Missions and missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal Church . with reference to the mis-sion compound. It had been owned by the Presbyte-rian Board, whose work was at that time removed to amore distant section of the city. In September of 1874the large domestic chapel in the mission compound wasdedicated, and after that date we occupied the threechapels in Peking already spoken of. The Annual Conference of 1872 being over. Rev. Baldwin was appointed superintendent of Foochow,and entered upon his work with great vigor. TheWomans Foreign Missionary Society employed twelvedeaconesses,
Missions and missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal Church . with reference to the mis-sion compound. It had been owned by the Presbyte-rian Board, whose work was at that time removed to amore distant section of the city. In September of 1874the large domestic chapel in the mission compound wasdedicated, and after that date we occupied the threechapels in Peking already spoken of. The Annual Conference of 1872 being over. Rev. Baldwin was appointed superintendent of Foochow,and entered upon his work with great vigor. TheWomans Foreign Missionary Society employed twelvedeaconesses, a development of missionary agency whichhad been established two years previous. The BiblicalInstitute for the education of native preachers was re-established. The years work closed with an AnnualMeeting of great spiritual power. Sia Sek Ong preachedon full consecration, and nearly the whole audience,pressing around the preacher, knelt in prayer to God,the bitter cry of penitence, the pleadings of faith, andthe shout of victory, all commingling as they knelt. It. Sla Sek Ong-. Parted into Three Streams. 479 was the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Then Li Yu Miarose and spoke. This right hand, said he, is hence-forth the Lords; these eyes, these ears, this cap, (hold-ing out his skull cap,) these clothes, all, all shall hence-forth and forever be the Lords. The native brethrensaid, The like of this we never before experienced. At Kiukiang Superintendent Hart was again at hispost. The Po Yang Lake was more than ever a pointof interest. At Peking a chapel in the southern citywas this year secured, after infinite trouble and disap-pointment. The first Annual Meeting of the missionwas held with success. The Misses Porter and Brownewere prosecuting their school enterprise. The wholeoutlook, in fact, was promising. The work of our mission at Tientsin was begun inMay, 1872. Many reasons combined to render thisstation almost as important as Peking as a center formissionary operations. The o
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