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Italy, Mission to, 210, 357.

Japan, Religions of, 264.

Japan mission, 8, 27, 33, 52, 113, 125, 142, 191, 225, 256, 292, 310, 389; annual survey, 8; convention of missionaries, 27; committee on translation of the Scriptures, 27; a native church organized, 28; medical missionary work, 28; letter from Mr. Greene, 28; cheerful entrance on the work, 29; impressions, 33; schools, 52, 125, 191, 225; no retrograde movement, 52; one year changes, 113; boarding-school at Kobe, 125; death of Yeinosuki, 125; change of calendar, 126; sale of Bibles, 126; imprisonment of a friendly official, 126; the recent revolution, 142; readiness to hear, 191; the wife of Yeinosuki, 191; removal of edicts against Christianity, 192, 225; Sabbath services, 225; pleasant movement by physicians, 227; article in a native paper on a change of religion, 226; men still called for, 256; school at Osaka, 256; the field still opening, 292; attitude of the Government

prospects, 310; the Sabbath question, 389; openings for medical work, 390; the church in Japan, 390.

Karabazar, 21.

Khasdoor, 20.

Koordbeleng, 223.

Madagascar, 32; the ritualists, 326. Madura mission, 6, 23, 97, 164, 195, 250, 288, 315; 356; annual survey, 6; incidents on tours, 23; new railroad, 24; ordination, 25; dispensary, 25; native evangelical society, 26; letter from a native pastor, 97; gratifying facts- additions, 164; a tour- ordination work for women, 165; annual report, 195; native pastors, 195; confidence of the heathen in Christians, 196; influence of station school, 196; labors among the heathen, 196; decreasing influence of heathenism, 197; closing appeal, 197; faithfulness of native Christians, 250; associations-ordinations-tours the telegraph, 288; labors of natives persecutors softened - -a death, 289; many cares, 315; an unusual incident, 316; hindrances-conduct of Europeans, 317.

Mahratta mission, 5, 23, 53, 123, 162, 198, 225; annual survey, 5; Methodist church at Bombay, 23; cheering indications, 53; letter from

Mrs. Winsor, 54; Prof. Seelye's visit, 78, 109; missionary conference, 111; pleasant labor, but too much, 123; station reports, 162; baptism of a Gosavi, 163; other baptisms-interest in villages, 164; a missionary's congregation, 198; touring, 198; additions, 198; ordinations, 199; pleasant items from Bombay, 225. Manissa station, 158; week of prayer, 158; encouragement among Greeks, 158; openings which cannot be entered, 158; persecution and its effects, 159.

Marash station, 169, 248; church organized at Hadjin ordination, 169; women's work,

248.

Marsovan station, 64, 201, 320, 364; New church and pastor, 64; seminary, 201; self-denial of students, 201; items, 320; gratifying visit to Vezir Keopreu, 364; a sample of progress, 366.

Merichleri, 120, 247.

Methodist Episcopal Board, 260.

Mexico, Western-mission to, 10, 43, 117, 216, 259, 294, 357, 361; annual survey, 10; mission commenced, 43; encouragement, 117; hopeful converts, 216; tracts- excitement, 217; spirit of inquiry, 259; continued encouragement, 294; report of committee, 357; good news still, 361.

Mexico, Northern - mission to, 116, 139, 215, 294, 357, 361; Miss Rankin's work, 139; items, 215; visiting the churches, 294.

