Africa. See Central Africa, and Zulu Mis-
sion.

American Board, annual meeting, 401, 404;
members present, 404; committees ap-
pointed, 407, 408, 410; resolutions on care
of missionary children, 410; officers chosen,
411; resolution of thanks, 413; report of
the treasurer, 414; annual survey by Dr.
Clark, 415; general summary, 425; Our
Great Opportunity, by Dr. Alden, 426;
Ten Years in Japan, 435; The Proposed
Mission in Central Africa, by Dr. J. O.
Means, 443; reports of committees, 462.
Armenia College, 29, 473.

Arrivals, 33, 72, 108, 193, 314, 391, 478,
513.

Articles. The Missionary Herald, vol.
lxxv., 4; New year's pledge, 6; London
Missionary Conference, 7; British Chris-
tians and Asia Minor, 8; Central Africa,
9; Rev. Andrew Abraham, 12; Medical
work, 44; The coming of Christ, 46: First
four months of the financial year, 47; To
live more nearly as we pray, 48; English
statesmen on American Missions in the
East, 50; Population of China, 50; Syria,
52; The Krabschitz Institute, 53; Park
Street Church and foreign missions, 57;
What retrenchment means, 85; What is
my part in the world's evangelization? 87;
Turkey since the war, 89; Work among
the Indians, 90; Financial inquiries, 91;
The wide work of modern missions, 91;
Retrenchment societies, 95; Six months'
receipts, 125; Successful missionary con-
certs, 125; Challenging faith, 127; East
Indian languages, 128; A visit to a Japa-
nese prison, 130; Rev. Wm. Warren, D. D.,
133; Missionary sacrifices, 135; That
half million asked for, 165; A munificent
bequest, 167; Mr. Asa Otis, 168; Dona-
tions and legacies, 169; Missionary mo-
tives needed for Christian work at home,
170; In memoriam, 171; In sight of the
promised land, 172; A voice from the Pa-
cific, 173; The one source of missionary
power, 174; Whom shall I send, and who
will go for us? 205; Helping together by
prayer, 205; Five decades on the Gold
Coast, 207: The religious press and the
bequest, 208; Greece and Turkey, 211;
Present condition of Polynesian missions,

213; What the missionaries think of relief
from retrenchment, 244; A word as to
special donations, 246; Indian education
not an experiment, 247; Exactions of the
Romish church, 249; Character of con-
verts in China, 251; For all saints and for
me, 285; A Sabbath at Santee Agency,
286; A native ministry for Turkey, 288;
China in its relation to other countries, 290;
Sir Wm. Muir on Turkish Missions, 291;
Idolatry in Prague, 294; Closing days of
the financial year, 325; The late Lord
Lawrence, 325; A missionary shelf in the
Sunday-school library, 326; Dr. William-
son, missionary to the Dakotas, 328; A
cool missionary in India, 330; The claims
of China, 332; Scientific education in
Japan, 365; The children and the cause
of missions, 368: Living for Christ, 370;
Religious persecution in Austria, 371; A
list of books, 374; Medical Missions, 375;
An old friend disappoints us, 376; Mission-
ary colleges, 488; Specific prayers, 488;
An advance movement, 489; Foreign Mis-
sions and the pulpit, 490; A Buddhist tract,
491; Diffusion of missionary intelligence,
493. See Miscellany.

Austrian Mission, 424; gleanings, 149, 150,
389; Krabschitz Institute, 53; persecution
at Stupitz, 185; cast down but not de-
stroyed, 304; idolatry in Prague, 294 ; per-
secution, 371.

Bibliographical-Through the Dark Conti-
nent, by Henry M. Stanley, 32; Through
Bible Lands, by Philip Schaff, D. D., 71;
Life and Adventure in Japan, by E. W.
Clark, 72; Races of European Turkey, by
E. L. Clark, 108; Story of Fuh-Kien Mis-
sion, by Eugene Stock, 152; Our Gold
Mine, by Mrs. A. C. Chaplin, 193; Jonas
King, by F. E. H. H., 232; Conference at
Mildmay Park, London, 233; Zululand
and the Zulus, by J. A. Farrer, 352; The
Sunrise Kingdom, by Julia D. Carrothers,
352; China and Japan, by Rev. I. W.
Wiley, 353; Our New Protectorate, by J.
C. McCoan, 476.

Central Africa, 9, 107, 189, 202, 273, 282, 322,
443, 457, 476.

