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itf- dred itsdrcd aivl forty every Sunday to hear about ourscarcely be given by its our blessed Saviour From these he will no doubtdoubt choose His own I go on Saturday Sat11l1a to prepare thethe people for Sunday and goo on Monday to impressimpress s WOIt1CWORKwnifir WOMANS wrmAva WORK WOMAN sWCIAS wlmfc what vhat thcjr heiml ou Sunday Subsequently brobro 11 my of our Christian 110bly- ther David wrote Mat Many The school teacher and Iuternobly Cllliot 11Il sisters are working noblyinteriuterIallY iuter preteI willllo will do all they can ill teaching the peoplerCEpcctiveIt ill connection respective preter with us with their respectivepeoplopeople 0111l1 auanduriner my absence with occasional he1p duriiig an dlllitlr itch cltllJches and State organiation chtirehes churches The Board help from broranizatious bro oiprom rCiiu1tsfrom olley I had ticlpat grand results ticipate not heard from Ogbomosho forfohllll1ot selfde ther Coliey for foirom their pious and selfdeseveral tot11 previous eol5 o reelal weeks to inying More general olganizaorganiza separate my nying labors gC eral and to departure oinO owing toilltroubles of long standing between the Egba and lion seems undeslred and undesirable as not inin 1OII1Jles andml womcnhalmony with the views and genius of the womenharmony women Yoruba governments In fact an Ibadon army wnsarmr waswas marchin against Abbeokuta when I left There marching of the South rJICreTheretherewas hopc that other tribes wolll1 interfere and an setset rnovAdfTuvio s KhiOKT REPORTHIWOHTKKASURKK tle thc iiftcl*ty With disappointed hopes andanan and of flhl bitterncss grief I left the mission just as it wasbitterness This BoaBoard lhl report shows that the receipts of the Boardwas put in readiness to work 011 a wor have been some thirtytwo thousand IIdollars and when danger rhae angr waswas I io countrythrcatening the country 31D1O74 3104074 which is the amount received lastlast threatening At Lagos the new chapel was wa dedicated on theyear tho000 above the average contributions Oal and is 5000 contributionsthe U The amount1ay Brother Colley wrote since the war The two thousand dollars creditedcredited 10th of May ai amount raised among the people was 75 or 360 of hardto Bills Payable were advanced by several nobleharunoble Ifitsed nblehard motley of this place The missionaries lie thore think thehere re money bletllllll of Charleston S C who look for the rebrethren the 450 while it has only costflltlll collections from South Carolinaturn Carolina house should have cost J450 cost tttrll to future 321 78 Sd God has shown his approbation ofdueThe l1e thowml1l1 dollars reportClllast due J321 of reported last yeaI as tineto the Bank of Commerce havo been rellucell asTherheas our movemcl*ts 1he dayschool i8 doing wen rhe is seell by the report to twcntyIlvc Jltlntlrcd dolinterestininterestin dol Sundayschool is well attcnded and all iuteresthig lars Until within a few wcek thc Board couldSIX could Many of the men nnd wonum have lealned in sixSIXmonths to read the New Testament in their vernot have anticipated except so far as they reliedver relied months on the efllcacy of prayer and of labor a financialtJnalleialcome linancial nacular Some are so moved upon that they comechurchmembershipexhibit so favorable which under the severity ofof at once for baptism and churchmembership Again he wrote On the 12th of June I leftthe times furnishes good ooll reason for congratulatleft conmtulatcongratula iolh to the Convention and we repeat for thankftion about thank- Lagos for Abbeokuta where I remained aboutioll thank twenty days which did me some good and gavegavouhhess to God fulness gave me an opportunity of watching brother Davids DavidsIISSIOXSIMISSIONSMISSIONS AFRICAX MISSIONSMdottble complaints and helping him all I could withdouble with hisB work in that very large town r On the 25th ofof VIVV MISSIONARIES ISSIONARTE IssIOSARIES W W Abbeokula David at J Juno brother DaAiJ June Din iJ moved into the new missionmissionImission IVr p W LayosColiey atf LagosJA1lOSLayos Colle honse which stands on tho same Jot with thehouse the N NArIVL ArIVL ArIVI ASSISTANTS reacher- chapel ASSISTANTSdoses reacher ose8 L Stone teacherin the Ijaye palt of the town 1he house is a-aaand ExpoitOI at OJbomoslw aliI HallsonHallson good Jcrry Iltlnsononc locality and gool I bestto he the believe the best brothel Daill interpretcr StephenIhlllips nabrother brothel Stephen Phillips dana boUI an for both for work acid health beg thethe I write to beg tive 1 tire Iiltonat Abco*kuta Samson r IHV Iilton HV Teacher kJdlllSUl L r llUHMI fllUturvUt U IJ MiltonllUUl III i ilnrnediate imllleclinte of Damediate to the Board oard call action brother Da t VjlM brother Collevs brother Colleys 0 0blothll Colleyseaciier owis Ul Ul 111 I Lewis and J jU JMbldll lli ft iviclim LIlll l LCildllL lo 0J i AUtint i i if vitl from vid vul Africa that his life may bc spared or atat Murray Mini IIII1iY brother Intornrctcr Collevs Intelplctcmotnei Colleys Murriv uoiitj s interpreter least prolonged All the missionaries agree withwith W DLvIDDAVIDDAVID ns us rJ J that he ought to go away from Africa at onceonce The great trouble with him is to get to hi consent toet his TJJ healthjfftjij JealtltIII Ill Jealtlt Jcann 11l1it quitt his station with the work so well begunbegnnbegun Shnittetl by disease and Smitten sttnst lOkc and assuredaSlIrcdassured aliI sunstroke IVork Work Mork ill absence in Brother Davids absenceby an experienced physician that his life was in imim ininent peril this brother left hi minent Abbeohis station at AbbeokAbbeo date of Otober23d Brother Colley writesUnder writes Imta on tlic2d of August last and sailed from Lagosmita kuta Lagos from Lagos inYours of July 20th found me Inin on the 7th of the month for Liverpool where hear he arfi- Abbeokuta fir AIJbeokllta again busily arranging the work therotherethere rived on the fourth of September slIbmltrrecl submit to suit tlic war raging between Abbeokuta and After submitan IbaIba ting to medical treatment in England and traveltravel doil don dou out Tie effect of the war is not to drive us outing on the continent at the expense of a liberalliberal