Abyssinia, Flad's mission to,.
Africa, heathen, religion of, 359; mis-
sions in,

Alf G., letter from, 108; journal of,.....
American Baptist Missionary Union, an-
nual meeting, 193; members present,
193; address of the president, 198;
committees appointed, 201; report of
the committee on memorial services,
201; on agents and agencies, 202; on
the German mission, 204; on the Bur-
man missions, 204; on publications,
206; on the Assam and Teloogoo mis-
sions, 207; on the Treasurer's report,
and on receipts and expenditures, 208;
on obituaries, 209; on the French mis-
sion, 209; on the Siam and China mis-
sions, 209; on Indian missions, 212;
election of officers and managers of the
Union, 213; resolutions on the state of
the country, 214; meeting of the Board,
216; members present, 216; election of
officers of the Board, 217; forty-ninth
annual report, 219; obituaries, 219;
new mission building, 219; executive
committee room, 220; return and de-
parture of missionaries, 220; appoint-
ment and resignation of missionaries,
220; publications, 221; receipts and ex-
penditures, 223; comparative annual
contributions, 223; agents and agen-
cies, 223; honorary members for life,
229; the missions, 229; reports of the
several missions, 231; report of the
treasurer, 292; preachers at triennial
and annual meetings, 296; officers of
the Union,.....

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179

412

297

352

America,survey of Protestant missions in,
Aneiteum, a Sabbath on,..
Ashmore W., letter from,.

183

Assam mission, report on, 207; annual
report, 259; native preachers and
preaching in Assam, 6; the Sabbath
school in Sibsagor, 7; steadfast endur-
ance in the work, 69; the press, 70;
translation, 70; visit of distinguished
personages, 70; their interest in the
mission, 70; presentation of the schol-
ars, 70; help tor the school for the Mi-
kirs, 100; obstacle to the work, 101;
the church, 101; waning zeal for hea-
thenism, 101; reception of new mis-
sionaries, 129; tour to the Mikir hills,
129; utility of the Nowgong Orphan
Institution, 172; how shall native help-
ers be raised up? 172; Nowgong day-
school, 172; the time has come to ad-
vance, 172; condition of the station at
Gowahati, 173; Gowahati not to be re-
linquished, 173; trip up the Kopilli
river, 173; Mikir villages, 174; timidi-
ty of the Mikirs, 174; an earnest in-
quirer, 174; anxious listeners, 175; the
work at Gowahati, 300; baptism of five
converts, 301; narrative of the con-
verts, 301; what shall be done for Gow-
ahati? 302; tour to the Mikir hills,
303; Mikir customs, 303; aged chief,
304; Mikir villages, 304; mission house
erected, 304; Sabbath worship with the
Mikirs, 304; idol temple, 305; confer-
ence on education, 305; Christianity re-
ceived with favor, 306; grateful reflec-
tions, 306; pray for us, 307; tour over

440

the Mikir hills, 379; renouncing spirit
worship, 379; mode of eating among
the Mikirs, 380; need of a permanent
missionary, 381; superstitions respect-
ing spirits, 381; imposition on the ig-
norant, 382; call for native preachers,
399; missionary needed for Gowahati,
399; encouragement in the work, 399;
the Orunodoi, 400; the Christian villag-
er, 400; backsliders restored,400; source
of encouragement, 401; sickness at
Sibsagor, 401; mother's prayer meet-
ing, 401; the Mikir language, 401;
pressing need of Gowahati, 438; letter
of a native convert, 439; what are the
prospects at Gowahati, 439; opening
fields and laborers to be supported,
439; Bhubon's letter to the church,..
Ava, baptism of Burmans from,..
Barth Dr. C. G., sketch of,..
Barolongs, persecution among the,.
Basle, mission house at,..

