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"'!~)&K BISHOP J. M. THOBURN, D.D., LL.D., President.

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INDEX

Appointments

Conference Officers

Course of Study~MftlllY and Chinese

De:lConess' Board

Dii.'ciplinary Questions

Examining Committee

Finance Committee

.Tournal of Conference Sessions

Beports.

statistics

Anglo-Ohinese School, Pemmg

Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore

Ohinese Mission

Committee on Education

Public ~Iorals

Publishing

Sunday Schools

Deaconess' Boa rd

1rIisfoIion Press

Presiding Elder

Woman's Conference.

10

11

W

20

16

17 18

22 17

18

13

25

Course of Study for Heaconesses 40

.r ournal of Conference Sessions 27

Rep()rtR. Anglo-Chinese Boarding School, Penang

Anglo-Chinese Boarding ~ch()o). Singapore

Committee on Educationa.! ". ark

" Sunday Schools Epworth Home

Rescue Work

W. F. M. S.-lJeacOnN\i;' Home, etc.,

Eyange)i~tjc 'York

Malay lind English ~choo)s

Woman's 'Workin Penang

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39 40 39 :lI

32 S5 32 38

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M:INUTES

OF THE

MALAYSIA MISSION CONFERENCE OF THE

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

THIRD SESSION.

SINGAPORE, FEBRUARY 14 - 20, 1895.

BISHOP J. M. THOBURN, D.D., LL.D., Presifknt. REV. B. F. WEST, M.D., Secretary.

SINGAl'ORE

Printed at the Amel'ican jJlission P"dSIl.

~onference <Dfficers.

BISHOP J. M. TnOBURN, D.D., LL.D. President. Sec?'etary. B. F. WEST, •• k>~'.i :"H"" ~/r

G. F. PYKETT, . ,

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C. C. KELSO, I'. ,;'

Statistical Sec1'etary. C01Tesponding Sec1·etary.

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'l~i.thl . ~'l '1. ~;~fitHmC;~ ~ommittee. !>"""" .,:>."

R. W. MUNSON, ex-officio I W, G. SHELLABEAR B .. F. WEST" ex-officio . D. D. MOORE C. C. KELSO, ex-fficio F. H. MORGAN

F. H.MORGAN B.F. WEST

F. H. MORGAN Mrs. B~N.J .AFIE~:P , Mrs. MoonE Miss FERRIS

H. L; E. ~UERING, ~.lternat(J.

~xamining (£ommittee.

R. W. MUNSON

Deaconess' l3oarb.

I .Mrs. KENSETT

Mrs. POLGLASE Mrs. KEI,SO G.F.PYKETT Mrs. MUNSON

List showing names and standing of those who have not yet completed the Conference Course of Study :-

W. G. ShelJabear, Elder, in studies of '4th year. C. C. K elsa, Deacon,,, ,,3rd year. G. F. Pykett,,, ~, "" W. T. Stagg, on trial, Deacon, ,,2nd year. W. E. Horley, on tria~ in studies of " W. T. Kensett,,, " ,,1st year. W. J. "Tager,,, " "" A. J. Watson,,, " " " E. T. Snuggs,,, " "" A. J. Amery, " " " J~ "

:JOURN·AL·· ,"l " .'

OF THE

MALAYSIA MISSION CONFERENCE, ·1895 .

. FIRST DAY

Singapore, Feb7'Uary tJ-th, ·1895.:., The Third Session.of .the Malaysia Mission Conference met at·th'e

Coleman St. M. E. Church, Singapore, at 10.15 a.m. Bishop J, M. Thoburn in the chair. .

The Bishop read Isa. 62 and announced hymn 798; after the sing­ing of which the Bishop offered prayer, and briefly addressed the Conference.

The Secretary of the last session ooingabsent,R. W ... Munson called the roll, and the following members answered to their names:­D. D. Moore, G. F. Pykett, C. C. Kelso, R. W. Munson, B. F "·t-'~t. W. T. Stagg, W. E. Horley, W. J. Wager, E. T. Snuggs.

The transfer of Rev. F. H. Morgan from the Mame. Gon1'e, ,n' e was announced by the Bishop.,

On motion of q: C. Kelso, B. F. West was elected Secretary. On motion of R. W. Munson, G. F. Pykett was elected Statistical

Secretary. On motion of R. W. Munson, C. C. Kelso was elected Conferrn ,,"

Treasurer. On motion of R. W. Munson, the chair was r. qt:ested to app,'IIt

the following Committees:-On Education.-B. F. West, Miss E. K Fenis alldW·. T. ~'taF'~' On Publishing.-D. D. Moore, R. ,,1' M· nsoll. and \\. jo', HII ii' On Sunday Sdwols.-C. C. Kelso, J. Polgla~e'alj' \" .:.L l,'c H

On Public Worship.-R. ViT. Munson ann h. F~ \\ est ... On Public M01'als.-C. C. Kelso, G. F. Pykett and E. T. ~nu56;:"

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Bros. Shellabear and Luering, members of tbe Examining Com­mittee, being absent, upon Bro. Munson's request, the Bishop appointed 'Mr. Wilkinson to asSist the Oommittee.

On motion of R. W. Munson, the OonferencePI'obationers were invited to participate in the Oonference discussions,and to vote on all but disciplinary questions; the ladies and laymen ,present were also invited to ,participate in the discussions.

The ,Secretary read a letter from Rev. F. W. Warne, oft.be Bengal­Burmah 'Conference, stating: that, the India Conferences had passed resolutions inviting the General Conference delega.tes from China and Ja.pan to visit the next session of tbe India Central Conference on their way to General: Conference, and' invIting the :Malaysia Oonference to join t~m in this invit-ation.

,On-motion of D. D. Moore, the. Sepretary ,was imltructed to extend a -cordial invitation to the Gener.a,}.:, 'Oonference' delegates from China and Japan to visit the Malaysia Mission and our C,entral Conference in India next year, when on=their~way.:to Geneml Conference.

The Bishop ~dre88ed the.Co$rence at some length. giving a ,partial account of his work in' America and the circumstances which neOeSsitate"liis~y'return to that country. '

On ,motion ofC. C. Kelso, Conference adjourned to meet at 10 a.m. Friday, February l~th. ' ,,',,.

SI-;CON.D DAY Singapo1'e, F~brua,'Y 15th.

COnference met at 10 a.m., Bishop Tho.burn presiding. 'B. F. West conducted·, the Devotional exerdses.

The Minutes of the last session were read, corrected and-approved. Th~· r.o!)lmittOO on Puhlic Morals presented- their'report, which,

aftel discussion,was adopted (see Rep()1"t)~ R. W. Munson moved that each mis~ionary in cbarge he requested

to pl'e~nt a report of his work and that from these reports selections be niade fJ:r··'pubUeation in the minutes. The motion was carried, a.nd BJ. :K· West and·'V. J. W'8rger were appointed a Oommittee on publi. <;a;'i0n of the Miuutes.

Que:-.tion 13 was taken up. R. \"Munson, Presiding Elder, was called, his character p&8sed,

and he represented his district. The examining committee reported that be"had passed 3rd year in the Malay course.

R.F. West:, was called, his character pass~, and he presented his report (see Report). ;j

Question '1 was taken up~ Charlt".8 C.' Kelso and George F. Pykett were called forward and

askf',d the usual disciplinary q~~tions. Afterbeirlg favourably report-

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ed on -by' the Presiding Elder, and, Examining -Qommittee~' they' were­admitted into full membership.

George F. Pykett was. electedto"D.eaoon's GIrders. The Committee on 'Public W orahip ma.dei.their announcements, the

Doxology was sung, and, Conference adjourned to;t-meet at :to-'a-.m., Saturday. February 16th.

THIRD .DAY. , Singapo1'e, February 16th.

Conference met at.lO.·30 a:m," Bishop T~oburnpreslding.W. T. Stagg conducted the devotional exercises. ,-

The Minutes of: the last session were relkd;&1ld,approvfki. Question [) was taken up. W.T.:Stagg'was called,his'charactet'l)8ssoo,L8.nd- he'~epo~ted hiR

work. ',Hewal3 continued ,on trial 'and) advanced --$oJstiudies! of :'2nd year in both English and Malay. ,

E. T. Snuggs was called, .his chavactelj :passed, and..he reported his :work. He was continued on tria]·,i"P.'btlJqies' ofls.tr.year .. , .

. :W. E. Horley was ealled, his character pass~d:t and·he :,reported his work. TIe was continued on triaJand advancoot,O' studies of 2nd year.

Arthur·J. Watson was calJed, and his character passed. Onmotion of R. !W. Munson, he -was contiuued ,on' trial in studies-of '1st year and left without appointment to attend one of our schools

W .. 'F. Kensett was called, his character passed, and he wa's con­tinued on trial in studies of the 1st year.

W. ,J.W ~ger' was called, his character" ~ssed, ,·and hEI<w~s con· tinued on trial in studies of the 1st year.

8th Question· wag ·taken ·up. , ,\V. G. Shellabe.ar was called, his character pas~,,;a.J1d J~~e ,\~s

passed to,thestudies of the 4th year, with perrmss~on.to_pI:esent hims~lf for' examinat.on in ard year's studies.next year. .-

11th Question was taken, up. . Simon Peter. was :recommended by the Penang Tamil Quarterly

Conference for Local Deacon's orders. On motion,'¢' C" ,C .. geIso, a Committee of three, consisting of C. C. Kelso, D .. D., .¥oo~e ~d:R. V't. Munson, were appointed to examine him and report at. the next sessiOil .

. 15th Question was taken up, and upon the report ,that.none,had died the Conference rose and sang the Doxology. ,

On motion of C. C. Kelso, a committee, consisting of R.'W.lMUDoo son, D. D. Moore and G. R Pykett, were appointed to act in connec­tion with a committee from the Woman's ConferenCe, to -revise the Malay course of study.

en .motion of ~R. W. Munson, W. T. Stagg was elected to Dea--con's orders under, the missionary rule. '

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Mr. W"a.~, of the B. & F. Bible Society, was introduced to the Conference. I' ' ;. .;:

On motion oiC. C. Kelso,a committee, consisting of C. C. Kelso, ,R. W. Munson and F. B. Morgan, were appointed to report at next ~onference upon,&. plan for Conference Claimants Fund

The Doxology was sung and Conference adjourned· to meeb at 7.45 p.m., Saturday, February 16th.

SECOND SESiION.

I Singapore, February 1fJth. Conference ~et at 7.45 p.m. R. W. Munson presiding. The Minutes ·of· the last Session read and approved~ Question 11 was taken up. The 1)C)mmittee appointed to examine Simon Peter reported that

he had passed a satisfactory examination, and on motion (If C. C. Kelso, be was Qlected to Local· Deacon's orders.

D~ D. Moore offered the following resolution:-Reaolved:-Tha:i we record our hilrh appreciation of the late arduous labours of

our beloved SuPerintendent, Bishop Thoburn, on his late mission to America, which was eo Sl1ccf'.8sful in the interests of India and Malaysia; and

Resolved:-That while deeply regretting the necessity thlJ.t calls him away from the East again on a similar nllssion,we realise the great importance and self de­nial of the enterprise uj>on w'(rlch he is about to embark ; and: we trust ,he may meet with abundant success, and in ·theblessingof Christ return speedily to'bis vast field in safety. "

D. D. MOOBE.

·Bishop Thoburn took the chair. C. -C. KELSO.

Mo~ed: that 8.fter hearing the Annual Sermon preached we ad­journ. Carried.

C. C. KeIs9 then preached the Annual Sermon from the text 'Matthew '28, 20. " , " 'Conference then adjbti:rned to meet Monday, Feb. i8th, at 7.,3.0 p.m.

FOURTH DAY. ,I::" ". ' . Sun'dti,y,: FebruaiiJ 18th .

. .n; D. Moore preached 'in the ,English Church. ai'7.80 a.m. -Bishop- -Thobtirn preached in the Chinese Church at· 9 a.m., and

'baptised tw.o Cantonese women. , The 'Bishop also preached at the Malay service at 10.30 a.m., and

baptised two boys . . ' ~~hon Thoburn preache~ at:the English churc4 at 5 p.m., and

... admin~tt3red the Sacrame~t of the LQz:d's ~upper< . ; ',~he ·B¥lh9p.,again occup'i~ t.he~nglish Ohur:chp~~pit,at 8 p~m.,

when he preached a sermon illustrative of the ·q.uty and privilege·of prophes~g, and $fterwar4s orda~ed W. T. St~gg, Goo. F. Pykett and Simon Peter 'to the office of Deacon. 'J:

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, :FIFTH ·DAV. Singapo1'e, FebrudrY'18t1/.