of the respective countries although we are cut offoftoff fliend from South Africa he started back on thefriend the from olu Ogbomosho station Our young nianmanman v 23d of February improved ill v fullyhealth full Moges but not fully in Moses 1105es Lt L Stone is there ftml from hearcan hClrhear roin all I Ca7a Iestolell restored LiCl- is doing well The war is very much in the wayUnder that date he wrote from LiverLiver way cieIvpool is a ci It with joyful heart I bid adieu to eIv civ of missionaries and their work Abbeokuta AbbeokutaAt Mixed m iIIzcll ilized and Christian England to return to mym there were some fortyseven in the Sundayschool my SundayschoolpClsantsamong the converts and chief the peasants work anion peasants- and nmcty on the day school list I left one ofof retold beggars who are anxiously awaiting my teand re the young men in charge with sev itn promises from sevE turn my enU turll turil Perhaps am returning too early for mygo to churcheml of tlfe eral the chiefs that they would church 0011 but my desire and anxiety are ygood good for send reat forit too great young children to school and help the youngryoungtheir sent me to remain longer Once more I cast myself onon man mau brotheratan to take care of the station until our brother 1y heart is nixedlixcdthe bosom of our loving Father My Jlxcd David should return mnchmuch At Lagos 1 am muchIJemy hope is bright and as I know in whom hom I bebe eonpleased and encouraged with the work The concon I can cheerfully bid you farewell lie lieve farewelmlwelldnygregationns are increased and increasing day The dayglcgations grcgations t OilTlie rlw lno latest news from him was from Jladeira OnOn gchool cllool has an average attendance of thirtyeightschool thirtyeight H re have had a splendid oIplenllil- children We March the 2d lie wrote splendidisYe is ohildren children The wars are much felt We know it Isvoyage thus fa farI we are now onethird the distauicedhtance- very imi with our Board still the men on the fielddistance lvoyagc field fielI must wa to Lagos allot amI onefourth the time on our way and up aide to keep upupldmut be aided am 1In better than when I left LiverpoolLiverpool MOSES OSES L STONlOSES STOESTOE dejmrture from AfricaThe Work before his deparllllcfrQn Africa EThe pIe sim arcfollowing simple are Tho interesting lines areand rhe H This Mission is from tj0 journal of this young brotherhe wrote from Abbeokuta t isbrother on an encouraging foul1l1atiollellcottmging foundation encouraging to theOil the OrisaOrisa Unsalahorcr here to flie laborers and tile converts to the heathen andintoooWe home an give gi their property tohave in should be to the Chritians at The 1he people sing songs and e111chil thrceimage Even the lives of their chilour schools sixty children There are threethree this God or I1n1rI OnOn m women aretoo deu to devote to thc thhJO thing Oilare 1dren dren are not toodear churches where scores of men ami jrdersbrlersDrders DrderhOl1selearliirhg houses October 5th a boy was killed by lightning jrders learning till two Mission houseslelrllillA the way of life and mourn Of Ogbomosho ourom- were given ivel to the parents not to 111 the 01l1n as theshealthful and comfortable our healthful SlIrelSurelySlIrel GUll Surely God Sango had killed the child The next day a-aanntive laborer Moses L Stone remarked native HUedfilledtilledarid tolargc compound was set on fire and the town tilled to large the Lord is working olldlll among us both to will and I have some one hun with l1ancln dancing and praises to Sango for what he had llo do of ills good pleasure

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NUMBER THIS NUMBERThis rhi number of tho JOURNAL with an extraexttaIextra HeKeICct beside lias been swallowed sheet Ke swu1l0 ed up by tbo Report TltlPlwrt of the Hoard and their receipts Our TRIPTRIP SOUTH was sot et up fur thi gire8gives this issue but it givesway to more solilmattcl keepkeep solid matter and it will keelwar AS As we goo to IHe press interesting letters from ourour outmissionaries come to hand The June paper willmlsiollaries will bo attractive be forLet tids tltl number be preserved fOlfor IlItl1ro future reference let its contents be pondered ant andantand may Gods Spirit move the hearts and aid thethcthe hands of his people to tlo more this year than theythey were able to do in the year gone by for the spreadWele spread of His kingdom over the earthearth

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Lagos1Lagos JsayosJsayos LarIOHl horrifying Death Im has made his vMt many and horrifyingonl to the interior of the Yoruba country hitnot only buthiltbut on this island governmeha compelled the government lie has open a new grave yard to 0111 tio Ill which isis the old one ti yarllth 1111ite quite large having boon buried Ol Omnover 111 more 0 Il thanthan twic twice ii rapidly tilling the newThe smallpox is new Christians and some ing place Many bur IlIg iuly IIall OIlH of ourOiOil our very bet andIlHt 01and most useful people have oil 1tL been cut oilOn Sunday the 24th Hh of February I baptiod eighthaptlzlIIlllghthaptlzlIIlllght eight of ttwelve III comthe com lollt forty took tlI lln converts About coti1 ht istuuttiou after munion tllItllOIl ftll the baptism frt Tho membership lilt m1cbl1p is isixty thirtyeight lIaIII having been baptiod since ssixtythirtyeight wesixtythirtyeight wel lIel w1ecame came tto Yoruba Yemllba1111 1ba two expelled oone 11I liltout Ill married outniiftysixasa ltl one and t 1I leaving fiftyix as a total for LagosLagos Opt deadtl h i Ill Sunday ll1ld The dlO is cliOschool hI dl doing well cliO day schoolIll Tho school n owing to the hard time but willetas has fallen off will avers average attendantsaticndultattendants Iagce thirty nttelldlIIttILicense to Preach PreachPreachThe Christians wore soo rejoined to see and bear Jm holy ho God had blessed 111 the work or of Moes nt Og bomosho that they voted unanimously to give 1111himhim 11license 01 the 22d of February as licone on a a mean of cienen couragement The little Baptist church at Lagoscouratgenlent COllllOttCllt Lagos it hard mOIIl west coat of Africa ricn gave money to Misan in IllsMis JOII Gi sions 21 Os ions Sid or 10241 I hopehope topelat