OYO

[s. 585] : A town in West Africa, situated 180 miles N. N. E. of Lagos, in the Yoruba counlrv. Population about 50,000. Station of the CMS, with (1903) 2 mi ionaries, one of them with his wife; 3 women mi ionaries, 3 native workers, 2 day schools, 1 theological cla , and 142 profe ed Christians, of whom 50 are communicants. Station also of the SBC, with (1903) 2 mi ionaries and their wives, 4 native workers, 2 places of worship, 1 Sunday school, 1 day school, and 43 Station also of the WMS, profe ed Christians. with (1903) 10 native workers, 6 Sunday schools, 5 day schools, and 176 profe ed Christians, of whom 150 are com mimic ants. Some write the 1. discu ions. Head- India. The mi ion was 1880 in answer to an appeal from founded of Calcutta Bishop to the University of the Oxford to “send out men to work among the quarters, Osborn Palian ch113.xhtml p 585