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REPORT. T h e B o a r d of Foreign Missions respectfully presents to the G e n e 足 ral S y n o d the following Report of the thirty-ninth year of its e x 足 istence, a n d fourteenth year of its separate a n d independent action : .

I. 1.

H O M E

DEPARTMENT.

MEMBERS A N D OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.

A single cha ng e has occurred in the m e m b e r s h i p of the Board, viz. : In consequence of a decline of health, d e m a n d i n g a release fro m all w o r k a n d care, the Rev. Denis W o r t m a n , D . D., resigned his position, a n d Rev. S. R . T h o m p s o n , D . D., w a s elected to fill his place,. T h e B o a r d a n d Executive C om m i t t e e h a v e held a larger n u m b e r than usual of special meetings, w hi ch h a v e been well attended. E o r the first time in m a n y years all the regular a n d a n u m b e r of special meetings were held during the s u m m e r m o n t h s of the year. It is an especial pleasure to report that the convenient location of the office of the Board, added to their hearty interest in the work, has secured the attendance of a large proportion of the lay m e m b e r s ; nearly every lay m e m b e r of the Executive C o m m i t t e e has been present at each meeting. In a city w h e r e business f engagements are so n u m e r o u s a n d imperative a fact so gratifying is w or t h y of record.

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AGENCIES EMPLOYED.

Until October, 1870, Rev. Messrs. ,1. H . V a n Doren, of the A m o y Mission; E . C. Scudder, of the Arcot Mission; a n d J. H . Ballagh, of the J a p a n Mission, visited the Churches, a n d a d d ed to the interest felt in their respective fields. T h e Rev. C. H . H . Wolff, having been commissioned as a M i s 足 sionary to Japan, a farewell meeting in his behalf w a s held irr the

Collegiate Churcli, on Fifth a venue a n d 29th street, N e w Y o r k city, w h e n a sermon of great p o w e r w a s preached b y Rev. Dr. Ormiston. D u r i n g the latter part of the year union meetings have been held at N e w a r k , N . J., Poughkeepsie a n d Albany, N . Y., at w hi ch the congregations of the vicinity c a m e together to listen to statements of the progress a n d claims of our Missions. A t these meetings ser vice of the m o s t important character has been rendered b y the Rev. Isaac Ferris, D . D., L. L. D., a n d Rev. Dr. A . R . T h o m p s o n . 'In consequence of the increase of the w o r k to be done at h o m e , the Rev. J os e p h Scudder, D. D., of the Arcot Mission, has been brought again into the service of the Board, a n d has been e m p l o y e d since F e b r u a r y 1st, in visiting the Churches, in superintending the use of the Missionary Boxes, a n d in performing a part of the w o r k of the office. • I h e Genet al Synod, at its last session, directed the B o a r d to pro cure a n d send out F a m i l y Missionary Boxes. I n obedience to this injunction, one thousand boxes w er e obtained, at a cost of $i20, a n d sent to those w h o ordered them. A s the orders continued to c o m e ° in, a n additional one thousand w a s purchased, a n d of these a few hundreds hav e already been placed in as m a n y families. A l t h o u g h these boxes h av e not yet been in use for a time sufficiently long to form a correct j u d g m e n t of their value, yet the experiment indicates that they will prove a valuable a ge n c y to keep our foreign field con stantly before the m inds of the people, a n d secure the contributions of the y o u n g a n d old of both sexes. ’ J he interesting letters from our Missions hav e been printed in the Sower and Gospel Field, a n d been widely circulated a m o n g s t the Churches. W h i l e rejoicing in the favorable reception granted to this mod es t periodica], w e m u s t express a regret that the space allotted to us, although as large as can be allowed, does not permit a presentation, even in the form of a s u m m a r y , of the conflicts and triumphs of Christianity a m o n g s t the nations of the earth. V e r y m u c h that should be m a d e k n o w n to the Churches of our c o m m u n i o n , m u c h that ought to be presented in their prayers, m u c h that is cal culated to strengthen their faith, a n d love, a n d hope, a n d to incite t h e m to greater Christian activity is, of necessity, left unnoticed. M a n y of these important facts are not m a d e public b y the religous weeklies, as they very reasonably expect such w o r k to be done b y Missionary journals. W i t h o u t offering a n y plan, or indeed seeing

at present liow to accomplish this end, the B o a r d cannot omit to mention this defect in our machinery.' O u r L o r d is doing great things for individuals a n d families b y the blessing granted to the w o r k of H i s Church, a n d through the diffu sion of H i s word, a n d H i s people ought to k n o w H i s gracious acts. A n u m b e r of attempts hav e been m a d e to give a general circulation to this kind of religious news, but not one has attained the success w hi ch has been desired. A n y Christian b o d y will act wisely, in considering carefully, h o w it can place in every family a new sp ap er containing the current history of the C h u r c h of our L o r d a n d R e" deemer, so full of the won de rs of H i s providence a n d grace. It has b e c o m e necessary to attempt to accomplish a m o r e c o m plete organization of the persons comprising the R e f o r m e d Church, a n d to attain this in part the B o a r d has mailed to every Pastor a request that h e will endeavor to organize the Christian w o m e n of his Church, under his care, as a Missionary Society auxiliary to the Board. T h e time seems to h a v e c o m e w h e n w e can m a k e special efforts to enlighten the w o m e n on our Mission fields, a n d to w i n t h e m to Christ. F o r a time oriental customs keep the w o m e n a w a y from the ministrations of a Missionary to a certain extent, that pe riod has passed a wa y, in our judgment, u p o n the fields w e have assumed. It is also true that for a time oriental m e n looked with sus picion a n d disfavor u p o n the e m p l o y m e n t of w o m e n as teachers ; that time has passed with our Missions. W e can n o w e m p l o y Chris tian w o m e n as the instructors of their o w n sex, with a fair prospect that their w o r k will be successful, a n d be the m e a n s finally of bring ing the w o m e n in larger n u m b e r s to the public services of the Churches. O u r desire is that this part of our w o r k be supported b y the Christian w o m e n of our denomination. It. is also important that the claims of Foreign Missions, a n d their responsibility in regard to them, should be brought m o r e dis tinctly before the w o m e n of the Church. M a n y of t h e m do not consider whether they ought to contribute to this treasury. M a n y of them, while educating their children, do not teach t h e m that the L o r d has need of t h e m in other lands. T h e B o a r d has therefore sent out the request that the w o m e n of the C h u r c h will a s s u m e the responsibility of an endeavor to instruct heathen w o m e n in Chris tian truth. A s other denominations have formed respectively “A W o m a n ’s

B o a r d of Missions,” the R e f o r m e d C h u r c h m u s t consider whether it will institute such an organization. T o this B o a r d it has not yet see me d advisable or necessary. T h e B o a r d is willing to send out “unmarried ladies, w h o m a y be qualified for the w o r k d e m a n d e d in other lands. All w h o m a y be sent m u s t be a part of a n d c o m e u n der the regulations of our Missions. A n d it does not see m wise to foster to a n y extent a notion that m e n a n d w o m e n have distinct a n d separate interests in the extension of the C h u r c h of Christ, while it is important that w o m e n be led to realize that they hav e a respon sibility in this w o r k equal to that imposed u po n men. T h e B o a r d has also decided to form a M i s s i o n S c h o o l F u n d , to .receive the gifts of the Sabbath Schools a n d children of the Church, a n d to be devoted to the support of our Schools a n d S e m i naries in heathen countries. In s o m e instances, the contributions of Schools h a v e been directed to the support of a scholar or School, or native-helper, on the condition that a letter should be sent regularly to the School b y the recipient of its generosity. T h e tendency to give in this m a n n e r constantly increases. T h e system is objection able ; first, because it confines the attention of a School to one per son or locality, of which alone it receives information ; again, be cause it is the cause of frequent mistakes a n d disappointments— the letter being directed to the w r o n g School, a n d being frequentl)’ de layed b y other duties, and, chiefly, because it occupies in correspon dence the time of a missionary that can m o r e profitably be spent in his legitimate work, a n d adds to the duties of a m a n w h o already is overtaxing his strength a n d denying himself rest that ought to be enjoyed. It is plain, also, that the system hitherto pursued cannot be e x panded. A handful of missionaries cannot correspond with two or three hundred Sabbath Schools. Furthermore, the system is unjust^ A School giving one hundred dollars easily, from its abundance, con'siders itself entitled to an annual or quarterly letter from one of the Missions, while a School, or class in a School having a teacher ani m a t e d b y s y m p a t h y for Foreign Missions, a nd collecting twenty dol lars a year or less, with real self-denial, does not venture to ask for such a communication, although it m a y be really m o r e deserving of it. T h e B o a r d has therefore concluded to form a F u n d to receive such gifts, a nd has directed each Mission to write twice during each year to the Sabbath Schools, a n d that a, cop y of every one of these

letters shall be sent to each contributing School. B y an outlay of less than $ 2 0 0 a year, six letters can be sent to each School sending a n offering to the F u n d .

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FINANCES.

T h e receipts of the year h a v e been : F r o m the Churches, $35, 530.23; Sabbath Schools, $5,314.40; individuals through the Churches, $5,535.40; individuals, not through the Churches,. $8,492 9 4 ; legacies, $11,744.62 ; miscellaneous sources, $4,505.93, Total, $71,123.52. Ded uc ti ng $4,290.37 of the a m o u n t received from miscellaneous sources, a n d $11,744.62 received from legacies, in all, $16,034.99, w e h av e $55,088.53 left as the offering of the Churches during the year. This is an increase of $5,649.86 u p o n the s u m received from the Churches during the previous year. T h e receipts of the year from all sources are $13,780.68 m o r e than those: of the previous year. ' A t the beginning of the year, the outstanding liabilities of thetreasury a m o u n t e d to $35,000. T h e y hav e been reduced to $22,000.. Since the s u m m e r of 1867 our w o r k has been burdened b y a con stantly increasing indebtedness. It is a great gratification to beable to a nn ounce that, during the year just closed, obligations amo un ti ng to $13,000 h av e been cancelled. This result is d ue chief ly to the heartiness with w h i c h the pastors h a v e seconded our a p peals, a n d urged the claims of this great Christian enterprise. W e h a v e particularly reason to r e m e m b e r the promptness a n d liberality with w h i ch our request for collections during the s u m m e r m o n t h s w a s answered a year ago. T h e efforts then m a d e wer e so-effective that it w a s necessary to borrow, only $2,000 during that portion of the year in w h i c h w e h a d usually been compelled to borrow from' ten to twenty thousand dollars. T h e a m o u n t of indebtedness still remaining is a serious i n c u m brance, a n d should be r e m o v e d as soon as possible. It will not be wise to enlarge the w o r k while w e o w e so m u c h . W e cannot venture to call for the re-enforcements that are so m u c h n eeded while obligations so large are hanging over us. But, if an increase of indebtedness can be avoided during the c om in g s u m m e r , the usual income of the later m o n t h s of the fiscal year will be suffi cient to reduce the debt to a n encouraging extent, or r e m o v e it alto gether.

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T o maintain our Missions as at present, a n d without enlargement, a n d to meet the, h o m e expenses, will require an i ncome of about $(31,000. If to this s u m is a dd ed the present indebtedness, viz.: $22,000, the need of the year will be $83,000. A general a n d systcmatic effort w o u l d yield this amount. I h e r e are about thirty thousand children in our Sabbath Schools. S h o u l d each one of t h e m bring one cent a w e e k to the L o r d ’s treas ury, for this w o r k so dear to H i m , the sum, at the e n d of the year w o u l d be $15,600. T h e R e f o r m e d Churches of o u r 'c om mu ni on c on sist of 60,000 m em bers. If each one should contribute t w o cents a w e e k for the support of our Missions, the total, at the e nd of the twelvemonth, w ou ld be $62,400. A n d the gifts from the Sabbath Schools a n d Churches w o u l d a m o u n t to $78,000. If, in addition, as m u c h as usual should be received from legacies, the w ants of the w o r k w o u l d all be met, and, at the close of the year, the treasury w o u l d be entirely relieved from debt. It is almost unnecessary to a d d that the C h u r c h w e represent is perfectly able to equal the de m a n d s of this calculation. . y

liK-EXFOKCKJtEXTS.

T h e B o a r d reported to the last General S y n o d that the Rev. C. H . H . W ol ff h a d been accepted as a Missionary to be connected with the J a p a n Mission. H e sailed for J a p a n on Dec. 20, a n d reached his destination in February. Mies H e l e n M . V a n Doren, u p o n presenting satisfactory testimo nials, w a s appointed as an Assistant Missionary, to be connected with the A m o y Mission. S h e left for C h i na in Oct., 1870, a n d reached A m o y in Dec., 1870. T h e B o a r d docs not wish, at present, to increase the force in J apan, but it is bec om in g m o r e a n d m o r e necessary to a d d to the m i m b e r of our Missionaries in C h i n a a n d India. Chiang-chiu, in China, a most important centre, w h i ch w e are plainly called to occu py, should h av e two Missionaries, a n d one Missionary Physician. O u r b a n d of Missionaries in India has been steadily decreasing for years, until there are n o w only six ordained Missionaries endeavor ing to overtake the wants of m o r e than two millions of souls, occu p yi ng a territory larger than the State of N e w Jersey. S o m e of these , brethren hav e been laboring arduously for m o r e than ten years, un-

der the enervating influences of a tropical climate, a n d begin to feel the need of a period of rest. Rev. W . W . Scudder, D . D., after thirteen years of service, during w h i c h time he has been in charge of the C h u r c h at Vellore a n d its out-stations, filled the position of Principal of the Arcot Seminary, a n d been the Secretary a n d T re as urer of the Mission, n o w requests to be allowed to return to the U ni te d States for the rest d e m a n d e d b y physical exhaustion. Rev. S. D . Scudder, M . D., after having filled the position of Missionary a n d Missionary, Physician for eleven years, having treated during a large portion of the time nearly ninety patients a day, a n d preached every d a y to the patients a n d their friends, has informed us that he m u s t soon ask to be relieved for a season. A Missionary a n d M i s sionary Physician should be sent as soon as possible to strengthen this Mission. W e are c o m m a n d e d to pray the L o r d of the Harvest to send forth laborers into the harvest. T h e A m o y a n d Arcot; Missions are, in deed, a harvest field, a n d the c o m m a n d of the Master ought to be diligently o b e y e d b y us.

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SURVEY OF T H E

MISSIONS.

1. THE AilOV MISSION, CHIXA.

(Organized in 1S44.) O e c u p y i n g the cities of A m o y , population 200,000; Chioh-bey, population 00,000 ; Chiang-chiu, population 200,000 ; a n d Tong-an, population 60,000. T h e territory traversed, being about 50 miles long b y from 7 to 14 miles wide, has a population of about 3,000,000, . inclusive of that of the above cities. 4 T h e missionary force consists of Missionaries.— Revs. J. V. N . T al ma gc , D.D., D . Rapalje, L. W . Kip, J. H . V a n Doren, a n d J. A . Davis, at present in this country. Assistant Missionaries.— Mrs. T al ma gc , Mrs. H e l e n M . Kip, Miss H e l e n M . V a n Doren, a n d Mrs. Davis, at present in this c o u n try. Mr. V a n D o r e n left the United States on his return, accompanied b y his sister, Miss H e l e n M . V a n Doren, going for the first time to

China, in Oct., 1S70, a n d arrived at A m o y on Dee . 13th, 1S70. Str足 a n d Mrs. Davis, before they h a d been able to enter fully u p o n m i s 足 sionary work, wer e compelled, in consequence of sickness, to return to the United States. T h e y e m b a r k e d on the steamer at A m o y fur H o n g - K o n g , on October Sth, 1S70, a n d reached N e w Y o r k in Nov., 1870. Rev. Dr. T a l m a g c w a s absent nearly t w o m on th s in the s u m m e r of 1870, on a trip to the north of China, on account of illhealth. ,

STATISTICAL TABLE OF THE “ TAI-HOE,” OR CLASSIS OF AMOY, For the Year 1870.

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First Church of A m o y ......... U(i Second Church of A m o y ...... ) 174 Station at Tong-an.......... $ Churcli of Chioh-bo......... 'I Station at Au-liau ............ I 107 Station at Chiang-chiu....... ( Station at Chharthau-po...... J Church of O-kuug, at Kang-thau and O-pi.................. Churcli of Hong-san, at Tc-soa and Ang-tung-thau ........... .

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Total under Am. Ref. Miss. ... 428 Church of Peh-chui-ia... Station at Koan-jini..... Church of Ma-peng......... 1 Station at Ju-he-hio..... Station at Peh-chioh..... Station at Khe-tang..... Church of F-inug-kang-Church of Khi-boe...... Station at Kio-lai...... Station at Liong-khe... Church of Liong-buu-si-Station at E-so........ Station at An-liai....... Station at Koan-Kio.... Station at Chin-chew...

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Rev. J. V. N . T al magc, D . D., reports as follows, on behalf of the Mission, for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1870. • First Church of M w o y — Pastor Lo, of this Church, w h o has been laid aside b y illness from active w o r k the greater part of the time for four years, has been called to his rest. H e died 25th April. O n e of the elders of this Church, w h o has long been one of our preachers, has been chosen to succeed Pastor Lo. H e has, since his election, been under especial instruction to fit h i m for the pastoral office, a n d will probably be e x a m i n e d at the next meeting of the Chassis. It will be seen that there has been an actual decrease of m e i m bership in this Churcli. W e fear, also, there has been a decrease of spirituality. A t least, there has been one instance in w h i c h it seems to us that the Consistory has not been as faithful in the exercise of discipline as formerly.

Second Church of Amoy.— -Of the twenty-nine m e m b e r s received o n confession to the fellowship of this Church, four wer e baptized at le-soa, a n d one at Ang-tung-thau, before the organization of the C h u r c h there h a d been completed ;» a n d eighteen wer e baptized at the station of Tong-an, leaving but six to be reckoned to the S e c o n d C h u r c h proper. P r o m these, deducting three deaths a n d t w o e x communications (one of the excommunications set d o w n to this C h u r c h also .belongs to Ang-tung-thau), there remains but a n in crease of one from the world to this Church. Ihis Churcli, though not in so lively a state as w e could desire, still s h o w s progress. D u r i n g the year they h a v e chosen one of their o w n m e m b e r s a n d resolved to furnish his support, that he m a y give himself entirely to evangelistic work.

Tong-an.— T h e baptism of eighteen persons is evidence of the •divine blessing in connection with the w o r k at this station. O n e of the m e m b e r s there w a s severely beaten on one occasion, b y order of the district magistrate, apparently for no other reason than that he is a Christian. H e w a s told that if he wished to enter the foreign religion he m u s t go to a foreign country. H e bore the persecution in a Christian spirit, a n d I trust it has been overruled to the good of the worshippers Ihere, teaching t h e m that they m u s t put their trust in God, a n d not in h u m a n justice. U n d e r the present policy of for- ' cign governments in reference to China, there is little hope of redress for such persecutions.