,Conference m~t.at7.3.0 p.~~ Bishop Thoburn conducting the Devotional ex er'cises.

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The minutes. of the previous meeting were read and approved.· The ~~rtificate of the ordination of W. T. Stagg, Geo.· F'. Pjkett,

and Simon Peter to the office of Deacon was read as follows:-This is to certify that I have' this day'ordained W. T. Stagg, Geo. F. Pykett

and Simon Peter to the office of Deacon. J. M. THOBURN.

Question-18 was taken up. . The Bishop a"~nounced the withdrawal of Benjamin H. Balderston,

who, on account of ill health, has been . obliged to resume his work in .connection with the Methodist Church of Canada.

Question 22 was taken up. On motion of R. W. Munson, the relation of B. F. West was

changed from'the supernumerary to th"e effective relation. H. L. E. Luering was gra.nted a supernu~eraI'yrelation •. Question ,30 was taken up, and Singapore was 'fix~d as the place

Jor holding the next Conference. , ' . Question 25 was taken up, and the Statistical Secretary read his r~port (see Re.p02!t-).

The Deaconess' Board present-tld their'report (see Rq)(wt). 'On motion, it was decided that when' We' "adjourn it be to mefit at

2 p.m., February 19th. . ',. ,

The :Bishop then consecrated Sophia Blackmore, Emma E. Ferris and Eva Foster to the office of Deaconess. . , -

After. announce.ments., Confe.rence adjourned, the, Benediction being pronounced ~.y Bishop Thoburn~ "", '.'

SIXTH DAY Singapore, Feb;'Uary 19th.

Conference met at 2 p.m., ,Bishop Thoburn presiding: ... D. D.,MoQre conducted the De..votiollal eervices. " "

The minutes of the -previous' meeting read and: approved. Bro. and- Sister' Morgan, Sister Kensett;: !inti 'BrofB~tikSj ~ri~war­

rivals for work in·this Mission, and-Sisters Trimble and Bonafield, of Foochow, were introdu?ed, to the -Conference.

F. J. Benjafield, auditor of the W. F M. S. and !\.fission Press ,accouQ,ts, presel1wd; his report,as :follows :-.. '.

I have 'ex!Lminea: the books or-the local branch of ,the' W .. F •. M. ~s. (Miss Fercis) and of the Methodist' Girls' School (Miss Foster), aild find them carefully· kept 'and correct. .; . ": (,-, . . :: . "to' .. :':' l _ ',> ,,(;',,; •• ~tl~ .>,~ .: ...

During a visit to Penang I checked the ~tals of the ~ks ~ep,t ~r t~e Rev.

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,D. D.Moore for the W. F. M. S. and:M. ·E. Church,·andinitian~ them as correct. . I have also nearly finislied the American Mission Press books and 80 far 1lnd them in' order; this work 'witl be finished and signed' as tIOon as possible.

I would suggest that the books of the Press should in future be audited b,-a professional auditor" as the work is growing year by year both in volume and un-portance.· -

18th Febrnary, 1894:. F. J. BENJAJ'IELD.

Repor.t adopted. ,C,·· O. Kelso moved that professional Auditors be employed to

audit the Press .and Singapore and .Penang Anglo-Chinese ·School accounts in the future and that a vote of thanks be tendered to Bros. Polglase and Benjafie14 for their past services as Auditors; carried.

The Committ.eeon revision of the Malay course of study submit­ted their r~~rt v:hich was aDlpnded and .adop~ (~ee. Repo,·t).

The Committee .on Publislrlng presented their report; adopted ( see Report).

W •. J.:W~~_~ the reporl of the Press (see Report). Geo. F. Pykett read his report (see Report). Bro. W. T.Kensett was introduced to the Conference. ,On motion, the members of the Finance Committee resident in

Singapore were instruct ed to choose Auditors for the Press and'Singa­pore Anglo-Chinese School. Those resident in Panang to choose Auditors foi'i;the, Penang Anglo-GhinesA School.

The following triers of·appeals were elected .. : ·F.· H. Morgan, Q. C. ,Kelso, Geo . .;F. Pykett, D. D. Moore, B. F. We'Jt, H. L. E. Luering, and-W. G. SheHat>ear.

The'26th ·QueStion was asked and $93 reported. On motiQnof C. C. Kelso, the following resolution was adopted:

Resolved: that:thi8'.conference record itstbanks. to Mr. R. J. Wilkinlon, the examiner in the fourth year of the MaJ,ay course, for hi~ kind services, andtbat the Secretary be instructed to send him Ii copy of this resolution.

W.-J. WAGER. W. E. HOBLEY

On motion, the following were appointed a.s the Conference Soldiers Home Committee: C. C. Kelso, J. Po}glase, F. J. Benjafield"S. R Robinson, J. E. Cooper and E. T. Snuggs.

The Doxology was sung, the Bishop pronounced the Benediction and Conference adjourned to meet at 7.30 a.m., February 20th.

SEVENTH DAY Singapore, F61Jruary ·SOth.

Confer~nce met a.t 7.30 a.m., Bishop Thoburn presiding and con­ducting the Devotional exercise.

The minutes of the last session were read and approved. Question 4 was taken up.

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The Quarterly Oonference ;ofthe En.glish Ghul'cI1, :~ge.poref recommended Albert J. Amery for admission- on trial, and, on mOtiol) o( C. C. Kelso, he wa~ admitted.

C. C. Kelso read the ~rt 'Of tt1!e "Singapore Anglo-Chinese School (s~e Report.)

The report of the Committee on Education was ,adopted. The Committee on -Sunday' Schools made an oral repor~" and'''Were

granted the privilege of preparing "a r~port to be 'inserted'in the minutes.

On 'motion, it was ordered that 400 CQP~eB of, the Minutes be printed, to be paid' for out of the' Incidental 'Fund. "

On motion of R. W.MUDlIdn, $he;me~ of the Finance Com­mitteeresident 'in Singapore welle -authorised ,to ,arrange fer ,the orga­nisation ofa Financial Board.

On motion of R. W" ,Munsen, the- Minutes when ,printed ar.e to be the official Minutes of Conference.

C. C. Kelso, waS re-elected' Corr.etJponding ,Secretary. The, following, Fina:pce Committee were nominated by the, Bishop

a1).d eleote<l .by the ConfeJ;'ence ;, the J;l,.-esiding" Elders- and the, Corre­ijpondingSeQf~tM" ,being ,ex .. ~~ .. members. F.-.H. Morgan, D. D. Moore; andiW.,G., $heH~Pear and.U.,L. E.,.Luering,alte:nate.

The Deaconess'" ~BoaM,' WILS' :elected. Moved that the Minutes :bea;dopted, and that after the reading

of the Appointments the Conference adjourn. The Bishop then read the Appointments, the Doxology was sung, the Bishop pronounced the Benediotion andOonf~enQe~9jour,ned.

B. F. WEST, Secretary.

J., M. THOBURN, President.

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Penang District. Benjamin F. West, Presiding Elder. (P. 0 :Penang.)

Batu Gajah ... ~to.be ,supplied byWi1liam Samuel Ipoh. , William T. Stagg. T~l1ik~All,son~, ,~~... " ,to, be, supplied Penang. Angio .. Chinese School; "George F. Pykett.

" English altd Tamil work" ••. Daniel D. Moore. " Chines~ Mission, ,'aenjamin F.W est.

,l... Singapore DistrIct. , R~1ph W..,Munson', Presiding,Elder." (P. 0 : Singapore. )'

Singapore. Anglo-Chinese School Jc<, ' ••• ' Charles O. ,Kelso. " "~,, ,; ' .•• ' Albert,J.Amer:y;.. " Chinese Mission, ,William T. Kensett. " English Chu1'ch, Fred H. Morgan. " Ma/G:Y lJfission ~~~ 9rphanage, Ralph W. Mlinson. " " " ... \Villiam ;E. Horley.

Soldie1's' Home,... Edward T. Snuggs • . ,t ' P Mis8~on P1'es8, Superintendent William G. Shellabear.

,,' '" Man'ager '... William J. W" ager. ' " Supernumera1'y.-HellJJY" L.' K Lueting •

.Left 1l)it"'ou~ '1'Ppqintment to attetlp, Theo.~o.gic(1.1 Sch,ool~"'7Arthur ;J. Watson.

Penang District. Ipoh. Woman's worle, ... Penang. Chinese and Tamil School

Mrs. Stagg. Mrs. 'Moore. ~lrs. Pykett. Mrs. West.

" jtalay.work

" lVoman's wode .•.

Singapore Distr·ict.

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lVoJJ1an's wor-lr. Mrs. Morgan. Ch£nese work Mrs. Kensett.

Singapore.

" l1falay work Mrs. MUllson.

" Boarding School Mrs. Kelso. Supt. of Deaconess' Home ... Miss Blackmore. Mission Schools ... ,' , Miss Ferris. "

" English School ... Miss Foster. Rescue WOl·k •• "'~ Mrs. Snuggs. "

" On let,lve.-Mrs. Shellabear, Mrs. Luering.

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1.--W"ho have been received by Transfer, and from what .Oonferenc'es? Fred H. Morgan, from the Maine Conference. ..

2.-Who have b~en readmitted? None.

3.-W"ho have been received on Oredentials, and from .. what Ohw'ehes? None. .

4.-Who have been received on trial? :Albert J. Am~ry.

5.-Who have been continued on trial? (a) In Studies of First Year.

William T. Kensett, WilHam' J;. Wager~ Arthur J.' Watson, FAlward T. Snuggs.

(b) In Studies .of Second Year. William E. Horley, William T. Stagg.

6.-Who have been discontinued? None.

'1.-Who have been Admitted .into Full Membersltip·;! (a) Elected and orda.ined. Dea.cons this Year?

George F. Pykett,

8.-What Members are in St1fdies ofT/lird rea?'? (a) Admitted into 'full MemberShip this' year. ..

George F. Pykett, Charles C. Kelso. (b) Admitted into full Membership previonsly.

None. . .

9.-What Members are in Studies of fou1'th Yea1'? William G. Shellabear.

10.-What Members have completed the Conference Course of Study? None.

11.-What others have been elected and o1'dained Deacons? William T. Stagg, under Missionary Rule, (Dis., -,r165, §4.) Simon Peter, Local Deacon.

12.-What others have been elected and 01'dained Elde1's t None.

13.-Was tlte Character of each Preacher examined? This was strictly attended to as the na.me of each Preacher was called

in open Conference.

14.-Who have been transjer1'ed and to wltat Conje1·ence.~? William H. B. Urch, to the Michigan Conference.

15.-Who have died? None.

16.-Who have been Located at their own 'request? None.

17.-Who have b~en Located 1 None.

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18-Who have Withdrawn? Benjamin H. Balderston.

19.-Who have been pet'mitted to withdraw under chargu or com­plaints?

None.

20.-Who hav~'1Je~n Expelled? None .

. 21.-What other pe1'sonal notation sh,ould be made 1 :None.

22.-Who are the Supernumemry Preach.ers ? Henry L. E. Luering.·

28.-Who are the Supemnnuated Preachers" None.

j-l..-Who are'ihe.·tAers ofAppeal.s.? Fred. H. Morgan, Charles C. Kelso. George R Py.kett, Benjamin F. W~t, Daniel D. MC?Ore, Henry' L. E. Luerillg,William G Shellabear. .

~5.-What is the Statistical report for ·this; Year'? See Statistics.

e6 • ..;... What is the aggregate oj the Benevolent CfJltectionl the Con!e7'e11Ce Tr~asurer? .

$93. ,-er.-What are the claims on the Conference fund '!

None.

28.-What· 'has been received on these claims, andkow hal it o6en applied?

Nothing:

29.~ Where are the Preache1's StoJioned? See Appointments.

80.-Where shall the next Conference be held? . SingapoN. J •

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THE PRESIDING ELDER'S REPORT.

