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NORTH A M E R I C A

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Containing

The 46th Annual Report of the Board, Presented to the General Assembly at Washington, Iowa, May 24, 1905.

The Jubilee Report of the Mission in Egypt :

The 4th Annual Report of the Sudan flission :

The 49th Annual Report of the flission in India;

General Statement of Receipts and Payments :&c., «See.

P H IL A D E L P H IA :

P A T T E S O N P R IN T IN G H O U SE, T8 S. T H IR D S T R E E T .

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CONTENTS.

P A G E

Officers and Members of the Board of Foreign M is s io n s ,...................... 4-5

Post Office Address of Missionaries,'' . . .. . .; . - . - . . . 6-7Map and Statistics— Egypt, J .......................... 8Map and Statistics— India, 9Map and Statistics— The Sudan.............................................................................. 10General Summary of Entire Foreign, W ork, ■ . . . . . ........................... 11

Historical S k e t c h , ........................................... " ........................................ 12General Inform ation,............................ 13The Board’s Annual Report to the General A ssem bly,............... 15Report of General Assembly’s Committee,............................................ 37Appropriations of the General A s s e m b ly ,............................ 40Report of the Mission in Egypt, ............................ 41Report of the Mission In the Sudan,............ . . . . . 135Report of the Hission in India, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Alphabetical last of Missionaries, \ . 206

Treasurer’s Report, . . . i . • • • - • • ■ • 215A ct of Incorporation,....................................................................... 225

T O P IC A L I N D E X ,. . . . . . . . . . , .. , . 226,

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ILLUSTRATIONS.

PACxEMap of Egypt, . .............................. 8Map of India..................................................................................... 9Map of The S u d a n ,.................................................................................. 10

Sixth United Presbyterian Church, Pittsburg, P a . , ........................................ 14Missionaries and Workers at the Jubilee Anniversary, E g y p t , ......................41The Founders of our Egyptian M is s io n ,................................................................. 48View of T a n t a ,......................................................................................................................54Assiut College— Faculty and Instructors, .............................................................68

Assiut College— Members of the Christian Union, ............................................71Assuit College— Members of Volunteer Band, .................................................... 73American Mission— Cairo, ............................................................................................80

Assiut Hospital— Operating R o o m ,.............................................................................109Patients at Tanta C lin ic ,................................... 113

The Ibis—Mission Nile Boat, ..................................................................................... 121Egyptian C o lp o rte u r ,.......................................................................................................126

Native Musicians in India, ......................................................................................... 161Water-Carrier in I n d i a , .................................... 161Going to the Hills— Indian O x -c a r t ,....................................... 179

Village W ork— Teaching W omen in India.............................................................. 179Studying the Language,...................................................................................................187

Rawal Pindi Girls’ High School, . . . , . .......................... 202

B o a r d o f F o r e i g n M i s s i o n s .

M E M B E R S.

r REV. T. B. TU R N B U LL, D.D.

1903-1906 ] JOHN R. M cLE A N .

(jA M E S S. M cCR A C K E N .

r R EV. M. G. K Y L E , D.D.

1904-1907) “ CH AS. S. C L E LA N D .( “ W. M. A N D ER SO N .

f REV. S. G. F IT Z G E R A L D .

1905-1908 j ROBT. L. L A T IM E R .

(.FRED. O. SH A N E .

O FFICER S,

P r e s i d e n t .

R e v . M. G. K Y L E , D.D.

1132 Arrott St., Fraukford,

Philadelphia, Pa.

R e c o r d i n g S e c r e t a r y .

R e v . C. S. C LE LA N D ,

802 North 17th St., Philadelphia, Pa.

• C o r r e s p o n d i n g S e c r e t a r y .

R e v . CH AS. R . W A TSO N ,

921 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.

T r e a s u r e r .

ROBT. L. LATTM ER, ESQ.,

24 North Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Stated meeting at 1 o’clock p . m . , Second Monday in each

month in the Second United Presbyterian Church, Race Street,

near 16th, Philadelphia, Pa.

OFFICERS OF T H E BOARD SINCE ORGANIZATION.

185918711898

185918931902

185918661871187418771878 1880 1882 1896

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. Resigned 1871 1893

Presidents.Rev. Joseph T. Cooper, D D ,

“ W . W . Barr, D .D , . . .“ M . G. Kyle, D.D.

Corresponding Secretaries.Rev. J. B. Dales, D D .....................................Died 1893

“ W . W . Barr, D D ............................Resigned 1902“ Charles R. Watson.

Recording Secretaries.Rev. F. C h u r c h ...................................... Resigned 1866

1871187418771878 1880 1882 1896

“ Thos. H . Hanna, D.D. . .S. C. H u e y ....................................Rev. J. C. W ilso n ..........................Joseph D. M c K e e ......................Rev. J. B. Whitten . . . . . . .

•“ R. Stewart, D .D ..................“ D. W. Collins, D .D . . . .“ C. S. Cleland.

Treasurers.Thos. B R i c h ................................ Died Feb. 22, 1874William G e t t y .................................Resigned 1879Joseph D. M c K e e ................................ “ 1893Robt. L- Latimer.

MEMBERS SINCE ORGANIZATION.Died August 18, 1870

22, 1886 21. 1893

Rev. J. T. Pressly, D.D. “ • J. T. Cooper, ““ J. B. Dales, ““ G. C. Arnold . . “ F. Church . . . . “ H . H . Blair . . .

T. D. Anderson

Nov. 30, 1868 Feb. 21, 1890 January 7, 1876 March 22, 1897

“ S C. H u e y ...................... “ Feb. 11, 1883

POST OFFICE ADDRESS OF MISSIONARIES FOR 1904-5 /

E G T P T azicL T H E SXJ3D ^ .iT .

Rev. J. R . Alexander, D . D . , ..................Assiut, Egypt.“ $J. Howard B o y d ,..............................Carnegie, Pa., R . R . 1.“ Ralph E . C a r s o n , .......................... Dolaib H ill, Sobat River, Sudan.“ W m . R. Coventry...............................Monsurah, Egypt.“ Samuel C. E w i n g ,...........................Cairo, Egypt.“ Thos. J. F in n e y ,.............................. Luxor, Egypt.“ Bruce G i f f e n , ...................................Luxor, Egypt.“ E . Morrison G i f f e n , ......................Assiut, Egypt.“ John Giffen, D .D ., ...................... Cairo, Egypt.“ J K elly Giffen....................................Khartum, Egypt.

Dr. A . F. Grant, ...................................Assiut, Egypt.Rev. Sam’l G. Hart......................................Zagazig, Egypt.

“ W m . Harvey, D .D ., ..................Cairo, Egypt.Dr. V . M . Henry, .............................Assiut, Egypt.Rev. James G. H u n t , ..............................Cambridge, N. Y .

“ J. Kruidenier....................................... Grand Haven, Mich.Dr. Hugh R. M a g ill ,.............................. Dolaib Hill, Sobat River, Sudan.Prof. Robt. S. McClenahan, . . . . Hooper, Col.Rev. W m . L. M c C le n a h a n ,..................Alexandria, Egypt.Dr. H . T. McLaughlin.............................Sterling, Kansas.Rev. §Chauncey Murch, D .D ................. Tanta, Egypt.Dr. A . W . Pollock.......................................Luxor, Egypt.Rev. §W . H . Reed........................................El Medinet, Faytim, Egypt.

“ Geo. A. S o w a sh ,..............................Claridge, Pa.“ David Strang, D .D ........................... Groton, Conn“ R. W . W a l k e r , .............................. Assiut, Egypt.“ Andrew Watson, D .D ...................... Cairo, Egypt.“ S. A. W o r k , .......................................Cairo, Egypt.

Miss Alda B. Atchison............................... Luxor, Egypt.“ Margaret A. B e l l , ..........................Atlantic, Iowa,“ Myra L. B o y d , .............................. Assiut, Egypt.“ §Carrie M. B u c h a n a n ,......................Luxor, ““ §Cora B. D i c k e y , .............................. Tanta, Egypt.“ N. Belle Drake, M .D ....................... Tanta, Egypt.“ Helen J. F e r r ie r ,.........................Monsurah, Egypt.“ Minnehaha Finney, ..................Alexandria, Egypt.“ Alfaretta Hammond, ................. Cairo, Egypt.“ Rena L- Hogg, ............................. Assiut, Egypt.“ Ella O. K yle ....................................... Cairo, ““ ^Caroline C. Lawrence, M .D. . . Tanta, ““ Leonora J. McDowell.......................Alexandria, Egypt.“ Adelle McMillan, . . . . Tanta, Egypt.“ E- Roxy Martin, .........................Fayum, Egypt.“ Zella W . Mitchell, .....................New Wilmington.“ Anna M . McConaughy, . . . . Zagazig, Egypt.“ Marian A . Paden, .....................Cairo, Egypt.“ Margaret A. Smith, ................ Cairo, Egypt.“ §E- Dorcas T e a s , ...................... Assiut, Egypt.“ Anna Y . T h o m p s o n ,......................Cairo, Egypt.“ Anna B. Watson, M . D . , .................Tanta, ““ Laura B. Walker, . . . . . . . Cairo, Egypt.“ Ruth A. W ork ...................................Assuit, Egypt.