Churcli of Chioh-be.— O f the eighteen additions to this Church, t w o w er e baptized at Chiang-chiu a n d five at Chha-thau-po, so that Chioh-be proper has really decreased in membership. W e h a d h o p e d that the C h u r c h of Chioh-be w o u l d h a v e h a d a pastor of its o w n before the year w a s over. T h e y h av e chosen one of our theological students to be their pastor. B u t they h a v e h a d great difficulty in securing for "him a sufficient support. T h e m a t ter will c o m e u p again at the next meeting of Classis, w h e n the pastor elect will also probably be examined. • O n e of the m o s t encouraging facts connected with the C h u r c h of Chioh-be is found in the w o r k recently c o m m e n c e d at Au-liau. Au-liau is a small village, s o m e six or eight miles b a c k from Chioh-be, a m o n g the hills. O n e of the m e m b e r s of the Chioh-be C h u r c h resides in that village. H e h a d let his light so shine that h e h a d been instrumental in leading several others to unite with h i m in the worship of God . H e has n o w furnished a house for a chapel, a n d a goodly n u m b e r of persons (say. twe nt y or thirty), from sur rounding villages, m e e t there S ab ba th m o r n i n g a n d afternoon for worship. T h e y are usually supplied with preaching b y volunteers from the brethren at Chioh-be. O n c o m m u n i o n Sabbaths, all those w h o are able to w a l k so far c o m e d o w n to Chioh-be for public w o r ship. This w o r k is interesting in itself, a n d is carried on almost entirely b y the Chioh-be brethren. W e expect to see a blessing descending on themselves as a reward of this labor of love. Chiang-chiu.— W e are greatly encouraged in reference to Chiangchiu b y the interest taken in that place b y the C h u r c h at home. T h o s e w h o h av e given so liberally of their substance w e doubt not will follow their gifts with their prayers. W e need this very greatly in connection with Chiang-chiu. It is a m o s t important centre for missionary work, but the Chinese Gov er nm en t, w h i c h has, been steadily developing of late into m o r e a n d m o r e open opposition to foreigners a n d foreign ideas, promises now , w e fear, to seal Chiang-chiu against the residence of foreign Missionaries. G o d can ope n it to us. W e hav e succeeded in purchasing s o m e vacant lots, on w h i ch to build a chapel. It is a great desideratum to secure additional lots. W e m ig ht then build a m o r e suitable chapel, as well as hospital, a n d other needed buildings, w h i c h h a v e been sub scribed for so liberally at h o m e. O n both sides are vacant lots, s o m e of w h i c h the owners are anxious to sell to us, but the fear of

the authorities deters them. W e h a d closed a bargain for t w o lots a few w e e k s ago, but afterwards the o wners withdrew from the bar gain because w e could not agree to p a y the expenses they m ight be put to b y the officials o n account of the sale. W e ourselves dare not m a k e application to the authorities before (lie conveyance is m a d e , a n d the purchase m o n e y received. T h e y probably w o u l d readily give consent, on condition that the people are willing, but they w o u l d soon find m e a n s to m a k e the people unwilling. Chha-thau-po.— T h e little c o m p a n y of Christians at this station h a v e m e t with no serious persecution during the year. Threats are oecasionly m a d e to terrify them. T r u l y they are as sheep a m o n g wolves, but the “ g o o d S h e p h e r d ” has kept t h e m in safety. O f those under suspension in connection with the C h u r c h of Chioh-be, one belongs to Chha-thau-po, a n d w e fear it m a y be necessary to cut h i m off altogether. T h e other m e m b e r s there s e e m faithful,,and, besides the five converts baptized during the year, there are s o m e promising inquirers. This little c o m p a n y of Chris tians can receive but little oversight from us. Occasionally a n a tive preacher is sent to spend a few w e e k s with them, a nd during the year they received two visits from the Missionaries, once from Mr. Rapalje a n d M r. Kip. • CHURCH OF O-KANO.

T h e congregation at K a n g - t h a u does not s e e m flourishing.

That

at O-pi has m o r e life. CHURCH OF HOHG-SAN.

T h e t w o congregations gathered at Te-soa a n d Ang-tung-thau, previously under the care of the 2 d C h u r c h of A m o y , wer e orga nized b y a C o m mi tt ee of Classis, N o v e m b e r 27th, into a separate Church, with a m e m b e r s h i p of fifty-two individuals, a n d a consistory of t w o elders a n d four deacons, under the n a m e of the C h u r c h of Hong-san.' •

Note.— It will illustrate one characteristic of the Chinese lan guage, a n d thus m a y be interesting to some, to r e m a r k that Hong is the reading sound of the colloquial w o r d ang in the n a m e Angtung-thau. San is the reading sound of the colloquial w o r d soa in the n a m e Te-soa. T h u s the n a m e is descriptive of the t wo congre-

FOREIGN

MISSIONS.

jgations. O n tlie s a m e principle the C h u r c h c o m p o s e d of the two •congregations worshipping at K a n g - t h a u a n d O-pi, is called the ■Church of O-kang.

NATIVE HELPERS OR PREACHERS.

T w o years ago w e reported t w o native Pastors a n d sixteen Preachers, a n d one year ago a decrease of one Preacher, in connec tion with our work. N o w w e can report only twelve native Preachers. Perhaps the helper supported a n d directed b y the Sec on d •Church of A m o y should be added and m a k e the n u m b e r thiiteen, ■of these one m a y almost be termed emeritus. H e w a s a m o n g the early fruits of the w o r k c o m m e n c e d at Tck-chhiu-kha in 1850, a n d w h i ch g r e w into the S ec on d Church. H e has served the Churcli faithfully nearly twenty years. H e is^still faithful and-useful, but on account of his age a n d feebleness w e do not send h i m out a n y m o r e o n evangelistic work. T w o of the others, though young, aie also in feeble health, suffering from wea kn es s of lungs, injured per haps b y too m u c h public speaking. One, w e trust, is recovering; in reference to the recovery of the other w e h a v e m a n y fears; he has gone to F o r m o s a for a change, a n d reports his health i mp r o v ing. H e is one of our mos t promising y o u n g men . ■ In time past w'e hav e appealed to the C h u r c h for contributions to enable us to e m p l o y m o r e native helpers. T h e C h u r c h has responded to this ; n o w w e are in need of the suitable men. S o m e of the C hu rc he s hav e responded to our especial appeal for the island of Q u e m o y , a n d offer the needed funds. B u t n o w w e h av e no m o r e of our present force to b e spared for that region, a n d besides w e k n o w of n o proper person w h o is ready to be so employed. W e do not d e sign to give over the subject, a n d w e hope that those Christians w h o h a v e m a d e those special contributions will not be discouraged, but will lay the matter before the L o r d of the harvest; H e can raise u p a n d “ thrust forth ” the laborers. F o r their encouragement w e m a y remark, that the helper sustained b y the S ec o n d C h u r c h expects soon, in c o m p a n y with s o m e private m em bers, volunteers from that Church, to visit Q u e m o y on an evangelistic mission. N e w s of the interest taken at h o m e .in the evangelization of that island has stirred t h e m u p to this. Perhaps that is the design of Providence in decreasing the n u m b e r of our native helpers, a n d laying aside

s o m e of our mos t efficient men, that he m a y compel us to urge for w a r d the native C hu rches in the w o r k of evangelization m o r e than w e h av e heretofore done. H e can save b y m a n y or b y few. W e are endeavoring to learn a n d put in practice H i s lessons. THEOLOGICAL STUDEKTS.

Besides the six students, s o m e of the preachers hav e spent part of the time during the year in our Theological Hall. S o m e of the students hav e been out also, almost every Sabbath, to assist at s o m e of our stations. O u r mission, a n d that of the English Presbyteriarr Church, n o w h a v e each a Iheological Hall. Besides the regular instruction in the Chinese language a n d literature, given b y Chinese teachers, a n d the m o r e informal instructions given b y the Missionaries in each of the halls, m o r e fonnal lectures are delivered in both institutions b y the Missionaries of both Missions, at w h i c h all the students attend, also such of the helpers as are able. A system of united examination has been arranged a n d entered o n in connection with these institutions. All the helpers, with a very f ew exceptions, a n d students, hav e been divided into four classes, each class being e x a m i n e d once a year, a n d the w ho le system of instruction has been divided into four departments, so that, in four years, w e h op e to complete the whole. It has also been decided b y the Classis to- institute another system of examination, b y w hi ch a class of candidates for the ministry m a y be obtained from w h i c h the Churches hereafter m a y choose their pastors. T h u s the g o o d ’order of the C h u r c h is gradually developing. SCHOOL.

T h e parochial schools h a v e been continued in connection with the t w o Churches of A m o y , a n d at Ang-tung-thau. A n e w school has been opened at Te-soa. T h e school at Chioh-be, w h i c h w a s closed on the death of the teacher, during the previous year, has not yet been re-opened. W e are expeeting to resuscitate this school dur ing the present year, open a n e w one at Kang-thau, a n d probably a n e w one at Tong-an. A t the beginning of the year n o w closed w e took one of our m o r e advanced students a n d put h i m in charge of th<5 school of the Second

Church. Thi s plan has w o r k e d so well that w e propose to take three m o r e of the m o r e a dv anced students, a n d put t h e m J n charge of schools, hoping that in this w a y w e m a y improve the efficiency of the schools, a n d also better fit the y o u n g m e n for future work. After they h a v e h a d s o m e experience in teaching, unless w e feel compelled h y the pressing need for preachers to send t h e m out as evangelists, w e m a y bring t h e m b a c k to spend s o m e additional time in the T h e o logical Hall. . W e feel it inc um be nt on us to raise the standard of qualifica tions of evangelists as fast as possible, a n d w e also feel it i n c u m bent o n us to do m o r e than w e hav e done for the education of the children of the Church. . O u r schools h a v e not been as efficient as they ought to h a v e been. T h e children of the C h u r c h ought to be our m os t efficient laborers. S o m e of t h e m a r e ; but too m a n y of t h e m h av e not turned out well. Thi s has given us m u c h anxiety. W e are not sure that w e h a v e yet discovered wherein the real defect of our plans lies, but feel c o m pelled to try to r e m e d y it.

girls ’ school .

D u r i n g the year w e c o m m e n c e d a school for girls in the house formerly occupied b y M r . Kip, in the neighborhood of the S econd Church. T h e girls hav e been taught reading a n d writing of the Chinese character b y a Chinese teacher, a n d h a v e pursued other studies under the instruction of Mrs. T a l m a g c and Mrs. Kip. T h e school has not been as efficient as w e wished, but it has been fully as efficient as w e h a d right to expect from the meagreness of the ex periment made. W e h a d a pleasant examination near the close of the Chinese year. W e h a v e been so m u c h encouraged b y the e x periment, a n d b y the hearty approval of the plan given b y the C h u r c h at home, that w e h a v e determined to enlarge the-school a n d adopt plans to m a k e it m o r e efficient. It m u s t be, in great measure, a boarding-school, as, in consequence of the state of society, only the girls w h o reside very near could be day-scholars. Boardingschools for girls, in connection with the families of Missionaries, usu ally h av e not realized expectations. T h e pupils are too m u c h v/nGhinesed, a n d thus are unfitted for their after-position in life. T o r e m e d y this evil, w e hav e induced one of the m os t efficient fami

lies of the C h u r c h of Chioh-be to r e m o v e to A mo y , ' a n d take charge of the school. T h e hoarding-pupils are to live in this family, a n d thus, w e hope, be properly trained. O f the importance of the edu cation of the daughters of the Church, a n d of the difficulties c on nected therewith in China, w e h a v e often written. • w o m e n ’s m e e t i n g s .

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T h e s e h a v e been continued, with evident profit to the w o m e n w h o attend them, a n d especially to those w h o hav e learned to read the romanized colloquial. T h e s e meetings, although silent in their in fluence, doubtless are already beneficial to the character of the Church. This influence for g oo d will m a k e itself m o r e a n d m o r e felt in the future. ROMANIZED COLLOQUIAL.

Since the return of Mr. V a n D o r e n the department of colloquial printing, w h i ch h a d been considerably neglected, has again been taken u p with energy. „

POLITICAL STATE OE THE COUNTRY.

Perhaps a few words should be said o n this, subject, as it has such an important bearing on our work. T h e present state of af fairs does not furnish us with a cheering prospect for the future. W e should regard it as altogether discouraging, except for the fact that G o d reigns, a n d w e k n o w that H e will cause the‘wrath of m a n to praise H i m a n d the remainder thereof H e will restrain. W i t h the atrocities committed at Tient-sin the world is acquainted, though m a n y s e e m to be still under the grievous error that these atrocities were designed only against R o m a n i s m and the F re nc h na tion. If this were the fact it w o u l d be n o justification. Others are under an error equally grievous, that the Chinese g ov er nm en t lias given reasonable redress. It has given n o proper redress at all. Instead of reprobating the massacre, it has almost (and doubtless to the ideas of the Chinese, fully) sanctioned it. T h e leaders in the massacre h a v e not been brought to justice. T h e g ov er nm en t has readily given lifefor life (a very easy matter in C h i n a ) ; but has so highly rewarded the families of the victims thus sacrificed to pla cate the barbarians, a n d put so m u c h honor on the corpses of these

martyrs to foreign demands, that it has encouraged similar atrocities w h e n e v e r a suitable time shall arrive for their perpetration. T h e imperial proclamation stating even this unsatisfactory redress, w h i ch the g ov er nm en t solemnly promised should be published throughout the land, has not been published except in a few instances w h e r e foreigners h av e compelled it. T h e massacre at Tient-sin is k n o w n throughout the empire, but it is not k n o w n generally that a n y redress at all has been given. Instead of the publication of this proclamation, the vilest stories against foreigners are circulated a m o n g the people, either b y the direction or connivance of the authorities. ' Because the foreign residents in C h i n a report the truth in regard to the feeling of hatred to foreigners, w h i ch is so industriously cul tivated a m o n g the people b y the authorities, a n d w a r n the^ nations of the W e s t of the c o m i n g w a r a n d designed extirpation of all foreigners, for w h i ch C h i n a is mos t assuredly preparing with all its might, w e arc charged as being desirous of bringing o n war. W e k n o w that the C h u r c h will not impute such motives to her mission aries. B u t the testimony of missionaries agrees in this respect with that of other classes of foreign residents. W e see the evidence, as w e w a l k the streets, in the countenances a n d d e m e a n o r of the literati a n d officials, a n d s o m e w h a t in the countenances a n d d em ea no r of the masses. W e see it in the cha ng ed policy of the local magistrates towards the Christians. W e learn it from the rumors w h i c h are circulated from time to time a m o n g the people. W e see it in the activity manifested in forming a proper n a v y a n d in preparing the army. W e learn it from the secret communications (some of w hi ch h av e reached the light) passing to a n d fro between the imperial g ov er nm en t a n d the higher local authorities, a n d w e fear that w e h a v e another proof in the barbarous treatment of a ship-wrecked crew s o m e two w e e k s ago, along the coast a little to the north of Amoy. Note.— A British mercantile steamer ran on shore in a fog. S h e w a s unarmed. T h e natives soon gathered in force a n d attacked the vessel. T h e people on board attempted to escape in their boats. T h e s e boats w e r e afterwards attacked b y a large fleet of fishing boats, a n d separated. O n e boat’s c o m p a n y were, taken on shore, stripped naked, w ou nd ed , a n d robbed of everything. T h e y finally m a d e their w a y overland to A m o y . T h e other three boats, after

the people h a d been stripped a n d robbed, were let go to sea. T h e y providentially fell in with a steamer w hi ch took t h e m into F o o c h o w S u c h atrocities were once c o m m o n here. If British authorities send force to administer chastisement to these pirates on the spot, a n d c ompel t h e m to restore their plunder, w e shall hear of no m o r e such barbarities for m a n y years to come. But, if the matter be given over to the mandarins, without a n y outside pressure, for t h e m to e x a mi ne into, a n d administer justice, a n d perhaps report to Pekin, w e m a y not look a n y m o r e for security for ship-wrecked people in all that region. W e do not believe that a n y large proportion of the foreign resi dents in C h i n a wish war. W e do wish, however, the rights secured to us b y treaty. These, with a proper policy, can be secured with out war. W e wish mos t heartily to avoid war. Besides all its other evils it w ou ld be a sad thing for our w o r k a n d for our Churches. W e still hope that G o d in his providence will w a r d it off. H e will do it in a nswer to our prayers, if so it be best for H i s cause. This' is our only hope, a n d it is sufficient. .

SPIRITUAL STATE OE THE CHURCHES.

W i t h such a disheartening outlook into the affairs outside of our work, does the look within re-animate us 1 In s o m e respects it does. W e rejoice in the success of the English Presbyterian Mission. A s w e prophesied s o m e years ago, they have n o w outstripped us in s o m e things. F o r the last five years w e have only averaged two effective workers on the ground, while they have averaged nearly twice that number. Their policy is, ‘‘Visits h o m e once in seven years, but let t h e m be short.” T h u s they preserve their health, a n d lose but little time. O u r practice has been, visits h o m e m o r e rare, except w h e n ill health compels, a n d m u c h longer continued. T h e route, b y w a y of S a n Francisco, 'has n o w m a d e us nearer h o m e than they are, a n d w e trust that hereafter our returned M i s sionaries will not be detained at h o m e longer than is necessary to accomplish the purpose for w hi ch they go. W i t h their larger mis sion force it w a s to be expected that they w o u l d outstrip us. W e heartily rejoice a n d give thanks with t h e m for their success. Again, our report s h o w s real progress in our o w n Churches. W e h a v e h a d forty-six hopeful conversions to Christ, a n d an increase, over all losses, to our Churches of twenty-seven members. O n e n e w

C h u r c h has been organized. O n e C h u r c h has undertaken additional evangelistic work, b y the appointment of an evangelist, a n d one C h u r c h has undertaken a n e w station through the volunteer w o r k of its m em bers. Still w e are called to m o u r n over the coldness of the older Churches, the decrease of m e m b e r s h i p in some, aiid over the decrease of native preachers. A s a Mission w e trust that w e are laying these things to heart, a n d waiting u p o n the H e a d of the C h u r c h with m o r e importunate prayer for the outpouring of H i s spirit o n these C hu rches than in times past; a nd 'w e beseech the C h u r c h at h o m e to help us in this matter b y you r prayers, that the hearts of G o d ’s people here m a y again be w a r m e d b y H i s love a n d they b e c o m e jealous for H i s n am e. Then, instead of m o u r n i n g over stationary or declining Churches, w e shall be able to give thanks for greater growth, a n d w e shall find m e n offering themselves m o r e abundantly to the L o r d ’s work. W e hav e appealed to y o u for larger contributions, y o u hav e listened to our appeal a n d contributed the needed f u n ds ; w e expect as ready a response to this our appeal for you r help in calling d o w n the H o l y Spirit u p o n us. T h e kind of help w e ask will cost as m u c h effort as it does to increase your contributions of m o n e y ; but, h o w richly y o u shall be repaid ? h o w richly w e shall be blessed; h o w these Churches here shall be m a d e to rejoice in the divine love, a n d w h a t revenue of glory shall accrue to our blessed Redeemer, b y the multitudes of heathens turning u n to h i m ! H e is G o d over all, blessed forever. A m e n . REMARKS.

