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One Hundred and Sixth ANNUAL REPORT

B O A R D OF FOREIGN MISSIONS Reformed Church in America

1938

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O n e Hundred and Sixth Annual Report of the

Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in America T h e Eighty-first Ye ar of Separate Action Organized, 1832

Independent, 1857

Incorporated, 1860

MISSIONS A m o y , China, 1842 Arcot, India, 1853 Japan, Arabia,

1859 1889

Unit e d Mission in M e s o p o t a m i a , 1924

A p p r o v e d by the Bo a r d M a y 21, 1938

A N N U A L R E P O R T , 1938 T h e B o ard of Foreign Missions respectfully presents to General S y n o d its O n e H u n d r e d and Sixth Annual Report and the Eighty-first of its separate and independent action. P ersonnel

of t h e

B oard

T h e terms of the following m e m b e r s of the Board expire with the 1938 Session of General S y n o d : Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev.

J. W . Beardslee, Ph. D. Rev. Milton T. Stauffer, D. D. E. D. Dimnent, Litt. D. Rev. J. H . Warnshuis, D. D. George D. Hulst, D. D. Mr. Mf. T. H a k k e n T. H. Mackenzie, D D. Mr. F. W . Jansen Mr. H e r m a n Vanderwart

There is also one vacancy in the lay membership of the B o a r d in the class whose membership expires in the year 1940. ' D

e a t h of

D r. W

illiam

I. C h a m b e r l a i n

O n September 28th, 1937, Dr. William I. Chamberlain died in N e w Y o r k City after a brief illness. Since his retirement fr o m active service in 1935 Dr. Chamberlain had been in poor health, but in the latter part of the s u m m e r he had seemed greatly improved and had even attended an important special meet ing of the B o ard in connection with the F ar Eastern crisis, w h e n he participated in the discussions with characteristic sympathy and good judgment. A serious heart condition developed, however, in September and the end c a m e quite sud denly. It is impossible in these pages to give any adequate impression of the part which Dr. Chamberlain played in the w o r k of our o w n Church and in the whole foreign missionary enterprise of the past generation. A memorial booklet will be issued in the near future and w e shall quote here only the formal resolu tion adopted by the B oard of Foreign Missions at a meeting of the Executive Committee held on N o v e m b e r 18, 1937:— . T h e m e m b e r s of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in America are profoundly grateful to G o d for the life and service of Dr. William I. Chamberlain. F o r nearly fifty years he has been inti mately associated with the w o r k entrusted to us and for a quarter of a century he has been our acknowledged leader. , . H e w a s singularly fitted for his career by his missionary parentage, his o w n service upon the foreign field, his richly e n d o w e d personality and his cultured and philosophical intellect. His qualities were such as to m a k e h i m one of the most highly admired and dearly beloved personalities in our Church. His influence upon our Church and her willingness to follow his leadership w a s almost unique. B y his gracious courtesy, his sympathetic understanding and his passionate devotion to those things which he held central in the Christian faith, he w o n the trust and confidence of all w h o k n e w him.

A s friend and counselor, not only to the missionaries upon the foreign field but to his brother ministers, he rendered service of inestimable value. His influence reached out far beyond his o w n denomination; in Foreign Mission circles everywhere his advice w a s eagerly sought and his expressed convictions had great weight. Holding as he did that the w o r k of Christ w a s for the whole world, he took keen interest and put forth ardent effort for its advancement both at h o m e and abroad. A s a guest in the home, as a preacher in the pulpit, as an advocate in ecclesiastical assemblies and as an executive in missionary administration, the c h arm of his personality and the influence of his spirit were strongly felt. His inflexible integrity, his moving eloquence and the strong intellectual foundation on which all his thinking rested have, w e are persuaded, left a deep impression upon the entire^ Missionary enterprise. Dr. Chamberlain still lives in the hearts of those w h o loved him, in the carrying forward of the w o r k so largely shaped by his influence, and in the missionary impulse which he w a s privileged by G o d to implant in so m a n y hearts. His m e m o r y is blessed and as w e think of him w e pledge ourselves a n e w to the w o r k which w a s central in his life and thought. D eath

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T. S cudder

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T h e Board reports also-with deep regret the death on April 10th, 1938 of . Mrs. Walter T. Scudder. Mrs. Scudder and her husband were commissioned as missionaries in 1899 and sailed for India that s a m e year. .She served there, with the brief intermission of furloughs, until 1935, w h e n she and Mr. Scudder returned to America and retired from active service in the following year. H e r s was a notable service. She carried not only the usual duties of the wife of an evangelistic missionary, w hose contacts are m a n y over a wide area, but being a physician undertook full responsibility for medical service, in particular developing the dispensary at Tindivanam, where she and M r . Scudder were long stationed. H e r skill as a physician and her unfailing sympathy w o n her a wide circle of friends a m o n g the Indian Christians, as w a s beautifully demonstrated in a cablegram sent-to M r . Scudder from the congregation at Tindivanam upon hearing of her death. T

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A s succeeding pages indicate, the Board reports again, for the fourth conÂ secutive year, a fully balanced budget. During these years outstanding debt has been reduced from $85,028.81 to $30,499.24. It has been impossible in bringing about a drastic readjustment after the depression, to take any significant forward steps, but stability has been secured, missionaries are n o w returning regularly at the proper time of furlough, and in the past t w o years two of the families which were detained at h o m e have been reappointed to active service. W e thank G o d and take courage, fully assured of the determination of the Church to support to the utmost a cause which has always been dear to its heart. T h e G o l den M

ilestone in

rabia

Following the instructions of the last General Synod, plans have been m a d e for the Jubilee of the Arabian Mission. T h e circumstances which surrounded

the beginning of w o r k in Arabia fifty years ago and the diffichlties which have been confronted in presenting the claims of Christ to this strategic part of the M o h a m m e d a n world have been a continual challenge to the Church through the years. Consequently a feeling of great expectancy has been manifested as plans have developed for this Anniversary. It is particularly fortunate that the two founders of the Mission, Dr. James Cantine and Dr. Samuel M . Z w e m e r are both with us and able to participate in the jubilee. W e greatly appreciate Dr. Zwemer's willingness to set aside the m a n y requests that have c o m e to him from America and from abroad in order that he m a y render this important service. '■ A t the request of the Committee of the President’s Cabinet, the anniversary tour of the Church by the t w o founders has been arranged in connection with the program of the year projected by the Cabinet. This tour will take place in September, October and N o v e m b e r of this year. T h e Golden Milestone has been selected as an appropriate title for the jubilee and the s u m to be raised as a thank offering has been fixed at $25,000. This is to be used at the" discretion of the Mission and the Board to strengthen and develop the w o r k in Arabia, parti cularly by ma k i n g available the reinforcements which are so sorely needed by the Mission. A s a first step in this program Rev. and Mrs. Garret E. D e Jong have been reappointed, to leave for the field this autumn, and M r . Coert Rylaarsdam, a former short term missionary in Arabia, has been assured by the Board that he will be appointed on completion of his studies. These appoint ments are not justified by the present financial condition of the Board, but so serious are the needs of the field that this action has been taken in the faith that the m e m b e r s of our Church will accept the challenge of Arabia today as they did fifty years ago. T h e W o m a n ' s Board is cooperating in the jubilee and is planning to raise $5,000 from w o m e n ’s societies for necessary equipment in Arabia. T

n d eclared

a r in t h e

F ar E ast

T h e w a r in China has profoundly affected the Christian m o v e m e n t in both China and Japan and has at the same time presented a host of problems -to Mission Boards and Christians in the West. T h e normal life of millions of civilians in China has been disrupted and tens of thousands have been killed. Great cities have lost from half to two-thirds of their population and millions of Chinese are on trek in distress for lack of the essentials of life. Frequent bombing raids on A m o y and vicinity have kept the people in a state of excitement and A m o y and C h a n g c h o w have been at times comparatively deserted. A s w e are writing this report the city of A m o y is being occupied by the Japanese. A cable reports the missionaries safe, but just what will be the effect of this n e w development no one can say at this time. T h e amazing thing is, however, that it has been possible for the Mission and the Church to continue effective service. Schools have not been closed, hospitals have been m o r e active than usual and church services and district w o r k have been maintained. Indeed, in so m e places there have been exceptional opportunities. Christians w h o have taken refuge in interior villages have used this opportunity to spread the Gospel in untouched areas. •' It is a very significant fact that for the first time in Christian history in China a major disturbance has not been accompanied by anti-foreign and anti Christian activity. O n the contrary, the fact that "the missionaries have remained to share the difficult situation with their Chinese brethren has served to demon-

strate to skeptical or hostile Chinese the real p ower of the Gospel. M a d a m e Chiang Kai-shek has just announced that because of this w o r k of the mission aries all restrictions regarding the teaching of Christianity in our Christian schools have been withdrawn. This indicates a completely changed attitude on the part of officials in the Central government. . F r o m the beginning the B o a r d has maintained close contact with our missionaries in A m o y . Early in the conflict the question of evacuation had to be considered. T h e B o a r d advised the evacuation of mothers and children and all not physically fit. It w a s also suggested that those whose furloughs were due in the near future should c o m e h o m e now. B e y o n d that, the Mission was advised at its discretion to maintain a m i n i m u m force, following out the princi ple of m a n ning posts where the greatest service could be rendered to our Chinese friends, disregarding entirely considerations of property interests. T h e action of the Mission has been one m o r e proof of the devotion of the missionary. W h ile all were free to leave if they so desired, all the mission aries not specifically included under the headings n a m e d above elected to stay in A m o y . Dr. and Mrs. T. V. Oltman, Miss Bruce and Miss V e l d m a n were held en route to the field but Dr. O l t m a n and Miss V e l d m a n have been per mitted to return and the plan is for Miss Bruce to go back in September. O u t of a total active missionary personnel of thirty-five, twenty-three are n o w in the A m o y district. It is interesting to note that in the whole of China only 160 out of a total of 3,187 missionaries have left o n account of the war. It became apparent early last fall that there would be serious need of civilian relief in China and also that the evacuation of missionaries would entail con siderable emergency expense. A n appeal for $15,000 w a s sent out to the churches with the cordial sympathy of the Boards of the Church and the approval of the President of General Synod. T h e immediate and generous response gave evidence of the fine Christian sensitivity of our church people to the needs of others. Contributions were received even before the appeal w a s issued and there w a s real eagerness to help meet the e m e r g e n c y ; 316 churches responded and $15,961.55 has been received up to M a y 11, 1938. O f this amount $6,550 has been sent to the National Christian Council of China for refugee camps and other relief activities and $4,622.90 has been expended for the evacua tion of missionaries and other emergency expenses. This leaves a balance ot $4,788.65 against possible contingencies in A m o y which m a y call for further evacuation of missionaries or for civilian relief in our o w n Mission area. This has been a time of severe testing for the Japanese Christians and our hearts have gone out to them in love and sympathy. There has been a great volume of prayer through the year for them, for the Christians of China and for our missionaries in both countries. T h r o u g h it all, fellowship has been maintained. Messages and envoys have gone back and forth between the Christian groups of Japan and China and there have been repeated evidences that Christians in both countries have been kept free fr o m hate. Discussions in this country a m o n g Christians have kept uppermost the importance of m a i n taining fellowship with Christians in Japan as well as in China. T

orld

C onsciousness

of t h e

Church

T h e actual events in the Far East, the discussions growing out of the Oxford and Edinburgh Conferences, the plans being m a d e for a W o r l d Council of Protestant Churches, as well as the preparations for the M a d r a s Meeting

THE

W O R L D

CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE

CHURCH

of the International Missionary Council, have all conspired to bring into sharp focus the ecumenical character of Christianity. Never in recent years has the deeper meaning of the missionary m o v e m e n t been so widely discussed. A t the same time, in the colleges and in the community at large there is evident a growing recognition of the fact that the problems which our world con fronts today are essentially spiritual. Consequently the Church, standing as it does at the heart of a Christian community that is world-wide and possessing the message of hope for a world in chaos and despair, is taking on n e w signi ficance. Wje canno't but regard it as providential, therefore, that 450 repre sentatives of this world-wide Church, half of w h o m will c o m e from churches which have c o m e into being within the last century, are to meet in De c e m b e r at M a d r a s to consider the Church, its Faith, its Witness, its Inner Life and its Environment. It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of this Conference and the possibilities it holds for the future of Christianity and the world. W e rejoice that Dr. F. M . Potter and Miss Sue Wjeddell have been included in the forty-five delegates w h o are to go to M a d r a s from North America. Dr. Potter will leave in September and will be out of the country for about six months. H e will spend the time before the Conference in Arabia and Iraq and after the meeting will m a k e an extended stay in Arcot. These Missions have not been visited by a deputation of the Board in nine years and Dr. Potter’s visit will furnish the m u c h needed opportunity for an evaluation oi the work. It is especially timely that in connection with the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Arabian Mission it will thus be possible to study the situation with the Mission on the field and m a k e plans for the years that are ahead. A n undeclared w a r in the F a r East, a growing totalitarianism in Japan", a n e w experiment in government in India, fifty years of w o r k in Arabia without an organized church, bafflement and deep searching in our o w n country,— in the midst of this situation stands the missionary, toiling often in comparative obscurity but fired with the indomitable purpose of ma k i n g Christ k n o w n and His will obeyed. It is not wishful thinking but the essence of realism for those w h o are sensitive to the mi n d of. Christ to believe that the issue of this confused situation here and abroad rests with the dynamic which drives the missionary to service in all parts of the globe. George Sokolsky, a newspaper m a n quite outside the Christian Church, has caught this inner significance of the Christian missionary w o r k of the Church in one country w h e n he writes in the N e w Y o r k Herald-Tribune, “But the most significant job done by Americans in China is neither the buying nor the selling of goods. It is so great a w o r k that it is altogether misunderstood by small minds and even smaller hearts. That is the tremendously important and valuable services of the American missionary.” H O M E

D E P A R T M E N T

T h e w o r k of this department has been carried on in close cooperation with the Western District office, so that no special report for that office is being made. Dr. W . J. V a n Kersen, District Secretary, has been active in mak i n g arrangements for missionary visits to churches and in developing various special projects which have-been taken up by churches in the Western District. T h e Board again shared in the “Greater Things” program of the year and in the institutes planned by the Particular S y nod of N e w Brunswick. In one or t w o cases tours were arranged for missionaries on furlough, but in general

missionaries have visited churches only as requested. In February a largely, attended conference on T h e Church and the Undeclared W a r in the Far East w a s held in N e w Y o r k in cooperation with the W o m a n ’s Board.. A similar conference w a s held in Schenectady at the time of the public B o ard Meeting. . T h e Pastor’s Bulletin w a s issued three times during the year. This con tains ne w s fr o m the fields and .items of general missionary interest for the pastor’s use in his work. S o m e pastors are using it for distribution to consistory m e m b e r s and other church leaders. T h e February publication, “Highlights from the Story of the Year,” w a s sent out in larger numbers this year, an edition of 47,500 having been printed. Christian W pr ld Facts, the annual publication of the Foreign Missions Conference for the exclusive use of ministers, w a s this year mailed to every minister of the church. Reports received indicate that this service has been greatly appreciated. It has also been possible to offer the International Review of Missions at special rates to ministers and a num b e r have subscribed to this important missionary publication. T h e public Board Meeting this year w a s held in Schenectady on M a y 21st and 22nd. Dr. W y n a n d Wlichers, President of General Synod, m a d e the address at the mass meeting on Sunday evening, M a y 22nd. Missionaries, m e m b e r s of the Board and Classical Agents preached on Foreign Missions at the m o r n ing services that day in sixteen churches in Schenectady and vicinity. Plans for the Golden Milestone of the Arabian Mission, as they have been formulated, include the following: 1. Dr. James Cantine and Dr. S. M'. Z w e m e r will tour the Church in September and October, and jubilee meetings will be held in the various areas of the Church. It is expected that this tour will be m a d e in connection with the p r o gram of the President’s cabinet. ■ 2. Ea c h church is urged to hold its o w n jubilee in February. A suggested prog r a m for this service is being prepared by Dr. T. H. Mackenzie and will be sent you later. 3. A series of four studies on T h e Christian A p proach to the M o h a m m e d a n W o r l d is being prepared by Dr. Z w e m e r for use in prayer meetings or special study groups in February. These will be ready in the late fall. 4. Dr. Cantine and Dr. Z w e m e r are writing a book, to be called “T h e R o m a n c e of the Arabian Mission,” which w e hope will be available by January at the latest. . , . 5. It is suggested that each Classis arrange a M e n ’s Dinner so m e time during the year, featuring the anniversary. 6. A mo v i n g picture lecture on the M o h a m m e d a n W o r l d and lantern lectures on the w o r k of our Mission are available for use in the churches. 7. E a c h church is asked to give a thank offering to the Golden Milestone F u n d of $25,000. MISSIONARY

E D U C A T I O N

D E P A R T M E N T

W e have been cooperating in the w o r k of the Missionary Education D e partment. A statement of the w o r k of that Department is given here for information: . T h e Department of Missionary Education organized under the four Boards of Missions and the Board of Education seeks to correlate the missionary educational procedure of the five Boards. It, therefore, m a k e s a unified

MISSIONARY

EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT

approach to the Church and seeks to serve every age group in the Church. It also w o r k s in close h a r m o n y with the Boards it serves by co-operating with their Secretaries and by being available lor special service. T h e Department is able at the present time to serve the local Church through assisting pastors, missionary superintendents and other leaders in planning an adequate Missionary .Education curriculum, by providing graded mission study units for the various groups in the Church. During the past year a packet of helps for the study of Arabia and the Arabian Mission has been prepared for the Boards of Foreign Missions. O n e on India is in preparation. T h e Department also serves as a distribution agent for the slides and pic足 tures of the Boards. It seeks to keep in touch with major trends in missions and helps to interpret them to the Church. It also assists in the development of opportunities for bringing about a m o r e vital fellowship between Christians of the various national and racial groups with w h o m w e are associated in our work. A full account of the activities of the Department of Missionary E d u c a 足 tion for the year 1937-38 will be found in the Annual Report of the Board of Education. .

FINANCES

A tabular statement of receipts will be found on pages 37 to 52. Pastors and Treasurers are requested to study these tables to ascertain whether all gifts from their particular churches have been received and properly credited by the Board. O n pages 55 to 66 appears the report of the Certified Public Accountants. This is necessarily som e w h a t technical in character and for that reason there is given in the following c o mments and in the table of receipts on the opposite page a concise statement which will m a k e plain the significant features of the year’s financial report. . Receipts are given under t w o main headings, I. For the Regular W o r k of the Board, II. F o r Special Objects not appearing in the Annual Budget. C o m m e n t is m a d e .first upon the latter heading, since these gifts are to be expended in accordance with specifications of donors, or according to trust requirements and they do not, therefore, have any bearing upon the regular budget of the year. Included a m o n g th e m are the gifts for the China E m e r gency Fund, which totalled $15,900.70. T h e total of such special receipts, $72, 556.76 is about $10,000 in excess of last year’s. T h e total of receipts under the first heading, upon which the Board must depend for meeting the regular budget, is $265,928.75, an increase of $8,549.05 over the corresponding figure of the previous year. This m a d e it possible to meet all expenditures of the year and s h o w la balance of $2,303.11, which was applied against the indebtedness of the Board. A further transfer w a s m a d e for the. same purpose of a special gift of $9,850.00 and of $7,000 from u n designated legacies. T h e debt w a s thereby reduced by $19,153.11, which brings it d o w n to the figure.$30,499.24. It is with profound gratitude that w e report this very material improvement of the financial position of the Board. There was a gain of $3,750.99 in gifts from Churches to the regular budget, of $3,524.06 f r o m Sunday Schools. This represents a gain of about 3 ^ % a n d nearly 1 5 % respectively. Special note should be m a d e of this splendid showing of the Sunday Schools. Gifts from Y o u n g People’s Societies decreased $506.86, or nearly 28%. Gifts f rom individuals also decreased by about $10,000. There w a s also a very notable increase in gifts from the W o m a n ’s Board, this gain amounting to $10,894.79. It will be seen at once h o w largely this contributed to the successful result of the year. • Returns fr o m interest on investment are slightly higher this year, $36, 358.18 as against $34,737.64 last year. This is distinctly encouraging because of the present difficulties in this field which often m a k e it necessary to delay the investment of funds for lack of satisfactory investment opportunities. O f the income from interest $6,521.12 represents a share in the income of the Quick Fund, remitted by the B oard of Direction, a gain of $440.66 over last year’s remittance. T h e rate of return upon investments, calculated upon the basis of their capital value on our books, is again slightly over four per cent.

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APRIL

30, 1938

B oard :

F r o m Contributions: " Churches, S.S. & Y.P.S. . . . . . . . . $142,430.48 Individuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,078.86 W o m a n â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Board . . . . . . . . . 92,912.57 - - - - - - - - $247,421.91 Interest on F u n d s available for the General W o r k of the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,490.26 Miscellaneous Interest . . . . . . '. . . . . . . . . . . . 16.58 - - - - - - - - $265,928.75

II. F or S pecial O bjects

n o t a p p e a r i n g in

nnual

B udget:

F r o m Contributions: ' Churches, S.S. & Y . P . S . . . . . . . . . $ 21,215.27 Individuals . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 5,H5-50 W o m a n â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,460.65 - - - - - - - - $ 30,791-42 Increase in Trust Funds: B y gifts . . . . . . . . . . . B y Investments . . . . . Legacies : .General .... Trust Funds

200.00 388.28

588.28 --------- $ $ 17,325-72 6,000.00 -$ 23,325.72

Interest on Funds not available for the General W o r k of the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

17,851.34 72,556.76

Total Receipts

$338,485-51

Deducting: Legacies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 23,325.72 Increase of Trust Funds by investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388.28 Interest o n F u n d s . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,358.18 --------

60,072.18

Total of all Contributions, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $278,413.33: Total of all Contributions, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $260,271.36 Gain in Contributions . Gain in Total Receipts

$ 18,141.97 $ 18,814.64.

o m e -Ex p enditures

and

C apita G ifts

Reference is m a d e to the Year B o o o k of the W o m a n ’s B oard for their h o m e expenditures, which are not included in this report, that being an inde pendent expenditure on the part of that Board. . ' Calculated up o n this basis, H o m e

Expenditures totalled $30,202.67, about

an even 9 % of total receipts. There is a moderate increase of these expenditures, largely under the heading of travel a m o n g the churches, this being in accordance with the declared policy of the Board to maintain the closest possible personal contacts, which w e believe is essential •to intelligent cooperation. Details of h o m e expenditures are s h o w n on page 60. . . T h e per capita rate of receipts, calculated upon the basis of total receipts, is $2.12 as compared with $2.00 in the preceding year.

