BERU

[s. 98] : One of the Gilbert Is. which has long been occupied by Samoan pastors under the A settlement in the Usambara region, German East Africa; station of the German East | Africa Mi ion (1893), with 2 mi ionaries, 1 mi ionary’s wife, 2 chapels, 1 village school and 20 communicants. Called also New Bethel. 3. A village S. of Bonaberi on the coast of Kamerun, W. Africa; station of the Basel Mis- Berea SI sionary Society (1886), with 13 mi ionaries, men and women, 25 native workers, 22 outstations 25 village schools, and 500 communicants. 4. A settlement in the Lich ten berg district of the Transvaal Colony, S. Africa, about 50 miles iS. E. of Maf eking; station of the Herm anns burg Mi ionary Society (1872), with a mi ionary and his wife, 2 native workers, 4 outstations, 1 chapel, 1 village school and 1,250 communicants. A settlement in Zululand (Natal) S. Africa, 5. about 40 miles S. E. of Vryheid; station of the Herm anns burg Mi ion (1886), with 1 mi ionary, 4 native workers, 4 chapels, 4 village schools and 230 communicants. Also station of tlie Swedish Holine Union (1894), with 1 mi ionary and his wife, 3 outstations, 1 village school, 1 training i school for women workers, and 90 communicants. BETHEL (Alaska) A station of the Moravian Mi ion in S. W. Alaska, situated on the River Kuskokwim (1885), with 2 mi ionaries and their wives (one a physician), 7 native workers,: 1 chapel, 1 Sunday school, and 115 communicants. BETHEL (India): A village in the Santal Parganas, Bengal, India; station of the Bethel Santhal Mi ion (1875), with 1 mi ionary physician and his wife, 8 native workers, 5 village schools, 2 high schools, 2 orphanages, 1 dispen.sary, 1 hospital, and 800 church members. BETHEL (West Indies) A town in the N. W.: of the island of St. Kitts, W. I.; station of the Moravian Mi ions (1832), with 15 native workers 1 chapel, 1 Sunday school, 1 village school and 130 communicants. 99