February, 1907. 
 
PREFACE 
 
 The Blue Book of Missions for 1905 was a tentative 
 rather than a complete fulfilment of a purpose. Its publi- 
 cation brought assurances from many quarters that a Year 
 Book of Missions can satisfy a real need in the United 
 States and will be welcomed in many other lands. 
 
 The issue for 1907, then, has been prepared on the same 
 lines as the previous issue. The Mission statistics through- 
 out, including the statistical tables at the end of the book, 
 have been brought up to date. The directory of Missionary 
 Societies has been revised by the officers of the Societies 
 concerned, and is more complete as well as more accurate 
 than in the last edtition. Some articles found of little value 
 have been omitted from the third section of the book; the 
 list of important missionary literature has been rewritten, 
 and a memorandum of Bible versions has been added. A 
 careful survey of missionary progress in the world-wide 
 field has been inserted at the end of the first section for the 
 better comprehension of the meaning of the changes in dif- 
 ferent fields. 
 
 The notes on the countries in which lie the mission fields 
 are limited to territory that is beyond the bounds of Chris- 
 tendom, and, therefore, less known. They are primarily 
 intended to supply in small compass helps to reahzing the 
 remarkable success of missions among different races, the 
 steady progress of the kingdom, and the extent of the 
 regions yet remaining to be possessed by our Lord Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 We have to admit that the facts about principal missdon- 
 aiy societies are compressed in so tenuous a consistency that 
 
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6 Preface 
 
 they suggest, rather than narrate, the energy and Christian 
 devotion common to all the societies, which are, in fact, we 
 again remark, but one single agency for teaching righteous- 
 ness and truth. So small a book cannot touch descriptively 
 the many religious and benevolent activities which stamp the 
 deeds of the church at home with likeness to those of the 
 Master; yet we have been impelled to indicate in outline 
 some of these works, classed in America as Home Missions; 
 without remembrance of these the term "Missions" is not 
 half defined. 
 
 We are under great obligations to the American societies 
 that have made this work possible, and only in less degree 
 to the many societies in other lands, from Finland to South 
 Africa and from Great Britain to New Zealand, which 
 have cordially aided it. So our issue for 1907 goes forth 
 desiring above all else to aid its readers to realize the gi-an- 
 deur of the plan to which they conform when they support 
 any of these faithful efforts to continue the enterprise 
 founded by Jesus Christ. 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
 PART I 
 
 The Fields: page 
 
 Introductory Note 11 
 
 Africa 13 
 
 America 37 
 
 Asia ... 45 
 
 Malaysia 64 
 
 Oceania 69 
 
 Largest Cities 73 
 
 Progress in the Mission Field 80 
 
 Religious Statistics 91 
 
 PART II 
 
 The Societies: 
 
 America 101 
 
 Great Britain and Ireland 122 
 
 British Colonies 139 
 
 Continent of Europe 149 
 
 Woman's Work for Woman 161 
 
 Christian Literature 177 
 
 Bible Societies 177 
 
 General Literature 180 
 
 Various Special Organizations 183 
 
8 Contents 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Conferences of Foreign Missionary Societies .... 186 
 Women's Committees for United Study of Mis- 
 sions 187 
 
 Bureau of Missions 188 
 
 Statistics of Protestant Foreign Missionary So- 
 cieties 189 
 
 PART III 
 
 Miscellaneous Notes: 
 
 Abbreviations for Names of Missionary Societies. 201 
 
 Chronological Table 206 
 
 Missionary Conferences in Germany 213 
 
 Recent books for Missionary Libraries 215 
 
 Missionaries and Governments 218 
 
 Training Schools for Missionaries 223 
 
 Roman Catholic Societies and Orders 224 
 
 Versions of Bible 230 
 
 United States Postage Rates to Foreign Countries 231 
 
 Cable and Telegraph Rates 232 
 
 Foreign Coins and U. S. Values 233 
 
 Metric Weights and Measures 235 
 
 Greek Church Calendar 236 
 
 Jewish Calendar 237 
 
 Mohammedan Calendar 237 
 
 Orthography of Geographical Names 238 
 
 Protestant Mission to the Jews 239 
 
 Izidex.,,, ,,.,.,,.,.,, ........ 240 
 
PART I 
 THE FIELDS 
 
"By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from 
 my mouth in righteousness and shall not return, that unto 
 me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear." — Isaiah 
 45:23. 
 
 "There is never a year in which it cannot be said that the 
 work is progressing. Sometime the progress is more marked 
 in one field than in another; there are seasons of exceptional 
 drought and there are times of marked blessing; but year 
 after year the area of the Divine tillage is increased and 
 some waste places are reclaimed; year after year the evi- 
 dence steadily grows that our labor is not in vain in the 
 Lord, and that the number of those who are being saved is 
 multiplied by the power of the Holy Spirit." — London Mis- 
 sionary Society Report, 1904. 
 
 "My brother, you can be at the front by making yourself 
 
 master of the missionary situation and informing your 
 
 people — not begging them to take the missionary magazine, 
 but being the missionary magazine yourself." 
 
 R. F. Horton. 
 
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE 
 
 Perhaps the most significant fact in the Foreign Mission 
 enterprise to-day is the service rendered incidentally to it 
 by Governments seeking to extend the sphere of their com- 
 merce. Throughout the world artificial barriers have been 
 broken down; the gi'ip of pagan or Mohammedan abso- 
 lutism has been loosed from the people; the sword has been 
 torn from the nerveless grasp of Rajah and Sultan; Chris- 
 tian rulers directly or indirectly control the destiny of every 
 non-Christian nation excepting semi- Christianized Japan; 
 facilities of communication are steadily increased, and the 
 whole powder of the Christian Powei-s is exerted, if need be, 
 to open and keep open doors of friendly intercourse. When 
 the old prophet said to Zion, "Kings shall be thy nursing 
 fathers and their queens thy nursing mothers," no dream 
 more impossible of fulfilment could have been devised. But 
 with God all things are possible, and today we see the 
 dream realized. 
 
 This opening of doors on a vast scale introduce a new 
 question into missions. We no longer sit down with paper 
 and pencil and the census reports, and say, "In that land 
 are twenty million inhabitants and but fifty missionaries, 
 therefore, missionaries must be sent there." Instead, we 
 ask, "Where ought missionaries to go in order to advance 
 the whole great campaign which the God of Hosts is evi- 
 dently directing?" The more clear the evidence of Divine 
 ordering of results, the more solemn the duty of studying 
 the one great field of operations to know its strategic points. 
 
 A purpose to study the great defensive strongholds of the 
 non-Christian religions in order to discover where their re- 
 duction may be furthered by concentration of missionary ef- 
 fort, does not belittle the importance of any missionary 
 
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 effort elsewhere. Outposts serve as effectual centers in 
 their sphere. There are Christian churches in the province 
 of Canton in China, of which tihe roots spring from city 
 missions in San Francisco, Honolulu, and Singapore. The 
 purpose does imply, however, an attitude of mind toward 
 God's world-field of missions such as one would hold if the 
 points to be reinforced or freshly occupied could be chosen 
 by consensus of all the many bodies engaged in foreign 
 missions. Absolute unity of interest must control all who 
 are laborers together with Grod. 
 
1. AFRICA 
 
 Abyssinia: An independent Christian kingdom of East- 
 ern Africa. Area, about 150,000 square miles. Population, 
 about 3,510,000. Religions: Christians (Coptic Church, 
 3,093,000; Roman Church, 7,000), 3,100,000; Jews, 60,000; 
 Mohammedans, 50,000 ; Animist fetish worshippers, 300,000. 
 Roman Catholic Missions are under control of the order of 
 the Lazarists of Paris. They report 12 European and 18 
 native priests, with 6 schools. There have been for many 
 years no Protestant Missions in Abyssinia owing to the re- 
 fusal of the Government to permit their residence. The 
 Swedish National Missionary Society has a mission on the 
 Abyssinian border, reported below under Eritrea, and which 
 has native evangeUsts among the Gallas. 
 
 Algeria: A French possession in Africa. Area, 184,474 
 square miles. Population, 4,739,500. Religion: This is a 
 Mohammedan country, and the French policy is to limit 
 Christian missionary activity among Mohammedans by 
 rather strict police reg-ulations. There is, however, a very 
 considerable foreign Christian population in Algeria. There 
 are about 4,100,000 Mohammedans; 57,000 Jews, and 
 583,000 Christians (Roman Catholics, 527,000; Eastern 
 Churches, 25,000; Protestants, 31,000). The Roman Cath- 
 olics are under the Archbishopric of Algiei-s and report 385 
 priests with 132 stations and out-stations. The Protestant 
 congregaitions number 21, besides the North Africa Mission, 
 the French Society for Evangelization of the Jews, the 
 Swedish Missionary Society, Miss Trotter's Mission School 
 enterprise, and the PB. These missions have 6 stations and 
 32 missionaries, men and women. 
 
 Angola: A possession and colony of Portugal in West 
 Africa. Area., 484,800 square miles. Population, 4,119,000. 
 Religions: Christian (Roman Catholic, 815,000; Protes- 
 tant, 4,500), 819,500; Animist fetish worship, 3,290,000^ 
 
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 The Protestant Societies are the ABCFM, the BMS, the 
 ABMU, the ME, and the PB. The Swiss Philafrican Mis- 
 sion is beginning an industrial enterprise. These societies 
 have 46 staitions and out-stations; 50 schools of all grades; 
 4,235 scholaiis under instruction; 6 hospitals and dispen- 
 saries; 2 publishing houses; 1,071 communicants, and 8,000 
 reputed Protestant Christians. The Roman Catholic estab- 
 lishments in Angola (the diocese of St. Paul de Loan da) 
 are ecclesiastically connected with the Province of Ulysippo 
 (Lisbon). There are 36 priests in charge, two of whom are 
 natives. They conduct 22 schools and have 8 special chari- 
 ties (orphanages, etc.) 
 
 British Central Africa: A British protectorate estab- 
 lished on the western shores of Lake Nyasa and in the Shire 
 country to the south of that lake. Its area is 42,217 square 
 miles and its population (1901) is about 909,000, of whom 
 about 450 are Europeans and 250 are East Indians in Gov- 
 ernment service. The religions found here are Animist fet- 
 ish worshippers, 598,000; Mohammedans, 300,000; Chris- 
 tians (Roman Catholics, 1,000; Protestants, 10,000), 11,000. 
 The Roman Catholics report 10 missionary priests, with 2 
 schools. The Protestant Missionary forces are represented 
 by the Universities Mission among the Yao tribes, east of 
 the Shire River, south of Lake Nyasa, and on the Likoma 
 Island and at various points on the east shore of the lake; 
 the United Free Church of Scotland on the west shore of 
 the lake; the South Africa Dutch Reformed Ministers' 
 Union, in the Angoni hills, west of the lake; the Church of 
 Scotland at Blantyre in the Shire region, south of the 
 lake, and the Zambesi Industrial Mission, west and north- 
 west of Blantyre. All together, these societies report 376 
 stations and out-stations; ISO missionaries; 977 native 
 workers : 759 schools, with 52,504 scholars ; 19 hospitals and 
 dispensaries ; 2 printing houses, and 17,046 professed Chris- 
 tians, of whom about 8,000 are communicants. 
 
 British East Africa Protectorate: Area, 350,000 square 
 miles. Estimated population, 4,000,000, of whom 25,000 
 are Asiatics and about 500 Europeans. The islands 
 
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 of Zanzibar and Pemba, ruled by their native Sultans under 
 the same British Commissioner, have an area of 1,020 
 square miles and a population of about 200,000, of whom 
 10,000 are Asiatics and 500 Europeans. The religions 
 found in East Africa and Zanzibar are: Mohammedans 
 (the number in each case is an estimate), 800,000; Animist 
 fetish worshippei^, 3,161,000; Hindus, 20,000; Buddhists 
 and Confucianists, 5,000; Jews, 1,500; Christians (Oriental 
 Church, 500; Roman Catholics, 3,500; Protestants, 9,000), 
 13,000. The Roman Catholic missions report 6 stations, 
 with 5 schools. There are 38 missionaries, mostly belong- 
 ing to the Congregations of the Holy Ghost and of the 
 Sacred Heart of Mary. The Protestant missionary societies 
 working in this region are: The Church Missionary So- 
 ciety, the Church of Scotland, the United Methodist Free 
 Churches (British), the Neukirchen Mission Institute (Ger- 
 man), the Africa Inland Mission, the Scandinavian Alliance 
 of America, the American Friends (Industrial Mission), 
 and (Zanzibar) the Universities Mission to East Africa. All 
 together, these societies report 160 missionaries; 205 native 
 workers; 89 stations and out -stations ; 255 schools; 4,019 
 scholars; 3 hospitals or dispensaries; 1 printing house, and 
 9,072 professed Christians, of whom 2,806 are communi- 
 cants. 
 
 Points especially noteworthy in mission work in this re- 
 gion are: 1. The spread of a bastard, ignorant Moham- 
 medanism through a large part of the temtory, threaten- 
 ing to pre-empt the region before Christian missionaries in 
 sufficient numbers arrive. 2. The influx of European set- 
 tlers; and 3. The encouragement found by the German Neu- 
 kirchen Mission, as well as the Free Methodists to work 
 among the Gallas. 
 
 British Somaliland: A protectorate of Great Britain 
 in Eastern Africa. Area, about 68,000 square miles. Popu- 
 lation estimated at about 500,000. Religion: Mohammedan. 
 There are no missions in British Somaliland, <as the fierce 
 inhabitants do not permit a Christian to live, if they have 
 strength to compass his destruction. 
 
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 Congo Independent State: A vast region in West 
 Central Africa closely allied to Belgium and ruled by the 
 Kong of the Belgians. Area (estimated), 900,000 square 
 miles. Population (estimated), 30,000,000, of whom (1902) 
 2,346 are European or American. Religions: Animist 
 fetish worshippers, 29,370,000; Mohammedans, 600,000; 
 Christians, 32,000 (Roman Catholics, 17,000; Protestants, 
 15,000). The Roman Catholic missions are carried on by 
 the Algiers Missionary Society, the Belgian Foreign Mis- 
 sions Work, and the order of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 
 These have 99 missionaries, with 48 schools. Other statis- 
 tics are not given. The Protestant missions are the ABMU, 
 PS, the BMS, RBMU, PB, FCMS, CA, and the Swedish 
 Society (Forbundets). Together, these societies report 656 
 stations and out-stations in the Congo State; 190 mission- 
 aries ; 1542 native workers ; 548 schools ; 16,600 scholars, and 
 25,697 professed Christians, of whom 15,000 are communi- 
 cants. 
 
 A matter of great importance to the missions is the atro- 
 cious conduct of agents of the Belgian Commercial com- 
 panies in oppressing and maltreating natives. The impres- 
 sion has gone abroad among the people that the Christian 
 government is on the whole worse than that of the Arab 
 slave raiders. Missionaries have protested against the out- 
 rages; and one result h.as been what is to be expected from 
 small and small-minded officials — attempts first to prevent 
 natives from visiting the missionaries, and next to silence 
 the missionaries by arbitrary use of power. There is some 
 talk of expelling Protestant missionaries from the country. 
 Meanwhile the infamies to which the natives have been 
 subjected have been followed by reprisals. 
 
 Dahomey: A French possession on the West Coast of 
 Africa. Area, 60,000 square miles. Population, about 1,006,- 
 000. Of these nearly 700,000 are Animist fetish worship- 
 pers, 295,000 Mohammedans, and about 6,000 Christians 
 (Roman Catholics, 5,000; Protestant, 1,000). There are 22 
 Roman Catholic missionaries conned;ed with the Lyons Mis- 
 sionary Society, with 15 schools and 8 benevolent establish- 
 
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 ments. The Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, with a 
 station at Porto Novo on the coast, is the only Protestant 
 Mission. It has 2 missionaries, 45 native workers, 24 sta- 
 tions and out-stations, 10 schools, 712 scholars, and 1,400 
 professed Christians, of whom 539 are communicants. The 
 missionaries of the Wesleyans in Dahomey are of French 
 nationality, and, therefore, are less obnoxious to the authori- 
 ties than Englishmen would be. 
 
 Egypt: A tributary province of Turkey, ruled by a 
 hereditary prince or Khedive under advisory control of 
 England. Area (exclusive of the Sudan), 400,000 square 
 miles. Population, (1897), 9,734,000. Religions: Moham- 
 medans, 8,979,000; Jews, 25,000; Christians, 731,000 
 (Roman Catholics, 56,000; Oriental Churches, 648,000; 
 Protestants, 27,000). The Roman Catholic missionaries are 
 from the Lyons Society for African Missions and the 
 Minor Franciscans of Rome. They number 94 foreign and 
 11 native priests, with 84 schools and 20 orphanages and 
 other charities. The Protestant societies working in Egypt 
 are the United Presbyterian (US), the Church Missionary 
 Society, the North Africa Mission, the Egypt General Mis- 
 sion, the Peniel Missionary Society, the Church of Scotland 
 Jews Committee, the London Jews Society, the International 
 Medioal and Benevolent Association (SDA), the Sudan* 
 Pioneer Mission (German), and the Kaiserwerth Deacon- 
 esses. Together, these societies report 166 stations and out- 
 stations, 70 missionaries, 682 native workers, 197 schools, 
 17,284 scholars, 16 hospitals or dispensaries, 1 publishing 
 house, and 32,600 professed Evangelical Christians, of whom 
 10,000 are communicants. 
 
 A peculiarity of the missionary situation in Egypt is the 
 opportunity there offered for making known to Moham- 
 medans the real quality of the teachings of Jesus Christ. It 
 is an opportunity which calls for wise and persistent ac- 
 tivity. A plan is being pressed steadily for establishing a 
 printing establishment at Alexandria, which will publish 
 books and periodicals in Arabic, using the best talent in the 
 various missions in the editorial department. 
 
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 Eritrea: An Italian colony in East Africa, bordering 
 on the Red Sea. Area, about 88,500 square miles. Popula- 
 tion, about 450,000, of whom (1899) 2,000 are Europeans. 
 Religions : Mohammedans, 100,000 ; Animist fetish worship- 
 pers, 320,000; Christians, 30,000 (Roman CathoUcs, 17,000; 
 Eastern Churches, 12,000; Protestants, 1,000); Jews, 500. 
 The Roman Catholic missionaries are Franciscans (Minor 
 Capuchins), and they have 53 priests and 4 schools, be- 
 sides other charities. The Protestant missionaries are those 
 of the Swedish National Society. They have on the borders 
 of Abyssinia 10 stations and out-stations; 34 missionaries, 
 men and women; 32 native workers; 15 schools, 356 schol- 
 ars; a hospital and dispensary; a printing house, and 566 
 professed Evangelical Christians, of whom 252 are com- 
 municants. 
 
 French Congo: A French possession in Western 
 Africa, extending from the Atlantic Ocean inland along the 
 right bank of the Congo River. Area, about 450,000 square 
 miles. Population estimated at about 10,000,000, but such 
 estimates are little more than guesses, since the interior is 
 still little known. Religions (any numbers given -are of the 
 same quality as those relating to population) : Animist fet- 
 ish worshippers are said to number about 6,000,000; Mo- 
 hammedans, 3,500,000, and Christians (Roman Catholics, 
 5,000; Protestants, 1,000), 6,000. The Roman Catholic mis- 
 sions are connected with the Algerian Society, and have 46 
 missionaries and 26 schools. Protestant missions are con- 
 ducted by the Presbyterian Board (N) and the Paris Evan- 
 gelical Society. Together, these societies have 35 mission- 
 aries, 28 native workers, 13 stations and out-stations, 8 
 schools, 328 scholars, and 1,200 professed Christians, of 
 whom 700 are communicants. 
 
 French Guinea: A possession of France in West Africa 
 Area, 95,000 square miles. Population, 2,200,000. Relig- 
 ions: There are estimated to be in this territory about 
 1,000,000 Mohammedans, 1,200,000 AnimLst fetish wor- 
 shippers, 1,000 Roman Catholic, and 500 Protestant Chris- 
 tians. The Protestant missionary enterprise is carried on 
 
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 by the Pongas Mission, a West Indian mission undertaken 
 in order to make amends to Africa "for the wrongs inflicted 
 upon it by England and her colonies." The SPG subsidizes 
 and otherwise aids the mission. The missionaries from the 
 West Indies are colored men specially trained for this 
 work. They occupy 8 stations. The Roman Catholic mis- 
 sion is conducted by 8 missionaries of the order of the Holy 
 Ghost and the Sacred Heart of Mary. They have 8 schools. 
 
 French Somaliland: A French protectorate (with a 
 colony at Oboek) on the Eastern coast of Africa. Area, 
 about 46,000 square miles. Population, about 198,000. Re- 
 ligions: Mohammedans, 150,000; Animist fetish worship- 
 pei-s, 40,000; Christians, 8,000 (Roman Catholics, 7,000; 
 Eastern Churches, 1,000). No missions are reported in this 
 region, and those reported as Christians are chiefly found 
 in the colony of Obock. 
 
 Gambia: A British colony and protectorate in Western 
 Africa, lying on both sides of the Gambia River. Area, in- 
 cluding both colony and protectorate, 4,569 square miles. 
 Population, 91,000. Religions : Animist fetish worshippers, 
 50,000; Mohammedans, 35,000; Christians, 5,600 (Protes- 
 tants, 1,800; Roman Catholics, 3,800). The Protestant mis- 
 sionary working here is the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary 
 Society, with 9 stations and out-stations; 2 missionaries; 39 
 native workers; 4 schools; 448 scholars, and 1,500 professed 
 Christians, of whom 870 are communicants. 
 
 German East Africa: A German colony extending 
 from the coast of the Indian Ocean to Lakes Tanganyika 
 and Nyasa. Area, 384,000 square miles. Population, 
 8,000,000, of whom 1,500 are Europeans and 15,000 Asiatics. 
 The religions found in the colony are: Animist fetish wor- 
 shippers, 7,673,000; Mohammedans, 300,000; Hindus, 
 8,000; Buddhists and Confucianists, 2.000; Christians, 
 17,000 (Roman Catholics, 5,000; Protestants, 12,000). The 
 Roman Catholics report 43 missionaries at 4 stations, with 
 44 schools and 6 hospitals, 3,432 converts. The Protestant 
 missions are carried on by the German East Africa Society, 
 the Berlin, the Leipzig, and the Moravian Missions, the 
 
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 Church Missionary Society, and the Univei'sities Mission. 
 Together, they have 109 stations; 227 missionaries; 356 na- 
 tive workers; 310 schools; 13,372 pupils; 3 hosjoitals or dis- 
 pensaries, and 12,199 professed Christians, of whom 3,436 
 are communicants. 
 
 The German missions at the north end of Lake Nyasa are 
 steadily progressing. The Universities Mission has taken 
 an advance step in sending unmarried women missionaries 
 to its station in the Kovuma River district, in order to try 
 to gain a hearing among native women. 
 
 German South West Africa: A German possession and 
 colony with an area of 322,450 square miles. Population 
 (estimated), 205,000, of whom about 5,000 are Europeans. 
 The native population consists of several different tribes. 
 The boundaiy between Bantus and Hottentots passes 
 through this territory. The Hereros and Ovambos of the 
 North are Bantus, and the Namaquas of the South are of 
 Hottentot stock. The "Bastards" are an uncla.ssed mixture 
 of Dutch, Bushman, Hottentot, and Malay blood, found also 
 in the South. The religions of the country are: Animist fet- 
 ish worshippers, 170,000; Christians, 30,000 (Roman Cath- 
 olic, 12,000; Protestants, 18,000). The Roman Catholic 
 missions form the ecclesiastical prefecture of Cimbebasia. 
 They report 47 priests, and 30 schools, with 10,650 adher- 
 ents. The Protestant missions are conducted by the Rhen- 
 ish and the Finnish Missionary Societies. Together, these 
 societies have 58 stations and out-stations, with 72 mission- 
 aries, 78 schools, 4,304 scholars, and 12,772 professed Chris- 
 tians, of whom 4,000 are communicants. 
 
 The Rhenish mission stations in the central part of the 
 colony have been broken up through an outbreak of the 
 Herero tribes against the German colonists, springing from 
 seizures of land by the latter, and also, it is alleged, from 
 the intrigues of emissaries of the "Ethiopian movement." 
 The Mission is slowly recovering from the effects of this 
 outbreak, but the number of Christians is diminished. 
 
 Gold Coast Colony: A British colony in West Africa. 
 Area (including Ashantiland) about 71,300 square miles. 
 
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 Population (1901), 1,486,000, of whom 650 are Eui'opeans. 
 Religions: Animist fetish worshippers, 1,412,000; Moham- 
 medans, 32,000; Christians, 41,000 (Protestants, 35,000; 
 Roman Catholics, 6,000). The Roman Catholic missions are 
 connected with the Lyons Society for African Missions, and 
 report 16 missionaries with 13 schools and 9 charities. There 
 appear to be 8 stations and out-stations. The Protestant so- 
 cieties are the Basel Society, the Wesleyan Methodist So- 
 ciety, the NBC (U. S.) and the SPG. Together, these re- 
 port 895 places where regular worship is held; 95 mis- 
 sionaries, men and women; 1,159 native workers; 260 
 schools; 13,153 scholars; 1 dispensary, and 34,935 pro- 
 fessed Christians, of whom 18,565 are communicants. 
 
 In this colony there is steady progress in turning from 
 idolatiy, but Mohammedanism is making progress, gathering 
 in those of the people who abandon idolatry, but are not 
 ready to give up polygamy. 
 
 Italian Somaliland: An Italian protectorate and sphere 
 of influence in East Africa, lying north and east of 
 British East Africa. Area, about 100,000 square miles. 
 Population, about 400,000. Religions: Mohammedans, 
 350,000; Animist fetish worshippers, 'about 50,000. There 
 are no records of missions in this territory. 
 
 Ivory Coast: A French colony and possession in West- 
 ern Africa. Area, about 116,000 square miles. Population, 
 about 2,000,000. Religions: Animist fetish worshippers, 
 1,800,000; Mohammedans, 200,000; Christians (Roman 
 Catholics), 1,000. There are no Protestant missions in this 
 territoiy. The Roman Catholics report 16 priests, 7 schools, 
 and 4 orphanages or other charities. 
 
 Kamerun: A German colony and possession in West 
 Africa, adjoining Nigeria and extending from the French 
 Congo to Lake Chad. Area (estimated), 191,000 square 
 miles. Population (estimated), 3,500,000. Religion: Ani- 
 mist fetish worshippers, 2,900,000; Mohammedans, 500,000; 
 Christians, 16,500 (Roman Catholics, 2,500; Protestants, 
 13,000), The Roman Catholic missionaries are from the 
 Pious (Pallotin) Society of Rome. The Protestant mis- 
 
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 sions are those of the Basel Society, the German Baptists 
 of Berlin, and the American Presbyterians (North). To- 
 gether, these societies report 300 places occupied as stations 
 or out-stations; IIS missionaries, men and women; 302 na- 
 tive workei-s; 279 schools; 10,090 scholars; 7 hospitals or 
 dispensaries, and 13,152 professed Christians, of whom 6,- 
 773 are communicants. 
 
 The liquor traffic is a serious obstacle to progress in this 
 field. But little by little the people are learning that to be 
 a Christian means much more than to make professions. 
 There is a steady increase in the number of those who lead 
 lives marked by moral principle. 
 
 Lagos: A British colony and protectorate in West Africa, 
 since May, 1906, included in South Nigeria. Area (includ- 
 ing the protectorate of Yoinibaland), 28,910 square miles. 
 Population (estimated 1901), 1,500,000, of whom 308 are 
 Europeans. Religions: Animist fetish worshippers, 1,380,- 
 000; Mohammedans, 70,000; Christians, 47,000 (Roman 
 Catholics 15,000, Protestants 32,000). The Roman 
 Catholic missions belong to the Lyons Institute for African 
 Missions. They report 27 priests, 24 schools, and 16 or- 
 phanages or other charitable works. The Protestant mis- 
 sionaiy societies are the Church Missionary Society, the 
 Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, the Southern Bap- 
 tist Convention (U. S.), and the National Baptist Conven- 
 tion (U. S.). These societies together report 189 stations 
 and out-stations; 55 missionaries; 317 native workers; 110 
 schools; 6,394 scholars; 3 hospitals and dispensaries, and 
 32,091 professed Christians, of whom 10,026 are communi- 
 cants. 
 
 The paramount Chief of Abeokuta in the Lagos Protec- 
 torate \Tsited Great Britain in 1904 and expressed in suit- 
 able terms to the CMS and the Bible Society his recogni- 
 tion of the benefit carried to his nation Avhen missionaries 
 took them the Bible. 
 
 Liberia: An independent republic on the West coast of 
 Africa originating in the colonization of freed slaves, chief- 
 ly from America. Area, about 35,000 square miles, of 
 
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 which but a narrow strip is effectively administered by the 
 government, the interior being largely in the hands of sav- 
 age tribes. Population, about 2,060,000, of whom 60,000 
 are of American origin. Religion: Christians (Protestants), 
 65,000; Animist fetish worshippers, 1,995,000. Missionary 
 operations are carried on by the Protestant Episcopal Do- 
 mestic and Foreign Missionary Society, the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Missionary Society, the Board of Foreign Missions of 
 the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of 
 the U. S. of America, and the African Methodist Episcopal 
 Church of the U. S. These societies together report 168 
 stations; 93 missionaries; 182 native workers; 73 schools; 
 4,506 pupils; 2 dispensaries; 1 printing enterprise, and 
 14,900 professed Christians of whom 7,252 are conmiuni- 
 cants. The Lutheran Mission is attempting to open a series 
 of stations among the tribes of the inland districts. 
 
 Madagascar: The third larges,t island in the world. It is 
 classed as an African island, although Malay blood pre- 
 ponderates in the population. It is a colonial possession 
 of France. Area (with its adjacent islands, including the 
 Comoro Is.), about 227,750 square miles. Population 
 (1901), 2,305,000. Religions: There are estimated to be 
 in the island and dependencies: 1,975,000 Animists; 6,000 
 Mohammedans; 2,000 Hindus, and 517,000 Christians (Ro- 
 man Catholics, 79,000; Protestants, 438,000). The Roman 
 Catholic missionaries are reported to number 51, with 348 
 stations and out-stations. The Protestant missionaries are 
 connected with the LMS, the Paris Society, the Friends 
 (English), the Norwegian Missionary Society, and the SPG. 
 These societies together have in Madagascar 1,852 stations 
 and out-stations; 227 missionaries, 5,816 native workers; 
 1,951 schools; 92,126 scholars, and 355,717 professed Chris- 
 tians. A terrible epidemic of malarial fever destroyed 
 many lives in Madagascar in 1903. 
 
 A matter seriously effecting the mission schools is the 
 new education law, which suppresses, after January 1, 1905, 
 Government aid to private schools, and forbids the attend- 
 ance of children over 13 years of age at private schools un- 
 
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 less for special industrial or normal training. The effect of 
 enforcing this law is to reduce numbers. In the Betsileo 
 districts French rule seems to pamlyze the progress of the 
 people. 
 
 Mauritius: An island and British colony lying east of 
 Madagascar and commonly reckoned among the islands de- 
 pendent upon Africa. Area, 705 square miles. Population 
 (1901), 370,000, the larger part of whom are negi'oes. Re- 
 ligions: ffindus, 206,000; Buddhists and Confucianists, 
 3,000; Mohammedans, 41,000; Christians, 120,000 (Roman 
 Catholics, 113,000; Protestants, 7,000). The Roman Cath- 
 olic clergy are 48 in number (6 Jesuits, 11 from the Con- 
 gregation of the Holy Spirit and Sacred Heart of Mary, 
 and the remainder parish priests). Protestant missions are 
 the CMS and SPG, with 2,641 baptized Christians. 
 
 Morocco: An independent Mohanmaedan empire in 
 North Africa. Area, about 210,000 square miles. The 
 southern frontier, however, is not defined. Population (es- 
 timated), about 5,500,000. Several authorities insist that 
 2,750,000 is more nearly correct. Religions : The religion of 
 the State is Mohammedanism, with about 5,000,000 adher- 
 ents. Jews number 150,000, Chiistians, 9,000 (Roman 
 Catholics, 5,000; Eastern Churches, 3,000; Protestants, 
 1,000), and about 300,000 are pagan Spirit woi-shippers, 
 though generally reckoned as Mohammedans. The Roman 
 Catholics report 36 priests in Morocco. The Protestant 
 missionaries belong to the North Africa Mission and to the 
 Gospel Missionary Union (U. S. A.). The NAM reports 25 
 missionaries, of whom 19 are women ; 7 stations ; 6 hospitals 
 or dispensaries, and 220 scholai-s under instruction. There 
 is little religious liberty in Morocco, and while missionaries 
 are constantly encouraged by inquiry as to the doctrines of 
 Christianity, they have baptized but few Mohammedans. 
 
 Nigeria: A British protectorate and possession in West 
 Africa lying on both sides of the Niger River and extending 
 northward and eastward to Lake Chad. It is divided for 
 administrative purposes into Northern and Southern Ni- 
 geria. Area, about 370,000 square miles (Northern Nigeria, 
 
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 320,000; Southern Nigeria, 50,000). Population, about 25,- 
 000,000. Religions: Mohammedans, 10,000,000; Animist 
 fetish worshippers, 14,975,000; Christians, 24,000; (Roman 
 Catholics, 18,000; Protestants, 6,000). The Roman Catholic 
 missions are from the order of the Holy Ghost and Sacred 
 Heart of Mary, and have 9 missionaries, with 5 schools. 
 The Protestant missionary societies are the CMS, the UFS, 
 the Qua Iboe Mission, the Sudan United Mission, and the 
 Primitive Methodists. These societies report 102 stations 
 and out-stations; 109 missionaries, men and women; 198 
 schools, with 4,817 scholars, and 5,955 professed Christians, 
 of whom 2,053 are communicants. 
 
 The importance of this region as a point from which to 
 reach the many tribes formerly subject to the Sokoto King- 
 dom cannot be overestimated. Since the British forces be- 
 gan to open up the country, it has been found that there 
 is a large pagan element in the population. The CMS is 
 pressing forward in Northern Nigeria. The Lagos terri- 
 tory was formally added to South Nigeria in May, 1906, 
 too late to combine the statistics in this article. 
 
 Portuguese East Africa: A possession and colony of 
 Portugal. Area, 301,000 square miles. Population, 3,120,000. 
 Religion: Animist fetish worshippers, 3,000,000; Moham- 
 medians, 100,000; Hindus, 3,000; Christians (Roman 
 Catholics, 10,000; Protestants, 7,000), 17,000. The Protes- 
 tant missionary forces are represented by the Universities 
 Mission (Unangu), the SPG, the ME, and the Free Meth- 
 odists of America, the WMS, and the Swiss Romande Mis- 
 sion. These societies together have in this region 56 mis- 
 sionaries, men and women ; 186 native workers ; 150 stations 
 and out-stations; 76 schools, with 1,759 pupils; 1 hospital; 
 1 dispensary, and 7,100 professed Christians, of whom 
 2,013 are communicants. The ABCFM has newly occupied 
 a station at the seaport of Beira. 
 
 The Roman Catholic body is under the control of the 
 ecclesiastical district of Mozambique. Twelve priests are 
 reported, of whom 6 are Jesuits. 
 
 Characteristics of this field are: (a) the control of the 
 
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 country by Portuguese and other commercial companies, 
 which do not interfere with, but do not help missions; (b) 
 the temptations to drink and debauchery issuing from the 
 chief trading centers; (c) a curious reaction toward heathen 
 customs, which is becoming a test of genuineness and em- 
 phasizing the distinction between Christian and non-Chris- 
 tian tribesmen. 
 
 Portuguese Guinea: A possession and colony of Portugal 
 in West Africa. Area, including adjacent islands and the 
 Cape de Verde Islands, 6,280 square miles. Population, 
 1,009,000. Religions: Animist fetish worshippers, 579,000; 
 Mohammedans, 170,000; Christians (Roman Catholics), 
 260,000. No Protestant missions have entered Portuguese 
 Guinea. The Roman Catholic ecclesiastical connection is 
 with the Cape de Verde Islands. The number of priests is 
 reported as 42. 
 
 Rio De Oro : A Spanish possession in Africa adjoining 
 Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean. Area, about 243,000 square 
 miles. Population, 1,000,000, almost all Mohammedans. 
 There are no Protestant missions in this country. 
 
 Rio Muni: A Spanish possession of the Gulf of Guinea, 
 West Africa, lying south of Kamerun. Area, about 9,000 
 square miles. Population (estimated), 40,000. With this 
 may be grouped the islands of Fernando Po, Corisco, and 
 Anno Bon, also belonging to Spain. Area, about 850 square 
 miles. Population, about 34,000. Religions in the islands 
 and the colony on the mainland: Animist fetish worship- 
 pers, 60,000; Christians, 7,000 (Roman Catholics, 6,500; 
 Protestants, 500). The Roman Catholic missions are car- 
 ried on by the Spanish Congregation of the Sacred Heart 
 of Mary. They report 14 stations and out-stations, and 24 
 priests. Protestant missions are carried on by the Pres- 
 byterian Church of the U. S. (N) in the Rio Muni terri- 
 tory^ on the mainland, with 5 stations and out-stations; 5 
 missionaries; 17 native workers; 7 schools; 150 scholars, 
 and about 600 professed Christians, of whom 200 are 
 Church members. On the island of Fernando Po, the primi- 
 tive Methodists have a mission, with 4 stations and Qut- 
 
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 stations; 3 missionaries; 4 native workers, and 100 pro- 
 fessed Christians. 
 
 Sahara: A gi-eat wilderness lying south of Algeria, 
 Tunis, and Tripoli, and stretching from Egypt westward 
 across the continent of Africa. It is in the French sphere 
 of influence, but is inhabited by nomad tribes, which have 
 not yet acknowledged French authority. Area, estimated at 
 about 1,500,000 square miles. Population unknown, but 
 estimated at about 2,500,000, all, nominally at least, Moham- 
 medans. There are no Protestant missions in this inhospi- 
 table region. Roman Catholic missions have been established 
 on the southern borders of Algeria by the Algerian Mission- 
 ary Society. 
 
 Senegal: A French colony in West Africa, lying between 
 the River Gambia and the Sahara, and extending along the 
 Atlantic coast to the Spanish possessions of Rio De Oro and 
 Adrar. With the adjacent protectorate the area is about 
 200,000 square miles, and the population about 3,200,000. 
 Thp religions found in the colony are: Mohammedans, 
 1,800.000; Animist fetish worshippers, 885,000; Christians, 
 15,500 (Roman Catholics, 15,000; Protestants, 500). A 
 Protestant mission is conducted by the Paris Evangelical 
 Missionary Society with 3 missionaries and 2 schools. 
 
 Senegambia: A Frencli protectorate in Africa occupying 
 the major part of the region between the Sahara and the 
 Niger, formerly known to Europeans as the West Sudan, 
 the name having been changed by the French. Area, 210,000 
 square miles. Population, 3,000,000. Religions: Moham- 
 medans, 2,500,000; Animist fetish worshippers, 499,000; 
 Christians (Roman Catholics), 1,000. There are no Protes- 
 tant missions reported in this little known region. The 
 population and even the area, although taken from the 
 French colonial reports, are mere estimates, subject to large 
 correction. Mohammedan fanaticism, or the dread of it 
 among French officials, is a barrier against residence by 
 Christians. In Senegambia the Roman Catholics have about 
 20 priests and some schools. 
 
 Sierra Leone: A British colony and protectorate on the 
 
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 West Coast of Africa, formerly a depot for slaves, freed 
 by warships on the high seas. Area, 34,000 square miles. 
 Population, 1,077,000. Religions: Animist fetish worship- 
 pers, 1,005,000; Mohammedans, 18,000; Christians, 53,000 
 (Roman Catholics, 5,000; Protestants, 48,000). The Roman 
 Catholic missionaries belong to the Order of the Holy Ghost 
 and the Sacred Heart of Mary, and number 10, with 6 
 schools. They tend to increase their force and press the 
 work with more energy. The Protestant societies in the col- 
 ony and protectorate are the CMS, the WMS, the UMFC, 
 the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion of America, the UB, and 
 the CA. Together, these societies (excepting the CA, 
 which gives no detailed statistics) report 180 stations; 42 
 missionaries; 802 native workers; 117 schools; 8,925 schol- 
 ars; 1 dispensary, and 44,010 professed Christians, of whom 
 17,696 are communicants. The major part of the work of 
 the CMS in the colony proper is carried on by the native 
 church. Fourah Bay College, maintained by the CMS, 
 trains native workers to a high standard. The work of the 
 mission of the United Brethren is carried on by educated 
 natives of Africa under a white superintendent. 
 
 South Africa: The British territories familiarly called 
 by the general name of South Africa, comjDrise Cape 
 Colony, Natal, Orange River Colony, Transvaal, Basutoland, 
 the Bechuanaland Protectorates, and the vast expanse of 
 land, both north and south of the Zambesi River, which is 
 now in process of development by the British South Africa 
 Company, and is known as Rhodesia, or called by the names 
 of the tribes inhabiting different portions of it, Matabilli- 
 land, Mashonaland, and in its northwestern part, Barotsi- 
 land. 
 
 This vast domain can hardly be made to take due place 
 before the mind by mere reference to the figures express- 
 ing miles of area. It may be compared in extent to West- 
 ern Europe, including Germany, Holland, Belgiima, France, 
 Italy, Spain, and Portugal. 
 
 The nature of the population of South Africa makes it 
 of enormous strategic importance with regard to any ques- 
 
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 tion of civilization or the evangelization of the African 
 Continent. Its southernmost section is a province of 
 Christendom, with a large population of Europeans — Brit- 
 ish and Dutch — and a colored population of mixed origin 
 which has, on the whole, adopted European ideas, habits, 
 and to some considerable extent, Christian principles. To 
 the northward, however, of this comparatively narrow belt 
 the vastly preponderatmg element of the population is one 
 or another tribe of that Bantu race, which has yet some- 
 what to say respecting the form of development these 
 territories shall take. South Africa has among its inalien- 
 able belongings a negTO problem. In essence, this problem 
 is merely that of recognizing in the native populations their 
 manifest destiny of fellow citizenship, hoping that a broad, 
 tolerant, miselfish spirit may rule both whites and blacks 
 as they find purpose and place for developing their great 
 wasted resources. The question waits, but will not always 
 wait unsettled. To us it is clear that the Gospel of Jesus 
 Christ is the solvent. Gospel principles must somehow 
 dominate both the enterprising, impatient and aggressive 
 white, and the easy-going but jealous and suspicious black. 
 These facts give enormous importance to the missionary en- 
 terprises that abound in South Africa. 
 
 Basutoland: A British possession in South Africa. It 
 is governed by a Resident Commissioner under the Higher 
 Commissioner for South Africa. Population (1903), 348,- 
 000 of the Bantu race, native chiefs having authority in the 
 various districts. 
 
 Missionary enterprises: 1. The Paris Evangelical Mis- 
 sionary Society (1833) has 22 stations; 197 out-stations; 40 
 missionaries; 460 native workers; 205 schools; 12,436 schol- 
 ars. These schools include a normal school, an Industrial 
 School, a Bible Training School, a Theological Seminary, 
 and a High School for Girls. There is a publishing house 
 at Morija. There are 22,356 persons known as Christians, 
 of whom 14,950 are communicants. 2. The Society for the 
 Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts (1875) has 5 
 stations; 19 missionaries, and 14,021 professed Christians, 
 
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 of whom 1,500 are communicants. 3. Basutoland forms a 
 part of the territory of the Roman Catholic Vicarate Apos- 
 tolic of the Orange River Colony. Statistics given by the 
 Church vary, but 4,000 seems to be a liberal estimate of the 
 number of Roman Catholics in Basutoland. The total num- 
 ber of professed Christians is, therefore, about 40,500. 
 
 Special points of importance in the missions are the ef- 
 fect of a severe famine, which, while scattering the people 
 somewhat, has diminished the number of native beer drink- 
 ing parties, and consequently the temptations of the pro- 
 fessed Christians. Notwithstanding the famine, the Paris 
 Society reports that its 197 out-stations have been supported 
 entirely by local native contribution. The "Ethiopian 
 movement" has drawn away a certain number of members 
 from some of the mission churches. On the other hand, a 
 number of those thus drawn away have returned repentant. 
 As in many other African fields, paganism shows a stub- 
 born power of resistance. The number of pagans still un- 
 moved by Christian teaching is somewhat over 300,000. 
 
 Bechuanaland Protectorate: A territory in South Africa 
 lying between the Molopo River and the Zambesi, and 
 ruled by native chiefs under the protection of the King of 
 England. Area, about 210,000 square miles. Population, 
 estimated at 200,000. Religions: Animist fetish worship- 
 pers, 185,000; Christians (Roman Catholics, 3,000; Protes- 
 tants, 12,000), 15,000. Protestant missionary forces in the 
 Protectorate are the London Missionaiy Society, the Wes- 
 ley an Missionary Society, and the Hermannsburg Society of 
 Germany. These societies together occupy 37 stations and 
 out-stations, with 24 missionaries; 251 native workers; 58 
 schools; 2,631 scholars, and report 9,147 professed Chris- 
 tians, of whom 1,511 are communicants. 
 
 The three great chiefs, Khama of the Bamangwato tribe, 
 Sebele of the Bakwena, and Bathoen of the Bangwaketsi 
 have favored missionary effort in times past. Sebele has re- 
 cently taken a less friendly attitude. Famine and rinderpest 
 have affected the land, scattering the people in search of 
 food. There has also been a tendency in some places to 
 
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 adopt the "Ethiopian church" theory. All these inflnences 
 have hampered missionary operations. Nevertheless, there 
 have been substantial gains, and there is evidence of im- 
 proved conditions in ail of the directions which have beer" 
 so depressing. 
 
 Cape Colony: Area, about 276,800 square miles. Popu- 
 lation (1904) 2,405,000. The religious classification of the 
 people is as follows : Animist fetish worshippers, 1,226,000 ; 
 Mohammedans, 21,000; Jews, 4,000; Christians, 1,141,000 
 (Roman Catholics, 23,000; Protestants, 1,118,000). The 
 Roman Catholic Church organization depends on the apos- 
 tolic Vicarship of the Cape of Good Hope, and the number 
 of priests is set down as 221. The Protestants are of the 
 Dutch Reformed Church, the Church of England, Presbyte- 
 rians, CongTCgationalists (Independents), Wesleyans and 
 other Methodists, Lutherans, Moravians and Baptists. All 
 these various bodies are doing effective work for the spirit- 
 ual enlightenment of pagans within and without the colony. 
 Besides these local agencies, several missionary societies are 
 working in the colony, viz., the Moravian Missions, the 
 London Missionary Society, the United Free Church of 
 Scotland, the Wesleyan Missionary Society, the SPG, the 
 Episcopal Church of Scotland, the Berlin, the Hermanns- 
 burg and the Rhenish Society of Germany, the African 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, and the National Baptist Con- 
 vention of America, the International Medical and Benevo- 
 lent Association (SDA) of America, the PB, and the Sal- 
 vation Army. These societies report 635 stations and out- 
 stations; 304 missionaries, men and women; 952 native 
 workers; 343 schools, with 18,544 scholars, and 64,666 pro- 
 fessed Christians, of whom 33,212 are communicants. 
 
 Natal: A British colony on the East Coast of South 
 Africa, with an area of 42,000 sauare miles, and a popula- 
 tion (1904) of 1,109,000. The relisrions found in Natal are: 
 Animist fetish worshippers, 948,000 ; Mohammedans, 14,000 ; 
 Hindus, 30,000; Buddhists and Confucianists, 12.000; 
 Christians (Roman Catholics, 21,000; Protestants, 72,000), 
 93,000. The Roman Catholics report 50 missionary priests 
 
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 and 7 native clergy; 55 schools and 5 other charitable estab- 
 lishments. Eleven Protestant societies have enterprises in 
 Natal, besides the local Anglican, Wesleyan, and Dutch Re- 
 formed congregations. These missionary societies are the 
 ABCFM, the UFS, the SPG, the South Africa General 
 Mission, the National Baptist Convention (U. S. A.), the 
 Berlin and the Hermannsburg Societies of Germany, the 
 Swedish Holiness Union, the Norwegian Missionary Society, 
 the Free Methodists of N. A., the SA, and the PB. To- 
 gether, these societies report 192 stations and out-stations; 
 106 missionaries; 612 native workers; 161 schools, with 
 7,016 scholars ; 2 hospitals or dispensaries ; 1 printing house, 
 and 26,000 native professed Christians, of whom 15,585 are 
 communicants. The pagans, who are 35 times as many as 
 the native Christians, hold to many of their pagan customs, 
 seeming to prefer not to be Christianized. The Christian na- 
 tives have an influence far greater than their small numbers 
 would lead one to expect. The Government of Natal has 
 lately adopted a policy of repression toward the natives 
 which hampers the missions. 
 
 Orange River Colony: A British colony in South 
 Africa. Area, 48,326 square miles. Population (1904), 
 365,000. Religions: Animist fetish worshippers, 115,000; 
 Christians (Roman Catholics, 16,000; Protestants, 98,000), 
 114,000. The Roman Catholic interests are in charge of 14 
 missionaries, and 2 native priests, with 13 schools and 2 
 other charities. Protestant missionary activities are largely 
 in the hands of the Dutch Reformed, the Wesleyan Meth- 
 odist, and the Anglican church. Besides the religious work 
 for both whites and natives conducted by these local church 
 establishments, the Berlin Missionary Society has 33 sta- 
 tions and out-stations in the Orange River Colony, with 18 
 missionaries, 148 native workers, 27 schools, 1,338 scholars, 
 and 6,091 professed Christians; of these 839 were baptized 
 during the last year, and 3,178 are communicants. The SPG 
 reports 1 missionary working among natives in this colony, 
 with 4 stations and out-stations. The Salvation Army has 
 10 corps or stations with 22 officers. 
 
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 The native population, wliich had tended to gather in 
 towns during the war and had begun to return to the coun- 
 try districts, has again been driven from their homes by 
 prevalence of drought. Nevertheless, the mission stations 
 show life, and are recovering from the damage caused by 
 the war. 
 
 Rhodesia: The territory of the British South Africa 
 Company, extending from the Transvaal northward to Lake 
 Tanganyika and the Congo Free State. It is divided by the 
 Zambesi River into Northern and Southern Rhodesia. Its 
 area is about 264,000 square miles. The population is es- 
 timated at about 880,000, of whom 12,000 are Europeans, 
 and about 1,100 are Asiatics. The religions found in 
 Rhodesia are : Animist fetish worshippers, 840,000 ; Moham- 
 medans, 1,500; Hindus, 1,000; Jews, 1,000; Christians 
 (Roman Catholics, 5,000; Protestants, 20,000), 25,000. A 
 railway connects Bulawayo in Rhodesia with Cape Town; 
 another line connects it with Salisbury and, by way of Um- 
 tali, with the Portug-uese seaport of Beira, and still another 
 line has been carried to Victoria Falls on the Zambesi. All 
 of these lines are used by the missionaries as aids in their 
 enterprises. The Protestant missionary societies operating 
 in Rhodesia are the London Missionary Society in Matabili- 
 land and at the southern end of Lake Tanganyika; the 
 Paris Missionary Society in Barotsiland north of the 
 Zambesi; the Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society 
 (USA) in the Umtali region, and the ABCFM, in the Mel- 
 setter district — the two last named regions being near the 
 frontier of the Portuguese possessions. These societies to- 
 gether have 112 stations and out-stations; 70 missionaries; 
 171 native workers; 82 schools, with 6,018 scholars; 2 dis- 
 pensaries, and 13,229 professed Christians, of whom 1,120 
 are communicants. There are also 3 corps of the SA. 
 
 The effect upon the natives of contact with white set- 
 tlers is a characteristic of this region at the present time. 
 There are many noble and just men among the settlers, and 
 the South Africa Company is careful to aid every effort to 
 improve the condition of the natives. But there are many 
 
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 evil and unjust men among the settlers, and the easy-going 
 ethics which would justify any conduct that seems to be cus- 
 tomary in the land, result in infamies which make decent 
 men ashamed. The missionary is often impelled to make 
 expiation himself for wrongs inflicted on natives by white 
 men. 
 
 The Transvaal Colony: A possession of Great Britain 
 in South Africa. Area, 112,000 square miles. Population es- 
 timated to be 1,354,000. The religions found in this colony 
 are: Fetish-spirit worshippers, 1,033,000; Jews, 10,000; 
 Christians (Roman Catholics, 34,000; Protestants, 256,000), 
 290,000. The Dutch Reformed Church is the largest of the 
 different bodies comprised under the name Protestant. Five 
 missionary societies from abroad, besides the local churches, 
 work for the evangelization of the native population. These 
 are the WMS, the Berlin and Hermannsburg Societies, the 
 ABCFM, and the Mission Romande. All together, these 
 societies report 112 missionaries; 2,344 native workers, 289 
 stations and out-stations; 300 schools, with 14,674 scholars; 
 1 hospital, and 84,810 professed Christians, of whom 39,731 
 are communicants. Besides these there are 14 SA corps. 
 
 A feature of the year is a tendency on the part of the 
 chiefs to interfere to prevent the young people from be- 
 coming Christians, and with evident purpose to maintain 
 the power of the witch doctors. While nearly one-fourth 
 of the population of the colony are of Christian name, 
 three-fourths are pagan and sometimes bitterly hostile to 
 Christianity. The "Ethiopian movement" has found a num- 
 ber of adherents among the existing churches. An im- 
 portant step in advance on the part of the missionaries 
 working in the Transvaal can be recognized in the organiza- 
 tion of an interdenominational conference for fellowship 
 and the discussion of current problems. The first meeting 
 was held at Johannesberg in July, 1904. 
 
 Sudan: The French government having abolished the 
 term "Sudan" as applied to the Western regions of Africa 
 Ijdng south of the Sahara, the name is used here as equiva- 
 lent to the term "Egyptian Sudan." It is under Anglo- 
 
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 Egyptian rule. Its area is about 950,000 square miles (the 
 western frontier being as yet indefinite). Population, about 
 3,500,000. Religions: There are estimated to be in the 
 Sudan 2,500,000 Mohammedans; 990,000 Animist fetish 
 worshippers; 2,000 Jews, and 6,000 Christians (Roman 
 Catholics, 2,000; Oriental Churches, 3,000; Protestants, 
 1,000). The Roman Catholic missionaries number 14, with 
 10 schools and 4 orphanages. The Protestant missionaries 
 belong to the CMS and the UP, and are chiefly occupied 
 with the pagan tribes, since the British Government delays 
 permission for missionary propaganda among Mohamme- 
 dans. The societies together have 3 stations and out-sta- 
 tions; 8 missionaries; 3 native workers; 3 schools; 80 
 scholars. 
 
 The Sudan is slowly recovering from the desolating rule 
 of the ultra Mohammedan party which ruled under the 
 name of the Mahdi, and which destroyed more than half of 
 the population of some flourishing districts. The Govern- 
 ment schools are Mohammedan schools, supported by British 
 money. A new force in the Sudan is the immigration of 
 Christians from Egypt and Syria, of whom many are 
 Protestants. 
 
 Togoland: A German colony in West Africa, situated 
 between the Gold Coast Colony and Dahomey. Area (es- 
 timated), 33,000 square miles. Population (estimated), 
 900,000. Of these (1902) 159 are Europeans. Religions: 
 Animist fetish worshippers, 885,000; Mohammedans, 12,- 
 000; Christians, 6,100 (Roman Catholics, 1,500; Protestants, 
 4,600). The Roman Catholic body working here is the 
 Society of the Divine Work of Germany and Holland. 
 Twelve priests are reported, with 20 schools and 5 orphan- 
 ages and other charities. The Protestant societies are the 
 North German and the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary So- 
 ciety. These two societies together report 78 stations and 
 out-stations; 31 missionaries, men and women; lOi native 
 workers; 69 schools, with 3,111 scholars, and 4,600 pro- 
 fessed Christians, of whom 2,512 are communicants. The 
 North German Society opened a Deaconess Station at Lome 
 
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 during 1903. This is the second such station in the mission, 
 and it promises a considerable extension of influence. 
 
 Tripoli (Africa): A province of Turkey, adjoining 
 Egypt and Tunis in North Africa. The southern limits are 
 undefined, but including Fezzan the area is reckoned at 
 about 400,000 square miles. Population, about 1,300,000. 
 The religions are: Mohammedans, 1,275,000; Jews, 10,000; 
 Christians (Roman Catholics), 6,000. Protestant missions 
 are represented by the North African Mission, which has 
 one station, with 6 missionary men and women, and a dis- 
 pensary. 
 
 Tunis: A protectorate of France in North Africa, gov- 
 erned by the native prince or Bey, under direction of the 
 French Foreign Office. Area, about 51,000 square miles. 
 Population, about 1,900,000. Religions: Mohammedans, 
 1,735,500; Jews, 60,000; Christians (Roman Catholics, 115,- 
 000; Eastern Churches, 1,000; Protestants, 1,000), 117,000. 
 The Roman Catholic church in Tunis is under the direction 
 of the Archbishop of Carthage. The priests are set down 
 at 53. The Protestant missionaries are: The North African 
 Mission, the Swedish Young Women's Christian Association, 
 and the London Jews Society. Together, these societies have 
 30 missionaries at work at 4 stations, 2 hospitals or dispen- 
 saries, 5 schools, with 250 under instruction. 
 
 Uganda: A British protectorate in Central Africa. Area, 
 80,000 square miles. Population, 3,950,000, of whom about 
 500 are Europeans. The religions existing in Uganda are: 
 Animist fetish worshippers, 3,690,000; Mohammedans, 
 200,000; Christians, 306,000 (Roman Catholics, 46,000; 
 Protestants, 260,000). The Roman Catholic missionaries are 
 under the Algerian Missionary Society and have 46 priests, 
 with 13 schools. The Protestant missionary agency is the 
 Church Missionary Society, which has 162 stations and out- 
 stations; 102 missionaries; 2,500 native workers; 170 
 schools ; 25,363 scholars, and 57,057 professed Christians, of 
 whom 6,396 were added in 1905. The number of communi- 
 cants is 14,259. 
 
 The first Christian instruction given in Uganda was that 
 
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 37 
 
 of H. M. Stanley, the explorer (in 1875). His report led 
 to the establishment of the CMS mission. One of the great 
 features of the work of the societj'- is its extension into all 
 the provinces of the Uganda Protectorate. The mission 
 of the CMS is also reaching out to Gondokoro on the borders 
 of the Sudan and into the Congo Free State. 
 
 2. AMERICA 
 
 Note: Of the American continents, Latin America only 
 is included in this survey. 
 
 Mexico: The most progressive, perhaps, of the Latin 
 American republics. Area, 767,000 square miles. Population 
 (1900), 13,545,462. Of this number about 38 per cent, are 
 Indians but partly civilized, and 43 per cent, are of mixed 
 blood. Religions (1895) : Roman Catholics, 13,380,245; 
 Protestants, 40,445; Jews, 8,972; other religions, 61,900. 
 Protestant missions in Mexico are as shown in the following 
 table, the names of the societies being arranged in the order 
 of their entrance into the country: 
 
 Names 
 
 OF 
 
 Societies. 
 
 IS 
 
 
 
 Ah O 
 
 £5 
 
 Am. Bapt. H. M. Soc 
 
 Prot. Episcopal 1870 
 
 Am.Fnends 1871 
 
 Am. Board C. F. Mis 1872 
 
 Presbyterian Bd. (N) 1872 
 
 Meth. Episcopal (South) 1873 
 
 Meth. Episcopal 1873 
 
 Presbyterian U. S. (South) 1874 
 
 South Bapt. Convention 1880 
 
 Woman's M E South 1881 
 
 ♦Cumberland Pres 1888 
 
 "Brethren" 1890 
 
 ♦Woman's Bapt. Home Mi» . . . 1893 
 
 Seventh Day Advent 1894 
 
 Chris. Worn. B'd Miss 1897 
 
 Total 
 
 ♦ No report received. 
 
 956 
 
 500 
 
 518 
 
 1,345 
 
 4,126 
 384 
 192 
 
 3,017 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 400 
 
 710 
 900 
 800 
 
 1,: 
 
 4,000 
 5 814 
 6,000 
 
 1,185 
 
 710 
 1,400 
 1,300 
 4,328 
 5,014 
 5.814 
 
 3,225 
 1,185 
 
 216 600 816 169 11,538 1 4 20,638 38,864 
 
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 Central America— British Honduras: A British crown 
 colony on the Caribbean Sea. Area, 7,562 square miles. 
 Population (1901), 37,479. Protestant missions are carried 
 on by the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society at 24 
 stations and out-stations, with 4 missionaries; 42 native 
 workers; 13 schools; 1,074 scholars, and 3,600 professed 
 Evangelical Christians, of whom 2,011 are communicants. 
 
 Costa Rica: A Central American republic lying between 
 Panama and Nicaragua. Area, 18,400 square miles. Popu- 
 lation (1892), 243,205. Religion: Roman Catholic. There 
 were in the Republic 3,021 Protestants in 1901. Protestant 
 missions are conducted by the Wesleyan Methodist Mission- 
 ary Society, the Central America Missionary Society, the 
 Jamaica Baptist Missionary Society. Together, these so- 
 cieties report 14 stations and out-stations; 9 missionaries; 
 21 native workers; 1 school; 106 scholars, and about 1,000 
 professed Evangelical Christians, of whom 448 are com- 
 municants. 
 
 Guatemala: The most western of the Central American 
 republics. Area, 48,290 square miles. Population (1900), 
 1,647,300, of whom about 12,000 are of European descent, 
 the greater part of the population Indians and half-breeds. 
 Religion: Roman Catholic. Protestant missions are car- 
 ried on by the Presbyterian Church of the U. S. (with 4 
 stations and out-stations; 3 missionaries; 5 native workers; 
 1 school; 35 scholars, and 41 communicants), by the Central 
 American Mission, with 3 stations; 10 missionaries, and 6 
 native workers, and by the Pentecost Bands, with 4 mis- 
 sionaries. 
 
 Honduras: A Central American republic lying between 
 Nicaragua and Guatemala. Area, about 46,250 square miles. 
 Population (including Roatan and Bonaco Islands, 1900), 
 about 5^7,000, besides an unknown number of untamed In- 
 dians. Religion: Roman Catholic. Protestant missions are 
 carried on by the Wesleyan Missionary Society, with 24 
 stations and out-stations, mainly on Roatan Island, 3 mis- 
 sionaries; 35 native workers; 13 schools; 375 scholars, and 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 39 
 
 2,550 professed Evangelical Christians, of whom 734 are 
 communicants. 
 
 Nicaragua: The largest of the Central American repub- 
 lics. Area, 49,200. Population (1900), about 500,000, of 
 whom 1,200 are of European blood, and 50,000 are Indians 
 as yet uncivilized. Protestant missions are carried on in 
 this republic by the Moravians on the Moskito Coast, and 
 by the Central America Mission at Managua and vicinity. 
 The Moravians have 32 stations and out-stations; 32 mis- 
 sionaries; 142 native workers; 3 schools; 118 scholars, and 
 6,231 professed Evangelical Christians, of whom 1,159 are 
 communicants. The Central America Mission has 4 mis- 
 sionaries and 5 native workers. 
 
 Panama: The republic of the canal. Area, 31,571 square 
 miles. Population (including uncivilized Indians), esti- 
 mated at 280,000. Religion: Roman Catholic. The Indians 
 of the mountains still hold to their pagan faith. Protes- 
 tant missions are conducted by the Jamaica Baptist Mission- 
 ary Society, the SPG, WMMS, the PE, the PN, the ME 
 and the SAMS. These societies all together report 11 mis- 
 sionaries; 13 stations and out-stations, and 993 professed 
 Evangelical Christians, of whom 493 are communicants. 
 
