Identifier: reportsofmission1913pres (find matches)
Title: Reports of the missionary and benevolent boards and committees to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions. Annual report of the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions. Annual report of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Education. Annual report of the Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work. Annual report of the Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of the Church Erection Fund. Annual report of the Board of the Church Erection Fund of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbyterian Board of Relief for Disabled Ministers and the Widows and Orphans of Deceased Ministers. Annual report to the General Assembly Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen. Annual report of the Board of Missions for Freedmen of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Aid for Colleges and Academies. Annual report of the Board of Aid for Colleges and Academies of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Systematic Beneficence. Report of the General Assembly's Special Committee of the Presbyterian Church on Systematic Beneficence Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Permanent Committee on Temperance. Annual report of the General Assembly's Permanent Committee on Temperence for the year ending ..
Subjects: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A
Publisher: Philadelphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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services were continued throughout the year. Afterpeace came, the numbers increased greatly. Sabbath school hashad a prosperous year with an attendance of 125. The NinthWard chapel has had daily services, and the reading-room hasbeen very popular. Good reports came from the out-stationsof Siangtan, though the lack of preachers has kept the workfrom developing as it should. Womens work has made a beginning. Before leaving forShanghai in the fall Miss Woods conducted Sunday afternoonclasses with an attendance of 30. EDUCATIONAL WORK.—The John D. Wells BoardingSchool opened with a fair attendance and was able to continueuntil December 1st, 1911, but then the revolution made it nec-essary to suspend classes. School was opened again on thefirst of March with many new pupils, although some of theold ones had gone to other schools. One result of the revolu-tion is a new attitude toward manual labor. The boys are anxi-ous for industrial work. A modest beginning has been madewith tailoring.
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HUNAN—HENGCHOW 105 Sunnyside School for Girls opened early in September, butwas able to continue for six weeks only. When school was re-opened again in March a new staff of teachers had to be en-gaged and it was difficult to re-establish school discipline. Thestrong Christian influence of the Chinese matron was felt inthe school. The Parish Day Schools had a most successful year. Therehas been an enrollment of 34, most of whom also attended theprimary department in Sabbath school. One school has had tobe discontinued for lack of a teacher, but the other three dayschools had a very prosperous year. MEDICAL WORK.— In view of these unusual circumstances, the showing of 6,305 visitsto the dispensary (4,537 being return visits) is not a bad one. Therewere 99 operations, major and minor, and about 50 out-calls made. Itis with much satisfaction we report that two students have been sentaway to medical school. We trust they will be a big help to us inyears to come. We are also very thankf

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