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Micronesia mission, 9, 30, 92, 227, 233, 256, 370; annual survey, 9; Mrs. Doane's health, 30, 47; slavers, 30, 47; call for help, 30; Ebon -schools-prospects, 30; waiting for a mail sorrow, 31; native helpers called for, 31; death of a patriarch, 47; a promising movement-religious interest, 48; church building, 49; native pastorate, 49, 52; new plans of Mr. Doane-devoted self-sacrifice, 50; natives ready for mission work. 51; disappointment, 51; a church in Mokil, 52; Mr. Alexander's report of his visit, 92; different languages and customs on different groups, 94; work of helpers, 227; perplexities, 228; good news from Pingelap and Mokil, 228; missions gaining favor, 229; progress at out-stations, 229; a danger passed, 230; additions, 230; translation of the New Testament, 233; pleasant items, 256; encouraged, 370; a sermon worth reading, 370. Miscellaneous articles volunteers, 15; no retrenchment, 16; week of prayer, 17; fears he may be too late, 33; impressions in Japan, 33; chapter of missionary experience, 34; Romanism in Syria, 35: Kessab parsonage, with engraving, 41; Mexico, 43; Hindoo converts and heathen homes, 44; how to reach women in India, 45; a just tribute, 46; persecution of Protestants on Uea, 63; slavery to opium, 64; the Indians in Idaho tobacco, 64; pray for the missionaries, 65; Japan, 65, 113; a necessity for missionary work, 65; missions a sign of the church's faith, 65; the bishop of Bombay, 66: Pillaiar, or Ganesha, 73; the work in nominally Christian lands, 77; Prof. Seelye in India, 78, 109, 130, 146, 171; Bible-women, 81; a record of work, 81; mission to the Santhals, 96; worthy of imitation, 97; giving for missions, 98: the Esquimaux, 98; ancient gateway at Sivas, 105; prayer for more missionaries, 107; not quite yet, 108; missionary conference in India, 111; does it pay? 112; mission to Northern Mexico, 116; what England is doing for missions, 126; Rarotonga Christians a merchant's testimony, 130; religious movement at Bombay, 130; interior of

Western Africa, 131: what one can do, 131; chapel and Bungalow at Ahmednuggur, with engraving, 137; a call to the missionary work, 150; help needed for the new work, 153; college at Aintab, 168; a pleasant contrast, 169; Sandwich Islands-the new king, 169; grants from Tract and Bible Societies, 171; the old and the new Congregational House, with engraving, 177; intrusion at Ahmednuggura protest, 180; a live monthly concert, 182; "the Philistines be upon thee," 185; influence of American missionaries on social life in the East, 187: how it strikes a woman from the field, 202; a kind word from Australia, 203; American missions in Turkey, 231; a meditation, 232: another translation of the New Testament, 233; a word to churches and pastors, by a layman, 234; lending to the Lord, 234; to retired physicians, 235; Presbyterians paying a debt, 235; New Chol'try, Madura, 141; uses of wealth, 243; receipts of English Societies, 261; religions of Japan, 264; Bishop Whipple on missions to the Indians, 265; the foreign work not overdone, 266; prayer for missions, 267; the Jains of India, 267; a native catechist in China, 267; taking off the shoes, 268; Kioto, the sacred capital of Japan, with engraving, 273; needful qualifications for a foreign missionary, 275; the moral revolution in India, 278; an ordination in Ceylon, 298; the "Morning Star," 299; opposers from Christian lands, 300; Mission House at Cesarea, with engraving, 305; Sunday-schools and foreign missions, 328; mothers of missionaries, 328; the work in nominally Christian lands, 379; two collections, or one, 380; an experience, 383; the day of special service, 384; our publications, 385; official testimony to missions in India, 386; a word to Sabbathschools, 389; are female children destroyed in China, 408; a lawyer's view of missions, 408; a meeting in Zulu land, 409. Moravians their missions, 60. Mogoonk, 369.

Nicomedia, 222; taught of God, not in the schools, 222.

North China mission, 8, 52, 124, 193, 254, 311, 391; annual survey, 8; items, 52; a tourbaptisms, 124: Jesuit missions, 124; naval architecture, 125; New Testament in Mandarin, 193; training class, 194; a sprightly letter, 254; items, 255; Miss Porter on a tour-faith and love of a Chinese woman, 311; tour by Mr. Blodget, 311: baptisms- persecutions Romanists Mohaminedans medical missionaries-progress in China, 312; brightening prospects at Tung Cho, 312; work of women-training-school-advance, 313; entering Pao-ting-fu,391; the audience question, 391; address to Hon. F. F. Low, 392; great rain, 392.

Obituary Notices - Rev. P. O. Powers, 11; Mrs. Fidelia C. Coan, 13; Mrs. Mary A. Dwight, 42; Rev. A. T. Pratt, M. D., 75; Rev. Henry Venn, 115; Rev. Artemas Bishop, 149; Mrs. Mary P. Whitney, 149; Dea. Charles Stoddard, 184: Mrs. Louisa F. Bartlett, 237; Mrs. Mary S. Smith, 245; Levi Spaulding, D. D., 307.

Officers of the Board, 359.
Ordo, 85, 160.

Other societies and missions, 60, 126, 167, 260, 296, 322, 404; receipts of English Societies, 261.

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Samokov station, 55, 154, 248, 364; a time of joy, 55; enlargement of the Bansko church, 55; opposition at Panagureshte, 155; work of students, 154; pastor at Bansko, 218; girls' school, 364.