T h e g ro wi ng animosity of the literary a n d official class, in China, to the w o r k of the C h u r c h of Christ, declares plainly that the preaching a n d teaching of the Christian Missionaries is exerting a wide a n d increasing influence u p o n public sentiment. T h e dis ciples of Confucius are alarmed, and fear, if they do not already experience, a' decline of their influence. Seeing that a r g u m e n t will be fruitless, they endeavor to excite the people to acts of violence b y circulating falsehoods in regard to the w o r k of Missionaries. T h e massacre at Tient-sin w a s the beginning of a n endeavor to suppress Christianity b y violence. A n d everywhere the hostility of Confucianists is at work. Fierce outbreaks, assaults b y a r m e d m o b s u p o n missionary establishments in all parts, of the empire, w ou ld surprise no one acquainted with the present feeling a n d purpose of the ruling classes.

A country so vast a n d a population so large, being one-third of the population of the globe, cannot fail to interest every Christian heart. T h e future of C h i n a depends u p o n the success of missionary effort. O u r prayers should unceasingly ascend to G o d that H e will m a k e the wrath of m a n to praise H i m , a n d that H e will give speedily great success to the preaching of H i s word. 2.

THE AKCOT MISSION, INDIA.

(Organized in 1854.) T h e Mission occupies :

Tim North Arcot District.— Area, 5,017 square miles; popula tion, 1,000,716.

South Arcot District.— Area, 4,016 square miles; population, 1,102,184. T h e following extracts are presented from the A n n u a l Report of the Mission, for the year ending with Dec em be r, 1870 : , EE-ENFOKCEMENT.

T h e reinforcement of Missionaries, for w h i ch w e hav e so long been pleading a nd looking, has not yet arrived, a n d w e are grieved to say that no Missionaries have, as yet, been appointed b y our B o a r d to re-enforce us. O u r claims, our necessities, are this year stronger a n d m o r e urgent than ever before. T h e w o r k on our hands has long been too great for us, a n d it is increasing; w e cannot sus tain it as it should be sustained m u c h longer. L o n g h av e w e been, urging a n d praying for m o r e co-workers, a n d n o w in our distress w e call on our Christian friends everywhere, a n d especially in America, <■ P r a y y e the L o r d of the harvest that H e send forth m o r e labor ers into the harvest,” a n d w h e n y o u hav e so prayed, y e w h o are the stewards of the Lord, will y o u not go to w o r k a n d send forth the m e n that w e ask for ? PROGRESS OE SEVENTEEN YEARS.

O u r Mission is seventeen years old. A n d although w h a t is sometimes called a “ Preaching Mission,” in distinction from those w hi ch h av e large English Schools to aid t h e m in getting a hold on the people, w e do not think that a glance at our comparative statis

tics will tend to s h o w that the vernacular preaching system is a failure. W e h a v e tried it, a n d hav e persevered in the simple, plain preaching of the Gospel in the vernaculars, in the towns a n d villages of our districts, a n d our m ou t h s are filled with praise to the Master of the vineyard for the fruit H e has permitted us to gather. H e it is that has said, “ M y w o r d shall not return unto m e void, but it shall accomplish that w h i c h I please a n d H e has verified H i s promise in this case. W e h a v e g on e forth “ preaching the w o r d in season a n d out of season.” W e h a v e m e t with scoffing a n d abuse in m a n y instances, but as the result of our preaching there h av e c o m e to us from the high a n d the low, the learned a n d the ignorant, those w h o h av e heard our m es sa ge a n d believed it, a n d left all to follow Christ. O u r successes h av e been chiefly a m o n g the lowly it is true, but there is hardly a caste a m o n g the Tamils or T el ug us w hich has not its representatives a m o n g the converts of our Mission. A t the close of its first year our Mission issued a Report. W i t h the statistics of that w e c o m p a r e the statistics of the present year, that the gains of the intervening sixteen years m a y he s e e n ; a n d w e also insert the statistics of last year-, that this year’s results m a y be seen at the s a m e glance. .

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^ STATISTICS.

1854. 3 1 3 3 5 2 26

170 13 4

1869.

1870.

8 8 35 . 35 7 8 3 3 24 26 4 8 18 25 29 33 22 19 17 15 564 659 227 214 708 671 •354 396 302 298 2,274 2,163 44 52 55 53 43 36 36 36 633 573

TOURING.

A s intimated above, the a ge nc y w e e m p l o y is the preaching of the Gospel in the vernaculars. This is a part, a n d an important part, of each Missionary’s work. W e h av e no separate ‘‘Itinerancy”, organized to do that work, hut each station is provided with a tent, and> each Missionary endeavors to reach through himself, or his native helpers touring with him, all the villages within his station hounds. Som et im es each Missionary w o r k s alone, a n d sometimes t w o or m o r e join together in wor ki ng up, alternately, each other's field. W e give below a table of the touring w o r k done during the past year in the Mission :

Number Number Number Number Number Number Number Number ,

of of of of

t ou rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 days Missionaries wer e o u t . . . . . 439 days native helpers were o u t _ _ _ 853 sermons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,169 of places preached in......... 1,919 of villages reached. . . . . . . . . . . 1,444 of aud ie nc es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,259 of books a n d tracts distributed... 5,571

STATION A N D OUT-STATION PREACHING.

E a c h Missionary a n d his native helpers preach in the streets of the city in w h i ch the station is located, a n d in the villages in the i m mediate vicinity. This w o r k is carried o n with regularity. T h e following table s ho ws h o w m u c h w o r k of this kind w a s done during 1870: N u m b e r of sermons p r e a c h e d ...... . 10,706 N u m b e r in audiences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251,126 N u m b e r of books a n d tracts distributed.... 5,929 A d d i n g the statistics of tou nn g to those amounts, it will be found that there have been 13,875 sermons preached in nearly 2,000 villages, to 337,385 persons, a n d that 11,500 books and tracts have been distributed. A b o u t one-half of the books and tracts were dis posed of b y sale. A s c om pa re d with the preceding year, w e have preached 3,704 times more, to 101,993 m o r e people, a n d distributed 2,555 m o r e books a n d tracts. .

PTJBMCATIONS.

W e h a v e published, during the year, in connection with the M a d r a s Religious Tract a n d B o o k Society, an English translation, b y Rev. J. W . Scudder, M . D., of our T a m i l a n d T e l u g u Tract, “ Spiritual T eac hing .” This is designed for circulation a m o n g the English educated natives, a nd it is also h o p e d that it m a y prove useful for translation again into other languages of India b y those not acquainted with T a m i l or Telugu. A n edition of .1,500 has been issued. ' I n our last A n n u a l Report it w a s stated that that ancient s ym bo l of Christian faith, “ T h e Heidelberg Catechism," h a d been translated into Tamil, a n d an edition of 1,500 issued b y us. T h e types m a d e a misstatement as to the n u m b e r of the edition, w h i c h consisted not of 1,500, but of 3,500. W e believe that the m o r e this w o r k is k n o w n a m o n g Missionaries, a n d native Christians of like faith with ourselves, the m o r e will it be in d e m a n d ; a n d w;e issued an edition sufficiently large to be able to supply all w h o wish to procure it of us. T h e following is a complete list of our publications :

Spiritual T e ac hing ,in Tamil. Spiritual T e ac hing ,in Telugu. ^ Spiritual T eac hing ,in English. . . j e w e l M ine of Salv a t i o n ,in Tamil. Je w e l M ine of Salv ation ,in Telugu. Sw e e t Savors of D ivine T r u t h ,in Tamil. Sw e e t Savors of D ivine T r u t h ,in T e l u g u (in Press). B a z a a r B o o k ,in Tamil, containing 13 separate tracts. • B a z a a r B o o k ,in- English. Translation from the Tamil. H eidelberg C atechism ,in Tamil. T h e L iturgy of t h e R e f o r m e d C h u r c h in A m er ica ,in Tamil.

„ ZENANA WORK.

W e are h a p p y to state that t w o y o u n g ladies, appointed for this special work, Miss M a r t h a J. Mandeville a n d Miss Josephine C h a pin, h a v e joined us since our last report w a s issued. T h e y are, at present, at Vellore, eng ag ed in the study of the T a m i l language, a n d engaging, as they are able, in the w o r k of the schools a n d semi-

n ar y there, hoping soon to begin their special efforts in behalf of the wives a n d daughters of the higher classes of the Hindus. . SAHODARA SANGAM.

This little ‘‘B a n d of Brothers ” continues its unpretentious w o r k in aiding destitute Christians, b y lending t h e m small s u m s of m o n e y without interest, to enable t h e m to get a start a n d earn an honest livelihood. M a n y heathen, on joining us, are turned out a n d stripped of everything b y their friends;1 others of the poorer classes are turned out of their e m p l o y m e n t s on. b ec oming Christians, a n d have no m e a n s of starting for themselves. T o such as hav e proved t h e m - selves worthy, this society stretches a helping hand, so far as able. B u t never is assistance offered or rendered to heathen as an induce m e n t to bec om e Christians. Its income is small, being dependent entirely on voluntary subscriptions a m o n g the native Christians themselves, aided b y such help as they can secure from Europeans. E a c h Missionary gives t h e m a personal donation, but no assistance is ever rendered from Mission funds.

Catechumens.

Contributions.

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Scholars in Vernacular Schools. Total ol Congregations in 1369. Total ol Congregations in 1870.

Baptized Children.

Baptized Adults not Communicants.

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Communicants in 1870.

CllUKCIIliS.

Coiiimunicauts in 1869.

STATISTICAL TABLE.

I I

It.

A. P.

66 186 297 116 0 0

Aicot.... '--

61 1

Arnee .......

22 5 110 509 233 No report.

19 •26

11 2

73 3

86 271 334 525 5

88 3

Chittoor......

Coonoor. ....

6—

Gnahodayam ... 3

6 1

36 182 157

Kattupadi....

5 -•

15 9

Kundipatoor__

5 -•

12 1 2

8 ....

26 No report.

40 No report.

12 1

18 .... 100 No report.

9 2

1 2

Mudnapilly...

•

19 3 5

Vellore....... 5

30 197 195 208 4 5

Modaiyur....

Palamanair..... 1

23 6 3

14 14 3 1 4

16 6 4

6 ..

7 4

74 No report.

57 114

53 .. 131 301 375 209 13 7

Total..... 26 56C 659 226 70C 354 309 23 633 2164 2275 1162 4 0 A Rupee is equal to about 50 cents, gold.

J-h® C hu rches of M a r u t u v a m b a d i a n d Orattur were formed during . the year from the C h u r c h at Arnee.

Ihe Arcot Seminary, for boys, is at Vellore, a n d has 44 pupils; the Girls' Seminary is at Chittoor, a n d has 55 pupils. T h e Preparandi Class is taught at Arcot, a n d has 43 scholars. A d d i n g there to the children in the Vernacular Schools, w e h a v e 7 7 5 as the whole n u m b e r under instruction. , . T h e following are the n a m e s of the out-stations w h o s e statistics are included in those of the Churches to w h i ch they b e l o n g : ■ Arcot has Manimutta, Avereykkal, Yeg am oo r, Erantangal, K u m a lantangal; Arnee has Sevur, P u d u p a k a m , Parasur, Tac ha mb ad i, Sandavasal, Ada nu r, Nangattur, Varikkal, T i n d i v a n u m ; Chittoor h a s B o m m a i - S a m u d r a m . K o n a y p a l l i , Ivottapalli, T i m sa mp al li ; Coonoor has Kotagiri; Gnanodayam has Aru na du , Sirudalapundi, Paraiyantangal; Palamanair has A r u n o d a y a ; Vellore has Venampalli, O n d rantangal, K a r a s a m u n g a l a m . R e v . E. C. Scudder, M . D., with his family, left on his return to India in October, 1870, a n d arrived at M a d r a s in January, 1871. .

STATE OF T H E

CHURCHES.

AKCOT.

Rev. S. D . Scudder, M . V).,inchargeofDispensary and Hospital; Rev. J o h n Scudder, M . D., in charge of the Church; Mrs. S. D . Scudder a n d Mrs. J o h n Scudder, Assistant Missionaries. J a c ob Raji, J o h n Silas, Jos ep h Paul, Catechists; J o h n Peter, Assistant Catechist; Job, A b m . Muni, Philip, Readers; Samuel, Seth, Nicolas, Christian School Masters ; Christiana, Martha, M a r y A n n , Christian School Mistresses; R an da n, Paul, Subban, Colpor teurs. • T h e Rev. J o h n Scudder reports as follows : I a m thankful to be able to report an increase in our numbers, both in this station a n d all the out-stations. T h e r e has been an.ad dition of 112 to our n u m b e r s ; m o r e than half of these, viz., 60, be long to t w o n e w villages w h i ch have joined us during the year. D e a t h has r e m o v e d t w o from our midst, an infant a n d an adult,

Isaac John, our school teacher, w h o w a s a victim of cholera. H e was" a y o u n g m a n of great promise, a n d w e h av e felt his loss sadly. ' T h r e e commu ni ca nt s hav e been dismissed to other Churches, a n d one has been s u s p e n d e d ; eight hav e been received on certificate; one has been restored to the privileges of the Church, a n d eleven hav e been a d d ed on confession of their faith in Christ, so that our present n u m b e r of commu ni ca nt s is fifty-nine, being fifteen.more than last year. Eighteen adults a n d five infants h av e received baptism. O n e ’of those w h o w a s baptized a n d admitted to the full privileges of the Church, w a s a B r a h m i n lad from Guntoor. H e w a s passing through this place on a Sabbath, w h e n he heard the church bell. H e immediately m a d e inquiries as to w h a t it meant, and, after ser vice, presented himself at m y house, a n d declared his wish to be c o m e a Christian. H e renounced caste, cut off his kudimi, a n d a p plied himself to gain a k n o w l e d g e of the Christian doctrines ; as he w a s a n educated lad, arid naturally clever, he soon acquired a very fair understanding of these; and, after being with us for s o m e time, a n d after repeated requests to be admitted to the Church, h e w a s baptized a n d admitted to the L o r d ’s table, as w e s a w no g o o d reason to prevent him. H e has since left us a n d gone to Madras, as he w a s influenced b y others, a n d b y his great desire to gain an English e d u cation, but he w e n t as a Christian a n d not as a heathen. T h e usual Sabbath services have been held in the Church, also w e e k l y prayer-meetings at the houses of the Christians ; the w o m e n ’s prayer-meeting has been continued' as heretofore, conducted alter nately b y Mrs. S. D . Scu dd er a n d Mrs. J o h n Scudder. T h e atten dance on divine services has been regular, and, I trust, the congre gation is m a k i n g a d v a n c e m e n t in the Christian life. Contributions for charitable purposes h av e a m o u n t e d to Rs. 166, the whole being given b y the native Christians. T h e w ho le congregation are cate chised weekly, after m or ni ng service. ■ ’ » Vernacular Schools.— T h e school at this station n u m b e r s 3 1; of these 14 are girls. T h e teacher at the beginning of the year w a s the one w h o m w e hav e stated as having died of cholera. Since then w e h a v e h a d three other, teachers ; still the school is very well at tended, a n d the children are progressing in their studies. Mrs. S. D . Scu dd er examines t h e m weekly. . T h e schools at the out-stations are very small, a n d not very e n couraging ; still they are not useless.

Evangelistic Work.— Street preaching has been carried on at the station a n d out-stations, a n d all the villages within a few hours’ dis tance hav e been reached. ■ T h e statistics are as follows : Places reached, 1,396; times preached, 1,700 ; audience, 45,548 ; books distributed, 515. ' Besides this, tours hav e been m a d e in the surrounding district. T h e Missionary has been absent from h o m e m o r e than 100 days, eng ag ed in this work. T h e helpers hav e also m a d e independent tours, w h e n the Missionary w a s not able to a c c o m p a n y them. Sta tistics of .this w o r k will appear elsewhere. I hav e thus stated briefly s o m e features of our work, a n d I think it is very encouraging. I thank the L o r d for the tokens of H i s blessing a n d presence, a n d pra y that H e m a y bless H i s w o r k m o r e abundantly during the c om in g year. 'Yegamoor and Avereykkcd.— T h e s e are the n a m e s of t w o n e w villages w h i ch have joined us during the past year. Buildings are being erected for school a n d helper’s houses in these places, a n d I h o p e to have the m e n on the spot to instruct the people at the begin ning of the year. I n Y e g am oo r, 15 families, c o m p o s e d of 46 per sons, h a v e placed themselves under Christian instruction, a n d four families in A v e r y k k a l hav e done the s a m e ; one of these has since r e m o v e d to the Christian congregation in Manimuttu. Kumdlantangal.— W e w e r e especially pleased b y the' progress the people in this place h a v e m a d e in the Gospel truths, a n d hope w e shall soon be able to introduce t h e m into the C h u r c h of God . ■Erantangal and Manimuttu.— T h e w o r k is quietly progressing in these villages, and w e h a v e received s o m e additions to our n u m ber from the heathen. T h e people are learning m o r e a n d m o r e w h a t Christianity is, a n d I trust are striving to w a l k according to its teachings. O n e adult from M a n i m u t t u has been baptized a n d ad- ‘ mitted to the Church. ' ARNEE.

P au l Bailey, V . T h o m a s , Simon, Daniel, A . Isaac, E. Joshua, A. Ant ho ny , Catechists; Nidian, N . Solomon, Assistant Catechists; S u b b a n David, Solomon, Havildar, Headers; Francis, S i m o n M a r tin, Charles, Benjamin, A a r o n Sowrimuttu, A . David, Peter Y . Zachariah, Christian School Masters; Elizabeth, M a r y B r o w n , Eliza, Christian School Mistresses; Juvan, A. A b r a h a m , Z. Sowri, V ed am a n i k a m , Colporteurs.

Rev. J o h n Scudder reports as follows : A t the request of the Mission, I a s s u m e d charge of this field at the beginning of the year. I h a v e not been able to devote as m u c h time to the w o r k as the extent of the field demands, having h a d the w o r k at m y o w n station a n d out-stations to attend to, besides en- ■ gaging in the important w o r k of preaching the Gospel to the hea then. Still I have, in connection- with t w o of the brethren of the Mission, m a d e t w o separate tours of the various congregations. T h e r e has been quite a falling off in the n u m b e r of adherents in this field. O n comparing the figures of this year with those of last, there appears to be a loss of 135 persons in the account. T h e reasons for these losses are as follows: 1. T h e accounts of last year wer e not accurately stated. F a milies w h o h a d left during that year were included in the statistics, although they were not in their villages at the end of Dec em be r. 2. A few families h a v e relapsed into heathenism. 3. Quite a n u m b e r of families h a v e left the field, but not Chris tianity. S o m e of these h a v e r e m o v e d to other stations in ■our o w n Mission, a n d others have g on e elsewhere. . 4. T w e nt y- ni ne persons in Maliyapet, w h o wer e included in the last account, do not appear in the present report. T h e y signified their intention of placing themselves under Christian instruction at the e n d of 1869 ; this w a s the beginning a n d e n d of their Chris tianity. A helper w a s appointed to instruct them, but, partly from his inefficiency a n d partly from their indifference, no progress w a s m a d e ; a n d therefore the place w a s abandoned. T hi s number, 29, together with the 106 w hich appears in the statistics of the congre gations, m a k e s the loss 135. Notwithstanding this loss in the n u m b e r of adherents, there has been a gain in the total of communicants. F or ty h a v e been a dd ed o n confession of their faith, a n d a few h a v e been received b y certifi cate from other Churches', there is a gain of thirty-five in the n u m ber of communicants. Twenty-three adults a n d twenty-four child ren hav e been baptized. Divine services h a v e been regularly held in all the congregations, a n d the ordinances h a v e been administered to t h e m several times. Collections for charitable objects h av e been taken up, a n d they have done w h a t they could ; s o m e have given very liberally considering their means. .

