instruction will be given and the golden opportunity now before the mission for the inculcation of spiritual truth may be improved.

The printed report of the mission refers to various organizations engaged in Christian work, including the Council of the Congregational Church of Ceylon, whose constitution provides for a uniform management of church affairs. Three years ago this council planned a course in theological study in Tamil for those who wished to become catechists, and several have taken the prescribed course. The Jaffna Evangelical Society, organized in the year 1832, does a large Christian work on some of the islands of the peninsula, especially in the education and care of children who would otherwise be neglected. The Ceylon Congregational Foreign Missionary Society shows little sign of life; the Jaffna Woman's Foreign Mission calls for no special report. The work of the Ceylon branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society, coöperating with the mission, has supported 2 colporters and 10 Bible-women. The report of the superintendent, Mr. Fritts, states that the year's work has been satisfactory, and in some respects shows marked improvement. The last year not so many portions of the Scriptures have been sold, but a larger number of Bibles and New Testaments, and thousands have been addressed personally by the colporters and Bible-women on matters pertaining to the Christian life. This is a valuable work, and good results are sure to follow.

THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT

Dr. Thomas B. Scott reports for the Green Memorial Hospital, which is the new name given to what was formerly called the General Medical Mission. This new name is a fitting memorial of the late Dr. S. F. Green, who for twenty-five years wrought so efficiently in mission work in Jaffna. The total number of in-patients has been 931, the dispensary patients, 2,760. Acknowledgment is made of the excellent service of assistants, and great regret is expressed over the death of Mrs. Samuel, the head nurse, who had given over ten years of work to the hospital. A nursing class has been maintained successfully, and the evangelistic department has had most earnest care. The patients and those who come to visit them have heard with evident eagerness the message of the gospel, and while spiritual results are not to be tabulated, there has been manifestly a deep impression made. The McLeod Hospital for Women and Children sends its report through Dr. Curr. The in-patients have numbered 882, the dispensary patients 1,905, and the treatments 4,353. A slight increase in the number of treatments is shown in the dispensary. There have been 184 visits to villages and 200 consultations in the office. Miss Scott-Patten has had the superintendence of the nursing department. The various visitors have testified to the excellence of the treatment given. One Tamil gentleman has given 500 rupees for a small ward, in memory of his father. The Christian influence of this hospital is most manifest, patients and their friends testifying to the new hopes and aspirations received, as well as to the healing of their bodies.

FOOCHOW MISSION

FOOCHOW.-Lyman P. Peet, Ordained; George M. Newell, Teacher; Mrs. Caroline K. Peet, Mrs. Mary R. Newell, Miss Kate C. Woodhull, M.D., Miss Hannah C. Woodhull, Miss Emily S. Hartwell, Miss Martha S. Wiley.

FOOCHOW SUBURBS.-G. Milton Gardner, Ordained; Hardman N. Kinnear, M.D., Physician; Mrs. Mary J. Gardner, Mrs. Ellen J. Kinnear, Miss Elsie M. Garretson, Miss Alice U. Hall, Miss Ruth P. Ward.

PAGODA.-Henry T. Whitney, M.D., Physician; George H. Hubbard, Ordained; Mrs. Lurie A. Whitney, Mrs. Nellie L. Hubbard, Miss Elizabeth S. Perkins.

ING-HOK.-Edward H. Smith, Ordained; Mrs. Grace W. Smith, Miss Caroline E.

Chittenden.

SHAO-WU.-Joseph E. Walker, D.D., Charles L. Storrs, Jr., Ordained; Edward L. Bliss, M.D., Physician; Mrs. Minnie M. Bliss, Miss Lucy P. Bement, M.D., Miss Frances K. Bement, Miss Josephine C. Walker, Miss Grace A. Funk.

In this country.-Lewis Hodous, Ordained; Mrs. Anna J. Hodous, Miss Harriet L. Osborne, Miss Emily D. Smith, M.D.

Six stations; 138 outstations; 7 ordained missionaries; 3 physicians; 1 teacher; 9 wives; 15 single women, of whom 3 are physicians; 9 native preachers; 70 unordained preachers; 130 teachers; 65 Bible-women; 43 other native laborers; 139 places of regular meeting average attendance, 2,944; 77 organized churches: 2,721 communicants, 196 added by confession the past year; 53 Sabbath schools: 1,937 pupils; 1 theological school and 5 pupils; 2 colleges, with 57 students; 8 boarding and high schools, with 539 students; 117 other schools, with 2,148 pupils; native contributions, $17,065.

