Thirty-seventh A nnual Report

OF

The Woman's

Unzon Mzsszonary Soctety

of America for Heathen Lands

New York

~b, lmfcJlerbocller 1)ress. 'Aew mork

Woman's

-----PRESIDENT:

MRS. HENRY JOHNSON, Address, 67 Bible House.

VICE-PRESIDENTS:

NEW YORK.

MRS. WILLIAM RANSOM, MRS. J. E. JOHNSON, MRS. WM. W AL TO]S" CLARK, MRS. J. :T. McCOMB, MRS. S. O. VANDER POEL.

BROOKLYN.

MRS. W. H. HARRIS, MRS. T. B. McLEOD, MRS. S. T. DAUCHY, MRS. CALVIN PATTERSON, MRS. L. R. PACKARD.

ITHACA, N. Y.

MRS. J. P. McGRAW.

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

MRS. J. HOWARD SMITH, MRS. ABEL STEVENS, MRS. ROBERT STRAIN.

SYRACUSE, N. Y.

MRS. R. TOWNSEND.

PLATTSBURG, N. Y.

MRS. M. K. PLATT.

~. NEWARK, N. J. MRS. C. C. HINE.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. MRS. CHARLES DUNHAM.

SUMMIT, N. J. MRS. A. M. MORRISON.

NEW HAVEN, CONN.

MRS. F. B. DEXTER.

MORRISTOWN, N. J. MRS. JULIA KEESE COLLES, MRS. F G. BURNHAM.

SHORT HILLS, N. J. MRS. H. A. BUTTOLPH.

PRINCETON, N. J. MRS. ARNOLD GUYOT.

PITTSBURG, PA.

MRS. F R. BRUNOT.

CINCINNATI, O.

MRS. N. FOSTER.

CHICAGO, ILL.

MRS. O. F AVERY.

ROCKFORD, ILL.

MRS. RALPH EMERSON.

LOUISVILLE, KY.

MRS. JOHN A. MILLER.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY,

-MIssIS. D. DOREMUS.

EDITOR OF "THE MisSIONARY LINK,"

MISS S. D. DOREMUS.

RECORDING SECRETARY,

MRS. Z. S. ELY.

TREASURER,

Z. S. ELY, ESQ.

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ASSISTANT TREASURERS,

MISS ELIZABETH B. STONE, MISS M. S. STONE. Address, 67 Bible House.

TREASURER OF "THE MISSIONARY LINK,"

MISS HELEN LOUISE KINGSBURY.

AUDITOR,

JOHN M. NIXON, ESQ.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON INVESTMENTS,

Z. S. ELY, ESQ., SUMNER R. STONE, ESQ ... HIRAM HITCHCOCK, ESQ.

LEGAL ADVISER,

MR. WILLIAM FORD UPSON.

MANAGERS: MRS. D. J. ELY, MRS. PETER H. BALLANTINE,. MISS J. VAN VORST, MISS L. 1. GREENOUG~, MRS. WM. P. HALSTEAD, MISS C. L. CLARKE, MISS SARAH WALLACE, MRS. W. H. ROPES, MRS. H. L. SOUTHMAYD, MRS. STERLING MORRISON,. MRS. H. L. PIERSON, JR., MRS. L. A. OPDYKE, MRS. W. WILLIAMS, MISS E. W. BEERS, MISS A. T. VAN SANTV..ooRD, MISS E. A. DEAN, MRS. E. E. ROBINSON, MRS. JOHN ERVING, MRS. S. J. BROADWELL, MRS. D. J. REYNOLDS,

MRS. DEWITT KNOX.

HONORARY DIRECTORS: MRS. E. P. ROGERS, I MRS. R. 1. BROWN, MRS. W. APPLETON, MISS E. M. GRAVES, MRS. LYMAN ABBOTT, MRS. JOHN T. TERRY,

MRS. D. W. BERDAN.

STANDING COMMITTEES: NOMINATION,

MRS. W. H. HARRIS, MRS. Z. S. ELY, MISS WALLACE ..

PUBLICATION, MISS DOREMUS, MISS WALLACE, I

MRS. W. WALTON CLARK, MISS BEERS.

FINANCE, MISS MARY S. STONE, MISS E. A. DEAN, MRS. S. T. DAUCHY, MRS. Z. S. ELY, MISS E. W. BEERS, MISS ELIZABETH B. STONE, MRS. S. J. BROADWELL, MRS. HENRY JOHNSON,

MRS. W. WALT-ON CLARK.

ASSISTANTS ON SPECIFIC CORRESPONDENCE,

MISS MABEL BARROW, I MRS. GEORGE M. LILLIE, MISS A. T. VAN SANTVOORD, MISS CAMILLE L. CLARKE.

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REPORT OF THE BOARD FOR 1897.

INDIA.-CALCUTTA.

REPORT.

By MISS SARAH F. GARDNER.

Missionaries: Miss Sarah F. Gardner, Miss E. Hatchell, Miss E. M. Colvill, Miss A. M. Smith, Miss A. W. Smith, Mi~s D. M. Wittenbaker, Miss A. Cockburn, Miss Alice O. Dell, Miss S. Dutt, Miss C. Hodgkinson.

Lily Lytle Broadwell Memorial School: Mrs. N. B. Shome, Mrs. Martha Biswas, Miss Alice Rutledge, Miss Sarat Biswas.

Orphanage: Miss Etta Costellow, Miss Ethel Buchanan, Miss Shatta Das.

56 native Christian women helpers; 5 pandits; 2 preachers; total, 80 workers in the field.

Departments of Work: 1. Visiting Zenanas, 972 pupils taught monthly; 2. Zenana Day Schools, 1307 pupils taught daily; 3. Village Work, varies, but averages 500 women a month; 4. Orphanage, 100 inmates; 5. Lily Lytle Broadwell Mem. School (training), 40 inmates; 6. Converts' Home, 5 inmates; 7. Translation, Publication Work.

Books brought out during the year: Great Truths Simply Told./ for use in our schools. History of the Apostolic Church / for use in our schools. Two editions of Life of Christ. Thine Forever (a booklet). Monthly leaflet for Christian women and children. The Spirit-Filled Ltfe, by McNeil. 30,000 Scrip­ture leaflets. 20,000 Tracts on various subjects. 500 Bible Catechisms.

Sold: 30 Bibles; 102 Testaments; 560 Gospels. Gave away: 2400 leaflets weekly.

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6 Calcutta.

The experiences of the year have been so varied and so un­precedented that it is not easy to write them out. The year must to a great extent remain unwritten, except as it is written in His book who has taken account of not only every action, but of every heartache and sigh of weariness.

The event of the year was the earthquake of June 12th, de­molishing our Mission House and Memorial School, so that both houses were uninhabitable for a long time. The former has been restored, and the latter has been removed to a house­admirably suited to our needs. After the earthquake came the riots, but notwithstanding all the interruptions, all the try­ing and perplexing experiences through which we have been led, it has been a "red-letter" year in the history of the Mission.

We count among the richest blessings of the year the visit of Pastor Stearns. He did us all good, and his visit remains with us a pleasant memory. We could not better express our appre­ciation than to quote the expression of one of our ladies as she turned away from the station where we had all been to bid him good-bye: "He came to us a fortnight ago a stranger, and now we feel that we are losing a friend."

Our Orphanage has never been in better tone. We have had from there four good teachers this year. One who has been a teacher for a long time, our much loved Kumadini, passed on to her heavenly home after a short illness. The children in the Orphanage, by working over hours, have sup­ported a child in another orphanage, and with their Sunday­school collection, amounting to $20, have sent out many portions of Scripture to do their quiet but effective work.

Our Lt'ly Lytle Broadwell Memorial School has again come off victorious in the Bible examinations. All the Bengali prizes were won by our girls, including the silver medal for the hest essay on "Moses." This has been very gratifying. The school is more and more taking on the character of Bible training.

Our Village Work has had two new and we believe earnest workers added to it this year, and has never seemed more hope-

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ful. Two women have come out from Hinduism into our Converts' Home, having laid down everything in order to do so. These two, with two who came to us from Allahabad, make four who have come into the home this year. Some of the others have gone out into work. It is not our thought to keep them in idleness any longer than we can help, so we put them into the way of earning their own living as soon as we can.

The Lord has specially owned our Publication Work, not only in sending the means to carry it on, but in using the books brought. They are bought by other missionaries, and used everywhere. "You are doing a beautiful and needed work in getting out these books," a missionary wrote last week. It is all of Him, and for Him.

"And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light."

ALLAHABAD.

REPORT FROM MARCH 1ST TO NOVEMBER 1ST.

By MISS EDITH H. MAY.

Missionaries: Miss Lathrop, Miss May Roderick, Miss E. Roderick, Miss Peters, Miss Lambert, Miss Niblett, Miss Leslie, Miss M. Roderick, Miss Ledlie, Miss Clark, Mrs. Em­erson, Mrs. Robinson, Miss Belchambers, Miss Smith, Miss Favelle, Miss L. Smith, Miss Harper.

One Bible reader, one Evangelist. Schools: I Bengali school, I Mohammedan school, 27 Hindu

schools. Total, 29 schools, with about 1000 pupils. Number of Sunday-schools, 13 ; number of native teachers,

30; number of Zenanas visited weekly, 282 ; number of Zenana pupils taught weekly, 400.

I cannot report for the full year, as I was left in charge only from March, when Miss Lathrop's furlough began. Statistics tell little of the real work which will stand the" fire test." We believe there are many among the women who are really Christ's. One woman, who is called Christian by her neighbors,

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has been the means of opening two Zenana houses lately for our missionaries.

Since March, three from the Zenanas, who had for a long time been under instruction, confessed Christ by baptism.

Our Evangelist has charge of five villages, and goes to the Hindu festivals distributing the Gospels and tracts.

Owing to the famine, our missionaries have daily been able to feed starving women and children as they meet them in the lanes of the city. Coming in contact in this way with the people, they have learned to look upon us as their friends, and numbers of homeless orphans have come to us, whom we have been glad to send away to Christian schools or orphanages.

Since July 1St, also, between fifty and sixty children have been daily fed on our compound, and the meal of rice and dol has been turned into a daily Sunday-school, the little ones being taught of Jesus and made to repeat Bible verses.

It would interest you to look into our compound on Sunday afternoon and see what we call our "congregation." The " poor, maimed, and blind" gather, so that we have an audience of ISO on the average. A large, colored picture, representing some scene from the" Life of Christ," is hung up on the wall of the veranda, and down below sits the congregation. We have one or two hymns and one dear old woman and two young blind men seem to be taking in the truth especially. We began this service on account of the famine, but we shall continue it because many are reached no other way.

Our friends will remember the spiritual needs of this people are more serious than those of the body, and will help us to continue these simple Gospel services.

CAWNPORE.

REPORT.

By MISS LILLIAN E. DIETRICH.

Missionarles: Miss Ward, Miss Dietrich, Miss Beach, Miss Harris, Miss Gantzer, Miss Hodson, Miss Martin, Miss Dol­mar, Miss Alexander, Miss Mamsul, Miss Roy.

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The past year, our work lying near and in the famine dis­trict, has had much to do with the rescuing and caring for those whom we could reach. These have been chiefly of three classes :-First, Orphans whom we could take in the Mary A. Merriman Orphanage; second, Women for our '" Women's Home" ; and third, the poor and starving who were willing and glad to work for their daily food, but who -could not obtain either work or food elsewhere.

Of the first class, about one hundred and fifty orphan girls have been entrusted to us, and in order to accommodate them, it has been necessary to enlarge our buildings at the Orphan­age. Most of the children came with bodies reduced both by want of food, and sickness resulting from starvation, and the utmost care has had to be given to save them from death. 'Our hearts go out in heartfelt gratitude to the many friends in America who have so kindly aided us by their contributions and gifts. Especially would we mention the generous dona­tions made by the Christian Herald, as well as the individual gifts and the money specially donated for the Mary A. Merri­man Dormitory, thus enabling us to take in and care for the spiritual and temporal .wants of so" many of these" little ones" of the Master's, of whom He said, "Suffer little children to -come unto Me."