♦Unexpected clianges may impair the accuracy of these addresses, but even in such cases mail will probably be forwarded safely.

¡¡Expected to sail from United States for foreign field in fall of 1905. NOTE:—Foreign postage is five cents per each % ounce. For further infor.

mation see page 13.

POST OFFICE ADDRESS OF MISSIONARIES FOR 1904-5.*H T D I A .

Rev. W m . B. A n d e r s o n ,................... . Box 371 , Lancaster, Pa.“ W . T. Anderson................................. Zafarwal, Punjab, India.“ J. W . B a lla n tin e ,...........................Sialkot, Punjab, India.“ Jas. S. Barr, D .D ......................... . . Pathankot, Punjab, India.“ W m . J. B r a n d o n ,.........................Pasrur, “ ““ ¡¡¡A. B. C aldw ell,............................. Sialkot, ' “ ““ E. E . Campbell, ......................... Jhelum, Punjab, India.“ Hubert C. C h a m b e rs ,................ Jhelum, “ ““ Osborne C row e,.............................Gujranwala, “ ““ Thos. F. C u m m in gs.......................Jhelum, Punjab, India.“ David R. Gordon, .................... Gurdaspur, “ ““ Thos E. H o l l i d a y , .................... Cadiz, Ohio.“ J. H. M a r t i n , ................................... Sialkot, Punjab, India.“ Samuel Martin, D . D . , .................. Sialkot, “ 41“ Robt. M a x w e ll ,............................... Rawal Pindi, “ ““ J. A . McArthur, .......................... Gujranwala, Punjab, India.“ Jno. A. M cConnelee,......................Bhera, ““ W . M. M c K e lv e y ,.......................... Lyallpur, ““ J. H . M o rto n ,....................................Rawal Pindi, “

Prof. W m . E- iN ic o l l , ..............................Rawal Pindi, “Rev. E . L- P o r t e r ,...................................Gujranwala, “

“ T. L- S c o t t , ........................................New W ilm ington, Pa.“ Robert Stewart, D .D ., . . . . Jhelum, Punjab, India.

Miss $ Emma D. Anderson.......................Bhera, Punjab, India.“ Mary J. C am pbell,.......................... Pathankot, Punjab, India.“ Laura Cleland...................................Jhelum, “ ““ Kate M. C o r b e t t , .........................Baxter, Pa.“ Sallie E. Dickey..............................Rawal Pindi, Punjab, India.

Laurella G. D ic k s o n ,................. Tarkio, Mo.“ Marion M . E m b leton ,................Khangah Dogran, Punjab, India.

Edith M. Fulton, ......................Pasrur, “ ““ Elizabeth G. Gordon, . . . . Cedar Rapids, Iowa.“ Ella M. G o r d o n ,.......................... Jhelum, Punjab, India.“ Nancy A. Hadley..........................Gujranwala, Punjab, India.“ Anna M. H a m ilton ,......................Zafarwal, “ ““ Kate A. H i l l , ..................................Newton, Iowa.“ Flora J. J a m eso n ,..........................Pathankot, Punjab, India.“ Mary K yle ......................................... Pathankot, Punjab, India.“ Mary A . Lawrence..........................Pasrur, Punjab, India.“ Mary E. Logan, ......................... Khangah Dogran, Punjab, India.“ Fannie C. Martin........................... Sialkot, “ ““ Mary R. M a r t i n , ......................... Sialkot, “ ““ E. Josephine M a r t in , ................. New Wilmington, Pa.“ Elizabeth M c C a h o n ,................. Bhera, Punjab, India.

Mrs. Alice McClure...................................New Wilmington, Pa.Miss Lillian A . McConnell......................Lyallpur, Punjab, India.

“ Rosa A. M cC u llo u g h ,.................Gujranwala, “ ““ Emma M. M i n g e r , .....................Sialkot, “ “

- “ Henrietta M o o r e ,..........................Gujranwala, “ ““ Jennie B. Morrison........................ Sialkot, “ “

Rev, H . S. Nesbitt................................... Gujranwala, Punjab, India.Miss J. Phandora Simpson, M .D ., . . Jhelum, “ ‘

“ Nannie J. S p e n c e r ,.....................Sialkot “ ““ g Josephine L. W h i t e , ..................Lyallpur, Rawal Pindi,“ Mana White, M .D ., .................Sialkot, Punjab, India.“ Cynthia B. W ilson.......Gurdaspur, “ ““ Margaret W ilson............................Rawal Pindi, Punjab, India.“ Rosa T. W ilson, . . . . . . .Gurdaspur, “ ““ Bertha B. W o r k , ..........................Gujranwala, Punjab, India.“ Susan A. Y o u n g ,..........Zafarwal,________________ “ _______ “________________

♦Unexpected changes may impair the accuracy of these addresses, but even in such cases mail will probably be forwarded safely.

gExpected to sail from United States for foreign field in fall of 1905.NOTE ¡— Foreign postage is five cents per each % ounce. For further infor

mation see page 13. ,

8 Annual Report— Statistics.

EGYPT.STATISTICS JA N U A R Y 1, 1905.

Population of our field in Egypt........................................................... 8,000,000Ordained Missionaries* .......................................................................... 19Professors in College* .............................................................................. 1Women Missionaries, Married* ............................................................ 20Women Missionaries, Unmarried* ..................................................... 21Medical Missionaries, Men* .................................................................... 3Medical Missionaries, W om en *............................................................... 3Nurses* ........................................................................................................... 1

Foreign Missionaries under regular appointment* ....................... 08

Assistant Physician ................................................................................... 1Assistant Teachers...................................................................................... 21Assistant N u rses......................................................................................... 8

Total Foreign Workers* .......................................................................... 98Native Ordained M inisters..................................................................... 35Licentiates..................................................................................................... 13Other Native W orkers.............................................................................. 517

Total Native W ork ers............................................................................... 565

Total Workers, Native and Foreign*................................................... 6G3Mission Districts.......................................................................................... 10Organized Congregations......................... 63Other places where Services are held................................................... 118Congregations self-supporting ................................................................. 9Total Membership ..................................................................................... 7,757Received by Profession in 1904........................................... . 708Total Christian Evangelical Community............................................ 29,000Sabbath Schools .......................................................................................... 171

Teachers in th ese ................................................................................. 399Scholars in th e se ................................................................................. 11,182

Theological Seminaries ............................................................................. 1Collegest.......................................................................................................... 1Boarding and High Schoolst................................................................... 22Village Schools ............................................................................................ 343

Total Number of Schools........................................................ 167

Students in Thelogical Seminary............................................................ 16Students in College ................................................................................... 686Students in Boarding and High Schools................................................ 4,139Students in Village Schools.................................................................... 10,043

Total Number of Students in all Schools............................................ 14,884

Hospitals ........................................................................................................ 2Clinics.............................................................................................................. 7Native Contriblotions for Church W ork.............................................. $28,256Paid by Native^ for all purposes...........................................................................$116,994Sanitariums.................................................................... 2

*These figures include all Missionaries under appointment, whether at home on furlough or at work on field.

tin this summary the Girls’ Boarding Schools at Cairo, Assiut and Luxor are classified as‘'High Schools.

tThe Sudan Mission having effected an independent organization, its statistics are given separately on page 10 .

N . B.—More detailed statistics may be found on pages 128-131.

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tAnnual Report— Statistics. 9

INDIA.STATISTICS JA N U A R Y 1, 1905.