Bassein mission, annual report, 250; new
church organized, 44; fruit at last, 44;
jungle labors in Bassein, 44; former
pupils, 45; zeal in study, 45; systemat-
ic giving, 45; first tour to Tha Mong
young, 45; inhospitable reception, 46;
a field needing cultivation, 46; an en-
couraging field, 69; backslider awak-
ened, 102; the church, 102; an interest-
ing assembly, 102; hospitable recep-
tion, 102; special sins of the church
members, 103; monthly contributions,
103; incidental cases, 103; evening re-
ligious services, 104; Bassein quarterly
meeting, 133; baptisms, 133; a model
preacher, 134; church discipline, 134;
new openings and new worshippers,
134; English school, 134; employment
of assistants, 134; tour nationalities en-
gaged in examining a candidate, 135;
Burmese hymns, 135; hopeful inquir-
ers, 135; more baptisms, 136; delibera-
tion in receiving members, 136; union
prayer meeting, 136; Sgau Karens
baptized, 170; the watchword-for-
ward, 170; annual meeting of the Bas-
sein Pwo Association, 340; reports of
the churches, 341; schools, 341; mis-
sionaries, 342; new worshippers, 342;
contributions, 342; jungle labor in
Bassein, 377; associational meeting,
406; ordained native preachers, 406;
home missions, 407; missionary tours,
407; visiting a new field, 407; Karen
custom, 408; source of discouragement,
408; conversion of a blind girl, 433;
Donabew and its preacher, 433; inter-
esting inquirer, 434; God's wonderful
ways, 435; history of the church in
Bassein, 435; the missionary missed,
436; selling spirituous liquors,.
Beneficence Christian,..
Bennett C., letter from,..
Bixby M. H., letters from, 65, 104, 161,
307, 364,..

Borneo and Sumatra, missions in, 414;
missionaries murdered in, 414; mis-
sion of the Rhenish society,....
Brahmin, converted, experience of a,....
Brayton D. L., letter from, 43, 317,..
Bronson M., letters from, 129, 172, 300,
399, 438; journal of, .

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Russia and Poland, 429; triennial con-
ference, 429; Berlin and regions be-
yond, 430; interest in the American
struggle, 430; more help needed,...
Haupt W., letter from,.

East Indian languages, antedating the
study of,....

115

Egypt, governmental sanction of mis-
sionary labor in, 22; Dr. Krapf's visit
to, 391; changes in Alexandria, 391;
Swedish missionary needed in, 391;
grant of the pacha, 391; Cairo, 392;
missionary labors in,..
Elba, evangelization in,....
France, central Protestant Society of,...

mission to, report on, 209; annual
report, 286; encouragement in all the
fields, 40; sympathy with the United
States, 41; children walking in the
truth, 41; opposition, 41; five candi-
dates baptized, 42; more help needed,
42; prayer for America, 42; annual
review of the stations, 109-111;
persecutor conquered by grace, 110;
statistics, 110-112; obstacles to the
work, 109; condition touching freedom
of worship, 109; prejudice subsiding,
110; religious efforts, 111; general re-
sults, 112; an encouraging work, 319;
the work opposed, 319; interest in the
American struggle, 320; gratitude and
confidence, 320; a light extinguished,
348; a work of promise, 348; baptisms,
348; history of the converts, 348; bap-
tisms and progress, 383; the work still
advancing,.....

Freitag A. W., letter from,..
Germany, evangelical religion in...............

mission to, report on, 204; an-
nual report, 275; annual meeting of
the Northwestern Association, 35; new
church at Landsberg, 106; ordination
of a pastor, 106; love feast, 107; addi-
tions to the churches, 107; missionary
labors, 107; baptisin, 107; tour to Rus-
sia, 108; prejudice, 108; primitive
dwelling, 108; Mennonites, 108; Ger-
man settlements, 109; persecution for
Christ's sake, 139; church at Einbeck,
140; Cassel, 140; treatment by the
government, 140; Magdeburg, 140; im-
portance of the church at, 140; the
Kirchentag, 140; separation of the
members, 140; the prayer week in
January, 141; revival among children,

141; revival in Berlin, 318; revival in
Templin, 318; baptismal scenes, 411;
general revival, 412; female helpers,
412; missionary tour, 412; crowded as-
sembly, 413; opposition of the adver-
saries, 413; the adversaries put to
flight, 414; the church and work in
Hamburg, 427; religious liberty con-
ceded, 427; extended revivals, 428;

