Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-01-15 | Page 10 | Millions for Foreign Missions

MILLIONS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS New York, Jan. 14 The total Income In-come of American foreign mission boards during 1914 was $17,168,611, according ac-cording to statistics made public today to-day at the annual meeting of the foreign for-eign missions conferences. These figures cover all American organizations organiza-tions doing educational and philanthropic philan-thropic as well as missionary' work outside the United States and Canada except that work conduc ted under the auspices of certain other mission boards in Mexico, Cuba. Porto Rico. Hawaii and Alaska. For this work S09,510 was contributed this year. Statistics show that contributions fell slightly below the amount received receiv-ed in 1912, the banner year, and exceeded ex-ceeded by more than $1,100,000 the contributions of 1913 In 1901, the first year for which statistics were available, the contributions totalled $0. 228, 173. "Natives in foreign mission fields," the report asserts, "contributed $4,-243,967 $4,-243,967 to work conducted by Ameri can missionaries. ' There are 9,969 missionaries enrolled by the several organizations; 159.286 persons were baptized during the year, a gain of 37,475 over 1913. A gain of 510 churches is reported, bringing the number up to 9,946 There are 606 colleges, theological seminaries and training schools and 12,969 other schools with a total attendance of "47,730. Great Britain and continental Europe Eur-ope again fell below America in the amount of contributions, according to the latest available figures, which are those for 1913. The amount of their contributions was $13,884,411. All Christendom, the report asserts, con tributed $32,131,234 to foreign missionary mis-sionary work in 1913, America contributing con-tributing approximately one-half.