a great measine cut oil. Pi friends in the time of need, ; ''lilieiiish Miss,;. nam So, known MS the Khenjsl,' Mis. in IM'S by the. atniil-ani.-iIlM
and the work still goes on. •ut.i. — TUe iiistiiuiion now ionary Society was organized 11 of three otlier associations.
Elherfeid! iV'irn ;'•!',', amu".''l.
lined a separate existence in -lie. The society was after-
wards fai-thei- slreuL't liencd
liy the incoi])oraiion of sev-
eral other small associ.atioi and Wesiphalia. In l-^-2!l t
oul to Souih AlVira. Tl;e-.
ns in the Rhenish provinces hrce missi(maries were sent • w.ii' loUowed in aflcr-vcars
1 ^ .- ■•■ J'il ■ ^ .- :,l.;i^lied
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,ia' - - ■ ■'■■ ' :.-■ ' '■ -■:■^ : ..1 '■ :.■; 1 '■■:: .1 ^. \ < -• '• i, Re- h.dioih. i;oi/i-\olk. \\<sley Vale, and Daimeu in Nama- (pialami, and Dainaraland." Some of these stations were orii;inally commenced by Wesleyau missionaries who had for many years labored on the soulh-western coast of Af- I rica. Bill in ISfjl an arrangemeiit was made by wliich ■ tliey were given over to the Rhenisli Society, as was also ' the station at Nisbett Bath a few years afterwards, the Weslevaiis tinding it necessary to coiiceiitrate their labors in other localities. In ls:;4 tlie Berlin Missionary Society sent two a::eiils to Borneo, and others fidlowed at inter- vals, who were ein])loyed in eiliicalioiial lal>i,rs. In 1S46 the work was extended to China, where sevcial baptisms were soon ri'poited as haviiii; taken place. Indeial, undue importance appears to ha\e 1 cen atlached lo baptism by the missioiiniies of this institution, fcr when this si.eiety had been in existence abcuit twenty-two years, really .ViDO baptisms were reiiorted. when C(>ini)aratively few of the number could be reganled as commnnicinls, oi Church meml'ers. l'erh;ips Ibis and some other |)eciiliarilies may he ■ . r- iieN ! I'.r by tlie Liilhefaii lype of theology which lh> I i ! 11. raliy seem to have es|)oused.
/,./.': ',' /"//(in/ .'<iifutii. — This socieiv was formallv
, or-.mized III lv.'4, but it arose out of etl'iiils which had
been previously made for missionary objects. As early
as the year 180<i an institution was foiined in thel'russiau
I capital' by members of tlie Lutheran Chinch to educate
pious voiitbs for foi-eiirn mission ser\ ice. During the fol-
hiwiiiL' iweiitv-tive v.'.irs fortv students were so educated.
In ls:;-l the Berlin Slissionary Society sent out four mis-
I siouaiies to South Africa. These were followed by others
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during snccessive years, and avrangemeuts were made for carrying on the work on an extensive scale. One of tlie first stations occupied by this society was at Beaufort, and thence the missionaries went among the Korannas and Kaffirs. Subsequently the work was extended to Zoar, Bethel, Einmaus, Bethany, Priel, New Germany, and other stations, some of which are situated within the boundaries of the Cape Colony, others in the Orange Free State, the Trans-Vaal Republic, KatlVaria, and in tlie dis- tant regions of Natal. According to the la^t report, just published, the Berlin Missionary Society occupies 31 sta- tions in South Africa, and employs 48 laborers; but no distinction seems to be made in tlie report between or- dained missionaries and subordinate agents, as in the sta- tistics of other societies. Altogether, the Berlin Society employs some eighty missionaries.
''Sivedish Missionary Society.— T:he Swedes made vigor- ous though unsuccessful efforts to propagate the Gospel in heathen lands as early as the year 1559. The sphere of their operations was Lapland, and their work was con- ducted under royal auspices. Gustavus Vasa headed the missionary movement of his country for the enlighten- ment of the Lajjlaiiilo-e. ami Micceed'ing monarclis'threw the weiL'ht i>f tlieir iiillurin ,• inio tlie Christian enteri.rise. In ITTf. the New 'le-n,niciii. tiai. slated into Laplaiidesc, was published. 'I'lie mi-sion ^vas far from prospernus, however, and, after years ul' hoping; ai^ainst hope, it wa-< abandoned. Nor is ihi- to be wniHlered at, if mie liaUOf what has been reonle.l in relereiire to tiie drinking and other immoral habits of botli priests and ])eo]ile is true. After an interval of nearly three centuries, Lapland again engrossed the attention of the Swedes. In \<.\Ti the Swed- ish Missionary Society was formed, and sent lorth a pious young man, named Carl Ludovic Tellstroem, the fruit of the Wesleyau Mission in Stockholm, as a catechist to Lapland. He had many difficulties to encounter from the migratory and dissipated habits of the i)eo))le: but by following them to their markets and I'aiis wltii liis Bible, to instruct them in the truths of the (io^pel, ihrre is rea- son to hope that his labors were iirodiictive of some good resnlts. Schools were afterwards established for the training of the rising generation, and the children weie taught, fed, and clothed at the expense of the society, and at the end of two years were sent home with tracts and books to interest and instruct their parents, families, and friends.
"Evangelical Lutheran Mission.— This society was in- stituted in 1836, with its head-quarters at Dresden. The seat of direction was in 1848 removed to Leipsic. Its etforts have been chiefly turned to Southern India, to the occupation of those fields of labor which had been previ- ously cultivated by the Danish missionaries. From a re- port"published soiiie time ago, it ai)pears that they had in their employ 9 missionaries, with 2 native candidates, in 8 difl'erent stations, counting 4.5(10 Chuixh members and 890 scholars under ilieir pa>t..ral eare. Tliev have also la- bored as a soriely ill New South Wale-, but the results did not Iohl:' warrant tlie roiii iiiiiaiice of ibis work.