T h e w o r k of preaching to the heathen has been prosecuted at nearly all of the stations, and, as far as reports have been received, with the following-results : 2,237 places hav e been reached, 63,605 persons h a v e been preached to, a n d 1,084 books hav e been distri buted. In looking over the field w e find reason for discouragement a n d also for encouragement. T h e w o r k in the following villages, viz., Parasur, T a t c h a m b a d i a n d S a n d ivasal, is in a very unsatisfactory state. E x c u s e s can be m a d e for these people. T h e y are very poor a n d ignorant, a n d h av e -not that appreciation of divine truths a n d blessings as those w h o are better favored. W e need the w o r k of the Spirit a m o n g them, a n d trust a n d pray the L o r d that H e will soon grant t h e m this blessing. T h e state of the congregation at Varikkal w a s for a time a cause of great grief to us. T h e helper w h o w a s placed there to instruct the people in Christianity, proved a traitor to his Master. H e w a s dismissed, as he w a s convicted of performing heathenish ceremonies, a n d probably guilty of other crimes. Ano th er m a n has been sent there a n d w e look for better things. > W e hav e not the n u m b e r of helpers that is needed for this field. T h e r e are less n o w than there were last year. If w e h a d a larger corps of helpers, w e could with reason look for better results. Still there is a bright side to this work. T h e fact that 40 per sons h av e confessed their faith in Christ, a n d united with H i s Church, is certainly an encouraging feature ; and, t hough there hav e been m a n y losses, there h av e also been gains in s o m e of the villages. M a n y of the Christians are persecuted on account of their Christi anity b y the village officials a n d other enemies of the truth, still they hav e borne this with patience a n d resignation. T w o n e w Churches h av e been f o r m e d : one at Orattur, consist ing of 41 communicants. T h e other w a s formed at M ar ut uvambadi. I n this C h n r c h there are 17 communicants, w h o all belong, to this village. T h e large majority of these were received on confession of their faith. CHITTOOR.

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Rev. J. W . Scudder, M . D., Missionary; Mrs. Scudder, Assist ant Missionary, and in charge of the Female Seminary. M . I. Israel, V. A . Isaac, R. Isaiah, Isaac H en r y , Catechists;

J o h n A b r a h a m , Assistant Catechist; Isaac Lazar, T. Shadrach, Elias Isaiah, Zachariah Bashiyan, Headers; Masillamani, A b b o n A n d r e w , Christian School Masters; Elizabeth A b r a h a m , Christian School Mistress; Philemen, Yenkattan, Muttan, Colporteurs; G n a n dipam, Female Bible Header. Rev. J. W . Scudder writes as follows : T h e n u m b e r of c om mu ni ca nt s reported last year w a s 59. D u r i n g the present year, 12 persons h a v e been received, seven of t h e m o n confession of their faith, a n d five b y certificate. O n e m e m b e r has been dismissed to unite with another Church. This gives 70 as the n u m b e r n o w in c o m m u n i o n , a n d s h o w s an increase of 11 m e m b e r s during the year. S e v e n adults a n d ten infants have been baptized, a n d three marriages solemnized. T h e C h u r c h a n d congregation have, o n the whole, been prospered throughout the year. N o t a death has occurred a m o n g us for the last twelvemonth, a n d very little sickness has been experienced. Strife a n d variance h av e been almost u n k n o w n , a n d the C h u r c h has not been compelled to exercise its discipline in a single instance. Sabbath services hav e been uninterruptedly maintained, a n d attend ance on t h e m has been fair a n d regular. T h e m e m b e r s h a v e m e t three times a w e e k in each other’s houses for prayer, a n d a meeting conducted b y Mrs. Scu dd er every T h u r s d a y has been well attended b y the w o m e n of the congregation. W e should be glad if progress a n d prosperity tallied m o r e exactly with our hopes a n d wishes. Willingly w o u l d w e record greater things than w e do. Y e t w e are satisfied to report facts as they are, a n d thankful that our record is, b y the blessing of God, one of a d v a n c e m e n t a n d not of retrogression. Contributions.— T h e C h u r c h has contributed to various benevolent objects Rs. 336, A. 0, P. 7. Thi s s h o w s an increase over the total of the previous year of Rs. 116. 8. 8. T h e s e figures do not include the contributions of the Missionary. Evangelistic Work.— D u r i n g the year I h av e m a d e seven preach ing tours, a n d spent 123 days itinerating in the district. T h e statis tics of this branch of m y w o r k appear in the general table e mb odied in the Mission Report. Daily preaching has, as usual, being systematically maintained

throughout the year in Chittoor a n d its out-stations, extending in all cases to the villages situated within three or four miles of each place. T h e statistics of this w o r k are as follows : Addresses, 1,046 ; a u diences, 41,306 ; books given, 637 ; books sold, 512. Out-Stations.— O f the four out-stations reported last year, N a n ampalli has been abandoned, as I then intimated it w o u l d be. S e v e ral heads of families died, a n d others apostatized, leaving so small a residue as to m a k e the retention of the village on our list inexpe dient. T h e f ew catechumens w h o still reside there, attend C h u r c h in Chittoor, a n d their n a m e s hav e been included in its congregation. I a d d a few w ords regarding each of the remaining out-stations. Bommdi Samudram .— W it hi n the year two families h a v e relapsed into heathenism. T h e r e are at present five families, consisting of 9 adults a n d 13 children, 22 souls in all; of these I h a d the privi lege, on Christmas day, of baptizing 5 adults a n d 6 children. A s h o w e v e r there is no C h u r c h organization in the village, I hav e in cluded these in the Chittoor C h u r c h record. This leaves only 4 adults a n d 7 children to be inserted in the general tabular report of the Mission on another page. 1 a m h a p p y to say that the apostates talk of returning to their allegiance, a n d that several heads of other families hav e declared their intention to join us before long. A school has been kept u p throughout the year, a n d the children, 14 in number, h av e m a d e s a m e progress in their studies. T h e condition of the village is, on the whole, rather m o r e encouraging than it w a s at the close of last year, T h e congregation hav e contributed Rs. 2. 1. 49 for charitable purposes. • Konaypalli.— This congregation is not in a very satisfactory state. A n u m b e r of the Christians, unable to m a k e a living at h o m e, have gone to Mauritius. O n e or t w o have left us for heathenism. T h e r e remain only three families, including 5 adults a n d 6 children, m a k i n g a total of 11. T h e s e attend C h u r c h in Chittoor. A n Assistant Catechist instructs t h e m daily in Christian doctrine, a n d his wife teaches a small school of six children in the place. Kottapalli.— It gives m e pleasure to speak m o r e favorably on the state of this congregation. O f the ten families reported last year, eight hav e stood firmly to their promises, a n d that in spite of pain ful a n d unremitting persecution b y their heathen neighbors. T h e Reddis of the village h a v e cruelly defrauded t h e m of their lands, a n d reduced t h e m to a state of great destitution. All efforts to

m a k e t h e m disgorge their ill-gotten possessions have hitherto been fruitless; I a m not without hopes, however, that restitution m a y yet be forced" u p o n them. N e a r the close of the year, 22 heads of families, representing 44 adults a n d 37 children, signed a covenant to renounce heathenism a n d emb ra ce Christianity. These, a d d ed to the former list of the congregation, m a k e it consist of 30 families, including 62 adults a n d 49 children, 111 souls in all! H o w m a n y of the n ew-comers will adhere to their resolution remains to be p r o v e d ; but the fact that they hav e joined us after having witnessed the practical w or ki ng of Christianity in the village for nearly t w o years is, to s ay the-least, encouraging. A vernacular school, n u m bering 11 scholars, has been held throughout the year, a n d the children hav e m a d e ordinary progress in their studies. Timsanpalli.— W h i l e writing this report, I hear that in this vil lage three heads of families, representing 6 adults a n d 6 children, in all 12 souls, hav e pledged themselves to join us, a n d are asking for Christian instruction. T h e m o v e m e n t is too recent to warrant a n y definite statements regarding it. ' COONOOR.

Rev. Zechariah John, Native Pastor ; S a m s o n Samuel, Header ; Peter John, Christian School Master ; S a m s o n Samuel, A n d r e w David, Elders in the Church. T h e Rev. Zechariah J o h n reports as follows : T h e n u m b e r of c ommunicants reported in 1869 w a s 57. T w o persons h a v e been dismissed to other Churches during this year, six n a m e s of persons long absent h av e been stricken from the C h u r c h list, a n d one female w a s suspended for improper conduct. T h e r e wer e left therefore 48. Six persons hav e been received b y certifi cate, a n d three on confession of their faith, m a k i n g the n u m b e r n o w in c o m m u n i o n 57. O f the 32 baptized adults, three were admitted into c o m m u n i o n , a n d three have h a d their n a m e s stricken out of the list; total to be deducted, 12. Fourteen persons from other churches, from the n u m b e r of baptized children, a n d b y baptism, h a v e been re ceived ; total of baptized adults are 40 persons. ’ O f the 75 baptized children, as 8 w er e of sufiScient age a n d able to feel their personal responsibility, I have joined t h e m with the

baptized adults. N u m b e r stricken out from the list, with those w h o w e n t to other churches, is 12; one died. T o the remaining 5 4 child ren, 5 children of the m e m b e r s were a dd ed b y baptism, one from another church ; total n u m b e r of children, 60. O f the 10 catechumens, four left for other places ; suspended last year w a s one, a n d another w a s suspended this year ; total, two. M y m i n d overflows with joy a n d gratitude to G o d for the rich m e r c y which H e has s h o w n to our C h u r c h a n d w o r k this year. All, except three, I believe, h a v e yielded fruit acceptable to God. I pray the L o r d m a y soften the hearts of those three. A prayer-meeting is conducted every Saturday evening, from half-past six to eight o’clock, in our preaching-house in the bazar. This w a s got u p b y the native Christians themselves. T h e y p a y all the expenses connected with lighting. This meeting has been very useful. Passers-by not only hear from outside, but sometimes they c o m e in a n d take their seats a n d hear the living truth. T h e originators of this meeting are persons who, a f e w years ago, led a very b a d life. I have not forgotten their declaration w h e n they b e g a n this meeting, “ W e h a v e served the devil both in secret a n d in public, but b y the m e r c y of G o d w e have put sand into his mouth. M a y G o d enable us to do H i m greater service, a n d preserve us from falling.’’ O f the six w h o were admitted b y certificate, one w a s baptized b y Dr. H . M . Scudder, a n d admitted into c o m m u n i o n m a n y years ago. After three years yielding to the enticements of Romanists, h e joined them. T h o u g h I spoke to h i m at the time, he did not give heed to m y advice, but said, ‘‘ Go, go, yours is Luther’s reli gion. R o m a n i s m is the true religion. Miracles were formerly w r o u g h t in it, a n d still m a y be witnessed. I c a m e to you r religion through ignorance.” ,A few days after this, his o w n m other a n d stepfather quarelled with him, and. charged h i m with theft through malice, a n d established the s a m e before the magistrate b y false wit- ■ nesses, a n d he was, sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment. It is n o w k n o w n that the witnesses wer e bribed b y his m other a n d stepfather. Y e t this unjust punishment w a s not only useful to turn his mind, hut the m e a n s of opening his .eyes to see the errors of R o m a n i s m , a n d stirred h i m u p to seek the true light. After he w a s released h e c a m e to m e a n d confessed, with tears, that he h a d sinned

against G o d a n d truth.

I g av e h i m proper advice a n d sent h i m

away. B o t h myself a n d the m e m b e r s of the C h u r c h b e h av ed ourselves towards h i m cautiously. H e w a s regular in c o m i n g to the C h u r c h a n d hearing the truth. H e b eg ge d m e to admit h i m into C h u r c h c o m m u n i o n ; after testing his sincerity, w e received h i m into theC h u r c h this year. T h e L o r d gav e m e this year five souls f r o m ' heathenism, I received t h e m into the C h u r c h b y baptism. ‘ T w o of these, w h e n they were heathen, were great contemners of the G o s pel. W h e n w e preached the Gospel in a house adjoing theirs, they ’ used to c o m e to see the ‘‘ tamash,” a n d m o c k the Gospel. Y e t the L o r d did not leave t h e m alone. A s it h a p p e n e d to Zaccheus, w h o w e n t u p the s yc amore tree to see the s h o w as Jesus passed, so it h ap pe ne d to these men . I believe that the L o r d called t h e m b y H i s w o r d of salvation w h e n they h a d c o m e only to m a k e sport. T h e s e are n o w a m o n g the m o s t faithful servants of G o d in the C h u rc h; ■ M a y the L o r d grant that m a n y heathen m a y thus repent, believe in Jesus Christ, a n d join H is C h u r c h ; a n d m a y H e soon destroy all heathenism a n d idolatry. T h e r e are 18 boys reading in the school. All but three of these are very young. A s soon as they are able to read a n d write a little Tamil, their parents send t h e m a w a y to the English school in the bazar, or to the school in the R o m a n Catholic Church. O n the 25th of Dec em be r, coarse blankets were given to 32 beggars. T h e cost of this, viz.: Rs. 40, w a s given through Dr. Wilson. Grain has been regularly distributed throughout the year to the poor after service o n Sun da y. T h e cost of this, viz.: Rs. 208, has been furnished m e through M aj or Sweet, Mrs. Thacker, a n d Dr. Wilson. ' . Contributions, total, Rs. 329. 5. 2. I wish to return m a n y thanks to the gentlemen a n d ladies of this station for the m o n e y they hav e contributed to the w o r k of the Lord. Kotagiri.— Johnson, Catechist and Elder. T h e n u m b e r of c o m municants during the year 1869 w a s eleven; t w o hav e been a d mitted b y certificate, a n d one o n confession,of his faith, m a k i n g the present n u m b e r 14, as above. I h av e administered baptism to three heathen adults a n d one heathen child, a n d to one child of Christian parents. Divine service has been regularly kept u p on Sab ba th mor ni ng

a n d evening. O n Fridays prayer-meetings h av e been conducted in the houses of Christians. „ GNANODAYAM.

Rev. A n d r e w Sawyer, Native Pastor; S a m u e l Sawyer, Cate chist; Suriappan, J a c ob Babu, S o l o m o n Arunachalam, Readers; Arokiam, K . Zechariah, School Masters; Sourimuttu, Arunlandu, Colporteurs. Rev. A n d r e w S a w y e r reports as follows : W i t h i n the year 47 persons have joined the congregation in G n a n o d a y a m , but a n u m b e r of families hav e left to go to other churches, a n d a few persons hav e relapsed into heathenism, leaving the congregation ten less than b y last report. M o r n i n g a n d evening services o n the L o r d ’s d a y are regularly maintained. ' M o r n i n g a n d evening prayers are conducted daily, at w h i c h the people are instructed a n d catechised. T h e scholars in the school are regularly e xa mi ne d every Friday. O n c e a w e e k there is a prayer-meeting in the house of one of the people. T h e Christians of G n a n o d a y a m , with great joy, devote one-tenth of all their receipts of every kind to religious benevolent purposes. A m o n th ly concert is maintained, in w h i ch the t w o C hu rches of G n a n o d a y a m a n d A r u l n a d u unite. A collection is taken up, in • w h i ch the people give according to their ability. T h e r e is also a w e e k l y collection taken u p at G n a n o d a y a m . ■ T h e Christians are d a y b y d a y growing in grace, leaving" off m o r e all old sinful dispositions a n d practices, as lying, thieving, abusive language, quarrelling, a n d the like, a n d s e e m to delight in-attend ing daily prayers without fail. M a y the L o r d keep t h e m thus to the end.

Arulnadu.— T h e Christians residing in the village of A r u l n a d u s e e m striving d a y b y day, as m u c h as in t h e m lies, to attentively re ceive the instructions from the Divine word, to confess a n d forsake sin; and, r em e m b e r i n g Christ’s sufferings in their behalf, to put off the old m a n a n d put on the n e w m a n in Christ Jesus. T w o or three families of those formerly residing here h av e for

saken Christianity, a n d a few families h a v e r e m o v e d a w a y from the place; but those n o w remaining stand firm. E v e n i n g prayers are maintained daily. T h e y are instructed a n d recite the Catechism w e e k l y on Sundays, a n d I hope that b y G o d ’s grace they will quickly g r o w a n d b e c o m e a strong Church. Sattanibadi.— F r o m the little C h u r c h established b y the grace of G o d at Sattambadi, a few families hav e left a nd gone to other places. A t present there are 42 in the congregation ; a few h av e been sus p e n d e d from the Church, but, I hope, there arc .signs of improve ment. . . Several, w h o formerly declined to give tithes, have now, through the earnest persuasion of the Catechist, S a m u e l Sawyer, determined to do so, a n d are hoping thereby to secure the m o r e sure blessing of the Lord. M o r n i n g a n d evening worship is maintained on Sunday, a n d the L o r d ’s S up pe r is administered every t w o months. Daily m or ni ng a n d evening prayers arc held, at w hi ch the congregation is catechised. T h e school is e xa mi ne d every Friday. A w e e k l y prayer-meeting is held in the houses of the Christians, a n d a female prayer-meeting is w e e k l y conducted b y the wife of the Catechist. O n each Sabbath the Christians recite lessons in “ T h e S w e e t Savors of Divine T r u th ” a n d the Heidelberg Catechism. T h e s e people, since leaving heathenism a n d R o m a n i s m , a n d embracing Christianity, have not only i mp roved in k n o w l e d g e of the w o r d of God , but attend the house of G o d with joy, a n d strive earnestly to w a l k as b ec om es the Christian religion. Sirudalapundi.— T h e L o r d in m e r c y is leading on this little C h u r c h iu the right way. T h e c om mu ni ca nt s h a v e increased from 9 to 13, a n d the congregation from 2 0 to 29. W o r s h i p is regularly maintained twice on the Sabbath. O n c e in t w o w e e k s all unitedly attend the service in the C h u r c h of Sat tambadi, a n d are instructed in the Catechism. F or me rl y none of these people gave tithes to the Lord, but with in this year both I a n d the Catechist S a m u e l S a w y e r labored with t h e m a n d persuaded t h e m from the w o r d of God, a n d n o w they too give 'of their tithes. Paraiyantangal.— T h e n u m b e r of c om mu ni ca nt s is the s a m e as last year, viz.; 7. T h e y endeavor to continue to w a l k in the fear of the Lord. T h e services are the s a m e as at other villages. T h e Gospel is preached in the surrounding villages.