year t21 tope olio Dr Tupper will show atat the Convention wll at what eo ltl bo done fur our Misions could Baptist Iiioll if eaeh 1h Baptistchurch South llItl would give jut half of that ninoiltitamountIamount ENNFOW E31 EXT EXTRE KKNTOHUMKXT IKKNTOHUMKXTIKKNTOHUMKXT For reasons ao1 which need not be stated it is-iiii-is deemed important to the MKion that at leastleast 0111r1 b promptly sent to itianother mlsionary should bo it tEllbrts have been made to engage III Efforts Ellbrts the coloredcolored churches in tll tho support of such a lnisslona ry missionary There are means among Oil our colored brethren toto do it and apparently no indUpoiticn But whenwhen i application s made for sueh asUtaneo almost litinilin variably i lIi bly some 01l1 qquestion is II following the folloi propro 1Ilt iOIl like tll 110 11It pominded 0pOllllllld pounded What relations would the coloredcolored churches Avho0 support the missionary sustain to thethe missionary and tothe tot lie Board and to he Convention mioiolltlT1IJtltotheBoarllancltollleoIlVllItioll totthe ConventionA As the Board coil could give no satisfactory 111 to reply itit-tosuch inquiry the counter Coll ter petition titioll has been madenudemade to our Board to asist the Board oof the colored Convention to support a misionary to he sent hby them to Africa Ditlicultics and delicate questions questionsare involved which it IIU1 may bo WI well for the ConvellConvenConven tiotl to face tion fac hoOIl aided or not by tho coloredWhether colored churches the Convention should send 11H out a sas soon aasaas practicable a competent and worthy man If the Board find the man will the Chlllcll churches furnish tJltJl thothetho W w COLLEYCOLLETCOLIBYCOLLET money nlolley mOllcr 1n the absence of brother David Brother Col In Colleyley CoBer IISSJOXSMISSIONSCIIIXA MISSIONMISSIONS sends el15 a statement of the present condition of thethe mission mlioll TUNO CHOW MISSIOX TUNG MISSIOXMISSIONTUO IJSSIOHPwWarThe TI arMISSIOXAKIKS War MISSIOXAKIKS XrlSSIOXAHIESJT p ar r1 M1 F P Crawford Mr Mrs Crawford Mrs S JIJ Holmes and Miss L Moon IOOl1 The war in the Yoruba country continues with withtit NATIVE PASTOR WooTswun Chow and tillCUPASTOHWoolSWIIIl threethree 110 no signs of its end cn 0111 young brother lotliel Moses L native l1at1o assistants Stone from that place anht111cr arrived here on the ISth 8th of February Flbrur after travelling twenty days to evade MISS LOTTIE MOONMOON MOOthe armies having pascd through the Ijusa coun NHer SIra I1cr School HouseHer IlouseHouse t ry try This rrhis miFionnr missionary wiio returned to America with Our Work at Oylomosho aI Oylomoshoher extremely ill sister Miss Iios Edmonia Moon IOOlMoonIOOll ltrcmll sailed from San Francisco on November 3d 1877The present success of the work 1877 l877rOI at Ogbomosho isis lsailed equalled cqual1ed only by the tenacity with which that pcoTung Chow on December 22hh atIting 1th of peopeo and arrived at 1eopieo held on to the teachings of our missionaries forple Ibs Moon expects to establish a school for that year Miss HenrIy twenty years during which time they leadiienrJy neuly cascs of the people had- for children of the higher classes had will occupy the valuable premises COllllccteno leader There are eighty or one hundredconnected connectedhundred She hlllHIclwith the NorthStreet church of llmtcitj the church services attcndants on tJt attendants whiclathat city ill whichZvi1Tlce which and sixty re1I1mregular- premises regular 11 she has een been nttendants on the Sundayschool seventeen ofattendants authorized by the ladies of of Virginia and Georgia to whole can rea whom read the psalms or any invest the funds an part 233203233263233203 23S2Gnrt of the New raised Testament in their native tongue There are forty house housfOlhfOlh 3raiel by them to build for her a houseconverts COIHerts Fifteen or twenty are praying for bap POLonged ForFor bap cLOlez PO tism Navin having given up their heathen practices and Of Miss Iis Moon t1 Ioon Mrs rl lit Crawford wrote Miss fiss friends for Christianity They would have been Lottie we long to have with us cheering us so l

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FJOU 1From From several thethe wla communications of our sister thefllIac1ollowhimg following extracts have been rltademadefoowtllg made Jjabor Famine and HtijitisM lLabor Labor HtijitisMJaptismVe are received in the houses and Wl Wl Ve ant villages in a-aaptilptill more friendly spirit than yearsFtillttlla in former yearsFtill molo fliiIIt1I yeai ero lthere tl there 1Iplclol1tho old stnpicioflsupicionhere is much to bo done before supicion J II IbrethrenI Ill hat a rod can be tentirely aand II t i Ic removed hatred 1I1Ol Our Out1rethrenbrethren ICIIOut1rethren ICII coutiune their voluntary continue IU hour or so rolllllt1 labor of an o onloIlIlIII Jahotllf on Sabbath ahlalh mornings before preaching till time It is-Is-is 11 haYing good effect upon thentas having a goof tlieuti n IIpOuponupon upowell as Iltllll nthSt who IIlal themthem tllll 1I11lIjll I Ill people of tthis The hi provincethe suffering of the province llloinccffrom roll1 famine 11 IIi Ill are appalling Two hundred milemiles t II lao lIoa 1It1 stauyilibthey are starving swet sWtt g byy tthousands reswcl of us eere reand re wcl I 11 moving by tons of thoiKinds Hicl1m1BichaHicl1m1 Ihat Mr Bicha mO1w othat Invilu of Chhig Chow how thinks that bv tho time wheatwheawheat whehall comes in tharvot not more than half the populationIlIlIot harvot nthalIt vt t 7011 population will be loft of lefthtin come Ilt dUlricts nrnc Thousands ofdollars 111 dollar have IIlt othcrbeen sint ltl from Shanghai and otherother 11 U llac places E 1I1I to Mr English Hapt to Baptist missionary tonit aid in relieving the destitute destitute111 On the 23d 3d of April 1877 Mrs bap Crawford Impbaptied I1 tlzed LicitLieuJiellLieu tied Kwo Yu Yootigs oldest sister Mrs i here lie wife of Keang Wen Go is The llte appliedlIutlhflS and has applied inHI for baptism She is learning well tH and I111ope in hope is ilinPaIIIJoot 1in oarnet One or two others are showing some Itlcarnet 11telet terest iterest Opposition inIl Jliyh Jlaccs JlaccsPlaccsPlacesThe rhe wealthy and influential men of our city have