We have also been greatly aided during the past year in the ·care of these little children, by the Civil Surgeon, who has not only given medicai advice, but sent us cases of Mellen's Food, condensed milk, etc., for the weaker children before they were able to take more substantial food, and thus did much toward saving their lives. It was also through the influence and efforts of the Civil Sur,e;eon that the municipality granted us the free use of the city water for the Orphanage and the Women's Home.

Regarding the results of the teaching given to those whom it has been our privilege to care for, we are often surprised at the quickness with which they grasp a knowledge of the Scrip­tures and fundamental doctrines of Christianity; and we can hardly realize the change that has taken place in the mental,

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moral, and spiritual condition of these little famine sufferers,. who only one short year ago were living in their villages amidst idolatry and superstition,-many of them at that time never having heard of Jesus Ghrist and His great work for man.

A little incident which took place quite recently will show how quickly they accept and practise the religious lessons and habits learned in the School. After several cases of sickness, we separated the children. N ear the time of prayer we went unexpectedly into the little room set apart for the sick, and were surprised and much pleased to find them all upon their knees, while one little girl, only eight years of age, was praying for the recovery of them all, that thus they might the sooner be allowed to go back into school and mingle with the other children.

The Women's Home: The progress of the women in the 'Vomen's Home has necessarily been somewhat slower on ac­count of age'; but of the sixteen who are now with us, advancement can be seen in both knowledge and conduct. One who came to us a year ago is already able to read the \Vord of God understandingly, and instead of her former wor­ship of idols, prays both privately and publicly to her Maker and Saviour.

Of the poor starving people in the city who were daily helped by our giving substantial food, and of those who came daily to our doors, much might be written. Hundreds were thus kept alive, and their gratitude was most touching, for in all the months that this relief work was conducted, no ingrati­tude was shown,-rather hearty thanksgiving. No one was ever helped with food or clothing without also hearing of the glad tidings of Salvation, and many heard of Christ and His love daily for months, and many of them said they believed upon Him. God grant, as they go to their homes, the blessed Holy Spirit may indeed bring again to their minds the simple but saving truths which they heard here.

The General Work: The general work in the Zenanas and city schools for the heathen children has not been without its visible results. Superstition and opposition have been over-

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come, as results of the hidden seed which in after years is sure to bear fruitage in influencing the rising generati~n.

RAE BAREL!.

REPORT.

By MISS LOUISA A. PICKARD.

Missionaries: Miss Pickard, Miss E. Pickard, Miss Gantzer. It has been our privilege to have a share in carrying to this,

famine-stricken people the gospel of hope and consolation, of peace and pardon. Such distress, without a ray of hope for the future, or of comfort in the present, makes those of us who have experienced the preciousness of our religion rejoice that we are permitted to extend the invitation to these needy ones. We found that this famine had done much to help the cause of Christ, as wherever we went blessings were showered on us for all that was being done to relieve the distress, and we were able to point to One whom we serve and whose name we bear. We were able to send several women to the Con­verts' Home, and some children to Miss Dietrich's School. Our village as well as our city schools have not been attended as well as they would have been, owing to want and sickness, yet we were glad to see the number that were present and still more so to give them the Kurtas and gifts, which were deeply appreciated.

CHINA.-SHANGHAI.

REPORT OF THE MARGARET WILLIAMSON HOSPITAL, YEAR

ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1897.

By DR. ELIZABETH REIFSNYDER.

Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. Elizabeth Reifsnyder, Dr. Emma Garner.

In charge of Drug Room, Miss Martha Berninger. Chinese Assistants,s; Chinese Matron, I ; Chinese nurses"

2; Native Evangelists, 2.

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Number of patients seen at Dispensary " "prescriptions filled

New cases: At the Dispensary In the Wards " " homes

Total number new cases Visits to patients in their homes

Money received.

From Chinese patients Donations from Chinese

" "Foreigners

(About $1,000 U. S. gold.)

21,179

335 69

21,5 83 210

$1,821.06 Mexican

5°·00 82.30

" I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord, in. the land of the living." As I write the yearly re­port, these words of the Psalmist come to me with no little force, and it seems most fitting to begin with them. The figures are before you all, yet no one who is engaged in similar work will be able to realize the amount of physical labor alone the figures represent, to say nothing of the thought and anxiety expended.

Take the Dispensary work. Here it is that we come in con­tact with large numbers. Day after day, week after week, and . month after month, they came, until over 30,000 have been ~een; over a hundred every day to hear the Gospel of Christ. It is known to all, that the Hospital and Dispensary are but

.. " means unto an end," and that is to lead this people that are "without God and without hope," unto the one, true, and Living God.

Our two faithful evangelists have spoken to the crowds as they waited to be seen; and many a day we who were busy preparing medicines and caring for the diseased bodies, had fainted indeed, had it not been for the goodness of the Lord.

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While many of our patients live in or near Shanghai, a very great number come long distances, and not a few are a whole week in making the trip to and from the Dispensary. When they return to their homes they not only carry medicines, but some knowledge of the Truth, and a great many of them take with them tracts and portions of the Scriptures. Owing to the waiting, consulting, and drug rooms all needing more space for private patients, the Hospital was closed in August in order to begin this building, and the work is still going on and will con­tinue to do so for some months.

And what are we doing in the meantime? Very near the Hospital is a semi-foreign house, the property of Deacon Wong, of the Baptist Church. Here we have two good-sized rooms, part of a hall, and a large open court, all free of rent. The court has been partly roofed with matting, and makes an excel­lent waiting-room except when it rains.

As for the admissions to the Wards. Year by year the num­ber has increased, the largest number having been admitted during the year that has just closed. What privileges and what opportunities are ours! by which I mean yours there, and ours here.

Just before the hospital year closed we had another evidence of the" goodness of the Lord." A piece of land, that we had been hoping to get for years, was offered for $1900 (Mexican). I t was very necessary that we should purchase this land, yet there was no money for this purpose. Through the husband of a patient, one Chinese gentleman gave $1,000, and we have the assurance that the whole cost will be met by the Chinese~ Several members of our Social Committee have been deeply interested. Through these members two foreign gentlemen have each given $100, and the Chinese, in connection with several large business houses, have given freely.

Can more be told? Much more, but time and space will not permit. Health and strength in no little measure have been granted, not only to the foreigners in the work, but the Chinese also. " Surely goodness and mercies .have followed I>

us all, throughout the whole year.

Bridgman Memorial School.

"REPORT OF THE BRIDGMAN MEMORIAL SCHOOL, SEPTEMBER,

1896, to' SEPTEMBER, 1897.

Missionaries: Miss Melvin, Miss CDbb; Evangelists, Miss Irvine, Miss Elizabeth Irvine.

Boarding School: Five teachers, thirty-six pupils. The routine of study and wDrk has gone Dn during the last

year under extraordinary difficulties, fDr illness has prevailed to an unwonted degree, and the Angel of Death has claimed four of our mDst devoted Christians. These experiences have made a deep impressiDn upon the young hearts in our schoDl. They are realizing that Heaven is. a glorious reality, and are so approachable on religious subjects that the outlook is most promIsmg. The attempt to' fDster a missiDnary spirit in the boarding-schoDI is proving a success, and our appeal fDr em­brDidery Drders has received frDm constituents and friends -such cDrdial and generDus respDnses that we can open Dne new school. The plan proposed is study in the morning, in­-dustrial wDrk in the afternDDn, to' train girls to make some­thing they can sell, and thereby escape the match-factory. We shall only be able to' reach a few drDps in the Dcean Df

humanity, but is it not worth while to' make the effort? Our Lord" must needs gO' thrDugh Samaria," not for the multitude, but for one WDman !

Day Schools: Five; one hundred and fifty-three different pupils; average attendance, sixty-five.

There has been little variation frDm the plan pursued last year-prominence given to' Christian books, Bible study, devo­tional meetings for teachers, as well as for pupils-with just enough of the Chinese Classics to retain the respect Df the natiDn. These SChDDls have their drawbacks, fDr the pupils ·come to us at an early age. But the seed has been sown with prayers, and God's promise is sure.

Chapel Services: There is a gratifying attendance at the Wednesday afternoDn and Sunday morning preaching services. In carrying on their part of our work, we are indebted to the generous courtesy of the Methodist Episcopal Mission in

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Tegularly sending to us their intelligent, faithful, and earnest nati ve pastors.

Sunday School: The attendance has ranged between thirty­four and two hundred and six, according to the weather. These numbers will be much larger when we have room to receive additions, by the building of our promised commodious chapel.

The EvangeHstic .Department is the thread of gold running through every line of our work. The devoted Bible women are seen in the Chapel, the hospital, the home, the field, the way­side-wherever hearers are found-telling the "Old, Old Story," and recognizing, in other prepared hearts they meet, an answer to the prayers that have been ascending for China from the whole Christian world.

REPORT OF EVANGELISTIC WORK.

By MISS MARY J. IRVINE.

After an absence from China of six months I cannot speak so much of the work I have done as of what has been done by our Bible women. They report the most encouraging signs which we have noticed in the spread of the Gospel.

A letter received from them only three days before leaving for China" was good news from a far country." The faithful witnessing, teaching, and preaching of our natives give us great reason to praise God.

Their delight on welcoming me back to China could not be expressed in words, and we see how genuine is the love and respect of our Chinese Christians. The changed condition of those who are engaged in making known the name of Jesus cannot be overlooked, and the readiness on the part of the people to hear. In passing through or stopping in the villages on an itinerating tour, the sight of masses of people with­out the Gospel, but who are ready to listen1 is sad indeed. The common utterance of many of these women is most touching: " I am ninety years old, and this is the first time I

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have heard the doctrine." "You lead people to know about Heaven." "Can't YO,u stay and teach us?" "When will you come again?" "How shall I pray to Jesus? "

Having spent a week in one village, still the people besought us to stay another. We are thankful that we can leave the printed Word, which some at least can read. During the year,. three have fallen asleep in J esus,-two whose earthly lives after hearing the Gospel the first time were short, but who by their bright testimony, while dead are yet speaking to heathen relatives. The spiritual results of the year have been full of encouragement. A number of inquirers have asked for ad­mission to our class, which is now beginning for the winter. One who has lived an ascetic life for years as a vegetarian will remain for instruction in our Bible School for Women.

Will not the hearts of our friends in America be encouraged and stimulated to greater faith, more self-sacrifice, and deeper sympathy for those for whom we labor and pray?

53 hospital visits; 60 meetings attended; 40 Sunday-school lessons taught; 136 Bible lessons given in Women's School; 87 neighborhood visits; 7 itinerating trips of twenty-five days; 8 baptisms; 12 inquirers instructed; 3627 book tracts; 4384-sheet tracts; 2 Bible women; I tract distributor; 3 women under instruction for Bible work.

JAPAN.-YOKOHAMA.

6 Missionaries. Mrs. L. H. Pierson, Miss S. Pratt, and Miss Crosby, Evangelists. Miss Reba L. Irvine, Miss Montgomery, Miss 'Vebb, teachers. Native teachers and 130 Bible women.

REPORT OF THE YOKOHAMA SCHOOL •

.By MISS REBA L. IRVINE.

In reviewing the work of the closing year, my heart is filled w:ith gratitude for the innumerable blessings vouchsafed us by our Heavenly Father. Seven girls united with the church in the spring, and others are hoping to be baptized soon, showing that the Holy Spirit is working in our midst. This is also

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manifested by the good behavior and quiet attention of the pupils to their religious and other duties in the Home. All are now Christians with the exception of a very few of the younger children. Even these little ones say they have given their hearts to. Jesus.

One of the post-graduates married a prominent young Chris­tian in Yokohama, two others became assistants to missionaries, and are doing most acceptable work. Thus we are represented throughout the empire by many Christian teachers and mothers.

The school has enrolled its usual number. Applications for admission are increasing, but we are compelled to refuse, as there are no vacant scholarshil's.