Calculated upon the

basis of contributions from the living, the per capita rate is $1.74 as compareu with $1.63 in 1936-7.

F ield E xp e n d i t u r e

Totals expended for the regular budgets of the Missions were as follows: A m o y , $49,251.46; Arcot, $ 78,334-57; Japan, $42,516.35; Arabia, $52,748.69; United Mission in Mesopotamia, $5,500, a grand "total of $228,351.07. T h e corresponding figure in the preceding year w a s $212,481.26.

T H E

W O M A N ’S B O A R D

Receipts from all sources totalled $139,085.45, a decrease of $38,594.32 below last year’s total. This decrease is entirely due to the fact that in the preceding year an unusually large am o u n t w a s received fr o m legacies. Included in the total receipts of the year are annuity gifts of $4,500.00, legacies $5,443.15, and interest on investments, $11,248.29. $88,774.00 w a s transmitted to S y n o d ’s Board for the regular w o r k of the year and $4,138.57 toward retirement of the debt, the total of these two amounts being $10,894.79 in excess of the correspond ing figures of the previous year, as has been already noted. T h e plans for m o r e effective coordination of the w o r k of the two Boards, initiated a few years ago, are working out very satisfactorily. A s a result of the attendance of representatives of the W o m a n ’s B o a r d at meetings of S y n o d ’s B o ard and its Executive Committee, as well as their participation in all Sub-Committee work, it is possible to secure prompt and m o r e effec tive action upon all c o m m o n problems which arise.

MISSIONARY

P E R S O N N E L

i A t the end of the calendar year 1937 there were 135 missionaries in the active service of the Board, of w h o m 32 were ordained and 15 unordained m e n and 45 married w o m e n an'’. 43 unmarried w o m e n . In addition there were iS emeritus missionaries o n the roll of the Board. R eturned

to t h e

F ield :

T h e following missionaries have returned to their respective fields this year after furlough: To China — Dr. T. V. Oltman, Miss J. Veldman, (Mrs. O l t m a n temporarily in Japan and Miss E. G. Bruce temporarily in India). T o India— Miss D. M . Houghton, Miss D. A. Wells, Mr. and Mrs. B. DeVries. To Japan — Rev. and Mrs. B. Bruns, Rev. and Mrs. B. M . Luben, Miss F. Wlalvoord. T o Arabia — Rev. and Mrs. G. Gosselink, Miss Rachel Jackson,' Miss C. Dalenberg. T o United Mission in Mesopotamia — Rev. and Mrs. B. D. Hakken. R eturned H

ome on

F urlough :

T h e following missionaries have returned h o m e this year o n furlough:

F r o m China — Rev. and Mrs. H . J. Voskuil, Miss K. Green, Miss E. K. Beekman, Rev. and Mrs. W . R. Angus. T h e following emeritus missionaries have also returned to America:— Miss K M . Talmage, Miss L. N. Duryee.

From.India — Miss M . Rottschaefer, M.D., Mrs. H e n r y Honegger, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. D e Valois. F r o m Japan — Rev. and Mrs. J. T e r Borg. F r o m Arabia — Dr. and Mrs. C. S. G. Mylrea, Miss C. B. Kellien. N

issionaries :

T h e following n e w missionaries entered upon service in the course of the year: In India— Miss M . Vanderberg, Miss Johanna D e Vries.

In Japan — Rev. and Mrs. J. C. D e Ma a g d . (Reappointed). . In Arabia — Dr. and Mrs. L. R. Scudder. (Temporarily stationed at Jeru salem for language study). N

ppointments:

T h e following n e w appointments have been m a d e : T o India— Miss Johanna D e Vries. (Sailed in 1937). To' Arabia — Rev. and Mrs. G. E. D e Jong (Reappointed), Mr. John V a n Ess, Jr. (Short term).

T H E

A M O Y MISSION, C H I N A F o u n d e d 1842

Ar e a occupied, 8,000 Square Miles.

Population, 4,000,000

Missionaries— A m o y . Rev. H. P. Boot, D. D., Miss L. Vander Linden, Rev. H . A. Poppen, Dr. C. H . Holleman, Miss T. Holkeboer, Miss J. Nienhuis, Miss R. Broekema, Dr. T. V. Oltman, Miss J. M . Platz, tMiss E. A. Boot, Rev. W . de Velder. Changchow: Rev. H. P. D e Free, D. D., Rev. H . M . Veenschoten, Mr. W . Va n d e r Meer. Sio-khe: None. Tong-an: Rev. F. Eckerson, D. D., Rev. E. W . Koeppe. Associate Missionaries— Mrs. H. P. Boot, Mrs. H . A. Poppen, Mrs. E. W . Koeppe, Mrs. C. H. Holleman, Mrs. W . de Velder. O n Furlough — Rev. and Mrs. H . J. Voskuil. Miss K. R. Green, Miss E. K. Beekman, Dr. and Mrs. R. Hofstra, Rev. and Mrs. W . R. Angus. O n Leave in America — Mrs. H . P. D e Free. In India: Miss E. G. Bruce, Miss J. Veldman. In Japan: Mrs. T. V. Oltman. In the Philippines: Mrs. H. M . Veenschoten, Mrs. W m . Vander Meer. Emeritus in America — Miss K. M . Talmage, Miss N. Z w e mer, Miss M . C. Morrison, Miss L. N. Duryee. ^Chinese Staff— Ordained Ministers, 19. Other Helpers, 291. *Schools— Boarding: B o y s ’, 6; Students, 1186; Girls’ and W o m e n ’s, 5; Students, 930. Theological, 1; Students, 26. D a y Schools: 18; Students, 1458. *Hospilals and Dispensaries— 4; Patients treated, 23,712. Allocations as of December, 1937. ♦Statistics for pre-war period of 1937. fShort term. R E P O R T

F O R

1937

T h e year 1937 opened with the promise of great things. T h e country was rejoicing over the release of their national hero, Chiang Kai-shek, from the Sian captivity; progress toward national unity, cleaner politics, economic relief, the eradication of bandits, and the extension of communications had been breath taking. A t this time of phenomenal advance perhaps no group of folk felt a deeper joy or cherished a broader hope than did the Christian Church. W S t h a Christian ruler at the head of the country, they felt that soon they would no' longer be the mustard seed, but the tree, and that soon China might k n o w the blessedness of “the nation w h ose G o d is the Lord.” T h e upheaval in the middle of the year caused by the Sino-Japanese con-' flict turned joy to mourning and hope to despair. But again in time of difficulty, no group has s h o w n a m o r e unselfish sorrow or a mo r e steadfast hope in the utimate triumph of righteousness than has the church. Wle thank G o d that though nation rises against nation, the Christians in South Fukien still feel a real union in Christ with the Christians in Japan. O n e is often m o v e d by the

beautiful prayers offered— full confession of sin, and void of desire for revenge or retribution. ' Despite the havoc that w a r has caused, the church here has carried on. O u r Father’s blessings during the past year rebuke our little faith and m a k e us humbly grateful. D u e to uncertainty in local conditions S y n o d did not hold its usual annual session, but S y n o d ’s Committee has taken one action very worthy of mention. T h e y have resolved to bring the Gospel into every village and every h o m e at least once before 1942— the 100th anniversary year of the coming of the Gospel to South Fukien. A general committee has been appointed with Dr. Eckerson as chairman and plans are already in progress. Amoy

T h e w a r has strengthened the purposes of our Chinese Christian brethren in South Fukien and called to sacrificial action. During the year there were large losses in membership in the A m o y churches, due to the wholesale departure overseas. M a n y church schools had to be closed and pastors received cuts in salary. There were, however, 142 accessions in the A m o y Classis for the year. In Kulangsu the churches were crowded and m u c h relief w o r k for refugees w a s done. T h e Christian w o m e n in A m o y and Kulangsu through the “Building Ch a r acter" committee of the Y. W . C. A. carried on weekly evangelistic meetings which were attended by m o r e than 2,000 people. N e w s p a p e r Evangelism took a forward step in the formation of a c o m mittee of twelve m e m b e r s and the employment of a full time helper. Encouraging responses to advertising c a m e from intelligent m e n in m a n y walks of life— teachers, students, business men, officials, and the military. A weekly Bible study group has been organized for those .in the immediate vicinity. O n e m e m b e r has been baptized and another has applied for baptism. M a n y have become regular attendants at church services. S o u t h F u k i e n R eligious T ract S ociety

This Society for almost thirty years has played an important part in the life of the Church in providing literature in the Romanised colloquial, and in the distribution of other Christian literature. During the year, 134,594 pieces of literature, 4910 Bibles, Testaments and portions were distributed and 61,000 pieces of literature were printed. E ducational

All schools lost about 5 0 % of their students in the last half of the calendar year. T h e A m o y W o m a n ' s Bible School, however, m a d e noteworthy advance in raising the standards of the school, and the A m o y Girls’ Primary and Middle Schools collected a considerable s u m of m o n e y to be used for improving the buildings and grounds of the Primary School. In the Middle School the teachers are n o w all Christians. T h r o u g h their influence and that of the Christian stu dents all the students n o w regularly attend Bible Classes. During the year over ninety girls announced their allegiance to Christ.

Changchow E vangelistic

T h o u g h the w o r k in this station w a s seriously interrupted by the Sino-Japanese conflict the business of G o d ’s K i n g d o m has not stopped. T h e strong Chioh-be church continued its out-station activities and several of these s h o w great promise. In C h a n g c h o w the t w o outstanding events were the revival meetings under the leadership of the Rev. Mr. Gi of Shanghai, and the “Reli gious W o r k e r s Training Institute.” T h e first did m u c h good in reawakening the church m e m b e r s to spiritual living and in reviving the Preaching Bands. T h e Institute had an average attendance of over 40. T h e N e w W o r k Committee has been able to report remarkable experiences. O n e w a s at Ko-koan, a village of 3000 people. T h e Protestants and Catholics had been forcibly ejected from this village forty years ago and all Christian w o r k w a s discontinued. This year, however, s o m e people c a m e from the village to the hospital for treatment. T h e y were so appreciative of the kindness s h o w n them that w o r k w a s begun there again and it has been richly blessed. T h e Evangelistic Center carried on m a n y activities: 300 Bibles, 700 H y m n books and 1200 gospel portions were sold; about 80,000 tracts were distributed. A t least eleven people w h o first heard the Gospel at the Center are n o w attending church, regularly. . E ducational

Schools carried on under difficulties. T h e B o y s ’ Primary attendance fell from 268 to 39 in the fall. T a l m a g e College n o w has an e n d o w m e n t fund of $100,000 China currency, $90,000 of this having been contributed by M t . T o h Bien-seng.' During the s u m m e r the provincial government sent the School an order that students were not to be received in the Senior Middle School, but after hurried trips to F o o c h o w by several m e m b e r s of the Board, temporary permission w a s granted to receive n e w students. T h e presence of the e n d o w ment fund convinced the authorities the school would be able to c o m e up to the standards required by government. Despite air raids in the fall the enrollment w a s 150. T h e Christian witness of the students Has been encouraging. T h e South Fukien Theological Seminary has m o v e d from its rented quar ters on Kulangsu to its n e w buildings in Changchow, where it n o w rejoices in this h o m e of its o w n and can give objective proof of the important relation it bears to the life of the church. Air-raids delayed the opening of the fall term one week, but in spite of w a r there was an enrollment of 26, one m o r e than in the previous semester. , N o r t h River

A s one thinks of the difficulties through which the church in this district has passed— bandits, Communists, ill-behaved government soldiers— resulting in the evacuation of m a n y members, one stands amazed that it has continued at all. In spite of real hardships the groups in the various centers have continued their witness. During the year twenty-one people were received into the church, m a k ing a total membership of 454. T h e inquirers’ list comprises 993 an increase of 35%. O n e of the bright spots is the Leng-na Church. Mr. Lau, its pastor, w a s ordained during the year, being the first ordained pastor in its history.

Another important step has been the purchase of a site for a n e w church building, at a cost of $1600, Chinese currency. O f vital importance also is the rehabilita tion of the former Leng-na B o y s ’ School and its partial re-equipment at the cost of m o r e than $700. A Board has been organized and the school has been registered with, the government. Sio-khe

T h e w a r has played special havoc with missionary w o r k in the Sio-khe dis trict T h e A n g u s family left on an ante-dated furlough in September, so a care fully planned p r o gram had to be abandoned. A recent graduate of N a n k i n g Theological Seminary, w h o had received special training in rural work, was appointed in September but in N o v e m b e r he w a s arrested by the County authori ties because of his F o r m o s a n family connections. His loyalty to China is un questioned by those w h o k n o w him, but efforts to secure his release have been unavailing. Tong-an

Conditions in this district have remained m o r e normal than in m a n y places and the w o r k of G o d ’s K i n g d o m has been blessed. In a few instances the poli tical disturbance has opened n e w avenues of service. ' T h e Tong-an city church with its chapels had a year of harvesting. Sixtyone m e m b e r s were received, twenty-three of w h o m are at the chapel in the village of Aw-chi where after three years of w o r k there is an audience of about eighty. Recently, w a r activities brought special opportunity for witnessing. For a m o n t h about t w o hundred m e n recruited for digging trenches from distant villages seldom ever reached by the gospel, spent the nights near one of our chapels. T h e Bible w o m e n and preacher, alert to the opportunity, opened the doors and for a m o nth preached every evening to a house full of eager listeners. T h e annual Training Institute for Voluntary W o r k e r s had an enrollment of 49. Short term schools with evening evangelistic, meetings were held in 14 different places. O v e r 600 pupils were enrolled and encouraging results in n e w life and increased church attendance are noted. Livingstone Easter School had an enrollment of 280 during the first term but in the fall fear of w a r m a d e it drop to 150. A n important event of the year has been the Principal’s six-weeks trip to Singapore where he collected $6,000 China currency, from alumni and friends of the school. This is to be used for the development of Agricultural w o r k in the school. L ittle N orthfield

Little Northfield met in July at Tong-an in its 20th annual session. T h e first topic of the Conference w a s “H o w m a y I have the abundant life and h o w m a y I pass it on to the m e m b e r s of m y church?” T h e presentation of this sub ject b y some of our Chinese pastors showed a fine spiritual perception.

Medical W o r k

T h e Three-Missions Medical Committee reports definite progress in fuller cooperation between the three missions and the Chinese Church. T h e C h a n g c h o w Union Hospital Board has been fully organized and is n o w negotiating with the government and private individuals for a n e w site. T h e y are ma k i n g plans for a campaign for funds for the n e w plant. H o p e and Wilhelmina Hospital had an unusually busy year. This w a s in part due to the fact that, for fear of bombing and shelling, m a n y people from A m o y Island c a m e to H o p e Hospital rather than to hospitals in A m o y city. T h e closing of the Japanese Hospital w a s also a contributing circumstance. During the year a m u c h needed third floor w a s added to the Nurses’ H o m e . T h e equip ment and personnel of the hospital have been strengthened for the past several years, and it can n o w be considered to be efficient and up-to-date. Besides the w o r k of the hospital Pastor and Bible W o m a n , m a n y voluntary workers visited • the hospital to bring the Gospel to the patients. S o m e fifty especially interested patients were referred to the pastors or preachers in their h o m e districts. Neerbosch Hospital, Sio-khe, has been without a resident foreign doctor for a year and a half. Dr. T. C. Su, w h o is respected and well-liked by the c o m munity, has carried on the w o r k faithfully. Because of the training he received the previous year in N a n k i n g he w a s able to introduce public health training in the local schools and a m o n g the city and village people. T h e Hospital cared for over 400 in-patients and received about 5000 out-patient calls during the year. Elisabeth H. Blauvelt Memorial Hospital, in addition to the regular w o r k in which they report 350 in-patients and 2127 out-patients, this year undertook clinic and public health w o r k in ten different places. T h e consecrated 'Bible W o m a n keeps a record of each patient’s name, age, h o m e village, chart number, character of illness, etc.— with an interesting report of each one’s spiritual ex periences and development during their stay. She reports twelve definite decions for Christ. W o m e n ’s W o r k

T h e A m o y Mission is engaged in most effective w o r k for w o m e n and children and carries on a n u m b e r of girls’ primary schools and the progressive A m o y Girls’ Middle School. Report of these activities will be found in the Ye a r B o o k of the W o m a n ’s B oard of Foreign Missions.

T H E

A R C O T

MISSION, INDIA

• F o u n d e d 1853 Area Occupied: In the Chittoor District " " North Arcot District “ “ South Arcot District " “ Mysore State Total

Languages.— Tamil,

5 Taluqs (Counties) andparts of 7 “ " " part “ 2 " “ “ part •* “ . " part “ 1 *• 15 Taluqs (Counties)

1,600,700;

Telugu,

950,000;

2others 1other 1other 1other

Sq. Miles 4.104 2.816 1.017 340 8.277

Hindustani,

Population 805.991 1,289,935 629,669 76.788 2,701,383

150,600;

Kanarese, etc.

Missionaries.— A m i :— Chittoor: Miss C. C. Wyckoff, Mrs. T. F. Z w e mer, Miss E. J. D e W e e r d , Miss D. A. Wells, Miss M . Vanderberg. Katpadi: Rev. B. Rottschaefer, Mr. B. D e Vries. Madanapalle: Miss L. H. Hart, M . D., Rev. J. D. Muyskens, Miss C. M Coburn, Miss H. Brumler, Miss M . R. Gibbons, M . D., Miiss Johanna D e Vries. Palmaner: Miss C. W . Jongewaard. tMiss E. G. Bruce, Punganur: Rev. R. G. Korteling. Ranipetiai: Rev. H . E. V a n Vranken, Miss W . Noordyk, Dr. G. F. Scudder, tMiss J. V e l d m a n Tindivanam: Rev. C. A. D e Bruin. Vellore: Miss I. S. Scudder. M . D., Miss D. M . Houghton, Dr. M . Olcott, Miss G. Dodd, Rev. C. R Wierenga, D D., Rev. J. J. D e Boer, Ph. D „ Miss M . E. Geegh. Coonoor: Miss J. C. Scudder (Emeritus). Associate Missionaries:— Mrs. B. Rottschaefer, Mrs. H . E. V a n Vranken, Mrs. G. F. Scudder, Mrs. M . Olcott, Mrs. J. J. D e Boer, Mrs. J. D. Muyskens, Mrs. C. R. Wierenga, Mrs. R. G. Korteling, M . D., Mrs. C. A. D e Bruin, Mrs. B. D e Vries. IVith National Christian Council, N agpur — Miss A. B. V a n Doren. O n Furlough — Miss M . Rottschaefer, M-. D., Mrs. H . Honegger, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. D e Valois. Emeritus in America — Rev. and Mrs. H . J. Scudder, Rev. and Mrs. W . H. Farrar, Rev. and *Mrs. W . T. Scudder Indian Staff— Ordained Ministers, 16. Other Helpers: Men, 454; W o m e n , 188. Schools.— B oarding: B o y s ’, 9; Students, 585; Girls’, 7; Students, 627; Theological. 1; Students, 35; D a y Schools, 174; Students, 9848. Hospitals and Dispensaries.— 6; Patients treated, 24,695. ♦Died— April 10, 1938. tTe m p o r a r y transfer from the A m o y Mission. R E P O R T

F O R

1937

Political Conditions

Attention has been d r a w n so absorbingly to the crisis in the Far East dur ing the past year that the drastic political changes in India have gone almost unnoticed. Yet nowhere in the world has there been a m o r e important develop ment in constitutional government. Ever since 1919, w h e n the MontagueChelmsford R e f o r m s were initiated, local self-government has been introduced into India by gradual stages until in recent years Indians have c o m e increasingly

to the fore in assuming responsibility for the direction of Government. It is an interesting study to note the manner in which the development of Indian control in our Mission w o r k parallels a similar development in political circles. For several years committees have been at w o r k drafting a n e w constitution for India and this epoch-making reform went into effect on April 1st, 1937. U n d e r its terms India becomes a country composed, of eleven autonomous provinces and the electorate is increased from approximately seven million to nearly thirty-five million. T h o u g h this represented so notable a step toward complete H o m e Rule or “dominion status,” which has been the goal of m o r e conservative Indian politicians, it by no means satisfied the strong Congress Party which was prepared to accept nothing short of absolute independence. This party, therefore, planned at first to paralyze government by refusing office, then later decided to accept election but to refuse to carry out the duties of office. Finally, however, a compromise w a s effected, the Congress party agreed to cooperate and in the elections last July, they succeeded in seven out of the eleven provinces in getting their representatives elected. This means that in the M a d r a s Presidency, e. g. where our w o r k is located, most of the n e w Indian ministers ;in high authority are m e n w h o only a few years ago were in jail for civil disobedience. These n e w ministers have taken up their duties with vigor, instituting drastic changes which at m a n y points very directly affect our work. Particularly in the field of education is this true and the Director of Public Instruction in M a d r a s has completely revised the rules governing elementary schools. In general the n e w Indian policy stresses elementary as against higher education and emphasizes the vocational side of education, a policy with which w e are happy to cooperate. Mr. Gandhi has even proposed the introduction of compulsory education for all boys and girls between the ages of seven and four teen, the substitution of Indian languages for English as the m e d i u m of instruc tion in higher education and an emphasis on agriculture and village industries. It is stimulating to note the energy with which Indians are taking up so m e of their great problems, and while w e m a y expect that in the future w e shall not find such sympathy toward Christian w o r k as w e have experienced in the past, since the leaders will be largely non-Christians, yet w e hope to find a w a y to cooperate in what is a genuine attempt to meet India’s great problem of educa tional backwardness and to bring the whole educational system of India close to the life of the people. Against the background of this colossal political experiment our w o r k has gone steadily on. It is possible within the limits of this report to refer only briefly to a few parts of the extensive program, in particular, leaving out all reference to special w o r k for w o m e n and children which is presented in the Year B o o k of the W o m a n ' s B o ard of Foreign Missions. Medical W o r k

