We have in bur Indian work eighteen schools and six churches, one new church having been added this year.  In these, 68 missionaries have been doing noble service for the Indian and for the country.  Shall the Indian problem forever perplex and shame both the country and the Church?  Will not the churches enable us to send all the workers and do all the work needed to be done, and thus hasten the day when it can be joyfully proclaimed that the Indians are evangelized—­no longer pagans and foreigners, but our fellow Christians and our fellow citizens?

    STATISTICS OF INDIAN WORK.

Churches                           6
Church Members                   401
Schools                           18
Missionaries and Teachers         68
Theological Students              24
Normal Students                   11
Grammar Grades                    32
Intermediate Grades              120
Primary                          495
Total Pupils                     658
Sunday-school Scholars         1,332

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THE CHINESE.

At our Annual Meeting in 1887 we were urged to bring the attention of the churches to this their phenomenal opportunity and duty, to give the gospel at short range and nominal cost to Asia’s millions, and to support their hopeful and fruitful mission with all possible sympathy and aid.  Again, in 1888, the need of immediate and great re-enforcement and enlargement was urged upon us.

Sixteen missions have been in operation during the year, and in them thirty-five workers, ten of them Chinese, have been employed. 1,380 have been enrolled as pupils in our schools—­249 more than last year. 40 have this year come out of heathenism into Christianity, and the whole number who have confessed Christ in these missions and have been received as true converts is above 750.  This means much for the Chinese in this country, and it means missionaries for China as well.

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ENLARGEMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS.

Extensive building and improvements have been called for this year.  At Lexington, Ky., the Chandler Normal School building is nearly completed at a cost of $15,000—­the gift of Mrs. Chandler.  At Williamsburg, Ky., thirteen acres of land have been secured for the enlargement of our very successful school there and the large industrial building moved upon it. $2,300 of the expense for this was paid by our generous friend, Mr. Stephen Ballard, of Brooklyn, N.Y.  The increasing number of boarders at this institution has made necessary a new and larger dining room and kitchen, which have been built.

At Nashville, Tenn., a commodious two-story building of modern architecture, with rooms for physical culture and industrial training, has been erected.

At Memphis, Tenn., the Le Moyne school building, which in the winter was partially destroyed by fire, has been restored by the insurance.