Manual of Rules 
 
 —FOR THE— 
 
 Missionaries of the 
 Evangelical Association 
 
 ORDERED BY THE BOARD OF MISSIONS 
 
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Manual of Rules 
 
 —FOR THE— 
 
 Missionaries of the 
 Evangelical Association 
 
 ORDERED BY THE BOARD OF MISSIONS 
 
 19 18 
 
 
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I. Appointment of Missionaries 
 
 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 
 
 1. Persons desiring appointment as missionaries to the 
 foreign field are expected to answer a series of personal ques¬ 
 tions as to health, Christian experience, etc., provided for can¬ 
 didates, and to undergo a medical examination by a physician 
 designated by the Board or its Executive Committee. Also in 
 a letter of application to state briefly: their religious history; 
 motives for desiring to engage in the work of foreign missions; 
 experience in active Christian service; whether they expect to 
 go married or single; and to furnish any other information 
 which the Board ought to have, bearing upon their appoint¬ 
 ment. 
 
 It is most desirable that those appointed as missionaries 
 should have the same general qualifications which make a 
 Christian worker useful and successful at home; that they 
 should have been approved as winners of souls, and that they 
 should possess deep piety of life and spiritual power. Names 
 should be furnished of those who can speak of the candi¬ 
 date’s qualifications in these regards. 
 
 MINISTERIAL MISSIONARIES 
 
 2. In addition to this, those seeking appointment as 
 ministerial missionaries will be required to furnish testimonials 
 from their college and seminary professors, or something equiv¬ 
 alent, as to their literary and theological attainments; also 
 recommendations from their conferences as to their standing 
 
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and qualifications for missionary work. Without such rec¬ 
 ommendation of conference, no ministerial missionary will be 
 commissioned. It is expected that such candidates should have 
 had some experience in personal evangelistic effort. 
 
 MEDICAL MISSIONARIES 
 
 3. Those desiring appointment as medical missionaries 
 (both men and women), in addition to the general require¬ 
 ments and qualifications specified in Rule 1, must furnish 
 testimonials, especially from the pastor of the church to which 
 they belong, as to their Christian character, soundness in the 
 faith and adaptation to missionary work; also recommenda¬ 
 tions from competent persons, such as their teachers, as to 
 their literary qualifications, and from their medical professors 
 and others as to their professional attainments. 
 
 Unordained men, other than medical missionaries, apply¬ 
 ing for appointment, are required to furnish similar testimonials, 
 except the certificate of professional qualifications; especially 
 letters bearing upon their qualifications for the form of mis¬ 
 sionary work proposed. 
 
 SINGLE WOMEN 
 
 4. Single women, including physicians, should in all cases 
 make their application for appointment through the Woman’s 
 Missionary Society. Such applicants shall furnish the infor¬ 
 mation required in Rule 1, and recommendations from their 
 pastor as to their literary qualifications, Christian character, 
 soundness in the faith, practical experience in Christian work, 
 aptness to teach the Bible, and adaptation to the form of mis¬ 
 sionary work contemplated. 
 
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Single women who are candidates for appointment as mis¬ 
 sionaries are informed that it is earnestly recommended: 
 
 (I.) That they will not marry within the circle of the 
 Board’s Missions in less than three years from the date of 
 their arrival on the field; and that they will not marry outside 
 the Board’s Missions in less than five years from said date. 
 
 (2.) That single women who are appointed as medical 
 missionaries will not marry, either within or outside the Board's 
 Missions, in less than five years from the date of their arrival 
 on the field. This rule shall not apply to nurses. 
 
 (3.) Should, however, a single woman appointed as mis¬ 
 sionary marry outside the Board’s Missions within five years, 
 then such missionary must refund to the Board pro rata in 
 proportion to the amount of money spent for their journey and 
 outfit. 
 
 THE WIVES OF MISSIONARIES 
 
 5. The wives of missionaries are regarded as associate 
 missionaries, uniting with their husbandsjn desire and effort to 
 give the Gospel to the unevangelized. It is expected that, so 
 far as is consistent with their strength and household duties, 
 they will learn the language and take part in missionary work. 
 Wives of men seeking appointment, or women expecting to be¬ 
 come wives of missionaries, are expected in a personal letter 
 to give some account of their religious experience and their in¬ 
 terest in the cause of foreign missions; also to furnish satisfac¬ 
 tory testimonials as to their Christian character, their experi¬ 
 ence in Christian work, and the educational advantages they 
 have enjoyed; also to answer the series of personal questions 
 and to undergo the medical examination provided for in 
 Rule 1. 
 
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The wives of missionaries shall be advisory members of 
 the Mission Council according to Rule 30. 
 
 TESTIMONIALS 
 
 6. Justice and kindness alike require that in all cases 
 testimonials be full, discriminating and impartial. They should 
 be sent directly to the Secretary of the Board to which they 
 make their application by those writing them, and if desired 
 will be regarded as private and confidential. 
 
