under the direction of Churches or Societies in this country. The Anna Morris School at Arthington, Liberia, was established and is supported by Mr. Edward S. Morris of No. 4 Merrick st., Philadelphia, Pa., in honor of his mother. He has provided for its permanent continuance after his death. There are also missions by the Methodist Episcopal Church, Free Methodist Church, Lutheran Church, Protestant Episcopal Church, Southern Colored Baptist Baptist Church, and American Baptist Missionary Union. The Southern Baptist Convention had a mission in Liberia, but since the Mission of that Church has been established in Yoruba, the missionary force in Liberia has been withdrawn. The American Baptist Missionary Union has a "Bassa Mission" in Liberia, with two missionaries, Mrs. M. V. Williams and Mrs. C. M. Hill, who are supported in their school and evangelistic work by the Woman's Missionary Societies of the East and West. The statistics report I unordained native preacher, 4 Bible women, 4 other native helpers, 7 self-supporting churches, 429 members. PRESBYTERIAN MISSION, In the Liberia Mission of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America there are seven stations, with 3 American and 2 native ordained ministers, 1 lay male and 2 lay female American missionaries, 1 native lay missionary, 253 communicants, and 265 scholars in the boarding and day schools. All the missionaries are colored men and women. The stations are at Monrovia, Brewerville, Clay-Ashland, Schieffelin, Grassdale, Gibeah, and Greenville. Monrovia, Brewervilie and Clay-Ashland are all on the St. Paul River, the two latter a few miles from the first named. At Monrovia the Rev. S. S. Sevier reports 44 communicants. At Brewerville are Rev. T. W. Roberts and Mrs. Rachel A. Ethridge, with 7 communicants. At Clay-Ashland are Rev. P. F. Flournoy and Mr. Albert B. King, with 51 communicants, and a school of 63 scholars. Schieffelin has a fine stone church and a school building erected through the generosity of a gentleman in New York, whose name is that of the station. There are 32 communicants, and a school of 15 native and 27 Liberian scholars. Grassdale is in charge of Rev. Robert A. M. Deputie, and reports 9 communicants, with 25 pupils in the boarding school. At Gibeah is a school with Mrs. Sophie E. Nurse as teacher, and ten scholars. evangelistic work for West the present, if possible, be place of beginning, and by in this country, so that the too far from their own; e SOUTHERN COLO The Baptist Foreign Cc of America is compose southern part of the Unite 1880. At the meeting he tember, 1883, six mission: J. H. Presley and wife, Re J. J. Coles and Rev. H. M rovia in January, 1884, an tist Vey Mission." A letter from Rev. J. E. ] sponding Secretary, July work is among the Vey Territory. The headquar in West Central Africa. the field at present. Th try, and the other a nat ganization, have been ca about two and a half yea baptized 75 converts." Rev. J. J. Coles, writing landing in this country we then in the interest of the 10,000 miles; held some nessed some 75 conversi baptized by our mission of our teaching and pre wall of superstition. We our three divisions for mis doo Division' we have sed used for the 'Industrial S We have a few mission bu are made of sticks and mu station, with a number of so has an organized school than 80 scholars." Mrs. Presley died in Af to the United States in 18 The Rev. J. J. Coles this spring, but expects t next fall. African Missi the Society, says: "The meeting, recalled the com as missionary to the Vey er facts as they stood at the close of 1884. The Misn, however, has had good success during 1885." The missionaries are Rev. David A. Day and wife, ased by Rev. David Davidson, an ordained native acher. Communicants 81. Sunday-school teachers, Sunday-school scholars, 151. In the mission school 88 boarders and 39 non-boarders. Ninety acres are ler cultivation, and in 1884 there were 5,700 pounds coffee gathered. Mr. Day writes: "Our work here is pre-eminently ctical and, from its nature, necessarily slow. It ot simply preaching the Gospel-this one might do Bwidabos Wedab Sedewes N, Dig CAPE PA here several days receiving in up all his wives but one, thro far as possible, influence his p One evening at prayers he presence of seventy children, of the missionary, and with t face, received the ordinance was so fully