Financial statements, 16, 191, 214, 282. Foochow mission, 7, 98, 166, 194, 253, 314; an- nual survey, 7; liberality, 98; Miss Payson's school, 166; a mother's fears, 166; influence of a picture, 166; pushing forward, 194, 253; waning influence of idolatry, 195, items, 314. Free Church of Scotland-their missions, 62, 407.
Freewill Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, 167, 405.
General Baptist Missionary Society, 61. Gleanings, 35, 67, 99, 132, 172, 204, 235, 268, 329, 412.
Harpoot station, 86, 112, 159, 366; how the light spreads, 86; the gospel among Turks, 86; an eventful journey, 87; does it pay? 112; sore trials, 159; Kuzzelbash Koords, 159; condi- tion of the field, 366; fruits of the ritualistic movement, 367.
Havadoric, 369. Hungary, 118.
Italy, Mission to, 210, 357.
Japan, Religions of, 264.
Japan mission, 8, 27, 33, 52, 113, 125, 142, 191, 225, 256, 292, 310, 389; annual survey, 8; con- vention of missionaries, 27; committee on translation of the Scriptures, 27; a native church organized, 28; medical missionary work, 28; letter from Mr. Greene, 28; cheerful entrance on the work, 29; impressions, 33; schools, 52, 125, 191, 225; no retrograde movement, 52; one year-changes, 113; boarding-school at Kobe, 125; death of Yei- nosuki, 125; change of calendar, 126; sale of Bibles, 126; imprisonment of a friendly offi- cial, 126; the recent revolution, 142; readi- ness to hear, 191; the wife of Yeinosuki, 191; removal of edicts against Christianity, 192, 225; Sabbath services, 225; pleasant move- ment by physicians, 227; article in a native paper on a change of religion, 226; men still called for, 256; school at Ösaka, 256; the field still opening, 292; attitude of the Government - prospects, 310; the Sabbath question, 389; openings for medical work, 390; the church in Japan, 390.
Madagascar, 32; the ritualists, 326. Madura mission, 6, 23, 97, 164, 195, 250, 288, 315; 356; annual survey, 6; incidents on tours, 23; new railroad, 24; ordination, 25; dispensary, 25; native evangelical society, 26; letter from a native pastor, 97; gratifying facts - addi- tions, 164; a tour- ordination work for women, 165; annual report, 195; native pas- tors, 195; confidence of the heathen in Chris- tians, 196; influence of station school, 196; labors among the heathen, 196; decreasing influence of heathenism, 197; closing appeal, 197; faithfulness of native Christians, 250; associations ordinations-tours the tele- graph, 288; labors of natives persecutors softened -a death, 289; many cares, 315; an unusual incident, 316; hindrances-conduct of Europeans, 317.
Mahratta mission, 5, 23, 53, 123, 162, 198, 225; annual survey, 5; Methodist church at Bom- bay, 23; cheering indications, 53; letter from
Mrs. Winsor, 54; Prof. Seelye's visit, 78, 109; missionary conference, 111; pleasant labor, but too much, 123; station reports, 162; bap- tism of a Gosavi, 163; other baptisms-interest in villages, 164; a missionary's congregation, 198; touring, 198; additions, 198; ordinations, 199; pleasant items from Bombay, 225. Manissa station, 158; week of prayer, 158; en- couragement among Greeks, 158; openings which cannot be entered, 158; persecution and its effects, 159.
Marash station, 169, 248; church organized at Hadjin - ordination, 169; women's work,
Merichleri, 120, 247.
Methodist Episcopal Board, 260.
Mexico, Western mission to, 10, 43, 117, 216, 259, 294, 357, 361; annual survey, 10; mission commenced, 43; encouragement, 117; hope- ful converts, 216; tracts - excitement, 217; spirit of inquiry, 259; continued encourage- ment, 294; report of committee, 357; good news still, 361.