Sandwich Islands, 66, 169, 327, 329. Santhals of India, mission to, 96. Seelye, Prof., in India, 78, 109, 130, 146, 171. Sivas station, 286; brighter prospects, 286. Spain, mission to, 18, 95, 154, 218, 357, 399; getting settled, 18; prospects at Santander, 95, 154; chapel secured, 218; political movements, 219; schools at Barcelona, 219; report of committee, 357; review of the year, 399; spies, 399; obtaining a chapel, 400; annoyance and compensation, 401; quiet methods cases of interest, 401; singing, 402; hope for the future, 402.

Southern Presbyterian Board, 260.

Turkey-European, mission, 3, 55, 120, 154, 201, 221, 247, 355, 364; annual survey, 3; interest in the work, 201; a faithful helper, 221. See stations, Eski Zagra and Samokov. Turkey, Western, mission, 3, 64, 84, 138, 155, 199, 222, 285, 319, 364, 394; annual survey, 3; thoughts on the work and its prospects, 84; hopeful indications, 285. See stations, Constantinople, Cesarea, Manissa, Nicomedia, Marsovan, Sivas.

Turkey, Central, mission, 4, 169, 224, 248, 355; annual survey, 4. See Aintab and Marash. Turkey, Eastern, mission, 5, 20, 54, 85, 112, 121, 159, 249, 287, 318, 355, 366; annual survey, 5; attempt to enter Russia, 249. See stations, Bitlis, Erzroom, Harpoot, Van.

United Brethren - Moravians - their missions, 60.

United Presbyterian Board, 262; mission in Egypt, 323.

United Presbyterians of Scotland — their missions, 322.

Van station, 88, 121, 161, 224, 287; beginnings of the work, 88; labors among women, 89; from Boston to Van, 121; Lake Van, 122; Van and its people, 122; waiting in hope, 161; opposition, 224; station report, 287; the field, 288. Vizer Keopreu, 364.

Volunteers called for, 15.

Wesleyan Methodist Missions, 405.
Woman's Work, 17.
Woman's Boards, 214.

Yamboul, 247.

Zulu mission, 2, 19, 34, 83, 119, 283, 320, 354, 396; annual survey, 2; death of a native brother, 19; ordination of Nembula, 20; burning of Mr. Mellen's house, 20; one year of pleasant work, 83; Mrs. Edwards' school, 119, 321; work among the kraals, 283, 396; general letter work of natives, 320; religious interest in the girls' school, 321; meeting o native Christians, 397; Jobo and Dumisa, 397; entering the field cheerfully, 398.

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INDEX TO NAMES OF PERSONS.

The following Index contains the Names of the Missionaries and Assistant Missionaries whose communications
are inserted in this volume, and those about whom information is given.

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Howland, William S., 373.
Howland, Mrs., 373.

Howland, Miss Susan R., 373.
Hubbard, A. W., 330.
Hubbard, Mrs., 330.
Hunt, P. R.. 8.
Hunt, Mrs., 8.

Hunt, Myron Winslow, 413.
Hunt, Mrs., 413.

Ireland, W., 2, 19.

Ireland, Mrs., 2.

Jenney, E. W., 330.
Jenney, Mrs., 330.

Knapp, George C., 5, 209, 224.
Knapp, Mrs., 5.

Kilbon, C. W., 205, 373, 398.
Kilbon, Mrs., 205, 373.

Leavitt, Horace H., 413.

Perry, Henry T., 4, 224.
Perry, Mrs., 4.

Pettibone, Ira F., 3.

Pierce, John E., 5, 21, 249.
Pierce, Mrs., 5.

Pierson, Isaac, 8, 391.

Smith, Thomas S., 7, 90, 314.
Smith, Mrs., 7.

Smith, Miss Rosella A., 6.
Smith, Arthur H., 8, 255.
Smith, Mrs., 8.
Snow, B. G., 9, 31.

Snow, Mrs., 9.

Spaulding, Levi, 7, 307.
Spaulding, Mrs., 7.
Spaulding, Wm. A., 3, 222.
Spaulding, Mrs., 3.
Stanley, Charles A., 8.
Stanley, Mrs., 8.

Stephens, J. L., 10, 59, 259,
294, 361.

Stone, S. B., 2, 237, 373.
Stone, Mrs., 2, 237, 373.
Sturges, A. A., 9, 30, 51, 229.
Sturges, Mrs., 9.