Population of our field in India........................... ' 5,075,000Ordained Missionaries* ........................................................................... 23Professor in College* ................................................................................ 1Women Missionaries, M arried*.............................................................. 22Women Missionaries, Unm arried*....................................................... 33Medical Missionaries, W om en *.............................................................. 2

Foreign Missionaries under regular appointment*............................ 81Assistant Teachers ..................................................................................... 3

Total Foreign Workers* ......................................................................... SI

Native Ordained M inisters..................................................................... HiLicentiates ..................................................................................................... 12Other Native Christian Workers......................................................... 202

Total Native Christian Workers......................................... 230

Total Workers, Native and Foreign* ................................................ 314

Mission Districts.................... 12Organized Congregations ......................................................................... 28Other places where Services are held............................................. 25(5Congregations self-supporting ................................................................ (3Total Membership .................................................................................... 10,052Received by Profession in 1904 .............................................................. 807Total Christian Evangelical Community............................................. 10,231Sabbath Schools......................................................................................... 133

Teachers in th ese ................................................................................ 229Scholars in these ................................................................................ 5,005

Theological Seminaries............................................................................. 1Colleges......................................... 1Boarding Schools ....................................................................................... 11Industrial Schools....................................................................................... 2Day Schools.................................................................................................. 153

Total Number of Schools......................................................................... 168

Students in Theological Seminary (3 in Regular Course) 18Students in College ......................... 54Students in Boarding Schools............................................................... 398Students in Industrial Schools............... 258Students in Day Schools.................................................. (¡,777

Total Number of Students in all Schools........................................... 7,505

Hospitals and Dispensaries ................................ 0Native contributions for Church W ork................................................ $1,928Paid by Natives for all purposes....................................... ; ................. $11,91.(5Sanitariums . . . . ! ....................................................................................... 2

*These figures include all Missionaries under appointment, whether at home on furlough or at work on field.

N.B.—More detailed statistics may be found on pages 200-207.

THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN.(Dolaib Hill is on north bank of the Sobat River, Six miles from its /junction with

the White Nile.).

STATISTICS JAN U AR Y i, 1905.

Ordained M ission a ries*................................................................................................ 3Medical Missionaries ( M e n ) * .................................................... 2W omen Missionaries, m a r r ie d * ............................................... 4Foreign Missionaries under regular appointment* .......................... 9Native ordained m in is te r ......................................................... 1Boys’ s c h o o ls .................................. „• 4Pupils in s a m e ............................................................................................... 247Places where services are held r e g u la r ly ............................................................. 5Main Stations........................................................................................... 2

*These figures include all Missionaries under appointment, whether at home on furlough or at work on field.

tAnnual Report— General Summary. n

GENERAL SUMMARY OF ENTIRE FOREIGN WORK.STATISTICS JA N U A R Y 1, 1905.

Total Population of our Foreign Fields (excluding the Sudan) 13,075,000Ordained Missionaries.............................................................................. 45Professors in College .............................................................................. 2Physicians—Men 5, Women 5 ................................................................. 10N u rse ................................................................................................. 1Women Missionaries, Unmarried (exclusive of above)................. 54Wives of Missionaries ............................................................................ 46

Total Foreign Missionaries under appointment for life................ 158

Assistant Physicians .................................................................... 1Assistant Teachers ....................................................................... 24Assistant Nurses ....................................................................................... 8

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Total Foreign W ork ers............................................................................ 191

Native Ordained Ministers ................................................................... 52Licentiates ..................................................................................................... 25Other Native Workers.............................................................................. 719

Total Native Workers .............................................................................. 796

Total Workers, Native and Foreign..................................................... 987Mission districts.......................................................................................... 24Synods ............................................................................................................ 2Presbyteries................................................................................................... 8Organized Congregations .......................................................................... 91Other places where services are held................................................... 379Congregations self-supporting ................................................................ 15Total Membership ..................................................................................... 17,809Received on Profession in 1904............................................................. 1,515Net gain in Membership in 1904..................... : ............... 1,375Total Christian Evangelical Community ............................ 45,231Sabbath Schools.......................................................................................... 304Sabbath School Teachers ........................................................................ 628Sabbath School Scholars.......................................................................... 16,247Theological Seminaries.............................................................................. 2Pupils in sa m e .............................................................................. 34Colleges........................................................ 2Pupils in same ....................................... ' . .................................................. 740Boarding and High Schools..................................................................... 33Pupils in sam e.............................................................................................. 4,537Industrial Schools....................................................................................... 2Pupils in. same .................................................. 258Day and Village Schools................................................ ; ......................... 301Pupils in same ......................... 17,067

Total Schools .................................................... 335Total Pupils in same.................................................... 22,636Hospitals-............................................................ 4Dispensaries.................................................................................................. 11

Native Contributions for Church W ork.............................................. $30,184“ “ “ all purposes ............................................ $128,910

Sanitariums ................................................................................................... 3

12 Annual Report— Historical Sketch.

HISTORICAL SKETCH.

The United Presbyterian Church of North' America came into existence in 1858, through the union of the Associate Reformed and the Associate Presbyterian Churches. The first General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church met in Xenia, Ohio, in May, 1859. A t that meeting a Board of Foreign Missions was chosen, consisting of nine members, and to this Board was committed the care of the several missions which had been inaugurated by the two branches of the Church prior to the union. Circumstances, which seemed wholly providential, led to the abandonment of three of the missions and the concentration of the Church’s strength upon the other two fields; the Trinidad Mission was given over in 1S67 to the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces (now the Presbyterian Church of Canada); the China Mission was transferred to the Rhenish Missionary Society in 1878; the Syrian Mission was transferred in 1878 to the care of the Presbyterian Church of Ireland.

The Mission in Egypt, established, in 1854, recognizes at least 8,000,000 of the 9,735.000 of the population as constituting its legitimate mission field, and its operations extend from the Mediterranean to the First Cataract.

The Mission in India, established in 1855, includes within its field, wholly or in large part, some seven government districts of the Punjab, with a population of more than 5,000,000; adjoining, though as yet unoccupied, territory in Kashmir may also be recognized as its legitimate field.

In 1900, the Mission in Egypt extended its operations beyond the frontiers of Egypt Proper into what is called the Egyptian Sudan.

The whole number of missionaries, men and women, who have accepted appointment as missionaries since the first sailed, July 14, 1843, until January 1, 1904, is 263; this includes the missionaries of both branches of the Church prior to the union.

One hundred and twenty-three missionaries have received appointment to our Mission in Egypt (including the Sudan); of these 35 were ordained men, 1 a college professor, 10 physicians, 2 nurses and 38 other unmarried women; the remainder being wives of missionaries. Since the establishment of the Mission, 46 have retired or died, and 77 are still under appointment.

One hundred and fourteen missionaries have received appointment to our Mission in India. Of these 35 were ordained men, 1 a college professor, 1 a layman, 4 physicians, *37 other unmarried women; the remainder being wives of missionaries. Since the establishment of the Mission 33 have retired or died, and 81 are still under appointment.

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G E N E R A L IN FO R M A TIO N .Letters relating to the Board of Foreign Missions should be addressed to

the Rev. C. R. Watson, 921 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.Contributions and letters relating to Finances should be addressed to

Robert L- Latimer, Esq , 24 N . Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

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C o r r e s p o n d e n c e w it h M is s io n a r ie s .

Letters to foreign missionaries should be addressed according to directions on pages 6 and 7, and the postage prepaid, at foreign postage rates.

P o s t a g e t o E g y p t , In d ia & t h e S u d a n .

Letters per half ounce 5 cents; Postal cards 2 cents; Newspapers, Periodicals, Books and other printed matter up to 4 pounds, 1 cent for each two ounces. Registration fee on letters or books 8 cents additional to other postage.

M o n e y V a l u e s .

India. Rupees, variable, at present 33 cents, three Rupees nearly one dollar. The Anna 1-16 of a Rupee, or about 2 cents, the Pice % of an Anna or ^ a cent.

Egypt. Para about 1-8 of a cent. Piaster 40 Paras, about 5 cents. 20 Piasters, One dollar. £ E., One Egyptian Pound (about $4.97) 100 Piasters.

FORM8 OF BEQUE8T.

“ I do give and bequeath the sum of dollars to the Board of Foreign Missions of the United Presbyterian Church of North America.”

Or, if the bequest be of real estate, as follows :“ I do give, devise and bequeath all that “ (describe the property''') unto the

Board of Foreign Missions of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, to have and to hold, to them and their successors forever.

A n n u it ie s .

Those who wish their money to go finally to the missionary cause and who cannot afford as yet to be deprived of the income, are asked to consider the Annuity Plan of the Board of Foreign Missions. W ills are often broken and bequests to missionary societies are lost. By giving your money to the Board while you live, you become your own executor and avoid the risk of a subsequent diversion of the funds. The Annuity Plan allows you a reasonable income during life.