 Salvador: The smallest of the Central American repub- 
 lics. It is the only one, also, to have sea coast solely on the 
 Pacific Ocean. Area, 7,225 square miles. Population (1901), 
 1,006,848, of whom the greater part are of Indian and 
 mixed race. Protestant missions are carried on here by the 
 Central American Mission (U. S.), with 1 missionary and 
 his wife, and one native worker. 
 
 South America — Argentina: The Argentine Republic is 
 the southernmost of the South American republics. Area, 
 1,135,840. Population (estimated, 1901), 4,794,149. Relig- 
 ions: Roman Catholics, 4,660,000; Protestants, 50,000; 
 Jews, 17,000; Animists, 160,000. Protestant missions are 
 carried on in Argentina by the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 (US), the SAMS, the CA, the SAEM, and the Salvation 
 Army. Together, th&«?e societies report 103 stations and 
 out-stations; 101 missionaries; men and women; 300 native 
 
40 The Blue Book of Missioirs for 1907 
 
 workers; 23 schools; 3,390 scholars, and 11,301 professed 
 Evangelical Christian adherents, of whom 3,316 are com- 
 municants. The RBMU, CA, SDA, and IMA, also have 
 missionary enterprises in Argentina, but their reports give 
 no statistical details. 
 
 Bolivia: One of the inland republics of South America. 
 Area, 983,982 square miles. Population, 1,853,000. Re- 
 ligions: Roman Catholics, 1,700,000; Protestants, 3,000; 
 Pagans, 150,000. Protestant missions are conducted by the 
 Baptist convention of Ontario and Quebec, and the PB. The 
 first named society has 3 stations, with 7 missionaries and 
 4 schools; and the PB has 2 missionaries at Sucre. Bolivia 
 has long been closed to evangelistic effort, and the mission- 
 ary method used there has been education. It now appears, 
 however, that more religious liberty is to be allowed. 
 
 Brazil: The largest of the South American Republics. 
 Area, 3,218,130 square miles. Population (1890), 14,333,- 
 915. Religions: Roman Catholics, 14,180,000; Protestants, 
 144,000; Jews, 2,000; Animists, 8,000. Protestant mission- 
 ary enterprises are carried on by the Presbyterian Church in 
 the U. S. (North) ; the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. 
 (South) ; the Methodist Episcopal Church in the U. S., 
 and the Methodist Episcopal Church (South) ; the Amer- 
 ican Church Missionary Society; the Southern Baptist Con- 
 vention; the Seventh Day Adventists; the South American 
 Missionary Society, and the South American Evangelical 
 Mission. All these together report 356 stations and out- 
 stations; 126 missionaries, men and women; 112 native 
 workers; 53 schools; 1,513 scholars; 2 publishing houses, 
 and 26,318 professed Evangelical Christians, of whom 13,- 
 127 are communicants. 
 
 British Guiana: A British colony, often familiarly 
 spoken of as Demerara, in the northern part of South 
 America. Area, 104,000 square miles. Population (1891), 
 278,378. Religions: Christians, 125,000 (Protestants, 
 85,000; Roman Catholics, 40,000); Mohammedans, 10,000; 
 Hindus, 96,000; Confucianists, 4,000; Animists, 40,000. 
 Protestant missioDS are conducted by the Moravians, the 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 41 
 
 Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, the Presbyterian 
 Church of Canada, and the SPG. These together report 84 
 stations and out-stations; 16 missionaries; 253 native 
 workers; 34 schools, with 251 scholars, and 11,755 pro- 
 fessed Christians, of whom 5,298 are communicants. The 
 field of missions is among the blacks, the Indians of the 
 interior, and the coolies of the plantations. Many of these 
 East Indian coolies are Mohammedans. Besides the socie- 
 ties just named, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 the National Baptist Convention, the Seventh Day Adven- 
 tists, and the PB have missionary enterprises in British 
 Guiana. They do not publish, however, available statistics. 
 
 Chile: A republic lying on the Pacific coast of South 
 America. Area, 279,000 square miles. Population (esti- 
 mated, 1902), 3,146,577. Religions: Roman Catholics, 3,- 
 129,000; Protestants, 7,000; Pagans, 10,000. The Protes- 
 tant missionary enterprises in this countiy are under the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church (U. S.), the Presbyterian 
 Church, U. S. (North), the Seventh Day Adventist Church 
 (U. S.), and the South American Missionary Society. All 
 together they have 111 stations and out -stations ; 98 mission- 
 aries; 119 native workers; 12 schools; 1,431 scholars; 1 
 printing house, and 6,380 professed Evangelical Christians, 
 of whom 3,115 are communicants. 
 
 Colombia: A republic in the northwestern portion of 
 South America. Area, 504,773 square miles. Population 
 (1895), 4,000,000. Religion: Roman Catholic. There are 
 in the republic from 150,000 to 200,000 Indians, who are 
 still untouched by any form of Christianity. Protestant 
 missions are represented by the Presbyterian Church in the 
 U. S. (N.). There are 4 stations; 17 missionaries, men and 
 women; 16 native workers; 4 schools; 389 scholars, and 181 
 communicant Evangelical Christians. 
 
 Dutch Guiana (Surinam) : A colony of the Netherlands 
 in the northern part of South America. Area, 46,060 square 
 miles. Population (1901), 100,000. Religions: Protestants, 
 40,000; Roman Catholics, 13,000; Jews, 1,000; Hindus, 12,- 
 000; Animist fetish worshippers, 30,000. The Moravian 
 
42 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 Missions are laboring in this colony among the city people, 
 the Bush negroes, the Hindu and Chinese Coolies, and the 
 Javanese. They have 49 stations and out-stations; 97 mis- 
 sionaries, men and women; 477 native workers; 27 schools; 
 3,199 scholars, and 29,233 professed Christians, of whom 
 7,573 are communicants. 
 
 Ecuador: A republic on the Pacific coast of South Amer- 
 ica. Area (including the Gallapagos Islands), 116,000 
 square miles. Population about 1,400,000. Religions: 
 Roman Catholics, 1,200,000; Protestants, 1,000; Pagans, 
 186,000. Protestant missions are carried on by the Gospel 
 Union (U. S.), the Christian and Missionary Alliance (U. 
 S.), and the PB. Neither of these societies furnishes full 
 statistics, but they seem to have in Ecuador 4 stations; 11 
 missionaries; 1 native worker, and 20 scholars under regu- 
 lar instruction. The ME (U. S.), has an out-station with 
 25 adherents. 
 
 French Guiana: A French colony in South America. 
 Area, 30,500 square miles. Population (1901), 32,908. Re- 
 ligion : Roman Catholic. No Protestant missionaries are 
 reported in this colony. About 10,000 of the population are 
 convicts deported from France. Of these about 1,500 are 
 at liberty. A curious instance of the meeting of the ends 
 of the earth in the present age is the presence in French 
 Guiana of quite a number of political exiles from Madagas- 
 car. Among them are a few Protestants, who hold religious 
 services in Malagasy, and have been visited and comforted 
 by friends belonging to the Paris Evangelical Missionary 
 Society. The Roman Catholic missionaries are of the Order 
 of the Holy Ghost and Sacred Heart of Mary. They re- 
 port 22 priests, 5 schools, and 29,000 adherents. 
 
 Paraguay: A republic in South America, lying between 
 Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia. Area, 157,000 square miles. 
 Population (1899), 630,000, the people being of mixed 
 Spanish, Indian, and Negro blood, with about 100,000 full- 
 blooded Indians in the western "Chaco." Religions : Roman 
 Catholics, 500,000; Pagan Animists, 100,000. The Protes- 
 tant missionary societies at work in this republic are the 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 43 
 
 South American Missionary Society, whose work is largely 
 among the pagans of the "Chaco," and the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Missionary Society (U. S), which has a work in the 
 City of Asuncion and vicinity, but no resident missionary. 
 Together, these societies report 19 missionaries, men and 
 women; 13 native workers; 5 stations and out-stations; 5 
 schools ; 247 scholars ; 1 dispensary ; 1 publishing house, and 
 450 professed Evangelical Christians, of whom 106 are 
 communicants. 
 
 Peru: A republic on the Pacific coast of South America. 
 Area, 695,733 square miles. Population, about 4,000,000. 
 Religions: Roman Catholics, 3,687,000; Protestants, 5,000; 
 Jews, 500; Pagans, 300,000; Buddhists and Confucianists, 
 7,000. Protestant missionary enterprises are carried on in 
 Peru by the Regions Beyond Missionary Union, the "Breth- 
 ren," and the Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society (U. 
 S.). The last named only issues detailed statistics of its 
 undertakings. It has 2 stations; 5 missionaries, men and 
 women; 39 native workers, and about 400 professed Evan- 
 gelical Christians, of whom 231 are communicants. 
 
 Uruguay: A South American republic, which once 
 formed a province of Brazil. Area, about 72,210 square 
 miles. Population (estimated, 1901), 965,000. Religions: 
 Roman Catholics, 930,000; Protestants, 13,000; others, 
 22,000. The Methodist Episcopal Church (U. S.) has a 
 mission in Uruguay, with 8 stations and out-stations; 4 mis- 
 sionaries, men and women; 41 native workers; 5 schools; 
 286 scholars, and 2,389 professed Evangelical Christians, of 
 whom 906 are communicants. 
 
 Venezuela: A South American republic closely allied to 
 the West Indies. Area, 593,943 square miles. Population 
 (1891), 2,323,500. Religions: Roman Catholics, 2,223,000; 
 Pagans, 90,000; Protestants, 8,000; Jews, 500. Protestant 
 missions in Venezuela are carried on by the Presbyterian 
 Church in the U. S. (N.), with 1 station; 2 missionaries; 1 
 native worker; 1 school, and 40 scholars. The Christian and 
 Missionary Alliance, the South American Evangelical Mis- 
 sion, and the "Brethren," also have stations in the republic; 
 but fiMTiisb no details of their work. 
 
44 The Blue Book op Missions for 1907 
 
 Cuba: The largest island of the West Indies. It is an 
 independent republic, which is under certain obligations to 
 the United States as to relations with foreign powers. Area, 
 about 44,000 square miles. Population (1899), 1,572,845, 
 of whom 129,240 are Spaniards, 14,857 Chinese, and 12,953 
 Negroes. Roman Catholicism is the prevailing religion. 
 Protestant missions are conducted in Cuba by the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church of the U. S. (South), the American 
 Baptist Home Mission Society, the Presbyterian Church in 
 the U. S. (South), the SBC, and the FCMS (Disciples), 
 and the American Friends Foreign Mission Association. 
 These societies together report 63 stations and out-stations; 
 50 missionaries; 43 native workers; 125 schools; 722 schol- 
 ars, and 4,385 professed Evangelical Christians, of whom 
 3,774 are communicants. These islands of the W. I. are 
 mentioned in this survey, although consistency would re- 
 quire their exclusion, because many American churches are 
 deeply interested in their evangelization. 
 
 Haiti: The second in size of the West Indian islands. 
 Also a republic occupying the western part of that island, 
 the eastern part forming the republic of Santo Domingo. 
 
 Republic of Haiti: Area (estimated), 10,204 square miles. 
 Population (church enumeration of 1901), 1,294,400, nine- 
 tenths of whom are negi'oes, and the rest mulattoes. Re- 
 ligion: Roman Catholic, with many practises derived from 
 fetishism among the lower classes. The language is a dia- 
 lect of French. 
 
 Republic of Santo Domingo: Area (estimated), 18,045 
 square miles. Population (estimates of 1888), 610,000, of 
 whom the larger part are of Spanish descent, with a con- 
 siderable admixture of the blood of the aborigines. There 
 are also a great many negroes and mulattoes. The language 
 is Spanish, but the more educated of the people also speak 
 French and English. Religion: Roman Catholic. 
 
 Protestant missions have long existed in Haiti and Santo 
 Domingo. The societies working in the island are the 
 Protestant Episcopal (U. S.), the Wesleyan Methodist, the 
 African Methodist Episcopal, the Christian and Missionary 
 Alliance; the Free Methodists, and the NBC, All together, 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 45 
 
 these societies have 57 stations and out-stations, the largest 
 part of them in the Haitian Republic; 32 missionaries; 41 
 native workers; 18 schools; 455 scholars, and 6,200 pro- 
 fessed Evangelical Christians, of whom 1,611 are communi- 
 cants. 
 
 Porto Rico: A possession of the United States in the 
 West Indies. Area, 3,668 square miles. Population (1899), 
 953,243, of whom 304,352 are mulattoes, and 59,390 are ne- 
 groes. The prevailing religion is Roman Catholic. Eight 
 of the denominational societies of the United States have 
 schools, hospitals, and preaching places in the island, with 
 about 7,000 professed Evangelical adherents. 
 
 3. ASIA 
 
 Afghanistan: A country of Asia, adjoining the N. W. 
 frontier of India. Area, about 215,400 square miles. Popu- 
 lation, about 4,000,000. Religion: Mohammedan. No Chris- 
 tian missionaries are allowed in the country. Bibles are 
 taken into the country by merchants from India, and occa- 
 sionally an Afghan or Pathan from the frontier, going to 
 India on business, becomes converted to Christianity. 
 
 Bahrein Islands: A group of islands in the Persian 
 Gulf ruled by Arab chiefs under British protectorate. Area, 
 about 300 square miles. Population, about 80,000. Relig- 
 ion: Mohammedan. The Reformed Church in America has 
 a station at Bahrein, the largest island. 
 
 Baluchistan: A country of Asia dependent upon the In- 
 dian empire, of which it forms the extreme western corner. 
 Area, 132,315 square miles. Population (1901), 1,050,000. 
 The northeastern section of the territory is directly admin- 
 istered by British officials, and is garrisoned by British 
 troops. It has an area of 45,804 square miles, and a popu- 
 lation of 308,000. Another section of Baluchistan is under 
 native government, subject to the supervision of British 
 political agents. Its area is 86,511 square miles, and has a 
 population (1901) of 502,500. Both of these sections are 
 included in the census reports of India. A third section of 
 Baluchistan is in the hands of nomad tribes, loosely con- 
 
46 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 trolled by British agents, and its population is estimated at 
 about 240,000, nearly all Mohammedans. The religions of 
 Baluchistan are: Mohammedans, 995,000; Hindus, 48,000; 
 Sikhs, 3,000; Christians, 4,000. Protestant missions are 
 represented in Baluchistan by the CMS and CEZ. To- 
 gether, these societies report 15 missionaries, men and wom- 
 en; 19 native workers; 4 schools; 193 scholars (Hindus and 
 Mohammedans) ; 1 hospital, and 197 professed Christians, 
 of whom 45 are communicants. 
 
 Bokhara: A Russian dependency in Central Asia. Area, 
 92,000 square miles. Population, about 1,250,000, mostly 
 Turks. Religion: Mohammedan. There are no missions in 
 Bokhara. No foreigner is allowed to enter the country with- 
 out a Russian passport. 
 
 Ceylon: An island colony of Great Britain lying south- 
 east of the peninsula of Hindustan, and chiefly peopled by 
 Sinhalese, Tamils, and "Moors." Area, 25,333 square 
 miles. Population (1901), 3,578,333. Religions: Bud- 
 dhists, 2,142,000; Hindus, 828,000; Mohammedans, 248,000; 
 Christians, 358,000 (Roman Catholics, 283,000; Protestants, 
 75,000) ; Animists, 4,000. The Roman Catholic missions are 
 in charge of the Oblates of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and 
 the reports show 134 European, and 24 native priests, 823 
 schools; 12 orphanages, with 254,000 adherents. The Protes- 
 tant missions are under ABCFM, the Wesleyan Missionary 
 Society, the Church Missionary Society, the CEZ, the 
 FFMA, the BMS, the SDA, and the SPG, and the Sal- 
 vation Army. These report altogether 759 stations and 
 out-stations; 239 missionaries; 2,655 native workers; 913 
 schools, with 67,170 scholars; 5 hospitals or dispensaries; 2 
 publishing houses, and 31,264 professed Christians, of whom 
 13,906 are communicants. Buddhism comes into sharp 
 clashing with Christianity in Ceylon. A certain number of 
 Buddhists and Mohammedans are converted every year, but 
 the opposition by both is strong. 
 
 China: The vast conservative empire of Eastern and 
 Southeastern Asia. Its area and population stated by prov- 
 inces (1901) are as follows: 
 
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 Area in 
 Square Miles Population 
 
 Che-kiang 36,670 11,581,000 
 
 Chi-li 115,800 20,937,000 
 
 Fo-kien 46,320 22,877,000 
 
 Ho-nan 67,940 35,317,000 
 
 Hu-nan 83,380 22,170,000 
 
 Hu-pei 71,410 35,281,000 
 
 Kan-su 125,450 10,386,000 
 
 Kiang-si 69,480 26,532,000 
 
 Kiang-su 38,600 13,980,000 
 
 Kwang-si 77,200 5,142,000 
 
 Kwang-tung & Hainan Is. 99,970 31,865,000 
 
 Kwei-chau 67,160 7,650,000 
 
 Ngan-kwei 59,810 23,671,000 
 
 Shan-si 81,830 12,200,000 
 
 Shan-tung 55,970 38,248,000 
 
 Shen-si 75,270 8,450,000 
 
 Sze-chwan 218,480 68,725,000 
 
 Yun-nan 146,680 12,325,000 
 
 Total for China proper 1,532,420 407,337,000 
 
 The great dependencies of the Chinese empire are esti- 
 mated to have area and population as follows: 
 
 Area in 
 Square Miles Population 
 
 Manchuria 363,610 8,500,000 
 
 Mongolia 1,367,600 2,580,000 
 
 Chinese Turkestan 550,340 1,200,000 
 
 Tibet 463,200 6,430,000 
 
 Total dependencies . . . .2,744,750 18,710,000 
 
 Total China proper. . . .1,532,420 407,337,000 
 
 Aggregate 4,277,170 426,047,000 
 
48 
 
 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 The following table of Roman Catholic missions is com- 
 piled from the "Annals of the Propagation of the Faith." 
 
 Province 
 
 Priests 
 
 Schools 
 
 Orphan- 
 ages 
 
 Roman 
 
 Foreign 
 
 Native 
 
 Cath'lici 
 
 
 13 
 
 82 
 49 
 23 
 10 
 39 
 
 17 
 36 
 115 
 
 17 
 
 58 
 
 38 
 
 Statis 
 
 30 
 
 56 
 
 29 
 113 
 29 
 13 
 23 
 
 83 
 3 
 
 13 
 
 77 
 22 
 11 
 12 
 42 
 
 18 
 45 
 
 12 
 
 8 
 
 tics given 
 
 18 
 
 28 
 
 26 
 85 
 
 8 
 
 7 
 16 
 
 22 
 
 64 
 678 
 90 
 62 
 10 
 66 
 
 8 
 
 126 
 
 959 
 
 31 
 
 150 
 
 118 
 
 in Kiang 
 
 91 
 
 125 
 
 100 
 438 
 
 58 
 
 36 
 207 
 
 155 
 
 1 
 
 51 
 44 
 7 
 5 
 16 
 
 4 
 
 18 
 100 
 11 
 5 
 10 
 -su 
 5 
 15 
 
 13 
 21 
 20 
 8 
 14 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 10,500 
 
 
 145,000 
 
 Fo-kien and Formosa, Dominicans 
 
 Ho-nan, Milan For. Missionary Society. . . 
 Hu-nan, Ref ormedFranciscans August'ns. 
 Hu-pei Reformed Franciscans 
 
 45,800 
 
 13.300 
 
 5,850 
 
 34,800 
 
 Kan-su and Kokonor, Immaculate Heart 
 of Mary Scheutveld Belgium 
 
 3,000 
 
 
 16,370 
 
 Kiang-su Jesuits 
 
 124,000 
 
 
 1,350 
 
 Kwang-tung Paris Miss. Soc 
 
 42,500 
 
 
 19,000 
 
 Ngan-hwei Jesuits 
 
 
 
 22,750 
 
 Shan-tung, Steyl Miss. Soc, Belgium 
 
 Shen-si, Order of Saints Peter and Paul, 
 Rome 
 
 46.400 
 30 600 
 
 
 93,500 
 
 Yun-nan Paris Miss Soc 
 
 10,300 
 
 Hong-kong, Milan For. Miss. Soc 
 
 Manchuria Paris Miss Soc.. 
 
 9,000 
 25,900 
 
 Mongolia, 'immaculate Heart of Mary, 
 
 32,000 
 
 Turkestan 111 
 
 112 
 
 
 
 Total 
 
 876 
 
 470 
 
 2,573 
 
 372 
 
 731.032 
 
 Protestant missions in China are reported as follows in 
 the returns for 1905-06 as far as available : 
 
 Names 
 
 OP 
 
 Societies 
 
 « S 
 
 ll 
 
 ^S 
 
 
 ccO 
 
 
 § a 
 
 
 London Miss'y Society 
 
 Amer. Board C. F. Miss 
 
 Prot. Episcopal Miss 
 
 Reformed Ch. in Amer 
 
 ♦Germany Wom. Soc. Edn. . 
 
 Am. Bapt. Miss. Union 
 
 Presbyterian Ch. in U. S. A. 
 South Baptist Convention. . . 
 Meth.Ep.Ch. in U.S. A.... 
 
 ♦Seventh Day Baptist 
 
 Presbyterian Ch. of England 
 
 * No reports received. 
 
 1807 
 1830 
 1835 
 1842 
 1842 
 1843 
 1844 
 1845 
 1847 
 1847 
 1847 
 
 123 
 
 486 
 
 354 
 
 160 
 
 3,750 
 
 107 
 
 58C 
 
 236 
 
 217 
 
 4,632 
 
 6C 
 
 m 
 
 64 
 
 6(1 
 
 1,766 
 
 22 
 
 86 
 
 4« 
 
 25 
 
 78C 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 99 
 
 271 
 
 21C 
 
 66 
 
 1,355 
 
 256 
 
 754 
 
 428 
 
 274 
 
 5,102 
 
 97 
 
 7c 
 
 32 
 
 41 
 
 
 196 
 
 1,51S 
 
 546 
 
 288 
 
 7,80] 
 
 5 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 
 82 
 
 240 
 
 199 
 
 101 
 
 2,004 
 
 32 
 
 2J,916 
 
 26,815 
 
 4,500 
 
 1,593 
 
 16,220 
 16,972 
 3,500 
 
 45,828 
 
 10,076 
 
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 49 
 
 Names 
 
 OF 
 
 Societies 
 
 Rhenish Miss. Soc 1S47 
 
 *Meth. Ep. Ch. in U. S. (So)... 1818 
 ♦Berlin Women's Miss. China 1850 
 Wesleyan Meth. Miss. Soc. . . . 1851 
 
 Basel Miss. Soc 1852 
 
 Baptist Miss. Soc 1859 
 
 *Meth. New Connexion 1859 
 
 ^urch Miss. Soc 1 
 
 tJnit^d Free Ch. of Scotland.. 1 
 ♦United Meth. Free Church. . 1864 
 
 China Inland Miss 1865 
 
 Pres. Ch. in U. S. (South).. . . 1867 
 
 Berlin Miss. Soc 1867 
 
 ♦Pres. Ch. Ireland 1 
 
 Soc. Prop, of Gospel 1874 
 
 Ch. of Scotland F. M 1878 
 
 Woman's Union Miss 1881 
 
 Ch. Eng. Zenana Miss 1884 
 
 Gen. Ev. Prot.Miss. (German) 1885 
 
 Christian (P. B.) Miss 1885 
 
 *For Christ. Miss. Soc 1885 
 
 Friends F. M. Assoc 1 
 
 Murray's Miss, to Blind 1 
 
 Seventh Day Advent Miss . .1 
 Amer. Friends F. M. Assoc. . . 1 
 
 Chns. and Miss. Alhance 1890 
 
 Swed. Miss. Cov. in Am 1890 
 
 Swedish Miss. Soc. (Forbund)1890 
 
 German Miss, to Blind 1890 
 
 ♦Scandinavian Alliance 1891 
 
 Meth. Ch. in Canada 1891 
 
 Hauge's Synod 1892 
 
 Pres. Ch. in Canada 1'"" 
 
 Baptist Zenana Miss 1 
 
 Meth. Protestant 1894 
 
 Free Methodist 
 
 Danish Miss. Soc 1 
 
 Ref. Ch. in U. S. (Ger) 1897 
 
 Am. Advent 1897 
 
 Cumb. Presby. Ch 1 
 
 Norwegian China Miss 1899 
 
 United Evangelical 1900 
 
 Ref. Pres. Synod 1900 
 
 Pres. Ch. New Zealand 1901 
 
 Finnish Miss. Soc 1901 
 
 United Breth. Norw. Soc 1 
 
 Yale Universitv Miss 1904 
 
 North China Miss 
 
 a o 
 
 
 32 
 59 
 4 
 43 
 55 
 57 
 18 
 
 275 
 37 
 6 
 
 849 
 77 
 30 
 28 
 19 
 11 
 44 
 44 
 4 
 55 
 26 
 22 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 74 
 12 
 21 
 2 
 55 
 10 
 12 
 32 
 12 
 2 
 6 
 12 
 18 
 4 
 5 
 
 7 
 2 
 6 
 3 
 
 14 
 7 
 
 15 
 
 23 
 
 15 
 
 .2 J 
 
 -io 
 
 17 
 
 28 
 
 113 
 
 103 
 
 342 
 
 211 
 
 358 
 
 101 
 
 138 
 
 837 
 
 18 
 
 195 
 
 94 
 
 22 
 
 14 
 
 1 
 
 131 
 
 18 
 
 §■■€ 
 
 
 543 
 1,000 
 
 1,189 
 2,171 
 1.067 
 
 h,i 
 
 6 
 350 8 
 
 2,997 
 
 272 
 
 1,026 
 
 193 
 
 1,074 
 200 
 
 277 
 50 
 
 200 
 
 360 
 100 
 
 11 
 
 l£ 
 
 Total. 
 
 3.146 
 
 8.2431 4.89C 2,282 
 
 46.704) 
 
 312 
 
 ♦ No reports received. 
 
 V... 
 
50 The Blue Book of Missions fob 1907 
 
 Religions: The old religions of China are Ancestor wor- 
 ship, Animism, Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. 
 Estimates of the number of adherents of each are mere 
 conjecture, since Ancestor-worship, Taoism, and Bud- 
 dhism may be practised at one time or intermittently by a 
 Chinese, the really permanent form of religious observance 
 being Ancestor-worship. In Mongolia and Tibet, Buddhism 
 prevails. There are about 33,000,000 Mohammedans in 
 China, chiefly in Yun-nan, Kan-su, and Shan-tung provinces. 
 Christians number about 900,000 (Roman Catholics, 750,000; 
 Protestants, 150,000). In the south of China are a consid- 
 erable number of aboriginal tribes who are Animists or wor- 
 shippers of demons. 
 
 There is one extraordinary fact of the year in China, and 
 that is the sudden change of mind among the literary class 
 with regard to what constitutes true education. At the ex- 
 aminations of the higher classes of students, in place of 
 the uniform stock questions used for centuries to test the 
 student's memory of ancient literature, a new series of ques- 
 tions has been devised to compel thought on the meaning of 
 history and on practical problems of politics. In two of 
 the provinces the New Testament has been adopted as a 
 text book in the government schools. In several places tem- 
 ples have been transformed into schools, the idols being 
 removed and broken up or cast away. Meantime 10,000 
 or more young Chinese have gone to Japan for education in 
 Western science. The greatly increased circulation of 
 the Bible points in the same direction. During 1905 the 
 three Bible Societies (BFBS, NBS, and ABS) circulated an 
 aggregate of 2,496,310 portions and complete Bibles. An- 
 other token of the times is the gift of 10,000 taels ($8,400) 
 by the Dowager Empress to the new Union Medical School 
 of the missions in Peking. The fact to which these circum- 
 stances point is not, however, that China is reformed. What 
 has happened since the Boxer outbreak of 1900, and the 
 Japanese successes in war, is that China has become, for a 
 time, open to Western influence as never before, and that 
 Missionaries are the only Westerners fully qualified by 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 51 
 
 knowledge of lang-uage and people to aid the Chinese. The 
 duty of the Christian Church is to cause the people of this 
 great land to know Jesus Christ, whose teachings alone can 
 solve their problems. If the Church rises to its great op- 
 portunity and leads the development of China, the result 
 will be in God's Providence, the development of all Asia 
 in the same beneficient lines of righteousness and good wiU 
 to all men. 
 
 French India: Five towns in India belong to France, 
 viz. : Pondicherry and Karikal on the East coast, Mahe on 
 the West coast, Yanaon in the Godavari delta, and Chandar- 
 nagar in Bengal. These, with theii' dependencies, have an 
 area of 196 square miles, and a population of (1901) 272,- 
 000. Karikal has an out-station of the Leipzig Evangelical 
 Missionary Society, with 158 church members under charge 
 of native clergymen. The Roman Catholic missions are 
 under the Paris Society for Foreign Missions, and the 
 Congregation of the Holy Ghost and Sacred Heart of Mary. 
 
 French Indo-China: A name applied collectively to the 
 French dependencies of Annam, Cambodia, Tong-king, and 
 the Laos protectorate. Together, their area is about 363,000 
 square miles. PoiDulation, about 18,000,000. Religions (es- 
 timated) : Buddhists, 10,000,000; Animists, 7,000,000; Mo- 
 hammedans, 60,000; Christians (Roman Catholics), 932,000: 
 all others, 30,000. The Roman Catholic missions are under 
 the charge of the Paris Society for Foreign Missions and the 
 Order of Dominicans at Rome, and report 2,454 stations and 
 out-stations, with 806 priests (of whom 400 are natives), 
 and 2,113 schools. In 1884 there was a massacre of the 
 missionaries in Annam, in which were slaughtered 23,000 
 native Christians, 16 priests, 60 catechists (native), and 270 
 native women workers. 
 
 In Annam there are French Protestant chaplains and col- 
 porteurs. The BFBS, too, has been allowed by the local 
 authorities to send a French colporteur there. 
 
 India: Includes all that part of the great Indian penin- 
 sula which is directly or indirectly under British rule. The 
 term British India includes the districts directly under Brit- 
 
52 
 
 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 ish rule, and does not include native states administered by 
 their own chiefs under supervision of British officials, nor 
 independent states which are under British protectorate. 
 
 Area and Population: The area and population of In- 
 dia, according to the census of 1901, is as follows : 
 
 Area in Square Miles Population 
 
 British India 1,087,249 231,899,507 
 
 Native States 679,393 62,461,549 
 
 Total 
 
 .1,766,642 294,361,056 
 
 Religions. 
 
 Hindus 207,146,422 
 
 Mohammedans . . . 62,458,061 
 
 Buddhists* 9,476,750 
 
 Animists 8,584,349 
 
 Christians 2,923,241 
 
 Sikhs 2,195,268 
 
 Jains 1,334,148 
 
 Parsees 94,190 
 
 Jews 18,228 
 
 All others 2,686 
 
 *9,184,112 are in Burma. 
 
 The following table in the main showing the situation on 
 January 1, 1906, includes the principal Protestant mis- 
 sionary societies working in India: 
 
 Societies 
 
 '§ a 
 
 Is 
 
 - a 
 
 IS 
 
 li 
 
 , 
 
 te a 
 
 II 
 
 1 
 
 II 
 
 
 ?! 
 
 > 03 
 
 11 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 li 
 
 ii 
 
 s,§ 
 
 
 ^^ 
 
 zs 
 
 
 
 
 
 0^^ 
 
 
 ♦Baptist Missionary Society. .-1793 
 
 136 
 
 706 
 
 159 
 
 140 
 
 8,306 
 
 
 
 8,870 
 
 London Missionary Society. . . 1798 
 
 154 
 
 1,892 
 
 855 
 
 884 
 
 34,398 
 
 31 
 
 
 112,220 
 
 Church Missionary Society. . . 181c 
 
 436 
 
 3.832 
 
 215 
 
 1,387 
 
 59,332 
 
 6 
 
 
 208,151 
 
 *Amer. Board Com. For. Miss.lSlc 
 
 H4 
 
 1,202 
 
 512 
 
 407 
 
 16,191 
 
 10 
 
 2 
 
 43,846 
 
 Wesleyan Meth. Miss. Society. 1817 
 
 95 
 
 2,062 
 
 467 
 
 660 
 
 30.460 
 
 
 
 15,179 
 
 Society Prop, of Gospel 182] 
 
 United Free Church of Scot . . 1829 
 
 29t 
 
 2,874 
 
 791 
 
 835 
 
 30,094 
 
 3 
 
 
 98,278 
 
 172 
 
 246 
 
 m 
 
 286 
 
 15,068 
 
 34 
 
 3 
 
 10.328 
 
 Church of Scot. For. Missions.. 182^ 
 
 8? 
 
 349 
 
 108 
 
 157 
 
 12,493 
 
 9 
 
 
 10,402 
 
 Presbv. Church in U. S. (No.). 183^ 
 
 155 
 
 626 
 
 20C 
 
 20f 
 
 8,564 
 
 24 
 
 1 
 
 16,972 
 
 Basel Missionary Society 1834 
 
 160 
 
 794 
 
 13C 
 
 18-! 
 
 13,289 
 
 3 
 
 
 16,743 
 
 *Free Baptist (Eng.) 1836 
 
 28 
 
 67 
 
 12 
 
 36 
 
 400 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 1,831 
 
 Christian (Brethren) Missions.1836 
 
 74 
 
 
 No St 
 
 atistics 
 
 given. 
 
 
 
 
 Ref. Presbv. Gen. Svnod 1837 
 
 2 
 
 ^: 
 
 4 
 
 '2 
 
 
 
 
 1,130 
 
 Amer. Baptist Miss. Union. . . . 184C 
 
 332 
 
 3,591 
 
 1,827 
 
 1.479, 
 
 41,363 
 
 11 
 
 
 207,403 
 
 ♦Presbv. Church in Ireland... 1841 
 
 43 
 
 251 
 
 31 
 
 1131 2.000 
 
 1' 1 
 
 5.483 
 
 ♦Statistics of last year's report. 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 53 
 
 SociETiEB— Continued. 
 
 Welsh Calvinistic Meth. Miss.. 1841 
 
 Leipzig Evang. Miss. Soc 1841 
 
 ♦Lutheran Gen. Synod 1842 
 
 Gossner Miss. Society 1844 
 
 *Zenana Bible and Med. Miss. 1852 
 Reformed Church in Amer. 
 
 (Dutch) 1853 
 
 United Presby.Church in U.S. 1855 
 Meth.Epis.Church in the U. S. 1856 
 
 Moravian Mission 1856 
 
 Presby. Churchof England. . . 1862 
 ♦Women's Union Miss. Soc. .. 1863 
 Danish Missionary Society, . . 1864 
 Hermannsburg Miss. Society. 1865 
 Fnends For. Miss. Soc.(Eng). 1866 
 
 Baptist Zenana Mission 1867 
 
 Furreedpore Mission 1867 
 
 Baptist Ont. and Quebec .... 
 
 Luth. General Council __ 
 
 Loventhal's Miss. (Danish). . . 1872 
 
 ♦Baptist Maritime Prov 1875 
 
 New Zealand Bapt. Miss. Soc. 1885 
 ♦Presby. Church in Canada. .1877 
 
 ♦Swedish (Fosterlands) 1878 
 
 Church of Eng. Zenana Miss. 1880 
 
 Edinburgh Med. Miss 1881 
 
 For. Christian Miss. Society, . . 1882 
 Christian Woman's Bd.of Miss. 1883 
 Breklum Missionary Society. . 1884 
 Victorian Bapt.For.Miss.Soc. 1886 
 ♦Reformed Episcopal Church. 1888 
 Christian and Miss. Alliance.. 1889 
 
 Kurku Hill Mission 1889 
 
 Queensland Bapt. Miss. Soc. ,1889 
 Free Meth. Church of N. A.... 1891 
 Scandinavian Alliance N. A. .1892 
 Seventh Day Adventists Miss, 1893 
 
 Balaghat Mission 1893 
 
 Poona and Indian Villa. Miss, 1893 
 
 No, India School of Med 1894 
 
 Ger. Evang. Synod of N. A. .1895 
 
 German Bapt, Brethren 1895 
 
 Amer. Friends For. Missions. 1 
 ♦Mennonite Miss.Bd.in U. S . loyy 
 Regions Beyond Miss. Union. , 1900 
 Santhals Indian Home Miss... 
 Swedish Church Miss.(Kvrkans) 
 German Educ. Soc. for Women 
 
 a 5 
 
 
 104 
 
 32 
 90 
 278 
 21 
 6 
 35 
 11 
 15 
 37 
 
 16 
 
 24 
 
 7 
 
 47 
 
 43 
 
 156 
 
 1 
 
 33 
 
 35 
 
 33 
 
 8 
 
 5 
 
 94 
 18 
 3 
 9 
 15 
 15 
 8 
 7 
 5 
 
 '^"^^^ 3,850 32,654 8,312 10.692 409339 
 
 445 
 774 
 506 
 1,245 
 328 
 
 416 
 
 254 
 
 4,513 
 
 29 
 
 1 
 
 87 
 
 64 
 
 146 
 
 45 
 
 241 
 
 9 
 
 257 
 
 248 
 
 46 
 16 
 88 
 38 
 744 
 
 127 
 
 1| 
 
 283 
 217 
 164 
 363 
 
 180 
 319 
 
 277 
 
 17 
 
 (No 
 
 252 
 1 
 21 
 7 
 11 
 18 
 52 
 
 15 
 20 
 125 
 3 
 4 
 statist 
 6 
 
 234 
 
 230 
 
 64 
 
 
 184 
 
 182 
 
 1.445 
 
 7 
 
 19 
 21 
 
 76 
 
 12 
 
 11 
 
 247 
 
 11 
 18 
 62 
 
 ics given,) 
 
 878 
 28,000 
 6,000 
 5,999 
 
 7,909 
 
 8,708 
 
 37,197 
 
 154 
 
 841 
 1,437 
 1,624 
 3,704 
 
 2,351 
 5,227 
 
 200 
 100 
 
 11,027 
 
 1,245 
 1,800 
 1,348 
 
 1| 
 11 
 
 'a a 
 
 || 
 
 30 
 
 35 
 
 340 
 
 295, 
 
 k 
 
 26,787 
 21,597 
 
 82,338 
 
 2,676 
 
 18,212 
 
 161,416 
 
 147 
 
 3,290 
 
 1 5, 
 14.466 
 
 500 
 
 76 
 
 1,318 
 
 948 
 
 944 
 
 653- 
 
 8,447 
 
 3,088 
 295 
 
 100 
 
 13,000 
 1.867 
 
 1211,152,847 
 
 ♦Statistics of last year's report 
 
54 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 The Roman Catholic establishments in India divide the 
 country into six (or, including Burma, seven) provinces or 
 archbishoprics. Summary statistics of the Roman Church 
 in each province are given below: 
 
 1. Verapoli, including Travancore, Cochin, and a part of 
 Malabar. The religious orders are: Paris Foreign Mission- 
 ary Society; and Carmelites of Rome, with 106 Missiona- 
 ries; 575 native workers; 891 schools; 27 various charities, 
 and 538,900 Roman Catholics. 
 
 2. Pondicherry, including the French colony of this name, 
 with that of Mahe on the western coast, Mysore and Coorg, 
 South Kanara, the Madras Presidency as far north as North 
 Arcot. The religious orders are: Paris Foreig-n Missionary 
 Society; and the Jesuits of Fiesole (Florence), with 168 
 missionaries; 89 native workers; 533 schools; 48 orphan- 
 ages and other charities, and 366,400 Catholics. 
 
 3. Madras, including the remainder of the Madras Presi- 
 dency to the border of Orissa, the native State of Haidara- 
 bad, Berar, and the Central Provinces. The religious orders 
 are: Milan Foreign Missionary Society; Mill Hill (English) 
 Foreign Missionary Society; and the Order of St. Francis 
 de Sales (Annecy), with 99 missionaries; 44 native workers; 
 200 schools; 30 charities, and 167,505 Catholics. 
 
 4. Bombay, including the Deccan, Khandesh, and the 
 Western coast regions, with Sindh and Baluchistan. The 
 religious order is: the Jesuits of Fiesole (Florence), with 72 
 missionaries ; 32 native workers ; 21 schools ; 4 charities, and 
 29,000 Catholics. 
 
 5. Agra, including the United Provinces, Rajputana, the 
 Punjab, Kashmir and Nepal. The religious orders are: the 
 Franciscans (Minor Capuchins), Rome; and Mill Hill 
 (English) Foreign Missionary Society, with 35 mission- 
 aries; 2 native workers; 27 schools; 9 charities, and 7,190 
 Catholics. 
 
 6. Calcutta, including Bengal, Dacca, Assam, and the 
 Arakan coast. The religious orders are: the Society of the 
 Divine Savior, Rome; Order of the Holy Cross, Le Mans; 
 Milan Foreign Missionary Society, and the Jesuits of Fie- 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 55 
 
 sole (Florence), with 117 missionaries; 27 native workers; 
 182 schools; 32 charities, and 74,590 Catholics. 
 
 7. Burma, with parts of the Laos districts of Siam. The 
 religious order is: the French Foreign Missionary Society, 
 Paris, with 70 missionaries; 3 native workers; 186 schools; 
 65 charities, and 56,600 Catholics. 
 
 A summary of the Roman Catholic statistics shows: 657 
 missionaries; 782 native workers; 1,940 schools; 205 chari- 
 ties, and 1,240,185 Roman Catholics. 
 
 The detailed census returns of India for 1901 show the 
 total number of Christians to be 2,923,241, of whom 2,664,- 
 313 are natives (1,694,000 Roman Catholics and Syrians, 
 and 845,000 Protestants). The changes since the census re- 
 port of 1891 in the native membership of the greater re- 
 ligious communities are as follows: 
 
 Christians increased 30 8-10 per cent. 
 
 (Protestants increased 43 per cent.) 
 
 Mohammedans increased nearly 9 per cent. 
 
 Buddhists increased (mainly in Burma) 32 per cent. 
 
 Hindus decreased 6-10 of 1 per cent. 
 
 Animists decreased 7 1-2 per cent. 
 
 A census return is an uncertain basis for positive conclu- 
 sions. The stationary condition of the Hindu religious 
 community, for instance, may not be used to prove con- 
 clusions as to any falling off in religious ardor among them. 
 Famine and plague may explain the figures. Nevertheless, 
 a weakening of the power of the old Hinduism is distinctly 
 visible in India, and is admitted by Hindu writers, although 
 attendance at great idol festivals seems as large and as 
 blindly enthusiastic as ever. 
 
 The spectacle of a Hindu College founded, in order to 
 resist Christianity, at the suggestion of an Englishwoman, 
 and taught by English men and English women, is immeas- 
 urably shocking to those who love the Lord Jesus Christ. It 
 is one of those acts whose reward is pictured as worse than 
 being sunk at sea with a millstone tied to the neck. Yet even 
 
56 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 this spectacle throws light on the desperate condition of 
 Hinduism today. The religion taught by these foreigners 
 is a foreign concoction, so thoroughly repugnant to the mass 
 of Hindus, that approaching ruin alone can have led Rajahs 
 and Maharajahs to furnish money for the venture. Hindu- 
 ism would fain prop itself up by means of Christianity. 
 
 India is a land where Christianity can touch Moham- 
 medanism at many points, with many weapons, and with the 
 argument shown by experience to silence dialectic quibbles, 
 that is to say, the argument of a pure and godly life. Year 
 by year Mohammedans are converted, not in great numbers, 
 but in complete reversal of purpose and of standards. In 
 a land where Mohammedans live in the midst of people who 
 reject the Arabian prophet special influences help to pre- 
 pare the way of the Lord. Missionaries in India have a 
 special responsibility to be prepared, alert, eager to press 
 every advantage, knowing that every one converted to Christ 
 not only reduces by so much the Mohammedan force in 
 Asia, but adds by so much to the number fitted to present 
 the Savior most winningly to Mohammedans. 
 
 Japan: The island empire of Eastern Asia consists of the 
 five principal islands, Honshiu or Hondo (the main land), 
 Kiushiu, Shikoku, Hokkaido or Yezo, and Taiwan or For- 
 mosa, a number of smaller islands, and the group called 
 Chishima or Kurile Islands, Liukiu (Loochoo), Ogaswara- 
 kima or Bonin Islands, and the Homoto or Pescadores Is- 
 lands. Area (including Formosa, 13,458 square miles), 
 161,198 square miles. Population (1899), including 2,705,- 
 905 in Formosa, 47,018,765. Religions: Shintoists, about 
 24,900,000; Buddhists, 19,858,000; Animists, 2,000,000; 
 Christians (Roman Catholics, 60,000; Greek church, 
 27,000; Protestants, 66,000), 153,000. 
 
 The Roman Catholic missions in Japan are under the 
 Paris Society for Foreign Missions (R. C). In ecclesiastical 
 organization the Roman Catholic Church in Japan is under 
 an archbishop residing in Tokio, and is divided into four 
 dioceses, ^^z, Hakodate, Nagasaki, Osaka, and Tokio. There 
 are 243 European and 33 Japanese priests, besides 122 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 57 
 
 women in various orders, 34 Japanese sisters, and 268 
 catechists. They have 46 schools, with 5,328 pupils, and 21 
 orphanages, with 1,500 children. They have also 14 dis- 
 pensaries to care for the sick and poor. Formosa is eccle- 
 siastically dependent on Amoy in China, and its nine mis- 
 sionaries are Spanish Dominicans. The whole number of 
 Roman Catholics in Japan is 59,437. 
 
 The Greek Church Mission is under Bishop Nicolai, for- 
 merly chaplain of the Russian Legation, who was instructed 
 in the Japanese language by Joseph Neesima. The Greek 
 Church has 260 stations in Japan, with 29,115 communi- 
 cants. It has a Theological Seminary, a boys' boarding 
 school and 2 girls' schools. The pupils number about 200. 
 
 The absorbing interest of life in Japan is still the effects 
 of the war with Russia. This war has strained to the ut- 
 most the ability of Government and nation; has called into 
 action courage, self-control, devotion and other qualities of 
 the people, and has opened the hearts of all classes toward 
 sincerely sympathizing friends. Thus it has tended to bring 
 Protestant missionaries into intimate relations with all 
 classes of the people. An important incidental result of the 
 war has been the distribution of nmnbers of Scripture por- 
 tions among the Japanese troops. A movement for inde- 
 pendence of foreign aid in the Christian church does not in 
 the least discourage effort to keep the missions at the 
 highest point of efficiency in order to commend to the na- 
 tion the Christ who is their great need. It might be well if 
 Japan, Korea and China could be borne in mind as having 
 a single linked destiny, and as equal in their need and in 
 their remarkable accessibility at this juncture. Whatever is 
 done in one of the three countries by missions must affect 
 all of them. Especially is this true in Japan, which is de- 
 stined to hold the admiring gaze of China and Korea for 
 some years to come. Christianity already has a strong hold 
 upon the nation. The consequences would be immeasui-able 
 if this hold can be increased so as to make all Japanese 
 influence on its neighbors become influence for Christ. 
 
 The following table shows a list of the Missionary So- 
 
58 
 
 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 cieties of the Protestant Church working in Japan, with 
 their statistics: 
 
 Names 
 
 OF 
 
 Societies 
 
 i^ 
 
 ^5 
 
 
 SrjO 
 
 li 
 
 Presbyterian U. S. (N) 1859 
 
 Reformed Church (Dutch) 1859 
 
 Prot. Episcopal Church 1859 
 
 Pres. Ch. of England 1865 
 
 Church Miss. Soc 1869 
 
 Am. Board C. F. Miss 1869 
 
 Worn. Union Miss. Soc 1871 
 
 Am. Baptist Miss. Uni jn 1872 
 
 Pres. Church in Canada 1872 
 
 Meth. Ep. Church in U. S 1873 
 
 Soc. Propagation Gospol 1S73 
 
 Cumb. Presbyterian 1877 
 
 Evang. Association 1877 
 
 Ref. Church in U. S. (Gorman). . .1879 
 
 Am. Friends F. M 1880 
 
 Meth. Church in Canada 1882 
 
 For. Chris. Miss. Soc 1883 
 
 Pres. Ch. m U. S. (So) 1885 
 
 Germany Gen. Ev. Prot. M 1885 
 
 Meth. Ep. Ch. U. S. A. (So) 1886 
 
 Christian Ch. (U. S.) 1887 
 
 South Baptist Convention 1890 
 
 Universalist General Conv 1890 
 
 Scand. Alliance (U. S) 1891 
 
 Lutheran Ev. Church 1892 
 
 Christ, and Miss. Alliance 1894 
 
 Salvation Armv 1895 
 
 Hephzibah Faith Miss 1894 
 
 United Brethren (U. S. A.) 1895 
 
 Seventh Day Adventist 1896 
 
 Oriental Mission 1901 
 
 Free Meth. of N. A 1903 
 
 Meth. Protestant 1880 
 
 121 
 31 
 24 
 60 
 
 264 
 
 10' 
 34 
 71 
 73 
 
 126 
 70 
 27 
 31 
 54 
 12 
 40 
 31 
 28 
 8 
 35 
 14 
 18 
 10 
 12 
 10 
 6 
 82 
 10 
 14 
 8 
 66 
 18 
 20 
 
 1,657 
 575 
 
 119 
 162 
 1191 
 132 
 778 
 
 48 
 
 3,267 
 
 343 
 
 245 
 
 17 
 462 
 
 93 
 425 
 230 
 
 78 
 
 65 
 
 6,965 
 
 789 
 
 2,400 
 
 5,304 
 
 8.973 
 14,389 
 
 2,110 
 
 836 
 
 6,747 
 
 1,910 
 
 876 
 
 8^7 
 
 1,925 
 
 534 
 
 3,105 
 
 1,200 
 
 1,037 
 
 234 
 
 1,417 
 
 513 
 
 263 
 
 174 
 
 319 
 
 166 
 
 190 
 
 311 
 100 
 
 346 
 965 
 
 Total. 
 
 883 
 
 1,535 
 
 1.214 156 12.295 
 
 5 65.036 
 
 In addition to these the Salvation Army has 70 officers in Japan, 34 Corps or Stations and 
 1 Publishing House. 
 
 Khiva: A Russian dependency in Central Asia. Area, 
 22,320 square miles. Population, about 800,000, mostly 
 Turks, about half of them nomad Turkomans. Religion: 
 Mohammedan. No missions are allowed in Khiva. 
 
 Korea: The easternmost of the Mongoloid Kingdoms of 
 Asia. Area, about 82,000 square miles. Population (esti- 
 mated), 8,000,000. Religions: Buddhists, 1,500,000; Con- 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 59 
 
 fucianists and Ancestor- worshippers, 6,000,000; Animists, 
 430,000; Christians (Roman Catholics, 32,000; Protestants, 
 35,000; Eastern Churches, 1,000), 68,000. The Roman 
 Catholic Church of Korea was formerly under the Arch- 
 bishop of Peking. Since 1831, however, it has had a vicar 
 of its own, and the missions have been in charge of the 
 Paris Foreign Missionary Society. There are 39 foreign 
 and 9 native priests, 60 schools, and 3 orphanages. The 
 Protestant missions are maintained by the Presbyterian 
 Churches of the U. S., North and South; the Methodist 
 Episcopal Churches, North and South; the Presbyterian 
 Church of Canada; the Australian Presbyterian Church, 
 and the SPG. These societies together have 600 stations 
 and out-stations; 158 missionaries; 283 native workers; 175 
 schools; 3,511 scholars; 17 hospitals and dispensaries; 3 
 publishing houses, and 90,000 professed Christians, of whom 
 35,000 are communicants. The peculiarity of the nation is 
 its inability to direct the course of its own development. 
 Japan is now the mentor and guardian of Korea. But 
 Christianity is making steady progress, with this character- 
 istic, that converts are learning to maintain their own 
 church institutions and to work to win their neighbors to 
 faith in Jesus Christ. 
 
 Nepal: An independent kingdom in the Himalayas, be- 
 tween Tibet and India, with Sikkim on the west. Area, 54,- 
 000 square miles. Population, estimated at about 4,000,000. 
 Religions: Buddhism, Animism, and Hinduism, but the 
 proportions of these different forms of religion are not 
 known. The Buddhists are said to number about 2,500,000. 
 The ruling race is Hindu in religion. No foreigners are al- 
 lowed to reside in Nepal, and no missions are known to ex- 
 ist there. 
 
 Oman: An independent state in Arabia. Area, 82,000 
 square miles. Population, about 1,500,000. Religion : Mo- 
 hammedan. The Reformed Church in America has a station 
 at Mascat with a married missionary and a school. 
 
 Persia: An empire of West Central Asia. Area (esti- 
 mated), 628,000 square miles. Population (estimated, 
 
60 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 1902), 9,500,000. Nearly 2,000,000 of the population have 
 no fixed abode, but roam vacant sections of the territory in 
 a pastoral life that is always capable of being changed into 
 a predatory one. Religions: Mohammedans, 9,400,000 
 (Shi'ite, 8,700,000; Sunnite, 700,000); Jews, 35,000; Chris- 
 tians (Protestants, 6,000; Roman Catholics, 14,000; Eastern 
 Churches — ^Nestorian, Armenian, Greek— 60,000), 8(0,000; 
 Parsees, 9,000. Roman Catholic missions are conducted by 
 the Lazarist order, which has 12 missionaries in Persia; 65 
 .native (Armenian Catholic) priests; 47 schools, and 3 or- 
 phanages. The Protestant missions are those of the Pres- 
 byterian Church in U. S. (North) ; the Church Missionary 
 Society ; the London Jews Society, and the Swedish Mission- 
 ary Society (Forbundets), which has an orphanage at 
 Salmas. Altogether, these societies report 183 stations and 
 out-stations; 100 missionaries, men and women; 280 native 
 workers; 136 schools; 3,834 scholars; 16 hospitals and dis- 
 pensaries; 1 printing house, and 5,951 professed Christians, 
 of whom 3,000 are communicants. Mohammedanism in 
 Persia is torn by sectarianism, and among their sects the 
 Babis are making great progress. In neither of the other 
 purely Mohammedan countries is there nearly so much lib- 
 erty as in Persia. Although there is a temporary check 
 by the issue of edicts against cii'culation of the Bible, the 
 missions are encouraged to hope that Mohammedan inquir- 
 ers will not be driven away by the police. An outburst of 
 fanaticism is always possible; and the murder of an Amer- 
 ican missionary (Rev. B. W. Labaree) by a Mohammedan 
 was clearly an act of religious rancor. 
 
 Russia: This great empire contains so large a number of 
 Mohammedans, Buddhists, and pagans, many of them in its 
 European dominions, that it seems desirable to include it 
 among our summary descriptions of the extent and popu- 
 lation of the non-Christian lands. 
 
 Area in 
 Square Miles Population 
 
 European Russia 2,095,616 106,264,000 
 
 Asiatic Russia 6,564,778 22,697,000^ 
 
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 Religions 
 
 Russian Church (including dissidents) 89,558,000 
 
 Roman Catholic 11,421,000 
 
 Protestants 3,743,000 
 
 Armenians, etc 1,221,000 
 
 Total Christians 105,943,000 
 
 Mohammedans 13,889,000 
 
 Jews 5,189,000 
 
 Buddhists and pagans 1,645,000 
 
 126,666,000 
 
 The above figures are incomplete and not strictly accurate, 
 since they include in the Russian Church about 12,000,000, 
 who reject more or less of its doctrines. They form, how- 
 ever, the fullest brief statement that we can make of this 
 great empire's religious divisions. 
 
 Russia does not permit missionaries from abroad to reside 
 in or even to enter her domains. A Swedish mission exists 
 at Tiflis in the Caucasus and another in St. Petersburg, but 
 only on the ground that it concerns itself with Protestants 
 living in that neighborhood. There are also several mis- 
 sions to the Jews in European Russia, but these are in 
 charge of Russian subjects who are converts from Judaism. 
 
 The Russian Church, therefore, is the only agency for 
 evangelizing the people of the immense territories of Siberia 
 and Central Asia. It has a Society for Orthodox Missions, 
 which was organized by the Metropolitan Benjaminoff of 
 Moscow in 1870, and is supported by committees in the 
 various sees, charged with raising money for its support. 
 These committees raised $311,570 in 1901. This society 
 labors among the pagans and Mohammedans of Siberia, and 
 with some success in converting Shamanists (Animists) to 
 Christianity. As in many other Mission fields, Buddhists 
 and Mohammedans, however, still present an unshaken front 
 to the missionaries of the Christian Church. 
 
 Siam: A kingdom of South Eastern Asia. Area, 236,000 
 
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 square miles. Population, about 5,000,000. Religion esti- 
 mated, Buddhists, 3,600,000 ; Animists, 1,600,000 ; Protestant 
 Chi'istians, 15,000. It is impossible to know accurately the 
 details of the population owing to the lack of any complete 
 census, and of the power of accurate estimate among native 
 officials. Protestant missions are conducted by the Presby- 
 terian Church (North) of the U. S., and the American Bap- 
 tist Missionary Union (among the Chinese of Bangkok). 
 Together, these societies report 100 stations; 81 missionaries, 
 men and women ; 61 native workers ; 27 schools ; 1,030 schol- 
 ars; 15 hospitals and dispensaries; 2 publication centers 
 and 14,400 professed Christians, of whom 3,250 are com- 
 municants. The most progressive parts of the fields in 
 Siam are the stations among the Laos in the north and 
 among the Chinese of the Southern provinces. The SPG 
 also has 1 missionary working in Siam. 
 
 Tibet: A dependency of China governed under a Chinese 
 Commissioner by a Council of Advisers to the Dalai Lama. 
 Area, 463,200 square miles. Population, 6,430,000. Relig- 
 ions: Buddhists, 4,000,000; Animists, 2,300,000; Moham- 
 medans, 100,000; Roman Catholic Christians (?) 1,000. The 
 eountiy is closed to the residence of Christians, and has been 
 but little known. In 1900 or 1901 the Russian Government 
 made a treaty through China, by which it was to have a 
 residency at Lhasa, and the Russian Church was to be tol- 
 erated, and all other Christian sects excluded. In 1903 a 
 British expedition was sent into Tibet under General Mac- 
 Donald, as escort to Colonel Younghusband, who in 1904 
 negotiated at Lhasa a treaty giving Great Britain the right 
 of veto in the foreign policy of Tibet. The Dalai Lama fled 
 before the arrival of the Younghusband expedition. It is 
 hoped that this treaty may, in due time, result in the open- 
 ing of Tibet to the residence of Christians. Meanwhile a 
 considerable number of missionaries of several different 
 societies are established close under the Tibetan frontier in 
 India and in China, using every opportunity to reach Tibet- 
 ans who come over the border for trade. The natural line 
 of approach to Tibet for missionary agencies seems at pres- 
 
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 ent to be the approach through China. In any case, the evan- 
 gelization of Western China could not fail profoundly to 
 affect the Tibetan borders. 
 
 Turkey: The chief center of Mohammedan political 
 power, which has in its domains a considerable part of the 
 regions connected with Bible history, whether in Asia, Af- 
 rica or Europe. Area (estimated, and including tributary 
 provinces), 1,580,000 square miles. Population (estimated, 
 but omitting Egypt and Tripoli, which are mentioned in our 
 Africa section), 29,500,000. Religions (estimated) : Mo- 
 hammedans, 18,594,000; Jews, 379,000; Christians (5,000,- 
 000, at least, in the tributary provinces of European Tur- 
 key), 10,533,000. Of these about 9,550,000 are of the East- 
 ern Churches; 858,000 Roman Catholics; 100,000 Protes- 
 tants. The non-Mohammedan subjects of Turkey are rec- 
 ognized by the Turkish Government as entitled to a certain 
 liberty of administration, and their various groups are 
 styled "nationalities." The sections of the Eastern Church 
 are the Greek Orthodox Church, the Bulgarian Church, the 
 Jacobite Church (Syrian), and the Armenian Church. The 
 Roman Catholic Church includes several groups, as, the 
 Latins (descendants from ancient Genoese and Venetian set- 
 tlers), the Greek Catholics, Ai-menian Catholics, Maronites, 
 and Chaldeans. The Protestants are mainly evangelical 
 Armenians or Greeks. The Jews are mostly of Spanish 
 origin, and speak Spanish among themselves. Each group 
 of these has a patriarch, or other chief representative, who 
 is, in the eyes of the Turkish authorities, a civil officer re- 
 sponsible for the political views and acts of his people. 
 
 Roman Catholic missions are carried on in Turkey by a 
 large number of orders, as, the Society of Jesus from 
 France and Spain, the Franciscans, the Benedictines, Car- 
 melites, Trappists, Lazai-ists, Augustinians of the Assump- 
 tion, Passionists, Resurrectionists, Dominicans, Minor Ca- 
 puchins (reformed), etc. There are also a number of com- 
 munities, like the Christian Brethren, devoted to education. 
 A considerable number of orders of women are also found 
 in Turkey, either in convents or connected with missions. 
 
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 The chief of these are the Sisters of St. Joseph, Sisters of 
 Our Lady of Zion, the Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate 
 Conception, the orders affiliated to the Dominicans and 
 Franciscans, etc. The whole number of Roman Catholic 
 missionaries in the Turkish empire is about 2,500, and 
 some of their establishments in Syria and the Holy Land 
 have been in existence 300 years or more. The Protestant 
 missionary societies in Turkey are the ABCFM; the CMS; 
 the Reformed Presbyterians of North America; the British 
 Syrian Schools; the Edinburgh Medical Missionary So- 
 ciety; the Presbyterian Church of the U. S. (North); the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church of the U. S. (Bulgaria) ; the 
 American Friends' Foreign Mission Board; the RCA; the 
 Seventh Day Adventists; the Foreign Christian Missionary 
 Society (Disciples) ; the Baptist Missionary Society (Eng- 
 land) ; the Church of Scotland Conversion of the Jews Com- 
 mittee; the London Jews Society; the United Free Church 
 of Scotland Committee for the Jews, and the British So- 
 ciety for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews. 
 These societies report all together, 569 stations and out- 
 stations; 404 missionaries; 1,545 native workers; 706 
 schools; 36,618 scholars; 25 hospitals; 3 publishing houses, 
 and 79,000 professed Evangelical Christians, of whom 
 21,000 are communicants. 
 
 The special interest attaching to missionary work in Tur- 
 key arises from its influence upon the very seat of Islam. 
 The missions which are directed to the revival of spiritual 
 religion among Oriental churches could not be reckoned 
 as missions to non-Christian peoples, were it not for the 
 fact that the revival of these churches would convince a 
 great mass of Mohammedans of their own need of Christ. 
 Meantime the Bible is being freely circulated among all 
 classes of the people of every creed. Official interference 
 with colporteurs has this year once more been officially 
 proved to be a violation of solemn pledges of liberty. 
 
 4. MALAYSIA 
 British Borneo: Borneo is an island properly to be in- 
 cluded in Malaysia. A narrow territory on the north and 
 
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 northwestern part of the island, embracing about 96,000 
 square miles, is reckoned as British territory, being directly 
 or indirectly under British Government. The population is 
 about 845,000. The remainder of the island, reckoned at 
 212,737 square miles, and containing about 1,100,000 people, 
 is a part of the Dutch East Indian possessions, and its pop- 
 ulation is included in that of the Dutch East Indies. The re- 
 ligions in British Borneo are (estimated) : Animists, 500,- 
 000; Mohammedans, 345,000; Christians (Roman Catholics, 
 1,500; Protestants, 3,500), 5,000. The Roman Catholic mis- 
 sions have 12 priests, 10 schools, and 5 orphanages or other 
 charitable works. The Protestant missionaries are under 
 the SPG and the ME, and have 4 stations and out-stations; 
 15 missionaries, men and women; 57 native workers; 12 
 schools; 913 scholars, and 4,886 professed Christians, of 
 whom 1,243 are communicants. The missionary statistics of 
 the Dutch portion of the island will be given under the title 
 of Dutch East Indies. 
 