 DESIGNATION OF FIELD 
 
 7. Designation of field is sometimes made subsequent to 
 the time of appointment. In making this designation the pref¬ 
 erence of the candidate is always considered. So far as prac¬ 
 ticable, care is taken to assign persons to the field for which 
 they seem to be best fitted, and where they will be likely to 
 accomplish most in the service of Christ. 
 
 OUTFIT 
 
 8. In all cases of outgoing missionaries the following 
 grants for special expenses or outfit will be made if desired by 
 
 the missionaries: 
 
 To an unmarried missionary.$100.00 
 
 To a man and his wife.$200.00 
 
 except where by vote of the Mission Council and approval of 
 the Boards, smaller grants may be agreed upon. No account 
 need be rendered as to how the outfit money is spent, save that 
 we would advise retaining at least one-half of the amount for 
 expenses on the field. 
 
 Should a missionary retire from the field after a service 
 of three years or less, for any other cause than that of failure 
 
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of health, it is expected that an equitable return of the special 
 allowance will be made to the Board, due regard being had to 
 the expenses incurred and services rendered. 
 
 MEDICAL OUTFIT 
 
 9. There will be provided in addition to the foregoing 
 for a medical missionary, whenever necessary, an allowance 
 not to exceed $150, for surgical outfit. This allowance is not 
 made to medical missionaries appointed to established hospitals. 
 These will be granted only a sufficient sum to provide a hand 
 medical case at a price not to exceed $75.00. On with¬ 
 drawal of missionary physicians from connection with the 
 Board, all such outfits shall be reported to the Board and 
 turned over to the Mission Treasurer, to be held subject to 
 the Board’s instructions. 
 
 On the removal of a medical missionary from one Station 
 to another the medical outfit shall remain for the successor, 
 unless the medical work is to be closed or unless there is no 
 outfit at the Station to which removal is made. 
 
 Medical missionaries shall as soon as possible after ar¬ 
 riving on the field file an inventory of purchases made with the 
 medical outfit allowance, and also keep a list available of pur¬ 
 chases of instruments and hospital furnishings made from the 
 earnings of the hospitals under their charge. 
 
 THE JOURNEY 
 
 10. The Board pays the expense of the journey from 
 the home of the missionary to his Station, or vice versa, by 
 a direct route. If any missionary wishes to deviate from this 
 route and there be no valid reasons to the contrary, he shall 
 
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receive a sum equal to the expense of the direct journey as 
 estimated by the Board at the time. The expense is based 
 upon the shortest and least expensive route, and is not in¬ 
 tended to include items of emergency beyond those incident to 
 delays from disarranged service. In case of deviation from the 
 direct route, the additional expense, which is assumed by the 
 missionary, will be charged against his salary account. 
 
 The Board pays freight and customs duties to the field 
 within reasonable limits and not on more than is included in the 
 regular freight and baggage allowance. The freight allowance 
 for new missionaries, not including pianos and organs, is two 
 measured tons for a single missionary, and four tons for a mar¬ 
 ried missionary, except as may be determined by special action 
 of the Board. An allowance of one measured ton of freight is 
 made for each missionary and one-half ton for each child re¬ 
 turning from the field on furlough or returning to the field after 
 furlough. 
 
 PASSPORTS 
 
 1 1. All our missionaries are instructed to secure passports 
 before leaving the home land, as exigencies may arise at any 
 time in any foreign country in which a passport would be of 
 great service. We also require all missionaries to register in 
 the United States Consulate in the country to which they have 
 been assigned. 
 
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II. Support and Work of Missionaries 
 
 SALARY 
 
 1 2. The salaries of missionaries are fixed by the General 
 Conference, or in case of special exigency by the Board, ac¬ 
 cording to the expense of living. The salaries are deter¬ 
 mined after correspondence with the Missions. The general 
 idea on which they are fixed is that of giving a comfortable 
 support to the missionaries while they continue under commis¬ 
 sion of the Board on the mission field. Usually a house is 
 provided or house rent paid, with an allowance for children. 
 
 In case of the death of a married missionary the full 
 salary or allowance shall be continued for the support of the 
 widow for a period not to exceed six months, and if she desires 
 to return to the home land her moving and traveling expenses 
 shall also be paid by the Board; but in the case of death of 
 an unmarried missionary, either man ok woman, the salary 
 shall cease with death, but the Board will take care of all 
 reasonable funeral expenses. 
 
 In the case of a missionary left a widower with children 
 and keeping house, and of a widow similarly situated, continu¬ 
 ing in the service of the Mission, the salary shall be specially 
 arranged in view of all the circumstances. 
 
 13. The salary begins, as a rule, when the missionary 
 starts for his Station, or sooner if the missionary under appoint¬ 
 ment is in the service of the Board in the home land. As soon 
 as a missionary under appointment ceases to draw salary from 
 his former appointment, as a minister, or if the missionary be 
 
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a layman and his income as a layman ceases, the Board is 
 authorized, if it deems it advisable, to begin the salary of the 
 missionary from the time such former salary or income ceases. 
 In no case, however, shall the salary of the missionary antedate 
 the time of his appointment as missionary. Salaries shall be 
 paid to the missionaries at the end of each month, so far as 
 practicable. 
 