Correspondence concerning the above should be addressed to Robert L. Latimer, Esq., 24 N. Front Street, Philadelphia.

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THE

AN N U AL REPORTOF TH E

Board of Foreign Missionso f t h e

United Presbyterian ChurchTO TH E

GENERAL ASSEMBLY1905

A peculiar interest attaches itself to this Forty-sixth Annual Report of the Board of Foreign Missions: D uring the pastyear the United Presbyterian Church of North Am erica has celebrated the semi-centennial anniversary of the founding of its missidhs in E gypt and in India. In September, 1854, within two days of each other, two missionary parties sailed from, Am erica to establish the missions of the United Presbyterian Church in E gypt and India. The difference in the distance between Am erica and these two countries caused the founding of one mission to antedate that of the other by almost a year, so that while the mission in Egypt rounded out its fiftieth year in November, 1904, August, 1905, marks the completion of a half-‘century of missionary work in India.

Fifty years of uninterrupted development and growth must have a deep significance for an enterprise as colossal and as difficult as that of foreign missions. W e need to appreciate the magnitude of this enterprise. Its outlook is world-wide: it proposes to go to every nation and people and tribe. Its scope is universal: it addresses itself alike to the rich and to the poor, to the learned and to the ignorant, to the old and to the young,

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Its purposes are all em bracing: it has to do with the material, the intellectual, the moral, the social, but especially the spiritual, interests of human life.

The difficulties which the foreign missionary enterprise faces serve to emphasize the magnitude of the task. This enterprise projects itself into foreign lands where it must enter into contest with hostile faiths enjoying all the prestige of age and numbers, where it cannot rally to its support public favor nor appeal to an enlightened public conscience, where it must express itself in a foreign tongue and adapt itself to foreign conditions.

Furtherm ore, the foreign missionary enterprise assumes this task with agents and agencies apparently hopelessly unequal to the task assumed. W hat, humanly speaking, were the six missionaries with w hich 'our Church began its missions in Egypt and India am ong the millions of people inhabiting these two mission fields? W hat an absurdly impotent agency for the transformation of individual, social and national life was this Gospel of a Crucified One which they preached. From a human point of view, never were the agencies employed more hopelessly disproportionate to the things aimed at than in this foreign missionary enterprise

T o indicate the exact and specific counterpart of each of these generalizations which may be found in our Church’s missionary w ork in E gypt and India during the past half-century, would require the writing of a complete history of these two missions. The surveys of our foreign w ork presented' at the Semi-Centennial Foreign M issionary Convention held at Pittsburg, Decem ber 6 to 8, 1904, in part accomplish this task, and present the aim, history, methods and successes of our Church’s labors in E gypt and India. The Board can only call attention here to certain facts to which this Jubilee occasion has given special prominence:

1. The Triumphs of the Gospel. Numerically, the results of our foreign missionary work are marvelous. T o tho^e who knew the corruption of a nominal Christian Church in Egypt, the bigotry of a Mohammedan faith in E gypt and India, and both the pride and degradation of 'Hindu life in India, one single genuine conversion to Christianity seemed a miracle of the most supreme order— and such it was. W hat then shall we say of the triumph of the Gospel which has brought into the liberty of the sons of God an increasing number, until our ingathering approxim ates 1500, and our foreign churches claim a membership of 17,809?

Neither do figures tell the whole story. The triumph o f the Gospel during the past half-century is written large in attainments of rare piety and puritv on the part of those who once were “fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminate, thieves, covetous, drunkards, revilers, extortioners,” but who are now “ washed, sanctified, justified in the name of the L ord Jesus and

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by the Spirit of our God.” It is also written in repeated instances of men, women and even little children who have literally had “ trial of cruel mockings, and scourgings, yea, moreover, of bonds and imprisonment,” and others who were “ tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.”

2. The Good Providence of God is also markedly manifest from the vantage ground of this Semi-Centennial Y ear. A s of old the pillar of fire went before the people of God, so has God’s providence preceded the development of our missionary enterprise during the past half-century, revealing and opening the way by which H e would have us go. In the days of the Sepoy Rebellion in India, as of the Arabi Rebellion in Egypt, wars and the -violence of man threatened to engulf our work and our workers together, but God made the wrath of man to praise Him, and the remainder of wrath did He restrain. A gain and again has plague surrounded our workers in India and cholera our .representatives in Egypt, but a Divine Providence has shown that God’s people need not be afraid for the terror by night nor for the arrow that flieth by day. W ar in the home land and financial depression or panic have now and again reduced the support which the Home Church gave to its foreign missions, but God has supplied that which lacked unto H is servants, so that they have not come to want. “ O, sing unto the Lord a new song; for He hath done marvelous things.”

3. This Semi-Centennial Occasion lays emphasis on the enlarged and more effective agencies which now belong to the , Church for the accomplishment of her foreign missionary task.It is not six, but 158 foreign missionaries which our Church now has in her foreign fields. The appropriations of the Home Church to her foreign work which forty-five years ago. had not passed the $10,000 mark, and which until seventeen years ago had only once passed the $100,000 mark, are now passing the $200,000 mark. Our missions have during the past half-century developed, corrected, purified and adapted to the conditions and needs of their fields, missionary methods and a missionary policy, so that the inexperience of the young or new missionary is atoned for by the experience of the entire missionary body. A new force has also come into existence to co-operate with the Home Church in accomplishing the evangelization of our mission fields: it is the Native Church. The Native Church itself in each of our foreign fields has become a missionary aerency Ajptnessing powerfully both by word and bv life to the faith in Christ. T o the funds sent out from America, it adds $30,184 for distinctively Church work, while it and the native community at large contribute in fees $63,010 more toward the maintenance of missionary educational institutions. The early absence of all native workers stands in marked contrast to the fifty-one ordained native ministers and the hundreds of trained native work-

ers, who now co-operate with the foreign missionary in teaching, preaching and visiting from home to home. If prayer and faith through prayer could claim for the limited missionary agencies of fifty years ago any results whatever, surely faith and prayer ought to claim for the enlarged and more effective agencies of the present, results proportionately greater.

4. , But this Semi-Centennial occasion lays emphasis as never before upon the the work which yet remains to be done. It must be admitted that one of the m ost valuable contributions which thè closing half-century of foreign missionary work has made to the life of our Church, is the recognition of her foreign w ork as a clearly-defined work to be done, laying upon the Church an equally clear and definite responsibility for its accomplishment. It cannot be denied that for the most part missionary efforts in the past have indeed been more or less earnest, and aiming to bring the Gospel to a greater number of unevangelized souls than ever before; but these missionary efforts were for the most part quite devoid of any clear appreciation of a definite work to .b e ' done, and, therefore, unaccompanied by any definite responsibility for the accomplishment-of that clearly-defined work; neither were these efforts inspired by the hope or the purpose of actually accomplishing the task and thereby discharging the responsibility attached to its performance. A n increasing acquaintance with the field, an increasingly clear assignment by Providence to our Church of a definite territory as our exclusive mission field, together with the earnest appeals of our missionaries, have at last brought home to the Church the definiteness of her task and the consequent definiteness of her responsibility for the performance of that task.

There is an imperative need now of preserving and éxtending throughout the entire Church this recognition of the definiteness of our foreign missionary task and the responsibility attached to - our performance of it, while we meanwhile plan seriously and push forward earnestly to the actual accomplishment of the w ork assigned to us by Providence in foreign lands.

L—THE PAST YEAR.

In Novem ber, 1904, the Egyptian M ission celebrated the fiftieth anniversary

1. -• IN EGYPT. * of its establishment. A large number of ; missionaries and of native pastors aUd

w orkers attended th e celebration exercises in Cairo. A strong program of addresses and conferences effectively reviewed thè history and progress of that mis:sìón and gavè opportunity for bbth prayer and discussion with reference to the needs and problems of mission work.

The Annual Report of thè Egyptian M ission for this year contains many historical surveys and retrospects, and this report

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of the mission is especially commended to the Church for reading and study, for it presents the missionary situation in Egypt with a clearness and comprehensiveness worthy of and appropriate to a semi-centennial year. (It is expected that next year’s report of our mission in India will contain like surveys of the half century of work in that field.)

