NKsc. an nil ■■■■■■■ ■■■■hi ■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■i ■■■ I Ammratt missionary A^oriaitott | 237 iFmtrilf Auwuw, Nrw fork, N. % ■ ■"■■■■■■■■■IIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIItllllllllllf ■llllllllllllllllllllllllllllinill IIIIII Jin mi ii mi iiiiiiiiiiiiitip in mi inn iiiiiiiiif | 1 9 1 4== 1 9 15 AlllllllfllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIM HISTORY PURPOSE The Second Article of the Constitution of this Association is : " The object of this Association shall be to con- duct Christian missionary and educational operations, and diffuse a knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in our own country, and other countries which are destitute of them, or which present open and urgent fields of effort." ORGANIZATION The American Missionary Association was organized in 1846. It came into existence in the midst of agita- tion and storm. The Negroes were slaves apparently in hopeless bondage; the Indians were the wards of the nation, pillaged, robbed and murdered according to the greed and lust of the selfish and brutal. The Chinaman was a curiosity in a few American cities. The American Highlanders, detesting slavery, but not knowing how to Oppose its encroachments, were locked away in the fastnesses of the southern mountains and neglected by Christian philanthropy. Alaska was a foreign country, and no Christian re- sponsibility was felt for its people. Porto Rico and the other new island territories were under the cruel hand of Spanish tyranny. FOREIGN Foreign fields were early occupied, and in 1854 there were seventy-nine missionaries located in foreign lands, including Africa, Jamaica, the Hawaiian Islands, Siam, Egypt and Canada. When the Indian missions, as a whole, were transferred to the Associ- ation, the work was discontinued in foreign fields. INDIAN Indian missions were among the first efforts of this Association. As early as 1852 there were twenty-one missionaries among the Indians in the Northwest. In 1882 the Indian work, as a body, was committed to the American Missionary Association, the Indian work of the American Board being united with that already established by this Association. riiiiiiiiiiu 111111111111 11 in iiiiiiiiiniiiiiiti 1M111111111111 11 NEGROES Work for the colored people at the first was some- what feebly carried on among the refugees of Canada and among the slaves of the South. The great body of work of the Association was in the West, with a few churches in the South, in foreign fields, and among the Indians and Chinese, until 1861. In September, 1 86 1, the first school for freedmen was established by this Association at Hampton, Va. Schools were rapidly organized for Negroes in other southern states. In 1863 institutions were already planted in twelve different states. CHINESE In missions among the Chinese of America the Association was a pioneer. This work began in 1852. Thousands have been converted in its missions, many of whom have gone back to China carrying the gospel. JAPANESE An important work has been inaugurated among the Japanese. There are at least 100,000 Japanese in the United States. This work adds very little to the missionary expenses, as that already organized among the Chinese is made available for both races. A mis- sion among the Japanese is maintained in Seattle, the A. M. A. cooperating with the churches of that city. Evangelistic work is maintained among 6,000 Hindus. HIGHLANDERS The work among the mountain people was begun very early in the history of the Association. In 1848, only two years after the organization of the Associa- tion, commissions had been issued to missionaries who were laboring in this mountain region. With the interruption of a few years following the John Brown raid, and in the midst of the Civil War, this work of the Association among the Highlanders has been steadily maintained and developed. ALASKA In Alaska this Association was also a pioneer. At Cape Prince of Wales a mission was opened in 1890, and with the exception of a few months during the stringent times, it has been continued. It has already reached many, both Eskimos and whites, with Chris- tian influence. Thornton Memorial Chapel, in mem- ory of the martyred missionary, has been erected. The J. F. Cross bell is placed in the belfry of this chapel. PORTO RICO At the close of the Spanish war the island of Porto Rico came under our flag. The Association at once sent missionary teachers and a minister to this island. A little company of twenty -five missionaries, includ- ing teachers and pastors, has been maintained by the Association. Eleven Congregational churches have already been organized. MISSIONS IN HAWAII The Association, in 1904, by the urgent request of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association, undertook to aid the latter in its entire work among the native Hawaiians, and the Chinese and Japanese in those islands. These islands seem to have been providen- tially situated so as to form the training school of missionaries for the Orient. Many Chinese and Japanese have settled here. Back of this work in Hawaii there lies the great field of missions in China and Japan. This is the gateway to Asia and means great things in the regeneration of that vast region. EDUCATIONAL WORK. The higher institutions in