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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 16, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 29.

A Century of Missions

“The Missionary Helper has the following statistics: In 1800 the foreign missionary societies numbered seven; in 1900 they numbered over five hundred; in 1800 the income of the seven societies amounted to about $50,000; in 1900 the income was over $15,000,000; in 1800 there was not one unmarried woman missionary in all heathen lands; in 1900 there were at least 2,575; in 1800 there were no patients treated by Christian physicians; in 1900 there were over 200,000 patients under treatment in hospitals and dispensaries established by foreign missionary societies.”