Mexico, Northern- mission to, 116, 139, 215, 294, 357, 361; Miss Rankin's work, 139; items, 215; visiting the churches, 294. Micronesia mission, 9, 30, 92, 227, 233, 256, 370; annual survey, 9; Mrs. Doane's health, 30, 47; slavers, 30, 47; call for help, 30; Ebon -schools-prospects, 30; waiting for a mail sorrow, 31; native helpers called for, 31; death of a patriarch, 47; a promising move- ment religious interest, 48; church build- ing, 49; native pastorate, 49, 52; new plans of Mr. Doane-devoted self-sacrifice, 50; na- tives ready for mission work. 51; disappoint- ment, 51; a church in Mokil, 52; Mr. Alex- ander's report of his visit, 92; different lan- guages and customs on different groups, 94; work of helpers, 227; perplexities, 228; good news from Pingelap and Mokil, 228; missions gaining favor, 229; progress at out-stations, 229; a danger passed, 230; additions, 230; translation of the New Testament, 233; pleas- ant items, 256; encouraged, 370; a sermon worth reading, 370.
Miscellaneous articles- volunteers, 15; no re- trenchment, 16; week of prayer, 17; fears he may be too late, 33; impressions in Japan, 33: chapter of missionary experience, 34; Roman- ism in Syria, 35; Kessab parsonage, with en- graving, 41; Mexico, 43; Hindoo converts and heathen homes, 44; how to reach women in India, 45; a just tribute, 46; persecution of Protestants on Uea, 63; slavery to opium, 64; the Indians in Idaho - tobacco, 64; pray for the missionaries, 65; Japan, 65, 113; a neces- sity for missionary work, 65; missions a sign of the church's faith, 65; the bishop of Bom- bay, 66; Pillaiar, or Ganesha, 73; the work in nominally Christian lands, 77; Prof. Seelye in India, 78, 109, 130, 146, 171; Bible-women, 81; a record of work, 81; mission to the San- thals, 96; worthy of imitation, 97; giving for missions, 98: the Esquimaux, 98; ancient gateway at Sivas, 105; prayer for more mis- sionaries, 107; not quite yet, 108; missionary conference in India, 111; does it pay? 112; mission to Northern Mexico, 116; what Eng- land is doing for missions, 126; Rarotonga Christians-a merchant's testimony, 130; re- ligious movement at Bombay, 130; interior of
Presbyterian church of Ireland-its missions, 326.
Reformed (Dutch) Board, 61, 404. Roman Catholic missions, 128.
Western Africa, 131: what one can do, 131; | Presbyterian Board - its missions, 296. chapel and Bungalow at Ahmednuggur, with engraving, 137; a call to the missionary work, 150; help needed for the new work, 153; col- lege at Aintab, 168; a pleasant contrast, 169; Sandwich Islands-the new king, 169; grants from Tract and Bible Societies, 171; the old and the new Congregational House, with en- graving, 177; intrusion at Ahmednuggur- a protest, 180; a live monthly concert, 182; "the Philistines be upon thee," 185; influence of American missionaries on social life in the East, 187: how it strikes a woman from the field, 202; a kind word from Australia, 203; American missions in Turkey, 231; a medita- tion, 232: another translation of the New Tes- tament, 233; a word to churches and pastors, by a layman, 234; lending to the Lord, 234; to retired physicians, 235; Presbyterians pay- ing a debt, 235; New Chol'try, Madura, 141; uses of wealth, 243; receipts of English Soci- eties, 261; religions of Japan, 264; Bishop Whipple on missions to the Indians, 265; the foreign work not overdone, 266; prayer for missions, 267; the Jains of India, 267; a na- tive catechist in China, 267; taking off the shoes, 268; Kioto, the sacred capital of Japan, with engraving, 273; needful qualifications for a foreign missionary, 275; the moral revo- lution in India, 278; an ordination in Ceylon, 298: the "Morning Star," 299; opposers from Christian lands, 300; Mission House at Cesa- rea, with engraving, 305; Sunday-schools and foreign missions, 328; mothers of mission- aries, 328; the work in nominally Christian lands, 379; two collections, or one, 380; an experience, 383; the day of special service, 384; our publications, 385; official testimony to missions in India, 386; a word to Sabbath- schools, 389; are female children destroyed in China, 408; a lawyer's view of missions, 408; a meeting in Zulu land, 409. Moravians their missions, 60. Mogoonk, 369.