We have three Sunday-schools with a membership ·of -one hundred and fifty. Two of these schools are under the super­vision of the post-graduates and older girls. The Missionary Society supports one and the Work Society one. The younger pupils are very anxious to raise sufficient money to open an­other school in the city.

The Do-so-kwai, or the Annua.! Alumnre Association, met in April. Between thirty and forty of the former graduates were present. It is very delightful for me to meet and welcome to the Home those who graduated years ago, and it is especially gratifying to mark their continued interest ill the School. The Association has undertaken the education of a girl. Suffi­cient funds were handed over for a year's support at the last meeting.

One who is ever present with us has guided us in the past, and will guide us in the future.

REPORT OF EVANGELlSTIC WORK.

By MRS. L. H. PIERSON.

It would be difficult, though delightful, to recount all the blessings of the past year. Our Bible Readers' School is replete with interest in every department of service. There are now 130 members, others in this vicinity, and a large number in the Training-School.

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Statistics are imperfect representations of what has been accomplished, but serve a purpose until the time when they shall be more minutely known. Our Bible Readers held last year 4,208 public meetings; have visited from house to house in Yokohama and other places; have ministered to the sick and suffering, journeying by land and sea, witnessing for our Lord Jesus, and proclaiming salvation full and free to all who will receive.

There have been 145 converts who have united ~ith the church, and 177 others who have accepted .the Lord Jesus as their Saviour, and are expecting also to make public profession of their faith through this sacrament.

Miss Pratt has conducted the work at four stations, has held 195 meetings, and forty-two Bible classes. She·has also super­intended two Sunday-schools, visiting the homes of the chil­dren, and engaging in service for the Master as opportunity offered.

My personal meetings in Yokohama and vicinity have num­bered 312, but there can be no estimate made, even approxi­mately, of those held at distant stations. There have been 1,144 Bible classes under my instruction, that is, twenty-two during each week. My evangelistic trips have numbered seven, in which thirteen towns have been visited, some of them two or three times. We have now' fifteen stations, three of them having been recently opened.

Our chapels, which the dear friends in America have erected in interior towns of this heathen land, are powerful witnesses for our Lord Jesus. Though unpreten tiolls, they seem to have .sealed diose places for Him. They ring with the proclamation of the Gospel message, with the voice of prayer, or with the .doxologies of the redeemed. There souls are born into the Kingdom of Glory and the name of the Lord Jesus is magnified.

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OMATA YASHIN.

REPORT OF MISSION.

By MISS JVLIA N. CROSBY .

.During my first year in Ornata, I have become known In

every direction through my house-to-house visiting. This is a farming and silk-producing district, with a scattered population.

I have two faithful Bible Readers, and we carry portions of Scripture and a paper or tract to every house, and expound Bible truths and passages from the Gospels. We distribute also many of these little messengers of truth as we pass along the road, and they are always received with a pleasant smile .and thanks. Sometimes when the people see us approaching they will come quite a distance to meet us and ask for a paper or tract, saying that they like to read them when they are rest­ing. Thus, with faith and prayer, we seek to. " sow beside all waters," not knowing, as we scatter the seed, "which shall prosper, this or that." The service on Sabbath morning is held at the houses of the few Christians as appointed from week to week.

On Sunday we hold two Bible Classes-one in the afternoon for the women from two silk-weaving establishments, owned by Christian men who allow their employees to rest on the Sab­bath, the other in the evening for any who wish to attend. After this latter we have a singing lesson, or practise the Sun­~ay hymns.

We have also a Sunday-school which is a very hopeful branch 'of the work. There are about sixty pupils and a very fair .average attendance. The little girls often come carrying their baby brothers or sisters on their backs, and we hear that the parents are much pleased because the children have become more gentle and obedient since they began to attend the school. This is certainly encouraging, but we are expecting still more blessed results from the implanting of the Gospel seed in these young hearts.

On reviewing my first year here, I thank God and take cour­age. The harvest is not yet, but I look forward to it, as the farmer does when sowing his field with gram. In both cases, ," it is God that giveth the increase."

20 Evangelistic Work.

Stations aided by donations: Rev. Wm. 1. Chamberlain, Vellore, India. Mrs. Mary C. Winsor, Sirur, India. Mrs. Ada Lee, Calcutta, India. Pundita Ramabai, Poona, India. Miss S. J. Higby, Thirrawaddy, Burmah. Rev. J. M. Gardner, Foochow, China.

Dr. Alice L. Ernst returned to India in November, to

reopen our Medical Work, consequently she has not reported anything the past year.

Miss Lathrop, from Allahabad, and Miss Ward, from Cawn­pore, India, returned in May for a well-earned furlough, and Miss Cobb, from Shanghai, China, arrived in the last of December.

Miss Mary J. Irvine spent six months here, but returned to Shanghai, China, in October, accompanied by her sister, Miss Elizabeth Irvine, a new appointment.

Death removed from us last February Miss Maria Messenger,. one of the founders of our Society, who promoted its interests· with extraordinary zeal and success in its early days, and whose name will ever be an honor and inspiration to us who· worked by her side.

A little statement in these crowded days may impress upon us the magnitude of our work in one station alone. " It is said the children of India walking four abreast, two feet apart, would make a procession 5,000 miles long. If we gave each woman of India a Bible, at the rate of 20,000 a day, it would take seventeen years to supply them all."

With this statement we are glad to group two striking cita­tions: "Foreign missions are not a detachable fringe, but an essential part of a nation"s life, and arose from its best thought. In the fact of growing scepticism foreign missions are of great industrial value."

" Giving is a potential grace and never comes alone. Sym­pathy, helpfulness, love, gratitude, follow in its train, and like every grace its richest reward is the increased power to exer­cise it."

The Woman*s Unt'on Missionary Soc/ety oj Amert'ca jor Heathen Lands in account 'wt'th lts Treasurtr

jor the Year ending December JI, I897.

DR.

Paid on orders of the Assistant Treasurer .. rent of safe deposit box " lawyers for searching records in Colo­

rado about claim~ vs. Mrs. Addee Loaned on bond and mortgage Balance deposited with Brown Bros. & Co.

Balance to credit of new account, $2,235 24

Z. STILES ELY, Treasurer.

$53,061 22 10 00

30 00 3,500 00 2,235 24

Account and vouchers examined and found correct.

JOHN M. NIXON, Auditor.

CR.

By Balance from last year Received from donations and legacies

on account of bond and mortgages interest and dividends

$I2,376 85 40,865 66

1,180 00

4,41 3 95

22 Disbursements in Detail.

DISBU RSEMENTS IN DETAIL.

To support of IS missionaries in Allahabad, India, 29 schools, taxes, repairs, physicians' fees, conveyances, etc. $6,193 37

To support of :13 missionaries in Calcutta, India, the Lily Lytle Broadwell Memorial School, work at Rajpore, Converts, Home, native teachers, sup-port of children in Orphanage, conveyances, taxes, repairs, etc. 9,898 28·

To support of I~ missionaries in Cawnpore. India, work at Rae Bareli.l. !lup-port of famme orphans, schools, taxes, repairs, building addition to Mary A. Merriman Memorial School, etc. 9,7gB 73"-

To support of medical work in Shanghai, China, 3 missionaries, 6 native helpers, drugs, insurance, repairs, etc. 3,243 go

To support of Bridgman Home in Shanghai, China, 3 missionaries, 36 pupils, S day schools, training schQol, evangelistic work, rebuilding chapel, ctc.. 4.985 00'

To support of evangelistic work in Yokohama, Japan, 2 missionaries, 130 Bible readers, travelling expenses, rent, etc. 6,394 25

To support of school in Yokohama, Japan, 3 missionaries, native teachers, pupils, ground rent, insurance, repairs, etc. . • 3,8x6 76·

To donations from Christian Herald Famine Fund. 3.000 00

To donations sent to Mrs. Scudder, Vellore, India 9X SO·

To donation sent to Mrs. Winsor, Sirur, India ISO 00·

To donation sent to Pundita Ramabai, Poona, India. xo 00·

T& donation sent to Rev. G. M. Gardner, Foochow, China 3 50

To donation sent to Miss S. J. Higby, Thirrawaddy, Burmah. 100 00

To donation sent to Mrs. Ada Lee, Calcutta, India 25 00-

To travelling expenses of t missionaries to China and India, outfit, salaries of 3 missionaries and thell' travelling expenses in this country 2.941 05

To printing and mailing Missionary Link, Annual Report, etc. 1,006 74

To rent and expenses of Room 67, Bible House, mission boxes, postage, pub-lic meetings, cabling. famine relief, etc., etc. 1,397 14

Audited and found correct. JOHN M. NIXON.

MARY S. STONE, Assistant T,..easu,..er~

Reports of Concord and Boston. 23

CONCORD (N. H.) BRANCH.

Secretary's Report.

In presenting the thirty-first annual report of this Society, we find facts and figures taking on a glow of interest, and opening for us, at the touch of memory and hope, those doors which lead to the romance of modem missions.

During the past year our circle has been unbroken by death or removal, and the dark cloud of financial depression which, hung over the entire country has been graciously lightened, so that we have even greater cause, it would seem, for thankful words and deeds than in past anniversaries.

In January of this year Dr. Ernst, of the Calcutta Hospital, visited us while on her vacation in this country, and -akhoughprevented by illness from addressing our January meeting, as we had hoped, she was able to give an informal talk to some of the ladies while in our city.

In June the annual box was packed and sent; being valued at a little over fifty-one dollars.

So lies our past behind us, our future waits its fulfilling, our to-day is here with its compelling claims. "But this I say, brethren, the' time is short, therefore let us not sleep as do others."

And to our prayer the answer is given. " Yet there is room. Go out unto the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, that My house may be filled." EMMA M. MORRISON, Secretary.

BOSTON BRANCH.

Treasurer's Report.

* Mrs. Walter Baker Memorial D.D., 4.50; Miss Idelette Band . • $gI2 25 Carpenter, :r.50; Mr,;. J. K.

Mrs. Wm. Appleton 1,000 00 Culver, M.D., :r; Mrs. Geo. • Trinity Church.. 1,06300 O. Lanphear, 1; Mrs. N. P. * Estate of Martha V. Ball. 1,000 00 Mann, I; Mrs. JamesG. Lov-* Trinity Church Zenana Band. 300 00 ell, 1; Mrs. M. If. Mitchell, 1; * Mrs. C. V. R. Thayer 400 00 Miss Mary H. Faxon, I; * Mrs. M. G. Pigeon IOO 00 Miss A. M. Gregory, I; Miss * Mrs. Edward Crosby lI8 SO Kate E. Palmer, 1; Miss * Emmanuel Church Il2 00 Hattie L. Dunbar, I; Miss • Bridgewater Band 40 00 Pamelia A. Hall, I; Mrs. * Mrs. Harriet Todd 2500 Jesse Parker, 1; Mrs. A. H. * St. Paul's Church 33 So Temple, I; Mrs. Frank E. * Mrs. Burr Porter. 21 00 Blake, for support of spinning • Miscellaneous Collections. 74 62 teacher in Bridgman School, Mrs. John D. Richardson Me- Shanghai, China, 30; Links,

morial Band: Mrs. L. Miles 7.50. Total $87 50 Standish, 10; Mrs. Maria Demarest. 1,!i.. Mrs. Francis Grand Total $5,287 37 James,s; M.lSS Mary H. MARIA N. JOHNSON, Treasurer. Shed,,1j Mrs: Ambrose. Lavis, 1.50; Mrs. GIlbert Waitt ".50; Audited and found correct. Mrs. Rev. Geo. M. Auams, HENRY JOHNSON, Auditor.

* Items previously reported in The Missionary Link.

Rep()rts ()f Albany and Newark.

ALBANY (N. Y.) BRANCH.