Central Turkey College, 104.

Ceylon Mission. Gleanings, 265, 390; Jaffna
College, 61; Oodoopitty- -new creature
in Christ, 62; in concert with annual meet-
ing at Milwaukee - people present, -63;
a year of work Bible-women, 339;
schools and churches, 340; methods of
church work, 471; a prosperous church

-the claims of Jaffna, 472.

China, 50, 113, 251, 290, 312, 332. See
Foochow and North China Missions.

Dakota Mission, 90, 247, 423; making Chris-
tian songs-many languages, 148; survey
of the mission, 149; gleanings, 189; a
Sabbath at Santee agency, 286; Dr. Wil-
liamson, 328.

Deaths, 34, 72, 108, 153, 193, 233, 270, 314,
391, 478, 513.

Departures, 72, 108, 193, 233, 270, 314, 353,
391, 478.

Donations, 34, 72, 108, 153, 193, 233, 270, 314,
353, 392, 478, 513.

Editorial Paragraphs, 1, 41, 81, 121, 161, 202,
241, 281, 321, 361, 401, 485.

Foochow Mission, 30; gleanings, 307; Shau-
wu- -Kangsi-native helpers, 264; medi-
cal work at Shau-wu, 469; how the chil-
dren help, 470.

Gleanings from Letters, 67, 106, 149, 189, 265,
305, 346, 388, 474, 510.

Illustrations and Maps: map of Japan, I;
mission premises, Ponape, 3; "Morning
Star," 37; Kusaie, 38; Princess Opatinia,
39; native missionaries, 40; Shung Chiao
Yi Kooan-sacred doctrine healing hall
-Foochow, 44; Great Buddha, 77; tem-
ple of Hachiman, 78; Japanese Matsuri,
79; representative classes of Japanese so-
ciety, So; mercantile warehouse, Peking,
113; great wall of China, 115; consulting
the oracle, 116; writing and sale of prayers,
117; burning prayers, 118; Chinese fune-
ral procession, 119; Bible-house at Con-
stantinople, 124: a Spanish priest, 157;
the finished stand, 158; drum and gongs
of Chinese temple, 159; street scene in
Chinese city, 160; gateways of heathen
temple, Madura, 162; map of South India,
163; coral island, with lagoon, 197; cocoa-
nut palm, 198; group of Fakirs, 200; Rev.
Peter J. Gulick, 203; map of Eastern Mi-
cronesia, 216; Zulu warrior, 237; Zulu
church, 238; Zulu kraal, 239; James Dubè,
240; camp at Mpwapwa, 273; map of
Central Africa, 274; Mtesa and his chiefs,
275; council house, 276; Mtesa's capital,
277; Watuta, 278; towards the unknown,
279; Stanley's boat crew, 280; training
institution at Dindigul, 283; missionary
house in India, 317; school-house in In-
dia, 318; merchants of Bombay, 319; Par-
see children, 320; training institute at Ah-
mednuggur, 323; Samurai, 357; Buddhist
priest, 357; pilgrims to Fuji, 358; a street
in Tokio, 359; Japanese mother and child,
360; first graduates of Kioto training-

22; revived work - native ecclesiastical
council, 23; self-support, 24; Kioto-
laborers returned - Hikone-casting out
devils, 64; interested audience — Annaka

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-church organized, 65; self-support from
the start- Osaka -its importance, 66;
helpers needed, 67; opening at Okayama
purpose to take possession, 142; Kioto
training-school- openings in Japan, 143;
Naka-gawa of Okayama, 144; new church
at Osaka, 182; Kiotoa wide work, 183;
Hikone-
e-a reactionary movement - Yo-
kaichi, 261; Osaka - uprightness of con-
verts- - Sabbath honored, 262; Okayama
-reception of missionaries, 263; begin-
nings at Okayama - good will of officials,
297; striking sermon, 298; treaty rela-
tions, 299; new openings-medical work,
335; church anniversary, 336; Kasaoka
and Fukuyama Onomichi, 337; Imabari
- the love-neighbor company. - a system
for weekly offerings, 338; Osaka -
- a year
of growth, 386; Kobe- need of pastors
Okayama, 387; Hikone and Yokaichi,
470; pulpit instead of a prison, 471; the
Kioto schools - cholera additions at
Kobe, 504; church organized at Imabari,
505.

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Krabschitz Institute, 53.

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London Missionary Conference, 7.
London Missionary Society, 151.