Progress and growth have marked every department of the .:work in all parts of the field 'since I last reported to this Conference. B. H. Balderston and' W. H; :~tUrch' have gone home, chiefly on account of broken health, not soon to return, if at all. Dr. Luering, with 'his"familYi has, taken a' fur,lough on medical advice, and W. G. Shellabear was called:home by the continued Jailure of Sister Shellabear's health,. Ar­thur J. Watson has taken up his abode in Boston for the purpose of completing hisedllcation.Dr. B. F. 'West and family and MiaaBla.ck­more have returned' to the field, well restored in health. Fred H. Morgan and family have ju.st arrived, together with Dr. and Mrs. K~nsett" and Mi. Banks~ The' English ·Church· was "left· without a Pastor; the middle of last May, since which tim~ IhavesuppIied the services connected with the Church and the chaplaincy'to :the forces by means of a "plan," in which I have been most 10ya11y assisted by every one' of the Missionari~s. Special thanks are ,due to W.E. Horley, A. J. Amer1~aridE! T Snuggs for haVing borne the greater partiof tbe;hur­den. TOgether they ha.ve taken 60 per cent·ofall the services during the last eight and a half months. Without their assistance it would have been extremely difficult, ''if-not impossible, to have gone on so long without a regular pastor. There are at present six more members than were reported last year. The Ohurch has slowly gained &- firmer footing in the' community and it~s-reasonable to:.suppose:that with·a new, :p,astor still greater and better things can be expected the coming year. The Church is out of debt, has a balance in the bank, and is generally in better condition than ever before in its history.

The Epworth League having an enrollment of 72 melllbers,u.I!derthe presidency.of Vil. E. Horley, has made a record the past, year that illus­trates the possibilities for usefulness of this Society. The differfmt departments are well organised and thoroughly utilised. Thespiritual mercury has risen, the membership enlarged and practical work accom­plished in tract distribution, hospital visitation and street preaching; not to mention the weekly meetings within the League and the work done by its individual members during the hours of daily employment. Ten dollars a month are contributed to the support of the Pastor.

The Junior League, with Mary C. Kelso for its president, has enroll­ed sixty-two members during the Conference year. \\Teekly meetings have been held, inCluding a Band of Hope once a month. The attendance has averaged thirty, and six dollars paid toward the minister'sBupport. Several Juniors have gi ~en their hearts to Christ and joined the church on probation.

ffhe Sunday School is no larger than before, but has maint&ined a good average and a high degree of efficiency and usefulness. It

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numbers ninety-eight scholars; who have averaged seventy during the last twelve months. The Superintendent, John Polglase, makes his work a careful study and to this is largely due the present satisfactory condition of the school.

: 1'. The rSoldiers"lI~me, which is-abranch of. the English wo.rk, has cQ.ntjpued "to prosper.' It is freeiromdebt and pays its own way. La~;~u~bers QLsoldiers .attend our..Sunday night service because of the ,proximity of the Home.: Many, have been .led. to think of better things;,and ~ome. hay~ Qeen led to Ch,rist during the year because of the.faithfuL:work of the Manager. This Home is one of the appoint­IIte~,Qf this Confe~ence and is entirely under our control The Cons­titution,prpyides that six of the twelve Committeemen shall be appoint­ed. 'by-this Conference. and tke Presiding Elder is Honorary Secretary ex-o.!fiCiQ.: .,z.\ r. /, .

··The Malay M~sion,rcomprehending both.the Malay Churcb.and the Boys'rOwhanage, has had a very good year, and has Cleveloped its resources, ~ITticularly in, enlisting a dozen or more young men, includ­ing therolder boys' in,tbe 01.'pha.,nage, ,in the .work of street preac~g w.ho;i3 year! ago :wereeithernot :.withus or. would not speak. A course of,tj!lttUiy on. and inljJl~BiQle. was .be.gun in December in order ~o: ~afu these workers and fit them for the work of teaching and preacliiDg. There has been a net increase of nine or 41 per cent in the membership, our numbers being, members 21, probationers 10. Four adults and three children ,have within the lastJourteen months been received from Islam; Tw.o:o{:them were male adults and were led to Christ through Bro. Shellabeat.s street preaching m,Kampong Glam .. One of them w.a.s a hadji, .but, is now our Malay preacher.

,! ,;There bas been an awakening interest among; .the Baba Chinese and several have been received into the,Ohurch. The outloolr is. par­ticulw:ly: bright among the boys, in·the Anglo-Chinese School. One of :them, a young man,of nineteen, was turned out of, doors by his sister in whose home he was living because he believed in Jesus. I bapti8~ him, a Iew, weeks ,P,go, and his Christian school fellows are supporting him in.the Epworth Home.

The Malay Sunday Schoo], numbering 58 and"averaging 41, has steadilyJmpl'oved;,,· Theinterest has increased. right through, this year. Thirty. different .boys have ,heen in the Orphanage •. We have 23 in the Home at present, 13 of whom have already been, while others are nearly ready to be, baptised. i· They range from ten to nineteen years of -age. The total receipts for running expenses have amounted to $1168, total expenses $1075, leaving a balance of $93, on December 31st. Nearly $400 were.receiyed from the sale of "Scenes from every La.nd," thus accounting for the ,balance. I receive from the parents or guar­dians of the boys $31 a month, leaving nearly an equal sum to raise. The>Lord has pro~ided this amount from time to time and we have lacked nothing. The coming year ,we expect to earn in 'our work-shop, mak­ing coiled-wire spring mattresses, enough to make up the shortage.

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Dr'. West presented th~ Ho~e ~~'i~h ih~\~~~~ine; which (fost$70 Mexi­can dollars. We hereby record our .heartf thanks to. biro, for his kind .. ness and hope to koop:,tb~ machine busy aJlth~ yearA.. .

There has been a sincere and genuine interestshow.n in, the.BibJe instruction :and, a marked improvement is manifest ill,th,e demeanour. of' the boys.- A· good i.!tnyof them are stri ving to live9od-fearing liye~;.!

T~e,Ohinese Church,haEl had a.net gain of twenty-:three.in.memper­ship and has raised ,3. hundred.dollars toward current expenses ... The Anglo Chinese Schoo! h~s eclipsed all former years and ~ld its position as the 'best ,taught schQoI in,the Colony. ' . \

.1 Some quite re~arkable figures are presented by the ,Woman's Foreign Missionary Society .statistics;' n~mely, one new school, an in­crease of 282 in Sunday Scho.oL sch9lars. and a·subs~ntial increase also in ,;the: ,number .. of day sch01ars. But figures cannot express the iiri­portanee o~the,w:ork done. this year. _ The <1ropping ,of .the ~corn into the soil is,.a small thing which 'a child may do,. but .ti!De and. natural forces produce the aturdy. oak. Every year witne~s.es s9methiIlg new accompliehed~ This year.jt is a school. for English-speaking .girls and a stz:eet Sunday School among Malay children. These small acorns by the blessing and help:Qf God willjn-timebec{)rllegr~t.oaks in,the wor~ The·word of Gad is' fuithfully and 'carefully taught in all the 'schools, and slowly but sureJy:the characters of the children are being moulded into the likeness of Christ."

The wprk in 'the' homes has been very encouraging and fruitful. Several.women have:been baptised ~nd oth8rs have b~n convert~d wh~ have not .. y:etsuffici~ntcourage to take that decisi've step.

i T,he Sunqay Schools· are growing' apace, the number of scholars' having more than doubled during the year .. The work amongst child­ren is .of very .. great importance and. this factis fullyappre.ciated by our. l)eaconesses.~.wo. qf .them visited~ J>alemb!1ng. 4~l'ing. the' yea(apd brought back a KOod" r~port of the_ . .lattd. Th~ ,Deacqriess' ,Board recommend the .opening of work there at an early day. . ' .

Miss Hebinger was released from the Boarding Scbool and opened rescue work early ]a~t· year. She has made nea.rly 150 visits to b~othels and hOIIles; ,}leld prayer meetings, orga,nis.ed alld conducted two Sunday SchoGI!3i: an44istributeqtracts and Scriptures portions.

: The Press has continued much the same as iI11894. It i& becom­ingmore and more an institution of the city and' gre!1t1y streng-thens our p'~sition and increases. the importance of our work: ,There has been !1 very larg-e jncrease in the number of pages printed, most of which have been in the Arabic character and consist almost entirely of Scripture portions. . -

Penang·. has not fallen behind, but reports increase in all depart­ments.· The import8lJ.tc~ 'of this field is appreciated only after one has \isit-ed the island autl,~udied its stragetic position, its people and the gre.a.t oIJportUl'lities presented. Since Perakhas been opened the en­tire northern end of the Mission would grea.tly profit if a separate

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Pl'esi4iJ;lg,EJder'~District w.ere fo~~,with Penang for its head quar­~rs;, The work would· then receive the' superviSion· its importance demands, and greatly in.c~~se· its possibilities.

T4e English wo,rk s~wsa~increase in· numbers, while gratifying progress ig ~rted ,iJ;l tl;i.e Tamil' and 'Obinesedep.trtmen ta, particula.rly the fOI'D?:er, ~~chl1~s nearly do~bled:'its IPemberahip. Excellent results h~ve Qe.en. se~U};e¢' in the scHools; paftiQularly those of the Woman's Ir~~ign..-~~~l!a.rY- Society. Sever~r new'Sun:daySchools·have be~n org~i~;a;~~ re,g:1!I~,r 'work' in ~itation' ca.l'ried· OD •

. The AhglOJetfiriese ,Scho(»)' might':have'very largely·enlarged'in every way h,ad it .been possible ·to' se~ure' larger buildings. Good reemlts were obtained at Government'inspection a.nd ... the Principal has th~ ~.ti-~actiQn of knowing that he has substantial results to compen­sate hWI· fo~ th~ tpils and 'trIals, of'1;he yea.r.

Ip?h'. w~ 'occ~we~ -in ·N:q.vell!ber, and already a schoolha.s been o~ne4 ~~der Govemp1ent· al,lBplCes, and a ChuJ,'ch and Sunday S61ro()I.~ 0r~anised. E~!ti and earnestn~ss. have. ac~omplished mucb, a.nd bl'Ight.p~08pects, aJ;e he¥ore our two mISSionarIes m Perak.

I!~taiht'of the diifereJiti,drepartments not-directly under my direc­tic;m ~tl:~'f6und :iJr s.ee.,arate t:epo~ from the Missionaries in charge, to.which-th£j read~rB'attention is'invi1;e~ R. W. MUNSON.

REPORT OF THE CHINESE MISSION.

Tbe past year has been one of 'considerable advance in the work of the Ohinese '}fission. We baye now a total of 170 members and ~oba:ti~~rs~aa c~mp'~re~ ~i~h'a'1iota~ .. of)141·la,st year. We .still have tQ co~~n4 WIth 't1;te shl.ftmg cha~acter of the people, no less than tweqty-nine IIlemoors and thirty-four probationers having returned to China this y~ar. This loss of 'sixty-three added to our gain of twenty­three lli!l,kes a total, gain of eighty-six during the year. 'l'here have beentbirtjr-five ba.P;iiStn~, 'as against twenty last year.

!h~ w:ork suffered 'gre,~tl'y by the' enforced return to Germany of Dr. L~ering, through illness, and'alEio because we have had no native preacher. We DOW bave. one theological·student and we trust that he is but th~ beginning of many more, who being called of God, shall pre­pare th,e.I~lf~~JVef~ tQ preach the Gospe,l to tbeir fellow countrymen.

The 'q~estionof Self-'support i1Jr' the native church is an important one, and I have given it careful attention. 'l'here are many obstacles in the way: (1) The men are here for a season only and Wil,nt to take back all the money they can to China. (2) Tbey are all very poor. (3) Situated as they are it seems impossible to relieve them from enforced contributions to idol feasts. We have, however, m$.l,de a beginn.ing and this year we expect the church to pay its running ~xpen8es and at least Dve dollars ($5) per month towards the na~ve preacher'S salary. The church raised about $100 this.year for all purposes.

B. F. WEST •.

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REPORT OF~:COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC MORALITY. With deep regret we acknowledge that notwithstanding the heroio

and self-denying labours of many, public morality stilI remains in such a condition, as to be a, shame on civilisation, a reproach to these Colonies, and a great obstacle to the spreading of .the R~deemer's JtiDgp.o~.

The liquor and opium traffic and gambling,,:-c.o~ue with01,lt abatement amongst us, and the systematic importatio~ ot women for immoral purpos es still-goes on practic.a.lly unchecked, while )ess glaring abuses, which are none the less dangerous to the moral well-being of the community, are ·accepted by the many without concern.

We rejoice that the number of Ohristian men and, w@p1en increases, .. who are at work battling against national sins andvicesr and striving for the righteousness which exalteth a nation.

We also give thanks to God for the noble _ witnesses in India and elsewhere, who have not been found wanting when persecution and trial was forced upon them.

We pray God will giv~ to His witnesses in every::pl~ce the needed grace and wisdom ·to·be valiant and true in the fight against .sin and wrong. .