During the year under review Mrs. Hannah L. Hartwell, who joined the mission in 1858, after fifty years of faithful service in the Foochow Mission, has finished her service on earth. Rev. and Mrs. George W. Hinman, who have been long detained in the United States, have regretfully resigned their connection with the Board, since it has become apparent that the state of Mrs. Hinman's health does not warrant her return to China for the present. Mr. Hinman's experience in work for the Chinese will not be altogether lost, inasmuch as he is to enter the service of the American Missionary Association on the Pacific coast. Dr. J. E. Walker and daughter, Miss J. C. Walker, rejoined the mission at the close of 1908. Rev. and Mrs. E. H. Smith and Dr. and Mrs. E. L. Bliss are expecting to be at their posts before this report is printed. Miss Wiley and Miss Chittenden have also returned to their work.

This report is prepared from the detailed account of each missionary and from the general mission letter written by Dr. Henry T. Whitney. It is given by stations so far as relates to evangelistic and educational work, but woman's work and medical work are reported under distinct headings.

THE STATIONS

Foochow City.-There are 10 churches connected with the Foochow station, having a total of 565 members, 37 having been added on confession the last year. The year began with a three days' meeting of the deacons of all these churches for conference and prayer and Christian work. This

meeting was so successful and gave so much joy and strength to the laborers that two similar meetings were held later on, one in the city and one at Ponasang. The Water Gate Church has purchased a site for a memorial church for their late pastor, Ling Nik Sing. The Hartwell Memorial Church has had a year of enlarged service, and has purchased the last piece of property necessary to complete its site, but more money is needed before beginning to build. The Peace Street Church has received 23 members during the year, the pulpit for half the year having been supplied by members of the college and seminary faculties. A graduate of the seminary during the year has been called to the pastorate.

Educational.—The Theological Seminary, in charge of Rev. Lewis Hodous, reports a good year with 5 students, all graduates of Foochow College; two of these five students finished their seminary course. In the work of instruction there were 3 foreign and 3 Chinese teachers; Mandarin and Chinese classics were taught, beside the regular theological studies. One of the graduates entered Young Men's Christian Association work, and the other became the pastor of the Peace Street Church; both of them are earnest and promising men. The seminary greatly needs an additional building, and should be endowed.

The Boys' College. Mr. Peet reports that notwithstanding difficult and trying problems in the college, and with an inadequate teaching force, there has been marked progress, which calls for special gratitude. The absence of Miss Wiley on furlough and the coming to the United States of Mr. and Mrs. Hodous and Mrs. Newell, the latter on account of her health, made a serious loss in the teaching force; but Mr. Beard, of the Young Men's Christian Association, and Ding Ming Uong aided materially in the work of instruction. Special mention is made of Mr. Newell's practical instruction in science, music, and surveying. The number of students in the college is reported as 259, 66 of them being classed as Christians, 46 of them being sons of Christian parents. These Christian students are earnest and devoted, quite ready to engage in religious work within and without the college. A new college building has been completed, bearing the name of the Baldwin Library, in honor of Rev. Dr. C. C. Baldwin, formerly of this mission, through whose gift of $500, supplemented by gifts from his friends, the building has been erected, and a reading room has been fitted up by a gift in memory of the late Miss Martha T. Fiske, of Cambridge, Mass. The building is both an ornamental and useful part of the college plant.

The Press. This department of the college has been in operation as usual, no less than 612,000 pages having been issued, as well as 52,000 sheet tracts. In Foochow City the day schools number 19, having 565 enrolled pupils. Seven of these schools are, in the main, for girls only, and are taught by women. Through these schools not only the girls are trained, but their homes are reached. During the summer 2 night schools were opened. Several of the pupils took part in the celebration in honor of Commissioner Ling, whose destruction of opium at Canton brought on the opium war in 1843

The kindergarten under the care of Miss H. C. Woodhull has had a happy

year, with 50 pupils. Miss Brown, who has been detained in the United States, has been much missed, and an earnest plea is made for a kindergartner to come to the aid of this school.

Ponasang.-The 8 churches connected with this station seem to be emerging from the difficulties which have attended them in recent years. They have been under the oversight of Mr. Gardner, who is able to report progress of one kind or another.

