Histoire des missions américaines pour les nations, de leur ouverture à l'heure actuelle . ld immédiatement retourner accueil^ Ceylan. À Ceylan, Gouverneur Brownrigg facilement a donné la permission à l'arrivée des missionnaires pour rester possible desaisir le dans l'île. Ils ont donc madearrangements sans délai pour la poursuite vigoureuse de leur travail.Les bâtiments au Oodooville, une fois la résidence d'un frère franciscain, wererepaired, et en juin est devenue la gare de MM. Winslow et Spauld-ing. Il était important que le Dr Scudder soit stationné à Panditeripo;mais comme le fonds à usage unique de la mission n'étaient pas

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History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . ld immediately return home^ Ceylon. In Ceylon, Governor Brownrigg readily gave permission to thenewly arrived missionaries to remain in the Island. They therefore madearrangements without delay for the vigorous prosecution of their work.The buildings at Oodooville, once the residence of a Franciscan Friar, wererepaired, and in June became the station of Messrs. Winslow and Spauld-ing. It was important that Dr. Scudder should be stationed at Panditeripo;but as the disposable funds of the mission were not sufficient to make thenecessary repairs, he advanced the necessary amount from his own property, to be afterwards refunded, should his family need it. Having been licensed, as a preacher of the gospel, by the ordained missionaries regularly assem-bled in ecclesiastical council, he removed from Tillipally to his station inJuly. Mr. Woodward was stationed with Mr. Poor at Tillipally. The missiott was also strengthened by the returning health of its older11 S2 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN BOARD.. MissLDD prenfiiaas at Oudooville, Ceylon. members. Mr. Meigs and Mr. Poor were restored to usual strength; andeven Mr. Eichards, contrary to expectation, was so far restored as to be ableto render important services. But the energies of the mission were crippled by pecuniary embarrass-ments. The low state of the treasury at home and the demands of othermissions compelled the Prudential Committee to be frugal in their appro-priations. The support of heathen children with names assigned by theirbenefactors was a popular charity, and an undue proportion of funds wasdevoted by the donors to that object; many seeming to forget that mission-aries could not board and educate heathen children, unless the missionariesthemselves were supported, and buildings provided for their residence. Theevil was increased by the difficulty, delay and uncertainty of remittances.It was of no use to draw bills on the Boa

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