The Republic of Liberia . m that admirable American publica-tion the Spirit of Missions for the month of August1913. In that number is outlined the progress attainedto as reflected in the report of the late Bishop Ferguson,until recently the deeply respected head in Liberia ofthe Protestant Episcopal Church. The Bishop is stated,on the authority of the paper mentioned, to have saidthat, while the number of baptisms at the date ofhis report had reached the very encouraging total of9,565, and of confirmations 4,856, the actual numberof constant communicants was 2,044. The spiritual careof all th
The Republic of Liberia . m that admirable American publica-tion the Spirit of Missions for the month of August1913. In that number is outlined the progress attainedto as reflected in the report of the late Bishop Ferguson,until recently the deeply respected head in Liberia ofthe Protestant Episcopal Church. The Bishop is stated,on the authority of the paper mentioned, to have saidthat, while the number of baptisms at the date ofhis report had reached the very encouraging total of9,565, and of confirmations 4,856, the actual numberof constant communicants was 2,044. The spiritual careof all these people is confided, in the large coastal districtsin which the mission labours, to> 26 coloured clergy,25 lay teachers, and 46 catechists, whilst, exclusiveof places of worship, the buildings erected by, and theproperty of, the mission consist of 22 day schools,19 boarding schools, and 38 Sunday schools, valued at$122,000 (£24,400), and affording instruction to some1,900 day scholars and boarding pupils, and 2,714.
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