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Title: Annual reports of the boards to the General Assembly
Year: 1890 (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 Presbyterian 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 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 Assembly's Special Committee on Systematic Beneficence Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Permanent Committee on Temperance. Annual report of the General Assembly's Permanent Committee on Temperance for the year ending ..
Subjects: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A
Publisher: (S.l. : Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.)
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to the truth, and confident hope is expressed that thepresent beginnings of work will speedily grow into grand and symmet-rical proportions, Bogota. The work in this station has been subject to changes and sore dis-appointment. Rev. and Mrs. J. G. Touzeau occupied it for sevenmonths of the year, until the arrival in August of Rev. and Mrs. Cald-well. Miss M. B. Franks continued her labors in the school for girlsthrough the year. The cloud of sorrow that came upon Bogota camein like manner on Barranquilla. When Mr. Caldwell and family re-turned from the United States of America in August, 1889, they wereaccompanied by greatly needed reinforcements for Bogota and Bar-ranquilla—Prof. W, W. Findley and Miss Addie C. Ramsay. Ontheir way both the new missionaries, Prof. Findley and Miss Ramsay,were exposed to the contagion of yellow fever. They arrived in Bar-ranquilla August 13th. The dreaded disease attacked Miss Ramsayin the home of her sister, Mrs. Candor, August 14th, and she died on
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198 COLOMBIA—BOGOTA. the 19th. On the 15th Prof. Findley was prostrated by the same dis-ease the day he had started with Mr. Caldwell and family on theirjourney up the Magdalena River on their way to Bogota. On the2ist, just two days after Miss Ramsays death, Mr, Caldwell laid thefever-stricken body to rest on the banks of the stream, at the Port ofSogamoso, before he had reached the end of his journey. It was asad day for the missionary who had waited nine years for this associatein his work. Prof. Findley was specially fitted for the work to whichhe had consecrated himself. It is a mysterious providence that thisyoung mans life should have ended just as he was about to enter uponhis labors. The loud call for some one to take his place has not beenunheeded, and it is expected that another missionary will go duringthis summer to take charge of the work that has so long waited forhim. Mr. Caldwell continued his sad journey up the river and overthe mountains to a disappointed people i

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