 The salaries of missionaries who withdraw from the serv¬ 
 ice of the Board shall cease when they leave their Station 
 or on termination of their connection with the Board. 
 
 TERM OF SERVICE AND FURLOUGHS 
 
 1 4. The appointment of missionaries contemplates service 
 for life, if the Lord will. Periodical furloughs, however, are 
 in complete accord with such service. The change afforded 
 tends to preserve or restore the health and energies of the mis¬ 
 sionaries, and their presence in the churches at home increases 
 interest in mission work. Therefore the male missionaries in a 
 non-Christian land shall have a furough after every seven years 
 of continuous service on the Mission field; the single lady mis¬ 
 sionaries shall have a furlough after six years of continuous 
 service on the field; in each case as long in duration as the 
 Board or its Executive Committee may direct. 
 
 Furloughs, unless otherwise specified, are in addition to 
 the time required for a direct journey to and from the field. 
 As furloughs will be extended by the Board only for impera¬ 
 tive reasons, great care ought to be taken in fixing the time 
 of departure from the field, so that risks of climate may not 
 interfere with the return at the expiration of the year. The 
 approximate date of departure from the field should be fixed 
 
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at a regular meeting by the Mission Council and reported to 
 the Board or the Executive Committee. 
 
 Any other leave of absence than the furlough thus pro¬ 
 vided for will be by vote of the Board on recommendation 
 of the Mission Council, except where a critical condition of 
 health does not admit of delay, in which case the approval of 
 the Mission Council will be deemed sufficient; the action to 
 be promptly reported to the Board with medical certificate. 
 Where a consultation of the medical missionaries of a Mis¬ 
 sion is practicable, it shall be only on the recommendation 
 of such a consultation that missionaries shall be ordered home 
 on account of ill health. 
 
 The Board cannot assume the responsibility of bringing 
 missionary families home on account of the health of children. 
 The Board provides for the traveling expenses of the children 
 to and from the field, as specified in Rule 28. Beyond 
 this the Board feels that it is not proper to use mission funds 
 in providing furloughs and traveling expenses on account of 
 health, or in the case of children. The Board will interpret 
 and apply these principles in a just and reasonable way. 
 
 PLACE OF FURLOUGHS 
 
 15. As furloughs, while primarily contemplating the 
 health of the missionary, have reference also to the advan¬ 
 tage of the missionary cause in the Church at home, it is de¬ 
 sirable that they be spent in the country known as their home. 
 Any missionary wishing to spend part of the furlough in other 
 countries is expected to correspond with the Board with ref¬ 
 erence to the time to be spent. 
 
 As the Board pays the traveling expenses to the home 
 of the missionary, it is necessary that the domicile be stated 
 
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when rendering the travel account and that the journey there¬ 
 to be according to the provision in Rule I 3. 
 
 If the missionary has no settled home in his or her home 
 land, then the domicile shall be considered that place at 
 which he spends the greater part of his furlough, and not the 
 farthest point to which he may travel in making visits among 
 relatives and friends. 
 
 TRAVELING ON FURLOUGHS 
 
 1 6. When leave of absence has been granted, the Board 
 defrays the expense of the journey by the usual direct route 
 from his Station to the home of the missionary in this coun¬ 
 try. Arrangements for the home journey should be made 
 on the most economical basis consistent with comfort and safe¬ 
 ty, and wherever possible by the Treasurer through accredited 
 agents of the Board. 
 
 1 7. Missionaries in returning home should bring a state¬ 
 ment of accounts from the Mission Treasurer, such statement 
 to cover the salary account and other accounts, and funds 
 furnished for traveling expenses, and should at once send to 
 the Treasurer of the Board a full statement of traveling 
 expenses; also home address. 
 
 HOME ALLOWANCES 
 
 1 8. While the missionary is on furlough he or she shall 
 be allowed full salary during the furlough period fixed by the 
 Board or its Executive Committee, and when traveling in the 
 employ of the Board shall also be allowed traveling ex¬ 
 penses. An allowance shall be made for rent when necessary, 
 the amount of which to be determined by the Board or its 
 
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Executive Committee. Arrangements for the itinerary of the 
 male missionary shall be made by the Executive Committee, 
 and in the case of a single lady missionary by the Woman’s 
 Board. 
 
 WORK AT HOME 
 
 19. It is expected that missionaries while at home will 
 avail themselves of all reasonable opportunities to arouse the 
 zeal and interest of individuals and organizations in the mis¬ 
 sion work. The interests of the work as a whole, however, 
 require that no effort should be made to secure funds for any 
 object not approved by the Board. 
 
 The Board defrays the traveling expenses of missionaries 
 visiting ecclesiastical bodies or churches in this country at its 
 request, when the expenses are not otherwise paid. 
 