Treasurer's Rtport. Annual contribution from Miss

Ann~~CY !!i:~~~ion f~om Mrs. $2 00

George Douglas Miller • 10 00

Annual contribution from Mrs. L. M. Palmer, "In Memoriam" 10 00

Annual contribution from Mi~ Isabel Allen •. • 2 00

Annual contribution from the " Ladies' Missionary Associa­tion" of the Madison Ave. Re­formed Church, through Mrs. Geo. W. Van Slyke, Treasurer. as follows, viz. : For Bible Reader,.. .Yokohama, 60: For Miss .Reifsnyder's as-sistant, Shanghai, 60 • • 120 00

For Link subscriptions, through Miss Eliza Phelps, collector . 22 50

From Mrs. Frank Harcourt, through Miss Eliza Phelps . I 00

From Mrs. Abraham Lansing, .. In Memory of Susan Gansevoort, by he~, husb.and, Peter Ganse-voort, contmued . • , 25 00

Con~:~t~~I!, ~c;:::~a~r~~~c-School for Christian W orkers, ~ I through Mrs. S. C. Foster . 20 00

Annual contribution from the " Junior Missionary Society" of the Madison Ave. Reformed Church" for the education of "Waka Kijima "in the Ameri­can Homel Yokohama, through Mrs. Susle R. Luddington, Treasurer . . . • . 40 00

Annual contribution from the .. Temp,le Grove Mission Band,' Saratoga,N.Y., through Miss Helen W. North, Secre­tary, for the support of .. Sci Fuggita" in the Mission Home at Yokohama.. . 22 26

Annual contribution from Miss Mabel Learned. . 20 00

Annual contribution from Miss . Eliza Phelps . . . . I 20

Annual subSCription for" Egbert's Band" "In Memoriam" by Mrs. John L. Newman '. 20 00

Annual collection, principally in

the F 0 u r t h Presbyterian Church, by Miss R. M. Wad­dell, viz.: Mrs. B. W. Arnold, 10; Mrs. P. K. Dederick,s; Mrs. A. T. Edwards,S; Mr. B. W. Johnson, 5 ~ Mr. A;··S. Kibbee, 2; Mr. R. J. Waddell, 2; Mrs. D. O. Mears, I; Mrs. A. S. Kibbee, I; Mrs. R. W. Thach­er, I; Mrs. W. M. Kennedy,I; Mrs. S. C. Foster, I; Mrs. F. Walter!l I; Mrs. R. M. Wad-den, II • • • • •

Annual -subscription from Mrs.

Ann~al~h~~i~n ~n ~henfir;t Re-formed Church, through Mrs. A. K. Richards, collector, viz.: The Misses Sumner, 2S; Mrs. John B. Visscher, 2; Mrs. S. P. Lansing, 2; Miss Viss­cher, 2; Mrs. John D. Par­sons, Jr., 2 ; Mrs A. B. Van Gaasbeek, I; Mrs. Irvin~ Knickerbocker1 ;: Mrs. A. K. Richards I; Mrs. H. B. Par­sons, 1; Miss Spelman, "[

Annual contribution from Mrs. Frederick Townsend .

Annual Subscription from Miss Mary P. Roberts, for" Ellen's Band,"" In Memoriam" •

Annual contribution from Mrs.

Ann~~il~~n!i~~i~~ng f~om Mis~ Ann!~by c~~~:ib~~i~~ns}~;m Mis~

Susan Y. Lansing • Annual contribution from Mrs.

William J. Milne . • . Contribution from Mrs. Charles

An!u~r~~~~~buti~n f~om Mrs'. J. Townsend Lansing

5 00

3800

2000

2000

1000

;[000

1000

200

I 00

xo 00

$479 26 Value of box sent to Miss Ward at

Cawnpore. June, 1:897 ~

$561} 26 MRS. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Tr,as.

NEWARK (N. J.) AUXILIARY.

Treasurer's Rtport.

By Miss Edith Mer:Y, of North Reformed Chw:c:h: Mrs. J. T. Leverich, 4; Mrs. R. F. Bal­lantine, 25 ; Mrs'John H. Bal­lantine, 10; Mrs. . Pienovi, I ; Mrs. J. Wilbur Smith, I; Mrs. D. A. Depue, ;[: Mrs. F. S. Douglas, I; Miss A. B. Dur-

yee, x;. Miss M. O. Duryee, t ; Mrs. \.. K. Wagner, I; Mrs. Charles M. Henry, I; The Misses Merry, 2.50; Miss Madge Waters Clark, for Ito Yumasa, Japan, 50 ; Mrs. E. D. G. Smlth, 5; Mrs. Alexan-der Clark, 2 • $106 50

Report of New Brunswick.

By Miss Wallace: Mr. W. C. Wal­lace 1:00' The" Snow Birds" for ~uppo'n of O. Senyo Take­da San, at Yokohama, and Pieri at ICawnpore, 100; also Mr. W. C. Wallace for Miss Gardner, Calcutta, to be used in translating reliJPous litera­ture into the nattve tongue, 100; also from subscribers: Mrs. Allis 3 i Miss Strong, I i Mrs. Theo. Coe, 3; Mrs. E. H. Nichols,::'S; Mrs. R. H. Allen), S ; Miss E. J. Clay, s; Miss ;:,tites, 5 ; Mrs. Lyttle, I; Miss Rebecca Collins, 2; Miss Cornelia B. Halsey, 20; Miss Wallace, to; for Mote in Cawnpore, 30; extra cent a daY,3·65.. •• 393 65

By ~!:~ ~i ~~c!7i~es~~:ri~ Church Sunday School r. Little

Messengers," for scholarship of little girl in Yokohama $40 00

By Mrs. C. C. Hine, Woodside Mission Band . . . • 196 So

By Miss F. L. Smith: Mrs. Col. D. W. Flagler, 2; Miss F. L. Smith, 2 • • • • • 4 00

By Miss Avery, of Woodside: sub-scribers . .. • 2S 00

By Miss Abeel, subscribers: Mrs. R. B. S)'mington, 10; Mrs. Stephen H. Condict, 1.50; Mrs. Wm. Mitchell, 4 ; Mr. Freder­ick Frelinghuysen, 5; Miss Joanna W. Abeel, 4.50. • 2500

By Mrs. Peter Ballantine: Trinity Church 20:> 00

From a Friend 9 35

Total $1,000 00

MRS. E. D. G. SMITH, Treas.

NEW BRUNSWICK (N. J.) AUXILIARY.

Secretary's Report.

The usual interest has been manifested in the Society during the year. The meetings were well attended and much time spent in preparing work for the Mission Box. Thanks to the untiring efforts of the Chairman of the Work Committee, many useful articles were sent to India, China, and Japan.

We had the pleasure of a visit from Miss Easton, and after listening to her inspiring talk, feel that our greatest efforts are small, compared with the self-sacrificing work of our noble missionaries.

HELEN H. JANEWAY, Cor. Sec.

Treasurer's Report.

Received from members. $79 10 First Presbyterian Church sub­

scribers: Mr. H. L. Janeway, Mrs. ]. J. Janeway, Mrs. W. R. Janeway, Mrs. James Neil-son, Mrs. Van Arsdale Mrs. A. Voorhees, Mrs. W. P. Voorhees, Mrs. Clarkson Runyon, Mrs. T. R. Warren, Miss Evans, Miss E. Howell . . . 21 00

First Reformed Church subscri-bers: Mrs. K. T. B. Spader, Mrs. Hageman, Mrs. Van Pelt. 7 60

Second Reformed Church subscri-bers: Mrs. Dr. Williamson,

Mrs. Dr. Woodbridge, Mrs. Dr. Demarest, Mrs. Dr. Riggs, Mrs. Dr. Cook, Mrs. Brittan, Mrs. John Newell, Mrs. Gar­retson, Mrs. E. Waldron, Miss Van Rensselaer, Miss A. Wal­dron. Miss Mary Campbell, Miss Alice Campbell, Miss Rika Ross $14 25

Interest 18

Total $122 I3 ANNE B. COOK, Treas.

26 Rtports of Pri1zceton, Germantown, and Cincinnati.

PRINCETON (N. J.) AUXILIARY.

Treasurer's Report. Mrs. David Brown. • . . $300 00 Miss Yeomans Mrs. Ernest C. Richardson; for Miss Henry

Dormitory Fund of Mary A. Mrs. B. Perry • Merriman School, Cawnpore 2500 Miss M. JoUne

Miss Ellen L. A. Brown . . 25 00 Mrs. Grandpierre Mrs. Joseph H. Bruere, in memory Mrs. G.·M. Harper

of Mrs F. S. Wilson 2000 Mrs. Henry Cameron Mrs. Arnold Guyot. 20 00 Mrs. John De Witt Mrs. Theodore W. Hunt :1:500 Mr. John J. Hibben Miss Norris . . xo 00 Miss Wikoff Mrs. Alexander Russell. 5 00 Miss Tuthill Mrs. Walter Harris 5 00 Miss Duffield Mrs. John T. Duffield 500 Mrs. Duffield. . Mrs. William Norris 500 Miss Sarah G. Duffield MissJoUne '. 5 00 Mrs. Hendrick de Vries. Miss Alexander . 5 00 Miss Dorothy Harris Mrs. lames McCosh 500 Mrs. F. S. Conover. Mrs. Joseph Schenck 5 00

$2 ()Oo

200 200 :2 00 :2 00· 200

200 200 200 X~·

100 ZOO 1 00 I 00·

10'0 100 I ()().

Mrs. Samuel Paxon 2 00 Miss Clarke • . 200 Total • $488 00

Mrs. Woodson Wilson 200 ELLEN L. A. BROWN, Treas.

GERMANTOWN, PHILA., PA. "Willing and Obedient Band," I For Japan

Rev. D. M. Steams: General fund For India $2,888 00

For China 345 00 Total $8,873 25·

CINCINNATI BRANCH.

Treasurer's Report. Receipts.

:By balance from last year . Unpaid subscriptions from :l:8g6 For printing Annual Report . • Annual SUbscription, Miss Ida

Doane . . . •

~=in~~~~:r!i~I~~ Te~ Annual collections by Mrs. N.

Foster . . . . . Annual collections by Mrs. A. C.

Kemper. • • . Annual collections by Mrs. S. T.

Tatum Llnks . • . . . The Broadwell-Doremus Band . Mrs. Frederick Kemper, for the

support of a girl in Japan • Forthe Fanny Treat Doane Schol­

arship in the Calcutta High School, by Mrs. Wm. H. Doane

Mrs. Alexander McDonald, for the support of Laura McDonald in Calcutta. • • • •

Miss Phebe Baker, for the SUppOIt of Eliza Geven in Calcutta .

Mrs. Wm. P. Hulbert, for the sup­port of Caroline Hulbert m Sha~hai. . . • .

Mrs~rEI~!l~~D~r!:u:?: C~fc~~r:

200

31 00

4 00

83 00

52 So

19 00 ICC

14000

40 00

5000

3000

3000

4000

3000

Total • $594 38

Expendz'tures. For printing and postage tIl 00 For printing invitations.. 3 20 The Broadwell-Doremus Band . 140 00'

The Fanny Treat Doane Scholar-ship in Calcutta, 50 00'

Support of a child in Japan. . 40 00

Toward salary of a Pharmacist in Shanghai. .. ISO 00

Famine sufferers in India 4 00 Links . . . . • • 1 00 For support of children in Calcutta

B~nc~ S:ra~:~ 'of Ph~acist 160 00

for 1896 30 00-

By balance

Total

$589 20 518

. $594 38.

HANNAH AMELIA WHITE, Treas.

Reports oj St. Louis and Chicago.

ST. LOUIS (MO.) AUXILIARY.

Report of Treasurer.

Collections by Mrs. S. W. Barber, for Bible Reader, Calcutta, India: Mrs. J. M. Carpenter, 5; Mrs. W. C. Butler, I ; Mrs. Jennie Dudney, I; Mrs. Silas Bel!t" IO: Mrs. J. L. Pearce, I; Mrs. Edgar Miller, 2; Mrs. 'Y. F. Boyle!",2; Mrs. John SlmondsbI; Mrs. Wm. Guy, ~; Mrs. r. E. S. Lemoine, I ;

.Mrs. E. M. Sloan ... xJ·. Mrs. ~.