resolutely determined to set against1gailltagainst lt their faces agalnatand refuse to employ attcmlthe gospel attend emploYII1Y any who attendffOPC 6hristiatr church Ole the Christian through This has ha its effects throughout thi country districts tOOl only too imd we can onlyonlrpm for the change that must come sooner or laterpray 1ltcrlater Converts COlil1t Converts come in comecomocome very slowly and those that collieInerr seem eCIIl greatly weakened by pres llSthe surrounding presllS Jthe i our trustIn God sure Go alone is surl trust 1Vomalls Womans Work for 01 Womanilomans Wo Woman From the Celestial Empire a periodical publishedpublished publisheto at Shanghai is taken the following with regard toa paper of Mrs Crawford 1cnl1ll1 in the missionary read missionConference composed of over a hundred InISSiomissIOnmission naries fay aries of China which assembled in that city in May waswas 1877 WlSThe riiQjnecc piece de resistance of this session tivasthe eminentlytliu eminently enliueitlythe carefully prepared suggestive and cmiucnt1rpractical paper bby Mrs ChowTmrIrs Crawford of lnng Tmr Chow on Womans CSSCl1 CSSClessen oma1ls work to Woman It was essentially valuable as the result of a long and hrtimateintimateIntimatc1tlaUJ intimate ofacquaintance with all the details of this branch 00of t1tluyt1tluy manmIssionary work and was listened to with ntallymissionary man signs of approval 1

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It previous reports frequent In reference has been flfle to most of our role evangelists and stations I turo are several however Ihero that the Convention and the churches are not so well acquainted withwith Signior Bellondi Signor BellondiSifJlIo Of u In this Evangelist brother Taylor writes August 187G during lHillg al visit to Venice I met Sig Bellondi then conduct ingan cOIILlnetillall independent mis sion to the Jews who expressed himself as con IICCI vinced of the duty of believers baptism and de sirous of laboring with us A month later Mr lr Co corda baptized there two persons who came for the purpose from Treviso and Pordinone In Decem IWI wr 1870 18761 Sig Sig Bellondi entered Into relation with uss and a few months after feClIJel secured a Locale and began regularly his labors the American Method ltsts establishing a station there about the same tllIe On the night of June Jd 1877 I baptized kg Ig Mcllondi BeJlondithis this baptism and those administered y Mr Cocorda 1Y JY being ill the 10cl1it locality where so 11

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I am liopelnl of a favorable IcnrilnaUon ami in a-aawe If wefew lew lays but cannot bo sure of anything gtalitgrati succeed I shall feel tlmt we have ground for gratipremisespremises ho pretensesVo expect to get possession of t he Ullo Wo tude JtIt in one month after the signing of the deed Itmoment will be necessary at the earliest possible momentnecessary to put the workmen to making the necessaryllCCCllwhen changes cmnes Ycmnes that all may ready for October 1st whenIWnew IW tho lease of our Locale expires and when the newthe coatcost season opens I of course cant toll what the costtaketake will be as we have not thought it prudent to tlobpremises a builder bl1i1derorarchitcct or architect thereto examine the premisesl1i1derorarchitcct one Ollut I hope the sum will not be an alarming onebut yards YIHlllrhe house in question is two hundred yardsThe fromfrom sflom from the Pantheon and a hundred yards fronnnomeHomeHome the University of RomeTrctisurcrYesterday I drew 301hYesterday April dprU 30th he Oil the Trctisurcr after000 gold fifteen days urtCafterof the Board for 5000 after lsight sight and an for 20000 gold three months afterafter alVaialVair alairsBy Gods great mercy the atlhirsight Codrseems God seems happily terminated I trust Godeems wi1l ap will continue to smile upon us giving us by the apchapel proaching Autumn a complete chapel-

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2 The expenses of nil regular missionary work appoint appoint111111transedd or trans approved by the loml and for which funds aro traus14milled matted xhrough mlttod covered conredhrollh our Board shall bo included in and coverednndby the appropriations iiiiulo annually to our missions andand AD OIVE AND GIVE YOU IT SHALL I3E GIVEN UNTO YOUYOfunds sent through our Hoard specially for such work shallshall Urhe heathen converts should move us to more selfsclfThe be understood as going to meet such niappropriations self bo tp any 3 If at ArdcaMany l1enlng acts The little church at Lagos Africadenying shouldshollldAfrica should IIr time the donations to a specific Iliie object shouldaam m year amount ount to more than i1is appropriated or needed for lhattar thatyearttlmt yearlhattart1WO100 ha3 given Twohas Two iven this year for missions over 1100 IJI devotedtho retained to be hin Board may consider the surplus as 1tnhllIIlo devoted feeble Chinese churches of North and South AmerAmer ho year to the same object another yearl1l1 Cl1risica have contributed some 100 ica Chris The native Chriscrmt donations nf fnciflif conliJ1 not eonThe altovcrults con abme rules rul have no reference to sevcntyseventy nected tians of China have raised 9000 which is seventyx4eStvitx4e tutted cltd wth tlie Southern SJ Stvit 1raclllll ami Jliblt SJldn71 Maplist Cbnvtntion at Israel fivo cents per capita five Should the churches of thetit* or to the ties rtyfunds fur buildings dc rty tolundsfor mau no10 reguVtct to tvhicJi tfte Hoard rnaket appropriations QlprOJriaUQle8 for the heahea ular appropriationSouthern Baptist Convention doo lose Chinathen than the churches of Africa and China Should they not be rather stimulated by such exex lXnlRECEIPTS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONSsRECEIPTS RECEIPTS MISSIONS otlerillgsaniples to fervid zeal and abundant otlcringsamples ollerings ollerings1ItoM 1uoM 1S7S 1S7187lIA 1ST 1571l0t MAIICII Writ TO MAY blessAnd An is there no inspiration in Gods signal bless SIncluding 8Incllll1ing 8Including by Corespending Including collections Secretary from FebFebtrtngs wereSeven or eight years ago a few bibles werings were 2thAruary 5thrruarr 13th to April 2th 2th5th is Rome Hftjscattercd in an now