We are deeply -conscious of the necessity for mor.eindividual and united interest and action to combat the public evils of.these _Co~onies, and also that greater and more effective measures should be put iIi force to reclaim and save the victims of. the many prevalent forms of public vice. We believe it our duty to protebt against the proposal to introduce the growth of the poppy in thebe. Oolonies, and earnestly ask the Government to resist all advances that may'" 'made. to -carry out such a disastrous preject. C. C. KEI..s-o.

G. ·F. PYKETT. E. T. SNUGGS.

REPORT OF THE DEA CONESS' BOARD. The Deaconess' Board beg leave to-present the following I~port:~ I.-Three Deacbnesses Miss Sophia. Blackmore, Miss- Emma E.

Ferris, and Miss Eva Foster, have filled their peri.od of probatiGn, rassed their examinations, and have been licensed by the Board.

~ 2.-Miss J osev.hhie M. Hebinger, in view of her approaching mar­riage, is discontinuecl'-at her own request.

S.-Miss .Agnes: Povall has been approved and continued on trial as an Associate J)eaconess, with the privilege of bringing up the first year of the course of study.

4.-In yie,,, of the ,aluable sen-ices and great efficiency of our deaconesses in the work in Singapore, .and of the inviting opportunities for work ill Penang and Palembang, Sumatra, w~ strongly recommend that s tep3 be promptly taken to Qpell WOfk' at these two places.

5.-For n~p011s of- the DeafOl1est'es' worlr see; the Minutes bf the W oIl.l,an's Conference.

MARY O. KELSO, Sec1·eUl1'Y ..

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UF;PORT OF THE MISSION' PltESS: During the last year our Press has continued 'to go ahead. In

consequence of the illness of his wife, the ~l]perintendent of the Press, Bro. ,,1' G. Shell~ear, was obliged to leave the field at the beginning of September of last year, and'for about a month~fter his depar~ure the Malay (1\rabic) pi'oofs were read 'by Dr. Luering, 'but ~t the be­ginning -of Oetobel\ he also, left for home. The editorial duties of our llorlferer)('e ~orgari;' tlle "Malaysia Message;" have ueen carried out by ,Mibs Foster in a '-ery able manner since thedepal'ture froll the Colony of Bio. Shellabear. '.

There have Leen but few changes in our Htatt of workmen since last Conference. During the month of December I was obliged to redut.'e the. number d compositors a little, on account of the ab"ellce of £ro. Hil::Jlalear, who is nut a~le to plepale as ulUch matter for the ple::'s uow Jw il:!at'hume as formerly.

The work dOlle for the Britit-h and Foreign BihJe Sodet,Y ill Malay (Arabic <:,ha1 act er s J is as foHows :-5000 Epibtlel:! of i-tomans (a reprint from sLerf'o plates,lLade' by: our Prebs t wo y(;;a~'i!' "ago), 5000 Acts of the .. /\ postle/:) . (tliis look ha~ leell set., prill ted aifa:)'olded, and i~ 0(11y l\ ai1!ng for binding), 5CLO Gospel vf JoLn, 5000 ~:elle::;i::; (the sett4Ig

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and stereotyping of these two bookS a.re both finished and some of the pages have been pririted), and an edition of Matthew has been com­menced. The Acts of the .Apostles, and also d.5000 edition of Luke, mentioned ip. last year's report, are waiting for the paper.:!orcovers to arrive from England, and of which the invoice is to hand, so that both these portions will be delivered soon after Conference closes, The 2000 edition of Luke..in Pegon (.Javanese Arabic characters) printed by us for the Bible Society last year, as an experiment, has sold very well and an estimate has been furnished for a reprint of this Gospe-I, so it is quite probable we may have other orders in the near 'future for this class of work. '

In tract work the priI.lcipal items have been: a new edition of the Story of .. Toseph and an Almanltck in the Arabic characters; a Ritual for our Malay Churches, ,a 45 pg.ged Life of Christ (illust'rated),and an enlarged edition of Malay Hymns in romanised spelling. .

The most important items of other work done are: The~' Malaysia Message" monthly, the" Straits Vocabulary," in English, Malay, a.nd Hokkien Chinese, the "Straits Dialogues," and a School Primer in English and Malay, and the Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. -We bav.ealso on band an edition of SjarahMahyu, in Arabic characters, f~ book of about 4·50 pages.

Soon after last Conference we were obliged to vacate the premises in which our Book Room was situated, and it waR decided that it would perhaps be as well if we took the Book Room into the same building' as that occupied by the Press. The way of access to our Press and Book Room bas been somewhat rough and difficult on account of tbe building operations which have been carried on, bu t that trou,ble will soon be over now, as tbe buildings are nearing completion. Our stoc'k of bool:s consists of ,Pibles (revised and Teachers'" hooks for use in our schools, the publicat~ons of. thp Press, and some of the puhlications. of the Methodist Book Conf'Prll, New York, a.nd the Religious Tract ~ociet.y, London. The Dep6t orthe Malaysia Tract and Book Society is in the same building as our Book Room, and our sales all round during the year have been very encouraging. W J. WAGlm.

REPORT OF ANGI,O-CHINESE S()HOOL, PENANG. The past year hasbeell one 'of steady progress hath in numbers

and efficiency. The average enroln10nt for tlw school year has been 276, as against 240 for the previous year. The numbp.r on the roll .at the present time is 325, as against 274 at the same time last' year.

Several private soJlO01s bave been opened in close proximity to our sohool,and as they have a sliding scale of fees, varyingJrom.$l, 75 (,ts., 50 cts.,down _to notping, they have drawn awaY,some of our pupilEi. These sch66~~~re not .likely to trouble us l~ng.. ..

I have been ob1iged to teach standards VI. and nl. myself,

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owing to inabilitt to secure qualified teachers, ,this"has' rendered ipro­per supervision in other clMses very-diffioult.

The ResidentCouncitlor has withdrawn his promise to recommend Gover:.ment aid in building school premises and our prospects in 'this =direction are teonsequentlynot as bright· as they were.

The Inipeotor of schools made the following minute at last exa-mination :- '

1.-The· annual inspection. was held on the Brd and '4th of:Ooto­ber,1894.

2.-151 boys were presented for examination, obtaiiling:83 'per cent. of pa8ses~as compared with 124 boys presented in 18-98, obtaining a percentage of 80, and 53 boys pr~ented :.in 1892, obtaining a percentage of 83.

B.-The f{)ur' boys presented in· standard vii, also took up Algebra and Latin, obtaining a pass in the later subject and also one in the former.

4.-The attendance of the past year has been regular, avemging 80 per cent. of tbenumber in average enrolment. .

5.-The conditions required by the Code have 'been observed, bilt the accomodation provided cannot be said to besatisfaotory'bavingtin view the rapid' growth of the school, and I hope that by next year.s inspection more suitable premises may have been seoured in a more pleasant part of the town. The amoubt of grant earned is $1972.

Mercantile olasses' have been commenced, teaching book-keeping, meroantile correspondenoe, and shorthand

The Boarding School department has not been a suocess, and I am reluotantly compelled to close it, at least for the present.

I have compiled the best part of a dictionary in English, Malay and Chinese. When completed it will contain about 15,000 English words, and will' be of great use in school work. Religious servioes have 'been held -in our house every Wednesday evening, attended 'by the school boys and some outsiders. I beHeve those servioes have been a blessing to all concerned. We offer hearty thanks to our Heavenly Father for good health and give to Him all the honour"an,d glory for' wha~v~~ has been accomplished. G. F. PYKETT.

THE ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL, SIN-G·,APORE. The record of the past year is a most gratifying one. The: In­

speotor's Minute on' the 'recentp-xamination of the, school is as foHows':­" The result of this inspection of ,the American . MiasionSchool is very satisfactory arid most creditable to the school. The number of pupils in atte~daIice. oontinues to increase' and a high 'percentage of 'passes has been obtained .. , The average Emrolment:anctavel'age attendance are respectively 485 and 435 'as compa.red with:an average enrolment of 421 and an average atteridanceof'364 for the yeitr 1893. The num~er of pupil$' presented has risen from 29.8' toM6~1&1ldrcthepercentage of

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passes obtained is 93, as compared with 91 last year. The attendance has been regular, averaging daily for the past-year 90 per cent of aver­age enrolme~t." I may add that the attendance GOntiilues t.o increase and bas been over 500 daily most of thetime:for the past three months. T·he sehool is now tbe largest in Singapore and h~§ for three years maintained the ·highest record. . , . ..

An important fact that should never be overlooked in reg-ard to this school is that it is entirely self-supporting. The salaries ortb~ prin­cipal and all the teachers are paid' by the school. The gt:ant-in-ai.d for the past year was $5806 and monthly f~es $4612, a total of $]0418, part of which was applied on the new building erected two year~ ago. We closed the year· ending December 31, 1894,. with a very 'small overdraft, but the grant for 1894, amounting to $6334, is now in hand, an~ as this provides an estimated surplus of $3000, plans have been made and 8t new wing to the building commenced, to cost ~qOlit $3000. This new wing will provide much needed room and complete an at-tractive and imposing structure. .

A signal success .of the past year was the winning of the Queen's Scholarship. One of our candidates, Mr. H. A. D. Moore, won first place and is now studying in Edinburgh University. He receives two hundred pounds per year for four years, besides outfit aHd traneit.

The Queen's Scholarship is the highest achievement in the direc­tion of higher educati011 in the Colony. Queen's Scholars are able to take the degree of B. A. in two or three years at Oxford or Ca.m­bridge, but the boys who were so near and yet eO far have_no such possibility. The cause of higher education in the "Colony is however receiving some attention and there is reason to hope that we shaH soon be affiliated with some University in England or India in such a way as to enable our boys to obtain B. A.

The recent Annual Prize Distribution was a notable occasion. His Excellency the Governor of the Straits Settlements prflsided, and many prominent citizens, including Chinamen, were present. Lady Mitchell distributed about one hundred prizes to the ~oys and the Gov­ernor's speech was exceedingly happy and appreciative.

The Boarding School continues to fulfill an important mission. The number of boys for the year has been about tne same, but more than the usual number of new boys are coming at this time so that the Boarding School bids fair to be much larger than it has ever been. Heretofore the masters all lived in the Boarding School, carrying on duty alternl1tely. But it was thought that a more wholesome discipline might be maintained if the boys were all the time in charge of one l'ef'ponsible manager', and accordingly arrangements were made for the masters to live elsewhere. The results have ful1y justified the change. The principal and. his family live ~ith the boys and such a spirit of home life has been:developed as was imposSible before. Most of the ·boys, in the Boarding School are avowed' Christians and unite with the

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p~incipalill pray~ ,~eetings, where many ot them, who a'few months ago, were heathen boys, lead in earnes~ touching ,prayer.

In the Day School the boys all assemble in the lecture hall for morning ,prayer. ,.+heY,sing a Gospel song, the pri~cjpal or one of the masters re~~.:~nd' :expounds ,a few verses of Scripture and leads in prayer; we have just.:finished the GOl!lpel oLLukein this way. It is an inspiration. to "look into the faces of our fiye hundred boys looking up to us for the words of life. We realise the presence of· the Holy Spinit in_this work and know that good seed is being sown to :bear fruit: in heathen homes.

, ,The' ~terB' do good work am()ng ille :boys,. .:and in' all classes .the ,boys:are invited t9 ,re~ain Friday 'afternoons for, a Bible lesson, andm"ny stay~ . .! ~eat'work h~s ~eJl accomplished. While the secular .mterests of the school haye advanced in every way and the numbe;r of boys ha13 been greatly increaseq., ,the. Christian, teaching of -t~e school is now ~ .freely given as ,possible, and is already .. bearing fruit in many conversions .and enquiries. There is a deep religious spirit in the sc}1001 and profound respect for Christian, truth. And when we remember that all this is among the ambitious energetic Chinese of these Settlements,who are fitIY,:~alled the AngJo~Saxons of the East, wel~ may we rejoice in the bright prospect, and, with unfalterrin,g fa~tb in. ~ur God, go forward. _

C. C."'KELSO.

, COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. We are pleased 1 hat a general advancement has been made along

all lines in bur Educational work. Two new schools have been opened since last Conference, tbe Methodist Girls' School and an Anglo­Chinese School at r pob. The Methodist Girls'School, has already outgrown its quarters and is greatly in need of better lighted and more convenient class rooms. ,Ve are: glad to learn that the school at Penang is in a fair way to aC(tuire property of its own suitable for its work and when the teaching staff shall be augmented by se\'eral more qualified teachers this school will be well equipppfl.