A lon g many lines mission work in E gypt shows commendable progress during the past year as judged by statistical returns. The number of organized congregations shows an increase of almost 20 per cent. The number of ordained ministers has increased 16 per cent. The average attendance at Sabbath morning services shows an advance of almost 10 per cent. The increase by profession is 708, as against 645 during the preceding year. It is a significant fact for the elevation of Egyptian womanhood that more than one-third of these 708 are women. The contributions by the native church have increased 20 per cent. M ost significant of all is the increase of students for the ministry; last year there were only six; this year there are sixteen. The total number of schools has not advanced materially, but there is an increase of over 10 per cent, in the total enrolment of these schools. The Harem w ork shows an increase of 191 pupils in harems over the 2760 of last year. The medical work at Assiut, Fayum, Benha and Tanta has not only continued, but has extended the wide influence which this department exerts in breaking down prejudice and winning hearts by healing bodies.

D ays of persecution are not yet over in Egypt. A Moslem at Z agazig who was baptized was at once deprived of wife, children and property. Taken before the Moslem Ecclesiastical Court, he got away safely at a first trial. A t a second trial, the court was thronged with angry men, cursing and swearing, and threatening his life. This intimidation continued until the man, fearing for his life, pronounced the words which in the estimation. of M oslems restores one to their faith. He still acknowledges his Christian faith, but the time is not favorable for his reprofessing his faith.

The wide influence of our mission work in E gypt is shown in a section of the report entitled “ Influence of the Mission in the Coptic Community.” A revival of learning and of Bible study and even a moral quickening has been repeatedly induced within that ancient Church, now so degraded by ignorance, superstition and low standards of morality.

The most difficult feature of our mission w ork in E gypt is the increase in cost of land and building operations and of living generally. •' It is the unavoidable result of the invasion of W estern civilization and W estern standards of living. M issionary operations become more and more expensive. There is yet time for action, but none for delay. If the future of our w ork in E gyp t is not to be hopelessly crippled in its future develop

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ment, the Church must take immediate steps toward providing permanent property— land and buildings— such as will allow for the necessary expansion of the work, safe-guard the health of our missionaries, avoid exorbitant rents and forestall the necessity of paying the impossible prices which land will require in the future. This is true also of India and the Sudan. A t K hartum a plot of ground purchased by our mission for $8000 a ttained a value, five months later, of $13,000. Early purchase was far-sighted economy.

STATISTICS OF EGYPT.

Foreign Workers (January 1, 1905): Ordained, 19; Professor, 1; Medical, 7 (men 3, women 3, nurse 1); other unmarried women, 21; wives of missionaries, 19. Total foreign missionaries, 76.

Native Workers: Ordained ministers, 35; licentiates, 13; theological students, 16; lay evangelists, 10; harem workers, 34; teachers, 398. Total native force, 506.

The Native Church: Synod, 1; presbyteries, 4 ; organized congregations,63; out-stations, 150; total stations, 213; pastoral charges, 48; pastoral districts, 53.

Membership, 7757 (men, 4375; women, 3582); increase by profession, 708; net increase, 433; attendance at Sabbath morning services, 15,916; Protestant community, 28,253.

Sabbath school, 171; teachers, 399; pupils, 11,182; contributions, $1158.

Educational W ork : Total schools, 167; total teachers, 398; total pupils, 14,884.

Central schools: Theological Seminary; teachers, 3 ; pupils, 17. Assiut College: Teachers, 21; pupils, 686. Other central schools: Teachers, 124; pupils, 4138. Total central schools, 24; teachers, 148; pupils, 4841.

Out-station schools: Teachers, 250; pupils, 10,048.

Medical W ork : Hospitals, 2 ; medical workers, 23; house visits, 3219; village visits, 395.

Native Contributions: For Church purposes, $28,256; for educational work, $53,786; for medical work, $19,358; book receipts not given. Total receipts from native sources, $101,400.

In Northern Sudan, where the population is largely Mohammedan, government

a. IN THE SUDAN. restrictions still largely limit our missionary w ork am ong non-Christians, to . the educational method. Four schools are

now in operation: at Omdurman, at W adi H aifa, at Khartum ,and at H alfaya. Tw o hundred and forty-seven was the total enrolment in these schools, and no less than h i of these were Mohammedan. The almost universal illiteracy of the popula-

m tion in the past, and now the sudden development of the country calling for manual laborers, tend to depreciate in the popularestimate the value of an education. Still, much progress is inevidence.

In four places, Omdurman, H aifa, Khartum and H alfaya, religious services have been conducted regularly. W hile these meetings are held primarily for that Christian constituency

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which has gone from E gypt into the Sudan in governm ent service, others can and do attend.

The great need of this newly-established Mission is for permanent property. The Mission earnestly presents the opportunity now within the reach of the Church to secure at rapidly developing centers strategic sites for mission buildings at a cost, trifling as compared with the prices which must obtain in the very near future.

In Southern Sudan, along the Sobat, our missionaries have come into closer contact with the people, both through their own acquaintance with the Shulla language and through the people’s greater confidence in them. Services have been held on Sabbath, while instruction is given every day to those visiting the Mission, and often the missionaries have made excursions to the native villages about them.

The M ission’s report gives special prominence to the good providence of God which watched over both life and property, delivering the one from the dreaded fever, and the other from prairie fires swept forward by hurricane winds.

The future development of mission work at this station willdoubtless be along industrial lines. The Sixth Church, P ittsburg, has contributed a considerable sum to equip the Dolaib Hill Station with machinery. A practical farmer and mechanic is now greatly needed at this station to take charge of this department of work.

ST A T IS T IC S FO R T H E SU DAN .

Ordained missionaries, 3 ; medical missionaries,2 ; wives of missionaries, 4 ; schools,* 4 ; scholars, *247; places where services are held legularly, 5 ; main stations, 2.

The past year in India has been characterized by the prevalence of plague

3. IN INDIA. and the references to it run through the entire report of that mission.“ In some of the cities of our mis

sion one in twenty, and in one as many as one in eight of the population died.” Y e t the lives of all of our missionaries have been spared, and also the lives of the native Christians to a remarkable degree. John Holliday, the only son of Rev. and Mrs. T. E. H olliday, died of a poisonous affection in the throat, the entire family, with the exception of Mr. H olliday, being also seriously ill for a time, but finally recovering.

Although it does not belong to the year with which our foreign reports deal, reference may be made to the earthquake which occurred in India on April 7, 1905. The fact that our missionaries were gathered at Sialkot celebrating the jubilee of their mission was a part of God’s good providence protecting their lives. Had some of them carried out usual plans of going

♦Also a boys' school and a girl’s school irregularly maintained at Dolaib Hill.

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to Dharmsala, they would have been at a point where the earthquake displayed its greatest violence. It can scarcely be doubted. that considerable damage has resulted to mission residences and property.

The statistics, received from the field show progress in the following directions: E ight hundred and thirty-four new members were received on profession of faith; adding 108 who were received on certificate or restoration,we have a total membership in our Church in India of 10,052. F or the first time in 'the history of the-mission, has a 10,000 membership m ark been reached and passed. The 24 per cent, increase in native contributions to church w ork is very gratifying. The educational w ork was greatly interfered with by plague, and yet the enrolment in mission schools practically equalled that of last year, while the number of Christian pupils increased from 1749 to 2040— a hopeful sign for the development of native Christian leaders.

O nce again the appeal for reinforcements is raised. “From all over our field,” says the India jreport, “ comes the cry, ‘Give us teachers; we want to learn.’ The entire low caste population seem to be becom ing more and more anxious to press into the kingdom,, and we can gather in the whole 200,000 if we have only the teachers to teach them.”

T he mission’s evangelistic reports, both for men and women, are filled with interesting incidents illustrating the success, the difficulties and the opportunities of mission work. W e can only refer to the following:

“A t one place the men of the near villages came day after day and sat for hours listening to the preaching. The Mohammedan priest of the village becom ing alarmed, made an attempt to draw away the crowd, but was unsuccessful. O ut of '150 or 200 people he could only get a following of five or ten. The rest sat .quietly and continued listening, and some with marked interest. A t this same place, the entire low caste community asked for baptism; and a week or two after we left the village, a deputation from them came to Gurdaspur entreating us to send them a w orker so that they could learn.”

“ T w o years ago,” writes M iss Y oun g, “a Hindu woman of education and standing was given a gospel. She and her husband read it.. They then sent for the whole N ew Testam ent and read it, and when we came to their village this year, we found them both intensely interested and very familiar with the W ord. They have been given a copy, of the whole Bible and we hope they will soon receive baptism. B ein g Brahmins, their influence am ong their own people will be great.”

