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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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ement to the Assembly. There is much reason for complaintat the tardiness and the incompleteness of the reports sent fromthis field. Depending largely upon letters which were scat-tered through the past months, we may say that the work onthe whole has been more prosperous than for some years past.The improved relations existing now between the Mission andthe Synod of the Brazilian Church have exerted a good in-fluence in this respect. The Brazilian churches, for the mostpart, now heartily support the Mackenzie College and itssubordinate educational departments. On the other handthe sympathy of the Mission with the Synods TheologicalSeminary is greatly increased, and there seems to be a gooddegree of harmony between these different departments ofeducation. The college was never more prosperous. SAO PAULO. In regard to the general outlook, Dr. Lane says: From the whole mission field I hear only good news. There seemto be growth and prosperity all along the line. The native seminary, 276
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SOUTHERN BRAZII^SAO PAULO. 277 tinder the wise and efficient management of Rev. Mr. Gammon, hastaken a new lease of Hfe and is running smoothly on correct lines. Of the Mackenzie College he says: The college and the schools continue to flourish. The work willalways be of the same urgent, pressing kind, absorbing all of onestime and attention, and will never be finished. We may never ex-pect to reach the point where it will run itself. The total enrollment of the college for the last year, in the lowerdepartments, was 539. A fine new dormitory has been completedduring the year, the expenses having been met by a well known andliberal friend in New York. This institution continues to be, as ithas been in the past, one of the principal forces in the Protestant mis-sionary work in Brazil. I am glad that my health remains perfect. Occasionally a sense ofutter weariness comes over me, but it usually passes off soon. Lastmonth, however, I had to drop my work for a while. I took a fivedays jou

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