. ';V e desire to rerord onr sa.tisfaction at the Hpiritual staff> of our schools. A I]Uff>'t and steady perseveranre in Bihle:{puphing ,and per­sonal instrur1ion haA reRulted in a numher of conver.-{ions anc1 haptisms in hoth the hoys' and girls' SdlOOls. ' , B. F. \VES'I'.

EMMA E. F];;RHIS • . \V. T. 81'AGG.

OOMMIT1'EE ON SUNDAY SCHOOT,S. . There is much reason for ericol:lragem~nt regardiug our Sunday School work for tbe past yeaJ;'. A SundaY·~2ppotof.gre~t, prQDJise has been estahlis~ed in connection; with the Malay ,Church. The Sun­day f?chools co~ected with the Deaconess' work also deserve special

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mention, and are full ofprornise. - 'rhe suggestiori that"was made last ),ear that Sunday 'Schools should be 'maintained in connection with Day Schools has Lome- fruit. .

It is gratifying' to be able to report substantial progress in our Native Sunday School' work in all departments. "\\TE}.:; urge that more attention be given to this· good work, and that every opportunity be improved to reach the children who are growing up in tbe darkness and gloom of these heathen homes around us where they have never heard the voice of Jesus saying "Suffer t.he little childr~n to come unto me and forbid them not; for of !o:uch is the kingdom of heayen." It is fitting also that this report shoula record the fact that our .English Sunday Schocls maintain their position in the work of the Churches; every lesson is carefully studied, catechism is taught, and teachers andscholals alike aim to keep the schools alive and 'healthy and a direct nursery for the church. .

There is a wide field for effect.ive Sunday School work all around us, let us cultivate it with enthusiasm, remembering' that it is good ground and seed sown on it will " bring forth fruit, some t.hirty, some sixty, and some an hundred fold."

We gratefully acknowledge the assistance afforded us by the Sun­day School Union, whose treasurer has sent us one hundred gold dollars for the work. This money has been especially helpful in maiutaiuing the School~ in various parts of the city.

C. C. KELSO. J. POLGLASE. 'V.-j: WAGER.

COlli"SSE OF- 81r·'U'DY • . MALA r AND CHINESE;

COURSE-OF MALAY STl~D\.

First Year. I-The Triglot or ~trtlit8 Vocahulary. :!-The ~traitR Dialogues. H-Hikayat Yu!;of (H01ll8nit-;ed.) 4-- Cherita (lprihal ha Almll~dh (l~oJllal1it;ed.) 5-Mn,xwelI'8 Grammar, parts i. & ii. ii-The fil'8t file prose "lessons in Collins' Improved Header to be tramilated

intu (,olloquial ~1R18y. . 7-To write from dictaticm ten lim's from the Hikayat Yusof (l~omanilSed).

~(>cond Year. l-Hibynt Ymlof Inc'the Arnbic charact('r. ?-Th<>'GosllelofMHttlle)V (Homanised M. M. M.). ;; "--"'Tilt' :-;ton' (,fllre Creation in .. I .. iue upon Lin('"

liuIJJ~I.uhed !.\lulu)'. "

-,.'

to he.~ tran"lal~d iuto

M~~~YSIA MlSSIOlll, CONFE~ENCE.

Cou,:sc of Study.-Malay,. Second Year.-Continued. ~Sale'8 Koran with Introduction. (In English.) 5-Easy passage!:! from Matthew, or the Story of Joseph in Genesis, to be

translated atsight'into Colloquial Malay. 6-Aneasy ,diC~tiOD exercise of, 50 words from the, Hikayat YUflof in the

Al'8.bic Character.. S~Uing and writing tn receive attention. 7-:-Maxlvell's Grammar, parts iii. & iv., and the Vocabulary .

.- Third Year. I-Hikaya1r,Abdullah, 2 vols. (Government Edition.~ ~Tl1e Gospel of John, Acts and Romans in the Arabic Character. ~Se1l'ti "F8.ithof Isla.m." (In Eng1't8h.) 4-A written sermon' of 1,000 words in the Arabic Character. Spelling and

writing must show proficiency. 5--.-Pa88ages from the SCripture portions read to be translated at sight inM

c~rrect Malay ~ 6,-To write from itictation a very easy paBSage of 50 words (in which there

occur no Arabic words) holD the first vol. Hikayat Abdullah. Spelling and writ­ing must be correct.

Fourth Year. l-":'Tbe Book of Psalms in the Arabic Character. 2--AU the Epistles hi the tnlis tangan. 3-Hikayat Bakhtia,r. 4-Sjarah'Mlayu. (New Edition.) 5-Pfander's "Mizan ul Haqq." (In English.) 6-:-1'0 read and translate at sight from a clearly legible letter. 1-A Semlon to be preached extempore before ,the Examiners.

COURSE OF STUDY IN HOK-KIEN CHINESE.

First, Year. I-Gospel of John, chapters 1-4: to' be able to read the Chinese Character

and translate into the Collo<iutal. , ' 2-" Lun-Gu'" ]st & 2nd books: to be able to read in the Chinese Character

and translate into 'English. 3-Gospel of Mark: ' to be read in the Romllni!red 'Colloquial. 4-Short written discourse iil the Romanised Colloquial.

aecond Year. I---'Gospelof Mark: to be able to read the Chinese Character and translate

into the Colloquial~ __ 2-" Doctrine of the ltfoon," 12 chapters: to read the Chinese Character and

translate into English.,_ 3-Gospe] of John, any two selected chapters: to be able to trnnslate from

English into Chin(>se Colloquial, vivll voce. . 4-Sermon, to 'be writte:q' in the Romanised Colloquial and read before the

examiDl:ls.' ,., 'J'hird Year.

1 .... -Gehe~i5: to be able to :reaa t~l~ Chhtese Chatacu't ahd ttaniilah~ into Engliiih. 2-" The Creat Leal bing ": to be able to read the Chinese Character and

trant-late into the ,Colloquial. 3-PsalDll! 1-5: to be able to translate from English into the Colloquial,

L'it"ll voce. , 4-" h'JIIIOl1, to 1)(-> pre/wIled extempore before the ExamIners,

MALAYSIA MISSION STATISTICS FOR THE YtEAR ENDING FEB. 14th, ISH.;. ---•. ~--. ____ -.J.

~ J ..

I ~ NAMES OF CHARG;ES., .!

~

OHURCH . . HA.p- I BUNDA Y MEJlBERI!H1P; TISMS. SOHOOLS.

CDURCD t PROPE8.TY.

o z

PAST6k's'SUPPORT.

RBOErP'ril. i

~ ~ ~~

(iuttRKNT: ~:>:l'KN"~:S.

~IN.G APORE.

~ ~,~ Ii .I"-'--------L..--____ $$ $$I-i-$ -;-1$

151:,>11575 . "I : \;; 7:;!,.',., .'.~. i;~1 J!J.:!;; 70 English Church Chinese CHurch Malay Cli~b W. F. M~;800i~ty Anglo-·OIililese:.sehool'

PENANG.

18 119 10

83 63 21

2 2

11 5 4- 3:~

2 10 ~)f4

1 3 50 1 10 87 Ii 13 ~2;. 1 Ii 26

1 5000 1575

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English Church 8 8 1·:i 1 I .. ! :? 1,;.00 '.ramil Church 30 37 1 i 10 ,1,.j. ~ 1:') ";~6 .;. ";lh: ali ... I :lli... ...

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BENn'OLtNT COL­(,gCTJONs.

MlsBiona.r\ Socl~ty:

'~ ...... H

22.63 12.50 ~ :!;).2(1 ~

G.·HI '-'

220.00 r: r-: '/,' W. F. M. Society ,,,. 'Ie !..1}0~ ·.·.·.1 ... I'" \

Anglo-Chinese School !... 1

Ipouo 100j I

_E_n_g1i_·s_h_C_h_u_rc_h ___ --I!-~~ __ ~ -= .~~ _I ~ __ 4 _2_:; ~ ____ . ___ ~LI~_ ~I~~~ ~. ~.+-.li~ ~~.~ ~~~. __ :.~_ q'

~

'rotal 200 218 ~ 7131 fij) lfi M! uGH 1 tiOOO Ifill ", Wllj l~ll "·11~11i ... :;i,.R'l:t·~O fi.4!1 2:um 25; i6

_L-a-8-t-y-e_ar _______ .. ~' ~ ~~: ~I ~ 32 -"...:I: -=: _~ :000 ,"00 .:::. ~~:'I~"OO ~,~~~'Oooo ",,~,,' ~ ~~(){) ~~ (J() ~-1:~1 N

Increase 47 51 I ~ 10 2:J 8 1() :!82... ... Ill... 111 Ill, ... 1 111:. .., 4 ... o.(j:il an.71l 01

MALAYSI.A MISSION8TATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB Ifth, 1896. --SUNDAY SOHOOLS. DAY SonoOL8.

S ~ is al f! 1 i ~

~ a § a § j ~ 'I) JJ 0

" ~ I ji Ii 1 ....

!r NA,r,fES OF CHARGES. I· 00 8"; ~ 1-. i~ i '=8 c::i ~ ,d ~ 011 ,d~

l~ ~~ Z. Ill, " ! a5' .6 i rs,0rs. (.)1:1 E-! ii tJ ! ~1 £-I.~ lIt .. ' ~ toe j. t 'f'8 ~ .. ~ "0 ~ ! ~ 'ts~ "Q 'ifil ! !t 'S 8i fs=

~~ "Oe liI'" .g c::i ~! ~ ~ ~ 0 0 oa ~ ,..s o· ~ ~E-4 ...

0: z III <IIl~ ~;8 ~! 0 ~ Z E-! ~ -< t!:l !Xl

. SINGAPORE. $ $ $

English Church 2 '10 98 70 28 10 24: 160 Chinese churCh 1 3 50 40 ... 8 50 ... Mala.y Church 1 10 87 41 12 7 21 7 W. 'F. M. Society 6 13 223 165 176 9 8 50 9 1 1,900 15 236 181 14:4 160 1 9,000 29' Anglo ,Chinese School 1 1 26 ... ... 1 . .. ... 1 1 16,500 11 720 485 435 527 1 H,500 26 Boys' Orphanage 1 ... 22

PENANG.

Tamil Church " ·1 2 15 10 ... 2 .... ... W; l\.M. Society" 2 4 2~ 18 ... 8 . 1 :u, ~2 1 ... 5 75 .9 40 60 "i . '" ... An~lo Chinese School

~ 1 1 . 10 ,'10! ... ... i~' • 1 1 '" 9 532 219 222 820 ... 1 Indian Boys' SChool ' ~ 1 1 ... 2 82 flO 51 59 ... ... ...

IpoH~

English Chllrch , 1 4 25 25 8 1

;-:} j ... ... Anglo Chinese School 2 ... '" • 23 17 17 11 ... ... ... ~-.('. ' ~

'rotal' w ,c

379 22.1 36 16 -i8 556 104: 207 16 5 18,400 ~16681071 909r~3 4 20,500 8~ I.Qst year 8 32 274 228 52129 89 101 15 2 18,200 37 ~~..::.:...... , •• 955 ~ 20,5001~' Increase 8 16 282 ,1106 172 -;;- 15 106 1 3 2009 602 ... ... 188 1 ... 11

1-895] MALAYsia MISSION CONFERENCE.

MINUTES OF THE

WOM.R~S CORlf"BBBRGB • . ~,.

",iiiill Ii Ii

FIRST DAY Singapore, 15th Febr-uarfJ~·1895.

The Third Session of the Woman's Malaysia Missom. OQnference met at the Deaconess' Home, No.4, Mt. Sophia, Singapore",~t 7 a.m., on }i'riday, Febrq~ 15th, 1895. ' , ,

Bishop J. M. Thoburn presided. Psalm 87, 8-;-28 was read and prayer offered by the-Bishop. The Secretary of the last Session called t~ roll of the Conference,

and the following responded to their names; Miss $o~ .Blackmore, Miss Emma' E. Ferris, Miss Eva Foster, Miss Josephine M.Hebipger, Mrs. C. C. Kelso, Mrs. Munson, Mrs. Pykett, Mrs., West. 'The total number present was eighteen.

On motion of MiSs Foster, Mrs. Kelso was elected Secretary. On motion of MTs. Munson, the following Oo1l1IDittee.$ were ap­

pointed:-, On Education.-Mrs Munson, Miss Foster, Miss F()x,Mrs. W ~t,

Mrs. Pykett. ' , ":~' J'

On Sunday Schools.-Miss Blackmore, Miss HebiDger, Mrs. Pierc!3, Mrs.Kelso.