 Dutch East Indies {Nederlandsch Oost Indie) : A pos- 
 session of Holland in Malaysia, acquired through its East 
 India Company formed in 1602. It consists, according to 
 the official organization, of: 1. Java and Madura, a small 
 island near Java, and 2, the Outposts, namely Sumatra 
 and adjacent islands, Borneo, Celebes, the Molucca islands, 
 the Sunda islands, and a part of New Guinea. 
 
 Area (omitting New Guinea, which is separately men- 
 tioned), about 584,611 square miles. Population (estimated, 
 or rather conjectured in respect to Borneo and the less 
 known islands), 34,000,000. Religions (also estimated) : 
 Mohammedans, 20,000,000; Animists, 12,000,000; Buddhists 
 and Confucianists, 480,000; Hindus, 27,000; Jews, 1,000; 
 Christians, 430,000 (Protestants, 380,000; Roman Catholics, 
 50,000). The Roman Catholics are under the Apostolic 
 Vicar of Batavia. There are 83 stations and out-stations; 
 50 foreign priests; 29 schools, and 6 orphanages. The mis- 
 sionaries are from the Foreign Missionary Society of Paris. 
 The Protestants of the Dutch East Indies are for the most 
 part connected with the Dutch Church of the colony, their 
 
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 pastors being paid by the Government, and a large number 
 of their members being the descendants of the Christians 
 made Protestants in the 17th and 18th centuries. Protes- 
 tant Missionary Societies now laboring in the islands are the 
 Netherlands Missionary Society, the Rhenish Missionary So- 
 ciety, the Netherlands Mennonite Society, the Java Com- 
 mittee, the Netherlands Missionary Union, the Netherlands 
 Reformed Church, the Utrecht, the Basel, the ME, the Neu- 
 kirchen Missionary Societies, and the Sangir and Talaut 
 Island Committee of Batavia. Incomplete returns from 
 these societies show that they have 521 stations and out-sta- 
 tions; 269 missionaries; 592 native workers; 492 schools; 
 23,168 scholars; 3 hospitals and dispensaries, and 148,708 
 professed Christians. A feature of interest and importance 
 in missions in the Dutch East Indies is the number of Mo- 
 hammedans converted in Java, Sumatra and other islands. 
 The Rhenish Missionary Society reports 158 Mohammedans 
 baptized in 1905, and 767 Mohammedans under instruction 
 as candidates for baptism. The Netherlands Society re- 
 ports 93 Mohammedans baptized by its missionaries in Java 
 during 1905. It is estimated that the number converted 
 from Mohammedanism in the whole field during the last 
 thirty yeai-s exceeds 20,000. 
 
 Malay Peninsula or Malacca: The most southern por- 
 tion of Continental Asia. It comprises: 
 
 1. Federated Malay States: A British protectorate in the 
 Malay Peninsula, comprising Perak, Selangor, Negri, Seru- 
 bilan, and Pahang. Area, 26,000 square miles. Population 
 (1901), 678,595, of whom 312,486 are Malays; 299,739 
 Chinese; 58,211 natives of India, and about 3,000 Euro- 
 peans, Americans and Eurasians. Religions: The prevail- 
 ing religion of the Malay States is Mohammedanism, with a 
 considerable number, however, of Animists or demon wor- 
 shippers in the hill country of the interior. No statistics 
 that are more than a bare conjecture seem to exist as to the 
 numbers attached to one religion or the other. 
 
 2. Straits Settlements: A British crown colony in South- 
 eastern Asia, which comprises Singapore, Penang and Ma- 
 
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 lacca. The government of Penang includes Province Wel- 
 lesley and the Bindings, and that of Singapore includes 
 Christmas Island. Area, about 1,542 square miles. Popula- 
 tion (1901), 572,000, of whom 281,983 are Chinese; 215,058 
 Malays, and 57,150 natives of India. Religion: Moham- 
 medanism is the prevailing religion of the Malays of the 
 Straits Settlements; precise indications lack, however, as 
 to the number of Mohammedans. Roman Catholics in the 
 Malay Peninsula (south of the Siamese territory), number 
 20,000. Of this number 15,000 are under the see of Malacca, 
 and 5,000 under that of Macao, China. The Roman Catholic 
 missions are committed to the Paris Foreign Missionary 
 Society. There are 32 foreign and 2 native priests; 25 
 schools, and 43 charities of various kinds. Protestant mis- 
 sions are carried on by the SPG, the Church of England 
 Zenana Missionary Society, the Presbyterian Church of 
 England, the "Brethren," and the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church in the U. S. All together, these agencies report 69 
 stations and out-stations; 49 missionaries, men and women; 
 265 native workers ; 38 schools ; 4,087 scholars ; 1 publishing 
 establishment, and 4,310 professed Christians, of whom 
 2,862 are communicants. The large Chinese population has 
 made Singapore from early times an important center for 
 work among Chinese. It is now becoming a very important 
 distributing center of the British and Foreign Bible So- 
 ciety. Bibles in Malay dialects find increasing sale there. 
 
 New Guinea: An island also called Papua, lying east- 
 ward of and partly included in the Dutch East Indies. 
 Area, about 312,329 square miles; of this area 151,789 
 square miles forming the western half of the island is Dutch 
 territory, a section containing 90,540 square miles belonging 
 to Great Britain, and the Northeastern part of the island 
 containing with adjacent islands 70,000 square miles, has 
 been occupied by Germany, and has been given the name of 
 Kaiser Wilhelm's Land. Population: The population of 
 the island is estimated, or rather conjectured, to be as fol- 
 lows: Dutch possessions, 200,000; British possessions, 350,- 
 000; German possessions, 110,000. Religions: The Ani- 
 
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 mistie paganism of Melanesia is the religion of the people. 
 There are (including the small islands) about 7,000 Chris- 
 tians (Protestants, 3,000; Roman Catholics, 4,000). The 
 Roman Catholic missions are in that part of the island lymg 
 outside of the control of Holland, and are carried on by 
 missionaries of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart (from 
 Issoudun), who report 18 priests and 29 schools. Protes- 
 tant missions are maintained by the Utrecht Missionary 
 Society in Dutch New Guinea, with 6 stations and out- 
 stations; 5 missionaries; 5 native workers; 3 schools; 145 
 scholars, and 313 baptized Christians. In German New 
 Guinea, the Rhenish and the Neuendettelsau Societies are 
 established, with 14 stations; 38 missionaries, men and 
 women ; 12 schools, and 494 scholars ; in British New Guinea 
 and adjacent islands are the London Missionary Society, 
 the SPG, and the Australian Wesleyan Missionary Society, 
 with 25 stations and out-stations; 32 missionaries, men and 
 women; 162 native workers; 54 schools; 2,088 scholars, and 
 3,046 professed Christians, of whom 1,188 are communi- 
 cants. New Guinea is a hard and dangerous field, of 
 which the evangelization has cost heavily. Yet there is 
 steady progress in winning attention from the tribes along 
 the coast. The interior of the island is still very much of 
 an unknown land. A new auxiliary to missionary opera- 
 tions in New Guinea is the Papuan Industries Association, 
 a purely business enterprise for developing the abilities of 
 the people who accept Christianity, 
 
 Philippine Islands: An American possession in Ma- 
 laysia, comprising about 1,725 islands. Area, about 122,000 
 square miles. Population (1903), 7,572,000. Religions: 
 Christians, 6,967,000 (Roman Catholics, 3,940,000; Inde- 
 pendent Catholics, 3,000,000; Protestants, 27,000); Moham- 
 medans, 270,000; Buddhists and Confucianists, 75,000; Ani- 
 mists, 260,000. Protestant missionary enterprises are car- 
 ried on in several of the islands by the Presbyterian Church 
 of the U. S. (North) ; the Methodist Episcopal Church of 
 U. S.; the Protestant Episcopal Church; the ABMU; the 
 Woman's Association of the United Brethren; the FCM So- 
 
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 ciety (Disciples); the ABCFM, and the SDA. All to- 
 gether these societies report 212 stations and out-stations; 
 107 missionaries, men and women; 330 native workers; 13 
 schools, with 509 scholars; 8 hospitals and dispensaries; 2 
 publication houses, and 33,961 professed Evangelical Chris- 
 tians, of whom 12,000 are communioants. 
 
 5. OCEANIA 
 
 Hawaii: A territory of the United States, formerly 
 known as the Sandwich Islands. Area of the islands, 5,000 
 square miles. Population (1900), 154,000, of whom 
 29,834 are native Hawaiians. The remainder of the popula- 
 tion is composed of: Whites, 28,533; Chinese, 25,852; Jap- 
 anese, 60,000, with a considerable number of Koreans and 
 Filipinos and other islanders. Religions: Christians, 63,- 
 000 (Protestants, 27,000; Roman Catholics, 30,000; Mor- 
 mons, 6,000); Buddhists, 55,000, and Confucianists, 25,000; 
 others, 11,000. 
 
 Melanesia: The islands of the South Pacific, inhabited by 
 people marked by the Papuan type, and lying east of New 
 Guinea and Australia, and west of Fiji. The chief groups 
 are Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon, the Banks, the 
 Torres, the Santa Cruz, the New Hebrides, and the Loyalty 
 Islands, with New Caledonia. There are about 250 islands 
 in Melanesia, of which the largest are in the Bismarck Ar- 
 chipelago and in the Solomon group. The Bismarck Archi- 
 pelago and the western section of the Solomon islands are 
 under German control. The New Hebrides group is jointly 
 protected by France and England. The eastern section of 
 the Solomon Islands, the Banks, and the Santa Cruz Islands 
 are ruled by Great Britain. Population (estimated), about 
 475,000. Religion: Animists, 420,000; Christians, 55,000 
 (Protestants, 30,000; Roman Catholics, 25,000). Roman 
 Catholic missions are carried on by the Congregation of the 
 Sacred Heart of Mary from Issoudun, with about 12 priests 
 in the Solomon Islands. Protestant missions in the New 
 Hebrides, excepting three northern islands, occupied by the 
 
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 Melanesian Mission, are under the Presbyterian New Heb- 
 rides Mission, with 39 missionaries, men and women, and 
 over 300 native workers conducting work in 126 places, with 
 200 schools; 5,000 scholars, and about 8,000 professed Chris- 
 tians, of whom 3,000 are communicants. In the North and 
 West of Melanesia the Melanesian Mission of the Anglican 
 Church conducts missionary work on 30 islands, with 37 
 missionaries, men and women; 702 native workers; 289 
 schools; 18,690 scholars, and about 13,000 professed Chris- 
 tians, of whom 2,500 are communicants. The Australian 
 Methodists also have stations in one of the Solomon Islands 
 and in the Bismarck Archipelago. 
 
 In the Loyalty Islands (French) the LMS has a mission- 
 ary and his wife, with 399 native workers and 5,988 pro- 
 fessed Christians, of whom 2,190 are communicants. The 
 Paris Evangelical Missionary Society has a mission on 
 Mare in the Loyalty Islands and in New Caledonia, with 1 
 missionary and 40 native workers, who are mostly from the 
 Loyalty Islands. The number of native professed Chris- 
 tians is 5,000. 
 
 Micronesia: A name applied to groups of small islands 
 in the Western part of the North Pacific, including the 
 Caroline Islands, the Ladrone Islands, the Marshall Islands, 
 and the Gilbert Islands. The three gTOups first named are 
 a German possession, with the exception of the island of 
 Guam, which belongs to the United States. The Gilbert 
 Islands are under British control. The Ladrone Islands are 
 very small, their population being 2,000. 
 
 1. The Caroline Islands are 500 or more in number and 
 their population is (estimated) 140,000. To the west of the 
 Carolines are the Pelew Islands, about 26 in number, of 
 which the population is included in that of the Carolines. 
 
 2. The Marshall Islands are in two chains of 24 lagoon 
 islands, and a number of islets. Population (estimated), 
 15,000. 
 
 3. The Gilbert Islands number 16 atolls, and their popu- 
 lation is reckoned at 35,000. Religions found in Micronesia : 
 Pagan, about 160,000; Christians, 30,000 (Roman CathoHes, 
 
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 12,000; Protestants, 18,000). The Roman Catholic missions 
 in these islands are carried on by the Order of the Sacred 
 Heart from Issodun. The reports are conflicting, but there 
 seem to be 11 priests. The Protestant missions are carried 
 on by the ABCFM, which reports 67 stations; 25 mission- 
 aries; 197 native workers; 99 schools; 4,262 scholars, and 
 17,000 professed Christians, of whom 7,670 are communi- 
 cants. The LMS has a station in the Southern Gilbert 
 group, mentioned below under the head of Polynesia. 
 
 Polynesia: Includes the islands of the Pacific Ocean ly- 
 ing east of Australia, New Guinea, Melanesia, and Micron- 
 esia, and north of New Zealand. The principal groups are: 
 
 1. The Fiji Islands, a British colonial possession, compris- 
 ing 200 islands. Area (including Rotuma), 8,045 square 
 miles. Population (1901), 117,870, of whom about 2,500 
 are Europeans, 94,400 Fijians, and 17,000 Indians. Re- 
 ligion: Christians, 100,864 (Roman Catholics, 9,338; Protes- 
 tants, 91,526) ; Hindus and other pagans, 17,000. The 
 Roman Catholic missions are conducted by 13 Marist priests. 
 Protestant missions were carried on for many years by the 
 Wesleyan Missionary Society, and are now under charge of 
 the Australian Methodist Missionary Society. The SPG also 
 has 3 missionaries there. 
 
 2. The Samoan Islands, under protectorate of Germany, 
 with the exception of three small islands, which are depend- 
 encies of the United States. Area, about 1,100 square miles. 
 Population, 38,500. Religion: Christians (Protestants, 34,- 
 500; Roman Catholics, 4,000). The largest and oldest Prot- 
 estant mission is that of the London Missionary Society, 
 with 18 missionaries, men and women (including wives of 
 missionaries) ; 412 native workers; 205 schools; 8,052 schol- 
 ars, and 34,167 professed Christians, of whom 8,601 aro 
 communicants. The Seventh Day Adventists and the Sal- 
 vation Army also have work in Samoa. The Australasian 
 Methodists have a mission in the islands with about 2.0'^'' 
 adherents. 
 
 3. The Cook or Hervey Islands: A dependency of N 
 Zealand. Area^ including Niue or Savage Island south ox 
 
72 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 Samoa, 280 square miles. Population, about 12,000. Prot- 
 estant missions in these islands have been carried on 
 by the LMS, which has there 10 missionaries, men and wom- 
 en; 67 native workers; 26 schools; 2,274 scholars, and 
 10,162 professed Christians, 3,554 being communicants. 
 
 4. The Ellice and the Tokelau Islands (under British con- 
 trol) ; Area of Ellice Islands, 14 square miles. Population, 
 2,400. Area of Tokelau Islands, 7 square miles. Popula- 
 tion, 1,050. These, with some of the islands of the Gilbert 
 group, have been evangelized by the London Missionary So- 
 ciety, which has in that field 1 missionary and his wife; 52 
 native workers; 12 schools; 1,643 scholars, and 8,215 pro- 
 fessed Christians, of whom 3,503 are communicants. 
 
 5. The Tonga or Friendly Islands: A British protector- 
 ate, ruled by a native king. Area, 390 square miles. Popu- 
 lation (1901), 18,959, of whom 18,300 are natives and 360 
 are Europeans and half breeds. The islands were evange- 
 lized by the Wesleyan Missionary Society, and are now one 
 of the fields of the Australian Methodist Missionary So- 
 ciety. About 2,000 of the people are Roman Catholics. 
 
 6. The (French Polynesia) Society Islands, with Tahiti 
 for the largest island, including the Leeward Islands; the 
 Tuamotu Islands; the Austral Islands; the Gamhier Islands, 
 and the Marquesas. Their aggregate area is about 1,520 
 square miles, and their population about 29,000. The relig- 
 ion is Christianity (Roman Catholics. 16,000 and Protes- 
 tants, 9,800). The Roman Catholic missionaries are of 
 the Order of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary. They 
 have 18 priests and 52 schools. The Protestant missions are 
 maintained by the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society, 
 which has 58 stations and out-stations; 10 missionaries; 44 
 native workers; 3 schools; 507 scholars, and 8,110 pro- 
 fessed Christians, of whom 4,427 are communicants. Mor- 
 mons are active in the Protestant islands. 
 
 The missionary enterprise in Polynesia stands for one of 
 the earliest compassionate efforts of Western Christendom. 
 The people were savages in different degi-ees of brutaliza- 
 tion, and they therefore needed to hear of the Christ and 
 
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 His rule of manhood. By much devotion, with not a little 
 sacrifice of life, these distant groups of islands have been 
 changed so that many of them play a tangible part in the 
 work of the commercial world. A fact not to be overlooked is 
 the part which the Christianized islanders have taken too in 
 the work of evangelizing neighbors. Men from Samoa were 
 pioneer missionaries in the New Hebrides, and men from 
 Fiji, Samoa, and Loyalty Islands are to-day working as mis- 
 sionaries in New Guinea. 
 
 The Largest Cities in the Foreign Mission Field 
 
 EUROPE 
 
 Bulgaria. 
 
 Sofia 1900* 67,920 
 
 Greece. 
 
 Athens 1896 111,486 
 
 Italy. 
 
 Naples 1901 563,731 
 
 Milan 1901 491,460 
 
 Rome 1901 463,000 
 
 Turin 1901 335,639 
 
 Palermo 1901 310,352 
 
 Genoa 1901 234,800 
 
 Florence 1901 204,950 
 
 Bologna 1901 152,009 
 
 Venice 1901 151,841 
 
 Messina 1901 149,823 
 
 Catania 1901 149,694 
 
 Leghorn 1901 98,505 
 
 Ferrara 1901 87,697 
 
 Padua 1901 82,283 
 
 Bari 1901 79,693 
 
 Lucca 1901 74,718 
 
 Verona 1901 74,261 
 
 Alessandria 1901 71,293 
 
 Brescia .1901 70,618 
 
 ^Pftte of census or estimate. 
 
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 Modena 1901 64,941 
 
 Ravenna 1901 63,839 
 
 Perugia 1901 61,453 
 
 Pisa 1901 61,279 
 
 Trapani 1901 60,257 
 
 Reggio 1901 59,176 
 
 Ancona 1901 56,825 
 
 Cagliari 1901 53,734 
 
 Foggia 1901 53,351 
 
 Malta. 
 
 LaValetta est. 62,152 
 
 Roumania. 
 
 Bucharest 1899 282,071 
 
 Jassy 1899 78,067 
 
 Galatz 1899 62,678 
 
 Servia. 
 
 Belgrade est. 69,097 
 
 Turkey. 
 
 Constantinople est. 1,125,000 
 
 Spain. 
 
 Madrid 1897 512,150 
 
 Barcelona 1897 509,589 
 
 Valencia 1897 204,768 
 
 Seville 1897 146,205 
 
 Malaga 1897 125,579 
 
 Murcia 1897 108,408 
 
 Zaragoza 1897 98,188 
 
 Carthagena 1897 86,245 
 
 Granada 1897 75,054 
 
 Bilbao 1897 74,093 
 
 Cadiz 1897 70,177 
 
 Valladolid 1897 68,746 
 
 Palma 1897 62,525 
 
 Jeres 1897 60,004 
 
 Lorea 1897 59,624 
 
 Cordoba 1897 57,313 
 
 Santander 1897 50,640 
 
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 ASIA 
 Bokhara. 
 
 Bokhara est. 75,000 
 
 Ceylon. 
 
 Colombo 1901 158,093 
 
 China* 
 
 Canton est. 1,600,000 
 
 Peking est. 1,000,000 
 
 Shanghai est 380,000 
 
 Hankow est. 300,000 
 
 Fuchau est. 636,000 
 
 Amoy est. 96,000 
 
 Hong-kong est. 283,975 
 
 Chengtu-fu est. 800,000 
 
 Dutch East Indies. 
 
 Surabaya 1897 142,980 
 
 Batavia 1897 115,567 
 
 Samarang 1897 84,266 
 
 India. 
 
 Calcutta 1901 1,125,000 
 
 Bombay 1901 776,000 
 
 Madras 1901 509,346 
 
 Haidarabad 1901 448,466 
 
 Lueknow 1901 264,049 
 
 Rangoon 1901 234,881 
 
 Benares 1901 209,331 
 
 Delhi 1901 208,575 
 
 Lahore 1901 202,964 
 
 Cawnpur 1901 197,170 
 
 Agra 1901 188,022 
 
 Ahmadabad 1901 185,889 
 
 Mandalay 1901 183,816 
 
 Allahabad 1901 172,032 
 
 Amritsar 1901 162,429 
 
 Jaipur 1901 160,167 
 
 * A great number of towns and cities in this country are entitled 
 by their population to mention, but are omitted because statistics 
 Jack, guesses being generally substituted for the census. 
 
76 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 Bangalore 1901 159,046 
 
 Howrah 1901 157,594 
 
 Poona 1901 153,320 
 
 Patna 1901 134,785 
 
 Bareilli 1901 131,208 
 
 Nagpur 1901 127,734 
 
 Srinagar 1901 122,618 
 
 Surat 1901 119,306 
 
 Meerut 1901 118,129 
 
 Karachi 1901 116,163 
 
 Madura 1901 105,984 
 
 Trichinopoli 1901 104,721 
 
 Baroda 1901 103,790 
 
 Pashawar 1901 95,147 
 
 Dacca 1901 90,542 
 
 Jabalpur 1901 90,316 
 
 Lashkar 1901 89,154 
 
 Rawalpindi 1901 87,688 
 
 Multan 1901 87,394 
 
 Mirzapur 1901 79,862 
 
 Ambala 1901 78,638 
 
 Rampur 1901 78,758 
 
 Bhopal 1901 77,023 
 
 Calicut 1901 76,981 
 
 Shahjahanpur 1901 76,458 
 
 Bhagalpur 1901 75,760 
 
 Sholapur 1901 75,288 
 
 Moradabad 1901 75,128 
 
 Faizabad 1901 75,085 
 
 Ajmer 1901 73,829 
 
 Gaya 1901 71,288 
 
 Salem 1901 70,621 
 
 Aligarh 1901 70,434 
 
 Mysore 1901 68,111 
 
 Jalandhar 1901 67,735 
 
 Farukhabad 1901 67,338 
 
 Imphal , 1901 67,093 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 77 
 
 Saharanpur 1901 66,254 
 
 Darbhangah 1901 66,244 
 
 Gorakhpur 1901 64,148 
 
 Jodpur 1901 60,437 
 
 Hubli 1901 60,214 
 
 Muttra 1901 60,042 
 
 Combaconam 1901 59,673 
 
 Moulmein 1901 58,446 
 
 Bellary 1901 58,247 
 
 Sialkot 1901 57,956 
 
 Trivandrum 1901 57,882 
 
 Tanjore 1901 57,870 
 
 Negapatam 1901 57,190 
 
 Alwar 1901 56,771 
 
 Jhansi 1901 55,724 
 
 Navanagar 1901 53,844 
 
 Patiala 1901 53,545 
 
 Coimbatore 1901 53,080 
 
 Bikanir 1901 53,075 
 
 Cuddalore 1901 52,216 
 
 Kolhapur 1901 51,373 
 
 Cuttack 1901 51,346 
 
 Japan. 
 
 Tokio 1898 1,440,121 
 
 Osaka 1898 821,235 
 
 Kioto 1898 353,139 
 
 Nagoya 1898 244,145 
 
 Kobe 1898 215,780 
 
 Yokohama 1898 193,762 
 
 Hiroshima 1898 122,306 
 
 Nagasaki 1898 107,422 
 
 Kanazawa 1898 83,662 
 
 Sendai 1898 83,325 
 
 Hakodati 1898 78,040 
 
 Fukuoka 1898 66,190 
 
 Korea. 
 
 Seoul 1901 196,646 
 
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 Malay States. 
 
 Kuala Lumpor ( Selangor ) 1901 77,234 
 
 Persia. 
 
 Teheran est. 250,000 
 
 Tabriz est. 180,000 
 
 Ispahan est. 80,000 
 
 Kerman est. 70,000 
 
 Philippine Islands. 
 
 Manila 1902 297,154 
 
 Eussia in Asia. 
 
 Tiflis 1897 160,645 
 
 Tashkend 1897 156,414 
 
 Astrakhan 1897 112,880 
 
 Baku 1897 112,253 
 
 Kokand 1897 82,054 
 
 Yekaterinoslav 1897 65,697 
 
 Namangan 1897 61,906 
 
 Samarkand 1897 54,900 
 
 Tomsk 1897 52,430 
 
 Irkutsk 1897 51,434 
 
 Siam. 
 
 Bangkok 1900 600,000 
 
 Turkey. 
 
 Smyrna est. 201,000 
 
 Baghdad est. 145,000 
 
 Damascus est. 140,000 
 
 Aleppo est. 127,150 
 
 Beirut est. 118,800 
 
 Salonica est. 105,000 
 
 Adrianople est. 81,000 
 
 Brusa est. 76,303 
 
 Cesarea est. 72,000 
 
 Kerbela est. 65,000 
 
 Mosul est. 61,000 
 
 Mecca est. 60,000 
 
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 AFRICA 
 
 Algeria. 
 
 Algiers 1899 96,784 
 
 Oran 1899 85,081 
 
 British East Africa. 
 
 Zanzibar est. 55,000 
 
 Cape Colony. 
 
 Cape Town 1902 167,000 
 
 Egypt. 
 
 Cairo 1897 570,062 
 
 Alexandria 1897 319,766 
 
 Tanta 1897 57,289 
 
 Mauritius. 
 
 Port Louis 1901 52,749 
 
 Morocco. 
 
 Fez est. 140,000 
 
 Natal 
 
 Durban 1902 60,446 
 
 Nigeria. 
 
 Kano est. 100,000 
 
 Bida est. 90,000 
 
 Ilorin est. 50,000 
 
 Yakoba est. 50,000 
 
 Transvaal. 
 
 Johannesburg 1896 102,078 
 
 Tunis. 
 
 Tunis 1901 170,000 
 
 AMERICA 
 
 Argentina. 
 
 Buenos Aires 1901 836,381 
 
 Rosario .1901 112,461 
 
 Brazil. 
 
 Rio de Janeiro 1900 750,000 
 
 Bahia 1890 174,412 
 
 Pernambuco 1890 111,556 
 
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 Sao Paolo 1890 64,934 
 
 Ouro Preto 1890 59,249 
 
 Porto Alegre 1890 52,421 
 
 Belem 1890 50,064 
 
 Colombia. 
 
 Bogota 1886 120,000 
 
 Venezuela. 
 
 Caracas 1894 72,429 
 
 Peru. 
 
 Lima est. 100,000 
 
 Chile. 
 
 Santiago 1900 291,725 
 
 Valparaiso 1900 135,674 
 
 Mexico. 
 
 Mexico 1900 402,000 
 
 Puebla 1900 88,684 
 
 Guadalajara 1900 83,934 
 
 San Luis Potosi 1900 69,050 
 
 Leon 1900 58,426 
 
 Uruguay. 
 
 Montevideo 1895 215,069 
 
 West Indies. 
 
 Port of Spain (Trinidad) 1901 55,000 
 
 PROGRESS IN THE MISSION FIELD 
 
 Some nineteen hundred years ago, honest uncertainty as 
 to how the missionary enterprise should be classed was ex- 
 pressed by Gamaliel in his memorable speech about the mis- 
 sion at Jerusalem. After Peter and the other apostles had 
 been sent out of the Council Hall for a little while, he said : 
 "Refrain from these men and let them alone; for if this 
 counsel or this work be of men, it will be overthrown; but 
 if it be of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them; lest 
 haply ye be found even to be fighting against God." What 
 the great Pharisee referred to in this uncertain way, as a 
 "counsel" or perhaps a "work" was nothing more nor less 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 81 
 
 than the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ among 
 the people, to the perplexity and dismay of the Jewish 
 leaders. This work is aggressive or nothing; it has always 
 kindled bitterness of opposition. So it offers room to apply 
 Gamaliel's test. Since neither cynical indifference, nor 
 masterly strategy, nor physical force has been able to over- 
 throw it, its persistence arouses awe and imposes reverence 
 in its study. 
 
 GROWTH IN MISSIONS A NEW TEST 
 
 Any attempt to-day to survey the world-wide mission 
 field emphasizes the fact, however, that persistent escape 
 from destruction is less wonderful than progress in mis- 
 sions. Increase is the salient fact of the work. There is 
 increase in the number of converts and growth in their 
 quality, increase in the desire of converts to bring others 
 to Christ, and increase in the number of those not yet 
 Christians who, dissatisfied with their own religious ideas, 
 are insensibly and unknowingly approaching the outskirts 
 of the Kingdom of Christ. What has growth as well as 
 permanence has life and God giveth the increase. 
 
 1. Increase in Numbers. 
 
 Look at the islands of the Pacific, each formerly the 
 enemy of every other. Some 350 missionaries, men and 
 women, supported by a dozen or so of different societies, 
 occupy about 200 central stations in those islands. With the 
 native workers whom they have trained they labor in about 
 2,000 different places. Slowly but continuously the people 
 on their volcanic rock-heaps or palm-fringed atolls have been 
 learning to surrender themselves to Jesus Christ as Saviour, 
 King and Guide, until now, in Micronesia, Polynesia, the 
 New Hebrides and Melanesia, about 300,000 people profess 
 to be Christians, and every year adds to their number. 
 Many of them are very simple and crude and faulty speci- 
 mens of manhood, but many of them are strong and tested 
 men of power; and about 3,000 of them are teachers and 
 preachers with a Christian experience that shows them to 
 have received the Holy Spirit even as we. 
 
82 The Blue Book op Missions for 1907 
 
 Look at Africa, the home of unresponsive muck-raking. 
 Mohammedanism is most secure, most aggressive, and dan- 
 gerous to the last degree in Africa. Yet in Morocco, Algiers, 
 Tunis, and Egypt there have been converts from Moham- 
 medanism during the past year. The North Africa Mission 
 has a score of converted Mohammedans as evangelists. The 
 keeper of the Bible depot at Suez is an earnest Christian 
 who but a few years ago was a Mohammedan and an ex- 
 pounder of the holy law in Zanzibar. All along the north- 
 em coast line Mohammedan youth are studying in mis- 
 sionary schools; and by the grace of God the recent 
 Conference at Cairo of missionaries working among Mo- 
 hammedans everywhere is a step forward that will affect 
 the whole Mohammedan world. As to the central and 
 southern portions of the great black continent, in the older 
 mission fields, like South Africa, Sierra Leone, and the 
 Lagos protectorate, now merged in South Nigeria, Chris- 
 tianity is rooted in the soil of the land. There are in these 
 lands some 750,000 Christians, many of them of the third 
 generation, winning additions every year from the sur- 
 rounding people. In Natal the past year has seen an official 
 government investigation into the quality of manhood 
 fostered by the native Christian church. The verdict has 
 been that it is good; and that missions ought to be en- 
 couraged by Government for the sake of their fruits in 
 citizenship. In the newer fields, like Uganda, Nyasaland, 
 Angola, Kameruu and British and German East Africa, 
 the reports all show progress in spite of hindrances and 
 backward eddyings of the current. In the Congo region, 
 notwithstanding the horrors of Belgian commercial greed, 
 enquiry, interest and conversions appear in every report. 
 One evening at nightfall a few months ago a missionary on 
 the Congo river in a steam launch, seeking a place to moor 
 the boat for the night, was startled by a lusty chorus of 
 men's voices singing in the native language "All hail the 
 power of Jesus' Name." The missionary had found his 
 place to stop; for there among the reeds were some big 
 canoes full of young Africans on a fishing excursion, and 
 
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 there were Christians among them with Bibles and hymn 
 books. And this in the heart of the Dark Continent! As 
 the missionary joined in the words "and crown Him Lord 
 f all/' he felt somewhat as old Simeon did in the temple, 
 satisfied because he had seen the salvation of the Lord. 
 
 India is a land of many nations strangely inventive in 
 methods of debasing religion. It is estimated that since the 
 census report of 1901, at least 300,000 converts have been 
 baptized, largely among the poorest and most despised of 
 the people, thus bringing the mission work there into vis- 
 ible identity with that of Him who gave as one of the marks 
 of his mission that to the poor the gospel was preached. 
 Converts have also been won among self-sufficient Brah- 
 mans and haughty Mohammedans. Some idea of the steady 
 progress may be derived from a note of the Census Com- 
 missioner on South India. He gives as a net result in 
 Travancore, of the census changes of the last 25 years, the 
 fact that out of every 10,000 of the population 373 Hindus 
 have disappeared, and have been replaced by 333 Chris- 
 tians .and 40 Mohammedans. Special movements of prog- 
 ress are the revivals in Assam, in several places in North 
 India, and in the Bombay Presidency; and the strange 
 evangelistic campaign in Burma, conducted by Ko-san-ye, 
 which has brought pagans literally by thousands into rela- 
 tions with the Christian churches among the Karens, and 
 an equally remarkable turning to Christ among the wild 
 tribes in the north of Burma bordering on Chinese terri- 
 tory. We cannot pause to describe the fraternizing of 
 Christians of different races seen in the visit to India in 
 March, 1906, of two well known Japanese Christian pastors 
 who addressed large audiences with great acceptance in 
 several of the great cities, with the object of stirring the 
 people to Christ-like activity in evangelization. 
 
 In China, where distrust of God makes every man try to 
 be his own providence, the centenary of Protestant missions 
 is to be celebrated next year. During the first 35 years of 
 the century little visible impression was made upon the 
 Chinese. According to tables just compiled, the number of 
 
84 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 Chinese Christian communicants has doubled every seven 
 years since 1842. At the end of 1905 the number of com- 
 municants was about 150,000. When Dr. Griffith John of 
 the London Misionary Society, prepared to return to Eng- 
 land on furlough, a few months ago, he called attention to 
 a fact full of significance. He entered Hankow, in central 
 China, 45 years ago. Then there was not a single Chris- 
 tian convert in all that great city. When he left the city 
 he went with the joyful reflection that the gospel is per- 
 manently established there in the hearts of 8,000 believers. 
 The tale of increase in China is but just commencing and 
 the gospel now shows its power in almost every district. 
 
 A few steps take one over the boundary into Korea, long 
 held by China in a seclusion where self-satisfaction has had 
 time to become profound. The Christian churches have 
 about 20,000 members with about 20,000 candidates for 
 baptism. Close and intelligent study of the Bible and ap- 
 plication of its principles of life are characteristics of the 
 Korean Christians. During the past year interest in Chris- 
 tianity has been marked, even in the southern parts of the 
 country, long callous to the gospel message. This year, 
 among the nobility, the most impervious class of Koreans, 
 seekers after light are studying the New Testament with 
 emotion. The changed life of converts strikes the con- 
 sciences of their neighbors. Recently a highway robber in 
 Korea, like the men moved to repentance under the preach- 
 ing of John the Baptist, was no sooner converted than 
 he asked, "What must I do f On being satisfied that Jesus 
 Christ expected him to confess his crimes, he gave hi .self 
 up to the authorities. The Governor of the province said 
 that never before in all Korean history had a criminal made 
 voluntary confession. Therefore this ex-highwayman should 
 not be beheaded as the law required. He pardoned and dis- 
 missed the new convert with commendation of his wisdom 
 in adopting a religion that can change the heart. 
 
 From Korea we pass into Japan, where a sturdy nation 
 stands at the parting of the ways, having to choose between 
 life and death, blessing and cursing, but being in great 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 85 
 
 measure insensible to the far-reaching consequences of the 
 choice now to be made. The war has brought some • f the 
 people in closer contact with Christianity, but has not so 
 thoroughly abolished indifference as was hoped. Yet there 
 is growth. At the close of 1905 the number of Christians 
 in Japan was abouc 350,000, including Roman Catholics, 
 with about 450 ordained Japanese Christian ministers and 
 some 600 unordained Christian teachers and evangelists. 
 The gospel is regularly preached in about 1,000 towns and 
 villages and the Protestant communicants are more than 
 50,000. One notable fact as to the Christians of Japan is 
 the influence which they have in the affairs of the nation. 
 There seems to be little bigotry to exclude Christians from 
 participation according to their ability in political and 
 national affairs. The editors of four out of twelve leading 
 newspapers in Japan are Christian men. The Christians 
 are recognized pioneers in reform and in general benevolent 
 work. For this reason the influence of the Christians of 
 Japan is found to be many fold out of proportion to their 
 numerical strength. 
 
 Time will not allow more than mention of the increase of 
 the number of Christians in lesser fields. In Sumatra, for 
 instance, the report of the German Rhenish mission showed 
 last year 4,712 pagans and 136 Mohammedans baptized. 
 There is increase wrung out of rocky soil in Ceylon, in 
 Persia, in the border lands of Tibet, and even in Arabia 
 the neglected and the well-fortified against the message of 
 Jesus Christ. In all fields missionary work has transformed 
 multitudes of men and women into cross-bearing, self- 
 denying and light-giving followers of Jesus Christ. This 
 salient fact of steady increase of Christian believers recalls 
 once more the fitness of the gospel to meet the need of 
 peoples the most different in race, social customs, habits 
 of thought, and religious belief. The Bible Societies, which 
 everywhere supply the preacher with the book that he 
 expounds, report a great increase of their issues during the 
 past year. The British and Foreign Bible Society issued 
 during 1905 more than six million, the American Bible 
 
86 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 Society more than two million two hundred thousand, and 
 the Scottish National Bible Society nearly two million 
 volumes of Bibles, Testaments, and lesser portions of Scrip- 
 ture. These figures show in each ease a gain of about 
 twenty per cent over the issues of 1904. Single stations 
 may stand still or lose ground, but in each country the 
 missionaries praise God for tangible increase that shows 
 His use of missions to work His will among the nations. 
 
 2. Increase of Evangelistic Effort by Converts. 
 
 Increase has no meaning if confined to figures. Increase 
 of numbers here, however, represents an increase of force. 
 Converts separated by vast distances, by language, and by 
 divergent interests and aims, and taught by many different 
 denominations, nevertheless attain a recognizable likeness 
 to one another, through growth toward likeness to the great 
 Head of the Church. It is evident that the root of the 
 matter is in these growing bodies of Christians because they 
 voluntarily take up the work for others which Christ did, 
 and which He made a mark of His followers. This has been 
 noteworthy in the revivals in Madagascar. Glimpses of the 
 same activity are seen in India. Even native officials who 
 are Christians, in some cases Mohammedans in origin, are 
 giving their time outside of office hours to true evangelistic 
 work. In Korea this activity is a regularly understood 
 responsibility undertaken along with membership in the 
 Christian Church. Christian officers in the Japanese army 
 have been found teaching Christ to Chinese in Manchuria. 
 Little societies of Japanese Christians maintain mission- 
 aries to people of their own race in Formosa, in Manchuria, 
 in Korea, and in China. In Oceania, Samoans and Fijians 
 are missionaries in New Guinea, and Christians of the 
 Loyalty Islands are giving their lives to teaching the pagans 
 of New Caledonia. In the first days of this year a man 
 died in a village of southern Nigeria in West Africa who 
 used to be a famous fetish priest. He became a Christian. 
 He had no scientific education, but as he lived on his farm, 
 he told his neighbors how "xeat things the Lord had done 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 87 
 
 for him, and he read to them the Bible. Before his life 
 reached its peaceful close that former priest of Satan had 
 led fully one thousand pagans to confess faith in Jesus 
 Christ. In Borneo and in Java there are new missionary 
 stations whose foundations were laid by Chinese Christian 
 business men who brought their countrymen together for 
 Bible study, and persuaded them to let the Bible mold 
 their lives. Chinese Christians in America are building 
 chapels for little Christian congregations in China, and in 
 China itself more people are won by native Christians to 
 the first steps in faith than by missionaries. In India the 
 National Missionary Society was formed in the last days 
 of 1905. What it will accomplish is yet uncertain. But the 
 plan has the support of hundreds of thousands of Indian 
 Christiaris throughout the length and breadth of the Em- 
 pire. Innumerable instances of the growth of activity 
 among members of the mission churches prove that Christ 
 is in the hearts of these converts and illustrate the rule that 
 a passion to save men overcomes all obstacles. We did not 
 know that we were calling out this immense volume of 
 latent power when we obeyed the command to teach all 
 nations. But God knew it. 
 
 3. Changes that Facilitate Missions, 
 
 This is not all that a survey reveals as to progress in 
 missions. In the mission field, unconnected directly with 
 efforts of missionaries, are discovered sudden changes in 
 surroundings, unforeseen and unheard-of removals of ob- 
 stacles, welcome but unhoped-for facilities for extending 
 the sphere of missionary operations — inviting, yes, com- 
 manding opportunities. "You cannot imagine the enthu- 
 siasm," says a missionary on the Congo, "with which we were 
 received p^I pI^^^it the river bolow Yakusu. Dozens of boats 
 surrounded the steamer filled with people shouting welcome 
 and all calling out, 'Have you books? Books! we want 
 more books !* " The people knew their own insufficiency 
 and called for light. Like occurrences show the temper of 
 the people in Kamenin, the Gold Coast Colony, Uganda, 
 and other African fields. India, the abode of all extrava- 
 
88 The Blub Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 gances in philosophy and religion, is now in a religious 
 and social ferment ; the hoary system of Hindu observances 
 is being doctored over to bring it into harmony with mod- 
 ern, that is to say, with Christian requirements, for other- 
 wise it cannot retain the respect of the educated. In a less 
 degree the same is true of educated Mohammedans. Some 
 of these in India are trying to purge their religion of 
 blemishes revealed to them by the light of the gospel. Th(3y 
 fail to see that after such cleansing the residue ceases to 
 be Mohammedanism. 
 
 A similar general sense of dissatisfaction with the old 
 religions appears in Japan. Since the war, Shintoism is 
 not a religion; people even question whether it is a worthy 
 sentiment. Leading Buddhists educated above the level 
 of the priests, mournfully admit that a revival of their 
 religion in Japan seems impossible. We have the strange 
 spectacle of Buddhists adopting the methods of Christians — 
 issuing tracts, organizing Endeavor Societies and Sunday 
 schools, preaching on the street corners to the accompani- 
 ment of a baby organ, etc. But while the philosophy of 
 Buddhism is not easily to be displaced, the religion of the 
 system is wedded to ignorance. The four million students 
 in the Government schools of Japan will soon be four mil- 
 lion judges to declare that as a religion Buddhism is weighed 
 and found wanting. In China the new theories of education, 
 and the new determination to find and use che principles 
 that have given nations power, caused the suppression of 
 the old classics in the schools, and this has smitten Con- 
 fucianism in its vitals. In some parts of the empire 
 temples have been transformed into school houses, the idols, 
 by Government order, being cast out to make room. Some 
 of the idols were burned unregretted, some like Aaron's 
 golden calf were broken up and cast into the river to be 
 carried by the floods where none can find them again, and 
 so gods in whom the people trusted have met their predes- 
 tined end by being '^cast to the moles and the bats." 
 
 Even in some Roman Catholic countries changes of this 
 same class are to be noted. The publication by the Church 
 of the Scriptures for the common people is one of these 
 
The Blue Book of Missiojfs for 1907 89 
 
 changes. Think of this event, my brethren ! Some years ago 
 the circulation of the Bible by Protestants forced Roman 
 Catholics in Syria to bring out an "authorized" version of 
 the New Testament in Arabic. Two or three years ago the 
 Pope authorized and blessed a cheap edition of the New 
 Testament in Italian. Last year the Roman Catholic Arch- 
 bishop of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil urged his people, whether 
 educated or not, to study a new Portuguese translation of 
 the Gospels; and now, this year, a Roman Catholic priest 
 in France has made a translation of the New Testament 
 into French, and eminent Jesuit authorities have pro- 
 nounced it very good. The character of the notes with 
 which all of these new Roman Catholic versions are sup- 
 plied, with a view to combating Protestant interpretations 
 of Scripture, does not in the least take from the importance 
 of a movement which loosens the chains that sought to bind 
 the written word in that great church. 
 
 The very Governments facilitate the work of missions, 
 Britain during the year has invited the establishment of 
 another new mission in the Egyptian Sudan. In Africa 
 European Governments within twenty years have made 
 great expanses of territory safe for missionary tours. In 
 East Africa and South Africa and French West Africa, 
 railroads, and on the upper Nile, the Niger, the Congo, and 
 the Senegal, steamers speed the touring missionary on his 
 way. The French Government within the last year has 
 begun to put into effect a uniform system of common school 
 education in all that enormous territory lying in the north- 
 ern part of the African continent between Algeria and 
 "^unis on the north, and Dahomey and the Niger on the 
 south. This region is a vast hotbed and nursery for Mo- 
 hammedan fanatics. But the one thing that surely cuts the 
 nerve of Mohammedan fanaticism, and reduces the Moham- 
 medan religious system to its common-place level, is the 
 popularization of science. In taking steps for the edu- 
 cation of millions of Mohammedans in Africa, France 
 unwittingly is preparing the way for the Kingdom of 
 Light in which there is no darkness at all. The Japanese 
 Coverament during the past year has risen to leadership 
 
90 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 of the far East, deposing China from that high position. 
 It is a liberal Government from whose administration every 
 trace of bigotry against Christianity has disappeared. This 
 momentous change of equilibrium, too, is in the line of 
 missionary progress. All these changes are of one nature; 
 they prepare a way for the rule of the Kingdom of Christ. 
 
 THE MEANING OF PROGRESS IN MISSIONS 
 
 Our sui'vey of the progress of missions gives a basis for 
 classifying ihe enterprise. Some still call it a pitiable waste 
 of energy, money and talent. But we have a right to claim 
 that it is a factor in the destiny of our race, of superlative 
 importance to mankind and to every individual. The per- 
 sistence of the undertaking, the steady increase in numbers 
 of the Christians of the missionary field; their notable 
 growth in fulfilling the Christian's duty toward those yet 
 unmoved; the vague dissatisfaction that is suggesting im- 
 provements in the national or tribal religions, and, further- 
 more, the unintended helps to missions yielded by Gov- 
 ernments which are seeking their own ends, are cumulative 
 evidences for this claim. All these work together with a 
 uniform trend that fortifies our claim of one Great Cause, 
 even the Almighty Himself. 
 
 Immeasurable opportunities are before those who live in 
 this age. In a grand, imperialistic sense the Kingdom is 
 at hand. It is the same Kingdom for which Jesus Christ 
 in visible presence used to urge his followers to prepare. 
 He used to say that the Kingdom was at hand, because 
 forces already in slow, silent operation would overturn and 
 overturn until He should come to His throne. Christians 
 in this age must seek His Kingdom and His righteousness 
 fii-st above all things. Let this simple truth be to each one 
 of us a permanent acquisition of motive from any \dsion 
 given us of the fact that God is using missions as a chosen 
 instrument for hastening the coming of the day when He 
 whose right it is shall reign. For when all things shall 
 have been put under His feet then the King Himself will 
 come in His glory. 
 
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 Christians 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 
 
 5 
 1 
 
 «2 
 
 3J 
 66 
 
 1 
 
 Afghanistan 
 
 Baluchistanf... 
 
 Bokhara 
 
 Ceylon 
 
 China 
 
 75,000 
 150,003 
 
 1,078,000 
 58,000 
 
 35.000 
 3,000 
 
 8,000 
 20,000 
 15.000 
 
 100,000 
 
 283,000 
 900,000 
 208,000 
 932,000 
 1,595,000 
 65,000 
 
 32,000 
 20,000 
 
 14,000 
 477,000 
 
 1,000 
 858,000 
 
 250,000 
 27,000 
 
 1,000 
 
 60,000 
 7,256,000 
 
 9,550,000 
 
 20,000 
 18,000 
 
 35,000 
 30,000 
 
 379,000 
 
 4,000,000 
 
 230,000 
 
 1,250,000 
 
 248,000 
 
 33,000,000 
 
 6,000 
 
 60,000 
 
 62,458,000 
 
 800,000 
 
 490,000 
 
 9,373,000 
 10,847,000 
 
 100,000 
 18,594,000 
 
 2.140.000 
 83.000.000 
 
 French India... 
 Frenchld-China 
 
 10,000,000 
 9,447.000 
 19.858,000 
 
 Jap.& Formosa. 
 Khiva 
 
 Korea. 
 
 1,500,000 
 
 180,000 
 
 2.500,000 
 
 Mal.St.AStr.Set 
 Nepal 
 
 Persia 
 
 Russia 
 
 1,645,000 
 3,600,000 
 4,000,000 
 
 Tibet 
 
 Turkey* 
 
 
 1.542,000 
 
 5,385,000 
 
 17,144,000 
 
 482,000 
 
 141.456.000 
 
 137,900,000 
 
 ASIA 
 
 
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 1 
 
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 Total 
 
 Afghanistan 
 
 Baluchistan t. . . 
 
 Bokhara 
 
 Cevlon 
 
 China 
 
 French India. . . 
 French Id-China 
 
 India 
 
 Jap. & Formosa 
 
 Khiva 
 
 Korea. 
 
 10,000 
 
 828,000 
 
 59,000 
 
 207,146,000 
 
 109,000 
 1,000,000 
 
 284,000,000 
 
 528,000 
 
 100,000 
 
 6,000,000 
 402,000 
 
 24,900,000 
 
 4,000 
 17,000,000 
 
 7.000,000 
 8.584.000 
 2,000,000 
 
 432,000 
 
 37,000 
 
 500,000 
 
 2,000,000 
 1,600.000 
 2,279,000 
 
 1.930.000 
 
 30.000 
 3.627.000 
 
 9,000 
 
 10,000 
 48.000 
 
 20,000 
 19,000 
 
 4,000,000 
 
 240,000 
 
 1,250.000 
 
 3.578.000 
 
 420,000.000 
 
 273.000 
 
 18.550.000 
 
 294,233,000 
 
 47.008.000 
 
 800.000 
 
 8.000.000 
 
 1.250.000 
 
 4.000.000 
 
 9,500,000 
 
 22,323,000 
 
 5,215,000 
 
 6,400,000 
 
 29.500,000 
 
 Mal.St.<feStr.Set 
 Nepal 
 
 Persia 
 
 Russia 
 
 Siam 
 
 Tibet 
 
 Turkey* 
 
 
 209,152,000 
 
 291,030,000 
 
 24,900,000 
 
 41,436,000 
 
 5,693,000 
 
 876,120,000 
 
 * Both Europe and Asia. t Outside of British Territory. 
 
 X Followers of Confucianism in China and Shintoism in Japan are distinguished from 
 Buddhista by linea too vague to permit confident eaumeratioo. 
 
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 STATISTICS OF THE GREAT RELIGIONS OF 
 THE WORLD 
 
 The material from which these tables has been compiled consists, for 
 the British Colonies, of census reports of 1901 (wherever a census of that date 
 was taken) as summarized in the India List, Colonial List, or the States- 
 man's Year Book of 1904. As an exception, summaries (unofl&cial) of the 
 census of 1904 have been used in dealing with South Africa. For Russia, 
 the census of 1897 is the basis, the unofficial "estimates" of increase since 
 that date being also considered. In China, the official "estimate" of 1901 
 has been adopted. The Missionary reports published during 1904 have 
 aided in compiling the statistics of Christianity. The method followed has 
 been in each case to establish by use of the best available material the 
 population and religious statistics of each country or colony and then build 
 up the statistics of the continent by addition of these. For instance, the 
 figures given for Africa represent the aggregate of the statistics of 43 differ- 
 ent countries, colonies, or spheres of influence. The method though labor- 
 ious, would lead to valuable results were all the countries subject to census. 
 In actual fact, however, the population of great territories in Asia and 
 Africa and in islands like New Guinea is known by estimate (or guess) only. 
 Moreover in China religious statistics are of the most uncertain quality, 
 because so many of the people are at the same time Buddhists and Taoists 
 and Confucianists. These tables, therefore, are put forth as a careful esti- 
 mate, which may, however, be changed when the progress of civilization 
 produces more precise data, but which are proper and convenient to use as 
 a working hypothesis for a time. We should explain, perhaps, the column 
 in these statistics beaded Animists, Fetishists, etc. It includes a type rather 
 than any one species of belief — Shamanists of Asia, as well as Juju-men 
 of Africa. 
 
 Africa 
 
 America, N.. 
 America, S... 
 
 Aaia 
 
 Australasia.. 
 
 Europe 
 
 Malaysia — 
 
 Oceania 
 
 Aggregate.. . 
 
 Christians 
 
 2.665.000 
 
 64,488.000 
 
 362,000 
 
 1.542.000 
 
 3.424,000 
 
 92.922.000 
 
 416.500 
 
 247,000 
 
 2,493,000 
 
 36,693,000 
 
 36,125,000 
 
 5,385,000 
 
 964,000 
 
 183.754,000 
 
 7.095.500 
 
 129,000 
 
 166,06 ;,500 272,638,50(^120, 157,000 
 
 
 3.799,000 
 1,000,000 
 
 17,144,000 
 
 1,000 
 
 98.213.000 
 
 3^1,000 
 
 1.069,000 
 
 22,000 
 
 482,000 
 
 17,000 
 
 9,247.000 
 
 3.000 
 
 1.000 
 
 11,222,000 
 
 50,810,000 
 
 15,000 
 
 10,000 
 
 141,456,000 
 
 3,000 
 
 3,576,000 
 
 20,760,000 
 
 216,630,000 
 
 11,000 
 5.000 
 
 137,900.000 
 4,000 
 
 15,000 
 
 137.935.000 
 
 
 09 
 
 11 
 
 
 i1 
 
 1 
 
 Total 
 
 Africa 
 
 277.000 
 
 94,000 
 
 108,000 
 
 209,152,000 
 
 1,000 
 
 27.000 
 
 31,000 
 
 85.000 
 
 4,000 
 
 291,030,000 
 
 31.000 
 
 570,000 
 65,000 
 
 24,900.000 
 
 97.179.500 
 
 200.000 
 
 1.262,000 
 
 41,436,000 
 
 40.000 
 
 16.445.000 
 507.000 
 
 125.500 
 8.002.000 
 
 63.000 
 5.693.000 
 
 70.000 
 1.319.000 
 
 62.000 
 
 18.000 
 
 157 772 000 
 
 Amwica, N 
 
 America, S 
 
 Asia 
 
 Australaaia. 
 
 Europe 
 
 Malayaia 
 
 Oceania 
 
 111.651.000 
 
 37.956.000 
 
 876.120.000 
 
 i555.000 
 
 389,031.000 
 
 45,379.000 
 
 982.000 
 
 Aggregate 
 
 209,659.000 
 
 291.816,000 
 
 24.900.000 
 
 157.069.500 
 
 15.352,50d 
 
 1,623,446,000 
 
PART II 
 THE SOCIETIES 
 
"And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall 
 I send and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I, 
 send me." — Isaiah 6:8. 
 
 100 
 
SOCIETIES IN THE UNITED STATES 
 
 Note:— For Women's Missionary Societies, see section headed " Woman's 
 Work." 
 
 AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 
 
 (1847) : Parent Home and Foreign Missionaiy Society of 
 the '.Headquarters: 61 Bible House, New York; President: 
 Bishop C. T. Schaffer; Secretary and Treasurer: Rev. H. 
 B. Parks, D.D.; Fields: Canada, British West Indies, Haiti 
 and San Domingo, Cuba, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cape Col- 
 ony, Transvaal, Orange River Colony; Income and Expen- 
 diture: No information; Organ: Voice of Missions, month- 
 ly. General Notes: The Society is deeply interested in the 
 Ethiopian movement in South Africa. It is desirous of cor- 
 recting any impression that its aim, however, is in any way 
 political. 
 
 AMERICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION 
 CHURCH: Home and Frontier Missionary Society of the: 
 Headquarters: Birmingham, Alabama; Secretary: Rev. A. 
 J. Warner. 
 
 AMERICAN ADVENT MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 (1866): Headquarters: 160 Warren street, Boston, Mass.; 
 Secretary: Rev. A. H. Davis, Boston, Mass.; Treasurer: 
 Elder J. W. Evans, same address; Fields: Home: East of 
 the western Pennsylvania line and North and South. For- 
 eign: China, Cape Verde Islands. Income, year ending 
 September 30, 1906: About $16,000; Expenditures : About 
 $15,000; Organ: Prophetic and Mission Record. General 
 Notes: The Society reports 10 missionaries, men and 
 women, in the foreign field, with 400 Communicants. 
 
 Advent Christian Woman^s Home and Foreign Mis- 
 sionary Society: See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 Am. Advent Western Home Mission Board: Secretafy 
 lOJ 
 
102 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 and Treasurer, Elder J. August Smith, 1121 No. Church 
 street, Rockford, 111. 
 
 Am. Advent Southern Home Mission Board: Secretary 
 and Treasurer, George H. James, Wilmington, N. C. 
 
 Woman's Missionary Union, auxiliary to the Southern 
 Home Mission Board. 
 
 Helpers* Union and Central Mission Branch: See Wom- 
 an's Work Section. 
 
 AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSIONARY UNION 
 (1814) : Headquarters: Ford Building, Boston, Mass.; Cor. 
 Secretaries: Rev. H. C. Mabie, Rev. T. S. Barbour, Rev., 
 F. P. Haggard; Treasurer: C. W. Perkins; Fields: Burma, 
 Assam, South India; China, Japan, Congo Independent 
 State, Philippine Islands; France, Germany, Austria- 
 Hungary, Bulgaria, Sweden, Spain, Russia, Denmark, Nor- 
 way; Income, year ending March 31, 1906: $883,160.34; 
 Expenditures: $926,197.55; Organ: Baptist Misssionary 
 Magazine, monthly; General Notes: The whole number of 
 its missionaries, not including those in Europe, is 549, with 
 4,345 native workers, and 130,902 baptized communicants. 
 Baptisms in 1905 in pagan lands numbered 15,626, and in' 
 Europe, 6,965. 
 
 Large ingatherings have marked the work, particularly 
 in the Philippine Islands and among the tribes around 
 Kengtung, Burma. Educational work in China and Japan 
 is emphasized in view of present opportunities. For the 
 strengthening of all its educational work the society hss 
 taken steps for raising a fund of $500,000 for education, 
 partly for endowment, partly for building, and partly as 
 a reserve for advance. Special efforts have been made for 
 informing the home constituency by bright, up-to-date liter- 
 ature and by study classes. A forward movement is being 
 carried on among Sunday schools. 
 
 Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary Society; Woman's 
 Baptist Foreign Missionary Society of the West: See 
 Woman's Work Section. 
 
 AHEEJCAN BAPTIST HOME MISSION SOCIETY; 
 
Thb Blue Book of Missions for 1907 103 
 
 Headquarters: Metropolitan Building, 312 Fourth avenue, 
 New York City; Corresponding Secretary: Rev. H. L. 
 Morehouse, D.D. ; Assistant Corresponding Secretary: Rev. 
 A. Turnbull; Editorial Secretary: Rev. H. B. Grose; Field 
 Secretary: Rev. E. E. Chivers, D.D.; Treasurer: Frank T. 
 Moulton, Esq.; Fields: United States, North Western 
 Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico; Income, year ending 
 March 31, 1906: $805,403.57; Organ: Baptist Home Mis- 
 sion Monthly; General Notes: The Society has (1905)' 1,552 
 missionaries; has maintained 44 schools for colored people 
 and Indians; has aided in erecting 114 church edifices; has 
 had 312 missionaries among the foreign population; reports 
 375 baptisms in Cuba and 270 in Porto Rico during the 
 year, and in the two islands together 51 churches with 
 3,734 members; altogether it reports 8,432 baptisms during 
 the year and a total church membership of 72,453. 
 
 Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society; 
 Women's Baptist Home Mission Society: See Woman's 
 Work Section. 
 
 AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR 
 FOREIGN MISSIONS (1810): Headquarters: Congrega- 
 tional House, 14 Beacon street, Boston, Mass.; Denomina- 
 tion: Congregational; Secretaries: Rev. James L. Barton, 
 Rev. Cornelius H. Patton; Editorial Secretary: Rev. E. E. 
 Strong; Treasurer: F. H. Wiggin; Fields: Angola, West 
 Africa, Natal, Portuguese East Africa, Rhodesia, Turkey, 
 India, Ceylon, China, Mexico, Japan, Philippine Islands, 
 Micronesia, Austria, Spain ; Income, year ending August 31, 
 1906: $913,159.64; Expenditures: $853,680.58; Organ: 
 Missionary Herald, monthly; General Notes: In Angola, 
 West Africa, the Society has met with opposition from 
 the Portuguese officials — an opposition that is seemingly 
 the tribute of narrow-minded men to success that they can- 
 not understand. In Turkey it has had more hope of being 
 granted the same rights as to education as are allowed by 
 Turkey to European Missionary enterprises. In China the 
 ruins left b^ the outbreaks of 1900 have been reconstructed, 
 
104 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 and the awakening of interest in Western civilization shows 
 itself in large attendance at mission services, crowding of 
 schools, and demand for expansion in all lines of effort 
 that the opportunities calling for attention may be used. 
 In the Philippine Islands the missionary in Mindanao is 
 making steady progress and finding ready access to pagans. 
 In India and Ceylon, the missions continue to make steady 
 progress, with fresh emphasis laid on the fruitfulness of 
 educational and medical work used as truly evangelistic 
 agencies. In Japan the war with Russia has opened larger 
 opportunities and has also developed independence among 
 the "Kumiai" churches. Twenty-one churches have become 
 entirely independent, as self-supporting or aided by the 
 Japanese Home Missionary Society. The Society's mis- 
 sionaries, men and women, number 580. It has 4,185 native 
 workers, and about 164,000 professing Christians, of whom 
 61,178 are communicants. 
 
 Woman's Board of Missions, auxiliary toABCFM: See 
 Woman's Work Section. 
 
 AMERICAN CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 (1860) : Merged into Board of Missions of Protestant Epis- 
 copal Church in the U. S. A. which see. 
 
 AMERICAN CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 (Disciples) : Headquarters : Y. M. C. A. Building, Cin- 
 cinnati, 0. ; Corresponding Secretary : Rev. Wm. J. Wright ; 
 Treasurer: Clarence J. Neare; Income, year ending Sept. 
 30, 1905 : $100,323.03. In addition to this about $169,463.35 
 was received during the year by the State boards for local 
 work; Organ: American Home Missionary, monthly. 
 
 AMERICAN FRIENDS BOARD OF FOREIGN MIS- 
 SIONS (1894) : Headquarters : Richmond, Indiana; Su^ 
 perintendent of Missions: Zenas L. Martin; Secretary: 
 Mrs. Mahalah Jay; Treasurer: James Carey, Jr., 119 E. 
 Lombard street, Baltimore, Md.; Fields: Cuba; it presents 
 also the work of the Yearly Meetings, with fields in Mexico, 
 Jamaica, Japan, Alaska, Palestine, India, China, British 
 East Africa^ and Central America^ Income^ year ending 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 105 
 
 March 31, 1905, including the Home contributions of the 
 various yearly meetings: $69,073; Organ: The American 
 Friend. 
 
 AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION (1846) : 
 Headquarters: 287 Fourth avenue, New York; Denomina- 
 tion: Congregational; Secretaries: Rev. J. W. Cooper, 
 Rev. C. J. Ryder; Treasurer: H. W. Hubbard; Fields: 
 Special populations in the United States, Indians, 
 Japanese, Chinese; white and colored in Southern States; 
 Hawaii, Porto Rico; Income, year ending September 30, 
 1905: $342,172.22; Expenditure: $363,509.13; Organ: 
 American Missionary. 
 
 American Bamabai Association: See Woman's Work 
 Section. 
 
 AMERICAN UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION (1825): 
 Headquarters: 25 Beacon street, Boston, Mass.; President: 
 Rev. Samuel A. Eliot, D.D.; Secretary: Rev. Charles E. 
 St. John; Assistant Secretary: Mr. Geo. W. Fox; Treas- 
 urer: Francis H. Lincoln; Fields: The United States, 
 Japan; Income, year ending April 30, 1906: $285,000; 
 Expenditure: For Home Missions, $124,583.17; Foreign 
 Missions, $3,200. 
 
 ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD 
 OF THE SOUTH (1875) : Board of Foreign Missions of 
 the; Headquarters : Due West, South Carolina; Secretary: 
 Rev. W. L. Pressly, D.D. 
 
 BRETHREN IN CHRIST (River Brethren) : Foreign 
 Missionary Board of the (1896) : Headquarters: LfOuis- 
 ville, Ohio; Secretary: Elder 0. Baker. 
 
 CENTRAL AMERICA MISSION (1890) : Headquar- 
 ters: Dallas, Texas; Denomination: Interdenominational; 
 Secretary: Rev. C. I. Scofield; Treasurer: D. H. Scott, 
 Paris, Texas; Fields: Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, 
 Salvador, Costa Rica; Iticome: About $5,000; Organ: Cen- 
 tral American Bulletin ; General Notes : The Society reports 
 28 missionaries and 1,050 communicants. 
 
106 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 CHRISTIAN CHURCH (1880) : Mission Board of the: 
 Headquarters: C. P. A. Building, Dayton, Ohio; General 
 Secretary and Treasurer: Rev. J. G. Bishop, D.D.; Fields: 
 Japan, Porto Rico, Canada, Colorado, North Dakota, Wash- 
 ington, Montana, North Carolina, Virginia, and eight other 
 States; Income, year ending September 30, 1905: $23,- 
 468.16; Expenditure: $24,011.58; Organ: Christian Mis- 
 sionary; General Notes: The Society reports in the foreign 
 field 14 missionaries and 617 communicant members. In 
 Tokyo, Japan, it has a Bible Training School with 15 
 students. 
 
 Christian Church Woman's Board of Foreign Missions: 
 See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 Christian Church Woman's Board for Home Missions: 
 See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE 
 
 (1887) : Headquarters: 690 Eighth avenue, New York; 
 Denomination: Interdenominational; Secretary : Rev. A. E. 
 Funk; Treasurer: Mr. David Crear; Fields: United States, 
 Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela, Argentina, Porto Rico, 
 Jamaica, San Domingo, Africa, China, India, Japan, Pales- 
 tine; Income, year ending March 31, 1906: $244,638.81; 
 Expenditure: $244,638.81; Organ: Christian and Mission- 
 ary Alliance, weekly. Living Truths, monthly; General 
 Notes: The Society reports 285 missionaries, men and 
 women, in the foreign field and an increase of about 1,100 
 in membership during 1905. 
 
 Christian Women's Board of Missions: See Woman's 
 Work Section. 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL HOME MISSIONARY SO- 
 CIETY (1826): Headquarters: 287 Fourth avenue, New 
 York; Secretaries: Rev. J. B. Clark, Rev. Washington 
 Choate; Associate Secretary: Don 0. Shelton; Treasurer: 
 W. B. Howland; Fields: The United States (including 
 Alaska and special classes of people), Cuba; Income, year 
 ending March 31, 1906 (including net receipts of auxilia- 
 ries) : $494^329,73; Expenditure (including $240;894.18 ex- 
 
The Blue Book op Missions for 1907 107 
 
 pended by auxiliaries in their own fields) : $497,601.99; 
 Organ: Home Missionary; Congregational Work; General 
 Notes: The Society employs 1,641 missionaries in 46 States 
 and Territories, and 7 in Cuba. The missionaries preaching 
 in foreign languages number 193. Additions to the church 
 on confession of faith have been 4,7D8 during the year. 
 
 CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF FOR- 
 EIGN MISSIONS AND CHURCH ERECTION (1852) : 
 Headquarters: Holland Building Annex, St. Louis, Mo.; 
 Cor. Secretary: Mr. J. M. Patterson; Treasurer: Mr. J. C. 
 Cobb; Fields: Japan, China, Mexico; Home Missions; 
 Church erection; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1905: $173,- 
 488.80; receipts of Woman's Board, $48,340.05, and re- 
 ceipts of Synodical Missions, $36,573; Expenditure: $165,- 
 813.33, including Foreign Missions, $36,836.73; expendi- 
 tures of Woman's Board, $40,282.25, and expenditures of 
 Synodical Missions, $36,573; Organ: Missionary Record; 
 General Notes: Consistent with the terms of organic union 
 between the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the 
 Presbyterian Church in the United States, the Boards will 
 make separate reports to the General Assembly in May, 
 1907. It will be the policy of the United Church to com- 
 bine the Boards as soon thereafter as practicable. 
 
 Cumberland Presbyterian Woman^s Board of Missions: 
 See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 DANISH (UNITED) EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN 
 CHURCH IN AMERICA (1896): Headquarters: Blair, 
 Nebraska; Secretary: Rev. L. Johnsen, Wapaca, Wis.; 
 Fields: Indian Territory, Utah, Danish Immigrants in 
 New York and Boston; Japan. 
 
 EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION (1876): Missionary 
 Society of the: Headquarters: 265 Woodland avenue, 
 Cleveland, Ohio; Secretaries: S. P. Spreng, Rev. T. C. 
 Meckel; Treasurer: Rev. Yost; Fields: United States, 
 Europe, Japan, China; Organ: Evangelischer Missions- 
 bote; The Missionary Messenger; General Notes: The So- 
 ciety has SL large number of missionaries in the UoitetJ 
 
108 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 States, Canada, Grermany and Switzerland. Its work in 
 Japan and China employs 15 foreign and 20 native mis- 
 sionaries. 
 
 Evangelical Association Women's Missionary Society: 
 See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 FOREIGN CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 (1875): Headquarters: 222 West Fourth street, Cincin- 
 nati, Ohio; Denomination: Disciples of Christ; President: 
 Rev. A. McLean; Secretaries: Rev. F. M. Rains, Rev. S. 
 J. Corey; Treasurer: S. M. Cooper; Fields: China, Japan, 
 India, Turkey, Scandinavia, Africa, England, Cuba, 
 Hawaii, Philippines, Tibet (in Chinese province of 
 Szechwan) ; Income, year ending Sept. 30, 1905: $255,922; 
 Expenditure: $251,783; Organ: Missionary Intelligencer; 
 General Notes: The year has been one of great success, and 
 has fostered enthusiasm for important extension; 16 new 
 missionaries were sent out. The whole number of its 
 missionaries, men and women, is 152, with 312 native 
 workers, 40 schools, 2,388 pupils, and about 15,000 pro- 
 fessing Christians, of whom 7,499 are communicants. The 
 missions in England and other parts of Europe are in- 
 cluded in this report. 
 
 FREE BAPTISTS (1833): General Conference of; 
 Secretaries: Rev. Arthur Given, Providence, R. I.; Rev. 
 H. M. Ford, Hillsdale, Mich.; Treasurer: Rev. Arthur 
 Given, Providence, R. I.; Fields: India; General Notes: 
 The Society has 25 missionaries in the foreign field, in- 
 cluding those supported by the Woman's Missionary So- 
 ciety. 
 
 Free Baptist Woman's Missionary Society: See Wo- 
 man's Work Section. 
 
 FREE METHODIST CHURCH OF NORTH AMER- 
 ICA (1882): General Missionary Board of the; Head- 
 quarters: 14-16 North May street, Chicago, 111.; Secretary: 
 Rev. Benjamin Winget; Treasurer: S. K. J. Chesbro; 
 Fields: Africa, India, Japan, China, San Domingo, United 
 States; Income^ year ending Oct> 1, 1905^ for foreign 
 
The Blue Book op Missions for 1907 109 
 
 missions: $31,803.85, and for home missions, $4,306.16; 
 Expenditure: Foreign missions, $32,977.31; home mis- 
 sions, $4,495. 
 
 Free Methodist Woman's Missionary Society: See Wom- 
 an^s Work Section. 
 
 GERMAN BAPTIST BRETHREN CHURCH (1884) : 
 General Mission and Tract Committee; Headquarters: El- 
 gin, 111.; Denomination: Dunkers; Secretary and Treas- 
 urer: Galen B. Royer; Fields: India, Sweden, France, 
 Switzerland, Turkey, United States; Income, 1905: 
 $69,142.17; Expenditure: $53,920.84; Organ: The Mis- 
 sionary Visitor; General Notes: The nimiber of mission- 
 aries in the foreign field is 25. There is a mission to the 
 Italians in Brooklyn, N. Y.; a colored mission in Arkansas. 
 
 GERMAN EVANGELICAL SYNOD OF NORTH 
 AMERICA: Foreig-n Mission Board of (1867): Head- 
 quarters: St. Louis, Mo.; Gen. Secretary: Rev. E. Schmidt, 
 97 Huntington avenue, Buffalo, N. Y.; Recording Secre- 
 tary: Rev. Paul A. Menzel, 1920 G street, N. W., Wash- 
 ington, D. C; Treasurer: Mr. Th. Speyser, 390 Genesee 
 street, Buffalo, N. Y.; Fields: Central Provinces of India; 
 Income, year ending Feb. 1, 1906 (besides balance 
 $8,466.61): $24,635.96; Expenditure: $28,643.81; Organ: 
 Fliegende Missions-Blatter, quarterly; Deutscher Missions 
 Freund, monthly; General Notes: The number of mission- 
 aries, men and women, is 16. 
 
 GOSPEL MISSIONARY UNION (1891): Headquar- 
 ters: 711 Forest avenue, Kansas City, Mo.; Undenomina- 
 tional; President: Mr. George S. Fisher; Fields: Morocco, 
 Ecuador, Indians of the U. S. (Navajos) ; Income (1905) : 
 $9,660.74; Expenditure: $9,000.31; Organ: The Gospel 
 Message, monthly. 
 
 HAUGE'S SYNOD CHINA MISSION (Hauges Syn- 
 odes China Mission, 1891) : Headquarters : Redwing, Minn.; 
 Secretary: Rev. M. 0. M. Wee, Jackson, Minn.; Fields: 
 Provinces of Hupeh and Honan, China. 
 
 HARVARD MISSION (1904): Headquarters: Harvard 
 
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 University, Cambridge, Mass.; Chairman: Prof. E. C. 
 Moore ; Secretary : Mr. Ralph H. Bollard ; Fields : All fields 
 where Harvard graduates are in Missionary service. General 
 Notes: The Society is composed of students and alumni of 
 Harvard University and its aim is to unite all Harvard men 
 serving under any foreign Missionary board and of any 
 communion by a closer tie to one another and to the Univer- 
 sity; to secure and disseminate information about the work 
 of such missionaries; to raise money for the support in 
 India of the representative of the Harvard Christian As- 
 sociation, and also for aiding in the support of Harvard 
 men hereafter sent to the foreign field; to send out men 
 who will represent the University in foreign fields and will 
 be sustained by the sentiment of the University community, 
 and finally by all these means to foster the spirit of Mis- 
 sions within Harvard University. 
 
 HAWAIIAN EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION (1823) : 
 Headquarters: Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands; Denomination: 
 Congregational; Secretary: Rev. D. Scudder; Treasurer: 
 Theodore Richards; Field: Hawaii; Organ: The Friend; 
 General Notes: The Association is in affiliation with the 
 American Missionary Association. Its work is among 
 Hawaiians, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and English- 
 speaking people throughout the Territory. Its workers, 
 men and women, number 146. It has 93 churches with 
 6,517 members. 
 
 Woman^s Board of Missions for the Pacific Islands: 
 See Congregational division of Woman's Work Section. 
 
 HEPZIBAH FAITH MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION 
 (1892) : Headquarters : Tabor, Iowa; Secretary: Mrs. H. 
 W. Kelley; Fields: Japan, India, China, Natal, Transvaal; 
 Income: No information; Organ: Sent of God; John Three 
 Sixteen (Young people), fortnightly. 
 
 INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL MISSIONARY SO- 
 CIETY (1881) : Headquarters : 288 Lexington avenue. New 
 York; Denomination: Interdenominational; Secretary: 
 George D. Dowkontt; Treasurer: J. E. Giles, M.D.; Object: 
 
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 Training of Medical Missionaries by aid to students who are 
 preparing for sei'vice as Medical Missionaries. 
 
 LUTHERAN: FOREIGN MISSIONS COMMITTEE 
 OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN JOINT SYNOD 
 OF OHIO AND OTHER STATES (1884) ; Headquarters: 
 48 E. Frankfort street, Columbus, Ohio; Secretary: Rev. 
 J. H. Schneider; Treasurer: J. G. Butz; Fields: The fields 
 of the Hermannsburg Missionary Society of Germany; 
 Income, from July 16, 1902, to August 6, 1904: $9,580.44; 
 Expenditure, during the same time: $9,499.84; Organ: 
 Lutheran Standard. 
 
 LUTHERAN: BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS OF 
 THE LUTHERAN FREE CHURCH (1895); Head- 
 quarters: Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, Minn.; Sec- 
 retary: Prof. Geo. Sverdrup; Treasurer: J. H. Blegen; 
 Field: Madagascar; Income, year ending May 31, 1906: 
 $13,993.44; Expenditure: $13,666.47; Organ: Gasseren 
 (in Norwegian), fortnightly. 
 
 LUTHERAN: BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS OF 
 THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE EVANGELICAL 
 LUTHERAN CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA (1867) ; 
 Headquarters: 1§22- Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa.; Cor. 
 Secretary: Rev. W. Ashmead Schaeffer, D.D., 137 W. 
 School House Lane, Station G., Philadelphia; General 
 Secretary: Rev. George Drach, 29 E. Mt. Pleasant avenue, 
 Philadelphia; Treasurer: Philip S. Zieber, Esq., Reading, 
 Pa.; Field: Godaveri district, India; Income, 1903-1905: 
 $68,718.29; Expenditure: $57,919.09; Organ: Missions- 
 Bote; Foreign Missionary. General Notes: The Society 
 has 16 missionaries, 300 native workers, 304 schools, 5,275 
 scholars and 6,135 communicants, and a baptized member- 
 ship of 12,822. 
 
 Evangelical Lutheran General Council Woman's Mission- 
 ary Society, Home and Foreign: See Woman's Work 
 Section. 
 
 LUTHERAN: BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS OF 
 THE GENERAL SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL 
 
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 LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THE U. S. (1841); Head- 
 quarters: 21 W. Saratoga street, Baltimore, Md.; Secre- 
 tary: Rev. Marion J. Kline, D.D.; Treasurer: 0. F. Lantz; 
 Fields: India, Africa; Income, for the two years ending 
 April 30, 1905: $137,208.13; Expenditure: $131,095.31; 
 Organ: Lutheran Missionary Journal. General Notes: 
 The Society has 35 missionaries, 607 native workers, 291 
 schools, 8,578 scholars, and 11,820 communicants. 
 
 LUTHERAN: BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS 
 AND CHURCH EXTENSION OF THE UNITED 
 SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN 
 CHURCH, SOUTH (1886); Headquarters: 408 N. Tryon 
 street, Charlotte, N. C. ; President: Rev. R. C. Holland; 
 Rec. Secretary: Rev. W. L. Seabrook; Treasurer: John A. 
 Cline; Field: Japan; Income, for two years ending July 1. 
 1904: Home Missions, $17,000; Foreign Missions, $11,945; 
 Expenditure: Home Missions, $17,000; Foreign Missions, 
 $11,945: Total, $28,945. General Notes: The Society is to 
 begin theological education of natives at an early day, 
 
 MENNONITE MISSION BOARD (1882) : Headquar- 
 ters: Quakertown, Pa.; Secretary: Rev. A. B. Shelly; 
 Treasurer: Rev. G. Harder, Whitewater, Kansas; Fields: 
 India, United States (Indians in Montana, Arizona, and 
 Oklahoma) . 
 
 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Missionary 
 Society of the (1819) : Headquarters : 150 Fifth avenue. 
 New York; Secretaries: Rev. A. B. Leonard, Rev. H. K. 
 Carroll; Missionary Editor: Charles H. Fahs; Treasurer: 
 Homer Eaton; Fields: Liberia, Rhodesia, Angola, Madeira 
 Is., India, China, Japan, Korea, Borneo, Java, Straits 
 Settlements, Philippine Islands, Argentina, Uruguay, Para- 
 guay, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Chile, Bolivia, Mexico, 
 Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Fin- 
 land, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Bulgaria; Income, 
 1905, including Women's Societies and domestic missions: 
 $2,692,008.53; Expenditure, foreign missions: $1,822,- 
 $268.64; Organ: World Wide Missions. General Notes: 
 
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 The Society has in the foreign field, including missions in 
 Europe, 810 missionaries, 8,689 native workers, 1,987 
 schools, 62,598 scholars, and 248,378 professing Christians 
 of whom 131,566 are full members. The fields occupied 
 by the Society are steadily increasing. Borneo has been 
 entered, also Bolivia and Patagonia. The number of points 
 occupied in China, in Korea, and in the Philippines has 
 been largely increased. The increase is noticeable in siuns 
 contributed by native churches toward the support of their 
 church and school institutions. This increase was 76 per 
 cent, in the six years 1900-1905 over the amount of such 
 contributions in the preceding six years (1894-1899, 
 $1,219,965; 1900-1905, $2,151,623). The appointment of 
 new missionary bishops indicates a purpose of energetically 
 pressing forward missionary enterprises. 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Woman's Foreign Missionary So- 
 ciety : See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Woman's Some Missionary Society: 
 See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (SOUTH): 
 BOARD OF MISSIONS (1846): Headquarters: Nash- 
 ville, Tennessee; Secretaries: Rev. Walter R. Lambuth, 
 Rev. W. W. Pinson, Rev. J. R. Nelson; Treasurer: J. D. 
 Hamilton; Sec. of Young People's Dep't: Rev. E. F. Cook; 
 Fields: China, Korea, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, United 
 States (including Indians, immigrants, and Jews) ; Income 
 for foreign work: $467,846 besides the receipts of the 
 Woman's Board ($155,909); Organ: Go Forward. Gen- 
 eral Notes: The Board has in its foreign fields 251 mission- 
 aries, men and women, including the 69 under the Woman's 
 Foreign Missionary Society; 40 schools, 3,691 scholars, and 
 17,633 church members, of whom 1,973 were added in 1905. 
 In every direction the work has made great strides forward. 
 
 The collections for Domestic Missions are $228,240; for 
 Church Extension, $101,552; Woman's Home Missionary 
 Society, $101,728, making an aggregate, when added to 
 the collections of the two Foredgn Boards, of $1,055,275. 
 
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 Methodist Episcopal (South) Woman's Board of Mis- 
 sions: See Woman^s Work Section. 
 
 METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH: Board of 
 
 Foreign Missions of the (1S88) : Headquarters : Springfield, 
 Ohio; Secretary and Treasurer: Rev. T. J. Ogbum, Greens- 
 boro, N. C. ; Field: Japan; Income, year ending April 30, 
 1902: $14,295.47; Expenditure: $15,248.47; Organ: Metho- 
 dist Recorder. 
 
 Woman's Foreign Missionary Society: See Woman^s 
 Work Section. 
 
 MORAVIAN CHURCH (Northern Province of Amer- 
 ica) SOCIETY FOR PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL 
 AMONG THE HEATHEN (1787): Headquarters: Beth- 
 lehem, Pennsylvania; President: Rt. Rev. J. Mortimer 
 Levering; Secretary and Treasurer of Missions: Rev. Paul 
 de Schweinitz; Fields: The Missionary Society formed to 
 support Moravian Missions everywhere and specifically to 
 care for work among the Indians, since 1885, in addition, 
 has superintended the Moravian Mission in Alaska. It is 
 auxiliary to the general Mora\dan Missions, which see in 
 "Germany" list of Societies. 
 
 NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION: Foreign Mis- 
 sion Board of the (1880) : Headquarters: 726 W. Walnut 
 street, Louisville, Ky. ; Secretary: Rev. L. G. Jordan; 
 Treasurer: Rev. C. H. Parrish; Fields: Africa (West, 
 South, and East Central), West Indies, South America; 
 Income, 1905: $13,000; Organ: Mission Herald, monthly. 
 
 NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION: Home Mis- 
 sion Board of the (1880) : Headquarters : Little Rock, Ark.; 
 Cor. Secretary: Rev. R. H. Boyd, D.D., Nashville, Tenn.; 
 Treasurer: P. A. Knowles, Little Rock, Ark. 
 
 NEW JERUSALEM IN U. S. A. : Board of Home and 
 Foreign Missions of the General Convention of: Headquar- 
 ters: 16 Arlington street, Boston, Mass.; Denomination: 
 Swedenhorgian ; Secretary: Rev. Willard H. Hinkley; 
 Treasurer: Dr. E. A. Whiston; Fields: United States, 
 
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 Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Brazil; 
 Income, year ending May 1, 1906 : $5,182.18 ; Expenditure : 
 $4,843.89. 
 
 NORTH INDIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FOR 
 CHRISTIAN WOMEN: American Committee for the: 
 Chairman: Rev. C. C. Hall, D.D., Union Theological Sem- 
 inary, New York City; Field Secretary: Miss A. R. Lee, 7 
 Perry st., Morristown, N. J. ; Acting Treasurer : Rev. F. B. 
 Dwight, Convent Station, N. J. See India Section. 
 
 NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMER- 
 ICA : Board of Foreign Missions of the United (1858) : 
 Denomination: Lutheran; Secretary: Rev. M. Saeterlie, 
 Stanley, Wis.; Fields: Madagascar, China. 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE U. S. 
 (NORTH): Board of Foreign Missions of the (1837): 
 Headquarters: 156 Fifth avenue, New York; Secretaries: 
 Rev. F. F. Ellinwood, D.D., Mr. R. E. Speer, Rev. A. J. 
 Brown, D.D., Rev. A. W. Halsey, D.D.; Treasurer: Mr. 
 Dwight H. Day; Fields: Kamerun, Spanish W. Africa, 
 China, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Persia, Siam, Philip- 
 pine Islands, Guatemala, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Turkey 
 (Syria); Income, year ending April 30, 1906: $1,171,- 
 867.76; Expenditure: $1,241,821.20; Organ: Assembly 
 Herald; General Notes: The Society reports 889 mission- 
 aries, men and women, 2,611 native workers, 995 schools, 
 32,430 scholars, and 63,480 communicants. 
 
 During 1905 a great revival in India had fruit in prayer, 
 confession of sin and witness bearing for Christ. In Korea 
 a revival added large numbers to the church, and there is a 
 remarkable advance in self-support. In the Philippines 
 progress has exceeded the most sanguine expectations, the 
 number of church members there now numbering 4,000. In 
 China political unrest is accompanied by opportunities 
 which are unsurpassed and which the missionaries are alert 
 to improve. Progress in the missions includes more than 
 increase in numbers; the schools and the great presses of 
 
116 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 the Society (iii Syria, China, and elsewhere) extend their 
 area of effectiveness with every year. 
 
 Presbyterian (North) Woman's Board of Missions: See 
 Woman's Work Section. 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE U. S. A. 
 (NORTH), BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS: Headquar- 
 ters: 156 Fifth avenue, New York City; Secretary: Rev. 
 Charles L. Thompson, D.D.; Associate Secretaries: Rev. 
 John Dixon, D.D., Mr. Joseph Ernest McAfee; Treasurer: 
 Mr. Harvey C. Olin; Superintendent of School Work: Rev. 
 R. M. Craig; Superintendent of Department of Church and 
 Labor: Rev. C. Stelzle; Field Secretary: Rev. B. P. Ful- 
 lerton, D.D. ; Fields: The United States, including Alaska, 
 Porto Rico and 16 nationalities of foreign immigrants; In- 
 come, year ending March 31, 1906: $911,793.72; Expendi- 
 ture: $913,390.06 (The receipts and expenditures of the 
 Woman's Board are included in these figures.); Organ: 
 Assembly Herald, Over Sea and Land; General Notes: A 
 feature of growing interest and importance is the special 
 mission to workingmen, which is leading to the appoint- 
 ment of representatives of ministers' associations to be 
 members of labor organizations. 
 
 For Woman's Board of Home Missions: See Woman's 
 Work Section. 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE U. S. (SOUTH) : 
 Executive Committee of Foreign Missions of the (1861) : 
 Headquarters: Chamber of Commerce Building, Nashville, 
 Tennessee; Co-ordinate Secretaries: Rev. S. H. Chester and 
 Rev. J. 0. Reavis; Editor: Rev. H. F. Williams; Fields: 
 Congo Free State, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Cuba, 
 Brazil; Income, year ending March 31, 1906: $266,317; 
 Expenditure: $274,344; Organ: The Missionary, The Chil- 
 dren's Missionary, both monthly; General Notes: The So- 
 ciety reports 206 misionaries, men and women, 293 native 
 workers, 10,824 communicants, of whom 2,182 were received 
 during the last year-. 
 
 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH IN U. S. (1896) : 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 117 
 
 Secretary: Rev. Daniel Savage, Plymouth, Luzerne Co., 
 Penn.: Fields: Auxiliary to the Primitive Methodist Mis- 
 sionary Society of Great Britain. 
 
 PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN U. S. A.; 
 Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the (1835) : 
 Headquarters: 281 Fourth avenue. New York; Gen. Secre- 
 tary: Rev. A. S. Lloyd; Associate Secretary: Rev. J. Kim- 
 ber; Corresponding Secretary: Mr. John W. Wood; Treas- 
 urer: George C. Thomas; Fields: Foreign — Liberia, China, 
 Japan, Haiti, Mexico; Domestic — United States, including 
 Alaska, Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippine Islands; 
 Income, year ending Aug. 31, 1906: $566,137.59 for For- 
 eign Missions, and $729,374.18 for Domestic Missions; Ex- 
 penditure, Domestic Missions, $733,086.37; Foreign Mis- 
 sions, $545,786.76; Organ:' Spirit of Missions, monthly; 
 The Young Christian Soldier, weekly, and also monthly; 
 General Notes: In April, 1905, the American Church Mis- 
 sionary Society transferred to the Board of Missions its 
 work in Cuba. The Society maintains its corporate exist- 
 ence to administer its trust funds. The income of these 
 except where specially directed is now used for the domestic 
 work. In Brazil there are twenty-one stations and out- 
 stations in charge of nine clergymen, and in Cuba eighteen 
 stations and out-stations with nine clergymen. The plan of 
 apportioning missionary expenditures upon the different 
 congregations has resulted in largely increasing the amount 
 given in each year. In 1905 the number of congregations 
 making offerings for missions was 4,179 as against 2,226 
 giving congregations in 1901. The Society reports in its 
 foreign missions 175 missionaries, men and women, 565 
 native workers, 146 schools, 6,177 scholars, and 6,307 com- 
 municants. 
 
 Protestant Episcopal Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of 
 Missions: See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA: Board of For- 
 eign Missions of the (1832) : Headquarters: 25 E. 22d St., 
 New York; Denomination: Reformed (Dutch); Cor- 
 
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118 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 responding Secretary: Rev. H. N. Cobb; Field Secretary: 
 Rev. J. W. Conklin; Treasurer: W. H. Van Steenburgh; 
 Assistant Treasurer: Rev. J. L. Amerman; Fields: China, 
 India, Japan, Arabia; Income, year ending May 1, 1906: 
 $174,464.74 (including Arabian Mission); Expenditure: 
 $157,328.82 (including Arabian Mission); Organ: Mission 
 Field, Neglected Arabia; General Notes: The Society re- 
 ports 100 missionaries, men and women, 550 native workers, 
 193 schools, 7,881 scholars, and 5,062 communicants. 
 
 Reformed Church in America Woman's Board of Mis- 
 sions: See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA: Board of 
 Domestic Missions: Headquaretrs : 25 East Twenty- 
 second street. New York City; Denomination: Reformed 
 Dutch; Acting Secretary: Rev. W. H. Vroom, D.D.; 
 Treasurer: W. T. Demarest; Income, year ending April 30, 
 1906: $115,085.32; Organ: Mission Field, monthly; Day 
 Star (for children), monthly. 
 
 Reformed Church in America Women's Executive Com- 
 mittee for Domestic Missions: See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 REFORMED CHURCH IN U. S. (GERMAN) : Board 
 of Commissioners for Foreign Missions of the (1879) : 
 Headquarters: 1306 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa.; Sec- 
 retary: Rev. Allen R. Bartholomew; Treasurer: Dr. J. L. 
 Lemberger; Fields: Japan, China; Income, for three 
 years. May 1, 1904, Dec. 31, 1906: $219,466; Expendi- 
 ture, three years: $274,000; General Notes: The Society 
 reports 47 missionaries, men and women, 100 native work- 
 ers, 50 schools, and 2,650 communicants. 
 
 REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE 
 UNITED STATES: Board of Foreign Missions of the 
 (1894): Headquarters: Philadelphia, Pa.: Denomination: 
 Reformed Episcopal; President: Bishop H. S. Hoffman, 
 D.D., 1317 North Broad street; Secretary: Mr. H. H. Sin- 
 amon, 2067 East Cumberland street; Treasurer: Rev. C. 
 F. Hendricks, B.D., 2630 North 12th street. 
 
 REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NORTH 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 119 
 
 AMERICA: Board of Foreign Missions of the Synod of 
 the (1856): Headquarters: 325 West Fifty-sixth street, 
 N. Y. ; Secretary: R. M. Somraerville ; Fields: Turkey 
 (Syria, Asia Minor, Cyprus), China; Income: $31,893; Ex- 
 penditure: $20,215; Organ: Olive Trees, monthly. 
 
 SCANDINAVIAN ALLIANCE OF NORTH AMER- 
 ICA (1891): Headquarters: 81 Ashland Boulevard, Chi- 
 cago, 111.; Denomination: Interdenominational; Secretary: 
 Rev. C. T. Dyrness; Treasurer: Prof. F. Risberg; Fields: 
 China, Mongolia, East Africa, South Africa, Japan, and 
 South America. 
 
 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST GENERAL CONFER- 
 ENCE : Foreign Mission Committee of the (1887) : Head- 
 quarters: Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. ; Secretary: 
 W. A. Spicer; Treasurer: I. H. Evans; Fields: United 
 States, Canada, Newfoundland, Alaska, Hawaii, West 
 Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America, Europe, 
 Turkey, Japan, China, Korea, Straits Settlements, Philip- 
 pine Islands, Samoa, Fiji Islands, Cook Islands, Friendly 
 Islands, Society Islands, Australia, India, Africa; Income: 
 Not reported; Organ: Advent Review and Sabbath Herald. 
 
 SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 (1842): Secretary: Rev. 0. U. Whitford, Alfred, N. Y.; 
 Treasurer: George A. Utter; Fields: China, England, Hol- 
 land, the LTnited States ; Income, year ending July 31, 1901 : 
 $14,576.66; Expenditure: $14,60i.70 (of which for foreign 
 missions, $3,694.08) ; Organ: Sabbath Recorder. 
 
 SOUTELERN BAPTIST CONVENTION (1845) : For- 
 eign Mission Board of the: Headquarters: 1103 Main 
 street, Richmond, Va. ; Secretary: Rev. R. J. Willingham; 
 Ass't Secretary: W. H. Smith; Treasurer: J. C. Williams; 
 Fields: China, Japan, Lagos (W. Africa), Mexico, Brazil, 
 Italy, Argentina; Income, year ending May 1, 1906: $324,- 
 009; Expenditure: $343,072; Organ: Foreig-n Mission 
 Journal; General Notes: The Society has an income larger 
 than ever before. The number of baptisms in the field is 
 
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 larger the past year (2,445) than ever before. The Society 
 is giving great attention to educating native workers. 
 
 Souihern Baptist Convention Women's Missionary Union: 
 See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 SUDAN UNITED MISSION: United States Council of 
 the: Headquarters: 329 East Walnut Lane, Germantown, 
 Philadelphia, Pa.; Secretary for the V. S.: Charles Kurz- 
 halz. See British Section, also Canadian Section. 
 
 SWEDISH EVANGELICAL MISSION COVENANT 
 OF AMERICA (1SS5) : Headquarters: North Park Col- 
 lege, Chicago, 111.; Denomination: Lutheran; Secretaries: 
 Prof. D. Nyvall, A. Mellander; Fields: Swedish immigrants 
 in the United States, Alaska, China; Income, year ending 
 April 30, 1902: $67,138.75; Expenditure: $66,578.22; Or- 
 gan: Missionaren. 
 
 UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST : Foreign Mission- 
 ary Society of the (1853) : Headquarters : Cor. Main and 
 Fourth streets, Dayton, Ohio; Treasurer: Rev. W. McKee; 
 Fields: Japan, Sierra Leone, W. Africa, Greraiany, Porto 
 Rico ; Income : Home Frontier and Foreign Missions : $111,- 
 688.52; Expenditure (foreign missions), year ending 
 March 31, 1904: $16,304.46; Organ: The Searchlight. 
 
 UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST : Home Missionary 
 Society of the (1905) : Headquarters: 904 U. B. Building, 
 Dayton, Ohio; Gen. Secretary: Rev. C. Whitney; Educa- 
 tional Secretary: Lyda B. Wiggim; Field Secretary: Rev. 
 L. 0. Burtner; Field: The United States; Income, 1905: 
 $19,638.63; Expenditure: $23,838.03; Organ: Missionary 
 Advance; General Notes: The Society has 90 missionaries 
 in 19 States; the church membership on the mission field is 
 6,913, and additions during 1905 were 1,773. The figures 
 indicating income and expenditure are in addition to sums 
 locally applied to Home Mission work by the various annual 
 Conferences. 
 
 Woman's Missionary Association of the United Brethren 
 in Christ. See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 UNITED EVANGELICAL CHURCH BOARD OF 
 
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 HOME AND FOREIGN MISSIONS (1899) : Correspond- 
 ing Secretary: Rev. B. H. Niebel, Le Mars, Iowa; 
 Treasurer: J. G. Mohn; Field: China; Income, 1905-06 (for 
 both Home and Foreign Missions): $98,110.74; General 
 Notes: The Society has 4 men and 4 women missionaries in 
 the foreign field. 
 
 United Evangelical Church Woman^s Missionary Society: 
 See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NORTH 
 AMERICA (1859): Board of Foreign Missions of the: 
 Headquarters: 921 Wilherspoon Building, Philadelphia, 
 Pa.; Cor. Secretary: R^v. Chas. R. Watson; Treasurer: Mr. 
 R. L. Latimer; Fields: Egypt, India, the Egyptian Sudan; 
 Income, year ending April 30, 1906: $262,369.43; Expendi- 
 ture : $295,900.05 ; General Notes : The United Presbyterian 
 Church of North America came into existence in 1858 
 through the union of the Associate Refonned and the As- 
 sociate Presbyterian Churches. The missions in Egypt and 
 India were founded four and three years respectively before 
 this union. In India the fiftieth anniversary of the 
 founding of the mission was celebrated with impress- 
 sive exercises in the Spring of 1905. A remarkable 
 revival at Sialkot influenced every part of the field of the 
 mission and remains on record as the most important event 
 of the fii'st fifty years of the history of the mission. The 
 mission in the Egyptian Sudan is making slow but steady 
 progress. In Egypt a new evangelistic purpose appears in 
 the native church organization. The increase in churcli 
 membership during the year in Egypt was 844 — more than 
 the increase in any previous year. Great unrest is evident 
 among the Mohammedans of Egypt and there is a tendency 
 to resort to violence because Christianity is sure to have a 
 power that cannot be checked. The number of missionaries, 
 men and women, is 172, with 1,140 native workers, 357 
 schools, 24,359 scholars, and 50,612 professing Christians, 
 of whom 19,798 are communicants. 
 
 United Presbyterian Women's General Missionary Society : 
 See Woman's Work Section. 
 
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 WESLEYAN METHODIST CONNECTION OF 
 AMERICA: Missionary Society of the (1880) : Headquar- 
 ters: 316-318 East Onondaga street, Syracuse, New York; 
 Secretary: Rev. E. Teter; Income: About $12,000; Organ: 
 Wesleyan Methodist. 
 
 YALE FOREIGN MISSIONAY SOCIETY (1902): 
 Headquarters: 233 Durfee Hall, Yale University, New 
 Haven, Connecticut; Denomination: Interdenominational; 
 Secretary: Prof. E. B. Reed, Ph.D.; Treasurer: Pierce N. 
 Welch; Field: China; General Notes: Has 7 missionaries, 
 men and women, in the field. A College is about to be 
 opened at Chang'sha. 
 
 Woman's Union Missionary Society: See Woman^s Work 
 Section. 
 
 SOCIETIES IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND 
 
 AFRICAN TRAINING INSTITUTE (1889): Head- 
 quarters: African Institute, Colwyn Bay, North Wales; 
 Denomination: Undenominational; Director: Rev. W. 
 Hughes; Field: West Africa; Income: No information 
 received; Expenditure: No information received; General 
 Notes: This establishment is designed to train young Afri- 
 cans for religious or industrial work among their own peo- 
 ple, especially in the Congo region. 
 
 ALL NATIONS MISSIONARY UNION: A continuar 
 tion of the Missionary Pence Association (1892) and Infor- 
 mation Bureau (1886) : Headquarters: Rooms 21 and 22, 
 Exeter Hall, Strand, London, W. C; Denomination: Inter- 
 denominational; Secretary: W. Rogers Jones; Hon. Trea<i- 
 urer: John Jackson, Esq.; Fields: Assists missions of all 
 the Churches; Income: No information; Organ: All Na- 
 tions. 
 
 ARCHBISHOP^S MISSION TO ASSYRIAN CHRIS- 
 TIANS (1884): Headquarters: Church House, Dean's 
 Yard, Westminster Abbey, London, S. W., England; De- 
 nomination: Church of England; Secretary: Rev. A. H. 
 Lang; Fields: The regions inhabited by the Nestorians,. 
 
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 both in Turkey and in Persia; Income: No information 
 received; Expenditure: No information received; General 
 Notes : This organization aims to educate young men for the 
 priesthood of the Nestorian Church, without interference 
 with the independence or the doctrinal teaching of the 
 Church. In receives aid from a committee of the American 
 Protestant Episcopal Church. 
 
 BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY: Headquarters: 
 19 Furnival street, Holborn, London, E. C, England; Sec- 
 retaries: Rev. C. E. Wilson, B.A., Rev. J. B. Myers; Treas- 
 urer: Edward Robinson, J.P.; Field: India (Bengal, Orissa, 
 United Provinces), Ceylon, China, Congo Free State, West 
 Indies; Income, year ending March 31, 1906: $431,414.41 
 (£88,657 15s. 9d.) ; Expenditure: $476,943.90 (£98,013 9s. 
 lOd.) ; Organs Baptist Missionary Herald, Juvenile Mission- 
 ary Herald, both monthly; General Notes: This Society has 
 (January, 1906) 276 missionaries, men and women; 2,795 
 native workers (including day school teachers) ; 1,008 sta- 
 tions and sub-stations; 21,120 scholars under instruction; 
 56,456 church members, of whom 1,778 were baptized in 
 1905. Eleven new missionaries were accepted during the 
 year. There are larger additions to the native churches 
 than in several years past, and among these churches there 
 is a marked growth in evangelistic aggressiveness. The new 
 Mission in the Chittagong and South Lushai Hill country 
 (India) is remarkably prosperous. The same is true of some 
 of the Congo stations. 
 
 BIBLE LANDS MISSIONS' AID SOCIETY (1854) : 
 Headquarters : 7 Adam street. Strand, London, W. C, Eng- 
 land; Secretary: Rev. S. W. Gentle-Cackett ; Treasurer: 
 Lord Kinnaird; Fields: Greece, Macedonia, Asia Minor, 
 Persia, Arabia, Egypt, Syria, Palestine and Cyprus; In- 
 come, year ending March 31, 1906: $12,000; Expenditure: 
 $11,900; Organ: Star in the East. The Society sends out no 
 missionaries, but aids with grants of money the establish- 
 ments of different denominations which exist in the coun- 
 tries named above. 
 
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 BRITISH SOCIETY FOB THE PROPAGATION OF 
 THE GOSPEL AMONG THE JEWS (1842) : Headquar- 
 ters: 9 Great James street, Bedford Row, London, W. C; 
 Denomination: Interdenominational; Secretary: Rev. Isaac 
 Levinson; Treasurer: Robert Greer, Esq., J.P.; Fields: Eng- 
 land, Scotland, Ireland, Austria, Germany, Italy, Russia 
 and Turkey ; Income, year ending April 15, 1905 : $24,575.32 
 (£5,050); Expenditure: $25,645.95 (£5,270); Organ: 
 Jewish Missionary Herald. 
 
 CENTRAL MOROCCO MISSION (1886) : Headquar- 
 ters: Rabat, Morocco; Denomination: Undenominational; 
 Director: Dr. R. Kerr, Rabat, Morocco; Secretary and 
 Treasurer: Mr. Grahame Wilson, 191 Meadowpark street, 
 Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland; Field: Morocco; Income, 
 year ending September, 1902 : $2,264.76. 
 
 CEYLON AND INDIA GENERAL MISSION (1893) : 
 Headquarters: India, Hindupur; England, London; De- 
 nomination: Interdenominational; Director: Mr. B. David- 
 son, Hindupur; Secretary: Mr. David Gardiner, 46 Beres- 
 ford Road, Highbury, London; Treasurer: Mr. Gardiner; 
 Fields: South India and Ceylon; Income, year ending 
 December 31, 1905: $9,815.72 (£2,107); Expenditure: 
 $8,720.76; Organ: Darkness and Li^t. 
 
 CHINA INLAND MISSION (1865): Headquarters: 
 Newington Green, Mildmay, London, N., England; Mission 
 offices in the U. S,, 702 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, 
 Pa.; in Canada, 507 Church street, Tononto, Ont. ; Denom- 
 ination: Interdenominational; Director: D. E. Hoste; 
 Secretary: F. Marcus Wood; Editorial Secretary: Mar- 
 shall Broomhall; Treasurer: Robert Scott; Secretary and 
 Treasurer for the U. S., Henry W. Frost; Secretary and 
 Treasurer for Canada, J. S. Helmer; Fields: China; In- 
 come: $354,887; Organ: China's Millions, monthly; Gen- 
 eral Notes: The Society reports 849 missionaries, men and 
 women, 890 native workers, 837 stations and outstations, 
 and 14,078 communicants, of whom 2,541 were added in 
 1905. 
 
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 CHINA: MURRAY'S MISSION TO THE BLIND AND 
 ILLITERATE IN (1S87) : Headquarters: Peking; De- 
 nomination: L'^ndenominational ; Secretary: John Grant, 
 Esq. (Grant & Wylie, Solicitors), 204 St. Vincent street, 
 Glasgow, Scotland; Field: China; Income, 1905: $8,487 
 (£1,744). 
 
 CHRISTIAN FAITH: Society for Advancing the 
 (1691) : Headquarters : No. 1, The Broad Sanctuarj', 
 Westminster, London, England; Denomination: Church of 
 England; Secretary: Harry W. Lee, Esq.; Fields: West 
 Indies, Mauritius: Income: Wholly from invested funds. 
 
 CHRISTIAN MISSIONS IN MANY LANDS (Eng- 
 land, Mission of the Brethren, 1827): Treasurers: J. L. 
 Maclean, M.D., W. H. Bennet, R. E. Sparks, B.A., 10 Wid- 
 combe Crescent, Bath, England; Fields: India, Malaysia, 
 China, Japan, Siam, Laos, North, Central, and South 
 Africa, Mexico, Central America, West Indies, South 
 America, France, Spain, Italy and other European 
 Countries; Organ: Echoes of Service, fortnightly; General 
 Notes: No statistics are published by this body. The num- 
 ber of its missionaries, men and women, is about 470. 
 
 CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY FOR AFRICA 
 AND THE EAST (1799): Headquarters: Church Mis- 
 sionary House, Salisbury Square, London, E. C, England; 
 Denomination: Church of England; Secretaries: Rev. 
 Henry Elliot Fox, M.A.; Mr. Eugene Stock; Foreign Dep't, 
 Rev. B. Baring-Gould, M.A.; Rev. F. Baylis, M.A.; Rev. G. 
 B. Durrant, M.A.; Candidates' Dep't, Rev. D. H. D. Wilkin- 
 son, M.A.; Home Organization Dep't, Rt. Rev. E. G. Ing- 
 ham, D.D.; Mr. H. Lankester, M.D.; Editorial Dep't, Rev. 
 G. Furness Smith; Lay Dep't, Mr. D. Marshall Lang; Treas- 
 urer-. Col. Robert Wiliams, M.P.; Physician, Mr. C. F. Har- 
 ford, M.D.; Fields: Africa (Sierra Leone, Lagos, Nigeria, 
 British East Africa, German East Africa, Uganda, Sudan, 
 Egypt), Palestine, Turkish Arabia, Persia, India, Ceylon, 
 Mauritius, China, Japan, N. W. Canada, British Columbia; 
 Income: $1,907,254.82 (£391,911); Expenditure: $1,916,- 
 
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 865.68 (£393,890); Organ: Church Missionary Intelli- 
 gencer, Church Missionai-y Gleaner, Mercy and Truth (Medi- 
 cal Missions) ; General Notes: The Society reports, June 1, 
 1906, 534 stations; 1,397 missionaries, men and women; 
 134,737 pupils in school, of all grades, and 311,802 pro- 
 fessed Christians, of whom 22,364 were baptized during 
 1905, and 90,107 are communicants. 
 
 The Society, in 1804, sent its tirst two missionaries to the 
 Rio Pongas in Western Africa. Twelve years later it con- 
 centrated effort upon Sierra Leone, whence it advanced into 
 Yorubaland and the Niger Districts, and has reached the 
 Hausa speaking and pagan tribes in the far interior. In East- 
 ern Africa its first missionaries were Dr. Krapf and Rev. J. 
 Rebmann, whose remarkable journeys had fruit in subse- 
 quent geographical and missionary enterprises. Wonderful 
 success has attended the Uganda Mission, commenced in 
 1876, and of which the stations extend to the southern 
 limits of the Sudan. In 1906 a pioneer party of six mis- 
 sionaries was established among the pagan tribes of the 
 southern Sudan. In 1813 the Society began labor in India, 
 where more than one-third of its stations and nearly the 
 same proportion of its missionaries are now found. The 
 Ceylon Mission was commenced in 1817. Work in China 
 began at Shanghai in 1844, and now reaches seven provinces 
 of the empire. Both there and in Japan, as in other fields, 
 the Society makes great use of the ministry of single women. 
 In N. W. Canada and British Columbia most of the Indians 
 have embraced Christianity, and grants in aid of work 
 among them are gradually being diminished. In all of its 
 fields the Society pays special attention to work among Mo- 
 hammedans. Its medical work is on a large scale; and of 
 its 79 fully qualified doctors, 21 are women. 
 
 COLONIAL AND CONTINENTAL CHURCH SO- 
 CIETY (1823): Headquarters: 9 Serjeants Inn, Fleet 
 street, London, E. C, England; Denomination: Church of 
 England; Secretary: Rev. J. D. MuUins, M.A.; Fields: The 
 colonies of the British Empire, and the continent of Eu- 
 rope, 
 
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 COLONIAL MISSIONARY SOCIETY (1836) : Head- 
 quarters: 22 Memorial Hall, Farringdon street, London, E. 
 C, England; Denomination: Congregational; Secretarjj : 
 Rev. R. Burford Hooke; Fields: The British Colonies; Or- 
 gan: The British Missionary (supplement to the Evangelical 
 Magazine). 
 
 DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MISSION TO CHOTA NAG- 
 PUR (1891) : In connection with the SPG. 
 
 EDINBURGH MEDICAL MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 (1841) : Headquarters : Mission House, 56 George Square, 
 Edinburgh, Scotland: Secretary: E. Sargood Fry; Treas- 
 urer: H. Rainy, 16 Great Stuart street, Edinburgh; 
 Fields: Scotland, Turkey (Syria), India; Income (1902): 
 $22,049.82 (£4,537) ; Expenditure: $24,256 (£4,991) ; Or- 
 gan : Quarterly Paper. 
 
 EGYPT: ASSOCIATION FOR FURTHERANCE OP 
 CHRISTIANITY IN (1883): Headquarters: 7 Dean's 
 Yard, Westminster Abbey, London, S. W., England; De- 
 nomination: Church of England; Secretary: Rev. R. Mil- 
 bum Blakiston ; Fields : The Coptic Church, Egypt. 
 
 EGYPT GENERAL MISSION (1898): Headquarters: 
 6 Randolph Road, London, W.; Secretary and Treasurer: 
 J. Martin Cleaver; Secretary to Field Council: J. Gordon 
 Logan, Belbeis, Egypt; Fields: Egypt, Sudan; Organ: E. 
 G. M. News, bi-monthly. 
 
 ENGLAND: FOREIGN MISSIONS COMMITTEE OF 
 THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF (1847): Head- 
 quarters: 7 East India avenue, London, E. C, England; 
 Secretary : Rev. W. M. Dale ; Financial Secretary : Mr. John 
 Leggat; Fields: China, Japan (Formosa), Straits Settle- 
 ments, India (Bengal) ; Income, year ending December 31, 
 1905: $134,962.53 (£27,733); Expenditure: $159,436.29 
 (£32,762); Organ: Monthly Messenger. 
 
 Presbyterian Church of England Woman's Missionary So- 
 ciety: See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 ENGLAND: PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ENG- 
 
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 LAND MISSION TO THE JEWS: Headquarters: 7 East 
 India avenue, London, E. C, England; Secretary: (vacant) ; 
 Financial Secretary: Mr. John Leggat; Fields: England, 
 Turkey (North Syria); Income to December, 1905: 
 $8,589.37 (£1,765). 
 
 FRIENDS' FOREIGN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION 
 (1886): Headquarters: 15 Devonshire street, Bishopsgate 
 Without, London, E. C, England; Secretary: Dr. William 
 Wilson; Hon. Secretary: Henry Stanley Newman; Treas- 
 urer: Joseph Storrs Fry; Fields: India, Madagascar, 
 Svria, China, Ceylon; Income for 1903: $106,496 
 (£21,912 13s. lid,;; Expenditure: $129,859 (£26,720); 
 Organ: Our Missions; General Notes: The Society reports 
 239 stations and outstations; 103 missionaries (including 
 wives and unmarried women); 850 native workers; 16,047 
 pupils, and 2,848 church members, of whom 243 were added 
 last year. Eleven additional missionaries have been sent out 
 during the year. Plague has ravaged some of the India sta- 
 tions, giving special occasion for good works that cause 
 wonder to non-Christian bystanders. For the first time in 
 its history the Society has had to apply retrenchment to its 
 whole field owing to falling off in contributions. 
 
 IKWEZI LAMACI MISSION (1877) : See Young Men\s 
 Foreign Mission Society. 
 
 IRELAND: FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THE PRES- 
 BYTERIAN CHURCH IN (1840) : Headquarters: 12 May 
 street, Belfast, Ireland; Secretary: Rev. George McFar- 
 land; Fields: India and China; Income: $95,644 (£19,- 
 679 lis.) ; Expenditure: No information. 
 
 IRELAND: FOREIGN MISSIONS COMMITTEE OF 
 THE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN 
 (1871): Secretary: Rev. Wm. Russell, Reformed Presby- 
 terian Manse, Balla, Ireland. 
 
 IRELAND : JEWISH MISSIONS OF THE PRESBY- 
 TERIAN CHURCH IN (1841): Secretary: Rev. George 
 R. Buick, Culleybackey, County Antrim, Ireland; Income 
 (1903) : $22,15i. 
 
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 JAFFA MEDICAL MISSION AND HOSPITAL 
 
 (1878) : Secretary: C. E. Newtown, Esq., Mickleover, Derby, 
 England; Field: Jaffa, Syria; Income (1903-1904): $8,991 
 ( £1,847 10s.) ; Expenditure: $8,672 ( £1,781 18s.) ; General 
 Notes : The Society has one hospital with 46 beds, an orphan- 
 age, and, as a new feature, a Bible reader to follow up pa- 
 tients who are cured. 
 
 JERUSALEM AND EAST MISSION (1888) : Denomi- 
 nation: Church of England; Secretary: Rev. W. Sadler, 
 Dembleby Rectory, Folkingham, England; Fields: Syria 
 and Egypt. 
 
 KURKU AND CENTRAL INDIAN HILL MISSION 
 
 (1890) : Headquarters: Beechwood, Highgate, London, N.; 
 Denomination: Interdenominational; Secretary: F. W. 
 Howard Piper; Treasurer: Mr. James Brodie; Field: Cen- 
 tral India, with chief station at Ellichpur, Berar; Income, 
 year ending Dec. 31, 1903: $12,868.17 (£2,647 15s.); Ex- 
 penditure: $11,346.24 (£2,334 14s.) ; Organ: Circular Leaf- 
 let, occasional. 
 
 LEBANON HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE (1896) : 
 Head Offices : 35 Queen Victoria street, London, E. C, Eng- 
 land; Secretary: Mr. Francis C. Brading; Treasurer: Sir 
 Richard Tangye; Field: The Hospital is at Asfuriyeh, near 
 Beirut, Syria; Income, 1905: about $20,000; General Notes: 
 There is an office of the Hospital Committee in Philadel- 
 phia (701 Provident Building). 
 
 LONDON SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN- 
 ITY AMONGST THE JEWS (1809): Headquarters: 16 
 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W. C, Eng. ; Denomination: 
 Church of England; Secretaries: Rev. W. T. Gidney, M.A., 
 Rev. F. L. Denman, M.A.; Treasurer: J. F. W. Deacon, 
 Esq.; Fields: United Kingdom, Austria, France, Germany, 
 Holland, Italy, Roumania, Russia, Turkey, Persia, Abyssinia, 
 Egypt. Morocco, Tunis, Canada ; Income, year ending March 
 31, 1906: $199,375.63 (£40,969); Organ: Jewish Mis- 
 sionary Intelligence, Jewish Missionary Advocate, both 
 monthly, the last named for young people; General Nots9: 
 
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 The Society has 47 stations, 221 missionary agents, and 
 1,817 pupils in its schools. 
 
 LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY (1795): Head- 
 quarters: 16 New Bridge street, London, E. C. ; Denomina- 
 tion: Interdenominational, but chiefly supported by Congre- 
 gational Churches; Secretaries: Rev. R. Wardlaw Thomp- 
 son, Rev. George Cousins; Home Secretary: Rev. A. N. 
 Johnson ; Editor : Rev. L. H. Oaunt ; Treasurers : Sir Albert 
 Spieer, Bart. M.P.; J. Compton Rickett, Esq., M.P.; In- 
 come (1905-06) $957,070.22 ( £196,665). There was a deficit 
 of $56,178.87 (£11,544); Fields: Cape Colony, Bechuana- 
 land, Rhodesia, Madagascar, British Central Africa, China, 
 India, British Guiana, Polynesia; Orgari: Chronicle; News 
 from Afar (for children). General Notes: The Society 
 reports 277 missionaries; 7,155 native workers; 2,147 
 schools; 89,105 scholars: 38 hospitals, 38 dispensaries; 8 
 printing houses; 292,945 professed Christians, and 80,006 
 communicants. 
 
 In China, the Society testifies, the moment has arrived 
 for a great forward movement of the forces of evangeliza- 
 tion. In India growth is seen in all departments of work ; the 
 native churches are rising in character, awakening to their 
 responsibilities, and Christianity is seen to exert an influ- 
 ence, both practical and powerful, far beyond the limits of 
 the Christian comunity. 
 
 MEDICAL MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION, LONDON 
 (1878): Headquarters: 49 Highbury Park, London, N.; 
 Denomination: Undenominational; Gen. Secretary and 
 Sup't; Henry Soltau, L.R.C.P.&S.E.; Editorial Secretary: 
 James L. MaxweU, M.D.; Hon Treasurer: Maj.-Gen. C. G. 
 Robinson; Income, year ending March 31, 1906) : $8,949.48 
 ( £1,839) ; Expenditure: $8,895.62 ( £1,827) ; Organ: Medi- 
 cal Missions at Home and Abroad ; General Notes : The As- 
 sociation promotes Medical Mission work, training medical 
 missionaries for service at home and abroad, and super- 
 intending two medical missions in London. 
 
 MELANESIAN MISSION: London Committee of the: 
 
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 Head Offices: Church House, Westminster, London, S. W., 
 England; Hon. Treasurer: Rev. C. Hamerton Gould; Office 
 Secretary: C. Clarke, Esq.; Denomination : Church of Eng- 
 land; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1905: $80,345.85 
 (£16,510); Expenditure: $71,600.74; Organ: Southern 
 Cross Log; Chips (for children), both monthly. 
 
 METHODIST NEW CONNEXION MISSIONARY SO- 
 CIETY (1859): Headquarters: Leeds, England; Secre- 
 tary: Rev. George Packer, 3 St. John's Terrace, Belle Vue 
 Road, Leeds, England; Treasurer: Mr. J. Hepworth, J. P., 
 Claypit Lane, Leeds; Field: China; Income: $26,910.51 
 (£5,529); Expenditure: $28,556.55 (£5,868); Organ: 
 Gleanings in the Harvest Field; 
 
 Methodist New Connexion Women's Missionary Society: 
 See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 MILDMAY INSTITUTIONS AND MISSIONS (1856) : 
 Headquarters: The Conference Hall, Mildmay Park, Lon- 
 don, N., England; Denomination: Interdenominational; 
 Treasurer and Sup't: Capt. F. L. Tottenham; Fields: Lon- 
 don, the Provinces, Malta, Palestine, Jamaica; Income, 1905: 
 $90,268.70 (£18,549); Orjan: Service for the King, 
 monthly; General Notes: These Institutions are largely due 
 to the initiative of the Rev. W. Pennef attier, who came to St. 
 Jude's, Mildmay Park, in 1864. They include the Confer- 
 ence Hall with its Open Air Mission and active Evangelistic 
 work; a Deaconess House, Probation and Students' House 
 for training candidates; a Home for invalid Deaconesses; 
 a training house, known as "The Willows," which prepares 
 women for Home and Foreign Mission work; a Creche or 
 Day Nursery; an Orphanage for little girls; a Hostel for 
 ladies; an Employment Bureau; a Rescue Home; two 
 Hospitals for the very poor, and a Nurses' House whence 
 50 nurses go out to care for the sick. The Deaconesses con- 
 duct missions in 12 parishes in London, and have gone for 
 similar work to several towns in England, to Malta and to 
 Jamaica. 
 
 MORAVIAN MISSIONS (British Provincial Confer- 
 
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 enc^) SOCIETY FOR FURTHERING THE GOSPEL 
 AMONG THE HEATHEN (1741): Headquarters: 32 
 Fetter Lane, London, E. C; Secretary: Rev. C. J. Klesel; 
 Fields: Auxiliary to the Moravian Missions of Berthelsdorf 
 Herrnhut; which see in the "Germany" section. The Brit- 
 ish Society especially cares for the Moravian Missions in 
 Labrador. 
 
 NEW ENGLAND COMPANY (1649) : Headquarters: 
 1 Hatton Garden, Holborn, London, E. C, England; De- 
 nomination: Church of England; Secretary: C. Augustus 
 Webb, Esq.; Treasurer: Ernest Mathews, B.A. ; Field: 
 Indians of the Grand River Indian Reserve and Mohawk In- 
 stitution, Brantford, Ontario; Income: $20,000; Expendi- 
 ture: $20,000. 
 
 NORTH AFRICA MISSION (1881) : Headquarters: 34 
 Paternoster Row, London, E. C. : Denomination: Inter- 
 denominational; Chairman of Council and Hon. Secretary: 
 Pastor W. Fuller Gooch; Secretary: Dr. C. L. Terry; Hon. 
 Treasurer: R. C. Morgan, Esq.; Fields: Morocco, Algeria, 
 Tunis, Tripoli, Egypt; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1905: 
 $43,496.77 (£8,938); Expenditure: $40,017.22 (£8,223); 
 Organ : North Africa, monthly ; Ge?ieral Notes : The Mission 
 has ten auxiliaries in England, Ireland and Scotland, which 
 support missionaries or contribute to the General Fund. 
 It also has a Prayer and Helpers' Union with 40 branches. 
 Fifteen converts from Mohammedanism are employed by 
 the Mission as evangelists. Besides Mohammedans, Jews 
 and Roman Catholics are reached by the Mission. 
 
 NORTH CHINA MISSION (1974): Denomination: 
 Church of England; Secretary: Rev. Mackwood Stevens, 
 Addington Rectory, Winslow, Bucks, Eng.; Fields: The 
 Anglican diocese of North China, including Chi-li and part 
 of Manchuria, China; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1903: 
 $22,424 (£4,614); Expenditure: $22,812 (£4,694); Organ: 
 "The Land of Sinim," quarterly. 
 
 - NORTH INDIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FOR 
 CHRISTIAN WOMEN; London Committee for (1894): 
 
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 Hon. Secretary: Miss Mabel W. Brown, 91 College Road, 
 Bromley, Kent, England; Field: Ludhiana, Punjab, India. 
 See Woman's Work Section, India Division. 
 
 NYASSA INDUSTRIAL MISSION (1893) : Headquar- 
 ters: 6 Old Jewry, London, E. C, England; Denomination: 
 Baptist, but not under any ecclesiastical organization; 
 Secretary: Rev. Alfred Walker, Sandrock, Sevenoaks, 
 Kent; Treasurer: B. I. Greenwood, Esq.; Fields: British 
 Central Africa; Income: About $7,598 (£1,543); Expendi- 
 ture: $7,644 (£1,571). 
 
 Palestine and Lebanon Nurses' Mission: See Woman's 
 Work Section. 
 
 PRIMITIVE METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 (1842): Secretary: Rev. James Pickett, 18 Ridge Road, 
 Hornsey, London, N.; Treasurer: T. Lawrence, Esq., Hum- 
 berstone Gate, Leicester, England; Fields: Africa; In- 
 come, 1905-1906: $48,074; Organ: Primitive Methodist Mis- 
 sionary Herald. 
 
 QUA IBOE MISSION (1887) : Headquarters: 128 Scot- 
 tish Provident Buildings, Belfast, Ireland; Gen. Secretary: 
 R. L. McKeown; Hon. Secretary: Mr. James Hamilton; 
 Hon. Treasurer: William Strain; Field: Nigeria, Africa; 
 Organ: Qua Iboe Mission Quarterly. 
 
 REGIONS BEYOND MISSIONARY UNION (1873) : 
 Headquarters: Harley House, Bow Road, London, E., Eng- 
 land; Denomination: Interdenominational; Acting Direc- 
 tor: Rev. H. Grattan Guiness, D.D., F.R.A.S.; Hon. Secre- 
 tary: Mrs. H. Grattan Guiness; Hon. Treasurer: Theodore 
 Howard, Esq. ; Fields : Congo Free State, Berar, India, Peru, 
 Argentina; Income (1905) and Expenditure: Not given, but 
 the Society considers $117,000 (£24,000) to be the average 
 total annual receipts and expenditure; Organ: Regions Be- 
 yond; General Notes: The Society has three missionary 
 training colleges in London which have sent out over 1,200 
 men and women, the majority of whom are engaged in for- 
 eign work under some forty Missionary Societies. 
 
 SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF; Conversion of the Jews 
 
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 Committee (1340) : Headquarters : 22 Queen street, Edin- 
 burgh, Scotland; Fields: Egypt, Turkey, Scotland; In- 
 come, Dec. 31, 1905: $26,468 (£5,438 16s.). 
 
 Scotland, Church of, Women's Association for the Christ- 
 ian Education of Jewesses : See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF: Committee for the Prop- 
 agation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: Headquarters: 
 22 Queen street, Edinburgh, Scotland; Convener: The Very 
 Rev. John M'Murtrie, D.D.; Hon. Treasurer: James Pater- 
 son; Fields: India, British Central Africa, British East 
 Africa, China; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1905: $192,- 
 071.02 (£39,468) besides $75,664.82 (£15,544) income of 
 Women's Association; Expenditure: $210,358.82 (£43,226); 
 Organ: Quarterly Paper; Outposts. 
 
 Church of Scotland Women's Association for Foreign 
 Missions: See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 SCOTLAND: Foreign Missions Committee of the Re- 
 formed Presbyterian Church of (1871) : Secretary: Rev. 
 John McKee, Wishaw, Scotland; Field: Syria; Income: 
 No information. 
 