Samokov station, 55, 154, 248, 364; a time of joy, 55; enlargement of the Bansko church, 55; opposition at Panagureshte, 155; work of students, 154; pastor at Bansko, 248; girls' school, 364.
Sandwich Islands, 66, 169, 327, 329. Santhals of India, mission to, 96. Seelye, Prof., in India, 78, 109, 130, 146, 171. Sivas station, 286; brighter prospects, 286. Spain, mission to, 18, 95, 154, 218, 357, 399; getting settled, 18; prospects at Santander, 95, 154; chapel secured, 218; political move- ments, 219; schools at Barcelona, 219; report of committee, 357; review of the year, 399; spies, 399; obtaining a chapel, 400; annoyance and compensation, 401; quiet methods cases of interest, 401; singing, 402; hope for the future, 402.
Nicomedia, 222; taught of God, not in the schools, 222.
North China mission, 8, 52, 124, 193, 254, 311, 391; annual survey, 8; items, 52; a tour- baptisms, 124; Jesuit missions, 124; naval ar- chitecture, 125; New Testament in Mandarin, 193; training class, 194; a sprightly letter, 254; items, 255; Miss Porter on a tour- faith and love of a Chinese woman, 311; tour by Mr. Blodget, 311; baptisms-persecutions - Romanists Mohammedans medical mis- sionaries-progress in China, 312; brighten- ing prospects at Tung Cho, 312; work of women-training-school-advance, 313; en- tering Pao-ting-fu,391; the audience question, 391; address to Hon. F. F. Low, 392; great rain, 392.
Obituary Notices-Rev. P. O. Powers, 11; Mrs. Fidelia C. Coan, 13; Mrs. Mary A. Dwight, 42; Rev. A. T. Pratt, M. D., 75; Rev. Henry Venn, 115: Rev. Artemas Bishop, 149; Mrs. Mary P. Whitney, 149; Dea. Charles Stod- dard, 184; Mrs. Louisa F. Bartlett, 237; Mrs. Mary S. Smith, 245; Levi Spaulding, D. D., 307.
Officers of the Board, 359. Ordo, 85, 160.
Other societies and missions, 60, 126, 167, 260, 296, 322, 404; receipts of English Societies, 261.
Southern Presbyterian Board, 260.
Turkey-European, mission, 3, 55, 120, 154, 201, 221, 247, 355, 364; annual survey, 3; in- terest in the work, 201; a faithful helper, 221. See stations, Eski Zagra and Samokov. Turkey, Western, mission, 3, 64, 84, 138, 155, 199, 222, 285, 319, 364, 394; annual survey, 3; thoughts on the work and its prospects, 84; hopeful indications, 285. See stations, Con- stantinople, Cesarea, Manissa, Nicomedia, Marsovan, Sivas.
Turkey, Central, mission, 4, 169, 224, 248, 355; annual survey, 4. See Aintab and Marash. Turkey, Eastern, mission, 5, 20, 54, 85, 112, 121, 159, 249, 287, 318, 355, 366; annual survey, 5; attempt to enter Russia, 249. See stations, Bitlis, Erzroom, Harpoot, Van.
United Brethren - Moravians - their missions, 60.
United Presbyterian Board, 262; mission in Egypt, 323.
United Presbyterians of Scotland - their mis- sions, 322.
Van station, 88, 121, 161, 224, 287; beginnings of the work, 88; labors among women, 89; from Boston to Van, 121; Lake Van, 122; Van and its people, 122; waiting in hope, 161; opposition, 224; station report, 287; the field,
Vizer Keopreu, 364.
Volunteers called for, 15.
Wesleyan Methodist Missions, 405: Woman's Work, 17. Woman's Boards, 214.
Zulu mission, 2, 19, 34, 83, 119, 283, 320, 354, 396; annual survey, 2; death of a native brother, 19; ordination of Nembula, 20; burn- ing of Mr. Mellen's house, 20: one year of pleasant work, 83; Mrs. Edwards' school, 119, 321; work among the kraals, 283, 396; gen- eral letter-work of natives, 320; religious interest in the girls' school, 321; meeting o native Christians, 397; Jobo and Dumisa, 397; entering the field cheerfully, 398.
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