Presbyterians : a popular narrative of their origin, progress, doctrines, and achievements . ized congregations,39; unorganized stations, 143; communicants, 9828;increase during the year [1891] by profession, 725 ;schools, 245 ; pupils, 10,347; Sabbath schools, 201,with 7559 scholars; contributions, $7246. The pay-ments reported by the Board in 1891 were $103, organization, in the character of the missionaries,and in the efficiency of the schools and mission workthese missions are unsurpassed. Publication.—The Board of Publication is located atPittsburgh, Pa., where a larcre building fur
Presbyterians : a popular narrative of their origin, progress, doctrines, and achievements . ized congregations,39; unorganized stations, 143; communicants, 9828;increase during the year [1891] by profession, 725 ;schools, 245 ; pupils, 10,347; Sabbath schools, 201,with 7559 scholars; contributions, $7246. The pay-ments reported by the Board in 1891 were $103, organization, in the character of the missionaries,and in the efficiency of the schools and mission workthese missions are unsurpassed. Publication.—The Board of Publication is located atPittsburgh, Pa., where a larcre building furnishes the fa-cilities for the business, a ministerial room, and variousoffices. In 1891 the sales in the book and periodicaldepartments amounted to $75,000. This Board hascharge of the Sabbath school publications, and generalsuperintendence of the Sabbath school work. The ag-gregate circulation of the periodicals is 3,143,000 copies. The Board of Ministerial Relief, in 1891, reportedaid given to 125 persons, to the amount of $5753 dur-ing the year. THE UN1TK1) PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 445. The Board of Education is occupied chiefly with thehelping of young men preparing for the ministry. I heaid is restricted almost entirely to students of the fifty-nine beneficiaries reported in 1891 only-three were literary students. The amount given duringthe past year was $5700,and also $600 to acad-emies. IV 0 m e n s Mis s to nWork.—The growth ofthe Foreign Missionwork awakened a deepinterest on the partof the women of theChurch. Local societieswere formed for its sup-port, but, as all missionwork is essentially thesame, the help was extended to the other General Society was formed in 1875, and in 1888the Womens Missionary Board was organized as theExecutive Board of the General Society, and as anauxiliary to the other Boards. The Society has con-ducted its work with signal ability, and has renderedvaluable aid in all departments of the mission work. Inthe forei
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