The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America Composed of All Members of the Church THE GENERAL CONVENTION Whose membership includes all the Bishops of the Church, four clerical and four lay elected deputies from each diocese, and one clerical and one lay elected deputy from each missionary district, meets triennially, determines the general lines of the Church's missionary policy, and elects as its executive committee for missionary management the Board of Missions, composed of fifteen bishops, fifteen other clergymen and fifteen laymen. The Presiding Bishop of the Church is ex-officio President of the Board. The Convention also elects a General Secretary and a Treasurer. THE BOARD OF MISSIONS RIGHT REV. DANIEL S. TUTTLE, D.D., LL.D., President. Right Rev. Ozi W. Whitaker, D.D., LL.D. Rev. William R. Huntington, D.D., D.C.L., L.H.D. Rev. Henry Anstice, D.D. Rev. Reese F. Alsop, D.D. Rev. Ernest M. Stires, D.D., L.H.D. Mr. William G. Low. Mr. Julien T. Davies. Mr. Elihu Chauncey. Mr. George C. Thomas. Mr. James J. Goodwin. Right Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee, D.D., LL.D. Rev. Herman Page, D.D. All the other Bishops of the Church and the Secretary and Treasurer of The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society are members ex-officio of the Board of Missions with all the privileges of membership except the right to vote. The Stated Meetings of the Board of Missions are held on the second Tuesday of each month save July and August, at two o'clock in the afternoor. In September, however, the meeting is on the third Tuesday. REV. ARTHUR S. LLOYD, D.D., General Secretary. REV. EVERETT P. SMITH, Educational Secretary. MR. E. WALTER ROBERTS, Assistant Treasurer. Remittances should be sent to the TREASURER; all other communications to the GENERAL SECRETARY, Church Missions House, 281 Fourth Avenue, New York. AUXILIARY COUNCILS As provided by the Missionary Canon of the General Convention, the country is divided into eight departments. Each has power to elect a department secretary, subject to the approval of the Board of Missions, to select a representative with the right to sit in the Board, but without a vote, and to promote the holding of missionary meetings for the purpose of fostering missionary interest within the department. AUXILIARIES TO THE BOARD OF MISSIONS THE WOMAN'S AUXILIARY, MISS JULIA C. EMERY, Secretary, 281 Fourth Avenue, New York. THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL AUXILIARY, REV. H. L. DUHRING, D.D., Special Agent, Old St. Paul's Church, 225 So. 3d St., Philadelphia, Pa. THE AMERICAN CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY, 281 Fourth Avenue, New York. THE SPIRIT OF MISSIONS: $1.00 A YEAR. ENTERED AT NEW YORK POST-OFFICE AS SECOND CLASS MATTER. I. AT HOME Alaska: Right Rev. Dr. Peter Trimble Rowe. Idaho: Right Rev. Dr. James Bowen Funsten. Olympia: Right Rev. Dr. Frederick W. Keator. II. Philippine Islands: Right Rev. Dr. Charles Henry Sacramento: Right Rev. Dr. William Hall More- Salina: Right Rev. Dr. Sheldon Munson Griswold. Right Rev. Dr. F. F. Johnson, Assistant Bishop. Spokane: Right Rev. Dr. Lemuel Henry Wells. Wyoming: Vacant. The Bishop of Idaho is in ABROAD HE Clergy are requested to notify "The Mailing Department, 281 Fourth Avenue, UBSCRIBERS will observe that the address label indicates the time to which subscrip scriptions are received later than the 15th, the change in the label will appear a month later. CONCERNING WILLS IT is T is earnestly requested that inquiries be made concerning Wills admitted to probate whether they contain bequests to this Society, and that information of all such be quests be communicated to the Treasurer without delay. In making bequests for missions it is of great importance to give the exact title of the Society, thus: I give, devise, and bequeath to the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestan Episcopal Church in the United States of America, for the use of the Society... If it is desired that the bequest should be applied to some particular department of the work, there should be substituted for the words "FOR THE USE OF THE SOCIETY," the words "FOR DOMESTIC MISSIONS," or "FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS," or "FOR WORK AMONG THE INDIANS," or "FOR WORK AMONG COLORED PEOPLE," or "FOR WORK in AFRICA, or "FOR WORK IN CHINA," etc. Tissot's Bible Pictures Everyone has heard of them. Everyone who has seen them has been deeply impressed by them. Send $1.00 at once and you will receive a substantial grey board portfolio, five by six inches, containing 120 of the Tissot Bible Pictures, printed in color, on separate sheets of plate paper. The great and impressive scenes in the Bible story are depicted, true in color, costume, landscape, and all details to the life, the country, and the time. Nothing could be more helpful and interesting and delightful, when one is reading the Bible, than such a graphic interpretation of Sacred Stories. Money refunded if not satisfactory. ADDRESS THE SPIRIT OF MISSIONS NOW READY The American Episcopal Church in China By ANNETTE B. RICHMOND, of Shanghai INTRODUCTION BY BISHOP GRAVES The Most Complete Story of the Church's Work in the THE Spirit of Missions AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY REVIEW February, 1908 The Subscription Price of THE SPIRIT OF MISSIONS is ONE DOLLAR per year. Postage is prepaid in the United States, Porto Rico, the Philippines and Mexico. For other countries in the Postal Union, including Canada, twenty-four cents per year should be added. Change of Address: In all changes of address it is necessary that the old as well as the new address should be given. How to Remit: Remittances, made payable to George C. Thomas, Treasurer, should be made by draft on New York, Postal Order or Express Order. One and two cent stamps are received. To checks on local banks ten cents should be added for collection. All Letters should be addressed to The Spirit of Missions, 281 Fourth Avenue, New York. Published by the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. President, RIGHT REVEREND DANIEL S. TUTTLE, D.D. Secretary, REV. ARTHUR S. LLOYD, D.D. Treasurer, GEORGE C. THOMAS. Entered at the Post Office, in New York, as second-class matter. THE SPIRIT OF MISSIONS is regularly on sale In Philadelphia: By George W. Jacobs & Co., 1216 Walnut St. |