176

393

384

411

150

Hengstenberg Dr., on modern missions,.
Henthada mission, annual report, 254;
tour south of Henthada, 5; Christian
lullaby, 5; new converts, 5; baptism,
5; more converts, 5; revival, 5;
large but divided church, 6; labor
not in vain, 6; good news from the
jungles, 43; hopeful prospect, 69; ex-
pense of Karen preachers, 69; self-sup-
porting churches, 69; good news from
the jungles, 69; work of grace, 168;
heathen deputation, 168; new church-
es, 168; the leprosy and customs con-
nected with it, 169; a Pythoness con-
verted, 169; across the river, 170; new
chapel, 170; Henthada Association,
313; tour into Tharrawadi district,
313; Thongzai, 314; the chapel, 314;
who will give a bell, 314; the church
at Thongzai, 314; chapel at Toung-
holah, 314; tour to the villages, 370;
steadfast disciple, 371; the one great
theme, 371; difficulty of a Buddhist,
371; the genuine ring, 372; heathen
objections, 372; Sabbath employments,
372; what becoming a disciple re-
quires, 373; professor of tattooing, 373;
light breaking in, 374; heathen merit,
374; field for a native preacher, 375;
specimens of letters from Karen con-
verts, 375; letter from a Karen Chris-
tian,
Hibbard C., letter from, 43, 377; journal
of, 342; trip to Tavoy, 343; providen-
tial escape from a watery grave,...
Indian Missions, report on, 212; annual
report,..

India, results of missionary labor in, 8;

obstacles-its vast territory, 11; Hindu
character, 11; caste, 11; education in,
12; Baptist mission in Northern, 12;
not yet evangelized, 81; bathing festi-
val, 82; narrative of a native convert
in, 83; government and missionary ed-
ucation in, 86; antedating the study of
the East Indian languages, 115; the
people of, 116; mission churches in
Southern, 112; the people of,........
Individual obligation to do Christian
work,....

Ingalls Mrs. M. B., letter from, 101, 137,
369,..

Italy, the gospel in,..
Jahr Mr., letter from,.

Japan, scenery of, 16; missionaries in,
situation and population, 185; vis-

17;

it of the American commissioners, 186;
character of the people, 186; progress
in,....

the language,....

Jenkins H., letter from 176; progress in

Jews, social condition of the,.

Johnson J. W., letter from,.

Juggernaut, bathing festival of,..

Karens, physical characteristics of the,..
Kemnitz C., letter from,.

Kincaid E., letter from, 68, 139, 172, 338,

405,..

Lord E. C., letter from,...

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429

Madagascar, 17; labors of Mr. Ellis, 17;
the Scriptures in, 18; visit from native
pastors, 18; presents from England to
the king, 18; proceedings of Catholic
missionaries, 19; letter to the pope, 19;
letter from Radama II., 21; Mr. Ellis'
journey to the capital, 48; met and
welcomed by the native Christians,
49; contrast with former times, 49; re-
ception by the king and people, 49;
visits of the Christians from the coun-
try, 49; urgent need of the Scriptures,
49; Sabbath congregations and ser-
vices, 50; instruction to the king and
his officers, 50; Christians only a mi-
nority of the population, 50; sites
granted for mission buildings, 51; Ro-
man Catholic agents at the capital,
51; poverty of the Christians, 51; me-
morial churches, 51; encouraging state
and prospects of the mission, 86; be-
lievers in remote places, 86; favorable
reception of new missionaries, 87; grat-
ifying prospects, 87; traits in the char-
acter of Radama II., 88; tribute of the
native Christians to the British embas-
sy, 89; visit of the bishop of Mauritius
to, 142; striking effects of Christian
instruction, 142; retrospect of the per-
secution, 144; numerous listeners, 144;
visit to the scenes of martyrdom, 144;
liberal policy of the king and measures
for the enlightenment of the people,
146; visit to an interior town, 322; rev-
olution in,....