The value and opportunity of medical w ork would seem to be especially great during an epidemic of plague, but this epidemic hinders rather than helps such work, for those who are sick with other ailments fear the contagion of plague, and shun the dispensaries and hospitals at which a nondescript crowd might

gather. A record of 58,241 out-patients alone, indicates, however,- the wide reach of Gospel influences through this method of w ork during the past year.

S T A T IS T IC S FO R IN D iA .

Foreign Workers (January 1, 1905): Ordained, 23; Professor, 1 ; Me

íoreign missionary task. N o distinct financial movement characterized the celebration out of deference to the plans made in this direction by the Commission for the Church’s Semi-Centennial in 1908.

The celebration moved along three distinct lines: (a) Depu- tational W ork: Deputations of missionary speakers brought to the very doors of individual congregations som ething of the inspiration of this jubilee occasion. From statistical reports we find that no less than 96 different persons engaged in this work, or ten per cent, of our pastors; 393 m eetings were held; 422 congregations were reached, or 42 per cent, of our United Presbyterian congregations; over 38,000 people attended these meetings, or about 30 per cent, of the entire church membership. It is a fact worth noting that this entire feature of the celebration was executed with practically no expense to the foreign missionary treasury, speakers offering their services free and the congregations addressed m eeting their traveling expenses.

(c) The Foreign M issionary W eek : D ecem ber 4-11, 1904, was set apart as a foreign missionary week, to be observed as such in all the congregations of the Church and in every department and organization of each congregation. Literature was prepared and issued by the Board of Foreign M issions and by the W om en’s Board, suggesting suitable themes and program s for the regular church services, the Sabbath School, the W om an’s M issionary Society, the Y o u n g People’s Society, and the mid-week prayer meeting. W e believe that the observance of this Foreign M issionary W eek was practically universal throughout the United Presbyterian Church of N orth America. This feature of the celebration involved only a slight expense in printing, postage and clerical work.

(c) T he Pittsburg Convention : Com mittees of the Foreign Board and of the W om en’s Board arranged a comprehensive program . A local committee of P ittsburg and vicinity took charge of local arrangements. The Convention was held in the Sixth Church, Pittsburg. It is impossible to do justice in a few sentences to the educational and inspirational value of this Convention, which continued in session from Tuesday, Decem ber 6, through Thursday, Decem ber 8, and which drew no less than 587 delegates and visitors from all parts of our Church, and brought together local audiences of over 2000. A full report of this Convention has been published in a memorial volume, and a copy is herewith presented to the Assem blv for preservation am ong its permanent records. The generous hospitality of P ittsburg and vicinity, and the cordial welcom e and support which the Sixth Church gave to the Convention, both in placing at its disposal its admirable building and in contributing largely to the expenses of this Convention, make it possible for the Board to report that this inspiring Convention

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was arranged for and carried through without any expense whatever to the foreign missionary treasury of the Church. -

A Young People’s ¿Mission Study Course was followed by the great m ajority of our young people during the six weeks of February 19 to M arch 26, the entire period of the weekly meeting being given up to this study. A text-book “ In the K in g ’s Service,” presenting the lives of six of our missionaries, served as a basis for this study course. Tw o thousand four hundred copies w ere sold, practically m eeting the expense of the entire issue of the book.

The Cultivation of the Sabbath School, both in interest in Pin! the support of missions by means of special literature, seems justified by the increased returns from this source. Pastors are earnestly requested to co-operate with the Board in deepening missionary interest in this organization.

Through the kindness of two friends of missions, it was possible to place in the hands of all of the ministers of our Church a copy of Mr. J. R. M ott’s new book, “ The Pastor and Modern Missions,” admittedly one of the ablest presentations yet made of the opportunity, privilege and methods of Christian leadership in the foreign missionary enterprise.

Those of our missionaries who ar- W ITH OUR rived in this country on furlough in

the sPrin£ of I9°4 and are expecting to ’ return to their respective fields of labor

this fall are:M iss Emma Dean Anderson, of India.Rev. A . B. and Mrs. Caldwell, of India.M iss Cora B. D ickey, of Egypt.Miss C. C. Lawrence, M. D., of Egypt.Rev. D r. Chauncev and Mrs. Murch. of Egypt.Rev. W . H. and Mrs. Reed, of Egypt.Miss Josephine L. W hite, of India.Miss E. D orcas Teas, of Egypt.

The following missionaries arrived or are expected to arrive this spring, and will be entitled to furlough until the fall of 1906:-

Rev. W . B. and Mrs. Anderson, of India.M iss K ate M. Corbett, of India.Miss Laurella G. Dickson, of India.Rev. T . E. and Mrs. H olliday, of India.Rev. J. G. and Mrs. Hunt, of Egypt.Rev. J. and Mrs. Kruidenier, of Egypt.M iss E. Josephine Martin, of India.Professor R. S. and Mrs. M cClenahan, of Egypt.Mrs. A lice M cClure, of India.Rev. T . L . Scott, of India.Rev. G. A . and Mrs. Sowash, of the Sudan.Rev. D r. David and Mrs. Strang, of Egypt.

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O w ing to the unexpected and serious, illn ess; of Mrs. Boyd, Rev. J. H ow ard and Mrs. Boyd were compelled ̂ to* return to Am erica this spring. M issjC arrie M. Buchanan has« also, by order of the. physician and permission of the Board, returned to Am erica for a short furlough. It is expected that; with continued improvement of health, these missionaries will be able to return to E gyp t in the fail.

. Miss Z ella W- M itchell, of E gypt, whose health was seriously . impaired, has been compelled to return to Am erica. The possi

bility and date of her return to E gyp t must remain undetermined > for the present.

.A second attack of the dreaded “Black W ater F ever” requires . that M rs. H . T. M cLaughlin leave the fever zone of Africa. A ' third attack is commonly regarded as necessarily fatal. The 'Board has given permission to D r. and Mrs. M cLaughlin to return to Am erica.

The follow ing new missionaries were sent out to our foreign field.since our last report:

; M iss Alda B. Atchison,, to Egypt.... . Rev.. E. E. and Mrs. Campbell, to India,

M iss Nancy A . Hadley, to India.M iss M ary K yle, to India.H ugh R. M agill, M. D., to the Sudan.

' ‘ Rev. J. A . M cArthur, to India.Rev. H .jS! and Mrs. Nesbitt, to India,M iss Laura B. W alker, to Egypt.M iss M argaret M. W ilson‘S to India.Rev. S: A . W ork, to E gypt.Miss Bertha B. W ork, to India.Miss Ruth A . W ork, to Egypt.

In addition to the above, who are appointed by the Board for life, the following youn g men and women have gone out to India and E gypt to serve, for a limited number of years, the interests of our educational or medical institutions, being engaged by those in charge of theSe institutions:

■ T o India: ?;. '. Mr. J. iB. Cavitt.

M r. A. M. Laing.Mr. H arris J. Stewart. ■ -

T o E gyp t: -M iss M aude Lorim er. 'M iss Pearl Martin. ■ - ■■ i-M iss M argaret E. M oore. i ^M iss Sara M-. M cCrory.

J; Mr. D . S. O vler. : • >7 ; 7 - - 7Miss D aisy Robertson. : ’M iss A. Irene Struthers. 7* i; -'7-\ :M n F: S. Thom pson. ■ ' : ' ■' ‘ • • ;Miss Myrtle Wilson- ^

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T he follow ing returned to their respective fields during the year:

Mrs. J. R. A lexander, to Egypt. ;Rev. J . W . and Mrs. Ballantine, to India.Rev. O sborne Crowe, to India.Rev. T . J. Finney, D. D., to Egypt.Rev. D r. J. K elly and Mrs. Giffen, to the Sudan.Mrs. D. R. Gordon, to India.M iss Adelle B. M cMillan, to Egypt.Rev. J, A . and Mrs. M cConnelee, to India.M iss Fanny C. M artin, to India.Miss Jennie B. M orrison, to India.Mrs. R obert Stewart, to India.M iss Anna B. W atson, M. D., to Egypt.

M iss K ate A . H ill, of India, is expecting to return to India.in the fall of 1906.

On M arch 4, 1905, Mrs. W . L. M cClenahan (nee Jessie H ogg) died at A lexandria, Egypt. She and her little babe: w ere laid side by side in God’s Acre, near that city. The prayer and sympathy of the entire Church will go out in behalf of the sorrowl- ing husband and relatives.