Reports of the work were taken up. , Mrs. M?ore being absent, Mr. Moore read th~~port of the Wo­

,man's work III Penang. (See Rep01·t A). Mrs. Pykett reported on her work in the Anglo-Chinese Bo&rding

School in Penang. fSee report B). ,,: Mrs. Munson ,reported her work in the" Epworth- Home" and'in

connection with the Malay Church and Sunday School.. (See report 0). Miss Hebinger reported her year's work: in Rescue Work. (Su

report D). On motion, the Conference adjourned till 7 a.m. on Saturday, Feb­

ruary 16th. The doxology was sung, and the benediction pronounced by

Bishop Thoburn. .

SECOND DAY ..B.i'll:gap,o.'f'e, 16th'F~rua,"!J, 1895.

, '0 ,Collfereuce n!~t at 7 a.m. with Bishop' Tliob~: in -the Chair. "Lead me, precious ~aviour" was sung. .

"-:- ~.

" D ~-", ..

The infant o'son of I?l"'o~llq, Nr5o, vye~t was baptised by Bishop Thoburn. Afterwards the J&itibap retired and IvIrs. 'Thobul"u took the chair.

Miss .!~I~c!9nQr~ )},lI}d~,3QlD,~.,~nPropr,i~~r~l11~rks, ,expres~illg what a pleasUI'e"amtpri.riiege-.it. was· teo have M-rs;' 'l'!tOOurn wit.h us.

The minutes of the previous ,session were read and approved.

Reports of the work ta.ken-up. , "M.iss ,-Blackmore repwted; all }lJvangeli~t.ic work in the V'-. F. M. S.

,in ,Singapove. (Seerep()1-t E. )' °

, ; 'MislFFerris. repot'ted: on' UeaCOliess': Home, .Chinese;Humes .. aud Schools. (See report F.)

Miss Foster read her report oOll.~¥a.la.y !and~ngl~ _ ~«b09I~. (See repo1'(p~)

'Mrs. Kelso' reported on· the Anglo-Chinese- Boatding School in -Si,'~~e. " . ( ... 'ke "'~lJ(}f't; H J . '

, ' Mr~ , West,. gavel aI1'-<?1"al; report 00 Uhinese· work; they.h3iv-e seven ',Chines~ w-omell: in: th~ir ,church. '

It was moved by Mrs.' Munson :and' 'se~Oilded by' ~iss.- ~ebinger, that the Chait" appoint a Com_mitt~ on Finanee.--.:Pz"'{t1we' COlllmittee, Miss lllackmore"Mrs. MOGre; Mrs" Munson, ,Mrs. ,Stagg;, ,Miss E. E. :.~~~~(~x?~~~o!!~ ~ t,.'-

, On . motion of lvIrs. Kelso, a Special Committee of three, wa.~ ,.ap-o pointedJto COllfeI!with a similar. Committee f.rom the-..(Jonference,to revi::;e the ~Ialay cours~ of ~tud'y.-Committee: Miss Blackmore, Mrs. \Vest·and Ml8.JMull~ou. '

The COrlllllittee on ~unday Schools presented their report, which was adopted. (See l°ep01·t I).

The Committee on Edu:;ation_p~esented their report, and it was a10p'~ed. .O~te, ,:eP.'!1"t /)', .

Miss Blackmore reported for~he, 8.4aUlin.ipg. CqlI)JPittee iI;l. the }.la~ay·Yqur~pr$~udy.~;dlrs.; ~un~o~ passe4 iIi the second y.ear; Mrs. ,·Pykett,o~:.Fe~xis'oa1:ld.Miss F()~ter passed,in the'~rst year~

Oli' motion-'of· M'rB.'1'hohurn, kfT8. Ke'l.so: apd: Miss-Foster were appointed a COUl'mittee on Publication of the M.inutes. '. Qn.moticlIlJOf.M.r.s:, ~elso, the BUlll' of twelve do-Har!;. was ordered ~o he collected for expeuse in publishing the Minute::;.

JMoved a.nC:bse(Oonded,' thart Miss Blackmore be', elected.. Correspond-i:'g ~~r-etary'. ' ' .

1'he Hp("l'efary read al~tter of greetir.g>' f1'01.11 the :sisters of the l'\)()chow ,v Oman't3 (JonferencE": \ .. , -,

it _wasp~jb~o'~('d: thu.L our' OorrespolJding ·S~~ret.alY be requested to rBsrond;to this sis:e1'ly greeting~ , " -

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On, m9tion theCollf~rence adjournec;I, to meet ,at ~~ ~U·of tpe pr'esident, and- was cl9sed hy-sirigiilg the d6:tology_ '

THIRD SESSION. Sin,qa,po1"e, 29tli Fe/iiru(wg, 18(}5 ..

,The ConOOl'euce met. at 11 a.m .• ' ,M.ra. Thobul'n III the, Chair: Mrs;' Morgan was asked' to-offer prayer.

The ¥ipllte.& Qr tb~ Brevjolls session were read and approved.

The C9mI!lit~e~ oll,t}l!3~lalay Uourseof St:udy pres~~tec:l t;heir report, reUOlllIIlelldiI~g that the same course required for .the mell)~s

,of the A~lllUal Conference be ,adopted, Mrs,Motga'n,'Mrs.-Dr. Kensett, and Mrs. Carroll were intrOduced

of the Confer-ence. It was moved that the same Examining Committee be oontin~ed,

tviz.: Mrs. R. W., M unsOl~" Miss Sophia Blackmore, Mrs. C. ,C. Kelso.

It was moved by Miss Foster and seconded by Mrs. l{e.~~oJ that t~eG(i)P'espon4!ng Secretar'y be instructed to send greetings to the absent members of our Conference.

; Moved, by Mrs. Munson,seconded by Miss Blackmore, 'that Miss FetTis ,be authorised to convey our greetings to the Bengal Conference at Rangoon.

Moved to adjourn after the reading of the Minutes.

Conference dosed' with prayer by Mr~. rrhol?uni.

MARY O. KELSO, COlljel'ence Secl'etaty.

REPORTrs . .A.

,REPOl-tT~,OI~ THE WOMAN'S WORK iN P~NA.NU. Girls' SchooL8,,-;-Weare able to see at the end of this vear a won­

derful impnvemeut in,ourpupils, especially. those wh~ha;e attended . school for threej~a-rs. 1'heir own mothers mention the same to, as,

and say tbey notice' the difference in the ",ray and manners of their children. It makes one's heart glad, on visiting theBe, families, to be l'eceived wit.h cordial·'confidence. At our annual picnic we were de­light-ed to see most,of.our Chinese girls join us, and,share our tiffin, a great pr~f to,us,oftheparents~ t.I:ust. Formerly the g'irlsfeared to eat allY t,hillg with us at UtiI' l.eal', fe..a.ring, S01l1e charm in the food sup­posed' to, ha\-e power to slea) their heart~ amI make them Uhristians.

In 1-he suhoolR we ,bene a stronger 8~ff of teachers, aUti ha\'e graded lip to standlli'd" four. Needl~-work halS ISO greatly. il1Jproved

'MALAYStA M1SSION CONFFiRENCE. ·[1895

that Mrs: Skinner gave it a special compliment. The singing'~f Chr!8-~,b~n~,~nd;the.:.te~chjng of Bible 1~8S0118. are continually carried on. ,. The pt;idis are n.otonly Utterested, but ~i'e~ab.le to answer ques­tions of a r~glous na.ture. ' The number of pupils, after allowing for sO'ute who ~~g too old for school have left, is about the same as :last.year .. -N;ext' 'month w~ .are expecting a ',number of new girls. Our .hers are~nmtereste4 in tile: war" aI!~ gladly assist us in visiUng\the .l:touses. . ... . . .' '

. .SUnc!-WI: Sc/to()ls.:-We have now two 'Sun4ay Schools belonging tQthe W;.F. M.s., one for Chillese girls, meeting at Pulau Tikus; the otl!er for Tamils, meeting at the Priory. '

" DUring; the year a Chinese woman, the mother (>f some of our .s~hol,rs, wl).s.~ptised tQgether wit~ ~~r baby. TwoT'amil women have also heen bapt18ed. Our general vuntmg, conducted by us both, to­g~tller . ~ith oneof.:our teachers, who acts as a sort of Bible woman, h~·been~noouraging. We have also received many visits from Chi­nestif and T~mil women, and they know our house. is open and welcome .to th'i~: aU. '. .

'. M. H. MOORE • B . i.-

'BEPQRT, OF. .. ,ANGLO;-CHL'lESE BOARDING S,(jHOOL, 'PENANG. -~ur ,&ar44ig School was open~d last Apri~.~ith one boy; when

we chiised kr th~~preserit holidays we had seven. . : I _veW t.li~ ~re of. the boys and the manag~~ent of the house.

O\\Tjng tQ. thi.PrtC~s. befug 'so high-, the Boarding School has not been abJe ~ ~ ·It;.s way. Thus it ha~ been a grea..t expense to us all the yQar. Bllt~,nQtwith8tanding many disadvantages t~e -yvork has been one of't>ncouragement; and we have been abundant~y~elped by the Lord in k~p~it'~n. ::-",H~ has prove~ faithful tliatproiiiised," though faith has of1tmti~es,~n very,. very. weak .. But the -Lo!:,d bas led. us on t~us

-}~r, ani\we t~ank_and praIse HIm for It. We have"had famIly readmg and prayer, and singing witIi the boys every morning.

, I haye also baQ. a Sunday class with the boys and my own childran, whICh ma4e -an -,'average attendance of eight 8choI~. This has been a great -pleasure, to . me. The attention of thebQ.'ysduring.class and 'theparfect -Ie~sonsI'epeated were most encollr~ng. They looked forward to. Sundays, and seemed much intere$~in what they were 'taught. : May"God grant that some of the seed..-sown, may fall into g.ood·gl'Oondand:bear fruit in His own time. Th~boys' parents dsited them;' and'3J5pea'I'ed quite satisfied that their, children were well cared for. We, too, often visited their homes, and were always received with greatc0urtesy: and kindness.: . :: -, -

In additiofito the 130arding School worJr, tJ1a.v~ Peen teaching- in a Ma!lj.y family; and the,mone.! I earned from. t)1i~ h~shel~d to ~!. the balance of rent"Jor the Boardmg SchooL

I regret to sny that we have beeu recoUJmended, ulldel' tllE~ eir-

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~umBtanceB, to give up the Boarding . Scho~J since it is unable to pay .,~ expenses.

I have ~ondu~te~l a shiging: ~lass, at ou~b()use on Friday eyenings for the. soldiers; we' have. had good gatherings; a 'f~ of onr Church members and others have attended.' , , , ", .

I . have taken" .uP work outside in tbe Juvenim' ',BraD~h of the LO.G.T. which w~s opened last May, when I was'electe<tSuperintend­ent of the Temple. We began with twenty-four members' a~d we now have fifty-two in good standing~ 'l'he sessions are held~'weekly, on Wedne8iay afternoons; they are always well attended, -arid tbechild­ren take a great interest in the work. The work is' growiug. ra;pidly~ in spite of the enemi,es of temperance which .surround us. May God's blessing rest upon this and all our feeble efforts for Him,; and;'g:rant that we may be filled with His Holy' Spirit, and endued '~th: wisdom and strength for o~r wo~k of the coming' year. . .

MRs. A.~PYKErrT. c ,. '''', .. REPORT TO WOMAN'S CONFERENCE, IS9!);'

My work this year has been to assist my busbana,in coriducting the home for boys, called the Epworth Home. During the, y~,~thirty boys, representing.fo~:r, nationalities, ha-ye lived with us, ~ have round the work most inter.es~g and am ,glad to report that a number of the children have greatlx. ,improved in Christian chara.~~~ and: conduct. Three of the hQyt:! haye done two year's school work1n one. A good number are ready to testify for Christ on the streefa~id jeering ~wds of Mahommedans and among their school fellows;~ -and 'count 'it an honour to endure hardness for Christ's sake. Our.desire isior them to ~earn English and, improve their knowl~ge of M;alay, that they may be ready to preach and teach when old enough. ' ,

The money for their support has been earned or recelv~, un­solicited, from friend~~ with such fees as relatives cou.1~ ~fford to ~y. During the experi~.pc~s of the year I have often felt the t~nth of that oldrbyme:' .

In the neart Qf him who would othel'l:! fule,' .~,,} LoVe, hope, and patience mustftrst keep sc.hOOl;, .