 SCOTLAND: FOREIGN MISSIONS COMMITTEE 
 OF THE UNITED FREE CHURCH OF (1000) : Head- 
 quarters: 15 North Bank street, Edinburgh, Scotland; Sec- 
 retaries: Rev. James Buchanan, Dr. George Smith, C.I.E.; 
 Treasurer: A. Ellison Ross, Esq.; Fields: India, Arabia, 
 China, South Africa, South Nigeria (Old Calabar), British 
 Central Africa, New Hebrides, Jamaica, Trinidad; Income, 
 year ending Dec. 31, 1905: $979,006.53 (£201,173) ; Organ: 
 Monthly Record; General Notes: The Missionaries in Man- 
 churia are finding the country open to their efforts as their 
 work, somewhat disorganized by the war, is taken up. The 
 splendid service rendered during the war to Chinese sick 
 and wounded, brought to the Missionary physicians the 
 thanks of the Chinese Government and aroused in the peo- 
 ple gratitude and respect toward the Christian religion. The 
 time seems to have come for taking possession of the whole 
 of Mapcbufia for Jesus Christ, The Livingstonia Missjoo 
 
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 on Lake Nyassa, in British Central Africa, has extented its 
 labors 300 miles west df the Lake, and it now extends to 
 Chitambo, where Livingstone died. 
 
 United Free Church Women's Foreign Missions: See 
 Woman's Work Section. 
 
 SCOTLAND: FOREIGN MISSION BOARD OF THE 
 EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN (1872) : Convener: Mr. John 
 R. Andeison; Secretaries and Treasurers: Mr. R. T. Norfor, 
 C.A., and Mr. W. W. Farqiiharson, 13 Queen street, Edin- 
 burgh, Scotland; Fields: South Africa, India; Income, year 
 ending December, 1905: $24,674 (£5,070); Organ: Foreign 
 Mission Chronicle. 
 
 SIERRA LEONE MISSION (1842): Denomination: 
 Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion; Secretary: Rev. Jo- 
 seph Bainton, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England; Treasurer: 
 M. E. Dolby Shelton, 38 Eldon"^ street, London, E. C, Eng- 
 land; Fields: Sierra Leone, W. Africa; Income: $4,914.90 
 (£1,010). 
 
 SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOS- 
 PEL IN FOREIGN PARTS (1701): Headquarters: 19 
 Delahay street, Westminster, London, S. W., England; 
 Denomination: Church of England; Secretary: Rt. Rev. 
 H. H. Montgomery, D.D. ; Assistant Secretaries: Rev. E. P. 
 Sketchley, Rev. R. Fairfax Scott; Editorial Secretary: 
 Rev. Canon C. H. Robinson; Fields: India, Ceylon, Straits 
 Settlements, Borneo, Siam, China, Korea, Japan, Mauritius, 
 Cape de Verde Is., Madagascar, South Africa, Rhodesia, 
 Portuguese East Africa, Egypt, French Guinea (Rio Pon- 
 gas). Gold Coast Colony, Australia, New Guinea, New Zea- 
 land, Norfolk Island, Fiji Islands, Canada, West Indies, 
 Honduras, British Guiana, British in Europe; Income, year 
 ending Dec. 31, 1905: $934,159.73 (£191,957) ; Expenditure: 
 $1,185,975.73 (£243,702) Organs: The Mission Field, 
 monthly; The East and The West, quarterly; The King's 
 Messengers, monthly; The Church Abroad, monthly; General 
 Notes: The Society carries on Missionary work among Brit- 
 ish subjects in foreign lands and in the Colonies, as well as 
 ^jnong heathen, Tb? Wojnm^s Association auxiliaiy to thp 
 
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 Society, in 1904 was constituted the "Committee of "Women's 
 Work/' It is now a consultative committee of women sub- 
 scribers appointed by the Standing Committee of the So- 
 ciety. 
 
 SOUTH AFRICA GENERAL MISSION (1889): 
 Headquarters: 17 Homefield Road, Wimbledon, London, S. 
 W.; Denomination: Undenominational; Secretary and 
 Treasurer: Arthur Mercer, Esq., 17 Homefield Road, Wim- 
 bledon, London, S. W. ; Fields: South Africa, British Cen- 
 tral Africa, and soldiers and sailors in British service in 
 Africa; Income, year ending March 31, 1903: $137,640.81 
 (£28,321); Expenditure: $132,993.90 (£27,365); Organ: 
 South African Pioneer. 
 
 SOUTH AMERICAN EVANGELICAL MISSION 
 (1895) : Headquarters: 60 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, Eng- 
 land; Denomination: Interdenominational; Director: Bryce 
 W. Ranken; Secretary: Mr. John Law; Hon. Treasurer: 
 Frank J. Casse; Fields: South America; Income, year end- 
 ing Feb. 28, 1906: $4,530.70 (£931) ; Expenditure: No more 
 spent than is received, $4,496.64 (£924) ; General Notes: The 
 mission is an association of those interested in working for 
 the evangelization of South America. 
 
 SOUTH AMERICAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 (1884) : Headquarters : 20 John street, Bedford Row, Lon- 
 don, W. C, England; Denomination: Church of England; 
 Clerical Secretary: Rev. E. P. Cachemaille; Lay Secretary: 
 Capt. Edward Poulden; Treasurer: F. A. Bevan; Esq.; 
 Fields: Brazil, Argentina, Urusruay, Keppel Id., Paraguay, 
 Chile, Panama; Income: $118,178 (£24,284) ; Organ: South 
 American Missionary Magazine. 
 
 SOUTHERN MOROCCO MISSION (1888) ; Headquar- 
 ters: 64 Bothwell street, Glasgow, Scotland; Denomination: 
 Interdenominational; Secretary: Mr. John Anderson; Field: 
 Southern Morocco; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1903: 
 $7,785; Organ: The Reaper. 
 
 STRICT BAPTIST MISSION (1860): Headquarters: 
 Jjondon, England; Hon. Corresponding Secretary^ Mr. S, 
 
% 
 
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 T. Belcher, 45 Groombridge Road, South Hackney, London, 
 S. E. ; Hon. Financial Secretary : Mr. A. J. Robbins, Vicar- 
 age Farm, Hounslow; Fields: Madras, India; Income, year 
 ending October 21, 1904: $3,395.68 (£904 9s) ; Expenditure: 
 $3,433.66 (£706 10s); Orgcm: The Strict Baptist Mission 
 Herald. 
 
 SUDAN UNITED MISSION (1904): Headquarters: 
 Castleton, via Sheffield, England; General Secretary: Karl 
 W. Kumm, Ph.D.; Denomination: Interdenominational; In- 
 come, 1905: $12,793.67; Organ: Light Bearer; General 
 Notes: The Society was formed to meet the crisis in Nigeria 
 where Mohammedan teachers are overrunning pagan tribes 
 and the demand for Christian missionaries is pressing. It 
 has affiliated councils in the United States, Canada, and 
 South Africa. In Nigeria it has five stations and 20 mis- 
 sionaries. 
 
 TABEETHA MISSION: See Woman's Work Section 
 under Great Britain. 
 
 L^NITARIAN ASSOCIATION, British and Foreign 
 (1825); Headquarters: Essex Hall, Essex street. Strand, 
 London, England; Secretary: Rev. W. Copeland Bowie; 
 Treasurer: Mr. Oswald Nettlefold; Fields: Great Britain, 
 Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Hungary, India, Japan, 
 Australia, New Zealand; General Notes: The Association 
 aids the dissemination of literature by small grants to resi- 
 dents of these countries. 
 
 UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCHES: Home 
 and Foreign Mission (1857) : Secretary: Rev. H. T. Chap- 
 man, 4 Newton Grove, Leeds, England; Treasurer: R. 
 Bird; Fields: China, British East Africa, Sierra Leone; 
 Income, year ending May, 1906: $64,005.66 (£13.379); 
 Expenditure: $66,778.39 (£13.649); Organ: Missionary 
 Echo, monthly; General Notes: The Society is coming into 
 touch with the Gallas in British East Africa, which has 
 been no easy matter hitherto. It has a fine estate where 
 it will teach natives to raise cotton. An educated agricul- 
 tural missionary has been sent to East Africa, 
 
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 UNIVERSITIES MISSION TO CENTRAL AFRICA 
 (1858) : Headquarters : 9 Dartmouth street, London, S. W., 
 England; Denomination: Church of England; Secretary: 
 Rev. Duncan Travers ; Treasurer : H. Longden ; Fields : Zan- 
 zibar, German East Africa, British Central Africa; Income, 
 year ending Dec. 31, 1903: $161,882 (£33,309). 
 
 WELSH CALVINISTIC METHODIST FOREIGN 
 MISSIONS (1840) : Headquarters: 16 Falkner street, Liv- 
 erpool, England; Secretary: Rev. R. J. Williams; Treas- 
 urer: William Yenmore; Fields: Assam, India; Brittany, 
 France; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1905: $75,901.38 
 (£15,596); Expenditure: $75,206.88 (£15.454); General 
 Notes: The mission in Assam has been the scene of a revival 
 of extraordinary power. The additions to the churches in 
 1905 were 4,258 or more than 23 per cent. 
 
 WESLEYAN METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 (1813) : Headquarters : Wesleyan Centenary Hall, 17 Bish- 
 opsgate street Within, London, E. C, Eng. ; Secretaries: 
 Rev. W. Perkins, Rev. J. M. Brown, Rev. M. Hartley, Rev. 
 W. H. Findlay, M. A.; Treasurer: Rev. James H. Rigg, 
 D.D., Mr. Williamson Lamplough; Fields: Italy, Spain, 
 Portugal, Ireland, France, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Ceylon, 
 India, China, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Lagos, Honduras, 
 Pa,nama, Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti, San Domingo, Bar- 
 bados, Trinidad, British Guiana; Income, year ending Dec. 
 31, 1905: $835,397.98 (£171.663) ; Expenditure: $872,576.87 
 (£179,293); Organ: The Foreign Field; At Home and 
 Abroad (Juvenile) ; General Notes: The missions originated 
 by the Society in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji Is., 
 Friendly Is., have long ago been passed over to Colonial 
 Conferences. Missions in Cape Colony, Natal, and Orange 
 River Colony are directed by the South African Conference, 
 Avhich received in 1005 aid from the Society to the amount 
 of £3,108. The missions established by the Society in Ire- 
 land are administered . by local Conferences with aid, ex- 
 pected to cease in ten yenrs. Mi'^sions in France are carried 
 on iji close cooperation with local Conferences, The work 
 
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 of the Society in the British Army and Navy extends to 
 Mediterranean stations, India, Ceylon, Burma, Singapore, 
 Hongkong, South Africa, St. Helena, West Indies, 
 Australia and New Zealand. Medical Missions are being 
 largely increased in the various fields of the Society; educa- 
 tion is showing efficiency as an evangelistic agency, and in 
 all the fields there is increase of membership. 
 
 Wesleyan Methodist Women's Auxiliary: See Woman's 
 Work Section. 
 
 YOUNO MEN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 (Ikwezi Lamaci, 1877) : Headquarters : Y. M. C. A. Build- 
 ing, Needless Alley, Birmingham, England; Treasurer: Mr. 
 Edwin A. Page; Field: Ikwezi Lamaci (Harding Natal, 
 South Africa); Income, 1905: $3,080.02 (£632. 17s.); 
 Expenditure: $3,299.13 (£677. 18s.). 
 
 ZAMBESI INDUSTRIAL MISSION (1892): Head- 
 quarters: 6 Colonial avenue, Minories, London, England; 
 Secretary: Mr. Robert Caldwell; Financial Secretary: F. 
 G. Toller; Field: British Central Africa; Income, year 
 ending Aug. 31, 1903: $60,684 (£12,418 15s.); Expendi- 
 ture: $119,724 (£24,634 16s.); Organ: Zambesi Industrial 
 Union, monthly. 
 
 The Society owns important estates in British Central 
 Africa, where it raises cotton, coffee, rubber, etc. 
 
 Zenana Bible and Medical Mission: See Woman's Work 
 Section under Great Britain. 
 
 BRITISH COLONIES 
 
 Africa 
 
 SOUTH AFRICAN DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH, 
 GENERAL MISSION COMMITTEE OF THE (1901) : 
 Headquarters: Cape Town, South Africa; Chairman: 
 Rev. Andrew MuiTay, D.D., General Secretary: Rev. 
 J. du Plessis, P. 0. Box 144, Cape Town; Field: Cape 
 Colony, Transvaal, Bechuanaland, Mashonaland, Natal, 
 N^ass^land; Income, 1905; $74,686 (£15;347); GenerQl 
 
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 Notes: The Dutch Reformed Church of Cape Colony num- 
 bers about 110,000 members. It supports Home Missions in 
 Cape Colony with 45 missionaries and 42,556 adherents, 
 and Foreign Missions in Transvaal, Bechuanaland, Rhodesia 
 and Nyassaland, with 45 missionaries, 660 native workers 
 and 7,700 church members. The D. R. Ministers Missionary 
 Union has been merged in the General Missionary enter- 
 prise. 
 
 DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH OF THE ORANGE 
 RIVER COLONY, Missions of the: The mission field of 
 this church lies in Northeast Rhodesia and comprises four 
 stations, occupied by five missionaries. 
 
 SOUTH AFRICAN WESLEYAN METHODIST MIS- 
 SIONARY SOCIETY (1882) : Headquarters: Cape Town; 
 Secretary: Rev. J. Robb, Verulam, Natal; Treasurers: Rev. 
 R. Lamplough, Mr. H. R. Wood; Fields: Cape Colony, 
 Natal; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1903: $115,410.42 
 (£23,747) ; Expenditure (including balance from 1902 of 
 $24,368) : $126,606 (£26,050 13s.) ; General Notes: The So- 
 ciety ministers to both English and native congregations in 
 South Africa. Including both English and natives, it reports 
 282,132 adherents, of whom 73,866 are full church members. 
 No statistics have been received since the year 1904. The 
 statistics given in the table on another page relate to natives 
 alone. The Society lays great stress upon educational work 
 as an efficient method of evangelization and spiritual culture. 
 Its field is of great extent, it embraces many races and classes 
 of men ; and the enterprise now encounters, besides the usual 
 obstacles of the ignorance and vice of heathenism, the errors 
 growing out of contact with partially understood civilization. 
 Epidemics and famine have made havoc in the little mission 
 communities. Yet in most cases the native Christians have 
 shown patience and fortitude and surprising self-denial in 
 contributing to church institutions. In several districts there 
 is a growing observance of Christian customs among the 
 heathen neighbors of the Christians. Government regulations 
 in Natal interfere with the employment of native pastojs 
 
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 at posts where there is no European oversight. But this is an 
 injustice that will certainly be remedied in time. A growing 
 evangelistic enterprise has been begun among the coolies 
 from India. 
 
 Australia 
 
 AUSTRALIAN BOARD OF MISSIONS (1850): 
 Headquarters: Sydney, New South Wales; Denomination: 
 Church of England; Secretary: Rev. John Dixon, St. 
 Thomas' Rectory, Bahnain West, Sydney, New South 
 Wales ; Fields : The natives of Australia, Melanesia, Chinese 
 immigrants. New Guinea. 
 
 METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF AUS- 
 TRALASIA (1855): Headquarters: 381 George street, 
 Sydney, New South Wales; Secretary and Deputy Treas- 
 urer: Rev. George Brown, D.D.; Organizing Secretary: 
 Rev. B. Danks; Gen. Treasurers: Rev. B. Sellors, D.D., 
 Hon. W. Robson, M.L.C. ; Fields: Fiji and Friendly 
 Islands, New Guinea, New Ireland, New Britain and New 
 Georgia, and Chinese coolies in Australia; Income, year end- 
 ing Dec. 31, 1905: $110,527.94 (£22,712); Expenditure: 
 $116,873.85; Organ: Missionary Review; General Notes: 
 The Society was an auxiliary of the WMS for 33 years 
 before it took up independent work in 1855. It has auxili- 
 aries in each of the Australian states, in Tasmania and in 
 New Zealand. 
 
 The Society carries on work begun by the Wesleyan Meth- 
 odist Missionary Society, and has vigorously pressed its own 
 enterprises in other islands. It also has a strong mission 
 among the Chinese in Australia and among East Indians 
 resident in Fiji. The increase of European population in 
 the islands longest occupied, and the aggression of Roman 
 Catholics, Mormons and others, has led the Society to con- 
 tinue a force of Missionaries in Fiji and Samoa, although 
 the people are Christianized. The influence of unprincipled 
 Europeans tends to lead the unsophisticated natives into 
 immorality, gambling, and intemperance, while the specious 
 suggestions of emissaries of other religious organizations 
 
142 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 tends to divide the churches and to lead many from 
 Christianity into mere sectarianism. An interesting token 
 of ability in native clergy is found in the steady grqjffth 
 of the Christian church in the island of Rotuma, where, 
 during 20 years the entire charge of the work has been in 
 the hands of a Fijian native minister and teachers. In Fiji 
 as in other Christianized fields, the Society now sees the 
 need of providing a more extensive literature for the nurture 
 of the Christian community. A second German Methodist 
 minister has joined the mission during the year for service 
 in New Britain, where he has been welcomed by the German 
 authorities. 
 
 BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF 
 NEW SOUTH WALES (1892) : Secretary: Rev. F. Hib- 
 berd, "Sarum" Carlingford, New South Wales; Treasurer: 
 Mr. W. Buckingham; Field: India. 
 
 FURREEDPORE MISSION (1864) : (Also called the 
 South Australian Missionary Society) : Headquarters : King 
 William Road, Hyde Park, South Australia; Denomination: 
 Baptist; Gen. Secretary: Rev. John Price; Treasurer: A. S. 
 Neill, 20 Nat. Mutual Buildings, King William Street, 
 Adelaide, South Australia; Field: Farridpur and Pabna 
 Districts, Bengal, India: Income, to July, 1903: $5,608.44 
 (£1,154); Expenditure: $5,759.10 (£1,185); Organ: Mis- 
 sionary Echo; General Notes: Has 8 missionaries and 9 
 native workers, 10 schools. 
 
 BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THE PRES- 
 BYTERIAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA: Headquarters: 
 Sydney; Convener: Rev. Alex. Stewart; Field: New 
 Hebrides, Korea, Australian Aborigines, Chinese immi- 
 grants; Income: $45,000; Organ: Missionary Record. 
 
 Woman's Missionary Association: Org. Secretary: Miss 
 Forbes; Field: India; Organ: Ministering Women. 
 
 QUEENSLAND BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 (1887) : Headquarters : Brisbane, Queensland; Secretary: 
 Mr. Sidney G. Martin, 295 Queen street, Brisbane, Queens- 
 land, Australia; Treasurer: Mr. W. R. Smith, RT and 
 
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 SS Book Depot, Albert street, Brisbane, Queensland, Aus- 
 tralia; Field: Noakhali District, Bengal, India. 
 
 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BAPTIST MISSIONARY SO- 
 CIETY: See Furreedpore Mission, above. 
 
 VICTORIAN BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION (1885) : 
 Denomination: Baptist; Secretary: Rev. W. H. Holds- 
 worth, M.A., "Lynton," Edgevale Road, Kew, Victoria, 
 Australia; Treasurer: Mr. H. Holmes, "Handsworth," Glen- 
 ferrie Road, Victoria, Australia; Field: Bengal, India; 
 General Notes : The Society has eleven missionaries in India. 
 
 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 (1896) : Denomination: Baptist; Secretary: Rev. N. L. 
 Beurle, South Perth, West Australia; Field: Goalundo, 
 Bengal. 
 
 New Zealand 
 
 MELANESIAN MISSION: Headquarters: Norfolk Is- 
 land; Denomination: Church of England; Bishop of Mel- 
 anesia: The Rt. Rev. Cecil Wilson, M. A.; Commissary in 
 New Zealand: Archdeacon Calder, of Auckland, New Zea- 
 land; Secretary in New Zealand: Mr. G. O'Halloran, Jr., 
 Auckland, New Zealand ; Organising Sec. in Australia : Rev. 
 R. M. Faithful Davies, Sydney, N. S. W.; Treasurer: Mr. 
 W. S. Cochrane, Auckland, New Zealand; Organ: The 
 Southern Cross Log; Field: The northernmost islands of 
 the New Hebrides, the Banks Is., the Torres Is., Santa 
 Cruz, and the Solomon Is., with Norfolk Island as a center 
 for training native workers; General Notes: Two central 
 schools, one in the Solomon Is. and one in the Banks Is., 
 serve as feeders to the school at Norfolk Island. Woman's 
 work has begun (with 7 women missionaries) in the Solo- 
 mon and Banks groups. Three natives have been ordained 
 and 3 more are to be ordained shortly. The mission has 
 35 European missionaries, men and women, and 665 native 
 workers, of whom 15 are native clergy. New factors in the 
 work are the return of large numbers of natives from work 
 in Queensland, and large increase of white traders. For 
 income, see British section. 
 
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 NEW ZEALAND BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 (1885, 1902): Hon. Secretary: Rev. J. C. Martin, Sprey- 
 don, Christchiirch, N. Z.; Hon. Treasurer: Mr. A. Hoby, 
 Wellington; Field: India (Bengal); Receipts, year end- 
 ing Sept. 30, 1905: $10,453.24 (£2,148); Expenditure: 
 $10,039.58 (£2,063); Organ: Missionary Messenger. 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NEW ZEALAND: 
 Foreign Missionary Committee of the (1869 and 1899) : 
 Convener: Rev. Wm. Hewitson, Dunedin, New Zealand; 
 Field: Chinese of Otago and Southland, Canton villages, 
 New Hebrides, and Madras, India. 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NEW ZEALAND: 
 Maori Missions of the ; Convener : Rev. R. M. Ryburn, M.A., 
 AVanganui, N. Z. ; Fields: Taupo, Taumaranui and Stewart 
 Is., New Zealand, with a school for Maori girls, at Tura- 
 hina, N. Z. 
 
 TASMANIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY: Headquar- 
 ters: Latrobe, Tasmania; Denomination: Baptist; Secre- 
 tary: Miss E. A. Broomby, Launeeston, Tasmania; Treas- 
 urer: Mr. G. D. Gould, Latrobe, Tasmania. 
 
 Canada 
 
 AFRICA INDUSTRIAL MISSION (1898): Amalga- 
 mated with the Sudan United Mission, which see below, and 
 in British Section. 
 
 BAPTIST CONVENTION OF THE MARITIME 
 PROVINCES (1846): Foreign Mission Board of the 
 Headquarters: 85 Germain street, St. John, New Bruns- 
 wick ; Secretary and Treasurer : Rev. J. W. Manning ; Field : 
 India (Telugus) ; Income, year ending Aug, 1906: $25,- 
 465.49; Expenditure: $23,863.79. 
 
 Baptist Convention of the Maritime Provinces, Women's 
 Missionary Society: See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 BAPTIST CONVENTION OF ONTARIO AND QUE- 
 BEC, Foreign Mission Board of the (1873) : Headquarters: 
 17 Richmond St. West, Toronto, Ontario; Secretary: Rev. 
 
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 J. G. Brown; Treasurer: Rev. E. T. Fox; Field: India, 
 Bolivia; Income, 1904-1905: $47,630.77. 
 
 Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, Women's 
 Missionary Society : See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN CANADA, Domestic and 
 Foreign Missionary Society of the (1883) : Headquarters: 
 Toronto, Ontario; Secretary: Rev. L. Norman Tucker; As- 
 sistant Secretary: Rev. J. Cooper Robinson; Treasurer: 
 C. A. Eliot, Esq., 240 Daly avenue, Ottawa, Ontario; Field: 
 N. W. Provinces of Canada, Japan, China, India, South 
 America, Palestine, Persia, Central and Eastern Africa; Ir^- 
 cor/ie, year ending Dee. 31, 1903 : $81,951.16, of which $26,- 
 644.11 was for Foreign Missions; Expenditure: $78,003.29; 
 General Notes: The Society has an auxiliary in the Canadian 
 Church Missionary Society. Thei-e is also a Woman's Auxil- 
 iary. Of its Foreign Missionaries, 21 are working in connec- 
 tion with the CMS and 1 in connection with SAMS. Be- 
 sides these on the CMS roll the Society supports 8 mission- 
 aries, men and women, in Japan. 
 
 METHODIST CHURCH IN CANADA, Missionary So- 
 ciety of the (1824) ; Headquarters : 33 Richmond street, W., 
 Toronto; Secretary: Rev. A. Sutherland; Associate Secre- 
 tary: Rev. James Henderson; Treasurers: H. H. Fudger, 
 Esq., the Rev. A. Sutherland; Field: Japan, China, Canada 
 Indians, Asiatics and Whites ; Income, year ending June 30, 
 1904: $343,835.90; Expenditure: $308,828.70, of which 
 $36,809.76 was appropriated to the foreign fields directly; 
 Organ : Missionary Outlook. 
 
 Methodist Church in Canada, Women's Missionary So- 
 ciety: See AVoman's Work Section. 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Foreign Missionary Com- 
 mittee of the (1844) : Headquarters : Eastern Division: 103 
 Granville street, Halifax, N. S.; Western Division: 89 Con- 
 federation Life Building, Toronto, Ontario ; Secretary, East- 
 ern Division: Rev. E. A. McCurdy; Westerti Division: Rev. 
 R. P. Mackay; Field, Eastern Division: New Hebrides, 
 Trinidad, British Guiana, Korea; Western Division: For- 
 
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 mosa, India, China, Chinese in Canada, Indians in Canada; 
 Income, year ending March 1, 1906, Eastern Division : $42,- 
 192; Western Division: $160,422; Total Income: $212,- 
 302; Expenditure, Eastern Division: $41,865; Western 
 Division: $169,422; Total, $211,287; Organ: Presbyterian 
 Record. 
 
 Presbyterian Women's Foreign Missionary Society (Can- 
 ada) : Eastern Division, also Western Division: See 
 Woman's Work Section. 
 
 SUDAN UNITED MISSION: (See British Section) 
 Headquarters North American Council : 262 Delaware Ave., 
 Toronto, Canada: Gen. Secretary for North America: R. 
 V. Bingham; Secretary for Canada: J. Galloway; Organ: 
 Missionary Witness. (See also U. S. Section.) 
 
 India 
 
 BALAGHAT MISSION (1893): Headquarters: Behir, 
 Central Provinces, India ; Denomination : Undenominational ; 
 Secretary: Miss Adelin Lampard, 114 Clapham Common, 
 London, N. E.; Field: Four stations in Behir and vicinity, 
 Central Provinces, India; Income: Not stated; £800 (about 
 $4,000) was called for in 1903. 
 
 BETHEL SANTAL MISSION (1875): Merged in 
 Indian Home Mission to the Santhals 1905. 
 
 INDIAN HOME MISSION TO THE SANTHALS 
 (1867): Headquarters: Benagaria, Bengal, India; Secre- 
 tary and Treasurer: Rev. L. 0. Skrefsrud; Treasurer: In 
 Denmark, J. Schroeder, Copenhagen, Denmark; Field: 
 Santal Parganas and Assam, India; Income, year ending 
 March 31, 1902; $27,288.90 (including sales oi tea); Ex- 
 penditure: (including expense of tea-gardens) $24,098.10; 
 General Notes: The Mission is of Danish origin and re- 
 ceives contributions from England and Scotland. It has 
 about 13,000 professed Christians connected with it. 
 
 INDUSTRIAL AND EVANGELISTIC MISSION OF 
 INDIA (1903): Headquarters: Pilibhit, United Provinces, 
 
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 India; Denomination: Interdenominational; Superintendent: 
 Rev. J. C. Lawson; Field: Pilibhit, Mussoorie, Dehra Dun; 
 General Notes: Has honorary secretaries in Great Britain, 
 Canada, Australia, and in the United States, Mr. H. F. 
 Kletzling, 151 Washington St., Chicago, 111. 
 
 POONA AND INDIAN VILLAGE MISSION (1895) : 
 Headquarters : Nasarapur, Poona District, India; Denomi- 
 nation: Interdenominational; Director: Charles F. Reeve; 
 Secretary and Treasurer: appointed yearly by the execu- 
 tive; Organ: White already to Harvest, monthly; Field: 
 Villages in Poona district, Bombay; General Notes: Obtains 
 support from contributions sent without personal solicita- 
 tion. It has medical work, under a lady doctor and 
 European dispenser and nurses. 
 
 RANAGHAT MEDICAL MISSION (1893): Trans- 
 ferred to the Church Missionary Society, 1905. 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 JAMAICA BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 
 (1849) : Headquarters: Kingston, Jamaica; Secretary: 
 Rev. E. J. Hewett, Anchovy P. 0., Jamaica; Treasurer: 
 Rev. W. Pratt, Kingston, Jamaica; Fields: Jamaica, Haiti, 
 Cayman Is., Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia; Income in 
 1903: $8,869.50 (£1,825); Expenditure: $9,894.26 ( £2,036 ) ; 
 General Notes: The Society has 10 stations in Jamaica and 
 16 in its distinctively foreign work. It has in Calabar Col- 
 lege a training school for evangelists. 
 
 JAMAICA CHURCH OF ENGLAND : Home and For- 
 eign Missionary Society (1861): Headquarters: Kingston, 
 Jamaica; Secretary: I. R. Latreille, Esq., 3 Duke street, 
 Kingston, Jamaica; Treasurer: The Colonial Bank, King- 
 ston; Field: Jamaica, Africa, and fields of SPG and CMS; 
 Income in 1905: $6,265 (£1,287); General Notes: The So- 
 ciety carries on home missions in Jamaica, and foreign mis- 
 sions in the Rio Pongas region. West Africa, besides sub- 
 scribing to the general work of the SPG and the CMS, 
 
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 VARIOUS SPECIAL MISSIONS 
 
 CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF ARTS AND CRAFTS 
 (1904) : American Committee Headquarters: New York 
 City; Secretary: Mrs. Kiliaen Van Rensselaer; Treasurer: 
 Mrs. Charles Atwood Edwards, 550 Park avenue, New York 
 City; Field: Industrial Training of Women in the region 
 of Bombay, India. 
 
 FRIENDS^ AFRICA INDUSTRIAL MISSION: Field: 
 Kaimosi, British East Africa; Income, year ending March 
 31, 1904: $2,000, included under American Friends^ For- 
 eign Missions. 
 
 INDUSTRIAL MISSIONS AID SOCIETY: Head- 
 quarters: 84 Portland St., London; Denomination: Unde- 
 nominational; Secretary: Mr. Fred Toller; Field: India, 
 East Africa; General Notes: Aids Missions by relieving 
 them of financial responsibility and administration of in- 
 dustries carried on for the advantage of native converts. 
 
 LEPERS IN INDIA AND THE EAST: Mission to 
 (1874); Headquarters: 28 North Bridge, Edinburgh, Scot- 
 land; Denomination: Interdenominational; Superintendent: 
 Wellesley C. Bailey; Hon. Secretary: Miss C. E. Pirn, 
 Alma, Monkstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland; Hon. Treasurer: 
 Col. G. C. Dobbs, 8 Burlington Road, Dublin, Ireland; 
 Field: India, China, Japan, Malaysia; Income, year ending 
 Dec. 31, 1905: $99,787.53 (£20,505); Organ: Without the 
 Camp, quarterly; General Notes: The Society aids 24 Brit- 
 ish and American missionary societies in supporting work 
 for lepers, and maintains 49 asylums of its own, in which 
 are 3,511 lepers. The aided asylums number 25 and in 
 them are 3,661 lepers. 
 
 LEPERS IN JERUSALEM AND ELSEWHERE 
 (1900) : Independent Missionary: Mrs. Minerva Ryerson, 
 Jerusalem, Palestine; Treasurers: Rev. R. H. McCready, 
 Chester, N. Y.: D. L. Conkling, Middletown, N. Y.; Field: 
 The lepers of Jerusalem. 
 
 NATIONAL ARMENIA AND INDIA RELIEF ASSO- 
 CIATION: Headquarters: New York; Treasurer: John 
 
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 Crosby Brown (Brown Bros. & Co.), 59 Wall Street, New 
 York; Secretary: Miss E. C. Wheeler, The Albion, Main 
 Street, Worcester, Mass. ; Organ : The Helping Hand, quar- 
 terly; General Notes: Aids in support of orphans. 
 
 PAPUAN INDUSTRIES, LIMITED (1904): Head- 
 quarters: 120 Colraore Row, Birmingham, England; Secre- 
 tary: Thomas Elson; Field: New Guinea and islands in the 
 Torres Straits ; General Notes : The object of the company is 
 to aid in the material, moral and spiritual uplifting of the 
 natives of New Guinea and the islands of the Torres 
 Straits. The capital of the company is £50,000. 
 
 The central station is on Mulgrave (Badue) Island, Torres 
 Straits. The Managing Director in the field is Rev. F. W. 
 Walker, formerly missionary of the London Missionary 
 Society in New Guinea. 
 
 SOCIETIES OF THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE 
 
 Denmark 
 
 DANISH MISSIONARY SOCIETY (1821) (Danske 
 Missionsselskab) : Denomination: Lutheran; Secretary: 
 Rev. T. Loegstrup, Fredericia, Denmark; Treasurer: Mr. 
 Chr. Sehlesch, Dosseringen 81.2 Sal Copenhagen Q. ; Fields : 
 India, China; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1905: $49,864; 
 Organ: Danske Mission-Blad ; General Notes: Mission work 
 in China (Manchuria) was interrupted by the Russo-Japan- 
 ese war. It has now been reestablished. There are 15 
 missionaries (3 of whom are unmarried women) at 5 
 stations in Manchuria; one of the missionaries is a medical 
 man. In India there are 19 missionaries (6 being unmar- 
 ried women) at 8 stations. 
 
 INDIAN HOME MISSION TO THE SANTALS: See 
 the "British Colonies" section for this Danish Mission. 
 
 LOVENTHAI/S MISSION: Denomination: Undenomi- 
 national; Secretary: Rev. P. J. St. Riemann, Faxe, Praste- 
 gaard, Denmark; Fields: India. 
 
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 Finland, Russia 
 
 FINNISH MISSIONARY SOCIETY (1859) : (Finska 
 Missions-Selskapet) ; Headquarters: Observatoriigatan 18, 
 Helsingfors, Finland; Mission-Director: Rev. Lector Joos 
 Mustakallio; Secretary: Pastor H. H. Haaliti; Treasurer: 
 Victor Jacobson; Field: German S. W. Africa, China; In- 
 come, year ending December 31, 1905, $42,013.75 (Fmk. 
 221,125); Expenditure: $39,211.44 (Fmk. 206,376). 
 
 France 
 
 PARIS EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 
 (Societe des Missions Evangeliques chez les Peuples non- 
 Chretiens etablie a Paris, 1882) : Headquarters : Maison des 
 Missions, 102 Boulevard Arago, Paris; Denomination: 
 Evangelical Protestant; Director: M. le Pasteur A. Boeg- 
 ner; Secretary: M. Jean Bianquis; Treasurer: M. Onesime 
 Beigbeder; Field: Basutoland, Senegal, French Congo, and 
 Rhodesia, Africa, Madagascar, Polynesia; Income, year 
 ending March 31, 1906: $144,537.86 (fcs. 748,901); Ex- 
 penditure: $193,791.11 (fcs. 1,004,099) ; Organ: he Journal 
 des Missions Evangeliques, Petit Messager, L^Ami des Mis- 
 sions ; General Notes : The Society has had to face during the 
 year many difficulties gi'owing out of the separation of 
 Church and State in France which throws all religious bodies 
 upon their own resources by cutting off the State subsidy. 
 A deficit of about $50,000 at the closing of its fiscal year 
 has been removed by special subscriptions. The Basuto- 
 land mission is steadily growing. The work of the Society 
 in New Caledonia (Melanesia) is gaining in interest. 
 
 Germany 
 
 BASEL MISSIONARY SOCIETY: See Switzerland. 
 
 BERLIN MISSIONARY SOCIETY (Gesellschaft zur 
 Beforderung der evangelischen Missionen unter den Heiden 
 zu Berlin (1824); also called Berlin L; Headquarters: 
 Georgenkirchstrasse 70, Berlin, N. O., Germany; Mission 
 
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 Director: Past Superintendent Gensichen, D.D.; Mission In- 
 spectors: Pastor I. Wendland, Past Superintendent A. Mer- 
 ensky, D.D., Lie. Th. K. Axenfeld; Field: Cape Colony, 
 Orange River Colony, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Natal, German 
 East Africa, China; Income, year ending Dee. 31, 1905: 
 $260,556.06 (mks. 1,094,773); Expenditure: $308,795.26 
 (mks. 1,297,459); Organ: Berliner Missionsberichte, Mis- 
 sionsfreund; General Notes: Books relating to the Society 
 and its field which can be consulted with advantage are the 
 following: Wangemann's Ein Reisejahr in Sud Afrika; 
 Ein Zweiter Reisejahr in Sud Afrika; Kratzenstein's 
 Geschichte der Berliner Missionsgesellschaft; Gensichen's 
 Bilder on Unserem Missions f elde ; Merensky's Erinnerun- 
 gen aus dem Missionslehen in Transvaal; Deutscher Arbeit 
 am Nyassa; and Missions Atlas der Berliner Missionsgesell- 
 schaft. 
 
 Berlin Women's Missionary Society for China: See 
 Woman's Work Section. 
 
 Blind Females in China, German Mission to: See 
 Woman's Work Section. 
 
 BREKLUM MISSIONARY SOCIETY ( Schleswig-Hol- 
 steinische evang. luth. Missionsgesellschaft zu Breklum, 
 1877); Headqiiarters : Breklum, Schleswig; Denomination: 
 Evangelical Lutheran; Inspector: Pastor R. Bahnsen; Field} 
 India; Income, year ending March 31, 1906: $41,318.94 
 (mks. 173,609);^ Expenditure: $39,772.41 (mks. 167,111); 
 Organ: Schleswig-Holstenisches Missionblatt, Frauen 
 Missionsblatt, Der Kleine Missionsherold, (in Danish) Vort 
 Missionsblad ; all monthly. 
 
 Deaconess' Institute at Kaiserswerth: See Woman's Work 
 Section. 
 
 Women's Society for the Education of Women in the 
 East: See Woman's Work Section. 
 
 GERMAN BAPTISTS IN BERLIN: Missionary Society 
 of the (Missionsgesellschaft der Deutschen Baptisten in Ber- 
 lin, 1890) ; Headquarters: Filandastrasse, 4 Steglitz bei 
 Berlin, Germany; Inspector: K. Mascher; Field: Kam- 
 
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 erun, W. Africa; Income, year ending December, 1905: 
 $27,694 (mks. 90,032.53); Expenditure: $27,675 (mks. 89,~ 
 702.43); Organ: Unsere Heidenmission, monthly. 
 
 GERMAN EAST AFRICA : Evangelical Missionary So- 
 ciety for (Evangelische Missionsgesellschaft fiir Deutsch- 
 Ost-Afrika — Berlin III. — 1886); Headquarters: Grosslich- 
 terfelde bei Berlin, Zehlendorferstrasse 55, Germany; In- 
 spectors: Pastor W. Michaelis, Pastor W. Trittelvitz; 
 Field: German East Africa; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 
 1903: $23,196 (mks. 97,461.86); Expenditure: $25,990 
 (mks. 109,200.77); Organ: Nachrichten aus der Ost-Afri- 
 kanischen Mission. 
 
 GENERAL EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT MIS- 
 SIONARY SOCIETY (Allgemeiner Evangelisch-Protes- 
 tantischer Missionsverein, 1884) : Headquarters : Berlin, 
 Germany; President: Prediger D. Kind, Kronenstrasse 70, 
 Berlin, W. 8., Germany; Inspector: Prediger Dr. Fobbe, 
 Mohrenstresse 13-14, Berlin, W. 8. ; Treasurer : Max Thieme, 
 Charlottenburg ; Field: Japan, China; Income, year ending 
 Dec. 31, 1905: about $25,000; Expenditure: About $26,000; 
 Organ: Zeitschrift flir Missionskunde und Religionswiss- 
 enschaft, Missionsblatt des Allg. Ev.-Prot. Missionsverein. 
 
 GOSSNER MISSIONARY SOCIETY (Gossnersche 
 Mission — Berlin II., 1836) : Headquarters : Handjeiystrasse 
 19-20, Friedenau-Berlin, Germany; President: Gen. Sup. 
 Dr. Braun; Director of Missions: Pastor Kausch; Inspec- 
 tors: P. Romer, P. Zernick; Field: India, especially the 
 Kols of Chota Nagpur ; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1904 : 
 $55,919.52 (mks. 234,956) ; Expenditure: $79,007.53 (mks. 
 332,132.52) ; Organ: Die Biene auf dem Missionsf elde ; Die 
 Kleine Biene fiir Jung und Alt; Mitteilungen an den 
 Freundeskreis der Gossnersehen Mission, all monthly; Gen- 
 eral Notes: The Society employs only 49 missionaries, mis- 
 sionaries* wives not included. Its work is scattered through 
 2,116 villages. This implies that its force of native 
 workers is large and well trained. Connected with the mis- 
 sion at the end of 29 yearns labor were 19,355 baptized 
 
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 Christians, and 22,551 adherents of all classes. At the end 
 of 1904 the baptized Christians numbered 64,145, the ad- 
 herents 82,338 and the candidates for baptism 18,193. The 
 Kols from its Churches in Chota Nagpur having in some 
 number found work in Assam, their teachers go with them. 
 As a mle, the Kols give freely to Church objects, and work 
 well for the evangelization of neighboring pagans. The 
 mission is hampered by a deficit about $23,000 (mks. 97,- 
 176.74). 
 
 HANNOVER FREE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN 
 CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY (Mission der Han- 
 no verischen ev.-Luth. Freikirche in Hermannsburg, 1892) : 
 Headquarters: Nettelkamp, Hanover, Germany; Presi- 
 dent: Pastor Hautze; Treasurer: E. Bingmann; Field: 
 South Africa: Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1903: about 
 $5,000; Organ: Missionsblatt der Hannoverischen ev.-Luth. 
 Freikirche. 
 
 HERMANNSBURG MISSIONARY SOCIETY (Her- 
 mannsburger Missionsgesellschaft, 1849) : Headquarters : 
 Hermannsburg Hanover, Germany; Director: Egm. Harms; 
 Assoc. Director: Pastor Dr. George Haccius; Field: Africa, 
 India, Persia; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1905: $134,593 
 (mks. 565,937); Expenditure: $140,144.90 (mks. 589,264); 
 Organ: Hermannsburger Missionsblatt, Das Missionsblatt 
 fur unsere liebe Jugend, both fortnightly; General Notes: 
 The society reports 183 stations and out-stations, 66 mission- 
 aries, 672 native workers and 65,689 professing Christians. 
 It also reports 11 German Lutheran Churches in South 
 Africa as affiliated with its mission. Its Persian Misson is 
 conducted by 3 Nestorians who have received Lutheran in- 
 struction. Four-fifths of the Society's adherents are in 
 the Transvaal Colony. American Lutherans regularly con- 
 tribute to the Society's funds. 
 
 JERUSALEM SOCIETY (Jerusarem-verein in Berlin, 
 1852): Headquarters: Berlin; President: Count, on Zieten 
 Schwerin, Wustrau, Kreis Ruppin; Secretary: Pastor DJ 
 Weser, Bischofstrasse 4-5 Berlin, C. 2, Germany; Field: 
 
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 Syria; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1901: $21,638; Organ: 
 Neuste Nachrichten aus dem Morgenlande. 
 
 KIEL CHINA MISSION (Kieler- China-Mission, 1879) : 
 Headquarters: Missionshaus, Kiel, Germany; Conductor: 
 Pastor Witt; Field: China; Organ: Er Kommt. 
 
 LEIPZIG MISSIONARY SOCIETY ( Evangeliseh-Lu- 
 thenisehe Mission zu Leipzig, 1836) : Headquarters : Carolin- 
 nenstrasse 19, Liepzig; President: Geh. Oberkirchenrat D. 
 Bard; Director of Institute: D. Schwartz; Inspector of 
 Missions: Dr. Siedel; Fields: India, English East Africa; 
 German East Africa; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1905: 
 $153,939.82 (mks. 646,806); ^Expenditure: $129,281.12 
 (mks. 543,198); Organ: Missionsblatt ; General Notes: In 
 India this society is successor to the old Danish-Halle mis- 
 sion in the tranquebar field and celebrated in 1905 the 
 200th aniversary of its establishment. Including unmarried 
 women, it has in India 55 missionaries with 47 stations and 
 out-stations and 21,516 professing Christians, of whom 
 10,011 are communicants. In Africa its mission fields are 
 among the Chagga tribes on the slopes of Kilima Njaro (21 
 missionaries), and among the Kamba tribes east of the moun- 
 tain (9 missionaries) in British territory. The Society has 
 242 schools in India and 44 in its Africa missions. 
 
 Leipzig Missionary Society's Women's Auxiliary: See 
 Woman^s Work Section. 
 
 MEDICAL MISSION UNION (Verein fiir artzHche 
 Mission, 1898) : Headquarters: Stuttgart, Germany; Man- 
 ager: Mr. Oberlehrer Kammerer, Alte Weinsteige 26, Stutt- 
 gart, Germany; Treasurer: Mr. Max Hartenstein, Cann- 
 statt, Germany; Field: China, and in general the field of 
 the Basel Evang. Missionary Society; General Notes: The 
 Society collects funds for the support of medical missions, 
 especially those of the Basel Society ; it aids medical mission- 
 aries in the field with donations of books and instruments, 
 and helps young men to gain medical education for service 
 in the mission fields. 
 
 MORAVIAN MISSIONS ( Missions- Werk der Evange- 
 
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 lischer Briider Unittit, 1732); Headquarters: Berthelsdorf, 
 Hermhut, Saxony; President: Rt. Rev. Dr. Chas. Buchner, 
 Representative of the German Unity; Rt. Rev. Benjamin 
 Latrobe, Representative of the British Unity; Rt. Rev. Dr. 
 Taylor Hamilton, Representative of the American Unity; 
 Vice-Presidents: Rev. John Ban, Rt. Rev. Paul Hennig; 
 Secretaries: (in Berthelsdorf) Rev. Leonard Tietzen; Rev. 
 Hermann Tietzen; (in London) Rev. C. J. Klesel; (in Amer- 
 ica, Bethlehem, Pa.) Rev. Paul de Schweinitz; Treasurer: 
 George Schammer; Field: Labrador, Alaska, California, 
 West Indies, Nicaragua (Moskito), Brit. Guiana, Dutch Gui- 
 ana, Cape Colony, German East Africa, India (Himalayas), 
 Australia; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1905: $479,554 
 (mks. 1,918,234); Expenditure:' $483,535 (mks. 1,934,143); 
 Organ: Missionsblatt der Briidergemeine ; General Notes: 
 The Society has reached a point of growth where income 
 each year falls behind expenditure. This implies that the 
 little Moravian body and their friends must make greater 
 sacrifices since they cannoit ignore the demands of new work, 
 especially in German East Africa. The deficit has been re- 
 duced to $2,838; stringent economy in administration is be- 
 ing adhered to, and our record closes in the midst of strenu- 
 ous efforts to raise the funds necessary to carry on the 
 whole work laid upon the Moravians by the providence of 
 God. 
 
 NEU DETTELSAU MISSIONARY SOCIETY (Mis- 
 sions- Anstalt in Neuen Dettelsau; also called Bayerische 
 Missions-Gesellschaft, 1886); Headquarters: Neuen-Dettel- 
 sau, Bavaria; Inspector of Missions: Martin Deinzer; Field: 
 New Guinea, Australia; Income: $15,000; Organ: Frei- 
 mund's Kirehliches und Politisches Wochenblatt, with sup- 
 plement on Church work in N. America, Australia, and 
 German New Guinea. 
 
 NEUKIRCHEN MISSIONARY INSTITUTE (Neukir- 
 chener Missions Anstalt, 1881) : Headquarters: Neukirchen 
 bd More, Dupseldorf, Germany; Inspector: Pastor Jul. 
 Stursberg; Treasurer: Wilhehn Kielmann; Field: Samar- 
 
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 ang and Rembang districts of Java; Lamu and Tana dis- 
 tricts in British E. Africa; Income, year ending May 31, 
 1904: $22,752 (mks. 96,014); Expenditure: $22,666 (ml<s. 
 95,234 mks; Organ: Der Missions-und-Heid«ibote. 
 
 NORTH CxERMAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY (Nord- 
 
 deiitsehe Missions Gesellschaft) : Headquarters : EUhom- 
 strasse 26, Bremen, Germany; President: I. Schroeder; 
 Inspector : Aug. W. Schreiber ; Treasurer : G. Henke ; Field : 
 Togoland, W. Africa; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1905: 
 $52,555 (m.ks. 220,730.98); Expenditure: $45,758 (mks. 
 181.58) ; Organ: Monatsblatt der Nordd. Mis's. Gesellschaft, 
 monthly; Missions-kinderfreund, monthly. 
 
 RHENISH MISSIONARY SOCIETY (Rheinische Mis- 
 sions Gesellschaft) : Headquarters: Rudolf strasse 129, Bar- 
 men, Germany; President: F. W. Rohrig, Barmen; Inspect- 
 ors: Pastor Haussleiter, Pastor Spiecker, Pastor Kriele; 
 Field: Cape Colony, German S. W. Africa, Borneo, Sumatra, 
 Nias, Mentawei Is., China, New Guinea ; Income, year ending 
 Dec. 31, 1905; $201,620.35 {mks. 84:7, US.d5) ; Expenditure: 
 $213,962.95 (mks. 899,004); Organs: Berichte der Rheinis- 
 chen Missions Gesellschaft, Missionsblatt Barmen, Der 
 Kleine Missionsfreund, all monthly; General Notes: The 
 Society is almost unique in the experience of coming face 
 to face with a Mohammedan propaganda (in Sumatra) 
 among pagans, checking it and winning converts from the 
 Mohammedans themselves in some nmnber. In 1905 the 
 number of Mohammedan converts baptized was 155, and 
 767 were under instruction for baptism. There were also 
 1,533 Mohammedan pupils in the schools of the mission. 
 
 Following the native rising in German S. W. Africa, 11 
 stations out of 16 in the north and 7 out of 11 in the south. 
 (Great Namaqualand) are in operation with some encour- 
 agement. 
 
 SUDAN PIONEER MISSION (Sudan Pionier Mission, 
 1900): Headquarters: Eisenach, Germany; President: 
 Pastor Ziemendorf, Emserstrasse 12, Wiesbaden, Germany; 
 
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 Treasurer: P. Em. Dammann, Eisenach; Field: Egyptian 
 Sudan; Organ: Der Sudan Pionier. 
 
 The Netherlands 
 
 ERMELO MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION (Ermelosche 
 Zendingsgemeente, 1856): Headquarters: Ermelo, Holland; 
 Secretary: Mr. W. H. Mooij, Ermelo, Holland; Field: Af- 
 rica ; Organ : Ermelosch Zendingsblad, monthly. 
 
 JAVA COMMITTEE (Java Comite, 1855) : Headquar- 
 ters: Amsterdam, Holland; Secretary: Rev. L. Kuperus, 
 Prinzensgracht 303, Amsterdam; Treasurer: J. A. Worm- 
 ser; Field: Bataks of Sumatra; Madura Id., E. of Java, and 
 K^ngean Islands; Income, year ending Oct. 31, 1905: 
 $8,554; Organ: Het Geillustreerd Zendingsblad, Java-Cent. 
 
 MENNONITE UNION FOR PROPAGATION OF THE 
 GOSPEL IN THE EAST INDIAN POSSESSIONS OP 
 HOLLAND (1848) : Headquarters: Amsterdam, Holland; 
 Secretary: Rev. K. I. Leendertz, Keizersgracht 194, Am- 
 sterdam, Holland; Treasurer: J. B. Bierens de Haan; Field: 
 Java and Simfiatra; Income, vear ending Dec. 31, 1905: 
 $18,941 (fl. 47,117). 
 
 NETHERLANDS MISSIONARY SOCIETY (1797): 
 (Nederlandsch Zendeling-genootschap) ; Headquarters: 
 Rechter Rottekade 59, Rotterdam, Holland; Secretary: Rev, 
 J. W. Gunning, Jr.; Field: Dutch Easit Indies; Income, 
 year ending Dec. 31,1905: $21,979; Expenditure: $25,309; 
 Organ: Maandberichten, Mededeelingen. 
 
 UNION FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOS- 
 PEL IN EGYPT (Vereeniging tot Uitbreiding van het 
 Evangelic in Egypt, 1886) : Headquarters: Amsterdam; 
 Secretary: Rev. J. J. Van Noort, Nassaukade 82, Amster- 
 dam, Holland; Field: Calioub, Egypt. 
 
 MISSION OF THE REFORMED CHURCHES IN 
 THE NETHERLANDS (Zending van de Gerefermeerde 
 Kerken in Nederland) : Headquarters: Smilde, Holland; 
 President: Dr. H. Dykstra; Secretary: Dr. J. Hania, Steeu- 
 
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 wijk; Field: Java and Sumba; General Notes: The So- 
 ciety has a fine hospital in Java and 10 stations in Java and 
 Sumba together. 
 
 NETHERLANDS MISSIONARY UNION (Nederland- 
 sche Zendingsvereeniging, 1858); Headquarters: Rotterdam, 
 Holland; Secretary: Rev. F. A. van der Heijden, Avenue 
 Concordia, 97 ; Treasurer : H. A. Van Baak, Mathenesseriaan 
 233 ; Field : West Java ; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1905 ; 
 $28,086.06 (fl. 70,215.17); Expenditure: $26,901.40 (fl. 
 67,253.51); Organ: Orgaan der Nederlendsche Zendings- 
 vereeniging, monthly. 
 
 UTRECHT MISSIONARY UNION (Utrechtsche Zend- 
 ingsvereeniging, 1859) : Headquarters: Utrecht, Holland; 
 Director-Secretary : Rev. J. W. Gunning, Jansveld, Utrecht; 
 Treasurer: G. L. Baron von Boetzelaer; Field: New Guinea, 
 Halmaheira, and Burn, Dutch East Indies; Income, year 
 ending Dec. 31, 1905: $32,383.11 (fl. 80,555) ; Expenditure: 
 $28,678.27 (fl. 71,339). 
 
 Norway 
 
 NORWEGIAN CHURCH MISSION OF SCHREU- 
 DER (1377) : Headquarters : Christiania, Norway; Secre- 
 tary: Rev. Paul Vilhelm Skaar, Helgesensgo 44, Christia- 
 nia, Norway; Field: South Africa; Organ: Zuluvennea 
 Missionblad. 
 
 NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN CHINA MISSION ASSO- 
 CIATION (Det Norske lutherske Kina missions forbund, 
 1891): Headqtiarters : Bergen, Norway; Secretary: Mr. 
 Johannes Brandtzaeg, Framnes, Norheimsund, Norway; 
 Treasurer: A. Erlandson, Magnus Barfods Gade 11, Ber- 
 gen, Norway; Field: Hupeh and part of Honan, China; 
 Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1905: $37,720 (Kr. 138,437) ; 
 Expenditure: $35,360 (Kr. 129,768); Organ: Kineseren, 
 monthly; General Notes: The number of stations is 11, and 
 of baptized Christians 204, 
 
 NORWEGIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY (Norske Mis- 
 sionsselskab, 1842): Headquarters: Stavanger, Norway; 
 
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 Secretary: Rev. L. Dahle, Stavanger, Norway; Treasurer: 
 H. A. Olsen; Field: Natal and Zulnland, Madagascar; In- 
 come, year ending Dec. 31, 1903: $160,751; Organ: Norsk 
 Missions tidende. 
 
 Sweden- 
 Sweden : EVANGELICAL NATIONAL SOCIETY 
 IN (Evangeliska Fosterlands-Stiftelsens, 1856) ; Headquar- 
 ters: Stockholm, Sweden; Secretary: Rev. J. Montelius, 
 Stockholm; Inspector: Prof. Ad. Kobnodin, Upsala, 
 Sweden; Field: India, Eritrea, East Africa (for Abyssin- 
 ians); Income: $149,625; Organ: Missionstidning; General 
 Notes: The Society has seamen's missions in many foreign 
 Seaports. 
 Female Mission Workers: See Woman's Work Section. 
 HOLINESS UNION (Hegelsetorbundet, 1890): Sec- 
 retary: Rev. A. Kihlstedt, Kulma, Sweden; Field: Auxil- 
 iary to the CIM in China. 
 
 SWEDISH CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 (Svenska Kyrkans Missionsstyrelse, 1874) : Headquarters: 
 Upsala, Sweden; Secretary: Rev. A. Ihrmark; Treasurer: 
 h. Fr. Zakrisson; Fields: India, South Africa; Income, 
 year ending Dec. 31, 1905; $65,971; Organ: Missionstid- 
 ning; General Notes: The Society also maintains missions to 
 seamen in German, British, French and Italian ports, be- 
 sides special pastorates for Swedes found in various Eu- 
 ropean cities and in South Africa. It has a woman's auxil- 
 iary called the Woman's Missionary Society of the Swedish 
 Church, and unmarried women are sent out by it. 
 
 SWEDISH MISSIONARY SOCIETY (Svenska Mis- 
 sionsforbundet, 1878) : Headquarters : Stockholm, Sweden; 
 Director of Missions: Dr. P. P. Waldenstrom; Secretary: 
 Rev. W. Sjoholm; Field: Congo Ind. State, Algeria, Rus- 
 sia, Caucasia, Persia, China, Chinese Turkestan, Lapland; 
 Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1905: $73,593.85; Expendi- 
 ture : $76,940 ; General Notes : The Society also has work for 
 seamen, for Sunday-school extension in Sweden, main- 
 taining 2,446 Sunday schools with 115,519 scholars; it has 
 
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 work also for Jews; it has two stations among Mohamme- 
 dans in Chinese Turkestan. 
 
 SWEDISH MISSIONS IN CHINA (Svenska Missionen 
 i Kina, 1887) : Headquarters : Stockholm, Sweden; Secre- 
 tary: Rev. Josef Holmgren, Lastmakaregatan 30, Stock- 
 Holm, Sweden; Field: China. 
 
 Switzerland 
 
 BASEL EVANGELICAL ISIISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 (Evangelische Missionsgesellschaft zu Basel, 1815) : Head- 
 quarters: Basel, Switzerland; President: Pfarrer Ernest 
 Miescher; Inspector and Chief Secretary; Dr. Th. Oehler; 
 Secretaries : Rev. Fr. Wiirz, Rev. Hans Anstein, Rev. L. L 
 Frohnmeyer: Treasurer: Paul Ensinger; Fields: India, 
 China, Gold Coast (W. Africa), Kamerun (W. Africa) j 
 Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1905: $360,080.40 (fcs. 1,835,- 
 402.08); Expenditure: $385,115.11 (fcs. 1,925,579.08); Or- 
 gan: Dei* Evangelische Heidenbote, monthly; Evangelische 
 Missions Magazin, monthly; Der Heidenfreund, children's 
 monthly; General Notes: The Society's largest mission in 
 point of nimiber of converts is in the Gold Coast Colony, 
 West Africa. In per cent, of increase the Mission in Kam- 
 erun exceeds all the others, the number of converts having 
 increased 23 per cent, in 1905. The Society reports alto- 
 gether 375 missionaries; 51,107 professing Christians, of 
 whom 2,273 were added in 1905 ; and 654 schools with 28,793 
 scholars. Nearly one-third of the schools are in Kamerun, 
 but one-half of the scholars are in India. The greatest 
 progress in the Society's Indian Missions took place (dur- 
 ing 1905) in Malabar. The Society encounters in India 
 an eager alertness on the part of heathen and Mohamme- 
 dans lo turn against Christianity the assertions of a certain 
 class of modern theologians. The national movements in 
 China have led to the opening of "Western" schools. The 
 mission lield in Kamerun has been extended to the healthier 
 plateau in the interior. 
 
 Basel Women's Mission: See Woman's Work Section. 
 
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 SWISS ROMANDE MISSIONARY SOCIETY (Mis- 
 sion Romande, oeuvre d'evangelisation chez les paiens, diri- 
 g-ee par les Eglises Libres de Vaud, Neuchatel et Geneve, 
 1875): Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland; Secretary: 
 Rev. A. Grandjean, Chemin des Cedres, Lausanne, Switzer- 
 land; Fields: Transvaal Colony, Portuguese East Africa; 
 Income, year ending Dee. 31, 1905: $46,337.94 (fcs. 240,- 
 093); Expenditure: $47,228.62; (fes. 244,708); Organ: 
 Bulletin de la Mission Romande; General Notes: The So- 
 iciety has a fine medical mission at Elim, and a Normal 
 Training Institution at Lemana, Transvaal. 
 
 WOMAN'S WORK FOR WOMAN 
 
 Note: For the sake of unity of view the details of the 
 Women's Missionary Societies are all given in this section. 
 
 America 
 
 ADVENT 
 
 ADVENT CHRISTIAN WOMAN'S HOME AND FOR- 
 EIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY: Headquarters: Rock- 
 land, Me.; Secretary and Treasurer: Miss Lena N. Brad- 
 ford, Rockland, Me.; Field: India. In the home field the 
 Society works through local Conferences, mission Societies, 
 etc. Its foreign work is entirely under its own jurisdiction 
 and management. Income, 1905: $13,836.08; Organ: All 
 Nations Mondily; General Notes: In its foreign work the 
 Society reports 6 missionaries and 30 native workers, with 
 1,000 scholars in 20 schools. 
 
 HELPERS UNION, and Central Mission Branch of the 
 Advent Christian Denomination: Secretary: Eva Stevens, 
 Box 280, Geneva, III; Treasurer: Ella Pullen, Box 1157, 
 Benton Harbor, Mich.; Superintendent of Foreign Work: 
 Mary L. Spencer, 150 Green Ave., Benton Harbor, Mich.; 
 Field: The Middle Western States of America, Auxiliary 
 to the Am. Adv. Mission Society; Organ: Our Hope; Pro- 
 phetic Mission Record. 
 
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 BAPTIST 
 
 WOMAN'S AMERICAN BAPTIST HOME MISSION 
 SOCIETY (1877): Headquarters: 510 Tremont Temple, 
 Boston, Mass. ; Cor. Secretary : Mrs. M. C. Reynolds ; Treas- 
 urer: Miss G. L. Davis; Fields: Alaska; Colored people in 
 the South; Indians in Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Mon- 
 tana and New Mexico; Chinese in California and Montana 
 Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico; immigrants in New Eng- 
 land; If} come, year ending March 31, 1906: $40,174.75 
 Expenditure: $40,174.75; Organ: Home Mission Echoes 
 monthly ; General Notes : The work of the Society is largely 
 educational. It has about 67 teachers and missionaries. The 
 Society is auxiliary to the American Baptist Home Mission 
 Society. 
 
 WOMAN'S BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSIONARY SO- 
 CIETY (1874): Headquarters: Ford Building, Boston, 
 Mass.; Foreign Secretary: Mrs. H. G. Safford; 
 Acting Sec. of Publications : Miss J. H. Wright; Treasurer: 
 Miss A. E. Stedman ; Fields : The fields of the A. B. M. U. ; 
 Income, year ending March 31, 1906: $131,559.97; Expen- 
 diture: $121,878.30; Organ: The Helping Hand, Around 
 the World; General Notes: The work of the Society is be- 
 ing done by women who pray, and therefore a policy of 
 quiet courage in extension prevails. The Society has 81 
 missionaries, and its tremendous influence on the young is 
 seen in the 22,058 scholars in its 616 schools. 
 
 WOMAN'S BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSIONARY SO- 
 CIETY OF THE WEST: Headquarters: 1318 Masonic 
 Temple, Chicago, 111. ; Foreign Cor. Secretary : Miss Blanche 
 G. Loveridge, Waukegan, 111.; Home Cor. Secretary: Miss 
 C. E. Perrine; Treasurer: Mrs. M. E. Kline; Fields: The 
 fields of the A. B. M. U. ; Income, year ending March 31, 
 1906: $58,210.74; Expenditure: $60,492.16; Organ: The 
 Helping Hand, Around the World; General Notes: The So- 
 ciety has 46 missionaries, with 234 schools, and 7,891 pupils. 
 