Dr. Galen Scudder, in describing the continued growth of the w o r k at the Scudder Memorial Hospital at Ranipettai, in spite of the fact that no grant is m a d e from the B o a r d ’s budget toward this institution, lays special emphasis on the development of the Surgical Department and the use of radium, which was introduced a few years ago. M o s t interesting is his c o m m e n t upon the funda mental purpose of Medical W o r k : “Medical w o r k w a s started in Ranipettai in 1866 by Dr. Silas Scudder. It w a s the first Medical Mission w o r k to be done in this district. T h e purpose

of the Mission in starting this w o r k w a s that,they might break d o w n the opposi tion to the establishment of the Christian church in India through the Ministry of Healing. Medical w o r k was considered to be one of the means whereby the Church could win its w a y into the hearts of the people. W h e n the Church should eventually be well established there would be no great objection if the Government or other non-Christian organizations took over the burden of m i n istering to the sick and suffering. During the past ten years or so there has g r o w n quite a different opinion regarding the place of Medical w o r k in the life of the Christian Church. T h e basic statement of the Christian Medical Associ ation of India runs as follows: ‘ ‘It is our conviction that the Ministry of Healing is an essential part of the w o r k of the Christian Church, whose Mission it is to represent G o d as revealed in Jesus Christ.’ „ “After examining the place given to His healing ministry in the life of Jesus w e are forced to the conclusion that the care of the sick is an essential part of the whole Christian testimony. It is therefore with renewed courage and faith .that w e go forward believing that this institution is to continue to minister to the sick in the n a m e of Jesus, and to form an essential part of the w o r k of the Christian Church. W e pray that those w h o are privileged to w o r k here m a y s h o w forth the love of G o d as revealed in Jesus Christ. Medical Missions have seen a, n e w vision, w e are entering a jiew day. M a y G o d help us to be faith ful to that heavenly vision which H e has s h o w n us.” . T h e Econo m i c Board

. Impressive also is the description of the w o r k of the Economic Board, under w h o s e supervision the Agricultural Institute and Industrial Institute at Katpadi are carried on, as well as the W o m a n ’s Industrial School at Palmaner. In a very real w a y helpful contacts are m a d e through these institutions with a wide circle of villages, conditions of living are improved and a spiritual e m phasis is combined with these practical methods of approach. T h e Rev. B. Rottschaefer also reports that in the h o m e which is maintained for the students at the Industrial Institute, twenty-four young m e n joined the church on confession of faith this year. T h e B o a r d of Administration

A s usual, the bulk of the Report deals with the w o r k which is carried on under the direction of the Board of Administration. This is an agency of the M a d r a s Church Council of the South India United Church and it is responsible for all evangelistic w o r k in that area of the Church, which embraces the w o r k of several different Missions. T h u s in the important sphere of direct evange lism there is this joint effort of several bodies which are cooperating in one united church. A great deal of educational w o r k is also covered in this way, since the catechist in the village is also the teacher in the school and there are therefore nearly two hundred of these little village elementary schools with which this Board of Administration deals. It is at this point that w e feel most strongly the effect of so m e of the n e w regulations and it will undoubtedly m e a n the quickening of a process already under w a y of elimination of smaller schools and concentration upon stronger central schools ministering to a group of villages. T h e effecting of some of these changes during the year, together with the

passing over to district organizations of the Methodist Church s o m e of our outlying villages has m a d e comparison with the previous years difficult. It explains in part, at least, a loss of 778 in our total Christian community. There was a gain, however, of 148 in communicant membership and the total n u m b e r received into the fellowship of the church by confession, 590, is impressive. Adults added to the rolls by baptism numbered 591. There w a s also an increase of 482 in the enrollment of Sunday School pupils, but this increase w a s wholly o n the side of non-Christian pupils, there being a decrease of 90 in the number of Christian children. There is m o r e interest in specific accounts of w o r k done than in generaliza tions and w e shall quote therefore so m e typical com m e n t s f r o m the reports of the Chairmen of the circles into which the w o r k is organized, noting that of these eight Chairmen holding responsible positions, four are Indians. “A n e w village congregation at Bathalapuram w a s founded with forty-six baptisms. T h e congregation at Partikota in the Burukayalakota pastorate w a s greatly strengthened by the addition of several families and the erection of a school building and prayer hall. T h e doors for evangelistic w o r k seem to be opened around Vayalpad, Arogyavaram, Kalavathy, and Selamangalam. T h u s w e have m u c h for which to thank G o d and for which to work.” ... “There has been considerable witnessing for Christ also by lay m e m b e r s of both town and village congregations. Study groups and fellowship meetings have added m u c h to the spiritual health of the town church. W e are very grate ful for this hearty cooperation of the catechists, pastor, and lay m e m b e r s w h o have faithfully helped us in trying to do the greatest amount of w o r k with the least amount of money.” ... “Efforts were m a d e to beautify the churches and to m a k e services mo r e solemn and inspiring. Special orders of service for different occasions were printed and distributed for use by the villagers. T h e m o n t h of D e c e m b e r w a s observed as a m o n t h of festivals with special morning and evening prayers in the churches. It w a s a great joy to see our village folk coming to the churches in large numbers even as early as three o’clock in the morning for worship. T h e m o n t h began with the hoisting of our pastorate flag, a red cross and a lotus flower with a white back-ground. Every morning after the service the flag w a s hoisted and the people were exhorted to be loyal to the standard of Jesus Christ. O n Christmas E v e a solemn service w a s held at dusk and the preacher declared that Christ has c o m e into the dark ’world to lighten it. T h e n he lighted the lamps brought to the church by the head, of each house. After the service the Bajanah (band) went around the streets and from the lighted lamps all the other lamps in the houses were lighted.” ... “T h e F a r m has always been a great asset to our work. T h e villager earns 1 anna and 4 pies a day (2^3 cents) and his expenditure bn an average is 1 anna and 9 pies (22/3 cents). A debt of 5 pies per day for each person goes on increasing. O u r village Christians are helped out of this alarming situation through the introduction of small poultry plants, the distribution of seeds, i m provement in their livestock and by marketing eggs at a better price than is other wise obtainable through the Rural Welfare Centre. B y means of the W e e k end camps of the F a r m boys and staff the villagers are entertained and other wise instructed. O u r thanks are due to our m a n y friends w h o by their prayers and sympathy are a continual source of encouragement in our attempts to serve the Master.” . . . “Veppallai is to be congratulated on their church building n o w nearing

completion. A greater part of the cost has been raised by the people them selves. Such sacrifice will not go unrewarded. T h e y take pride in having a substantial church building for worship. Effort of this sort will bring it a deeper love for the K i n g d o m and a strengthening of moral fibre.” . . . “T h e lack of funds w e had to meet in part by insisting that the repairs of their o w n church and school building and their teacher’s house must be largely cared for by the Christians of each village. O n the whole w e have met with an encouraging response and w e believe the people take a larger interest in their o w n spiritual welfare because they have faced the necessity of meeting the needs of their o w n church equipment. A m o n g others in the Gudiyattam Pastorate one village stands out prominently. T h e village has been indifferent for so m e years and so the Christians were given the option of either putting their house in order or of having the teacher-catechist transferred to a m o r e promising field. T h e y chose the former and repaired their buildings to the extent of what would ordinarily have been a charge on Mission funds of Rs. 40. In the Katpadi Pastorate a m o n g others w e have the outstanding incident of dedicating one Sunday afternoon t w o village churches that have not cost the Mission a Rupee. This is largely due to the consecrated effort of one young m a n in a neighbor ing village for w h o m w e pray continued consecration and whose example w e hope m a y be emulated by m a n y in future years.” . . . . “T h e M a d r a s Church Council, through its committee the Board of A d ministration, by the recent re-alignment of Pastorates added t w o villages of the Ranipet Pastorate to the Vellore Circle. Besides, the B o a r d of Administra tion sanctioned the reoccupation of one old village which had been closed for m a n y years. This village of Thelloor is n o w revived and shows signs of becoming a good village centre. T h u s the size of the pastorate has g r o w n considerably. T h e Vellore Church however, has maintained the support of the entire Circle. Nearly 5 0 % of the total income of the church is spent to ma i n tain village work. T h e interest and care of the church towards villages and their support is growing apace. S o m e years ago the church w a s paying hardly Rs.200/— toward this work; n o w it contributes m o r e than Rs. 3000/.” . . . . “T h e ingathering and harvest festivals were, as usual, well attended, thougn there were no special attractions as in previous years. People from several vil lages c a m e in great numbers with their offerings and shared the blessings of the festival. O n e special feature of the A m i harvest festival this year w a s that two non-Christians (caste people) brought their thank offerings to our Lord for the wonderful recovery they experienced from illness. Special prayers were offered for and with them.” . . . . “T h e Circle has gained m u c h this year by the addition to its staff of M r . N esan J. Cornelius, w h o is n o w stationed at Orathur, where he is doing excellent w o r k in bringing n e w life to the people. Already m a n y good results of his w o r k are in evidence. T h e people, largely as a result of his indirect persuasive influence, have built a wall around the church compound. T h e two pastors, Rev. J. Benjamin and Rev. J. Swamidoss, have spent m u c h time in the villages this year. This is encouraging, for it is only in this w a y that our village w o r k and thus our church can g r o w and prosper. There also have been other encouraging signs. In one Christian village several additional families have expressed a willingness to join us. In Oringanum, about fifteen families have stated that they want to become Christians, and in Sathanoor, a village near Orathur, thirty families have indicated a

desire to join the Christian fold. T h e other day, a Catholic, a. former teacher, ca m e saying he desired to join our church.” . . . . In conclusion, w e quote an interesting c o m m e n t from Dr. M a s o n Olcott, Chairman of the Village School Council, which amply bears out so m e of the impressions earlier recorded: “O u r village schools are facing the most serious crisis ever confronted in their long history of nearly 80 years, because the Educational Department is greatly stiffening its standards and thus squeezing out m a n y of them. T h e n e w popular Government, which is overwhelmingly Hindu, does not look on Christian teaching in schools so favorably as the British Officials, used to do. For our schools to survive the present ordeal, their equipment, attendance and teaching must all be greatly improved. It is right here that the Supervisors render important service. W e ask your earnest prayers for them and the teachers in their labors, that Christ will use them all mightily to improve the black educational and spiritual conditions of India’s villages.” ’ ■

F o u n d e d 1859 Organized into North and South, 1889; Reunited, 1917. A

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Missionaries:— Kagoshima: Temporarily Unoccupied. K u r u m e : Rev. B. C. Moore, Rev. B. M . Luben. Nagasaki: Miss S. M . C o uch (Emeritus), Miss L Noordhoff. Oita: Rev. H. Kuyper. S a g a : Rev. B. Bruns. Shimonoscki: Miss J. A. Pieters, Miss F. C. Wialvoord. Tokyo: Rev. A. Oilmans, D.D. (Emeritus), Rev. W . G. Hoekje, D.D., Rev. J. C. de Ma a g d , Miss Flora Darrow, Miss P. M . Bekman. Yokohama: Rev. H . V. E. Stegeman, D.D., Miss C. J. Oilmans, Miss H . R. Zander, Miss F. B. Bogard. Associate Missionaries:— Mrs. W . G. Hoekje, Mrs. H. Kuyper, Mrs. H. V. E. Stegeman, Mrs. B. C. Moore, Mrs.' J. C. de M a a g d , Mrs. B. M . Luben, Mrs. B. Bruns. Honorary Associate Missionary:— Mrs. A. Oilmans. . O n Furlough and in America: — Mrs. H . V. S. Peeke (Emeritus), Miss Minnie Taylor (Emeritus), Rev. and Mrs. John T e r Borg. ' Japanese W o r k e r s :— Ordained Ministers, 11; Other H e l pers; M e n , 73 W o m e n . 26. Schools:— B o y s ’, Meiji Gakuin; Students, 0/2) 825. Girls’, Ferris Seminary; Students, 496, Sturges S e m i n a r y ; Students, ( 'A ) 240. R E P O R T F O R Introduction

1937 ,

M a n y stores in China are boarded and sandbagged for safety, but exhibit signs reading “Business as usual”. T h e Church in Japan is set about with m a n y dangers, but continues to carry on the great business of the Kingdom. N o t quite as usual, for especially since the middle of the year, with nationalism pre dominant, militarism rampant and the prevailing m o o d a w a r psychology, the church has gone through great suffering and perplexity of heart. M a n y of its m e m b e r s and leaders have been called to the colors, its normal activities inter■rupted by the m a n y duties connected with the nation’s efforts to mobilize all its resources and to arouse the national spirit, and its caution magnified in an environment often highly suspicious if not altogether hostile. It is a season of great searching of hearts. In this situation Christians as individuals and the Church as a whole in its pronouncements and acts have sought to give assurance of their loyalty to the State. There are two very evident facts that impress the Mission as it reviews the year and thinks of the uncertain future. T h e first is that whatever oppor tunities m a y c o m e w h e n conditions change, the present offers great obstacles to the w o r k of evangelism. Tent meetings and street preaching are in m a n y places forbidden, tract distribution officially or voluntarily curtailed, and to so m e towns and sections the missionary is not welcome.

T h e other and happier fact is that in spite of the situation m u c h freedom is enjoyed and m u c h has Been accomplished. During the year nearly one h u n dred were baptized. O n e church w a s built and two were dedicated. O n e school has experienced a real spiritual awakening. T h e W o r d has been taught and preached to many, with seed s o w n in thousands of hearts through the printed page. T h e Mission greatly rejoices in these wonderful blessings from the H e a d of the church W h o in these difficult times is claiming His own. Evangelistic W o r k N

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S tation

During the year the Hijirigaoka Church in Nagasaki, with the help of the Mission, w a s able to complete a very comfortable and attractive church building and parsonage. This church, begun but a little over fifteen years ago, n o w raises two-thirds of the total expenses of its maintenance and is planning to be completely independent in the near future. M o s t of the m e m bers are y o ung people who, though facing trying times financially, are confident and undaunted. ■ T h e Shimabara church is located in the town no less famous in Japanese history than Nagasaki as a center of the early persecution, thousands having lost their lives for the sake of Christ. It is not surprising, therefore, that Christian w o r k is slow and difficult, meeting with prejudices that have been handed d o w n from generation to generation. A n experienced pastor took the place of the younger evangelist during the year and the church has begun to m o v e forward. T h e older pastors seem to have a definite advantage over the younger m e n in the strain of the present situation. T h o u g h practically no progress has been m a d e in the past year, the prospects for a solid and p e r m a nent w o r k in Shimabara have not been brighter for years. K

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T h e outstanding event of this station w a s the dedication of the n e w church building at Hainuzuka. t h e people of the church contributed toward the n e w building and carry about two-thirds of the maintenance expenses. T h e y have decided to become financially independent by 1940. T h e group is spiritually strong, and though very few n e w m e m b e r s have been added during the year, the church is evangelistically zealous and bearing wonderful testimony in the village. ' T h e small group at Fukuskima continues to hold its o w n in very trying times. There has been n o advance except in a financial way, plans being m a d e with the aid of Mission funds to buy land and build a church and parsonage. T h e year has been a season of seed sowing and foundation building. O k a w a remains a real problem. Nothing but difficulty seems to have been the lot of the evangelist w h o visits this village from the neighboring town of Yanagawa. It is hoped that before long the w a y m a y be opened for the Mission to have an evangelist stationed in this needy and difficult place. T h e N e w Life Society of K u r u m e has functioned in its usual way, with , m u c h literature being broadcast. T h e results, however, with a w a r psychology prevailing, have been disappointing. T h e number of callers and of m e m b e r s paying for the privilege of reading the books has been but half of that of the

year before. T h e s a m e is true of the n u m b e r of books read and the number of baptisms. In this, however, as in other efforts, hope lies in the future w h e n times are changed and a rich and important contribution to a very needy field can be made. ' S a g a S tation

In spite of m a n y hindrances to Christian w o r k which the present situation brings with it there is no lack of hopeful signs for a brighter future in this field. O n e encouraging sign is the opportunity to do Christian w o r k in n e w places. T h e young pastor at K a s h i m a is kept busy holding meetings in three different villages within bicycling reach of his home. Another encouragement is the vision for rural evangelism which has cap tured the pastors in both K a s h i m a and Arita. T h e y both have the conviction that Japan will not be evangelized until the country districts are reached, and they are setting their faces toward the accomplishment of this ideal. T h e mis sionary in this field feels greatly encouraged, even in the present situation, as he senses a greater hunger for spiritual food than ever before. Since his return from furlough in September, he has baptized four people. O

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Attendance at church services, Sunday Schools and special meetings has been practically as good as the year before, with the nu m b e r of baptisms slightly larger and total contributions fifteen percent larger. O n e of the pastors has a circuit of five places outside of the town in which he lives. H e visits each of these regularly, having both Su n d a y Schools and meetings with groups of older people. H e also has regular meetings for the patients in a large government hospital, having from 150 to 300 in attendance. . Another pastor, situated in an industrial city, has found an entrance into the dormitory of one of the factories. H e presents the message to from 30 to 50 of the workers, the Christmas program bringing out nearly 200. Still a n other pastor goes from house to house in the country districts in which he is located, distributing tracts, finding m a n y opportunities for personal w o r k with individuals. A n Exposition in the city of Beppu, open for 50 days, gave a good opportunity for broadcast seed sowing, both through preaching and tract dis tribution. A n u m b e r of persons have become interested seekers as a result, of w h o m one has already been baptized. This spring an opportunity c a m e to the missionary in charge to teach for a few months at the Oita Commercial College. This has resulted in m a n y valuable contacts and the forming of English Bible classes through which m a n y students are being reached. Another valuable contact is with students in the N o r m a l School. For the past seven years groups of students from this school have c o m e for English Bible lessons and as so m e graduate and go out to their w o r k as teachers, others c o m e to take their places. It is gratifying that the present enrollment is the largest in several years. Education M

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G akuin

T h e Meiji Gakuin of T o k y o has continued throughout the year under the acting presidency of a m e m b e r of the Japan Mission of the R e f o r m e d Church in America. T h e total n u m b e r of students approaches very closely 1,700, the m a x i m u m in the history of the school.

In connection with the national crisis, Meiji Gakuin has reacted as a Japanese school in Japan would be expected to do. Teachers called to the colors have been assured of their positions throughout and after their military service, and students whose parents have been called out have been granted reduction or cancellation of tuition fees according to need. A Japanese Christian merchant from Shanghai gave a most interesting talk on his experiences during a long residence there, helping the college students to understand the Chinese people in their daily life and thinking. ‘ In November, on Founder’s Day, Meiji Gakuin held a service in celebra tion and c o m m e m o r a t i o n of the both anniversary of its founding. T h e address of the occasion by C h airman T a d a of the Board of Trustees stressed the Christian character of Meiji Gakuin in its history and present purpose. Seven teen m e m b e r s of the teaching, office, and janitor personnel of the school were honored with presents in recognition of fifteen years and m o r e of service, the longest having served nearly forty years. A memorial tablet, honoring the writer of the school song, an author of some fame in Japan as well as a gradu ate, w a s unveiled, all the expenses being supplied by a group of graduates. Nothing outstanding occurred in the religious life and p r o gram of the school during the year. Routine programs were observed as usual: the-chapel services and classroom Bible instruction, the private classes in missionary homes and in dormitory and the homes of Christian teachers, and the Y. M . C. A. of each department. A n interesting feature of the year’s program was the cooperation with the evangelistic p r o gram of the Church of Christ in Japan in recognition of the meeting of the fiftieth session of its Synod in the fall of 1936. In all departments speakers w h o are leaders in the evangelistic program of the Church were secured to m a k e addresses. A m o n g these were Rev..Mr. Kamegaya, a converted Buddhist priest, and Rev. Mr. Muragishi, Stated Clerk of the S y nod and Secretary of the Board of Missions of the Church of Christ in Japan. . W o m e n ’s W o r k

T h e interesting reports from Ferris Seminary at Y o k o h a m a and Sturges Seminary at Shimonoseki, as well as the account of the w o r k of Miss Noordhoff and Miss C o u c h in Nagasaki, are omitted here but will be described in the Year B o o k of the W o m a n ’s Board of Foreign Missions. Conclusion

T h e Report as it comes from the Japan Mission has the following conclud ing paragraph: “Another year of the Mission’s activities has been surveyed. W e are deeply thankful for the measure of freedom with which w e have been able to work, and for the unchanging friendliness that w e experience in practically all our contacts with the people. It strengthens us in the conviction that G o d is using even the present unfavorable situation for the furtherance of His plans. T h e report of the year is submitted to the h o m e constituency with hearty thanks for the support so generously given, and with humble gratitude for the Father’s rich blessings upon His work.”

Founded 1889, Incorporated 1894, Adopted by R. C. A. 1894 A m a l g a m a t e d with the Board of Foreign Missions 1925. A

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P opulation Oman: Sultanate Truclal , Bahrain Islands Kuwait ..... Basrah Vilayet Hassa ......