 EXTENSION OF FURLOUGH 
 
 20. For satisfactory reasons the furlough may be ex¬ 
 tended, but at the end of the time agreed upon, if the con¬ 
 sent of the Board is not given, payment of salary and other 
 expenses will be discontinued, and at the end of the second 
 year the connection of the missionary with the Board will 
 be terminated, except in special cases. 
 
 VACATIONS ON THE FIELD 
 
 21. Such brief vacations on the field as may be necessary 
 for the best interests of the mission force are to be determined 
 both as to time and length bv the Mission, on the basis of 
 plans submitted by the Council and approved by the Board. 
 
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MEDICAL ALLOWANCES 
 
 22. At Stations in China where medical missionaries 
 are laboring under commission from the Board, they are re¬ 
 garded as the physicians of the missionary families connected 
 with the Board, and services shall be rendered them free of 
 charge. The Board will not be responsible for expenses in¬ 
 curred in seeking medical aid elsewhere. In case any of our 
 medical missionaries need special medical attention, or in case 
 of the physical breakdown of a missionary or of sickness in his 
 family, necessitatng his return to the home land, the Board 
 will deal with each case as circumstances may require. For 
 the missionaries in Japan an allowance shall be made for all 
 medical bills over $20.00, not including drugs or dental bills, 
 provided such medical bills are approved by the Executive 
 Committee of the Japan Mission Council. No medical allow¬ 
 ance can be made for missionaries on furlough except in cir¬ 
 cumstances of extraordinary necessity. 
 
 KNOWLEDGE OF THE VERNACULAR 
 
 23. The ability to read, but especially to speak the na¬ 
 tive language, is an indispensable qualification for missionary 
 service. To aid in securing this each Mission is required, 
 through competent committees, to examine all new mission¬ 
 aries at the close of the first and second years of service, and 
 at such other times as the Mission may deem wise, as to thei: 
 knowledge of the native tongue, and to report the result to 
 the Board. 
 
 Personal teachers will be provided for all missionaries for 
 a period not exceeding six years, with the understanding that 
 
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if the requisite examinations are passed before this, and a 
 teacher is not needed, his employment shall cease. 
 
 Exceptions to this rule can be made only by the Board upon 
 recommendation of the Mission Council. 
 
 REMUNERATION FOR OUTSIDE WORK 
 
 24. The missionary while in connection with the Board 
 will give his time and strength to the work of missions under 
 the direction of the Mission Council and the Board, and in ac¬ 
 cordance with the provisions of these Rules. If, with the ex¬ 
 press sanction of the Council and the Board, he shall tempo¬ 
 rarily undertake work not under the care of the Board, any 
 sum of money paid for such work shall be turned into the 
 treasury of the Mission and reported to the Board, except 
 with the approval of the Mission Council and the explicit con¬ 
 sent of the Board to the contrary. Where the regular work is a 
 source of revenue, such as medical fees, etc., the amount 
 received shall be similarly reported. 
 
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 SUPPORT OF SUPERANNUATED 
 MISSIONARIES 
 
 25. No pensions are allowed under any circumstances; 
 but if missionaries when aged and infirm remain in thfe field 
 with the approval of the Council and the Board, their support 
 shall be continued because of such service as they may be 
 able to render and the good influence of their Christian ex¬ 
 ample, counsels and prayers. Single lady missionaries who 
 become disabled and return to the home land shall be pro¬ 
 vided for here. All other cases naturally fall within the scope 
 of the Superannuation Fund. 
 
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WITHDRAWALS FROM SERVICE 
 
 26. In the event of withdrawal from missionary service 
 for reasons considered sufficient by the Board, it will defray the 
 expenses of the journey to the home land, provided said jour¬ 
 ney be made within a year from the date of withdrawal, and 
 may make a grant of funds to meet present exigencies in cases 
 of special need. If further assistance is required after his re¬ 
 turn and his ceasing to be connected with the Board, the case 
 of the ordained missionary and his family falls within the 
 province of the Superannuation Fund in common with the 
 cases of his brethren in the ministry in this country in like 
 circumstances. 
 
 CHILDREN OF MISSIONARIES 
 
 27. An annual allowance of $75 is granted for each 
 child from birth to six years of age, of $100 for each child 
 between the ages of six and twelve and of $125 for each 
 child between the ages of twelve and eighteen years. This 
 grant ceases when the relation of the missionary with the 
 Board has been severed. In case a missionary dies the al¬ 
 lowance for his children, if required, shall be continued 
 within* the same age limits. If at any time the allowances 
 to the children of the deceased missionary are no longer needed 
 for their support, they shall cease to be drawn. The amount 
 of children’s allowances to be paid to any one missionary fam¬ 
 ily in a single year, shall not exceed $500. 
 
 28. The Board defrays the expense of the journey of the 
 children of missionaries to this country under the age of 
 eighteen, provided that the number of single trips of any child 
 
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between this country and the foreign field for which the Board 
 shall be responsible shall not exceed five; but it does not 
 engage to meet the expense of their return after the age of 
 sixteen to the country from which they came unless they go 
 out as missionaries under the appointment of the Board. 
 
