. Annual reports of the boards to the General Assembly. derpublication of the Gospel. The reported condition of the churchesvaries from serious loss in one case to encouraging success in , (Gaboon, but few new members were received ; the num-ber reported is loi. In Corisco the church is described by Mr. Ibiaas in a deplorable state, twenty four of the members having been ex-communicated and nine suspended, including one of the elders. Thedisturbmg inllaence of an ex missionary, who has returned to Coriscoat liis own charges, and mind seems to be sadly disordered, issi)
. Annual reports of the boards to the General Assembly. derpublication of the Gospel. The reported condition of the churchesvaries from serious loss in one case to encouraging success in , (Gaboon, but few new members were received ; the num-ber reported is loi. In Corisco the church is described by Mr. Ibiaas in a deplorable state, twenty four of the members having been ex-communicated and nine suspended, including one of the elders. Thedisturbmg inllaence of an ex missionary, who has returned to Coriscoat liis own charges, and mind seems to be sadly disordered, issi)oken of as connected with this unhapi)y condition of the number of communicants reported is ninety. In Benita the re-ported niunber is 164—including comnninicants at places within reachwhere ciuirches have not yet been organized. Thirteen were receivedat Benila, two suspended, and one excommunicated. Ihe nativelicentiate preacher, F. S. Myongo, has supplied this chinch andpreached also in several neighbormg jjlaces, to the good acceptance. 32 ANNUAL REPORT. of the natives and the aj^proval of the missionaries. Mr. Murphy,now in charge of Karaka in Dr. Bushnells absence, visited his formerfield of labor at Henita to administer the sacraments, and was warmlywelcomed by the people. Mr. Ibia visited 15enita, FAune, and Kanakatwice, and was greatly encouraged by the evidence of a work of graceamongst many. At Banaka he baptized thirty-one adults and teninfants, united thirty-nine pairs in marriage, ami six ])airs at recommends the early organization of n church at the former place,and another at the latter as soon as convenient. An elder of theBenita church has been very active and useful in visits to places in thevicinity. It is mentioned by Mr. Ibia as a mark of progress that hesold over $ worth of books in one place. The building of twohouses of worship, each costing over $100, by the native Christians,aided by some who are not members of the church, is
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