MUDNAPILLY.

R e v J. Chamberlain, M . A., M . D., Missionary; Mrs. C h a m b e r lain, Assistant Missionary; P. Souri, Catechist; J os ep h P a k y a nathan, Bible Colporteur; J oseph Balacheusu, Christian School

Master. Rev. J. C ha mberlain reports :

T h e w o r k connected with this station continues to be chiefly evangelistic. T h o u g h privileged to gather in a n ear of the first fruits n o w a n d then, the L o r d of the Har ve st ordains that - m u ch hard labor shall be done before the a bu ndant gathering shall take place. • TOURING.

I have been out on six preaching tours during the year. T h r e e of these were five w e e k s long each. M y native helpers h a v e been out o n another tour w h e n I w a s unable to join them. I have spent on tours 125 days, a n d nearly t w o m on t h s besides a w a y from h om e> attending meetings a n d to the business of the mission, spending thus 1 68 days of the year at h om e. I ack no wl ed ge G o d ’s goodness in thus granting m e health a n d strength to do m o r e hard w o r k than during a n y previous year of m y residence in India. M y native helpers were out 2 9 3 days, a n d w e together preached 7 39 times, to 5 3 8 different audiences, in 351 towns a n d villages, to 18,730 people. W e h a v e also sold on these tours 2,403 Scriptures. Besides this w e h a v e preached systematically in Mud na pi ll y a n d the surrounding villages 5 2 7 times, to 13,661 people, a n d sold 1030 books a n d tracts. "*

\ THE SELLING SYSTEM.

N i n e years ago, instead of giving, I adopted the plan of selling at a small price the Scriptures a n d tracts. It w a s done to secure their being properly used. A Hindu, w h o pay s even a small sum, values the thing he buys, a n d though w e do not circulate so large a n u m b e r of books, yet w e secure m o r e care a n d better readers. F o r the first few years the sales were small. People were u n willing to b u y w h a t hitherto they h a d received as gifts. Gradually w h e n they found w e w o u l d not give, they b eg an to buy, a n d our sales hav e increased. Sales this year in connection with the M u d -

napilly station hav e been 3,549 books a n d tracts, realizing Rs, 141. 7. 8. MEDICAL WORK.

I hav e continued to devote a g o o d deal of time to m y medical w o r k at the station, a n d in m y district. Until J u n e 1st, I had charge of the n e w dispensary established b y the government. M y other duties hav e been so pressing that I h av e been obliged to give over charge to the thoroughly competent apothecary, (Mr. I'homas W a r d , ) giving h i m from time to time all the help I could. I hav e at present most of the important operations, having taken u p o p h thalmic surgery in addition to the other branches. I h a v e often ridden in from m y tent a n d b a c k again w h e n the operation w a s over. T h o u g h this entailed a great a m o u n t of extra fatigue it has e n h a n c e d . m y p o w e r for g o o d in the district. I hav e taken a well-stocked medicine-chest a n d surgical instru m en ts w h e n going m o r e than twelve miles from the dispensary, a n d hav e found all the w o r k I could possibly manage, besides preaching, having h a d as high as a h un dr ed a n d m o r e patients on a single d a y . T o carry on a traveling dispensary there should be t w o Mission aries (one to preach and the other to attend to medical work). C a r ried on thus a traveling dispensary w o u l d be one of .the best m is sionary agencies that could be employed. CONGREGATIONS-

O u r congregation has increased to 77. Fiv e of these hav e been accessions from heathenism. T e n others hav e joined us, while 4 h av e r e m o v e d a w a y a n d one relapsed into heathenism, leaving the net gain ten. P rayer meetings hav e been held in the houses of the m e m b e r s of the Church, a n d a w e e k l y female prayer-meeting, con ducted b y Mrs. Chamberlain, has been well attended throughout the year. W e h a v e h a d our discouragement in the improper w a l k of those in w h o m w e placed confidence, but w e gather confidence from the k n o w l e d g e that the “ L o r d k u o w e t h t h e m that are his,” a n d that h e will gather ere long a C h u r c h fit for his service. VERNACULAR SCHOOL.-

A small school has been, maintained, n u m b e r i n g from ten to twelve scholars. It is under Mrs. Chamberlain’s supervision, a n d is

e xa mi ne d w e e k l y b y her in all their lessons. V e r y c o m m e n d a b l e progress has been m a d e b y the pupils. T h o u g h small, w e hop e it is doing its mite of good. 3TKEE BEADING ROOM.

Desirous of obtaining a greater hold on the educated natives of the place a n d vicinity, I determined, several years ago, to open a free reading-room in the town, but could n o t .accomplish m y object until this year. E ar ly in the year I obtained a capital site on the corner of t w o streets, a n d at once erected a neat building, with veran dahs a n d pials on the sides next the streets. It is matted a n d fur nished with glass-door book-cases, tables a n d chairs. O n the fables are found a M a d r a s daily newspaper, the Fort St. George Gazette, a n d District Gazette, and other newspapers, periodicals a n d m a g a zines in English, T e l u g u a n d Tamil. O n e of the book-cases is filled with books for reading of an instructive nature, in English, Telugu, Tamil, Canarese, Hindostani, Makratti a n d Sanscrit, includ ing H u m e , G i b b o n a n d M a c a u l a y ’s a n d other histories, S h a k e speare, Milton a n d other poets, books of travel, dictionaries a n d w o r k s of reference, R u n y a n ’s .Pilgrim’s Progress a n d H o l y W a r , a n d other allegorical a n d religious w o r k s in English, with all the useful books I hav e been able to' obtain in the vernaculars read here. T h e r e is also a c o p y of the H o l y Bible in the above-mentioned languages placed on the tables, so that a n y one at leisure can look into a n d e xa mi ne the Scriptures in a n y language with w h i ch he is familiar. A n o t h e r book-case is filled with Scriptures, tracts a n d school books, in all the languages used here, for sale. T h e reading-room is open from 2 P. M . until 9 P. M . daily, excepting Sundays. A s it is well lighted u p in the evenings it allures in m a n y a one to i m prove his m i n d w h o w o u l d otherwise spend the time in idle conversa tion, if nothing worse. ' . W e d n e s d a y evening of each w e e k is devoted to a biblical lec ture at the reading-room, a n d I seek each time to read a n d lecture o n s o m e interesting portion of that w on dr ou s volume. A parable, a miracle, a history, a biography, in such a w a y as to lead the e d u cated natives to understand better a n d prize m o r e highly that great gift of G o d to m a n . T h u s far the r o o m a n d verandahs hav e been

FOREIGN

MISSIONS.

cro wd ed on almost every occasion, a n d m y audiences h a v e not averaged less than 120. I. h av e also given the use of the r o o m to the Y o u n g M e n ’s M u tual I m p r o v e m e n t Society of Mudnapilly, for a series of English lectures on secular subjects. Lectures are given b y the different E u r o p e a n gentlemen of the station as they are able, a n d at other times lectures in English are read b y the y o u n g m e n themselves. PALAMANAIK.

Rev. J. Chamberlain, M . D., Missionary; J o h n Hill, Catechist; Papanna, Colporteur. Mr. Chamberlain reports : T h e congregation has decreased, a Christian family of four h a v ing r e m o v e d to another station of the Mission. A n o t h e r c o m m u n i cant has r e m o v e d b e y o n d the b ounds of our Mission. . O n e m a n , a S u d ra of mature years, w h o has been considering the step for t w o years, has joined us a n d thrown in his lot with the people of God. T h e vernacular Christian school has again been given up, as there are no Christian children of an age to attend, a n d the heathen children s e e m unwilling to avail themselves of the privilege of attend ing it. Systematic preaching has been kept u p in the t o w n a n d surround ing villages b y the Cathechist, J o h n Hill, in w h i ch I h av e joined h i m in m y visits as far as able. W h i l e w e cannot chronicle large successes, there seems to be a change in the spirit with w h i c h our mes sa ge is received, a n d w e are not without hopes for the future. Arunadaya.— J o h n Souri, Catechist; Shelvan, School Mistress. This congregation has increased from 34 to 42 during the year. It has been necessary to suspend t w o from the c o m m u n i o n for improper conduct. I hope, however, that there is s o m e improvement, in the main, in the congregation, though there is r o o m for m u c h more. I hav e visited the place eight times during the year, at one time spending six days in instructing the people, a n d preaching with Catechists J o h n Souri a n d J o h n Hill in the surrounding villages. Besides this J o h n Souri has preached 42 times in 2 4 villages, to 3 2 5 people. T h e villages about here are very small a n d scattered. T h e r e is a small vernacular school kept u p with six scholars. I

have married one couple a n d baptized two children, a n d received t w o persons to the c o m m u n i o n during the year, a VELLORE.

Revs. W . W . Scudder, D . D., a n d E. C. Scudder, Missionaries; Mrs. W . W . Scu dd er a n d Mrs. E. C. Scudder, Assistant Mission aries; Misses M a r t h a J. Mandeville a n d Josephine Chapin, Assis tant Missionaries; P. Juganadan, A b r a h a m William, G w a n a paranam, Catechists; Zechariah S aw ye r, Re ad er ; S o l o m o n A b r a h a m , Reader and School Master; Peter, School Master; Esther, School Mistress ; M a d u r a n a y a k a m , BibleColporteur; Rebecca, BibleReader. Rev. Dr. W . W . Scu dd er writes as follows :

D u r i n g the year 1870, fifteen persons hav e been received into the C h u r c h on confession of their faith, a n d nine on certificate. T w o persons w h o w er e under suspension have been restored, a n d t w o c om mu ni ca nt s hav e died. T h e total of c om mu ni ca nt s is therefore twenty-four larger than last year. T h e r e hav e been four adult baptisms a n d ten of children. T w o marriages have been performed, a n d there hav e been seven deaths. T h e congregation s h o ws an increase of twenty-nina over last year’s report. I a m h a p p y to report that, through the blessing of our Lord, the past year has been one of peace a n d h a r m o n y in the Church, a n d of unusual prosperity in all the departments of our labor. G o d has been with us, a n d has graciously vouchsafed his blessing u p o n our labors. This has been the case in the out-stations as well as at Vellore. N o cases of C h u r c h discipline h a v e occurred to grieve us, while t w o persons under suspension h av e been w e l c o m e d b a c k to the Church. Thirty-six persons h av e been received at the station a n d out-stations, to the c o m m u n i o n of the C h u r c h on con fession of their faith; twenty-four adults a n d thirty children hav e received b a p ti sm ; a n e w congregation has been a d d ed to our list; a n d there has been a n aggregate increase of eighty-nine souls in our congregations. T h e s e are encouraging results, for w h i c h w e praise the Lord, b y w h o s e blessing alone they' h a v e been achieved. Benefactions.— T h e r e has been a c o m m e n d a b l e increase in the contributions of the Church.' Last year they a m o u n t e d to R u p e e s

182.1. 4, at the station a n d out-stations. port for 187 0 : • Vellore congregation, . Kattupadi “ . . Kandipattur congregation, Sekadu “ . Vennampalli “ . Ondrantangal “ . Total,

T h e following is the re

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. 200 15 . 12 . 16 . 4 . 4

253

10 1 2 4 9 0

1 9 1 6 14 2 3

This s u m does not include the contributions of the Missionaries, but only those of the native Christians, a n d s h o w s an increase of nearly forty per cent, over those of 1869. W e are rejoiced to see this, for it s h o ws that our native brethren appreciate their responsi bility in regard to this matter. N o n e of t h e m are wealthy. T h e y give w h a t they do as the result of real self-denial. W h i l e s o m e of t h e m m ight give m o r e than they do, there are others w h o bestow in charity not less than the tenth of their incomes. Services.— T w o services on the Sab ba th a n d one on Saturday afternoon hav e been held in the C h u r c h throughout the year. T h e m on th ly concert for prayer has been regularly observed on the first Sab ba th of each month. A Sabbath School has been conducted in the C h u r c h each L o r d ’s day. T h e L o r d ’s S up p e r has been adminis tered six times ; several w e e k l y prayer-meetings h a v e been sustained in the private dwellings of the congregation, a n d a prayer-meeting for females, under the charge of Mrs. Scudder, has been held every T u e s d a y afternoon at the Mission House. * Rev. S. Ettirajooloo has rendered m e constant a n d able assist ance in the Sabbath services. T h e elders a n d deacons also have afforded m e m u c h aid a n d comfort in the discharge of their duties, a n d I place great value u p o n their counsels a n d judgment. I have,' in connection with them, visited all the m e m b e r s of the congregation in their dwellings. Day Schools.— T h e t w o parochial schools h a v e been sustained during the y e a r ; the one for hoys n um b e r i n g fifty-three a n d the one for girls twenty-five scholars. Besides these a girls’ school, sus tained b y Rev. Dr. Sayres, has been placed under the charge of the Mission, a n d is taught b y the wife of one of our native agents. This school n u m b e r s twenty-six scholars. All these schools h a v e received

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REPORT

m u c h attention from Mrs. Scudder, a n d Misses Mandeville a n d Chapin. Kattupadi.— V . Yesadian, Catechist; Daniel, School Master; K a r u m b a n , Colporteur. D u r i n g the year two c om mu ni ca nt s hav e been dismissed, a n d one has been received. T h e usual Sabbath services h a v e been regularly conducted. T h e day-school Has an attendance of thirty-four children. I a m sorry still to report that the congregation is not in a very satisfactory state. Not hi ng of particular interest has occurred during the year. Kandipattur.— A . Masillamoni, Catechist; M a r y A n n , School Mistress; Moses, Colporteur. Last A u g u s t this congregation w a s greatly tried b y a visitation of cholera. M a n y of the Christians, as well as of the heathen, were attacked; but b y the blessing of the L o r d u p o n the remedies used, only a few died. T h e r e w a s a loss of one c o m m u n i c a n t a n d t w o m e m b e r s of the congregation. M a j or H . B. Sweet, w h o w a s in Vellore at the time, kindly sent the people ten rupees to procure needed comforts. This w a s a great boon to them. W e trust this severe visitation of illness m a y be blessed to the spiritual g o o d of the people. T w o persons h av e been, a dd ed to the C h u r c h o n cer tificate a n d one on confession. . ■ T w o services on the Sabbath a n d one on Saturday h a v e been maintained in the C h u r c h throughout the year. A general prayer meeting on Friday, a n d a female prayer-meeting on W e d n e s d a y , h a v e been held in the dwellings of the families of the congregation. T h e latter has been conducted b y the Catechist’s wife. Recently a Sabbath-school also has been established, in w h i c h the children hav e been instructed in the catechism a n d Scripture lessons. T h e day-school n u m b e r s fifteen scholars, w h o hav e m a d e c o m m e n d a b l e progress in their studies. Shekadu.— V. Samuel, Catechist; J e b a g n a n a m , Header and School Master; Jos ep h Munian, Colporteur. T h e r e has been quite an addition to this congregation from the heathen during the year. F o u r m e m b e r s of the congregation have r e m o v e d from the place, a n d one child has died; still there has been a gain of nineteen over last year’s account. F o u r adults have been baptized a n d received into the Church. . T w o services are held in the C h u r c h o n the Sabbath, a n d t wo

general prayer-meetings, a n d a female prayer-meeting, have been sustained in the houses of the churcli-memhefs. T h e latter is under the charge of the Catechist’s wife. A n evening catechetical class is held in the C h u r c h on four evenings of the week. T h e L o r d ’s S u p p e r has been administered three times, on w h i ch occasions the church-members from Kandipattur, Yennam-' palli a n d Erantangal c o m m u n e d with the m e m b e r s of this Church. T h e day-school has thirty scholars. , Vennampalli.— Israel A n d r e w , Reader ; M a r y , School Mistress; Solomon, Colporteur. This congregation also has received considerable accessions from the heathen, a n d n u m b e r s thirteen m o r e than last year. N i n e adults w er e baptized last M arch, a n d received to the c o m m u n i o n of the Church. T h e y h a d been under instruction for a long time, a n d h a d given evidence of their sincerity b y consistent walk. Their e x amination w a s well sustained, a n d it gave m e great pleasure to wel c o m e t h e m to the fellowship a n d ordinances of the Christian Church. Five children were baptized at the s a m e time with their parents. T h e day-school has h a d thirteen pupils. Ondrantangal.— A. Solomon, Reader; M a r y , School Mistress; Joseph, Colporteur. . T h e w o r k at this out-station continues in an encouraging state. T h e r e hav e been a n u m b e r of additions from the heathen. In October last, seven adults were baptized, a n d received all the privi leges of the Church. T h e m o s t of t h e m h a v e been under in struction for several years, a n d hav e remained steadfast in their adhesion to the Christian religion. T h e y will be exposed to m a n y trials a n d temptations ; the Lord, however, is able to deliver them. Five children of the above w er e baptized at the s a m e time with their parents. ■ T h e day-school n u m b e r s fourteen pupils. Karasamanglam.— Several families in this village, consisting of fourteen adults a n d fifteen children, h a v e recently renounced heathen ism, a n d placed themselves under our instruction. T i m e will test their sincerity. T h u s far they have manifested a desire to k n o w the truth as it is in Jesus, a n d w e trust that they m a y be taught of the Spirit. I a m sorry to say that I h a v e not h a d a native helper to spare for the place, a n d m y efforts to secure one h av e failed. T h e

helper at Ondrantangal, a n d one of the catechists from Vellore, . h a v e visited t h e m frequently a n d instructed t h e m in Christian truth. PKEPARANDI SCHOOL.

J o h n Peter, Assistant Catechist, Master. Thi s institution con.tinues in a very flourishing condition. T h e present n u m b e r of scholars is forty-three. W e c o m m e n c e d the year with thirty-three. T w e n t y n e w lads hav e c o m e to us during the twelve m o n t h s ; ten h a v e left the school a n d returned to their homes, s o m e of t h e m being persuaded to do so b y their friends. O n e of t h e m h a d to be e x pelled for gross sin. T h o s e remaining hav e pleased-us b y their con duct, a n d their desire to learn. T h e y h a v e m a d e goo d progress in their lessons, whi ch they recite w e e k l y to Mrs. J o h n Scudder. T h e r e is but one teacher for this large school, a n d w e are sur prised that they hav e m a d e the a d v a n c e m e n t they have. S o m e of the older boys aid the teacher in instructing the lower classes. A s there are necessarily in such a school persons w h o can never be e x pected to gain a sufficient education to m a k e t h e m useful as preachers of the gospel, the Mission has long being considering w h a t w e could do to aid t h e m in gaining a livelihood. A t one of our late meetings it w a s decided to start an industrial department in connection with the school, a n d to c o m m e n c e with w e a vi ng as a n experiment, as there are a n u m b e r of the wea ve r caste a m o n g the scholars. H . E. L o r d Napier, while visiting Arcot in 1869, kindly suggested that he thought the g ov er nm en t w o u l d willingly give us a n y building w e m ight need, if they could thereby aid the school. A t that time w e h a d no need of a building, but since determining to try the experiment of an industrial department, the necessity has arisen for a suitable place to carry on this work. W e therefore applied, through H . E. L o r d Napier, to the G o v e r n m e n t for the infantry barracks, w h i c h are admirably suited for the purpose ; a n d through his great kind ness h e secured the building to us b y the following G o v e r n m e n t o rder: “ ‘Proceedings of the M a d r a s G o v e r n m e n t Military Department, 8th Dec em be r, 1870.' . • “ ‘N o . 130. Proceedings of G o v e r n m e n t dated 8th D e c em be r, 1870. N o. 3607.’ “ ‘ W i t h the concurrence ,of his excellency, the commander-in-

chiefj the Right Honorable, the G ov er no r in council, is pleased to’ allow the R e v e r e n d J. Scudder, of the A m e r i c a n Medical Mission, the use of the native infantry barracks, at Arcot, for the purpose of a n industrial school, o n the understanding that the building is to be kept in a state of ordinary repair b y the Mission, a n d be at once resumable b y G o v e r n m e n t w he ne ve r again required for public service.’