 RIGHT TO RECALL 
 
 29. The Board reserves the right of recalling missionaries 
 or of revoking their appointment for sufficient reasons, which 
 are to be of record, and to be submitted to the General Con¬ 
 ference, with the minutes of the Board. When the usefulness 
 of any missionary is open to serious question on the field in 
 which he has been laboring, it shall be the duty of the Mis¬ 
 sion Council to make proper investigation and to report its 
 judgment to the Board. After the connection of missionaries 
 with the Board has been terminated, no payments of money on 
 their accounts will be made unless by special agreement. 
 
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The Mission 
 
 THE MISSION COUNCIL 
 
 30. All male missionaries and single lady missionaries, 
 under appointment by the Board, within a certain country, shall 
 constitute the Mission Council of that field, with the following 
 restrictions: 
 
 An unordained missionary and a single lady missionary 
 shall not be considered full members of the Mission Council 
 of any of our foreign fields until after the end of the first 
 year of service on the field, and after they have passed 
 the language examinations for the first year. Missionaries in 
 China attending the Language School for one year shall be¬ 
 come full members of the Council at the next annual meet¬ 
 ing following their entrance into the active work on their re¬ 
 spective fields. The wives of the members of the Council shall 
 be considered advisory members of the Mission Council. 
 
 MISSION SECRETARIES 
 
 31. Each Mission shall have a Secretary elected by the 
 Board of Missions, whose duties shall be to record accurately 
 the proceedings of the Mission Council, to receive and keep 
 files of all official correspondence addressed to the Mission, 
 to receive and distribute all report forms and see to it that 
 these and all minutes and reports provided for are, in proper 
 form and season, returned to the Home Secretary in charge 
 of the correspondence, to see that all communications ad¬ 
 dressed to the Mission have proper reply, and to perform 
 
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such other functions as shall be assigned by the Mission Coun¬ 
 cil. The above does not apply to correspondence between 
 the Board and the Mission Treasurers. 
 
 POWERS OF THE MISSION COUNCIL 
 
 32. The Mission Council has the general care and super¬ 
 vision of all work within its limits. All questions of administra¬ 
 tion are subject to its judgment, but all its proceedings must 
 be submitted to the Board for approval. All requests requiring 
 the action of the Board must be accompanied by the action of 
 the Mission Council upon them. No missionary is permitted to 
 make proposals to the Board or its Executive Committee or to 
 the Woman’s Board without first submitting such proposal to 
 the Mission Council for its judgment. 
 
 MEETINGS OF THE MISSION COUNCIL 
 
 33. The Mission Council shall meet at least once a year. 
 An accurate record of its proceedings shall be kept by the 
 Secretary of the Mission, a copy of which shall be sent as 
 soon as possible after the meeting to the Executive Secretary 
 of the Board of Missions for the Board’s approval. No 
 communications, excepting those containing general informa¬ 
 tion about the work of the Mission, shall be sent to the Exec¬ 
 utive Secretary before they have been approved by the Mis¬ 
 sion Council. All matters requiring the action of the Board 
 of Missions should be transmitted in a strictly business man¬ 
 ner, distinct from matters of general missionary interest. 
 
 The traveling expenses to the meetings of the Mission 
 Council shall be paid to all members of the Mission and to 
 wives of missionaries who are advisory members of the Mis¬ 
 sion Council. 
 
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LITERARY WORK 
 
 34. Literary work, such as translating and the prepara¬ 
 tion of religious and educational books, should be undertaken 
 only with the consent or by the appointment of the Mission 
 Council and approval by the Board, and by persons adjudged 
 to be most thoroughly acquainted with the language. 
 
 BUDGETS 
 
 35. At the annual meeting the Mission Council shall 
 prepare a careful estimate of the probable necessary expenses 
 of its work for the next ensuing year. The Estimate blanks 
 prepared by the Board should be used for this purpose. The 
 estimates should be forwarded without delay to the Secretary- 
 Treasurer of the Board, and will be acted upon by the Board 
 as promptly as possible. 
 
 A copy of the estimates of the work of the Woman’s Mis¬ 
 sionary Society must also be sent to the Secretary of the 
 Woman’s Missionary Society. 
 
 APPROPRIATIONS 
 
 36. As the Board must render annual reports to the 
 Church of its expenditures on the foreign field, the various 
 Missions must consider each year’s appropriations as available 
 only during the year for which they are made. 
 
 37. Each Mission will be responsible for bringing its 
 expenditures for the year within its appropriations, and that 
 any overdrafts will be charged against the appropriations for 
 the ensuing year. 
 
 Where, at the end of the year, any Mission closes its 
 accounts with a balance, this balance shall be reported to the 
 
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Board and be applied toward meeting the appropriations for 
 the new year, reducing by so much the amount to be sent out 
 from the General Treasury. 
 
