MISSION WORK OF THE AMERICAN BOARD.
At the recent annual meeting of this oldest of American missionary societies, it was reported that the income for the year just closed was $697,371. Its representatives are found in twenty missions at strategic centers, amid a population exceeding six million souls and using twenty-seven different languages; 544 missionaries, assisted by 3,483 native laborers, are engaged in preaching the Gospel, directing schools, translating the Bible, creating a Christian literature, and healing the sick. In these missions are 505 churches, having 50,892 members, 4,551 having been received on confession of faith this year; 929 Sunday-schools, with 66,601 pupils, and giving $147,879 annually to the support of the Christian work around them; 13 colleges, with 2,132 students; 17 theological seminaries, with 228 students in direct training for the ministry; 103 boarding and high schools for girls and boys, with 10,226 students, besides 1,135 day-schools, with 49,375 pupils.—Missionary Review.