the South include the following : FOUNDED Fisk University, Term 1865 Talladega College. Ala 1867 Tougaloo University, Miss 1869 Straight University, La 1869 Tillotson College, Texas 1876 Piedmont College, Ga 1897 The schools among the Highlanders, consisting of nine, include Grand View Normal Institute, Tenn.; Pleasant Hill Academy, Tenn.; Normal and Industrial Institute, Joppa, Ala.; Saluda Seminary, N. C; Piedmont College, Demorest, Ga. Santee Normal Training School, Santee, Neb., is reaching the Indian people of the prairies. Among the Chinese and Japanese are 16 schools at various points on the Pacific Slope. In Alaska the one mission is at Cape Prince of Wales. In Porto Rico, Blanche Kellogg Institute is situated in the northern part of the island at Santurce. Industrial Training has held an important posi- tion in the educational work of the Association for many years. Talladega College was the first insti- tution to introduce this important branch of study. Now almost every school in the South and West has a more or less extended department of industrial training. Large farms are cultivated in several institutions. Equal care is taken in the training of girls and young women both in domestic and general industries. Hospital Work and Nurse Training furnish an im- portant feature in some of these institutions. Total number of institutions of all grades is 90. CHURCH WORK Among the Negroes there are 147 churches scattered throughout the South. The 23 churches in the Indian Field are planted on reservations reaching from Nebraska to Washington, and occupying important points in five states. In the South our churches now number 174. These churches raised toward their own support $49,727.16 and for benevolent contributions $3,071.20. Among the Highlanders the 27 churches are situated in Kentucky, Tennessee and have 1,310 members. CONCLUSIONS Perhaps no missionary organization in the land holds so close relationship to the questions that interest and agitate us as citizens as does this Associa- tion. The Negro problem in the South, or rather the problem of two races living together, both increasing rapidly and maintaining their racial separation in one section of Our country, attracts wider attention among patriotic Christians to-day than ever before. That the solution of this problem proposed by this Association, namely, the industrial, intellectual and spiritual elevation of both races, is the only true and sure solution is the growing conviction. This message and the messenger who brings it, be he secre- tary or missionary of the American Missionary Association, finds a cordial and large welcome in the churches. We recognize this fact and rejoice in it. The methods of work include every department of instruction, from kindergarten through industrial training and secondary schools, instruction in the higher institutions, with professional training of ministers, and thus this Association reaches the material and intellectual and religious development of the millions of people where the institutions of the American Missionary Association are planted. Last year this Association contributed to the sup- port of 90 institutions which enrolled 14,515 pupils. Our churches have a right to rejoice in the magnitude of this great educational work. The economy of the work especially warrants this earnest plea for immediate and enlarged support. The fiscal year of the A. M. A. closes September 30, 1915. It is hoped that the contributions of the friends of this great work will reach the treasury promptly. Sixteen churches among the Oriental Missions of the Pacific slope, with a membership of 1,103 present a remarkable showing. The benevolent contribu- tions from these churches for the support of their church and mission work have been generous and sacrificial. Christian Endeavor Hall, at Blanche Kellogg In- stitute, Porto Rico, has been of large value. The Christian Endeavorers of our Congregational denom- ination did much toward the erection of this build- ing, and the need of immediate contributions for the support of the institution is pressing. 1 1 HIM II UllllM I I I llllllllll II II I Mill 1111 1(1 lllfill III II IIIIDIIII II Ill || American Missionary Association Statistics 1913-1914 EDUCATIONAL WORK SOUTH Negro White Totals Theological 2 1 3 Colleges 5 1 6 Secondary Institutions 22 3 25 Elementary Institutions 7 3 10 Affiliated Institutions 4 1 5 Ungraded Schools 19 — 19 Officers and Instructors.... 482 96 578 Pupils 11,782 1,617 13,399 CHURCH WORK SOUTH Negro White Totals Churches 147 27 174 Members 9,819 1,310 11,129 Missionaries 79 17 96 WORK AMONG THE INDIANS (Including Alaska) Churches 23 Members 1,331 Schools 5 Missionaries and Teachers » 41 Pupils 189 Out-Stations 11 WORK AMONG CHINESE AND JAPANESE Schools 16 Teachers 38 Pupils -. 887 Churches 16 Members 1,103 Conversions 115 PORTO RICO School 1 Instructors 7 Pupils 40 Ministers and Missionaries 18 Churches... 11 Members 691 Out-Stations 33 HAWAII American Missionaries 11 Chinese and Japanese Evangelists 11 GENERAL SUMMARY Schools .' 90 Pupils 14,515 Missionaries 689 Churches 224 Church Members 14,254 Out-Stations. 44 MnilMMMMIillMIIllMMIlMIIIIMMIlMnMMMIMMMMMMMMnMMMMIIIUMMMMMnMMMIMMI Hmerlcan /nMssionar^ association, 287 FourtK Avenue, New York, N. 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