— True Extract. (Signed,) •

A . T. W

ilde,

Major General, Secretary to Government.

H a v i n g received these buildings, w e are n o w able to c o m m e n c e work, w hi ch w e hop e to do in January, w h e n the scholars will re turn from their vacation. In the m e a n t i m e w e are eng ag ed in put ting u p the looms, a n d getting all the necessary implements ready. T h e present intention is to interest all the scholars in this work. W e h av e engaged a Christian w e a v e r to superintend the work. girls’ s e m i n a r y , a t

chittoor.

Mrs. Scudder, in charge; Mrs. Lackey, Matron; Isaac H en r y , M . C. Moorvogasen, Teachers. Rev. J. W . S cu dd er reports :

I have nothing of m a r k e d interest to report concerning this in stitution. It n u m b e r s 5 5 scholars, all of w h o m are boarders. Mrs. Scudder has bestowed m u c h time a n d care in directing their educa tion, a n d in striving to teach t h e m g o o d morals a n d habits. T h e girls have been fully occupied with their studies, crochet, a n d d o mestic duties. T h a t they have a dv anced in knowledge, will,.we hope, appear from the report of the Committee, w h o e x a m i n e d t h e m at the close of the year. O n e girl has been married to a graduate of the Arcot Seminary, a n d a n u m b e r of others are prepared to en ter u p o n the active duties of life as soon as the w a y is opened for t h e m to do so. T h e scholars have, b y denying themselves a little food every day, collected a n d contributed Rs. 89. 8. 8. to congre gational a n d charitable objects. T h e proceeds of crochet w o r k sold during the year a m o u n t to Rs. 99. 12. 0. THE ARCOT SEMINARY, AT° VELLORE.

Rev. S. Ettirajooloo, Head Master; M o s e s Nathaniel, Second

a n d Zechariah A p p a v u , Third Master; S a m i Sastri, Sanscrit and

Telugu Mmishi. Rev. W . W . Scudder, D . D., reports :

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S o varied are m y duties that I have not been able to devote as m u c h attention as I wish to this institution. I h a v e instructed the first a n d second classes in systematic theology, w he ne ve r I could find time for it, a n d have carried all the classes critically through the first five chapters of St. P a u l ’s Epistle to the R o m a n s . Miss Mandeville a n d Miss C ha pi n hav e for .the last few m on t h s rendered valuable assistance in examining the classes in geography, arith metic a n d algebra. Rev. S. Ettirajooloo has h a d almost entire charge of the institution, a n d has, at m y request, prepared the fol lowing report: Rev. S. Ettirajooloo writes : I h a v e again the pleasure, at the close of another year, of pre senting before our friends the state of our seminary, a n d the pro gress of the lads in their studies. O n reviewing the past year w e have reason, on the whole, to be thankful to God. W e o pened the seminary in J a n u a r y with fifty-two lads. O f these, five hav e been dismissed, two left, a n d t w o hav e died. O n e w a s sent towards the close of the year to study medicine under. Dr. Silas D . Scudder, at Raneepet, a n d another has been suffering from disease of the lungs, and, though his n a m e has been o n the list of the seminary, he has not been able to prosecute his studies. W e h av e h a d t w o n e w admissions, a n d the n u m b e r of the lads at present is forty-four. ‘ T h e r e has been m u c h sickness a m o n g the scholars during the year. Measles, w hi ch have been very prevalent in Vellore, broke out in the school, a n d for a f ew w e e k s m a n y of the boys were a b sent from their classes. T h e r e h av e been m a n y cases of fever also, a n d four of the boys hav e been sent to the hospital to be under the immediate care of Dr. S. D . Scudder. W e trust they m a y all be able to resume their studies at the beginning of the year. T h e school w o r k is daily carried -on as usual. T h e Scriptures a n d theology are our chief studies. It is the Bible, a n d the Bible only, that can elevate this people. O u r object is to raise u p an e d u

cated a n d well-informed native ministry, able intelligently to set forth truth, a n d defend it against heathen a n d M o h a m m e d a n errors. Dr. W m . Scudder carried the t w o first classes through a course of systematic theology, especially on justification a n d sanctification, a n d their blessed fruits. W e hav e not neglected secular studies. T h e lads h av e gone through a great portion of history a n d geo graphy. T h e other studies can he seen in the p rogramme. In T a m i l classics a n d g r a m m a r they h a v e m a d e creditable progress, and, b y the blessing of G od , w e hop e soon to send all the lads of the g radu ating class to w o r k in our mission field. Prayer Meeting.-.— Friday evenings are especially devoted to prayer, praise, a n d the reading of the w o r d of God. In this exer cise m os t of our advanced youths w h o are Christians engage. S o l e m n appeals are then m a d e to the consciences of the youths. This is a m o s t interesting a n d affecting exercise. Discussion.— This has not been lost sight of, hut has been kept u p throughout the year, with the exception of the last t wo months, while reviewing their studies for examination. Subjects involving difficulties in natural a n d revealed religion were taken up. T h e o b jections of the heathen w er e fully a n d boldly handled, a n d texts w hi ch appeared to t h e m dark elucidated a n d explained. Preaching.— This has been extensively carried on this year. T h e youths evince great zeal a n d faithfulness in the discharge of this duty. It is m o r e a pleasure with t h e m than a task. E v e r y Saturday m or ni ng they go out into the streets of Vellore, a n d to the nearest villages, a n d proclaim the gospel truths. T h e y feel really anxious to set forth Christ a n d to win souls. T h e y have preached in 140 villages, delivered 5 8 4 addresses, to 16,074 people, a n d dis tributed 2 61 Scripture portions. Six of the graduating class a c c o m panied the missionaries in their last tour of preaching. T h e y were out 35 days. D u r i n g this tour they not only s a w h o w experienced missionaries set forth the truth to the different groups of audiences, hut were permitted to preach Jesus in their presence. This is no m e a n part of their training as future evangelists. It calls forth their knowledge, s ho ws t h e m the depths of heathen hardness a n d sophistry, a n d enables t h e m to b e c o m e expert in the use of the Scriptures. «

Sermonising.— T h e lads of the graduating class h a v e written several skeleton sermons w hi ch have been read b y m e first, w h e n

faults were pointed out a n d improvements suggested. T h e y were then re-written, a n d on W e d n e s d a y nights read before the w ho le of the youths. This m e t h o d prepares t h e m to conduct divine servicein our out-stations, .when- they are sent out. In connection with this, I m a y mention that on M o n d a y mornings the youths are questioned as to w h a t they r e m e m b e r e d of the previous Saturday a n d Sabbath sermons in the Church. Sunday-School.— T h e lads .meet every Sabbath afternoon be tween two a n d three o ’clock. T h e y study the Heidelberg Cate chism, a n d the Pilgrim’s Progress. A g a i n at 7 P. M., after they return from Church, the Rev. Dr. Scudder instructs t h e m in the Epistle to the R o m a n s . T h e s e exercises, with the t w o in the Church, fully o ccupy their attention on the Sabbath. T h a t holy d a y is thus entirely given u p to the study of G o d ’s w o r d a n d prayer. Sanscrit and Telugu.— I ain glad to report that our Moonshie, S a w m y Gastri, has conscientiously a n d faithfully discharged his d u ties in this branch. T h e youths are well grounded in Sanscrit grammar, a n d declension of nouns. T h e y h a v e m a d e visible pro gress in M a t h a Tavitcha. T e l u g u g r a m m a r , reading a n d dictation h a v e been attended to with great strictness a n d care, so that our boys can freely read a n y T e l u g u book, a n d render the passage into Tamil. Greek.— W e have this year, with the sanction of the Mission, b e g u n the study of this language, in w hi ch the N e w T es t a m e n t w a s written. A s our C h u r c h insists that every candidate .for the holy ' ministry shall k n o w the original, w e felt called u p o n to begin this study. T h e y hav e g on e over a portion of the G r e e k g ra mm ar , a n d the first chapter of J o h n ’s gospel, which they can read a n d translate into Tamil. ' W e cannot boast of having done m u c h, but w e hav e m a d e a be ginning, and, moreover, w e hav e not those accessories in T a m i l that w e h a v e in English to facilitate the study of this language. I n conclusion, w e earnestly desire our friends to pray the L o r d of the harvest to bless the m e a n s e mp lo ye d to raise u p a n educated a n d pious native ministry, a n d send t h e m forth completely a r m e d a n d well furnished into this wide field. ‘‘P r a y y e therefore the L o r d of the harvest that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.”

DISPENSARY A N D HOSPITAL.

Rev. S. D . Scudder, M . D., in charge ; Mrs. Scudder. S a m u e l Vcragoo, Dresser; S l i u n m o o g a m Moodelly, Conocoppillay; A b r a m Muni, S o l o m o n Aranacliallam, T h e v a p a r a n u m , Medi足 cal Students. . ' Rev. S. D . Scudder reports : T h e year has been one of great interest to us all, a n d it w ou ld require far m o r e space than w e can o ccupy to tell of all the bless足 ings, a n d m a n y loving kindnesses with w hich our ever-gracious heavenly Father has cro wn ed us. W e can allude but briefly to the m o s t important. A t the beginning of the year w e were cast d o w n at the prospect of being forced to curtail our work. T h e necessity appeared unavoidable on account of the lack of funds. B u t in our little faith w e s a w not the h a n d of the L o r d out-stretched for our deliverance, nor did w e lift our mental eyes e no ug h to see the bright sun of the early year emerging from, a n d with his genial rays scattering the clouds that h a d gathered about us. T h e whole n u m b e r of patients treated during 1870 w a s 53,963, w hi ch averaged, gives a daily attendance of 149. T h e year before it w a s 35,040, with an average of 96. It will be seen, therefore, that the w o r k has very considerably increased, especially in con足 trast with that of 1867, w h e n the w h o le n u m b e r of patients w a s 15,507. Separating the out from the in patients w e h av e of the former 40,914, a n d of the latter 13,049. T h e s e are the totals of the daily attendance. T h e n u m b e r of n e w cases w a s 7,124, of these 6,366 were out-patients a n d 7 5 8 in-patients. W i t h very few e x 足 ceptions, the hospital or in-pafients are furnished with food. M a n y of t h e m with clothing while ill, with bedding, lights, &c. W h e n they c o m e to us, m o s t of t h e m h av e spent their all either in getting here or in p aying their o w n ignorant physicians for treating them* Their wretchedness a n d destitution are often extreme. M o r e than twelve thousand (12,000) hav e thus been fed or otherwise cared for during the year. , T h e gospel has been regularly preached at the dispensary. A s the patients arrive they are seated u p o n benches in the large inner verandah of the building. W h e n a goodly n u m b e r is gathered, a portion of the Scripture is read a n d the truth m a d e k n o w n as simply a n d clearly as possible. T h e in-patients lying in their beds in the

adjoiniug wards are able to hear perfectly all that is said. Portions of Scripture a n d tracts are usually offered to those w h o can read, a n d are always gladly accepted. A few books h a v e also been soldIt will be w on de re d whether this m e t h o d of preaching does a n y good. M o s t assuredly it does! W e k n o w that m a n y , m a n y thousands hav e heard of Christ Jesus, the Saviour of the world. • W e k n o w •that in m a n y thousands of houses the k n o w l e d g e of salvation has been carried, through the little tickets w e give to every patient, w h i c h tell of G o d ’s great love' to m an , a n d w h i ch each one m u s t carefully preserve a n d exhibit at every visit to the dispensary. W e k n o w that the portions of Scripture a n d the tracts given to reading patients are carried a w a y to different parts of the country, often to far distant places. W e k n o w that a n u m b e r h a v e m a d e anxious in quiries a n d hav e s h o w n earnest desires to k n o w m o r e of the truth. W e leave all in G o d ’s hands. “ T h r o u g h the foolishness of this preaching” H e can bring about great results.' T w o high caste w o m e n hav e a b a n d o n e d their caste, declared themselves Christians, a n d are being instructed. T h e y wish to be baptized as soon as they h a v e obtained a sufficient k n o w l e d g e of G o d ’s word. W e look for even better things than these. This is a costly work. T h e feeding of from thirty to forty p a tients is alone a large item of expense. M a n y of these hav e to be nourished u p o n something m o r e than a simple diet. T h e best of broths, meat, milk, eggs, bread, wine, a n d other stimulants, m u s t often be dispensed, a n d a very large a m o u n t of medicines be used to supply one h u n dr ed a n d forty-nine patients daily. N o one, h o w ever, w o u l d g rudge the m o n e y could they but see the fearful a m o u n t of misery, wretchedness, a n d destitution that enter the doors of this institution. T h e y w o u l d rather- the m o r e freely open their hearts a n d their hands in aid of these their suffering fellow-creatures. T h e whole cost of the dispensary a n d hospital for the year has been, rupees five thousand five h un dr ed a n d sixty-one, annas six, a n d pies eight, (Rs. 5,561. 6. 8,) exclusive of the salary of the physi cian in charge. O f this s u m Rs. 2,068. 12. 4 w a s e xp en de d in' the diet, &c., of the hospital patients; Rs. 1,521. 7. 4 in the purchase of medicines, surgical instruments, & c . ; Rs. 942. 0. 0 in the salaries of the dresser a n d corps of servants; Rs. 1,369. 13. 4 in support of the medical class, a n d the remainder o n the incidental expenses of

such an establishment, as clothing, medical publications, repairs, postage, stationery, traveling on medical business, &c. FUNDS.

W e do no't wish to boast. W e m a y rejoice a n d m os t heartily express our thanks. F r o m every quarter kindness h a v e been showered u p o n us. .Our g oo d Governer has been kind. O u r Collector has been kind, a n d our h e a d Assistant Collectors hav e been kind. O n e a n d all doing everything in their p o w e r to pus h on the goo d work. T h r o u g h the generous efforts of H i s Excellency, L o r d Napier, w e h av e been permitted to finish the c o m m o d i o u s building for the higher caste patients. It has already been occupied b y Brahmins, M i i h o m m e d a n s of the first class, a n d others w h o w o u l d never consent to enter the c o m m o n wards. T h e large a n d beautiful plate-glass skylight, also, is a,fact in its proper place, shedding u p o n our operating table the light w e so m u c h needed, a n d the well is well on towards completion, promising a g oo d supply of g oo d water, so important to our work. F r o m the G o v e r n m e n t w e have received, besides the usual m o n t h l y grant, a supply of medicines, a n d a n extra grant each month, for the m o n t h s in w hi ch medicines were not supplied from the date of the g o v e r n m e n t order entitling us to them. This a m o u n t e d to the s u m of Rs. 582. 4.1. T h r o u g h the kind efforts of our acting Collector, U. S. Whiteside, E s q , the s u m of Rs. 750, a portion of the overplus F a m i n e Relief F u n d , w a s voted to the dis足 pensary, thus m o r e than balancing the a m o u n t deducted from the L a n g a k h a n n a grant, formerly given to us. D u r i n g the absence, in the early part of the year, of our head Assistant Collector a n d kind friend, F. H . Wilkinson, Esq., the magistrate acting forhim, J. B. D . Gribble, Esq., unsolicited b y us, a n d in fact without our knowledge, convened meetings of the native gentlemen at several places in this district, presented the claims of the dispensary a n d hospital to their notice, a n d invited t h e m to sub足 scribe as they felt able. T h e response w a s immediate, cordial a n d creditable, showing clearly that the people of this land are learning m o r e a n d m o r e to appreciate our systems, a n d w h e n properly a p 足 pealed to, will c o m e forward to their aid. Several g av e liberal donations. A good n u m b e r -placed their n a m e s u p o n the list as

m on th ly subscribers, while others promised us yearly subscriptions. A m o n g the hitter the n a m e of the Z e m e n d a r of H ar ve te N a j a r a m stands first. H e subscribed Rs. 100, promising to repeat it yearly. In c o m p a n y with Mr. Gribble I visited h i m at his o w n residence, w he re h e entertained us in regal style. W e found h i m a m a n of energy a n d progress, far in advance of m o s t of his countrymen, a n d greatly loved b y all his subjects. T h r o u g h Mr. Gribble’s kind efforts w e obtained donations a n d subscriptions for nearly 1,000 rupees, over 7 0 0 of w hi ch have been already paid. Mr. W ilkinson has also been a firm a n d active friend to this institution. Besides being a liberal m o n th ly subscriber, he obtained for us from the Z e m e n d a r of Ealestri a donation of 2 5 0 rupees a n d a yearly subscription of 100 rupees. W e h av e the Z c m e n d a r ’s written promise that these s u m s shall be paid this month. E n o u g h has been said to s h o w h o w kind our friends h a v e been. ' .

MEDICAL CLASS.

W e are glad to report that t w o of our y o u n g m e n are ready to go out into our district a n d begin the branch medical w o r k for w h i ch they h a v e been educated. A b r a m Muni, S o l o m o n Aranacliallam, and T h d v a p a r a n u m , the dresser’s son, constituted our first class. T h e y c o m m e n c e d their medical studies in the latter part of 1866. It is a pleasure to state that they have been zealous, active a n d diligent. W e send t h e m out with confidence, for w e k n o w that they are fully competent to treat, both medically a n d surgically, all save the very serious cases that m a y c o m e into their hands. T h d v a p a r a n u m will probably remain at the dispensary as assist ant to his father, the n u m b e r of patients being n o w so large that w e need his services. T h e mission has appointed A b r a m M u n i to T a k a m o o r , a fine prosperous village, w he re w e hav e a large n u m b e r of Christians, a n d which is a g o o d centre. S o l o m o n Aranacliallam goes to Gnanothiam, Rev. A n d r e w S a w y e r ’s station, w h e r e a m e d i cal assistant is very m u c h needed. It is very near the middle of our A r n e e a n d South Arcot districts, a n d he will hav e a large field of labor. A N E W FEATURE.

