5055

Updated: August 4, 2026

Statistics recently compiled show that the number of central stations in heathen lands occupied by Protestant missionaries in 1896 was 5055, with out-stations to the number of 17,813. There are now thirty-seven missionary societies in this country alone which have sent out 3512 missionaries.

- Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century: Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World