To whom money for the general treasury should be sent. Drafts, Checks and Postal Money Orders, excep for the publications, should be drawn in his favor. Printed instructions giving full information for ship ping 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.
NEW YORK Rev. CHARLES L. RHOADES, 182 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
SOUTHERN-Rev. FRANK S. DOBBINS, 1420 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
MIDDLE- Rev. T. G. FIELD, 13 Cleveland Street, Elyria, Ohio.
LAKE-Rev. E. W. LOUNSBURY, D.D., 324 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill.
NORTHWESTERN-Rev. FRANK PETERSON, 1901 Fifteenth Ave., 8., Minneapolis, Minn.
SOUTHWESTERN-Rev. I. N. CLARK, D.D., 1334 Olive Street, Kansas City, Mo.
PACIFIC COAST-Rev. JAMES SUNDERLAND, D.D., 1048 Hopkins Street, Oakland, Cal.

WOMAN'S SOCIETIES

WOMAN'S BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY

Mrs. H. G. SAFFORD, Foreign Secretary; Mrs. N. M. WATERBURY, Home Secretary; Miss ALICE E. STEL
MAN, 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 FRANCES A. RICHARD
SON 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.

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-seventh Year. The oldest Baptist periodical in America. PRICES:

ONE DOLLAR a year to singie subscribers.

FIFTY CENTS a year in clubs of ten in one church, or in clubs equal to five per cent of the members in churches of less than 200.

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Subscriptions at club rates strictly in advance, and should be renewed before expiration to avoid die. continuance.

The Magazine is sent to the address of each subscriber except in the case of clubs in the Boston postal

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Please notice the printed date against your name on the wrapper. It indicates the time to which you have paid. Let the figures be-1901.

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.

Send orders and remittances for the MAGAZINE and KINGDOM to

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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. Illus trated. Twenty-five cents a year. Five to fifty copies to the address of one person, 15 cents each. Fifty or more, 10 cents each."

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SOUTH CHINA MISSIONARY CONFERENCE. Rev. A. F. Groesbeck
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BAPTISTS IN NORTHERN FRANce and belgIUM. Rev. Henri Andru and Rev. O.

THE FAMINE AT ONGOLE. Rev. J. E. Clough, D. D.

Illustration-Telugu Christians working on Famine Relief Works, India

Illustration-Suspension Bridge in Assam, built by Rev. E. W. Clark

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REV. HENRY M. KING, D.D., CHAIRMAN

Class 1. Expiring 1900
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NATHAN E. WOOD, D.D.
REV. EDWIN P. FARNHAM.
CHARLES W. PERKINS, Esq.
GEORGE C. WHITNEY, Esq.

Class 2. Expiring 1901
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CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES

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TREASURER, E. P. COLEMAN

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SECRETARY

EDITORIAL SECRETARY

REV. EDMUND F. MERRIAM

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 ship. ping 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.
NEW YORK-Rev. CHARLES L. RHOADES, 182 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
SOUTHERN-Rev. FRANK S. DOBBINS, 1420 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
MIDDLE- Rev. T. G. FIELD, 143 Cleveland Street, Elyria, Ohio.
LAKE-Rev. E. W. LOUNSBURY, D.D., 324 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill.
NORTHWESTERN-Rev. FRANK PETERSON 1901 Fifteenth Ave., S., Minneapolis, Minn.
SOUTHWESTERN-Rev. I. N. CLARK, D.D., 1334 Olive Street, Kansas City, Mo.
P/CIFIC COAST-Rev. JAMES SUNDERLAND, D.D., 1048 Hopkins Street, Oakland, Cal.

WOMAN'S SOCIETIES

WOMAN'S BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY

Mr. H. G. SAFFORD, Foreign Secretary; Mrs. N. M. WATERBURY, Home Secretary; Miss ALICH E. STED-
MAN, 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 FRANCES A. RICHARD
BON and Miss ELLA M. BOYNTON. Treasurer, Mrs. MATILDA E. KLINE, Mission Rooms, 1535 Masonie
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.

