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Title: Annual reports of the boards to the General Assembly
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions. Annual report of the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions. Annual report of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Education. Annual report of the Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work. Annual report of the Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of the Church Erection Fund. Annual report of the Board of the Church Erection Fund of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbyterian Board of Relief for Disabled Ministers and the Widows and Orphans of Deceased Ministers. Annual report to the General Assembly Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen. Annual report of the Presbyterian Board of Missions for Freedmen of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Aid for Colleges and Academies. Annual report Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Aid for Colleges and Academies. Annual report of the Board of Aid for Colleges and Academies of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Systematic Beneficence. Report of the Assembly's Special Committee on Systematic Beneficence Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Permanent Committee on Temperance. Annual report of the General Assembly's Permanent Committee on Temperance for the year ending ..
Subjects: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A
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derpublication of the Gospel. The reported condition of the churchesvaries from serious loss in one case to encouraging success in another.At B.xraka, (Gaboon, but few new members were received ; the num-ber reported is loi. In Corisco the church is described by Mr. Ibiaas in a deplorable state, twenty four of the members having been ex-communicated and nine suspended, including one of the elders. Thedisturbmg inllaence of an ex missionary, who has returned to Coriscoat liis own charges, and who.se mind seems to be sadly disordered, issi)oken of as connected with this unhapi)y condition of the church.The number of communicants reported is ninety. In Benita the re-ported niunber is 164—including comnninicants at places within reachwhere ciuirches have not yet been organized. Thirteen were receivedat Benila, two suspended, and one excommunicated. Ihe nativelicentiate preacher, F. S. Myongo, has supplied this chinch andpreached also in several neighbormg jjlaces, to the good acceptance
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32 ANNUAL REPORT. of the natives and the aj^proval of the missionaries. Mr. Murphy,now in charge of Karaka in Dr. Bushnells absence, visited his formerfield of labor at Henita to administer the sacraments, and was warmlywelcomed by the people. Mr. Ibia visited 15enita, FAune, and Kanakatwice, and was greatly encouraged by the evidence of a work of graceamongst many. At Banaka he baptized thirty-one adults and teninfants, united thirty-nine pairs in marriage, ami six ))airs at Evune.He recommends the early organization of n church at the former place,and another at the latter as soon as convenient. An elder of theBenita church has been very active and useful in visits to places in thevicinity. It is mentioned by Mr. Ibia as a mark of progress that hesold over $14.00 worth of books in one place. The building of twohouses of worship, each costing over $100, by the native Christians,aided by some who are not members of the church, is another mark ofadvancement. The gift of money to religi

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