Council will have the indorsement of this association, and the proposed advance will thus have a doubly influential appeal to the churches.

A thorough campaign of missionary education for all classes in our churches is greatly needed if we are to have an enlarged and interested constituency. A plan of coöperation in this work is under consideration by the secretaries of all the missionary societies represented on the coast. Deep plowing and wide sowing in faith and prayer will surely invite the sunshine and the dew and rain from above, and bring an abundant harvest.

WEST CENTRAL AFRICAN MISSION

BAILUNDU.-William C. Bell, Ordained; Mrs. Lena H. Bell, Mrs. Bertha D. Stover, Mrs. Marion M. Webster, Miss Elizabeth B. Campbell, Miss Helen H. Stover.

KAMUNDONGO.-William H. Sanders, Ordained; Mrs. Sarah B. Sanders, Miss Nellie J. Arnott, Miss Sarah Stimpson.

CHISAMBA.-Walter T. Currie, D.D., Ordained; William Cammack, M.D., Physician; Mrs. Amy J. Currie, Mrs. Sarah L. Cammack, M.D., Miss Helen J. Melville, Miss Margaret W. Melville.

OCHILESO.-Thomas W. Woodside, Henry A. Neipp, Ordained; Mrs. Emma D. Woodside, Mrs. Frederica L. Neipp.

SACHIKELA (Bagster).— Merlin Ennis, Ordained; Mrs. Elisabeth L. Ennis.

On furlough.-Rev. Wesley M. Stover, Rev. Frederick C. Wellman, M.D., Ordained; Mrs. Lydia J. Wellman, Miss Emma C. Redick, Miss Diadem Bell.

(Complete statistics have not been received from this mission.)

This has been an eventful year in the mission. A note in our last annual report announced the death of Rev. William E. Fay, which event occurred at the hospital in Cleveland, O., October 13, while the Board was in session in that city. This was a sore loss to the mission, and was felt deeply by the native Christians, who mourned sincerely when the tidings reached them. Mrs. Fay, with her children, was obliged to remain in this country. Mr. and Mrs. Woodside and Miss Stimpson have returned from their furloughs. Mrs. Stover, accompanied by her daughter, who having finished her studies desired to join her parents in the mission, went in May to England, where they were joined by Mr. Stover; who, though well entitled to a furlough, desired only a brief cessation of labor, purposing to return to Bailundu with his family in the summer. Most unexpectedly, and we may say most unjustly, a document has been received from a high official in the province of Angola forbidding Mr. Stover's return to the province. The order was peremptory and no reason given. On inquiry it was learned that the charge made was that his influence was unfavorable to the government, but no specifications were given. Nothing could be further from the truth than to say that Mr. Stover or any of his associates have been wanting in loyalty to the government under which they have labored. On the contrary, they have aided materially in the promotion of good order and obedience to law. The native Christians in the mission have been the best and most loyal citizens of the district. Representations have been made to our American government concerning this expelling of an American citizen without charges made and much less proven, and the matter will be brought before the officials at Lisbon. It is hoped and it is to be expected that this act will be repudiated by the Portuguese government. The other changes within the past year in the mission force have been the return to the home land of Miss Diadem Bell

and Dr. and Mrs. F. C. Wellman, Dr. Wellman being compelled to return on account of ill health.

Kamundongo. As heretofore reported, a plan has been in mind to remove this station to some other portion of the province. The station has suffered greatly from the opposition of the Portuguese traders in the vicinity, and incendiary fires have destroyed many houses of the native Christians. The natives themselves have desired to remove to Gamba, a place eighty miles from Kamundongo, and many of the families have gone thither, taking what they could of their possessions, and have built themselves temporary houses at the new location. The soil at Kamundongo was not of sufficient fertility to allow the people to live without a great deal of hard labor, which absorbs time and strength. There is no good timber in the vicinity for building, and the natives were eager to find some more favorable place for residence. The mission approved of the removal of the station to Gamba, but the application made to the Portuguese officials was met with flat refusal, no reasons being given. This has been a sore trial to the natives as well as to the mission. Notwithstanding the disappointment caused by this refusal, every department of the work has been kept up at Kamundongo, though the people are fewer in numbers. In the school there have been 114 pupils, with an average attendance of 70. Printing work has gone on with energy; the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles have been printed in good editions, the number of pages thus issued being 316,000.

No physician being located here, Mrs. Sanders has done what she could in the line of medical work.

Ochileso. At this comparatively new station there has been a large increase in residents. The people from the villages round about have been coming to the station and seeking locations there. The attendance at the school and at the religious services has more than doubled within the year. The absence on furlough of Mr. and Mrs. Woodside has, of course, placed a special burden of work upon Mr. and Mrs. Neipp, but every department seems to have been maintained successfully. Miss Campbell, of Bailundu, has rendered assistance for three months. Fifteen persons have been received into the church on confession, making its present membership 63. The mission school has an enrollment of 130 and an average attendance of 103. Much progress has been shown in the industrial department; several natives have become quite successful in carpentry and other branches. New roads have been made and a new chapel has been built, as well as a house for old widows; bricks have been made and blacksmithing has been taught.

Mr. Neipp has made several short trips into neighboring villages, and the Christian boys upon the place have done faithful work among those villages. Ochileso seems to be a thoroughly Christian village. Morning and evening prayers are held daily and a midweek service is well attended. The return of Mr. and Mrs. Woodside is anticipated with great joy, and the prospects for the station are very encouraging.

Bailundu. There was a marked quickening of religious life following the Week of Prayer in January last. No large additions have been made