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Madura Mission, 191; gleanings, 390; re-
ligious movement in South India, 25; Gos-
pel at heathen funeral, 25; additions -
Mallankinaru confessing Christ, 26;
famine and relief-gospel in villages -
native pastor, 27; Keeranoor chapel
needed, 28; another village, 28; Chand-
lerpuram -a Christian community- an
awakened priest 99; adherents and con-
verts large accessions
100; gift of a prayer-house-expanding
work, 101; they fly as a cloud, 102; pros-
perous mission year, 175; stations and work
of missionaries station reports, 176;
itineracies, 177; churches and native pas-
tors catechists and teachers, 178; theo-
logical school-growth in benevolence,
179; dedication of a church, 299; new ac-

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caste overcome.

cessions, 300; continued progress, 384;
Bangalore missionary conference, 385; out-
stations, 503; Gospel among thieves, 504.
Mahratta Mission, 421; gleanings, 150, 390;
interference by Romanists, 258; medical
work, 259; public discussion, 260; village
preaching, 300; a convinced Brahmin, 301.
Maps. See illustrations.

Marriages, 72, 193..

Mexico, Western Mission, 424; gleanings,
68, 71, 164, 305.

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Micronesian Mission, 3, 20, 37, 107, 189, 423,
465; illness of Mrs. Sturges, 20; defection
-encouragement-anticipations, 21; sail-
ing in the name of the Lord, 95; war at
Tarawa-peace-making, 96; arrival of the
"Morning Star," 183; intemperance
spiritual growth-trip of the "Star," 184;
voyage of "Morning Star," 216; notes of
voyage, 217; Mortlock Isles - Lukunor
-Thanksgiving at Oniop-yielding up
their teachers, 218; Satoan and Etal, 219:
Opataia and Opatinia ordination
islands reception of teachers, 220; sum-
mary, 221; Hawaiian missionaries in Mi-
cronesia - a garden of the Lord, 334.
Missionaries of the Board, 16.
Miscellany Opium asylum in Foochow,
30; A friend indeed, 29; P. R. Hunt, how
he was brought forward, 31; Awakening
in Tinnevelly, 70; Sandwich Islands, 70;
Japan and the Western Powers, 70; Ad-
vance in Mexico, 71; A believing people,
107; Scriptures for Central Africa, 107;
A New Britain martyr-a light to lighten
the Gentiles, 153; What the Sastri said
about the famine charity, 191; Subdued by
the gospel, 191; Bible and the human
heart, 192; American missionaries in Tur-
key, 229; Japanese student, 230; The
Missionary failure once more- Almsgiv
ing with thanksgiving New creatures
in Christ, 231; Inequality between home
and foreign missions, 232; A heroic mis-
sionary, 267; Protestant movement in
France, 266; A fair at Hurdwar, 267; A
Christian of India, 268; Work of Ameri-
can Bible Society in foreign lands, 268;
American missionaries in Asia Minor, 309;
India asks, who is Christ? - Confucius and
the deep pit, 311; A Brahmin on the fate
of Hinduism-infanticide in China, 312;
An argument with pundits missionary
maps, 313; An abominable festival, 314;
Sandwich Islands, 349: A mission tour of
the world, 350: Christian Zulus, 351;
Praying to a serpent, 351; Scatter, not
concentrate, 351; Bishop Tyrrell and his
princely gift, 390; A Christian Brahmin,
475; The mission on Victoria Nyanza,
476; Missionary maps again, 513.
Missions of Other Boards. Moravians, 69;
British contributions to foreign missions,
69; Protestant Episcopal church of the
United States, 69; Basle Missionary So-
ciety, 151; London Missionary Society,
151; French mission in Central Africa,
189; London Missionary Society in China,
228; Methodist Episcopal Church in the
United States, 229; American Baptist

Union, 307; Free Church of Scotland, 308;
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel,
309; British and Foreign Bible Society,
348; American Presbyterian Board, 349;
Church Missionary Society, 507.

"Morning Star," 95, 183; Report to her
stockholders, 197, 216.