 SPECIAL APPEALS 
 
 38. All money not paid through the Treasurer of the 
 Board, but received for the work by missionaries from 
 Churches, or other organizations or from individuals, should 
 be reported through the Mission Treasurers. The Board feels 
 that wherever consistent with the will of the donor, such gifts 
 should be applied to the regular budget of authorized ex¬ 
 penditures for the year until this has been wholly met. But 
 if this is not allowable, the Board considers it but just to the 
 Church and to the givers themselves and to the work as a 
 whole, that all gifts going out to the field should be reported 
 to the Mission Treasurers, and the Mission Treasurers should 
 make report to the Board, showing: 
 
 (a) All gifts passing through their hands for special 
 purposes. 
 
 (b) As far as possible, all gifts not passing through 
 their hands, but received and expended by individual mission¬ 
 aries for the work. 
 
 SUPREME AIM OF WORK 
 
 39. The great end of missionary life and service is the 
 preaching of Christ crucified. All forms of work must be 
 subordinate to this end, and all methods of misionary effort, 
 medical, educational, industrial, etc., will be sanctioned and 
 supported by the Board only as they contribute to a wider and 
 more effective proclamation of the Gospel and give promise of 
 vital missionary results. 
 
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PROPERTY 
 
 40. No property is to be purchased or sold, nor any 
 building erected for the Board, without its sanction. None 
 of its property is to be mortgaged or assigned for any debt. 
 All property given or purchased for its use shall be at once 
 transferred to it, or be held in trust for it. 
 
 Gifts on the field or from sources outside of the Board’s 
 Treasury for the erection of buildings on the property of the 
 Board, or for enlarging or improving buildings already in 
 use, or for acquiring new property, must be reported to the 
 Board, and before these gifts are expended full plans of the 
 improvements contemplated should be submitted to the Board 
 for its approval. 
 
 Title deeds of all property are to be duly recorded in the 
 way required by the government within whose territory the 
 Mission is located; copies thereof, with diagrams of land and 
 buildings, to be sent to the Treasurer at Cleveland, Ohio. All 
 repairs on buildings shall be included in the general estimates, 
 and no enlargement or alteration involving expenses shall be 
 made without the concurrence of the Mission Council, and, if 
 amounting to more than $100, the sanction of the Board. 
 
 41. Each year the Mission Council should forward 
 to Cleveland, upon property blanks furnished for such pur¬ 
 pose, all details of new property acquired, or buildings erected, 
 so that the Board’s files may be kept up to date. 
 
 Missionaries who expend funds belonging to the Board, 
 or who in any way involve the Board in property or financial 
 obligations, without its consent, will be held personally respon¬ 
 sible for the amount. 
 
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PROPERTY ACQUIRED 
 
 42. No plans shall be adopted nor any land purchased, 
 without the approval of the Mission Council in addition to 
 the Board’s approbation. The Mission Council shall have 
 general supervision of the erection of all buildings. Copies 
 of all plans approved by this Council shall be forwarded as 
 soon as possible to the Treasurer of the Board. 
 
 SALE AND RENT 
 
 43. Property not in use and not likely to be needed for 
 missionary purposes should be disposed of promptly, or as soon 
 as a fair price can be obtained. Sales are to be authorized 
 by the Mission Council on terms approved by them and con¬ 
 firmed, in cases of real estate, by the Board. The proceeds 
 of such sales should be credited to the Board and reported 
 at once. Where property unused by the Mission can not be 
 sold, it should be rented as advantageously as possible and 
 the proceeds reported to the Treasurer of the Board; in such 
 cases the character of the tenant and the proposed use of the 
 property is to be carefully considered. 
 
 PRINTING PRESSES 
 
 44. No printing establishment or press shall be erected 
 without the express sanction of the Mission Council and the 
 Board, and no printing establishment of the Board shall be 
 used for private work or for any missionary publications ex¬ 
 cept under authorization of the Mission Council; and letters, 
 tracts, or appeals printed at these establishments at the expense 
 of the Board, with a view to their being sent to individuals 
 or communities in the United States and Canada must have 
 the authorization of the Board. 
 
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REPORTS 
 
 45. The Secretary of each Mission, at the close of the 
 Mission year, shall prepare reports, statistical, financial, and 
 general, of the various departments of its work and submit 
 them to the Mission Council at its annual meeting. Each mis¬ 
 sionary also shall prepare a report of his or her labors during 
 the year, and submit it to the Mission Council. All these re¬ 
 ports, with the Mission Council’s judgment thereon, shall be 
 sent promptly to the Executive Secretary of the Board at 
 Cleveland, Ohio, and a copy of all reports, financial or other, 
 shall be sent directly to the Secretary of the General Board of 
 the Woman’s Missionary Society at Cleveland, Ohio, and 
 such reports must reach the officers herein referred to in good 
 time, that they may be enabled to make proper reports to the 
 Board of Missions. 
 
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Treasurers 
 
 MISSION TREASURERS 
 
 47. The Board or its Executive Committee shall elect 
 a treasurer for each Mission, said treasurer to assume his 
 duties at the time designated by the Board. It devolves on 
 the Mission Treasurer to preserve carefully all deeds of Mis¬ 
 sion property and other legal papers not transmitted to the 
 Board; to keep in official books, procured at the Board’s ex¬ 
 pense and to be the property of the Board, clear and correct 
 accounts of all receipts and payments, and to have vouchers 
 for the latter, and to keep files of all official correspondence 
 properly belonging to his department. His books must be 
 open to the inspection of any member of the Mission at any 
 reasonable time. 
 