R. Hall, x tJ"frs. Ly la ParvIS, ~.i Mrs. J . .t1. Brookes, x; Mrs. wm. Barron, I; Mrs. Robert Rankin, ,?.i Mrs. Craige Me­CI!lre:t.!; Miss Fannie Nesbit, ; MISS M. E. Fenby, I ; Mrs. J. B. Fenby, 5 i Mrs. S. W. Bar-ber, X7 • •• • 60 00

3 Links, Miss M. L. Fenby, Mrs. A. R. Hall, Mrs. S. W. Barber, x SO

Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Barbe~ for scholarship in Miss S. uard-ner's School .. $50 00-

Links, Mrs. W. L. Boyle, .50; Mrs. J. L. Pearce, .50; Mrs. J. M. Carpenter, .50. . . . I So

Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Barber, for bed in Margaret Williamson Hos-pital. . 2500

Drayage on boxes.. I 00

Ocean freight on two boxes. . 9 00 Doremus Mission Home, value of

box, 98 i' Calcutta Orphanage, value 0 box, 88 x86 00·

Total

MRS. S. W. BARBER, Treas.

CHICAGO BRANCH.

Treasurer's Report.

To Mary A. Merriman Memorial School, Cawnpore: Miss Agnes Cass, for" Annie Cass" in Or-phanage . . . . . $30 00

Mr. N. S. Bouton, of the Kenwood EVal!gelical Church. • 25 00

Mrs.p. F. Avery, 3~i H~P. Mer­nman, 35 \ P. R. Mernman 5; Little One s mite box, .25 ; Mrs. Emma P. Ely, 10 .. 350 25

S. S. Second Presbyterian Church, for "Sons" in Cawnpore School • . • . • 30 87

Junior C. E., for" Agnese Stone" Orphanage. .. 8 00

For Dormitory Fund Memorial School: Mrs. F. Crumbaugh, 5 : Mrs. W. H. Read, 10: Mrs. M. A. Hulbard, 50; Mrs. O. F. Avery, xoo; Mrs. Emma P. Ely, xc; Mrs. O. C. Ely, I; Mrs. E. J. Curtis, I; Mrs. Me­Birney, I; Mrs. Patterson, I: Little Class of Christian En-deavor, 2 " • I8x .00

Mrs. Erastus Foote, 5..i Mrs. Rockwell, I' Mrs. Northup, x.50..i Miss Aiexander, It' Mrs. B. Jr. Gallup,s; Mrs. mma P. Ely, 10; Mrs. M. G. Reyn­olds, 5; Mr. S. Robinson, .50; Mrs. F. B. ;Slackstonet20;. Mrs. E. J. CurtiS, I ; Mrs. rwIn, I i Miss Sarah Brooks, I; Mrs. Clare Crumbaugh, .~o; Mrs. Lippincott, .50; MISS Alice

Baldwin, I: Miss Swam, I; Mrs. Dickersen t 5.: Mrs. Fred. Crumbaugh,s; Mrs. Katherine L. Isham, 25 . . . .

Louise McMillen, in loving remem­brance of Mrs. Mary A. Merri-man. . . . . .

Mrs. Sanderson's Sunday School Class. . .

!3xron Band, Byron, Ill. . • Miss Emma Dryer,s; Mrs. Henry

W. King, 30; Mrs. S. J. Mc­Pherson, 10: Miss Clara Hunt, 5: Louise McMullan, I. •

The .Mis~,es Brooks, .. In Memo-nam ... .

Mrs. Loui~e Sf~ger Gorton, .. In Memonam •..

Miss Dunham,s; Mrs. T. B. Blackstone,s; for Dr. Alice Ernst. . . . . .

Mrs. A. M. Burdick, for 'Prescott Scholarship, Yokohama .' .

From the Southside Tabernacle Sunday School, for pupil Bridgman Memorial School, Shang!lai.. ..

Mrs. T. lS. Blackstone, for Miss Lathrop

600

200 2000

5X 00

1000

2000

So 00

4000

_00

Total $926 :I2.

MRS. O. F. AVERY, Treas. Examined and found correct.

CLARA HUNT, Auditor.

OFFICERS OF AUXILIARIES

OF THE

_Dmau~.s cmniou Bissiouarn "Deftty. '--'

Concord, N. H., Branch.

Pres.-Mrs. James Minot. Vt"ce-Pres.­Mrs. J. E. Fernald. Sec.-Mrs. Henry K. Morrison. Treas.-Mrs. E. S. Rich­ardson. Ckat"nnan Work Com.-Mrs. J. C. Thome.

Boston Branch.

Pres.-Mrs. Wm. Appleton. Sec.-Miss Florence Dix. Treas.-Mrs Henry Johnson. Ass't Treas.-Mrs. Edward Crosby.

DORCHESTER AND ROXBURY AUX. TO

BOSTON BRANCH.

Pres.-Miss M. L. Richardson. Sec.­Mrs. A. A. Quincy. Treas.-Miss Char­lotte A. Vinson.

Haverhill, Mass., Zenana Society.

Pres.-Mrs. Dolly Hammond. Vice­Pres.-Miss Elizabeth Goodrich. Sec.­Mrs. Chas. K. Morton. Treas.-Miss Sarah N. Kittredge.

Providence, R. I., Auxiliary.

Pres.-Mrs. John C. Stockbridge. Vt"ce­Prests.-Mrs. . P. Campbell, Mrs. F. E. Richmond. Sec. and Treas.-Miss M. S. Stockbridge.

Albany Branch.

Pres.-Mrs. D. K. Bartlett. Vt"ce­Prests.-Mrs. J. W. Miller, Mrs. J. N. Newman, Mrs. A. S. Lansing, MISS E. D. Sumner. Treas.-Mrs. Fred'k Town­send; Sec.-Mrs. Mary P. La Grange.

W. U. M. Soc., Clinton Ave. Church, Brooklyn.

Pres. and Treas.-Mrs. W. H. Harris, Mrs. Wm. P. Halstead.

28

Millstone, N. j., Auxiliary.

Pres.-Miss M. G. Sutphen. Vice-Pres. -Miss Mattie Medick. Sec.-Mrs. P. Eugene Nevius. Treas.-Mrs. Ida V. Williamson.

Morristown, N. j., Auxiliary.

Pres.-Mrs. F. G. Burnham. Vice-Pres. -Mrs. E. Laws. Sec.-Mrs. H. W. Bux­ton. Treas.-Miss M. H. Maury.

Newark, N. j., Auxiliary.

Pres.-Mrs. C. C. Hine. Vice-Prests.­Miss J. W. Abeel, Mrs. Peter H. Ballan­tine. Sec.-Miss F. L. Smith. Treas.­Mrs. E. D. G. Smith.

New Brunswick, N. J., Auxiliary.

Pres.-Mrs. Chas. Dunham. Vice-Prests.-Mrs. John Clarke, Miss S. Van Rensselaer, Miss Woodbridge. Treas.­Miss A. B. Cook. Sec.-Miss Helen Jane­way. Ass't Sec.-Miss Woodbridge.

Princeton, N. J., Auxiliary.

Pres.-Mrs. Arnold Guyot: Sec.-Miss Norris. Treas.-Miss Ellen L. A. Brown.

Philadelphia Branch.

Pres.-Mrs. D. Haddock, Jr. Sec.-Mrs. Dr. Shoemaker. Treas.-Mrs. Wm. Waterall.

GERMANTOWN AUX. TO PHI LA. BR.

Pres.-Mrs. H. M. Johnson. Sec.-Miss E. A. Well. Treas.-Miss Mary Hallo­way.

Officers oj Auxiliaries.

CAMDEN AUX. TO PHILA. BR.

Pres.-Mrs. A. P. Hurlbut.

LAMBERTVILLE, N. ]., AUX. TO PHILA. BR.

Pres.-Mrs. A. H. Holcomb. Vice­Pres.-Miss Emma Runk. Treas.-Mrs. Fannie Runk. Cor. Sec.-Mrs. Dr. Stud­diford. Rec. Sec.-Mrs. W. Hunt.

GERMANTOWN, PHILA., PA.,

WILLING AND OBEDIENT BAND.

Rev. D. M. Stearns.

Newcastle, Del., Branch.

Pres.-Miss Spotswood.

Baltimore Branch.

Pres.-Mrs. Cornelius Weston. Vice­Pres.-Mrs. H. H. Clark. Rec. Sec.-Mrs. A. N. Bastable. Cor. Sec. and Treas.­Mrs. Alex. M. Carter.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Branch.

Pres.-Mrs. N. Foster. Vice-Prests.­Mrs. A. C. Kemper, Mrs. C. T. Dickson, Mrs. R. Dymond, Mrs. H. C. Robbins. Treas.-Mrs. M. M. White. Cor. Sec.­Mrs. Thalheimer. Rec. Sec.-Mrs John Gates.

Chicago Branch.

Pres.- Vice-Pres/s.-Mrs. Fred. Crumbaugh, Miss E. Dryer. Sec. and Treas.-Mrs. O. F. Avery. Auditor.-Miss Clara Hunt.

Anchorage, Ky., Branch.

Pres.-Mrs. Mahlon D. Stambach.

Kentucky Branch.

Pres.-Mrs. M. E. Crutcher. Vice­Pres.-Mrs. John A. Carter. Rec. Sec.­Miss F. Y. Love. Cor. Sec.-Mrs. John A. Miller. Treas.-Mrs. S. J. Look.

St. Louis, Mo., Auxiliary.

Pres.-Mrs. James. H. Brooks. Sec. and Treas.-Mrs. S. W. Barber.

Invalids' Auxiliary.

Pres.-Mrs. H. W. Buxton, Morris­town, N. J.

Wakefield,

Amherst, Eoston,

Bridgewater, Hatfield, Northampton, ..

-Guilford, New London,

MISSION BANDS.

New Hampshire.

"Willing Hearts,"

Massachusetts.

Mrs. W. F. Stearns's School. Mrs. Walter Baker Memorial Band,

Emmanuel Church, St. Paul's Church,

Miss H. Dow.

Miss M. L. Richardson, Pres. Boston Br.

Miss Morrill's and Mi~s Lowell's S. S. Classes, Trinity Church, Zenana Band, "Real Folks," "Seelye Band,"

Miss H. A. Wetherell, Treas. Mrs. David Billings.

Miss M. A. Allen. Miss. Soc. of Smith College, Miss S. E. Williams, Treas •

Connecticut. " Lily" Band,

New London Aux.,

New York .

Miss Sarah E. Spencer, Treas. Mrs. M. D. Clark, Treas.

. Albany, Ladies' Miss. Ass'n, Mad. Ave. Ref. Church, Mrs. Geo. V. Van Slyke, Treas. " Young Ladies' Miss. Band of Mad. Ave. Ref. Church, Miss Susie B. Robinson, Treas .

Bridgehampton, L. I., Brooklyn,

"

-Cold Spring, Corona, L. I.,

Flatbush, L. I., Irvington, New York,

"

.. In Remembrance of Susan Gansevoort," Mr. P. Gansevoort. "Ellen's" Band, Miss Mary P. Roberts.

" Egbert's" Band, Mrs. John L. Newman. "Temple Grove," Saratoga, " D. M. Miller Memorial,"

". Pioneer" Band, "Plymouth," Miss. Soc.,

" Light-Bearer," .. B. C. Cutler Memorial" Band,

Zenana Band of Central Congo Church, Willoughby Ave. Chapel S. S.,

Henry Ward Beecher Band, " Hillside" Band,

" Leverich Memorial,'~ " Mary E. Page Memorial" Band,

"Strong Memorial," " Irvington Band,"

.. Olivet Helping Hand," "Mary E. Hayes Memorial,"

"Rogers Memorial Band,"

Miss H. W. North. Miss M. E. Rose. Mrs. Frank Taft.

Mrs. E. C. Stoughton. Mrs. R. A. Burch .

Mrs. C. C. Gignoux. Miss Tiebout, Pres.

Mr. Geo. Beard, Treas. Mrs. Lyman Abbott.

Miljs A. P. Wilson. Mrs. J ohn Van Wickel.

" u " u.