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North China Mission, 50; gleanings, 106,
266, 474, 512; death of Mrs. Goodrich
China's needs, 24; an appeal, 25; famine
relief anticipations first impressions,
97; good news from Pao-ting-fu - claims
of China, 98; Province of Shantung-re-
markable awakening - a present of a tem-
ple, 138; the deed, 139; idols utterly abol-
ished the missionaries welcomed, 140;
effect upon native Christians, 141; story of
the mission in Shantung, 179; the people
perplexed candidates for baptism, 180:
women in Shantung, 181 ; a union meeting,
182; a Buddhist priest converted, 294; a
widening field progress in Shantung,
295; six centers of work, 296; men sud-
denly awakened, 465; a solemn service,
466; church discipline-Shantung, 467;
crowds following Shih-chia-Tang, 468;
Bible Christians, 507; literary men con-
verted, 507.

Otis, Asa, 168.

Sandwich Islands, 70, 107, 173, 189, 349,
397.

Spanish mission, 157, 424; "Christian fes-
tival," 57; scattering the Word — persecu-
tion, 58; Spanish Bible-woman, listeners in
Salamanca, 227; marks of progress, 252;
opposition by priests and officials-tole-
ration by government, 253; persecuting
priests, 334; opposition near Zaragoza,
345.

Stations of the A. B. C. F. M., 13.
Statistics of the missions, 1877-78, 16.

Turkey, 8, 50, 89, 211, 229, 288, 291, 309, 362,
418, 486.

Turkey, European Mission, 419; gleanings,
68, 265, 305, 346, 389; Macedonia still
calling, 58; seed growing in secret, 59;
recovering from effects of war, 186; a
good field, 187; Okrida — preaching in
Turkish khan, 225; called before the

governor, 227.

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Turkey, Western Mission, 419; gleanings,
68, 67, 150, 306, 346, 510; Central Evangel-
ical Union, 59; dedication of a church-
composite audience, 60; Marsovan
Amasia and Herek, 102; Christian moun-
taineers - Tocat and Zilleh, 103; Smyrna
the call for books-sowing the seed,
147; troubled on every side, 223; a sor-
rowful woman, 224; ordination of a pas-
tor, 303; Marsovan news- notes, 304;
Marsovan - a prosperous church, 343;
Sivas, 344; Robert College. Death of
native helpers, 377; a touching funeral,
378; Lake and city of Nice, 495; taken
for robbers, 495; Ashude and Derende,
496.

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Turkey, Central Mission, 419; gleanings, 150,
346, 389, 511; missionary physician want-
ed, 61; Aintab- Central Turkey college,
104; how Zeitoon was saved, 144; em-
bassy to the rebels withstanding the
Moslems, 145; victory for peace, 146;
panic in church Severek-
-a mazbatta
obtained, 225; Aintab <-a prosperous
year Oorfa Marash
Hadjin, 254.
Zeitoon -a patient city, 255; female mis-
sionaries, 256; Hadjin, 302; remarkable
revival, 303; wrongs of Zeitoon, 341;
Governor seeks a missionary's recom-
mendation, 342; Imperial commission at
Zeitoon, 378; fruit after many days, 501;
Zeitoon, 502; political troubles, 503.
Turkey, Eastern Mission, 420; gleanings, 106,
265, 306, 307, 474, 511; Chemishgezek

oppression, 28; Egin education
Armenia college, 29; an evangelical society,
104; self-help led by God's Word and
Spirit-faithfulness under opposition, 105;
work of theological students - -a friendly
Turk, 146; the Turk calls a meeting,
147; Koordish pastor, 187; Redwan and
Tul-Koordish deacon, 188; in perils by
heathen running a gauntlet, 221; before

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the chief men - another Sabbath at
Avants-Erzroom, 222; a young men's
meeting, 223; a Greek bishop, 256; a
Protestant at the funeral; Pastor Avedis-
great encouragement, 257; opening at
Kars; call for teachers, 302; helpers
wanted, 341; Mardin-educational work;
Pertek aged learners, 380; Geghi —
prayers of the children, 381; Mosul and
Bagdad, 383; schisms, 384; a missionary
college, 473; the Malagans, 497; a con-
verted robber, 497; changed tone at Erz-
room, 500; a steamer on Lake Van, 500.

Young People's Department. Micronesia,
37; Japan, 77; China, 113; story of
Bible stand at Santander, 157; calling the
gods to prayer, 160; the "Morning Star's'
report to her stockholders, 197; the Fa-
kirs of India, 199; Zulus, 237; across
Africa, 273; India, 317; the Sunrise King-
dom, 357; Henry Obookiah, 397; the
followers of the false prophet, 481; idol-
atry in India, 517; the four rupees, 520.

Zulu Mission, 12, 237, 266, 305, 351, 388,
418, 474.