A Century of Missions

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 4, 1908

1800 — The foreign missionary societies numbered seven.

1900 — They numbered over 500.

1800 — The income of seven societies amounted to about $50,000.

1900 — The income was over $15,000,000.

1800 — The number of native communicants enrolled in Protestant mission churches was 7,000.

1900 — There are now 1,500,000 native communicants.

1800 — The adherents of Protestant churches in heathen lands were estimated at 15,000.

1900 — They numbered 3,500,000.

1800 — Not one unmarried woman missionary in all heathen lands.

1900 — There are at least 2,575.

1800 — Medical missions were unknown.

1900 — There are now more than 500 medical missionaries, one fourth of this number being women.

1800 — There were no patients treated by Christian physicians.

1900 — There are now over 200,000 patients under treatment in hospitals and dispensaries.

1800 — Only one fifth of the human family had the Bible in languages they could read.

1900 — Nine tenths of the people of the world have the Word of God in languages and dialects known to them.— The Missionary Helper.