ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSIONARY UNION Illustration: Mission Steamers on the Upper Congo, Africa. THE AGREEMENT OF RUSSIA AND ENGLAND AS TO CHINA ARTICLES 202 202 202 202 203 ALL UP AND DOWN THE CONGO. Rev. Charles H. Harvey 204 Illustrations: Head of Livingstone Falls, Congo River, Africa; Native Canoe on the Upper OUR NEW CHAPEL AT BWEMBA. Rev. A. Billington 209 Illustrations: Baptist Mission Chapel, Bwemba, Upper Congo; Scene in Bwemba. 211 212 Illustrations: Chapel and Mission Houses at Mukimvika; American Baptist Mission, To whom money for the general treasury should be sent. Drafts, Checks and Postal Money Orders, except for the publications, should be drawn in his favor. Printed instructions giving full information for shipping goods to missionaries will be mailed on application to the Treasurer. DISTRICT SECRETARIES NEW ENGLAND-Rev. W. E. WITTER, M.D., Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass. LAKE-Rev. E. W. LOUNSBURY, D.D. 324 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill. NORTHWESTERN-Rev. FRANK PETERSON, 711 Lumber Exchange, Minneapolis, Minn. WOMAN'S SOCIETIES WOMAN'S BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY Mrs. H. G. SAFFORD, Foreign Secretary; Mrs. N. M. WATERBURY, Home Secretary; Miss ALION E. 8TazMAN, Treasurer; Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass. WOMAN'S BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE WEST Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. A. M. BACON, 5658 Wabash Avenue; Assistants, Miss FRANCIS C. RICHARDSON and Miss ELLA M. BOYNTON. Treasurer, Mrs. MATILDA E. KLINE, Mission Rooms, 1535 Masonic Temple, Chicago, Ill. WOMAN'S BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA Mrs. MARY E. BRIDGES, Corresponding Secretary, 31 Glen Park, San Francisco. Mrs. G. W. FRASER, Treasurer, Golden Gate. Mrs. AMANDA C. SPENCER, Treasurer, 305% Fourteenth Street, Portland, Ore. THE BAPTIST MISSIONARY MAGAZINE An illustrated monthly. Contains the latest intelligence from the foreign mission fields, together with editorials and articles discussing questions relating to the enterprise of missions. Ninety-sixthYear. The oldest Baptist periodical in America. PRICES: Fifty cents a year in clubs of thirty or more in one church, or in smaller churches in clubs equal to ten per cent of the members; sixtyfive cents in clubs of ten in one church or in clubs equal to five per cent of the church members; one dollar a year to single subscribers. Subscriptions at club rates payable in advance. All subscriptions remaining unpaid for more than three months after due will be charged at the single subscription rate-one dollar. The MAGAZINE and HELPING HAND to one address, $1.15. The MAGAZINE, HELPING HAND and THE KING'S MESSENGERS, $1.30. Please notice the printed date against your name on the Magazine or wrapper. It indicates the time to which you have paid. Let the figures be→→→→ 1900. THE HELPING HAND Published monthly. Represents the work of the Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary Societies, East and West. TERMS PER ANNUM, including postage, 25 cents. THE KING'S MESSENCERS A four-page monthly, for young people. Illustrated. Twenty-five cents a year. Five to fifty copies to the address of one person, 15 cents each. Fifty or more, 10 cents each. Send orders and remittances for the MAGAZINE, HELPING HAND and KING'S MESSENGERS to THE KINGDOM. The cream of the Missionary news each month. Ten cents a year. Clubs of twenty or more to the address of one person, 5 cents a copy per annum. To whom money for the general treasury should be sent. Drafts, Checks and Postal Money Orders, except for the publications, should be drawn in his favor. Printed instructions giving full information for shipping goods to missionaries will be mailed on application to the Treasurer. DISTRICT SECRETARIES NEW ENGLAND-Rev. W. E. WITTER, M.D., Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass. LAKE-Rev. E. W. LOUNSBURY, D.D., 