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ORGANIZED 1859.
ms3ionarle3.-B.eva. James H. Ballagh, ToK o h a m a ; Eugene S. Booth, T o kohama; Prof. Martin N. Wyckoff, Sc. D„ Tokyo; Rev. Albert Oilmans, D. D„ Tokyo; Rev Frank S. Scudder, Nagano; Miss M. Leila Winn, Miss Mary Deyo. Morioka; Miss Anna de F.Thompson, Miss Julia Moulton and Miss Harriet J. Wyckoff, Toko h a m a . Associate Missionaries.— yirs. Ballagh. Mrs. Booth, Mrs. Wyckoff. Mrs. Oilmans and Mrs. Scudder. ■
- In America.—
Bev.
and Mrs. E. R. Miller.
R E P O R T F O R 1904. Rev. and Mrs. E. R. Miller went h o m e on furlough in M a y, and Rev. and Mrs. H . Harris, hav ing resigned, returned to the United States in N o vember. Rev. and Mrs. F. S. Scudder and family returned to the field from their furlough in July, and Rev. A. Oilmans and family joined the Mission in April. W i t h slight exceptions the m e m b e r s of the Mission were kept in health and able to carry on their work. Personal.
General
F r o m tlle beginning of the Russo-Japanese wa r
in the nionth of February, ours has shared, with all other Christian work, s o m e special burdens and responsibilities resulting from it. O n the other hand, m a n y special opportunities for personal w o r k have resulted. T h e outlook for a wide spread of the knowledge of G o d ’s truth a m o n g all classes of the people has never been so bright. Especially has the very exten sive distribution of the w o r d of God. a m o n g the soldiers a c c o m panied in m a n y instances by direct personal interviews cheere.d the hearts of the workers. L ~ ~* Conations.
N o r has the least cause for thanksgiving’-1been ithe "devout spirit of the Japanese Christians‘that m a r k e d their preadnng, as well as their prayers. E v e n to those of us w h o have been years in Japan, there have been revelations of Japanese Christian char acter that have astonished and pleased us. Their intercession, not only for their o w n a r m y and navy and country, but also for R u s sia, has been truly remarkable. There has also been m u c h prayer for peace, and for those upon w h o m the special burdens of personal and family sorrows have fallen.