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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