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-seventh Year. The oldest Baptist periodical in America. PRICES:

ONE DOLLAR a year to single subscribers.

FIFTY CENTS a year in clubs of ten in one church, or in clubs equal to five per cent of the members in churches of less than 200.

THIRTY-FIVE CENTS a year in clubs of thirty in one church, or in clubs equal to ten per cent of the members in churches of less than 300.

Subscriptions at club rates strictly in advance, and should be renewed before expiration to avoid discontinuance.

The Magazine is sent to the address of each subscriber except in the case of clubs in the Boston postal

district.

Please notice the printed date against your name on the wrapper. It indicates the time to which you have paid. Let the figures be-1901.

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.

Send orders and remittances for the MAGAZINE and KINGDOM to

BAPTIST MISSIONARY MAGAZINE, Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass.

THE HELPING HAND

Published monthly. Represents the work of the Woman Raptist Foreign Missionary Societies, Best and West TERMS PER ANNUM, including Postage, 2 cents.

THE KING'S MESSENGERS

A four-page monthly, for young people. Ilus trated. 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 HELPING HAND and the KING'S MESSENGERs to

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Baptist Missionary

Magazine

Volume LXXX

Contents

Number 7

EIGHTY-SIXTH Annual Meeting of the AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSIONARY UNION

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EIGHTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS

EIGHTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

REPORT OF THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENT

GENERAL STATISTICAL TABLES

REPORT OF THE TREASURER.

Published by the

American Baptist Missionary Union

Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass.

TREASURER, E. P. COLEMAN

EDITORIAL SECRETARY

REV. EDMUND F. MERRIAM

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.
NEW YORK-Rev. CHARLES L. RHOADES, 182 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
BOUTHERN-Rev. FRANK S. DOBBINS, 1420 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
MIDDLE-Rev. T. G. FIELD, 143 Cleveland Street, Elyria, Ohio.

LAKE-Rev. E. W. LOUNSBURY, D.D., 324 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill.
NORTHWESTERN-Rev. FRANK PETERSON, 1901 Fifteenth Ave., S., Minneapolis, Minn.
SOUTHWESTERN-Rev. I. N. CLARK, D.D., 1334 Olive Street, Kansas City, Mo.
PACIFIC COAST-Rev. JAMES SUNDERLAND, D.D., 1048 Hopkins Street, Oakland, Cal.

WOMAN'S SOCIETIES

WOMAN'S BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY

Mrs. H. G. BarFORD, Foreign Secretary; Mrs. N. M. WATERBURY, Home Secretary; Miss ALIOR E. STKS-
MAN, 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 FRANCES A. RICHARD
SON and Miss ELLA M. BOYNTON. Treasurer, Mrs. MATILDA E. KLINE, Mission Rooms, 1835 Masonis
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. 8. LATOURETTE, Corresponding Secretary, Oregon City.

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-seventh Year. The oldest Baptist periodical in America. PRICES:
ONE DOLLAR a year to single subscribers.

FIFTY CENTS a year in clubs of ten in one church, or in clubs equal to five per cent of the members in churches of less than 200.

THIRTY-FIVE CENTS a year in clubs of thirty in one church, or in clubs equal to ten per cent of the members in churches of less than 300.

Subscriptions at club rates strictly in advance, and should be renewed before expiration to avoid discontinuance.

The Magazine is sent to the address of each subscriber except in the case of clubs in the Boston postal district.

Please notice the printed date against your name on the wrapper. It indicates the time to which you have paid. Let the figures be-1901.

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. Send orders and remittances for the MAGAZINE and KINGDOM to

BAPTIST MISSIONARY MAGAZINE, Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass.

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. Illus trated. Twenty-five cents a year. Five to fifty copies to the address of one person, 15 cents each. Fifty or more, 10 cents each.

Bend orders and remittances for the HELPING HAND and the KING'S MESSENGERS to

HELPING HAND, Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass.

The MAGAZINE and HELPING HAND to one address, $1.15. THE MAGAZINE, HELPING HAND, KINGʻI MESSENGERs and THE KINGDOM, $1.40.