. and I am sure I _have"profited more by the year's wor)r: than any boy. J have visited in the homes of relations and fdends 'Ofth~ pupils and have been most kindJy received; in some casesthey:haye been glad to hear the GOSPE~l'. ':As I have -listened to sad stories I have realised

:that the hand of heathenism in poverty rests very hea;vilyupon,women. 'The only comfortmg",.thought is tbat-the liberty of Christ will make them free.

In our Malay church services and SUI~day' seh(~),(!)J.' we ha\"e seen much to encourage';tts, ahd we look forward WIth bright h?pes that the coming year- will be 8, ~ood one for both sowing and. reatnng.

. . OARRIE_,·L.MuiiSON. ':' .

l{ALA1~SIA )HSSIO!\ COXFEREXCE.

D' RESCUE, WOR.K.

[1895

, TIie 'darkneSs a.nd wickedness or-some parts.of the :city c~nnot :be described. Eyes must see, ears mu:st 'hear, lives must come in eon­t~ct with tille .. p90r fa.Ilen, in .order to- understand. Is it eaSy to look upon all 'this?' No, but how InU'st the Fat}ier feel, when His blqod­-bouglttcbildren creep aJong the dust 'of"lhe ~ai'1h; an'd see nothing :,l?tit '6arth~.' ne~er 'once ;thinking of looking.'up'a,bo\+e ~the'fa('e 01£ One wh()"so1()v~·them 'that He gave a.Ir He had: for th~ml?

Iil our Home:w~ have had three -girls j;one of them hasrecentJy married, open:ri~ "another Christian home. ",Shematried 81 (11ertfue~ ~ oud~hurch, who wa;s-~ischarged bY'his former-employer beca~e he'biltl joined t-he '" Jesns belief" 'people, but God is Jcaril1g,'jor him. This-girl had never heai'da;bout Jesus, and -it wasoor, privilege to be the 'first to carry the news <?f salvation tocher. A. !few weeks ago"l was;sxplaitlitik how Jearls knew all about us, how He heard when we told falsehoods. She looked a~~e. with mouth and~eyes wide open, saying, "I cannot un,dereta.nd how He can know~?' I found ber 'Several . times after this alo,n,e on :ber ]me~. \\1flen she fir~'eame,she, stood and 'laughed outr~ght as we'belt for family worShip. God's·-seed"SOW1l'does work tbough the Holy Spirit. '

,\Ve, expect this coming year to:teaeh, little girls in their' own 'languag~ and do. night work among the fallen. .

J.M. HE BINGER.' . -.i(' E

:WOMAN'S FOREIGN' MIRS:IO~ARY SOCiETY.-"-'-E'~NGELIS'l\fb'WORK~ EVflIl'geljstic. W oi'k ·.during 'the past year 'comprises visiting the

women in their homes, 'org~nising and oonducting' Sunday schOdl~; and holding meetings for- the women and. girls. . '

In the v.i8iting- work Mrs;· Pierce: and Mrs. Jones nave ·been my aSsistants. Miss Fox, owing todotnestic T~OnS, -has be'en' oblig~d (to ,jgiv'e'up this work,that she loves sowell; ,Her women 'miss her very much. They ~ntjnuaHy a~k for her. The yea,rs of fai'thfnlfIleed!­BOwing that Mis~ Fox bas done must brIng in results. When we were _paying _: OUl' visits at ~ ew Year .time, we ~ere mach pleased with .a young ,:Cl1inese woman· whom Miss Fox taught .. She .. ~ maiTi~d,~p,w.; her husband,is a wealthy m~n and their home.is ~~asomelyOfurn~liea, :but~t an idol is to bc seen anywhere.. 'l'he _llusbana wanted;a ,m9~t ,e1~~e oneimade, but Soo,Neo oq.jected 'and.gained,herrpomt. : . '1;hr~:lUghout the year ·Mr~. Pierce'has been. 'Tery successful in her visiting work. She reports seventy-one houses on her list. Her one ~hought.is to bring the knOWledge. of God to, the heathen ''M91>le. She :dev9teB (herself and all that. she ,has ,to th~ object She is a ,great friend t<?th:e ,women of TelukAyer.,Her .. D0me' is amongst ·them ". all:d ~he is al.ways ready to na\1e them 'there and, to do a kindness for any of them. Many of them call her mama and: come to her 'with

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their troubles and wants. Mrs. Jones began-work ill June and has learned to love it very

much. She has a "happy knack" of making- friends with the women and of finding her way mto new home..~. Mrs. 'Jones Yisits;"ninety-nine homes with regularity, . ... ,

In all we have 170 houses that we visit frequently and are. in many places warmly welcomed. In some cases the women are afraid of us and onr aggressi ve methods, and wish we would not distutb- them in their old ways; but others listen to us and love the message. Late­ly one woman whom we belie\7e has accepted .Tesus said to me: "1 do thank you so for coming to teach me; and I can never repay you. If "it were a debt of money I owed I could return the money and the debt' would be callcelled, but this debt of kindness I cannot return; it will never be cancelled."

NOll!fa Sin Neo, who was baptised in our Deaconess' Home in April, was one of the results of the visiting work. For five long years she heard the Gospel story and believed iIi it, too, bu't trembled tq, confess Christ openly. She was the first of her class' ·19- be baptised: . She has grown in the faith since and bravely testifies fo~ it amongst, her heathen friends. She bears reproach for "His name's sake" in a ' beautiful spirit. Her relations a.re getting more and more alinoyed with her for being a Christian. Their friends" twit" her sons about it until they are ashamed to meet them. By their mother's own act they think she has forfeited all resped and reverence that Chines~ sons give to their parents. "It would have been better for you 'to have taken the mud and filth frou~ the streets and be~llleared our- faces with it than to have thrown a way our old religion ; we would not ha ~e been so humiliated," is what these sons tell their mother.

Kim Neo, a young _Ohinese woman 'Nho found a' hO"me with Mrs. Pierce, quickly opened her heart to Jesus. -She was baptised 27th May. Her friends ·told her if she became a -Christian she would never get' a husband. Several heathen asked for -her and were refuse~, but when' a Ohristian man came forward he was acceptetl. The women of Telnk Ayer were very iuterested; they helped all they could, lent the bride wtldding garments,';and came to the chu1'ch to see what a Christian wedding is li~e.; :;

In the "arious Sunday schools of the Woman's work we have 223 scholars, with an average attendance of 165. These scholars are ga­thered together in ,school rooms, in their own homel:i, and ih the open ait'. Sume of these Sunday schools ate well organised; ill others the scholars ha ve no idea of d.iscipline.

The Sunday school conducte~ by l\iiss Ferris in Teluk Ayer 11as, had a good year. Many;' of the pupils have to be gathere~J together each'Sunday, taken to school in a gha1'l'//, and taken'h6me~8gain in the· , 8am8;.,3Y. The.pnpil~Laave enjoyed the lessons aiiddhe· picture' r.apers that ou\'e beell g'i\'t'll t\.~ them. The.y had 'l\ -C'hri~tmas tlee, too, \\'hico

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was a great novelty and delight to them. On. Sul1day afternoon Miss Foster has ~. pleasap.t Sunday s~hool

for the girls wholive in the Deaconess' Ho~e.' < • •• •

In the ~j15sio~ Girls' School we ha ve organi~ed tpe pupili:! irito, a, Sunday school~~ which is conducted on FrIday. Th~ girls are divid~d into classes. They study the International lessonsapd h~ve review. "\Ve are particularly pleased because two of our own, girls, Mah Li and Boon Neo, are teachers in this Sunday school. We look upon t.hem ap the first fruits of our work, and trust as the years go by many Christian workers will go forth from our home and schools b tell th~. good news of salvation to theil' own people. rfhe Chinese fa,nilies who are taught in their own homes have also aU been organised as SUllday schoo~s, and they, too, are taught the Internatiol1allessons, by Mrs. Pierce and myself.

On Sunday w,e h~ve a school for neglected children in K ampong Kapor. "~e hold tbis sqhool ill the open air. Mrs. Jones and members. of the Epworth League render invaluable assistance here. Our pupils are Malay; they are wild and unruly. The ~ame of Jesus is hated by them, but each Sunday we have a good crowd and. are blessed our­selves, .for we realise" if God be for us, who can be against us?"

On SUl1day morning also we called some Tamil cbildren together, amid ~ good many diffic1,llties, tP teach them about the true God.

For many months we had pleasant meetings for tbe women in Teluk Ayer, s.ometimes having as many as thirty out at a time. If some of these women were not afraid of the consequences they would believe in the Lord Jesus. In Lim Neo's home, too, from time to time meetings have been he14 for the women.

r. On Sunday evening we have a class meeting fQr the. girltl in the Deaconess' H9~e. I t was at this little class tha~ Chun N eo first con­fessed her desire to follow Christ, and afterwards took off her char~s that ~he had. worn from infancy to protect her from e~H spirits ~nd sickness. .

The Evangelistic trip that Miss Ferris and I paid to Pale~bang, Sumatra, in September, was full of interest, and we hope. wi1J prove to be a pioneer trip. It was at the love feast that,followed the Malay Quarterly Conference that Lim Neo told us that women in Palembang; wanted to know of Christ and were asking for Christian books. Aftm:­wards she consented to take Miss Ferris and me with the books. On o.qrarriv~l in P~lemba~g we were introduced to a Chinese gentleman named,Lim Chip Hiang, then to his Malay wife. We accepted their invitation and were their guests during our ~tay.One of our fit'st duties. was to inform. the Resident of our arrival and ask his permis.....,ion to sell our books. 'Ve met with quite a cord~~l reception. We had as our ~tock.150 ,Gospels and 700 little books and .trad& As we. weut about selling t~est! daily we bad to walk 011 J)'!-Hk.'eti-up roadS, then .. we callie to llUusee; oonnected l,y rude IJlauk biiages or lug's, llot alwaJs

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easy to walk on. From one house we were called to another, our tracts sold quickly, our Gospels more slowly. In the houses we would sing, read .specimens from our books, and tell of the Saviour of man­kind. Our host and hostess were not a verse to the Gospel. Each night I would talk 1.0 the wife and Chip Hiang would come in tb encourage us,. perhaps listen, or ask for the story over again .. He brought our books to the notice of his \'isitors, bought some for himself and others to give away. Late into the night we would hear the wife reading ~loud from her Bible. Miss Ferris had t:!ome simple medicines with her a.nd had several patients who came to her before we wen t out book selling.

The population of the town of Palembang is 70,600 souls; of these 6'3,000 are Malays, 5,000 Chinese, 2,000 Arabs, 200 Dutch, and 400 soldiers. 1'he Dutch Minister confines himself to his own countrymen. ,Ve bre of opinion that two Deaconesses could do good work in Palembang.

SOPHIA BLACKMORE. F

DEACONESS HOME, CHINESE HOMES AND SCHOOLS. The Conference year which has just closed has been one freighted

with blessings for us: On the 31st of March we remo-V'ed to our Dea­coness' Home, which l}ad been purchased two months before. This Home was consecrated to God in prayer, and we aqked Him to make it a centre from which good would radiate to other homes and other lives.

,. The day following our removal to our new home-. Miss Blackmore, the founder of the woman's' work here, came back with-renewed vigour and deeper consecration to the work which is so dear to her heart.

On the 29th of April, at the close of our first month in our new Home, a Chinese woman was bapti~ed. After the service she touch­ingly asked us to pray for her, saying, " \Yhen you pray, call out my name."

I t has been our pri "ilege to entertain many of our brothers and sisters in our common work. In this we have been especially benefit­ed, as our hearts have been drawn out to take deep interest in the WOl=}{ of others. \ .

\ Vith those wh6m we have entertained who were' not Christians, we have talk~d candidly about their souls' salvation. V,Teknew of two who gave themselves to Christ in our home and others who were led at least to think of things pertaining to Bternal life. '

Ma,Y 4th, J894, the Methodist Girls' School was opened. It can· venE'S in -a downstairs room in the Deaconess' Home. This school to­getLer with our Mission Boarding school, does not leave much space un-oc('u pied in our new Home. .

'1'e have had twenty· nine girls in our boarding school dur~ the ye~r. Miss RbptKiambas done veryeffiuient work as matron. One girl was taken-'a~y from us under false pretences. Her father

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hrought. her to us. saying that he wanted her to be educated .in our school. Her mother it! a bad woman, and the father bad brought the child wit.hout the mother's consent. After the child had been with us for several· months the father became very ill. 'fhe-JIDother sent to the school, saying her husband was dying and wanted to see his child. She was allowed to go homA. The- mother immediately made arrange­ments to take her husband, though so very ill, and child to one of the neighbouring islands. They went away and we have not heard from them since .. , The father prohably died and the mother is keeping the child away, fearing we would get her again, as the. father had made out agreement papers stating that he gave the child to us for a certain number of-years. It is a comfort to know t.hat the ,all seeing-eye of God is watching over Ah Hoi and some day she wi:l come back to us. She had learned to trust in God, and during the months of her absence ID'l.ny prayers have been offered for her.

