. The Christian annual for the year of our lord ... her departments of the American Christian Convention as opportunity the line of educational work a beginning of such co-operation has been madewith the Christian Endeavor Department and with the newly organized Com-mission on Social Service. A forward movement in frontier mission work has been begun by sendinga missionary to western Washington, where we have had a small group ofchurches for many years. The work had languished for want of the arrival of our missionary in May a new parsonage has been built atMontesano, W
. The Christian annual for the year of our lord ... her departments of the American Christian Convention as opportunity the line of educational work a beginning of such co-operation has been madewith the Christian Endeavor Department and with the newly organized Com-mission on Social Service. A forward movement in frontier mission work has been begun by sendinga missionary to western Washington, where we have had a small group ofchurches for many years. The work had languished for want of the arrival of our missionary in May a new parsonage has been built atMontesano, Washington, a new church with forty members organized in apopulous valley, and other churches have been encouraged by visitation of themissionary. The opportunity for greatly extending our work is exceedinglyfavorable, provided that we are able to send one or two more workers to thefield in the near future. Plans are also under way for a second forward movement in connectionwith the Wyoming educational colony of the Christians and the Mission Board. Parsouage at :>, AVash. 14 THE CHRISTIAN ANNUAL hopes to utilize the liaud of workers aheady on the ground in developing thereligious interests of that great state. Direct work for immigrants has been maintained at Boston, Mass., amongthe Chinese and Syrians of that city. Efforts are being made to induce otherchurches to grapple with the problems at their doors, in rendering helpfulservice to these new people. The financial resources of the Home Mission Department increase hutslowly, the total receipts for the last year being a little over $9,, this is the largest amount ever received in one year for home mis-sionary work, except when Porto Rico was counted as a home mission field, andwe are encouraged to believe that the present quadrenniuum will show a markedadvance in home mission- support and achievement. Appropriations were made at the last session of the Mission Board forwork at the following points:
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