, 500.000 Nejd ................... 250,000 , 80,000 • Hadramaui .............. 150.000 , -100.000 Yemen ......... 1.000.000 . 50.000 Asir ................... 1.500,000 250.000 Hejaz .................. 1.000,000 150.000 The Bedouin (Central Arabia).. 500,000 Total Population, 5.530,000

T h e Arabian Mission at present has reached O m a n , Bahrain Islands, Kuwait, Basrah Vilayet, Hassa, T h e Nejd. Missionaries:— A ma ra h: Rev. J. E. Moerdyk, Miss C. Dalenberg, Dr. W . J. Moerdyk. Bahrain: Rev. G. D. V a n Peursem, Miss Ruth Jackson. Dr. W . H . Storm, Miss E. I. Barny, M . D. Basrah: Rev. J. V a n Ess, D. D., Rev. G. J. Pennings, Miss Rachel Jackson, Rev. G. Gosselink, Mr. J. W . Beardslee.* Kuxvait: Rev. F. J. Barny, Miss M . C. V a n Pelt, Dr. W l W . T h o m s , Mrs. M a r y Bruins Allison, M D. Malrah-Muscal : Rev. D. Dykstra, D. D., Dr. P. W . Harrison, Miss S. L. H o s m o n , M . D. ' Nei vm an School of Missions, Jerusalem: Dr. and Mrs. L. R. Scudder (language study).

Associate Missionaries.— Mrs. F. J. Barny, Mrs. D. Dykstra, Mrs. J. V a n Ess, Mrs. G. D. V a n Peursem. Mrs. G. J. Pennings, Mrs. P. W . Harrison, Mrs. W . J. Moerdyk, Mrs. G. Gosselink, Mrs. W . W . Tho m s , Mrs. W . H. Storm. O n Furlough.— Dr. and Mrs. C. S. G. Mylrea, Miss C. B. Kellien. Emeritus in America.— Rev. J Cantine, D. D., Miss J. A. Scardefield, Miss F. Lutton.

Native Staff.— Ordained Ministers, i. Other Helpers: Me n , 13; W o m e n , 13. Schools.— D a y Schools, Boys’, 1; Girls’, 2. Total students. 440. Hospitals and Dispensaries.— 8. Patients treated, 119,708. *Short Term. R E P O R T

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1937

“Recommendations : The opportunities for work along the Euphrates, the Tigris, and the Gulf, and the deep consciousness that our Mission is called of G o d to carry the Gospel into the interior of Arabia— all prompt us to make a special plea at this time for additional workers. If the Arabian Mission is to be true to its nam e and purpose it niust occupy Arabia. W e therefore recommend and ask that

our salary be reduced to $600.00 per a n n u m {which is sufficient for living here) and the balance be applied to the salary of another missionary." — { F r o m Neglected Arabia, 1892). {Signed) J A M E S C A N T I N E , S. M . Z W E M E R . It is fitting that w e be reminded in this w a y of the dauntless enthusiasm of the founders of the Arabian Mission as w e prepare to celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of its founding. In the full report of the Mission there are frequent quotations from the records of the early days and most interesting c o m m e n t is m a d e upon the changes which have occurred, of which one of the most dramatic is the improved means of communication. In the words of the Rev. D. Dykstra, compiler of the Report, “W h a t used to be our back door has become our front door, and instead of looking to the east for the arrival of mail steamers, w e scan the western desert for the clouds of dust that herald the arrival of the trans-desert bus, or crane our necks u p w a r d to spy the gleaming wings of the mail plane that has announced its arrival by a steady drone. Sta tions that were separated by days of travel for passengers and mail are n o w not as m a n y hours apart, and letters that used to take six weeks to reach the folks at h o m e m a y soon reach them in as m a n y days.” Within the limits of this brief report, however, it is possible only to m e n tion so m e of the w o r k being done, referring the reader to the Year B o o k of the W o m a n ’s Board for information concerning special w o r k for w o m e n and children, and also to the full report in Neglected Arabia. T h e following brief statements from each station are actual excerpts from the reports of our missionaries on the Field. Amarah

S o m e six months ago a leper w a s discharged from our c a m p to return to the world to live as a m a n in normal health. T h e doctor gave h i m a certifi cate stating that so far as it w a s possible to k n o w he w a s cured of his leprosy. I wo n d e r if you can appreciate h o w happy the m a n w a s a n d h o w w e shared his happiness. W e advised him to find w o r k and a livelihood in a larger city where he could lose himself in a crowd, for, because of the condition of his hands which will always have the scars left by this disease people that, have k n o w n him will still be suspicious of him. But what gave us special happiness was the fact that he went out fr o m us confessing his faith in Christ as his Saviour and with a prayer in his heart to be a faithful disciple of Jesus. For almost two years he had led a consistent Christian life and confessed his n e w faith a m o n g his fellow patients in the camp. \Me also praise G o d for the testi m o n y and life of two others in the leper c a m p w h o are Christians. Basrah

A s w e pass another year in review w e once again see the lights and shadows to which w e have become accustomed, too accustomed perhaps, in the years that have gone before. There were those w h o had appeared near the Kin g d o m , w h o seemed to d r a w back and no longer have the desire to walk with u s ; on the other hand, w e were encouraged by signs of n e w life in so m e w h o w e had thought had lost all interest.

T h e educational w o r k for boys is centered in Ashar, and Dr. V a n Ess reports a m o n g other "encouraging features” the following: “T h e overwhelming proportion of M o s l e m pupils. In a typical m o n t h the figures were: M o s l e m s 207, Christians 13, Jews 11. O f the M o s l e m s the great majority are village boys. It is curious and interesting that throughout the years certain villages have been particularly well represented. T h e boys of one village must pass within easy reach of three government schools, but walk the two mile distance to our school in preference. “O n e of last year’s pupils, n o w employed in Baghdad, has asked for and will shortly receive baptism. “I a m vastly encouraged by the response to the Bible lessons. T h e attitude of the average Iraqi secondary pupil to religion is one of supreme indifference or indulgent tolerance. But the discussions in the Bible period have evinced the fact that the deepest needs of the h u m a n heart are as unsatisfied as ever, and that Christ does satisfy those needs.” Kuwait

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T h e Rev. and Mrs. F. J. Barny are retiring this year after forty years of service. M!r. B a r n y ’s valedictory message is deeply impressive: “In closing this m y final report as a m e m b e r of the Mission, I want to say for m y wife and myself that w e look back on the years, not which w e have given, but which have been given us to share in this work, as years of privilege. T h e time does not seem long— it never did seem long. There is a grandeur about G o d ’s work, it abides. It sounded fine w h e n a m a n ager of a business concern said, ‘w e are thinking in terms of fifty years.’ But w e think in terms of eternity. It has always been m y hope that I might see Christ’s church established in East Arabia. T h e hope has not been realized, but this hope deferred does not m a k e the heart sick, for I k n o w the time for that will come. But G o d ’s w o r k also goes forward, it is His will that it shall. It is this that encourages m e to lay m y part d o w n now. T h e time calls for fresh ideas, fresh energies that I cannot give. A t m y first Annual Meeting there were four of us, and then w e talked about the things that w e have been doing since. N o t everything w a s outlined clearly, but w e had medical w o r k and evangelistic work, and there w a s the Freed Slave School. T h e following years added m o r e detail and so w e have been carrying on. A s I said, it seems to m e that w e have c o m e to the end of a period. Everything has changed these latter years, except our methods. M y hope for the Mission is that with the year of Jubilee, and even now, n e w visions, n e w methods, and a n e w outlook m a y be given to bring the message of love of G o d in Christ Jesus to hitherto unresponsive hearts.” Kuwait Hospital. A t the clinic prayers, at times, the numbers were large, and at all times the patients listened quietly throughout the service. O n the porch of the hospitals, overlooking the bay dotted with fishing boats and deep sea trading vessels, it w a s easy to read to sailors, merchants, shepherds and laborers, sick m e n all, the wonderful w o r d s of Christ. O u r Master must hate preached the sermon on the m o u n t to a group very similar to one of our morning clinic gatherings, and our view of the bay with the colored hills on the other side resembles strikingly the view of the Sea of Galilee. W i t h all this to help us w e have yet failed in our presentation of Christ, for no one of our staff or patients has openly started to follow H i m this year. T h e clinic attendance w a s large from the start and continued well up around

150 daily throughout the w a r m e r months. M o s t of the 215 cases admitted into the wards of the hospital were surgical cases Because of our limited capacity w e have had to pick our cases, only admitting those w h o m w e felt w e could definitely benefit in the m i n i m u m of time. Bahrain

In addition to our usual three services on Sunday, a service has been started at the oil camp, which the evangelistic missionary has been asked by the m a n ager to conduct. This service is held in the theatre and is attended by about ten percent of the employees. It has been a joy to conduct such a service for m e n and w o m e n w h o otherwise have so little of the religious life. S o m e of their collections have been devoted to w o r k in the Mission. O u r m i d w e e k prayer service has been well attended. O n Wednesday, three days before Christmas, holy c o m m u n i o n w a s celebrated. A t this Lo r d ’s Supper thirty-nine persons partook, the largest n u m b e r on record so far. M a s o n Memorial Hospital. “Certain facts have been borne in upon us this year with reference to the local situation in Bahrain. The. government is plan ning to build in the very near future an up-to-date hospital and if present plans carry there will be a m a n and a w o m a n doctor in charge. It is inevitable and at the sa m e time quite right, that w h e n a government receives suitable income they should care for their sick and poor. That income is n o w assured by the oil production here. T h e outlying dispensaries which are being run by the g o v ernment are being improved and do serve a most useful function. W h a t is the effect on M a s o n Memorial Hospital and its future? It changes the emphasis of our medical w o r k in Bahrain and lessens the need for an ever increasing plant. It m e a n s that w e must g r o w m o r e and m o r e efficient. M a s o n Memorial stands not only as a hospital but as a place where Christ is preached by w o r d and d e e d ; therefore the closest cooperation is sought with the evangelistic department. A special mejlis has been prepared for the use of the staff and patients and their friends. Every morning the entire staff gathers for prayers before the beginning of work. In this w a y w e put the emphasis where it belongs as w e start the day. Social gatherings between the evangelistic and medical staffs are encouraged. T h e medical department cooperates in m a k ing t w o and sometimes three village tours a week. T o m e these village contacts have been the outstanding part of the year’s work. Muscat-Matrah

' W h e n w e returned to the field in the fall of 1936 w e found three former inquirers n o w baptised and m e m b e r s of the Church of Christ. T h e y have con tinued to adorn their confession with a Christian life. T h e y are continuing to receive instruction in the history and the meaning of our religion and are g r o w ing in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus. There are others w h o are inquiring and are asking for baptism and for them also w e ask your prayers. A unique event took place at the Easter service w h e n little Lateefa w a s baptised; brought for baptism by her father and mother, both of w h o m are baptized converts.. ' The K n o x Memorial Hospital is coming to be better k n o w n and the stream of patients from the inland is increasing. O n e of the Sheikhs accompanying Sheikh Esa invited us in for a medical visit. It was a most welcome invitation and w e hope one day to take advantage of it.

W e have improved our organization and n o w our outdoor service reaches seventy-five miles in one direction and sixty in the other. O n e of our assistants spends three and a half days out of each w e e k working a m o n g the date gard eners. A weekly dispensary is held on successive Thursdays in four different places. This service is meeting the needs of malaria patients fairly well. W e have been trying to increase our contribution to sick eyes as well, but progress in this department is slow. Conclusion

A n d so the Arabian Mission m o ves on to the fiftieth year of its existence conscious bf G o d ’s continued guidance and filled with gratitude for the privilege of serving H i m in this land of m a n y promises, promises m a d e to the fathers in times past and w hose fulfillment w e see in the present. T h e Mission is not u n conscious of its failures and of the fact that it has not yet “occupied the interior of Arabia,” but neither does it lose sight of the promise specially indicated for this land, “H e shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.”

Organized 1924 Ar e a Occupied, Mesopotamia or Iraq, 180,000 Square Miles .

Population, 2,238,000; Arabs and Kurds, 1,830,000

Cooperating Boards .— B o a r d of Foreign Missions, Presbyterian Church, United States of America; B o a r d of Foreign Missions, R e formed Church in the United States; B o a r d of Foreign Missions of the R e f o r m e d Church in America. Missionaries.— B a g h d a d : Rev. and Mrs. B. D. Hakken, R. C. A . ; Mrs. S. J. Thoms, R. C. A . ; Miss Elisabeth R. Calverley, R. C. U. S. D o h u k ; Rev. and Mrs. R. C. Cumberland, P. U. S. A. Hillah: Rev. and Mrs. A. G. Edwards, P. U. S. A. K i r k u k : Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Glessner, R. C. U. S. M o s u l : *Rev. and Mrs. J. W . Willoughby, P. U. S. A. * O n furlough. R E P O R T F O R 1937

T h e Mission unites in thanksgiving to G o d for the w o r k H e has given us to do, for the strength to do it, and for the c o m m u n i o n of saints in which w e are joined in the fellowship of those above and those in the homeland w h o c o operate in supporting this mission. T h e record of the year has nothing spectacu lar in it, yet w e go forward with hope and with renewed purpose into the n e w year. . Property

T w o slight additions to mission property have been m a d e without special appropriations. A sigh of relief is heaved in unison as the boundary of the Hillah property is at last established and a wall built o n it. A garage at the E v a n g e listic Center in Baghdad, a practical necessity in this m o d e r n age, is synchronized with the paving of the street that gives access to it. A n e w r o o m has necessarilybeen added to the Cumberland house in Dohuk. Negotiations for the purchase of property at Shaqlawa for a hill station are progressing at the speed for which the East is noted; but w e have hopes. T h e immediate need for n e w property is at Kirkuk. T h e plan is to buy a place just outside of town, with enough land for a barnyard and a garden (con trary to the custom of the country) and build a suitable residence for the missionary and at the same time give scope for a farm demonstration on a small scale that should be valuable in reaching the rural community which forms the majority of this field. ' Educational

T h e n e w location of the American School for Girls in B a g h d a d has proved m u c h better than the former. T h e spirit of the school is good, with a m i n i m u m

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of disturbances from the elements that are potential trouble-makers. There have been so m e changes in the local staff and the addition of Miss Calverley full time and Mrs. H a k k e n part time at last gives Mrs. T h o m s time for super vision ; so the w o r k is going well. T h e attendance keeps up to normal, with about the sa m e proportions of the various groups, and the scholastic standard is good. Best of all, the cumulative effect of years of w o r k is showing in the lives of the girls. T h e hostel at M o s u l continues its checkered career. During the first half of the year it w a s under the direction of Mrs. Willoughby and the Willoughby family lived in the building. There were nine boarders and most of them showed the effect of supervised study by doing outstanding w o r k in the various government schools they attended. A t present, with the Willoughbys on fur lough, a competent Syrian girl carries on, with thirteen boarders and various classes. Evangelistic

Beginning at the south end of our territory, w e find Hillah field flourish ing. In the midst of tribal disturbances, Mr. E d w a r d s goes serenely about the work, distributing literature and speaking with all w h o will listen. H e invites the neighbors in for daily Bible reading and prayer and it is surprising h o w m a n y of them attend. Just recently there seems an unusual openness to the gospel ; a few are asking for baptism. In Baghdad, w e were glad to have the McCorkles, independent missionaries, occupy the mission house for so m e months and keep up the witness to the gospel T h e H a k k e n s got to w o r k immediately on arrival; already there is a regular service on Sundays for converts and non-Christians, and widening contacts reveal an increasing n u m b e r of those interested in the gospel. In Kirkuk there have been ups and downs. T h e bookshop is not so effective as formerly; but church and Sunday School prosper and the traditional emphasis on touring is still justified. S o m e literature in the n e w Turkish character has been prepared and is well received, and additions to Kurdish literature are projected. In Mosul, all goes on about as usual, apart from the personal w o r k of the Willoughbys, w h o are on furlough. For Dohuk, most of the report is trouble. Opposition w a s crystallized by a confession of Christ, and n o w most people are afraid to have anything to do with the Cumberlands. But one interpretation of opposition is that it would not exist if there were not something significant going on; so w e thank G o d and take courage. Conclusion

O n the whole, the mission is in healthy condition and believes that its w o r k is m o r e important than ever. In these days w h e n so m a n y factors tend to con centrate the attention of people on nationalism, especially the political and econo mic aspects of it, with the increasing emphasis on racial discriminations, w e dare not relax the effort to call m e n to the discipleship of Christ, and nations to the one true Kingdom, which k n o w s no distinctions of race. A n e w w e devote our selves to this work, counting on the necessary support, material and spiritual, from our h o m e churches.

G E N E R A L

S U M M A R Y ,

1937

1*Meso- 1 1 1 China | India |Japan Arabial potamiaj Total Stations occupied .............. 4 101 8 el 32 61 Out-stations and preaching places.. 1441 18 41 244 78 — 1 Missionaries, men, ordained ..... 8 91 71 71 32 , ii — Missionaries, men. unordained ..... 4) 3 6| — 1 13 Associate Missionaries, married women 8 12 m m ii 43 Missionaries, unmarried women .... 181 8 13 7l ii ' 47 Native ordained Ministers ........ 161 11 19 60 ll ‘ 31 73 Other native helpers, men........ 4541 131 8291 81 §1069 — — 26 Native helpers, women .......... 1881 Si 131 Churches ..................... 151 18 62 28 -i ll 76271 275 721 11872 Communicants ................ 3850 481 Received on confession .......... 2301 4611 94 -i -i 785 Boarding Schools, Boys’ .......... 91 5 H -i -i 14V4 5851 825 — 1 Scholars ..................... 1091 — 1 2501 Boarding Schools, Girls' ......... 7l 2 ii iu4 1W -i 509) 6271 736 131 1885' -i Scholars ..................... — 2 Theological Schools ............. ll -i 1 -i — Students .................... 351 — 1 61 26 -i 2301 36 31 300 Sunday Schools ................ 20 111 96321 1027 2141 1501 13341 Scholars ..................... 23181 — 1741 ll 196 Day Schools .................. 18 3l — 130| 11S76 4401 Scholars ..................... 14581 98481 — 61 18 4 81 -i Hospitals and Dispensaries ........ 119.7081 -1 168.115 Patients treated ............... 23712 246951 — *Flgures for the United Mission In Mesopotamia, except for missionaries, represent the whole work of the Mission. Fractions indicate union institutions. {Includes men and women.

C O M P A R A T I V E

1858 Stations ................ Outstatlons and preaching places. Missionaries, men ......... Missionaries, married women ... Missionaries, unmarried women Other native helpers, men ... Churches .............. . Communicants ...........

6 2 8 6 1 22

7 297

1868

S U M M A R Y ,

1878

1918

23 241 36 31

29 261? 41 - 33 33 37 367 146 42 5282 9 1004

27 366 50 42 46 45 520 311 64 7114 16% 1724 11% 1320 83 236 11858 25 128660

123 28

4 76 2

6 86 10

13 816

31 1563 1

Patients treated ......... j....

15507

9673

•Includes men and women.

1908

49 16 14 7

55 1 46 7 17 413

1898

Day schools .............. Scholars ...............

1888

18 14 12

40 3 97 19 44' 1341

1858-1937

9 26 173 47 47 4559 7 308 5 300 32 106 2612

30 211

41 47 5564 10

517 10

456 ' 61

766 80 201 195 6059 8245 5 4 18046 107571

1921

1937

29 32 372 244 64 45 57 43 58 47 44 813 •1069 422% 59 62 10677 11872 17% 2750 19% 1994 80 279 196 13215 11876 20 81014 168115

CLASSIS O F A L B A N Y Albany, First ..... Albany, Third ..... Albany, Fourth ... Albany, Fifth ..... Albany, Sixth ..... Albany, Madison Ave. Berne, Second ..... Bethlehem, First .... Clarksville ....... Coeymans ........ Delmar .......... Jerusalem ........ Knox ........... New Baltimore .... Onesquethaw .•..... Union ........... Westerlo ......... W. M. Union ...... Total CLASSIS OF B E R G E N Bergenfleld (Clinton Ave.). Bogart Memorial ...... Closter ............... Englewood Comm., Hud son Ave............. English Neighborhood .... Hackensack, First ..... Hackensack, Second .... Hackensack, Third ..... Harrington Park ...... Hasbrouck Heights .... Ridgefield Park (Neigh borhood) ............ North Hackensack ..... Oradell ............... Rochelle Park ........ Schraalenburg ......... Teaneck, W. N. S., C o m munity ............. Westwood ............ W. M. Union .......... Y. W. League Union ... Total

I 344 251. 113 04| 399 92|. 113 350 2 97 78 17 494 12 18 53 1 61 27

19 90|. .1. 60 00| 20 00 12 961. 15 00|. . . . . I. •1.

751 00| 52|. 00|. 931. 50|. 001. 711. 201 5 83| 5 681' 8 051 2 37|......|.... 25j......|.... 00| 11 00 1 50 •-I-l2185 12| 132 74 29 00 I I 15 001 15 75 248 65|, 121 44| 15 78 I 43 75|. 24 151. 52 33|. 612 50|. 3 50 19 67| 123 371. 184 26 . 35 961. 82 62|. 332 41

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1060 00 80 00 20 00 321 111

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.... 59 34

.... 1.-.... ...... i i 1481 111 100 781. 1 I

...1 ..1 15 0 0 | ..1

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74 37 73 00 37 88

..1 63 ..1 67 ..1 187 ..1 878 ..1 25 0 0 | 166 •-1 504

32 58 75 69 14 24

19 43 134 266

371. 17|. 251. . 251. 2 521. 28 441 • 316 981..

46 001 160 001 . 15 001 . 7 501.