Beng Neo, our eldest gIrl, was married on November 13th, 1894, to a Christian man. Of the remaining twenty-seven girls six have been baptised and united with the Church. on probation during this year, and six were taken into the Churcuas full members. The .little ones of our h9me are all learning lessons of trust. and dependellce on God. -' ..,.

9n going to my work in Teluk Ayer my ~ttention was drawn to a little girl who_was always watching for me and would call me to en­ter the house, which I usually did. The girl, Chun Neo, would then asked me to req':le.st her mother to allow her to att43nd school or come to live in the l!oP,le. I frequently suggested it but always met .with a refusal.. ACtimes the mother was insane. The brother became tired of taking care. of her and wished to put ~er .in the asylum. The daught~rs did not wish her to go there, so they, with their mother wer-e t.mned out intotlle streets. None of their relatiye~, would have any,,: thing to do with them. Mrs. Pierce, Ollr Bible woman, hunted them up. $he took the elder girl to her own home and prov.ided for the IlIPther, while Chun !\'eo, the younger girl, came to live with LIS. In the course of .a few months the eJdest girl was_ c.o~verted and married to a Christian Chinaman. Soon after her marriage her uucle came ~rom one of th~.~t:leig.hbouring isla?ds to Singapgr~.m take her, ,dUppOS­mg she was shllsmgle, .andglve her to aChulaman 'for ,a second wife. He had.sOld her some time before. lIe found that she. had a husband to pr~tect; her. He was very angry but ,determined, to take Churi Neo: ins,tP-.ad, as he did not intend to have to pay back the money. Tengah, th~ elder girl, Bent us word and.told us to. guard' UhunNeo. The uncle, with the mother and a fri~nd, came :time and. again begging Ohun Neo to leave. The child wa~ afraid of . the man and did.Ilot even want to oee her mother. Shelf~r:ed that ,in .some way they would take her'awayby force. W~t901" her to t1:J.e -' Pro­tectorate .and .she related h~r story. ,The offici.%4.·~old us to 8end the

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man to him if he returned to trouble us. \Ye did this allCl we ha~e not seen. or heard from him sinre.

\Ye have been especially thankful to God for His care over the children in the Home. 'Ve have ha~ no seriOllR ease of illness during the entire year. -

Chinese Schools. Teachers have been employed in sevt'ral homes and have done

faithful work. Thirty - four children have been under instruction during some part of the year. There has been much of encouragement in this work, and our hearts had been gladdened many times as we looked into the faces of these little oned listening so attentively to tl:e gospel story. Many of these children are Christians at heart although not baptised.

The Teluk Aver School has had fifty pupils in attendance during the year. At no time have we had more than thfrty in regular attendance.

The work in this school, for many reasons, is sometimes a little discouraging. The girls are not supposed to be bellefitted much by an education. \Vhen we ask the parents for girls for the school the re­ply invariably comes, "":hat is the use of spending money to educate girls? The.v can never earn money. Their lot is to cook and sew; anything furthur is Qf no immediate use." When a girl reaches the ~ature age of tweNe years she is considered too large-to attena· schoo.l, hence -this is another source of discouragement to the teacher. When she has a class a little advanced in studies and when the girltl aTG ue­ginning to understand and love study for the kndwlege itself, the parents 8ay, "We cannot permit our girl to go longer to school," so she is taken away from the school and in some cases gi,·es up studying altogether. Some of the more intelligent parents make provision-for a teacher in their homes, and thus while we lose pupils from the school we gain them in the homes. vVhene~er there is a te,acher, the children are gathered in, as the outlay of money is the same for one pupil as fOt, twenty. Pupils t;tay out of school for such tl'ivial ·tbing~, and tlIp parentE; seem to think the irregular olles should be asfaradva.nced a~ those who have attended regularly. .

The teachers in this school, Misses Yzelman and Angus, have done faithful work durii1g the year. They have vi:::;ited the home:-i of the pupils with me, and we have made our way into new homes whenever possible, and in every way we have tried to influence and help the women and girls. The Gospel ~tory has been faithfully t~ught and many of these children are Christian at heart. For this reason some of the mothers have decided to keep the children at home during' this coming year. but we hope that God's Spirit will so influellce them that tAe.~· will ultimately want the· children to come back to us. _ _ .. :-

011e litt Ie girl· w1)()se face had become very fallliliar to us, as she wit ... 80 regular in attendance, wellt home to be with Jesus early in t.he

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year. We miss her pre:;:;ence hut she is with Chri:4, which is far better. EMMA E. FERRIS.

G REPORT OF lIlALAY AN'll ENGJ~ISH 'RCHOOLS.

This department of work re.quiresas much patience and care as any other, hut j5erhaps its results are less ob"iollS to our 8,Dxions ob­servation. They mugt be Eixpected rather in the, future than in the present,but we :hope that careful training and Christian instruction will blossom and bear fruit in theseyourrg lives. ,

The, 'Mjssion Girts' SchooloD 'Middle :Road 'has had 'an 'average enrolmentbLnirietY-Beven, with:an:averageattendance'of sixty';nine. A -much 'larger nluiiber have been in 'the school for:a brief period" prin­cipally a1llOI~g the little ones. ,Unfortunately, many of these children are under litHe 'restraint at home, and their attendance at school is regulated a.cOOramgto their own changing desire,' but this hindranc'e m~8t be expected. One of the indirect results of systematic instruction will 'be the a,-.quiSition of the habit of 'Self-control, and as a consequence duty will be'followed instead of self-will.

Thete have been four regular teachers during the year, ~and each has 'sufficient work to require eCono~y of time and management. Circumstances necessitated several changes of teachers for one claS's, which con~quent1y failed to meet the requiremeJ;l~, a.nd the average perCentage gained was reduced to eignty-three(83e>/,,). The,sewing ex­amination was conducted by Lady Mitchell, who el:pressed herl:lelf very kindly coricerni~g the work. The children all passed creditably. The minureconcerning the inspection contaIns these words; "The Chinese g'irls, at the' American Mission School seem ,to w~rk very nicely,'and their teachers deserve great credit." :, '

In 'October I found that my work in the new school preverited my giving the necessary time and attention to the Middle Roa'd'School and Miss Blackmore kindly re1ieved~,m~ of the charge.

In May the new' .Methodist Girls' School was opened in the Deaconess' IIOjlle. The accommodations are not so converiient as we desire, but th~yhave sufficed thus far. The, aw·rage em~olmeritis twenty. All the standards are represented. There Hie'two assisfa,nt teachers who are doing faithful. work. The mi,cleus of a bOarding sehool ha~ heenfqrmed, and we 'hope to make t,hls, department a sric­eessful one. ,\Ye wish to make' the' Rchool a first dass institution, where thorough Recular instnietit>n' may be eombined with Christian teaching. It has been our desire for SOUle time to havea'kindeqiarten in connection with the primary department. It is greatly ne~rled, and we hope the way to secure' a thoroughly trained teacher will be 'opened soon. '

Miss Blackmore has' given religious in,.st(l1:ction in both sphools since ~her return, and "we expect th~t ~he ~Ol d of God thus sown" will t~ke 'ro~t in th'ese young and l'ecept'ive'he l.rt~. ',,"

EVA FOSTER.

1895J MALAYSIA MISSION CONFERENCE.

H REPoH'l' OF THE ANGLO-CHINESE BOARDING bCHOOL,

SINGAPORE.

39

At the opening of the School year the numoor of boarderlS was reduced to fourteen, some went into business, others·retun~ed' to their homes. New boys, however, soon filled their places. There ha\'e been twenty-six different boys in the school within the year. Most of the time there have been twenty-one boarders.

\\T e try to make the school as much like a home as possible. They are our boys and we try to make them feel at home. We have ~illging, Scripture reading, and prayer with the boys daily,and the Sunday ;:chool lesson on Sunday mornings.

The number of Christian boys ill: the Boarding School has gTeatly increased. "~e haye a weekly prayer meeting, which is undetstood. to be for the benefit of Christian boys, and those who want to be Christians, and which is,alwaysattended by at least nine or ten of the boys; lllO:lt

of these are ~ut-8poken Christians and lead in prayer. It is an inspiratipn to us to hear their earnest prayers for purity of heart, for their parel1ts, and for the con yersion of the other boys.

We often realise in.a special ma~ner the presence and power,of the Holy Spirit Weare as:sured that the Spirit is· working' on the hearts of all our boys.' One of the lads who·had been a perseeutoJ.· of the Christian boys and whose influence in the school is very great, is now among the praying ones, and faithfully attends the prayer IDeeting. The Chrbtiall boy::; are active and regularly attend:; chnrch services.. Pr{Lise God for the blessed prh-iJege of being co-labourers with Hilll.

Outside work has been done in the 'V. C. 'r. U. and as Leader of the Band of Hope and J uuior League.

MARY C. KELSO. I

REPORT OI<' UUMMl'l"l'EE ON 8UNDA Y SCHOOLS. During the pat::it year Sunday schools have received much atleutioll

and it is gratifying to find that nearly all the melllbers .of our ~7 oman'::) Conference either superintend a Sunday school or are largely responsible for t he manage~eni( of one.

TheHe schools'a;re taught in many different places and with different ll1ethod~, and 'number nineteen in all. Some are taught in t.he home of the missionary, some in the homes of the pupils, some in the day st:hool buildings, and some in the open air. Ipoh reports 011e; Penang three, and Singapore fifteen; pupils, 849. The languages iu"which. ~Sunday ~chooJ::; are taught ai'e, Engli::;h, Tamil, Malay and ()hinese. .

Your Committee would urge that Sunda,y school w.-ork should stIll be kept to the front a~~ new schools opened when workers can be found to go forward in tbis \vork.

In HIe lalJes of "our towus the chilurelJ' ('au 1,(' gathered together either 011 the Lord's day 01' t.lle week uay ~ t llere are ~o Uf.IDY little vue};

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that might be won fur the Saviour. Thel'eare "also one or two places where SUllcW.y schoO'ls for English speaking children could be opened ..

\i\T e havtl done well in the past, let us do better in the coming year. SOPHIA BLACKMORE. PHOEBE PIEROE. JOSEPHINE".M. liEn INGER. M"ARY C. KEU~O.

J

EDUOA.TIONAL WORK.

Tile Committee on Educational Work beg lea\~e to submit the following report.

The educat.ional interests ha\"e prospered during the year. The whole number of children under instruction in the schools of the Mission has been about three hundred. In Singapore there are seven private sehoolsin Chinese homes, three day schools, and a boarding sehool.. The Methodist Girls' School was opened in May, and is able to report the beginning of a boarding school.

The two schools in Penang report about the same atteudance as last year. The difficulty of retaiuing the native pupils for any length of :time is one of the hindrancE'S to effective work, but the bands of custom are ~Iow]y loosening. A better sentimentis noticeable among the -people,- and their distrust of foreign influence is decrea~ing.

We are much interested in the department recently opened in Ipoh, and we hope that the present opening for .e1ucational work may develop into a good school

Religious instruction has been carefully given in every school. and we believe t.he days to cume will show that many 0f these young and impref::isible lives ha\'e been influenced for Christ.

CARRIE L. MUNSON. :::;. C. Fox. LE'l"l'Y "\VEs'r. EVA };~OSTEli. A. PYKETT.

COURSE OF S1'UDY FOR DEACONESSES.

First Yem". English Biblc-

Old Testament to Job. New Testament. tIle Four Gospel:-

and Acts of the Apostles" ] )iscipline. Catechism, No.2, Theological CompendiulIl- Rinne,lj, Smaller History of the Bible--S1I1ith. I,ife of Shirer Dora. Deacon(.'t;SC5 Ancient and Modern.

Second Yem'. English Bible, completed. Church History--Hu, .. ~t, ,Mudge's Handbook of Methodism. Ufe of Elizabeth }'ry. Christian's Secret of a Happy Life. Geikie's I,ife of Ch.ist, A Book on 1\1 alaysia.

Vernacular. TIll' ~nl1ll' COllI'f'P requif(!d for Members of the Annual Confel't'nc(>

P'm; reports dUJ'£ng tIle year of tILe UJol'k done by the ilh'ssiorlm'ies 0.1 the ',11. E. Cltw'ch, and otlzer 1}odiel>, see

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