and light blazingthe blazing scattered IARAMA Mrs M II Owen Courtland oJcj5 collectionArAntarAMrs ArA1tnrA1Irs collection 11 over Italy Despite the war in Africa our misall mis mi- atAIARAMA by 1F II McOIll i31f 315 Union Springy Nanafolia churchdllllehcluuchllrlt1 church r V sr sions V Mehy by obey 60S5 Tobey 45055 T Creek W G church by Steen WS5i Me 11Mlsions sions are prospered Recently a wave of DivineDivine leel by J lfj Hi Big Spring church n elueen15Hig ctuten churl lueen15Hig Hope Hemfroe 455i HopeQueen tuten byJJ lrll1 I1oPJ Innueneo has swept over parts of China Intluence Influence V one well In oneIwell church by Jno L West W s Do 515 H ret 4515 I L NIttIJfWltt Witt NettleNItt JU Nettle Tuskegeo church by Z 1D Roby 4345 bora boro 2343 GussetaGusseta CIIHtnCmretaplaeo we hear of a hundred place mndrc converts in anotheranother church V 673 Hob by 7o 1D Koby 44i 67 G W 160Carmichael m1160 iMrs II 11 Taylor 411 i N H Williams agent 41562r intstMrs 15020 IIIst int ilfteen- 11rs threo hundred In a single region some fifteenilfteen three lftcclHelping 50 by IrlHand lchu1h Eufanla church a little girlgirl Irl rcust we not rehundred re lOc ICc Miss Huttlo Ilatchett collection Montgomery 41ofO JOe lhunred inquirers are reported Must 41ofO10601060 by T In Jones 1r 1rsister 25c 1st church Montgomery IJr1 enforce our stations in China Shouldand Africa Should ai89W Chinaand 39 0 brethren Sehna church 55 S H Foulke TrTrrr3Sl do Tr Siloum church Marion 5fTotnl Total not the 0000 needed chapel- Ala Con 3516 fa our Rome chapel neee for 22615220152201 5161once even at this meeting be raised at oncceyen CocordaCocorda CocoraV Green Hy W AIIKAXPAS PltngAuKANPASBy AttKAX1ASBy Snarcy Rlarc church 225 PleasPleas says with regard to the building purchased we shall shall- ant Hill church 1JO West tst Ioiut church Mr3J shll GreenGreen Ortln5 Mt Pleasant church by byT church A wood Johnson J ri have the first place in Rome Let the dawning dawning- 433 collection in The Destitution II by M Lambrlght t 4416 Jfj Jf4164416416 jPaul F Lewis Hloomlngton U7c 7c Friendship church lv J JPaul of better times beo hailed with more liberal ofof A l by Fleotwood II clnirch 261 MorrisJohnson lIyrJ 1I1tJrrls Morris 1I1tJrrlsHMorrislNHMorrisl G inferings and may not the God of the nations bring brin iiiin ow New Hope church by K W Daniel 235 Now 23 j Rich Woods uodll chchhh3JTotd 32073207 Total 43107 3Cl4310ay of material prosperity to onr landthe full day land by J II Morris 43Total lUI1 Chow 76jOMoon Tung 7CmxA1lisg CHINA 7C7Cc CmxA1lisg Lottio Miss 7CIIINAMiss an of spiritual blessing to his own people GIVIGIVEand GiviGIVI VV V G Curry j 10 DIissby church cFrouiDA Pensacola cFLORIDAPensacola FrouiDA eroHwAPensacola lI114roHwAPensacola MisMis Sh ALL BE GIVEN UNTO USAND IT SHALL US H II L Averett Mlccosnkle J i Gainesvillu church by C V 12 22 Waugh IIIoTolal 10 Total 421 421-22GEOHQIA 1GEORGIADIrs Mrs Mary A Collln Augusta 410 2GliOHOIA1ht 10 GirlsGliOHOIA1ht OlrGirls Eo Leverett CONVENTION SHE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTIONTHE JII 1F K Miss 11 lJIIs Society liuitman by Miss 453053030 530 4530 3Tr 0Iadlts Ladles Miss Society Uuitman by Mrs O C Hilllard Tr Ladies 11 5CO Now Hope cold chThis missionary organization of 10 by J1 A Hanks Dalton ch 4560 ors anIzation of the Baptists ofch 1101Flmalt 01 ilkesFemale Miss Socy Mrs Jr 11 rHlerHles 4161Female MWilkesMWilkes ocY Cartersville by 111 101Flmalt tho XashIny ill Nashthe South will meet on the 9th of May Xash Tr 1785 Cassville church by It H Jleaddon slr i17S 0J BalydsIJltlrlHalrdsHalrds 21 9 cliurcJi by Antioch lhurch and i21 i9 P II Mell Crowsvme Crows Nell VrowsVille Tenn Many who desire to attend may beville be church A17A Creel church 4175 Creek mitebox A 1I1IhboxlIl by Al7 and Mrs h Hnfords 11 F FergiiMJii 48 S Hdenied the privilege of bodily odi presence with thethe WV Buford Calhoun church by II Si J IILow Atlanta proceeds R II coupon 4s5 C M IrwinIrwlnIrwin Convention Let- agent il10tJ1 But all may be there in spirit 1etLet 1C01G Mrs E K Falligant Savannah PPby A IP AlJel1 IIIpuplfinAugusta III puplfininAbell 2 Mrs Hothwells S Mi class A lIustn for 1IIIpii till hearts of Gods people all over the land astin tlio as AAbell 40 Mi8S Moons school onMiss tldlUlcloncon advance m40i 1st church Augusta tldlUlclon cenll as the heart of one man for the divine prescend 1collection Melia nn Howard 5xJJIJJIJ pres collection ollection by brethren Hlack Richard and 5U 5UInfant JIuftlnt Infa Miss M Lane do nt class Washington 210 MtssM n col1 acold rc anticipateence an blessing in the meeting We tnce and anticipate Infant 1 Alexander Florence Stewart county friend 6cc Mrs J D l6bIjIU411 1st church Atlanta by Dr Gwin 41150 M by IjIU C Irwin l6b 4115nothing but harmony and profit and we dare toto 2d 1 02d 2cl church Atlanta by A D IIO Adair Tr 200 Dr Drewry hope that large things may be devised for the adGriflin r55f Baptist church Columbus by A U Campbell ad Griffin Cml1IIJeHof1092jTotnl of1092jTotnl 2707327073 10325 Total 4127973of179i3of179i3 vancement of Gods glory in our land and amongamong amollgH O Coghill Nashville 488 Mrs Lucy Neville IIMNOIS IJJINOliSll IrI xotsB c1istllIt nations nationsdistant 10 Wight Galena 4510Total Total A lblb loTotallIlbJIloTotallIlb 39U JIJXTCCJCYU lL Thunnan ngcut 4310 JXTCCJCYU Inwrpncplll1rgXltxTucmcrI1 Inwrpncplll1rg LawrenceburgsNORTHERN ANNIVERSARIES NORTHERN ANNIVERSARIESchurch by T A Upld 453125 1312 1l1ylln chu1h lIy G itItIt 13 Loul YiII lIy P 1 HpelllII colt 1113 VIlnutStreet cllllrch Louisville 8ott Yo hope that members We 7o lH11J 11 41441 lJy church memers of the Southern BaptistGrllnoSlTtet IJaptistnillE Baptist mons Still1 n1 IoulsIIIt Mary Todd Lexington 1mons 1moos 1585 j Mrs Mlr 460 Midway ch CO1Velltloll will visit the Societies of the North atConvention at lJy II gC II Dougall WV Ho byjJ II Eager 411212490 John Paradise 4511i Hen Virginia 10 derson Covington church GreenvilleGreenville OretrnlJlotheir anniversaries in Cleveland Ohio few church IJ7 A fewIJ 375 Litchneld church 460 Shelbyvlllo church by church built years church Louisville 43305 3800 Oth JOIeiglForeign Dr Pratt 460CO WalnutStreet JCtus ago they gave representatives of the Foreign1f3SOth K by S African missions 410 Street church 11Itoll111touKlkton11 Klkton oard cordial welcome and the brethren Mission llision Board hlethren- church brethrenGO clutrclt by Jno Lowis Tr ijCO It rL Thurman agent 310 Total 41130 113041130IIl1301130 promised substantial aid to our Romechapel enen 1f131oTot1L1 LOUISIANA LoUISI JOUtiSIAXAR Red River Asso by J J Carter Tr 453060 30 co ANARed 30W terprise Now the drafts are upon us for thethe Mrs S A Andress NO J Furman 1 L jFo1l If O by J1 L M 10 IillU Ye trust that the kind promises chapel Mansfield We 101l11ses then madeShiloh church Union Parish by J E made I Hamilton Tr 46236 0230 Mrs Lockwood Alison Kingston V f 4r may fulfilled tilled lIlay be fnl Total 41035 10Sb5 I