26 44

50 001 787 13 19 501 265 93 5 001 604 92 36 501 241 50 20 001 319 71 10 0011490 00 ..i 3 06 30 501 303 95 26 25| 123 10 9 501 75 75 .. .i 684 00 8 40| 25 83 7 001 53 18 ..1 68 73

27 93 90

1842 451

CLASSIS O F SOUTH BERG E N Bayonne, First ....... Bayonne, Fifth St...... Jersey City, Bergen .... Jersey City, Faith-Van Vorst ............. Jersey City, Greenville... Jersey City, Hudson City, Second ........... Jersey City, Lafayette .. W. M. Union .........

2649 ioi 237 6515233 i 1 I i i 129 52|. .. .i 160 53 281. ..i 301 23 851 257 96 501

38 701. 42 701. 284 001 . 49 271. 109 001

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148 651 210 00 679 36

..1 74 66 ..1 125 32 ..1 685 61 ...1 49 27 001 194 Oo 0 0 | 116 00 .. .1 160 00 ..1 15 00 7 50 .. .1

52 85*14040 30

I . I 25 001 200 .... I 210 .... 11754 I .... I 221

141 59 .1 200 180 00 I I .1 60 60 00|. 104 52j......I 484 12 551......1 12 -I-I1536 671 25 0013143 I I

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CLASSIS OF CALIFORNIA Artesia .............. Bellflower ........... Bethany (Redlands) .... Calvary, Ripon ........ Clearwater-Hynes ...... Hope, Los Angeles ..... W. M. Union ..........

157 50 3 25 10 50 13 95 125 34j 60 841

10 50 40 45

7 60

104 381

229 251 25 311 465 49 3 95 70|. ..... 1 4 501. ..... 1 25 50 ..1 17 48| 31 43 25 001 178 99 28 65| 54 92|...... 1 163 81 20 501. ........1 20 5(1

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Total ............. CLASSIS O F CASCADES Lynden .............. Monarch ............. Montana, First ........ New Holland .......... Oak Harbor ........... Yakima .............. W. M. Union ..........

371 38|

Total ............. CLASSIS OF CHICAGO Bethel, Phoenix ....... Chicago Archer Ave..... Chicago Englewood, First. Chicago First ......... Chicago, Gano ........ Chicago, Roseland, First.. Chicago, Mt. Greenwood... Chicago, West Side ..... Danforth ............. De Motte, American .... De Motte, First ........ Ebenezer, Morrison ..... Fulton, First .......... Fulton, Second ........ Fulton, Trinity ........ Indianapolis (Covenant)... Lafayette ............ Lansing .............. Newton, Zion .......... Ross ................ South Holland......... Ustick, Spring Valley... Wichert .............. De Motte, Ind. M. F ..... W. M. Union ....... . Whiteside Conf......... Girls Lgs., Whiteside Co... Total .. ............ CLASSIS O F D A K O T A Aurora ............. ... Bemis ............... Broadland '............ Charles Mix .......... Corsica, Grace ......... Dover ................ Grand View ........... Hamlin (Castlewood) .... Harrison ............. Litchville ............. Maurice, American ..... Monroe. Sandham Mem. .. North Marion ......... Oakaton .............. Orange City, American.... Springfield, Emmanuel .... Strasburg ............ Westfield/. Hope .... .. . W. M. Union ..........

580 10

Total

53 43

334 32 26 9 103 74

23 16 38 78 21 47

7 47

83 411

7 47

5 00 1500 339 95 1428 285 331 41 194 51 605 60 970 87 13

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360 971 238 64 217 83 341 151 115 67 98 121 234 18 146 192 12 37

127 44 63 1404 6 76 849 50 4

67 79i 889 67

00 83 (HI 77 20 75 53 50 89 79 45 88 46 16 29 21 06 23 38 95 38 43 56 11 4ft 20 20

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60 ool. ..... 1 ..1. ..... 1 1 88|...... 1 6 851 89 451 11 351 421. ..... 1 17 501 17 00| 33 721 15 831 109 481 45 661 52 74| 48 501 6 881. ..... 1 44 001 23 051 83 90| 20 001 1 121. .... 1 154 051. ..... 1 50 581 11 571 53 821. ..... 1 7 701 158 641 37 001. ..... 1 950 94|

93 55 22 07 41 47 57

164 3211196 27

5 •.|. ..... i 83| ..... 1 305 00| ..... 11764 801 50 0011016 201 32 001 270 001 129 0013176 33| 116 00| 999 501 56 35| 940 001 5 ool 163 101 46 00| 433 091 ..... 1 222 30 0011119 29| 031 19 181 97 501 16 5011256 731 ..... 1 446 85|...... 1 28 001 12 381 287 981 100 0011077 24|. ..... 1 86 951 20 00| 97 221 75 0013284 4 001 42 701 501 46 32| 425 72 401 ..... 1 849 V0| ..... 1 50 4 201. ..... 1

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4S0 51 109 1 353 184 5

63 63 85 64 35 32 84 39 64 63 05 22 37 81 55 68 50 00

1ft 6 156 2 123 74 250 123 15 91 221

6 863 127 71 246 37

211 75i2502 93

CLASSIS OF .G E R M A N I A Antelope Valley ....... Bethany .............. Bethel (Davis) ........ Bethel (Ellsworth) ..... Chancellor ............ Cromwell Center ...... Delaware (Lennox) .... Dempster ............ Herman ............. Hope ................ Immanuel, Willow Lake.. Lennox, Second ....... Logan ........ ....... Monroe ....... ....... Salem ............... Scotland (Ebenezer) ... Sibley ............... Ebenezer, Scotland, M. F.. W. M. Union .......... Total ............. CLASSIS OF G R A N D RAPIDS Ada ................. Byron Center ......... Corinth .............. Grand Rapids, Third ... G. R., Fourth.......... G. R., Fifth ........... G. R., Sixth, Oakdale Park G. R., Seventh ......... G. R., Eighth ......... G. R., Ninth ........... G. R., Aberdeen St...... G. R., Bethany ........ G. R. Bethel .......... G. R., Beverly ......... G. R., Calvary ......... G. R., Central ......... G. R., Fairview ....... G. R., Garfield Park .... G. R., Grace ........... G. R., Home Acres...... Grand Rapids, Immanuel.. Grand Rapids, Knapp Ave. G. R., Richmond St..... G. R.. Trinity ......... Grandville ............ Grant ................ W. M. Union .......... Girls Lge. for Serv. Union. Total ............. CLASSIS OF G R E E N E Athens ............. Catskill ...!......... Coxsackie, First ..... Coxsackie, Second .... Kiskatom ........... Leeds ..............

234 18 57 6 60 35 17 23 84 41 126 92 7 88

i i i 641 6 69 ... 60 ... 95|... 001... 12 ... 00|... 601... 45 ... 51 ... 24 ... 14 73 68 17 00 5 37 29

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5 87 26 10 31 7 14

44 ..1 1 60 5 24|. • 27 21 98| nni • * 6 221 10 00 68 1 4 43 75 ...... i...... 5 351. 15 35 ..1. 10

953 68

1 1 28 001 528 23 1500 192 350 287 360 435 25 630 275 79 296 740 85 52 521 33 1327 52 580 11

78 331 13 60 1 1

15 16 1A 001 130 50 212 00 625 74 ... 00 600 21 273 49 00 10 .ooi... 40 200 55 76 35 114 001... 59 40 50 47 001... 24 14 50 193 .. 32 50 16 .. i 30 462 881... .. 1 •

1 1 00| 3 50 07|. fiO| 751. 111. 3 00 001 •-I001. 70|. 001. 001. •.1. 001. 491 10 00 .•(. 711. 501. ..i. 001. 501. 501 15 50 001. 5 00 811 501 5 00 ..|. 1 1 ••••

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370

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i i i 64 ... ...1 12 501... ..1 322 001 17 481 63 281... ..1 68 i 10 50| 16 75 ... ..1 91 501 5 501 48 781 7 121 40 ... ..1 23 051... ..1 130 401... ..1 -46 001 26 581 194 061... ..1 131 501... ..1 18 681 12 101 208 4? ..1 4 ..j 43 ..1 20 ..1 10 00 2811495 79 56 1 . 1

i i ii 00| 68 421 765 57 ..1 28 35 1011807 141 18 174 201 43 301 622 1403 93 170 01'2551 26 35) 434 120 66 47 7711204 107 00 74 8011955 1172 19 79 001... ..1 153 10 25 ... ..1 20 25 0011459 804 72 172 on 100 001 747 12 001 216 69 05 34 831 57^ 123 51 329 81 ... ..11069 76 .051 24 001 226 254 001... ..1 354 50 62| 695 124 001 32 861... ..1 80 391 55 ... ..11912 10 501 92 33 66 60 001 169 41 25 21 251 201 172 97 374 801... ..11422 80 001 151 60 10 ..1 142 142 97 62 581... ..1 62

83 19 08 23 50 87 00 50 45 16 64 54 72 50 37 42 75 70 00 45

10 75 164 001

25 72 00 03 11 94 75 77 90 00 25 72 40 57 18 81 35 00 62 10 55 16 75 03 60 98 97 58

6739 041

883 9511919609 1 1 1 1 ..1 140 82 100 0011677 55 ..) 95 43 15 8li 149 30 4 001 59 00 1 25! 47 87

95 796 74 43 37 16

67 00 13 81 00 80

1063 41

121 06i2169 97 1

CLASSIS O F H O L L A N D Beaverdam ........... East Overisel ......... Forest Grove ......... Hamilton, First ....... Holland, Third ......... Holland, Fourth .......

Jamestown, Second .... North Blendon ........ Overisel .............. South Blendon ........ Vriesland ............. Zeeland, First ....... .. Zeeland, Second ....... Missionary Syndicate of

Total ............. CLASSIS OF H U D S O N Germantown ........ . Linlithgo ........... .

Total ........... j..

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79 161 16 15 00 00 128 55 1 03 ...... " * , 00 99 60 15 25 00 1060 73 5 00 41 278 71 10 67 50 .... .1 12 19 55 66 550 90 .... j. 05 500 00 15 00 5 50 25 50 ...... , 57 75 110 00 95 .. .'i 83 18 1 50 13 97 44 313 55 , 05 35 95 15 309 65 19 00 00 10 50 1 00 09 108 84 ... 43 54 1204 09i 53 40 94 100 001 20 37 00 167 501 35 00 54 500 001 10 00 35 540 431.... . 1 I..... .... 150 00 ..... j ......| ..... •... ..... ... ..j. 104 150 21 86 475 469 55 43 891 1554 374 122 19 71 33 112 360 29 407 19 . 195 14 1205 49 130 1753 788

1692 58

2700 00 ... 54 48

74 33

7 75

125 00

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10|. 551. •I. 001 20 001. . . . . I. 251. .1. •I. -I-ITotal 229 401 45 001. I CLASSIS OF SCHENECTADY 1 I Altamont ............ 10 001 12 501. 7 .001. . . . . I. Amity ............... Glenville, First ....... 23~ 281. .... I. Helderberg ....,*....... 133 451 24 381. Lisha’s Kill ........... .1. . . . . I. 107 631. .... I. Niskayuna ........... 29 471 12 381 7 85 Princetown ........... 1 56|. 50 001 Rotterdam, First ...... Schenectady, First ..... . . . . . . 1. . . . . I. Schenectady Second .... 810 001 58 001. Schenectady, Bellevue .... 1362 501 100 001. Schenectady, Mt Pleasant. 105 001 20 311. Schenectady, Rotterdam, l I 10 001. 2nd ................ .1. 4 79|. Schenectady, Trinity ... 25 301 Schenectady, Woodlawn .. 100 001. 209 651. Scotia, First .......... .1. W. M. Union ......... . . . . . . I. -I-

678 101 163 I 1 315 101 62 89 001 13 1 211 10 52 341 266 221 45 8 50 00 13 79 94 22 234 89 11 57 76 27 00 25 52 80| 22 461 001 90 84 66! 26 147 001 28 84 311 8 36 93J. 43 32|. ... I. 75 141. -I-

0911700 52 86 1259 17 27 244 10 16 .83 71 56 737 251 ool 155 781 528 901 126 041 248 001 259 80 1911216 19 841 135 591 430 211 129 .1 79 00

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349 231 168 001 791 I I I • I 73 251. ..... I 95 I 29 22 30|. 90 191 ' ' i o ' o o i 123 157 791 30 501 346 71 801. ..... I 71 107 061 29 801 244 97 901 15 311 162 42 30| 20 001 113 419 731. ..... I 419 5 7511179 305 501 193 001. ..... 11655 8 741 261 126 981 1 I 41 901. ..... I 51 41 141 44 871 116 60 001. ..... I 160 205 101 26 911 441 125 211. ..... I 125 -I-

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Beaverdam ........... Berne ............... Howe's Cave, 2nd ...... Lawyersville .......... Middleburg ........... Prattsville ........... Schoharie ...... ..... Sharon .............. Schoharie Classis, T F... W. M. Union ......... Total ............ CLASSIS O P EAST SIOUX Alton ............... American, Primghar ... Archer .............. Bigelow............... Boyden .............. Firth ................ Free Grace ........... Holland ............... Hollandale ........... Hospers .............. Ireton ............... Little Rock ........... Matlock ............. Melvin .... ,... ...... Newkirk ...»......... Orange City, First...... Pella ................ Prairie View .......... Rotterdam ........... Sanborn ............. Sheldon .............. Sibley, First .......... Firth, Holland, and Pella M. F ............... O ’Brien M. F .......... Sioux County Churches .. W. M. Union ......... Total ............ CLASSIS O F W E S T SIOUX Bethel ............... Carmel ....■........... Chandler ............. Colton .............. . Denver .............. Doon ...... ......... Edgerton ............ Hull, First ........... Hull, American ........ Inwood .............. Lester ............... Maurice. First ........ Rock Rapids ......... Rock Valley .......... Roseland ............. Silver Creek .......... Sioux Center, First .... Sioux Center, Central .... Steen ................ Trinity .............. Valley Springs ........ Volga ............... Rock Rapids M. F ...... Roseland, M. F ......... Sioux County Churches ..

25 46 4 46 48 62 49 63 521. 5 601.

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1 40 1 40 6 00

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15 27 359 25 63 115 46 225 12 10 19 10 243 1565 26 123 15

25 00|. 279 601 18 80 23 55| 5 50 101 741. 62 69|. 45 001 10 00 113 661. 6 001 "97

88 64 67 10 10 381 9 291 176 25| 156 731 24 65] 38 75|. 30 04 175 001 84 00 16 39| 17 16

10 00

50 00 41 56 2 38 9 00 2 15

18 001. 559 29|. . . . . . I-I-I3714 441 1219 831 156 I I I 38 55 00 7 128 26 15 30 15 00 5 65 138 6 24 152 111 263 391 130 22 91 001 35 9 55| 13 2 93| •I. 56 501 12| 25 12 491 491 5 106 64| 331. 48 20| 25| 3 63 041. I. 1267 061 257 221. 905 001 65 00|. 42 701 86 391 3 385 001 108 481. 10 40|. ’'"4' 031 10 201. 94 931. . .1. 261 871. 559 29|. •I. -I-

......| 25 00 58 94 ......j 105 33 1 07 ......j 6 04 66 79 11 OOl 124 27 6 001 111 74 43 ,25 1 00 ...... | 1 00 22 59 20 00j 106 11 15 20 ......j 20 80 ......j 1 40 12 18 ......j 12 18 ----- H ----221 02| 37 00| 513 87 I I I I 112 28| 17 771 193 8 03| 8 58 661 46" 781 145 6 501 30 041 63 291 421 66 5711016 13 001 119 52 001 152 061 15 001 331 202 441 15 871 396 156 38| 25 001 283 544 176 001 28 74 54 22 12 16 861 .57 11 14 5 29| 39 191 54 651 675 113 3512200 316 93 2 501 189 72 ..1 234 3 19 42 74 285 37 32 590 19 65 151 95 70 08 70 401 95

18 00 559 29 401 95

-I-I36 2803 301 586 5518480 48 I I •

70 00 165 00 44 00 91 22 169 165 189 12

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6 247 28 189 133 22 377 415 128 206 36 30

3ft 5ft 58 00 27 37 95

40 34 26 001 50 50; 84 63 06 69, 001 .1 -I-

.... I 163 82 .... I 315 76 10 001 99 95 .... I 5 00 96 39| 392 09 25 001 77 52 27 331 460 22 30 001 610 89 44 001 359 54 .... I 35 05 .... I 9 88 .... I 400 02 13 251 74 57 .... I 391 23 62 911 273 36 25 001 110 54 143 5012045 28 41 5311427 37 40 001 300 72 135 891 835 43 .... T 47 11 5 001 49 23 -- - .1 94 93 .... I 261 87 .... I 559 29 - - - - - 1- - - - - -

CHASSIS OF ULSTER Bloomingdale ......... Blue Mountain ........ Clove, The ........... Esopus ............ Flatbush ............. High Woods .......... Hurley .............. Jay Gould Memorial .... Katsbaan ............ Kingston, First ....... Kingston, Fair St. ..... Kingston, Church of the Comforter .......... Marbletown ........... Marbletown, North .... New Paltz ............ Plattekill ............ Port Ewen ........... Rochester ............ Rosendale ........... St. Remy ............ Saugerties ........... Shokan .............. Woodstock ........... W. M. Union ......... Total ............ CLASSIS OF WESTCHESTER Bronxville ........... Corlandtown .......... Greenburgh Elmsford .... Greenville ............ Hastings ............. Hawthorne ........... Lincoln Park, Community Mount Vernon ........ Peekskill, Van Nest .... Tarrytown, First ...... Tarrytown, Second ..... Yonkers, Crescent Place .. Yonkers, Mile Square .... Yonkers. Park Hill First. W. M. Union .........

118 89 15 75 11 63 5 25 14 801 40 43 30 00 11 01 175 17 24G 06

17 50

2 00

30 00

109 74 1 87 24 18 32 75 10

01 ...... 8 00 92 ...... ..... 93 ...... ..... 50 ......i..... 00 ......i..... 44 ......j..... 33 ......i..... 00 ......i..... 41 ......i..... 10 001. 2 66|. .1 2 94 .1. . . . . -I1102 531 60 161 12 94 I I I 1750 001 25 001. 26 601 7 411. ......

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8 751. 451. I 9 171. 551 001. 40 311. .1 . .I. 310 43|. .1 33 451.

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501 11 261. •I. . . . . I.

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CHURCHES

66 37 15 00 200 26 3 3* i... 1 19 13 10 0(1 1 21 63 1 12t... 1 6 37 64 62 6 58 86 00 5 001... 1 5 00 82 56 8 001 151 49 117 89|... 1 147 89 17 361 9 441 37 81 313 12 50 0<1 538 29 100 80| 23 761 400 62 62 11 ... 1 179 12 50 271 5 00| 130 19 60 42 ... 1 62 35 128 75 31 351 247 60 5 00|... 1 29 00 3 96|... 1 22 40 9 78 5 001 47 01 21 50 ... 1 96 50 2 00 ... 1 12 41 105 001... 1 115 on 56 ... 1 3 22 1 36| 3 401 7 -70 115 05|... I 115 05 1348 98 2735 69 ' 10 191 15 1 208 40 1301 152 2 25 880 23

157 5312682 1 1 00 180 0014690 00 103 811 4 00 10 88 200 45 15 96 11 50 759 00 10 001 90 1611 28 16 185 50 2 00 25 00 55 0011093 00|... 23

14 00 01 00 63 90 13 50 31 71 61 50 00 76 00

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Total ............ CLASSIS OF WISCONSIN •Alto ................ Baldwin ............. Bethel (Brandon) ...... Cedar Grove .......... Forrestvllle ........... Friesland ............ Gibbsville ........... Greenleafton .......... Hingham ............ Milwaukee .. .-i....... Oostburg ............ Racine ............... Randolph ............ Sheboygan Hope ...... Sheboygan Falls ...... Vesper ............... Waupun ......:...... Sheboygan County M. F... Vesper-Forestville M. F... Alto, Bethel, Friesland, Randolph, and Waupun M. F................ W. M. Union .........

2843 761 77 571 I I .1 964 591. 23 417 281 68 41| 4 14 741 26 131. 444 511 47 271 19 00 20 671. •I. 140 041 70 051..... 452 971 45 001 10 00 490 58| 75 001 18 00 263 331 110 161 18 19 675 001. .1. 760 641 130 521 25 00 .1. . . . . . I..... 122 031 21 001 15 00 105 00|. .1 75 001 34 091 8 7 771 13 021... 1858 991 842 941... 135 001. . . . . . I. . . . 22 82'. . . . . . I. . . . I I I I 150 00|. . . . . I. . . . . . . . . I. . . . . I. . . . -I7120 961 1483 59| 141 14

Total ............ 284.30 through legacy of Mina Wessels

5655 73 222 65 291 90 37 401 389 88 35 00 45 68 281 50 272 74 374 22 437 40 311 00 26 82 120 19 122 75 68 00 22 44 604 22 ..

249 8718826 93 1 1 66 7011277 40 00| 821 10 00 88 165 9511066 .. 55 .. 255 120 001 909 87 00 943 50 55 816 25 0011137 30 00 1257 26 278 227 34 02 219 43 83 3213389 .. 135 22

89 59 27 59 67 77 47 32 45 40 16 82 22 75 11 23 47 00 82

i 50 113 00|. 115 -I3776 77| 712 54113235 00

Total ...... PARTICULAR SYNOD OF ALBANY Albany ............. Greene ......,....... Montgomery ......... Rensselaer ........... Rochester ............• Saratoga .. ........... Schenectady ......... Schoharie ........... Total ............ PARTICULAR SYNOD OF CHICAGO Chicago ............. Grand Rapids ........ Holland ............. Illinois ............. Kalamazoo .......... Muskegon ........... Wisconsn ........... Total ...........

