. Annual reports of the boards to the General Assembly. s, and the excommunica-tion of four—not included, therefore, in the returns above. Thechurch at this place was in the charge of the native minister, whovisited Benita frequently, and of the native elder. In the report ofthe Corisco church, an example is given of the evangelizing labors ofthe church members : After these services at the station, all the Christians, male andfemale, connected with the station, are sent out into the towns orhamlets about, some going as far as two miles to meet the people,and at our Sabbath evening service eac
. Annual reports of the boards to the General Assembly. s, and the excommunica-tion of four—not included, therefore, in the returns above. Thechurch at this place was in the charge of the native minister, whovisited Benita frequently, and of the native elder. In the report ofthe Corisco church, an example is given of the evangelizing labors ofthe church members : After these services at the station, all the Christians, male andfemale, connected with the station, are sent out into the towns orhamlets about, some going as far as two miles to meet the people,and at our Sabbath evening service each one reports what he or shehas said and done, the number of people reached, and any facts or in-cidents in the connection calculated to encourage, interest, or inciteto more prayer. The reports of the mission schools embrace returns from— Gaboon I Boarding-scholars. CORisco Boarding-scholars. Benita I Boarding-scholars. I Day-scholars. 11046 Of whom 60 were girls ; but including a few day-scholars in each girls. All 32 ANNUAL REPORT. At Benita four young men were in a theological class, one of whomwas licensed as above mentioned, and four others in a second depart-ment ; the average attendance of twenty children, from town, as day-scholars is also reported. It was with great regret that most of thescholars at Corisco and Benita were dismissed from the schools andtheir happy instruction and influence, to return to their unenlightenedhomes, when the missionaries had to leave their i)osts of labor. Someof the girls would have been transferred to the school at Gaboon ifthe consent of their friends could have been obtained. Their mis-sionary teachers were warmly engaged in seeking their welfare. writes of the Corisco Sabbath-school and other services : Our Sabbath-school has been a new thing in an old place. Chil-drens hearts have been touched and Bible truths have been learned,which we hope will yet bring forth fruit. About loo ha
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