T o the completeness of organization attained b y the Mission the B o a r d invites attention. T h e Missipn has wisely endeavored to

form an efficient c o m p a n y of native helpers, a n d with unusual success. T h e r e are n o w connected with the Mission, 3 Native P a s 足 tors, 30 Catechists a n d Assistant Catechists, w h o are also preachers, 5 Medical Students, 25 Readers, w h o read a n d e x p o u n d the Scrip足 tures, 2 F e m a l e Bible Readers, 20 Colporteurs, w h o go from house to house, distributing the Scriptures a n d Christian tracts a n d books, a n d familiarly instructing families in the truth, 21 Christian School Masters, w h o arc in charge of day-schools in w h i c h the Scriptures are taught every d a y in connection with the instruction in the elementary branches of education ; a n d now, to c r o wn the whole, 12 Christian School Mistresses, w h o also hav e the charge of dayschools. This last addition to the corps of Christian laborers, while it completes the organization, is also a mos t encouraging proof of the system practiced, a n d the success that ha,s attended it. N o persons, a m o n g the heathen, are as degraded a n d bigoted as the w o m e n . T h e Arcot Mission has educated y o u n g w o m e n until they h a v e b e c o m e successful school teachers. This is a great ad 足 vance a n d triumph. ' T h e 101 native helpers are also theological students, constantly under the instruction of the Missionaries, a n d e xa mi ne d b y the M i s 足 sion twice a year. S o m e of t h e m will be prepared in a few years to act as native pastors. , ' It is plain that the Arcot Mission is rapidly furnishing our C hu rches in India with a b o d y of laborers able to carry on intelligently a n d properly every branch of Christian work. T h e Mission ought to be generously sustained b y us.

3. THE JAPAN MISSION. (Organized 1859.)

missionaries at Yokohama, Revs. S. R. B r o w n , D . D., J. H . B a l lagh, a n d C. H . H . Wolff; Assistant missionaries, Mrs. B r o w n , Mrs. Ballagh, Mrs. W o l f f a n d Miss' M a r y E. Kidder. At Yedo, Rev. G. F. Y e r b e c k ; Assistant Missionary, Mrs. Verbeck.

At Nagasaki, Rev. H e n r y S t o u t ; Assistant Missionary, Mrs. Stout. Rev. J. H . Ballagh left this city on his return to J a p a n in Oct.,

1870, a n d reach Y o k o h a m a in N o v e m b e r . Rev. 0. H . H . W ol ff joined the Mission in February, a n d is, for the present, at Y o k o h a m a . O u r brethren hav e been engaged, daring the year, in teaching in the g ov er nm en t schools. Rev. Mr. Y e r b e c k has been the President of the National College, at Yedo. H e writes' that the institution has one thousand pupils, lacking four, a n d that a large n u m b e r of applicants for admission were turned a w a y because there w a s no place to a c c o m m o d a t e them. Rev. S. R. B r o w n , X); 13., has been in charge of a g o v e r n m e n t school, which, during the year, w a s r e m o v e d from Niigata to Y o k o h a m a, as a matter of convenience; has also preached in the R e formed C h u r c h at Y o k o h a m a , a n d has been eng ag ed in translating the w o r d of G o d into Japanese. H e writes :

“ I n regard to the translation of the Scriptures, I a m very desirous to see that w o r k proceed, and, since I hav e b e c o m e settled here, have done w h a t I could towards it. I have copies of Hr. H e p b u r n ’s translations of the gospels, m a d e at m y o w n expense, a n d spent the N e w Y e a r ’s holidays, or about three weeks, in revising a n d correct ing the gospel according to St. M ar k, a n d now, Dr. H e p b u r n , (Mis sionary Physician of the Presbyterian Board, a n d editor of the J a panese a n d English Lexicon,” ) a n d I mee t at m y house every after noon, w h e n it is possible, an d spend from 3 to 5 o ’clock, P. M., a n d sometimes until 6 o'clock, in going over the revised c o p y together. W e have thus finished about half of that gospel, and, in the course of thirty days or less, hop e to have it completed a n d ready for the press, so far as w e are able to m a k e it. , “ I a m e ng ag ed in the school from 9 o'clock A . M., to 2 P., every week-day, except Saturday, w h e n I close at noon. T hu s, so long as the present arrangement of school hours continues— a n d I do not intend to change it myself— I hope to h av e t w o or three hours each w e e k - d a y to devote to translating. B y a sort of tacit arrangement this w o r k appears to be left to Dr. H e p b u r n a n d myself. U n d e r these circumstances, w e intend to proceed with it as fast as w e can, though that cannot be very rapidly, because both of us h av e other w o r k to occ up y the better part of every day. Until Mr. Ballagh arrived, or a little later, I h a d been preaching on the L o r d ’s d a y at Dr. H e p b u r n s Dispensary. Since then Mr. Ballagh has consented to preach, for the present, half the time. T h e congregation is a

very respectable one as to numbers, a n d has increased a good deal within a f ew m o n t h s past. It is, of course, c om po se d of foreigners of various nationalities, but often there is one or -more Japanese present.” Rev. H e n r y Stout has been teaching the g overnment school at Nagasaki, a n d perfecting his k n o w l e d g e of the Japanese language. Not hi ng of special importance has occurred in connection with his work. Rev. J. H . Ballagh has taught a small class of Japanese young, m e n daily, a n d has preached apart of each Sabbath in the R e f o r m e d C h u r c h at Y o k o h a m a . Rev. C. H . H . W ol ff has already b e g u n to teach a class of y o u n g men, a n d is e n g ag ed in learning the language of the country. . Miss M a r y E. K i d d e r has a small class of girls a n d hoys, w h i ch she instructs daily in the Scriptures, while also teaching t h e m in reading, arithmetic a n d geography. Miss K id de r is beginning to use the Japanese language with s o m e facility. T h e Board, a few mon th s ago, directed our Missionaries to prepare themselves to preach to the Japanese, a n d to begin to preach as soon as possible. This request d r e w replies from three of the brethren, presenting the following facts : 1. T h a t the proclamation against Christianity, forbidding all the subjects of the g overnment to emb ra ce it, a n d characterizing Christians as a “ vile a n d corrupt sect,” has been renewed, a n d been posted on the bulletin boards throughout the empire. 2. T h a t the Romanists deported from U ra ka mi , about t w o years ago, are treated with great severity, being confined in cages exposed to the weather, a n d left to die uncared for w h e n sick. 3. T h a t the foreign ministers, including the representative of the United States, h a v e united in a m e m o r a n d u m to the J ap anese go vernment, in w hi ch it is stipulated that, if the g ov er nm en t will e x tend kind treatment to the Romanists of Urakami, they will confine the preaching of the Missionaries to the foreign settlements, a n d punish t h e m if they venture to proclaim the gospel outside of those limits ; this being done under the clause of the treaties w h i c h says that n o foreign resident or native of J a p a n “ shall do anything to excite religious animosity,” a n d the claim of the Japanese govern

m e n t that the preachiug of the gospel w o u l d excite religious ani mosity. 4. Tha t the gov er nm en t of J a p a n has ordered its subjects not to attend at a n y place of Christian worship. 5. T h a t the Japanese g ov er nm en t seems to be endeavoring to revive Shintoism, a n d establish it as the religion of the empire. ■ O n the other hand, it m u s t not bo forgotten that the g o v e r n m e n t of J a p a n entrusts the education of its y o u n g m e n to Christian M i s sionaries ; that it sends its y o u n g m e n to the Christian schools of the United States a n d E u r o p e ; that it has never interfered to pre vent the most free interchange of thought between the Missionaries a n d their pupils, although religion is frequently the subject of conveisation; and, finally, that y o u n g m e n w h o h av e been jniblicly baptized b y Christian clergymen have not been molested in a n y form. _ W e are led to conclude that the g o v e r n m e n t of J a p a n is chiefly desirous to prevent R o m i s h priests from publicly proclaiming their pernicious d o g m a s at which no one can w o n d e r — and, to accomplish this end, considers itself compelled to forbid all preaching, even that of Protestant Christian Missionaries. Still the Christian people of the United States will assuredly not consent to the agreement en tered into b y their representative at the court of Japan, m a k i n g the preaching of the gospel an offence w or t h y of punishment. " A lemonstrance from the General S y n o d to our g ov er nm en t at W a s h i n g t o n expressing our disapproval of this arrangement, w o u l d be received respectfully, a n d would, no doubt, be of service, b y remind ing our representative with the g o v e r nm en t of J a p a n that he is the agent of a people w h o do not believe that the preaching of the gos pel b y ordained clergymen, in g o o d a n d regular standing in a repu table denomination, a n d in the usual orderly manner, is a crime to be punished. 4. N E W FIELDS.

T h e gov er nm en t of our country, wishing to improve the m a n a g e m e n t of the Indian tribes, a n d to promote their instruction in all that pertains to Christian civilization, requested the Boards of F o r eign Missions, of the various denominations, to a s s u m e the superin tendence of the agencies, a n d undertake the instruction of the I n dians. T h e gov er nm en t appoints the agent a n d pay s his salary.

T h e Missionary B o a r d nominates the agent. T h e agent appoints certain mechanics, w h o are expected to teach Indian apprentices in their trades. T h e Missionary B o a r d is expected to advise the Agent, a n d superintend his w o r k as far as possible, a n d to send out a n d maintain Christian school teachers a n d Missionaries. T h e g o v er nm en t expects to assist the Missionary B o a r d in erecting schoolhouses a n d seminary buildings. t U n d e r this plan your B o a r d has been requested to take care of the P i m a a n d Maricopa agency, including the P i m a s a n d Maricopas, n u m b e r i n g about 5,000, a n d the Colorado River agency, including the Yuinas, n um b e r i n g 2,000; the Yavapais, 2,000 ; the Mohaves, 4,000, a n d the Hualapais, 15,000. All of these Indians are repre sented as peaceable, wishing to h av e schools, a n d s o m e of t h e m civ ilized to such an extent that they are settled in villages, cultivate farms, and manufacture s o m e articles of convenience a n d taste. Y o u r B o a r d has a s s u m e d this n e w field of labor, has nominated the agents, w h o h a v e been commissioned. It will soon be neces sary to obtain teachers for these tribes a n d to maintain them, a n d probably to m e e t a considerable portion of the expense of boardingschools. T h e y w h o h a v e h a d experience in endeavors to evangelize the Indians, inform us that they hav e found schools their most ef fective agency. E v e r y one will recognize our obligation to do w h a t w e can to save the Indians from extermination b y settling t h e m u p o n farms, a n d instructing t h e m in mechanical arts a n d in general knowledge, a n d our duty to impart to t h e m a k n o w l e d g e of the saving truths of Christianity. T o m e e t the wants of the part of this w o r k assigned to us, the R e f o r m e d C h u r c h will be called to e x p e n d at least $2,000 a year u p o n each of these agencies, or $4,000 in all, for the support of teachers a n d schools. Besides this you r B o a r d w a s requested to a s s u m e the care of from t we nt y to thirty congregations in a n d near the city of Mexico. It appeared u p o n examination that there w a s a very important m o v e m e n t , of a m i x e d religious a n d political character, out of the R o m i s h C h u r c h in Mexico, a n d that the persons engaged in it h a d called themselves R e f o r m e d from the beginning, a n d that they were very m u c h in need of s o m e one to organize them, a n d for a time direct their operations. In consequence of the debt resting u p o n

the treasury the B o a r d w a s compelled to decline to enter u po n this undertaking. T h e appeal m a y be renewed. III.

CONCLUSION.

A physician or lawyer successful in his pursuit expects that his practice will increase. A C h u r c h wisely a n d prosperously c on ducting its legitimate w o r k m u s t expect it to extend. Invitations to enter n e w fields will be presented to such a Church, a n d should be w e l c o m e d with gladness. W e , having mos t successful Missions, m u s t reckon on their enlargement, m a k i n g additional claims u p o n our resources, a n d that w e will be invited to cultivate n e w fields. E v e r y opportunity to extend the k n o w l e d g e of the truth, a n d en large our usefulness, ought to be improved. O u r L o r d will not give us m o r e to do than H e will enable us to do. T h e term of office of the following m e m b e r s will expire w h e n their places are filled b y this S y n o d : Rev. Isaac F eeeis,D . D „ L. L. D.,

“ “

A. P. V a n G ieson, J oseph Sc u d d e e , D . D., “ G. H . M andeville , D . D., “ W . J. R. T a t l o e , D . D., Mr. J oseph B. Shefeield , “ J a m e s A. W illiamson , ‘‘ J. R e m s e n B enn ett . A d o p t e d N e w Y o e k ,M a y 31st, 1870.

. J. M . F E R R I S ,

Corresponding Secretary.

TABULAR VIEW OF RECEIPTS .

FROM

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Glassis of Albany. First Albany.... Second Albany ... K n o x .......... Second Bethlehem German, Albany.. Second Berne... Jerusalem...... Onisquethaw... N o w Baltimore__ N o w Salem..... First Bethlehem .. Westerlo ....... Cooymans...... Third Albany...

ยง510 205 24 47

00 44 GO 54

ยง510 205 24 . 47

12 00

38 00

10 00 6 51 18 125 40 17 29

30 28 37 00 00 20 00

00 44 00 54

14 00 2 74 30 00 5 00 25 80

38 00 24 00 9 10 81 28 23 37 151 40 40 00 17 20 29 00

Glassis of Bergen. Gorman, Hoboken...... Third Jersey City...... N e w D u r h a m ......... English Neighborhood ... Gotten berg........... First Hackensack...... Second Hackensack.... Schraalenbergh.......

12 50 140 07

120 00 10 00

120 00

4 300 87 10

50 00 28 15

430 187 100 40 150 94 73 130

98 85 23 00 59 07 05 00

20 00 50 00

30 4 350 87 16

00 50 00 28 15

South Glassis of Bergen. Bergen................. Lafayette.... :.......... First Van Verst......... . Clinton Avenue, Newark___ Second Newark........... Belleville................ East N e w a r k ............ Bergen Point............

00 105 75 240

71 00 00 30

39 05

58 10

1 50

280 00

497 09 332 50 235 23 280 30 150 59 153 73 73 05 410 00

South Glassis of Bergen, CONTINUED.

North Newark .... First Newark..... Franklin........ Second Hudson City Bayonne..-........ West Newark..... First Jersey City ... Irvington......... .

$818 3fi 497 38

ยง211 51

100 00

$1029 87 597 :i8.

20 00

8 75 12 96

2 00

โ ข

1079 27 35 20

2 00

1079 27 35 20

Glassis of Cayuga. Syracuse ............. Canastota.......'..... Lysander............. O wasco Outlet........ West Leyden......... Owasco.............. Cliittenango.......... Nanmburgh......... .. Utica................

125 24 6 7 9 43 20 4 517

62 80 75 75 00 47 15 15 85

12 101 2 6 30 132 121 29

51 38 75 95 00 00 80 07

64 66

125 24 6 7 9 43 84 .4 517

62 80 75 75 00 47 81 15 85

12 271 3 6 30 132 121 29

51 68 75 95 00 00 80 07

Glassis of Geneva. Cato ....... Ithaca....... Tyre ........ Athens, Pa... Wolcott..... Geneva...... .Rochester.... Cleveland, Ohio Pnltneyville__ Mina Corners.. Farmer Village Lodi......... Clymer..... '.

170 30

.... .... ' 1 00 .... .... .... .... ....

10 00

...

10 00

25 60 12 37

.... .... 5 00 ....

25 60 17 37

00 00 00 00

Glassis of Grand River. 53 11 20 00

53 11

10 00 62 50 8 50 4 00

20 00 10 00 62 50 8 50 4 00

Glassis of Greene. Leeds....... . First Coxsackie

54 41 17 99

14 41

54 41 32 40

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Glassis of Greene. CONTINUED.

Second Coxsackie First Athens... Kiskatom...... Catskill....... Moresville..... Roxbury.......

$70 27 56 72 9 10

87 50 16 51 00 06

$91 27 66 72

$20 50 10 23

37 50 39 51

1 00

10 00

2 00

12 06

50 00 18 00 6 40

184 28 106 80

Glassis of Holland. Vriesland.... . Third Holland.. First Holland... Ebeuezer.... . Drenthe...... Overyssel.... Amelia, V a ... Zeeland..... Second Holland Saugatnck...

102 28 79 80 102 71

1 00

32 9 11 3

00 00 99 30

12 00 1 00

35 50 37 00

121 10 4 30 47 50 38 00

20 00

20 00 32 00 10 50

32 00 10 50

10 00

Glassis of Hudson. First Hudson......... Claverack ............ Germantown.......... Linlithgow........... Greenport............ Taghkanic............ Upper Red H o o k ...... Second Claverack......

377 443 56 32 79 25 25 111

47 26 50 30 50 00 02 13

19 57 80 25 20 9 8 27

75 56 70 20 50 17 05 68

290 30 62 67 64 192

20 87 58 73 85 76

125 00 25 55

100 00

17 00

122 10

602 468 56 49 79 25 25 233

47 81 50 30 50 00 02 23

19 75 80 25 20 13 8 27

75 36 70 20 50 52 05 68

460 30 62 76 64 278

20 87 58 99 85 75

Glassis of Illinois.

Raritan..................

4 35

Glassis of Kingston. Second Kingston. Rosendale ...-Marbletown ..... Rochester..... . Gnilford...... N e w Paltz....

170 00 926 85 99

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Glassis of Kingston. CONTINUED.

Dashville Falls........ Clove................ Hurley............... North Marbletown..... . Bloomingdale..........

$32 68 75 38 10

90 245 105 66 27

98 00 00 77 00

71 13 40 2

00 00 23 30

92 00 40 50

10 00

$77 63 177 79

95 00 80 43

10 00

& no 30 00 111 00

55 22 25 00

5 120 356 105 121 27 25

00 98 00 00 99 00 00

30 00

101 00

48 00

13 00 88 23 2 30

S. Glassis of L o n g Island. Flatbnsh............... N e w Utrecht............. South Brooklyn.......... First Brooklyn.......... East N e w York.......... Flatlands............... N e w Lotts............... On the Heights........... North Brooklyn.......... Middle Brooklyn......... Gravesend.............. Twelfth Street...........

$45 70

N. Glassis of Lon g Island. St. Peters................ Greenpoint....... ....... Astoria.................. Flushing................ East Williamsburgh....... Queens.................. Bedford Avenue.......... N e w t o w n ................ Oyster B a y .............. Jamaica................. Sayville.................

35 00 80 93 00

1554 325 24 1470 50 65 371 857 115 92 70 38

26 90 84 54 00 49 67 00 45 77 88 78

6 15 16 31 2 23 50

00 00 28 70 85 67 00

20 00

59 60 129 93 12 00

20 28 72 10

150 25

5 00 25 00 5 00

75 00 30 00 8 22 100 00 54 96

1559 501 24 1475 125 95 379 957 115 92 125 38

26 15 84 54 00 49 89 00 45 77 84 78

Glassis of Michigan. First Grand Rapids..... Battle Creek........... South M a c o n .......... Constantine........... Porter... ;........... H o p e ....... .*......... Centreville..... â&#x20AC;˘......

20 00

6 00 15 16 51 2 23 70

00 28 70 85 67 00

Glassis of Monmouth. Keyport.............. Marlboro.... ......... Middletown...........

79 88 202 03 12 00

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Glassis of Monmouth. •

CONTINUED.