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PARTICULAR SYNOD OF N E W Y O R K Hudson ....... North Long Island South Long Island New York ..... Orange ....... Poughkeepsie .... Ulster ........ Westchester ...

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CHURCHES

74 187 104 208 45 72 60 77

I I 3812447 98 7016976 75 9416496 32 8212491058 5012889 26 0711424 62 5312682 14 8718826 93

7 9 8 7 12

1692 3481 2236 7932 905 696 1102 2843

58 78 57 09 44 55 53 76

331 96| 921 501 961 09|. 161 12 57|.

75 ‘ 597 941 75 00 3032 311 265 00 4091 89| 54 30 8439 871 8322 00 1838 36| 87 607 311 48 94 1348 981 157 5655 73| 249 -It I20891 301 832 091 56 99 25612 391 9261 81156654 58 'I I 1 I I I I 2185 921 1027 724 2589 229 2983 254

121 132 74| 29| 58 311 82| 74 021 551 110 411 651 795 41| 401 45 00|. 281 233 921 45|. .....1

29 5 17 24 13

00 90 35 37 87

7 8b 1 40

2649 1063 1644 678 2158 349 2181 221

191 411 721 101 621 231 151 021

237 121 121 163 3X8 168 191 37

10915 56| 1449 I I I I I 7905 991 4970 8404 081 3127 9687 611 6286 2754 48| 145 4252 59| 1466 3321 961 906 7120 961 1483 -I43447 67118386

70 97 90 52 04 63 08 87

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65)5233 0612169 9912885 0911700 4915946 00| 791 8815598 001 513

811 99 74 10945 .441 1429 16124839 71 1 I 1 I I I I I I 4766 571 757 7311852361 33| 122 6739 041 883 9511919609 02| 42 7458 93| 1454 66125093 25 86| 205 882 87| 174 00| 396875 401 12 2680 151 695 451 9182 19 681 87 3278 111 875 79| 8457 58 87| 74 59| 141 3776 771- 712 5411323500 -I-

751 685 49 29582 441 5554 12197656 47 I

PARTICULAR SYNOD OF N E W B R U N S W I C K Bergen ..... South Bergen . Monmouth .... Newark ...._.. New Brunswick Palisades ... Paramus .... Passaic ..... Philadelphia .. Raritan ..... Total ... PARTICULAR SYNOD OF I O W A California .......... Cascades ........... Dakota ............ Germania ........... Pella .............. Pleasant Prairie ..... East Sioux .......... West Sioux ......... Total

4040 30 3143 56 729 38 5118 96 5274 05 4411 81 8585 96 7775 38 3204 36 3766 67 — |----------8514605043 21035 031 3325 129 32 19239 071 2321 I I 16' I 2018 14X1 192 2585 2644 209X 3756 3197 1269 1789

61 11 64 60 61 53 15 86 94 98

119 100 3 118 32 405 427 841 848 427

73 6 66 78 90 04 521 15 40 52 5 00 21 16 86 261 7 00 79 70 62 41 7 78

1842 1536 485 2353 2111 1575 4079 3011 853 1389

45 67 11 321 381 911 59| 591 361 69|

52 25 47 62 470 326 306 717 161 151

521 67 79| 889 67 971 164 32 1196 27 941 211 2502 92 561 79 1495 45 59| 522 7359 47 25| 316 0214618 29 301 586 5518480 48 191 699 8019400 67 — I- - - - — I----16800 321 4041 291 333 96 12119 321 2648 3313594322 I I I 371 580 1014 953 2532 3153 3714 4480

381 101 80| 68| 131 69| 44| 101

104 83 297 78 576 285 1219 1396

381 411 961 33| 131 171 83| 08|

7 7 27 13 12 35 156 73

60 47 47 60 80 16 36 50

338 360 950 370 3715 828 2803 2751

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20891 10915 434*47 21035 16800

Toung Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Societies

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CHURCHES

PARTICULAR SYNODS P. P. P. P. P.

S. of New York ... S. of Albany ...... S. of Chicago ..... S. of New Brunswick S. of I o w a ....... Total ..........

09 56 99 81 99 74 75 685 49 16 129 32 29 333 96

113089 88128035 10 1305 50

25612 10945 29582 19239 12119

39 44 44 07 32

9261 1429 5554 2321 2648 97498 66 21215

811 56654 16 24839 121 97656 85 46050 33 1 35943

58 71 47 43 22

271261144 41

Gifts f r o m

“A Friend" ..........$ 120 00 “A Friend" ..... 113 00 "A Friend” .......... 100 00 “A Friend” .......... 1 00 Abeel Miss Helen S.... 5 00 Aeilts, Rev. E ......... 5 00 Allen, Mrs. J. S......... 10 00 25 00 Angel, Miss Jessie B .... Anonymous .......... 10 00 "Anonymous" ......... 5 00 Bahrain Chapel ...... 53 84 Bates, Mrs. Charles F... 10 00 Beardslee, Rev. J. W., Jr., Ph. D .............. 1,800 00 Blekkink, Rev. E. J.... 25 00 Bosch, Mr. F .......... 2 00 Brunsting. Rev. L. A .... 5 00 Burggraaff, Rev. and Mrs. J. J................ 5 00 Central Bible Institute, Student Missionary Band 100 Chamberlain, Mrs. L. B... 10 00 Chambers, Mr. Frank R.. 100 00 Chicago Missionary C o m mittee ............. 700 00 Church House, 25 E. 22nd St., New York City __ 28 70 Church Committee of Bah rain Oil Co......... 28 13 Cobb, Rev. Henry E., D. D. 100 00 Collier, Rev. George Z.... 500 Colton, Mrs. Ilaha Jehan 30 00 Conditional, Gift Matured (L. R.) ........... 500 00 Dame, Dr. L. P....... 50 88 Davies, Miss Grace ... 1 00 Davies, Mrs. J. M ...... 2 00 De Heidenwerald Publish ing Co............. 100 00 De Jong, Rev. and Mrs. G E ............... 25 00 De Mott, Mr. John W __ 25 00 Dimnent, Rev. E. D., D. D. 100 00 Drescher, Mrs. Elizabeth. 100 Duryee, Mrs. A ........ 5 00 Eckhoff, Mrs. Edward ... 500 Episcopal Church, Oyster Bay N. Y., (Through Miss J. W. Walvoord). 500 Fagg, Miss Kate ...... . 2 00 Fagg, Mrs. John G ..... 10 00 Farrar, Rev. W. H ..... 10 00 Flikkema, Rev. B. M .... 10 00 “From Friends," Through Miss K. R. Green.... 80 00 Gaston, Miss Anna E .... 100 00 Gebhard, Rev. J. G., D. D. 10 00 Greenfield, Miss K ..... 1 15 Hageman, Rev. Herman.. 500 Halsey, Mrs. Charles W . .. 20000 Halsey, Miss Katherine T. 25 00 Harper, Rev. Richard R.. 500 Herder, Mr. and Mrs. O. J. 25 00 Hindes, Mrs. Laura A. ... 1000 20 00 Hope College ........ Ingraham, Mr. George S.. 10000 "In Memory of Mrs. Simon B. Dykema, by her Chil dren ....... 25 00 "In Memory of E. W. Z.,” by Rev. S a m u e l M. Zwemer, D. D ....... 15 00 Jamieson, Mr. E. C..... 10 00 Jansen, Mr. Frederick W. 100 00 Jones, Dr. and Mrs. J. Ad dison ............. 20 00 Kawamata, Mr. G ...... 5 00 Keith, Mrs. Laura C.... 25 00 ' Kiel, Dr. and Mrs. Lee H. 10 00 Kramer, Mrs. C....... 12 50

Individuals

Lick Branch Presbyterian Church Sunday School, Charleston, W. Va.... 25 00 Marsellus, Mr. John ... 13 70 Milliken, Rev. P. H., Ph. D. • 30 00 Misegades Mrs. F. R ... 5 00 Moi, Mr. George ...... 10 00 Moody Bible Institute, Missionary Union ... 150 00 Morrison, Miss Margaret C.................. 25 00 Mueller, Mrs.......... 1 00 Mulder, Dr. and Mrs. C. D. 25 00 Naylor, Miss Edna ..... 10 00 Nettinga, Rev. S. C., D. D. 10 00 Olcott, Miss Anna .... 10 00 Oldis, Miss Alice ...... 5 00 Osborne, Miss May .... 25 00 Otte, Mrs. J. A ........ 10 00 Peters, Miss Nanna Heath 225 00 Pieters, Miss J. A ...... 53 33 Pleasant Prairie Academy 13 00 Punt. Mr. and Mrs. Arie.. 250 00 Radcliff, Mr. John P., Jr. 5 00 Ransom, Rev. Albert R.. 1 00 Richards, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore .......... 50 00 Roemer, Miss Mabel S.... 5 00 Romaine, Mr. Demarest.. 17 50 Romaine, Miss Mary .... 5 00 Romaine, Mr. Theodore .. 17 50 Roosa, Miss Margaret.... 10 00 Sansom, Miss Kittie M... 25 00 Sansom, Miss Olive M.... 15 00 Scholten, Rev. Ben .... 2 00 Schomp, Mrs. Mary E.... 10 00 Scoville, Mr. F. C...... 10 00 Sluijer, Mr. Henry .... 60 00 Smallegan, Mr. J...... 500 00 Smallegan Syndicate .... 200 00 Smith, Miss L. U ...... 7 50 Stanes, F. J., Esq...... 100 00 Starke, Mr. Emory P... 25 00 Stegeman Family Syndi cate .............. 10 00 Stegeman, Mrs. William.. 10 00 Steketee, Rev. John B.... 3 00 12 50 Stelma, Mrs. N. ...... , Stillwell. Rev. John L.... 5 00 Stulpe, Mr. Fred ...... 5 00 Stryker, Miss Florence... 5 00 Taylor, Miss Minnie .... 75 00 Te Winkel. Miss Josephine 10 00 "Thank Offering” ..... 10 00 Trompen, Mrs. J. N .... 5 00 "Two Friends" ....... 7,250 00 “Two Friends” ....... 1,700 00 "Two Friends” ....... 100 00 Vander Ploeg, Miss Jean nette ............. 60 00 Vander Wall, Mr. A. J... 5 00 Vander Wall, Mr. Pete.. 11 13 Van Houten, Mrs. Jessie F. 10 00 Van Santvoord, Mr. M. V. 30 00 Veldman, Dr. Harold E... 500 Voorhees, Miss Jennie ... ' 5 00 Voskuil. Rev. H. J.... 10 00 Wahl, Rev. Henry J... 1 00 Waldron, Miss Florence E. 50 00 Walvoord, Miss Florence. 550 00 Walvoord. Miss Jeane.... 10 00 Warnshuis, Dr. and Mrs A. L. ............. 100 00 Weemhoff, Mr. Jay .... 100 00 Williams, Mrs. S. H .... 100 00 Wilson, Miss Anna T ... 5 00 Wilson, Mr. Jesse R ... 10 00 Wynice, Mrs. E ....... 2 00 Zwmer, Rev. Samuel M., D. D ............... 25 00 117,194 36

Legacies

From the Estate of Jennie Bogardus ..................... $ Susan A. Elliott .................... • C. ’Hoagland ....................... Emily A. Huizenga ................. John Mulder ....................... Mary Nevius ........................ Kate V. S. Olcott ..................... Charles W. Osborne .................. Mary Redeker ....................... Johann Rewerts ..................... Eilert Schulte .................... . Margaret L. Varick .................. Anna Vreman ....................... Louis V. Waldron .................... Mina Wessel (through Alto Ref. Ch.)....

100 UO 1,314 32 751 2* 1,000 U0 40 62 992 34 2,000 00 5,000 00 192 40 150 00 4,500 00 5,000 00 1,000 00 1,000 00 284 80 $23,325 72

M a y 17, 1938.

, T h e B o a r d of Foreign Missions, R e f o r m e d C h u r c h in America, 25 East 22n d Street, N e w York, N. Y. G entlemen :

T h e Investment Securities of the B o a r d as noted in the Balance Sheet of April 30, 1938, a n d set forth particularly in the B o a r d ’s Ledger, have been e x a m i n e d by the Auditors and 'found correct. W e report that: P a r V a lue of Stocks and B o n d s

, is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 415,800.00

Their V a lue o n our B o o k s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401,973.02 M a r k e t Value, April 30, 1938. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257,910.18 V e r y truly yours, W]- E d w a r d F oster . Chairman, Finance Committee.

, R E C E I P T S O F T H E B O A R D S I N C E 1857, I N P E R I O D S O F FIVE YEARS, W I T H T O T A L S A N D A V E R A G E S | Totals for Average for Receipts i Five Years Decrease Years Increase Five Years $26,811 10 $134,055 49 Total. 1868-1862 .. 18$3 ........ .. 842,257 36 1864 ........ ... 36,391 18 1865 ........ .. 82,038 22 1866 ........ .. 55,783 75 1867 ........ .. *63,030 89 278,601 40 65,700 28 $28,699 18 1868 ........ .. 53,472 91 1869 ........ .. 81,410 38 1870 ........ .. 57,342 94 1871 ........ .. 71,125 62 1872 ........ .. 65,173 26 328,525 01 10,004 72 66,706 00 1873 ........ .. 83,948 61 1874 ........ .. 65,352 95 1876 ........ .. 64,249 95 1876 ........ .. 64,342 91 1877 ........ .. 58,152 63 316,046 95 63,209 37 $2,495 68 1878 ........ .. 69,085 87 1879 ... ;.... .. 68.443 49 1880 ........ .. 63,185 71 1881 ........ .. 92,984 38 1882 ........ .. 58,184 71 341,884 10 68,376 82 5,167 46 1883 ........ .. 65,284 68 1884 ........ 76,955 23 1885 ........ .. 88,131 04 1886 ........ .. 86,386 65 1887 ........ .. 86,787 02 403.544 42 80,708 88 12,332 06 1888 ........ .. tl09,946 11 1889 ......... .. 93,142 24 1890 ......... .. 117,090 14 1891 ......... .. 116,265 45 1892 ........ .. 112,163 69 548,607 53 109,721 50 29,012 62 1893 ........ .. 136.688 10 1894 ........ .. 106,671 48 1895 ......... 1896 ........ .. 154,139 42 1897 ........ 619,798 89 123,959 77 14.238 27 1898 ........ .. 124.301 18 1899 ......... .. 126,838 36 1900 ......... .. 147,213 78 1901 ........ .. 173,20i 12 1902 ......... .. 167.911 73 739.469 17 147,893 89 1903 ......... .. 158,894 94 1904 ......... .. 142,474 79 1905 ......... .. 150,239 94 1906 ......... .. 174,464 74 1907 ......... .. 179,232 60 805,307 01 161,061 40 13,167 51 * 1908 ......... .. 197,468 26 1909 ......... .. 205,372 64 1910 ......... .. 207,404 59 1911 ......... .. 282,231 86 j 1912 ......... .. 284,269 36 1,176,746 71 | 236,349 34 74,287 94 1913 ......... 1914 ......... .. 321.942 58 1 | 1915 ...:...... .. 300.752 52 1916 ......... .. 309,419 86 1 1 | 1917 ..;....... .. 302,453 02 1,490,406 45 298,081 29 62,731 95 1918 ......... .. 325.292 08 1919 ......... .. 345,462 82 1 1920 ......... 1921 ......... .. 593.942 88 1922 ......... .. 445,182 90 2,188,496 34 437,699 07 139,617 78 1923 ......... 1924 ......... .. 544,808 39 ' 1 1925 ......... 1926 ......... .. 553,364 00 1 1927 ......... .. 510,977 32 2.703.746 89 540,749 38 103,050 31 1928 ......... .. 507,584 64 1929 ......... 1930 ......... .. 518,626 45 1931 ......... .. 575,735 90 1932 ......... .. 475.118 51 2,683.637 50 536,727 60 4,021 88 1933 ......... .. 309,835 41i 1934 ......... .. 296.064 90 1935 ......... . 316.832 72 1936 ......... . 277.148 83 | 1937 ......... .. 319.670.87 1.519.552 73 I 303.910 54 232.816 96 l 1938 ......... .. S338.485.5l' 1 â&#x20AC;˘ In addition S56.500 were given by Mr. Warren Ackerman to remove the debt resting on the Board. $ From 1895. receipts of the Arabian Mission are included. t In addition S45.335.06 were given for the Endowment of the Theological Seminary In the Arcot Mission, through the efforts of Rev. Jacob Chamberlain, D.D.

Auditor’s Statement

May 19. 1938. The Board of Foreign Missions. R. C. A.. 25 East 22d Street. New York City. Gentlemen: W e have completed our examination of the books of account of The Board of Foreign Missions. R. C. A., for the year ended April 30, 1938. and submit herewith statements, prepared from these records, marked Exhibits “A", “B" and C" and Schadules No. 1, No. la, No. 2 and No. 3, which ap pear on the following: pagres. Based on such examination, the statements mentioned above, when considered in connection with the following: brief comments, in our opinion fairly set forth the Board's financial condition at April 30, 1938, and its revenue and expenditures for the year then ended. The balance of cash on deposit at April 30, 1938. as shown by the Cash Book, was the balance remaining: after giving: effect to entries dated May 1. 1938. and Mav 2. 1938. for receipts amounting to $9,135.69 and for dis bursements totaling $961.36. This balance was reconciled with the bal ance as at May 2. 1938. confirmed to, us by the Bank of the Manhattan Company. The monthly totals of receipts shown by the Cash Book were compared and reconciled with the totals of deposits for corresponding months credited on the bank statements on file in the Board's office. Paid checks returned by the bank were examined and compared, as to amounts and names of payees, with disbursement entries in the Cash Book. «> The Petty Cash on hand was counted on May 10. 1938. In connection with investments at April 30, 1938, consisting of Bonds, Stocks, Mortgages and Real Estate, we examined bonds and stock certifi cates held in the Board’s safe deposit box and mortgage documents held in the office safe of the Board. W e also examined letters received directly by us from others holding securities of the Board, confirming one item of securities held in safekeeping and other investments held by agents or trustees for the Board. Detail records relating to changes in the money balance of the Investment account were examined and compared with the related entries in the books of account. During the year under review the Board purchased securites at a total cost of $20,532.50. Reductions in the book value of mortgages held by the Board resulted from the receipt of payments on account of principal made by various mortgagees amounting to $6,356.86. Through the redemption of bonds and the sale of other investments, a net loss of $4,141.72 (excess of book values over proceeds) was sustained. The Board has allocated this net loss as follows: A profit of $388.28 was realized and credited to Trust Fund Principal: losses of $162.50 were charged against the income of various Trust Funds and the remaining net loss of $4,367.50 was charged to the Unallocated Loss on sales of Trust Fund investments account. This latter-mentioned charge has resulted in increasing the balance in this ac count to $17,724.81 at April 30, 1938,’ the amount shown on Exhibit “B ” as deducted from the total of Trust Funds. • A legacy received in a former year for which it was found impossible, at the time of receipt, to state a satisfactory valuation was realized in cash during the current period and resulted in a net credit to Legacies re ceived during the year under review of $412.33. A legacy was received in the current year from the Estate of Anna Caroline Voute. W e understand that, it was not found possible to place a satisfactory valuation upon the items included therein and. therefore, it was decided to take them into the accounts at no amount with the inten tion, of deferring entry of an amount in the accounts until after liouidation of the Board’s interest in these items. Our examination has not included an appraisal of the Board’s invest ments with the object of ascertaining their current market values and all investments shown on Schedule No. 2 are stated at their book values. Trust Fund’s Principal Balances were increased during the year by bequests totaling $6,200.00 and by gain on the redemption of bonds amount ing to $388.28. Conditional Funds were decreased during the year by $500.00. the amount of a conditional gift matured through the death of the annuitant. Transactions in funds handled solely as accommodations are shown only on Exhibit “C” and are not represented in Revenue or Expenditures on Exhibit “A.” > Certain features of total revenues and total expenditures have been verified as indicated in previous paragraphs. W e have not. however, made a complete examination to find whether or not all credits for revenue and charges for expenditures have been made to the proper accounts, nor have, we attempted to determine, by detailed examination of records, whether there has been compliance with all conditions and restrictions under which funds have been received. Classifications of balances in the statements herewith are based on the classifications in your accounts. ’ Respectfully yours. ‘ LOOMIS. S U F F E R N & FERNALD, Certified Public Accountants.

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B O A R D

FOREIGN

MISSIONS,

R. C. A.

State of R e v e n u e an d Expenditures

May 1. 1937. to Aoril 30. 1938 EXHIBIT "A” REVENUE Collections ........................................... $247,421.91 LGfC£LCi€SI For general work ................. "........$ 16.825.72 For snecific work .......................... 500.00 .. -------- 17.325.72 Income from invested funds (general): f Conditional Gifts .......................... $ 51.44 Security Fund ......... 2.228.61 Endowment and General Funds ............... 15.878.34 18.158.39 Income from Trust Funds held by Board of Direction 366.65 Income from invested funds available for specific work: Available for use in China ................. $ 624.66 Available for use in India ................... 4.542.04 Availale for use in Arabia .................. 5.964.79 Ministerial Education in India ................ 874.06 Conditional Gifts .......................... 5.177.69 Income from investments held in trust for the W o m a n ’s Board ' of Foreign Missions .................. 463.77 Credit to Insurance Fund to feverse charge in prior year-for Amoy Mission fire loss ............................ 169.55 Miscellaneous interest received .......................... 16.58 Gifts for specific purposes— Exhibit “C” .................... 30.581.42 Total of above revenue $331,687.23 EXPENDITURES Mission work: Amoy Mission ............................ $ Arcot Mission ............................. Japan Mission ............................ Arabian Mission .......................... United Mission in Mesopotamia ................

