. Historical sketches of the foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church : from the origin of each to the end of the year 1880, with a map of each mission. Bracchetto; Milan, S. Stazi; Outsidethe Gate Ticinese, G. Cavalleris; Venice, E. Borelli; Military Church,G. Benincasa ; Faenza, Forli, and Dovadola, A. Guigou ; Asti, G. Car-boneri. There were: missionary, i ; assistant missionary, i ; native ordainedpreachers, 13; native unordained preachers, 6; members, 708 ; proba-tioners, 311 ; Sabbath-schools, 11 ; scholars, 242; churches, 2, [at Romeand Florence;] halls and other places of wor
. Historical sketches of the foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church : from the origin of each to the end of the year 1880, with a map of each mission. Bracchetto; Milan, S. Stazi; Outsidethe Gate Ticinese, G. Cavalleris; Venice, E. Borelli; Military Church,G. Benincasa ; Faenza, Forli, and Dovadola, A. Guigou ; Asti, G. Car-boneri. There were: missionary, i ; assistant missionary, i ; native ordainedpreachers, 13; native unordained preachers, 6; members, 708 ; proba-tioners, 311 ; Sabbath-schools, 11 ; scholars, 242; churches, 2, [at Romeand Florence;] halls and other places of worship, 15 ; value of churches,$26,500; of parsonages, $6,500. The Womans Foreign Missionary So-ciety sustained four Bible women at Rome, Terni, Milan, and Venice. Fuller accounts of the Mission at this late period may be found in several articles in TheChristian Advocate of 1881, in the issues of March 31, May 26, August 4. See also im-portant articles in the Northern Christian Advocate, July 7 ; Western Christian Advo-cate, April 13 ; North-western Christian Advocate, April 20, May 11 and 25 ; and Cali-fornia Christian Advocate, July 6, of the same > MISSIONS IN J A P A K. Soale of Mileswl ino lao 200 T„t * .V ). The Japan Mission. The present Japanese, who number about thirty-five millions, are sup-posed to be the descendants of a conquering race of Mongolian origin,which, about seven centuries before the Christian era, landed on the islandof Kiushiu. In obtaining possession of the country they gradually forcedthe aborigines northward, and these are now reduced to a remnant (calledAinos) of some ten thousand in the interior of Yesso, the northern islandof the Japanese group. It is said the first emperor began to reign 660, and the present Mikado belongs to tiie same dynasty, a mostwonderful continuity of regal power, unparalleled in the history of theworld, and indicative of a profound degree of force and persistence in thenational character. The pri
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