 48. The Mission Treasurer is the agent of the Board for 
 the distribution of the amount appropriated for the Mission, 
 and is responsible to the Board for all funds forwarded to him, 
 these funds to be kept in a bank or other safe depository ap¬ 
 proved by the Mission Council. No funds of the Board 
 shall be loaned under any circumstances. There is no war¬ 
 rant for assuming liabilities on behalf of the Board, without 
 the actual consent of the Board, and it is within its proper 
 right to repudiate any such obligations. The acceptance of 
 funds for deposit, and the investment of the same in any form 
 of security, must be avoided. The advancing of funds for 
 
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the construction of chapels or in behalf of any individual, how¬ 
 ever urgent might appear to be the necessity, is unwarranted. 
 
 The principle of this paragraph is to be strictly construed, 
 there being no warrant for disbursements beyond the limit of 
 appropriations, except in cases for which the Rules provide. 
 
 49. He is also the agent of the Board to enforce any 
 Rules governing the use of revenue derived from such sources 
 as tuition fees, medical fees, press earnings and premium on 
 exchange, etc. Such funds must be paid to him, and be by 
 him reported to the Treasurer of the Board. 
 
 The Mission Treasurer will also examine and check 
 journey accounts presented by missionaries upon their arrival 
 in the field, calling the attention of the traveler to any items 
 incorrectly entered. 
 
 50. The Treasurer of the Board is directed to remit 
 to each Mission Treasurer, the amount appropriated for his 
 Mission during the fiscal year of the Board, and only that 
 amount; this to be forwarded regularly and in monthly install¬ 
 ments. 
 
 51. The receipt of such remittances is to be officially 
 acknowledged by the Mission Treasurer, and for all such 
 funds he must return a semi-annual report to the Board through 
 its Treasurer, duly audited by a committee of not less than 
 two, appointed for such purpose by the Board at its annual 
 meeting. This committee shall meet to audit the accounts 
 of the Mission Treasurer as soon as possible after December 
 1 st and June 1 st in each year. A clear and exact copy of all 
 receipts from and all expenditures for the Woman’s Work in 
 the Mission must also be sent by the Mission Treasurer each 
 half year to the Treasurer of the Woman’s Board. 
 
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52. In auditing the accounts the committee of the Mis¬ 
 sion is expected not only to examine the footings and vouchers 
 for each payment, but also to report whether the disbursements 
 under appropriations were made in accordance with the wish 
 of the Board. The audit should include an examination of 
 the cash in bank and all accounts of the Treasurer and all 
 departments of the Mission involving the receipts and disburse¬ 
 ments of funds, including schools, hospitals and medical work, 
 orphanage and printing establishment. And a report of the 
 committee of the Mission certifying that the audit required 
 by this paragraph has been made, and the results thereof 
 should be forwarded to the Treasurer of the Board. 
 
 53. The Treasurer of the Board may require from time 
 to time concise statements of the condition of the Mission 
 treasuries with summary of receipts and disbursements in 
 American gold, but the full detailed statement of the Mis¬ 
 sion must be rendered semi-annually, according to Rule 50. 
 
 54. The general control of these funds is intrusted to the 
 Mission, subject to the direction of the Board, but the funds 
 must be used substantially in accordance with the appropria¬ 
 tions as made, and can in no case exceed the amount with¬ 
 out special authority being obtained. 
 
 55. The Mission Treasurer shall devise reasonable rules 
 to secure sub-treasurers’ proper accounts, such rules to be ap¬ 
 proved by his Mission Council, and a copy sent to the Treas¬ 
 urer of the Board. 
 
 56. If desirable, the Woman’s Board shall appoint sub¬ 
 treasurers, one for Japan and one for China, to whom the 
 funds appropriated for the operating expenses of the Wom¬ 
 an’s Work, on the basis of the approved annual budget, shall 
 
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be paid. Said sub-treasurers shall pay all properly author¬ 
 ized operating expenses connected with the Woman’s Work, 
 shall submit audited semi-annual reports to the Mission Treas¬ 
 urer, who, besides reporting to the Treasurer of the Board, 
 shall also forward copies of such reports to the Treasurer 
 of the Woman’s Board. 
 
 PURCHASES AND MONEY ORDERS 
 
 57. The Teasurer of the Board is authorized to make 
 purchases for the missionaries of the Board, but all charges, 
 including freight, shall be deducted from the salary of the 
 missionary. The Treasurer of the Board shall require such 
 form of order for goods as will bind the missionary, and in¬ 
 asmuch as the Board is asked to advance money on such 
 orders, the Treasurer on the field through whom the amount 
 must be collected shall have cognizance of the obligation 
 assumed. This shall be effected by the countersigning of the 
 order by the Treasurer on the field and a duplicate of the 
 order shall be filed with the Treasurer so countersigning. 
 
