Reports of the missionary and benevolent boards and committees to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (1913) (14580713547)

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Title: Reports of the missionary and benevolent boards and committees to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
Year: 1891 (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 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 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 General Assembly's Special Committee of the Presbyterian Church on Systematic Beneficence Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Permanent Committee on Temperance. Annual report of the General Assembly's Permanent Committee on Temperence for the year ending ..
Subjects: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A
Publisher: Philadelphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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nothing but a fishing hamlet. During the history of theStation, Dr. Corbett saw Chefoo displace Tengchow as a treaty port,and increase its population to over 100,000. To a very large extent thework in this Province was projected and developed from Chefoo byDrs. Corbett and Nevius. With only a membership of six, Dr. Corbettbuilt a church holding 150, having faith the church would increase.This was 35 years ago; this building about ten years ago gave placeto a fine stone structure seating 500 and having a church membershipof over 300. From the rudiments of a school of a few pupils, our school workhas developed into two training institutes, one for men, and one forwomen; a school for the deaf, the only institution of the kind inChina; a Boys High School, a Business College, and what is probablythe largest Primary School in the Mission. From a miserable little Chinese building (now used as blacksmithshop) on the banks of a filthy stream in the heart of the city and first :3S ! t» <-fO
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SHANTUNG—TSING-TAU 149 occupied by Dr. Corbett, there has developed five missionary residences,four school plants, a dispensary and hospital which do not have theirequal in N. China. Truly we can say the Lord has blessed us as a Station. But we feelthe responsibilities of a still larger field to be upon us. The manythousands of the city have as yet been scarcely touched, a well equippedinstitutional church will be the means to reach them. Hundreds ofchildren have still to be reached—more Primary Schools and a properSunday-school building will serve the purpose. Our large dispensaryand hospital need another physician and a foreign nurse to meettheir demands. We need a new Bovs High School plant. This would make roomfor the Mens Bible Training School. We need, further, two more clerical missionaries, a lady for educa-tional work and one for evangelistic work. TSING=TAU STATION PERSONNEL.—At the time of Mission Meeting last yearwe were glad to welcome as new members of our station