American Baptist Missionary Union.
MISSIONARY ROOMS, 12 BEDFORD STREET.
Published at the expense of the AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSIONARY UNION, and the profits devoted
to the promotion of the missionary cause.
Adams Miss R., letter from, 74, 436.
Africa, mission to, annual report, 289; natives bap- tized, 440; an encouraging work, 441; opening fields, 441.
Africans native, revival among, 157.
American Baptist Missionary Union-meeting of the Board, 33; the missions in Burmah call for more laborers, 33; the work and the supply, 38; report of the special committee, 42.
Fifty-fifth annual meeting, 193; members pres- ent, 194; committees appointed, 198; the educa- tion of Burmese preachers, 199; report on obitua- ries, 203; election of officers, 205; report on finance, 205; meeting of the Board 203; fifty-fifth annual report, 210; home department-obituary, 210; missionary rooms, 212; periodicals, 212, receipts and expenditures, 213; estimates, 214; collection districts, 214; foreign department-general sur- vey, 217; general summary, 219; Asiatic missions -Burmah, 219; mission to the Burmans, 223; do. to the Karens, 231; theological seminary for Ka- rens, 239; mission press and depository, 240; books and tracts issued, 241; books and tracts printed, 243; mission to the Shans, 244; do. to the Assam- ese, 246; do. to the Teloogoos, 258; Chinese mission of Bangkok, 262; Siam mission, 265; Southern China do., 265; Eastern China do., 268; Euro- pean missions-mission to France, 275; do. to Germany, 276; do. to Sweden, 282; do. to Africa, 289; general summary, 290; report of the treas- urer, 291; preachers at triennial and annual meet- ings, 296; officers of the Missionary Union, 297. Ashmore W., letter from, 145, 331, 408.
Assam mission -annual report, 246; Garo tradition of the flood, 12; more Garos baptized, 13; addi- tional applicants, 13; new helpers raised up, 13; five young men baptized, 13; report of colporteurs, 14; visit to Singpho villages, 15; appeal for help, 15; baptisms at Nowgong, 49; what is to be the language of Assam, 49; thoughts that encourage, 76; the touring season, 110; schools, 110; a shrine of idolatry declining, 111: beggars' caves, 111; a mighty change, 112; joyful surprise, 308; a perse- cuted but steadfast disciple, 309; a helper needed, 309; more Garos baptized, 309; journal of a native preacher, 352; trip to a fair, 353; bondage of idol- atry, 353; boys' courtesy, 353; idolatrous cere- mony, 354; influence of an English education, 314; the late Mr. Scott, 379; a duty to be done, 380; work among the Garos, 400; character of a native preacher, 400; the widow's consolation, 400; the mantle fallen on a native, 401: native sympathy, 401; another sheaf garnered, 438; death of a Chris- tian woman, 439; the sowing not in vain, 439; the present call, 440.
Backman A. E., letter from, 85.
Bahmo, city of, 395; decline of trade, 395; interest- ing visitor, 396; Chinese in Bahmo, 396; trade, 396; Chinese temple, 396; worship, 396; Shans in Bahmo, 397; stay in do., 697; curious visitors, 397; condition of the people of Bahmo, 397; visit to old Bahmo, 398; proximity to China, 399; Bahmo as a missionary field, 399. Bassein, mission to Burmans-annual report, 230; biography of a Burman preacher, 307; another sheaf garnered, 307; baptisms, 350; church organ- ized, 350; fourteen more baptized, 351; history of the work, 351; death of Mr. Douglass, 417; Bur- mans baptized, 351.
Bassein, mission to Karens, 236; Christian holidays, 140; spirit of the meetings, 140; foreign laborers needed, 140; the Pwo Association, 313; how a new church was raised up, 343; the lit le protegée, 343; a joyful scene, 344; a living church, 344; educa- tion, 344; annual meeting, 344; work among heathen Karens, 345; something to do, 346; efforts of native females, 346; fruits of feeble efforts, 347; encouraging tokens, 435; interested hearers, 435; Karen custom, 435; aid for schools, 436. Baumgartner A., letter from, 59. Bells in China and Burmah, 337. Benares, the city of, given to idolatry, Bergstrom A., letter from, 84. Berneike H, letter from, 180. Boileau H., letter from, 444.
Boynton Dea. Nehemiah, death of, 29. Brayton D. L., letter from, 76, 139, 170, 350. Broady K. O., letter from, 27, 58, 144. Bronson Mrs. R. M., obituary of, 445. Bues F., letter from, 181.
Bunker A., letter from, 43, 170, 378, 402, 434. Burmah Baptist Missionary Convention, 75; meeting of at Bassein, 75; telegram from Boston to, 75; ef- fect of, 76.
Cadot A., letter from, 115, 415. Carpenter H. C., letter from, 417. China and the gospel, 155.
Chinese Mission of Bangkok-annual report, 262; new chapels, 15; three churches, 15; need of more laborers, 16; cannot say No, 16; the new chapel at Banplasoi, 16, 18; the eclipse of the sun, 16; the cry of human nature, 17; more baptisms, 17; through the crevices, 17; a sail on the gulf, 18; a kind Providence, 18; dedication, ordination, and election of deacons, 19; baptism of nine candidates, 19; baptism at Banplasoi, 50; letter to Mr. and Mrs. Lisle, 77; progress of the work, 78; reception of the missionaries by the new king, 88; persecution of a member, 80; death of the king, 80; his suc- cessor, 80; history of the king, 80; missions and Christianity in Siam, 81; the work to be accom- plished, 81; missionary tours, 81; conversing from house to house, 82; mourning for the king, 83; Romanists and Buddhists classed together, 104; persecution by a Catholic priest, 104; applicants for baptism, 105; coronation of the king, 105; the prisoner released, 105; missionary labors, 105; workings of Satan, 105; home questions- what shall we answer? 106; oriental transcendentalism, 106; the gospel rejected, 107; the prisoner in Ban- plasoi, 138; pledge of toleration, 133; the decree of toleration, 135; excursion, 178; Buddhist tem- ples, 173; footprint of Buddh, 174; arrival of missionaries, 174; certainty of success, 313; me- morials of the departed, 313; no failure to be feared, 314; a disciple in the dark, 314; church movements, 314; the young missionaries and the out-stations, 314; visit to Banplasoi, 315; the pas- tor and his flock, 316; admissions to the church, 316; baptism of converts, 316; visit to Lengkiachu, 316; the church and senior missionary, 317; Sab- bath employment, 317; death of an aged Christian, 355; heat at Bangkok, 356; examination of a can- didate, 356; Chinese secret society, 380; inquirers, 380: God a refuge, 380; the church at Banplasoi, 381; idolatry and prayer, 381; first.fruits, 381; let- ter from Mr. McGilvary, 382; climate of Banplasoi, 382; how a day is spent, 383; ignorance of the
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