Identifier: reportsofmission1894pres (find matches)
Title: Reports of the missionary and benevolent boards and committees to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions. Annual report of the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions. Annual report of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Education. Annual report of the Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work. Annual report of the Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of the Church Erection Fund. Annual report of the Board of the Church Erection Fund of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbyterian Board of Relief for Disabled Ministers and the Widows and Orphans of Deceased Ministers. Annual report to the General Assembly Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen. Annual report of the Board of Missions for Freedmen of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Aid for Colleges and Academies. Annual report of the Board of Aid for Colleges and Academies of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Systematic Beneficence. Report of the General Assembly's Special Committee of the Presbyterian Church on Systematic Beneficence Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Permanent Committee on Temperance. Annual report of the General Assembly's Permanent Committee on Temperence for the year ending ..
Subjects: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A
Publisher: Philadelphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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exceptions,two Spanish preaching services and a Sabbath-school were heldeach Sabbath ; a general prayer meeting each Wednesday even-ng; womens prayer meeting each Tuesday afternoon, andteachers meeting each Thursday when possible. The congre-gations, though not large, were to a great extent composed ofthose who gave the most earnest attention to the preaching ofthe Gospel. During the year there were ten persons receivedon profession of faith and one by letter. Donations to thechurch amounted to $208.17)4 Colombian money, and to ournew cemetery $567.50. Out of the $208.17^ received by the church $53.15, equal to$25.00 United States gold, was sent to the boards of our church. We are striving little by little to educate the people into theidea of giving for their own self-support and also to give forthe support of missionary efforts in other lands. On account ofthe great depreciation of the native currency and the consequenthigh prices of clothing and many articles of food, and also be-
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248 COLOMBIA BOGOTA. cause of the many taxes charged by the Government, it is verydifficult for many of our poor people to live. lVo?nens Prayer-M eeting.— These meetings of the earnestChristian women of our church have always been very encour-aging and helpful for the development of piety and earnestnessin our chuich. Their meetings are generally held in the girlsschool, so that as many as possible of the school girls may bepresent. Evangelistic Efforts.—During the month of December an ex-tensive tour was made by Mr. Caldwell through the north ofColombia as far as Bucaramanga. Between 30 and 40 townsand cities were visited, and 474 miles passed over in making thismissionary trip. Many Bibles, or portions of the Bible, andother good books were sold, and a great many opportunitieswere afforded for preaching the Gospel to little groups of peo-ple. This latter feature of the work can scarcely be over-esti-mated in its importance in breaking down prejudice and pre-paring the way for r

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