Mrs. M. H. Bergen. Mrs. J. T. Terry .

Mrs. M. K. Jesup. Miss E. A. Dean.

Miss E. L. Suydam.

New York,

'"

Poughkeepsie, Sing Sing, Stafford, N. Y., Syracuse,

"Tarrytown,

Chatham, Hackensack,

Hamburgh, Millstone, Morristown,

"

Newark,

Newton, New Brunswick,

Phillipsburg, Roselle, Summit,

Allegheny, Derry Station, Germantown,

Robesonia, Scranton, ..

Baltimore,

Ada, Cincinnati,

Bryon,

Mission Bands. 31

" Gardner Mission" Band, Miss M A. McComb. S. S. of South Ref. Church, Mr. T. C. Janeway, Treas.

"Angel's" Band, Mrs. S. O. Vander Poel. Industrial School of Amity Baptist Church, Mrs. W. R. Williams.

"The Golden Rule" Mission Band, Mrs. S. W. Buck, Treas. "Hearts and Hands for Jesus," Mrs. J. E. Johnson.

" Siste~ of Martha," Miss Lida M. Randall, Treas. Ladies of Reformed Church, Mrs. R. Townsend.

Sunday School of Reformed Church, Young Ladies of Miss Bulkley's School, Miss H. L. Bulkley.

New Jersey .

.. Oak Ridge" Band, " Chase" Band,

S. S. of Reformed Church,

Miss S. Wallace. Mrs. W. Williams.

" Bethany" Band, Miss Eleanor Doremus Tucker. "Nimble Fingers," Miss A. M. Stultz.

Proudfit Band, Mrs. E. E. Doty, Pres. " Pearl Gatherers" of South St. Presby. S. S.,

Miss Phrebe Thatcher, Pres. "Little Messengers," Mrs. R. W. Vandervoort.

" Snow Birds," Miss S. Wallace. "Fannie Meeker," Miss Madge W. Clark.

Woodside Young Ladies' Zenana Band, Mrs. C. C. Hine. "Byington Memorial," Miss Mary F. Kanouse. Woman's Union Soc., Mrs. C. Dunham. "Band of Helpers," Mrs. E. L. Stevenson.

North End Mission Band, Miss K. T. Beam. Union Mission Band, .. Earnest Workers," Mr. D. W. Berdan.

.. Memorial of Two Shining Lights," Mrs. H. L. Pierson, Jr.

Pennsylvania.

Orphan Asylum Band, R. R. Y. M. C. Association,

Primary Class, First Presbyterian Church, Senior "

Endeavor Society, King's Daughters, King's Children, Grace Church,

Maryland.

Mrs. C. A. Oudry. Mr. W. D. Hevner, Treas.

" W. R. Young, " " Chas. M. Lukens, "

Mrs. S. E. Keiser. Mr. C. F. Hess, Treas.

The Medical Mission Band, Miss Alice Gilman. Band of Hope, Miss Rebecca S. Norris.

Memorial Band, Ch. of Redeemer, Ref. Epis., Miss Elsie C. Wright.

Ohio.

Young Women's Christian Association, .. Broadwell-Doremus" Mission Band,

Illinois.

Bryon Band,

Miss Sarah L. Lehr • Miss Nannie Foster.

Mrs. T. H. Read.

:J

32

Chicago, ..

111111~iiiili1i1111 3 9002 10638 4564

Mission Bands.

Sunday School of 2nd Presbyterian Church, Primary Class, ISt Congregational Church,

Sunday School, South Side Tabernacle, .. Cheerful Givers" of Washington Heights,

Chicago Branch. u "

Mrs. O. C. Howe . Mrs. E. M. Dunn •. Galesburg,

Hyde Park, Rockford,

.. Prairie Gleaners," Kenwood Union S. S.,

.. The Argonauts," Mr. Robert B. Bouk, Treas •

Mrs. Ralph EmersoD.

Louisville,

Mills Seminary,

Kentucky.

.. Olive Branch,"

.. E. T. Perkins," .. Constance Love'Memorial,"

California.

" Tolman" Band,

Mrs. M. E. Crutcher • Mrs. G. W. Anderson .

Mrs. John A. Miller.

Miss C. K. Golding.

Mission Bands of the Philadelphia Branch.

Tenth Presbyterian Church. H. E. Boardman Band. Harriet Holland Band. J. A. Howell Band.

Second Reformed Episcopal Church, Zenana Band. Ogontz School for Young Ladies, Ice-Cream Band.

Mission Band, Ch. of the Atonement.

NEW LIFE MEMBERS

Miss Grace Crosby, Miss Maria E. Nixon, Mrs. Wm. M. Johnson, Mrs. Edgar F. Randolph, Mrs. Wm. B. Kimball, Mrs. C. Nelson Staats, Mrs. E. N. Mitchell, Mr. Elbridge Torrey, Miss M. Antoinette Morton, Mrs. Elbridge Torrey,

Miss J. C. Wightman.

THE PHILADELPHIA BRANCH OF THE

Woman's Union Missionary Society of America,

FOR HEATHEN LANDS,

Was Organiied in Philadelphia May 20, r86r.

THE PHILADELPHIA BRANCH was incorporated by the Court of

Common Pleas, of the City of Philadelphia, March 10, 1869. It:was

empowered to take and hold real and pen,onal estate to the :yearly "Rlue

of five tho~lsand dollars.

FORM OF BEQUEST.

I give and bequeath to the" Philadelphia Brandl" of the WOMAK'S

UNION MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF A::'IERICA, the sum of

to be applied to the lIbssiollary purposes of said Society. (I)

THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

Woman's Union Missionary

Society.

I T has been said that" the great business of the Church is to carry on mission work; for this purpose was the Church organized, and all else is subordinate to it." Shall not we, then, who compose the

Church, adopt this 8S our motto for the New Year, not only taking an active part ourselves but making a supreme effort to deepen the interest of all about us in foreign missions. A writer says, " Is there not sjgnifi­-cance in the fact that petition for the setting up of His Kingdom in the earth is the very first petition offered? Should not the desire be first in -every heart that all men everywhere may know of Christ and His salva­tion? "

Some of our most active work ers are taking a much need ed rest in this -country and we miss their interesting reports, but the work is carried on wi th its usual success, and the harvest is being gathered by those who are taking their places. Miss Leslie writes from Allahabad: "Perhaps you will not have heard of an interesting baptism we had in the Home on the 25th of AprIl. A young woman, her son and mother were baptized. Their ages are 30, 18 and 50 respectively. They are now in Calcutta. The women are under Miss Gardner's care, and the young man wIth a good native Christian. He, through Miss Gardner's influence, has a place in the Baptist Mission Press where he has a small remuneration.

An English missionary writes in the Zeuana of March, 1897: "As I traveled through thesouthofIndia how I did wishlhad some of those blind people with me who declare that missionaries are doing nothing! India is all undermined-riddled through and through by Christian teaching. It does not yet appear on the surface, but one day there will be a crash, and Hinduism, so long a hard crust, will fall, and Christ's kingdom will be the ruling power. The more I go about the more I see what mission­ary_effort has done. Twenty years ago the few Hindu papers, if they

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4 REPORT OF THE PHILADELPHIA BRANCH.

referred to Christianity, it was to speak in bitterness, or the missionaries were a feeble folk, and as they were paid by the number of people they converted they would soon die out or leave. Now the Hindu papers, though often very bitter, copy a sort of Christian tone, and even quote from our Bible to show their knowledge. They are ashamed that they themselves have no widow's. homes, no orphanages, no charitable insti­tutions, and say, ' Why have we left these things for the mi~sionaries to do? Let us start these things and not give all our young to the Chris­tians,' and they talk and talk, and write and write, but have not .yet started these things, but continue to send their children and orphans and poor to the missionaries."

We sent our usual contribution of one hundred dollars to Mrs. Winsor. in Sirur, India. Her grateful response says: "Do accept our heartfelt thanks and our very grateful acknowledgments that this year also you have remembered us-this year which we can surely say is the year of our greatest need. You should have seen the people as they came in to­day; there were over twenty, half starved, some starving and would die but for the help we are giving them. One woman came up the steps who looked like a skeleton, such a thin being walking you would hardly, believe it. With a small part of the money I have purchased some girls, not to make them slaves, but to give them the freedom of the Gospel. The father of one of them wept when he gave the child up, and said: "Do give her at least one feeding a day. II

From Tharrawaddy comes .a report of much work accomplished. Miss Higby, in thanking us for her annual gift of one hnndred dollars, says: "Maria Pan has belonged to your Sociey for many years, and I have great satisfaction in writing you of the work she has done the last year. Last December she commenced going to visit among the Karan Tillages, accompanied by a few pupils and teachers from the school. After teaching all the week, she left her two little ones in care of a niece, and at 5 P. M. Friday started by ox-cart over rough roads, walking from house to house, talking, attending meetings, playing on the portable organ, sometimes not finding time to take her meals; then on Monday morning they rise at two or three o'clock, ride through the wet, cold fog and reach home in time for school, tired and happy over their kind reception. Maria came in several times ill from fatigue, but ready for another trip as soon as rested. She visited twenty villages while her work in town was going on, taught three hours in English, two singing classes and a kindergarten. She took care of all who were i11 on the compound, looked after the girls, led the choir, singing and playing in

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the school-room every day, as well as on the Lord's day. There are many services for prayer each week, and Maria attends them all; but the one that has apparently be~n most fruitful is a little service she has held with the non-Christian boys on Sunday afternoons. They read the Bible, sing, and some of them pray. They speak together, in the most informal way, of their wish to become Christians, and, as the result of these little meetings, eighteen made a public profession of their love to Christ.' ,

Death has claimed two of our mem bers during the year. Miss Dillaye passed away in June, I~97. She was for many years an interested man­.ager of the Society. She was. Principal Emerita at Ogontz, where the :funeral services were held at sunset, a few friends only being present.

Miss Elizabeth Troutman had kindly consented to help us after her -sister was called away, but her Master had a higher service for her, and ;she also was taken from us.

Our anniversary was held in February, with most interesting and ·stirring addresses by Dr. Alice Ernst and Miss Susan Easton, both of ~alcutta, and Miss L. W. White, of Shanghai. Bishop Nicholson pre­sided, and in his opening address deplored the diminution of missionary nterest in the churches of this country and Great Britain, and urged those present to plead with their fellow church members and pray for a revival of the work.

As usual we sent two boxes, valued at somewhat over one hundred dollars. This year the Margaret Williamson Hospital, at Shanghai, and Miss Lathrop's work at Allahabad, were the recipients.

M.L.S.

REPORT OF THE

GERMANTOWN AUXILIARY For 1897-

The meetings of the GERMANTOWN AUXILIARY have been held the third Monday of every month, from October to June, in the parlor of the W. C. A., with an average attendance of eight ladies.

In August, the annual box was sent to India, valued at $II2, con­taining 309 dressed dolls, muslin, cards, etc., etc. Another box was sent to the day school in Shanghai supported by the Auxiliary, in which were about 45 wristlets, cards, etc., as well as long mitts for the children's mothers, who were reported to be great sufferers from the cold while at their work. Nine dollars were sent to the children in Shanghai, who· solicited orders for work, being desirous of thus supporting a school themselves for some of the less favored children in that city. The Treasurer reports that SUbscriptions amounting to $106 have been re­ceived, which, with values of boxes, a special collection, etc., make a grand total of $258.40.

It is pleasant to record that :five churches are represented in our work-the First and Second Presbyterian Churches, Christ P. E. Church, and St. Michael's, and also the R. E. Church of the Atonement. We have had the pleasure of having two missionaries address us during the year-Dr. Ernst in the early spring and Mrs. Orbison from India at our November meeting. "To the uttermost parts of the earth ;" such were the very last words of our Lord e' er He ascended from Mount Olivet. Shall we not take them as His special command to us also as we enter another year?

Value of box.. . . • • •. . ...............•....................... Value of box ............................................... . Orders for China.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. • •.............. Collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...... .. . . . • . . . . . .. ... . .......... . Primary School of Second Presbyterian Church ...•••..........

