Parish Papers by Norman Macleod
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page 225 of 276 (81%)
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Mr Müller of Bristol supports, in connexion with his famous Orphanage,
22 foreign and 80 home missionaries. The Moravian Missionary Society has sent, since 1732, 2000 missionaries, of whom 643 have died in mission service; 9 on mission journeys; 13 on the voyage out or home; 22 by shipwreck; and 12 were murdered. Gossner of Berlin alone originated and conducted a mission which has sent out 141 missionaries. Pastor Harms of Hermannsburg has also, by his own efforts, built a mission ship, and has sent out 150 missionaries, of whom 100 are colonists, and proposes to send 24 every two years. Ten years ago there was little or no fruit among the _Kohls_ of India. There are now 30,000 receiving Christ. In India there are 500 missionaries; in Tinnevelly, above 70,000 Christians. The American Board alone has sent out in fifty years 900 missionaries (500 being native) and 400 teachers; 55,000 have been received into church--membership, and 175,000 children passed through their schools. America contributes £180,000 to foreign missions, and 2000 agents. The Presbyterian Churches of the world have come late into the field, but they contribute about 900 agents, and 230 ordained missionaries, with an income of about £110,000. |
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