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Price, 10 cents; $6.00 per hunc WALL MAPS, including Map of the World. Set of seven. Price on cloth, $ paper, $6.00. THE MISSIONARY HERALD. VOL. LXXXVIII. - APRIL, 1892. — No. IV. THE donations for February fell behind those of the corresponding month last year by over $9,000, so that the donations for the first six months of the financial year are in advance of those for the corresponding period last year by only $681.57. The legacies for the same period of six months are also behind those of the preceding year by nearly $3,500. The total receipts for the first half of the year are, therefore, less than those of the first half of the preceding year by the amount of $2,772.46. This is not an encouraging outlook as related to that much-desired $1,000,000 for the year. Most urgent is the call for largely increased donations from churches and individual donors during the remainder of the year. OUR readers will welcome the map which we give in this number, presenting the work of Protestant missions in Japan. The map was drawn and printed for the Missionary Herald, the work being done in Kyoto, Japan, under the supervision of Rev. G. E. Albrecht. Nothing so complete or so recent has been published, and it affords us great pleasure to present this map to our readers. It marks the work not of societies but of denominations. There is one indication for Baptist missions, including three societies, American, both Northern and Southern Boards, together with the English Baptists. The Kumi-ai churches are those connected with the work of the American Board. The Itchi Kyokwai is the union of Presbyterian churches, which has taken the name of "The United Church of Christ in Japan." The Seikokwai group embraces the Episcopal churches, including the American Episcopal, the English Church Missionary and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. The inset in the lower right-hand corner shows, on a larger scale, the district about Tōkyō. In connection with the impression produced by a glance at this map as to the extent of Protestant missions in Japan, it will be interesting to read the account given by Dr. Davis, on another page, of the difficulties encountered in the establishment of these missions. HAVE any of our readers copies of the Missionary Herald for November, 1882, which they can spare? We have on hand a sufficient supply of all issues since 1850, except of this number. If any of our friends can furnish us copies, we shall be grateful. |