 WOMEN'S BAPTIST HOME MISSION SOCIETY: 
 Headquarters: 2411 Indiana avenue, Chicago, 111.; Secre- 
 
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 tary: Miss M. G. Burdette; Treasurer: Mrs. A. H. Bar- 
 ber; Fields: The fields of the American Baptist Home Mis- 
 sion Society, with which this Society practically co-oper- 
 ates, more especially among Negroes, Indians, Chinese, 
 Japanese and European immigrant populations, together 
 with Spanish-speaking peoples of Mexico, Cuba and Porto 
 Rico ; Income, year ending March 31, 1906 : $93,229.95 ; Ex- 
 penditure: $93,187.48; Organ: Tidings, monthly; Gen- ^ 
 eral Notes: The Society has 180 missionaries and carries 
 on the Baptist Missionary Training School in Chicago. 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL 
 
 WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS, BOSTON: 
 Headquarters : 14 Beacon street, Boston, Mass.; Denomina- 
 tion: Congregational; Secretaries: Miss E. Harriet Stan- 
 wood, Miss Kate G. Lamson, Miss Alice M. Kyle, Miss 
 Helen B. Calder; Treasurer: Miss S. Louise Day; Field: 
 Co-operates with the ABCFM in its field; Income, year end- 
 ing Oct. 18, 1905: $157,297.36; Organ: Life and Light for 
 Women, Mission Dayspring (the latter in co-operation with 
 the ABCFM), both monthly.. 
 
 WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS OF THE INTE- 
 RIOR: Headquarters: 40 Dearborn street, Chicago, 111.; 
 Denomination: Congregational; Secretary: Miss M. D. 
 Wingate; Treasurer: Mrs. S. E. Hurlbut; Field: Co- 
 operates with the ABCFM, sending women missionaries 
 into its field; Income, year ending Oct., 1905, $107,597.39; 
 Organ: Mission Studies, Life and Light, Mission Dayspring 
 (the last two in co-operation with the Woman's Board of 
 Boston). 
 
 WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS FOR THE PA- 
 CIFIC: Headquarters: Oakland, Cal.; Denomination: Con- 
 gregational; Secretaries: Mrs. W. J. Wilcox; Mrs. S. F. 
 Bufford, Mrs. C. B. Bradley, Mrs. C. W. Farnum; Treas- 
 urer: Miss M. C. McClees, 361 Adams st., Oakland, Cal.; 
 Field: Co-operates with the ABCFM, supporting 6 women 
 missionaries and aiding educational work in China, Japan, 
 
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 India and Turkey; Income, year ending Sept. 15, 1905: 
 $10,053.32; Organ: Light and Life for Women (in co-op- 
 eraLion with the Woman's Board of Boston). 
 
 WOMAN^S BOAKD OF MISSIONS FOR THE PA- 
 CIFIC ISLANDS: Headquarters: Honolulu, Hawaiian Is- 
 lands; Denomination: Congregational; Home Cor. Secre- 
 tary: Mrs. J. D. Marques; Foreign Secretary: Mrs. A. 
 Francis Judd; Treasurer: Mrs. B. F. Dillingham; Income, 
 year ending May 31, 1906: $2,838.06; Expenditure: $2,- 
 201.69 ; Field : Hawaiian Islands ; General Notes : The Board 
 has work among Hawaiians, Chinese, Japanese, and Portu- 
 guese. 
 
 CHRISTIAN 
 
 WOMAN'S BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS : Head- 
 quarters: Dayton, Ohio; Denomination: American ChrLs- 
 tian Convention; Secretary: Miss Annie Libby, Saco, Me.; 
 Treasurer: Miss Maiy J. Batchelor, New Bedford, Mass.; 
 Field: Auxiliary to Mission Board of the Christian Church; 
 Incom.e, year ending Sept. 30, 1905: $690.93. 
 
 WOMAN'S BOARD FOR HOME MISSIONS OF THE 
 CHRISTIAN CHURCH: Secretary: Miss Orpha Adkin- 
 son, Winterset, Iowa; Treasurer: Mrs. Ada 0. Warbinton, 
 Hagentown, Ind.; Income, year ending Sept. 30, 1904: 
 $701.49. 
 
 DISCIPLES OF CHRIST 
 
 CHRISTIAN WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS 
 (1874) : Headquarters : 152 East Market street, Indian- 
 apolis, Indiana; Denomination: Disciples of Christ; Sec- 
 retary: Mrs. Helen E. Moses; Treasurer: Miss M. J. Jud- 
 son; Fields: The United States, Jamaica, India, Mexico, 
 Porto Rico, South America; Income, year ending Sept. 30, 
 1905: $204,777.33; Expenditure: $196,277.39, ^of which 
 $77,550.69 was for Foreign Mis?!ions; Organ: Missionai-y 
 Tidings; General Notes: The Society has 138 pa.^tors, 
 teachers and evangelists and 30 missionary organizers in 
 its employ in the United States, with 70 missionaries, with 
 
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 53 native workers in foreign fields; and there are 2,660 
 pupils in 27 schools. 
 
 CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN 
 
 WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS OF THE CUM- 
 BERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: Headquarters: 
 Evansville, Indiana; Cor. Secretary: Mrs. Dee F. Clarke; 
 Fields: Japan, China, Mexico, United States; Income, year 
 ending Dec. 31, 1905 : $48,340.05, partly expended through 
 General Mission Board; Organ: Missionary Record. 
 
 EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 WOMAN^S MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE EVAN- 
 GELICAL ASSOCIATION: Headquarters: Cleveland, 
 Ohio; Secretaries: Miss A. E. Rickert, Miss M. Grimm; 
 Treasurer: Mrs. H. Mattill; Field: United States, Europe, 
 Japan, China, Auxiliary to the General Missionary Society 
 of the EA. 
 
 FREE BAPTIST 
 
 FREE BAPTIST WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SO- 
 CIETY: President: Mrs. M. A. Davis, Ocean Park, Me.; 
 Secretary: Mrs. S. C. G. Avery, Wells, Maine; Treasurer: 
 Miss L. A. De Meritte, Ocean Park, Me.; Fields: India, in 
 co-operation with the General Conference of Free Baptists; 
 the United States; Income, year ending Aug. 31, 1906: 
 $13,136.21; Expenditure: $12,748.02; Organ: The Mission- 
 ary Helper, monthly. 
 
 FREE METHODIST 
 
 WOMAN^S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF 
 THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH OF NORTH 
 AMERICA: Headquarters: 14-16 North May street, Chi- 
 cago, 111.; Secretary: Mrs. E. L. McGeary, 41 Church Run 
 St., Titusville, Pa.; Treasurer: Mrs. L. C. Jensen, Chicago, 
 111.; Field: Africa, India, Japan, China, United States, as 
 an auxiliary to the General Missionary Board in which it 
 
166 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 has members; Income, year ending Oct. 1, 1905: $24,598.97; 
 Expenditure: $24,598.97; Organ: Missionary Tidings. 
 
 LUTHERAN 
 
 LUTHERAN WOMAN'S HOME AND FOREIGN 
 MISSION SOCIETY: Headquarters: 1522 Arch street, 
 Philadelphia; Secretary: Miss Mary Brooke, 3111 Clifford 
 St., Philadelphia; Cor. Secretary: Miss Mary Fry, 7301 
 Germantown ave., Philadelphia; Field: India, Porto Rico, 
 and United States, auxiliary to the Mission Board of Gen. 
 Council of the Lutheran Church. 
 
 METHODIST EPISCOPAL 
 
 WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF 
 THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Headquar- 
 ters: 150 Fifth avenue. New York; Secretary: Mrs. C. W. 
 Barnes, Delaware, 0.; Treasurer: Mrs. J. M. Cornell, 560 
 West 26th St., New York ; Income, year ending Oct. 1, 1905 
 (included in the report of the General Missionary Society) : 
 $548,943.55; Expenditure: $539,309. 
 
 WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE 
 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE U. S.: 
 Headquarters: Cincinnati, 0.; Corresponding Secretary: 
 Mrs. Delia L. Williams, Delaware, 0.; Treasurer: Mrs. 
 Geo. H. Thompson, 2144 Fulton avenue, Walnut Hills, Cin- 
 cinnati, 0.; Field: The United States, with Alaska, the 
 Hawaiian Islands, and Porto Rico, and immigrants, Euro- 
 pean and Asiatic ; Income, year ending July 31, 1906 : $412,- 
 667.87, of which $744.59 was balance from previous year; 
 Expenditure: $411,217.28; Organs: Woman's Home Mis- 
 sions; Children's Home Missions. General Notes: The 
 special work of the Society is uplift of home life through 
 the women and children. To this end it sustains Industrial 
 Homes, schools, hospitals, training schools for workers, and 
 deaconesses. 
 
 WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS OF THE METH- 
 ODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH (1878) : 3ea4' 
 
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 quarters: Nashville, Tenn.; Gen. Secretary: Mrs. S. C. 
 Trueheart; Associate Secretary: Mrs. J. B. Cobb; Record- 
 ing Secretary : Mrs. M. Hargrove, Kansas City, Mo. ; Treas- 
 urer: Mrs. H. M. Tyeire, Nashville, Tenn.; Income, year 
 ending March 31, 1906: $155,951.10; Fields: China, Korea, 
 Brazil, Mexico and Cuba; Organs: Woman's Missionary 
 Advocate; Little Worker (for juveniles); General Notes: 
 The Society emploj^s 70 unmarried missionary women and 
 owns over $400,000 worth of property. 
 
 WOMAN'S HOME MISSION SOCIETY OF THE 
 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH: Head- 
 quarters: Nashville, Tenn.; General Secretary: Mrs. R. W. 
 McDonell; Treasurer: Mrs. W". D. Kirkland; Income, year 
 ending March 31, 1906: $79,975.74, besides this amount 
 funds locally applied amounted to $190,245.72, and funds 
 for city misions amounted to $21,587.57; Field: The United 
 States. 
 
 METHODIST PROTESTANT 
 
 METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH: Woman's 
 
 Foreign Missionary Society of the: Headquarters: Pitts- 
 burg, Pa.; Secretaries : Mrs. D. S. Stephens, Kansas City, 
 Kansas ; Mi's. H. Hupfield, Baltimore, Md. ; Treasurer : Mrs. 
 J. W. Zirckel; Fields: Japan and China; Income, year end- 
 ing April 30, 1906: $10,189.45; Expenditure: $8,320.92; 
 Organ: Woman's Missionary Record, Greensboro, N. C. 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN 
 
 WOMEN'S BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS OF 
 THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (NORTH): Head- 
 quarters: 156 Fifth avenue, New York; Recording Secre- 
 tary: Miss M. L. Blakeman; twenty Corresponding 
 Secretaries for the different departments of work; Editor 
 Woman's Work: Miss Ellen C. Parsons; Treasurer: Miss 
 H. W. Hubbard, 17 W. Fifty-fifth street, New York City; 
 Field: Auxiliary to General Board of Foreign Missions of 
 Presbyterian Church (N.) ; Income, year ending April 25, 
 1906: $76,952; Expenditure: $74,432; Organ: Woman's 
 Work for Woma.n; Over Sea an^ Jli^nd^ chilto^f 
 
168 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 WOMAN^S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY 'OF 
 THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (NORTH) : Headquar- 
 ters: Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.; Secretary: 
 Miss S. E. Jones and fourteen others; Treasurer: Miss 
 Sarah W. Cattel; Field: Auxiliary to Presbyterian Board, 
 North. 
 
 WOMAN'S PRESBYTERIAN FOREIGN MISSION- 
 ARY SOCIETY, NORTHERN NEW YORK: Headquar- 
 ters: 78 First street, Troy, New York; Secretary: Miss 
 Alice Templeton; Treasurer: Mrs. B. Arnold; Field: Aux- 
 iliajry to WBM. 
 
 WOMAN'S PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF MISSIONS 
 OF THE NORTHWEST: Headquarters: Room 48, 40 E. 
 Randolph st., Chicago, 111.; Secretary: Miss Caroline B. 
 Sharp ; Office and Field Secretary : Mrs. D. B. Wells ; Treas- 
 urer: Mrs. T. E. D. Bradley, 48 Le Moyne Block, Chicago; 
 Income, year ending April 20, 1 906 : $97,180 ; Expenditure : 
 $96,181.83; Field: Auxiliary to Presbyterian Boai'd, North; 
 General Notes: The Society supports 131 missionaries. 
 
 AVOMAN'S OCCIDENTAL BOARD OF FOREIGN 
 MISSIONS: Headquarters: 920 Sacramento street, Sau 
 Francisco, Cal.; Secretary: Mrs. M. J. Thomas; Treasurer: 
 Mrs. E. G. Dennison; Field: Auxiliary to Presbyterian 
 Board, North. 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN (NORTH) WOMAN'S PACIFIC 
 BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS: Headquarters: 
 Portland, Oregon; Treasurer: Mrs. H. C. Campbell; Field: 
 Auxiliary to Presbyterian Board, North. 
 
 WOMAN'S PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF FOR- 
 EIGN MISSIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST: Headquar- 
 ters: Room 21, 1516 Locust street, St. Louis, Mo.; Cor. Sec- 
 retaries : Mrs. Meade C. Williams, Mrs. Clarence Beck, Mrs. 
 E. J. Bayles; Treasurer: Mrs. Wm. Burg; Field: Auxiliary 
 to Presbyterian Board, North; Organ: Board of the South- 
 west, quarterly. 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE U. S. A. 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 169 
 
 (NORTH) WOMAN'S BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS 
 (1878) : Headquarters: 156 Fifth avenue, New York City; 
 President : Mrs. Darwin R. James; Corresponding Secre- 
 tary: Mrs. Ella Alexander Boole; Treasurer: Miss S. F. 
 Lincoln; Field: School work among exceptional popula- 
 tions in the United States and in Cuba and Porto Rico; In- 
 come, year ending March 31, 1906: $505,830, included in 
 report of the Board of Home Missions; Organ: Home Mis- 
 sion Monthly; Over Sea and Land; General Notes: The 
 Board plans to establish also in each mission field, a school of 
 higher grade for training teachers and mission workers. In 
 most of these higher schools prominence is given to indus- 
 trial training. Chapels, schoolhouses and buildings for 
 boarding and industrial schools are erected by funds 
 especially contributed. The Board has 185 stations, 476 
 missionaries, and 10,872 pupils. 
 
 PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL 
 
 WOMAN'S AUXILIARY OF THE DOMESTIC AND 
 FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE PRO- 
 TESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED 
 STATES OF AMERICA: Headquarters: 281 Fourth ave- 
 nue. New York City; Secretary: Miss Julia C. Emery; In- 
 come, year ending Aug. 31, 1906: $197,638.82, included in 
 receipts of the General Board of Missions. 
 
 reformed 
 
 WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS OF THE RE- 
 FORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA: Headquarters: 25 
 East Twenty-second street, New York; Denomination: Re- 
 formed (Dutch); Secretary: Miss 0. H. Lawrence; Treas- 
 urer: Mrs. F. S. Douglas; Field: China, India, Japan, 
 Arabia (auxiliary to RCA) ; Organ: Mission Gleaner. 
 
 REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA WOMEN'S 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DO- 
 MESTIC MISSIONS: Headquarters: 25 East Twenty- 
 second street. New York City; Income, year ending April 
 30,1906:$43;692.78. 
 
170 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 REFORMED CHURCH IN THE U. S.; Women's Mis- 
 sionary Society of the General Synod of the: Cor. Secre- 
 tary: Mrs. B. B. Krammes, 82 Clinton st., Tiffin, 0.; Treas- 
 urer: Mrs. A. K. Kline, 758 North Avenue, Wilkinsburg, 
 Pa. 
 
 SOUTHERN BAPTIST 
 
 SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION WOMEN'S 
 MISSIONARY UNION: Headquarters: 233 N. Howard 
 street, Baltimore, Md.; Secretaries: Mrs. A. E. Tucker, Miss 
 Nellie Martein; Treasurer: Miss E. V. Ricker; Field: Auxil- 
 iary to the Southern Baptist Convention. 
 
 UNITED BRETHREN 
 
 UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST : Women's Mission- 
 ary Association of the : Headquarters : Dayton, Ohio ; Secre- 
 taries: Mrs. B. F. Witt, Mrs. L. O. Miller; Treasurer: Mrs. 
 B. F. Witt; Fields: China, Africa, PhiUppine Islands; In- 
 come, year ending May 14, 1906: $32,740.72; Organ: 
 Woman's Evangel ; General Notes : The Association conducts 
 its work in Africa jointly with the Foreign Missionary So- 
 ciety of the United Brethren Church. 
 
 UNITED EVANGELICAL 
 
 UNITED EVANGELICAL CHURCH: Woman's Home 
 and Foreign Missionary Society of the: Secretary: Mrs. 
 Ida M. Haefele, Maple Park, 111.; Editor: Miss Estella K. 
 Steinmetz, Harrisburg, Pa.; Treasurer: Mrs. W. E. Det- 
 wiler, Lemoyne, Pa.; Field: United States and China, aux- 
 iliary to the General Missionary Board of the Church; In- 
 come, ] 903-1904: $13,148.74; Expenditure: $12,130.74; 
 Organ: Missionary Tidings, Missionary Gem, both monthly. 
 
 UNITED PRESBYTERIAN 
 
 WOMEN'S GENERAL MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF 
 THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: Head- 
 quarters: Pittsburg, Pa.; Recording Sec: Mrs. S. Yourd, 
 625 Highland ave., Carnegie, Pa.; Cor. Secretary of For- 
 eign Missions: Mrs. E. M. Hill, 5502 Margaretta st., Pitts- 
 bui|:; Cor, Secretary of Home Missions; Mrs, J3, C, 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 171 
 
 Campbell, 831 N. St. Clair street, Pittsburg; Treasurer: 
 Mrs. J. B. Hill, 5630 Bartlett st., Pittsburg, Pa; Field: 
 India, Egypt and Sudan; Income, year ending April 30, 
 1906: $119,678.61 for both Home and Foreign work, of 
 which $61,596.28 is for the Foreign work; General Notes: 
 The Society is composed of the women of the U. P. Church, 
 and its agent is a Board of Directors of 15 women, with 
 two meetings each month. There is one general treasurer 
 and a corresponding secretary for each department of 
 work — Home, Foreign, Freedmen, Parsonage, Literature, 
 Ministerial Relief, Junior. 
 
 INTERDENOMINATIONAL 
 
 AMERICAN RAMABAI ASSOCIATION (1898): 
 Headquarters: Cleveland, Ohio; Denomination: Interde- 
 nominational; Secretary: Mrs. George H. McCrew, 715 
 Case avenue, Cleveland, Ohio; Treasurer: Mr. Curtis Chip- 
 man, 222 Boylston street, Boston, Mass.; Field: India; 
 Income, year ending February 29, 1904: $6,762.27, besides 
 balance on hand from 1903, ($2,509.08); Expenditure: 
 $7,709.01. 
 
 WOMAN'S UNION MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF 
 AMERICA FOR HEATHEN LANDS (1860) ; Headquar- 
 ters: 67 Bible House, New York; Denomination: Unde- 
 nominational; Secretary: Miss S. D. Doremus; Assistant 
 Treasurers: Miss M. S. Stone, Miss E. B. Stone; Fields: 
 India, China, Japan; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1905: 
 $46,107.50; Expenditure: $43,262.35; Organ: Missionary 
 Link, monthly. 
 
 Great Britain 
 
 BAPTIST ZENANA MISSION (1867) : In connection 
 with BMS; Headquarters: 19 Fumival street, Holborn, 
 London, E. C, England; President: Mrs. Edward Robinson, 
 Bristol ; Secretaries : Miss A. G. Angus, Miss E. A. AngiLS, 
 Mrs. George Kerry; Treasurer: Mrs. A. Pearce Gould, 10 
 Queen Anne street. Cavendish Square, London, W.; Fields: 
 Ju<|ia and China; Income, ^ear ending March 31^ 1906; 
 
172 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 $65,955.66 (£13,533); Expenditure: $67,420.53 (£13,854); 
 Organ: Baptist Zenana Mission Magazine, monthly. 
 
 BRITISH SYRIAN MISSION SCHOOLS AND BIBLE 
 WORK (1860): Headquarters: 29a High street, Wimble- 
 don, London, S. W., England; Denomination: Interdenomi- 
 national; Secretary: Miss Wilmot; Field; Syria, 
 
 CHURCH OF ENGLAND ZENANA MISSIONARY 
 SOCIETY: Headquarters: Lonsdale Chambers, 27 Chan- 
 cery Lane, London, W. C, Eng. ; Secretaries: Clerical, Rev. 
 G. Tonge; Cent. Association, Miss Mulvany; Lay: H. L. 
 Hebbert, Esq.; Treasurer: Col. Robert Williams; Fields: 
 India, Ceylon, Malaysia, China; Income^ year ending March 
 31, 1906 :" $268,168.48 (£55,825); Expenditure: $292,418.25 
 (£60,088); Organ: India's Women and China's Daughters. 
 
 METHODI'^.T NEW CONNEXION MISSIONARY 
 SOCIETY: Woman's Auxiliary for China; Secretary: Miss 
 Stacey, Ranmoor, Sheffield, England. 
 
 MILDMAY ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN WORKERS 
 (1862) : Headquarters : Mildmay Deaconess' House, Lon- 
 don, N., England; Hon. Secretary: Miss Dreaper; Assist- 
 ant Hon. Secretaries: Miss Elout, Miss E. Mayfield; Gen- 
 eral Note: The Association is intended to link in fellowship 
 women engaged in Christian work in many lands; in 1906 
 having about 1,200 members. 
 
 PALESTINE AND LEBANON NURSES' MISSION 
 (1865): Denomination: Church of England; Hon. Secre- 
 tary: Miss Lloyd, 22 Albert Square, Clapham Road, Lon- 
 don, S. W., England; Treasurer: J. W. Peake, Esq.; Field: 
 Palestine: Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1902: $2,769 (£569 
 15s.); Expenditure: $2,706.37 (£566 17s.); Organ: Open 
 Doors. 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ENGLAND, 
 WOMAN'S MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF THE: 
 Auxiliary to the Foreign Missionary Committee: Headquar- 
 ters: 7 East India avenue, London, S. E., England; De- 
 nomination: Presbyterian; Secretaries: Mrs. Matthews, 25 
 
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 Christ Church Avenue, Brandesbury, London, N. W., Eng- 
 land; Mrs. Voelcher, 20 Upper Philmore Gardens, Kensing- 
 ton, London, England; Organ: Our Sistei^ in Other Lands. 
 
 CHURCH OF SCOTLAND: Women's Association for 
 Foreign Missions (1837) (Previous to 1883 the Society was 
 called Scottish Ladies' Association for the Advancement of 
 Female Education in India) ; Headquarters : 22 Queen 
 street, Edinburgh, Scotland; Secretary: Miss Rutherfurd; 
 Field: Auxiliary to Foreign Missions Committee of the 
 Church of Scotland in India, China and British Central 
 Africa; Income: $73,779 (£15,181), included in Church of 
 Scotland Report. 
 
 CHURCH OF SCOTLAND WOMEN'S ASSOCIA- 
 TION FOR THE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION OF JEW- 
 ESSES (1846) : President: Mrs. Duncan; Secretary: Miss 
 Kidley, 22 Queen street, Edinburgh; Income 1905: $5,362.88 
 (£1102). 
 
 WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THE UNITED 
 FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND (1900) : Headquarters: 
 35 North Bank street, Edinburgh, Scotland; Secretary: 
 Rev. William Stevenson, M. A.; Treasurer: A. E. Ellison 
 Ross, Esq.; Field: Auxiliary to Foreign Missions Com- 
 mittee of the United Free Church of Scotland; Income: 
 $111,309.32 (included in income of Foreign Missions Com- 
 mittee). 
 
 SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOS- 
 PEL IN FOREIGN PARTS: Woman's Association of 
 the : Now the Committee of Women's Work : See S. P. G. 
 in British General lisit. 
 
 TABEETHA MISSION, JAFFA (1863); Benomina- 
 tion: Undenominational; Secretary: Miss E. Walker- Ar- 
 nott, 24 St. Bernard's Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland; Field: 
 Jaffa, Syria; General Notes: Maintains a Home in Jaffa 
 with a Girls' Boarding School and two Day Schools. There 
 are (1906) about 70 pupils. 
 
 WESLEYAN METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY, 
 WOMEN'S AUXILIARY: Headquarters: Wesleyan Cen- 
 
174 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 tenary Hall, 17 Bishopsgate street Within, London, E. C; 
 Hon. Foreign Secretary: Mrs. Wiseman j Cash Secretary: 
 Miss H. L. Pope; Fields: India, Ceylon, China, South Af- 
 rica, Italy, and Spain; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1905: 
 $92,122.84 (£18,930); Expenditure: $93,991.57 (£19,314); 
 General Notes: The Society has 78 missionaries (women) 
 in the field. 
 
 ZENANA BIBLE AND MEDICAL MISSION (1852) : 
 Headquarters: 2 Adelphi Terrace, Strand, London, W. C, 
 England; Denomination: Undenominational; Secretaries: 
 The Hon. Gertrude Kinnaird, Rev. A. R. Cavalier, Mrs. 
 Firth; Hon. Finance Secretary: A. H. Habershaw, Esq.; 
 Field: India; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1903: $107,090 
 (£22,035 17s.); Expenditure: $100,402 (£20,658 12s.). 
 
 British Colonies 
 
 australia. 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA WOM- 
 EN^S MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION: Headquarters: 
 Sydney; Organizing Secretary: Miss Forbes; Field: In- 
 dia; Organ: Ministering Women. 
 
 CANADA 
 
 UNITED BAPTIST WOMEN'S MISSIONARY 
 UNION OF THE MARITIME PROVINCES : Headquar- 
 ters: St. John, N. B.; Secretary: Miss Emma Hume, Dart- 
 mouth, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia; Treasurer: Mrs. Mary 
 Smith, Amherst, N. S. ; Field: India, as auxiliary to BMP; 
 Organ: Tidings. 
 
 WOMAN'S BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSIONARY SO- 
 CIETY OF EASTERN ONTARIO AND QUEBEC: 
 Headquarters: Montreal; Secretary: Mrs. H. H. Ayer, 264 
 Wood ave., Westmount, Montreal; Treasurer: Mrs. M. 
 C. Riekert, 60 Bruce ave., Westmount, Que.; Field: India, 
 as auxiliary to the BOQ; Income, year ending Sept. 30, 
 1905: $3,533.74; Expenditure: $3,357.48; Organ: Canadiaa 
 Missionary Link. 
 
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 WOMAN'-S MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE 
 METHODIST CHURCH: Headquarters: 50 Markland st., 
 Hamilton, Ontario; Fields: Auxiliaiy to Missionary Society 
 of the Methodist Church in Canada. 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSION- 
 ARY SOCIETY (Western Division): Headquarters: To- 
 ronto, Ontario; Secretary: Mrs. Donald, 31 Wilcox street, 
 Toronto, Ontario; Field: Auxiliary to Presbyterian Church 
 in Canada Foreign Missions. The Western Division paid 
 to the General Society, year ending March 1, 1906 : $56,127, 
 and from the Woman's Society of Montreal, $2,122. Total, 
 $58,249. 
 
 Eastern Division: Headquarters: Halifax, N. S.; Secre- 
 tary: Miss B. McGregor; Field: Auxiliary to Presbyterian 
 Church in Canada Foreign Missions. The Eastern Di\ision 
 paid to the General Society (which included the amount in 
 its income) during the year ending March 1, 1906, $16,750. 
 
 India 
 
 NORTH INDIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FOR 
 CHRISTIAN WOMEN (1894): Headquarters: Ludhiana, 
 Punjab, India; Princijml: Miss A. L. Church, M. D.; SupH 
 Memorial Hospital: Miss E. M. Brown, M.D.; Hon. Secre- 
 tary of General Committee in India: Miss Aitkin, Kasur, 
 India; General Notes: The number of students (July, 1906), 
 is 35. The Memorial Hospital connected with the School 
 has about 70 beds and is being enlarged to increase the 
 number to 100. A grant from the Government of about 
 $9,000 is used for this. During 1905 the patients received 
 in the hospital numbered 780, and 9,676 patients were 
 treated outside of the hospital. For the London Committee 
 see Great Britain section. For the American Committee 
 see U. S. section.. 
 
 European Continent 
 
 BERLIN WOMEN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY FOR 
 CHINA (Berliner Frauen Missionsverein f iir China, 1850) : 
 
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 Headquarters: Berlin, Germany; President: Fraiilein Julie 
 von Buddenbrock; Inspector: Pastor Sauberzweig-Schmidt, 
 Georgenkirchstrasse 70; Treasurer: Julius Schlunk; Field: 
 Hongkong, China, auxiliary of Berlin Missionary Society; 
 Organ: Mitteilungen des Berliner Frauenvereins fiir China, 
 quarterly. 
 
 BLIND FEMALES IN CHINA, GERMAN MISSION 
 TO (Deutsche Blindenmission unter dem weiblichen Ge- 
 schlecht in China, 1S90) : Headquarters : Hildesheim, Ger- 
 many; Lady President and Acting Treasurer: Fraulein 
 Luise Cooper, Sedanstrasse 33, Hildesheim; Field: Hong- 
 kong, China; Income, year ending Dec. 31, 1902: $8,268; 
 Organ: Tsaukwong, quarterly; has an edition in raised let- 
 ters for the blind. 
 
 DEACONESS INSTITUTE AT KAISERWERTH ON 
 THE RHINE (1863): Headquarters: Kaiserwerth, near 
 Dusseldorf, Rhenish Westphalia, Germany; Directors: Pas- 
 tor G. Fliedner and Pastor W. Zoellner; Treasurer: Peter 
 Bredt, Barmen, Germany; Field: Europe, North America, 
 and the Levant ; Income, year ending March 1, 1902 : $171,- 
 447 (mks. 720,368) ; Expenditure: $169,762 (mks. 713,290) ; 
 Organ: Dank- und Denk-Blatter (occasionally). 
 
 The Kaiserwerth "Motherhouse" has 266 affiliated insti- 
 tutions — schools, hospitals and refuges — in various parts of 
 Europe and the Levant, under charge of 926 deaconesses. 
 From the Kaisei-werth institution have sprung (1901) 75 
 "Motherhouses" in Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, 
 France, Russia and America. These "Motherhouses" now 
 direct the efforts of 14,501 deaconesses or probationers in 
 5,211 district fields of work. The receipts of the "Mother- 
 houses" reported in 1901 were, in aggregate, $3,202,326 
 (mks. 13,456,153). The Motherhouses have organized as 
 a Union which holds a triennial conference and has an 
 Organ, published quarterly, called "Der Armen- und Kran- 
 ken-Freund." 
 
 WOMEN'S SOCIETY FOR EDUCATION OF 
 WOMEN IN THE EAST (Frauen-Verein fiir Christliehe 
 
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 Bildimg des Weiblichen Geschlechts im Morgenlande, 1842) : 
 Headquarters: Berlin, Germany; President: Fraulein Julie 
 von Buddenbrock; Secretary: Fraulein Marie von Wedel, 
 Matthaikirchstr. 13, Berlin; Treasurer: Herr Geh. Rech- 
 nungsrat W. Beneke, N. Artilleriestr, 16, Berlin; Field: 
 India; Income, year ending Dec. 15, 1902: $4,989; Expen- 
 diture: «4,797; Organ: Missionsblatt des Frauenvereins. 
 
 WOMAN'S AUXILIARY OF THE LEIPZIG MIS- 
 SIONARY SOCIETY ( Frauen-Hilf s-Vereine der Evange- 
 lisch-Lutherischen Mission zu Leipzig, 1895) : Headquar- 
 ters: Leipzig, Carolinnen Strasse 19; Director: Dr. von 
 Schwartz; Expenditure, year ending Dec. 31, 1903: $7,- 
 575.50 (mks. 31,829.85). 
 
 SWEDISH FEMALE MISSION WORKERS (Kvin- 
 nliga Missions-Arbetare, 1894) : Headquarters : Stockholm, 
 Sweden; Secretary: Miss Ellen Palmstiema, Birga, Jarls- 
 gatan 14, Sweden. 
 
 SWEDISH CHURCH WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SO- 
 CIETY: See Swedish Church Missionary Society in gen- 
 eral list. 
 
 SWITZERLAND: BASEL WOMEN'S MISSION 
 (Basler Frauenmission, 1899): Headquarters: Basel; 
 President of the Committee: Professor Paul Christ; Secre- 
 tary: Rev. Fr. Wiirz; Field: The fields of the Basel Mis- 
 sionary Society to which it is auxiliary. 
 
 CHRISTIAN LITERATURE 
 
 ' There is only one Book for the Universal Church. Through all revolu- 
 tions of thought and transformations of Society that Book still proclaims 
 the everlasting Gospel of redemption and resurrection. And when at the 
 end of another century our successors gather together amid changes of which 
 we have not yet begun to dream, we may be confident that whatever else on 
 earth has decayed and waxed old and vanished away, the Bible will still b« 
 reigning and conquering by its revelation of the life of God." — BFBS Report, 
 1904. 
 
 BIBLE SOCIETIES 
 
 AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY (1816): Headquarters: 
 Bible House, New York; Denomination: Interdenomina- 
 tional; Secretaries: Rev. John Fox, Rev. W. I. Haven; 
 Treasurer: William Foulke; Field: The United States, 
 
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 Cuba, Porto Rico, Mexico, Central America, South America, 
 European continent, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, the Sudan, 
 Arabia, Persia, India, China, Siam, Korea, Japan, Philip- 
 pine Islands, Hawaii, Micronesia and South Africa ; Income, 
 year ending March 31, 1906: $438,677.02; Organ: Bible 
 Society Record, monthly; The Bible in Every Land, quar- 
 terlj^; General Notes: Falling off of ordinary receipts from 
 contributions threatened for a time disastrous curtailment 
 of work. A special appeal, however, brought such responses 
 as relieved the situation before the celebration of the 
 ninetieth anniversary in May, 1905. The issues of 1905 
 amount to 2,236,755 volumes — Bibles, New Testaments and 
 Portions — and of these 1,296,388 were issued abroad. The 
 total issues in 90 years amount to 78,509,529 copies. The 
 Society has a special Agency for the colored people of the 
 South, 541 Auxiliary Societies in different parts of the 
 United States, and 11 Agencies in foreign lands (including 
 in this category Porto Rico and the Philippines). It has 
 employed 470 persons in distributing the Scriptures in the 
 fields of these Foreign Agencies. 
 
 BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY (1804) : 
 Headquarters: 146 Queen Victoria street, London, E. C, 
 England; Denomination: Interdenominational; Secretaries: 
 Rev. Arthur Taylor, Rev. J. H. Ritson; Superintendent 
 Translating and Editorial Department: Rev, John Sharp; 
 Superintendent Literary Department : Rev. T. H. Darlow; 
 Home Superintendent: Rev. H. A. Raynes; Treasurer: 
 Robert Barclay, Esq.: Field: The World; Income, year 
 ending March 31, 1906: $1,128,853 (£231,964); Ex- 
 penditure: $1,162,373.25 (£238,632); Organ: Bible in the 
 World, monthly; Bible Society Gleaning"s, monthly; Gen- 
 eral Notes: The issues of the Society in 1905 were 968,683 
 Bibles, 1,326,475 Testaments, and 3,682,295 Portions, 
 making a total of 5,977,453 copies. The total issues since 
 1804 have amounted to 198,515,199 copies. 
 
 Eleven languages appear on the Society ^s list this year 
 for the first time : two in India, one in Tibet, one in Cochin 
 
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 China, three in Africa, one in Central America, and three 
 in Polynesia. 
 
 The BFBS has 25 Foreign Agents, and during 1905 it 
 has maintained 930 colporteurs in many lands, besides 680 
 native Christian Bible women in connection with 40 mis- 
 sionary organizations in "those Eastern lands, where only 
 women can carry the Gospel to their secluded sisters." 
 Outside of the British islands the Society has nearly 2,000 
 auxiliaries and branches, mainly in the British Colonies. 
 
 The result achieved in 1905 is the more remarkable in 
 view of hindrances in many parts of the world. Despite 
 the disturbed state of Russia, its circulation has only once 
 before been larger in the Czar's dominions. Both in Japan 
 and Korea the sales were double those in 1904. In China 
 amid the birth-throes of great reforms the Society's cir- 
 culation again considerably exceeded a million copies. At 
 Winnipeg the Society's depot has supplied Scriptures in 
 43 languages for the polyglot emigrants who pour through 
 that gateway to northwestern America. Amid the babel of 
 Johannesburg in South Africa, 52 different versions have 
 been sold. In many regions the kindling of religious re- 
 vival has created a great new demand for the Scriptures, 
 as, for example, in Madagascar, in Korea, in India and 
 among the Khasi hills of Assam. 
 
 BIBLE TRANSLATION SOCIETY (1840) : Headquar- 
 ters: 19 Fumival street, Holbom, London, E. C, England; 
 Denomination: Baptist; Secretary: Rev. P. G. Scorey; 
 Treasurer: A. H. Baynas, Esq., F.R.A.S.; Fields: Fields of 
 the BMS in India and in the Congo Ind. State; Income, 
 vear ending April 18, 1906: $5,611 (£1,153) ; Expenditure: 
 $5,460. 
 
 CANADIAN BIBLE SOCIETY (1905) : Headquarters: 
 102 Yonge street, Toronto, Ont.; Hon. Gen. Treasurer: E. 
 Rogers, Esq.; Gen. Secretary: Rev. R. E. Welsh, M.A.; 
 Field: Auxiliary to the BFBS; Organ: The Bible in the 
 World. 
 
 SCOTLAND: NATIONAL BIBLE SOCIETY OF 
 
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 (1860); Headquarters: 224 West George street, Glasgow, 
 Scotland; 5 St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh; Denomination: 
 Interdenominational; Secretaries: Wm. J. Slowan, Esq., 
 Glasgow; Rev. R. Falconer, Edinburgh; Treasurer: James 
 Drunjmond, Esq., 58 Bath street, Gla.sgow; Andrew Scott, 
 Esq., 2 York Buildings, Edinburgh; Fields: Scotland, Ro- 
 man Catholic countries in Europe, Germany, Turkey, India, 
 China, Japan, Korea, Algeria, British Central Africa, 
 Lower Nigeria, Brazil, Canada, Cape Colony, Australia, 
 New Zealand ; Income , year ending Dec. 31, 1905 : $131,921 
 (£27,108); Expenditure: $156,506.64 (£32,160); Organ: 
 Record; General Notes: The issues of the Society in 
 1905 amounted to 96,894 Bibles, 169,146 New Testaments, 
 and 1,324,841 Portions, making the aggregate 1,590,881 is- 
 sues. The net gain over the issues of 1903 is 394,145 
 copies. There were remarkable gains during 1905 in the 
 number of Scriptures circulated in China and Korea. The 
 Society has added to its list of versions the Tonga (Central 
 Africa) and Meaun and Sinesip (New Zealand). 
 
 NETHERLANDS BIBLE SOCIETY (1814): Head- 
 quarters: Amsterdam, Holland; Denomination: Interde- 
 nominaitional ; Secretary: Rev. C. F. Gronemeijer, Vossius- 
 straat 15, Amsterdam, Holland; Field: Holland and its 
 colonies; General Notes: The issues of the Society in the 
 year ending April 30, 1903, amounted to 57,573 copies. 
 
 OTAGO BIBLE SOCIETY: Headquarters: Dunedin, 
 New Zealand; Field: The territory south of WaitaM 
 River, South Island, N. Z. ; General Notes: This Society 
 carries on an independent work and also contributes to the 
 funds of the BFBS and of the National Bible Society of 
 Scotland. 
 
 GENERAL LITERATURE 
 
 AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY (1825): Headquar- 
 ters: 150 Nassau street. New York; Denomination: Inter- 
 denominational ; Secretaries : Rev. G. W. Shearer, Rev. John 
 H. Kerr, Rev. Wm. W. Rand; Assistant Treasurer: Louis 
 Tag; Field: United States, France, Switzerland, Italy, 
 
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 Bohemia, Turkey, Persia, Kameruns, India, China, Korea, 
 Japan; Income, year ending April 1, 1904: $374,978.69; 
 Expenditure: $380,889.13; Organ: American Messenger, 
 Good Cheer (monthly). Apples of Gold (weekly); in Ger- 
 man, Amerikanischer Botsehafter (monthly), Deutscher 
 Volksfreund (weekly) ; in Spanish, Mazanas d'Oro (week- 
 ly) ; General Notes: The work of the Society at home is 
 shaped by the growing need of fresh literature of spiritual 
 stimulus for the people at large, and of attractive forms of 
 simple Christian teaching for the many-tongued immigrants 
 who swarm on the docks and the streets of our cities. 
 Abroad, its work takes form through the discovery by mis- 
 sionaries that a printed book or leaflet goes farther and 
 speaks more persistently than a man can do. The devotional 
 and evangelistic section of the Society's publications is 
 large. But its works of exposition, of apologetics, of bi- 
 ography, and of literature for the home circle are also im- 
 portant and valuable. The total issues of the Society since 
 its foundation amount to 33,020,625 volumes, 450,451,810 
 tracts, and 267,309,068 periodicals. A large percentage of 
 its publications are found in the Spanish language, which 
 gives them entrance to a great territory, including South 
 America, Central America, Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico and 
 the Philippines. The grants of the Society to Foreign Mis- 
 sions amount to about $4,000 per year. 
 
 MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE COLPORTAGE AS- 
 SOCIATION (1894) : Headquarters: 250 La Salle avenue, 
 Chicago, 111. ; Sup't and Editor: Mr. A. P. Fitt; Treasurer: 
 A. F. Gaylord; Denomination: Interdenominational; Gen- 
 eral Notes: Founded by Mr. D. L. Moody, the aim of the 
 Association is to oppose the flood of \'icious literature by 
 pure and helpful literature at a low price, and to carry 
 the Gospel where Church privileges are lacking. Over 
 4,000,000 copies of the Moody Library have been published. 
 
 CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, Society for Promoting 
 (1698): Headquarters: Northimiberland avenue, London, 
 W. C, England; Denomination: Church of England; Sec- 
 
182 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 retaries: Rev. W. 0. B. Allen, M.A., Rev. Edmund Mc- 
 Clure; Treasurers: W. H. Clay, Esq., Hon. Alan Gibbs, 
 D. Howard, Esq., the Bishop of Isling-ton (the Treas- 
 urers are also the incorporated Trustees); Field: The 
 United Kingdom, the British Colonies, and Mission Fields 
 of the Church of England; Income, year ending March 31, 
 1906: $277,784.94 (£57,903); Expenditure: $226,438.24 
 (£46,530); General Notes: The foreign mission work of 
 the Society includes the endowment of bishoprics of which 
 it has helped upward of 65 at a cost of much more than 
 $580,000 (£120,000), and aiding the church establishment 
 in various mission fields, educational enterprises, Medical 
 Missions, and the publication of books and tracts in more 
 than a hundred languages and dialects. 
 
 RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY (1799) : Headquarters: 
 65 St. PauFs Churchyard, London, E. C, England; De- 
 nomination: Interdenominational; Hon. Secretaries: Rev. 
 Canon Fleming, B.D.; Rev. J. Monro Gibson, D.D. ; Sec- 
 retaries: Rev. A. R. Buckland, M.A.; James Bowden, Esq.; 
 Assistant Secretary: Rev. C. H. Irwin, M.A.; Treasurer: 
 W. F. A. Archibald, Esq.; Field: Great Britain and Ire- 
 land, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, 
 Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Russia, 
 Greece, Austria-Hungary, Bohemia, Turkey, India, China, 
 Japan, Philippine Islands, Africa, America, Australasia, 
 Polynesia; Missionary Income, year ending March 31, 
 1906: $95,436.86 (£19,574); Expenditure: $97,401.46 
 (£19,974); General Notes: The Society reports 542 new 
 publications during the year. Including cards and peri- 
 odicals, the total publications issued were 26,644,080 (10,- 
 640,000 were tracts). The Society has its representatives in 
 the form of money or of material in the Christian work of 
 all the great mission fields. 
 
 CHINA: CHRISTIAN LITERATURE SOCIETY 
 FOR, formerly Society for the Diffusion of Christian and 
 General Knowledge among the Chinese (1887) : Headquar- 
 ters: Shanghai, China; Denomination: Interdenomina- 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 183 
 
 tional; Secretary: Rev. Timothy Richard, 44 Boone road, 
 Shanghai, China; Treasurer: H. W. Brazier, Esq.; Field: 
 China; Income: About $30,000 (Mex.) ; Expenditure: 
 $30,000 (Mex.) for publication work, the Missionary edi- 
 tors being supported by their respective missions; Organ: 
 Review of the Times; Chinese Weekly; Chinese Christian 
 Review. London Committee: Headquarters: London; Secre- 
 tary : Mr. A. Kenmure, Foreign Missions Club, 151 Highbury 
 New Park, London, N. ; Treasurer: A. M. Townsend, Esq., 
 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, 31 Lombard street, Lon- 
 don, E. C; Income, year ending March 31, 1906: $5,995 
 (£1,199) ; Organ: China, quarterly. 
 
 CHRISTIAN LITERATURE SOCIETY FOR INDIA: 
 Headquarters: 9 Duke street, Adelphi, London, W. C; 
 Secretary: Rev. George Patterson; General Notes: The 
 Society is the representative of the Christian Literature So- 
 ciety in India, which has been long directed by Dr. John 
 Murdock, and has done much through its various branches 
 to educate and to provide with healthful, stimulating books 
 the young people of different parts of India and Ceylon. 
 
 VARIOUS SPECIAL ORGANIZATIONS 
 
 THE SALVATION ARMY (1865) : International Head- 
 quarters: 101 Queen Victoria street, London, E. C, Eng.; 
 Denomination: Interdenominational; General: William 
 Booth; Chief of Staff: William Bramwell Booth; Fields: 
 Great Britain and Ireland; Denmark, Finland, France, 
 Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, 
 Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Japan, India, Ceylon, 
 South Africa, Canada, West Indies, United States, Ar- 
 gentina; General Notes: The number of officers and cadets 
 is 14,439; local officers, 44,489; Bandsmen, 18,737; Corps 
 and outposts or Stations, 7,085; Social Institutions, 736; 
 Schools, 485; Periodicals, 66. This body is a force of men 
 and women brought together by love to God and man for 
 publishing His salvation to the whole world, and for ame- 
 liorating the condition of the outcast and the fallen. Its 
 
184 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 underlying principles are help for the worst, work for the 
 willing, a chance for all with change of circiunstances and 
 ultimate physical, social and moral regeneration. 
 
 The headquarters for the United States are at 120-124 
 West Fourteenth street. New York; and the territorial com- 
 mander is Evangeline Booth. 
 
 STUDENT VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT (1888) : Head- 
 quarters: 3 West Twenty-ninth street. New York; Denomi- 
 nation: Undenominational; Secretary: F. P. Turner; Field: 
 The colleges and universities of the United States; General 
 Notes: The work of this organization among the colleges 
 and universities results not merely in increasing intelligent 
 sympathy with missions, but also in a permanent deepening 
 of spiritual life. It has been (Dec. 31, 1904) the instru- 
 ment of directing to the foreign missionai-y field 2,500 
 young people under different societies. 
 
 UNITED SOCIETY FOR CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR 
 (1885); Headquarters: Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass.; 
 Denomination : Interdenominational ; General Secretary : 
 Von Ogden Vogt; Treasurer: William Shaw; Field: United 
 States, Europe and all Missionary lands; General Notes: 
 The CE has about 05,000 Societies connected with it in all 
 parts of the world, and a membership of about 3,900,000; 
 Organ: Christian Endeavor World. 
 
 YOUNG PEOPLE'S MISSIONARY MOVEMENT: 
 Headquarters: 156 Fifth avenue. New York; Denomina- 
 tion: Interdenominational; Secretary: Mr. Charles V. 
 Vickrey; Field: The United States; General Notes: This 
 organization, composed of representatives of 15 or more 
 missionary societies, has attained remarkable success in 
 fostering an intelligent study of missions, home and foreign, 
 among the young people. It works by means of literature 
 carefully prepared and selected, and issued through the 
 denominational publishing agencies; by public meetings, 
 and especially by conventions of the leaders of Young 
 People^s Societies held in different parts of the country. 
 
 YOUNG MEN^S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION; Inter- 
 
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 national Committee of the (1889) : Headquarters : 3 West 
 Twenty-ninth street, New York; Denomination: Undenomi- 
 national; Secretaries: John R. Mott, H. P. Andersen; 
 Treasurer: Frederick B. Sehenck; Field: The Committee 
 is the executive of the Associations of North America; Or- 
 gan: Foreign Mail; General Notes: The aim of the For- 
 eign Department is to transplant the principles of the As- 
 sociation to non-Christian countries. AssociatioiLs are or- 
 ganized among students, among railway men, among 
 soldiers and other classes. A secretary is sent to the field 
 only at the call of the representatives of missionary so- 
 cieties in that field. At the present time there are about 
 300 Associations in non-Christian countries. At the be- 
 ginning of 1906 there were 50 Association secretaries 
 located in 11 different countries. Among the most im- 
 portant events of recent montlis are the continuation of the 
 work of the Japanese Associations among the soldiers in 
 Manchuria; the advance in Bible study; the inauguration 
 of work among railway employees in India ; and the sub- 
 scribing of $200,000 for the erection of buildings in various 
 lands; and the inauguration of a forward movement in 
 South America. 
 
 YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: 
 World's Headquarters: 25 and 26 George street, Hanover 
 Square, London, W., England; Denomination: Interdenomi- 
 national; General Secretary: Miss Clarissa Spencer; Cor- 
 responding Secretary: Miss Ethel Stevenson; Treasurer: 
 Miss Morley; National Headquarters: Canada, 23 St. 
 George's street, Toronto, Ontario; Secretary: Miss L. Bur- 
 gess; France, Privas Ardeche; Secretary: Mile. Rourin; 
 Germany, Berlin, N. 4, Tieckstrasse 17; Secretary: Friiulein 
 Gertrud Muller; Italy, Turin; Secretary: Miss E. Meynier; 
 India, Bombay, Y. W. C. A. Building; Secretary: Miss A. 
 G. Hill; Norway, 6 St. Olafsgade, Christiania; Sweden, 
 46 Malmkilnadsgatan, Stockholm. 
 
 YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, 
 American Department (1894): Headquarters: 289 Fourth 
 
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 avenue, New York; and Hartford Building, Chicago, 111.; 
 Denomination: Interdenominational; Secretary: Chicago, 
 Miss Mabel Cratty; New York, vacant; Treasurer (Act- 
 ing) : Miss Maude Daeniker, New York City; Field: The 
 World's Y. W. C. A. Association includes this as one of 
 its departments; Organ: The Evangel. 
 
 CONFERENCES OF THE FOREIGN MISSIONARY 
 SOCIETIES 
 
 BRITISH MISSIONARY SOCIETIES: Secretaries 
 Association of the : This Association is composed of official 
 delegates from a number of missionary societies in Great 
 Britain and Ireland, and affords a valuable means of con- 
 sultation upon questions of general missionary policy and 
 special interests affecting the societies. 
 
 The Secretary of the Association is the Rev. John H. 
 Ritson, 146 Queen Victoria street, London, E. C. 
 
 GERMAN EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY SO- 
 CIETIES: Committee of the (Ausschuss der Deutschen 
 Evangelischen Missionsgesellschaften) ; The German mis- 
 sionary societies (the Basel Society included) elect each 
 year a committee of five members, which meets whenever 
 necessary at the call of the secretary. The Conmaittee has 
 advisory functions when requested by any society to discuss 
 questions that affect the interests of all the missionary so- 
 cieties. It also represents the whole group of societies, 
 when necessary, in their relations with the Government, 
 thus avoiding any annoyances that might arise were each 
 one of the Societies to approach the Government separately 
 upon every question of general importance. The Com- 
 mittee has rendered the Societies valuable service. The 
 members of the Committee for 1905 were: Bishop Dr. 
 Buchner of the Moravian Missions, Dr. Oehler of the Basel 
 Missionary Society, Rev. Hausleiter of the Rhenish Mis- 
 sionary Society, Dr. von Schwartz of the Leipzig Mission- 
 ary Society, Dr. Merenski of the Berlin Missionary So^ 
 ciety. 
 
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 ^ MISSION BOARDS OF THE UNITED STATES AND 
 CANADA: Annual Conference of; Secretary: Mr. W. H. 
 Grant, 156 Fifth avenue, New York. 
 
 This Annual Conference is composed of the executive of- 
 ficers and membei-s of the Foreign Mission Boards. Its ob- 
 ject is the discussion of questions of administration in For- 
 eign Missions, and the value of such discussion is very 
 great. The program of the Thirteenth Annual Conference, 
 held in Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 27 and 28, 1906, may convey 
 some idea of the scope of these conferences, as follows: 
 Shall there be one Protestant Church in Korea?; Anglo- 
 American Communities on Mission Fields; Spiritual Move- 
 ments and Needs in Russia; Church Union in Canada; 
 Necessary decrease of American Missionaries as native 
 Ministers increase; Conditions on the Congo; Missionary 
 Periodicals; the Church Missionary Society and the co- 
 operation of its constituency; an Interdenominational Mis- 
 sionary Month, for annual stimulus of missionary interest 
 at home; the Layman in the Evangelization of the World. 
 The different societies of different religious denominations 
 attend these conferences year after year, but there is no 
 permanent organization aside from the Committee of Ar- 
 rangements chosen each year to organize the next Confer- 
 ence. The next meeting is appointed to be at Philadelphia, 
 January 9 and 10, 1907. 
 
 THE INTERNATIONAL MISSIONARY UNION 
 (1883) : This Missionary Union is composed of returned 
 missionaries of all denominations, and holds an annual con- 
 vention in June of each year at Clifton Springs, N. Y., for 
 the discussion of Foreign Missions, their condition, prog- 
 ress, and needs. The secretary is Rev. H. A. Crane, 
 Canisteo, N. Y. 
 
 WOMEN'S COMMITTEES FOR THE UNITED 
 STUDY OF MISSIONS 
 
 CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON THE UNITED STUDY 
 OF MISSIONS: Chairman: Mrs. N. M. Waterbury, Ford 
 
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 Building, Boston; Secretary: Miss C. Butler, Newton Centre, 
 Mass. The Committee has secured the publication and the 
 circulation of over 250,000 copies of six books on Foreign 
 Mission Fields, which have been used in study classes of 
 many denominations. 
 
 INTERDENOMINATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR 
 HOME MISSION STUDY: President: Miss M. Helm, 
 Nashville, Tenn. ; Secretary and Treasurer: Miss A. M. 
 Guernsey, 17 Webster Place, East Orange, N. J. The 
 Home Mission Studies prepared under the auspices of the 
 Committee have met with a wide approval in many denomi- 
 nations, uniting the Home missionary women upon one 
 common line of study and thought. 
 
 BUREAU OF MISSIONS 
 
 The Bureau of Missions was organized to preserve and 
 develop the missionary exhibit and library gathered at the 
 time of the Ecumenical Conference on Foreign Missions of 
 1900. Later its scope was enlarged to include the distribu- 
 tion of missionary information. 
 
 The trustees of the Bureau include representatives of 
 different denominations, and its ad\dsory board, made up of 
 missionary specialists, is also broadly interdenominational 
 in character. 
 
 Thus constituted, the Bureau is incorporated under the 
 laws of the State of New York. It was formally appointed 
 by the Executive Committee of the Ecumenical Conference 
 to take charge of and hold in trust the archives, reports, and 
 other property of the Ecumenical Conference. This action 
 was formally confirmed and approved by the foreign mis- 
 sionary societies of the United States and Canada at the con- 
 ference of their officers, held in Toronto, in February, 1902, 
 the conference voting also to commend the Bureau to the 
 co-operation of the several boards and of all interested in 
 the purposes of such an organization. 
 
 Headquarters and Library, Room 81, Bible House, New 
 York. 
 
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 586 
 
 
 
 
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 30 
 
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 338 
 
 
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 10 
 
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 41 
 
 
 
 
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 Scandinavia 
 
 
 
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 27 
 
 5 
 
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 36 
 
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 Switzerland 
 
 Norway 
 
 Sweden 
 
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 2 
 9 
 
 359 
 69 
 112 
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 150 
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 17.082 
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 442 
 
 8 
 
 439 
 
 
 
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 United Brethren Missionary Board. 
 Evangelical Association 
 
 No detaile d stati sties I give in 
 
 * Not included in the foregoing tables. 
 
 t Included in the foregoing tables. 
 
 X Including women of the W. F. M- Society. 
 
PART III 
 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 201i 
 
 ABBREVIATIONS REPRESENTING THE NAMES 
 OF MISSIONARY SOCIETIES 
 
 Note. — The advantage of haying a table of abbreviations used for this 
 purpose in standard books now in circulation will be appreciated by all 
 Anglo-Saxons who read or write on Missions. The abbreviations given 
 below closely follow the lists found in Beach's Atlas of Protestant Missions 
 and in the Encyclopedia of Missions. In some cases it has seemed wise 
 to shorten the form found in those books, and an effort has been made to 
 give a special form to abbreviations representing names in other languages 
 than the English. 
 
 AA. — American Advent Missionary Society. 
 
 ABCFM.— American Board of Commissioners for Foreign 
 
 Missions. 
 ABH. — American Baptist Home Mission Society. 
 ABHW. — Woman's Baptist Home Mission Society. 
 ABFW. — Women's Baptist Foreign Missionary Society. 
 ABMU. — American Baptist Missionary Union. 
 ABS. — American Bible Society. 
 ACM. — American Church Missionary Society. 
 AFFM. — American Friends' Board of Foreign Missions. 
 AIM. — Africa Inland Mission. 
 Allg.P. — German General Evangelical Protestant Missionary 
 
 Societjr. 
 AMA. — American Missionary Association. 
 AME. — Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the African 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 AMZ. — Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the African 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. 
 ARA. — American Ramabai Association. 
 ARP. — Associate Reformed Presbyterian Synod of the South. 
 ASF. — American Seamen's Friend Society. 
 ATS. — American Tract Society. 
 AWM. — Australasian Methodist Missionary Society. 
 B. — Basel Evangelical Missionary Society. 
 BC. — Bible Christian Home and Foreign Missionary Society. 
 BE. — Bengal Evangelistic Mission. 
 BFBS. — British and Foreign Bible Society. 
 BMG. — Balaghat Mission to the Gonds. 
 BMJ. — Barbican Mission to the Jews. 
 BMP. — Foreign Missions of the Baptist Convention of the 
 
 Maritime Provinces (Canada). 
 BMS. — Baptist Missionary Society. 
 Bn. — Berlin Evangelical Foreign Missionary Society (Berlin 
 
 I. in German Reports). 
 Bn.CW. — BerUn Women's Society for China. 
 BOQ. — Foreign Missions of the Baptist Convention of Ontario 
 
 and Quebep. 
 
202 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 Brek. — Breklum (or Schleswig-Holstein) Evangelical Luth- 
 eran Missionary Society. 
 
 BSJ. — British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel 
 among the Jews. 
 
 BSM. — Bethel Santal Mission. 
 
 BSS. — British and Foreign Sailor's Society. 
 
 BTS.— Bible Translation Society (Baptist). 
 
 BUA. — British and Foreign Unitarian Association. 
 
 BWA.— -Baptist Union of Western Australia (Home and For- 
 eign Missions). 
 
 BZM. — Baptist Zenana Mission (cooperating with BMS). 
 
 CA. — Christian and Missionary Alliance (New York). 
 
 CAM. — Central American Mission (U. S. A.). 
 
 CC. — Missions of the Christian Church (U. S. A.). 
 
 CEC. — Church of England in Canada Foreign Missions So- 
 ciety. 
 
 CEZ. — Church of England Zenana Missionary Society, 
 
 CG. — Board of Missions of the General Eldership of the 
 Churches of God. 
 
 CIM. — China Inland Mission. 
 
 CFM. — Congregational Foreign Missionary Society of Canada. 
 
 CLC. — Christian Literature Society for China (Society for the 
 Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge among 
 the Chinese). 
 
 CLI. — Christian Literature Society for India. 
 
 CMR. — Central Morocco Mission. 
 
 CMS. — Church Missionary Society. 
 
 CSF. — Church of Scotland Foreign Missionary Committee. 
 
 CSJ. — Church of Scotland Conversion of the Jews Committee. 
 
 CSW. — Church of Scotland Women's Foreign Missionary 
 Association. 
 
 CWBM. — Christian (Disciples) Woman's Board of Missions. 
 
 DB. — Danish Bible Society. 
 
 DanL. — Loventhal's Missions. 
 
 DK. — Deaconesses Institute at Kaisers werth. 
 
 DM. — Danish Missionary Society. 
 
 EA. — Missionary Society of the Evangelical Association. 
 
 ECS. — Missions of the Episcopal Church in Scotland. 
 
 EGM. — Egypt General Mission. 
 
 ELGC. — Missions of the General Council of the Evangelical 
 Lutheran Church in North America. 
 
 ELGS. — Missions of the General Synod of the Evangelical 
 Lutheran Church in North America. 
 
 ELUS. — Missions of the EvangeHcal Lutheran United Synod 
 of the South. 
 
 EMM. — Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society. 
 
 Erm. — Ermelo Missionary Society (Holland). 
 
 FCMS. — Foreign Christian (Disciples) Missionary Society. 
 
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 FB. — Missions of the General Conferenct of Free Baptists. 
 FCA. — Missions of the Federated Churches of Australia and 
 
 Tasmania. 
 FEM. — Figueras Evangelistic Mission. 
 FFMA. — Friends' Foreign Mission Association (England). 
 Finn. — Finnish Missionary Society, Helsingfors. 
 FM. — Furreedpore Mission (Australia). 
 FMA. — Missionary Board of the Free Methodist Church in 
 
 North America. 
 Fr.J. — French Society for the Evangelization of the Jews. 
 Fr.K. — French Protestant Mission among the Kabyles. 
 Fr.MP. — McAU Mission Populaire in France. 
 GBB. — General Missionary and Tract Committee of the Ger- 
 man Baptist Brethren (Dunkers). 
 Ger.B. — Missionary Society of the German Baptists in Berlin. 
 GEL. — Missions of the German Evangelical Synod of Missouri, 
 
 Ohio, and other States. 
 Ger.EA. — Evangelical Missionary Society for German East 
 
 Africa (indicated in German by the name "Berlin III"). 
 GES. — Missions of the German Evangelical Synod cl the 
 
 United States. 
 GMU. — Gospel Missionary Union (U. S.). 
 Goss. — Gossner's Missionary Society ("Berlin II"). 
 Han.FC. — Missions of the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church 
 
 of Hanover. 
 HEA. — Hawaiian Evangelical Association. 
 Herm. — Hermannsburg Evangelical Lutheran Institute of 
 
 Missions. 
 HFM.— Hephzibah Faith Mission (U. S). 
 Hild. — Hildesheim Mission to the Chinese Blind. 
 HSK— Hauges Synod China Mission (U. S.). 
 IMA. — International Medical Missionary and Benevolent 
 
 Association (SDA). 
 IMJ. — Irish Mission Association to the Jews. 
 JB. — Jamaica Baptist Missionary Union. 
 JEM. — Jerusalem and the East Medical Mission. 
 Jer.U. — Jerusalem Union (Germany.) 
 J MM. — Jaffa Medical Mission and Hospital. 
 XIM. — Kurku and Central Indian Hill Mission. 
 Leip. — Leipzig Evangelical Lutheran Missionary Society. 
 LF. — Lutheran Free Church Board of Missions (U. S.). 
 LMS. — London Missionary Society. 
 LSJ. — London Society for the Promotion of Christianity 
 
 among the Jews. 
 MB. — Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board. 
 MCC. — Missionary Society of the Methodist Church in Canada. 
 ]yiQW, — Woman's Missionary Society of th« Methodist Church 
 
 in Canada. 
 