Holmdel................ Spotswood.............. Colt’s N e c k ............. Long Branch............ Second Freehold.........

$92 20 • 15 07 11 63 15 00 411 ‘ 27

$10 95 5 00

$103 15 16 15 43

15 67 63 00 27

5 40 58 38 3 25 21 18 46 17 20 8

00 00 48 65 55 00 78 00 00 05 00 85

802 971 217 435 100 13 •28 40 92

13 98 25 24 00 00 57 00 64

3665 2295 446 11 98 318 130 38 13 44 20 152

69 37 54 00 00 41 19 19 85 69 00 28

Glassis of Montgomery. Stone Arabia... Fonda........ Currietown.... Haganian’s Hills. Spraker’s Basin.. 'Florida........ Herkimer...... Port Jackson-Glen.......... St. Johnsville__ M a n h e i m ... . Indian Castle--

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10 45

17 00

Glassis of N e w Brunswick. Six Milo R u n ........ Second N e w Brunswick. Middlehush.......... First N o w Brunswick ... Griggstown.......... Third N e w Brunswick .. Boundbrook......... East Millstone........ Millstone............

402 13 071 Oft 162 75 405 24 70 00 1M 00 9ft K7 40 00 09 04

400 00 54 50 30 00 30 00

Glassis of N e w York. Collegiate........ South Church..... Harlem........... Fourth German.... Prospect Hill...... Madison Avenue... Houston -Street.... St. Paul’s ......... Huguenots’.... ... Mott H a v e n ...... Port Richmond.... Thirty-fourth Street

Brighton Heights, S. I.

2923 1295 398 11 80 177

69 37 54 00 00 35

aft ia 44 90 159

10 85 00 00 9fi

67 96

195 00 33 00 18 00 101 06 130 19

547 00 1000 00 15 00

40 00

67 96

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Washington Square. Bushwick........ . Union, Sixth Avenue

$50 00

$268 41 12 76 57 25

$318 41 12 76 57 25

Glassis of Orange. Shawangunk ........ EUenvillo............ Cudilobackville....... Newburgh.... ...... Fort Jervis........ . Bushkill............. Berea............... Bloomingburgh.... ... N e w Hurley......... N e w Prospect........ Napauoch............ Fallsburgh........... Walden............. Montgomery.........

68 88

68 83 130 00 191 18 371 35 23 00

130 4 342 510 23

4 50 151 40 138 78

00 50 58 13 00

20 00

51 42 12 11

51 42 12 65

91 60 50 40

132 82 500 00

53 82

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91 60 50 22

200 00

147 82 500 00

15 00

Glassis of Paramus. Second Paterson..... . Aquackuonk........ Pascack............ West N e w Hempstead .. Clarkstown.......... Tappan............. Spring Valley........ First Holland, Paterson North Passaic........ Nyaok........ :.... Piermonfc........... Paramus............ Saddle River........ Warw i c k ...........

215 271 31 48 123 53 28 5 17 86 70 24 15

00 50 66 85 75' 98 48 00 64 74 00 97 00

30 00 399 85 36 42

68 50

25 00 50 00

245 671 31 48 228 53 28 5 17 111

00 35 66 85 67 98 48 00 64 74

120 00

24 97 15 00

101 00

Glassis of Passaic. Pomp t o n ....... J........ Little Falls.............. First Paterson............ Stoue House Plains....... Pompton Plains.......... Montville................ Boardvillo............... Preaknoss...............

129 60 72 30 5 11 127 26 10 23

00 36 03 25 00 00 73 00 00 25

7 80 30 63

58 85

... ... ... ... .....

136 80 90 99 72 03 30 25 5 00

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11 00

5 00 25 00

191 58 51 00

...

10 00

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23 25

Glassis of Philadelphia. Artdisville........... North and Southampton Rocky Hill.......... Keshan ic............ Harlingen........... Second Philadelphia__ Readington.......... Stanton ............. Third Philadelphia.... First Philadelphia.... Blawenbnrgh........ Manayunk...........

$59 82 8(5 79 57 0(5

$45 25 40 00

11(1 00 70 50 132 28 125

00 55 00 00 00

7 08 99 00 30 00

85 00 30 00

1 25

$105 07 126 79 57 06 116 00 70 00 50 55 139 08 28 00 224 00 30-00 80 25 30 00

Glassis of Poughkeepsie. Fishkill-on-Hudson ....... Hyde Park........ ..... Hopewell............... Glenham ............... Mill Bro o k ............. Rhinebeck.............. N e w Hackensack......... Fishkill ................ First Poughkeepsie....... Cold Spring............. Second Poughkeepsie.....

202 57 114 42 144 200 81 77 245

89 85 21 00 85 28 70 53 08

.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....

10 28 15 00 60 00 5 00

69 00

202 57 114 52 144 215 81 137 245 5 69

89 85 21 28 85 28 70 53 08 00 00

Glassis of Raritan. Rockaway.............. Third Raritan........... -Easton................. Branchvillo............. Peapack ................ Bedminster............. Second Somerville....... Lebanon................ North Branch............

101 13 150 00 267 00

100 00

47 00 30 00

59 80 242 65

50 00 105 34

24 41

Glassis of Rensselaer. Stnyvesant Falls........ Cha t h a m ............ Stnyvesant............. N e w Concord............ Kinderhook............. Schodack Landing....... Second Ghent............ Blooming Grove......... East Green bush.......... 'Schodack............... First G h e n t ..............

101 13 - .... 77 25 227 25 1646 42 1960 42 77 25' 207 25 .......... 5980 20 00 262 65 115 00 165 00 .... 105,34 .... 24 41 t

26 35 170 30 404 5 15 7 109

00 00 37 00 99 00 00 25 56

12 00 20 00

7 00

124 94 2 75 10 00

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33 35 170 30 529 5 15 10 109 12 30

00. 00 37 00 93 00 00 00 56 00 00

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Classis of Saratoga. West T r o y ........... South West Troy...... Union Village......... Bnskirk’s Bridge...... Wynant’s Kill......... Saratoga............. Fort Miller........... Northumberland....... Cohoes............... Schaghticoke.........

$122 22 180 32 25 ■14

$162 180 32 25 14

$40 00

g:i 67 00 00

22 83 67 00 00

100 00

•11 54

11 54

100 00

58 30 50 00

Classis of Schenectady. Hehlerberg.............. First Rotterdam.......... First Glenville............ Niskaynna............... Lisha’s Kill.......... .... First Schenectady.... I--Amity................... Second Schenectady....... Second Rotterdam........

20 00

20 00 15 108 50 41

25 53 54 35

28 00 9 30

. . 17 13 .... 27*82

11 00

15 25' 108 53 67 67 41 35

10 00

20 00

75 82 9 30

11 00

Classis of Schoharie. Berne................ Gilboa................ Middlebnrgh.......... Schoharie............. TGawyersville.......... East Cohbleskill....... Gallnpville........... North Blenheim........

23 14 42 13 5 5 9 3

7 00

00 00 00 11 00 00 00 62

30 14 42 13 5 5 9 3

00 00 00 11 00 00 00 62

Classis of Ulster. North Esopns........ First Kingston ....... Saugcrties........... Shandaken .......... Bine Mountain ....... Flatbnsh............ Woodstock.......... Wiltwyck........... West Hurley........ Plattekill............ Catsbaan............ Esopus..... ........

100 00 803 91 227 61 06 16 34 19 35 00 00 00

100 00

173 66

937 91 400 61

8 00

6 00 ;40 57 23 28 21 30 50 15

... v 134 00 7 62 15 00

47 72 23 28 21 ‘ 30 50 15

68 16 34 19 35 00 00 00

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S e c o n d T a r r y t o w n ........ M o u n t V o r i i o n ...... ... G r e e n v i l l o ......... P e e k s k i l l ......... Y o n k e r s ......... First T a r r y t o w n .......... H a s t i n g s ................. B r o n x v i l l o ............. M o n t r o s e ................ F o r d l i a m .............. W e s t F a r m s ..............

§ 4 2 0 61 108 35 13 34 51 4 5 78 34 05 152 57 8 0 54 1 3 00 3 0 00 31.04

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178 35 49 •

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Classis o f W i s c o n s i n . F r a n k l i n ................ O o s t b u r g h ................ L o w P r a i r i e .............. B e t h l e h e m ............... Silver C r e e k .................. H o l l a n d ................. ' A l t o ...................... G r e e n l e a f ................... M i l w a u k e e ............... H i g h Prairie.................. G i C b s v i l l e ..................... First C h i c a g o ................

68 45 27 56 86 100 51

75 78 75 20 86 00 15

2 79 14 4 6

30 22 00 80 00

' 6 22 0 7 75 50 O Q 8 6 86 17 00

10 00 2 2 61 •6 00

INDIVIDUALS NOT T HR OU GH " CHURCHES.

A. H .................. §5 Tluiukful.............. 100 Josephine Penfold, N. York. 40 Edmu n d Penfold, Ne w York, 40 Maria B ................ E. T. C ............ 10 Cash.................. 10 From the Giver of all-Good. 30 Eliza Schureman, Troy, N. Y. 20 F. J. W e b b ............. 10 K., N e w Brunswick, N. J. .. 25 5 A I M e n d .............. Gen. G. Loomis, U. S. A ... 25 A Friend.............. 100 Miss A. D. B ......... i.. 20 L a m b d a ............... 300 A. H.,S................ 10 Theological Students, Hol6 laud, Mich............ O.VanOlinda,Holland,Mich.' 4 A. Van Santvoord, Kendall, N. Y ................. 10 Mrs. C. E. Hasbrouck, Free hold, N. J............ 40 O. S. Decker, Margaretsville, N. Y ........;........ 2 >Foreign Friend......... 5 Mrs. K. J. Brown, N. Y. City, 300 Individuals, Platteville,Wis. 5 Individuals, for Chiangchiu.................4,100 Farmer of N e w Jersey... 300 A. H. S., Albany, N. Y .... 18 Cash, Newburgh, N. Y .... 200 For A m o y Mission....... 15 Individuals, for Yokohama.2,312 C- R. D., Newark, N. J.... 10

00 00 00 00 45 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 53 00 00 28 00 00 00 00 83 00

Rev. H. Schnellondreussler. 5 Mrs.M. K. H o w ......... 20 H o m e S. School, Holland, Mich................. 6 V. R ................... 5 Theological Student, N e w Brunswick, N. J....... 10 Sabbath School, N e w Bridge, N. J................. 20 Geo. Bassett, Sag Harbor, N. Y ................. 256 Mrs. C. Ward, Rahway, N. J. 10 Addy’s Bank, Waupun, Wis. 1 Ladies’Association, Danube, N. Y ................. 3 W. W. K ............... 50 A. C. K ................ 50 P.J.Q., N e w Brunswick,N.J. 25 Rev. S. M. Woodbridge__ 25 L. , Washington Heights, N. Y ................. 20 Rev. C. W. Wilson, T w o Rivers, Wis........... 13 Little Lucy in the West__ 3 Friends, Montague, Mich. .. 5 A Member of Reformed Ch., 1 Chester, N. J.......... H. H. Walker, N e w York... 100 M. N. Oliver, N e w Bruns wick, N. J............ 10 A Minister’s W i d o w ...... 10 A Friend.............. 10 C. C., Michigan......... 5 A Friend, gold.......... 50

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 85 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Total. . . . . . . . . . . $8,492 94

MISCELLANEOUS.

Morgan Street Mission School, Jersey City, N. J............ §60 00 Presbyterian Church, Englewood, N. J.................... 100 American Bible Society .................. .... .......... 1,300 American Tract Society............................... . 500 Interest on Security Funds.............................. 1,879 Premium on Specie.................................... 9 Sale of old papers............................. ........ 1 Board of Publication, for Catechism in Tamil ............. 600 Union Dale Sabbath School, Franklin Township, N. J........ 14 Unknown, surplus cash on hand, April 29.................. 41 Total............................... ..........

00 00 00 81 11 45 00 50 06

$4,505 93

LEGACIES.

.Ann J a m e s ........................................... $6,500 00J" Maria R. Lefforts............ 235 00 Mary Ann Jones...................................... 3,787 20 W m . Johnson, M. D .................................... 50 00 Almira Garrison................. 100 00 Jas. S. T o d d ....................................... 613 61 David Wilson......................................... 158 81 Emelino Foster...................... ’................ 300 00 Total..........................................$11,744 62

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R E C E I P T S F R O M CLASSES. C lasses of Sy n o d

C hurch

C ontribu Â

N e w York.

tions .

Hudson........ . Kingston........ North Long Island. South Long Island N e w Y o r k ...... . South N e w York... Orange......... Poughkeepsie... . Westchester.....

F rom

T ot a l .

S. Schools . Individuals .

$1,150 9;ÂŤ 601 5,037 5,154 406 1,555 1,235 985

18 97 98 58 96 38 59 39 58

$17,120 91

$289 443 133 318 477

65 45 22 43 25

363 50 90 28 248 35

$100 10 171 135 1,602 50 200

00 $1,539 83 1,387 42 00 965 50 00 5,491 01 00 00 7,234 21 456 38 00 2,119 09 00 1,325 67 1,234 42 49

$2,304 13 $2,268 49 $21,753 53

Albany. Albany ... Cayuga... Genova ... Greene... Montgomery Kensselaer.. Saratoga__ Schenectady Schoharie__ Ulster....

$1,195 759 580 318 274 835 683 283 114 1,404

45 54 46 50 91 17 02 97 73 62

$6,450 37

$47 64 170 45 10 144 51 44

54 66 30 14 45 69 54 95

156 62 $735 89

$30 00 $1,272 824 756 6 00 366 3 00 302 17 00 979 734 358 30 00 121 7 00 1,734 173 00

99 20 76 64 36 86 56 92 73 24

$266 00 $7,452 26

Chicago. Grand River..... Holland........ Illinois......... Michigan....... Wisconsin.......

$148 410 248 145 542

11 79 61 50 81

$76 29 17 80 40 00

$1,495 82

$134 09

$10 00 87 40 4 35 55 83

$158 574 270 185 598

11 48 76 50 64

$157 58 $1,787 49

N e w Brunswick. Bergen............. South Bergen........ Monmouth........... N e w Brunswick...... Paramus............. Passaic............. Philadelphia......... Raritan.............

$696 3,746 379 2,186 1,093 494 840 1,025

50 69 30 31 57 62 22 92

$50 831 103 '84 541 97 221 151

00 17 33 50 27 28 33 41

$20 352 5 430 68 30 1 1,935

00 66 00 00 50 00 25 92

$766 4,930 487 2,700 1,703 621 1,062 3,113

50 52 63 81 34 90 80 25

$10,463 13 $2,080 29 $2,843 33 $15,386 75

Total

$35,530 23 $5,314 40 $5,535 40 $46,380 03

T R E A S U R E R ’S A N N U A L

REPORT.

The Board ofForeign Missions of theBefarmed Church in America in account with the Treasurer. D

A m o y M ission.

April 30, 1871. To cash paid drafts, & c ........................ $11,085'00 “ “ on account of the Mission........... 4,939 69 . ' -----------$16,62469

A r c ot M ission.

To cash paid drafts, &c........................ $22,211 72 “ “ on account of the Mission........... 4,182 08 -------- $26,393 80

Ja p a n M ission. To cash paid drafts, & c ....................... “ “ on account of the Mission........... ‘ “ “ Corresponding Secretary’s salary..... “ “ Rev. J. Scudder’s salary............ “ “ Bookkeeper’s salary.......... :..... “ “ Incidental expenses, printing, & c ..... “ “ Traveling expenses................ “ “ Interest on loans.................. " “ R e n t ............................ “ “ to the Japanese............... “ “ Postage__ ;.. ............... •__ “ “ Gospel Field...................... . “ “ Notes paid during the year......... Balance in Treasury.........................

7 '

’

" $1,140 00 3,771 09 $4,911 09 $3,000 00 375 00 200 00 1,147 96 502 89 2,610 70 287 50 526 60 129 31 1,000 00 $9,779 96 15,500 00 2,376 00 $75,58554

April 30, 1870. By balance in Treasury...........

$786 34

April 30, 1871. $35,530 23 By cash received from Churches it it a 5,314 40 Sabbath Schools -•......... u a (( Individuals through Churches, 5,535 40 a u i( 8,492 94 “ not “ “ u u a 4,505 93 Miscellaneous* sources...... u a i( Legacies................. 11,744 62 ------ — $71,123 il a n Mrs. Wyckoff, for Rev. J. A. 56 Davis and wife......... ll it a Miss L. Hasbrouck, for Rev. 10 H. Stout............... il a a 1,097 Rev. J. H. Ballagh........ a for Miss Chapin.. ............ Borrowed from the Bank...............

a a

52 68

00 00

12 00 2,500 00 $75,585 54

Invested in U. S. Bonds, as Security Fund........ Loss by Exchange, 1870-71.................... Present debt of the Board.......... '..........

$33,500 00 $4,970 06 22,000 00

0 Ne w

Y o u k , 30th April, 1871. G A M ’L G. SMITH, Treamrer.

The above account examined and found correct. .

A. V. W.

v a n

■ 'V E C H T E N ,

Finance Committee.

N e w York ,7th

June, 1871.

fjoad of r|ot(;ign fissions. Members whose Term expires June, 1872. Rev. “ “ “

"W. R. Duryee, "W. H . Steele, D.D., A . R. Tho mp so n, D.D., J. M c C . Holmes, D.D.,

Rev. W . V . V . Mab on ; D.D., Mr. Sanford Cobb, “ A. H . Hazen, “ A. Y. W . VanVechten.

Members whose Term expires June, 1873. Rev. “ “ “

T h o m a s DeWitt, D.D., E. F. Terhune, D.D., Philip Peltz, D.D., C. L. "Wells,

Rev. H . D. Ganse, Theodore L Mason, M.D., Mr. D. J. Steward, “ W . R. Janeway.

Members whose Term expires June, 1874. Rev. “ 11 “

Isaac Perris, D.D., LL.D., A . P. V a n Gieson, Joseph Scudder, D.D., J o h n Forsyth, D.D.,

Rev. W . J. R. Taylor, D.D., Mr. Garret J. Blauvelt, “ J a m e s A. Williamson, “ Jacob L. Sutphen.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEERev. “ “ “ “

Isaac Ferris, D.D., LL.D., Mr. Sandford Cobb, Theodore L. Mason, M.D., W . H . Steel, D.D., Mr. J a m e s A . Williamson, E. P. Terhune, D.D., “ A . V. W . V a n Vechten, W . R. Duryee, “ D. Jackson Steward. H . D. Ganse,

OPPICEES FOE 1871-72. Rev. T h o m a s DeWitt, D.D., President, Mr. Sanford Cobb, Vice President, Rev. A . P. V a n Gieson, Rec. Secretary, “ J. M . Ferris, Cor. Secretary, Mr. Gamaliel G. Smith, Treasurer, 342 Pearl St., N e w York.

MEDICAL ADVISOES. J a m e s Anderson, M.D., N e w York, H e n r y R. Baldwin, M.D., N e w Brunswick, N . J.