$II2 00 26 85 9 00

4 55 10 00-

Total .......•••.•........................................ $r62 40

E. A. WELLS, DECEMBER 2d, 1897. Secretary.

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OFFICERS FOR 1898.

President.-Mrs. Daniel Haddock, 806 Pine street.

Vice-Presidents.-Episcopal-Mrs. A. F. Lex. Presbyterian-Miss Mary J. Boardman. Baptist-Mrs. J. F. Page. Reformed Episcopal­Mrs. W. R. Nicholson. Methodist-Mrs. F. G. Elliott.

Treasurer.-Mrs. Wm. Waterall, 1030 Race street.

Corresponding Secretary.-Mrs. G. E. Shoemaker, 3727 Chestnut street.

Recording Secretary.-Mrs. Wm. W. Farr, 3902 Walnut street.

MANAGERS AN 0 COLLECTORS.

Boardman, Miss M. J., Elliott, Mrs. Fred G., Farr, Mrs. W. W., Graeff, Mrs. J. E., Griffith, Mrs. B., Haddock, Mrs. Daniel, Howard-Smith, Mrs. J., Howell, Mrs Z. L., Hurlbut, Miss K. H., Keen, Mrs. Chas. B., Kennard, Miss A. F., Lex, Mrs. A. F., Lewis, Mrs. G. Albert, Linnard, Mrs. S. B., Matlack, Miss C. H., Nicholson, Mrs. W. R., Page, Mrs. J. F., Richards, Mrs. J. L., Stroud, Miss R. H., Shoemaker, Mrs: G. E., Stotesbury, Mrs. R. G.,

Sheppard, Miss Miriam, Thomas, Miss M. A., Waterall, Mrs. Wm.,

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451 Grove street, St. Paul, Minn. 1609 Race street. 3902 Walnut street. 1621 Spruce street. 2038 Chestnut street. 806 Pine street. 4400 Chestnut street. 4039 Chestnut street. 2353 E. Cumberland street. 1729 Chestnut street. 1829 N. Broad street. 4048 Chestnut street. 1834 Delancy' Place. 3819 Walnut street. 1910 Pine street. 2106 Chestnut street. 1820 Chestnut street. Bryn Mawr, Pa. 125 W. Chelten ave., Germantown. 3727 Chestnut street. 1934 Second street, Upland, Dela-

ware Co., Pa. 2105 Spruce street. Germantown. 1030 Race street.

HONORARY MEMBERS.

Anable, Miss A. M., Beck, Mrs. Charles E., Benson, Miss Harriet S., Biddle, Miss Hannah, Dillaye, Miss H. H., Dripps, Mrs. J. F. Kelley, Miss Kathleen, Kirkpatrick, Miss Martha M., Latimer, Miss E., Morris, Mrs. Maria, Munday, Mrs. E. W., Perot, Mrs. Joseph S., Rambaut, Mrs. M. L. Bonney.

Philadelphia. "

Ogontz.

New York. Philadelphia.

" New York. Philadelphia. Hamilton, N. Y.

LIFE MEMBERS OF THE PHILADELPHIA BRANCH.

Addicks, Miss Florence, Anable, Miss Alma M., Anable, Miss Frances A., Anable, Rev. C. W., D.D.,

Phila. "

Cambridge, Mass. Anderson, Rev. Thos. S., D.D.,

New York. Appleton, Mrs. James, *Ashhurst, Lewis R.,

Phila.

" * Ashhurst, Mrs. Lewis R., Baldwin, Rev. Stephen L' I China. Bayard, M1SS A. M., Phila. Bayard, Miss Theodosia, Barclay, Mrs. H. C., Beadle, Mrs. E. R., Benson, Miss Harrtet S., Bennett, Miss Frances E.,

" Blssel, Miss Frank, Pittsburg. Boardman,-Rev. G. D., D.D.,Phila. Boardman, Mrs. G .. Dana, " Boardman, Harriet Holland, Boardman, Miss Mary J., Boardman, Mary,

" Bogue, Mrs. E. A., New York City. Bush, Mrs. F. C.. " " *Brittain, Miss Harriet G., Japan. Brown, Mrs. Susan D., Princeton. Blecker, Miss F. M., Roseville, N. J. Browning, Miss Anna L Phila.

* Deceased. (8)

Burt, Miss Mary, Brown, Miss M. Hamilton, Burt, Mrs. Nathaniel, Burt, Arthur. Beck, Mrs. Chas. E.,

Phila.

" " Bush, Mrs. J. C.,

Clapp, Mrs. Wm. S., Craig, Mrs. John. Clewell, Mrs. Maria P ,

New York.

Germantown. *Carey, Mrs. Gertrude F., Phila. Conrad, Mrs. B. W., Davidson, Miss S. K., Davis, Dr. Perry. Providence, R. I. *Dillaye. Miss Harriet A., P.hila. Dickson, Mrs. H. S., Dripps, Rev. J. Fred., Charleston. Davis. Mrs. W. H., Easton, Pa. Dickinson, Miss Annie E., Phila. Deal, Mrs. Charles, DeWitt, Rev. Jolin, Dubois, Willie P., Eliott, Mrs. Chas. D., Evans, George 0., Evans, Mrs. George 0., Eames, Mrs. William,

" Boston.

Phila. "

Edwards, Miss B. Blair, Pittsburg. Espy, Miss Caroline, Phila. Farr, Mrs. William W., "

REPORT OF THE PHII.ADEI.PHIA BRANCH. 9

Farnum, Elizabeth H., *Foster, Mrs. T. S., Fox, Miss Mary Fox, Miss Mary R., *Grant, Miss Elizette M., Greene, Rev. Wm. Brinton, Gould, Miss Georgine V., Gould, Mrs. J. E .• Gould, Miss Sarah,

Phila.

" "

Griffith, Rev. T. S., Trenton, N. J. Hawes, Rev. Edward, Phila. Hawes, Mrs. Edward, " Hanna, Mrs. Emily J.,

Plantsville, Conn. Hamlin, Rev. Cyrus, D.D.,

Constantinople. Harris, Mrs. John, . Phila. Henry. Mrs. E. J., Germantown. Hutchinson, Rev. J. M., Phila. Hyde, Rev. J. C., Trenton, N. J. Harley, Mrs. Jacob, Phila. Henry, Rev. J. Addison, " Hagar. Mrs. Hallock, Horace, Detroit, Mich. Hill, Miss Emilie B. *Hollingsworth, Mrs. Elijah, Phila. Hopper, Mrs. H. Horner, Miss Jane W., Hurlbut, Miss Kate H. Hurlbut, Miss Louisa. IjRms, Rev. W. E.

Phila.

Jackson, Miss Mary L., Pittsburg. Johnson. Rev. Herrick, D.D. Jones, Mrs Sarah W., Germantown. Kelly, Mrs. Kathleen, New York. Kennard, Rev. J. Spencer, " Kennard, Mrs. J. Spencer, " Kennard, Miss Anna M., Phila. Kirkpatrick, Miss Ella D .. Kirkpatrick, Miss Emma E., " Kirkpatrick, Miss M. M. Knowles, Mr. G. W. Knowles, Mrs. G. W. Knowles, Master Willie. Lamson, Mrs. E. E., Windsor, Vt. Lamson. :Miss Flora, I. "

Lewis. Miss A E., Phila. Lex, Mrs. Anna F., " *Lex, Miss Louisa W., Lippincott, Mrs. Craig,

* Deceased.

Linnard, Mrs. S. B., Love, Mrs. Lowrie, Mrs. Eliza J.,

Phila. "

Lowry, Mrs. A. L., " Ludlow, Master H. S., Troy, N. Y. Moore, Rev. Wm. H., Phila. Matlack, Miss Clara H., " McHenry, James, McCullaugh, Rev. Archibald,

. New York. Moxey, Mrs. John G., Phila. Milliken, Mrs. M. J., Mitchell, Miss Nellie S., Morrison, Mrs. A. M., Orange, N.J. Morris, Mrs. M. Munday, Mrs. E. W., New York. Murray, Rev. C., Wilmington, Del. Nicholson, Rt. Rev. W. R., Phila. Nicholson, Mrs. W. R., " *Nicholson, Miss Elizabeth, Olden, Chas. S., Princeton, N. J. Pearne, Mrs. W. H., Salem, N. J. *Pechin, Miss Almira, Phila. Pearne, Miss Clara, " Peters, Miss Anna M., Potts, Miss Lizzie, Rambaut, Mrs. Mary L. Bonney,

Hamilton, N. Y. Raymond, John H., LL.D .•

Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Remington, Miss C., Phila. Rich, Miss A., Germantown. Ross, James, Phila. Ross, Mrs. James, Rowland, Mrs. A. J., Ringgold, Rev. S.,

Clarksville, Tenn. Roberts, Miss A. Middletowll, Del. Savage, Mrs. W. L. Savage, Miss M C. Scull, Miss A. M. *Seddinger, Mr!i1. J. L. Shields, Miss Elizabeth P. Sharp, Mrs. John Henry. *Simpson, Mrs. Matthew. Smith, Rev. J. Wheaton. Smith, Mrs.J. Wheaton. Stevens, Mrs. J. P., Stotesbury, Mrs. R. G., Stroud, Miss I{. H.,

Phila.

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Siter, Mrs. Ed., Phila. Savage, Mrs. W. S., Shippen, Mrs. Mary S., I I

Seelye, Dr. T. L., Cleveland, O. Tasker, Thomas, Phila. Thayer, Mrs. Martin, Thomas, Miss Maggie E., Whitall, Mary C., Willard, John, Troy, N. Y. Willard, Mrs. Sarah C I' .,

Williams, Dr. E. H., Phila. Whitney, Mrs E. S.,

Green Bav, Wisconsin. Wilson, Miss E. J., Germantown. Wilson, Mrs. W., Phila. Warren, Miss Martha, "

Williamson, Miss H., Phila. Wheeler & Wilson, Messrs.,

New York. Watson, Rev. Benj., D.D., Phila. Watson, Miss Rachel, Watson, Thomas, Williams, Dr. J ,

Fort Kodian, Alaska. Wilson, William, Phila. Whitney, Miss Helen C., Whitney, Miss Mary D., Whitney, Mrs. W. Beaumont, " Woodhull, George, Judge. Woodhull, Mrs. Clara. Woodhull. Miss Hannah. Waterall, Mrs. William, Phil a.

TREASURER'S REPORT Philadelphia Branch Woman's Union Missionary Society of America. for

Heathen Lands, in Account with Mary L. Waterall, Treasurer.

DR.

To balance on hand January 1St, 1897 ................ . To subscriptions. donations, collections, etc ........... . Interest from Harriet Holland Fund. . . . . . .. .. . ............ .

" Mary A. Boardman Fund ..................... . Mrs. Earley Fund.. ......... . .............. . Mrs. E. H. Williams Fund .................... . Agnes W. Leavitt Fund ..................... ..

, , Martha T. Carroll Fund ........... ........... . Deposits .............................. .

Cash f~ot;n John Bohlen Trust Fund P. E. Church of the Holy Tnnlty .••..............................................

CR.

By Cash, Miss Lathrop, Allahabad, India ..................... . " , , Misses Leslie and Peters, Allahabad, India ..... " ... .

" Dr. Reifsnyder, Shanghai, China .................. . Mrs. Winsor's School, Sirur. Indta ... ~ ............. . Special famine donation to Mrs. Winsor ............ . Bible Reader in India supported by King's Daugh-

ters and Sons of Pennsylvania ................. . " Bible Reader in India supported by Mrs. J. L. Rich·

ards and friends. . . . . . . . . . . . .............. . For Harriet Holland, Calcutta, from Harriet Holland

Band and Societv ..... : . " .............•....... For Chinese School' supported by Germantown Aux-

iliary.. . ....................•...........•..... For Sarah Emory Morton Scholarship, Calcutta, from

Sunday-school Christ Memorial R. E. Church ••.. From Lambertville Auxiliary for E. Tsung, in Bridge-

man Home, Shanghai .. _ . . . ................ . (from same) for Shiza Tanaka, Yokohama, Japan ... . (from same) for Child in Calcutta Orphanage ....... . (from same) for Zenana work under Miss Ward .... . For Sallie Crozer, Calcutta Orphanage, from Mrs.