Educational. The day schools number 7, with 250 pupils. Advance is shown not only in equipment but in the grade of teaching, and yet there is need of larger force and means. The girls' college has had a prosperous year under the care of Miss Garretson, assisted by Miss Hall and Miss Ward. There have been 7 men and 5 women teachers, the newer missionaries, of course, having to devote much attention to the study of the language. The pupils have numbered 96, 15 of them in the college and 81 in the preparatory department. The addition of courses in English has increased considerably the work of the institution. Religious training is carefully given, and the tone of the college is good. Two Christian Endeavor Societies are vigorously maintained.

Pagoda and Diong-loh.-These two stations have been united under the care of Mr. Hubbard, inasmuch as Dr. Whitney was transferred to Ing-hok during the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Smith on their furlough. Mr. Hubbard has also had the care of the monthly paper in Romanized colloquial and other editorial work. There have been but 2 native pastors in service, though there have been 16 preachers and several colporters. Thirty-four preaching places have been maintained and 22 Sunday schools, with a membership of 460. Forty-one persons have been added to the churches.

Educational. The day schools in this district number 20, with an enrollment of 642. The Abbie B. Child Memorial Girls' Preparatory School was in charge of Miss H. L. Osborne until the time of her furlough, with Miss Perkins as her assistant. Though the latter's strength has been given to the study of the language, she can speak of the year as the happiest one of her life. The school is now in its fourth year and has an enrollment of 41, of whom 13 have united with the church the last year, and the outlook for the future is spoken of as most hopeful.

Ing-hok. This station, with its 12 churches and 20 preaching places, has been under the charge of Dr. H. T. Whitney during the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Smith on furlough. The I native pastor has had 25 assistants of various sorts, and he has visited all the outstations twice during the year, finding over 300 inquirers within the field.

Educational Work.-Under this heading mention is made of the boys' school, now in its fourth year of existence, with 24 pupils. One foreigner and 3 Chinese are engaged in the work of teaching and fitting the scholars for entrance to college. The day schools in this district are largely undeveloped for want of funds and good teachers, which would work great changes.

Shao-wu.-Mr. Storrs, who is in charge of this station, reports that there

are within the station 22 churches, having a membership of 823. There are but 3 native pastors and 29 unordained preachers, with 69 preaching places. Thirteen tours were made averaging from fifteen to twenty-five miles, and two others of 160 miles and 230 miles, respectively, and in all there was much to encourage the preachers. The Chinese Home Missionary Society, only two years old, has added another helper to its list, making 5 in all.

Educational. The Boys' Boarding School, under the care of Mr. Storrs, has had 42 pupils, and in his judgment it furnishes unlimited scope for service. The students are independent in their bearing, carrying on by themselves a Young Men's Christian Association. Scattered over this wide field there are 37 day schools, having an enrollment of 384 pupils, and an encouraging report is given of them, indicating a willingness on the part of the pupils to receive. instruction. The Girls' Boarding School, under the direction of Miss Frances Bement, aided by Miss Funk, is in vigorous condition, having 104 pupils, all active and earnest. The religious tone seems to have been marked and the teachers have been much cheered.

WOMAN'S WORK

The Bible-Woman's Training School in Foochow City has had 22 women under instruction, but they were unable to finish the prescribed course and must take another year. A similar report is made concerning the BibleWoman's Training School at Pagoda, under the care of Mrs. Hubbard. The 21 women under instruction have shown steady progress and have manifested an earnest, devoted Christian spirit.

The station classes at several points indicate that much work has been done. In Foochow City there are 4 such station classes; at Ponasang, under the care of Miss Hall, there are 6 centers in which these Bible-women have been employed. At Pagoda there are 6 station classes ministered to by women, averaging from 2 to 18 members, a total of 53. These are scattered over a wide section and are faithfully taught. At Ing-hok 8 Bible-women are employed over a wide area, one of them working forty miles from Ing-hok City. At Shao-wu Miss Funk reports having 3 station classes cared for by Bible-women. Some of these Bible-women at the different stations are wives of the preachers, and so they have a doubly responsible position. As to the work of these station classes, one of the reports says: "Station class work puts to the test the mettle of the Bible-women teachers, but they are generally equal to the task and do much good. There were 4 Bible-women who did not have classes; such usually have a more difficult work than others. It is not easy to realize the courageous faith necessary to go out daily in all weathers and seem oblivious to all the unpleasant remarks that may be made, and faithfully improve or, when necessary, persistently seek opportunities for sowing the seed of truth in dark minds, and often returning tired and footsore, wondering if any good has been done. But here and there they are permitted to see some good results, which help to encourage and brighten their toil."