Mrs. M cClenahan was the daughter of our pioneer Egyptian missionary, Rev. John H ogg, D . D. She entered the service of our mission in 1887, and rendered most untiring and efficient service at A ssiut until 1902, when she was married to Rev. W . L. M cClenahan and moved to Alexandria. H er devotion to the cause of Christ and her talents made her a power in the mission, while her unselfish spirit and lovable personality endeared her to her fellow-workers.

Just as this report went to press, the sad news was received of the death of M iss Jennie L . Gibson, from smallpox. The news was received by cable, and further particulars are not at hand.

The regular appropriations of the General Assem bly to its foreign missionary

6. FIN A N CES. w ork for the year 1904 to 1905 amounted to $207,000. W ork separately supported by the W om en’s Board called for an ad

ditional amount of $39,238.O f the $207,000 appropriated by the Assem bly, $176,266 have

been received, or $30,734 less than the appropriations. U nexpended balances in the mission treasuries at home and abroad, due partly to a prosperous year in our educational w ork and partly to unexpected economies of administration m ake it possible to report a somewhat smaller deficit than is indicated above. The Board closes its year with a deficit of $27,578.

It is a regrettable fact that this Jubilee Y ear should be m arked by so large a deficit. There is room, however, for encouragement in the fact that $18,942 of this delinquency is chargeable not to this year’s record, but to that of a previous year

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showing a gain of $7722 upon those of a year ago. It is also to the Church’s credit, although it does not relieve the burden caused by the deficit in regular receipts, that $10,369 was contributed to the special fund for new missionaries.

Contributions in the nature of legacies amounted this year to $21,787.77. This is about the average which can be relied upon as a yearly income from this source.

The Board would request the co-operation of pastors and other friends of missions in forwarding the annuity plan, by which the Board receives varying amounts, and allows to the donors, during life, a certain amount of interest.

The follow ing special funds have been established during the year:

“ The John S. Fow ler Egyptian Orphanage Fund” : Principal, $9000. D onated almost entirely by the Society of Friends for the establishment in the city of Cairo or vicinity of an orphanage for the relief of destitute and outcast children, and a hospital for blind persons and those with diseased eyes.

“ The M atthew Nickle M em orial Fund,” bequeathed by the late M atthew Nickle, of H oopestown, Pa. Principal, $1300.

“The W allace Kidd M em orial Fund,” principal $1000. D onated by Rev. R. W . and Mrs. Kidd, of Beaver Falls, Pa., as a memorial to their son, R. W allace Kidd, who died in the service of the Egyptian M ission; the principal to be invested and the income to be used as a scholarship or sholarships for poor boys in the collegiate department of Assiut College, Egypt.

“ A M emorial to Mrs. Jane E. M ack, wife of Thom as D. M ack,” donated by Mr. Thom as D. M ack , principal, $500.

CONDENSED EXH IB IT OF THE TREASURER.

R eceipts .

To P resb yteries,......................................................................$109,541 08“ Sabbath S c h o o ls ,......................................................... 9,301 82“ Individuals, & c., 19,207 12“ George Christie Heirs................................................... 3,607 00“ Bequests, .................................................................. 21,787 77“ Ladies’ Missionary Societies..................................... I >354 12“ Interest, . . . 4 ,245 32“ Trustees General A s s e m b ly ,................................... 1,485 00“ Sarah A . Sawyer Memorial F u n d , ...................... 285 00“ Pressly Memorial Fund Income, ...................... 337 32“ Dales Semi-Centennial Fund, . . . . . . 250 00“ Sterrit & Agnes Cummins Mem. Fund, . . . 72 qo“ Helen Love Mackinnon F u n d ,............................... 299 82“ Campbell B. Herron Mem. F u n d , ...................... 303 54“ Sudan Fund...................................................................... 2,082 60** Gibson Trust Fund, ................................................ 4° 2 58“ Samuel Kerr Fund, . - ............................................ 5°7 78“ James Junk Fund, 3x2 00“ Ella Jane Dysart Fund................................................ 45 °o“ L. & M . E . A. F u n d , ................................................ 90 qo“ James S. McNary F u n d , ........................................ 311 70

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To Mary L. Pratt F u n d , ....................................................$ 180 0“ Mary Sterrit Memorial Fund.................................... 28 58“ Investment A c c o u n t ,................................................ 390 00

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Total on A p p rop ria tio n ,...........................................#176,266 05“ W om en’s Board, ................. . . . 35,798 52“ Alexandria & Cairo Mission Build’g Fund, . . 75 50“ Special Fund for New Missionaries...................... 10,369 50“ Specials to Egypt, . . . . ' ...................... 2,536 n“ John S. Fowler Egyptian Orphanage Fund, . 9,157 61“ Egypt Trust Fund (Interest 1, ............................... 15 0 5 2“ India Theological Seminary Building Fund, • 145 00“ India Famine Orphans Fund, . . . ................. 176 00“ Special to the Sudan.................................................... 1,22500“ Specials to I n d i a ,........................................................ 1,658 31“ Annuity Fund, P rin c ip a l,...................................... 2,235“ Benha, Egypt, L o a n ,............................................... 250 00“ Assiut Hospital, E g y p t ,......................... 500 co“ Matthew Nickle Memorial F u n d , . 130000“ Matthew Nickle Memorial Fund in Trust, . . 170000“ Wallace Kidd, Memorial Fund............................. looo

By Pressly .Memorial Fund, remitted to Egypt, $ 337 32“ 'Bales Semi-Centennial Filnd, . remitted to

>.*. ßgypt» • ■ • • • 125 00“ Pressly Fund Interest, remitted to Egypt, . . 24292“ Assiut Hospital Fund, remitted to Egypt, 500 00

«Sarah A. Sawyer Memorial Fund, remitted to ■ Egypt, 285 00

Alexandria and Cairo Mission Building Fund ■. / .paid Geo. M. Paden, Treas., . . . 70 50

Rev. J. A. MeCoirnelee, special account . . . 23 t 00V W om en’s Board, . ...................... 126 65‘ ‘ ¡¡Special Fund for New Missionaries, . . . . 4,110 945‘ Investments, . . . . . . 15,500 00

Traveling .Expense Account of Missionaries, . 8,37028Salaries of Cor. Sec’y. $ 2,000 ; Treas. $5< o, . 2,500 00

“ Clerical Allowance to Cor. Sec’y. $600.00Treas. $600 0 0 ................................... . 1200 00

“ , Expenses, Printing, Rent, Postage, etc., . . 3,279 59“ Salaries of Missionaries in America, . . . 4,421 59‘ ‘ Children of Missionaries in America, . . . . 675 00“ Interest, ............... j. .. . . . 3>564 38" Balance of TraveJ.ing Expense o f Cor. Sec’y.

= to India, Egypt and S u d a n ,............... 131 26Samuel Kerr Fund, Interest, . . . . . . . 625 00

“ Semi-Ce nten nial Expense »Account, . . . . 783 38“ gemi-Ceutennial Report A ccoü n t,......... 129 43“ Rev. Chauncey Murch, D .D ., Special, . . ■ 2,000 00“ Special Literature Account, 1,119 7®V ; Waldensian Society, remitted to Italy, . . . 125 00“ inegal Expenses,, . .... . .............................. 8035‘Ar- Loans, . ............................................ 12 45‘ ‘ Sabbath School Literature.......................... 423 07‘ f r ßequest R e fu n d ,........................................... 17 83“ Loans R epaid, ............................... - . 3,000 00‘ ‘ ' Loans to Sudan, ................ .... . 6,000 00

Total D isbursem ents,..................................... $ 267,609 97, Reserve Fund............................................................ 2,178 77

“ Balance April 30, 1905..................... 1,28838

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$ 271,077 12

I n d e b t e d n e s s .To/O utstanding Loans, . . ........................................ $21,50000‘ ‘ Due Reserve F u n d , .....................t ...................... 7,366 44

^ -$28,866 44

By Cash Balance, ......................................................... $ 1,28838Deficit April 30, 1 9 0 5 ,......................................... 27,578 06

$28,866 44

tArinual Report— Estimates land Appropriations.

13 — THE NEW YEAR? ii. ?Thls befrig t t i ^ 1

32 Annual Report— 4Appointments to be Ratified.

case and because there would be no wisdom in sending out new missionaries at the expense of w ork now in operation, the Board would explain that any reduction of the budget submitted must necessarily fall in its entirety first upon the item “ New missionaries,” now under appointment.