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 ME. — Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church in U. S. 
 
 MES. — Foreign Missionary Committee of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church in the U. S. (South). 
 
 MGC. — Missions of the Mennonite General Conference. 
 
 MLI. — Mission to Lepers in India and the East. 
 
 MM. — Melanesian Mission. 
 
 MMI. — Mildmay Missionary Institute. 
 
 MMIJ. — Mildmay Mission to the Jews. 
 
 MNC. — Methodist New Connection Missionary Society. 
 
 Mor. — Moravian Missions {Bruder Unitat). 
 
 MP. — Board of Missions of the Methodist Protestant Church. 
 
 MR. — Mission of the Free Churches of French Switzerland 
 {Mission Romande). 
 
 NAM. — North Africa Mission. 
 
 NBC. — Foreign Mission Committee of the National Baptist 
 Convention of America. 
 
 NBS. — National Bible Society of Scotland. 
 
 N.Det. — Neuendettelsau Missionary Society. 
 
 Neuk. — Neukirchen Missionary Institute. 
 
 Neth. — Netherlands Missionary Society (Zendelinggenoctschap). 
 
 Neth.B. — Netherlands Bible Society (Bijbelgenootschap) . 
 
 Neth.D. — Netherlands Mennonite Union for Missions in the 
 Dutch East Indies {Doopgezinde vereeniging). 
 
 Neth.L. — Netherlands Lutheran Society for Home and For- 
 eign Missions {Luther skegenootschap). 
 
 Neth.R. — Mission of the Reformed Church in the Nether- 
 lands to Heathen and Mohammedans {Zending van 
 der Geref. Kerken). 
 
 Neth.SM. — Netherlands State Missions (supported by Gov- 
 ernment in Dutch East Indies). 
 
 Neth. ST. — Committee for Missions in the Sangir and Talaut 
 Islands. 
 
 Neth.U. — Netherlands Missionary Union {Z ending svereen- 
 iging). 
 
 NHM. — New Hebrides Mission Synod. 
 
 Nor. — Norwegian Missionary Society {Norske Missions- 
 selskab). 
 
 Nordd. — North German Missionary Society. 
 
 NZB. — New Zealand Baptist Missionary Society. 
 
 NZP. — New Zealand Presbyterian Missions. 
 
 p. — Paris Evangelical Missions Society. 
 
 PB. — Christian Missions (commonly called "the Brethren"). 
 
 PCC. — Foreign Missions Committee of the Presbyterian 
 Church in Canada. 
 
 PCE. — Foreign Missions Committee of the Presbyterian 
 Churpb of England. 
 
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 PCI. — Foreign Missions Committee of the Presbyterian 
 Church in Ireland. 
 
 FE. — Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Prot- 
 estant Episcopal Church in the U. S. 
 
 PIV. — Poona and Indian Village Mission. 
 
 PLN. — Palestine and Lebanon Nurses Mission. 
 
 PM. — Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. 
 
 PN. — Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church 
 in the U. S. (North). 
 
 PNH. — Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church 
 in the U. S. (North). 
 
 PS. — Executive Committee of Foreign Missions of the Pres- 
 byterian Church in the U. S. (South). 
 
 PSH. — General Assembly's Home Missions, Presbyterian 
 Church in the U. S. (South). 
 
 QB. — Queensland Baptist Foreign Missionary Society. 
 
 QIM. — Qua Iboe Mission. 
 
 RBMU. — Regions Beyond Missionary Union. 
 
 RCA. — Reformed (Dutch) Church in America Board of For- 
 eign Missions. 
 
 RCUS. — Reformed (German) Church in the United States 
 Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. 
 
 RE. — Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Episcopal 
 Church. 
 
 Rhen. — Rhenish Missionary Society. 
 
 RP. — Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North 
 America. 
 
 RPS. — Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Presby- 
 terian Church in North America, General Synod. 
 
 RTS.— Religious Tract Society (London). 
 
 SA. — Salvation Army. 
 
 SAEM. — South American Evangelical Mission. 
 
 SAGM. — South Africa General Mission. 
 
 SAMS. — South American Missionary Society. 
 
 SANA. — Scandinavian Alliance of North America. 
 
 SBC. — Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Con- 
 vention. 
 
 Schr. — Church of Norway Mission of Bishop Schreuder. 
 
 SDA. — Seventh Day Adventist Missions. 
 
 SDB. — Seventh Dav Baptist Missions. 
 
 SEMC. — Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant of America. 
 
 SMM. — Southern Morocco Mission. 
 
 Swed. — Swedish Church {Kyrkans) Missionary Society. 
 
 Swed.F. — Swedish National {Foster lands) Missionarv Society. 
 
 Swed.H. — Swedish Holiness Union (Helgelsefdrbundets). 
 
 Swed.KA. — Swedish Young Women's Missionary Work 
 (Kvinnliga arbetare). 
 
 Swed. M.— Swedish Missionary Society {Missionsforhundets). 
 
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 SPCK. — Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 
 
 SPG. — Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign 
 Parts. 
 
 Sud.P. — Sudan Pioneer Mission of Eisenach. 
 
 TMS.— Tabeetha Mission Schools. 
 
 UB. — Home, Frontier, and Foreign Missionary Society of the 
 United Brethren in Christ. 
 
 UE. — Home, and Frontier Missionary Society of the United 
 Evangelical Church. 
 
 UFS. — Foreign Missions Committee of the United Free 
 Church of Scotland. 
 
 UGC. — Universalist General Conventions. 
 
 UM. — Universities Mission to Central Africa. 
 
 UMFC. — Home and Foreign Missions of the United Metho- 
 dist Free Churches. 
 
 UN. — United Norwegian Lutheran Church in America. 
 
 UP. — Board of Foreign Missions of the United Presbyterian 
 Church of North America. 
 
 Utr. — Utrecht Missionary Society. 
 
 VBF. — Victorian Baptist Foreign Missions. 
 
 WCM. — Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Board of Foreign Mis- 
 sions. 
 
 WCTU. — Worid's Woman's Christian Temperance Union. 
 
 WMCA. — Missionary Society of the Wesleyan Methodist Con- 
 nexion in America. 
 
 WMS. — Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. 
 
 WMSA. — South African Wesleyan Methodist Missionary 
 Society. 
 
 WMSW.— Woman's Auxilliary of the WMS. 
 
 WU. — Woman's Union Missionary Society of America. 
 
 YMCA. — Young Men's Christian Association of North Amer- 
 ica, International Committee. 
 
 "YMF. — Young Men's Foreign Mission Society {Ikwezi La- 
 maci) Birmingham, England. 
 
 YWCA. — World's Young Women's Christian Union. 
 
 ZBM. — Zenana Bible and Medical Missionary Society. 
 
 ZIM. — Zambesi Industrial Mission. 
 
 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF SOME IMPORTANT 
 
 EVENTS IN PROTESTANT MISSIONARY 
 
 EXTENSION 
 
 1517. Commencement of the Reformation, Oct. 31. 
 1535. Erasmus advocates Missions. 
 
 1542. Francis Xavier in India; 1549 in Japan (Roman Catho- 
 Uc). 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 207 
 
 1579. Matteo Ricci in China (Roman Catholic). 
 
 1588. Sir Walter Raleigh's donation for Missions in America. 
 
 1602. Dutch East India Company attempts conversions in 
 
 Malaysia and Ceylon. 
 
 1606. Robert de Nobili, Jesuit Missionary in India. 
 
 1622. Roman Propaganda founded, June 21st. 
 
 1637. Roman Missions suppressed in Japan. 
 
 1646. John Eliot missionary to Red Indians. 
 
 1648. House of Commons under Cromwell's auspices, pro- 
 
 poses to engage in Missions. 
 
 1649. New England Company founded. 
 
 1691. Society for Advancing the Christian Faith, founded in 
 England. 
 
 1698. British East India Company's Charter enjoins provi- 
 sion of chaplains. 
 
 1698. Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge founded. 
 
 1701. Founding of the Society for the Propagation of the Gos- 
 pel in Foreign Parts. 
 
 1705. Tranquebar in South India — Missionaries sent by the 
 King of Denmark (Danish- Halle Mission). 
 
 1721. Greenland — Mission of Hans Egede. 
 
 1732-35. First Moravian Missionaries to West Indies, Green- 
 land, South America. 
 
 1744. David Brainerd among Red Indians. 
 
 1750. Schwarz joins Danish Mission in Tranquebar, India. 
 
 1758. Kiernander in Calcutta. 
 
 1765. Russian Tartary — Moravian Mission at Georgievsk. 
 
 1765. First Ordination of a Negro; Philip Quaque, SPG. 
 
 1792. Carey's Sermon on Missions; Baptist Missionary So- 
 
 ciety founded. 
 
 1793. Carey arrives in Bengal, India. 
 
 1793. Religious Tract and Book Society of Scotland founded. 
 1795. London Missionary Society founded. 
 
 1795. Ceylon and Cape Colony annexed by England. 
 
 1796. Edinburgh and Glasgow Missionary Societies. 
 
 1796. Polynesia — Tahiti occupied by LMS. 
 
 1797. Netherlands Missionary Society founded. 
 
 1798. Cape Colony, South Africa, entered by LMS. 
 
 1799. CMS established, April 12th. 
 1799. Religious Tract Society founded. 
 
 1802. Crimean Tartars in Russia taught by Scottish Mis- 
 sionary Society. 
 
 1804. March 7th, Idea of the Bible for all men given practical 
 effect, and British and Foreign Bible Society estab- 
 lished. 
 
 1804. CMS sends first missionaries to West Africa, near 
 
 Sierra Leone. 
 
 1805. Henry Martyn in India. 
 
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 1806. Ceylon — Baptist Missionary Society. 
 
 1807. China — Robert Morrison of LMS begins his work. 
 
 1808. London Society for Promoting Christianity among the 
 
 Jews founded. 
 
 1810. Sept. 5th. American Board of Commissioners for For- 
 eign Missions founded. 
 
 1813. Burma entered by Adoniram Judson (for American 
 Baptist Missionary Union). 
 
 1813. ABCFM Missionaries arrive at Bombay, India; Mar- 
 athi Mission. 
 
 1813. Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society organized. 
 
 1813. East India Company Charter renewed with Wilberforce's 
 
 "pious clauses" which allow Missionaries to go to 
 India. 
 
 1814. Organization of the American Baptist Missionary Union. 
 1814. Netherlands Bible Society founded. 
 
 1814. First Chinese convert baptized by Robert Morrison. 
 
 1814. New Zealand Mission, Samuel Marsden — CMS. 
 
 1816. Sierra Leone Mission organized. 
 
 1816. American Bible Society founded. 
 
 1816. Basel Missionary Seminary opened. 
 
 1818. Madagascar — Mission of LMS commenced. 
 
 1818. Revival of SPG. 
 
 1819. Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
 
 organized in the U. S. A. 
 1819. Turkey (Syria) Missions of the ABCFM. 
 1819. Siberian Mongols — Mission of LMS at Selinginsk 
 
 (Baikal). 
 
 1819. Hawaiian Islands — Mission of the ABCFM. 
 
 1820. Tasmania — Mission of the WMS. 
 
 1820. Buenos Aires — First Protestant service established by 
 
 Mr. Thomson, Agent of BFBS. Nov. 19. 
 
 1821. Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church 
 
 of U. S. A. organized. 
 
 1821. Bible Christian Missionary Society (England). 
 
 1821. Danish Missionary Society formed. 
 
 1824. Berlin Missionary Society organized. 
 
 1824. Methodist Missionary Board organized in Canada. 
 
 1824. Paris Evangelical Missionary Society founded. 
 
 1825. American Tract Society founded. 
 
 1827. Gold Coast, West Africa — Mission of the Basel Society. 
 
 1827. Rhenish Missionary Society organized. 
 
 1829. Cape Colony and Namaqualand, South Africa — 
 Rhenish Society. 
 
 1829. Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee ap- 
 pointed. 
 
 1829. First Scotch Missionaries to India; Alexander Duff and 
 John Wilson. 
 
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 1832. Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in 
 
 America (Dutch) organized. 
 
 1833. Free Baptist Foreign Missionary Society organixed 
 1833. Persia— Nestorian Mission of ABCFM begins. 
 
 1833. Ludhiana, North India— Mission of Presbyterimn 
 
 Church in U. S. 
 
 1834. Slavery in West Indies abolished. 
 
 1834. Henry Lyman and Samuel Munson killed in Sumatra 
 
 (ABCFM). 
 
 1835. Fiji Islands— Mission of WMS. 
 
 1836. North German, Gossner and Leipzig Missionary So- 
 
 cieties founded; also Kaisers werth Deaconess Insti- 
 tute. 
 
 1837. Church of Scotland Women's Association for Foreign 
 
 Missions organized. 
 1837. Board of Foreign Missions of the General Synod of the 
 
 Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America 
 
 founded. 
 1837. Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church 
 
 in the U. S. of America (North). 
 
 1839. John Williams killed at Erromanga, Nov. 20. 
 
 1840. Welsh Calvinistic Methodists' Foreign Missions. 
 
 1840. Presbyterian Church in Ireland Foreign Missions. 
 
 1841. David Livingstone in South Africa. 
 
 1841. Foreign Mission Board of the General Synod of the 
 Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States. 
 
 1841. Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society, organized. 
 
 1842. Borneo — Mission of the Rhenish Society. 
 
 1842. Primitive Methodist Missionary Society (England). 
 
 1842. Norwegian Missionary Society founded. 
 
 1842. Opening of Chinese Porta after First Opium War. 
 
 1842. Woman's Society for Education of Women in the East 
 
 formed in Germany. 
 
 1843. Free Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee 
 
 organized. 
 
 1843. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Free Church 
 
 of Scotland founded. 
 
 1844. Patagonian Missionary Society founded. 1864 named 
 
 South American Missionary Society. 
 
 1844. Presbyterian Church in Canada begins Foreign Mis- 
 
 sions. 
 
 1845. Krapf and Rebmann of CMS begin East African ex- 
 
 ploration (Mombasa region). 
 
 1845. Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Con^ 
 
 vention (U. S. A.) 
 
 1846. Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Chureh 
 
 in the U. S., South. 
 1846. Baptist Convention in Canada begins Foreign Miasioaa. 
 
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 1847. Melanesia — Beginnings of Mission work in Solomon 
 Islands ( now Meianesian Mission ) . 
 
 1847. United Presbyterian Church of Scotland begins Foreign 
 Missions. 
 
 1847. Presbyterian Church of England begins Foreign Mis- 
 sions. 
 
 1847. Mennonite (of Holland) Missionary Society formed. 
 
 1849. Moskito Coast (Nicaragua) Mission of Moravians begins. 
 
 1849. Hermannsburg Missionary Society (Germany) formed. 
 
 1851. Capt. Allen Gardiner's death in Tierra del Fuego. 
 
 1852. Punjab Mission of CMS begun. 
 
 1852. Zenana Bible and Medical Mission founded in England. 
 1852. Micronesiai — Mission of ABCFM. 
 
 1852. Cumberland Presbyterian Board of Missions formed. 
 
 1853. American Commodore Perry enters harbor of Yedo, 
 
 July 8th. 
 
 1853. United Brethren in Christ organize Missionary Society. 
 
 1854. Egypt — Mission of UP begins. 
 
 1854. Japan opened by the American Treaty, March 31st. 
 1865. Ladakh in the Himalayas; Tibetan Mission of the Mo- 
 ravians. 
 
 1855. Java Committee formed in Holland. 
 
 1855. Australasian Methodist Missionary Society founded. 
 
 1856. Treaty of Paris making peace between Russia and Tur- 
 
 key; permission for education and for Bible circula- 
 tion in Arabic and Turkish. The most telling blow 
 ever given Islam. 
 1856. Reformed Presbyterian Synod (N. A.) forms Board of 
 Foreign Missions. 
 
 1856. Swedish National (Fosterlands) Missionary Society. 
 
 1857. Sepoy Mutiny in India; the country then coming under 
 
 direct control of the British Government. 
 
 1857. United Methodist Free Churches begin Missions. 
 
 1858. Speke discovers the Victoria Nyanza. 
 1858. Treaty of Tientsin opens interior of China. 
 1858. Universities Mission to Central Africa founded. 
 
 1858. Netherlands Missionary Union founded. 
 
 1859. Utrecht Missionary Union founded. 
 
 1859. American Missionaries (Episcopal and Presbyterian) 
 
 enter Japan. 
 1859. Methodist New Connection Missionary Society. 
 
 1859. Finnish Missionary Society formed. 
 
 1860. Woman's Union Missionary Society of America founded 
 
 and the Eooch of Woman's loork for woman begins. 
 
 1860. National Bible Society of Scotland formed. 
 
 1861. Indian Female N. S.'and I. Society (now Zenana Bible 
 
 and Medical Mission). 
 
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 1861. Presbyterian Church in U. S. (South) begins Foreign 
 Missions. 
 
 1861. Haiti — Mission of the PE begins. 
 
 1861. Nyasaland Mission of the Universities Mission to Cen- 
 tral Africa. 
 
 1861. First Protestant Christian converts baptized in Japan. 
 
 1862. Sumatra — Mission of the Rhenish Missionary Society. 
 
 1863. Manchuria — Mission of the Scottish United Presbyter- 
 
 ians. 
 
 1864. Zanzibar Mission of Universities Mission. 
 
 1865. China Inland Mission organized. 
 1865. Salvation Army organized. 
 
 1865. Formosa — Mission of the Presbyterian Church of Eng- 
 land. 
 
 1865. Paris Evangelical Missionary Society comes to the aid 
 
 of LMS in French Islands of Polynesia. 
 
 1866. Friends' Foreign Mission Association (England) formed. 
 
 1867. General Council of Evangelical Lutherans organized 
 
 Foreign Mission Board. 
 
 1867. German Evangelical Synod of N. A. organized Mission 
 
 Board. 
 
 1868. Revolution in Japan; security for Missions begins. 
 1870. ABCFM transfers missions in Persia, Syria, and Ga- 
 boon region to the PN. 
 
 1870. First woman physician goes to India. 
 
 1871. Bishop Patteson killed at Santa Cruz, Melanesia. 
 
 1871. New Guinea — Mission of LMS. 
 
 1872. First Protestant Church organized in Japan. 
 
 1873. Removal of Anti-Christian edicts in Japan. 
 
 1873. Death of Livingstone rouses England to care for Africa. 
 
 1873. American Friends' Foreign Missionary Board formed. 
 
 1874. Swedish Church (Kyrkans) Missionary Society founded. 
 
 1874. Nyasaland Missions of Scotch Presbyterian Churches. 
 
 1875. Foreign Christian Missionary Society (Disciples) 
 
 formed. Also Swiss Romande Missionary Society. 
 
 1876. Uganda Mission of CMS and Tanganyika Mission of 
 
 LMS begin. 
 
 1876. Chifu Convention further opens China. Extensive 
 
 journeys of CIM men begin. 
 
 1877. Breklum Missionary Society (Germany) formed. 
 1877. Rhodesia (Barotseland) Mission of Paris Evangelical 
 
 Missionary Society. 
 
 1877. Nippon Kirisuto Kyokwai (Presbyterian) Church of 
 
 Christ in Japan formed Union. 
 
 1878. Congo Free State — Baptist Missionary Society and 
 
 RBMU. ^ 
 
 1879. Swedish Missionary Society (Missionsforbundets) 
 
 founded. 
 
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 1879. Roman Catholic Missions in Uganda. 
 
 1880. Church of England Zenana Missionary Society organ- 
 
 ized. 
 
 1881. Reformed Church in the U. S. (German) Foreign Mis- 
 
 sions begin. 
 
 1881. Epoch of general attention to Medical Missions begins 
 
 hereabouts. 
 
 1882. Free Methodists of N. A. organize Foreign Mission 
 
 Board. Also Neukirchen (Germany) Mission In- 
 stitute. 
 1884. Korea— Mission of PN. 
 
 1884. General Evang. Prot. Missionary Society (Germany) 
 
 formed. 
 
 1885. German New Guinea — Mission of Neuendettelsau So- 
 
 ciety. 
 
 1885. Bishop Hannington killed in Uganda October 29th. 
 
 1886. Student Volunteer Missionary Movement founded in 
 
 America. 
 1886. Christian Church (U. S.) organizes Missionary Society. 
 1886. Arabia — Mission at Aden of Ion Keith-Falconer; now 
 
 UFS. 
 1886. German East Africa Missionary Society formed. 
 
 1886. Kumi-ai Association of Congregational Churches in 
 
 Japan. 
 
 1887. Nippon Sei-Kokwai (Anglican Japanese Church) or- 
 
 ganized. 
 
 1888. General interdenominational Missionary Conference in 
 
 London. 
 
 1889. Paris Missionary Society comes to the aid of the PN 
 
 in the French Congo. 
 
 1890. Arabia — Mission at Bahrein (now RCA). 
 
 1891. Fund (£16,000) raised by CMS friends for British East 
 
 Africa Company to save Uganda. 
 
 1892. Zambesi Industrial Mission founded (England). 
 1892. Student Volunteer Missionary Union organized in 
 
 England. 
 
 1894. British Protectorate proclaimed in Uganda, August 18th. 
 
 1895. China defeated by Japan in war. 
 1895. First woman missionaries for Uganda. 
 
 1895. Massacre of R. W. Steward and others at Ku-cheng, 
 August 1st. 
 
 1895. Epoch of general extension of Industrial Training in 
 
 Missions begins about this time. 
 
 1896. Paris Evangelical Missionary Society comes to the aid 
 
 of the LMS by taking a share of the Madagascar 
 missions on the French conquest of the Island. 
 
 1897. Christian and Missionary Alliance formed (U. S.) 
 
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 1898. British conquest of Khartum; overthrow of Mohamme- 
 
 dan reactionists. 
 
 1899. Philippine Islands opened to Protestant Missions. 
 
 1899. Treaties recognize Japan as on a parity with Western 
 
 Powers. 
 
 1900. Ecumenical Missionary Conference in New York, April. 
 1900. United Free Church of Scotland Foreign Missions. 
 1900. Massacres of Missionaries and Native Christians in 
 
 China. 
 
 1900. Siege of Peking Embassies; Missionaries and Chinese 
 
 Christians aiding in defence; Japan joins Western 
 Powers in the relief expedition. 
 
 1901. April 6, James Chalmers and Oliver F. Tompkins, 
 
 LMS, killed at Goaribari I., New Guinea. 
 1904. War between Russia and Japan. 
 
 MISSIONARY CONFERENCES IN GERMANY 
 
 The German Mission Conferences are working organiza- 
 tions of an essentially different kind from the Missionary 
 Societies. While these latter gather at Home the necessary 
 means and powers for carrying on Mission Work among 
 heathen and Mohammedans, the Mission Conferences have 
 written on their programme the work of stimulating and 
 encouraging a Missionary spirit at home. Therefore they 
 come to the help of the Missionary Societies by cultivating 
 the soil from which their nourishment is derived. 
 
 They carry on an agitation in behalf of Missions in ever 
 widening circles, trying to increase existing knowledge of 
 Missions and to deepen comprehension of the Missionary 
 enterprise. Most of them do not work for the interest of 
 any single Missionary Society, but they rather serve the gen- 
 eral interests of all evangelical Missions in Germany. 
 
 These Conferences have most of them come into being 
 within the last score of years. The oldest, which is in the 
 province of Saxony, has been in existence since 1879. The 
 leader of German Missionary circles, Prof. Warneck of Halle, 
 was its founder and has aided with his advice at the founding 
 of most of those subsequently established. 
 
 The youngest of these Conferences is known as the 
 " Lower Rhenish Conference," organized at Dusseldorf in 
 1904. The whole number of the Conferences at present is 
 twenty. Their territory embraces the whole extent of the 
 German Empire, as may be seen from the following list: 1; 
 
 Note. — The material from which this statement is derived was kindly 
 furnished by the Rev. Pastor Paul of Lorenzkirche bei StreUa, Sazoxijr* 
 
214 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 Province of Saxe and Anhalt; 2. Province of Brandenburg. 
 3. Pomerania; 4. Posen; 5. East Prussia; 6. West Prus- 
 sia; 7. Province of Silesia; 8. Kingdom of Saxony; 9. King- 
 dom of Bavaria; 10. Brunswick; 11. Thuringia; 12. Hesse- 
 Darmstadt; 13. General Evangelical Mission Conference of 
 Wiesbaden; 14. Province of Schleswig-Holstein; 15. Prov- 
 ince of Hesse; 16. West Thuringian Conference in Eisenach; 
 17. East Friesland Conference; 18. Horder Mission Confer- 
 ence (Wurttemburg); 19. Hanseatic towns and Oldenburg; 
 20. Lower Rhenish Conference. 
 
 In order to show the method in which these Conferences 
 work we may take as an example that of the Kingdom of 
 Saxony, which is now one of the largest. Every year it holds 
 a public assembly of the members, in connection with which 
 there are addresses on Biblical topics and on the Theory of 
 Missions. This assembly cannot show as great an attend- 
 ance as the annual Conference at Halle, led by Dr. Warneck, 
 which might with propriety be called the Mission Congress of 
 Germany; but for Saxony it is one of the most important 
 missionary meetings of the year. The Conference meets, as 
 a rule, at Dresden during the September church festivals, 
 every third meeting is held in a different one of the principal 
 cities of Saxony, the aim being to carry the stimulus connected 
 with the meeting into other parts of the country. Besides 
 the principal meetings two auxiliary conferences are held 
 every year. Here one may find the smaller circles of helpers 
 assembled in order to discuss new methods. Generally it is 
 decided in these meetings when and where the next Mission- 
 ary Deputation-tour shall be held. After such a tour is 
 decided upon, several qualified members of the board of 
 directors, probably accompanied by one of the Missionaries 
 who is in the homeland, will go forth to some small church 
 district of the appointed region, and will hold meetings for 
 a week, each day at a different point. Meetings are arranged 
 also by agreement with the School authorities so that in the 
 lower schools of town and country, in the high schools, the 
 colleges, and the normal schools for teachers, everywhere, 
 interest in the missions is aroused. 
 
 The literary work of the Conference is also of importance. 
 Every year a Year Book is published whose weight lies in the 
 practical value of the articles contributed to it. Here pas- 
 tors will find well prepared material for missionary meetings, 
 with the most recent statistical tables, a summary of the 
 events of the year, a discussion of the literature of the year, 
 together with post office addresses important in missions, 
 etc. During the year the members are furnished with 
 printed news slips through which they always receive prompt 
 information of current events. In each place the ''helpers" 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 215 
 
 also are thus kept in activity; for it is they who undertake 
 to collect the yearly dues of the members, the least being 1 
 mark (or 23% cents). Among the aid to promoting interest 
 in missions published by the Mission Conference are three 
 large colored wall-pictures of the mission on Kilima Njaro in 
 German East Africa. These have been found helpful in 
 lectures at public schools and in confirmation classes. The 
 pictures are also used as wall decorations for club rooms, 
 etc. A prize competition was organized for the exposition 
 of Hinduism (especially for Indian Missionaries). It called 
 into action a number of able pens, and resulted in the publi- 
 cation of the prize essay, entitled, "The Salvation of Man- 
 kind According to Hinduism and Christianity;'* a compar- 
 ative investigation of the fundamental documents of both, 
 by William Dilger, Basel Missionary Society, Basel, 1902. 
 
 In order to supply the daily press with Missionary news 
 the Conference of Saxony has united with other Mission Con- 
 ferences, and their appointed writer, Pastor Paul of Loreni- 
 kirche, sends out 920 copies once a month of a news bulletin 
 called "Recent News from Missions to the Heathen/' whose 
 substance is given to the daily papers in each center by his 
 associates of the other Conferences. 
 
 RECENT BOOKS FOR MISSIONARY LIBRARIES 
 AFRICA— EAST CENTRAL 
 
 The Masai, their Language and Folklore, by A. C. HoUis; 
 Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1905. 
 
 Five Years Medical Work on Lake Nyassa, by R. Howard ; 
 London, Universities Mission, 1905. 
 
 Uganda and its Peoples (Ethnology), by J. F. Cunning- 
 ham; London, Hutchinson & Co., 1905. 
 
 The East Africa Protectorate, by Sir C. N. E. Eliot; 
 London, E. Arnold, 1905. 
 AFRICA— GENERAL 
 
 Daybreak in the Dark Continent, by W. S. Naylor; New 
 York, Y. P. Miss. Movement, 1905. 
 
 Christus Liberator, by Ellen C. Parsons; New York, Mac- 
 millan Co., 1905. 
 AFRICA— SOUTH 
 
 A Thousand INIiles in the Heart of Africa (Dutch Re- 
 formed Missions) by J. Du Plessis; London, Oliphant, An- 
 derson and Ferrier, 1905. 
 
 Halilu, a Destiny of Deliverance, by H. N.; London, Mar- 
 shall Bros.. 1906. 
 
216 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 AFRICA— WEST CENTRAL 
 
 The Congo for Christ, by J. Brown; London, S. W. Part- 
 ridge & Co., 1905. 
 
 The Story of Chisamba, by H, W. Barker (Canadian 
 Congregational Mission in Angola) ; Toronto, 1905. 
 
 A Yankee in Pigmy Land, by W. E. Geil ; London, Hodder 
 A Stoughton, 1906. 
 
 AMERICAN INDIANS, NEGROES AND HOME MISSIONS 
 
 History of Wachovia in North Carolina (Moravian), by 
 J. H. Clewell; New York, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1902. 
 
 The fall of Torngak (Moravian Mission in Labrador) ; 
 London, S. W. Partridge & Co., 1905. 
 
 Aliens or Americans? (immigration), by H. B. Grose; 
 New York, Interdenominational Home Mission Study 
 Course, 1906. 
 
 Coming Americans, by Katherine R. Crowell, Int. Home 
 Mission Study Course, 1906. 
 
 ASIA— CHINA 
 
 Some Typical Christians of South China, by W. S. Paken- 
 hara- Walsh ; London, Marshall Bros., 1906. 
 
 Round About my Peking Garden, by Mrs. A. Little; Lon- 
 don, T. F. Unwin,']906. 
 
 Stones in the Rough, by William Ashmore; Boston, P. 
 R. Warren Co., 1905. 
 
 The Tribulations of the Church in China, A. D. 1900; 2 
 vols., Shanghai Pres. Mission Press, 1902. 
 
 In Touch With Reality, by W. A. Cornaby; London, C. 
 H. Kelly, 1905. 
 
 China and Her People, by Charles Denby; 2 vols., Bos- 
 ton, L. C. Page & Co., 1906. 
 
 Chinese Heroes (Native Christians in the Boxer upris- 
 ing), by I. T. Headland; New York, Eaton & Mains, 1904. 
 
 ASIA— INDIA AND CEYLON 
 
 In and Out of Hospital (Medical work for women), by 
 Charlotte S. Vines; London, Marshall Bros. 1905., 
 
 Holy Himalaya (North India), by E. S. Oakley; London, 
 Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1905. 
 
 Things as They Are, by Amy Wilson-Carmichael ; Lon 
 don, Morgan & Scott, 1903. 
 
 Among the Burmans, bv Henry P. Cochrane; New York 
 F. H. Revell Co., 1904. 
 
 Just What They Need (North India School of Medicine) 
 br Dr. Alice B. Condict; London, Morgan & Scott, 1904. 
 
 Shan Folk-Lore Stories (Burma), by W. C. Griggs; Phil 
 adelphia, Am. Baptist Pub. Society, 1905. 
 
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 The Pen of Brahma: Hindu Hearts and Homes, by 
 Beatrice M. Harrand ; New York, F. H. Revell Co., 1906. 
 
 In Leper Land (Missions to Lepers), by Ida Jackson; 
 London, Marshall Bros., 190L 
 
 Life and Work in Khasia (Assam), by W. Jenkins; Liver- 
 pool, Welsh Calv. Methodist Mission House, 1906. 
 
 ASIA— JAPAN AND KOREA 
 
 The Christian Movement in its relation to the New Life 
 in Japan ; edited by D. C. Greene ; 245 pp. ; Tokyo, 1906. 
 
 The White Peril in the Far East, by Sydney L. Gulick; 
 New York, F. H. Revell Co., 1905. 
 
 The History of Korea, by H. B. Ilulbert; Seoul, 1905. 
 
 Christianity in Modern Japan, by E. W. Clement; Phila- 
 delphia, Am. Baptist Pub. Society, 1905. 
 
 Japanese Life in Town and Coimtry, by G. W. Knox; New 
 York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1905. 
 
 The Anglican Church in Korea, by C. J. Corfe; Seoul, 
 Korea, 1906. 
 
 MALAYSIA— THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC 
 
 An Observer in the Philippines, by John B. Devins; New 
 York, Am. Tract. Society, 1905. 
 
 Saints and Savages (New Hebrides), by R. Lamb; Lon- 
 don, W. Blackwood & Sons, 1905. 
 
 Chriatus Redemptor (the Island World), by Helen B. 
 Montgomery; New York, Macmillan Co., 1906. 
 
 In the Isles of the Sea; Fifty Years in Melanesia, by 
 Frances Awdry; London, Bemrose & Sons, 1903. 
 
 Adventure for God (the Philippines), by Rev. C. H. 
 Brent; New York, liOngmans, Green & Co., 1906. 
 
 Micronesia: the American Board in the Island World, by 
 Mrs. T. C. Bliss; Boston, A. B. C. F. M., 1906. 
 
 TLTIKEY— SYRIA 
 
 Village Life in Palestine, by G. R. Lees; London, Long- 
 mans, Green & Co., 1905. 
 
 BIOGRAPHY 
 
 Raymond Lull, by W. T. A. Barber; London, C. H. Kelly, 
 1904. 
 
 Mills, Samuel J., by J. C. Richards; Boston, Pilgrim 
 Press, 3906. 
 
 GENERAL 
 
 St. Paul; Missionary to the Nations, by Mrs. Ashley 
 Car US-Wilson ; London, Hodder & Stoughton* 1905. 
 
 Recent Advances in Christian Student Movements; Lon- 
 don, British College Christian Union, 1904. 
 
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 Historical Catalogue of Printed editions of Holy Scrip- 
 tures in library of the BFBS, by T. H. Darlow & H. F. 
 Moule; 2 vols., London BFBS, 1904. 
 
 Method in Soul-Winning on Home and Foreign Fields, 
 by H. C. Mabie; New York, F. H. Revell Co., 1906. 
 
 Into all the World, by C. S. MacAlpine; London, Mar- 
 shall Bros., 1904. 
 
 Kussian Orthodox Missions, by E. Smirnoff; London, 
 Rivingtons, 1903. 
 
 In the Land of the North (Jews in Russia), by S. Wil- 
 kinson; London, Marshall Bros., 1906. 
 
 Students and the Modern Missionary Crusade (Nashville 
 Convention): New York, Student Volunteer Movement, 1906. 
 
 History of Protestant Missions {Ahriss einer Geschichte 
 der protestantischen Missionen) , by G. Warneck; 8th edi- 
 tion. Translated by G. Robson; New York, F.-H. Revell Co., 
 1906. 
 RELIGIONS 
 
 The Great Religions of India, by J. M. Mitchell; New 
 York, F. H. Revell Co., 1905. 
 
 Some Leading Ideas of Hinduism, by H. Haigh; London, 
 C. L. Kelly, 1904. 
 
 Muhemmad and the Rise of Islam, bv D. S. Margoliouth; 
 New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1905." 
 
 Original Sources of the Quran, bv W. St. C. Tisdall; New 
 York, E. S. Gorham, 1905. 
 
 Historical Development of the Quran, by E. Sell; London, 
 S. P. C. K., 1905. 
 
 The Mohammedan World (Islam in the Concrete), by 
 various writers; New York, F. H. Revell Co., 1906. 
 
 The Muslim Controversy, by E. H. Wherry; London, The 
 ChristiRn Literature Society, 1905. 
 
 The Moslem Doctrine of God, by S. M. Zwemer; New 
 York, Am. Tract. Soc, 1905. 
 
 Buddhism, by Annie H. Small; London, J. M. Dent & Co, 
 1P06. 
 
 Chinese Superstitions, by J. Vale; London, China Inland 
 Mission, 1906. 
 
 MISSIONARIES AND GOVERNMENTS* 
 
 This subject is a deli'^ate one because the missionary is 
 worth nothing if he is not sanely zealous, while from the 
 beginning srovernments as well as censorious by-standers 
 have considered zeal improper. 
 
 *Mnch of the materml here used is borrowed from Mr. Eugene Stock's 
 •'Short Handbook of Missions." 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 219 
 
 We should say at the outset that missionaries have rights 
 as citizens, which are not forfeited because they are mission- 
 aries. They also have duties toward the government of 
 their own allegiance as well as toward that of the land of 
 their temporary abode. These duties need to be most care- 
 fully studied and recognized. The rights are generally 
 known without study. 
 
 Missionaries who are outside of their own national domain 
 will find residence in either ( 1 ) lands which are ruled by bar- 
 barous or semi-barbarous chiefs, as are many parts of Africa, 
 New Guinea, and a few other regions, or (2) lands under 
 civilized governments bound by treaty to protect the rights 
 of strangers sojourning therein. 
 
 Missionaries in barbarous countries go at their own risk 
 and they make their ovm terms with the chiefs of the tribes 
 they seek to evangelize. Missionaries and native converts 
 might be murdered or imprisoned, and no home Government 
 would be expected or desired to interfere. Missionaries in 
 Abyssinia and Ashanti have been rescued by British military 
 expeditions, but the expeditions were undertaken, not for 
 their deliverance, but for reasons of general policy. No 
 village was burned as a punishment for the murder of Bishop 
 Hannington, in Africa; no armed force interposed to save 
 the Christians of Uganda from a cruel death; and though a 
 punitive expedition was actually suggested, it was earnestly 
 deprecated by the Church Missionary Society, which main- 
 tains the Uganda mission. 
 
 In independent and civilized foreign states it is essential 
 that missionaries should carry on their Avork with due recog- 
 nition of, and submission to the local government and its 
 laws ; though there are cases from time to time where a higher 
 law must be obeyed at the missionary's or the convert's risk. 
 Under some of the Roman Emperors, Christianity was illegal, 
 but that did not make Christianity wrong. A missionary 
 who tries to get into Tibet or Arabia in the teeth of official 
 prohibition could not be condemned by the Christian con- 
 science. In some of the lands in this division, the general 
 influence of Christian Powers is indirectly the missionary's 
 protection, as in Persia. On the other hand, it is by British 
 orders that the road to Afsrhanistan is barred to all mission- 
 aries. This latter circumstance brings to mind similar pro- 
 hibitions in India. 
 
 The story of the relations of missions in India to the 
 Indian Government is a long and complicated one. The 
 East India Company at the closp of the eighteenth century, 
 prohibited missions altoorether. Carey had to live a^id work 
 in Danish tprritorv. Henry !Martvn coul'^ onlv be in India 
 as a chaplain of the Company. Long after the opening of 
 
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 India by the renewed charter of 1813, the authorities, while 
 unable longer to forbid missionary work, carefully guarded 
 their Sepoy army from the contagion of Christianity. But 
 there were individuals in the Government who in their pri- 
 vate capacity encouraged missions, and when the Punjab was 
 annexed in 1849, the men appointed to rule it, Henry and 
 John Lawrence, Robert Montgomery, and a noble band of 
 like-minded men, fostered missionary effort to the utmost, 
 subscribing largely themselves for its support. And this in a 
 province predominantly and turbulently Mohammedan, and 
 even at Peshawar, an Afghan city so dangerous that no Eng- 
 lishman was allowed to enter it except by express official 
 permission. Yet, when the Mutiny broke out in 1857, and 
 the pampered Sepoys massacred all the Christians, foreign 
 and native, whom they could seize, it was the Punjab that 
 did most to save India to the British Empire. 
 
 In countries where treaties regulate the rights and priv- 
 ileges of strangers, the missionary has certain rights under 
 these treaties; he cannot help enjoying the protection which 
 his government has secured for its subjects by treaty; but he 
 will do wisely not to press his rights except when they are 
 dangerously disregarded through the ignorance or wilfulness 
 of local officials. For there is a legitimate sphere for the 
 exercise of the official influence of his own government. If 
 treaty rights are infringed, the government whose subjects 
 are molested is compelled for its own dignity to make remon- 
 strance and appeal to the authorities to maintain law and 
 order in accord with the treaty. The local authorities are 
 bound to punish a thief or a murderer, as a matter of justice 
 among their own people, though not as a satisfaction to Ihe 
 mission. "The devout men" who "carried Stephen to his 
 burial" doubtless sympathized with his dying prayer, "Lord 
 lay not this sin to their charge;" but if the Roman Governor 
 had arrested the "young man whose name was Saul" for 
 complicity in the murder, they would not rightly have inter- 
 fered with the due course of law. 
 
 If dependence upon "protection" is to be deprecated, 
 much more vengeance for wrongs done. In the case of prop- 
 erty destroyed, it may be wise and right to accept compen- 
 sation; but there can be no compensation for loss of life. 
 "Blood money" must always be refused by the missionary. 
 
 As for consular protection, it is obvious that if the mis- 
 sionary expects it, he must not go beyond the reach of it; 
 and thit would often confine his mission to the sea-coast or 
 the navigable river. As a matter of fact, missionaries in 
 oriental countries entirely repudiate the "gunboat" policy. 
 One man did advocate it in China; his letter was printed in 
 a blue book; and that letter has often been quoted by the 
 
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 opponents of missions as if it were typical. In Turkey there 
 is often necessity for invoking tne influence of an ambassador, 
 because the express authority of the Sultan himself is required 
 for the opening of a hospital or u village school. 
 
 Missionaries as a matter of duty, should refrain from 
 asking consular protection for their converts. Much harm 
 has been done to the cauee of Christianity both in China and 
 Turkey by French Roman Catholic priests securing consular 
 interference in behalf of converts. There should be no inter- 
 position that tends to remove the native convert from the 
 sphere of his nationality and its responsibilities. But it is 
 reasonable that Christian Powers should press in a general 
 way for religious liberty, as England has done in Turkey 
 since the Crimean war. Turkey owes its continued existence 
 to the intervention of England and France at that time; 
 and the British Government has insisted on entire religious 
 liberty there. Lord Clarendon, then Foreign Secretary, 
 wrote: — 
 
 " The Christian Powers are entitled to demand, and H. M. Government do 
 distinctly demand, that no punishment whatever shall attach to the Mo- 
 hammedan who becomes a Christian, whether originally a Mohammedan or 
 originally a Christian, any more than any punishment attaches to a Chris- 
 tian who embraces Mohammedanism. In all such cases the movements 
 of the human conscience must be free, and the temporal arm must not 
 interfere to coerce the spiritual decision." 
 
 The Porte gave way under strong pressure, and the Brit- 
 ish demand was acceded to — on paper. But although con- 
 verts have not since been executed openly, as they were 
 before, they have been got rid of in ways not less effective. 
 It is still at the risk of his life that a Muslim in Turkey be- 
 comes a Christian. 
 
 Although there is no truth in the charge, often care- 
 lessly made, that missionaries habitually ask their govern- 
 ments to forward their religious work by special protection 
 or armed intervention, there are cases when missionaries are 
 bound to ask the good offices of consul or ambassador, or 
 even of the home government. Such cases legitimately 
 arise when oriental officials make arbitrary restrictions of 
 the lawful undertakings of missionaries. For instance 
 forty years ago an oriental government gave formal permis- 
 sion for the publication of the Bible in its domains. The 
 Bible societies established an expensive printing and electro- 
 typing plant on faith of this authorization, took out the 
 necessary permits for printing houses and invested capital 
 in the business of manufacture and sale of the Bibles in that 
 land. From time to time during years regulations were 
 i'ssued limiting the manufacture of the Bible, and fixing con- 
 ditions for the sale of the Bible in shops, and by travelling 
 
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 salesmen. The Bible societies conformed to the regulations 
 and built up a considerable business und-jr the conditions 
 fixed by the Government. After more than a score of years 
 an official executive order was suddenly issued forbidding 
 manufacture of the Bible and its sale by travelling salesmen, 
 and ordering the confiscation of the Bibles. This executive 
 order with a stroke of the pen destroyed arbitrarily the value 
 of the plant built under the laws of the country, and made 
 the men criminals who were in that business. In such a 
 ease there is no alternative but to appeal to the Home Gov- 
 ernment for protection against arbitrary action such as the 
 existing treaties forbid. 
 
 Such appeals to the Home Government should be avoided, 
 should never be made until the missionary has exhausted 
 every means within his reach for settling the difficulty him- 
 self, and should be made in last resort only where a treaty 
 has been violated in such a way that the missionary is denied 
 equal rights with tradesmen of his own nationality. 
 
 In cases where appeal is to be made to an ambassador 
 or to the Home Government, it is desirable that one or two 
 missionary representatives speak for the whole body, rather 
 than that a number of different persons interested should 
 make separate appeals for protection. All the German 
 missionary societies acting together choose a Committee 
 each year to represent the whole group in relations with the 
 German Government; whether in answering questions or 
 making explanations or in presenting appeals for the exam- 
 ination of grievances. The plan works very well. 
 
 We have only to note in closing that in case a foreign 
 Government interferes to protect its subjects who live abroad, 
 it, and not the person whom it defends, is responsible both 
 for the intervention and the method adopted for making it 
 effective. The men who criticise missionaries for any such 
 act of intervention are, in actual fact, bringing a heavy 
 indictment against the Government as too weak to follow 
 the wiser policy which such critics profess to have in their 
 minds. 
 
 We cannot leave our subject %vithout suggesting the 
 attitude of high officers of Government toward missions 
 revealed in the words of three great American statesmen at 
 the Ecumenical Conference of 1900. 
 
 " Who can estimate their (the missionaries') value to the progress of 
 nations? Their contribution to the onward and upward march of humanity 
 is beyond aU calculation." 
 
 The Hon. Benjamin Harrison, former President of the 
 United States: 
 
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 " I count it a great honor to be called to preside over the deliberations 
 of this great body. It is to associate one's self with the most influential 
 and enduring work that is being done in this day of great enterprises." 
 
 The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Governor of the State of 
 New York, and now President of the United States: 
 
 " You who work, you are teaching others to work. You are not trying to 
 save people from having to exert the faculties which the Lord gave them. 
 You are trying to teach them to use them. . . . You are doing the 
 greatest work that can be done. It is an honor and a privilege to greet you 
 here to-night in the name of the great state of New York." 
 
 TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR MISSIONARIES 
 
 ADVENTIST 
 
 Boston Bible School and Ransom Institute, 
 160 Warren Street, Boston, Mass. 
 BAPTIST 
 
 Baptist Missionary Training School (1881), 
 
 2411 Indiana Ave., Chicago, 111. 
 Baptist Training School for Christian Work, 
 762 South Tenth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE 
 
 Christian Alliance Missionary Institute (1883), 
 Nyack, N. Y. 
 CONGREGATIONAL 
 
 Hartford School of Religious Pedagogy, 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 METHODIST EPISCOPAL 
 
 Chicago Training School for City, Home and Foreign Mis- 
 sions (1885), 
 4949 Indiana Ave., Chicago, 111. 
 Deaconess' Training School, 
 
 Grand Rapids, Mich. 
 Elizabeth Gamble Deaconess' Training School, 
 
 Wesley Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 Fisk National Deaconess' Training Institute, 
 
 251 Orchard Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 
 Folts Mission Institute, 
 
 Herkimer, N. Y. 
 Lucy Webb Hayes Bible and Training School, 
 
 1140 North Capitol Street, Washington, D. C. 
 New England Bible Training School, 
 
 (for women) under the N. E. Deaconess' Assoc., 
 175 Bellevue Street, Longwood, Boston, IMass. 
 New York Deaconess' Home and Training School (1889), 
 1175 Madison Ave., New York City. 
 
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 METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH 
 
 Missionary Training School of the ME Chiirch South, 
 
 Nashville, Tennessee. 
 Scaritt Bible and Training School (1892), 
 Kansas City, Mo. 
 NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN 
 
 Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess' Institute, 
 1417 East 23rd Street, Minneapolis, Minn. 
 President, Deaconess Ingeborg Sponland. 
 PRESBYTERIAN 
 
 University of Wooster Bible and Missionary Training 
 School, for lay workers on the Home and Foreign Field, 
 Wooster, Ohio. 
 PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL 
 
 Training School for Deaconesses, 
 
 228 East 12th Street, New York City. 
 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS 
 
 American Medical Missionary College (International Med- 
 ical and Benevolent Miss. Soc), 
 Chicago, 111. 
 INTERDENOMINATIONAL 
 
 Gordon Bible and Missionary Training School (1888), 
 
 Boston, Mass. 
 International Medical Missionary Institute, 
 
 288 Lexington Ave., New York City. 
 Moody Bible Institute (1889), 
 
 80 Institute Place, Chicago, 111. 
 Training School for Christian Workers, 
 
 127-129 East 10th Street, New York City. 
 Union Missionary Training Institute (1891), 
 
 131 Waverly Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 Oriental Seminary, 
 Gowanda, N. Y. 
 W^inona Bible School, 
 541 Lexington Ave., New York City. 
 
 ROMAN CATHOLIC SOCIETIES AND ORDERS 
 Africa 
 
 In Genebal — Cistercians (Trappists), Rome. 
 
 Company of Mary, St. Laurent, sur Sevre, France. 
 ABYSSINIA— Lazarists, Paris. 
 ALGERIA — Algerian Missionary Society, Algiers. 
 
 Basilians, Annonay, France. 
 BENIN — ^African Missionary Society, Lyons. 
 
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 BRITISH BECHUANALAXD— Oblates of St. Francis de 
 Sales, Troyes, France. 
 
 BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA— Algerian Missionary So- 
 ciety, Algiers. 
 
 CENTRAL AFRICA — African Missionary Society, Verona. 
 
 CONGO FREE STATE— Algerian Missionary Society, Al- 
 giers. Belgian Foreign Missionary Society, Scheut-lez- 
 Bruxelles. Sacred Heart of Jesus, Rome. 
 
 DAHOMEY — African Missionary Society, Lyons. 
 
 EGYPT — African Missionary Society, Lyons. 
 Franciscans, Minor, Rome. 
 
 ERITREA — Franciscans (Minor Capuchins), Rome. 
 
 FERNANDO PO— Children of the Immaculate Heart of 
 Mary, Spain. 
 
 FRENCH COLONIES— Holy Ghost and Sacred Heart of 
 Marv, Paris. 
 
 FRENCH CONGO— Holy Ghost and Sacred Heart of Mary, 
 Paris. 
 
 FRENCH GUINEA— Holy Ghost and Sacred Heart of Mary, 
 Paris. 
 
 GALLAS — Franciscans (Minor Capuchins), Rome. 
 
 GERMAN EAST AFRICA— Algerian Missionary Society, 
 Algiers. 
 
 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA— Holy Ghost and Sacred 
 Heart of Mary, Paris. 
 
 €rOLD COAST — African Missionary Society, Lyons. 
 
 IVORY COAST— African Missionary Society, Lyons. 
 
 KAMERUN — Pious Society of Missions (Pallotins), Rome. 
 
 MADAGASCAR AND ISLANDS— Holy Ghost and Sacred 
 Heart of Mary, Paris. 
 Jesuits, Fiesole, near Florence. 
 La Salette, La Salette. 
 Lazarists, Paris. 
 Premonstratensians ( Norbertins ) , Rome. 
 
 NATAL — Oblates of Mary the Immaculate, Paris. 
 
 NIGERIA, SOUTH— Holy Ghost and Sacred Heart of 
 Mary, Paris. 
 
 ORANGE RIVER COLONY— Oblates of Mary the Immac- 
 ulate, Paris. 
 
 PORTUGUESE WEST AFRICA— Holy Ghost and Sacred 
 Heart of Mary, Paris. 
 
 RHODESIA — Jesuits, Fiesole, near Florence. 
 
 SAHARA — Algerian Missionary Society, Algiers. 
 
 SENEGAMBIA— Holy Ghost and Sacred Heart of Mary, 
 Paris. 
 
 SEYCHELLES ISLANDS— Franciscans (Minor Capuchins), 
 Rome. 
 
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 SIERRE LEONE— Holy Ghost and Sacred Heart of Mary, 
 
 SOUTHERN ZANZIBAR— Basilians of Bavaria, Munich. 
 SUDAN — Algerian Missionary Society, Algiers. 
 
 English Foreign Missionary Society, Mill Hill. 
 TOGOLAND — Foreign Missionary Society of German-Hol- 
 land, Steyl, Holland. 
 
 (Society of the Divine Word.) 
 TRANSVAAL — Oblates of Mary the Immaculate, Paris. 
 TRIPOLI — Franciscans, Minor, Rome. 
 TUNIS — Algerian Missionary Society, Algiers. 
 UBANGI (Upper Congo) — African Missionary Society, Lyons. 
 UGANDA — Algerian Missionary Society, Algiers. 
 ZANZIBAR— Benedictines (St. Ottilien), Bavaria. 
 
 Holy Ghost and Sacred Heart of Mary, Paris. 
 
 AMERICA 
 
 AMERICA — Franciscans, Minor, Rome. 
 
 Marists, Lyons. 
 ALASKA — Jesuits, Fiesole, near Florence. 
 BRITISH COLUMBIA— Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Paris. 
 UNITED STATES— Augustinians, Rome. 
 
 Augustinians of the Assumption, Paris. 
 
 Basilians, Annonay, France. 
 
 Benedictines, Monte Casino. 
 
 Carmelites, Rome. 
 
 Cistercians (Trappists), Rome. 
 
 Dominicans, Rome. 
 
 Fathers of ^lercy, Paris. 
 
 Foreign Missionary Society of German-Holland, Steyl, 
 Holland (Society of the Divine Word). 
 
 Franciscans (Minor Capuchins), Rome. 
 
 Franciscans (Minor Conventuals), Rome. 
 
 Holy Cross, Le Mans. 
 
 Holy Ghost and Sacred Heart of Mary, Paris. 
 
 Jesuits, Fiesole, near Florence. 
 
 Josephite Society, Baltimore. 
 
 La Salette, La Salette. 
 
 Lazarists, Paris. 
 
 Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Paris. 
 
 Oblates of the Sacred Heart, Pontigny, Yonne, France. 
 
 Passionists, Rome. 
 
 Paulist Fathers, New York. 
 
 Pious Society of Missions (Pallotins), Rome. 
 
 Precious Blood, Rome. 
 
 Premonstratensians ( Norbertins ) , Rome. 
 
 Redemptorists, Rome. 
 
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 Resurrectionists, Rome. 
 
 Sacred Heart Missionary Fathers, Issoudun. 
 
 St. Charles Missionary Fathers, Piacenza. 
 
 Salesians of Turin, Turin. 
 
 Servites, Rome. 
 
 Society of the Divine Savior, Rome. 
 
 Sulpicians, Paris. 
 
 CANADA 
 Basilians, Annonay, France. 
 Cistercians (Trappists), Rome. 
 Company of Mary, St. Laurent, sur Sevre, France. 
 Dominicans, Rome. 
 Eudist Fathers, Rennes. 
 Franciscans (Minor Capuchins), Rome. 
 Holy Cross, Le Mans. 
 Jesuits, Fiesole, near Florence. 
 La Salette, La Salette. 
 
 Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Paris, France. 
 Premonstratensians ( Norbertins ) , Rome. 
 Resurrectionists, Rome. 
 Sulpicians, Paris. 
 
 ST. ALBERT— Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Paris. 
 ST. BONIFACE— Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Paris. 
 SASKATCHEWAN— Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Paris. 
 
 WEST INDIES 
 CURACOA — Dominicans, Rome. 
 
 HAITI — Company of Mary, St. Laurent, sur Sevre, France. 
 JAMAICA — Jesuits, Fiesole, near Florence. 
 WEST INDIES— Children of Mary Immaculate, Vendee. 
 
 SOUTH AMERICA 
 BRITISH GUIANA^ Jesuits, Fiesole, near Florence. 
 CHILE — Jesuits, Fiesole, near Florence. 
 DUTCH GUIANA— Redemptorists, Rome. 
 FRENCH GUIANA— Holy Ghost and Sacred Heart of Mary, 
 
 Paris. 
 PATAGONIA, North and South— Salesians of Turin, Turin. 
 SOUTH AMERICA— Pious Society of Missions (Pallotins), 
 
 Rome. 
 
 ASIA 
 
 ARABIA — Franciscans (Minor Capuchins), Rome. 
 CHINA — Augustinians, Rome. 
 
 Cistercians (Trappists), Rome. 
 
 Dominicans, Rome. 
 
 Belgian Foreign Missionary Society, Scheut-lez-Brux- 
 eUes. 
 
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 Paris Foreign Missionary Society, Paris. 
 
 German- Holland Foreign Missionary Society (Society of 
 
 the Divine Word), Steyl, Holland. 
 Foreign Missionary Society, Rome. 
 Milan Foreign Missionary Society, Milan. 
 Franciscans, Minor, Rome. 
 Lazarists, Paris. 
 MONGOLIA — Belgian Foreign Missionary Society, Scheut- 
 
 lez-Bruxelles. 
 ILI — Belgian Foreign Missionary Society, Scheut-lez-Brnx- 
 
 elles. 
 KOREA — Paris Foreign Missionary Society, Paris. 
 
 CEYLON 
 
 COLOMBO — Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Paris. 
 JAFFNA — Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Paris. 
 KANDY — Benedictines ( Sylvestrian ) , Rome. 
 VERAPOLY— Carmelites, Rome. 
 
 FRENCH INDO-CHINA 
 
 CAMBODIA — Paris Foreign Missionary Society, Paris. 
 TONGKINQ — Dominicans, Rome. 
 
 INDIA 
 
 AGRA — Franciscans (Minor Capuchins), Rome. 
 ALLAHABAD — Franciscans (Minor Capuchins), Rome. 
 ASSAM — Society of the Divine Savior, Rome. 
 BOMBAY — Jesuits, Fiesole, near Florence. 
 BURMA — Paris Foreign Missionary Society, Paris. 
 
 Milan Foreign Missionary Society, Milan. 
 COCHIN — Paris Foreign Missionary Society, Paris. 
 COIMBATORE — Paris Foreign Missionary Society, Paris. 
 DACCA— Holy Cross, Le Mans. 
 
 HAIDARABAD — ^Milan Foreign Missionary Society, Milan. 
 KAFIRISTAN— English Foreign Missionary Society, Mill 
 
 Hill. 
 KOTAYAM — Jesuits, Fiesole, near Florence. 
 KRISHNAGAR — ^Milan Foreign Missionary Society, Milan. 
 LAHORE — Franciscans ( Minor Capuchins ) , Rome. 
 MADRAS — English Foreign Missionary Society, Mill Hill. 
 MANGALORE — Jesuits, Fiesole, near Florence. 
 MYSORE — Paris Foreign Missionary Society, Paris. 
 NAGPUR — St. Francis de Sales of Annecy, Annecy. 
 PONDICHERRY— Paris Foreign Missionary Society, Paris. 
 POONA — Jesuits, Fiesole, near Florence. 
 QUILLON— Carmelites, Rome. 
 
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 TRICHINOPOLI— Jesuits, Fiesole, near Florence. 
 WESTERN BENGAL — Jesuits, Fiesole, near Florence. 
 VIZ AG AP AT AM — St. Francis de Sales of Annecy, Annecy. 
 JAPAN — Paris Foreign Missionary Society, Paris. 
 PERSIA — Lazarists, Paris. 
 SIAM — Paris Foreign Missionary Society, Paris. 
 
 TURKEY 
 ARMENIA — Jesuits, Fiesole, near Florence. 
 
 Mechitarists (Benedictines), Venice. 
 
 Augustinians of the Assumption, Paris. 
 BAGDAD— Carmelites, Rome. 
 
 JERUSALEM — Algerian Missionary Society, Algiers. 
 MARDIN — Franciscans (Minor Capuchins), Rome. 
 MESOPOTAMIA— Dominicans, Rome. 
 PALESTINE— Cistercians (Trappists), Rome. 
 SYRIA — Franciscans, Minor, Rome. 
 
 Lazarists, Paris. 
 
 EUROPE 
 ENGLAND — Benedictines, Monte Casino. 
 
 Carthusians, Grande-Chartreuse. 
 
 Cistercians (Trappists), Rome. 
 
 Company of Mary, St. Laurent, sur Sevre, France. 
 
 Oratorians. 
 
 Passionists, Rome. 
 
 Servites, Rome. 
 GREECE — Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, Troyes, France. 
 NORWAY — Premonstratensians (Norbertins) , Rome. 
 ROUMANIA — Franciscans (Minor Conventuals), Rome. 
 
 Passionists, Rome. 
 
 TURKEY IN EUROPE 
 ADRIANOPLE — Franciscans (Minor Conventuals), Rome. 
 
 Lazarists, Paris. 
 
 Resurrectionists, Rome. 
 BULGARIA — Lazarists, Paris, 
 
 Franciscans (Minor Capuchins), Rome. 
 CRETE^ — Franciscans (Minor Capuchins), Rome. 
 CONSTANTINOPLE— Franciscans (Minor Conventuals), 
 Rome. 
 
 Lazarists, Paris. 
 NICOPOLIS— Passionists, Rome. 
 
 MALAYSIA 
 BORNEO — English Foreign Missionary Society, Mill Hill. 
 MALAYSIA — Paris Foreign Missionary Society, Paris. 
 NEW GUINEA— Sacred Heart Missionary Fathers, lasou- 
 dun. 
 
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 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS— Augustinians, Rome. 
 
 Dominicans, Rome. 
 
 Franciscans, Minor, Rome. 
 GERMAN NEW GUINEA— German-Holland For. Miss. 
 Society (Society of the Divine Word), Steyl, Holland. 
 
 OCEANIA 
 
 CENTRAL OCEANIA— Marists, Lyons. 
 
 FIJI ISLANDS— Marists, Lyons. 
 
 HAWAII — Sacred Heart of Picpus, Paris. 
 
 MARQUESAS ISLANDS— Sacred Heart of Picpus, Paris. 
 
 MELANESIA (Solomon Islands) — Marists, Lyons. 
 
 MICRONESIA — Sacred Heart Missionary Fathers, Issoudun. 
 
 NEW CALEDONIA— Marists, Lyons. 
 
 NEW HEBRIDES— Marists, Lyons. 
 
 NEW POMERANIA— Sacred Heart Missionary Fathers, 
 
 Issoudun. 
 SAMOA — Marists, Lyons. 
 TAHITI — Sacred Heart of Picpus, Paris. 
 
 AUSTRALIA 
 
 COOKTO>VN — Auerustinians, Rome. 
 
 Benedictines, Monte Casino. 
 
 Cistercians (Trappists), Rome. 
 
 Jesuits, Fiesole, near Florence. 
 
 Pious Society of Missions (Pallotins), Rome. 
 NEW ZEALAND (Wellington and Christ Church)— Marists, 
 Lyons. 
 
 NUMBER OF VERSIONS OF THE BIBLE 
 
 The Rev. James S. Dennis, D.D., the distinguished author- 
 ity on Missionary Science and History, published in 1902, in 
 Lis "Centennial Survey of Foreign Missions," an authoritative 
 chronology and history of Bible translation. According to his 
 summary of results, the number of ancient and standard ver- 
 sions of the Bible is 22, and the number of modern and mis- 
 sionary versions is 456, of which 446 were made during the 
 nineteenth century. 
 
 Of these missionary versions 99 are translations of the 
 whole Bible; 121 are translations of the New Testament, and 
 236 are translations of a portion only of the Scriptures. 
 Thirty-nine of these versions, also, are mere transliterations; 
 as for instance, Turkish in Armenian, and Turkish in Greek 
 letters, both of Avhich are mere transliterations of the Western 
 Turki^ version- These transUterations are hardly entitled to 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 231 
 
 rank among translations of tlie Bible in the same grade as the 
 versions upon which they are based. At the same time they 
 may not be ignored, since the labor and cost of printing them 
 is about the same as in the case of an independent version. 
 