324 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill. NORTHWESTERN-Rev. FRANK PETERSON, 711 Lumber Exchange, Minneapolis, Minn. WOMAN'S SOCIETIES WOMAN'S BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY Mrs. H. G. SAFFORD, Foreign Secretary; Mrs. N. M. WATERBURY, Home Secretary; Miss ALICE E. STEDMAN, Treasurer; Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass. WOMAN'S BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE WEST Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. A. M. BACON, 5658 Wabash Avenue; Assistants, Miss FRANCIS A. RICHARDSON and Miss ELLA M. BOYNTON. Treasurer, Mrs. MATILDA E. KLINE, Mission Rooms, 1535 Masonic Temple, Chicago, Ill. WOMAN'S BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA Mrs. MARY E. BRIDGES, Corresponding Secretary, 31 Glen Park, San Francisco. Mrs. G. W. FRASER, Treasurer, Golden Gate. WOMAN'S BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF OREGON Mrs. E. S. LATOURETTE, Corresponding 'Secretary, Oregon City. Mrs. AMANDA C. SPENCER, Treasurer, 305 Fourteenth Street, Portland, Ore. MISSIONARY PERIODICALS THE BAPTIST MISSIONARY MAGAZINE An illustrated monthly. Contains the latest intelligence from the foreign mission fields, together with editorials and articles discussing questions relating to the enterprise of missions. Ninety-sixth Year. The oldest Baptist periodical in America. PRICES: Fifty cents per year in clubs of thirty or more in one church, or in smaller churches in clubs equal to ten per cent of the members; sixtyfive cents in clubs of ten in one church or in clubs equal to five per cent of the church members; one dollar a year to single subscribers. Subscriptions at club rates payable in advance. All subscriptions remaining unpaid for more than three months after due will be charged at the single subscription rate- one dollar. The MAGAZINE and HELPING HAND to one address, $1.15. The MAGAZINE, HELPING HAND and THE KING'S MESSENGERS, $1.30. Please notice the printed date against your name on the Magazine or wrapper. It indicates the time to which you have paid. Let the figures be 1900. THE HELPING HAND Published monthly. Represents the work of the Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary Societies, East and West. TERMS PER ANNUM, including postage, 25 cents. THE KING'S MESSENGERS A four-page monthly, for young people. Illastrated. Twenty-five cents a year. Five to fifty copies to the address of one person, 15 cents each. Fifty or more, 10 cents each. Send orders and remittances for the MAGAZINE, HELPING HAND and KING'S MESSENGERS to THE KINGDOM. The cream of the Missionary news each month. Ten cents a year. Clubs of twenty or more to the address of one person, 5 cents a copy per annum. SPECIAL TOPIC-INDUSTRIAL WORK IN OUR MISSIONS POEM-HEAVEN'S HARVEST HOME FRONTISPIECE-REV. THOMAS S. BARBOUR, D.D. EDITORIAL OUR NEW SECRETARY INDUSTRIAL WORK IN OUR MISSIONS Illustrations: The Students' Band, Bassein; Paku Karen Schoolhouse, Toungoo; Salt Works near Amherst; Schoolhouse at Thayetmyo; Baptist Boys' Brigade, Bhamo; Mission Chapel, Udayagiri; Girls' Schoolhouse, Himeji; Kindergarten Children, Japan. SELF-SUPPORTING INDUSTRIAL EVANGELISTIC MISSIONS THREE PRESIDENTS CHOSEN FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THE DEATH OF MISS LULU C. FLEMING, M.D. THE DEATH OF MRS. W. M. YOUNG THE TREATIES BETWEEN JAPAN AND FOREIGN NATIONS ARTICLES THE EAST CHINA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. Rev. Horace Jenkins GOOD NEWS FROM CHIN PIN. Rev. G. E. Whitman and Rev. George Campbell IN THE TRACK OF THE EARTHQUAKE. Rev. M. C. Mason. WORK IN THE PALNAD. Rev. J. Dussman LETTERS TO A YOUNG MISSIONARY. I MRS. MARIA COLLINS DOUGLASS, M.D. Rev. P. C. Nelson PERSONAL AND BOOK NOTES. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DONATIONS RECEIVED IN MAY, 1899 DONATIONS RECEIVED IN JUNE, 1899 American Baptist Missionary Union Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass. |