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end of their profession pCculIlary pecuniary It is a dayschool The teacher is mem a meln011 eorlditloiisunder tho most unfavorable condition ber of our church She often comes to me to exher It works ex Ilaill tit It plain no sympathy between the natives aldtscript ures so that she may be prepared and plail the foCrlptllres Thell There there was preparedthph thl matter The former coucon to conduct prayermeetings and teach allY womentlicir women heir employers ill this funds au inexhaustible treasury who artj willing to listen to her nlln sitlered young siiered church film sidelt1 Being It youngh8111 Jt It wid persons 0111 t1l1t ow IIt widow liS lollllg ill wnltIt lItlaas sill plitl by IIlJr lustonl IicrI t o0 goo ftoitIItoue frolll 110ne ilotallow lIot allow he ftoitIItouedes 1Olll1t1 IIIO Ille- to Itolle objecti able ou clllastical groluds Slit tall ttach tJlOe ony who ca1l beit 1w84t ohjltlonal1Je be beSu ndat ssrelatioIJ elatioIJ relation IIltweeli a bihop a1ltl Itt5 ciergr 01 le Pdnsuau t e d to eottlt to the Fcltoolhouc 011 Sltlldap JltItttdld or 011 wcc1day his plople ollght to IJl piril1wl spiritual- 101 sheweekda lenlllgs I am hopin that folte tweelt tweell weell n ptotOl 1u tor alld III lJ1lt J1lt was retIctl nobut IIln tlttss IIIC bag wa was the ticthl wa tic will ploYe yeQ 1101111 to 0111 mIFflolI HaYing 110 I Kach ehildretl and no relatives she is tlll points was argued with great shillEach of thiM skill children free to give herself Ive herselfnnd mill and the whole was an elaborate thoiigh owerdtatwioverdrawn wholly to the work and being hein still tlll young thirty rawfordsn- four may look forward to many years of serviceJJ Crawfords argument service MI ialIutnetlt for the views with which 1fi I name generally associated In concliLIon it was genetallyatsuciattei ame ltatsall1e U Their Tllc HomeHome UOIHC toAron1y trongly urged trongly plan ought to 0 IItll trol1lr that the voluntary I1i thh Miss tlill Moon wrote from Shanghai supersede tIll tin employment system The paper I am enjoying enjoyingpaperl11 wa was received eas Mr dealwith much greater the very kind and cordial hospitality of my deardear Itnttl favor than 11rCrawford Iwforll apparently had expected till h Yates and ho waswas friends Dr and Mrs feel They make me feel4 rtI1ul cheered at its eOiol warmly perfectly at home and are just aas good to me asas close fliclIlIs could be I have been dit friends thatce that distressed rese1 to see oteote Jinsincss Business hole IleYates1 health 1m Dr Yate very seriously failed lie has ven ere with Herewith 187 7 musend Jllrwlth and has determined to run over to San Francisco for aaFII financial report for 1877 I am very citauge de IY glad indeed he has so dedetimate estimate stimutl for 1878 be- change Our ivlMous report will be cided for heretofore he has always been restored restoredsent he close ellt at the Iot of the year eU willvoyage sincerely hope the Board will 1 You will see from tiie oafre I sillceltl missiat- by a sea till report that the mission 1111 ghe anItil ftlgll1t give 1Kiclunond 1ichmoudvit at urgent III invitation to visit H Vi Itnmi lias beMi conducted on the molt has scale1I10t economical ecollom leal scale would conversation vertiatlotI wouldllCFClICe and coil 1It that his presence there etllll belli of- JI nin sure llrlng no medical bill and only 2VJacls 22i 1aels of it missiontmU a1ol1oc Itl new interest in the cane of mission me iucielental incidental llItal ex penes ixeenUri trXClJltiUg the sums paid toto mron expeii xlltnt This Nd veteran of thirty nobly how 1I0Lh tllilt years service hirt Ir IIInitwelismild uld IasuVr close cloe Mr ellcehow nrtwtJl wells atHI Pmtor Voos oos accounts thatMas toiled how generously he has given to that 2 You will sec tolledhow ev tliat has- nu has that each of the two schools chool has lt VOIk to I consecrated his life It seems towcoIJsecratedIli t tan 11t year than more tthis cot Ie work to which he COllIOIY owinr mrtlv to tthe lat leih stirred by hi tho coW1 llllrt would be his fall all of silver IlJ rIeoV and partly to ttlie of nrovMons prov6ions- me tMU lll lhI rIt i not a man in China who couldpresence could There is caused by cawed bv callcI hut the fuinfiift viii also nnttii ltHI1yon more Ice spresence you ou will noticehilt vnn notice lIot jj Hit it pastpast valuablei ilIform information ation as to the Iive YOII that TaH 11 S2 were Vontribnted Iro by Mrs HIS Craw give contributed history land istoiy and preent status of missions inn this humi0111s 1 00 by two of Shv fords pupils aTid Irs Iloiines al1 21jO 110118 histoir l llenl friends a 1Ig the actual cost to the Board about hlvng aboutdREV KKV M1 nT I YATES 3th YATLnn tin1 the same II s last year as still lal SBaptism JJaytisM ai It is cic I Prayer cc OIl our to increazefor th the future Incivio niin0eVnlsof froln SI tJ ll fe Ifees the l f rom ami 10111 tile andof 7ltill mift pupils atlt1 sixmall pVi 1 week afrO IlYllefre of baptizing ago I had the privilege six A PIlIlUt baltlzmgsix top reduce the wages of the teacher and thus tulketmake new cOl1eJ7 t hreeconverts live of WIOIIltrf whom two men and three tlip thp school as nearly he 1HIlI selfsupporting as possible wOlnunwclC women were from the th country womenwere countJ stations at Tong I lJlOlIglI JlOlIglI this th is the right principle it cannot as yet et kuPong where 1llmllt ilipugh schoolhousebuilt a chapel and schoolhousecschoolhouse we be applu JJt1111111w1 applied