 Since these tables were compiled 23 new versions have been 
 added to the list (most of which are represented by single 
 Gospels) bringing the total number up to 479 at the beginning 
 of 1905. These 479 versions are distributed as follows: 
 
 African languages 129 
 
 American languages 53 
 
 Asiatic languages 178 
 
 Australasian and Oceanian languages 62 
 
 European languages 67 
 
 Total 479 
 
 Taking the ancient and standard versions together with 
 the modern and missionary versions, we have a total of 501 
 versions. Of these 46 are now disused and obsolete. The 
 number remaining in circulation is 455 versions actively serv- 
 ing to unify the moral and spiritual ideas of the races. 
 
 UNITED STATES POSTAGE RATES TO 
 FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
 
 Domestic postage rates apply to the following: Canada, Cuba, Guam, 
 Hawaii, Mexico, Panama, Philippine Islands, Porto Rico, Shanghai (China), 
 Tutuila. 
 
 To all foreign countries (including Newfoundland) except those in- 
 cluded in the above list, the rates of postage are as follows: 
 
 Letters per half ounce 5 cents 
 
 Postal cards, each 2 cents 
 
 Printed matter, per 2 ounces 1 cent 
 
 Commercial papers (legal papers, deeds, invoices, bUls of lading 
 and manuscripts for publication, etc.) packets not over 10 ounces. . .5 cents 
 packets in excess of 10 ounces, for each 2 ounces or fraction thereof. . 1 cent 
 Samples of merchandise; packets not in excess of 4 ounces ... .2 cents 
 
 Registration fee on letters and other articles 8 cents 
 
 Under the provisions of the Universal Postal Convention, after Oct. 1, 
 1907, the rate of letter postage to foreign countries will be five cents for the 
 first ounce or part of an ounce and three cents for each additional ounce or 
 fraction of an ounce. 
 
 Parcels of mailable merchandise unsealed, and accompanied by a Cus- 
 tom House declaration (furnished on application at any post office) can be 
 sent by parcel post to the countries named below at a postage rate of 12 
 cents for a parcel not exceeding one pound in weight and 12 cents for each 
 additional pound or fraction thereof. 
 
 Parcels may be sent to Jamaica; Barbados; the Bahamas; British 
 Honduras; British Guiana; the Leeward L«lands and the Windward Islands, 
 (West Indies); Trinidad; Tobago; Danish West Indies; Mexico; Central 
 America; Panama; Colombia; Venezuela (Bolivia, Peru and Chile, 20 
 cents a pound); Newfoundland; Germany; New Zealand; Norway; Hong- 
 
 Icpog; Japan wcludijig Korea and Fonuosa,- Great Britaio; Irelaod; 
 
232 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 Australia; Denmark and Sweden; also the following places in China; 
 Peking; Chifu; Tientsin; Shanghai, Nanking; Hankow; Shasi; Soochow; 
 Hangchow; Foochow; Amoy; Canton; Haihow; Hongkong; Liukungtau; 
 Ningpo; Swatow; Changsha; Chinkiang; Newchwang; Shanghaikwan 
 Sungchin; Taiya, and Wuchang. 
 
 CABLE AND TELEGRAPH RATES 
 
 These rates are from New York City. The address and signature are 
 included in the chargeable matter, and the length of words is limited to 
 fifteen letters. When a word is composed of more than fifteen letters, 
 every additional fifteen or fraction of fifteen letters will be counted as a word. 
 
 Per Word 
 
 Alexandria (Egypt) $ .60 
 
 Argentine Republic 1 . 00 
 
 Austria 32 
 
 Barbados 91 
 
 Bolivia 1 .25 
 
 Brazil 85 to 1 .40 
 
 Bulgaria 35 
 
 Burma 74 
 
 Callao (Peru) 1 .25 
 
 Cairo (Egypt) 50 
 
 Cape Colony (South Africa) 86 
 
 Ceylon 76 
 
 Chile 1 .25 
 
 China 1 .22 
 
 Cochin China 1 . 19 
 
 Colon 97 
 
 Cyprus 50 
 
 Demarara 1 . 44 
 
 Ecuador 1 . 25 
 
 England 25 
 
 France 25 
 
 Germany 25 
 
 Gibraltar 43 
 
 Greece 36 
 
 Guatemala 55 
 
 Havana 15 
 
 Hayti 1 . 05 to 1 . 55 
 
 Holland 25 
 
 India 74 
 
 Ireland 25 
 
 Italy 31 
 
 Jamaica 48 
 
 Japan 1 .33 
 
 Java 1 . 20 
 
 Korea (Seoul) 1 .33 
 
 Malta 35 
 
 Matanzas 20 
 
 Melbourne, Victoria 66 
 
 Mexico City 10 words 1 . 75 
 
 Nassau (Bahamas) 35 
 
 Natal (South Africa) 86 
 
 New South Wales 66 
 
 New Zealand 66 
 
 Orange River Colony 86 
 
 Panama 97 
 
 Paraguay 1 . 00 
 
 PaoADg (Straits Settlements) ,,....,,.., , , 1 . 11 
 
The Blue Book op Missions for 1907 
 
 233 
 
 Per Word 
 
 Peru $1 .25 
 
 Philippine Islands (Luzon, Manila, etc.) 1.12 
 
 Other Islands 1 .27 
 
 Porto Rico 75 
 
 Queensland 66 
 
 Roumania 34 
 
 Russia (Europe) 43 
 
 Russia (Asia) 60 
 
 Santo Domingo 1 , 32 
 
 Scotland 25 
 
 Servia 34 
 
 Siam 1 . 05 
 
 Singapore 1.11 
 
 Spain 38 
 
 St. Thomas 96 
 
 Switzerland 30 
 
 Sydney (N. S. W.) 66 
 
 Tangier 45 
 
 Tasmania 66 
 
 Transvaal 86 
 
 Trinidad 98 
 
 Turkey (Europe) 37 
 
 Turkey (Asia) 45 
 
 Uruguay 1 . 00 
 
 Venezuela 1 . 50 to 1 . 60 
 
 Vera Cruz 10 words 1 . 75 
 
 Victoria (Australia) 66 
 
 VALUE OF FOREIGN COINS IN AMERICAN MONEY 
 
 1 
 
 Ill 
 
 
 1i§ 
 
 ill 
 
 
 1^ 
 
 111 
 
 a 
 « a 
 
 1.... 
 
 $ 4.866i 
 
 $0,238 
 
 $0,193 
 
 $0,808 
 
 $0,402 
 
 $0,324 
 
 $0,515 
 
 $0,303 
 
 2.... 
 
 9.733 
 
 .476 
 
 .386 
 
 1.616 
 
 .804 
 
 .648 
 
 1.03 
 
 .406 
 
 3.... 
 
 14.599i 
 
 .714 
 
 .579 
 
 2.424 
 
 1.206 
 
 .972 
 
 1.545 
 
 .609 
 
 4.... 
 
 19.466 
 
 .952 
 
 .772 
 
 3.232 
 
 1.608 
 
 1.296 
 
 2.06 
 
 .812 
 
 5.... 
 
 24.332^ 
 
 1.19 
 
 .965 
 
 4.040 
 
 2.01 
 
 1.62 
 
 2.575 
 
 1.016 
 
 6.... 
 
 29.199 
 
 1.428 
 
 1.158 
 
 4.848 
 
 2.412 
 
 2.044 
 
 3.09 
 
 1.218 
 
 7.... 
 
 34.065^ 
 
 1.666 
 
 1.351 
 
 3.656 
 
 2.814 
 
 2.368 
 
 3.605 
 
 1.421 
 
 8.... 
 
 38.932 
 
 1.904 
 
 1.544 
 
 6.464 
 
 3.216 
 
 2.592 
 
 4.12 
 
 1.624 
 
 9.... 
 
 43.798i 
 
 2.142 
 
 1.737 
 
 7.272 
 
 3.618 
 
 2.916 
 
 4.635 
 
 1.827 
 
 10.... 
 
 48.665 
 
 2.38 
 
 1.93 
 
 8 080 
 
 4.02 
 
 3.24 
 
 6.15 
 
 2.03 
 
 20. . . . 
 
 97.33 
 
 4.76 
 
 3.86 
 
 16.160 
 
 8.04 
 
 6.48 
 
 10.30 
 
 4.06 
 
 30. . . . 
 
 145.995 
 
 7.14 
 
 5.79 
 
 24.240 
 
 12.06 
 
 9.72 
 
 15.45 
 
 6.09 
 
 40. . . . 
 
 194.66 
 
 9.52 
 
 7.72 
 
 32.320 
 
 16.08 
 
 12.96 
 
 20.60 
 
 8.12 
 10.16 
 
 50. . . . 
 
 243.325 
 
 11.90 
 
 9.65 
 
 40.400 
 
 20.10 
 
 16.20 
 
 25.75 
 
 100.... 
 
 486.65 
 
 23.80 
 
 19.30 
 
 80.800 
 
 40.20 
 
 32.40 
 
 51.50 
 
 20.30 
 
234 
 
 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 VALUE OF FOREIGN COIN IN UNITED STATES 
 GOLD 
 
 Country 
 
 Standard 
 
 Monetary Unit 
 
 Value in U. S. 
 Gold Dollars 
 
 Argentina 
 
 Gold . . . 
 
 Peso 
 
 $0.96^ 
 
 Gold 
 
 Crown 
 
 .20,3 
 
 
 Gold 
 
 
 .19,3 
 
 
 Silver 
 
 Boliviano 
 
 .48,5 
 
 
 Gold 
 
 
 .54,6 
 
 Ponnrln 
 
 Gold 
 
 Silver 
 
 Gold 
 
 Silver 
 
 Dollar 
 
 1.00 
 
 Central America. . 
 Chile . . . 
 
 Pesot 
 
 .48,5 
 
 Peso 
 
 .36,5 
 
 
 ( Shanghai . . 
 Tael§iHaikwan||. 
 
 ( Canton. . . . 
 Dollar 
 
 .72,6 
 .80,8 
 
 
 Gold 
 
 Gold 
 
 Gold 
 
 Gold 
 
 Gold 
 
 Gold 
 
 Gold 
 
 .79,2 
 1.00 
 
 
 Colon 
 
 .46,5 
 
 
 Crown 
 
 .26,8 
 
 
 Sucre 
 
 Pound (100 Pias- 
 ters) 
 
 .48,7 
 
 Egypt 
 
 
 
 4 94,3 
 
 
 
 .19,3 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Mark 
 
 .23,8 
 
 Gold ; 
 
 Gold 
 
 
 4.86,6* 
 
 Greece 
 
 Drachma 
 
 .19,3 
 
 Hayti 
 
 Gold 
 
 Gold 
 
 Gold 
 
 Gold 
 
 Gourde 
 
 .96,5 
 
 India 
 
 Pound sterling! . . . 
 
 4.86,6* 
 
 Italy 
 
 .19,3 
 
 Japan 
 
 Yen . . 
 
 .49,8 
 
 Mexico 
 
 Silver 
 
 Dollar 
 
 Florin 
 
 .49,8 
 
 Netherlands. 
 
 Gold 
 
 .40,2 
 
 Newfoundland 
 
 Gold 
 
 Dollar 
 
 1 . 01 ,4 
 
 
 Gold 
 
 
 .26,8 
 
 Panama 
 
 Gold 
 
 Balboa 
 
 1.00 
 
 Peru 
 
 Gold 
 
 
 4.86,6* 
 
 Portugal 
 
 Gold 
 
 Milreis 
 
 1.08 
 
 Russia 
 
 Gold 
 
 Ruble 
 
 .51,5 
 
 Spain 
 
 Gold 
 
 Gold 
 
 Peseta 
 
 .19,3 
 
 
 
 .26,8 
 
 Switzerland 
 
 Gold 
 
 Franc 
 
 .19,3 
 
 Turkey 
 
 Gold 
 
 Piaster 
 
 .04,4 
 
 Uruguay 
 
 Gold 
 
 Peso 
 
 1.03,4 
 
 
 Gold 
 
 
 .19,3 
 
 
 
 
 
 The coins of the silver standard countries are valued by their pure 
 contents, at the average market price of silver for the three months pre- 
 ceding the date of this circular. fNot including Costa Rica. JThe sovereign 
 is the standard coin of India, but the rupee (SO.32,4) is the money of ac- 
 count, current at 15 to the sovereign. §The British dollar has the same 
 value as the Mexican at Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements. HCustoma. 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 19(77 
 
 235 
 
 THE METRIC SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND 
 MEASURES 
 
 Length. — The denominations in practical use are millimetres (mm.)» 
 centimetres (cm.), metres (m.), and kilometres (km.) 
 
 10 mm.=.l cm. ; 100 cm. = 1 m. ; 1,000 m. = 1 km. Note. — A decimetre 
 is 10 cm. 
 
 Weight. — The denominations in use are grams (g.), kilos (kg.), and tons 
 (metric tons). 
 
 1,000 g.= 1 kg.: 1,000 kg.= 1 metric ton. 
 Capacity. — The denominations in use are cubic centimetres (c.c.) and 
 litres (1.) 
 
 1,000 c.c.= 1 1. Note. — A hectolitre is 100 1. (seldom used). 
 Relation of capacity and weight to length: A cubic decimetre is a litre, 
 and a litre of water weighs a kilo. 
 
 Equivalents for Current Use. 
 A metre is about a yard ; a kilo is about 2 pounds ; a litre is about a quart ; 
 a centimetre is about i inch; a metric ton is about the same as a ton; a 
 kilometre is about i mile ; a cubic centimetre is about a thimbleful ; a nickel 
 weighs about 5 grams. 
 
 Approxibiate Equivalent 
 
 lacre = .40 
 
 1 bushel = 35. 
 
 1 centimetre = .39 
 
 1 cubic centimetre == . 061 
 
 1 cubic foot = . 028 
 
 1 cubic inch = 16. 
 
 1 cubic metre = 35 . 
 
 1 cubic metre = 1.3 
 
 1 cubic yard = .76 
 
 Ifoot = 30. 
 
 IgaUon = 3.8 
 
 1 grain = . 065 
 
 1 gram = 15. 
 
 1 hectare = 2.5 
 
 linch = 25. 
 
 Ikilo = 2.2 
 
 1 kilometre = .62 
 
 1 litre = .91 
 
 lUtre = 1.1 
 
 1 metre = 3.3 
 
 Imile = 1.6 
 
 1 millimetre = .039 
 
 1 ounce (av'd) = 28 . 
 
 1 ounce (Troy) = 31 . 
 
 Ipeck = 8.8 
 
 Ipint = .47 
 
 1 pound = .45 
 
 1 quart (dry) = 1.1 
 
 1 quart (liquid) = .95 
 
 1 sq. centimetre = .15 
 
 Isq.foot = .093 
 
 1 sq. inch = 6.5 
 
 1 sq. metre = 1.2 
 
 1 sq. metre, = 11. 
 
 1 sq. yard = .84 
 
 1 ton (2,000 lbs.) = .91 
 
 1 ton (2,240 lbs.) = 1. 
 
 1 ton (metric) = 1.1 
 
 1 ton (metric) = .98 
 
 l^rarA , ,.,..,= .91 
 
 Precise Equivalent 
 
 hectare 4047 
 
 Utres 35.24 
 
 inch 3937 
 
 cubic inch 0610 
 
 cubic metre 0283 
 
 cubic centimetre 16 . 39 
 
 cubic feet 35 . 31 
 
 cubic yards 1 . 308 
 
 cubic metre 7645 
 
 centimetres 30.48 
 
 Utres 3.785 
 
 gram 0648 
 
 grains 15.43 
 
 acres 2 . 471 
 
 millimetres 25 . 40 
 
 pounds 2.205 
 
 mile 6214 
 
 quart (dry) 9081 
 
 quart (liquid) 1 .057 
 
 feet 3.281 
 
 kilometres l . 609 
 
 inch 0394 
 
 grams 28 . 35 
 
 grams 31.10 
 
 litres 8 . 809 
 
 litre 4732 
 
 kUo 4536 
 
 litres 1.101 
 
 Utre 9464 
 
 sq. inch 1550 
 
 sq. metre 0929 
 
 sq. centimetres 6.452 
 
 sq. yards 1 . 196 
 
 sq.feet 10.76 
 
 sq. metre 8361 
 
 metric ton 9072 
 
 metric ton 1 .017 
 
 ton (2,000) lbs 1 . 102 
 
 ton (2,240 lbs.) 9842 
 
 metre , , . .9144 
 
236 The Blue Book of Missions tor 1907 
 
 GREEK CHURCH (AND RUSSIAN) CALENDAR 
 A. D. 1907, A. M. 8016 
 
 Old Style Holy Days New Style 
 
 The Circumcision ... Jan. 14 
 
 Theophany (Epiphany) Jan. 19 
 
 Hypapante (Purification) Feb. 15 
 
 Carnival Sunday Feb. 17 
 
 , . . . Ash Wednesday Feb. 20 
 
 ... First Sunday in Lent Feb. 24 
 
 Palm Sunday March 31 
 
 Good Friday April 5 
 
 Easter April 7 
 
 ... St. George May 6 
 
 Ascension Day May 16 
 
 Pentecost May 26 
 
 . . . Coronation of Emperor* May 27 
 
 . . . Holy Ghost May 27 
 
 . . . SS. Peter and Paul (Chief Apostles) July 12 
 
 . . . First Day of Fast of Theotokos Aug. 14 
 
 . . . Transfigvu "^ion Aug. 19 
 
 . . . Repose of Theotokos Aug. 28 
 
 ... St. Alexander Nevsky* Sept. 12 
 
 . . . Nativity of Theotokos Sept. 21 
 
 . . . Exaltation of the Cross Sept. 27 
 
 . . . Patronage of Theotokos Oct. 14 
 
 . . . First Day of Fast of Nativity Nov. 28 
 
 . . . Entrance of Theotokos Dec. 4 
 
 Conception of Theotokos Dec. 22 
 
 1908 
 
 Dec. 25 Nativity (Christmas) Jan. 7 
 
 ♦Peculiar to Russia. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 1 
 
 Jan. 
 
 6 
 
 Feb. 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 
 
 4 
 
 Feb. 
 
 7 
 
 Feb. 
 
 11 
 
 March 18 
 
 March 23 
 
 March 25 
 
 April 
 
 23 
 
 May 
 
 3 
 
 Mav 
 
 13 
 
 May 
 
 14 
 
 May 
 
 14 
 
 June 
 
 29 
 
 Aug. 
 
 1 
 
 Aug. 
 
 6 
 
 Aug. 
 
 15 
 
 Aug. 
 
 30 
 
 Sept. 
 
 8 
 
 Sept. 
 
 14 
 
 Oct. 
 
 1 
 
 Nov. 
 
 15 
 
 Nov. 
 
 21 
 
 Dec. 
 
 9 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 337 
 
 JEWISH CALENDAR, 1907 
 Year 5667 1907 
 
 Sebat 1 New Moon Jan. 16 
 
 Adar 1 New Moon Feb. 15 
 
 Nisan 1 New Moon March 16 
 
 Nisan 15 Passover March 30 
 
 lyar 1 New Moon April 15 
 
 lyar 14 Second Passover April 28 
 
 Sivan 1 New Moon May 14 
 
 Sivan 6 Pentecost May 19 
 
 Tammuz 1 New Moon June 13 
 
 Tammuz 17 Fast of Tammuz June 29 
 
 Ab 1 New Moon July 12 
 
 Ab 9 Fast of Ab (Destruct. of Jerusalem) .July 20 
 
 Elul 1 New Moon Aug. 11 
 
 Year 5668 
 
 Tisri 1 N. M. (New Year) Rosh Hashonah . .Sept. 9 
 
 Tisri 3 Fast of Gedaliah Sept. 11 
 
 Tisri 10 Fast of Atonement (Yom Kippur) . . . Sept. 18 
 
 Tisri 15 Feast of Tabernacles Sept. 23 
 
 Tisri 22 Feast of Eighth Day Sept. 30 
 
 Tisri 23 Feast of Rejoicing with the Law Oct. 1 
 
 Heshvan 1 New Moon Oct. 9 
 
 Kislev 1 New Moon Nov. 7 
 
 Kislev 25 Dedication of the Temple Dec. 1 
 
 Tebet 1 New Moon Dec. 6 
 
 Tebet 10 Fast of Tebet Dec. 15 
 
 1908 
 
 Sebat 1 New Moon Jan. 4 
 
 The year 5667 is an ordinary lunar year of 354 days. 
 
 MOHAMMEDAN CALENDAR, 1907 
 
 Year Names of Months Month begins 1907 
 
 1324 Dhu'lhijja Jan. 16 
 
 1325 Muharram Feb. 14 
 
 1325 Safar March 16 
 
 1325 Rabia I AprU 14 
 
 1325 Rabia II May 14 
 
 1325 Jumadhi I June 12 
 
 1325 Jumadhi II July 12 
 
 1325 Rajab Aug. 10 
 
 1325 Shaban Sept. 9 
 
 1325 Ramadhan Oct. 8 
 
 1325 Shawal Nov. 7 
 
 1325 Dhu'lkada Dec. 6 
 
 1325 Dhu'lhijja Jan. 5, 1908 
 
238 The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 
 
 ORTHOGRAPHY OF FOREIGN GEOGRAPHICAL 
 
 NAMES 
 
 On this vexed question the British Royal Geographical Society in 
 1885 proposed a system of transliteration which it follows and which has 
 been adopted by the American Geographical Society While these rules 
 are not above criticism, their adoption by these two great societies gives 
 them a vogue that may well lead Enghsh speaking missionaries to hesitate 
 before following any other system.* 
 
 The rules are the following : 
 
 1. No change to be made in the spelling of names in countries which 
 use Roman letters. 
 
 2. No change to be made in the spelling of names familiar bj[^ long 
 usage to Enghsh readers, though belonging to languages not written in the 
 Roman character; as Calcutta, Cutch, Celebes, Mecca. 
 
 3. The true sound of the word as locally pronounced to be taken as 
 the basis of the spelling. 
 
 4. An approximation, however, to the sound is alone aimed at. 
 
 5. The broad features of the system are that vowels are ^pronounced 
 as in Italian, and consonants as in English. 
 
 6.^ One accent only is used, the acute, to decide the syllable on- which 
 stress is laid. 
 
 7. Every letter is pronounced. When two vowels come together, 
 each one is sounded clearly, however rapidly. 
 
 8. Indian names are accepted as spelled in Hunter's "Gazetteer." 
 In detail the rules are as follows : 
 
 a — o in father; Java, Banana, SomaU, Bari. 
 
 e — e in benefit; Tel-el-Kebir, Olelch, Yezo, Medina, Levtika, Peru. 
 
 i — English e; i as in ravine; the sound of ee in heet; Fiji ; Hindi. 
 
 o — o as in mote; Tokio. 
 
 u — long u as in flute; the sound of oo in hoot; Zulu, Sumatra. 
 
 All vowels are shortened in sound by doubUng the following consonant: 
 Yarra, Tanna, Mecca, Jidda, Bonny. 
 
 DoubUng of a vowel is only necessary where there is a distinct repetition 
 of the single sound: Nuulua, Oosima. 
 ai — English i as in ice; Shanghai. 
 au — ow as in how; Fuchau. 
 ao— sUghtly different from above ; Macao, 
 ei — is the sound of the two ItaUan vowels, but is frequently slurred over, 
 
 when it is scarcely to be distinguished from ey in the English they; 
 
 Beirut, BeiKil. 
 b — EngUsh h. 
 c — ^is always soft, but is so nearly the sound of s that it should be seldom 
 
 used; Celebes. If Celebes were not already recognized it would be 
 
 written Selebes. 
 ch — is always soft, as in church; Chingchin. 
 d — English d. 
 
 i — EngUsh /; ph should not be used for the sound of /; Haifong, Nafa. 
 g — is always hard (soft g is given by f) ; Galdpagos. 
 h — is always pronounced when inserted. 
 
 j — EngUsh j; Dj should never be put for this sound; Japan, Jinchuen. 
 k — EngUsh k; it should always be put for the hard c; Korea, 
 kh — the Oriental guttural h which cannot be represented by k. 
 -h — is another guttural ^ as in the Turkish Dagh, Ghazi. 
 
 ?F 
 
 -as in EngUsh. 
 
 ng — ^has two separate sounds, one hard as in the EngUsh word finger, the 
 other as in singer; as these two sounds are rarely employed in the same 
 locaUty, no attempt is made to distinguish between them. 
 
 p — as in EngUsh. 
 
 * For assistance in this matter our thanks are due to Mr. Geonce C. 
 Hurlbut, Librarian of the American Geographical Society. 
 
The Blue Book of Missions for 1907 239 
 
 q — should never be employed; qu is rendered kw; Kwangtung. 
 r "^ 
 
 ; in English; Sawdkin. 
 
 X 
 
 y — ^is always a consonant, as in yard, and therefore should never be used as 
 a terminal, i or e being substituted. Thus, not Mikindany, but Mikin- 
 dani ; not Kwaly, but Kwale. 
 
 z — English 2; Zulu. 
 
 Accents should not generally be used, but where there is a very decided 
 
 emphatic syllable or stress, which affects the sound of the word, it should 
 
 be marked by an acute accent: Tongatdbu, Galapagos, Palawan, Sardwak. 
 
 PROTESTANT MISSIONS TO THE JEWS 
 
 {Received too late for insertion in its proper place.) 
 
 In April 1870 a meeting of members of ten or more Protes- 
 tant organizations laboring for the conversion of the Jews was 
 held in Berlin. It proved so useful that similar conferences 
 of Jewish missionaries have since been held at Berlin in 1883, 
 at Barmen in 1890, at x^eipzig In 1895, at Cologne in 1900, 
 and at London in 1903. These coneferences gradually assumed 
 a general and international character. A seventh Inter- 
 national Jemsh Missionary Conference was held at Amster- 
 dam in April, 1906. Representatives from 24 organizations, 
 in eight different countries, laboring among Jews, were pres- 
 ent at this seventh conference, including two delegates from 
 the United States. A general list of Protestant Missions to 
 the Jews prepared by the Pev. Louis Meyer, of the Chicago 
 Hebrew Mission, was presented at this meeting. This list 
 gives brief notes characterizing each mission or society, and 
 shows the number of such organizations to be 112. These 
 missions and societies carry on work in 97 centres, and have 
 their headquarters distributed as follows: 
 
 In Great Britain and Ireland, 38; in Germany, 9; in 
 Switzerland, 2 ; in France, 1 ; in Holland, 3 ; in Norway, 1 ; 
 in Sweden, 1 ; in Denmark, 1 ; in Russia, 3 ; in Egypt, 1 ; in 
 South Africa, 3 ; in Syria, 1 ; in Aden, Arabia, 1 ; in India, 3 ; 
 in Australia, 1 ; in the United »States, 40 ; in Canada, 3. 
 
 The report of this important Conference, by Dr. Hermann 
 Strack, of the Institution Juddicum, Berlin, may be obtained 
 from the Chicago Hebrew Mission, 22 Solon Place, Chicago. 
 
INDEX 
 
 Abbreviations for Names of So- 
 cieties, 201. 
 
 Abyssinia, 13, 18. 
 
 Advent Ohrisiian Women's Mis- 
 sionary Society, 161. 
 
 Afghanistan. 45, 219. 
 
 Africa, 13-37; Christianity in, 82; 
 French education in, 89; Popula- 
 tion, 91-93. 
 
 African Methodist Episcopal 
 Missionary Society, 23, 31, 41, 
 44. 101, 189. 
 
 African Methodist Episcopal Zion 
 Cnurch Missionary Society, 101. 
 
 African Training Institute, 122. 
 
 Agra, 54, 75. 
 
 Alexandria, 79. 
 
 Algeria, 13, 79. 
 
 All Nations Miss. Union, 122. 
 
 American Advent Christian Help- 
 ers' Union, 161. 
 
 American Advent Missionary 
 Union, 101, 189. 
 
 American Baptist Home Mission- 
 ary Society, 102; Women's So- 
 cieties, 162. 
 
 American Baptist Missionary 
 Union, 14, 48, 52, 58, 62, 68, 102, 
 189, 198. Women's Societies, 162. 
 
 American Bible Society, 177. 
 
 American Board Commissioners 
 for Foreign Missions, 14, 32, 33, 
 34, 37, 46, 48, 52, 58, 64, 69, 71, 
 103, 189, 198. 
 Women's Societies, 163. 
 
 American Christian Missionary 
 Society, 104. 
 
 American Church Missionary So- 
 ciety, 40, 104. 
 
 American Friends Board of For. 
 Missions, 15, 44, 64, 104, 189. 
 
 American Miss. Assoc, 105. 
 
 American Ramabai Assoc, 171. 
 
 American Tract Society, 180. 
 
 American Unitarian Assoc, 105. 
 
 Ancestor Worship, 48. 
 
 Angola, 13. 
 
 Angoni, 14. 
 
 Animists, Statistics, 89-95. 
 
 Annam, 51. 
 
 Archbishop's Mission to Assyrian 
 Christians, 122. 
 
 Argentina, 39. 
 
 Armenia and India Relief Assoc, 
 148. 
 
 Ashantiland, 20. 
 
 Asia, population of, 94, 
 
 Assam revival, 83. 
 
 Associate Reformed Presbyterian 
 Synod of the South, 105. 
 
 Austral Islands, 72. 
 
 Australian Methodist Miss. Ass., 
 68, 70, 71, 72, 141, 193. 
 
 Australian Presbyterian Mis- 
 sionary Society, 59, 193; Wo- 
 men's Society, 174. 
 
 Australian Board of Missions, 
 141. 
 
 Babis, 60. 
 
 Bahrein Islands, 45. 
 
 Balaghat Mission, 146, 191. 
 
 Baluchistan, 45. 
 
 Bangkok, 78. 
 
 Bantu tribes, 20, 29. 
 
 Baptist Convention of the Mari- 
 time Provinces of Canada, 144, 
 193; Women's Societies, 174. 
 
 Baptist Convention of Ontario and 
 Quebec, 40, 144, 193; Women's 
 Societies, 174. 
 
 Baptist Foreign Missionary So- 
 ciety of New South Wales, 142, 
 193 
 
 Baptist Miss. Soc, 14, 16, 46, 49, 52, 
 123, 191. 
 
 Baptist Zenana Missionary So- 
 ciety, 49, 53, 171, 191. 
 
 Barotsiland, 33. 
 
 Basel Evangelical Missionary So- 
 ciety, 21 , 49, 53. 160, 196. Women's 
 Society, 177. 
 
 Bastards of South Africa, 20. 
 
 Basutoland, 29. 
 
 Batavia, 75. 
 
 Bathoen, 30. 
 
 Bechuanaland Protectorate, 30. 
 
 Beira, 25, 33. 
 
 Belgians in Congo State, 16. 
 
 Benjaminoff of Moscow, 61. 
 
 Berlin Missionary Society, 19, 31, 
 32, 34, 49. 150, 195.; Women's 
 Society, 176. 
 
 Bethel Santal Mission, 146. 
 
 Betsileo, 24. 
 
 Bible in Afghanistan, 45; in Annam, 
 51; in China, 50; in Japan, 57; 
 in Persia, 60; at Singapore, 67. 
 
 241 
 
242 
 
 Index 
 
 Bible in Roman Catholic Church, 88; 
 
 in Turkey, 64; in Yorubaland, 22. 
 Bible Land Missions' Aid Society, 
 
 123. 
 Bible Societies, 177, 85, 50. 
 Bible Translation Society, 179. 
 Bible Versions, Number of, 230. 
 Bida, 79. 
 Blantyre, 14. 
 Blind, Females in China, 176, 195, 
 
 Murray's Mission to, 140. 
 Bogota, 80. 
 Bokhara, 46, 75. 
 Bolivia, 40, 111. 
 Bombay, 54, 75. 
 Bonaco Island, 38. 
 Books for Missionary libraries, 215. 
 Borneo, 64, 65, 111. 
 Boxers, 50. 
 
 Brazil, 40; cities in, 79. 
 Breklum Miss. Soc, 53, 151, 195. 
 Brethren in Christ, 105. 
 British and Foreign Bible Society, 
 
 178. 
 British Borneo, 64. 
 British Central Africa, 14. 
 British E. Africa Protectorate, 14. 
 British Guiana, 40. 
 British Honduras, 38. 
 British Society for Propagation of 
 
 the Gospel among the Jews, 64, 
 
 124. 
 British Somaliland, 15. 
 British S. Africa Company, 28, 33. 
 British Syrian Mission Schools, 64, 
 
 172, 191. 
 Buddhism, 46; opposition, 61; 
 
 statistics, 95. 
 Buenos Aires, 79. 
 Bulawayo, 33. 
 Bureau of Missions, 188. 
 Burma, 52, 55. 
 Cable Telegraph Rates, 232. 
 Cairo, 79; conference at, 82. 
 Calcutta, 54, 75. 
 Calendar, Greek and Russian, 236; 
 
 Jewish, 237; Mohammedan, 237. 
 Cambodia, 51. 
 
 Canadian Bible Society, 179. 
 Canton, 75. 
 Cape Colony, 31. 
 Cape Town, 79. 
 Cape de Verde Islands, 26. 
 Caracas, 80. 
 Central America, 38 
 Central American Missionary So- 
 ciety, 38, 39, 105, 190. 
 Central Morocco Mission, 124. 
 Ceylon, 46. 
 Ceylon and India General Mission, 
 
 124. 
 Chaco of Paraguay, 42. 
 Chad Lake. 21, 24. 
 
 Clmggas, 142. 
 
 Ciiandarnagar, 51. 
 
 Che-kiang, 47. 
 
 Chile, 41. 
 
 Chi-li, 47. 
 
 China, 46, 102, 113; Bible in, 50; 
 education, 50, 100; Japan and, 
 57; largest cities, 75; literati in; 
 50; opportunity in, 50; prov- 
 inces,jj47; progress in, 83, 88; Tibet, 
 63. 
 
 China, Christian Literature Society 
 for, 182. 
 
 China Inland Mission, 124, 191. 
 
 Chinese Christians in America, 87. 
 
 Chinese, Society for Diffusion of 
 Christian and General Knowl- 
 edge among, 182. 
 
 Chinese Turkestan, 47. 
 
 Chittagong, 123. 
 
 Chota Nagpur, 152. 
 
 Christian and Missionary Alliance, 
 28, 39, 42, 43, 44, 106, 189. 
 
 Christian Church, Mission Board of 
 the, 106. 189; Women's So- 
 cieties, 164. 
 
 Christian Faith, Society for Ad- 
 vancing, 125. 
 
 Christianity gives initiative, 32. 
 
 Christian Knowledge, Society for 
 Promoting, 181. 
 
 Christian liiterature, 177. 
 
 Christian Literature Social y for 
 China, 182. 
 
 Christian Literature Society for 
 India, 183. 
 
 Christian Mission (PB), 125, 191. 
 
 Christian School of Arts and Crafts, 
 148. 
 
 Christian Womei^'s Board of Mis- 
 sions, 164, 189. 
 
 Chronology of Missions, 206. 
 
 Church Miss. Soc, 15. 17, 19, 24, 
 25, 28, 35, 46, 49, 53, 58, 60, 64, 
 125. 191. 
 
 Church of England in Canada, 145. 
 
 Church of England Zenana Mis- 
 sionary Society, 46, 49, 53, 58, 
 67, 125. 172, 191. 
 
 Church of Scotland Foreign Mis- 
 sions, 14,15; Jews, Committee of, 
 64; Woman's Association, 173. 
 
 Coins, Foreign; value of, 233, 234. 
 
 Colombia, 41. 
 
 Col. and Con. Church Soc. 126. 
 
 Colonial Misaionary Society, 127. 
 
 Conferences of Foreign Mission- 
 ary Societies, 186; in Germany, 
 213 
 
 Congo Free State, 16, 37, 82, 87; 
 atrocities in. 16, 101 . 
 
 Congregational Home Missionary 
 Society. 106. 
 
Index 
 
 243 
 
 Constantinople, 84. 
 
 Converts work for Christ, 86. 
 
 Cook Iblands, 71. 
 
 Corisco Island, 26. 
 
 Costa Rica, 38. 
 
 Cuba, 44. 
 
 Cumberland Presbyterian Board, 
 
 107, 189; Woman's Board, 165. 
 Dahomey, 16. 
 
 Dalai Lama, 62. 
 
 Danish-Halle Mission, 142. 
 
 Danish ^liss. Soc, 149, 195. 
 
 Danish (United) Evangelical 
 Lutheran Church in America, 107. 
 
 Dar es Salam, 138. 
 
 Deaconess Institute, Kaiserwerth, 
 176. 
 
 Deaconesses in Togoland, 35. 
 
 Dennis, Rev. James S., 230. 
 
 Dublin University Mission to Chota 
 Nagpur, 127. 
 
 Durban, 79. 
 
 Dutch East Indies, 65; Moham- 
 medanism in, 85. 
 
 Dutch Guiana (Surinam), 41. 
 
 East India Company, 219. 
 
 Ecuador, 42. 
 
 Edinburgh Medical Missionary Soci- 
 ety, 64 127. 
 
 Egypt, 17. 
 
 Egypt, Association for the Fur- 
 therance of Christianity in, 127. 
 
 Egypt General Mission, 17, 127, 191. 
 
 Egypt; Union for the Prop, of the 
 Gospel in, 157, 196. 
 
 Elim, 149. 
 
 ElUce Islands, 72. 
 
 Episcopal Church of Scotland. 
 Missions of, 31, 132. 
 
 Eritrea, 18. 
 
 Ermelo Missionarv Society, 157. 
 
 Ethiopian Movement, 20, 31, 34. 
 
 Europeans in Mission fields, 33. 
 
 EvangeUcal Association, 107, 189. 
 Woman's Society, 165. 
 
 Famine, 30. 33. 
 
 Federated Malay States, 66. 
 
 Fernando Po Island, 26. 
 
 Fez, 79. 
 
 Fields, choice of, 11. 
 
 Fiji Islands, 71. 
 
 Finnish Miss. Soc, 20, 49, 150, 195. 
 
 Fo-kien, 47. 
 
 Foreign Christian Missionary So- 
 ciety, 44. 64, 68. 108 190; Mis- 
 sions in Europe, 198. 
 
 Formosa. 56 
 
 Fourah Ba>' College. 28. 
 
 Free Bantist General Conference, 
 
 108, 189; Woman's Society, 165. 
 Free Methodist Missionary So- 
 ciety of North America, 25. 32, 
 ]08, 189; Woman's Society. 165. 
 
 Trench Congo, 18. 
 
 French Guiana, 42. 
 
 French Guinea, 18. 
 
 French India, 51. 
 
 French Indo-China, 51, 
 
 French Somaliland, 19. 
 
 Friends' Africa Industrial Mission, 
 
 15, 148. 
 Friends' For. Mis. Ass. , 23 , 128, 191. 
 Friendly Islands, 72. 
 Furreedpore Mission, 142, 193. 
 Gallas. 15, 137. 
 Gambia, 19. 
 Gambler Islands, "^ 
 General EvangeUcal Protestant 
 
 Missionary Society (German), 
 
 49 58, 152, 195. 
 German Baptists of Berlin, 22, 151, 
 
 195. 
 German Baptist Brethren Church, 
 
 109. 190. 
 German East Africa, 19. 
 German E. Africa Miss. Soc, 19, 
 
 152, 195. 
 German EvangeUcal Synod of 
 
 North America, 109, 225. 
 German Mission to the Blind in 
 
 China, 176, 195. 
 German South West Africa, 20. 
 German Woman's Society for Ed- 
 ucation of Women in the East, 
 
 176, 195. 
 Germany. Missionary Conferences, 
 
 213; missionary news, 215; year 
 
 book of missions, 214. 
 Gilbert Islands, 70. 
 Gold Coast Colony, 20, 148. 
 Gospel .suited to all, 85. 
 Gospel Miss. Union, 24, 42, 109. 
 Gossner Miss. Soc, 53. 152, 195. 
 Governments and Missions, 218. 
 Great Britain, government attitude 
 
 on missions to MusUms, 219. 
 Growth a test of missions, 81. 
 Guam, 70. 
 Guatemala, 38. 
 Hainan Island, 47. 
 Haiti, 44. 
 
 Hannington, Bishop, 219. 
 Hannover Free Church Missionary 
 
 Society, 153, 19.5. 
 Harrison, Benjamin, 222. 
 Harvard Missionary Society, 109. 
 Hauge's Synod China Mission, 109, 
 
 190. 
 Hawaii ,69. 
 Hawaiian Evangelical Association, 
 
 110: Women's Board, 164. 
 Hephzibah Faith Mission, 110, 190. 
 Hereros. 20. 
 Hermannsburg Missionaiy Society, 
 
 31, 32, 34, 53, 153, 195. 
 Hervey Islands 71. 
 
244 
 
 Index 
 
 Hindiiism, weakness of, 55, 56; 
 numerical strength of, 97. 
 
 Holiness Union, 159. 
 
 Home Missions, Canada, 145; 
 United States, 101, 102, 104, 105, 
 106,107,108,109, 110. 112, 114, 
 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 161, 
 162, 164, 165, 166. 167, 169, 170. 
 
 Ho-nan, 47. 
 
 Honduras, 38. 
 
 Honolulu, 84. 
 
 Hottentots, 20. 
 
 Hu-nan, 47. 
 
 Hu-pei, 47. 
 
 Ik-vrezi Lamaci Mission, 128. 
 
 Ilorin, 79. 
 
 India, 51, 83, 132; cities in, 55; 
 National Missionary Society, 87; 
 mutiny, 220; religions in 55, 88. 
 
 Indian Home Mission to the San- 
 tals, 146. 194. 
 
 Industrial and Evang. Mission, 
 India, 146.. 
 
 Industrial Miss. Aid Soc, 148. 
 
 Insane Hospital, 129. 
 
 Interdenominational Conference in 
 South Africa, 34. 
 
 International Medical Missionary 
 Society, 110. 
 
 International Missionary Union, 
 187. 
 
 Italian Somaliland, 21. 
 
 Italy, cities in, 73; missions in, 198. 
 
 Ivory Coast, 21. 
 
 Jaffa Medical Mission and Hospi- 
 tal, 129, 191. 
 
 Jamaica Baotist Missionary So- 
 ciety, 39, 147, 194. 
 
 Jamaica Church of England, 147, 
 194. 
 
 Japan, 56, 84, 102, 113; Buddhism 
 in, 88; cities in, 77; Korea and, 
 59; strategic value, 57. 
 
 Java Committee, 66, 157, 196. 
 
 Jerusalem and the East Mission, 
 129. 
 
 Jerusalem Society, 153, 195. 
 
 Jews: British Society for the 
 Propagation of the Gospel amonn;, 
 124; Church of Scotland Missir^n 
 to. 131; London Society to, 129; 
 Mildmay Mission to, 131; Pres- 
 byterian Church of England R?is- 
 sion to, 127; Presbyterian ^hnrr-h 
 in Ireland Mission to. 123; Pro- 
 testant Missions to, 239. 
 
 Johannesburg, 79. 
 
 Kaiserwerth Deaconess Society. 
 17, 176. 
 
 Kaiser Wilhelm's land, 67. 
 
 Kamerun, 21, 148. 
 
 Kandas, 154. 
 
 Kauo, 79. 
 
 Kan-8u, 47. 
 Karikal, 51. 
 Khama, 30. 
 Khiva, 68. 
 Kiang-si, 47. 
 Kiang-su, 47. 
 Kiel China Mission, 153. 
 Kols, lu2. 
 
 Korea, 68. 59, 84, 113; 
 Kumiai v^hurches, 103. 
 Kurku and Central Indian Hill 
 Mission, 129. 
 
 twala Lumpor, 78. 
 wang-si, 47. 
 wang-tung, 47. 
 
 Kwai-chau, 47. 
 
 Labaree, B. W., 60. 
 
 Labrador. 132. 
 
 Lagos, 22,25, 
 
 Laos, 51, 62. 
 
 Largest Cities, population of, 73. 
 
 Lebanon Hosoital for the Insane, 
 129. 
 
 Leeward Isl.ands (Polynesia), 72. 
 
 Lieozis; 'Missionary Society, 19, 
 53, 154 105; Woman's Society, 177. 
 
 Lepers in India and the East, 148; 
 in Jerusalem and elsewhere, 148. 
 
 Lhasa. 62. 
 
 Liberia, 22. 
 
 Likoma Island. 14. 
 
 Lima, 80. 
 
 Liquor tr.ade, 22, 26. 
 
 London Jews Society, 17, 36, 60, 
 64, 129. 
 
 London ^Missionary Society, 23, 
 31, 33, 6S, 70, 71, 72, 130, 191. 
 
 Loveathal's Llission, 149, 195. 
 
 Loya'ty Is'r'n.^s. 70. 
 
 Liith^.rin United Synod of the South, 
 112, 193. 
 
 L thor in ("'ree '^'hurch) Board of 
 is«i ns. 11 t . 19'). 
 
 Lutheran "^f ncral Coun^^il in N. A., 
 Foreign lissi 'ns. 111, 190; Wo- 
 men's >o' ietv, 161. 
 
 Lutheran Chun h of U. S. A. 
 (General Si/nod), 23, 111, 190. _ 
 
 Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio 
 and other States, Foreign Mis- 
 sions, 111. 
 
 Lushai Hills, 123. 
 
 Ma-Donald, Gen., 62. 
 
 Madagas ar, 23; exiles from, 42. 
 
 Madras 54, 75. 
 
 Mahe, 51. 
 
 Mahdi, 35. 
 
 Malabar, 54, 160. 
 
 Malacca, 67. 
 
 Malay Peninsula, 66. 
 
 Managua, 39. 
 
 Manchuria, 47, 134, 149. 
 
 Manila, 78. 
 
Index 
 
 245 
 
 Mare, 70. 
 
 Marshall Islands, 70. 
 
 Marquesas Islands, 72. 
 
 Matabililand, 33. 
 
 Mauritius, 24. 
 
 McKinley, William, 222. 
 
 Medical Miss. Ass. of London, 130. 
 
 Medical Mission Union, 154. 
 
 Melanesia, 69, 94. 
 
 Melanesian Mission, 70, 130, 143. 
 
 Mengo, 37. 
 
 Mennonite Mission Board, 112. 
 
 Mennonite Union (.Holland), 157, 
 
 196 
 Methodist Church in Canada, 145, 193; 
 
 Women's Societies, 175. 
 Methodist Episcopal Missionary 
 
 Society (U. S. A.), 14, 23, 25, 
 
 33, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 59, 64, 
 
 67, 68, 112, 190; Women's Soci- 
 eties, 166. 
 
 Methodist Episcopal (South) Mis- 
 sionary Society, 40, 59, 113, 190, 
 Women's Societies, 166. 
 
 Methodist Miss. Soc. of Australasia, 
 
 68. 70, 71. 72. 141. 
 Methodist New Connexion Mis- 
 sionary Society, 131, 191; Wom- 
 en's Auxiliary, 172. 
 
 Methodist Protestant Church Board 
 of Missions. 114, 191; Women's 
 Society, 167. 
 
 Metric System, 235. 
 
 Mexico, 37; cities, 80t 
 
 Micronesia, 70, 94. 
 
 Mildmay Institutions and Mis- 
 sions, 130; Women Workers, 172. 
 
 Mindanao, 104. 
 
 Mission Boards of the United 
 States and Canada, Annual 
 Conference of, 187. 
 
 Missionaries and Governments, 218. 
 
 Missionary Pence Ass., 122. 
 
 Miss Trotter's Miasion Schools, 13. 
 
 Mohanunedanism. Africa, 15. 21, 
 35: Converts, 66; governments' 
 attitude, 27, 35. 220; India. 56; 
 Persia. 60; South America, 40; 
 Turkey, 64. 
 
 Mongolia, 47. 
 
 Montevideo, 80. 
 
 Moody Bible Inst. Colportage Ass., 
 181. 
 
 Moravian Missionary Work, 19, 31, 
 40, 41, 114. 131,154, 195. 
 
 Mormons, 69, 94. 
 
 Morocco, 24. 
 
 Moskito Coast. 39. 
 
 Mulgrave Island, 149. 
 
 Murray's Mission to the Blind in 
 China, 125,191. 
 
 Namaquas, 20. 
 
 Natal, 31, 80. 82. 
 
 National Baptist Convention, 31, 
 32, 41, 44, 114. 
 
 Native Workers, 73, 81, 86. 
 
 Neesima, Joseph, 57. 
 
 Negro problem in S. Africa, 29. 
 
 Nepal, 59. 
 
 Nestorians. 122. 
 
 Netherlands Bible Society, 180. 
 
 Netherlands Miss. Soc. 66, 157, 196. 
 
 Netherlands Mennonite Mission- 
 ary Society, 66. 157. 196. 
 
 Netherlands Missionary Union, 66, 
 158, 196. 
 
 Netherlands Reformed Church Mis- 
 sionary Society, 66. 157, 196. 
 
 Neuendettelsau Missionary Soci- 
 ety, 68. 155. 195. 
 
 Neuenkirchen Mission Institute, 15, 
 68, 155, 195. 
 
 New England Company, 132. 
 
 New Guinea, 67. 158. 
 
 New Jerusalem in U. S. A., 114. 
 
 Ngan-hwei. 47. 
 
 New Zealand Bapt. Miss. Soc, 144, 
 194. 
 
 Nicaragua, 39. 
 
 Nicolai, Bishop, 57. 
 
 Niger River, 24. 
 
 Nigeria, 24, 137. 
 
 Norfolk Island, 143. 
 
 North Africa Mission, 13, 24, 36, 
 132. 191. 
 
 North China Mission, 132. 191. 
 
 North German Miss. Soc. 35, 156, 
 195. 
 
 North India School of Medicine, 
 115, 132, 175. 
 
 Norwegian Church Mission of 
 Schreuder, 158, 196. 
 
 Norwegian Lutheran Church in 
 America, 115. 
 
 Norwegian Lutheran China Mis- 
 sion Association, 49, 158, 196. 
 
 Norwegian Missionary Society, 23, 
 32, 158, 196. 
 
 Nyassa Lake, 14. 20. 
 
 Nyassa Industrial Mission, 133, 192. 
 
 Obock, 19. 
 
 Oceania. 69, 81; Population of, 94. 
 
 Oman, 59. 
 
 Oran. 79. 
 
 Orange River Colony, 32. 
 
 Orthography, Geographical, 238. 
 
 Otago Bible Society, 180. 
 
 Outposts, value of, 11. 
 
 Ovambo tribes, 20. 
 
 Pagan revival, 26, 34; power, 32. 
 
 Palestine and Lebanon Nurses* 
 Mission, 172. 
 
 Panama, 39. 
 
 Papuan Industries, 68, 149. 
 
 Paraguay, 42. 
 
246 
 
 Index 
 
 Paris Evangelical Society, 18, 23, 
 27, 29, 33, 42. 70, 72, 150, 195. 
 
 Patagonia, 113. 
 
 Pemba Island, 15. 
 
 Penang, 66. 
 
 Peshawar, 219, 
 
 Persia, 59. 
 
 Peru, 43. 
 
 Philafrican Mission, 14, 
 
 Philippine Islands, 68. 
 
 Plymouth Brethren, 13, 16, 31, 32, 
 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 49, 52, 67, 125, 
 191. 
 
 Polygamy, 21. 
 
 Polynesia, 71, 94. 
 
 Pondicherry, 51, 54. 
 
 Pongas Mission, 19, 
 
 Poona and Indian Village Mission, 
 147. 
 
 Population tables: Africa, 91; 
 Asia, 94; largest cities, 73; 
 Malaysia, 95; Melanesia, 96; 
 Micronesia, 96; Polynesia, 96; 
 World, 97. 
 
 Port Louis, 79. 
 
 Porto Novo, 17, 
 
 Porto Rico, 45. 
 
 Port of Spain, 80, 
 
 Portuguese East Africa, 25. 
 
 Portuguese Guinea, 26, 
 
 Postage Rates, 231. 
 
 Presbyterian Church in Australia, 
 142, 193; Women's Society, 174. 
 
 Presbyterian Church in Canada 
 Foreign Missionary Society, 40, 
 59, 145, 193; Women's Society, 
 175. 
 
 Presbyterian Church of England, 
 67, 127, 128; Women's Society, 
 172, 192. 
 
 Presbyterian Church in Ireland 
 Foreign Missions, 128, 192. 
 
 Presbyterian Church in New Zeal- 
 and, 144, 193. 
 
 Presbyterian Board (N) Foreign 
 Missions, 18, 21, 26, 38, 40, 41, 43, 
 59, 60, 62, 64, 68, 69, 115, 190; 
 Women's Societies, 167, 168. 
 
 Presbyterian Board (N) Home 
 Missions, 116; Women's Soci- 
 ety, 169. 
 
 Presbyterian (S) Foreign Mis- 
 sionary Society, 40, 44, 59, 116, 
 190. 
 
 Primitive Meth. Miss, Soc, 26, 
 117, 133, 192. 
 
 Progress in Mission Field, 80; its 
 meaning, 90. 
 
 Protection of Missionaries, 219. 
 
 Protestant Episcopal Domestic and 
 Foreign Missionary Society, 23, 
 44, 68, 117, 190; Women's Aux- 
 iliary, 169. 
 
 Punjab, 219. 
 
 Qua Iboe Mission, 133, 192, 
 
 Queensland Bapt. Miss, Soc, 142, 
 193. 
 
 Ranaghat Medical Mission, 147. 
 
 Reformed Church in America, 45, 
 64, 117, 190; Women's Societies, 
 169. 
 
 Reformed Church in America 
 Board of Domestic Missions, 
 117; Women's Ex. Com., 169. 
 
 Reformed Church in U. S. (German), 
 118, 190; Women's Societies, 170. 
 
 Reformed Churches in the Nether- 
 lands, 157, 196. 
 
 Reformed Episcopal Church .n the 
 United States, 118. 
 
 Reformed Presbyterian Church in 
 Ireland 128. 
 
 Reformed Presbyterian Church of 
 N. A., 64, 119, 191. 
 
 Reformed Presbyterian Church of 
 Scotland, 132. 
 
 Regions Beyond Missionary 
 
 Union, 39, 43, 133, 192. 
 
 Religions of the World, 95. 
 
 Religious Tract Society, 182. 
 
 Rhen. Miss. Soc, 20, 31, 66, 68, 156, 
 195. 
 
 Rhodesia, 33. 
 
 Rights of Missionaries, 219. 
 
 Rio de Oro, 26. 
 
 Rio Muni, 26. 
 
 Roatan Island, 38. 
 
 Roman Catholic Missions: Al- 
 geria, 13; Angola, 14; British 
 East Africa Protectorate, 15; 
 Congo Free State, 16; Daho- 
 mey, 16; Egypt, 17; Eritrea, 
 18; French Congo, 18; French 
 Guinea, 19; German East Afri- 
 ca, 19; German South West 
 Africa, 20; Gold Coast Colony, 
 21; Kamerun, 21; Lagos, 22; 
 Mauritius, 24; Nigeria, 25; 
 Portuguese East Africa, 25; 
 Portuguese Guinea, 26; Rio 
 Muni, 26; Sahara, 27; Sierra 
 Leone, 28; Basutoland, 29; 
 Cape Colony, 31; Togoland, 35; 
 Uganda, 26; French Guiana, 
 42; Ceylon, 46; China, 48; 
 French India, 51; French Indo- 
 China, 51; India, 54; Japan, 
 56; Korea, 59: Persia, 60; 
 Turkey, 63; Dutch East Indies, 
 65; Malay Peninsula, 67; New 
 Guinea, 68: Melanesia, 69; Gil- 
 bert Islands, 70; Fiji Islands, 
 70; French Polynesia, 72; So- 
 cieties and Orders engaged in. 
 Missions, 224, 
 
Index 
 
 247 
 
 Roman Catholic versions of the 
 Bible, 89. 
 
 Roosevelt, Theodore, 223. 
 
 Rosario, 79. 
 
 Roumania, 74. 
 
 Russia, 60; cities in Asiatic, 78. 
 
 Russian Church Missions, 57, 61. 
 
 Russo-Japanese War, 57. 
 
 Sahara, 27. 
 
 Salvador, 39. 
 
 Salvation Army, 31, 39, 46, 183. 
 
 Samarang, 75. 
 
 Samoa, 71. 
 
 Sangir and Talaut Island Mis- 
 sionary Committee, 66. 
 
 Santiago, Chile, 80. 
 
 Santo Domingo, Republic of, 44. 
 
 Scandinavian Alliance of N. A., 
 119, 190. 
 
 Scotland, Foreign Missionary Com- 
 mittee of the Church of, 134, 
 192; Jews, Committee of, 134; 
 Women's Association, 173. 
 
 Scotland, National Bible Society 
 of, 179. 
 
 Scotland, Foreign Mission Com- 
 mittee of the Reformed Presby- 
 terian Church of, 134. 
 
 Scotland, Foreign Mission Com- 
 mittee of the United Free Church 
 of, 134, 192: Women's Foreign 
 Missions of the, 173. 
 
 Scotland, Episcopal Church in, 135. 
 
 Sebele, 30. 
 
 Senegal, 27. 
 
 Senegambia, 27. 
 
 Seoul, 77. 
 
 Seventh Day Adventist General 
 Conference, 39, 40, 41, 64, 69, 
 119, 190. 
 
 Seventh Day Bapt. Miss. Soc, 119, 
 190. 
 
 Shan-si, 47. 
 
 Shan-tung, 47. 
 
 Shen-si, 47. 
 
 Siam, 61 
 
 Sierra "Leone, 27. 
 
 Sierra Leone Mission, 135. 
 
 Singapore, 66, 67. 
 
 Societies in Great Britian and 
 Ireland 122, 191. 
 
 Society for the Propagation of the 
 Gospel, 18, 23. 24, 25, 31. 32, 40, 
 46, 59, 62, 65, 67, 68, 135, 191. 
 
 Society Islands, 72. 
 
 Societies in the United States, 101, 
 189. 
 
 Sokoto, 25. 
 
 South Africa, 28, 34. 
 
 South Africa Dutch Ref. Church, 
 14, 139; in Orange River Colony, 
 140. 
 
 S. Africa General Miss. Soc, 32, 
 136, 192. 
 
 South African Wesleyan Methodist 
 Miss. Soc, 140. 
 
 South America Evangelical Mis- 
 sionary Society, 39, 40, 43, 136, 
 192. 
 
 South American Missionary So- 
 ciety, 39, 40, 41. 42, 136, 192. 
 
 South Australian Baptist Mis- 
 sionary Society, 143 
 
 Southern Baptist Convention, 40, 
 119, 190; Women's Society-, 170, 
 
 Southern Morocco Mission, 1^6, 192. 
 
 Spain, cities in, 74. 
 
 Stanley, H. M., 36. 
 
 Statistics of the Religions of the 
 World, 95 — of Foreign Missionary 
 Societies, 189. 
 
 Straits Settlements, 66. 
 
 Strategic Points in Missions, 11, 28. 
 
 Strict Baptist Mission, 136. 
 
 Student Volunteer Movement, 89, 
 184. 
 
 Sudan, 34, 89; western, 27, 34, 37. 
 
 Sudan Pioneer Missionary Society 
 (German), 17, 156. 
 
 Siidan United Mission, 120, 137, 
 146. 
 
 Sumatra, 85, 144. 
 
 Surabaya, 75. 
 
 Surinam, 41. 
 
 Swedish Church Missionary So- 
 ciety, 32, 53, 159, 196; Women's 
 Society, 159. 
 
 Swedish Mission m China, 160. 
 
 Swedish Evangelical Mission Cove- 
 nant in America, 120. 
 
 Swedish Evangelical National So- 
 ciety, 18, 53, 159, 196. 
 
 Swedish P'emale Mission Workers, 
 36, 177. 
 
 Swedish Holiness Union, 32, 159, 
 
 Swed. Miss. Soc, 13, 60, 159, 196. 
 
 Swiss Romande Missionary Society, 
 25, 34, 161, 196. 
 
 Sze-chwan, 47. 
 
 Tabeetha Mission, Jaffa, 173. 
 
 Tahiti, 72. 
 
 Tanganyika Lake, 19. 
 
 Tanta, 79. 
 
 Tasmanian Miss. Soc, 144. 
 
 Tea culture, 156. 
 
 Telegraph and cable rates, 232. 
 
 Tibet, 47, 62, 219. 
 
 Togoland, 35. 
 
 Tokelau Islands, 72. 
 
 Tonga Islands' 72. 
 
 Tong-king, 51. 
 
 Torres Straits, 149. 
 
 Training Schools for Missionaries 
 223. 
 
 Tranquebar, 142. 
 
248 
 
 Index 
 
 Transvaal, 34, 80. 
 
 Tripoli. 36. 
 
 Tunis, 36, 79. 
 
 Turkey, 63; cities in, 78. 
 
 Tuamotu Islands, 72. 
 
 Uganda, 36, 126. 
 
 Ujntali. 33. 
 
 Unanga, 25. 
 
 Union for the Propagation of the 
 Gospel in Egypt, 157, 196. 
 
 Unitarian Association, 137. 
 
 United Brethren in Christ, Foreign 
 Miss. Society of, 28, 190, 120; 
 Women's Societies, 170; Home 
 Miss. Society, 120. 
 
 United Evangelical Home and 
 Foreign Missions, 190, 121; Wom- 
 en's Society, 170. 
 
 United Free Church of Scotland, 
 14, 15, 25, 31 32, 64 J34, 192; 
 Women's Society, 173. 
 
 United Methodist Free Churches, 
 28, 137, 192. 
 
 United Presbyterian Church of 
 North America, 17, 35, 121, 190; 
 Women's Society, 170. 
 
 United Society for Christian En- 
 deavor, 184. 
 
 United States Foreign Postage 
 Rates, 231. 
 
 Universities Mission to Central 
 Africa, 14, 15, 25, 138, 192. 
 
 Uruguay, 43. 
 
 Utrecht Miss. Soc, 66, 68, 158, 196. 
 
 Valparaiso, 80. 
 
 Value of Foreign Coins in American 
 Money, 233, 234. 
 
 Venezuela, 43. 
 
 Verapoli, 54. 
 
 Versions of the Bible, 230-. 
 
 Victorian Baptist Foreign Mission- 
 ary Society, 143, 192. 
 
 War between Japan and Russia, 
 57, 134. 
 
 Warneck, Prof., 213, 214. 
 
 Welsh Calvinistic Methodist For- 
 eign Missions, 138, 192. 
 
 Wesleyan Methodist Connexion of 
 America, 28, 121. 
 
 Wesleyan Methodist Missionary 
 Society, 16, 19, 25, 28, 31, 35, 38, 
 40, 44, 46, 138, 192; Women's 
 Society, 173. 
 
 Western Australian Missionary So- 
 ciety, 143. 
 
 Women's Committees for the 
 United Study of Missions, 187. 
 
 Woman's Union Missionary So- 
 ciety of America for Heathen 
 Lands, 19, 171, 190. 
 
 Workingmen, Mission to, 116. 
 
 Wrongs by white men, 34. 
 
 Yakoba, 79. 
 
 Yale Foreign Miss. Soc, 121. 
 
 Yanaon, 51. 
 
 Yao tribes, 14. 
 
 Yorubaland, 22. 
 
 Younghusband, Col., 62. 
 
 Young Men's Christian Associa- 
 tion, 184. 
 
 Young Men's For. Miss. Soc., 139. 
 
 Young People's Missionary Move- 
 ment, 184. 
 
 Young Women's Christian Associa- 
 tion, 185. 
 
 Yun-nan, 47. 
 
 Zambesi Industrial Mission, 14, 139. 
 
 Zambesi River, 33. 
 
 Zanzibar, 15, 79. 
 
 Zenana Bible and Medical Mission, 
 174, 192. 
 
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