 These purchases are for the Mission work and for the 
 missionaries’ personal needs and do not include purchases for 
 others not directly associated with the Mission. 
 
 58. The Board’s Treasurer may receive and transfer 
 to the field, funds handed him for the private use of mission¬ 
 aries, and in turn pay upon authority funds transferred to him 
 by the missionaries. 
 
 Such transfers will be made under rules which he may 
 make, but shall only be made for actual value received. 
 
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TREASURER’S ANNUAL REPORT 
 
 59. As the Board for the purposes of its Annual Report 
 closes its books on August 31st, in each year, the Treas¬ 
 urer of the Board shall require from the Mission Treasurers 
 such reports as will enable him to prepare his report. All 
 unused funds and unfinished work must be reported at the end 
 of each year. 
 
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 60. All rules heretofore in force, but now conflicting 
 with the rules contained in this Manual, shall be and are 
 hereby annulled. 
 
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INDEX 
 
 A 
 
 Aged and infirm missionaries_ 15 
 
 Allowances, freight _ 8 
 
 medical _ 14 
 
 for children _ 16 
 
 Appeals, special _ 21 
 
 Appropriations _;_ 20 
 
 B 
 
 Budgets - 20 
 
 C 
 
 Children of missionaries _ 16 
 
 Customs duties_ 8 
 
 D 
 
 Death of missionaries_9. 16 
 
 Designation of field _ 6 
 
 E 
 
 Estimates of mission _ 20 
 
 Extension of furloughs _ 13 
 
 F 
 
 Freight allowance _ 8 
 
 Funds of the mission_ 25 
 
 Funeral expenses of missionaries___ ‘ 9 
 
 Furloughs: 
 
 of male missionaries _ 10 
 
 of single lady missionaries_ 10 
 
 duration of furlough _ 10 
 
 place of furlough _ 11 
 
 traveling on furlough_ 12 
 
 home allowances _ 12 
 
 work at home_ 13 
 
 itinerary of missionaries _ 13 
 
 extension of furloughs_ 13 
 
 H 
 
 Home allowances_ 12 
 
 J 
 
 Journey, The _ 7 
 
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INDEX—Continued 
 
 K 
 
 Knowledge of the vernacular_ 14 
 
 L 
 
 Language school in China_ 18 
 
 Language study _ 14 
 
 Leave of absence_11, 12 
 
 Literary work _ 20 
 
 M 
 
 Marriage of lady missionaries_ 5 
 
 Medical allowances _ 14 
 
 Medical outfit _ 7 
 
 Meetings of Mission Council_ 19 
 
 Mission Council, The_18, 19 
 
 Missionaries, ministerial _ 3 
 
 medical_ 4 
 
 unordained_ 4 
 
 women _ 4 
 
 wives of_ 5 
 
 Missionaries to register_ 8 
 
 Missionaries’ wives members of Mission Council_6, 18 
 
 Mission secretaries_ 18 
 
 Mission treasurers_1_ 25 
 
 O 
 
 Outfit of missionaries_ 6 
 
 Outfit of medical missionaries_ 7 
 
 P 
 
 Passports _ 8 
 
 Pensions _ 15 
 
 Personal teachers _ 15 
 
 Plans for buildings_ 22 
 
 Powers of Mission Council _ 19 
 
 Printing presses_ 23 
 
 Property _22, 23 
 
 Purchases and money orders_ 28 
 
 R 
 
 Recall of missionaries _ 17 
 
 Remuneration for outside w-ork_ 15 
 
 Reports from the missions _ 24 
 
 Reports to Woman’s Missionary Society_20, 24, 26, 28 
 
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INDEX—Continued 
 
 Requirements, General _ 3 
 
 Retiring from service_ 6 
 
 Right to recall_ 17 
 
 S 
 
 Salaries of missionaries_ 9 
 
 fixed by General Conference___ 9 
 
 when it begins_ 9 
 
 paid monthly _ 10 
 
 ceases at withdrawal_ 10 
 
 Sale and rent of property_ 23 
 
 Single women_ 4 
 
 Special appeals_ 21 
 
 Study of native language_ 14 
 
 Superannuated missionaries _15, 16 
 
 Support of missionaries_9, 15 
 
 •Supreme aim of the work_ 21 
 
 T 
 
 Teachers for missionaries_ 
 
 Testimonials _ 
 
 Time of service _ 
 
 Title deeds of property_ 
 
 Treasurer’s annual report_ 
 
 Treasurers of missions_ 
 
 Treasurers of Woman’s Board __ 
 
 14 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 22 
 
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 U 
 
 Unordained men_ 4 
 
 V 
 
 Vacations on the field_ 13 
 
 w 
 
 Widow continuing in service_ 9 
 
 Widows, Allowance for_ 9 
 
 Widower, Missionary left a_ 9 
 
 Withdrawals from service _ 16 
 
 Wives of missionaries _5, 6, 18 
 
 Women, Single_ 4 
 
 Work of missionaries at home_ 13 
 
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