49.251.46 78.334.57 42.516.35 52.748.69 5.500.00

■ 1 $228,351.07 Interest on bank loans and fund balances .......... 1.191.96 Home Expenditures— Schedule No. 1 .............. 30.202.67 Foreiprn Mission Conference .................... 825 00 710.20 Contributions to missionary associations .......... Anelo-American Committee ..................... 75.00 Remittances to missions of income from invested funds not within appropriations ................... 10.543.61 Remittances of trust fund income to Woman's Board of Foreign Missions .......................... 463.77 Annuities on Conditional Gifts: Met from General Fund ........... $ 2.304.52 Met from income on Conditional Gifts. . 5.177.69 -------- $ . 7.482.21 Legacies expended for designated work ....$ 500.00 Real estate and Leeacy expenses met from ■ Legacies received ................. 641.25 Legacies remitted for. missionary work .... 7.374.10 Expenditures of gifts for specific purposes— Exhibit "C" 36i546l92 Total of above expenditures ....................... $324,907.76 Excess of revenue over expenditures from foregoing sources— for the year ended April 30. 1938 ..........$ Represented by: Following fund increases: Legacies (after transfer of $7,000.00 to reduce General Fund deficit) ................$ 1.810.37 Trust funds— accumulated income ......... 1 461 94 Insurance Fund ..................... 169 55

6,779.47

Statement of Revenue and expenditures! Continued Decreased deficit of General Funds: Excess of revenue over expendi tures ..................$ Transfer of Designated Gift for Japan Mission, received in . former year ........... Transfer from Legacies ...... Net decrease in General Fund

2.303.11 9.850.00 7,000.00 deficit.. 19.153.11 $ 22.594.97

Following fund decreases: Excess of disbursements over re ceipts of Designated Gifts— Ex hibit “C” ................. $ 5.965.50 Transfer, to reduce General Fund deficit, of Designated Gift re ceived in former year for Japan Mission ................... 9,850.00 -------- $ 15.815.50 $ 6.779.47

LOOMIS. S U F F E R N & F E R N A L D

T H E

B O A R D

FOREIGN

M I S S I O N S . R. C. A.

Balance Sheet

April 30, 1938 # EXHIBIT "B" ASSETS

Cash: In bank ................................. $ 33,853.79 On hand ................................ 122.11 -------- % 33,975.90 Investment securities and real estate (at book values)— Schedule No. 2 .................................. 698.095.93 Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company Scrip ...... ......... 50.00 Advance to Amoy Mission for Working: Fund ............... 500.00 Advance to ArabianMission ............................. 3,000.00 Payments for Account of Missionaries— collectible .......... 3,511.40 Advances for shippingcharges— collectible ................ 2.13 Prepaid Expenses .................................. 1,276.93 Deferred Charges ..................................... 807.15 $741,219.44 LIABILITIES Accounts payable— Missionary Wfork ...........$ 1,638.68 Balance of Funds for transmission— Exhibit “CM 4,251.45 -------- $ 5,890.13 Designated Gifts not yet remitted— Exhibit “C” ............ 32,594.25 Funds: ' Trust Funds: Principal ............................ $519,818.40 Accumlated Income .................... 22.274.71 $542,093.11 Special Trust Funds: Conditional Gifts (annuity funds) ......... 127,784.05 Security Fund ......................... 71,622.69 Total Funds— Schedule No. 3 ......... $741,499.85 Deduct— Unallocated loss on sales ‘Of trust fund investments ................... 17,724.81

. 723,775.04 Legacies— Unexpended balance ........................... 7,834.58 Insurance Fund— reserve for insurance contingencies........ 1,624.68 $771,718.68 General Fund Deficit: $ 49,652.35 Balance— May 1, 1937 .............. Deduct: Excess of revenue over expendi tures applicable to General Fund for the period ......$ 2.303.11 Transfer of Designated Gift for Japan Mission, received in 9.850.00 • former years ........... 7,000.00 Transfer from Legacies...... ------ 19,153.11 ............. 30.499.24 Balance, April 30, 1938 $741,219.44

LOOMIS. S U F F E R N & F E R N A L D

Statement of Receipts a n d Disbursements of Designated Gifts a n d F u n d s H a n d l e d as A c c o m m o d a t i o n s

May 1. 1937. to April 30. 1938 EXHIBIT "C" DESIGNATED GIFTS Gifts ex-appropriation— for Amoy Mission ...... ....... $ 17.529.16 *' “ — for Arcot Mission .............. 3,907.90 “ " — Japan Mission ................. 199.41 “ — Arabian Mission ............... 8.568.85 “ “ — General ....................... 85.10 Centenary Fund income ............................ 40.00 Newspaper Evangelism in Japan ..................... 245.00 “Golden Milestone.’' Arabia .......................... 6.00 Receipts of Designated Gifts— Exhibit “A ” ..........$ Disbursements: Gifts ex-appropriation— for Amoy Mission ......8 13.647.11 “ “ — for Arcot Mission ...... 3.796.49 “ “ — for Japan Mission ...... 343.42 “ " — for Arabian Mission ..... 8.902.85 “ “ — General .............. 60.10 Centenary Fund ........................... 9.091.95 Newspaper Evangelism in Japan .............. 205.00 Arabian Hospital Building: Fund .............. 500.00 Disbursements of Designated Gifts— Exhibit “A"...... Excess of disbursements over receipts. Desiemated Gifts — Exhibit "A'’ ..............................$ Transfer, to reduce General Fund deficit, of Designated Gift re ceived in former year for Japan Mission— Exhibit ‘“A ”.... Excess of disbursements and transfer over receipts of Designated Gifts ............................ $ Designated Gifts unremitted— May 1. 1937 ................. Designated Gifts unremitted. April 30, 1938— E x hibit “B ”: Gifts ex-appropriation: For Amoy Mission ............ .‘...... $ 5.047.30 For Arcot Mission .................... 628.00 For Japan Mission .................... 58.00 For Arabian Mission .................. 211.82 General ............................. 25.00 Centenary Fund, principal ............... 24.672.32 Centenary Fund accumulated income ...... 110.00 Newspaper Evangelism in Japan .•......... 40.00 Arabian Hospital Building: Fund ........... 1.745.81 Hish School in India .................... 50.00 “Golden Milestone”— Arabia .............. 6.00 F U NDS H A N D L E D AS ACCO M M O D A T I O N S Balance of funds for transmission less advances for shipping charges— May 1. 1937 ...............................$ Receipts: Received for transmission .................. $ 15.792.94 Shipping charges collected ................. 595.31 Received for other boards ............. f.... 2.160.80 -------8 Amounts transmitted ....................... $ 15.823.83 Shipping charges advanced .................. 579.45 Paid to other boards ....................... 2.160.80 -------Balances. April 30. 1938— Exhibit “B ”: Funds for transmission ................ 8 4.251.45 Less— Advances for shipping charges.... 2.13 -------- $

30.581.42

36.546.92 5,965.50 9.850.00 15.815.50 48.409.75

32.594.25

4,264.35

18.549.05 22.813.40 18.564.08

4.249.32

T H E

B O A R D

FOREIGN

Statement of H o m e

M I S S I O N S , R. C. A.

Expenditures

May 1, 1937 to April 30, 1938 EXHIBIT “A" Schedule No. 1 Account Books, Stationery and Supplies ............. ..... $ 307.28 Annual Report ..................... :................. 315.00 Auuit of Board Accounts ................................ 290.00 Books Purchased ................................. 253.30 Circulars and Miscellaneous Printing ......;............... '204.51 Exchange ........................................... 2.80 Expense— District Secretary ................... 220.84 Illustrating Literature ................................. 71.07 Lantern Slides, Films and Reels .......................... 213.26 Miscellaneous Expenses ................................ 347.66 Missionary Educational Expenses ........................ 1,450.00 ■Neglected Arabia ...................................... 118.50 Office Furniture and Repairs ............................ 356.45 Office Rent and Upkeep at Holland, Mich. ............. 550.00 Pamphlets and Leaflets ..................... 894.42 Postage, Telegrams and Cables ................. 639.79 Progress Council— Stated Clerk of General Synod ............ 1,445.05 Rent and, Care of Office ................................ 2,026.68 Salaries of Officers— Schedule No. la ...................... 12,050.00 Office Salaries— Schedule No. la ......................... 6,238.50 Special Office Assistance .............................. 255.35 Telephone Expense .................................... 257.17 Travel Expense Among Churches and Conferences ........... 1,441.40 Travel of Board Members and Annual Meeting Expense ...... 224.27 29.37 Missionary Offering Envelopes and Boxes ........ p........ Total— Exhibit “A ” ......................... $ 30,202.67

T H E

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OF FOREIGN

Statement of H o m e

M I S S I O N S , R. C. A.

Office Salaries— Officers a n d

Office

Assistants

For the Year Ended April 30, 1938 EXHIBIT “A ” Schedule No. la Paid to Officers F. M. Potter— Treasurer and Corresponding Secretary.... $ L. J. Shafer— Associate Secretary ..................... W. J. Van Kersen— District Secretary ................ W. I. Chamberlain: Retirement allowance to date of demise ... ..........

4,966.67 4,416.66 2,166.67 500.00

’Total Salaries Paid to Officers— Schedule No. 1.... $ 12,050.00 Paid to Office Assistants H. L. Brokaw ..................................... $ E. J. Baechtold ................................... E. Johnson ....................................... R. Smith ......................................... G. Clarke ........................................ Olive M. Sansom: . Retirement Allowance ...........................

1,664.00 1,664.00 1,052.00 542.50 896.00

Total Salaries Paid to Office Assistants— Schedule No. 1 ....... •.................. $

6,238.50

420.00

T H E

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FOREIGN

M I S S I O N S , R. C. A.

Statement of Investment Securities a n d Real Estate

April 30. 1938 EXHIBIT '•B” Schedule No. 2 BONDS Railroad and industrial bonds: 5M Alabama Power Co.— 1st Ref. mort... 10M American Gas & Elec. Co.— Deb..... . 2M American Tel. & Tel. Co.— Deb....... 2M American Tel. & Tel. Co.— Deb...... 5M Anaconda Cooper Minin? Co.— S. F. Deb. 5M Armour Co.— 1st Mort. S. F.. series “B" 1 M The Atlantic and Danville R. Co.— 1st Mort......................... 1M B. and O. R. R. Co.— Ref. and Gen. Mort.. series "A” ................... 3M B. and O. R. R. Co.— Ref. Mort....... 5IVI Bellows Falls Hydro--Elec. Corp.— 1st Mort......................... 5M Bethlehem Steel Corp.— Cons. Mort. S. F'.. series “E ’ ................. 8M Boston and Maine R. R. Co.— 1st Mort., series "JJ” ................... 10M B.-M. T. Corp.— Coll, trust ...'....... 5M Can. Pac. Ry. Co.— Eouip .trust certifi cates ..................■..... $500 Cedar Rapids Mfer. and Power Co.— 1st Mort. S. F .................... Cent. 111. Pub. Service Co.— 1st Mort.. series “F ” ................... $500 Central Indiana Power Co.— 1st Mort. Coll. Ref., series “A ” ........... 11M Central Railroad of N. J.— Gen. Mort... $6,500 Central States Pr. and Lt. Corp.— 1st Mort. and 1st lien ............ 5M Chi.. Mil., St. Paul and Pac. R. R. Co.— Mort.. series "A” ... :......... $200 Chi.. Mil.. St. Paul and Pac. R. R. Co.— Conv. adjustment Mort.. series "A'' 5M Cleveland Union Terminal Co.— 1st S. F., series “A ” ................... 5M Consol. Edison Co. of N. Y.. Inc.— 10year Deb.— Temp. Cer........... 2M Denver and Rio Grande. Western R. R. Co.— Ref. and Impr. Mort.. series “B ” ................... 10M Eastern Gas & Fuel Assoc.— 1st Mort. Coll, trust, series “A ” 4M Glen Alden Coal Co.— 1st Mort...... 10M Great No. Ry. Co.— Gen. Mort, series "I” 3M Great No. Ry. Co.— Gen. Mort. series "A” 5M Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.— 1st Mort. Coll, trust ................... 5M Gulf States Steel Co.— 1st Mort. S. F... 5M Houston Lierhtiner and Pr. Co.— 1st Mort. 10M 111. Cent. R. R. Co.— 1st Mort........ $2,500 111. Pr. & Lt. Co.— 1st Ref. Mort.. series "C” ......................... 5M Jones & Lau?hlin Steel Corp.1st Mort.. series "A” ................... 5M Kansas Gas & Elec. Co:— 1st Mort... 10M Lehierh Pr. Security Corp— Debt., series "A” ......................... 3M Manhattan Ry. Co.— Consol.......... 10M Minn., St. Paul & Saults Ste. Marie Ry. Co.... '...................... 5M Missouri. Kansas & Texas Ry Co.— 1st Mort......................... $2,500 Nat. Hotel of Cuba Corp.— Income Deb. units ........................ 5M N. Y. Cent. R. R. Co.— Consol. Mort.... 1M N. Y. Gas & Elec. Lt.. Heat & Pr. Co.— — purchase money Mort......... 4M New York Water Service Corp. — 1st. series “A ” ...................

Rates Maturity 5% 1968 5 2028 3% 1961 3^ 1966 1950 4% 4 1955 4 1948 5 1995 4 1941 5 1958 3% 1966 4% 1961 1966 4Mi 5 1944 5 1953 4Vs 1967 6 1947 5 1987 5V2 5

1953 1975

Lederer Balances $5,032.50 10,675.00 2.020.00 2.040.00 4.902.50 4.900.00 370.00 1.000.00 2.640.00 4.948.50 4.937.50 7.920.00 10.000.00 4.962.50 490.00 4,387.50 465.00 11.325.00 6.402.50 4.710.00

2000

14.50

5% 3 V*

1972

5,100.00

1948

5.087.50

5 4 4 3% 4V. 5 4Vi 3% 3 V* 5

1978 1956 1965 1967 1961

1.925.00 9.456.25 4.080.73 9.750.00 3.000.00

1957 1961 1966 1951

5.237.50 4.950.00 5.200.00 10.000.00

1956

2.393.75

4V. 4^ 6 4

19611980

4.925.00 5.158.75

2026 1990

1938 1990

11.087.50 3.000.00 8.825.00

4.837.50

6 4 4

1949

850.00

1951

3,970.00

1959 1998

1.000.00 4,898.75

6M 15M

5M 2M 10M

$4,600 5M 5M 7M $9,300 1M

3M 15M 1M 13M $500

No. Pac. Ry. Co.— Ref. and Imo., series ‘•A" ......................... No. Pac. Ry. Co.— Ref. and Imo., series ‘•D" ......................... Ohio Edison Co.— 1st Mort........... Penn. R. R. Co.— Gen. Mort.. series "A” Penn R. R. Co.— Gen. Mort., series “D" Phila. & Reading Coal & Iron Co.— Ref. Mort.. S. F.................... Shell Union Oil Corn.— Deb.......... Texas Elec. Service Co.— 1st Mort... The Port of New York Authority— Gen. Ref.......................... The Reading Co.— Gen. and Ref. Mort.. series “A" ................... St. Louis. San F. Ry. Co.— 1st Mort. prior lien, series “A ” .......... So. Cal. Edison Co.. Ltd.— 1st Ref. Mort. Southern Pac. Co.................. So. Pac. R. R. Co.— 1st Ref. Mort.... West Shore R. R. Co.— 1st Mort...... Wickwire Spencer Steel Co.— 1st Mort.. series "A” ...................

4% 5 3% 4yz 4% 5 3% 5 4

2047

1973 1951 1960

5.272.50 14,212.50 5.037.50 1.865.50 9.625.00 4,572.22 5.036.25 5.012.50

2047 1972 1965 1981

4% 4 3% 41/. 4 4

1975 1997

7.402.50 9.243.83

1950 1960 1981 1955 2361

155.00 2.955.00 14.475.00 630.00 12,818.75

1935

319.33 $307,599.61

STOCKS Ledger Shares Balances 55 Amer. Sugar Ref. Co.— Preferred 7% ...... $ 5.888.13 20 Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co.— pref. 5% 2.020.00 101 Bankers Trust Co. (New York) .......... 11.463.50 380 Can. Pac. Ry. Co.— common ............. 13.467.52 50 Commonwealth & Southern Corp. pref. 6% ... 5.162.50 20 Consol. Edison Co. of N. Y.. Inc.— pref. 5%.... 2.010.00 10 Consol. Edison Co. of N. Y.. Inc.— common.... 238.75 140 Delaware. Lackawanna & Western R. R. Co... 18,725.00 30 Glen Alden Coal Co..................... 2.648.10 3 Great Northern Ry. Co.— pref............. 43.63 13 Illinois Central Ry. Co.— common .... 936.00 1.500 Majestic Mines Co.................... .......... 50 Morris & Essex R. R. Co................ 4.075.00 5 National Bank of New Jersey ........... 725.00 20 National Biscuit Co.— pref. 7% ........... 2.480.00 20 National Power & Light Co.— common ...... 160.00 7 Nitrate Corp. of Chile— series “A ”and “B ”.... 62.50 7 Northern States Power Co.— pref. 7% 647.50 25 Ohio Edison Co.— pref. $6 ............... 2.578.13 5 The Pennroad Corp.— V. T. C............ :. 10.63 130 Pennsylvania R. R. Co................... 5.424.02 25 Public Service Corn, of N. J.— common..... 1.150.00 25 Sharon Steel Co.— $5 convert, pref ........ 2.500.00 10 Southern Pacific Co.— common :.......... 185.00 25 Standard Brands. Inc.— $4.50 cum. pref ..... 2.375.00 60 The Todd Shipyard Corp.— common ....... 1.560.00 65 United States Steel Corp.— pref. 1 % ...... 7.597.50 3 Utica Knitting Co.— pref. 7% ............. 240.00 94.373.41 M O R T G A G E S A N D CERTIFICATES Maturity Ledger Guaranteed Mortgages; Dates Balances Burkard Avenue. Mineola. Long Island.Matured . . $4,000.00 Filbert St.. Garden City. Long Island..Feb. 1, 1939 4,000.00 Franconia Ave.. Flushing. Long Island.. Matured 5.000.00 5,500.00 Hilbert Street. Brooklyn. N. Y ....... Matured 40-36— 67th St.. Woodside. Long Island..Oct. 1. 1939 6,000.00 Mansfield Place. Brooklyn. N. Y .......Matured 9,900.00 Park View Place. Baldwin Long Island.Matured 4,750.00 Pembroke Avenue and 260th Street. Little Neck. Long Island ....... Sept. 1, 19395,000.00 27 Stoner Ave. Great Neck. Long Island.Mar. 1. 1940 7,450.00 69th Lane. Queens County. N. Y ...... Matured 4,500.00 119th Avenue. Woodside. Long Island.. Aug. 1, 1938 2,750.00 100th Street. Jamaica. Long Island... Matured , 6.000.00 192nd Street. Jamaica. Long Island. ... Matured 4.700.00 197th Street. Hollis. Long Island .....Feb. 1. 1939 4,275.00 Kathryn St.. Hempstead. Long Island..Matured 4.000.00 Kilburn Road. Garden City. Long Island .July 1, 1939 7,500.00 71st St. and 3rd Ave.. Brooklyn. N. Y. ..Matured 20,000.00

Morteaees not eruaranteed: Central Ave.. Hemnstead. Lone Island..Matured 3332 Fish Avenue. Bronx. New York. ..Matured Rossmore Avenue. Bronxville. N. Y....Matured 633 Tenth Street. Brooklyn. N. Y .....Matured 1620 East 13th Street. Brooklyn. N. Y...Matured 1058 East 14th Street. Brooklyn. N. Y...Matured 038 East 26th Street. Brooklyn. N. Y....Matured 1527 76th Street. Brooklyn. N. Y ...... Matured 343 5th Avenue. Brooklyn. N. Y ...... Matured 448 New Jersey Avenue. Brooklyn. N. Y..Matured Avenue R. Brooklyn. N. Y .......... Matured 289 Barclay St.. Flushing. Lone: Island. .Matured Crossway Hierhway. Glen Cove. L. Island.Apr. 1, 1941 Pulaski Street. Brooklyn. N. Y ....... Matured 184th Place. Jamaica. Lone: Island ... Matured 218th Street, Bayside.'Loner Island... Matured 1358 Willever Street. Plainfield. N. J...Matured Undivided >4 interest in following: 140 Market St.. Passaic. N. J.— $7.000.. C er * Home Owners Loan Coro., 2%%. series "B.’' on No. 16 Lyon Street. Tuckahoe. N. Y ..... ................ 1949 Partici. cert.— Reservoir Ave.. Bronx. N. Y.. 5V»% .................. Matured

6.000.00

7.900.00 6.500.00 9.800.00 3.200.00 5.500.00 6,000.00 4.250.00 11.500.00 3.800.00 5.500.00 3.500.00 16.300.00 2.500.00 3.500.00 3.500.00 2.900.00 1.750.00

4,975.00 9950.00 ------$224,150.00

M O R T G A G E BONDS Gramercy Park Building Corp., 20year Deb. units ........... Manchester Terminal Corp. — Cert, of Dep. (with stock warrants attached) ................. Master Printers Bldg. — Kymson Bldg. Corp.— 1st Mort........ Holyoke Buildings. Chicago. 111.— 1st Mort. Cert, of Dep....... St. Mark's Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.. Taylor Avenue. Bronx. N. Y ..... 222-6 West 29th Street, New York City— 1st Mort.............. 103 East 57th Street, New York City 1st Mort.................. 8120 Jefferson Avenue. E. Apart. 1st Ref. S. F. Mort. Cert, of Dep... New York Title & Mortgage Co., ctf. No. 3516. series ‘‘Q ’ ......... 1 Park Avenue Building. N. Y.. 2nd mortgage— ($300 face value)...

