Membership. Five hundred and forty-five new societies were organized this year. One hundred and twenty of these were Young Women's Mission Circles. Almost thirty thousand new members were secured during the four years of the Centennial period. The present number of members is 73,608.

      Life Memberships. A gift of $25, to paid in annual, semi-annual or five yearly payments, constitutes one a life member of the National Association; 2,115 certificates were issued this year.

      Memorial Life Memberships grew out the request of a mother who wished to make a gift in memory of her dear

MRS. M. E. HARLAN.

dead, and with the gift also honor a loved one yet living by conferring upon her a life membership in the Christian Woman's Board of Missions. The certificate provides for this and is being received with great favor.

      Living Links. Thirteen new ones were secured this year, making forty of our missionaries supported in this way. Sixteen others are supported by special gifts. The aim set for the first year of the new century is twelve more before October, 1910.

      State and Province Organizations. There are now forty-one of these, all working under the uniform State constitution. Canada and New Zealand are the province associations. Two years ago there was but one Woman's Missionary Society in New Zealand; now there are twelve.

      Receipts. Total for the year, including two $14,000 real-estate gifts, $381,854.23. Total Centennial offerings for the entire four years, $230,766.21. Total receipts for all purposes during the Centennial period, $1,165,675. The largest Centennial offering received was $30,000. The smallest was one rupee from a woman who had been cared for in one of our India hospitals.

      Literature. Amount of literature distributed from headquarters during the year ending Sept. 30, 1909, one million pieces. Receipts at the literature and exhibit booth at the Centennial Convention, almost $500. We seek to reach 40,000 subscriptions to the Missionary Tidings this year. Mrs. Effie Cunningham is editor. The King's Builders, published in the interest of the children's missionary work, is said to be [40] one of the best children's missionary papers published by any board.

      Our Schools. There are now fifty-nine. The Missionary Training School, which will open in the near future, will make sixty. The Livingston (Tenn.) Mountain School opened September 24, and now has three hundred pupils. This is our fourth mountain school. Fine new buildings are nearing completion at Livingston and at Beckley, W. Va. New school property is to be purchased at Jhansi, India, this year; also additional school property at Sirkiti, an out-station at Bilaspur, India; and another school building at the Bilaspur station, also school property at Pendra Road, India.

      Orphanages. Including the care of children at the Woman's Home at Kulpahar, India, we now have seven homes for orphan children. Over two hundred Christian homes have been established in India as the result of our orphanage work. We have just published a booklet containing messages from 112 of our orphan children, telling of their appreciation of what the Christian Woman's Board of Missions has done for them and what they purpose for their lives.

      Medical Work. One hundred and twelve thousand and seventy-five patients were treated in our four hospitals and eleven dispensaries in India this year. One of our greatest needs in India is two more doctors and more dispensaries. A new hospital building for our Chinese work in San Francisco is also greatly needed.

      Evangelistic Work. Appropriations for evangelistic work in the United States, Canada and New Zealand will aggregate nearly $20,000. From every station in all lands the appeal is for more evangelists and increased appropriations for this line of work.

      Native Christians. We now have 177 native helpers. They are largely the product of our schools and orphanages. These native Christians contribute liberally to missions. Three sons support their father as their living link. One mission in India is a living-link station. A young man in Jamaica is planning to become a living-link supporter. The native Christians are being trained for evangelists, zenana workers, Bible women, nurses, doctors, teachers, assistant teachers, compounders of medicine and home-keepers, and are being taught domestic science and farming and some trades and handicrafts. For every dollar the board spends in northern Mexico the people half duplicate the amount for self-support, or to send the gospel to other points. The receipts from our mission stations this year amount to $32,033.07.

      Workers. Two hundred and forty-four serve in the home land in thirty-five States; 256 in the following countries: Jamaica, India, Porto Rico, South America, Mexico, New Zealand, Canada and Africa. Six missionaries have gone to India during the last six months, and others are under appointment. Two new workers have gone to Porto Rico, and Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter have returned from their vacation. Two will sail for South America the middle of December. Two have also gone to Mexico, and ten more workers have been added to our list of mountain teachers.

      Mission Property. Total value, including mission homes, schools, hospitals, dispensaries, churches, land, lots, etc., over one-half million dollars.

      Three of the Centennial enterprises have been established: the church at Bayamon, Porto Rico; schools at Livingston, Tenn., and Beckley, W. Va. Land has been purchased for the South American work, and building will be begun soon. Property has been secured at Saltillo, Mexico, for a school. The Missionary Training School will open in the near future.

      In the large safety vault of the Missionary Training School are filed the Centennial records by States, with copies of all literature used in the Centennial campaign, and pictures of the State officers. With these will be filed all the national records, copies of all literature, illustrations, certificates, pictures of the national officers, copies of all church papers, the annual report of all our mission boards, pictures of the officers of all our mission and benevolent boards, also the picture of the church's general Centennial secretary, W. R. Warren, and the Centennial secretary of the Christian Woman's Board of Missions, Mrs. Ida W. Harrison. [41]

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