to girl I1 schools chool waswas 11 ao ago ouuhimied more than a year combined The other was M 4t Tile he fall in Ili the value of silver operates against one of my CITants servants un house Servantstime tl he III B Board oallI only for the sums paid in cash such as Others will follow soon from the country ThisThis th schools rent on North the 1011 X 01th street house gen station is about live miles from my and gellThehonsc The im In ml craliiicidentals mcidcntals but in their favor a Ol for tboe paid congregation Tsing11ayDougJslllq WaDollg colgregatiotl there and at the TiingWayDong it 1 iIl Taels ach such as salaries house and chapel rent the Baptist church near my house are large 001Till JIlh5siollarics nro lmlch tile ie WlXat0r word for the blessing of the Spirit to sanctify the wordnIrllatlr snlrerers 1101 ttherefromtlJlcflolJ my placeplaco of truth Dr NeCa i ter who 13 to talw 111 51 I0 U 0 111 the o rpnR he cstilllatc for 1878 8780111 aro 11M ncls ni onlyv GOiacls 1l11t Ili soon COllSlllnteGeml1l Ilf1s aITC1 I hope soonIT in the dOlrn fo1 Landrllm Holmes who will bo 10 yearsmorercars to ue nt liberty lihltt to attend to my work with 1I10re oof age the 20th of TlIlIl the time whlu approria ease ase to myself For more than four rents 1 havehavc t10115 for cltlldlen arc sltpposCd to ceasecease mill tlplicity of duties dedee been ll1icnccl with thc mnltl11Icit becn upon me tilevolving yolviug REPORTIi1LIOrOUS HIIIOIOUS nIPOHJ fOl a blesillg UpOIl 0111 ourmil Let 8pccial pmrcl go up Jct The nnJJ11111 report lhe Olt of this m15s1011 where we0 wOll occupied work 1he magutue of the fieltl to bo occupiedhave JaC two clnlrc1lcSlllltl church esaud eoml sc1001s and stntiolls thatut for that overwhehniug small a fcrcc i5 oCnhclml1 tilt by SO sma hr has from 801110 lt11knwn II 1m o n calISe alwny Lov AI nm WJth ron 10 v not cOllle to precious promise LlJO iv hand plcclons jw allayv Tlie Ie Boal1 Tirvii YaIS is naibl doo therefore to the what would we dolf1l S uunl r una1c statistics unl lie years work IUlc1nccollnt account of the ntltle Yor and Worship Ancestral lForshijV In lylieri received the report will be published in the Shanghai suljcct at tho Shanghaithis oron Yates Dr lOrcign pflpcron un sutstnvn MIssion journal JournalSJour1lal thatDr Yates said that conference is thiw noticed theSHANGHAI ancestral wors1lip was the principal rCligion of the mccstml IIANGIIAI 1USSIO MISSIOumicts Hljllncts theAU othct system Wlle its aldj lhe h NlI1SS10NARIISM lI1SS10NARIISM 1 Yates M 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I have again been left as in so many years the eals in thepast the only male missionary in our CantonCanton 1I5s Whilden and Mrs mission However Miss GravesIs Graves together rtoether with the native assistants have renderedrendered eflfcient efilcicllt aid in carrying Oil our work here Pereincient Per haps the most marked event in the history of haps oftmIssions during missions wn the mcetino llrllrg the past year meetingsmeetings meetillrsveal was GoPsGoiFs GoiFsof the Shanghai Conference oftle Already has spirit spmt descended in answer to prayer and probablyprobably more professed the name of Christ the past yearyear hthll ill any other year than ear in the history of modernmodern m ChinaChina missions in mlsious sDr Graves at the Conference Dr ConferenceMay IMh Dr Graves read a paper on thelUillDr the subject U How shall the native churches bee stitnustimustimu lated to more aggressive Christian Istlan work TheThe first considered was the necessity an firs point considered impor and importance of Christian work It promotes selfdenial

2G802GS2012 2G80 2689Forty operations of various kinds were perper 1elformed making in all 2720 patients who obtainedobtained otaincdyearthe Dispensary year yearelief at the during 01 THE C1IUBCIIISCIIUKCIIKSCHUHCHESSTATISTICS OF CIIUKCIIKS CItUlclChurch Canton Church1 Baptized 12 restored died 41 gain 9-00Baptized2 present No 130 contributions 103103 10ng ChurchSlim Church Churc3Shiulliny Shiulliny hBaptied 8 present No 43 Total Baptized of the twoBaptied two rotalof 11s 11churches 173 Baptized in connection with MrMrs sJohnsons work in Hong Kong 12 Total baptized Johnsons baptizedhaptized32 1aL 32during the year Chinese Missionary Society SoctctySocietyOur Chinese brethren rhave an outstation ofof their own at San Kin a town about 15 miles southsouth of Shin Hlng Several t of thpse baptized havchave

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nlltland to prevents mutual jealousy increases the faith andOt1l1CSS and mercy tohis goodness be praised for all hi andeall and f or d ttheir le r zea wisdom of Christians calls forth alllictioniallliction us in our hours of darkest aillicthougiftegift 1patience patience promotes Jromotc benevolence and also the gift1111 ErroriSeeiny J fttu Error Seeiny einy Their E 7101 tin1lstimu to stimueeJIIV eJIIV of utterance Under the question how toDr In late the natives to more aggressive work DrI deem It necessary to observe great caution Ineorcor bebe Graves urged the importance of giving them corChinese1 who Idiwse of The rece reception members lion the till all will in somesome rect information on the subject also that allreeve 11oe that connection with foreigners will lieve each connecshould be set to work the responsibility of eachconnec seek often temporally way war benellt them bohebo ami one shall be insisted upon and there should beant thou tlon with the church with that end in view amition the of special seasons of prayer when reports of thethey are so clever that the best missionaries are ofItitwith work being done might bee handed in Lastly it telllIcceiycti Here are churches in Shanghai withten deceived There tcn power poweor was pointed out that example was the most powerseveral hundred members but only twenty orallful of all not fid the do notthirty lthirtr come to the communion and they MissionariesMissionaries IisiouariccOlltriJmte more than 5 per month contribute NcwStatiOllsNcwStatiOlls Stations Leta StationsArcwmStttioisArcwmStttiois that the Hud thataro beginning to see their error for they are cit v ofof are We have opened many who areO- cllcll a new outstation in the city Ol tentJellc of the influence of the nHln