The Board here calls attention to that large and increasingly insistent need of our missions for permanent property. It has not been possible to meet such large needs out of the ordinary annual receipts of the Board. T he appropriations of the Church have, therefore, been used almost exclusively for the current and ordinary expenses of missionary work. In some instances these needs have been partially met in the past by funds contributed on the field or by special bequests and donations in America. O f late, however, the need for permanent property has become acute. In the newly opened Sudan, property is rapidly rising in value; immediate purchase would save thousands of dollars for the future. India’s estimate for this year makes a special appeal for land or buildings, at Sarghoda, Lvallpur, Sialkot and Gujranwala. E gypt has for some time been pressing upon the Church her needs in this direction.

In expectation of receiving during this year a considerable and unusual bequest, the Board asks of the General Assem bly permission to expend the amount received through this bequest, or such part of it as the Board thinks wise, in m eeting in part the great and crying needs of our missions in the direction indicated.

(2) APPOINTMENTS TO BE RATIFIED.

The Board first requests the General Assem bly to ratify the appointments made by the Board, of the following missionaries who have gone out during the year:

Rev. E. E. and Mrs. Campbell, to India.Rev. J. A. M cArthur, to India.H ugh R. M agill, M. D v to the Sudan.Rev. H. S. and Mrs. Nesbitt, to India.Rev. S. A. W ork, to Egypt.

It will be remembered that these names were presented to the General Assem bly a year ago, together with two others, but the Assem bly not seeing its way clear to appropriate the additional amount needed to send them out, their appointment could not be ratified as their going was uncertain. The situation was a new one in the experience of the Church, and the willingness and fitness of these young men to enter upon foreign service, coupled with the lack of funds for their support, stirred the heart of the Church mightily. Contributions, in larger and smaller amounts, came in specially designated for this single purpose, until at last there was provision for five men, and they were sent. The Board now asks the Assem bly to formally ratify their appointments by the Board.

The Board has this year given appointment to th e foUowkTjf men missionaries and their wives:

M ontrose M. Brown, M. D., and Mrs. Brown, to India. R ev .‘James A lexander Gordon, to India.Rev. Ralph Gibson M cGill, to Egypt.Professor W illiam L . and Mrs. Porter, to India. Charles A . W ilson, Esq., to Egypt.

The Board requests the General Assem bly to ratify these appointments and to appropriate the funds needed to provide for sending them out. It is especially gratifying that by these appointments two special needs of long standing are met: P rofessor Porter is appointed in response to an earnest appeal from India for a professor for Gordon M ission College at Rawal Pindi; Mr. W ilson goes to E gypt in response to a reiterated appeal from that mission for relief in the great and yet necessary burden of caring for the financial and business interests of the mission.

The Board also presents to the General Assem bly the names of the following unmarried women missionaries, whose support is assured by the W om en’s Board and whose appointments receive the recommendation both of the W om en’s Board and of the Board of Foreign M issions:

Miss Charlotte J. Claney, to Egypt.*Miss' M ary H enrietta Cowden, to Egypt.M iss Anna Bell Criswell, to Egypt.Miss M ary F lora K err, to India.

The Board also calls the attention of the General Assem bly to the vacancy in the Board of Foreign Missions due to the inability of Mr. R obert H . Ferguson to accept the*election made a year ago.

SPECIAL THANKS*A s the foreign missionary enterprise enlarges and its burden

increases and its problems becom e more com plex, we realize more and more deeply that only the blessing of God makes success possible. O nly the Spirit, omniscient, omnipresent, prescient, and all resourceful, can solve our problems, preserve unity in so great a work, anticipate our needs and provide for them when they arrive. Unto Him , therefore, be the glory!

Special thanks are due to the follow ing for special sympathy, co-operation and help:

1. T o the W om en’s Board and its constituency for their liberal financial support of and sympathetic co-operation in the work of the Lord.

2. T o the E arl of Crom er, representative of the British G overnment in E gypt, for his appreciative regard for our mission and our missionaries in Egypt.

3. T o Sir R eginald W ingate, Governor General of the E gyp tian Sudan, and to his governm ent for the many kind privileges and the sympathy accorded our representatives in the Sudan.

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* Through an oversight. Miss Claney’s name is entered in the list of missionaries to Egypt, Her actual appointment fcs to India.

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4. T o the people of P ittsburg and vicinity for their generous hospitality to delegates to the Semi-Centennial Foreign M issionary Convention.

5. T o the members of the Sixth Church, Pittsburg, for the use of their admirably equipped edifice, so generously placed at the disposal of the Convention, and for their financial and personal co-operation in m aking that gathering both profitable and delightful.

6. T o our Church papers, the Christian Union Herald, the Christian Instructor, the U nited Presbyterian, and the W om en’s M agazine, for co-operating with the Board in presenting to the Church its foreign missionary work.

7. T o the following persons who have contributed $100 or more to the foreign missionary treasury:

Mr. W . S. George, E ast Liverpool, O hio; M iss Eliza Christie, Greenwich, N. Y . ; Mr. D. G. Bamford, M idway, Pa.; Mrs. W illiam Flinn, Pittsburg, Pa.; Mr- and Mrs. W . P. Fraser, Pittsburg, Pa.; Mr. Hans Hansen, H astings, Nebr.; “Tw o Friends,” A llegheny, Pa.; Mr. J. C. M cClelland, Olym pia, W ash.; Mr. John R. Caldwell, Indiana, Pa.; Mr. John Bell, Fergusonville, N. Y .; Mrs. D . C. Rockw ell, Garrattsville, N. Y .; Mr. J. A. Denham, Pittsburg, Pa.; D r. and Mrs. J. Q. Lem m on, Latrobe, Pa.; Mr. John S. Barr, Canonsburg, P a.; M iss J. K . Denham, Pittsburg, P a.; Mr. Samuel M cCartney, Indiana, Pa.; “A Friend of M issions;” Mrs. Jennie S. Bartley, Butler, Pa.; “A.H .;” “A Friend of the W o rk ;” “A Contributor;” “ A Friend,” per Rev. J. Fran k Reed; “ Friend,” Monmouth P resbytery; “ A Friend,” L os Angeles, Cal.; “A Friend of M issions,” V anderbilt, Pa.; “ N. H., of N. Y . ;” “A Friend of F oreign M issions,” per Rev. J. M. Atchison, D . D.

8. T o the many organizations and individuals in Am erica, India, E gypt and the Sudan, that have co-operated with the Board and its missions in the extension of God’s kingdom.

M. G. K Y L E , President.C H A R L E S R. W A T S O N , Cor. Sec’y.

C. S. C L E L A N D , Rec. Sec’y.R O B E R T L . L A T IM E R , Treas.

Philadelphia, M ay 11, 1905

FIFTY YEARS OF PROGRESSGrowth of Native Church in Egypt.

“ U beg sbaU speaft of tbe alors of Ubp Ikingòom anb

tali? of Ubp pow er.” — Ps. 145.: n .

“ ffor U bine is tbe feingfcom, anfc tbe pow er ani) tbe

Qlorp.” — Matt. 6 : 13.

Action of Geiieral Assembly. 37

REPORT OF ASSEMBLY’S COMMITTEE ON THE BOARD.

The General A ssem bly’s Committee on Foreign M issions presented the following report:

Your Committee on Foreign Mission begs leave to present the following report:

Three papers were referred to this committee for consideration: The report of the Board of Foreign Missions, a request from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Churen of India, and points of agreement between the W omen’s Board and the Foreign Board in relation to missions.

I. THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.

The report of the Board is, on the whole, very gratifying, and calls for the sincere thanks of the Church to God for His great blessing upon our missionary operations.

The lives of our missionaries have been mercifully preserved, especially in India, where an epidemic of plague and a violent earthquake in out-mission territory destroyed the lives of a great number of natives and some of the residences of our missionaries. To this there were added two sorrowful exceptions—the death of Mrs. Jessie Hogg McClenahan and the only son of the Rev. T. E. Holliday. To this we must add the death of Jennie L. Gibson, which has been reported by cable since the closing of this year’s report.

There has been a net increase of 1375 added to the membership of the two missions during the year, which may be referred to as a gradual and healthy growth, making the membership of our missionary churches 17,809 at the end of the first half century. There has also been an increase of 20 per cent, in Egypt and 24 per cent, in India in the contributions of the native churches. In consideration of the fact that the ultimate aim of missions is the establishing of self-supporting native churches, we regard this as one of the most hopeful features of our missionary work.

There has