417

437

166

Mauritius, the island of,.

Missionaries, sailing of..

449

Missionary spirit the life of the church,..

349

Missions, bequests to,...

27

Mosquito Indians, mission to the, 90;
Moravian mission among, 91; English

91

patronage of the,....
Ningpo mission, annual report, 270; fate
of the assistant, Gyin, 73; movements
of the insurgents, 73; annual review,
97; the insurgents and the church, 97:
the rebels and Christianity, 97; influ-
ence of the rebellion in favor of Chris-
tianity, 97; religious services, 98; as-
sistants, 98; baptisms, 98; state of the
church, 98; Chusan, 98; awakening
and baptisms, 98; aggressive move-
ments, 98; Jih-z-kong, 99; death of an
assistant, 99; helpers raised up, 99;
Kinghwa, 99; the idols abolished, 99;
successful labors of native assistants,
100; a new outstation, 100; baptisms,
100; review of the year, 176; encour-
agement at Ningpo, 176; causes for

gratitude, 176; openings for the gospel,
176; hindrances, 176; aged and inter-
esting convert, 299; preaching, not
books, 336; divine interposition, 336;
England and France against the Chi-
nese rebellion, 337; more baptisms,
337; the Kinghwa mission, 382; icon-
oclasm and Christianity, 383; death of
a native convert, 383; death of an as-
sistant, 395; biographical notice of
Chu Tehpiau, 395; fruits of his labors,
396; comfort in his death, 397; how to
carry forward the work, 397; plan for
Kinghwa, 397; baptisms at Jih-z-kong,
397; the gospel among Chinese wo-

men,.....

Norwegian Missionary Society, mission-
ary ship of the,....
Our field,...
Paloungs the,...

Paris Evangelical Missionary Society of,
324; character of the people in South
Africa, 325; stations of the society,325;
man killed by a lion

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Prome mission, annual report, 257; addi-
tions to the churches, 68; the Bassein
assistants, 68; wide and ripe field, 139;
more baptisms, 172; religious services,
309; baptism, 309; Burman women and
Christianity, 310; Shan merchants,
310; Kathay village, 310; utility of
tracts, 310; publications, 311; schools,
311; visit to Kyen villages, 311; sta-
tistics, 311; reaping from Mr. Board-
man's sowing, 312; tour south of
Prome, 338; fruits of native labor, 338;
three days' meeting, 339; baptisms,
339; missionary tour of native preach-
ers, 339; civil and political matters,
339; tour, 405; chapel at Enma, 405;
new church constituted, 406; more
help needed, 406; heathenism declin-
ing, 406; Thayet as a missionary sta-
tion, 430; other fields of promise, 431;
the language not a serious obstacle,...
Prospect, the hopeful,...
Punjaub Missionary Conference,..
Rangoon mission-annual report, 241;
first anniversary of the Burmah Bible
and Tract Society, 42; a propitious day
for Burmah, 42; God will carry on the
work, 43; cheering indications, 43; the
people having a mind to work, 101;
forty helpers going out to hold a meet-
ing of four days, 101; a Buddhist priest
baptized, 101; ordination of a native
preacher, 137; new chapels, 137;

Christ's Village," 137; a year's bap-
tisms, 138; Bible study, 138; mission-
ary tour, 138; native helpers, 138; the
church, 138; a sheaf gathered, 138;
Burmese Association, 170, 171; mis-
sionaries of other societies in Burmah,
171; tribute to the Deputation, 171; or-
dination of a pastor, 171; tour into the
country, 315; rejoicing converts, 316;
led by the Spirit, 316; backslider re-
stored, 316; incentives to hope and
faith, 316; tour into Dallah district,
317; steadfastness of native converts,
317; baptism, 317; false representa-
tions, 317; a wide field, 318; encour-
agement, 348; answers to prayer, 348;
trip of Mrs. Ingalls to the north, 369;
whose heart the Lord opened, 369; new
converts and baptisms, 370; a wide
field, 370; pray for us, 370; the cry of

397

80

25

326

431

92

359