the tendency ploviilcetprovince provincein- the southwest part of this thi provillegood Ko Chan in lnot what they ought to be is to corrupt the goodnot I appearappcUwh never become quite Ulwmal many of the literati appear selfsupporting- What is ecome selfsupporting 11uit- unusual Such churches will ool ex- amille Christian books Canton The Cantonalltollalltoll ex disband inclined to examine eIn fact if left to themselves would disbandthey wouldllhlJaml In lJo- rue the expense of the meetinglJo th little meeting church lias borne in a short time room fn ityChristialtilyCltrlsUanity ity ized Christia Pagan Paganized cPreaching PreachingPreaching with Wee have an extremely hard people to deal with111anddisand dis Daily preaching has been TJiey disciples not worthy ecome your discipleuot elU kept up at Canton nullThey worth di rhey will become cOlIgTlgatlolltcongregations quo Shin 11ciplesof pro quociplesof ciples of Christ quitpro sh*t liinirand we have had good congregationsbut they must have a quid ChristlJut The Genuine progress must for a time be slow TheClassClass llodo personal influence of a missionary has much to doooksbooks Thepast year The members the with the quality of hUr church During hichmch rbU we have studied the bookswith compre of Kings Ezra and Nehemiah in connection withChinese Chince situated as they are are slow to comprethe religion file hend and embrace the purity of our holy religionthe prophecies of Isaiah Daniel and those of theBabylollBabylon paganized- minor paganized I can see about me mirror prophets after the return from Babylonin a great tendency to paganizegenwith gen Christianity with the apology that the next genJo Christianity and part of the Psalms together withAlso Job InstructionIIItructlollsuch some of the New Testament epistles Instruction eration will bee better I have no hope of any suchamIand stock lias result Christianity grafted upon a pagan stockha also been given in church history singing andTheThe natural theology renderedwill never produce the fruits of the Spirit Chan Sin Shang has lClIderellrendered hranchsoil must be cleared of all the roots of paganismpaganism branch efficient assistance by teaching the last branchettlcient and We the before the seed of the Word will grow there andVe must soon leave much of our work to theweBwell confer Chinese and it is all important that they be wellbear fruit unto life eternal At the recent conference there was an almost universal sentiment inin grounded in the scripturesscriptures scriptllrcspeed a possible and as speedfavor slaor of reducing as far as Circulated Literature CirculatedChristian Statistics of ily as possible the moneyed influence in connecconnec 806Gtioll with our mission work tion worktracts8060 tracts American Tract Socy tiacts1ist13041304 Baptist13013apt Baptist ist 3apt Health III Ill Health44G44 44 expenses4tt private expenses At for At his own expense brother Yates Yate sailed forSan Francisco where he arrived on January 17th17th 100141001t10014 ij the- Portions of scripture ithe95of this year and returned to Shanghai in the 95 jsteamer of April 1st Under the latter date liehesteamer he I H The ulcer from which 1 have sufferedwrites suffered 1010910109 Total so much has passed away It was the result of a-aatilepllb tS led my H Notes on theast I published last the September In passagebone of a fowl inflicting wounds passage its in wouns 200 a volume of some 200Ptlrables of our Lord Parables through me The trouble was of a dangerousdangerous pages Some 1100 I lave been printed mure00 copies have more pI I lted morecharaeter I am thankful that T can return atcharacter at than half of which have been sold Some of thethe beonce to my family and work The Lord e be Lot 111 a tract form Therileecn printedJ in theThe parables have been pmised 11 praised followlfollows sales of tracts have amounted to 7 as followsSUMMAKY AND SUPPLICATION 03iSUDrAnY SUPPLICATION03 ei5 63Canton Book Boom 1 3737 4i I must ask you to cxcuteCoati t ry The excuserhe Doctor writes rites excuse Country excll the shortness of this report for I arn feeblefeeble 7 0000 Baptized during tlllrin the year ear 10 dismissed 2 died Uptized 2 present members in full fellowship S3 amountthe Maytheamonntamount May la Besides the above orders for books to theamonnt bless of 25 have been received from Demarara and allllandandthe Lord of the harvest add and m multiply his blessprintedook have been printed lngs ami send more well qualified laborers into hisings his Oregon and the books Oh that Christians at home could feelvineyard feel JJrorkWorkWork Medical Markthat this is their work and we are their Inessetlmessenmessen gers and an that we all are coworkers with Christ forfor rel1ewcllgels renewed The Medical Missionary Society have renewed150 which has enabled ususthe extension of his kingdom The Lord makn us its- their appropriation of us in doing and suffering his willcheerfl11ln cheerful will man to keep open the outstation at Sai Nam One manyearfrom this town has been baptized during the year rearCANTON MISSIONCASTO MISSION USSIO MISSIOofof Brother Chau the medical assistant in charge of11 MISSIONARIES Mrs R II Graves Mr NMISSIONARIISMrs reportsreports 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oRcmarks and Explanations by Brother Taylor 4Remarks lRemarks Remarks andcadami 1 Ferraris of Torre Pelllcc makes regular amport age tours coJportnge ioften often extensive evangelistic and col IIIII ilm2 Some have been converted at our meetings m ThefiletheThe IliIall and have joined other denominations lMilan Milan toEvangelist Paschetto represents the opposition to SundayschoolBaptist views as very strong The Sundayschool Baptit PcdoItopPeltoBapPcdoItop is nourishing here as elsewhere The 1edoI3apwmcn whichwmcntists speak against our Boards work as one Widthwill one day be abandoned ungenungen ulgn3 The Evangelist Belloudl complains of ungetwlJlchwlncn wlncnerons opposition from other denominations wliCherous letotls publishedlIaye f hopeful good houses but is hopefillhave goollIl01l3Cr lIe has published toto a volunin of hymns composed by him and set arearcarc music by the chorister They are good and nroI

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