impressed with t gospel of Christ, as when I eighty years of savage life humble as a child, bearing te is a man of influence and namely, V. A. Noyes wite, Rev. R. L. Harris and Miss Mary Carpenter. After being in Monrovia a few weeks Miss Carpenter died of malarial or African fever. Mr. Noyes selected a site for a mission some twenty-five miles interior from Monrovia, and a few weeks since returned to raise a fund to erect buildings and establish the Mission. Rev. R. L. Harris began a gospel work within four hours after landing at Monrovia. Although discouraged by and got along nicely. thinks it wholesome. In answer to prayer, wi eight hours the people bring him home to Ameri Protestant F The Domestic and For resident missionaries as to financial aid being given him, and also regarding his health, he held the meeting about two weeks. He saw fifty persons hopefully converted to God; one hundred reclaimed from a backsliding state, and fifty sanctified wholly. He was moderately well in body at the close of the meeting. The people gave him $60 with which he explored up and down several rivers. He selected sites for three Missions. One at Monrovia, one in King Tappa's country, south of Monrovia, and one in the Marhah tribe. Mr. Harris returned home in June, and is now raising a fund of $3,000 with which to take out and locate six 11 Protestant Episcopal Ch America was organized i 1822. Mr. Ephraim Bak as catechists and teacher coast of Africa, that bein ignated by the Society. to go to Africa, and othe aries were also futile; a a commencement was ma Thompson and wife, (col ria, were appointed to th which was established at D The month of August was made memorable by the apntment of the Rev. Launcelot B. Minor and the Rev. an Payne, of the Diocese of Virginia, and the Rev. omas S. Savage, M.D., of the Diocese of Connecticut, missionaries to Cape Palmas, where the latter arrived the 25th of December following. He found the misn buildings at Mount Vaughan partly erected, and the ool progressing favorably under the zealous labors of . and Mrs. Thompson. The Rev. Mr. Payne and wife 1 the Rev. Mr. Minor reached Cape Palmas, July 4th, 37. The report of the Mission the first of 1843 showed re were six stations established, reaching with the Gos tion. These stations are in the four counties of Liberia, along two hundred and fifty miles of coast, and extend eighty miles interior; operating in seven native tribes, with an aggregate population of one hundred and fifty thousand people. Baptisms during the past year, seventyeight, forty-nine being adults. Communicants, colonists, one hundred and sixty-eight; natives, one hundred and forty-eight; total, three hundred and sixteen. Boarding scholars, one hundred and thirty-two; day scholars, Liberian and native, seven 3, Liberian 1), 4: lay-read white female teacher 1; ca rian 8, native 9), 17; b boarding schools, 4; day s boarding scholars, 251; scholars exclusive of tho schools, 268; total numbe places, 42; church edifice municants, 452. The esti hundred and sixty. Con tributions (imperfectly reported), seven hun dred and eighty-three dollars and three cents. Such are the statistics for the past year, but as the Mission has been in oper ation twenty eight years, nearly the average term of a generation, the number of communi. cants gath BOYS' SCHOOL HOUSE, CAVALLA, LIBERIA. ered in the church during these years must reach six Harper, Grahway, Cavall hundred." In 1871, Bishop Payne being in feeble health, resigned his jurisdiction. In October, 1883, the Rev. John Gottdieb Auer was elected his successor and was consecrated as Missionary Bishop April 17, 1873, in Georgetown, D. C. He arrived in Liberia in December, 1873, and died February 16, 1874. The Rev. Charles Clifton Penick, D.D., was elected in October, 1876, the successor of Bishop Auer, and was consecrated Missionary Bishop in Alexandria, Va., February 13. 1877. Bishop Penick went to Africa and remained several years, but finding his health would not permit his continuing there he resigned. his jurisdiction in October, 1883. In April, 1884, the The missionary staff is a H Cape Pa The Rev. R. H. Gibson (Li The Rev. M. P. Keda Valent The Rev. O. E. Hemie Shann * J. J. Neal (Liberian), Lay-r Mrs. S. J. Simpson (Liberian) Mrs. E. A. Johnson (Liberian Mrs. Mary A. Young (Liberia Palmas. Miss Margie Hne Kwede M Palmas. Richard Killen Nyema (Nativ |