Talcott, Miss Eliza, 133, 269.

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Pinkerton, Mrs., 2.

Pixley, Stephen C., 2.
Pixley, Mrs., 2.

Pollock, Miss Sarah, 6.
Pond, Theodore S., 5.
Pond, Mrs., 5.

Porter, Henry D., 8, 392.
Porter, Miss Mary H., 8, 311.
Powers, P. O., 4, 11.
Powers, Miss Harriet G., 4.
Pratt, A. T., 3, 69, 75.
Pratt, Mrs., 3.
Proctor, Miss Myra A., 4.

Rappleye, Miss Julia A., 3.
Raynolds, George C., 5, 87.
Raynolds, Mrs., 5.

Rendall, John, 6, 26, 164, 250.

Leonard, Julius Y., 3, 64, 320, Rendall, Miss Mary E., 6.

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Richardson, Sandford, 3.
Richardson, Mrs., 3.
Riggs, Elias, 3, 236.
Riggs, Mrs., 3.

Riggs, Stephen R., 9, 257.
Riggs, Edward, 3, 105, 395.
Riggs, Mrs., 3.

Riggs, Alfred L., 9, 202.

Maltbie, Miss Esther T., 3, 364. Riggs, Mrs., 9.

Marden, Henry, 4, 318.

Marden, Mrs., 4.

Marsh, George D., 3, 100.

Mellen, William, 2.

Mellen, Mrs., 2.

Montgomery, Giles F., 4.
Montgomery, Mrs., 4.
Morris, Willys K., 9.
Morris, Mrs., 9.

Mumford, Mrs. Anna V., 3.

Norris, Miss Sarah F., 373.
Noyes, J. T., 6, 97, 205, 241.
Noyes, Mrs., 6.

Noyes, Miss Charlotte L., 4.
Nutting, David H., 4.

Nutting, Mrs., 4.

Riggs, Thomas L., 9, 258.
Robbins, Elijah, 2.
Robbins, Mrs., 2.

Rood, David, 2.

Rood, Mrs., 2.

Sanders, Mrs. C. Z., 7.

118, 361.

Schauffler, Mrs., 10.

Taylor, Miss Martha S., 6.
Thayer, C. C., 4.

Thayer, Mrs., 4.

Thompson, Thomas W., 8.
Thompson, Miss Mary A., 8.
Tomson, Mrs. Cora W., 413.
Townshend, Miss Harriet E., 7.
Tracy, William, 6, 195, 289.
Tracy, Mrs., 6.

Tracy, Charles C., 3, 320.
Tracy, Mrs., 3.

Treat, Alfred O., 8, 52.
Trowbridge, T. C., 4.
Trowbridge, Mrs., 4.
Tyler, Josiah, 2, 205.
Tyler, Mrs., 2, 205, 373.

Van Duzee, Miss Cyrene O., 5,
85, 169.

Wadsworth, Miss Mary L., 3.
Walker, J. E., 7, 33, 37.
Washburn, George T., 6.
Washburn, Mrs., 6.

Washburn, Miss Fanny E., 3.

Watkins, David, 10, 59, 117,
216, 259, 294, 361.
Watkins, Mrs., 10.
Wells, Spencer R., 5.
Wells, Mrs., 5.

West, Henry S., 3, 69.
West, Mrs., 3.

Wheeler, Mrs., 5.

Whitney, Mrs., 9.

Schauffer, Henry A., 10, 57, Wilder, H. A., 2, 283.

Schneider, B., 3, 11, 76.
Schneider, Mrs., 3.

Scott, Joseph E., 5, 121, 370.
Scott, Mrs., 5.

Seymour, Miss Hattie, 5.
Shearman, Miss Julia A., 3.
Sisson, Miss Elizabeth, 6.
Sheffield, D. Z., 8, 194.

Osgood, D. W., 7, 98, 235, 253. Sheffield, Mrs., 8.

Osgood, Mrs., 7.

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Wheeler, Crosby H., 5, 112.

Whitney, Joel F., 9, 34, 370.

Wilder, Mrs., 2.

Williams, Mrs. Kate P., 5.

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Smith, John F., 3, 173, 201, 223. Wood, Mrs., 5.

Smith, Mrs., 3.

Smith, J. C., 7, 237.

Smith, Mrs., 7, 237, 245.

Woodin, Simeon F., 7, 194, 311.

Woodin, Mrs., 7.

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