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money received in answer to prayer, etc., though all these are helpful and interesting. The
important thing in any mission is, rather, Have we been walking with the Lord, so as to
hear His voice speak to us? Have we been true to His word, and to the witness He has
called us to give? Are we seeking first His kingdom and His righteousness?,s2
It was perhaps more of a New Zealand (and English) trait that Allan recounted stories and not statistics in this anniversary account, and self effacingly sought to direct the honours away from both himself and the mission. In all of these things the Bolivian Indian Mission was as much an expression of its New Zealand origins as it was a part of the international missionary movement of the early twentieth century.
Selected New Zealand Missionaries with the Bolivian Indian Mission, 1899-1928
Photo 4.1 -The Original New Zealand Group to the Argentine in 1899
Ernes! Heycock, Charles Wilson, Mary Allan, George Allan
(Margarita Hudspith, Ripening Fruit: A History of the Bolivian Indian Mission, New Jersey: Harrington Press, 1 958, between pp. 1 6 and 1 7)
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Bolivian Indian, January-February 1 929, p. 8.Chapter Four - Consolidation and Growth, 1 900- 1 9 1 8
Photo 4.2 -Early Bolivian Indian Mission Workers, c. 1911
Horace Grocott, Mr and Mrs Hollis (Non-NZ), Mr and Mrs Burrow (Australian) Ada Grocott, George AlIan, Mary AlIan, Margarita AlIan, Annie Cresswell Emma Grocott, Joseph AlIan
(Margarita Hudspith, Ripening Fruit: A History of the Bolivian Indian Mission, New Jersey: Harrington
Press, 1 958, between pp. 48 and 49)
Photo 4.3 - New Bolivian Indian Missionaries at Graduation /rom NZBTI, 1928
Vern Welch, Anthony Turner, William Wood, Edith Wood
Chapter Four - Consolidation and Growth, 1 900- 1 9 1 8
4.4 Sociological Contours of the Missionary Movement, 1 900-1918
From 1 900 fuller application records allow for a more accurate appreciation of the structural continuities and discontinuities in the early twentieth-century movement. The following discussion is based on 294 known missionaries and 206 known applicants. Comparisons are again made with the previously cited international studies, and also with Australian CIM applicant data.
Figure 4.3 - Estimated New Zealand Missionary Departures, 1 867-191853
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Missionary numbers between 1 900 and 1 9 1 8 were sustained at fluctuating levels comparable to the 1 890s (Figure 4.3). There were between five and thirty missionaries departing annually. Mean and median annual departures were fourteen per annum. The growth peaks reflected the initiation of Presbyterian missions in China and India ( 1 901 and 1 9 1 0), a surge of Baptist and Brethren missionaries ( 1 904 and 1 909), the initiation of the BIM ( 1 909 and 1 9 1 2), and a small wave of CIM missionaries ( 1 9 1 2). The general growth in numbers also reflected the broadening base of other missions employing New Zealand missionaries. This continued growth in domestic missionary numbers was paralleled by international growth for the same period (Figure 4.4). The momentum of the 1 890s was maintained into the fust decade of the 1 900s, reflecting the ongoing mood of expansion and optimism prevalent up until 1 9 1 4. World War One had an obvious impact on the rate of both missionary departures and applications worldwide.
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See footnote 6.Chapter Four - Consolidation and Growth, 1 900- 1 9 1 8
The peaks witnessed up until 1 9 1 2, both in New Zealand and internationally, would not be witnessed again until the early 1 920s.54
Figure 4.4 -Cumulative Percentage Growth of Missionaries, 1859-1 91855
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NZ _ Papua Canada � Australia CIM ApplicantsThe following composite table agam illustrates some of the salient features of the evolving New Zealand missionary work force between 1 900 and 1 9 1 8 (Table 4. 1 ). Many of the trends of the 1 890s were continued and accentuated. Therefore it is enough to outline these without the more extensive tabulation attempted in Chapter Three. Women missionaries increased as a proportion of the missionary workforce, comprising nearly two thirds by 1 9 1 8. Similarly, single missionaries were still a significant majority. Age at departure continued to rise slightly. New Zealand born missionaries now made up an overwhelming majority of the workforce. They still came from Otago and Canterbury, more than any other region. Missionaries continued to be better educated and to come largely from professional occupations. III health still figured as the main reason for ultimate cessation of missionary service. New Zealand trends in gender, age, marital status, and educational and occupational background were mirrored in the studies for missionaries in Papua and from Canada. Similarly female applicants for the Australia ClM in this period outnumbered male applicants by nearly two to one.
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A similar downward trend in departing missionaries and missionaries in service, for the years 1 9 1 4- 1 9 1 8, were noted for American and British missionary societies. G. A. Gollock, 'A Survey of the Effect ofthe War Upon Missions: Missionary Forces in 1 9 1 4 and 1 9 1 8, 1RM, 8:32 ( 1 9 1 9), pp. 479-490.55
Based on: departure figures for New Zealand missionaries; Protestant missionaries to Papua documented in Langmore, Missionary Lives: Papua, 1874-1914, pp. 275-3 1 8; and Protestant women missionaries from Canada documented in Brouwer, New Womenfor God: Canadian Presbyterian Women and India Missions, 1876-1914, pp. 198-220; and application data for the Australian CIM, Record of Applications, 1 890- 1 930, Item 733, Box 5-1 D, Australia CIM Archives.Chapter Four - Consolidation and Growth, 1 900- 1 9 1 8
Table 4 . 1 -Selected Features o f New Zealand's Missionary Work Force, 1 900- 1 9 1 856