Stotesbury and Mrs. Crozer .................... . Frances and Thankful Bennett (Ogontz School and

Society) ....................................... . Bible Reader in India supported by Mrs. Haddock .. .

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$299 88 1,202 95

980 00

90 00 60 00 25 00 30 00 24 00 20 18

400 oc}

$3,132 01

$60000 600 00 600 00

10000

So 00

6000

75 00

40 00

25 00

50 oc}

4000

40 co 30 00 16 00

30 00

100 00 6000

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By Cash, Agnes W. Leavitt Scholarship, under Miss Gardner, Calcutta .........••.....................••.....

From Camden Society and Auxiliary to Agnes Hurl-but Schoo1. ......•............................

Miss Higby, Tharrawaddy, Burmah ............... . Expenses of mission boxes ....................•.... Printing Reports. . . . . . . . .. . ...................... . Return of Loan. . . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .... . Donation to Sunday-school Union.. . • . . . . .. . ...... . Box at " Fidelity" ." ....•..••••.•••••....•......... Anniversary expenses .....••....•....•............. Prayer Calendars.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . .....•.... " Links" ...•.•..•............ : .................. . Committee expenses .......................... . Balance on hand December 31st, 1897 .............. .

$30 00

30 00 100 00

28 04 21 00

50 00

5 00

5 00

33 2S 3 00

10 60 4 00

295 12

Valne of boxes sent: $3,132 or

For Dr. Reifsnyder ................................•.•.. For Miss Lathrop ..............................•••.....

Audited and approved. A. F. LEX,

$4400 6000

MARY L. SHOEMAKER.

LIST REPORTED BY MANAGERS AND COLLECTORS.

Mrs. Hu(ldock.

Miss Mand erson ...•...... Miss Ella Manderson .•... Miss F. H. Bryan ........ . Mrs. Haddock ..... " ' .... .

$2 00 2 00 2 00

60 co

ltlrs. B. Griffith.

Mrs. B. Griffith $10 00

ltlrs. G. Alfred Lew-is. Mrs. Wm. S. Carpenter ... . Mrs. John A. Lewis ....... .

Miss II. A. Dillaye.

$66 00 i Mrs. G. Albert Lewis ..... .

$2 00 200 5 00

Mrs. Gustavus W.Kllowles, $5000

Through Miss F. E. Bennett.

From Ogontz School, for Frances and Thankful Ben-nett, Calcutta ........... , $60 00

Mrs. R. G. Stotesbury.

For Sallie Crozer, Mrs. J. Lewis Crozer. . . . . . . . . . .. $20 00

For Sallie Crozer, Mrs. R. G. Stotesbury ......... . 10 00

$30 00 lUre J. How-ard-Smith.

FromMrs.J.Howard-Smith $20 00

FroRl !!iiunday-school of Christ R. E. Church \Mr. Garrigues,

Treasurer).

To Sarah Emorv Morton Scholarship, to Girls' High School, Calcutta ......... $50 00

ltIrs. A. F. Lex. Mrs. C. H. Graff (incl.

$9 00 Miss M. J. BoaI·dBlan.

From Harriet Holland Band (Miss Boardman, Tenth Presb. Church, per Mr. F. K. Hipple, President), for Harriet Holland. . . . . . . .. $39 00

Miss Boardman, Link... . . 60

Mrs. J. E. Graeff. Mrs. E. C. Burkhart ....... . Mrs. J. E. Graeff ....••....

$39 60

$2 00

5 00

$7 00 Mrs. W. R. Nicholson.

Mrs. Bowie ..•............ Mrs. Nicholson and Link ..

Mrs. Z. L. How-cll.

$5 00 2 So

$7 50

The Jno. A. Ho,vell MCRlorlal Band for Foreign ltl1ssions.

Subscribers: Link) " ............ .

Miss M. F. Bloodgood ....• For Bible Reader in India,

supported by King's Daughters and Sons of Pennsylvania, through Mrs. H. E. Rood, Treas-

$3 00 Miss Emmie Howell. . . • . . . $1 00

urer ................... . Mrs. Ireland ............. . Mrs. S. B. Linnard ....... . Mrs. A. F. Lex ........... . Mrs. Powell ..... .

'1 00 Mr. Zophar C. Howell .... .

60 00

5 00 5 00

5 00

Mr. J. M. Howell ......... . Mr. Zophar L. Howell .... . Mrs. Zophar L. Howell ... . Miss Rebecca L. Howell .. Mrs. E. B. Whiteman ...•.. Mrs. Wm. Gest. . ........ . )1rs. Geo. D. McCreary ... . Mrs. Ross Hanson ........ . Mrs. L. Gordon Armistan ..

I 00 Mr. Jas. W. Patterson ..... . i Mrs. Jas. W. Patterson ... .

$80 00 I Mrs. Wm. M. House .. (13)

100 I 00

I 00 I 00

1 00 100

1 00 I 00

200 I 00 1 00

I 00 I 00

14 REPORT OF THE PHILADELPHIA BRANCH.

Mrs. Rob't J. Sharpe...... $r 00 Mrs. Paul M. Elsasser...... I 00

$17 co Mrs. Jos. L. Richards.

Mrs. Arthur Malcom •..... Miss Kath. J. Campbell ... . Mrs. Briton Cor lies ....... . Rev. W. H. R. Codies .... . Mrs. Albert Margerum .•... Mrs. C. H. McCarter .••.•.. Mr. Sam'l S. Richards .... . In Memoriam, E. A. R .... . " " Mrs. Sam'l

Simes ..............•••• Mrs. J os. L. Richards .•....

$5 00 5 00

15 00 3 00

3 00

5 00 2 00

10 00

25 00 IS 00

$88 00 Mrs. Geo. Erety ShoeDlakeI·.

Rebecca White .......•.•.. $roo 00

Mrs. Jno. Farnum... ... .•. 50 00

Mrs. Israel Morris ........ 10 00 Mr. Theo. H. Morris.... . . IO 00

Mr. F. W. Morris.... .•.. 5 00

Mr. Wm. H. Morris. . . . . . . 5 00

Miss Anna Morris.... . . . . . 5 00

Mrs. Miffiin Wistar. . . .. . . . 5 00

Mr. Thos. W. Sparks...... 10 00

Miss Sarah M. Taylor..... 5 00 M. S. Hiuchman ......••. 2 00

Mary R. Haines. . . . . . . . . . . 2 00

Mrs. Jas. N. Mohr......... I 50

Miss young.............. 50

Mrs. J rio. E. Cope ........ 5 50 Mrs. Evan Randolph. . . . . • 5 00 Mrs. Wm. W. PauL....... 2 00 Miss H. W. Pearsall....... 10 00

Miss Coates. • • • . • . • • • • . • . . 5 50

Miss Young. . . . . .. . . . . . • . . 5 00 Miss Benners .••... ...•.. I 00

Mrs.' Shoemaker (including "Link ")................ 2 50

$247 50 LaDlbertville Auxiliary, Mrs. F. B.

Hunk, Treasurer.

For support of Shiza Tan-aka, yokohama.... .. $40 00

For support of E. Tsung in Bridgeman Home. . . • . • . 40 00

For support of child in Cal-cutta Orphanage ........ $30 00

Fqr Zenana work under Miss Ward.......... •••...•.. 16 00

Mrs. Wnl. W. Farr. Mrs. J as. Carstairs. . .••... Mrs. Fitzhugh Coyle .•.... Mrs. R F. Dunton ........ . Miss H. C. Bunting .....•.. Miss Hogan .....•..•...... Miss C. Farr ............. . Mrs. A. P. Robinson ...... . Mrs. Wm. W. Farr ....... .

$126 00

$5 00 1000

3 00 3 00 I 00 I 00 I 00

25 co

$49 00

GerDlanto'Wn Auxiliary, per Miss Holloway, Treaaurer.

FroDl First Presbyterian Church, (Miss A. Garrett, collector.)

Mrs. Romaine ..••. ' ...•••.• Miss Wilson ..•.•...•.... Miss H. M. Johnson ..•... Mrs. H. W. Mechling ..... . Mrs. Pease ....... ; ....... . Mrs. T. A. North .•..•..... Miss McLean ............ . Miss Kitchen .......... . Miss Richards.......... .. Miss Wartenby ......... . Mrs. T. C. Henry ......... . Mrs. T. H. Garrett ........ . Mrs. W alIer ............. . Mrs. Lukens ............. . Mrs. Dennison ........... . Mrs. Taylor .............. . Mrs. Royal ............... . Miss Mansfield ..... . Miss Sara L. Mansfield ... . Mrs. Shepherd ........... . Mrs. S. R. G. Beck ..••..... For Chinese School. .•..... (For General Fund) Mrs.

Bradbury ............... . Mrs. Pardee .•............. 1\l[rs. Moffiy ............•.. Miss Holloway ........... . Mrs. E. Kellogg .......... . Mrs. E. Cope .....••.••...

$5 00 1 00

2 00 r 00 1 00

2 00 1 00

25 1 00

1 00

5 00 I 00 I 00

I 00 2 00

1 00

1 00 I 00 I 00

I 00

25 00

25 00

5 00

5 00 1 00

100 I 00

3 00

REPORT OF THE PHII,ADELPHIA BRANCH. 15

Miss E. Johnson ...••.... , . Miss A. Rich ............ .. Mrs. Ployd .........••..... Mrs. Wells ............... . Miss E. A. Wells .•........ Miss H. Johnson .••....... Mi",s Stroud ..•..........•. Mrs. Vail ................. . Miss Darrach (additional) .. Cash .................... .

$1 00 I 50

50 I 00 I 00 2 00 1 00 1 co

50 200

$107 75 CaDlden Auxiliary, DUss K. H.

Hurlbut, Treasurer. For the AGnes Hurlbut School.

Miss Ackley ............. .. Mrs. Frances Smith ...... . Mrs. Felton ...•........... Mrs. Nei11e .............. .. Mrs. Sargeant. ........... . Mrs. Whitaker ........... . Mrs. Quint ............... . Mrs. Gray ................ . Mrs. Sharp ............... . Mrs. Bingham .......••••.• Mrs. Jacob Miller .... ' ..... Miss Mary Miller ..•....... Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Titus .. . Miss A. S. Hurlbut ....... . Miss K. H. Hurlbut ...•• Mrs. J. Callahan .......... .

Miss E. TroutDlan.

M1ss A. W. Pearsall .•••.•. Miss M. Pearsall ......... .

$[ 20 1 20 I 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20

20 20

I 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20

$5 00 5 00

Miss Hochley, for '96 and '97 .........•........... $10 00

Mrs. G. M. Troutman..... 5 00 Miss M. Troutman, through

E. T . .................. 10 00 Mrs. Wharton Smith ..... . Miss B. W. Smith ........ . Miss Meta Newcomb .••• o. Miss Troutman ........... . Donation, Miss Laura Mc-

200 2 00 100 5 00

Clintock. • • . • .. .... • . . . . 5 00

DIrs. Will. Waterall.

Mrs. L. J. Tingley ........ . Mrs. S. M. Patterson .... . Mrs. Henry T. Coates ..... . Mrs. Jno. R. McCurdy and

"Link" ...•.•......•... Mrs. S. E. Hood .......... . Miss E. A. Kates .•.•.•.... Miss Juliet K. Hood ..... . Miss Simons ............. . Miss K. C. Broadbent .... . Mr. Thos. A. Robinson ... . Mrs. Isaac A. Sheppard .. . Mrs. Wm. Waterall ....... .

$50 00

$5 00 1 00 2 00

5 50 2 00 2 00

3 50 I 00 2 00 5 00

10 00

500

$4400

Anniversary Collection and sale of Prayer Calendar::;, $19 40

From Miss Matlock, for boxes....... ....••...... $5 00

From Cash, for boxes. . . . . 1 00