Orange County. California

6% June l. 1949 7

Oct. 1. 1941

$1,000.00 1.000.00

6% July 1, 1946

474.10

6 >4: Matured 5V4 Matured 5% Matured 3 Apr. 15. 1941

1.000.00 7.653.14 1,980.00

Nov. 10, 1941

3.100.00

Oct. 15. 1942

2.000.00 19.00

Aug. 1. 1938

1.860.00

Nov. 6. 1951

210.00

G E NO T E 5 Matured

$ 7.000.00

20.296.24

7.000.00

R E A L ESTATE Ledger Balances 12.50 Florida property ............................ $ Kollen property. Holland. Michigan ............. 3,750.00 917 South Westnedge Avenue. Kalamazoo, Michigan.. 4.500.00 80 Park Drive. East Chester. N. Y .............. 8,830.24 81 Stanwix Street, Brooklyn, N. Y ............... 4,326.82 189 Duffield Street. Brooklyn. N. Y ..............•. 5.300.72 New Utrecht Avsnue. Brooklyn, N. Y ............. 8.703.80 212th Street, Bellaire. Long Island .............. 4,152.09 North Dakota property ....................... 5,100.50 ------- ^ $ 44.676.67

MISCELLANEOUS ( B o o k value not yet determined)

Half interest in $3,000 mortgaKe participation certifi cate No. 5723 of the Westchester Trust Company. Yonkers, N. Y., on property located at Ashburton and Park avenues, Yonkers, N. Y.— received as. part of legacy .......................... $....... Trustee’s certificates of the First State Bank, Hol land, Michigan, for $2.96 and receiver's certificate of People’s State Bank. Holland, Michigan, for $53,25— received as part of legacy ................... Bequest from the Estate of Anna Caroline Voute, consisting of the following interests: Three-eighteenths of one-half interest in prop erty at 605 North 16th Street, Philadelphia, Fa. , Four-eighteenths interest in $10,000 face valuei mortgage bond on Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. Philadelphia. Pa............................... Total securities and real estate (at book values)— Exhibit ‘'B" ...........

LOOMIS. S U F F E R N & F E R N A L D

$698,095.93

T H E

B O A R D

FOREIGN

M I S S I O N S , R. C. A.

Statement of F u n d Balances April 30. 103S

EXHIBIT "B”— S C H E D U L E No. 3 Accumulated income Principal

Trust funds: Endowment funds: Designated for use in China: Amoy Hospital Fund ..........$ Elisabeth H. Blauvelt Memorial Hospital Fund ............. C. H. V. Bed Endowment Fund— Blauvelt Hospital .......... G. J. Kooiker Bed Endowment Fund— Amoy Hospital ...... Martha Schaddelee Fund— Sio Khe Hospital ................. Jasper Westervelt Fund — Neerbosch Hospital ............ John H. Oerter Memorial Fund .. Designated for use in India: Arcot Industrial School Fund... Scudder Memorial Hospital. Ranipettai: General Purpose Fund ...... Isaac Brodhead Fund ....... Eliza M. Garrigues Memorial Fund ................ Alida Vennema Heeven Fund... Euphemia Mason Olcott Fund.. Dr. George A. Sandham Fund;... Elizabeth R. Voorhees College Fund .................. C. L. Wells Memorial Fund ....

Total

45.87 $ 3,643.20 112.49

5.000.

.97 17.50 19.63

785.00

3.22 22.13

1.000.

119.60

20.000.00

10,170.11 189.78

32,483.48

315.32 787.18 599.35 752.64

1,000.00

1 ,000.00

1.000.00 1.000.00

5,000.00 10 ,000.00

15,316.54

220.00

2,480.31

1,950.00

5,936.44'

Designated for use in Arabia: Fund for Medical Missionary Work in Arabia ............... Bahrain Hospital Funds— Arabia: General Purpose Fund ...... Alfred De W. Mason, Jr.. Fund.. Fanny W. Mason Memorial Fund Lewis D. Mason Fund ...... Lewis D. Mason Fund— surgical supplies ............... Van Rensselear Burr, Jr., Fund. • Basrah Hospital Fund. Arabia ... Anna M. T. Santvoord, Amara Hos pital ...................

500.00 700.00

111,353.07

283.17 28.89 12.58 221.45

7.259.00 5.000. 00 3.000. 00 9,643.89

11.08 25.00

2.000.

1 .200.00 2 ,000.00

100.00*

1,000.00

$ 22,274.71 8242,834.24 $265,108.95 Ministerial Education in India: William R. Gordon Fund ........ $. Christiana Jansen Fund .......... Joseph Scudder Fund ............ G. B. Walbridge Fund ...........

Heidi in trust for Woman's Board: Susan Y. Lansing Fund ......... $. Josephine Penfold Fund ..........

* Debit balance— deduct.

2,000.00

12,555.36 2,000.00

5.000.

$ 21,555.36 $ 21,555.36 $ 5,000.00 5.000.

$ 10,000.00

Statement of Fund Balances Continued

Principal Total General Funds: William C. Barkalow Fund ................ % 10,784.60 200.00 Abbie J. Bell Fund ...................... Josiah E. and Ida Crane Memorial Fund ...... 600.00 Elizabeth Diehl Memorial Fund ............ 6,500.00 John Heemstra and Family Mission Fund .... 9,000.00 4,500.00 Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Hollestelle Fund ..... Garrett N. Hopper Fund .................. 1,500.00 Abel H. Huizeng-a Fund ........ •......... 1,000.00 In Memoriam Fund .....'................. 500.00 Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Kollen Memorial Fund ... 3,750.00 Susan Y. Lansing Fund ................... 2,500.00 50,000.00 John S. Lyles Fund ..................... Madison Avenue Reformed Church Fund ..... 15,000.00 Clarine V. B. and Lucy A. Matson Fund ...... 1,000.00 Heye Mennenga Fundi..................... 600.00 Charles E. Moore Fund ................... 475.00 John Neefus Fund ....................... 9,379.86 P. I. and M. V. K. Neefus Fund ............ 14.000.00 * Mary Neefus Fund ...................... 4,045.09 North Reformed Church, Passaic, N. J., Fund .. 10,000.00 Charles W. Osborne Fund ................ 5,000.00 Permanent Fund ........................ 14,550.00 A. J. Schaefer Fund ..................... 194.25 Semelink Family Mission Fund ........... 14,000.00 Rev. Dr. C. D. F. Steinfuhrer Memorial Fund .... 5,500.00 John Martin Van Buren Fund ............. 20,000.00 A. C. Van Raalte Mission Fund ............ 3,000.00 Alida Von Schaick Fund .................. 30,000.00 Lena May Visser Fund ................... 600.00 A. V. S. Wallace Fund .................... 625.00 Mr. and Mrs. William Walvoord-Fund ....... 1,000.00 Cornelia M. Wallace Fund ........... ‘.... 625.00 Abbey L. Wells Fund .................... 5,000.00 -------- $245,428.80 Total trust funds: . Principal .....................$519,818.40 Accumulated income ............ 22.274.71 -------- $542,093.11 Conditional Gifts: Mr. and Mrs. John P. Boon .................$ James Cantine .......................... Katherine H. Cantine ..................... Rev. A. B. Churchman ..... Virginia T. B. Cobb ..................... D. J. DeBey ............................ Mr. and Mrs. Roll DeYoung ................ Mrs. G. H. Dubbink ..................... Miss Anna Hagens ...................... Miss Lizzie Hagens ...................... Joseph A. and. William B. Hill ............. . John Gerardus Fagg— in memory of ........ Rev. and Mrs. S. J. Meaning ............... Miss AliceOldis ......................... Miss Nanna Heath Peters ................. Arle Punt .............................. Margaret C. Roosa ...................... William Schmitz ........................ M. C. S. Fund ........................... Mary S. Swlck .......................... Minnie Taylor ........................... Mary C. Van Brunt ...................... Mrs. John P. Van Gorp .................... Cornelius Van Zee .... Mr. and Mrs. J. Visser .................... Miss Mary Voorhees ...................... Edward Whiteside ...................... John Wolf ............................. Miss Nellie Zwemer ......................

Principal

Total

500.00 5,000.00 2.000.00 2,500.00 4,000.00 1.000.00 1.700.00 250.00 100.00 100.00 18.461.55 10,000.00 1.000.00 1.000.00* 1,000 00 5,000.00 ' 500.00 ' 4,672.50 10.000.00 5,000.00 40,000.00 7.000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 500.00 1,000 00 2.000 00 500.00 1,000.00

Total Conditional Gifts ...................... $127,784.05 Security Fund ..................................... 71,622.69 Total Funds— Exhibit “B ” ......... .......... $741,499.85

MISSIONARIES O F T H E B O A R D

T h e following list contains the n a m e s of missionaries n o w connected with their various Missions, whether in the field or at h o m e expecting to return, with their addresses. Emeritus missionaries and those under a p pointment are also included. Letter postage to all foreign countries here named, five cents for the first ounce, three cents for each additional ounce or fraction thereof. Postage on printed matter lyi cents for t w o ounces or fraction thereof. A M O Y MISSION Letters to A m o y station should include in address “K u l a n g s u ” unless otherwise indicated. Letters to all other stations should include “A m o y . ” WENTOUT

**Miss Katharine M . Talmage, 167 Ivy St., Oyster Bay, N. Y . . . . . . . . **Miss Nellie Zwemer, Holland, Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . **Miss Margaret C. Morrison, 601 Mayflower Road, Claremont, Calif.. **Miss Lily N. Duryee, 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. F r a n k Eckerson, D.D., T o n g - a n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. H a r r y P. Boot, D.D., A m o y . . . . . . . . . Mrs. A n n a H . Boot, A m o y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. H e n r y J. Voskuil, Y u n g - c h u n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. M a r y S. Voskuil, Y u n g-chun...! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. H e n r y P. D e Free, D.D., P ayne Hall, Princeton, N. J . . . . . . . . Mrs. Kate E. D e Free, P a yne Hall, Princeton, N. J . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Katharine R. Green, 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Leona Vander Linden, A m o y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss E d n a K. Beekman, A m o y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. H . Michael Veenschoten, C h a n g c h o w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Stella C. Veenschoten, C h a n g c h o w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. H e n r y A. Poppen, A m o y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Dorothy T. Poppen, A m o y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. E d w i n W . Koeppe, T o n g - a n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Elizabeth R. Koeppe, T o n g - a n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clarence H. Holleman, M.D., A m o y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Ru t h E. V. Holleman, A m o y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Miss T e n a Holkeboer, A m o y . . . . . . :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Jean Nienhuis, A m o y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. William Va n d e r Meer, C h a n g c h o w (1923-1926)*. . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. A l m a M . V a n d e r Meer, C a m p John Hay, Baguio, P. 1. . . . . . Miss Elizabeth G. Bruce, C h a n g c h o w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Hofstra, M.D., C h a n g c h o w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Johanna J. Hofstra, C h a n g c h o w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss R u t h Broekema, 48 East 8th Street, Holland, M ichigan. . . . . . Rev. William R. Angus, 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Joyce B. Angus, 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theodore V. Oilman, M.D., A m o y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Helen M . Oilman, A m o y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Service Intermitted •• Emeritus.

1874 1891 1892 1894 1903 IQ03 1908 I9°7 1908 1907 1907 1907 1909 I9I4 I9J7 1917 191S >9*•® ipjp 1919 19I9 1919 1920 19201920 1923 1921 1922 1922 1924 1925 1925 193° 1930

Miss Miss Miss Rev. Mrs. Miss

Jeannette Veldman, A m o y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1930 Jessie M . Plata, C h a n g c h o w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1930 Ethel A. Boot, (short term) 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k . . . . . 1935 Walter de Velder, C h a n g c h o w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1936 Margaret O. de Velder, C h a n g c h o w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1936 Harriet E. Boot (under appointment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ARC O T MISSION

General A d d ress— M a d r a s Presidency, India **Miss Julia C. Scudder, C o o n o o r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . **Rev. H e n r y J. Scudder, 47 Huntington St., N e w Brunswick, N. J. (1894-1897, 1914-1919)* •* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . **Mrs. Margaret B. Scudder, 47 Huntington St., N e w Brunswick, N. J. (1914-1923)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Louisa H. Hart, M.D., 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k . . . . . . . . . **Rev. William H. Farrar, H a m m o n t o n , N. J . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . **Mrs. Elizabeth W . Farrar, H a m m o n t o n , N. J . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . **Rev. Walter T. Scudder, 547 Riverside Drive, N e w Y o r k . . . . . . . . Miss Ida S. Scudder, M.D., Vellore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Alice B. V a n Doren, Nelson Square, N a g p u r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Delia M . Houghton, Vellore. . . . . . . . . Rev. Bernard Rottschaefer, Katpadi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Bernice M . Rottschaefer, Katpadi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Margaret Rottschaefer, M.D., Katpadi (1918-1924)*. . . . . . . . . Miss Sarella TeWinkel, Madanapalle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' Mrs. H e n r y Honegger, Vellore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Charlotte C. Wyckoff, 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. John D. Muyskens, Madanapalle (1919-1923)*. . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. D o r a J. Muyskens, Madanapalle. . . . . . . . Mr. M a s o n Olcott, Ph.D., Vellore (1917-1923)*... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . fMrs. Eleanor G. Olcott, Vellore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Gertrude Dodd, Vellore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Herbert E. V a n Vranken, Ranipettai. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Nellie S. V a n Vranken, Ranipettai... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Wilhelmina Noordyk, Ranipettai. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Cornelius R. Wierenga, D.D., Vellore (1920-1923)*. . . . . . . . . Mrs. Ella K. Wierenga, Vellore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Clara M . Coburn Madanapalle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Galen F. Scudder, M.D., Ranipettai. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. M a u d e S. Scudder, Ranipettai. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. John J. D e Valois, Katpadi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Henriette H. D e Valois, Katpadi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. John J. D e Boer, Ph.D., 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k . . . . . . . Mrs. E r m a E. D e Boer, 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Harriet Brumler, 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Theodore F. Z w e m e r , Chittoor. . . . . . . . . . . . Miss M a r y E. Geegh, Vellore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Service Intermitted. •* Emeritus. t Transferred

to Arcot

Mission.

1924.

1879 1890 1897 1895 1897 1897 1899 1899 1903 1908 1919 1909 1909 1909 igto 1915 1915 1923

19*5 1920 i9’6 1917 1917 1917 1917 I923

19*9 1919 1920 1920 1922 1922 i923 i923

1924

Miss C. Willamina Jongewaard, P a l m a n e r ... Rev. Ralph G. Korteling, P u n g a n u r . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. A n n a R u t h W . Korteling, M.D., P u nganur Rev. Cornie A. DeBruin, T i n d i v a n a m . . . . . . . Mrs. Frances L. DeBruin, T i n divanam. . . . . . . Miss Margaret R. Gibbons, M.D., Madanapalle.. Miss Esther J. D e Weerd, Chittoor. . . . . . . . . Mr. Benjamin D e Vries, Katpadi. . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Mildred V. D e Vries, Katpadi. . . . . . . . . Miss Doris A. Wells, Chittoor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . fMiss M a r t h a Vanderberg, Chittoor ...... .'... Miss Johanna D e Vries, Madanapalle. . . . . . . . .

1925 1925

1925 1926 1926 1926 1928 1929 1929 1930

1934 1937

JAPAN MISSION **Rev. Albert Oltmans, D.D., 5 Meiji Gakuin, T o k y o . . . . . . . . ,§Mrs. Sarah C. Oltmans, 5 Meiji Gakuin, T o k y o . . . . . . . . . . . **tfMrs. H . V. S. Peeke, 48 E. 8th St., Holland, M i c h i g a n ..... **Miss Sarah M . Couch, 96 K a m i Nishi Y a m a Machi, Nagasaki Miss Jennie A. Pieters, Baiko Jo Gakuin, Shimonoseki. . . . . Rev. Willis G. Hoekje, 5 Meiji Gakuin, T o k y o . . . . . . . . . . . . ttfMrs. Annie H . Hoekje, 5 Meiji Gakuin, T o k y o . . . . . . . . . . **Miss Minnie Taylor, 2131 Belle Ave., S a n Bernardino, Calif... Rev. Hubert Kuyper, Oita. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. M a y D. Kuyper, Oita (1915-1917)*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Jeane Noordhoff, 16 Higashi Yamate, N a gasaki ...... Miss C. Janet Oltmans, 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k . ...... Rev. Henry. V. E. Stegeman, D.D., 37 Bluff, Y o k o h a m a . . . . . Mrs. Gertrude H. Stegeman, 37 Bluff, Y o h o h a m a . . . . . . . . . . Rev. John T e r Borg, 5 Meiji Gakuin, T o k y o . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Amelia S. Ter Borg, 5 Meiji Gakuin, T o k y o . . . . . . . . . Miss Florence C. Walvoord, Shimonoseki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Flora Darrow, 2 Meiji Gakuin, T o k y o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Boude C. Moore, 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k . . . . . . . . . Mrs. A n n a M e A. Moore, 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k ..... Rev. John C. de Ma a g d , 2 Meiji Gakuin, T o k y o (1935-37)*-• • Mrs. Marion M . de M a a g d , 2 Meiji Gakuin, T o k y o (1935-37)* Miss Helen R. Zander, 37 Bluff, Y o k o h a m a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Barnerd M . Luben, K u r u m e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IjMrs. Edith E. Luben, K u r u m e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. B r u n o Bruns, Saga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Regina B. Bruns, S a g a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Priscilla Bekman, 37 Bluff, Y o k o h a m a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss F. Belle Bogard, 37 Bluff, Y o k o h a m a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •Service intermitted. ••Emeritus. tTransterred to Arcot Mission 1937. ttTransferred to Japan Mission, 1893. tttTransferred to Japan Mission, 1912. §Honorary. ^Joined R. C. A. Mission, 1932.

1886 1915

1887 1892 1904 1907 1908 1910 1911 1912 I9t[

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**Rev. J ames Cantine, D.D., Stone Ridge, N. Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1889 Rev. Fred J. Barny, 55 Paterson St., N e w Brunswick, N. J . . . . . . . 1897 Mrs. Margaret R. Barny, 55 Paterson St., N e w Brunswick, N. J.... 1898 Rev. James E. Moerdyk, A m a rah, Iraq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •. . . . . . 1900 Rev. John V a n Ess, D.D., Basrah, Iraq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1902 Mrs. Dorothy F. V a n Ess, Basrah, Iraq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1909 **Miss Jane A. Scardefield, 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k . . . . . . . . . . . I9°3 **Miss F a n n y Button, 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1904 Rev. Dirk Dykstra, D.D., Muscat, Arabia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1906 Mrs. Minnie W . Dykstra,-Muscat, Arabia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1907 C. Stanley G. Mylrea, M.D., Kuwait, Arabia (via Iraq). . . . . . . . . 1906 Mrs. Bessie L. Mylrea, Kuwait, Arabia (via Iraq). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1905 Rev. Gerrit J. Pennings, Kuwait, Arabia (via Iraq). . . . . . . . . . . . . 1908 Mrs. Gertrud S. Pennings, Kuwait, Arabia (via Iraq). . . . . . . . . . 1912 Paul W . Harrison, M.D., Muscat, Arabia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I9°9 Mrs. A n n a M . Harrison, Muscat, Arabia....'.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191? Rev. Gerrit D. V a n Peursem, Bahrain, Persian G u l f ..... . . . . . . . 1910 Mrs. Josephine S. V a n Peursem, Bahrain, Persian Gulf. . . . . . . . . . 1910 Miss Sarah L. H o s m o n , M.D., Muscat, Arabia...... . . . . . . . . . . . 1911 Miss Charlotte B. Kellien, Basrah, Iraq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i9!5 Miss M a r y C. V a n Pelt, Kuwait, Arabia (via Iraq). . . . . . . . . . . . 1917 Miss Ru t h Jackson, Bahrain, Persian Gulf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I921 Miss Rachel Jackson, Basrah, Iraq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t921 Miss Cornelia Dalenberg, A m a r a h ; Iraq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1921 Rev. George Gosselink, Basrah, Iraq (1925-1929)*. . . . . . . . . . . . ■ 1922 Mrs. Christina S. Gosselink, Basrah, Iraq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i929 William J. Moerdyk, M.D., 917 South Westnedge Ave., Kalamazoo, M i c h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I923 Mrs. Cornelia L. Moerdyk, 917 South Westnedge Ave., Kalamazoo, M i c h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i923 Rev. G. E. D e Jong ( 1933-37)* (Reappointed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1926 Mrs. Everdene K. D e Jong ( 1933-37)* (Reappointed) . . . . . . . . . . . 1926 W . Harold Storm, M.D., Bahrain, Persian Gulf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1927 Mrs. Ida P.Storm, Bahrain, Persian Gulf:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1936 Miss Esther I. Barny, M.D., Bahrain, Persian Gulf (1934-1936)*-- i927 W . Wells Th o m s , M.D., 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k . . . . . . . . . . . . 1931 Mrs. Ethel S. Th o m s , 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1931 Mrs. M a r y Bruins Allison, M.D., Kuwait, Arabia (via Iraq). . . . . . . 1934 Mr. John W . Beardslee, 3rd (short term), 5 Seminary Place, N e w Brunswick, N. J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '■■■■■ 1935 Lewis R. Scudder, M.D., A m a r a h , Iraq-- •. . . . . . . . . . . . . ’. . . . '... 1937 Mrs. Dorothy B.Scudder, A m a r a h , Iraq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1937 Mr. John V a n Ess, Jr. (under appointment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... U N I T E D M I S S I O N IN M E S O P O T A M I A Mrs. Sharon J. T h o m s , 25 East 22nd St., N e w Y o r k (iptd-1^ ) * . . . . ,9t)5 Rev. Bernard D. Hakken, Ame r i c a n Mission, Baghdad, Iraq . . . . . . 1922 Mrs. Elda V. Hakken, A m erican Mission, Baghdad, Iraq . . . . . . . . . •Service intermitted. .••Emeritus.

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